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FBI seizes Polymarket CEO’s phone, electronics after betting platform predicts Trump win: source
  • It’s “grand political theater at its worst,” the source told The Post. “They could have asked his lawyer for any of these things. Instead, they staged a so-called raid so they can leak it to the media and use it for obvious political reasons.”

    Uhhh…you’re the leak, buddy…🤦

  • What are the best iOS apps for viewing the Lemmy ModLog?

    The default web interface is awful, at least on mobile.

    Hoping to find something decent at searching sorting and filtering.

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    Sounds like a threat
  • I finally caught another of the YouTube ads and it was paid for by futureforwardusa.org.

    The message, again, was very generic with friendly animation and cheery music. The message was the same. “Your vote is private; whether you vote is public” with the addition of “make a plan to vote”.

  • Sounds like a threat
  • I’ve mostly seen YouTube ads so not sure how to share those here. I happened to get another postcard today though, with the exact same wording is the one I linked to elsewhere in this thread:

    If you look at votingmatters.org it says:

    Paid for by the Democratic National Committee (202) 863-8000
    This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.

  • Is it offensive for me as a man to dress as a male version of a female fictional character for Halloween?'

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    What is the argument for making poor/working class folks shoulder the burden of taxes?

    I’m looking for serious answers to understand the mentality. Please avoid the snark. I know it’s low hanging and tempting but I’m pretty sure most, if not all, of use here on Lemmy “get it”.

    I just can’t get out of my head how absurd it is that we, in the U.S. anyway, put so much of the tax burden on working class folks instead of those most benefiting from our economic system.

    It seems to me the standard deduction should be at least the median personal income (~$40k) if not the mean(~$60k) with progressive tax brackets adjusted to cover costs thereafter and possibly a supplemental wealth tax.

    But I’m not an economist so trying to understand why I’m wildly wrong and this would be a terrible idea either from an economic perspective or from a political perspective.

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    Is it possible in 2024 to turn off Apple Messages send and receive sounds without muting the whole phone?

    I’ve been wishing for this for years, but it seems I’m to only one that finds them annoying. Hoping maybe someone knows a setting somewhere I’ve missed or possibly something introduced in iOS 18.

    To be clear, I’m not talking about Messages notifications you get notifying you of a message while you’re not in the app; I’m talking about the send/receive sounds the phone plays while you’re in the Messages app texting with someone.

    TYIA! 🙏

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    Tim Walz had sex with and impregnated teacher at school where he coached football

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    🎁 Washington Post Says It Won’t Endorse a Presidential Candidate

    www.nytimes.com Washington Post Says It Won’t Endorse a Presidential Candidate

    Will Lewis, the company’s chief executive, said the paper was “returning to our roots” of not making endorsements for the office.

    Washington Post Says It Won’t Endorse a Presidential Candidate
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    www.yahoo.com North Carolina's vote-counting rules, timeline explained

    Unlike some other swing states, it won’t take days to know which presidential candidate won in the Tar Heel state.

    North Carolina's vote-counting rules, timeline explained

    !

    I finally voted yesterday. I got in line at 3:25pm and it took just over an hour on day 4 of early voting.

    Anyway, I got curious about how the various voting methods got counted in North Carolina so I looked it up and thought I’d share!

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    Political Memes @lemmy.world ccunning @lemmy.world

    The GOP: Empowering rapists to choose the mother of their children

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    There's a new virus making people forget 80s rock bands

    No one knows the cure.

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    Is anyone else having notifications get through their sleep focus since upgrading to iOS 18?

    This is driving me nuts. I think it’s “Optimized Battery Charging” notifying me that the battery is fully charged which happens 30-60 minutes before my alarm goes off.

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    At private fundraiser Walz caught saying the quiet part out loud.

    www.theguardian.com Tim Walz calls for scrapping of electoral college to decide US presidential race

    Kamala Harris’s running mate urges popular vote system but campaign says issue is not part of Democrats’ agenda

    Tim Walz calls for scrapping of electoral college to decide US presidential race

    > “I think all of us know, the electoral college needs to go,” Walz told donors at a gathering at the home of the California governor, Gavin Newsom.

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    Update on Helene response and addressing some of the rumors we’re all seeing online

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    Trump is the political equivalent of those spam/scam emails with intentional misspellings designed to filter out folks who won't ultimately fall for the scam

    gizmodo.com Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams

    Read the complaints submitted to the FTC by users of Donald Trump's social media platform.

    Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams
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    The lyngest liar of all liars is at it AGaIn!!!

    cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13880568

    > Tim Walz, you've been fact checked! > > > Trump reported millions in negative income in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2020, and he paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017. > > https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trumps-tax-returns-released-house-committee-years-legal-battles-rcna62408

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    Walz says he's "a knucklehead at times" but turns out to be a great guy. More Lies! Lies! Lies! for the American people.

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    Spruce Pine, NC just got slammed by Helene. It could massively disrupt the tech industry

    > Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, the community of Spruce Pine, population 2,194, is known for its hiking, local artists and as America’s sole source of high-purity quartz. Helene dumped more than 2 feet of rain on the town, destroying roads, shops and cutting power and water.

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    Spruce Pine, NC just got slammed by Helene. It could massively disrupt the tech industry

    > Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, the community of Spruce Pine, population 2,194, is known for its hiking, local artists and as America’s sole source of high-purity quartz. Helene dumped more than 2 feet of rain on the town, destroying roads, shops and cutting power and water.

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    Jackson opens lead over Bishop in race for NC attorney general, WRAL News Poll finds

    > Forty-three percent of likely November voters support Jackson and 36% support Bishop, with 21% undecided, according to the poll of 676 likely voters, which was released Tuesday. The gap has widened significantly since March, when a previous WRAL News Poll showed Jackson with a 41%-to-40% lead over Bishop

    After my last post I realized I hadn’t seen any polling for the AG race, so I went looking and this is what I found.

    This is a couple weeks old so take it with a grain of salt

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    Helene relief: water, electricity, food, roads, cell service (Sept 30)

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    Checking to see what movies were playing tonight. Didn't even know this movie existed. Decided to check and see how packed it was in my rural Eastern NC town. This is for the showing starting in 30min

    And even further, only those exact same two seats are ‘taken’ for every single showing.

    I thought for sure the after church showings tomorrow would be at least somewhat full, but nope.

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