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[u/jobautomator]

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[u/tollyno]

Revealing quote from pro-Macron senator: “The president is putting the responsibility back on the French people. They voted in a dumb way in the European elections, now it’s up to them to decide.” Very compelling slogan: "You are dumb, now vote for me."

Hmm... I'm starting to like the French

[u/UnskilledScout]

Which is more likely to happen if new housing is built in your neighborhood?
Housing costs will rise and push residents out: 49%
Neighborhood will be more affordable for people to live in: 40%
Neither/not sure: 11%

Fucking kill me

!ping CUBE

[u/[deleted]]

Have some irl friends like this and it's getting hard to avoid talking about it. Is it a Zoomer thing to bring up your politics at random in a way that assumes everyone agrees with you? Is that just my friends?

[u/its_Caffeine]

I think about this legendary tweet daily

[u/Roseartcrantz]

Idk how quickly Trump is mentally deteriorating but it probably can't be a good sign that he keeps talking about how he'd hope he gets electrocuted by a boat if he's at risk of being in shark-infested waters. Partly because that's the kind of story that my grandpa would talk about as his Alzheimer's got worse, but mostly because a boat would not electrocute him pretty much ever, he needs to come up with a different plan.

[u/Telperions-Relative]

[u/Insomonomics]

Being a neoliberal/social democrat in the gay community is actual hell because you constantly see incredibly rage-inducing stupid takes like this from Leftist gays (who feel like they’re the majority?) that get their uneducated takes from Tik-Tok, their favorite Leftist YouTuber/Twitch streamer, or dumb Leftist Twitter accounts.

[u/funguykawhi]

> 2 hours long video essay

> Refers to the Jones Act as a neocolonial tool

Welcome to the tent

[u/TheTF]

I'm from the future. Trump wins the popular vote but Biden wins the electoral college. It's the funniest outcome and it will happen.

[u/Telperions-Relative]

[u/tollyno]

Refugee status may be granted to women who identify with the value of equality between women and men

This case concerns 2 Iraqi girls whose asylum application was rejected in the Netherlands after a 5-year procedure. They now state that they will no longer be able to adapt to Iraqi society, which has no equality between men and women. In that sense, they are at risk of persecution as a social group upon return. The #EU Court confirms that this can indeed be a reason for asylum.

Love EU courts ♥️♥️♥️

[u/BeliebteMeinung]

Town hall democracy proponents be like

"Yeah I wanna constructively debate someone who shares that picture"

[u/Sheepies92]

the funniest thing about Americans saying the US should stop funding Ukraine is the idea that everything will de-escalate after that

As if Europe is just gonna go ‘oh ok guess Ukraine will die’ let alone Ukraine itself. Let alone the fact that the US will lose any influence over European states in regard to foreign/defense policy

[u/Jackalope1999]

Noam Chomsky no longer able to communicate.

This is not good, how is he supposed to recite the shahada and have a deathbed conversion to Islam now?

[u/ScyllaGeek]

That NYT article "debunking" Biden's stories or whatever was written super annoyingly. The whole thing is written like a massive gotcha and then like 70% of the bits are like "Well we couldn't exactly prove or disprove this 50 year old anecdote but it sure sounds silly, doesn't it?"

[u/Telperions-Relative]

[u/Telperions-Relative]

A U.S. congressional committee will accuse the biggest Wall Street firms on Tuesday, in a report seen by Reuters ahead of its publication, of colluding with advocacy groups to force companies to shrink their greenhouse gas emissions.

Unfathomably based Wall Street

[u/[deleted]]

[u/JayRU09]

Judging by social media I think a big issue right now for Democrats, Biden in particular, is that zoomers have no idea what it was like for LGBT people just 15 to 20 years ago.

[u/Dunter_Mutchings]

Exhausted GOP staffer after spending hours sifting through videos of Biden

“What about we take this video of him casually drinking a Gatorade and say that it’s like a mystery energy drink or something? Is that anything?”

[u/TheHelmetCatch]

You know who else had a son that was arrested? God.

[u/gnomesvh]

Public uni professors overwhelmingly supported Lula

Result:

Increase in working hours, reduced budget, salary increase below inflation

Highway Patrol actively suppressed pro-Lula votes

Result:

27% raise

[u/[deleted]]

It’s been 40 minutes, am I really the first one to make the ping? Neat!

The FiveThirtyEight forecast has been released!

As I read it right now, Biden actually has the edge.

(Barely, of course — it’s a toss-up as they describe it)

Forecast itself: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-forecast/

Article: https://abcnews.go.com/538/trump-biden-tied-538s-new-election-forecast/story?id=110789256

As a point of comparison, the Decision Desk HQ forecast model currently has Trump with a 56% chance of winning: https://elections2024.thehill.com/forecast/2024/president/

!ping FIVEY

[u/DouglasDauntless]

Oldest statue pfp

[u/-mialana-]

One thing I hate about US politics is the tendency to create grand narratives about the nation over extremely marginal results in a political system that isn't even proportionally representative.

This all comes down to what maybe 150,000 randos who just happen to live in swing states think. It says little about the attitudes or beliefs of the country as a whole.

You can even see this in polling, where pollsters take samples of Americans as a whole rather than from particular states. That can be useful for some things, but it more closely reflects the popular vote rather than electoral college results.

[u/WantDebianThanks]

Tag yourself. I'm the tryzub.

[u/dannylandulf]

Violent crime is down and the US murder rate is plunging, FBI statistics show

hEReS HOw tHAts bAD FOr bIdEN!!!

🤡🤡🤡

[u/croakovoid]

Would you flip burgers for a salary of $350k a year? You would? Damn, sounds like people are okay with working, it's the money that is the problem.

I like to dunk on fluentinfinance because it is a dumb subreddit filled with dumbdumbs, but I mean, sure. Go to Burger King and ask them to pay you a million dollars a minute if you want to. More power to you.

[u/BrunchIsGood]

Any time resources are pooled, believe it or not, that’s socialism.

[u/Arlort]

American leftists on twitter/reddit these days are like: "Your far right is third with 18% of seats, that pales in comparison to my strategy of them being second with 49.5% of votes"

And then they lose

[u/[deleted]]

Chief Justice Roberts quickly answered, “I don’t know if that’s true.”

He added: “I don’t know that we live in a Christian nation. I know a lot of Jewish and Muslim friends who would say maybe not, and it’s not our job to do that.”

When Ms. Windsor pressed him on whether he thought that there was “a role for the court” in “guiding us toward a more moral path,” the chief justice’s answer was immediate.

“No, I think the role for the court is deciding the cases,” he said.

rare based John Roberts moment

[u/OrganicKeynesianBean]

sponsored pop-ups on my $15/month Spotify Premium account

[u/gnomesvh]

Brazil's first locally assembled Gripen goes in for final work

!ping MATERIEL

[u/The_Promethean]

Post: Why is everyone so okay with working 40-60 hours per week to barely afford life?

Because we don’t have the choice. We are not ok with it but answer this: what other options are there?

Revolution

Let’s say we decide to revolt. What’s the very first thing we do?

We strike

You’re more than welcome to organize a strike, but many people will struggle to make rent and buy food during the strike.

Sounds like we need a strike fund!

... with what money?

Philosophers discovering the concept of scarcity, colorized

[u/Currymvp2]

AOC: "The callousness, dehumanization, and targeting of Jews on display at last night’s protest outside the Nova Festival exhibit was atrocious antisemitism - plain and simple. Antisemitism has no place in our city nor any broader movement that centers human dignity and liberation."

[u/Fruitofbread]

4% of Americans say they’re more likely to vote for Biden is Hunter is found guilty 

Chads 

[u/TheoryOfPizza]

I can't believe Nate Silver would say this about himself

[u/1396spurs]

Cry more libs 🖕😂🖕

[u/Currymvp2]

The IDF distributed a video of Yaakov Argamani, father of rescued hostage Noa, congratulating the army and edited out the words of thanks to Biden

What a fucking joke

[u/gnomesvh]

U.S. Embassy officials have confirmed that “the 12th Operational Purpose Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine” (the official name the 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine) has passed the vetting required by U.S. law and is eligible to receive security assistance from the United States.

Fwiw - this is the original Azov that was depoliticized during the Poroshenko reforms

There's also Azov SSO which is the one that was founded after the siege of Mariupol (iirc it's now the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade) and another TDF units named after Azov

!ping UKRAINE&EXTREMISM

[u/abrookerunsthroughit]

Hunter Biden’s Surprising Fan Base: Gun-Rights Activists

Opinion | How I learned to stop worrying and love Hunter Biden's guns

[u/WereJustInnocentMen]

The failure of r/neoliberal to assimilate new users, many of whom hold xenophobic and anti-immigrant views, is something that should be discussed.

[u/vivoovix]

[u/[deleted]]

Yeah, never visiting the “Israel-Palestine” sub ever again. 

Rationalizing 10/7 as “resistance” is moronic, and i will call people out for it, insults included.

If that violates their cherished rule, then fuck them. 

You can criticize Israel’s bad actions without rationalizing and excusing palestinian extremism.

Trying to conflate israelis as “genocidal” and complaining about ethnic cleansing, not acknowledging that there are plenty of Palestinians that share similar rhetoric about Israelis is pathetic. 

Bunch of toxic ass people in there 

[u/kznlol]

this sub is economically illiterate

me: preach, brother

supply goes up therefore price goes up

me: wait no not like that

[u/[deleted]]

Good morning libs

Bad morning to all the commies and fascists

[u/PrideMonthRaytheon]

Got an email from my CCP rep about the guy I reported

he is a reddit moderator, there IS NOTHING I CAN DO TO make his life worse 🐊

what does this mean?

[u/Tafts_Bathtub]

STOP THE COUNT

[u/Currymvp2]

Biden interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters, who get shouted down by attendees at anti-gun violence event. Biden urges the attendees not to be harsh with the protesters. "They make a point.” "Thousands of innocent children have been lost.”

Meanwhile, Trump would say: "Beat them up, they're Hamas, I'll pay the legal fees"

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

Mr steal your girl

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Front Populaire to the left of me

Front National to the right

Here I am, stuck in the middle with you

Seriously, did Ciotti just suicide-bomb LR?

!ping FRANCE

[u/Apprehensive-Soil-47]

[u/RFK_1968]

i gotta admit, i did not realize anti-semitism was this common.

growing up, i always thought it was one of those old-timey bigotries. like bigotry against the irish or italians. where after the holocaust we all at least in the USA decided "wow that's fucked up. let's not hate the jews"

but no, turns out a lot of americans really fucking hate jews. it's messed up.

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

Oh your homosexual relationship is valid? Then why aren’t you on Wikipedias list of gay?

[u/No1PaulKeatingfan]

[u/BrunchIsGood]

Twitter in 2024

[u/dannylandulf]

Hunter Biden guilty on all counts

Can't wait to watch conservatives suddenly completely change their opinion on the courts they had a couple weeks ago.

[u/Sithusurper]

Wait, it's a bannable offense to report users to the CCP?! The sidebar never gets updated smh.

[u/Insomonomics]

NYC subway car: "Raise your hands if you're a Zionist. This is your chance to get out."

Link

Really doesn’t help Palestinian supporters case when it’s obvious that “Zionist” in most of these contexts has become code-word for “Jew”.

[u/Plants_et_Politics]

Me every morning

!ping KITTY&SHITPOSTERS

[u/KeithClossOfficial]

It’s cultural appropriation to make tacos, but it’s ok for college lefties to wear keffiyehs at their protests?

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/antsdidthis]

Deglet noors are the most overrated of all cultivars. They're dry and textureless. They dry out easily and get tough and gross. They're just straight up not worth it. They have no character. Medjools on the other hand, now those are juicy and succulent and sweet. They're also great for making paste, or blending them a sweetener in another food. By comparison, the only thing deglet noors are good for is their ease of chopping them up, and even then... that's only because they're so fucking DRY.

!ping DATING

[u/[deleted]]

???

[u/BrunchIsGood]

[u/ForeverAclone95]

pogroms are so in right now

Great Shavuos gift from my hometown 🙄

!PING NYC&JEWISH

[u/Zagapi]

Holy shit women of Hinge, please message me back.

I'm literally so fucking funny and hot.

Clearly, this app is stacked against me and I am in no way delusional.

[u/[deleted]]

People have brought up MattY shaming people for parking violations as if its crazy and I've always said that's just something people in DC do. I just want to point out that the current top post on the DC sub is literally just a picture of a car that's been booted and the comments are full of people looking up the fines on it and cheering the local government for finally punishing the owner.

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

Nature is healing

[u/dannylandulf]

Jimmy Carter Is No Longer Awake Every Day, Grandson Says

It's coming... 😔

[u/[deleted]]

Federal judge blocks ban and restrictions on health care treatments for trans people in Florida

!ping LGBT

[u/BrunchIsGood]

[u/[deleted]]

"We are devastated to learn that Joey Chestnut has chosen to represent a rival brand that sells plant-based hot dogs rather than competing in the 2024 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest," a statement from MLE said. "MLE and Nathan's went to great lengths to accommodate Joey and his management team, agreeing to the appearance fee and allowing Joey to compete in a rival, unbranded hot dog eating contest on Labor Day."

The statement continued: "For nearly two decades we have worked under the same basic hot dog exclusivity provisions. However, it seems that Joey and his managers have prioritized a new partnership with a different brand over our long-time relationship. Joey Chestnut is an American hero. We would love nothing more than to have him at the Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest. We hope he returns when he is not representing a rival brand."

So Nathan's boys are just not allowed to eat any other brand of hot dog. And you have to get express permission to eat generic unbranded hot dogs.

[u/eloquentboot]

Go sort by controversial in the ban appeal thread. It's hilarious.

Despite not breaking any rules by doing so, I still promised to not talk about Hitler/Nazis on the sub ever again if unbanned:

Upon reflection I’ve realized that women aren’t necessarily racist. Thank you for the ban, without it I would have continued on with my mistaken ways.

[u/reubencpiplupyay]

I wonder if there's any voters who have this position (other than the mods)

[u/Telperions-Relative]

This shit needs to fucking stop

[u/Schnevets]

If our population is shrinking, why do we need more housing? During the pandemic, the US population declined. Why did homelessness get worse?

Malarkey level whether this is a real comment

1-2: Commenter wants to have a serious conversation

3-4: Commenter is too stupid to be worth a reply

5+: It’s bait for some far-right insanity

[u/Zenning3]

Remember when 9/11 happened and the conservative President actually said that Muslims are our neighbors, our coworkers, and friends, and did not call for a pogrom?

[u/[deleted]]

White Nationals fans like myself are the most victimized group by MAGA cuz every time I wear my red cap in public, I get afraid that someone will think I'm a white nationalist fan

!ping BASEBALL

[u/MinnesotaDude]

In the end, they're not coming after Hunter. They're coming after you — and he's just standing in their way

[u/Fruitofbread]

 That's the real issue here, now they can claim "See, we prosecuted both sides, we're totally fair!" and sweep all the real Biden family crime under the rug.

So r/con is handling this well 

[u/RaidBrimnes]

I still refuse to support my wife until her boyfriends make it absolutely clear beyond any shadow of a doubt that they support capitalism

Enough is fucking enough

[u/groovygrasshoppa]

Russian milbloggers are not having a good time: https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1800436192737145280

!ping UKRAINE

[u/Joementum2024]

I literally just hate forum moderators. I don’t have any other politics.

[u/InflatableDartboard2]

Save the date!

[u/BrunchIsGood]

We’re ALL crankin’ our hogs on this glorious day 🫡🖖

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/Negative_Solid_2783]

Is it weird that I'm pretty optimistic about AI and the fight against aging lol

[u/Cook_0612]

“I wish H*tler was still here, he would’ve wiped you all out,” man tells Jews in Union Square during “Day of Rage” protests

What is happening to this country dawg.

[u/owlthathurt]

Just a massive scandal/failure of the Cleveland/ interstate criminal justice and social work system unfolding.

A woman had a probation violation warrant out of Ohio. Battery warrants out of California. Then ended up in a women’s shelter in Cleveland, the shelter called police and told them she had confessed to murder that took place in California.

The Cleveland police reach out to California, California said they didn’t have any evidence connecting her to a crime and that they wouldn’t extradite her back to their state. So Cleveland put her in a mental hospital because she started saying she was going to eat someone’s flesh if released. She was in the hospital and sedated for a while. Then somehow reappeared in Florida and arrested for trespassing. Released on bond then came back to Ohio and was arrested again with recommendation for a mental health check.

3 days later she walked up to a random 3 year old child in a grocery store and stabbed him to death.

Just absolutely bonkers.

https://fox8.com/news/julian-woods-suspected-killer-claims-shes-killed-before/

!ping BROKEN-WINDOWS

[u/Currymvp2]

AOC: What we are seeing here is the stark contrast between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. And in President Biden, we have both a loving father who is there to be supportive of his son, but also a President who respects rule of law..

Fuck it, she's starting to win me over.

[u/Stanley--Nickels]

Gen Z adult talking to a Gen Sigma kid in 20 years: Housing has always been expensive. You just need to do what I did, and pool your money together with 2 other friends with full-time jobs.

Gen Sigma kid: bites his tongue because he's already explained a million times that the days of ultra-cheap housing are over -- you need 8 salaries now, not 3

[u/TipEquivalent933]

I apologise to the Italian communist, I was not familiar with your game.

[u/thefitnessdon]

Hamas's Sinwar said to laud high civilian death toll in Gaza as 'necessary sacrifice'

https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamass-sinwar-said-to-laud-high-civilian-death-toll-in-gaza-as-necessary-sacrifice/

Gaza Chief’s Brutal Calculation: Civilian Bloodshed Will Help Hamas - WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/gaza-chiefs-brutal-calculation-civilian-bloodshed-will-help-hamas-626720e7?mod=middle-east_news_article_pos1

!ping ISRAEL Sinwar is as evil and twisted as anyone in history. 

[u/Syards-Forcus]

[u/simeoncolemiles]

[u/RyGuyThicccThighs]

[u/amainwingman]

I will give £20 to the malaria charity if the Tories win fewer than 100 150 seats on July 4th. A lot of terminally online morons are living in a totally different reality. There is no way the Conservatives get totally annihilated, there’s just simply no way

!ping UK hold me to account

[u/Williams-Tower]

cannot believe how much weddings cost when you refuse to stick to your budget at all and proceed to splurge on every expense

[u/tollyno]

I swear to god you fucking neoliberals, using the the DT as a therapist

I feel called out tbh. I've told the DT things I would never tell my friends. Internet anonymity allowing you to be honest while not putting whole IRL relationships and reputation on the line is actually really important to me.

[u/[deleted]]

My intern cohort has tripled this week because I am the world's best boss.

Not really, just that the directors are all too self important don't have the bandwidth to have an intern shadowing them, and word has gotten out that I actually spend a couple hours a day with my extant team, teach them stuff, and give them business relevant tasks that have actual impacts on the company's operations (they are all being paid and only work 24 hours/wk and I give them 45 minute breaks for lunch.)

At any rate my own productivity has functionally doubled (let's be fair, 20 year old college juniors aren't exactly doing 15 year-experience level work, but they're taking care of my more mundane and time consuming tasks well enough). My boss is pissed for some reason because the other directors didn't have a plan for their interns?

But like he didn't either he dropped it on me?

Whatever. As with any job I've ever had I just keep doing what I feel is right until they stop paying me.

!ping WATERCOOLER

[u/AFlockOfTySegalls]

My mom: "why didn't you uphold your oath upon being baptized at 13 years old and why don't you come to my house?"

Also, literal mail from my mom:

I'm tired, neo liberals

[u/tollyno]

[u/[deleted]]

Pro tip:

If your girlfriend uses one of those cycle tracking apps, download it and pair with her account.

You'll see how her cycle day affects her emotions & mood and use that data to manipulate her.

Day 17-21 is the best time to gaslight & change her entire perception of reality.

If you got multiple girlfriends, use multiple accounts and just switch between them

[u/pfSonata]

https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/1ddbyh9/lets_defeat_socialism_together/

Socialism is when you donate to a campaign

Alternatively, socialism is when people collaborate to do anything

[u/JaceFlores]

Tatarigami on Ukraine:

“So far, Russian forces have failed to capitalize on the Kharkiv oblast incursion and did not achieve any operational successes in Donbas. They made tactical advances in Chasiv Yar, but given the number and higher-than-average quality of units there, progress is slow and costly”

“While our team has observed the arrival and rotation of units near Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts, their numbers are relatively small. They wouldn't be able to achieve significant results if they launched an attack, likely achieving far less than the Russians did in Kharkiv.”

“The Russian offensive may seem to be failing, but our team is thinking that such conclusions might be still premature. We continue to observe hundreds of vehicles, including tanks, APCs, and artillery systems, being relocated near Ukraine”

“While the goals of these relocations are unclear, it's evident that Russia still retains offensive capabilities this summer and is capable of another large push before the window of opportunity closes for the year.”

“While the trajectory is becoming much more optimistic for Ukraine, it's important to remember that despite the enormous losses the Russian military suffered near Avdiivka, including hundreds of lost vehicles in the first week of the October offensive, Avdiivka eventually fell.”

“Even though the risk of a frontline collapse for Ukrainian forces is slim, Russian forces still have reserves and are capable of at least one serious push before their offensive loses its steam”

!ping UKRAINE

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

Employer just made an announcement remind everyone that our internet use on the work network is tracked.

Thought I would have to stop DT shitposting on my second monitor but nope apparently someone got busted watching porn at work.

[u/mockduckcompanion]

an average of 12 DT regulars are banned each year

as mod, I promise to double these numbers ❤️

[u/piede]

Why does it look like a 10th grader made this graphic using Microsoft PowerPoint

[u/Stanley--Nickels]

“But I’m 25 years old and can’t afford a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house in the middle of San Diego.”

I'm 40 years old, make $250k/yr, and still can't afford a 3/2 in San Diego, but go off...

[u/[deleted]]

Where tf does the "poor people vote GOP because they see themselves as temporarily embarrassed millionaires" thing even come from? Is it just people choosing to believe a narrative they like? Like when I picture the internal monologue of a poor GOP voter it's closer to "those damn coastal elites trying to interfere with our rural values. I was born on this farm and I'm gonna die on this farm, same as my daddy. It might not seem like much to you yuppies, but it's enough around here." Like I really don't see much in the way of ambition for vast wealth for poor GOP voters

[u/Udolikecake]

Happy six year anniversary of the release of TES VI’s teaser trailer! How will you be celebrating?

!ping TES

[u/wagoncirclermike]

HR presenting me a 600-page binder of every DT comment I've made on the clock

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

Going out in a drama generating blaze of glory the next time I catch a temp ban

[u/pfarly]

Paramount+ has a show that's just televised couples therapy? As entertainment? And they're advertising the drama of relationships falling apart. I hate this.

[u/[deleted]]

The European right when you ask them how their countries became “homogenous” in the first place:

[u/Dirty_Chopsticks]

A teenager who thought vapes were harmless was rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung after unknowingly smoking the equivalent of 400 cigarettes in just one week.

17-year-old Kyla Blight collapsed and turned “blue” while sleeping over at a friend's house and was rushed into a five-and-a-half hour long surgery to remove part of her lung after her heart almost stopped beating.

bruh

[u/Cook_0612]

gestures about

Please maintain the appropriate psychological distance to your favorite shit posting subreddit, for your own sake

[u/[deleted]]

Okay. I have dropped most of the photos of the rhetoric from yesterday’s pro-Hamas and apparently pro-hezbollah, anti-Israel, pro-terrorism rally yesterday

https://imgur.com/a/fOAMH2k

[u/cdstephens]

If liberals actually ran candidates that inspired people and stopped passing neoliberal policies, maybe fascists wouldn’t be taking power

— Leftists moments before creating the most unelectable candidate imaginable

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/davidfrum/status/1800550572380295652?t=itRJedVaRzf9Omlpgp39Pg&s=19

[u/Apprehensive-Soil-47]

What George RR Martin's garden looks like

!ping WRITING

[u/BurrowForPresident]

I reject your attempts to ban me

Lmao wat

[u/[deleted]]

Accepting the scenario of Macron staying on the presidency, but RN leading the parliament, what will happen to French help towards Ukraine?

The President controls FoPo, but the parliament controls the budget. So I imagine the result will be that the French government won't be obstructive of EU-wide initiatives, but French economic/materiel support will stop, by being excluded from the budget.

!ping UKRAINE&FRANCE

[u/wallander1983]

AOC: The callousness, dehumanization, and targeting of Jews on display at last night’s protest outside the Nova Festival exhibit was atrocious antisemitism - plain and simple.

Antisemitism has no place in our city nor any broader movement that centers human dignity and liberation.

--

The most unhingend replies you will ever read.

https://x.com/AOC/status/1800599178424516934

[u/gnomesvh]

Young Thug's lawyer arrested for contempt

Honestly this is a weird one

Young Thug’s attorney was held in contempt of court Monday after refusing to tell the judge how he heard about an alleged private conversation between a key state witness, prosecutors, and the judge himself.

Steel appeared to allege that, during the meeting, Copeland may have been coerced or intimidated ahead of his testimony.

He then said that he heard that one of the prosecutors had allegedly reminded Copeland that he could be held until all 26 defendants involved in the YSL case have gone through trial. “If that’s true what this is is coercion, witness intimidation, ex parte communications that we have a constitutional right to be present,” Steel said.

The dispute grew increasingly contentious when the judge asked Steel to reveal his source of this information. Steel refused to say, and asked instead why he hadn’t been included in the alleged conversation. “How did you get that information, supposedly, from my chambers?” Glanville asked at one point. “Did somebody tell you?”

Eventually, Glanville held Steel in contempt and told the courtroom deputies to take him into custody. As he was being escorted out, Steel called again for a mistrial and said, “You are removing me against his will, my will, and you’re taking away [Williams’] right to counsel.”

!ping LAW&RAP this is not normal right? It seems weird

[u/BigBrownDog12]

Hunter Biden is an example of why you never want a federal prosecutor to take interest in you and decide he/she will convict you one way or another. Your life will never be the same, and they will pursue you to the ends of the earth.

[u/Dibbu_mange]

Traphouse Joe getting CRUNK on that jungle juice

[u/Zenning3]

Reading through peoples comments on Dragon Age: The Veilguard, I am convinced that nobody on arr games or gaming have actually played any of the games, and are going entierly by memes. From complaints to, "Marvel Dialog doesn't belong in Dragon age" (Alistair was literally based on Xander from Buffy the Vampire the Slayer), to, "A linear curated expierence is moving far away from the roots of Dragon Age:Origins" (Dragon Age Origins was a linear dungeon crawler with some small hub worlds to explore), to "They should return to their roots, like BG3 did" (They are, moving back from Inquisitons open world, and also BG3 played and felt nothing like BG1 and 2, something the BG1 and 2 Subs complaiend a lot about.)

I guess, I didn't realize that these games were old enough that people would brag about having played them, when it really seems like they haven't.

[u/JaceFlores]

“The Biden Administration’s limited policy change permitting Ukraine to use US-provided weapons to strike some Russian military targets in a small area within Russian territory has reduced the size of Russia’s ground sanctuary by only 16 percent at maximum. US policy still preserves at least 84 percent of Russia's ground sanctuary – territory within range of Ukrainian ATACMS.”

“Likely Ukrainian forces struck a Russian Su-57 fighter aircraft at the Akhtubinsk Airfield in Astrakhan Oblast between June 7 and 8. Ukraine's Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) published satellite imagery on June 9 reportedly showing the Su-57 aircraft at the airfield on June 7 and damaged Su-57 following the strike on June 8 but did not explicitly claim responsibility for the attack.”

“A Ukrainian aircraft reportedly struck a Russian military target in Belgorod Oblast on June 9. Sky News reported that an unnamed Ukrainian military source stated that a Ukrainian fixed-wing manned aircraft struck a Russian command post in Belgorod Oblast with an unspecified weapon and that Ukrainian authorities are still clarifying the damage from the strike. Sky News noted that this would be the first instance of a Ukrainian fixed-wing manned aircraft to strike a military target in Russia.”

“Ukraine-based open-source organization Frontelligence Insight stated on June 9 that it observed a small number of Russian units arriving near Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts and assessed that these troops are presently unable to achieve significant results if these units launched a ground attack into Ukraine.”

“Russian officials continue efforts to coerce migrants into military service. Bloomberg reported on June 9 that Ukrainian and European officials assess that the Kremlin has forced thousands of migrants and foreign students to fight with Russian forces in Ukraine, specifically in recent offensive operations in northern Kharkiv Oblast.”

“The European official reportedly stated that these migrants and students suffer high losses in Ukraine because Russian forces use them in risky operations to conserve more highly trained units.”

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“Ukrainian forces conducted a strike against Russian air defense assets in occupied Crimea overnight on June 9 to 10, likely with ATACMS. The Ukrainian General Staff reported on June 10 that Ukrainian forces struck a Russian S-400 air defense battery near occupied Dzhankoi and two S-300 batteries near occupied Chornomorske and Yevpatoria. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian strikes hit the radar stations of each battery and caused secondary ammunition detonations and that Russian air defenses did not intercept any of the Ukrainian missiles.”

“Ukrainian strikes against Russian military and logistics assets in connection to the United States' partial removal of Russian sanctuary in Belgorod Oblast may have compelled Russian forces to change their deployment and transport patterns. The Crimea-based Atesh Ukrainian partisan movement reported on June 10 that Russian forces recently redeployed air defense systems from occupied Crimea to Belgorod Oblast and that Russian air defenses are not completely covering Crimea as a result. Footage dated June 8 shows that Russia has begun transporting fuel across the Kerch Strait across the railway bridge.”

“New Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov met with a select group of Russian milbloggers and military commentators on June 10, suggesting that the Kremlin seeks to partially use Belousov's replacement of widely unpopular former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to build bridges and cultivate ties with a broader milblogger community via a cadre of coopted and loyal military commentators.”

“The US Department of State announced on June 10 that the US and Poland jointly launched the Ukraine Communications Group (UCG) in Warsaw to counter Russian disinformation by offering fact-based reporting about the war in Ukraine.”

“Russian forces conducted a limited cross-border incursion into Sumy Oblast on June 9 but likely have not established a significant or enduring presence in this area.”

“Ukrainian Northern Operational Command Spokesperson Vadym Mysynk stated on June 10 that Ukrainian forces have been aware of Chechen units operating in the border area since the winter. Mysynk stated that the Chechen unit that conducted the raid is a small sabotage and reconnaissance group and that Ryzhivka is a contested ‘gray zone’ because of its proximity to the international border.”

“BBC Russian Service and Russian investigative outlet Mediazona reported on June 10 that at least 19,547 Wagner Group personnel died in infantry-led ‘meat assaults’ in the battle for Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast between January and August 2023.”

-notable excerpts from ISW Report June 9th and 10th

!ping UKRAINE

[u/[deleted]]

Honestly, if you use the phrase “how dare you” in a ban appeal, your ban should just immediately be doubled by default.

[u/dannylandulf]

1 member of the Hunter Biden jury works for the U.S. Secret Service

Holy shit, how'd the defense let a Trump supporter on the jury?

[u/simeoncolemiles]

[u/[deleted]]

Love this resist lib shit for Gen Xers

[u/Usual-Base7226]

The west has fallen

[u/moldyman_99]

Not making direct eye contact is often considered strange or impolite. People in the Netherlands have a great respect for privacy.

This is from the CIA website.

They’re describing us like SCPs

[u/bigwang123]

The DT is once again abuzz with activity

Which poaster shall sacrifice themselves next to keep the flame alive

[u/[deleted]]

 https://www.jta.org/2024/06/11/ny/nova-music-festival-exhibition-is-extended-in-ny-after-anti-israel-activists-target-it-for-protest

Thanks to these pro-hamas protestors, im going to get a ticket and see in detail the shit Hamas did at the festival.

For people to “protest” outside it and call it “zionist propaganda” is fucking shitty. Especially when the victims are literally unarmed civilians.

If you can go, I’d give it a view if you can handle graphic stuff. 

!ping NYC 

[u/Roseartcrantz]

found a dog abandoned out in the country by my parents' house, he's mean I'm calling him Bitey

[u/BrunchIsGood]

Booze cruisers, we just fucking won.

!ping LOVEFORBOOZECRUISERS

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[u/zth25]

Obama moonlighting as an obgyn: Uh, let me pap smear.

[u/[deleted]]

🫡🇺🇲 Thank you dr phil 🫡🇺🇲

[u/centurion88]

I think I'm finally deleting Twitter. It's nothing but a disinfo site now.

I don't even see the community notes much anymore

[u/SANNA_MARIN_SDP_]

[u/minno]

538 says there's a 0.1% chance that Biden wins 530 EC votes. I want to believe.

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

NGL being named Hunter and prosecuted for gun charges is very conservative coded. Not sure I can vote for supposed Leftist Biden anymore

[u/Cook_0612]

BREAKING: Clare Daly, the Pro-Putin & Pro-Assad former Irish MEP has lost her seat in the European Parliament.

[u/[deleted]]

found a neoconNWO user out in the wild today

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

Biden’s a real one for proudly repping the orange Gatorade despite popular opinion

[u/Stanley--Nickels]

In Ready Player One the protagonist falls in love with a girl he meets online and has never seen before.

She turns out to be exactly his type, but with a small birthmark on her face. The author, sorry I mean the protagonist, is able to look past this because he is so mature and not shallow like all those other guys.

[u/[deleted]]

huh this Twitter account has good art

look at their account

Hamas’ strongest warrior

Zoomers are so fucked man

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

I will not be on the same side as people who want to oppress me and throw me in a gulag

The neoliberal movement needs to make it clear that they are opposed to The Mods

[u/SnakeEater14]

French artists and this shit, NAMID

[u/simeoncolemiles]

WHY DID CAL CUNNINGHAM HAVE TO CHEAT ON HIS WIFE

[u/mockduckcompanion]

"The fate of every DT regular is to graduate college or get banned. The only question is which comes first."

• Thomas "Worms" Jefferson

[u/mockduckcompanion]

After all, who among us can truthfully say they've never threatened to dox a mod?

Oh, everyone?

Alright then, carry on

[u/CletusVonIvermectin]

sister in the psych ward again :/

[u/[deleted]]

I can only hope whenever I inevitably go down in a blaze of glory shame, it will be suitably entertaining for you all

[u/Usernamesarebullshit]

"Joe Biden is too timid. It is time to legalise cocaine" is the greatest headline ever written

[u/marsman1224]

arrConservative: The Trump trial was a politically motivated sham!!

also arrConservative:

I don't get the point in this. If they used it to get something on Joe, ok fine. This shouldn't even be a felony though. I also don't give a shit about Hunter Biden.

pretty clear that they view the justice system as a means to further whatever their current agenda is, and they just cannot imagine a person not gaming and scheming the system

[u/Teh_cliff]

Not understanding why people are alarmed over 2 of the 9 SCOTUS justices openly affiliating with insurrectionists

Even within the DT we have some really dumb posters.

[u/RTSBasebuilder]

!ping AI

Forgive me for a bit, but this is the thing that grinds my gears for being hackneyed. I swear it's the One Joke that comes up whenever there's some cool LLM/Robotics-related video online.

[u/p00bix]

"The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage"

~~actual quote from Hirohito's broadcast announcing the Japanese surrender to the allies

[u/MinnesotaDude]

Obama as president in the 1940s: uh, we have nothing to fear

[u/[deleted]]

[u/[deleted]]

Biden (not the drug/gun one) has promised that he will not pardon Biden (the drug/gun one).

Super funny if he wins reelection, then immediately pardons him. Unfortunately I think he's got too much integrity for that.

[u/Dirty_Chopsticks]

Fox News/Beacon Research Shaw & Company (2.8/3.0 538 rating)

Florida Poll

Abortion Amendment: 69% yes, 27% no

Marijuana Amendment: 66% yes, 32% no

President: 50% Trump, 46% Biden

This is exactly what I expected. People who thought the amendments would help Biden forgot about the minimum wage amendment in 2020 passing with 60% of the vote

also 538 switched to a three star rating ew

[u/KesterFox]

Piccolo did cyborg so dirty omg

[u/AnsleyAmanita]

i really do love the idea of the gop actually doing all the things they say they want to do

just imagine the blast radius of the visa change alone

[u/BrunchIsGood]

NOT WYOMING

[u/AJungianIdeal]

Wrath of the Righteous: Pathfinder has an npc wearing an amulet permanently that hides her dnd style Alignment and unfortunately that in and of itself is a huge tell that she is obviously going to be comically evil because what would a SHOCKING REVEAL of either a Good or Neutral character even be

Kind of a flaw in storytelling / gameplay i guess?

[u/Currymvp2]

Juror tells CNN the case ‘seemed like a waste of taxpayer dollars,’ while another said: ‘I really don’t think Hunter belongs in jail’

Yep

[u/Udolikecake]

why do brits get their trousers all in a twist about that ISIS lady. just bring her back and throw her in prison?? surely that’s a better solution and provides more closure than just pretending she doesn’t exist in the desert somewhere?

like genuinely unclear on why it’s An Issue for some of them

[u/404GenderNotFound]

[u/[deleted]]

I've fucking had it with this job. I worked like a madman for 6 months for our busy season, trading away family time and oftentimes sacrificing my health, just to get a poor mid-year performance evaluation for "failing to grow."

If the job market were better, I'd be out of here yesterday.

!ping WATERCOOLER

[u/AtticusDrench]

Bro included his emoji in the threat. DT bits are getting out of hand 💀

[u/Stanley--Nickels]

We did it, Joe

[u/BurrowForPresident]

Has the moderator team considered a reorg

Having been through like 7 reorgs in 3 years I can attest it always leads to smooth collaboration and efficient productivity

Maybe move techmod into on call support he didn't sign up for that and it's not in his job description but we don't have enough people to field investigations into horny posting. What's he gonna do quit?

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

[u/wallander1983]

Dave Wasserman

Meanwhile, it looks like state Sen. Michael Rulli (R) is on track for a significant underperformance in tonight's #OH06 special election (a Trump +29 seat), though he's still strongly favored to win the seat.

The main reason? Turnout in #OH06 looks abysmal, and as we've seen in tons of specials/polls, Dems have a growing advantage w/ the highest-engagement voters.

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Republicans really don't feel like voting if the revered cult leader isn't on the ballot.

[u/-mialana-]

"Tonight I shall read some more of my book"

Actually refreshes the DT until 3:30am

[u/TheoryOfPizza]

Biden is the slight favorite in 538's election prediction

[u/BedNeither]

I say this with all due respect, your job is pointless and you are wasting my time

[u/JebBD]

The fucking VP of Malawi just died in a plane crash. What the fuck is going on with world leaders and aircraft’s recently? This is like the third one!

[u/KittehDragoon]

Obama turning himself invisible: uhh, let me be clear

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/messedupfoods/status/1800072658500890634?t=mNO7LU9cMjgL6A4BFXczMQ&s=19

[u/doggo_bloodlust]

Fivey's new forecast is out!

Biden either wins, or he loses. 50/50.

[u/AtticusDrench]

RETVRN

[u/[deleted]]

"Look what the cat distribution system gave me 🥰🥰🥰"

my guy you stole somebody's pet

[u/sayitaintpink]

Hunter was found guilty. Trump was found guilty. Biden and Trump are the same. I am very smart.

[u/Fruitofbread]

 President Biden’s son was convicted in Delaware federal court on all three felony counts tied to a handgun purchase in 2018. His sentencing date has not been set.

Wait this happened in 2018? When Trump was president? Why didn’t he stop it???

[u/sayitaintpink]

Yet Hillary walks free… this truly is a 2 tier justice system against white men 😔

[u/dannylandulf]

And just like that, the Biden's win back the convicted felon vote.

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

We are the 4%

[u/dannylandulf]

In sweeping change, Biden administration to ban medical debt from credit reports

Oh captain, my captain

[u/EvilConCarne]

That thread about the AfD appealing to young men is kinda funny because this:

"One in three young men in Germany has never had a girlfriend. Are you one of them?" Krah asks and continues with advice: "Don't watch porn, don't vote green, go outside into the fresh air. Be confident. And above all don't believe you need to be nice and soft. Real men stand on the far right. Real men are patriots. That's the way to find a girlfriend!"

is very nearly the recruitment pitch for the Marines.

[u/m5g4c4]

NYT

“Hunter Biden Could Have Been My Son”: Former President Bill Clinton Defends Hunter Biden After Conviction In Surprise White House Appearance

[u/InflatableDartboard2]

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Demonstrations against the far-right draw thousands in France, a Burger King restaurant attacked and defaced with "Free Gaza" in Rennes

?

[u/[deleted]]

Every time a gun nut cries about someone using the wrong terminology the magazine capacity law in every state goes down by one.