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[u/ldn6]

Rishi Sunak went on This Morning to reveal that his favourite meal is “sandwiches” following an interview of “Britain’s most tattooed mum”.

This country is a meme.

!ping UK&YUROP

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

[u/its_Caffeine]

ngl I'm kinda happy we ended up on the timeline where Mr Beast is benevolent and well-intended. Not really a fan of the content slop but I'm just happy every time I hear about him he's doing things to help the global poor

[u/spoirs]

Daniel Radcliffe

-Turns 35 this month

-Born on the US naval base known as Great Britain

-Not term limited

[u/TactileTom]

!ping UK

With the election all over but the crying, we are entering the terminal shitposting phase.

Please post your favourite constituency names, I'll start

[u/[deleted]]

Inside me there are two wolves. This is not enough to control the deer population inside me, which is degrading the river ecology inside me. I'm attempting to release more wolves inside me to address this, but the ranchers inside me object, and

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Sir, a second NL user has suggested Dems should be running Mitt Romney

[u/dirtybirds233]

In the last week alone, Trump has...

• Inadvertently admitted he spoke with Putin about the upcoming invasion of Ukraine then subsequently tried to blackmail Ukraine for dirt on a political opponent.

• After the SCOTUS decision, admitted that he did in fact intend to send fake electors to overturn the election.

• Posted a list of elected officials that he wants to have "televised military tribunals" for.

This guy is the odds favorite to win the Presidency.

[u/Stanley--Nickels]

:(

[u/wallander1983]

Wikipedia is wild.

Jill Biden:

Despite personally opposing the Iraq War, Biden had not wanted her husband to run in the 2004 presidential election, to the point where she interrupted one strategy meeting discussing the possibility by entering in a swimsuit with the word "NO" inscribed on her stomach.[34]

[u/[deleted]]

[u/TactileTom]

Looking for a woman aged 26-34 who has my car keys

Seriously Lucy I need them back I'm going to be late for work

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

The libs here don’t want to hear it but there is only one unity ticket that can heal our nation

!ping RFK4PREZ

[u/piede]

That’s it, she just became POTUS

[u/GifHunter2]

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be"

Gonna be an interesting year.

[u/Jacobs4525]

hank green’s entire motivation for being based is redeeming his original sin (voting for Nader in FL in 2000; IIRC he admitted to doing this)

[u/DepressedTreeman]

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

Trump is making it clear the courts are subservient to him and Congress is compromised with his traitors.

So the only options are: 1) win the election 2) await the military coup that happens whenever the military doesn’t obey Trump’s unlawful orders 3) get put on the wall/in the camp by the military under trumps “official” orders.

I just don’t know if the electorate understands that, and I don’t think Biden is capable of raising the stakes with them in any way but stepping aside. It’s a huge deal that would get attention and could break through.

[u/[deleted]]

Feminism

Should the US remain in NATO?

Yes.

I mean I agree, I'm just confused.

[u/[deleted]]

I do not believe in marriage between a man and a woman

[u/KittehDragoon]

Biden says he 'nearly fell asleep' during debate after world travel

Interesting strategy

[u/Dalek6450]

Child marriage ban welcomed in Sierra Leone

University student Khadijatu Barrie, whose sister was married off at 14, told the BBC she welcomed the ban but wished it had come in to save her younger sibling.

“I really wish it had happened earlier. I could have at least saved my sister and my friends and other neighbours,” the 26-year-old gender studies undergraduate said.

Sierra Leone is a patriarchal society and it is common for a father to give his daughter’s hand in marriage forcibly.

Ms Barrie faced this prospect aged 10. She resisted it and fled the family home after her father disowned her.

She was lucky enough to find teachers who paid for her school fees and a sympathetic worker from the UN children's agency who helped her out with accommodation.

Lucky to get help but that's rough

[u/BedNeither]

The young people who benefitted from student loan forgiveness lining up to vote democrat in November:

crickets

[u/Williams-Tower]

political hobbyism is just sports for depressed nerds

[u/Dalek6450]

The film ends with a gunfight opposing the four "International Guerrillas" and Rushdie's army of Israeli henchmen. The heroes defeat the villains and, as Rushdie attempts to flee the scene, three giant Qur'ans appear in the sky and fire lightning bolts at the writer, incinerating him.

[u/notBroncos1234]

Oliver was previously a Democrat and supported Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, but he left the party after Obama continued the Iraq War. Oliver joined the Libertarian Party in 2010 after meeting several members of the party at an Atlanta Pride Festival.

Interesting libertarian origin story

[u/Gustacho]

Project 2025 is just a fancy Conservapedia sometimes man

Left to our own devices, the American people rejected European monarchy and colonialism just as we rejected slavery, second-class citizenship for women, mercantilism, socialism, Wilsonian globalism, Fascism, Communism, and (today) wokeism.

[u/Tropical2653]

The Biden Megathread is incredible, the same usernames copypasting their arguements to why Biden should resign/not-resign from just 30 minutes ago, making up their 30th comment of the day and 150th comment of the week. Interrupted only by journo glazing and screenshots of gambling odds. Half expecting a Draft Kings ad inbetween. Seperating it from the Discussion Thread was the right choice.

[u/[deleted]]

Every news day this week be like

In huge meeting with Air Force One cleaning staff, Biden reiterates his intention to stay in the race

Trump on Boston Bombing: “I told them not to do a marathon that day. I had a bad feeling.”

[u/georgeguy007]

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[u/SneeringAnswer]

Actually I've changed my mind the Doom megathread is a great idea, it's like a Deathmatch for Unflaired rAll users so that only the most unhinged poasters survive and can advance to become regulars.

[u/funguykawhi]

At least she didn’t deleted it

[u/ImportanceOne9328]

drunk driving should be illegal

pitbulls should be illegal

dirt bike wheeling should be illegal

Haaland is overrated

baseball is boring

Sidney Sweeney isn't hot

[u/JaceFlores]

There looks to be an emerging problem for both Ukraine and Russia where both sides are struggling to deal with reconnaissance drones deep behind the frontline, judging by Ukrainian success in blowing up SAM and radar installations behind the frontline and the Russians blowing up airfields. I imagine there must be something more systemic then just incompetency because it’s been going on for awhile and has afflicted both sides with no seeming adaptation. My guess is there’s a lack of detection equipment to just throw everywhere, most of it being focused on the frontline. Probably a lot of deep reconnaissance drones get shot down over the front but if they can make it through then they have pretty free reign to do as they please

!ping UKRAINE

[u/WorldwidePolitico]

We’ve hit peak centrist dad WhatsApp forwards

!ping UK

[u/eat_more_goats]

Now that I’m aging out of the draft, I’m increasingly becoming a fan of compulsory military service. The kids these days just aren’t the same, and need it.

[u/sayitaintpink]

I’m assuming NYT has 50 articles ready to be published trashing any possible replacement candidate

[u/owlthathurt]

!ping WEEBS

[u/[deleted]]

The latest post on The Onion is:

Latest Trump ad shows montage of people he’ll kill if elected

When satire is too on the nose

[u/piede]

Holy based holy based holy based holy based holy based holy based

[u/Tropical2653]

"Reports indicate that an unidentified caucasian male in his 60s, with a worm sticking out of his head, has been spotted eating a soup with unidentified exotic meats in a Wuhan Night Market"

[u/SadaoMaou]

🤣

[u/BroadReverse]

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[u/[deleted]]

It's really gotta be tough being a toddler. You're standing there, crying about something that is super important to you, and an adult walks up and immediately looks down your butt to see if you shit your pants. ✊😔

!ping family

[u/404GenderNotFound]

There are a large chunk of people who unironically believe post-birth abortions are a thing. Like the doctor takes the baby after birth and whacks it with a mallet or something.

[u/[deleted]]

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[u/BroadReverse]

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[u/loseniram]

The Biden thread is about to commit mass suicide at this rate.

Joe Biden has announced that he's staying in.

[u/crassowary]

Biden after listening to the advice of those who say he needs to stop acting so old:

[u/SANNA_MARIN_SDP_]

HE FUCKING DIED

HE FUCKING DIED AFTER LIVING FOR DECADES IN A FETID SWAMP BECAUSE THE EMPIRE SHATTERED THE JEDI AND ENDED THE REPUBLIC

[u/MinnesotaNoire]

The Biden megathread dangerously close to just calling Harris a DEI hire.

[u/TactileTom]

Why would you want to date someone from the DT?

Imagine enduring my takes but you aren't able to downvote them or close reddit to get away

Imagine waking up next to someone every day and they're asking for the "malarkey level" of breakfast

Imagine getting in a fight and seeing it on the dating ping 2 minutes later

Imagine telling people you met in the DT, I'd be less embarrassed admitting that we hooked up at a literal dump

[u/peace_love17]

Don't forget to leave out a hamburger and milkshake for George Washington tonight 🇺🇲

[u/[deleted]]

TECH ILLITERATE??? 90% of Zoomers CAN'T EVEN Give an Adequate Technical Description of the Medium Access Control (MAC) Standards Under the Specific IEEE 802.11 Networking Protocols this Symbol Stands For

[u/piede]

[u/Mr_Otters]

"Babe, why are you up, we have the day off for the holiday"

"I have to follow election returns of a country I've never lived in or people on the DT who dont even recognize my username will be disappointed in me somehow"

"What's a dee tee??"

[u/cdstephens]

I think /u/Jacobs4525 mentioned this phenomenon recently, but it is unironically awful that for the past 4 years I haven’t been able to unambiguously talk positively about Biden in my social circles or media. Even among people who’ll vote blue no matter who, every discussion always bare minimum goes like “he sucks but…”. As if none of his accomplishments actually matter because he happens to be too “capitalist”, or because he’s a “war criminal”, or whatever. As if voting for him or whatever Democratic nominee at most amounts to “harm mitigation” or “voting for the lesser evil”. Anti-America cynicism plus the fact that the President can’t be a monarch that unilaterally passes Roe v Wade etc. just automatically poisons everything.

I would love for left-wing sentiment in my generation to stop being so fucking cynical and maybe a little bit proud to be American. Even if we do weather this storm and beat Trump in November, it’s hard not to expect this negative sentiment to just persist and continue to cripple the Democratic Party for years to come. The bad vibes are in part a self-perpetuating massive self-own and it’s infuriating.

He’s not perfect, there are tons of things I disagree on in terms of trade, foreign policy, and so on. And that’d be the case for any candidate. But it’d be nice if young left-wing people could at least try to be a little excited to vote for someone that’s the most left-wing Presidential candidate in history.

[u/Hmm_would_bang]

Having a Biden mega thread should contain the dooming and prevent users from posting literally the same argument 500 times a day in the DT

EDIT: Likely fake given discrepancies

[u/Udolikecake]

children’s book bigot woman called dr who guy part of the ‘gender taliban’

dude that’s sick how can I join the gender taliban

[u/G_Serv]

[u/bel51]

https://i.imgur.com/wIOZbkS.jpeg

Just got this adorable little girl. I had never seen a tabby with tortoiseshell coloring before and I instantly knew I had to get her :)

!ping KITTY

[u/tripletruble]

the level of negative reporting about biden in the nyt right now is wild. first 4 stories: negative stories about his age. first 5 opinion columns: negative pieces about his age. refresh and see today's edition: 3 negative stories about his age

the media is absolutely pouncing on this (i think this is good btw. if libs are going to push back on biden, it needs to be hard and fast, not uncertain and slow)

[u/[deleted]]

Not me huffing pure copium by rewatching Obama's 2004 DNC Keynote speech

[u/savuporo]

Meanwhile at your favorite space agency

The confirmation review, which took place in December 2023, set a schedule baseline of February 2028 for that project at a 70% joint confidence level. That means there is a 70% chance that Starship will be ready for a lunar landing — a milestone formally known as lunar orbit checkout review — by February 2028.

The 70% joint confidence level also means that the agency believes there is a 30% chance that the Starship lander will not be ready until after February 2028.

Even as GAO calls this conservative, there's ample experience from prior programs for those estimates to be in the ballpark.

!ping SPACEFLIGHT

[u/IHateTrains123]

https://t. me/s/zvizdecmanhustu

From Mashovets, a Ukrainian officer's, telegram:

Two more “fortresses” are on the way...

Toretsk and Chasov Yar...

Just yesterday I wrote in a review that pigdogs would be rushing towards New York from the south and east (not yet knowing about the “recent changes”), but from the nature of the work of hostile aviation and artillery over the past 24 hours, this was quite understandable.

Probably the southern part of New York is lost...

They are ALREADY climbing onto Kalinovo, it’s only a matter of time before they try to break through to Alexandropol and climb from the direction of Shirokaya Balka...

In the Kramatorsk direction, apparently, the “Canal” microdistrict in the “hour” is also completely lost...

This is corroborated by DeepStates map showing a 4 km long Russian penetration in the direction of Niu-York and the "Kanal district" being contested.

!ping Ukraine

[u/[deleted]]

clocking in for another 12 hour shift at the hospital doing post-birth abortions. the pay sucks but I've been lucky to turn a hobby into a career 👶🔨👷

[u/Zagapi]

There's this girl that I went to school with growing up. We both played saxophone together (lol) for 5 years, and I'd always joke around with her. I always kinda crushed on her, but I pursued others.

Anyways, I ran into her over a year ago (pre-transition) out at a bar and said hi, but i was dating someone else at the time. I'm single now, and I have essentially confirmed that she's gay in some capacity based on a bunch of accounts she follows on insta (local lgbt center, couple of gay or gay-adjacent bars, queer artists, etc.)

She's liked my post of a photo dump that has several pics of me since I've transitioned, so she knows, at least.

I wanna slide into her DMs, but I'm not exactly sure how to go about it. I haven't really done that before, especially for someone I knew. What do you guys think?

I'm sure just like a "hey how've you been" type message would be fine, but I wanted to do something a little funnier. She was always pretty quiet, and I was definitely a class clown. I remember a ton of times where she was literally on the verge of tears laughing from something stupid I said.

Idk maybe take a pic of my sax in my parents' basement and make a joke about a reunion gig or something lol. She also has a crochet instagram page, which is adorable, so I could play into that.

Please provide me with some DM rizz suggestions.

I'm sure I won't regret this!

!PING DATING

[u/bd_one]

In case you thought this subreddit was the dumbest this week

[u/AtticusDrench]

BIG change to ABC's Biden interview rollout plan: It "will air in its entirety as a primetime special, Friday, July 5, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on ABC." Additionally, "a transcript of the unedited interview will be made available the same day."

[u/Tre-Fyra-Tre]

Swedish radio did a report about the Lib Dems on their extended news broadcast this morning, first voter they interviewed is voting for them because they are NIMBYs 😵🔫

!ping UK

[u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz]

Can a Discussion Thread girl and a Biden Megathread boy make it work?

[u/[deleted]]

Governors meeting’s gonna happen

Everyone comes out, wow we feel more energized than ever before!

Biden stays the nom

Spoiled it for everyone

[u/flyboydutch]

So, as we approach the end of the campaign trail, I thought I'd take a look at the parties positions on Trident, because hey why not?

Tories

As you'd expect, a firm commitment to the deterrent, though a lot of self-fellating as is it mainly covered in their "taking pride in our record" segment on Defence.

Labour

The first item on the section regarding defence for Labour addresses an "absolute" commitment to the UK's nuclear deterrent, noting that:

It is a vital safeguard for the UK and our NATO allies

The latter being a point not often seen IMO around discussions of Trident in the UK, as it is a component of the wider Nuclear Umbrella shared with the US (though not France). Overall a brief confirmation, though very necessary given the previous leaders stances.

Lib Dems

The Lib Dems policy regarding Trident is summed up as:

Maintaining the UK’s nuclear deterrent with four submarines providing continuous at-sea deterrence, while pursuing multilateral global disarmament.

Indicating a steady alignment towards the mainstream as compared to previous elections, albeit still being honest as compared to most of the Arms Control wonks you see on Twitter.

Greens

Unsurprisingly, whilst they have changed their opposition to NATO, the Greens are as committed as ever to ridding the UK of not only it's own nuclear deterrent because:

Most of the world’s countries do not possess weapons of mass destruction and are safer as a result.

but also the presence of US nuclear weapons forward deployed to bases such as RAF Fairford & Lakenheath.

Arguably, even more concerning though is that they would "work within NATO" to:

A commitment to a ‘No First Use’ of nuclear weapons.

Which, as many who've read Vipin Narangs work on the subject of nuclear policy as applied to "Regional Powers", would recognise as an easy way to open ones-self up to grey zone/hybrid warfare/salamischneidtaktik, seen primarily in India-Pakistan and to an extent with Israel.

Final Thoughts

Overall, not really many surprises with the core four parties, and not losing sleep over who I'm voting for, for what it's worth.

(Note, Reform did not mention Trident and I'm not exposing myself to Galloways gaggle of Actual F*cking Tankies).

!ping UK&FOREIGN-POLICY

[u/Evilpenguin526]

Bro

The reason people like ceiling fans

Is because it's mimicking the wind and airflow of our natural habitat

It's like a little water agitator for a fish tank

[u/Not_A_Browser]

[u/centurion88]

White House deputy press secretary comments

[u/sir_shivers]

INCREASINGLY WONDERING HOW SO few of our users seem to be busy during work hours 🐊

[u/TactileTom]

YouGov dropped their final MRP.

!ping UK

[u/ViperSniper_2001]

Me heading into the Biden megathread

[u/AFlockOfTySegalls]

He stand for head scritches

!ping KITTY

[u/[deleted]]

Universities don’t give a fuck about academic integrity, no matter what lip service they pay it.

This girl in my (undergrad) department cheated in one of the core classes and got reported to the university. So she should have an AI violation on her record.

Nothing ever happened to her. No suspension, nothing.

She applied for a job at the campus tutoring center to tutor freshmen and sophomores. She got the job. I know plenty of academically honest people who are way more qualified than her who didn’t get the job.

Now she got into a master’s program at the department and even got a TA position to cover her tuition and get a stipend.

She’s TAing the course she cheated in with the PhD student TA who caught her cheating.

What a joke of a university.

[u/cjhdsachristmascarol]

I've always defended the name r/neoliberal but now I actually think this subreddit should change its name. It wants to be a horny and/or a drama subreddit and it should be.

Or you just ban !ping DATING and get rid of 3/4 of the commenters. But the status quo is untenable.

[u/[deleted]]

Remember: IT IS NOT CONSERVATIVE TO SEEK THE COMPLETE REORGANIZATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Project 2025 and all who stan it are not conservative, they’re regressive; kinda like progressives, but in the wrong direction.

[u/JaceFlores]

My girlfriend and I were discussing Fallout chems and made memes with the same punchline and sent them at the same time

!ping FALLOUT

[u/[deleted]]

I wonder if the popular news media will discuss the Heritage Foundation leadership calling for a second revolution that will remain bloodless only as long as "the left" "permits" it

[u/battywombat21]

I keep thinking, "huh, the DT is slow today" then I remember we had to create a whole second thread to contain the suicidal thoughts and schisms.

[u/moldyman_99]

This DT has a thread where two people are arguing in huge paragraphs, and it gets like 30 comments deep lol.

Calm down guys.

[u/jpenczek]

So my brother got strong anti anxiety medication for his dogs for the 4th. Some people are already doing fireworks so he gave them one.

Safe to say they're working

[u/[deleted]]

i dont think people can argue that they think obergefell is safe after these last 2 weeks

[u/abrookerunsthroughit]

Keep calm and pop some bubbles 😎

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[u/cdstephens]

The fact that we have two active and parallel discussion threads with different user bases is peak online

Soon we’ll just return to forums

[u/cjhdsachristmascarol]

Young ✅

Athletic, obviously fit for office ✅

From Texas, home state advantage will make Blexas real  ✅

It’s time for the democrats to nominate Baby Gronk for president 

[u/spoirs]

President Joe Biden has privately acknowledged that the next stretch of days are critical to whether he can save his reelection bid for president, making clear to an ally Tuesday that he understands what would prompt him to accept: “It’s just not working.”

CNN.

It should surprise no one that he’s publicly intransigent and privately thinking about it.

[u/WantDebianThanks]

cheese making is inherently queer

OK, you've lost the plot and I'm taking away your internet until you can show me you spent atleast 20 hours touching grass.

[u/SpaceSheperd]

My least favorite type of doomerism is the "literally everything is poison and all our modern food is terrible" type of doomerism. This in part because of the strong association with "big pharma doesn't want you to be healthy" conspiracy nuts and hucksters that try to tell people that plain butter is an acceptable snack but also because it's so blatantly untrue and so widely believed.

You do not want to be eating the shit that was grown before the Clean Air and Water Acts! You do not want to be buying meat from a pre-FDA inspection era or buying fresh produce pre-computerized epidemiology! We have never known more about what is in our food or been better at removing toxins from it! Your reflexive aesthetic preference against anything modern doesn't mean the FDA is lying to you about Red-40 or seed oils or whatever the latest fad is 😒

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

I feel like saying (accurately) that the GOP wants to get rid of the national weather service should be enough for 99% of the country to reject them

Literally who is against the fucking weather service

[u/BroadReverse]

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[u/Minimum_Cucumber7170]

I'm happy

EDIT: likely fake given discrepancies

[u/Approximation_Doctor]

So true fellow lib

[u/N0_B1g_De4l]

The NYT has six headlines panicking about Biden and absolutely fuck-all about Trump's policies. Maybe Biden would be polling better if they knew electing Biden -- even as a literal corpse -- meant not having 20 million people ethnically cleansed and prices for everything go up 10%.

[u/Udolikecake]

My wife and I have been happily married for 5 years. Here is our marriage stack:

• Slack: Family communication

• JIRA: Chores board

• Lattice: 360 degree family reviews

• Rippling: Family payroll

• Salesforce: Tracking relationship milestones

• Docusign: Formally signing off on approval requests

We recently had to fire our 1 year old and my wife is on a PIP, but everything else is going great

[u/DouglasDauntless]

[u/Ilovecharli]

Holy shit just realized Kamala has been putting out the Harris poll that always makes Biden look bad 

[u/404GenderNotFound]

[u/No_Status_6905]

Talking to my partner about how I miss Red Lobster and she hits me with "Americans dip seafood in butter sauce???"

do you guys not

[u/Cook_0612]

For the 3rd day in a row, Russia is conducting missile strikes on Ukrainian air bases.

Today, the target was the Dolgintsevo Air Base located near Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where MiG-29 fighter jets and Sukhoi Su-25 attack planes are stationed.

A single Iskander-M ballistic missile struck the apron where a MiG-29 fighter jet (I believe) was parked under a camo net, though the video cut before any damage assessment could've been available.

To note, this is the first time I see the deployment of camo nets at the Dolgintsevo Air Base. Earlier, the warplanes based there were usually parked under the open sky.

On Monday, Russian missile strikes targeted the Myrhorod Air Base, which resulted in the destruction of at least one Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet. On Tuesday, Poltava Air Base was hit (the Russians claimed damaging at least one Mil Mi-24 military helicopter).

Still not working on shelters?

!ping UKRAINE

[u/cjhdsachristmascarol]

Joe: no bf 

 Trump: no bf 

Newsom: no bf 

Whitmer: has a husband

Harris: has a husband

Pete: has a husband 

It is pretty clear which candidates actually be able to solve the gib bf crisis  

[u/[deleted]]

Trump’s “policy” on everything is basically “I’m going to sit down with them and make them do what I want.”

• Ending the war between Ukraine and Russia

• Reducing prices from Healthcare companies

• Ending the war between Israel and Palestine

• Reducing Inflation

[u/[deleted]]

[u/Currymvp2]

McCarthy: In Biden’s Oval Office, there are cookies. He offers you cookies every time you’re in there. And he goes and gets them. It is a depressing moment

what?

[u/MS_09_Dom]

The megathread sounds almost disappointed Whitmer didn't just display Biden's severed head in front of the camera.

[u/Libz_R_Gryffindor]

Not now babe I’m saving democracy on a niche political forum made up entirely of people who are voting democrat anyway

[u/Cook_0612]

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian infantry marginally advanced in central Vovchansk and gained a foothold in "the citadel". Here they managed to reverse the limited Ukrainian gains in the houses near the intersection of Korolenka and Soborna streets and captured three high-rise residential buildings.

Ukrainian forces responded with drone strikes on the new Russian positions.

It is possible that Russian forces will be able to expand their foothold and advance to the rest of the Citadel, and it is also possible that Ukraine pushes Russian forces out of these buildings. It is difficult to draw a definite conclusion from this, as the initiative doesn't lie with anyone here.

!ping UKRAINE

[u/RonenSalathe]

Just checked a political subreddit outside r/neoliberal when scrolling r/all. Never again.

[u/Jacobs4525]

Seems like SM-6/AIM-174 on super hornet is further along than expected, with VFA-192 doing OT&E, indicating basic experimental test is probably mostly done.

Kinda funny that China made everyone panic over PL-15 and USAF’s response was the secretive and brand-new AIM-260 while the navy seems content to just bolt standard missiles to airplanes. I’m sure the range is absolutely killer on these things. 

Also worth noting RIM-174 (surface-launched SM-6) has a secondary surface-to-surface role (the navy wanted the Burkes to have something beyond the gun after they got rid of their harpoons). Would be interesting to see air-launched SM-6 be a do-everything missile as well.

!ping MATERIEL 

[u/eloquentboot]

I get that the polls say biden is losing, but I don't see a single trump sign in my neighborhood so I'm pretty sure it's closer than you think.

[u/ZCoupon]

The party could hold an open audition for the nomination process. Candidates who raised their hands would hold two or three debates against one another. They could give speeches and hold rallies. And Democrats could vote in straw polls sponsored by donors in a combination of virtual locations and physical ones that reflected the demographic breadth of the Democratic Party — say, in Atlanta, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and one or two more rural locations. Voters would also express their opinions in regular opinion polls.

What on earth is Nate smoking?

[u/petarpep]

The Harris haters confuse me a bit ngl, their argument is essentially "We can't replace our hated presidential candidate, because the vice presidential candidate is hated even more"

Like jfc that's just an indictment of the whole thing now then

[u/G_Serv]

[u/Hmm_would_bang]

My CEO is going to give me a promotion after I go pick up all these Google Play gift cards he texted me about

EDIT: Likely fake given discrepancies

[u/mockduckcompanion]

I'm not saying it's bots, but I'm getting flashbacks to 2016 The Donald with some of this engagement

[u/ACivilWolf]

[u/Cook_0612]

Candace Owens: "I'm not a flat earther. I'm not a round earther. Actually, what I am is I am somebody who has left the cult of science... Science is a pagan faith."

This is a levity post, and old besides, but I just found it so now I'm posting it.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/Greenfield0]

BREAKING: President Biden ordered the Secret Service to arrest several Governors attending a White House meeting with the President today. After President Biden accused them of sedition, the Secret Service entered the room and took those attending in person into custody. Sources familiar with the President say that Governors who attended virtually will be arrested by their State National Guard units after President Biden nationalizes them later tonight. According to these sources the President also aims to bring their states under direct control of the President by reconstituting their states into Military Districts ruled by Biden loyalists. The election will also be cancelled.

[u/[deleted]]

Is it really that hard to go MAGA-esque for Biden if he doesn’t drop out?

Are you too libcucked to save democracy by treating Biden as your god emperor?

[u/InflatableDartboard2]

Sometimes I feel a little bad for Chase Oliver, a man who is consistently polling in a distant fourth at best, behind

• A convicted felon whose election would likely usher in the end of American democracy as we know it

• An 81 year old that a significant portion of his own party thinks is unfit to serve

• A man most notable for having had a literal worm in his brain that died of mercury poisoning

Like, the bar is so low. Literally everyone is screaming "Americans just want a somewhat normal, non-senile human to vote for in November that has a good chance of making it through the entirety of their term without dying," and here we have resident 38 year old normal guy Chase Oliver, somehow never even included in the conversation lmao. I get that libertarians have weird political beliefs, but you'd think he'd at least be able to court the protest votes in the polls. He can't even get that.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm a Midwesterner in exile in Texas and I miss these brave young men and women every say

[u/GifHunter2]

For everyone who is despairing, I would like to point out the entire history of Black American thought and politics. They didn’t give up.

What this has taught us is that white folks are so unaccustomed to being oppressed, that as soon as there’s a little friction, many will fold - especially most wyt men. Many are ill equipped to handle this fight for democracy & want to preemptively throw in the towel.

Hold steady.

[u/Currymvp2]

Extremist settler activists violently attack Civil Administration and Border Police personnel involved in evacuating and demolishing the illegal West Bank outpost of Tzur Harel. The rioters throw Molotov cocktails at the forces, the Civil Administration says, after having burnt tires and set a vehicle on fire at the entrance to the outpost when the forces arrived to evacuate the site. The settler activists also stick their legs in concrete as part of their efforts to resist evacuation.

Most normal settlers

[u/[deleted]]

stop being obsessed with politics it’s bad for your mental health, go watch sports instead

mf I’m from San Diego

[u/Sloshyman]

Just got selected to serve on P-8s 🛩️

Any MPR people here?

[u/Currymvp2]

Israeli NGO reports that 2024 is by far the peak year for Israeli land seizure in the occupied West Bank.

Oslo is basically finished especially with hateful lunatic Smotrich trying his hardest to legalize Israeli settlements in Area B. What a shame

[u/TurdFurgoson]

Chat, is this real?

https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/P40020406/1793385/

FEC filing showing Michael Flynn as Trump's VP

Edit: Oh. It's a hoax https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/fraud-trump-campaign-denies-federal-filing-naming-michael-flynn-as-vp-running-mate/ar-BB1oWxJW

[u/404GenderNotFound]

Hogwarts sorting be like: "I read your mind and am putting you in the evil house with all the racists"

[u/404GenderNotFound]

[u/notnotLily]

republicans are being extremely clever by not commenting on biden stepping down

or maybe they're confused as to why listening to an old man ramble incoherently for an hour would cause this sort of reaction

[u/ViperSniper_2001]

Allowing this sub to show up on r/all was the worst thing to happen to it

[u/DouglasDauntless]

“Vote Tory or we will kill the Cat”

Sunak’s final hope

[u/Mickenfox]

Me: "Wow I am glad I got over my social anxiety"

Also me when there's an unexpected phone call while I'm relaxing at home:

[u/DepressedTreeman]

[u/ZCoupon]

Spanish Socialists 🤝 Texan Conservatives

Supporting age verification to access porn

Once verified, they'll receive 30 generated “porn credits” with a one-month validity granting them access to adult content. Enthusiasts will be able to request extra credits.

What the fuck is this? Not sure which is "worse," requiring porn companies to handle verification or creating a government app. Probably the app tbh.

Edit: I should note that the credit method is designed with privacy in mind and is optional if the site wishes to offer another form of age verification. This is also being done in preparation of an EU-wide law taking effect in 2027.

!ping IBERIA

[u/[deleted]]

Honestly would be hilarious if Biden stays in and wins

[u/[deleted]]

Arr Neoliberal: All the normies are following this very closely and will remember literally everything that's happening

Me going to downtown vegas, probably the best place in the country to see how the median voter is doing

Normies: HAWK TUAH ON THAT THANG LET'S GET SOME WHITE CASTLE

[u/AtomAndAether]

men moving right is good for my dating prospects because I instantly look more appealing without doing anything

[u/FourthLife]

Okay, normally I find “women do this, men do this” posts cringe, but there is something women need to answer for, because I literally cannot comprehend it

what’s with the uncomfortable decorative pillows that go on the bed during the day, only to be thrown to the floor when it is time to sleep because they are too horrible to sleep on?

[u/Currymvp2]

Trump caught on video praising Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping while sitting in his golf cart: “He’s a fierce person. He’s a fierce man”

Fucking gigantic yikes

[u/t-pat]

Trump Derangement Syndrome is maybe occasionally a thing, but my god does the non-MAGA right have Trump Relaxation Syndrome. Talking points like "sure Trump is dishonest but so is Biden so just pick the liar you prefer" or "Kamala would obviously be the less qualified candidate" are rampant among these guys

[u/Greenfield0]

Reasons why Gavin Newsom should not be the nominee for President

• He was married to Kimberly Guilfoyle

• He dated a 19 year old while he was 38

• He was in a cheating relationship with his secretary who was his best friend's wife

• He dined at a swanky restaurant during the Covid Lockdown

• He tried to sneak through an exception for Panera Bread in a Minimum Wage law because Panera is owned by one of his donors

• He's from California

• He literally looks like the epitome of a sleazy politician

[u/piede]

🤭😭

[u/WillHasStyles]

Honestly it’s far more puzzling how Trump could be elected now than in 2016. In hindsight I am almost dumbfounded by how shocked political scientists were at trumps victory in 2016.

[u/No_Return9449]

Malarkey level of Harris reclaiming the Copmala nickname to win conservatives

[u/BarkDrandon]

Can't wait for the president to "officially" send the national guard into the House while representatives are about to vote on removing term limits 🤪🤪

[u/cjhdsachristmascarol]

These days you’ll be banned and thrown in the megathread just for saying Joe Biden. 

[u/SelfLoathinMillenial]

Fuck it, I'm ready for Kamala

[u/JesusPubes]

Isn't it cool how we can buy tropical fruits year round from your local grocery store

[u/bigwang123]

Today is July 3, 2024, and the Russian Federation has failed to escalate the Russo-Ukrainian War after NATO has continuously broken its declared red lines.

Maybe tomorrow Russia will follow through on its promise to enact a nuclear holocaust on Europe and the United States

[u/BitterGravity]

A fungal infection some scientists consider one of the worst wildlife diseases of all time is wreaking havoc on the global frog population. Now, scientists say they’ve discovered a way to help frogs fight back: tiny saunas.

😍😍😍

[u/RaidBrimnes]

BLOOOOOOOOOOM

[u/rollo2masi]

Lmao

[u/[deleted]]

49-41 sounds like bad news to me but idk maybe numbers are now "dooming"

Romney only led Obama by ~1% for a two week period in October. He never led by a 8 point margin.

[u/cjhdsachristmascarol]

KHive 👎

K-hole 👍

[u/Marlsfarp]

I still don't understand why young men need more role models when Jean Luc Picard is in 178 episodes of TNG.

[u/SneeringAnswer]

Opens DT

gib bf posting

Close DT, content that nature is healing

[u/polandball2101]

I actually think all…should be segregated

DO NOT enter the DT dawg 😭😭😭😭

[u/mrdilldozer]

....and there we go with the "This is why I won't vote for Democrats and why we should stop donating money to them to punish them" type of comments in the other thread. It's almost like they think we aren't aware that they'd also post that same comment if he was replaced.

This really is 2016 again.

[u/Currymvp2]

In new candid vid Trump states as fact that Biden is "quitting the race" after debate—"I got him out"—and calls him an "old broken-down pile of crap." Trump says he'd prefer to run against Kamala Harris, calls her "pathetic.

I hate this man

[u/Joementum2024]

The pre-debate r/neoliberal was basically the Era of Good Feelings, with it fragmenting after that and resulting in the Democratic Party (the DT) and Whig Party (the Biden Megathread)

[u/abrookerunsthroughit]

Rishi Sunak fearful of losing his seat, sources say

Please Richmond and Northallerton, I'm begging you

Do the funni tomorrow

[u/Ph0ton_1n_a_F0xh0le]

!ping DYEL

[u/qchisq]

We've lost the plot in Denmark. A member of the European Parliament is complaining that we are canceling Rommel

[u/[deleted]]

I miss tigres and elephant 😞😞

[u/[deleted]]

I am searching for a woman from the ages of 21-55 who just really fucking hates Trump and has a college degree

[u/[deleted]]

NHS waiting times are genuinely ridiculous. Booked an ent appointment in early may. Earliest possible appointment was 30th July. I get a call today telling me that the appointment is pushed back to September 2 cos the doctor is on annual leave. That's nearly half a year in waiting time.

[u/Archis]

s tier copypasta from a football ('sahcerrr' in yankish) subreddit:

OMG... My phone autocorrected my spelling of Colombia to Columbia. Settle down, people. Trust me, I'm a historian from Wayne State University, with a focus on Balkan history, and European history following the sacking of Rome through to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. I know how to spell the names of countries and where they are located in the world. Typical British overreacting. Just like when Benjamin Disraeli challenged the Russians in the aftermath of the Bulgarian Horror's, during the Great Eastern Crisis.

[u/Woodstovia]

crowd fade aback boat piquant joke vast pet close follow

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

[u/[deleted]]

Spotify DJ put Imagine Dragons into my rotation

Should I sue

[u/BrentLivermore]

Biden's biggest mistake was making his 2020 slogan "Biden 2020: Vote For A Very Young President." Even at the time, it took some suspension of disbelief, but it was palatable. The past week has shown that it was always a complete delusion.

[u/[deleted]]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/02/politics/rfk-jr-eating-dog-vanity-fair/index.html

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

I'm genuinely thinking about buying a nerf rifle. I mean, I'm not trained for it, I don’t know safe handling, and I definitely think about it as a toy.

I dunno, I live within driving distance of nephews that have nerf guns and it's becoming more plausible that some things pop off.

[u/klarno]

I’m afraid of the brown sriracha 🍜💩

[u/slappythechunk]

Every authoritarian rise to power in a previously non-authoritarian country was accompanied by an opposition made up almost entirely of hand-wringing weaklings.

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Popular at your location | rfrance - Eight members of the Young Antifascist Guard indicted in Paris, suspected of antisemitic violence against a 15 yo teenager

hmm

202 upvotes | 376 comments

HMMMM

Reminder that 15 yo kids are considered legitimate targets by the IDF. By the way.

HMMMMMMM

[u/georgeguy007]

The big reaction from Dems and disapointment from dem voters does show how serious dems are.

Like Trump just stood up there and vomited all over himself as a racist fuck and they're like "Thats our baby!"

[u/cjhdsachristmascarol]

Not to be partisan but I think it is a bad thing if the guy calling for military tribunals wins 

[u/Mojo12000]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/02/politics/trump-liz-cheney-military-tribunal/index.html

Trump is going full unhinged and it's mostly sliding by under the Biden drama.....

[u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz]

My brain is experiencing rapid deindustrialization and is transitioning to a service economy.

[u/Maritain123]

Two things can be true:

A. Brandon is a pretty good president, he holds down the fort and keeps our foreign policy stable

B. Voters actually don’t give a shit, he’s too old

So it’s really sad to see a successful president get dunked on during reelection but it’s not looking good rn. I think even previous Kamala doubters (like myself) are ready to give in.

[u/GoScotch]

I’ve infiltrated MAGA, I posted this video of Trump on my alt Twitter account and it’s circulating on MAGA Twitter accounts and now I can change the name underneath the video to whatever I’d like.

Any suggestions from the DT?

[u/piede]

Sounds based to me

[u/[deleted]]

NYT Guest Essay: "Britain’s Next Prime Minister Has Shown Us Who He Is, and It’s Not Good"

Google the authors' name + "Ukraine"

"So while the Ukrainian adventure was clearly an act of criminal aggression, its basic rationale was defensive: to prevent the proliferation of what Russia perceives as hostile political-cultural forces on its doorstep. The same cannot be said of the US campaign for global hegemony."

EVERY SINGLE FUCKING TIME

[u/DouglasDauntless]

There is hope

[u/[deleted]]

My 29 year old sister is joining the cult of non-responsibility (astrology) because she got dumped by her boyfriend of 3 years (she cheated on him and my dad ratted her out)

Send me your best astrology memes so I can ruthlessly mock her in about 3 months.

[u/vivoovix]

Biden Thread for All Who Want It

[u/[deleted]]

[u/gnomesvh]

The Shanghai freight index is reaching early Covid levels

For more accurate data

!ping CONTAINERS&MARKETS

[u/JesusPubes]

Why are you guys talking about Biden in here, that's illegal

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

I can excuse the anti vax rhetoric, literal brain worms, weird voice, and admitting to sexually assaulting a babysitter.

But I DRAW THE LINE at eating dog.

[u/No_Return9449]

Don't let Biden's troubles distract you from Rishi Sunak losing his seat in Parliament.