Committee Democrats had planned to force a vote on a resolution calling for the public release of Epstein-related documents
  • Avicenna@lemmy.world
    18·
    5 months ago

    Well from now whenever republicans defecate some sentences involving “but the kids” from their mouths the default reply should be “Oh like the time you didn’t release Epstein files?”

  • ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world
    35·
    5 months ago

    So, at what point do we decide they are not representing us, they are no longer a legitimate government, and we are going to rule without them?

  • WanderWisley@lemmy.world
    51·
    5 months ago

    The GOP till about a week ago: “we need to release the files!” The GOP now: “ we need to protect the philes!”

    • Soup@lemmy.world
      5·
      5 months ago

      Been way more than a week, so it’s nice to see that they’re struggling to get this one to go away. Good momentum, the US needs to keep it up.

      • WanderWisley@lemmy.world
        3·
        5 months ago

        Yes definitely we need to spread the word and post it everywhere, make signs, call the radio stations if people still do that.

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
      4·
      5 months ago

      I wish. There’s a permanent restricted airspace around the capitol. In the before times, an unauthorized aircraft would get in serious trouble with the FAA. Nowadays with the sycophantic dictator in charge, who knows what could happen.

      But it’d be a damn cool way to say your last words.

      • LePoisson@lemmy.world
        3·
        5 months ago

        Bro if you’re flying in restricted airspace near govt buildings you know what happens. You get intercepted by a fighter jet and either have a friendly escort out of the restricted area or you make friends with a missile and get obliterated.

        I would not recommend trying to find out which will happen.

        On a related note:

        I’ve been wondering if drones could be adapted to essentially act as glide bombs that could operate without direct control input. Those probably would get around most protections especially if they had a glide slope that they’d stay on if their systems were jammed electronically. Like they get launched, fly to whatever altitude they need to be at to take a long glide down, and just go for pre programmed coordinates.

        That’s probably something the war in Ukraine has either made a thing or it was tried and found to be dumb but I’ve not done research on it.

        It’s not like civilians are gonna get their hands on true missiles and launch systems. But civies could find a way to put together some drones packed with explosives pretty easily I imagine.

        • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
          2·
          5 months ago

          I think you’re right about Ukraine doing such a thing. IIRC they used drones to destroy some Russian supply depots a month or two ago. Though I think those were cabled? Which I had never heard of until then, but hey, if it works it works.