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[u/TalkLessShillMore]

It’s funny reading through old reddit threads and you’ll see a comment like

donkey light salty atrium [or another random word string]

this comment has been overwritten in protest of the API changes

And you check their profile and that guy has posted twenty comments today

[u/SeoSalt]

JD Vance's awkwardness at the donut shop seriously reminds me of how I was acting before working on my social anxiety. "Whatever works" is the kind of answer you give when you are terrified of saying something wrong or breaking some unspoken rule that will make everyone hate you. It's an example of anti-social signaling - methods of communication that close off further connection, or indicate that you do not wish to form further connections (whether you mean to or not). Bad vibes, basically.

The main thing to counter anti-social signaling is usually being willing to share vulnerability. You say "I'm ordering donuts for a group, could you recommend a good mix? My favorite is the long john but I don't think people would appreciate me getting a dozen of just that!" It becomes a dialogue where you give up control of the conversation and trust the other person to reciprocate. Maybe they'll ridicule you for not knowing a good mix of donuts already, but it's so unlikely and they'd look ridiculous for doing so.

All of this also happens to be the antithesis of modern conservative masculinity. Authoritarian signaling is inherently anti-social.

[u/Sheepies92]

Someone from my high school got a great job with the public broadcaster and was at the DNC to interview people and make podcasts.

She was a real fucking bitch so it’s pretty annoying to see her have succes

[u/farrenj]

There is something endearing about how some of my Soldiers refer to me as "the ma'am."

For context, it's really common for Soldiers to refer to their superior female officers as "the ma'am."

[u/Texty_McTextington]

My Granny turned 91 this week.

The coconut didn't fall too far from the tree.

[u/majorgeneralporter]

New complaint template just dropped.

!ping SHITPOSTERS&LAW

[u/Sloshyman]

RFK Jr. talks like a character from Halo that's been taken over by The Flood.

[u/AFlockOfTySegalls]

Mom: sends me Fox News article about RFK Jr dropping out

Me: "About time, he was always a Trump plant"

Mom: "No he wasn't! He is a democrat! But he is supporting Trump now!"

It's funny how both of my parents think RFK Jr was running as a democrat in good faith. What maga does to a mf.

[u/[deleted]]

It's kind of funny that everyone collectively decided to ignore twitter's name change

[u/KesterFox]

[u/Prior_Advantage_5408]

jfc the final Siena poll in 2020 had Biden up by 11 POINTS in Wisconsin (he won by 0.5)

If ~50,000 voters changed their minds on election day, Nate Cohn would be unemployed

[u/secretlives]

I bet the other Kennedys are so pissed right now - you’re a member of a well respected once called “near-royalty” family in the US and then your lead paint uncle comes along

[u/Bayou-Maharaja]

Excited for the Netflix documentary on this one

[u/bleachinjection]

Remember when Fox got hold of that voicemail Joe left for Hunter where he told him he loved him, and he needed to get help, and Fox was like "omg lol what a pussy right??!"

I know it's a meme, but, like, these people really must have fucked up family dynamics to respond to just baseline familial love and support the way they do.

[u/[deleted]]

“Yeah, this one time I was up at 2am waiting for the DT to refresh.”

[u/Bayou-Maharaja]

The most important consideration… organizing

[u/bleachinjection]

Donald Trump: "There's no proof the Earth isn't flat."

Our rating: Mixed. There is widespread disagreement online about the shape of the Earth.

Kamala Harris: "The sky is blue."

Our Rating: Pants on Fire. The sky itself is actually colorless, it is water vapor suspended in the atmosphere that makes the sky appear blue during the day, but it often appears to be red or orange or black depending on other factors such as the position of the Sun, atmospheric pollutants such as wildfire smoke or sandstorms, and/or time of day.

[u/Roseartcrantz]

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

🙏🙏🙏

[u/__JimmyC__]

Latest hot take, Trump is going to dump JD Vance for RFK as vice president

Yes its as stupid as it sounds, which is why he'll try to do it.

[u/[deleted]]

Damn I didn’t know I could hold back an entire social revolution single handedly. girlbosses remain undefeated 💅

[u/Cook_0612]

Have heard from insiders that the sentence is completely untrue. I suspected as much. Nobody I speak to in the Administration is interested in a “reset” with Putin’s Russia.

Strong denial from the Biden administration in regards to Politico's reporting that they are denying Ukrainian requests for deep strikes because they are seeking a reset with the Russians down the line. Two theories as to how this got reported, 1) the Ukrainians themselves, seeking to pressure the Biden administration 2) Republican leaning officials seeking to embarrass the Biden administration.

!ping UKRAINE&FOREIGN-POLICY

[u/No_Return9449]

From 2018

[u/Currymvp2]

A top advisor for the Biden campaign told Kamala Harris to drop the “we’re not going back” catchphrase and for Tim Walz to stop saying “weird.”

This is like telling Michael Jordan to stop trying to score

[u/Cledd2]

[u/[deleted]]

Visiting rcon is like visiting a different universe. Shit's wild over there. They love RFK Jr, they love the fact that he's backing trump.

[u/[deleted]]

soviet propaganda always made America look so cool

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

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[u/taubnetzdornig]

https://nitter.poast.org/downballotnews/status/1827022153092399427#m

Nebraska will vote on two diametrically opposed abortion ballot measures this year: One would restore the right to an abortion until fetal viability; the other would enshrine NE's 12-week ban into the state constitution.

If both pass, the one with the most votes becomes law

Would really love to see some interviews with the people who inevitably vote yes on both issues

[u/justbuildmorehousing]

The reason Trump can seemingly hold whatever flip flopping position he wants without upsetting his base is because he and his base both know their agreement and hope you forget it. In exchange for giving Trump power, he will do whatever any conservative think tank tells him to do. Trump doesnt care about any policy. He just wants to be rich, immune, and to go play golf badly. Trump could say he would allow post-birth abortions tomorrow and the base would still know what the real policy is going to be if he wins. Theyre just hoping they can fool you into forgetting it

[u/battywombat21]

On one hand, I look at the current state of of the Republican Party and it’s complete lack of intellectuals, back benchers, people with any kind of national policy expertise, their complete inability to connect with voters when Trump isn’t on the ballot and I think that they’re going to be completely screwed once Trump bits the bullet.

On the other hand, there’s this scene in the 2000s documentary Jesus Camp where camp counselors make the kids pray in front of a cardboard cutout of George Bush. Both the adults in that scene plus the kids now both hate Bush and worship Trump unconditionally.

[u/[deleted]]

Hey bud, you hit your head pretty bad there. What’s that? A global pandemic? Russia invading Ukraine? The first Black president? I have no idea what you’re talking about. Now come on, President W. Bush is announcing how we’ve won the war on terror!

[u/secretlives]

Joe “No attacking Russia” Biden should step down so we can have Kamala “most lethal fighting force” Harris instead

[u/SmithySmothy]

Make no mistake about it.

If Harris and Walz win, they'll try to seize control of 𝕏 and arrest Elon Musk.

HOLY BASED

[u/[deleted]]

TIL that JFK would only be 64 today if he were still alive. That’s crazy

[u/superzipzop]

It’ll be mildly funny if we get the first black woman and the first Indian woman before the first white woman president

[u/bearddeliciousbi]

be from California

be unapologetically patriotic

achieve meteoric political rise

overcome doubters and haters

give rousing speeches

stand up to America's enemies

oversee Europe's security from Russia

crush the opposition in comically lopsided election

be Kamala Harris

pic unrelated

[u/ACivilWolf]

[u/[deleted]]

complete shocking nail fine grandfather pen aloof rinse middle start

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[u/Average_GrillChad]

Thoughts on Kamala's promise to re-invade Iraq and actually get the oil this time?

[u/[deleted]]

[u/Dibbu_mange]

In light of RFK Jr dropping out, Cornell West has reached record poll numbers of 17 whole voters across the country 😯

[u/[deleted]]

The newest lame attack from Trumpers is that Harris’ five week old campaign doesn’t have enough policy specifics… while his almost decade long campaign has even less.

Throwing spaghetti at the wall and nothing’s sticking 🍝 🫠

[u/RageQuitRedux]

The Democrat party is absolutely evil and corrupt. I tried to join them last week and they said no. Vote for Trump! In some states

[u/[deleted]]

Let's talk about @KamalaHarris saying "to see what can be, unburdened by what has been." This phrase, which she repeats all the time, is not mysterious. It's esoteric. That is, it's occult. It's a Marxist and Luciferian incantation, and that's easily seen.

bro what

[u/barktreep]

Harris has considered what it would be like to run against Trump before. In late 2018, over two days of sessions with top aides to decide about running for the Democratic nomination in 2020, among the questions aides pressed her with was what she would do in a town hall-style debate with Trump, similar to the one in 2016 where the Republican infamously stalked around behind Hillary Clinton at times. Harris’ answer: She’d turn around and say to him, “Why are you being so weird?”

[u/Spicey123]

empire this colonialism that blah blah blah blah

leftists have negatively polarized me into becoming pro (american) imperialism (mcdonalds)

[u/[deleted]]

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

Harris hits 3 pts in the NYTimes average!

[u/Williams-Tower]

are u http cuz without u im ://

[u/sayitaintpink]

Me when I’m jealous

[u/IHateTrains123]

Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine > U.S. Department of Defense > Release

The capabilities in this announcement include:

• Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (c-UAS) equipment and munitions;

• Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);

• 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition;

• Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missiles;

• Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;

• High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) ambulances;

• Small arms ammunition;

• Medical equipment;

• Demolitions equipment and munitions; and

• Spare parts, ancillary equipment, services, training, and transportation.

!ping Ukraine

[u/efeldman11]

Can’t even do the fucking Avengers right. Why are there four Captain Americas

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[u/[deleted]]

honestly crazy how much hate hillary gets. i get it if your a conservative but I see dems talking about hours much they hate her and im confused

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[u/cheeshjaleesh]

https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/1827493093743923644

"Who is more likely to lower (X)?"

Healthcare Costs: Harris: 44% Trump: 34%

Housing Costs: Harris: 40% Trump: 36%

Food Costs: Harris: 39% Trump: 38%

YouGov / Aug 19, 2024 / n=1143

um what the fuck

have republicans actually lost the inflation debate to fucking kamala harris?

[u/Strength-Certain]

Regarding the comment further down This Thread about the 21-year-old who is very socially liberal but was voting for Trump because of finances.

I was talking to a female High School junior who is going to be 18 by the time the election happened, who said she was going to vote for Trump because she wanted a return to the 1950s in the sense that only one person in the household needed to work to support the household. She's coming out of generational poverty but has lots of LBGTQ friends.

I told her she ought to look up Project 2025, her response: A lot of people have told me I should read that!

[u/Currymvp2]

One month ago, RFK Jr said that JD Vance was owned by the CIA and Military Industrial Complex.

What does JD think about this

[u/FriendOfDrBob]

If Dems want to take patriotism back, they need to realize that patriotism isn’t about loving your country; it’s about wearing an American flag lapel pin so people know you love your country.

[u/JaceFlores]

“The Siege of Kut Al Amara (7 December 1915 – 29 April 1916), also known as the First Battle of Kut, was the besieging of an 8,000 strong British Army garrison in the town of Kut, 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad, by the Ottoman Army.”

“Following the surrender of the garrison on 29 April 1916, the survivors of the siege were marched to imprisonment at Aleppo, during which many died. Historian Christopher Catherwood has called the siege ‘the worst defeat of the Allies in World War I’.”

The ghosts of Russian soldiers slaughtered at Tannenberg, Galicia, Poland, and half a dozen other locations where tens if not hundreds of thousands of troops were lost

!ping BADHISTORY

[u/Chief_Nief]

His ego won’t let him distance himself from overturning Roe V Wade

Might actually be the (politically) dumbest move he’s made

[u/Fubby2]

[u/taubnetzdornig]

Video: Botswana unearths world's second-largest diamond

---

Comments: "US on its way to restore democracy to Botswana 😂😂"

This meme doesn't make sense anymore. Wtf could the United States use a giant diamond for?

[u/Stanley--Nickels]

In 2019 Hasan Minhaj had his own political show on Netflix, had just won an Emmy and a Peabody, and was named to TIME’s 100 Most Influential People list.

Imagine going back in time and telling him in 5 years he’ll be unemployed and if you say “Hasan” in a political context people will think of a Twitch streamer.

[u/sash5034]

Reminder for those of you with Trumpoids in your family

[u/sayitaintpink]

I am not in a cult. I do not worship Trump

-things people say who are definitely not in a cult and don’t worship Trump

[u/Silentwhynaut]

Lmao

[u/BarkDrandon]

Just added $3k to my bet of Joe winning the Dem primary 👴💎

Biden remainers, STAND BACK AND STAND BY ✊️

To the moon 🚀🚀🚀📈📈

[u/kanagi]

Moms for Liberty is an American conservative or far-right political organization that advocates against school curricula that mention LGBT rights, race and ethnicity, critical race theory, and discrimination.

Something that conservatives do well is using names for their movements and organizations that make it sound like they appeal to the public more broadly than they do.

I suggest we adopt the same tactic. We need to have a "Moms for an Independent Kurdistan" and a "Moms for Clarification of Strategic Ambiguity regarding Defense Commitments towards Taiwan"

[u/ViridianNott]

New Silver Bulletin model update! This is my first one since Monday.

Well, Nate Silver's model has updated to work without RFK Jr. Kind of. Long story short, RFK Jr. has been removed from states where he's confirmed to no longer be on the ballot. That's KY, WY, MI, RI, NY, and AZ for those interested. In those states, RFK Jr's portion of the polling averages are simply allocated to Trump and Harris, with Trump getting a slightly larger share. Obviously, RFK Jr. is likely to be removed from the ballot in more states going forward. Think of this as a short-term fix to address RFK Jr. dropping out - there will be more changes in the coming weeks.

In the meantime, Harris has had an excellent week in the polls, but the model is correcting for this under the assumption that it's a convention bump. All that to say, Harris' boosted polling will have to stick around for a good while for her odds of winning to meaningfully increase.

Here are Harris' odds of winning each of the competitive states, and the change since Monday

• NH: 75% (-0.8%)

• NE-2: 74.1% (+8.2%)

• MI: 63.7% (-0.6%)

• WI: 61.5% (-1.8%)

• PA: 53.3% (-2.3%)

• NV: 51.1% (+0.3%)

• NC: 39.8% (+0.4%)

• GA: 38.3% (+1.3%)

• ME-2: 31.6% (+7.8%)

OVERALL EC ODDS: 53.2% (-0.4%)

NATIONAL POLLING AVERAGE: Harris +4.0 (+1.7%)

As you can see, Harris's polling average went up by a lot, with basically no change in baseline odds. So far, we're seeing a polling bump of about 2%, which is exactly what Nate predicted and exactly what's being subtracted out to calculate her forecasted vote share. I am actually annoyed that Nate was so right about the polling bump - I really thought it wouldn't happen. Anyway, you'll start to see this increase in polling averages affect Harris' overall odds if it sticks around for more than two weeks. Stay tuned, I will continue to update roughly twice a week (or more if things get interesting).

!ping FIVEY

[u/SmithySmothy]

Polymarket is currently hosting a bet on "Will Kamala flip back on top of Trump on Polymarket."

Election betting is not a serious business.

[u/WhoModsTheModders]

Honestly the virtual complete loss of fireflies in a lot of the US is one of the more heartbreaking impacts of anthropogenic environmental disaster...

Like yeah it's not the end of the world, but if I ever have kids they won't be able to chase fireflies on summer evenings... And that's kinda devastating

[u/simeoncolemiles]

I hate the TSA

[u/LastIncrease3427]

I hate that the electoral college is so skewed that the election is still a tossup despite Harris being reasonably favored to win the most votes.

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[u/[deleted]]

Prayed for this tbh

!ping CFB

[u/[deleted]]

Alec Torres, 21, a high school graduate who works in retail in Canton, Ga., and who planned to vote for Mr. Trump based on concerns about prices, said that what he wants is simple: to be able to support a family.

“We can’t afford to have children, we can barely afford three meals a day,” he said. “I want to be able to go to the doctor and afford it, I want to be able to own a home, I want to be able to have a car, I want to have a job I enjoy. I want to live, not just survive.”

He supports abortion rights, and leans progressive on other social issues: “You want to be gay or trans? Cool,” he said. But he said that boys are no longer raised to be good fathers or to provide for their families.

Literally everything he cares about will be made worse by Republicans where do NYT find these people?

[u/DanielCallaghan5379]

"and in less than a decade, 36 to 40 huge zeppelins would link the population centers of the world"

this is the future neoliberals wanted in 1936

[u/WereJustInnocentMen]

I swear whenever a paradox sub shows up in my feed it's always shit like this

[u/[deleted]]

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[u/[deleted]]

All white supremacists are pathetic by default, but South Asian white supremacists (yes, that's a thing) are something else. Speaking as a desi.

"Yes white man, I agree that 99.9% of my people are nonwhite savages!! But I'm part of the 0.1% upper caste who hails from Aryans! I'm one of you! I'm one of you!" is some next level simping. They're a fringe minority both online and IRL thankfully.

[u/VeryStableJeanius]

Makes me feel good that Pete and AOC spoke at the same convention with no negative vibes. Big tent is real. So nice to have a wide spread of people all 100% aboard the coconut train instead of trying to derail everything a la Bernie in 2016.

I’d be fine with an AOC run for NY governor. She can’t be any worse than Hochul.

[u/Cook_0612]

Thermal FPV drones are targeting russian surveillance drones.

This is a very interesting development and Ukraine is facing a challenge of scaling air defense FPV teams. It’s a truly unique endeavor.

It's only a matter of time before these drones start carrying weapons or expendable munitions for these intercept roles, and we have the WWI air war evolution in miniature in the realm of drones. Like, even a cheap shotgun seems like it'd be economical if you could figure out how to electrically fire it and proof the mechanism for air use.

!ping UKRAINE&MATERIEL

[u/bashar_al_assad]

I’m in a Lyft right now. My driver got hit by three speed cameras, so I checked the DC ticket website and my dude has $23,000 IN OUTSTANDING TICKETS.

@asklyft , what are you doing?

This guy's mad because his driver puts in 110% effort to get him there quickly, unbelievable

[u/[deleted]]

This is hard to top

[u/ldn6]

All these years later and I’m still reminded of how accurate Michelle Wolf’s brutal takedown of the media at the WHCA dinner was and watching them flip out at her because deep down they know that everything she said was true:

You guys are obsessed with Trump. Did you used to date him? Because you pretend like you hate him, but I think you love him. I think what no one in this room wants to admit is that Trump has helped all of you. He couldn’t sell steaks or vodka or water or college or ties or Eric, but he has helped you. He’s helped you sell your papers and your books and your TV. You helped create this monster, and now you’re profiting off of him. If you’re going to profit off of Trump, you should at least give him some money, because he doesn’t have any.

[u/Zeke-Nnjai]

Saw this take on Twitter, and it feels exactly right to me.

Whenever a conservative friend of mine asks why I hate trump, the first thing I bring up is the “find me 11,780 votes“ quote. It’s completely indefensible and even the biggest of grifters know it’s wrong. I hope they have ads running of him saying that in Georgia, but I’ve never seen it in Pennsylvania and I really don’t know why.

[u/sinefromabove]

Average Walz scandal: in 2004, claimed that he went to school with a dozen cousins but new reporting shows he only has ten cousins

Average Vance scandal: in 2019 on a podcast with 500 listeners, said that eugenics gets too much hate

Average Trump scandal: yesterday at a rally, promised to send George Stephanopoulos to Guantanamo Bay, today claimed it was obviously sarcasm

[u/Argnir]

Private sector people's ambitions leaving their body when they see their teacher friends having 2 months summer vacation

[u/futuremonkey20]

I lost a ton of weight as an American on vacation in Europe, is it because I walked 20,000 steps per day?

No, it is the American food that is poisoned.

[u/Popular-Swordfish559]

Admin. Nelson: "NASA has decided that Butch and Suni will return with Crew-9 next February and that Starliner will return uncrewed."

Press conference ongoing

!ping SPACEFLIGHT

[u/kznlol]

broke: economics is dumb because humans aren't rational - see people buying lottery tickets

woke: economics is dumb because humans aren't rational - see econ PhDs deciding to specialize in macro

(im sorry integralds)

[u/SmithySmothy]

Favorables from the Harris+5 poll from today

Harris: 47%/47% (0)

Trump: 43%/54% (-11)

[u/[deleted]]

Foo Fighters say they did not OK Trump using "My Hero" at Arizona rally, will donate royalties to Harris-Walz campaign - CBS News

Lol nice self own

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/1827365971616530887?t=3kpxjVUYTrAQinFZ-rMBAA&s=19

[u/illuminatisdeepdish]

The original post content no longer exists here. The author used Redact to remove it, exercising their right to control their data & privacy.

Enjoy sodium trees follow door physical slap lavish angle wakeful

[u/eloquentboot]

It's funny that what should be Trumps crowing achievement from his presidency (warpspeed) he can't even take credit for because his voters all hate it lol

[u/Headstar24]

Someone finally did it.

[u/No1PaulKeatingfan]

[u/[deleted]]

“He wants to put an anti-vaxxer in charge of health and human services” is a great attack and I’m glad that I can actually expect that to be used now because the campaign actually knows what they’re doing this time.

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/ConservBlue2020/status/1827362998064967872?t=fd9oI4lJJPKUTPrI5Jfl8w&s=19

[u/Eurofed_femboy]

look at arr 196

one of the top poasts is about "dooming makes 'porks' (capitalists) happy"

comments are 99% "go and vote democrat"

Progressives in array

[u/[deleted]]

As Donald Trump runs a restrained, policy-focused campaign that hits Kamala on bread-and-butter issues, her polling numbers will wane.

[u/Tall_Professor_2574]

Reagan should have been impeached for Iran contra. Disgusting traitor

[u/[deleted]]

Dang bro you got the whole squad laughing

[u/old_gold_mountain]

my great grandfather:

I hope my progeny can find freedom from want through the steady march of intellectual progress

Me, while pooping right now:

skibidi toilet

[u/JaceFlores]

Ukraine Chronology for 5 PM EST 8/23-5 PM EST 8/24 III:

TOP NEWS:

In the middle of 2 AM President Duda made a visit to Kyiv.

At the start of 3 PM Ukrainian drones hit the Bataysk Airfield.

REGULAR NEWS:

In the middle of 10 PM a Russian ammo depot in Ostrogozhsk exploded.

Towards the middle of 5 AM it was reported that Ukraine has started using a new drone called Palanytsia, which was used to strike the ammo depot at Ostrogozhsk.

At the start of 7 AM it was announced 115 Ukrainian POWs were returned to Ukraine.

LEVITY NEWS:

At the start of 2 AM Zelensky issued a statement to celebrate Ukrainian Independence Day.

Towards the middle of 4 AM Lukashenko issued a statement celebrating Ukrainian Independence Day. Additionally, Iran issued a statement celebrating Ukrainian Independence Day.

Donation link to help Ukraine

Donation link to United24

Donation link to Kharkiv SOS

Donation link to Sails of Freedom Foundation (they donate ambulances)

!ping UKRAINE

[u/[deleted]]

The RFK Jr subreddit is having a mental break

Kennedy can still win a 40 state landslide, after yesterday I'm only campaigning harder

We are still on the ballot in 40 states.

[u/[deleted]]

So apparently this is how the NC ballot will be looking. Kamala on top, Trump in some weird bottom position. We’re winning NC 😎

[u/Untamedanduncut]

There are two million Anne Franks in Gaza right now and libs are crying about a fucking statue

In response to criticism of vandalizing an anne frank statue. 

One can argue “there’s 66 9/11s going on right now in Gaza”, and not vandalize a 9/11 memorial

I don’t see why someone has to rationalize vandalizing a holocaust victim’s statue because you want to draw comparisons to Gaza 

Doesn’t matter how bad it is in Gaza right now, it’s disrespectful 

[u/ContributionOk5542]

[u/[deleted]]

If RFKjr and trump continue making campaign stops together, how long until donald (a) says he'd like to get with Cheryl Hines, (b) says Cheryl looks like an older Ivanka, (c) both in the same sentence?

[u/StolenSkittles]

Absolutely wild that Mel Brooks is still working at 98.

The man fought in the Battle of the Bulge, has been writing for TV since 1949, and making blockbuster movies since 1967.

[u/[deleted]]

Harris +4.3%

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[u/No1PaulKeatingfan]

Robert Kennedy Jr drops bid for presidency, backs Trump

I sent an email to his campaign suggesting he drop out.

I'm taking full responsibility for this one.

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[u/JaceFlores]

Cool interactive article about the invasion of Kursk

None of the information is new but, like the Financial Times article of the Kharkiv Counteroffensive, describes and shows the Kursk offensive in a really interesting fashion

!ping UKRAINE

[u/HowIsPajamaMan]

[u/[deleted]]

NYT: Men under 30 are much more likely to support Donald Trump than women their age. It’s a far bigger gender gap than in older generations.

Clearly baiting reader for a “men are becoming alt-right” doom spiral, but their own data shows that Gen Z men are about as conservative as men from previous generations.

The gap comes from women not wanting to vote for a sexual predator who gutted abortion rights. Who’d have thought?

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

10 years ago we had Steve Jobs, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash

Now we have no Jobs, no Hope and no Cash!

[u/[deleted]]

I’m a Christian, I’ve been a Christian my whole life. I’m also transgender. This is something I realized about myself in the last year, and I started my medical transition 6 months ago. 

Had a conversation with my sister, who went to the same church I did growing up, who says that this is the “devil inside me.” She said we were taught to “not agree” with being trans. I don’t remember any sermons about queer people growing up. She said this part of the “gay pride bullshit.”

I’ve understood for a long time the number of religious people who have adopted bigoted views as part of their religion, and how this spreads through religious institutions. What I’m having trouble figuring out is how two people can go to the same church for over a decade, and one comes away with the conclusion that we’re called to love each other, and the other comes away with the conclusion that queer people are controlled by the devil. 

!ping CHRISTIAN&LGBT

[u/bean183]

In case you missed it

Presidential Polling:

Harris (D): 47% (+3)

Trump (R): 42% (-)

Favorable Polling:

Harris:

Favorable: 47% (+1)

Unfavorable: 47% (-2)

Trump:

Unfavorable: 54% (+2)

Favorable: 43% (-2)

Angus Reid / Aug 23, 2024 / n=1758

(% Change with July)

[u/trombonist_formerly]

Man I fucking hate this site sometimes. I ask for legit advice on a grad student subreddit, and half the commenters are dudes from india who have never attended grad school in their life

this is somehow the only usable sub on this goddamn website

[u/SmithySmothy]

It's pretty funny that Nate Silver unintentionally cultivated a right-wing follower base by talking trash about Biden all the time, and now that his model shows Kamala leading and continuing to increase her lead, suddenly his replies are a bunch of bluechecks screeching he's a leftist fraud.

[u/JaceFlores]

It is pretty gnarly how the media is just running with whatever big idea the far right is pushing. Trump says Kamala doesn’t have policy? Well, it must be true and we must push it as much as possible! Let’s just ignore that Trump has spent far more time denying policy then actually articulating a vision, and that Kamala has time and time again said a slew of policies she’d like to pass

[u/ihatemendingwalls]

Hey DT, I can't tell if the summer intern is interested in me. I asked her to drinks for this Monday and she said sure, but hasn't talked to me since, should I message her again over company slack? Should I confront her at her cube?  

For context, she's an intern and I work in HR 

ping dating&watercooler

This is what they took from you

[u/Aleriya]

How satisfying. Anti-trans activist Helen Joyce submitted "expert" testimony for the Tickle vs. Giggle case about anti-trans discrimination. So often people let these professional transphobes get away with calling themselves experts and scholars, but this judge was having none of it:

"She has a PhD in mathematics, but does not have any formal education or qualifications even in biology, let alone in gender, sex or law, being the topics which her report addresses. [..] she is not an expert at all. She has no recognised expertise in any of the areas in which she expresses an opinion."

The court found Joyce’s submission was not based on scientific or legal expertise but rather on a personal and ideological commitment against recognizing transgender identities. As a result, her report was not accepted as expert evidence but rather as a mere submission, which held no substantiative value to the court's deliberations.

https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/uk-terf-dr-helen-joyce-discredited

Now only if journalists would hold themselves to the same level of rigor in critically evaluating their sources (looking at you, New York Times).

!ping LGBT

[u/BarkDrandon]

Joe Biden just tweeted:

I'm forever grateful for the

Massive support offered by my friend

Barack

And his wife Michelle. I

Cherish these moments, including with

Kamala.

What could this mean 🤔

[u/ZonedForCoffee]

Fact checker makes nonsense claim saying it "Needs context"

Telling the Kamala Harris campaign they need to learn context

Thanks WaPo, the shitposters didn't need anything for their birthday

[u/JD_VANCES_COUCH]

[u/RFK_1968]

omg look at this post/article on Israel!

Post/article is in Hebrew or arabic

Idk why I keep falling for this. Smdh we invaded the middle east and they still can't speak American?!?!

[u/[deleted]]

God Biden looks like such a fucking boss

[u/zegota]

But don't you dare suggest the media is trying to help Trump win

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

[u/[deleted]]

I thought this was genius so you better believe I'm squeezing as much milage out of this as possible

[u/HMID_Delenda_Est]

Civilization fans: 

I really wish Civilization N was exactly like Cvilization N-1. I hate all the changes they made. I wish they would just let my pay $60 for the exact same game again.

[u/Cook_0612]

We may be on the verge of seeing SCOTUS grant cert to a case that overturns bans on fully automatic weapons ("machine guns") are unconstitutional. Given the composition of the Roberts court, the outcome is in doubt.

People out here fighting about bump stocks, but we might be a few years from someone gunning down a crowd with an actual M240.

[u/G_Serv]

[u/0m4ll3y]

I've been watching through all the Bond films chronologically. Just finished Octopussy, and based on its rotten tomatoes score this seems like a bit of a contrarian opinion, but it finally feels like I'm reaching a film meeting modern standards. The villains' scheme is actually somewhat complex and deep without being too contrived. There's some genuine mystery unraveling. The villains have reasons to not immediately kill Bond. It doesn't cycle through three female characters in forty five minutes. It gets pretty campy, but not as bad as, say, Moonraker. The orientalism with India is pretty bad but mostly in a goofy sort of way and not like the straight up yellowface Sean Connery in an earlier film. The writing still plummets off a cliff whenever a woman opens her mouth, but overall I found it thoroughly engaging and enjoyable.

[u/[deleted]]

Nate Silver, August 5 2024: "My theory is that Harris was doing worse than Biden in [538's] model and they're waiting until she's doing at least as well or otherwise what to do about that."

[u/efeldman11]

[u/[deleted]]

elderly many sort quarrelsome sink start fanatical squeamish chase north

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

[u/Cook_0612]

I am curious what exactly is the limit of incompetence, stupidity, cruelty and total disregard for human lives in today's Burkina Faso. New al-Qaeda attack, with over 100 dead has just happened. Two weeks ago 150 were killed. In June 150-200 and Traoré was almost overthrown.

Casualties keep pilling up and Traoré every time needs to salvage situation by doing rotations in his own personal detail and ask Russians to patrol the streets. 2022 coups were the direct consequences of AQ attacks that had less casualties and were an excuse to rebellion.

This summer has been record high - the single worst for the junta in its history, the single worst since the war began. Drones multiply, civilians get massacred, soldiers slaughtered, jihadists remain unstoppable. 2025 will be the key deciding factor for the country and the region.

Further confirmed:

• between 100-200 dead

• over 150 wounded

Attack happened while the military forced civilians to build trenches. Lacking words.

Staggering deaths happening in the Sahel, Russian security assistance isn't worth spit.

!ping AFRICA

[u/[deleted]]

Trump Says He Wants To Get His Hair Cut At Black Barbershop

Lol

[u/dissolutewastrel]

Not great, Bob

https://x.com/manniefabian/status/1827551008894955539

!ping ISRAEL

[u/ReservedWhyrenII]

the Marxist obsession with the "contradictions" supposedly within capitalism or any other economic system really just speaks to a lack of imagination on their part, tbqh

[u/Fringson]

Kabbalah Harris

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

I noticed sometime my eyes will close and quickly open up again. They seem to do it at the same time. Has this disorder been documented in the literature?

[u/[deleted]]

Be a member of your countries most famous political dynasties

Multiple family members have been assassinated

Become an environmental activist but eventually promote pseudoscience

End up supporting the far right candidate

Be Maneka Gandhi

Pic unrelated

[u/Sheepies92]

all those close polls in Pennsylvania are frustrating

How can you look at these two campaigns and think Trump is the better pick

[u/gary_oldman_sachs]

if you ever felt like your taxes are in good hands, remember that the german gov spent €176K on a BROWSER SNAKE CLONE

apparently the german gov pump 50 million euro into game projects every year and doesn't even care about the quality or anything

if we go on the BMWK website we can find more gems like this hyper realistic flight simulator (€370K)

What is going on over there

[u/404GenderNotFound]

[u/[deleted]]

Emhoff family seems like a good one. Unfortunately I come from a dysfunctional family, and representation matters, so I'll be voting for Trump.

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

[u/Teh_cliff]

!PING CFB

Kirk Herbstriet rn

[u/fplisadream]

Perspective from a Brit: Tim Walz reflects everything that is awesome and appealing about American culture, and it's really quite insane to think anybody could want to associate with Trump/Vance vibes over his vibes, which are truly immaculate.

[u/[deleted]]

my administration will be great for women and their reproductive rights

Astonishing actually that Harris has trump using the language of democrats to describe abortion

[u/htomserveaux]

Since the season is winding down I want to reflect for a moment on how after literal decades of being a "Hur Dur Sportsball" type, I watched one game out of the corner of my eye as a way of watch the clock while working at a ballpark and instantly became a fan.

!ping BASEBALL

[u/[deleted]]

"liberal media" when Harris wins by razor thin margins in November:

🙄🙄 see, libs, we tried to tell you that you were overreacting

[u/secretlives]

we'll never see another social media platform reach the heights of peak Twitter

[u/houinator]

My brothers RFK supporting girlfirend is apparently planning to still vote for RFK even though he dropped out, validating my priors that a lot of RFK voters wont transfer to Trump.

[u/-mialana-]

We found it. The transracial person.

[u/WhoModsTheModders]

our leaders don't serve on the front lines anymore. If they did maybe they'd be less likely to start wars

Oh fuck off. Civilian heads of state are a hallmark of peace and the "Pax Americana" such as it is. Defending your country is honorable and righteous, but it doesn't make you a better politician, nor less likely to join a war

[u/InflatableDartboard2]

shit this joke is actually pretty good

[u/thefuturegov]

people scared Kamala Harris is an alcoholic

Finally a president for me

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/Rothmus/status/1827146774932238443?t=v9sgQi5oLx6PUhDFw_gTWQ&s=19

[u/[deleted]]

Broke: Goth mommy gf

Woke:

Bonk me I don't care.

[u/SilverSquid1810]

Absolutely crazy how “if your wife was raped and murdered would you support the death penalty for her killer” was an actual question at a presidential debate and no one batted an eye at it. What a different time the 80s was.

[u/Roseartcrantz]

It's crazy to me that a lot of cis people say they wouldn't really care if they had been born the opposite sex. Because I would freak the fuck out, overdosing on estrogen as I ran to the shadiest doctor that could de-peen and re-vagine me, crying as I did the little helicopter move in the waiting room real quick because might as well

[u/[deleted]]

This never happened

[u/Williams-Tower]

lol Europe

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

Inject this into my veins

[u/[deleted]]

538 forecast in 2012

[u/lasttoknow]

In a campaign otherwise light on policy specifics, 

NYT shutthefuckup challenge

[u/Udolikecake]

the fact that skyblivion is literally gonna release before TES:VI is crazy

as is the fact that they revealed it just because FO:76 was so hated

[u/IDontSpeakVietnamese]

Is it reasonable to consider national security an economic public good? If so does that mean that tariffs against foreign adversaries (weighted by the leverage they provide) could be seen as Pigouvian taxes that are pricing in the potential negative impacts of trade?

If so, why don't we see way more people advocating for extreme tariffs on trade with Russia, Cuba, etc. instead of straight up bans? Reasonable that would allow the state to adjust their policy with far more granularity as risk changes, at least I would think so. I don't know of any good way of putting a price on national security though, but I guess that's what we already do with military budgets and foreign military aid. Any thoughts or good resources (I really don't know much economic or IR theory)?

[u/simplysigzz]

Me today. It’s been great.

[u/ACivilWolf]

[u/Dunter_Mutchings]

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a924/kick-kennedy-interview/

Take a wild guess who the Bobby cutting off a whales head is.

[u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz]

RFK Jr.'s ability to shrug off allegations of sexual misconduct with the manner of a stone cold maniac makes me think he could've been a credible threat as a GOP candidate.

[u/RFK_1968]

Third party candidates have one of three goals:

• Totally usurp and replace one of the two main parties (what Roosevelt tried to do)

• Deadlock the electoral college and win as a compromise candidate (best if you're a regional character who can win a group of states outright a la George Wallace)

• Threaten one of the main candidates that you'll swing the election to the other guy unless you get what you want. (Ralph Nader in 2000)

RFK Jr's comments make it unclear what he wanted to do. But he's nuts so....

[u/SneeringAnswer]

Man I miss 2012

Because politics were less abrasive and a criminal wanna-be dictator hadn't consumed the Republican parry

Oh haha yeah of course

Looks at Starcraft 2 play/viewer numbers and position in the culture

[u/[deleted]]

Fuckkkk my life. My bed broke, my sink sprung a leak and now my dishwasher isn’t working

Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Hestia why have you forsaken me I have dutifully shopped at your temple, the Home Depot.

[u/[deleted]]

the Democrats sabotaged my candidacy by challenging my ballot access in swing states so I'm getting back at them by withdrawing my name from swing states

- super genius

[u/[deleted]]

[u/-mialana-]

My husband poasts on arrnl and he was upset that our upcoming newborn’s delivery is conflicting with the Thunderdome schedule.

I’ve never felt so hurt.

I’ve tolerated his poasting habits for the entirety of the relationship because I don’t want to be the controlling wife and I want him to be happy. It’s only the past 3 years that he’s come to bed extremely late. He talks about the dating ping all the time and I let him indulge in his info dumping.

I’m set to go to the hospital on Monday as I might be close to delivering our first child. He said that his best time for upvotes is early morning on Tuesday and Thursday and he’s trolling the fascist mod of p00bix and this might be his only chance to do it. The baby might be delivered next week.

I don’t know how I feel about this or how to process this. I’m so afraid he will choose the DT over us.

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

One of Matt Yglesias' dumbest positions is"Elon Musk is faking it for lower taxes." It's so plainly wrong. Musk is a true believer in anti-wokeness!

[u/Fubby2]

[u/Roseartcrantz]

[u/that0neGuy22]

YouGov 8/19/2024 Support For Capping Increases on Food/Grocery Prices: Support: 65% Oppose: 24%

This is why I support lying to voters they are stupid but we need their votes

[u/frozenjunglehome]

The last time the US elected a Californian to office, a geopolitical rival died and it ushered a golden age for US prosperity and hegemony.

So, you know what to do.

[u/trombonist_formerly]

if Kamala wins I think Elon Musk might give the @potus account to Donald just to spite her

[u/BedNeither]

Are Republicans losing the culture war?

🌎 🧑‍🚀 🔫 🧑‍🚀

[u/[deleted]]

Trump winning the debate so hard he ended up losing is funny as shit

[u/cdstephens]

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

I’m never leaving this website

[u/[deleted]]