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  • If the Marshall Service does not enforce contempt, it is possible for the courts to appoint others to enforce for them if they are willing to do so. It would be unprecedented, but well within the bounds of what the law states

    The rule begins in section (a) by instructing that, as a general matter, process “must be served by a United States marshal or deputy marshal or by a person specially appointed for that purpose.”

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    Thus, by its plain terms, Rule 4.1 contemplates that the court may appoint individuals other than the marshals to enforce civil contempt orders.

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    Even a rogue marshal’s service, in other words, is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law. If courts have the courage, the legal tools are there.

    https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-the-marshals-go-rogue-courts-have-other-ways-to-enforce-their-orders/

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  • Join global protests against Tesla in much of the US, various parts of Europe, part of Canada, etc.

    (and there are multiple upcoming across the UK, if you are in the UK and disappointed at this graph)

    https://www.teslatakedown.com/

  • Strange indeed, but this has been part of a long push. Didn't happen by magic

    Edit: On a closer reading, it looks like it might actually mean “if you use AI/other non-animal methods we’ll let you skip some safety testing” (“”“streamlined review”“”). Less animal murder so still good ofc, but :/

    Their 11 page roadmap document does not read that way at all. Looking the FDA press documents look very different than the implementation details documents. I mean part of their roadmap is actually to encourage people - if already doing animal studies - to perform additional non-animal studies at the same time and submit that along side to get better data about accuracy and such

    https://www.fda.gov/media/186092/download?attachment

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  • for press releases and announcements

    Headline makes it sound like internal communications, but that's not the case at least currently. Still, we shouldn't rely on third party services for important info - especially one that sometimes requires login to view

  • I think it's unlikely they will do so directly given their other actions. Senate Majority Leader Thune has been pretty adamant about keeping it even stating he wanted to keep it in his very first speech this year as the new senate majority leader. I think the bigger threat to the filibuster at the moment is Republicans abusing reconciliation beyond what is supposed to be in there. Republicans appear likely to test the waters with bending the rules in the near future. This would be one of those piece by piece kinds of things, so more of a medium-term to longer-term issue

    Reconciliation is supposed to be strictly for budget related policies and allows a strict majority vote without going through the filibuster and is only allowed to be used a limited number of times among other restrictions. The senate parliamentarian is the one who is supposed to interprets the senate rules and procedures including what's allowed in reconciliation. One of the requirements the Byrd Rule gives to reconciliation is that the bill passed through the senate it may not add to the deficit overall.

    Republicans appear likely to ignore the senate parliamentarian and declare by themselves that extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts for the rich that will expire are "current policy" and not counted in deficit computations. By itself that doesn't sound that interesting, but the reason that's a little concerning is that the senate parliamentarian is also the one who decides if the bills are strictly budget related. For instance, in 2021 the senate parliamentarian was the one who frustratingly ruled that a minimum wage increase to $15/hr couldn't be included via reconciliation. If ignoring the senate parliamentarian becomes the norm, they could stuff non-budget thing into these massive reconciliation spending packages without anyone to say no

    (It's also possible the Senate parliamentarian rules in their favor and they don't override what they say)

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  • Before we preemptively doom about it, it also needs to pass the senate filibuster meaning 7 senate dems need to vote in favor. Call your senators and tell them to vote against it

    The bill appears to face long odds in the Senate, where it would need 60 votes to overcome an expected Democratic filibuster.

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    “I am leading the fight in the Senate to push back against this effort to disrupt our already safe and secure elections. This bill cannot pass the Senate — and I will fight every step of the way to block it,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said in a statement.

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    Last year, the House passed a similar bill but it stalled in the Senate and then-President Joe Biden vowed to veto it

  • Passed the house not the senate. The filibuster in the senate is the main hurdle for the bill. That's what requires 60 votes meaning it'd take at least 7 votes from dems

    Dems have shot plenty of things down this term via the filibuster though the CR was a notable horrible exception. For instance, they successfully filibustered an anti-trans legislation earlier in march. There is no threat of a shutdown here if they don't let this bill get through. It's a tall order for it to get through. Still call your senator and tell them to vote against cloture for it

  • Yes, what they are trying to do is bad, but note that it needs 60 in the senate to pass the filibuster

    Senate Dems were pretty vocal against it last year when they tried to get that through. Still make sure to call your senator and tell them to vote no on cloture for it, but don't preemptively doom about it passing the house

  • Full quote of what he said was

    "We are all Canadians, but we all have different identities and distinctions, and one of the great strengths of this country is recognizing that people can be who they are, they can love who they love, they can live where they are, and it's fundamentally important that the federal government is the defender of those rights, defender of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and access to health care in Canada is a fundamental right for all Canadians without exception."

    Was asked in the context of Alberta's anti-trans bills/legislation

  • Hope does live on - with the people. That's where the power has always lived if we the people are willing to use it

    Right now they're thinking the 5 million protesting last Saturday was a fluke. Let's show them it's not. Sat April 19th is the next day of nationwide protest

  • It's not been limited to this. Some Republicans in Montana lately have started crossing sides to shoot down some other bills attacking trans people too (though not all bills unfortunately)

    For instance, in March a ban on drag that would likely have been extended to apply to trans people was shot down with 13 republicans crossing sides

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/montana-anti-trans-bills-defeated

    Before that, 10+ republicans flipped to kill an attempt to make certain limitations on trans care for 25 years and instead ammended it downwards to 4 years. Still was a shitty bill even with that change, but still

    https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com/post/3ljo33fl2mc2a

  • For the moment in the current AI boom, but not expected to in the long run. Just make the progress less fast. Still not ideal, of course, but don't get into the mindset that we can't make any progress at all when we still can and are doing so

    From the article

    Ember’s report shows that clean generation growth is set to outpace faster-rising demand in the coming years, marking the start of a permanent decline in fossil fuel generation. The current expected growth in clean generation would be sufficient to meet a demand increase of 4.1% per year to 2030, which is above expectations for demand growth.

  • It is worth noting that you can already beat meat on price with things like beans, lentils, chickpeas, etc. Plant-based meats specifically are just more expensive because they're building the economies of scale and putting some of their research costs into the price. Plant-based meats are also already cheaper than animal meats in some parts of the world

    But yes, once that becomes much prevalent, sales will likely increase substantially

    As a related note: this is also encouraging that a number of coffee chains are now dropping their non-dairy milk up charges after pressure from activists. Once they got Starbucks to do so, it's spread to tons of chains. Even the worst plant milks are way better across all environmental metrics compared to dairy (yes even water weighted by scarcity), so it's going to be good for the environment

  • It becoming financially convenient was a result of decades of intentional policy. It's now snowballing once it got there

    It would have taken far longer to get here without government involvement if applications like space travel were the only reasons for earlier research and manufacturing

  • Not that pausing this is anything less than insane, but note that SCOTUS has recently given administrative stays and then ruled against Trump after that. Nothing is a given either way

    The fight isn't over until it's over. Don't read this news and give in the doom and cynicism Trump wants us all to have. We can still fight back, and people are still fighting. 5 million were on the street on Saturday. There's another nationwide 50501 protest on April 19th

  • 50501 General @50501.chat

    People Protesting Their Republican Representatives Not Holding Town Halls During the Congressional Recess

    50501 Virginia @50501.chat

    Protests in Virginia Beach Today Against Trump, Musks and Republican House Rep. Jen Kiggans

    50501 New York @50501.chat

    USPS Union Workers Protested Today in New York & Across the Country Against Privatization Attempts by Trump & Musk

    50501 General @50501.chat

    Tesla Takedown Protests Now Expanding Outside North America and Europe with One Planned in Australia on Mar 29th

    Colorado @lemmy.world

    Thousands of Teachers Protest Today Outside the Colorado Capitol Against Cuts to Public Education

    50501 Colorado @50501.chat

    Thousands of Teachers Protest Today Outside the Colorado Capitol Against Cuts to Public Education

    50501 New Jersey @50501.chat

    Tesla Takedown Protests Yesterday in Paramus, NJ

    50501 Maryland @50501.chat

    Protest Today in Maryland Against Trump & Musk's Attack on NOAA

    50501 General @50501.chat

    ‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters planning ‘biggest day of action’ | Organizers are calling for 500 demonstrations at all 277 Tesla showrooms, as well as Supercharger stations, on March 29th.

    50501 General @50501.chat

    Protest This Time Around Have Been More Frequent - Despite Lesser Media Coverage

    50501 General @50501.chat

    I Worry, but I Fight - Marc Elias

    50501 Montana @50501.chat

    Zooey Zephyr Is Introducing a Bill To Formally Repeal Montana's State Constitution Ban on Same Sex Marriage That Has Been Ruled Unconstitutional Since the Early 2000s. Testify Tomorrow In Favor!

    The Onion @midwest.social

    Study Finds Health Benefits Associated With Seriously Considering Going Vegetarian For A While Now

    Nebraska @midwest.social

    Crowd At Mike Flood's Town Hall Chants "Tax the Rich". He Represents NE-1 Which Is An R+9 district

    50501 Nebraska @50501.chat

    Crowd At Mike Flood's Town Hall Chants "Tax the Rich". He Represents NE-1 Which Is An R+9 district

    50501 General @50501.chat

    Join Tesla Takedown's Mass Mobilization Call Wed Mar 19th at 8:30pm ET (5:30pm PT)

    50501 Canada @50501.chat

    Tesla kicked out of Vancouver Auto Show after recent protests

    50501 General @50501.chat

    People Are Showing Up And Raising Hell In Townhalls During This Congressional Recess. Some Even Dressing Up for the Occasion

    50501 Illinois @50501.chat

    Group holds 'Tesla takedown' rally outside Lisle dealership, protesting Elon Musk's DOGE

    50501 Louisiana @50501.chat

    Join Nationwide Protests on Sat April 5th from 11am-3pm At the Baton Rouge State Capitol