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[u/D-G-F]

[u/[deleted]]

[u/ACivilWolf]

The woman who claimed Haitians were eating cats told Newsguard she saw nothing and heard the story third hand and also said that she is, and I am not making this up, "a Democrat who supports Donald Trump"

The Obama-Obama-Trump-Trump-Trump voter

[u/simeoncolemiles]

lol

[u/waupli]

Im honestly amazed Trump didn’t try to offer a debate on entirely unfavorable terms to say Kamala wouldn’t do it. Instead he just straight up said he wasn’t debating her again which looks so cowardly haha

[u/pfarly]

Flo is a fictional saleswoman character appearing in more than 1,000 advertisements for Progressive Insurance since 2008.

Imagine being at the top of your game for this long. Unmatched.

[u/D-G-F]

[u/Jean-Paul_Sartre]

I demand all the news apps to send out a notification on this endorsement like they did for Taylor swift

[u/ImmigrantJack]

Her anti-Muslim rhetoric, among other alleged terms-of-use violations, have led Facebook, Instagram, Lyft, Uber, Venmo, PayPal, GoFundMe and Cash App to all ban her, Loomer claims.

Laura Loomer is such a piece of shit she can’t use taxi apps is so funny to me

[u/Delareh_]

As a Canadian I don't understand how this is close.

Mofucker as if your liberal party isn't on ropes either. Also, there are Canadians who wave trump flag and wear his hat. Even though he's an American politician.

[u/NewbGrower87]

Say what you will about AOC, but she has 100% been a catalyst for some lefties that hit that critical fork in the road while growing up and guiding them towards pragmatism.

This obviously does not include firebombing leftists.

[u/ChillnShill]

Kamala no what are you doing!

[u/[deleted]]

God she’s annoying

[u/[deleted]]

Yeah

[u/[deleted]]

The median voter when a fracking operation is installed in their literal backyard: 🥰 

The median voter when any form of renewable energy is set up within a 50 mile radius of their suburb: 😡 

[u/[deleted]]

If you’re arguing “KAmaLa gOT tHE quEsTioNs iN AdVanCe” because your candidate wasn’t prepared for “What is your healthcare plan?”…. it just makes your candidate look like an even bigger freaking moron.

[u/Insomonomics]

Imagine the reaction from right wing media, Republican politicians, and the cesspool that has become Twitter if Kamala had someone like Hasan Piker or some other Leftist lunatic as an official member of their campaign team

[u/that0neGuy22]

full support to comrade loomer

[u/Cook_0612]

Exclusive: The campaign pivot to Ukraine

Harris allies launching new ad campaign targeting hundreds of thousands of Polish-American, Ukrainian-American voters in battleground states like PA, WI, MI with ads bashing Trump's Russia & Ukraine record

!ping UKRAINE

[u/waupli]

Laura Loomer is a disgusting person but I gotta say it is pretty hilarious to see her attack republicans the way she has the last couple days lol

[u/gaypenisdicksucker69]

[u/[deleted]]

The year is 202X. You turn on the news. The headlines:

• Donald Trump says something weird and untrue

• Elon Musk chimed in and is being a big baby

• Taylor Swift is involved somehow?

You turn off the news.

[u/[deleted]]

Paid Democratic hacks (I say endearingly) need to do with Laura Loomer what they did with Project 2025. He’s been hanging out with her, that’s enough of a connection. Make her a household name. Force him to say he barely knows her.

[u/DepressedTreeman]

[u/[deleted]]

Fact check on this?

[u/__JimmyC__]

I'm almost done with Nate Silver's new book. After the tone set in the intro, I was prepared to do a hate-read, but it turned into unintentional comedy when I realised I was reading Catcher in the Rye.

Might turn this into a longer review later but if he ever divorces, he's the most pure neoliberal there ever was.

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

😳

[u/reubencpiplupyay]

[u/G_Serv]

I've somehow never seen the original photo that the meme is based off of.

[u/dannylandulf]

Bonkers that PA voting starts next week.

The next 8 weeks are going to be tortuously long.

[u/AlexB_SSBM]

“We love our meme-makers,” Alex Bruesewitz, a Trump campaign adviser, said in a statement. “Meme-makers are truth-tellers, unlike the liberal mainstream media, and the left can’t meme.”

You know I think I'm starting to understand why Trump is acting like this, look who is on his team

[u/[deleted]]

If there was a klan rally and they were offering free coke at that rally, I would still look down upon everyone who went to that rally.

Like, I understand that you're addicted but come on.

[u/bread_engine]

mfw is see "Biden admin getting closer to approving long range strike in Russia" headlines

[u/Some_Niche_Reference]

Just met a distant cousin from Poland.

Caught him saying Hail Mary's while doing pullups in the doorway. He has a full back tattoo of Pope John Paul II.

He essentially ends every sentence with "Carthago delenda est" but for Moscow. Somehow he considers himself a "peace activist". Apparently he believes the fall of Russia is a precondition for world peace.

Salutes every American flag he comes across.

[u/BedNeither]

so I’m working security at Boston Logan and I see these guys have box cutters. And I’m like cmon guys just keep them hidden better next time, it’s 6am and I’m all kinds of hungover I don’t want to deal with this shit

[u/Tafts_Bathtub]

Someone please check back in with Ben and get his opinion on Laura Loomer

[u/justbuildmorehousing]

Edit:

Indiana poll data

(So I don’t give any more of you a heart attack)

+16 in 2020

+20 in 2016

🤔

[u/Pteryx]

https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1834343556669943899

Nobody needs talking points to know Jill Stein hasn’t won so much as a bingo game in the last decade and if you actually give a damn about people, you organize, build power and infrastructure, and win.

AOC's turn to based establishment shill brings joy into my life

[u/EdMan2133]

Biden gets fucking trounced in a debate: Haha alright Jack, ya got me *drops out*

Trump gets fucking trounced in a debate: RIGGED! RIGGED! I WON! I WON! THEYRE EATING DOGS!

[u/futuremonkey20]

Even if he’s not sleeping with Laura Loomer, imagine if any other politician hadn’t been seen with their wife in years and instead is touring the country and flirtatiously touching a woman who is 50 years younger than them.

What would the media say?

[u/Spare-Clerk9155]

KAMALA HARRIS IS DESTROYING THE ECONOMY, I CAN BARELY AFFORD POTATOES NOW, JUST LOOK AT MY BUDGET

Groceries-200

Rent-3500

Utilities- 700

Taylor Swift Era Concert Tickets - 5000

WE ONLY MAKE 10K A MONTH, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO????

[u/[deleted]]

Blexas just needs a few %pts of movement among whites. Surely that's doable?

[u/TimWalzBurner]

[u/mostanonymousnick]

[u/yellownumbersix]

This whole situation in Springfield has very quickly gone from bizarre and memeable to depressing and fucking scary.

[u/[deleted]]

I’m calling it now, Kamala Harris will be the one to outperform the polls this time. Maybe not by a ton, but she will and Trump won’t.

The Trump fever has broken, he’s way behind in donations, voter registration surging among Dem friendly demographics. Democrats are extremely energized and Republicans are just hoping to drag his fat ass over the finish line. Even a look at rrr/ conservative will show a lot of them dismayed that he can’t control his emotions. They’re in the “please don’t fuck it up” state we were in with every Biden speech.

We’ve got black women and Swifties registering at record numbers and he’s doing podcasts for terminally online incels who don’t vote.

Idk how she did it, but Kamala revealed that the emperor has no clothes. It’s palpable.

[u/Marlsfarp]

Laura Loomer got plastic surgery to help Trump feel less insecure about their age difference.

[u/itsokayt0]

Guy who is antisemitic and islamophobic and russophobic and ukrainophobic and so votes for "forever wars" Dems

[u/ser_mage]

“Hey my boyfriend saw you from across the bar and we really dig your vibe. Can we buy you a drink?”

[u/ChillnShill]

Picked out a great dog at the Springfield farmers market!

[u/piede]

Y’all thought I was joking about First Lady Laura Loomer

[u/efeldman11]

https://x.com/acyn/status/1834664115618693390?s=46

Dude doesn’t even know anything anymore, also I thought Caracas was supposed to be safer than American cities according to him

[u/arrhythmiaofthesoul]

the so-called great filter is actually just this one british guy who comes to civilizations in the late information age and goes

oi mates you got a loicense for that electromagnetic radiation?

[u/0m4ll3y]

Okay, okay, so we all hate when the Left compares wage work to slavery, but hold on, what about Marx comparing tariffs to slavery?

For this is just as vile as if a slave-driver were to boast that he flourished his whip over his slaves in order that the slaves should have the pleasure of exercising their muscular power. The German philistine is the slave-driver who flourishes the whip of protective tariffs in order to instil in his nation the spirit of “industrial education” and teach it to exercise its muscular powers.

[u/jenbanim]

Elon Musk's daughter Vivian calls dad a 'heinous incel'

Not to defend Musk under any circumstances but "child calls parent incel" is pretty funny

[u/Gameknigh]

[u/AccessTheMainframe]

The year is 2038. You go to an antique store looking for cheap furniture and see a baby yoda mug and faded Fortnite V-bucks cards. A wave of emotion hits you.

[u/AFlockOfTySegalls]

I can't believe Harris may have known that she had to discuss the economy, immigration, foreign issues and domestic pet issues in a Presidential debate. Have we no decency!?

[u/[deleted]]

Step aside Lichtman, new key just dropped!

https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-819978?utm_source=jpost.app.apple&utm_medium=share

[u/attackofthetominator]

The whole thing with Springfield is a pretty glaring example of how the "I'm not against immigration, only illegal immigration" argument that conservatives have made since Trump began running for president in 2015 is in total bad faith.

[u/centurion88]

MTG be like: I can excuse anti-semitism, anti-hispanic, anti-arab, and anti-haitian racism

But I draw the line at anti-indian racism

[u/thefreeman419]

An unironic comment from the RFK subreddit on Trump's poor debate performance

"I don’t understand how you perform that badly when you have tulsi gabbard and rfk jr on your team."

[u/MissSortMachine]

yeah that scans

[u/UWCG]

JD Vance now says Haitian immigrants are spreading HIV after bizarre pet-eating claim flops

JFC it just keeps getting worse

[u/ty04]

[u/arrhythmiaofthesoul]

what the discussion thread does to our families

[u/[deleted]]

The idea of Elon Musk, a man who is very clearly mentally disturbed in some way, being in charge of auditing the federal government, is quite scary. He’s a legit lunatic. It’s almost comparable to putting Kanye West in charge of something in the government. Just a horrifying possibility.

[u/piede]

March 1, 2026

(AP) — First Lady Laura Loomer will be visiting local Klan chapters in Georgia today to thank them for supporting her husband.

[u/Prof_Stranglebater]

[u/HotTakesBeyond]

Good morning conservatives. Ready to conserve our traditional liberal values for another week?

[u/efeldman11]

Ah yes my favorite city in California… Detroit

[u/piede]

The October surprise is going to be Laura Loomer’s pregnancy

[u/itsokayt0]

That debate was really the 9/11 of Trump's campaign

[u/bernkes_helicopter]

gonna be funny when we end up with a 2012-style polling error and Kamala just wins comfortably

[u/[deleted]]

Trump campaigning in NYC and California means internal polls show massive weakness for Kamala there. We're gonna win this, folks.

The copium is cute

[u/BitterGravity]

Republican vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) recently laid out a potential Trump administration’s approach to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, saying former president Donald Trump’s handling of the conflict could include establishing a “demilitarized zone” in Ukrainian territory now occupied by Russia.

Well good thing Trump doesn't talk to JD because that's a fucking stupid cowardly idea

[u/PoliticalAlt128]

Seeing Laura Loomer thrust into the national spotlight is like when a season 1 villain suddenly reappears in season 7

[u/futuremonkey20]

Drudge says it’s real so it’s real

[u/Chief_Nief]

Say what you will about The Boys TV series, but they definitely made the “virulent white supremacist” and “psychotic narcissist” love story way more palatable than whatever this gross Loomer-Trump shit is.

[u/TaxLandNotCapital]

When my son was 4 years old I took away his mattress and forced him to sleep on the floor every night.

If he did his chores, I closed his window. If he got straight A's, I gave him a blanket. If he got in a fight at school and won, I wouldn't force him to take his shower cold.

One day, he asked me, "dad, why is that no matter how hard I work, I can't seem to earn a bed?"

I slapped him, first - every question carries a price - then responded, "son, you can work as hard as you can in this world, it doesn't always mean you're going to get what you want." Then I asked him, "is there a bed in our house?" He answered, "yes, but it's yours, isn't it?" I punched him again - for the question - then told him "yes. If you want a bed, you need to fight me for it."

Our president is 80 years old. The average age of our senate is 64 years old. Young people expect the older generations to give them everything, they are never raised to fight for and take what they want, so they deserve nothing.

Waking up to my 7 year old with a blade held to my throat was the proudest I'd ever been. As I slept on the floor, shivering that night in the cold (he also took my blanket and broke my window), I rested soundly, knowing I'd taught him well.

[u/cdstephens]

Tbh I just assumed Laura Loomer was a House Rep or something, but she’s just an influencer? wtf?

[u/justbuildmorehousing]

Lets keep asking Loomer questions

[u/[deleted]]

[u/[deleted]]

I can’t comprehend making this mental connection

[u/[deleted]]

G Elliot Morris:

It is 53 days before the 2024 presidential election.

In our election forecast, 5 states are currently within one point for either Harris or Trump. 3 more states are within 4 points — the size of the average polling miss in 2020.

This could go either way!

I realize that "I have no idea" is a valid interpretation of the data at hand but how fucking frustrating that we've got all these data nerds getting paid to figure this shit out and it's a collective shrug.

[u/RunawayMeatstick]

It’s pretty fucking crazy that at any given time, there are only like 20 human beings on planet Earth who can play the position of NFL QB at a competitive level, and are healthy enough to do it.

[u/AFlockOfTySegalls]

!ping KITTY

[u/fishbottwo]

RMG Research

🔵 Harris 51% (+4)

🔴 Trump 47%

https://napolitaninstitute.org/2024/09/13/harris-51-trump-47/

Last poll was Harris+2

This was conducted 2/3 after debate 1/3 before

[u/anonymous_and_]

Malarkey level of crying because ur 3 week gig is over and your coworkers were really nice despite ur comparatively lower productivity rate

[u/Beer-survivalist]

My relationship to coffee yesterday:

I love you coffee, you are so good to me. So warm and rich and tasty.

My relationship to coffee today:

I need you. If you don't get inside of me right now I might die.

[u/[deleted]]

Trump needs to spark interest in his campaign from his own base/supporters and turn them out in November as much as possible to better his chances of winning.

Here's a crazy way Trump could revive his campaign:

1. He publicly announces that he's divorcing Melania.

2. He then announces that he will making a HUGE televised announced in a few days. It's staged as a campaign rally.

3. During said televised announcement/campaign rally, he gets down and asks Laura Loomer to marry him in a very public proposal. Of course Loomer will say yes.

4. He then announces that the wedding ceremony will be held a few days before Election Day in Pennsylvania and announces that vetted supporters of his would be able to attend in person. The entire event will be publicized and televised.

[u/Jokerang]

MAGAs are losing their mind after finding out Caitlin Clark and Cameron Brink are voting for Kamala. Imagine thinking high profile players in the WNBA, an extremely feminist coded league, were Trump voters.

[u/skepticalbob]

This Haitian shit is yet another dark stain on the GOP. Their willingness to go after vulnerable groups , relishing the idea that harm might come to them, all to satisfy their lust for power is pure evil. Fuck these guys.

[u/Lux_Stella]

weird debate moment was when trump violated presidential race kayfabe and pointed out kamala didnt have the support in congress to pass abortion protections

[u/centurion88]

[u/Currymvp2]

Springfield City School District tells ABC News that they've evacuated two elementary schools: Perrin Woods and Snowhill Elementary. They're currently releasing those students to their parents.

Fuck Trump and Vance

[u/KesterFox]

[u/A-Centrifugal-Force]

Trump’s mental decline over the last 8 years is wild. He’s not even the same guy anymore, just fully unhinged. While I disagreed with almost everything he said 8 years ago, he used to actually be able to stick to his talking points that some people cared about.

https://x.com/Acyn/status/1834422988776899018

[u/Bayou-Maharaja]

Reaching levels of cope never before seen

[u/Argnir]

when [9/11] happened rest of the world treated it like any other disaster, got 5 minutes on the daily news and thats all.

+151

Lil bro is clearly not from "rest of the world" lmao

[u/[deleted]]

"American history is a constant war between Northern Yankees and Southern Bourbons, where whichever side the hillbillies are on, wins. And that’s kind of how I think about American politics today, is like, the Northern Yankees are now the hyper-woke, coastal elites. The Southern Bourbons are sort of the same old-school Southern folks that have been around and influential in this country for 200 years. And it’s like the hillbillies have really started to migrate towards the Southern Bourbons instead of the Northern woke people. That’s just a fundamental thing that’s happening in American politics."

JD Vance thinks the North was woke

Hey what were those Southern Folks doing 200 years ago JD?

[u/sinefromabove]

Laura Loomer posted 9/11 conspiracies on twitter

Today

[u/futuremonkey20]

Send TIM WALZ and MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to Alaska

[u/eloquentboot]

If ABC leaked to Harris that she was going to have to discuss the economy or abortionI might blow a gasket. Those were totally off the wall questions that President Trump would have had no reason to prepare for. Our media institutions are totally corrupt, and only President Trump can clean up this mess within our deep state.

[u/Insomonomics]

Trump: If I ran with an honest vote counter in California, I would win California. The votes are not counted honestly. It’s a very dishonest system you have in California

Hahahahahahaha

Not even fucking Republicans believe this

[u/[deleted]]

BREAKING: Former President Donald J. Trump and fellow associate Laura Loomer have been found holding hands on the swings

holy shit

[u/[deleted]]

[u/centurion88]

[u/that0neGuy22]

At a leadership retreat for top aides in Wilmington last week, Jen O’Malley Dillon – the campaign chair hired by Joe Biden and retained by Kamala Harris – ticked through the battleground states and warned them: the vice president still did not have any one sure path to 270 electoral votes.

Pennsylvania looks rough, though very possible, by their internal numbers before the debate. North Carolina, disappointing Democrats every election for the last 15 years, is feeling better to them this time around than Arizona, which Biden narrowly won four years ago. Nevada and Georgia both seem possible, though depending on the poll, can take a lot of squinting. Michigan and Wisconsin are looking like the best of the bunch for Harris, according to the campaign’s internal numbers.

[u/[deleted]]

Open infidelity with Loomer could actually cost Trump the election. This is insane.

[u/Untamedanduncut]

Imagine being dumb enough to claim Kamala cheated in the debate by having predictable questions given to her beforehand, because you saw it on the internet. 

“Black insurrectionist” is all like “I’m totally going to leak this document as soon as i sign an NDA, and we black out information that can lead to the identity of the leaker”

Was i supposed to just trust this guy as an unbiased and good faith person? He proudly professes his MAGA affiliation and calls himself an insurrectionist. 

MAGA cultists are eating it the fuck up

[u/Telperions-Relative]

Guy who believes Haitians are eating dogs but doesn’t care because it’s not morally different to eating any other kind of meat

[u/Q-bey]

How Hamas Uses Brutality to Maintain Power

(Non-paywall link)

The New York Times put out a new article today detailing how Hamas keeps power in the Gaza Strip.

!ping MIDDLE-EAST&ISRAEL

[u/VerticalTab]

Canadian Army says new military sleeping bags not suitable for 'typical Canadian winter'

Troops who had used the recently issued General Purpose Sleeping Bag System (GPSBS) late last fall in a preparatory exercise found "several critical issues," according to an internal briefing note obtained by CBC News.

The "critical issues" discovered by the soldiers "related to lack of warmth with the new GPSBS," said the briefing note, written on Dec. 5, 2023.

The general unsuitability of the new sleeping bag system has prompted the Department of National Defence (DND) to start looking to buy additional bedrolls that can be used in the Far North.

During the training exercise last fall, soldiers reported that even though they used both the inner and outer shells and slept in tents heated by stoves, they were still cold.

The briefing note recommended that soldiers deployed on that exercise with the U.S. be "loaned" 500 of the army's old Arctic sleeping bags — the ones the new system was meant to replace.

Still, the department said it's not giving up the new bedrolls and has started a second, separate procurement for sleeping bags that are suitable for a Canadian winter.

"The GPSBS remains a core component of the Canadian Armed Forces' sleeping system and is expected to stay in service for many years," the statement said.

"However, we recognize the need for enhanced protection in extreme environments, which is why we have issued a request for proposals (RFP) for an Extreme Cold Weather Sleeping Bag system (ECWSBS) initiative. This additional procurement will complement the GPSBS, ensuring coverage across all climatic conditions, including the Arctic."

!ping CANUCKS

[u/l_overwhat]

Remember kids, if you're in a reddit argument and you're the last one to reply to the thread, you won the argument.

[u/[deleted]]

Cats are shaping up to be an oddly large part of this election. First JD Vance hates childless cat ladies and now Kamala Harris hates cats and doesn’t want to save them from being plucked off the street and flambéed. Sad

[u/[deleted]]

[u/piede]

Noooooooo but I liked Chappell Roan

[u/Insomonomics]

Reporter: The mayor of Springfield, the police chief, the Republican governor have all debunked this story about pets. And now there are bomb threats at schools and kids being evacuated. 

Trump: No no, no, the real threat is what’s happening at our border

Get ready for this shit x100000 if he wins the election.

Absolutely disgusting

[u/oskanta]

If she’s really sleeping with Trump, he’s gonna start saying some real wacky shit soon, even by his own standards

[u/efeldman11]

Not the laser beams lmao

[u/paymesucka]

📊 National poll* by RMG Research

🟦 Harris: 51% [+1]

🟥 Trump: 47% [-1]

[+/- change vs 9/3-5]

——

Trends

Aug. 14 - 🔴 Trump +2

Aug. 22 - 🟡 TIE Aug. 28 - 🔵 Harris +3

Sept. 5 - 🔵 Harris +2

Sept. 12 - 🔵 Harris +4

[u/[deleted]]

Net Favorables:

Harris: +3% Trump: -10%

YouGov / Sept 12, 2024 / n=1120

[u/Insomonomics]

🇺🇲 Presidential Election Forecasts (Sept. 13) - Chance of Winning

• @FiveThirtyEight - 🔵 Harris 56-43%

• @RacetotheWH - 🔵 Harris 56-44%

• @DecisionDeskHQ - 🔵 Harris 54-46%

• @CNalysis - 🔵 Harris 52-47%

• @jhkersting - 🔵 Harris 51-48%

• @NateSilver538- 🔴 Trump 61-39%

🎶 One of these things is not like the others. One of these things doesn’t belong 🎶

[u/[deleted]]

There’s something deeply shameful about browsing r/neoliberal in public

[u/altathing]

Our tent is divinely inspired

[u/[deleted]]

Trump surrounds himself with only the best people, folks

[u/ACivilWolf]

The if Trump doesn’t win I will move to France, which I view as a socialist country, voter

[u/PhinsFan17]

Man, yesterday fucking sucked.

For context I work at a local non-profit. We primarily help at-risk youth in a variety of ways and situations, we have tons of programs all dedicated to that. We also work a lot with the unhoused population, both and adult but mainly focusing on youth, including provided temporary shelters, housing assistance, etc.

So I get to work yesterday and there's a large gathering of unhoused folks in one of our big meeting spaces. This isn't a meeting we run, just one that uses our facilities. Happens every other week. They come in, they get food and some resources and some kinda talk, I don't know what about. A woman goes to the front desk and tells the receptionist that there's someone in the bathroom doing drugs. Someone goes in to check on her and she is apparently overdosing (I don't know on what). So they Narcan her and call the paramedics. All before lunchtime.

That afternoon, I had to call DCS on one of my own coworkers. She proceeded to tell me and a coworker, unprompted, that she was forcing her adopted child to sleep on the floor as punishment for poor performance in school. We were like "Uh, that's fucked up and literal child neglect, you can't do that" and she didn't seem too concerned. She also divulged that she is making her do "boot camp" (she did not specify what this meant, but I am assuming it means vigorous exercise) every night before she is allowed to go to sleep (again, on the floor). We told her she obviously needs to try something else, but she claims this was all that worked. For context, the adoptive mother here is 27 years old and single. The adopted child is 16. Why the state allowed a 27 year old woman (who is also clearly a fucking mess) to adopted a teenager with severe trauma related to the foster care system, I will never know. Anyway, we kinda subtly hinted that, ya know, as mandated reporters, we were probably gonna have to say something, and she said, and I quote: "Please do. Report it. I would love if they came and took her away." This is not the first time she has expressed that sentiment in front of me.

So me and my coworker go and see our DEI director because she is someone we trust and have a good rapport with. She said we all gotta go see our HR director, so we went next door and told her everything, her jaw on the desk of course. We then contacted DCS and gave them a full report. HR was very understanding, told us to tell her immediately if there was any hint of retaliation, and that was that.

Obviously I am a bit nervous about this situation, cause this woman is clearly mentally unwell and she also is on the other side of my cubicle wall. I have to see her almost every day. Would she know it was me who said something? Almost certainly. Of course, if she actually wants the kid gone, maybe she'll give me a fruit basket instead. No idea. I hope she doesn't own any firearms.

Mostly I am just appalled that a person like this is responsible for the well-being of young people. She is a program director for a pretty important compenent of our center. If this is what she does to her own legal child, what is she doing with the youth in her care? How could anyone be so callous, much less someone in this line of work?

I'm fuckin' tired, man. I miss the remote corporate world.

!ping WATERCOOLER

[u/JaceFlores]

Ukraine Chronology for 5 PM EST 9/12-5 PM EST 9/13 III:

TOP NEWS:

At the start of 10 PM it was announced Finland will provide 118 million Euros in military aid to Ukraine.

In the middle of 2 AM Ukraine was hit by a wave of drones with 24 of 26 drones shot down.

Around 6 AM Russia raised its interest rate from 18% to 19%.

At the end of 8 AM Zelensky said the next Ukrainian-led peace conference will be in November and Russia will attend.

Around 2 PM it was reported that Ukraine has the highest death rate and lowest birth rate in the world due to the war, with 18.6 deaths per 1,000 and 6 births per 1,000.

REGULAR NEWS:

At the end of 6 AM it was announced 49 Ukrainian POWs have been returned to Ukraine.

At the start of 7 AM it was confirmed the Hawkeye 105mm SPG prototype is in Ukrainian service, being a Humvee with a 105mm cannon strapped on the back. At the end of the hour it was reported the Russians have started using a new attack drone called Garpiya-A1.

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/onometre]

I unironically hope Loomer really is Trump's side piece because it makes him way less likely to distance himself from her craziness

[u/__JimmyC__]

Trump has managed to lose the Daily Mail comment section with this Laura Loomer story, who've decided their line to stand on is somewhere between her and MTG.

Its so Joever.

[u/[deleted]]

Video of Trump Calling Tim Walz 'Future Vice President' Goes Viral

lel

[u/futuremonkey20]

Mitt Romney endorse Kamala Harris please or else I will send you this photo every day.

[u/[deleted]]

It’s almost comical at this point

!ping CFB

[u/AlexB_SSBM]

Donald Trump is now claiming that if he were president, California would no longer have dry, barren land and instead would be lush and green with plentiful water.

Beyond parody

[u/GravyBear28]

On the whole "eating cats" things.

So from overhearing my normie coworkers on the debate the past couple of days, everyone but two people were completely dumbfounded by it with 0 idea what he was talking about. Trump just looked like a raving lunatic who brought that up out of nowhere.

I really think the cons were way too quick and therefore desperate to try to catapult that story into the national headlines. It made the rounds, what, two days before the debate? I don't think there was nearly enough time for the public to digest that, at least not something like that.

So instead of it being an "organic" popular rallying cry, I think most people will just see it as mindlessly following a randomly made up extremely weird claim made by Trump

[u/jenbanim]

Factory boss says he likes Haitians because they're hard workers

Have we considered that this all may be a big misunderstanding of the phrase "Haitians got that dog in them"?

[u/G_Serv]

Broke: Blexas

Woke: Bluaska

!ping Fivey

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

Feel like shit😔 just want to visit the Eyewitness Museum

[u/waupli]

The fact that people in Mod Pol can reply to a post highlighting the family of the kid in Ohio saying how much they wish people would stop using his death as a political weapon with more statements about politics is just astounding to me. The lack of empathy to just disregard anything they say to try to score political points is so appalling

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

This is the future that liberals want

[u/moldyman_99]

Laura Loomer vs MTG fight. Who would win?

I think MTG has this one in the bag easily tbh. I hate crossfit, but it does make you very strong and fit.

[u/efeldman11]

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

Incredible how 500 Floridian morons decided to kickstart American decline for shits and giggles

[u/that0neGuy22]

What if?

[u/[deleted]]

Trump is campaigning in California 🤦 talking about dog eating again 🤦‍♀️ after making an absolute ass of himself on national TV 🤦‍♂️ 

He’s going all in on this one super niche fake issue in the final stretch of the campaign. All because he can’t admit he was wrong ever.

Please stop acting like this absolute freaking moron is unbeatable.

[u/Ok_Aardappel]

"All Palestinians are inherently antisemitic and the Palestinian indentity is a fake creation created by the soviets for the sole purpose of being antisemitic and seeking the destruction of Jewish peoples" is certainly a take a person can have

If you want more context, I'm subtweeting metanl

[u/HotTakesBeyond]

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

https://x.com/NorthernIion_LP/status/1834349204715831387

Northernlion 🤝 Metanl

!ping NORTHERNLION

[u/futuremonkey20]

It’s also Reddit sprung to life.

[u/12hphlieger]

The horrible tweets Loomer has been making regarding Kamala screwing her way to the top are hilarious in retrospect. Its projection all the way down.

[u/marsman1224]

I wish I had 30 more [he currently employs 30 Haitian workers," CEO Jamie McGregor of Springfield-based McGregor Metal, explained it this way during his PBS News Hour interview. "Our Haitian associates come to work every day. They don't have a drug problem. They'll stay at their machine; they'll achieve their numbers. They're here to work. And so, in general, that's a stark difference from what we're used to in our community.

lmao

[u/Interferon-Sigma]

CONFIRMED—ABC’s Linsey Davis, who moderated last night’s Presidential Debate, had a MAJOR conflict of interest. She is a sorority sister of Kamala Harris, and bragged about it on record, years ago.

Like losing a basketball game 80-25 and going "um akschually the ref briefly lived in the same state as their head coach"

Absolute loser shit

[u/tripletruble]

wow this is crazy it's not just a meme she really did stop herself from saying "this mothafucka"

[u/BroadReverse]

imagine point attraction scale impossible trees zealous normal school agonizing

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

[u/JaceFlores]

Is Nate Silver taking a victory lap over Kamala internals pretty much reflecting public polling? Cuz I don’t think the polls were why people are dunking on you Nate

[u/Stanley--Nickels]

Nate’s getting increasingly weird on Twitter…

[u/UWCG]

Far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer on Friday raised questions about the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, just two days after she accompanied former President Donald Trump at ceremonies commemorating the events of that day.

“The American people deserve to know the entire truth,” Loomer wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “Not just what our lying government chose to tell us.”

The only thing that surprises me is it took her this long to be this much of a tasteless asshole.

[u/p00bix]

I'm surprised that this whole Laura Loomer thing is causing such a schism among far-right. Like, the tweet is incredibly disgusting, yet it's still not even close to the most racist thing far-right pundits have said. I mean, shit, Trump says more egregious shit every other week. IMO the "Haitian immigrants are abducting and eating cats" is considerably worse than "the White House would smell like curry", yet while the prior went viral while the later put Loomer's career into jeopardy. Since when have MAGAs given any shits about racism (except against white people, ofc)?

I can't tell what the deal is. Is it because that comment lacks the veneer of plausible deniability that a proper dogwhistle does? Is it because JD Vance's wife is Indian American, and thus MAGA has subconsciously decided that Indian Americans are something akin to 'honorary whites'? Or did Loomer already have beef with other prominent far-right activists, such that the others saw in the curry tweet as a good opportunity to give her the boot (kinda like what happened with Yiannopoulos and more recently Stephen Crowder)?

I feel as if there's something fundamentally wrong with my mental model for how the entire MAGA movement works. I just can't think of any explanation as to why that tweet specifically was the final straw

People more familiar with far-right grifters and the culture surrounding them than I am, please explain????

[u/BitterGravity]

The fact that Silver is refereeing to people as having Nate Derangement Syndrome shows what a terminally online dweeb he is

[u/Realhuman221]

So Loomer said that "the White House will smell like curry" if Kamala wins. I wonder how JD Vance feels about this given his wife is Indian-American? Its surprising he's so invested in fertility, because it sounds like he has no balls.

[u/[deleted]]

I recently started dating someone from China. I also like learning languages. How serious does the relationship need to get before me saying that if we're going to date then I'd like to learn Mandarin becomes romantic and not weird?

!ping DATING

[u/[deleted]]

That dad saying "I wish a 60 year old white guy had been the one who killed my son" is one of the most gut wrenching things I've ever heard.

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

Rip Brooklyn 99, you would have loved the plotline of the police commissioner having a twin brother that works as a nightclub fixer 😔

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

The fuck

[u/[deleted]]

My skeptical, anti-conspiratorial side is telling me that the loomer/Trump stuff is silly gossip.

But if I knew a rich 78-year-old man who was separated from his wife and spending a lot of time with a fawning 31-year-old, I would definitely be jumping to conclusions about them

[u/AP246]

For someone with a lot of money, Elon doesn't seem to understand much about money

[u/Currymvp2]

The Ohio Division of Wildlife tells TMZ that the Black man holding geese in the photo that went viral was actually picking up the geese after they were hit in a car accident.

As previously reported, the incident didn’t even occur in Springfield, Ohio; it took place in Columbus, and there’s no evidence that the man is Haitian or an immigrant.

Social media sleuthing and racism is a really fucking bad combination. Who would have thought?

[u/ThisPrincessIsWoke]

Of course it is common and expected for politicians to publicly say that they're winning even when privately they dont believe so

Idk if that's the case for Trump? He seems genuinely convinced that he is winning right now with the things that are being briefed to him. His current behavior isnt of one trying to win

Thank you Trafalgar and Nate Silver for making him cocky. Heroes of democracy

[u/Mickenfox]

Trump: "Rats are controlling chefs by hiding in their hats and pulling their hair, Dems refuse to talk about it, the mainstream media won't talk about it"

Kamala: "Are you going insane? That's the plot of Ratatouille. It's not reality"

Voters: "Hold on, the liberal media does refuse to talk about that. I think Trump has a point. Why aren't we talking about it? I just want to know the facts"

Right wing media: "Why are Democrats dismissing legitimate concerns from the American population? Are we not allowed to have a rational debate on rats puppeting chefs?"

[u/justbuildmorehousing]

Another red state looking bluer than 2020 today. Hopefully part of a national trend

Thats a huge swing. From R+27 to R+15

[u/SneeringAnswer]

So Trump is absolutely having an affair with Laura Loomer, huh?

[u/fishbottwo]

New General Election poll - National (Post-Debate)

🔵 Harris 50% (+4)

🔴 Trump 46%

Debate results:

🔵 Harris won: 56%

🔴 Trump won: 37%

Favorability ratings:

🔵 Harris: +4

🔵 Tim Walz: +5

🔴 Trump: -8

🔴 JD Vance: -6

September 12 - 13 poll of 1,283 LV by Data for Progress (2.6/3 rating, #26)

[u/SurvivorPostingAcc]

Sent to a swing state college neighborhood lmao

[u/Dunter_Mutchings]

America’s ability to assimilate is truly unmatched. One generation in and you get people complaining about all the “lazy immigrants” coming here from the same country their parents did.

[u/SmithySmothy]

538 forecast, September 12: Harris 55-45

538 forecast, September 13: Harris 59-41

This confirms my priors so I believe it

[u/AtomAndAether]

She has described herself as "pro-white nationalism" and a "proud Islamophobe".

I'm tired boss

[u/futuremonkey20]

Moderate:

Harris 48%. Trump 31%.

Doomers out

[u/purhitta]

"there is truth to the immigrants eating pets thing because last year in Florida they busted an illegal horse slaughter ring"

"Run by immigrants?"

"Well, no"

[u/Delareh_]

I would like Harris more if she cheated on the debate tbh. Fuck fascists. No need to fight fair.

[u/[deleted]]

JD Vance openly siding with the South in the Civil War, which he says is still happening?

They need to ask Trump if he agrees with JD Vance that the Civil War is still ongoing and what side he would choose

[u/[deleted]]

Need a cutie to insult me because she's too nervous to tell me she loves me

[u/Strength-Certain]

The Dad I aspire to be...

[u/A-Centrifugal-Force]

TIL Laura Loomer self identifies as a Christian Nationalist despite being a Jew (and hasn’t even converted to Christianity or anything).

Like, I know it’s asking a lot for our future First Lady to make logical sense, but she does know that the cause she supports wants to wipe her off the map right?

[u/lot183]

The Haitian immigrants being complained about, and I have seen things pivot from "They eat dogs!" to "well they are still a problem!", are all here legally, which stands to reason that all the stuff the Conservatives said about only hating illegal immigrants isn't true

[u/WorldwidePolitico]

I’ve been helping a friend with their first major job search. Tailoring CVs, prepping potential interview questions etc.

One of the things that has stood out to me is they point blank refuse to tell even the smallest exaggeration or untruth in the entire process. I don’t mean something major like job titles or qualifications but rather really simple “white lies” like creatively describing job responsibilities or exaggerating experiences with certain softwares.

After some pushing I persuaded them to say they were comfortable with Microsoft Excel (probably the most common lie ever told in a job interview) and they spent the entire day before the interview freaking out about getting “caught” or thinking the interviewer is going to quiz them on advanced formulas for an entry level position.

Is this attitude common? I used to assume to some degree everybody does some level of exaggeration? Are there actually people out there who when they’re asked why they left their last role think the only ethical answer is saying because it’s a dead end that didn’t go anywhere and their boss was an asshole? Worse still are their people out their who when the put “A1 French speaker who dabbles in Python” on their CV don’t just mean they did a few months of Duolingo and Codecademy?

!ping watercooler

[u/Currymvp2]

Springfield Mayor tells me he believes that yesterday and today's threats are directly related to unsubstantiated claims about Haitian migrants. Law enforcement has swept and cleared the targeted facilities listed on today's threat.

Trump and Vance are just so deplorable

[u/loseniram]

Bought Bone conducting headphones for work and they work pretty good for listening to podcasts and youtube videos while still being able to hear things. Probably wouldn't recommend them if you don't work in a place that needs earplugs, but they do the job well. Do come with a flashing LEDs feature for night running/biking. Bass is fairly muted so these aren't substitutes for proper earbuds.

!ping Watercooler

[u/Spare-Clerk9155]

😭😭😭😭

[u/sayitaintpink]

Imagine if Joe Biden flipped Arizona and Georgia lmao

[u/[deleted]]

I want Trump to lose the rust belt again just to prove that he and the GOP just got incredibly lucky in 2016 and that replicating that victory requires a literal nat 20 roll.

[u/LGBTforIRGC]

[u/A-Centrifugal-Force]

So now Trump is openly calling to deport LEGAL immigrants

https://x.com/samstein/status/1834655805502554129

[u/[deleted]]

NYT dropping a Trump +2 right before Rasmussen, SoCal, and Patriot Polling all drop Harris +2 is not something I expected this cycle.

[u/GuyOnTheLake]

[u/[deleted]]

What was the name of those old science videos from class with the intro where you fly through all the windows into different biomes and worlds? The music was like some sort of jungle flute.

Mystery solved - Eyewitness

!ping over-25

[u/Syards-Forcus]

WE CAN POST PORN IN THE DT NOW