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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Try the short version of the gift link: https://share.inquirer.com/4ayTXy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I had the impression that college deferment ended about a year before the draft did.

I don't expect college draft deferment to be a thing again until the boomers die.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Click the link to find out. It's a gift link, so anybody with JS turned on should be able to access the article.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The US draft system hasn't had college deferments since the latter part of the Vietnam war.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)

When new car prices go up, used car prices should rise too

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's a gift link. Anybody with Javascript turned on has free access already

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

This is the one that put up the stiffest resistance, in part because the guard on duty the first time DOGE showed up didn't have a key to the inner door.

They deserve recognition for that.

I'll not be whatabouted out of making it clear how bad things are.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (3 children)

There's a third type: those who think that the President should be bound by law and constition.

This happens to be a nonprofit, which while funded by congress, has some level of independence. The President isn't supposed to be able to shut it down like this, and it took coercing the guards's boss and having cops break into their offices to get to this point.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

During Trump's first term there were still Republicans who cared about things like:

  • Constitution
  • Law
  • Good Governance

They've all been purged now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

That's hard. Changing your bank means changing a whole string of direct deposits and automatic payments. Having done it, the process takes about a month, where you move payments and deposits, then monitor the account for a while to see if you missed anything.

This makes banking relationships quite sticky.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

The Guardian famously does not paywall content. They do ask for donations.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

In the US, unless the outcome is changed as a result of an appeal, yes.

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