• Tidesphere@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    I read somewhere that the same provision that forbade bestiality also disqualifies people who have been found to have paid for sex three or more times in the last ten years. I think that what’s actually happening is that Patel, or a buddy of his, got caught hiring prostitutes a few too many times, and now want to repeal the rule so they don’t get kicked out.

    But someone saw ‘bestiality’ and decided to make it about that to distract people.

    • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      13 hours ago

      Then they could have removed the prostitution clause and kept the bestiality one.
      Also he literally defended removing the latter in front of Congress.

  • temptationscattreats@lemmy.zip
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    20 hours ago

    Great news for me! I was ready to congratulate all the people I know who have committed acts of bestiality, even set aside a couple hours on my calendar for it. Didn’t need even a moment of that two hour block because I don’t know a single person who’s ever done that sort of thing.

    Now I got two hours to kill and started thinking about something my uncle used to say “I’m fucking this cat, you just hold the tail.” Which was a pretty vulgar thing to say to a 10 year old but also what the fuck Uncle Mike?

  • rmrf@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    So like, for real though, the justification for this was that there are people who are victims of trafficking that are forced into this, right?

    At face value, that makes sense. I’m not sure whether every state that convicts for beastiality would also create exceptions for victims of trafficking who were forced into it, they certainly do not when it comes to other offenses.

    Is there something I’ve missed?

    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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      23 hours ago

      Yes, you missed that it wasn’t for the victims, they’re probably already covered for that. It was for people involved in bestiality in general.

      While Patel characterized the change as nondiscriminatory toward victims, Durbin refuted the notion and claimed it was a way to protect those who engaged in bestiality.

      “You dropped automatic disqualification for applicants who have been engaged in bestiality, not victims of bestiality, applicants who have engaged,” Durbin said to Patel.

      https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/kash-patel-fbi-hiring-policy-bestiality

      • rmrf@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        19 hours ago

        they’re probably already covered for that

        Can you ELI5 how an automatic disqualifier based on a conviction that doesn’t account for whether or not someone is a victim doesn’t automatically disqualify those victims without just saying they’re “probably already covered”

        Edit to add: I don’t see the relevance of what person C says if person A and B aren’t going to be taken at their word, either. Durbin’s words on the topic matter only as much as anyone else’s in a vacuum, and his claim as to what is and isn’t currently policy is as meaningless as anyone else’s if it’s unsubstantiated

      • ryper@lemmy.ca
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        22 hours ago

        I think Kash heard his bros talking about fucking lots of “bitches” and totally misunderstood.

  • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    Thinking about how there’s gotta be some dogfucker out there going, “Hell yeah I voted for this!” and how he probably has one of the most coherent and internally consistent reasons for voting Republican out of anyone who did.

  • gogonan@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’d like to measure my love for dogs on the some z-axis which is unassociated with the dog-murder-to-dog-rape spectrum please

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    It’s easy to forget about traitors like Kristi Noem once they’re out of the spotlight. Hopefully this country doesn’t forget to dispense justice to that particular traitor when this is all over. Same goes for traitor Greg Bovino.

  • missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    Understanding this immediately as a European makes me realize I’m wayyy too chronically online. USA is the only reality TV show I need.

    • 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      Blocking US centric instances will do you a lot of good, similar to blocking tankie instances, especially close to election season.

      The good memes and big news will seep through other instances.

    • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Right?

      I’m constantly amazed how many foreigners are aware of what’s going on in US politics and even details about how our government works.

      1. It shows how much our shitty politics affect the world. I’m sorry.

      2. It highlights how bad Americans are at paying attention and doing their homework because most Americans have no fucking clue what’s going on or how their own government works.

      To be fair, I’m barely aware of what’s going on in other nation’s politics, but that’s largely because I’m hyper aware of what’s going on in U.S. politics and, unfortunately, that takes up a lot of my time and patience and sanity.

      • Eq0@literature.cafe
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        1 day ago

        Honestly, I know more about US politics than about my own country because I spend more time on Lemmy than reading newspapers. And any time on Lemmy automatically exposes you to US news day in day out

      • Tiral@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        That’s by design. It’s the same reason you aren’t required to take Statistics in high school. If people knew the actual odds of winning the lottery they wouldn’t play. Since the poorest Americans and typically only high school graduates play the lottery religiously it make sense.

        I don’t think it’s just not knowing their rights and such. It also needs to get worse before it gets better. Ever maybe change in government across history wasn’t done with protests or signing petitions. It was done with a physical revolution. Until we got that point it will be the same shit.