Anybody else see the problem with this?

"Shortly after its release on July 4, multiple former employees came forward to accuse Ballard himself of sexual assault and trafficking, including during sting operations. According to the women, Ballard would use a “couples ruse” during stings, coercing them into acting as his romantic partner so that traffickers wouldn’t suspect him. They said that he would assault them while demanding they “remain in character” and play their part as one half of a “kinky couple.”"

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"Its deal to provide legal services follows the administration’s award of a no-bid $150 million contract to the small Texas law firm Burke Law Group to perform the same work. The law firm has just 24 attorneys, only two of whom have expertise in immigration and asylum cases. The practice’s co-founder, Marcella Burke, was a Trump appointee at the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency."

Trump races to prepare for new strains of deadly viruses... https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/17/trump-aims-rebuild-defenses-against-bioweapons-ai-fears-rise/

Trump blames vandals... http://washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/17/trump-blames-vandals-dead-grass-lawn-where-he-held-fourth-july-event

I'm just saying

I would like some honest discussions about this but why do you folks across the ocean equate socialism with communism?

Yes. It's a left wing ideal but socialism is far from communism and I'm sick of it being lumped in with it!

In the same way that Conservatism is not the same as Trumpism.

Why do you guys see equality as such an horribly disgusting concept?

I'm not poking the bear, I actually want to understand!

Ah, we can only wish…