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Wipqozn

11:56

Nova Scotians now need to be paying 50% of income on housing to qualify for rent supplement cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/…

Was previously 30%

> "We could see that the demand for the program was exceeding what the budget would offer," Lohr said in an interview. "So, we felt the need to prioritize ... this to those most in need, and that's why that decision was made."

So, basically, the housing crisis is so bad we need to cut back support programs

Backwards ass logic

Fredy31

12:33

@Wipqozn And trudeau just quietly rolled back foreign home buying rules

Fucking hell

next generation of kids will never own a home because someone tought it would be great to buy homes only to rent them.

IMO, if its a single family home, whoever is on the paper as proprietor needs to live there at least 2-3 months a year.

An no company may have a home. A person needs to have it.

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BradC

14:28

Bombshell WaPo reporting over the weekend about how much the DOJ actually has on Trump's direct actions (and therefore culpability) in the classified documents case:

Justice Dept. said to have more evidence of possible Trump obstruction at Mar-a-Lago

Some relevant excerpts:

> In the classified documents case, federal investigators have gathered new and significant evidence that after the subpoena was delivered, Trump looked through the contents of some of the boxes of documents in his home, apparently out of a desire to keep certain things in his possession, the people familiar with the investigation said.

(emphasis mine)

> These people said prosecutors have collected evidence that Trump ignored requests from multiple advisers to return the documents to the archives over a period of a year, that he asked advisers and lawyers to release false statements claiming he had returned all documents, and that he grew angry after being subpoenaed for the documents.

Lots of discussion of the WaPo article in other places, if you can't read the WaPo article directly.

The WaPo piece reports on those items as evidence of obstruction, but this EmptyWheel article says some of the reporting looks like evidence of direct violations of the espionage act:

> Asking whether Trump (or Molly Michael or anyone else from Trump’s PAC) showed donors a classified map in a package also showing polling and a faith leader’s support for Trump’s policy in an attempt to raise money doesn’t get you evidence of obstruction. If the map is classified, though, it gets you proof that Trump not only knew he had classified documents, but had turned to profiting off of them.
> That’s not a guarantee they’re going to charge 18 USC 793e. It’s a pretty good sign they’re collecting evidence that might support that charge.

Elva

15:14

When's the arraignment happening anyway? =o

BradC

15:31

Tuesday, April 4th, 2:15pm Eastern Time, apparently

Elva

16:07

2 hours =o

BradC

@Elva its only Monday...

Elva

...

Dangit

BradC

lol

Elva

Can it be friday yet?

BradC

sure? (waves magic wand)

Wipqozn

16:10

@Elva Perception of time must be hard when you're a dragon

Elva

It is, the centuries just fly by, hard to keep track of which day it is when you're having a year long nap

user 726941

16:44

This whole episode of the trumpet 🎺 soap opera sounds like a rerun of his impeachment episode(s) 🎻

Perhaps, it's better to nap through it.

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BradC

21:09

'It's kind of a Jesus Christ thing': Report says Trump refused offer to be quietly arraigned over Zoom

I looked for a on-theme gif, but none of them were actually funny

> “He wanted a perp walk, he wanted daylight hours,” a law enforcement official in on the security planning official told Rolling Stone. “He wants to get out of the vehicle and walk up the stairs. This is a nightmare for Secret Service, but they can only strongly suggest — not order — that Trump enter through the secure tunnels.

> “It’s kind of a Jesus Christ thing. He is saying ‘I’m absorbing all this pain from all around from everywhere so you don’t have to,’ ” a source close to the legal team said.

> “It will be a s--tshow,” the law enforcement official told Rolling Stone. The source also joked that the Secret Service is going to press for surrounding Trump to such a degree "we may have a group mugshot. I wish I was joking, I’m not.”

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