It wasn’t 85 octane, it was ethanol content- raising it from e10 to e15. Same octane but lower energy density by a percent or two, and can be damaging to older vehicles that may not have ethanol safe gaskets in the fuel system. And also is a huge bailout for industrial corn farmers in red states.

85 is only allowed in a few select high mountain states like Colorado, where the extremely thin air means lower octane fuels have a lower chance of detonating/pinging and causing engine damage.

Trump doesn’t like losers. Putin looks like a loser right now, so he’s flip flopping.

Also yeah what the other comment said. Nobody gives a shit about the kompromat anymore. Putin could post a direct VHS video tomorrow of trumps uncensored mushroom balls deep in a 9 year old, and the GOP would hail him as a hero.

Hmm, mostly swing states he lost in 2020.

Definitely going to just “observe” and not actively interfere with elections. No way no how.

You would be very surprised how many rural areas have barely-working cellular networks that are unreliable and not fast enough for usable data.

Oh are those the same anti terrorism funds that some cities are using to install hundreds of Flock cameras?

These laws are probably more for surveillance than preventing ghost guns.

They are, 100%. Watch Louis Rossman 's video on the New York law (if you can stomach his vlogs for that long) - it’s had a shitload of money dumped into lobbying for it by none other than overly controlling industrialist Michael Bloomberg himself. They are trying to crush user ownership of manufacturing right off the bat.

… Its not already?

Racism parade: A-OK
touching paint: life in prison

cool, thata still only about 3% of their 2025 profit, yawn

Context of other two?

And also probably hoping to grift a bunch of money out of him.

Sure. I subscribe to Watch Duty so I get better data layers for west coast USA wildfires. I also subscribe to spotify because I haven’t been able to wean myself off it yet. There are a few select apps that make sense to subscribe to for “premium” benefits. Most aren’t, for sure.

Not only does it hurt, it basically always guarantees broken ribs if done correctly. Especially in a decrepit 84yo man whose bones are already weak.

Honking, car crash, sirens, yelling all need to go

Poor titling. The restriction is not in place. Thry have only sent it back to the lower federal court to let them determine if it counts as a 4th amendment search before making a decision. The NPR article is significantly better. https://www.npr.org/2026/06/29/nx-s1-5844697/supreme-court-restricts-use-of-geofence-warrants

If this does come back as a 4th amendment search, this might kill Flock and other fixed are surveillance devices in a really fun way. God, I can only hope. (But realistically I know they won’t restrict shit)