@TimStone And he went on Tucker 🤷‍♂️

Oh look it's militia-ICE

But also Spiderman.jpg

@GodEmperorDune "Lawyers don't take notes. I never had a lawyer who took notes." *looks at Cohen* i wonder why

@TimStone not a crime but also sorta not surprising. just that now we know she knows she's lying, not just repeating what Trump says

Province slashes Ontario Library Service funding by 50%

> "Doug Ford is doubling down on taking things away from kids and students," said Andrew, noting that it wasn't the first time Ford had targeted libraries for funding cuts. As a city councillor, Ford supported a move that would have took away $4 million from Toronto libraries.

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@Wipqozn JFC. I was, at best, an average user of public library services back when I was a teenager. But (acknowledging my privilege) I didn't need the services of a library then, so I'm concerned about those that do need those services.

@Ash Correct me if I'm wrong, but you're not someone that absolutely needs the services of a library. I know that there are people in Halifax that wouldn't have a job without the library.

I don't know, I'm drunk. Just that Ford is a dick and I don't approve of his policies.

I mean, I guess I'm just asking your to acknowledge your privilege as well, even if it's not as extensive as my own. I know you use your library more than I use mine ( which has been a single visit for a board game event in the past 10 years), but there are people who use their library for online job boards and such.

I think my main point is that we (the Bridge and TIF regulars) are fortunate enough that we generally have internet access at home, and thus don't rely on a library for such, and that Ford's reduction in funding might disrupt that for those that don't have home internet.

And that there are other services that we (generally) don't rely on.

@TimStone finally something to take the heat off of USC

@Wipqozn everything he does makes him more of a jerk

@Ash i would star this if it was bridge, libraries are not just about books anymore, they are places where ANYONE can get access to "public" information as things move increasingly online

@Ash I am well aware that that are services beyond internet and book loaning that libraries provide. I didn't mean to reduce everyone or anyone to that level. Again, I am fortunate that I don't rely on the services of a library, and didn't mean to demean anyone that does rely on those services.

in addition to being community centers as @ash mentioned

whether someone can apply for a job or access government services SHOULD NOT be based on privilege, but it is

libraries are one of the few places holding that back and cutting funding is a huge fuck you to the people who absolutely need them

PLUS education access is still unequal and libraries are a place for people who cannot afford education to get some

this is just all kinds of fuct

i'm really sorry that ford is fucking this up for you @ash, i hope it doesn't permanently damage the system

@GodEmperorDune Oh, I completely agree. Despite acknowledging my privilege, I don't necessarily realize the extent of the needs of those that do rely on those services.

yeah this is why cutting library funding is a thing that conservatives have started doing

it's seen as an easy target because most people that use it don't have much political clout

and its easy for them to justify as being replaced by the internet and private booksellers

Yep, ~50% of political clout is held by those in the top 20%

Or even < top 20%

@Ash yeah i saw a thread about that

the ebook prices libraries have to pay is ridiculous

Journalist killed covering the riots in Northern Ireland

Note how this law has a deliberate exemption for "sites that have often been criticized in the past for allowing hate posts to remain online", which, surprise surprise, includes a extreme right-wing site linked to one of the coalition partners

@Nzall the exemption is for all smaller sites

Amazing

@TimStone so is she saying that she needs a script in order to not lie?

@Memor-X usually press secretaries for companies and governments are very evasive and don't really want to give a direct answer to questions where the answer might damage whatever they represent. So they try to answer tougher questions with answers like "X is still looking into that and we'll let you know as soon as we know more". She meant she didn't do that and answered based on what she thought to be the best answer. She does that all the time and it's actually really bad form in her job

Oh wow, I knew they'd try to downplay the report but I didn't expect the part they'd lean in on being "nobody takes notes"

@TimStone that group of 18 gets a longer name each cycle

@TimStone Tucker Carlson evidently hasn't read the report. Mueller DID find evidence of obstruction of justice, he just couldn't neatly fit it into one of the applicable obstruction statutes the DOJ has to use

I thought about trying to pass off the Abramson thread as unironic but @TimStone would have definitely picked up on my bullshit and banned me

Straight to Poster's Jail

451 apparently

The Perfect Tweetstorm

My city is getting a new $70 million+ art gallery

cc @MBraedley

This is great, although I look forward to all the drama

People in this province hate it whenever money is spent.

@TimStone also bob mueller is a republican lmao

Yeah but he's a professional associate of James Comey, noted Dem… checks note Hmmm

@GodEmperorDune Yup, he's terrible. But he justifies it all by going "gotta balance the budget!"

Essentially his supportbase doesn't understand the government budge isn't like managing your household budget. And also they only seem to care about themselves.

@MBraedley Don't TIF and drunk. It's a bad combination.

@Ash yuuuuuuup. There's still...what, 2 or 3 more years of this? or more?

@Unionhawk good thing we are still using fahrenheit

@Ash i'd invite you down to the US but yall just finished getting canadianized and everything. and also it's not much better here.

I would contend that it's dramatically worse in the US, although our conservatives seem to be importing a lot of policies from the US these days :/

ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/0418-nevin

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On one hand I get it but 100 hours community service for manslaughter are you for fucking real

What a shitshow

@ToxicFrog depends on locality in the US but yeah, it’s bad

No internet for a year? I thought cruel and unusual punishment was illegal

@TimStone almost like assange is a selfish jerk and didn’t really care how he did things as long as it furthered his personal goals

A judge says the federal government can be sued by Flint residents who blame the Environmental Protection Agency for waiting too long to intervene in the city's water crisis

@GodEmperorDune Seriously though

@GodEmperorDune I feel like we've all been saying this for two years but we know it's never going to happen because the Republicans have no interest in doing any of that.

@murgatroid99 beginning impeachment proceedings can be done with a dem only vote in the house

Oh, impeachment proceedings, yes, but it's not actually going to result in him getting removed from office

The dems have said they weren't going to doing anything like that though, right?

right, that would require a lot of senate republicans to vote against trump

we know it's never going to happen because they are cowards

THought nancy said that a few months ago

@Wipqozn nancy pelosi is stopping it at this point

earlier they said they needed to wait for more info, we have more info now

listen we need to be more Bipartisan with everything what's the point in doing a thing unless it accomplishes right wing goals

there's an election soon anyway [editor's note: the election is more than five hundred days from now]

another big argument against impeachment is that trump has so many potential crimes it's hard to pick just one to focus on

i would think the family separation policy should be an easy one but i'm not elected so...

doing a thing is hard let's just not do a thing and call that a strategic move

there is also the "but it plays right into trump's hands" and tbh, no matter what democrats do, the republicans are going to spin it with varying levels of lies

who's been promoting that particular angle, david frum or some shit?

iirc trump is already using the "if i did crimes, they would've impeached me already" reasoning in fundraising

@Unionhawk according to greg sargent, brian beutler

lol @crookedmedia

it's always fun to play the game of "republican best friend or lib who needs to defend the party line on a thing"

dialectics is thinking this whole thing is stupid and also thinking everyone who is on "well, I mean, Bipartisanship," is a coward. I think.