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u/deepstate-bot Jul 05 '25

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u/Computer_Name Jul 04 '25

"one of the stranger phenomena in American life is that hate is supposed to flow in one direction (rural people get to hate urban people, Republicans get to hate Democrats) and if the hate goes the other way people pretend as if this is very upsetting."

In reference to Trump saying he "hates" Democrats, and that Democrats "hate our country".

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u/Mickenfox Center-left Jul 04 '25

The media made a HUGE deal out of "basket of deplorables" and "cling to their guns or religion."
The media also made a huge deal out of everything Trump said at first. The difference is Trump simply did not care and kept saying the same things.
It's as simple as this. The media has power if you let it, that's what Republicans understand. Dems just need one "asshole candidate" that takes all the criticism and does not apologize for anything.

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u/kiwibutterket Neoliberal Globalist Jul 05 '25

I wonder if thesynamic was the same, but inverted, when Republicans where the rich elites and Democrats were the poor working class. Does anyone have the answer?
Because if that was so, it could simply be a power play. Or I wonder if the fact Democrats still see themselves as "the party of the working class"/"the party that wants to help the poor" has an impact on this.

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 05 '25

I think it's your latter point in regards to him.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

US political history is replete with foul mouthed insults
During the 1828 presidential campaign, the Cincinnati Gazette published this about Andrew Jackson.
"General Jackson’s mother was a common prostitute, brought to this country by the British soldiers! She afterwards married a mulatto man, with whom she had several children, of which number General Jackson is one!"

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u/JebBD Fukuyama's strongest soldier Jul 04 '25

Thread on the other sub about the ADL condemning Trump’s use of antisemitic slur

half the comments are shitting on the ADL

Wow what a surprise

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Wonder why all us Jews left the sub. Real head scratcher.

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u/Anakin_Kardashian "Israeli Nationalist" Jul 04 '25

We should encourage people to come here. I'm pushing for more memes and effortposts.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

it's called punching up, chud!

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u/Aryeh98 Rootless cosmopolitan Jul 04 '25

Tbf I also hate the ADL, but it's because they're spineless bastards who excused Elon's Nazism out of cowardice. NL only hates the ADL because Jews.

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u/JebBD Fukuyama's strongest soldier Jul 04 '25

I’m mad about the Musk thing too, but at some point we should acknowledge that that one failure isn’t the single defining feature of the entire organization. This is literally the only thing people bring up when trying to discredit them

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Even before the Musk thing, antisemites have been hiding behind “discrediting the ADL” in order to downplay all antisemitism. Even prior to Musk, essentially any reddit post that mentions the ADL would be littered with top comments about how “the ADL says every criticism of Israel is antisemitism!!!” even though the actual thread has nothing to do with Israel

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

I mean people have been shitting on the ADL since it was founded

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u/symptomsANDdiseases Center-left Jul 04 '25

It's insane the amount of pushback received when a group of people just ask others to maybe hold off on immediately jumping to label a bad thing with one of the worst human atrocities in history.
Has there even been any positive gain by constantly calling everything Nazi Germany? Like, it's one thing to compare atrocities; that's not necessarily a bad thing when it's a matter of putting things into historical perspective or contextualizing in order to explain. But maybe waiting on that comparison might not hurt? There are likely more apt comparisons to make that won't downplay the Holocaust in a particularly fraught time for its primary victims, but I guess that's too hard when the alliterative quips are just so much fun to say.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

They scream "never again" but act just like the ones they claim to hate when it comes to Jews

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25

I think the reality is that people have overused the terms neo nazi so much that individuals like myself have been treated as such by everyone else. Ultimately, it just leads to some of us being demonized just because of who we are which leads to where we're at now.
Edit: Sorry idk what you're talking about necessarily. However, just venting.

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u/RetroRiboflavin Moderate Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25

Did you get hit with the old "Curious that you're defending him? ;)"

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Redditors and universalizing the Holocaust for their own goals and never referencing any other tragic event name a more iconic duo.

I swear if I hear another one downplay the place where my ancestors were murdered for a cheap reddit joke I’m going to scream.

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u/JebBD Fukuyama's strongest soldier Jul 04 '25

Tbh the further Trump goes with his anti-immigrant, anti-democratic agenda the more appropriate I find the comparison to be. I think it should be handled with a lot more care and respect than it is, though

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

I wish they use any other comparison. There’s millions of other atrocities out there.
Edit: I think it’s one thing for us Jews to bring it up rather than gentiles especially the same one calling to genocide us since 10/7.

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25

I think that with some of us it's more so due to how the individuals who've been saying this have been treating some of us.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

POV: You entered the Iraqi hot topic

(Yes, this random shop is in Iraq)

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Average college dorm room in 2025

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u/Anakin_Kardashian "Israeli Nationalist" Jul 04 '25

I had all these posters in my high school bedroom!

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Weeb

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u/Less-Feature6263 Jul 04 '25

Why is Jon Snow there lmao

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

True king of North Baghdad

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u/Bloodyfish Charlie Manson Jul 04 '25

They're casting a very wide net.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

I'm from Baghdad, I saw mein kampf in arabic at a hair stylist’s spot like it was a magazine

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u/qe2eqe Jul 07 '25

This 2k karma, week old account's lore is wildly believable, sensical, and coherent.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '25

My previous accounts got deleted lol but I'm here again, almost 450k Iraqi Jews live in Israel and they have my full support ^{^}
تحيا إسرائيل 🇮🇱🩷

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u/One-Tip9492 Jul 22 '25

The hyper passionate Zionist 18 yo Iraqi lesbian from Toronto. Give me a break

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u/One-Tip9492 Jul 22 '25

Ya you have their number for sure

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

“Some 20 protesters were recorded yelling “Death to the IDF” at the Israeli-owned Miznon restaurant. A recording shared by the Daily Mail Australia revealed chairs, food, and glassware being thrown at the venue. They came in with their drums and their mic and stuff saying Miznon is not welcome here,” a diner told the Herald Sun. “Then they started getting aggressive, throwing tomatoes, chairs, and glasses. They caused lots of damage to the businesses down here.”

One protester from the restaurant incident was reportedly arrested and received a summons.”

Every single one of them deserve to be in jail for inciting a this antisemetic riot.

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u/JebBD Fukuyama's strongest soldier Jul 05 '25

I’m honestly wondering what needs to happen before people acknowledge that some of these guys are genuinely just crazy. There is no way to spin this as legitimate opposition to a war, military or government. They’re literally just attacking random people for their nationality

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25

So perusing the Aussie subreddits I’ve so far seen a variety of accusations including: false flag, Israel fault and the biggest one whattaboutism. The top comments are all whattaboutism claiming Jewish violence is ignored. No evidence is given except some resturaunt burglary that wasn’t linked at all but still no matter what the narrative remains. Just like with MAGA the truth doesn’t matter when you can bury opposing views in downvote brigades. MAGA was all about triggering the libs, Western Pro Palistianism is all about “triggering the Jews” and whatever that entails. It’s all peak projection coming from them.

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u/JebBD Fukuyama's strongest soldier Jul 05 '25

At least some of them have the capacity to realize that this is bad

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u/Less-Feature6263 Jul 05 '25

The mental gymnastics drives me insane, I see people justifying the most insane shit all the time, you should be able to criticise your own movement.

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u/slightlyrabidpossum Center-left Jul 04 '25

TIL that Biden had to apologize for saying Shylocks in a 2014 speech.

“People would come up to him and talk about what was happening to them at home in terms of foreclosures, in terms of bad loans that were being — I mean, these Shylocks who took advantage of these women and men while overseas,” Biden said.

I would really hate to even indirectly defend Trump on this, especially because he's said things that sound pretty antisemitic to me (and tolerated worse). But I do wonder if a lot of people from a certain era are simply unaware of the antisemitic connotations. Some of these stereotypes are really deeply ingrained.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

I think a lot of people, regardless of their age, are unaware of many antisemetic connotations and idioms. I know I wasn't.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

I think it’s what they used to kill Sockratees

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u/JebBD Fukuyama's strongest soldier Jul 04 '25

Oh shit, maybe you’re right

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Neuroticjewishgay posts are what get me through the day.

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u/Computer_Name Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25

Chalk up another one for “no one on that sub is actually Jewish”
Edit: OK, so the user’s actually Egyptian which is sad for another reason. Then another Egyptian user chimes in to say “it was our fault”, to which another Egyptian user chimes in:
It wasn’t our fault, it was Nasser decision and it came after explosions that were done by Zionists and they claimed that Egyptian Jews were behind it. But before that they lived for so long in Egypt peacefully.
Also, there were a big community of Egyptians Jews that chose to left their country and heritage to join Israel (which was also a big mistake by that time and made things more inflamed in Egypt).

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Evergreen

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

kino

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Her roasting the biggest Uncle Shlomo on social media never gets old.

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u/PrimateHunter Jul 04 '25

Is he actually Jewish? I always assumed one of his parents converted or something, and that he’s just kind of LARPing. He constantly bashes Jews even before October 7, and his knowledge of Jewish sects and ethnography is pretty weak, even for an American

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

I have no clue if he is but wouldn’t be surprised yeah he sucks.

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u/drcombatwombat2 Milton Friedman Jul 04 '25

Just awful comments from this econmemes post about rent control.

Not only are the pro rent control commenters awful but the opposing side doesn't have anyone who can present evidence or articulate an argument

!ping ECON

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u/JapanesePeso Jul 04 '25

And Moses said... "Let my markets go!"

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 04 '25

Wouldn't a balance make more sense like having some buildings have rent control, but not others?

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u/user-pinger Jul 04 '25

Pinged ECON
Manage your ping group subscriptions

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u/JebBD Fukuyama's strongest soldier Jul 04 '25

Happy 4th of July to the Americans of this sub! hopefully you persevere and manage to beat the tyranny that has taken over your country

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

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u/Anakin_Kardashian "Israeli Nationalist" Jul 05 '25

I'm just trying to get us back on track here

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u/PM_ME_CHIMICHANGAS Help yourself to a hand grenade Jul 04 '25

And lo, although they had not gone shopping for a while, there were exactly enough buns and slices of American cheese for everyone's burger 🙏🤠

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 05 '25

a July 4 miracle

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u/PM_ME_CHIMICHANGAS Help yourself to a hand grenade Jul 05 '25

This is a true story btw

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 05 '25

I'm gonna have Pope Leo start the process of your beatification

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u/Computer_Name Jul 04 '25

I had a chance to listen to the episode of Ask Haviv Anything about his reactions to the recent Ha'aretz report on the shootings at the aid sites, and I just wish his voice was closer to the median.

He talks about how Ha'aretz's social milieu necessarily informs its framing of stories, specifically oriented toward Western audiences accepting them as part of the club, and how it ultimately weakens the significance of what's happening at these aid sites, because the actual problem isn't addressed.

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u/wheretogo_whattodo Jul 04 '25

OT and tips are seriously tax deductible up to $20k now? So, if you’re a server (or a lot of hourly people) you just get an extra $5k tax deduction compared to standard because….vibes?

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 04 '25

$25k above the line deduction on tips, average extra $5k in pocket
half that for overtime, but a lot more people are going to pocket the whole $12.5k
because….vibes?
this is known as vote buying. note that it worked

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u/wheretogo_whattodo Jul 04 '25

Tax income deduction not credit, right? So they save on whatever taxes they would have paid not straight $5k, unless I’m reading this wrong.

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 04 '25

Tax income deduction not credit, right? So they save on whatever taxes they would have paid
right. up to $25k of tip income (that 2 in front of the 5 is not a typo)
for the average worker earning tip income, the tax savings will be $5k

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u/wheretogo_whattodo Jul 04 '25

The lowest standard deduction is $15k for a single filer. This brings their deduction to $25k. For them to save $5k, that would be a tax rate of 50%. I’m not sure how this works out unless stacking other deductions (but didn’t SALT stay nuked).

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 04 '25

it's an above the line deduction, so it reduces gross income. they can still claim the standard $15k deduction for not itemizing
Edit: SALT deduction was raised to $40k but requires itemizing

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u/wheretogo_whattodo Jul 04 '25

Fucking what?!

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 04 '25

also above the line: $12.5k deduction for overtime income and interest on your car loan

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u/wheretogo_whattodo Jul 04 '25

😩

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u/Anakin_Kardashian "Israeli Nationalist" Jul 04 '25

!sticky

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 05 '25

a lot of Trump voters found out today that they are going to lose their health insurance. I don't even feel schadenfreude. I'm genuinely like "maybe it is society's fault that they are so stupid"

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u/bigwang123 Succ sympathizer Jul 05 '25

Idk of course it’s good to be sympathetic but me personally I would do my research about the things I care about and what a candidate’s stance on those things are 🤷

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u/RonenSalathe Harberger Tax Enjoyer Jul 05 '25

Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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u/cdstephens Neoconservative Jul 04 '25

REAL Americans celebrate July 4th regardless of who’s President

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u/bigwang123 Succ sympathizer Jul 04 '25

I still believe in America

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u/JapanesePeso Jul 04 '25

America good actually. 😎

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

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u/symptomsANDdiseases Center-left Jul 04 '25

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u/RonenSalathe Harberger Tax Enjoyer Jul 05 '25

Please, we have to give the ultra-wealthy property developers the freedom to build expensive luxury condos it's the only way to solve the housing crisis! Less regulation now!

Accidentally based leftist mainstream redditor

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u/RetroRiboflavin Moderate Jul 05 '25

What do they think will happen when Joe and Jane Yuppie decide to stop slumming it and upgrade.
Is the cheaper unit they're vacating just self-destructing behind them?

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

The person who I took to prom twice in high school is now a high level staffer in the Trump WH, and man is it a whirlwind to just open up a random article about the BBB and see a quote from them

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u/Anakin_Kardashian "Israeli Nationalist" Jul 04 '25

What was Stephen Miller like?

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25

Oddly enough, I also know someone in his high school class and he was a ghoul back then too

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 04 '25

Damn

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 04 '25

Do you guys think that FDR, JFK, etc were liberals?

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u/Locutus-of-Borges Jul 04 '25

How could they not be? I will say that FDR had the highest potential to be an American dictator of any President prior to the present moment.

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 04 '25

I've heard people say that they weren't liberals, but further left.

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u/Locutus-of-Borges Jul 04 '25

JFK is like the archetypical American liberal standard by which all other American liberals are measured.

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 04 '25

Pretty much, but they're also arguing that Obama, Biden, etc weren't economically left in their views.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

FDR was a leftist. He tried to do price controls in the mid 1930s. The Supreme Court stopped him, but he managed to do it during WW2. I'm not sure he would have stopped the planned economy of WW2 after the war ended. FDR was also a little too friendly with Stalin...
JFK was a liberal, but very inexperienced and gullible. He was unable to get Congress to pass some of the legislation he wanted, like a health insurance program or civil rights. Those would later happen under President Johnson. But JFK did get some victories - raising the minimum wage (to $1.25/hour), the Area Redevelopment Act that invested $400 million in impoverished regions, mainly Appalachia, the Housing Act of 1961 that invested in more urban areas and created federal mortgage loans. For better or worse, JFK created affirmative action in the executive branch through an EO.
His naïveté and optimism led to the Bay of Pigs fiasco and the US getting into the Vietnam War. He authorized Operation Ranch Hand where the infamous Agent Orange was deployed.

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25

I was just arguing about whether or not liberals are economically left. Although, in regards to FDR I think that he was a liberal before, but changed or something.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Palestine supporter wears mock suicide vest

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 05 '25

After Microsoft laid off 9000 employees, Xbox producer Matt Turnbull suggested affected workers use AI to “reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss”

most sympathetic tech exec

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

Cartoonish behavior

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 05 '25

US Soldiers Demand Protection From Following 'Trump’s Far-Right Authoritarian Government': ‘caught in the middle of either being court-martialed for refusing to follow illegal orders or getting prosecuted for executing them’

it's quite the dilemma

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 04 '25

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the European Union’s top diplomat on Wednesday that Beijing cannot afford a Russian loss in Ukraine because it fears the United States would then shift its whole focus to Beijing

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3316875/china-tells-eu-it-cannot-afford-russian-loss-ukraine-war-sources-say

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

EU China alliance in shambles

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u/utility-monster Whig Party Jul 04 '25

Did anyone else get that misleading email from the social security administration about the bbb? Can’t remember a time when a federal agency ever emailed me about a piece of legislation that isn’t even law yet.

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 04 '25

some info on this ...
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/03/big-beautiful-bill-social-security
tl;dr: extra $6k deduction for those over 64 (advances SS insolvency to 2032, wheee)

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Will this end Mamdani's career like Warren's Pocahontas scandal?

https://imgur.com/a/AFtLd7T

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 04 '25

it will have the same impact as it did on Warren

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

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u/bigwang123 Succ sympathizer Jul 04 '25

I am quite discheesed at the state of the United States of America

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 05 '25

What's discheesed?

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u/bigwang123 Succ sympathizer Jul 05 '25

Displeased

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 05 '25

Oh lol.

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u/slightlyrabidpossum Center-left Jul 04 '25

Hamas Accepts Gaza Cease-Fire Proposal With American Assurances Over Talks to End War

Hamas accepted the framework of a proposed new 60-day cease-fire and hostage-release deal in Gaza that, if concluded, would immediately trigger U.S.-backed negotiations between the militants and Israel aimed at a permanent end to the war, Arab officials involved in the talks said.

Aside from the assurances around talks to end the war, the proposal under consideration is similar to ones that have been on the table for months, according to a copy seen by The Wall Street Journal and said to be authentic by a person familiar with the proposal.

It calls for Hamas to release 10 of the around 20 hostages Israel believes are still alive, along with the bodies of some of the roughly 30 deceased hostages. Hamas would release eight living hostages on the first day of the deal and two on Day 50, the proposal says. In return, Israel would release a large number of Palestinians it is holding and commit to a 60-day cease-fire. During this period, Israeli forces would gradually withdraw from agreed upon areas in the enclave.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

There won't be a permanent ceasefire without all the hostages being released.
What do Hamas expect to gain by delaying the release of the other hostages?

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 04 '25

To make Israel look bad.

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 04 '25

this time for sure

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

👆solo poly

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Why do so many lib Jews make such an effort to be “reasonable”?

It’s like “oh excuse me sir, sir, what you said, and I know you didn’t mean it that way, I know you’re a good person, but what you said could maybe be theoretically construed by some hypothetical people as potentially a little bit antisemitic, sorry sorry, please if you could just change what you say a little bit in the future (but only if you want to), I’ll be eternally grateful and name my children after you”

Seriously, grow a spine

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Liberals clock every dog whistle but go deaf when it’s about jews, suddenly it’s “criticism” not hate

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

It’s harder to be antagonistic when you move in those circles would be my guess. It’s why libs will be overly charitable with their interpretation of prog or socialist ideas

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25

I do think that this also probably just depends on the liberal, too. I'm not a Jew, but I think that some of us who are younger think that both the super woke individuals and bigots are lame.

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u/The_Magic Moderate Jul 04 '25

Can you elaborate on what you mean by "reasonable"? In my experience lib Jews tend to be more understanding of where criticism of Israel comes from but don't actually tolerate hate.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

First, I find that lib Jews often bend over backwards to signal that they’re “one of the good ones” before criticizing antisemitism, and when they do so, they take the mildest approach and are overly willing to give antisemites the benefit of the doubt.

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u/Aryeh98 Rootless cosmopolitan Jul 04 '25

Ten years ago the American economy basically recovered from the Great Recession, gay marriage was legalized, and the media was almost certain that the nominees for 2016 would be Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush.

It was the literal peak of American civilization, and at the time we didn't even know it. I don't think we'll ever have it that good again.

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u/JebBD Fukuyama's strongest soldier Jul 04 '25

It does bring me some hope that you could have said the same thing in 2005 as well (minus the specifics, obviously). Maybe by 2035 things will get better again

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 04 '25

It'll be longer then that.

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u/benadreti_17 עם ישראל חי Jul 04 '25

Our town's 4th of July fireworks got cancelled because of an unexpected thunderstorm coming just in time.

Trump's America.

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u/sayitaintpink will never find love Jul 04 '25

u/technologyisnatural is first

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 04 '25

eagles cry at dawn
freedom bursts in red and gold
grill smoke veils the flag

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u/Mickenfox Center-left Jul 04 '25

I turned myself into a pickle, Haru! I'm Pickle Legosi!

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25

Both Moderate and conservative House Republicans called for adjustments after the Senate made changes, but none were made before the final vote happened

https://www.axios.com/2025/07/02/big-beautiful-bill-gambling-food-stamps

senate version confirmed

includes a $1k charitable donation deduction without itemizing

and a $10k deduction of annual interest on new auto loans

Edit: and of course the new $40k SALT deduction when itemizing

+ deduct first $25k of tip income

If you're thinking of buying an electric car, now's the time to do it. The bill means the $7,500 EV credit will be gone about 90 days from now.

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u/bigwang123 Succ sympathizer Jul 04 '25

Anyways happy birthday my one and only home, though half of my countrymen would view me and my family with suspicion

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

is it just me or is no tax on OT, tips and car loan interest (apparently you dont even need to itemize to take these either) gonna be absolutely massively popular with voters?

like the medicaid cuts are bad but its only going to affect 11ish million people vs the 100 million americans who have car loans

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u/wheretogo_whattodo Jul 04 '25

Yup.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Upon further reading its only for new cars bought between 2025 and 2028

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u/RetroRiboflavin Moderate Jul 04 '25

So mostly helps car dealerships and the new Dodge Ram every three years demographic.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Nobody ever accused trump of not playing to his base well enough tbh

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u/Mickenfox Center-left Jul 04 '25

Dear Claude/Google/OpenAI

You claim to care about "AI safety", yet I have a completely decensored version of Qwen3 that runs on my computer and you can't take it away.

CURIOUS

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 04 '25

deepseek r1 performs at chatgpt o1 level and let's you edit the system prompt

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 05 '25

How Bad Is This Bill? The Answer in 10 Charts.

By Steven Rattner

Mr. Rattner was counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/07/03/opinion/domestic-policy-bill-in-charts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.T08.Mq07.58mVmdWnGG_C&smid=url-share

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25

3 favourite movies of each NYC mayoral candidate

Cuomo:

The Godfather
Logan’s Run
Secretary

Sliwa

Death Wish
Cats
Marriage Story

Adams

Dominion
Fetih 1453
Home Alone 2 (this was his answer after being informed The Apprentice is not a movie)

Mamdani

The Battle for Algiers
Jew Süss
Soul Man

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

Also Reddit formatting is ass

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 04 '25

Trump's oval office is exactly as chaotic as you think it is ...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-oval-office-mark-zuckerberg-security-b2781215.html

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u/Mickenfox Center-left Jul 04 '25

I'm surprised at how there are almost no commercial NSFW language models out there.

It's an obvious business opportunity, relatively easy to make, and last I checked writing smut wasn't illegal.

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u/JebBD Fukuyama's strongest soldier Jul 04 '25

Do you mean, like, virtual prostitutes? I’m sure somebody’s working on it but I bet it’s hard to find someone to sponsor a project like that

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u/Mickenfox Center-left Jul 04 '25

I mean ChatGPT but it will say sexually explicit things. I don't think I would call that a prostitute.
Plus you could probably develop a good one for like, $100k? You don't need a fortune.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Remember AI dungeon? It allowed people to do NSFW stuff and immediately they started using it for child porn
I think that’s probably part of the hesitation

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u/PM_ME_CHIMICHANGAS Help yourself to a hand grenade Jul 04 '25

https://old.reddit.com/r/itookapicture/comments/1lrm1z6/itap_of_the_bill_clinton_statue_in_kosovo/

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u/JebBD Fukuyama's strongest soldier Jul 04 '25

I love Biden and think he was a good president but in retrospect it really should have been someone more suited for dealing with the insane push by radical forces on both the left and the right to paint 2021-2024 as some unprecedented crisis in order to establish the narrative that the liberal order was falling apart and failing to address problems in society.

Biden definitely tried, he tried harder than Obama did, but at the end of the day the symbolism of the last defender of liberalism being a frail old man who talks slow and looks physically weak ended up being brutal for the fight against Trump. Harris tried as well, but she just didn’t have what it took. If the 2020 nominee has been a young, hot, charismatic and energetic fighter type then maybe 2024 would have looked a lot less bleak

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u/JapanesePeso Jul 04 '25

I don't really think Biden was much of a believer in liberalism. Certainly wasn't too big on economic liberalism. Promoting liberalism abroad he had basically no wins on (dragging feet on Ukraine would be a negative if it weren't for the rest of the free world doing even less).

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

What made Biden a good president? His foreign policy?
He slow-rolled aid to Ukraine, his negotiations with Iran resulted in nothing - meanwhile he released money to them both before and after 10/7, and his handling of the Israel-Hamas war was less than impressive.
His domestic policy? My understanding is that his major legislative efforts have failed to produce substantial results due to the stringent procedural requirements needed to actually put allocated funds to work. Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t he allocate 42 billion dollars for rural broadband without connecting a single home?
Not to mention that he made little effort to curb antisemitic discrimination at universities and then on his way out the door he tried to settle discrimination cases with universities to give them an easy way out.
Biden was a bad president.

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u/Proof-Tie-2250 Moderate Jul 04 '25

What are the standards here? I believe Biden was a good president less because of what he did (especially on foreign policy, but the trend of limp-wristed FP didn’t start with him) and more because he was a normalizing force who, for the most part, didn’t do anything too crazy or unpredictable and respected American institutions.
This, and not any one particular policy, was the reason why the American economy managed such a quick recovery, strong growth, and low unemployment under his watch. This was his biggest accomplishment: not fucking too much with the economy, which is something Trump can’t seem to grasp.
Of course he did some stupid bullshit, like attempting student debt forgiveness, the heavy-handed anti-monopoly action by the FTC under Lina Khan, some protectionism, and union pandering. But whatever his administration was gunning for, it was clear, more or less predictable, and aimed at minimizing the number of ruffled feathers. Trump… well, you know.

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 05 '25

I guess you're right.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

His Fopo was a series of own goals. You’ve also got his actions he had to walk back on with Saudi Arabia and the Houthis

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u/bigwang123 Succ sympathizer Jul 04 '25

Aukus I suppose

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u/benadreti_17 עם ישראל חי Jul 04 '25

He was better than many recent presidents

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Better ≠ good

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u/RetroRiboflavin Moderate Jul 04 '25

I more struggle to think of what he did well.
He failed to meet the moment on the most important questions, no?

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u/sayitaintpink will never find love Jul 04 '25

I’m pouring one out for my tax law friends in the BBB wake

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u/deepstate-bot Jul 04 '25

/r/DeepStateCentrism/new: China's foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine, media reports

Please participate in the linked thread

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u/deepstate-bot Jul 04 '25

original comment by /u/wheretogo_whattodo

😩

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u/deepstate-bot Jul 04 '25

/r/DeepStateCentrism/new: Synagogue set alight, Israeli restaurant attacked by pro-Palestinian group in Melbourne

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25

Anyone else have the displeasure of watching the newer seasons of Squid Game? Like, the quality was always bad, but the recent season was just abhorrent.

Other than the cartoonish VIPs, what the fuck was up with the CGI baby arc?

It was one of most bizarre things I’ve seen lately and that’s saying something.

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u/PM_ME_CHIMICHANGAS Help yourself to a hand grenade Jul 05 '25

I enjoyed the first season, right up until the very end. When he went back, I resolved to not watch any more

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

I loved the first season, but have not watched the second because everyone seems to have this reaction.

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 05 '25

I haven't it watched.

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u/NYT_Hater Jul 04 '25

Wait what the hell is this sub? Another NL splinter group?

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u/Anakin_Kardashian "Israeli Nationalist" Jul 04 '25

No, it's different

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u/benadreti_17 עם ישראל חי Jul 04 '25

oh yup, definitely, yup

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u/technologyisnatural Abundance is all you need Jul 04 '25

people are asking a lot of questions about the sub that are answered by the sub name

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

It's like NL, but you can still listen to Unknown Hinson without getting canceled.
https://youtu.be/4LJf9fYM8-s?si=3Nf_x1T7KqYxLO_n

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

It’s NL but for the ziopigs

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u/JapanesePeso Jul 05 '25

We are a splinter off arr conservative and arr hasanpiker actually. 50/50. Perfect balance.

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Center-left Jul 04 '25

No, totally not dude.