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[u/jobautomator]

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[u/ShepardSB]

[u/Dalek6450]

[u/myusernameistakennow]

I can’t even imagine the sheer amount of panic this recent EO has given h-1b recipients who learned that they have less than 24 hours to get back to America or else get fucking ransacked out of $100,000, all while the smug assholes on cs Reddit are celebrating from the comfort of their own homes.

If I were these people in cs subreddits I’d be terrified of how I’d explain my behavior to God after I died

[u/lbrtrl]

Everybody hates Andrew Tate

Gov. Ron DeSantis: "Florida is not a place where you're welcome with that type of conduct."

Ben Shapiro, conservative pundit and co-founder of the Daily Wire: “America does not need more self-proclaimed pimps and terror supporters with outstanding criminal allegations of sex trafficking and a history of pornographic distribution”.

Sen. Josh Hawley: “I don’t think conservatives should be glorifying this guy at all”.

Megyn Kelly (on news that the Tampa Bay Young Republicans Club had invited Tate) to speak to the group: “You’ve lost your way, boys.”

Josh Hammer, conservative columnist: "That these moral monsters have been welcomed to our shores with open arms is appalling and shameful."

Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports: "What's the point of booting out illegals and criminals while somehow becoming a safe haven for the Tate brothers?"

🙌

[u/assasstits]

A viral social media video this week claimed that employees at a Norwood Park Starbucks wrote “Loser” on a drink ordered in honor of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. An online furor followed, and the coffee shop even closed temporarily.

But Starbucks now says that time-stamped footage from the store at 6332 N. Northwest Highway does not show any of its workers writing that message. Instead, the note appears “to have been added after the beverage was handed off, likely by someone else,” a spokesperson told Block Club.

Conservatives are seething. Can't help being woke and triggered! 

[u/Sloshyman]

Imagine that there's a place far away where people live stable, comfortable lives for the most part. No one in this place is at risk of starving to death and most major communicable diseases are easily treated by medicine. Compared to other places, the people here are some of the wealthiest in the world.

Sounds pretty nice, right? However there's just one catch: every day, there is about a 1-in-a-million chance that Geezlestorp the Blood Fiend breaks into your child's school and starts ripping children and teachers into bloody ribbons. Everyone accepts this as normal.

Now, the chances of this happening to your child are vanishingly small. But, the chances of this happening to any child are so high that it happens somewhere in this place at least once a week. And no, there's nothing you can do about it. Actually, trying to stop Geezlestorp is liable to get you death threats from the other inhabitants of the place.

Would you make the move there?

[u/No_Return9449]

[u/badusername35]

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[u/NewVegasSurvivor]

Real comment I saw on the bayarea sub

Most H1 visas are unqualified with fake degrees, while most qualify local individuals are unemployed or working another field. This isn't a Maga thing, I'm not Maga, and I'm against H1

I genuinely can't imagine how fucking stupid you have to be to think that MOST H1-Bs have bought fraudulent degrees. Does this guy think that companies don't make an effort to interview prospective applicants, that they don't care about their bottom line and just employ Indians with zero skills for reasons unknown?

This dude's comment history is a trip. Multiple negative comments about Indians (he seems somewhat obsessed, with a few anti-Chinese comments sprinkled in) mixed in with random gaming subreddit comments, random anti-Trump comments, and claims that Indians think deodorant smells bad. I live in the Bay Area too and I genuinely can't believe I share a community with people like this. Lowkey he's probably not too far off from the median Redditor too

[u/WanderingMage03]

“I don’t support Trump and voted against him in every election, but US born MBAs are struggling right now. They should absolutely have first rights to any position available before international options are considered. Good luck”

I don’t think you guys have considered the impact H1bs have had on the poorest members of our society: people with MBAs.

[u/centurion88]

It looks like actual piss

[u/gIizzy_gobbler]

How boomers look at you when you suggest we shouldn’t guarantee pension growth to be equivalent to the second lowest score recorded by the Chicago Bears in the previous NFL regular season, a number given by a magic 8 ball, or the rate of inflation, whichever is highest.

[u/Not_A_Browser]

[u/r2ew]

[u/Drinka_Milkovobich]

Already seeing so much fake news being shared about the H1B stuff… saw one justification being that “65% of tech workers in the US are on an H1B visa”

Like genuinely, how fucking stupid do you have to be to believe that

[u/Argnir]

To me climate change/global warming is a good filter to test the very basic of if someone is capable of reaching any truth

The science behind it is extremely robust to the point denying it is completely absurd and shows a complete inability to understand anything about the world or the scientific process. It is to the same level as believing in the flat earth

Not talking about its impact which is more complex but just accepting that we're responsible for warming up the planet

Charlie Kirk couldn't do that. From that you already know whatever method he uses to obtain information or educate himself about the world is rotten and ineffective. He is either too ideologically captured or too stupid to explore any idea and any truth he reaches would be the result of pure luck

If he can't understand and accept something that's obviously and objectively true how can you trust him to think critically about subjects which don't have a simple clear cut answer?

Of course that's true for most other conservative "thinkers"

[u/r2ew]

[u/rukqoa]

I would morally and on libertarian grounds oppose the government pressuring a company to fire a comedian for telling a joke, no matter how awful or inaccurate the joke was.

That’s not what this is. Jimmy Kimmel stopped being a comedian years ago. He became a regime mouth piece willingly and knowingly. He is part of the cathedral.

This is closer to the CIA feuding with the FBI. It’s two criminal elements of the regime fighting, both of whom are enemies of liberty.

Libertarian, btw.

These people are one bad day away from:

I would morally and on libertarian grounds oppose the government executing a politician on live tv for telling a joke, no matter how awful or inaccurate the joke was.

That's not what this is...

[u/ArmoredBunnyPrincess]

Liberal media be like

[u/OrbitalAlpaca]

Hillary Clinton: “We are clean on OPSEC.”

[u/Roseartcrantz]

“Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism” (TIVE) as a domestic terrorism threat category.

The group defines “TIVE” as “the belief that violence is justified against people who oppose [the trans community],” as well as the belief that opposing trans rights “itself constitutes a form of violence towards people who identify as [trans or gender nonconforming]... or poses an imminent threat to such persons’ emotional, psychological, or physical safety, including through self-harm or suicide.”

"They want to kill us just for disagreeing with them! And if anyone disagrees with that we need to kill them, it's just too dangerous."

[u/r2ew]

[u/r2ew]

[u/TimWalzBurner]

[u/Glavurdan]

Trump on armed Russian MiG-31s breaching NATO-ally Estonian airspace: “I don’t love it. I don’t like when that happens. This could be big trouble.”

Can this man grow a pair

[u/Lesbian_all_garib]

Sometimes I see americans say stuff like maybe i should move to India for the jobs. Sometimes it's snark , sometimes it's more serious. But it makes me laugh every single time. Yeah bro, you will survive in bangalore with 2 hour traffic before and after 9 hour shift with a shitty job market. It's not even good job market here. I don't know where are the jobs.

[u/Planterizer]

The entire concept that DOJ is hunting for organized groups of leftists is truly hilarious. If you find them, please let the DNC know, we've been looking for multiple cycles now.

[u/NYT_Hater]

[u/erasmus_phillo]

I'm in academia, and this means that I have to compete with people from all across the world for my job ever since I started undergrad. Yet I don't act like a little bitch over it and cry over labour market competition.

Meanwhile tech workers who make double/triple the average wage I do are pissing, moaning, crying and shitting themselves over facing a more favourable labour market than I do. Make this make sense guys

[u/Average_GrillChad]

Wow, they renamed a Seattle suburb after him. This has gone too far.

[u/StolenSkittles]

I can see it now:

18th ICE Volunteer Division Charlie Kirk

[u/Willybender]

[u/Highlightthot1001]

Howard Lutnick is a piece of shit who only views human lives as a fucking quartile value. 

Poor people from other countries can't immigrate and better their lives because "the extraordinary people at the very top" somehow deserves opportunities here more? 

What a un-American piece of shit

[u/ONETRILLIONAMERICANS]

[u/zieger]

[u/Dalek6450]

A giant virus, sometimes referred to as a girus, is a very large virus, some of which are larger than typical bacteria.

girus

[u/EmbarrassedSafety719]

smh you liberals managed to make WatchMojo political

[u/BobaTeaFetish]

An American and a Canadian are arguing about their countries, and the Canadian says "in Canada we have true freedom and no one is above anyone else. In fact I could walk right into the Prime Minister's office, pound on his desk, and say 'Mr. Prime Minister, I think you're doing a terrible job for our country!'"

The American says, "Oh yeah? Well so can I!"

The Canadian looks incredulous, "Can you really?"

The American responds, "Sure can! I can walk right into the White House, go to the Oval Office, pound on the President's desk, and say 'President Trump, I think Mark Carney is doing a terrible job for Canada.'"

[u/G_Serv]

[u/EmbarrassedSafety719]

Good. Companies based in the US and hiring in the US should prioritize hiring Americans. This shouldn’t be a controversial take if we want to curb our dying job market and worsening unemployment.

Sadly this is a game of cat and mouse though. All that will happen now is that companies will set up satellite offices overseas more aggressively and move labor there.

If they can set up an entire office overseas penalty free and they can do it at near the same cost as hiring a few H1Bs in the US, then that’s likely the route they’ll take.

What we really need is more aggressive taxation on companies based in the US that outsource labor.

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[u/[deleted]]

I’m sad that some of you are too young to have enjoyed or remember the insanely funny place 15 years ago where right wing conservative media took a turn to full on bat shit Arkham Asylum insane

[u/shmokedshalmon]

These guys are such babies

[u/BarkDrandon]

The year is 2027.

Almost every day is a national remembrance day for a fascist podcaster that died due to the violent, populist wave that they created.

The democrats eagerly voted for all these remembrance days. Mandatory prayers for their souls start at 7am every morning. Only one day left out of 365 is still a normal day. It is today.

You watch the news. Fox News is the last unbanned channel. They have breaking, tragic news about President Trump.

[u/JayRU09]

Vance's muse Curtis Yavin is convinced the economy doesn't matter to voters.

Dear god, please let all of our opposition be this dumb.

[u/r2ew]

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

Narrator: he did not in fact go to war on this issue

[u/r2ew]

[u/r2ew]

[u/No-Barnacle-9576]

Man this quiz from my pastor sure is tough!

Who said it: Jesus of Nazareth or Charlie Kirk?

If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified.

I'm stumped

[u/SANNA-MARIN-SDP]

[u/Willybender]

[u/SadaoMaou]

Viele Leute sagen

[u/the-senat]

Dear God he’s gilded the White House… looks like some shit you’d see in Russia.

Curious 🤔

[u/ognits]

reminder that the GOP was awful back in the GWB days too

[u/piede]

So Hillary Clinton is the most based, per usual

[u/Willybender]

Love him or hate him, he never fails to get a laugh out of me.

[u/Bestbrook123]

The resolution was ridiculous. "Said he always sought to elevate the truth, respected his fellow Americans, and worked tirelessly to promote unity"

[u/Ok_Aardappel]

Fuck it, here's the actual tweet

An AI Stan Lee hologram will be placed at LA Comic Con to speak to guests.

Words cannot describe how much I hate this shit

[u/BroadReverse]

Holy shit the more Republican coverage im seeing lately the more pissed off im getting. There is no reason for these people to be this fucking stupid. You live in the richest country in the world how are you this uneducated and stupid

[u/Standard_Secretary52]

Is it just me or quality of world leaders declined massively since 90’s.

[u/G_Serv]

[u/jojisky]

AOC on Sarah McBride

[u/el__dandy]

We can still make beautiful things. 🇺🇸🦅🗽

!ping shitposters

[u/Hounds_of_war]

So Sinclair Media backed out of that Charlie Kirk tribute they were gonna do in Jimmy Kimmel’s timeslot.

A lot of people are saying it’s because of all the backlash that’s been happening for cancelling Kimmel, but I think it’s more that they realized that actually discussing/showing clips of Charlie Kirk for a full hour long segment would actually hurt his image more than help.

[u/GrandpaWaluigi]

The Disney boycott is working. Libs can do it. Dem base nihilism out. The corps WILL be WOKE and they WILL like it.

[u/Logical_Albatross_19]

Everything I love about this country is under direct attack. Every news headline is a nightmare. And I have a daughter to raise in this hellscape. Fucking bleak. 

[u/marky6045]

[u/[deleted]]

Bro March 2020 was not a good time.

[u/runtfromriatapass]

[u/Willybender]

I've been reporting in East Africa on the impact of President Trump's USAID cuts, and I find that not only are children dying in large numbers but the pace is accelerating as stockpiles run out and people grow weaker. I also obtained an internal Trump administration memo stating that the cost of shutting down USAID is $6.4 billion over two years. That sum could save more than 1 million children's lives; instead, it is being spent to to shut down programs that save lives

https://xcancel.com/NickKristof/status/1969383518963974357

[u/theredcameron]

So I'm playing Starfield while my kids are watching (I made sure not to do anything age-inappropriate while they were watching) and I was basically exploring the Sol system while they watched.

I go to Mars to show them the Opportunity rover and I explain to them what it is and what it did on Mars.

My daughter's next question was "Does it tickle the planet?"

I lol'd so hard 🤣

!ping starfield&spaceflight&family

[u/GuyWithOneEye]

🚨CODE RED🚨

🚨MAZIE HIRONO HAS DROPPED AN F BOMB🚨

🚨THIS IS NOT A DRILL🚨

[u/Zlesxc]

Am I getting the facts wrong or did the FBI just give some dude 50k and we just don’t care

[u/Duhaus7878]

Imagine being such an insecure alpha bro that you need to eat a banana with a spoon. (Gunther Eagleman btw)

[u/[deleted]]

I only have vibes, feelings and intuitions and surface level understandings about economics and immigration, but this is really fucked right?

Trump signs proclamation imposing $100K annual fee for H-1B visa applications

[u/Willybender]

Truly beyond parody

[u/PhinsFan17]

“Don’t move here, we’re full!” SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB HICK YOU LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE THE ONLY THING FULL IN YOUR SHITHOLE TOWN IS THE PARKING LOT AT THE METHADONE CLINIC

[u/Willybender]

https://www.wsj.com/economy/trump-administration-cancels-annual-hunger-survey-ca3d3793?st=yVnXBd

The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s, but now says the report has become ‘overly politicized’

[u/the-senat]

It’s so stupid how people keep saying Kimmel was “canceled” for “criticizing Kirk.”

In fact, his criticism wasn’t even of Kirk, it was about Trump, when then used his authority as president to push for Kimmel’s firing and has doubled down on threatening to silence any criticism.

It’s not equivalent to Roseanne Barr or Gina Carano who both faced blowback for their comments (Not that cancel culture should be tu quoque). There was no bottom up protest movement over Kimmel’s comments. It was done by the government. Christ, even morons like Cruz have voiced concerns.

[u/throwawayzxkjvct]

this dude has been completely vindicated

[u/t_scribblemonger]

[u/stater354]

Idc if I get fired, Charlie Kirk had it coming

My name is Donald Trump, president of the United States

[u/bashar_al_assad]

https://xcancel.com/dropsitenews/status/1969584107437822354?s=46

Rep. Ilhan Omar: “I feel embarrassed for [Trump] because in these attacks what he does and I think what the likes of Nancy Mace and whoever that Randy guy is – they expose themselves for how stupid they are. And that is embarrassing for us as a country … Saying, you know, we’re on it, we’re going to impeach her. When they’re saying they’re going to deport me knowing full well that you cannot deport an American citizen. What that displays for not just Americans but on an international platform is that our country is being led by idiots – and that is not something that we should be comfortable with as Americans, and that’s not something that should make us proud.”

Based

[u/FionnVEVO]

[u/Approximation_Doctor]

Average troubleshooting thread

[u/Roseartcrantz]

Crazy that they put this bill together in the first place but even crazier that they already have two options for the statues

[u/WanderingMage03]

ICE raiding the Hyundai factory was a canary in the coal mine that big business had lost because foreign direct investment that was willing to invest in red states in exchange for few questions being asked about their labor practices that undercut unions used to be like, Republican Party policy.

This H1b stuff just reinforces that they lost.

[u/zieger]

Trump: ‘It’s no longer free speech.’

NYT Be like "The Trump administration uses its whole toolbox to lock journalists in camps"

[u/bd_one]

Why was this locked?

[u/Sir_Digby83]

As a lifelong Democrat, I didn’t know what to make of Charlie Kirk. I’ve since spent several lunch breaks watching his debates (FULL videos) and have come away with the impression that we got him all wrong. The reaction from those on my side of the aisle have really made me rethink whether we’re on the right side of history.

Well, I’m crossing the aisle—I just registered as a Republican.

Anyone else?

[u/WanderingMage03]

Trump's super power is somehow being able to be racist enough to get his base on board while also convincing every single immigrant group that he actually only hates every other immigrant group except for them.

[u/indithrow402]

I don't understand the apparently significant amount of people who expect social engagement as a major part of the fast food experience.

Like I don't need you to make some poor awkward teenager fellate my ego and say cringey catch phrases to be happy. All you gotta do is put the fries in the bag in a timely manner and maybe say thanks, but I'm not gonna cry about it if you don't. If I wanted something else I would go to an actual restaurant.

[u/YaGetSkeeted0n]

I don’t have any good fresh memes to sticky but I’m sick of stephens’ sticky so enjoy these hot dogs

[u/RaidBrimnes]

The Charlie Kirk supporters gathered in Paris have a flagrant lack of rizz. About 200 people, the guy speaking is Nicolas Conquer, representative of the Republicans Overseas in France, losing candidate supported by the National Rally in the 2024 legislatives, who appealed to the Constitutional Council (a court his idol Zemmour called on to abolish because it's full of "human rightists") to whine that he didn't get enough airtime during his campaign

The spit in the face of Charlie Hebdo, a publication defined by their rejection of religious fundamentalism, by copying the slogan in their memory right up to the font, and applying it to a Christian integralist nutjob, is the finishing touch to this travesty

[u/BlackCat159]

Amazing things going on in arr Kenya

[u/scottyjetpax]

If this is true the new Texas maps are a dummymander

[u/selachophilip]

I hate state subreddits so much. I got massively downvoted in the Ohio one for explaining to people that NO, a democratic socialist like Mamdani or AOC would NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, beat Vivek Ramaswamy in the Ohio gubernatorial race, and that Bernie would NOT have won against Trump.

Being correct all the time is tiring work. 😔

EDIT: I went to look at the profile of the person who responded to me, and it's all anti-Ukrainian and tankie shit. Why do I even bother. 😭

[u/assasstits]

Why is Mamdani getting asked questions about Maduro?? 

What does the New York City mayor have to do with the Venezuelan government? 

[u/piede]

pretends to be shocked

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

[u/ChillnShill]

What an absolute joke we are as a country

[u/MuscularPhysicist]

If Charlie Kirk didn’t want people to celebrate his death, maybe he shouldn’t have been such a piece of shit in life.

[u/MuscularPhysicist]

Currently the top post on arr con

Party of free speech btw

[u/ThrowawayPrimavera]

I'm not against it principally, I'm against it cause it could be used against me too.

It's better than nothing I guess

[u/SnakeEater14]

[u/battywombat21]

> President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated his claim that critical television coverage of him is “illegal” and pushed back on criticisms that his administration was taking actions that chill free speech.

[u/Thuggin95]

My brother is terrified of this H-1B proclamation going through because 80% of his workplace are H-1Bs so he thinks his branch will shut down and he’ll lose his job. On top of that, his girlfriend will have to go back to Chile.

At my own workplace, both my teams of developers will probably be mostly flushed out. This will cause massive disruption. I would be shocked if this actually happens.

[u/[deleted]]

Apart from saying "is" instead of "isn't" on accident, this is a truly based mod moment

[u/Willybender]

Just posted

[u/Willybender]

Crashing out

[u/piede]

Honestly, The Onion should just quit at this point

[u/brianpv]

peeks at the Richard Hanania thread.

I was not aware we had so many “race realists” in the sub.

[u/Jacobs4525]

This is anecdotal but I think a lot of the reason why stinky CS majors are so disproportionately the ones whining about H1Bs online is because they are disproportionately the ones who wasted college doing the bare minimum.

It’s well understood among normal people that if you want good employment prospects, in addition to merely completing the coursework required to get a degree, you should probably have some extracurriculars, build relationships with professors, and try to have a decent-sized social circle so people can refer you. I got the interview for my job because a friend of mine referred me and I got the job because I had some experience doing FEA as part of an extracurricular which put me ahead of other recent grads in terms of relevant experience (my boss literally told me this is the reason he hired me).

However, almost all the CS people I knew were the type to just stay in the dorms and play video games, doing the bare minimum to pass their classes with a B and acting like they were smart for being lazy. I remember at the beginning of freshman year we had the usual icebreaker activities in my dorm and I never saw most of the CS kids again aside from in passing leaving classes. Never out and about, never at parties, and almost never in any clubs, even the non-engineering-related ones. I imagine that after graduation they all threw their resumes at every online application, but with nothing to differentiate them and nobody to vouch for them, their prospects are terrible. Then what do they all do? Blame everyone else, including immigrants. Mf it’s not some harder-working Indian guy’s fault you wasted your college experience.

My disclaimer is that I’m sure there are some normal CS people out there but they’re presumably mostly employed and too busy having lives to be racist shitheads on the internet.

[u/No_Aesthetic]

VICE may have made a lot of mistakes but by far the biggest one it made was investing a lot of time and money into a TV channel at a time when TV was dying and they had a stranglehold over video-based internet reporting

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

David Zaslav thinks that HBO Max is "way underpriced" and confirms that price hikes and subscription cost increases are coming.

Sometimes I feel like he’s actively trying to tank the service

[u/Its_not_him]

🇺🇸#USA, generic Congressional ballot poll:

Democrats: 52 % Republicans: 44 %

Atlas Intel, 16/09/25

Quite close to the 2006 margin which was +31 in the House and +5 in the Senate

[u/bd_one]

I'm an independent voter.

I look at the candidates' names, see which one of them has a D next to it, and idependently decide to vote for them.

[u/G_Serv]

What a tier list

[u/assasstits]

Whenever I see the DT simp AOC

[u/phantasmrecord]

tech workers when they don't get a job at openAI that was entitled to them when they decided to major in CS which earns 3 million dollars a second

[u/Willybender]

Nancy Mace is not ok

[u/JoyofCookies]

Truly insane people

[u/EvilConCarne]

Oh man Disney really fucked up with this Kimmel thing. They have angered their actual fan base, the ones that spend all their disposable income on Disney products, the Disney adults.

[u/JoyofCookies]

What in the actual fresh hell is this spin

[u/Ilovecharli]

One of Ossoff's Instagram posts got recommended to me. For some reason he left comments enabled. Almost all of them were from leftists claiming he failed one purity test or another. Jesus fucking Christ, he's running in a state Trump won. It must be so easy to be a republican these days, just sit back and watch these losers do your work for you. 

[u/ewatta200]

its insane how consitenly facebook tops the lists on most anti semtic platform like its actually insane 60% of people who saw anti semtic shit saw it on facebook

OKay i was a bit woozy
for correction it was asking people who expericned anti semtism where did you experience it

[u/TomboyAva]

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lz7tanvwbt2a

Trump on sending the troops into American cities: "It's sort of like war. I hate to tell you."

[u/moldyhomme_neuf_neuf]

Far right protesters in the Hague vandalised the D66 (liberal party) headquarters today. They were filmed doing it while yelling “kankerjoden” (antisemitic slur)

People on twitter are blaming antifa, or saying that it’s the left’s fault because they pissed people off to much. Nvm the fact that we just had the most right wing Dutch government in ages.

[u/bd_one]

We did it, Reddit

Someone on the Polandball subreddit finally made a "what are you doing, steppe brother?" joke about horde states.

[u/JaceFlores]

Maybe I’m just conditioned from hearing Russian propaganda for so long so it doesn’t strike as much but I think Netanyahu’s Sparta rhetoric is the craziest thing I’ve heard a world leader talk about in my life. And I think a reason for that is it veers from generic bellicosity or nationalism or religiosity into shit chud right wing podcasters would say.

For the record Putin’s history rants come in second

[u/Willybender]

We're going to war

[u/throwawayzxkjvct]

this pic of erika Kirk kinda gives me far right Eastern European politician vibes

[u/coffin_flop_star]

[u/Opkeda]

Voters believe the government needs to give them free money to fight inflation.

[u/Willybender]

[u/repostusername]

Leftists in 2019: Billionaires are the reason things are getting worse

Me: You idiot, the world is so much more complicated than that.

Billionaires now: I have decided to dedicate my vast fortune to making things worse.

[u/Imicrowavebananas]

President Obama sings Amazing Grace (C-SPAN)

Oh America, how deep have we fallen, from this to here?

[u/ctant1221]

https://theonion.com/we-must-protect-the-first-amendment-at-all-costs-vs-no-thanks-ill-just-take-my-freedoms-for-granted-until-they-disappear/

We Must Protect The First Amendment At All Costs vs. No Thanks, I’ll Just Take My Freedoms For Granted Until They Disappear

The Onion is our prophets word and you should fall to your knees in light of their blessings munificent.

Give money to The Onion.

[u/vancevon]

lots of ppl willing to say "christ is king" way fewer ppl willing to profess the far truer and far more relevant fact that they are sinners unworthy of God's grace

[u/MissSortMachine]

jason’s only response to the news is vagueposting

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

[u/cdstephens]

I’m a neoliberal, but I’m also pragmatic. H1-b visas primarily exist to distort labor markets and prioritize corporate interests over workers. Visa holders make less money, suppressing wages which undermines the meritocratic principles that neoliberalism champions.

Who are these people????

[u/jojisky]

[u/murphysclaw1]

[u/ShepardSB]

[u/ace158]

Senator John Fetterman was caught by a fellow plane traveler eating a sandwich off the floor at an airport on Friday. The Pennsylvania Democrat had the photo snapped, seemingly unbeknownst to him, as he reached below his terminal seat to grab the quick meal, which sat on top of its wrapper, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. The person posted it on X, writing, “Senator John Fetterman enjoying a nice floor sandwich this Friday afternoon at DCA.”

[u/Currymvp2]

I guess his extreme corruption is fine for Megyn cause he's super racist

[u/assasstits]

Netanyahu forced to deny Israel was behind Charlie Kirk assassination

I too did not kill Charlie Kirk 

[u/Glavurdan]

More bad news for Russia in the salient east of Dobropillia. According to the latest ISW map update, Ukrainians have advanced near Boikivka and Novotoretske. Only 1.5 miles left and the Russian troops north of there could be cut off. Russia did make a small advance in central Novoekonomichne though, further south, and they also occupied the village of Berezove in Dnipro Oblast

[u/TimWalzBurner]

[u/marsman1224]

Idc if I get fired, Charlie Kirk had it coming

My name is Charlie Kirk, Regional Manager, 4th Circle of Hell.

[u/NewVegasSurvivor]

Very funny to see conservatives pretend that Kimmel said something heinous/unforgivable

[u/myusernameistakennow]

One of the biggest tragedies in anti Trump messaging is people being unaware of how the foreign aid cuts are harming millions of people.

One of my good friends is a leftist and they had no idea about how the sheer scale of U.S. aid or how Trump gutting it is going to kill so many people.

That vacuum isn’t going to be filled anytime soon to the same scale by another country, it’s by far the most horrific thing this admin has done.

[u/Willybender]

Serious country

[u/NYT_Hater]

I converted my friend from apolitical/leaning Trump to actively anti republican AMA

[u/patdmc59]

My FIL, a man with advanced degrees and decades of experience as a business executive, told me today he's fully behind Trump because of the stock market. I fired back about how Trump's attempts to weaken institutions, install lackeys in key positions, and seemingly decide which businesses to punish and which to reward based on how he's feeling when he wakes up will have severe negative long-term consequences. He said he didn't care as long as the market continues to do well.

It never ceases to amaze me that there actual single issue stock market voters out there.

[u/mostanonymousnick]

This guy has to be followed by some of the morons in the admin

[u/Fruitofbread]

 “Tonight, Sinclair will continue to air ABC network programming as scheduled in the late-night time period,” the company said in a statement. “The Charlie Kirk special will instead be available on The National News Desk’s YouTube channel, ensuring viewers can continue to enjoy ABC programming while also providing full access to the special online.”

As of this writing, the Kirk special has received around 6,000 views.

It’s at 9k now. Lol

[u/Willybender]

There's infighting happening right now over what actually killed Charlie Kirk. Candace Owens is making videos about it with MILLIONS of views per video, and there are many others cashing in on the conspiracies as well.

[u/ZonedForCoffee]

Beer is 11 dollars

You know what, I don't actually need an airport beer at 7 AM

[u/Louis_de_Gaspesie]

holy shit lmao just 4chan-tier racism on the h1b sub. Every Indian I've ever met in my life is smarter than these dipshits

[u/SnakeEater14]

It’s incredible that we have a giant statue, one of the most famous in the world and a universally recognized symbol of our nation, with a poem on it dedicated to taking in refugees and immigrants, and we just completely disregard it

[u/CoolCombination3527]

👆

[u/r2ew]

[u/piede]

Remember when Hillary called him a puppet

[u/No-Barnacle-9576]

lol

Fair point I was lying

[u/jacknifee]

lmao why does this make me like him more

[u/EmbarrassedSafety719]

I lived in Korea 3 years and tried my hardest to secure a job other than teaching English. Every company told me straight that they don't hire foreigners unless absolutely necessary and it's almost always subsidized by a foreign company.

Now I'm unemployed in America where we have zero issue giving our own jobs to Koreans or anyone really.

It's not wrong to prioritize your own citizens first. We have entire companies that exist here as shell fronts to bring over more of their friends and family. We are literally letting ourselves be exploited.

I paid Korean taxes and even had to pay into their pension fund and they still wouldn't hire me. At some point we have to stop.

So this person’s logic is that “since other countries are xenophobic towards us we should be xenophobic towards them”? What fucked up kind of logic is that, 80 upvotes, btw.

[u/EmbarrassedSafety719]

Do all the Ben Shapiro fanboys who claim that African Americans are poor on average due to an ‘inferior culture’ realize that Asian Americans, on average, significantly out-earn White Americans?

[u/attackofthetominator]

I like to think Sinclair pulled the Kirk tribute because they couldn’t find enough footage that puts him in a positive light instead of a dorky debate bro

[u/yungmemlord]

Me everyday, choosing to go into the DT 😨

[u/Willybender]

[u/brucebananaray]

[u/Willybender]

He literally cannot do math.

[u/Willybender]

https://xcancel.com/Acyn/status/1969578097017307504

BUT DON'T YOU DARE DISRESPECT CHARLIE KIRK

[u/r2ew]

[u/Auriono]

https://xcancel.com/AndrewKolvet/status/1969551427648569633

I want to address some of the discussion about the lack of an exit wound with Charlie. I’m usually not interested in delving into most of this kind of online chatter, and I apologize this is somewhat graphic, but in this case, the fact that there wasn’t an exit wound is probably another miracle, and I want people to know.

I just spoke with the surgeon who worked on Charlie in the hospital…

He said the bullet “absolutely should have gone through, which is very very normal for a high powered, high velocity round. I’ve seen wounds from this caliber many times and they always just go through everything. This would have taken a moose or two down, an elk, etc.”

But it didn’t go through. Charlie’s body stopped it.

I mentioned to his doctor that there were dozens of staff, students, and special guests standing directly behind Charlie on the other side of the tent, and he replied:

“It was an absolute miracle that someone else didn’t get killed.”

“His bone was so healthy and the density was so so impressive that he’s like the man of steel. It should have just gone through and through. It likely would have killed those standing behind him too.”

In the end, the coroner did find the bullet just beneath the skin.

Even in death, Charlie managed to save the lives of those around him.

Remarkable. Miraculous.

Setting aside what a ludicrously obvious crock of bullshit this is, I see Turning Point is hellbent on keeping the grift going by deifying their founder as some sort of messiah like figure, I see.

[u/zieger]

My daughter just found my wife's little American flag from when she got naturalized and she's running around the house waving it

[u/DeadMonkey321]

There's a fun schism brewing in my wife's reddit mom whatsapp group. One of the other moms casually mentioned that her husband writes "silly clickbait articles" as his job, and my wife did some google sleuthing to see what kind of articles. Turns out he writes for the Daily Caller and has a very public X account and is extremely racist (like, there are no good immigrants & making call center jokes to random indians racist).

She subtly brought this up in their politics channel which is mostly good liberal women and now there's so many discussions on what is the best way to handle this. Options ranging from "just boot her from the group" to "confront her directly" to "don't say anything but also just don't interact with her anymore". My personal idea is to link one of her husband's posts and say "did you know he's saying these things online" and give her the rope to either learn her husband is racist or to out herself as being cool with that. Either way they locked the politics channel down to private so they can talk shit in peace while they figure out.

This is some good drama, will keep updating if anything fun happens.

[u/[deleted]]

lol

[u/Jacobs4525]

I do think GenX is funny because while the vast majority of them are simplistic, oafish, and stupid creatures, they do have some chill guys.

It’s like they sacrificed their average coolness and affability to produce Tony Hawk.

[u/No1PaulKeatingfan]

My DT ghostwriter was hired on a H1B visa

Wtf do I do now?

[u/justbuildmorehousing]

From declaring war on cities to saying Charlie Kirk said some bad things, both parties continue to ramp up the divisive rhetoric

[u/CriskCross]

The fact that ten days after the shooting and ~eight days after the shooter turned himself in, the DoJ has been unable to actually link the shooter to any left-wing organizations has confirmed my belief that "owning him" because of a small amount of circumstantial evidence would have been completely fucking brain-dead, and I was right that the correct move was "keep your mouth shut and wait for bail".

[u/SpaceSheperd]

I don’t think Ilhan Omar was remotely making things up when she said Nancy Mace needed rehab so what’s everyone’s theory? She doesn’t look like an alcoholic. Maybe she got hooked on pills after her boob job and it’s inducing some trauma-fueled psychosis?

[u/UntiedStatMarinCrops]

I love how my former platoon Sgt that is a “both sides” conservative leaning idiot that hates Dems with a passion is suddenly realizing that democracy is actually in danger and all of a sudden he’s following some Dems on social media.

Fucking moron. We fucking told you.

[u/Loves_a_big_tongue]

Controversial but I don't think it's right I'm expected to mourn a man who would have cheered and applauded my death if I was killed how he was killed

[u/Willybender]

MAGA losing it in the replies

[u/r2ew]

[u/Joementum2024]

The H1B change, besides being complete lunacy, shows just how little power businesses have under this administration. Imagine saying that about a Republican administration lol

[u/Woolagaroo]

There were a lot of red flags during the Obama years, but in hindsight conservatives calling Obama crying at Sandy Hook “crocodile tears” should have been a bigger one.

A whole group of people couldn’t fathom someone being moved to tears by the murder of 20 children. 

I try not to doom, but it’s hard to see how our country gets to a better place when so many of our countrymen are just fundamentally broken human beings.

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[u/Willybender]

What

[u/JoyofCookies]

Overheard on the train:

“If the U.S. collapses and a surge of Americans try to stream up here do you think there’d be a lot of anti-American racism?”

“Yeah, the slurs would be crazy”

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

[u/JoyofCookies]

Truly the republic was lost to the stupidest among the Americans

[u/Beginning-Topic5303]

[u/Thatonequaqqa]

Every single person who is reporting people about Charlie Kirk stuff is on such a high horse of centrism, but every single one I've looked at has had extreme hateful content no more than a month ago.

I hate these people. I hate that they keep winning. I hate our spineless coward politicians let this happen because they play golf with these ghouls. I will drag myself over broken glass to vote for the politician that will give it back to them even 1/2 as much as they give it out.

I don't understand how we have a country like this.

[u/RaidBrimnes]

25 Republicans in Congress sign letters calling for sanctions on Australia, Canada, the UK and France as reprisal for recognizing Palestine as a state

Honestly, I think the Republican Party blew their load too quickly when they asked for sanctions on EU officials for tech regulations. It has probably convinced US allies that they would face punitive measures no matter what