The Nolichucky River has median flow of 6k gallons per second. Niagara Falls has a flow of 750k gps, 125x higher. During Helene, the Nolichucky got to 1200k gps, 1.6 times Niagara. Imagine what 1.6 Niagaras tearing through a small river town does. www.wate.com/news/top-sto...

these racist creeps…

Tl;dr he was on a student visa and was not supposed to be working full time. or, more likely, he violated his OPT terms, which require an employer and clear connections with the degree. He got away with it. Rather like Melania T for her highly illegal paid modeling work on a tourist visa.

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“‘When they did fund us,’ Kimbal Musk recalled, ‘they realized that we were illegal immigrants.’ ‘Well…’ Elon Musk interjected. ‘Yes, we were,’ Kimbal Musk pushed back.” www.cnn.com/2024/09/29/u...

Elon Musk once described his past immigration status as a ‘gray area’ | CNN

The world’s richest man is a harsh critic of illegal immigration. His past comments raise questions about his own path.

I’ve seen many people of various political persuasions say that they’ve seen very little or no coverage of the devastation in Asheville. That may be so, but it’s not really an indictment of the media as much as it’s an indication that your media diet in particular is fucked.

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The impact of Florida’s new law targeting voter outreach groups is clear: voter registration numbers have plummeted. In 2020, grassroots organizations registered nearly half a million voters. This year, only 13,521 have been registered so far. boltsmag.org/florida...

Florida Law Strikes “Deathblow” to Outside Groups Trying to Register New Voters 

The GOP imposed new restrictions on voter registration organizations, and threatened them with steep fines for violations. Now these groups are scrambling to adapt.

Trump: Brian Kemp has been calling the White House but hasn’t been able to get through… Gov. Kemp: I spoke with President Biden yesterday and he said, ‘Hey what do you need?’ And I told him we got what we need. He offered that if there's other things we need to just to call him directly. I

I know many hope Walz dunks on JD like a white man who installed a lower-than-reg-hoop, but a part of me wants Walz to go in with a Robin-Williams-in-Good-Will-Hunting, "Son, it's not your fault" hug bc Vance WOULD cry like a child AND THAT would end the GOP more surely than any fact check.

Welp. Just finished the “Boom Town” chapter about the Oklahoma City bombing and it really never occurred to me until just now that 9/11 was only six years later. What a mindfuck…

Pollsters should start asking Trump voters “if former President Trump is re-elected and launches the campaigns of political violence he’s promised, will you personally take part or will you leave the attacks on scary brown people to others?”