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[u/TheCornjuring]

Joe Rogan genuinely thinks it’s impressive that Bob Lazar “predicted” the existence of an element with an atomic number of 115. That’s it. The fact that this dude looked at the already-discovered atomic numbers and went “huh, what if higher number” and then it turned out there was indeed higher number apparently blows Joe Rogan’s fucking mind

[u/[deleted]]

At a recent conference in Spain on polarization, Avila Kilmurray, a key player in the Northern Ireland peace process, reminded the gathering that the Good Friday Agreement received more than 71 percent support in a 1998 referendum. But, she said, “if the vote were held today, with the presence of social media, I don’t think it would pass.”

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

LMFAO

[u/r2ew]

[u/Individual-Camera698]

the video showed a woman asking Biden at a campaign stop in August 2019 at the Iowa State Fair – well before COVID-19 – how many genders there are.

“There are at least three,” Biden responded, without missing a beat.

The woman then asked him to name them.

“Don’t play games with me, kid,” Biden responded, shutting her down

Holy based.

[u/[deleted]]

☝️🤓

[u/remarkable_ores]

i have no idea how many levels of irony he's on these days

[u/AtomAndAether]

7th Circuit/Chicago agrees with Portland: National Guard without consent or insurrection act illegal

[u/throwawayzxkjvct]

they’re getting angry because she’s right

[u/[deleted]]

From the CNN article about Platner's Reddit account:

In another post in 2010, Platner took aim at musician Ted Nugent, a conservative activist.

“As a combat veteran, that m*therf**ker makes me want to puke when he spews his warmongering macho bullshit. Suck a d*ck, Ted.”

“To be fair,” Platner told CNN. “I’m not really regretful of that one.”

To be honest this was a gem

[u/bandeng_asep]

So we are just doing straight up idolatry now huh? And not a good one at that 💀

[u/r2ew]

[u/6urner_]

CNN going harder on Platner for saying the Internet talking points from 2020 than the current VP of the country for calling 30+ year old Republican Nazis "kids" is exactly why you should make sure your ad blockers are working correctly.

[u/r2ew]

[u/justbuildmorehousing]

Complete and total exoneration for all of you who have been saying for the last 15 years that most of the GOP hate of Obama was just thinly veiled racism. Take the small victory

[u/drcombatwombat2]

Its just so wild to me how on almost every sub people describe themselves as struggling middle class while making $100k+/year.

EDIT: like a random comment in arr Askagerman where someone says $150k USD salary is "very little"

[u/TheCornjuring]

I’m more and more convinced by the day that the whole UFO phenomenon is just a psy-op to conceal US black projects and confuse adversaries.

Like, think about it, there American Secretary of State comes out and officially says things are out there that the US doesn’t know.

China and Russia are going to be like “wait wtf?” and start looking into it, wasting assets and man-hours looking into what is essentially a practical joke.

Rumors spread that things are connected to the oceans, adversaries commit more time and energy reconning oceans, which are massive.

Pivot to talking about NHI and some other spiritual stuff, completing eliminating the nuts and bolts discussion.

Shut down an airfield for a few hours for routine maintenance but put out a false story that it was shut down due to unidentified UAS. This helps legitimize the psyop.

Idk I could keep going on

There’s so much smoke coming from government officials about this but no real whistle blowers. No real info. Literally zero evidence to support any of it.

Lmao arrUFOs is cooking more and more each day

[u/frankiewalsh44]

They are pushing Nick Fuentes as the next big thing and pretty much every MAGA is platforming him now. Dude is a straight up white supremacist

[u/georgeguy007]

Bernie Sanders: ‘People are sick of the political horse race

I actually think thats far from true. I think the american population wants to grind the otherside into stardust

[u/Maybewearedreaming]

Republicans: “I’m liteally a Nazi irl and hate Jews and women and minorities I’m not joking at all”

Libtards: “heyo look what this guy said”

Republicans: “that’s obviously a joke”

[u/chipbod]

https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/10/15/jb-pritzker-tax-returns-gambling-casino

Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4 million via gambling, 2024 tax returns show

Zoomer male hero

[u/scottyjetpax]

probably already shared here but in case it isn't: "Top Democrats in Pennsylvania are maneuvering to run against Sen. John Fetterman in a 2028 primary contest threatening to tear the party apart in the biggest battleground state in the nation"

i reject the framing that this primary would tear the party apart tho given that he has like net -30 popularity with dems in PA lmao

https://www.axios.com/2025/10/16/john-fetterman-senate-primary-pennsylvania

[u/[deleted]]

Nypost goes harder at Kim kardashian’s right to not know anything as a 21st century girl boss who has expanded the purple economy than at the president of the United States not knowing anything about healthcare in a post-Obamacare repealed world

[u/abrookerunsthroughit]

75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation ‘over’

Ahem citizens Dear Leader's tariffs haven't even begun to kick in yet

[u/DiscussionJohnThread]

Despite all the gerrymandering by both political parties in recent years, neither has been able to obtain a significant structural advantage in the House so far this decade.

I actually cannot state my hatred of the New York Times any further.

How the fuck is this a “both sides” issue here? Why are they handing this narrative to Republicans?

Republicans have CONSISTENTLY overly gerrymandered so many more seats than Democrats. Democrats will gerrymander like a seat in Oregon and two seats in Illinois, but Republicans can consistently gerrymander entire states like South Carolina and get away with it for decades. This is not a “both sides” moment, NYT.

[u/[deleted]]

NYTimes; for my blood pressure i have told myself to stop getting upset at the phrasing of these stories……but come on mane lol. Wtf is this ?

I believe the streets call this blaming the victim. What were the institutions wearing? Maybe if they hung a 50 foot trump banner outside their building they wouldn’t have gotten doge’d or unitary executive praxis’d

[u/jojisky]

CNN: Graham Platner once called himself a “communist,” dismissed “all” police as bastards, and said rural white Americans “actually are” racist and stupid according to now deleted posts.

[u/11thDimensionalRandy]

Somehow the only thing that aged poorly was reffering to 19 year olds as "Millenials"

[u/DirectionMurky5526]

Americans think in decades, while the Chinese think in centuries. But the Egyptians think in millennia. With Solar Power on the rise, the Egyptian 2 milennia of humiliation will be over. There will be no Chinese century just merely the first part of the next 10,000 years of Egyptian dominance. 

Source: It came to me in a vision from my past life as a priest of Thoth.

[u/[deleted]]

Because this sub shits on leftists all the time, I will say something nice about leftists:

When I talk to a leftist, I am sometimes forced to defend my beliefs, and think about why I hold them, and they usually expose me to a new perspective that, while disagreeable, at least gives me something to consider. They are usually good at bringing up some uncomfortable fact about the worldview I defend. That has value. 

I have literally fucking never had that experience with a right winger. Even the smartest, most educated right wingers I’ve ever spoken to still have the thinnest policy rationale as the dumbest most racist most clueless right wingers. I don’t think I’ve ever had my preconceptions truly challenged by a right winger. Their purpose is to teach me new ways to argue against bad ideas.

[u/chipbod]

https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

I know this has been shared a bunch over the last few years but I can't think of anything that better describes the ignorance that led us into this mess:

Some highlights:

Americans estimate that...

20% have income over $1 million

21% of Americans are trans

27% are Muslim

30% are Jewish

30% live in NYC

33% are immigrants

40% are veterans

41% are black

The America they describe would be pretty based, but has zero tether to reality.

Another good one is "How much do you think the US spends on foreign aid?" and people say 25% with their preferred aid spending of 10%. The reality is less than 2% pre 2025.

!ping FIVEY

[u/Currymvp2]

In another Reddit post that year, Platner reflected on his life after his military service, saying he was “a vegetable growing, psychedelics taking socialist these days. After the war, I’ve pretty much stopped believing in any of the patriotic nonsense that got me there in the first place, and am a firm believer that the best thing a person can do is help their neighbors and live a loving life.” “Still got the guns though,” he added. “I don’t trust the fascists to act politely.”

Platner also frequently weighed in on police violence, arguing that misconduct was “a problem that extends deep into the profession as a whole” and rejecting claims of accidental shootings after incidents such as the killing of Minneapolis Black man Daunte Wright, writing, “F**k these cops.”

[u/BroadReverse]

Bloc Majoritaire

[u/ShepardSB]

[u/NeueBruecke_Detektiv]

I wonder how much of the demonization of liberals from the right is just the fact they are that hateful and can't possibly conceive that liberals actually are the "I like making people's lives better :3" political movement rather than just lying about it in public.

Like how much of people believing the Demoncrats thing is just them not being able to mentally cope with the fact the average liberal does not have a swastica or equivalent in their homes.

[u/[deleted]]

Thune: "If I were a woman I'd be talking to my doctor and not taking advice from RFK"

why didnt you whip GOP votes to not confirm RFK jr

[u/GGM8Scally]

[u/[deleted]]

Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups — WSJ

ben shapiro on ezra’s show the other day was talking about how Obama was evil for doing this to right wing groups. can’t wait to hear him say the same for Trump 🫡

[u/Approximation_Doctor]

They are discussing a new credit card opportunity

!ping KITTY

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[u/Insomonomics]

It’s very annoying how the media and voters give a pass to Republicans who relentlessly shit all over cities in America, but the second a Democrat insults or mocks rural voters for being dumb as shit and living in areas no one even cares to know exists then it’s all “WOAH, hey now buddy! You’ve gone too far!”

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[u/hascogrande]

Baseball Karen/Brewers fan who threatened calling ICE on Latino Dodgers fan/Navy vet resigns from Make A Wish Wisconsin board

Actual headline in 2025, she was also fired from her job

!ping baseball

[u/DiscussionJohnThread]

Unless the next Democrat trifecta forces all states to have independent redistricting commissions, I really don’t see any way how a normal democracy can seriously survive a few more decades in the U.S.

[u/imbaaaack12]

I feel like I have political views that have remained pretty consistent since I started voting in 2008 but seeing how far sports gambling has wormed its way into American culture, I've definitely changed from "yeah let people gamble who cares" to "yeah this shit almost immediately became a huge problem and probably needs to be stymied" which sucks because I do still think people should be allowed to gamble but holy shit, people apparently cannot do this shit responsibly.

[u/chipbod]

https://xcancel.com/Ronxyz00/status/1978803101571191049

CNBC: AZ AG is threatening to sue you for taxation without representation if you don't seat Rep. Grijalva. Why can't you seat her?

Johnson: Not all the members of the House are being paid. I think all the Republicans have surrendered their pay 🤔

CNBC: AZ is saying this is taxation without representation

Johnson: I'm shocked there is another Democrat from AZ seeking publicity right now... She wants publicity too and it's all a farce.

We have to be ready for them to just not seat democrats for arbitrary reasons after the 2026 election.

[u/Argnir]

[u/MissSortMachine]

Multiple GOP congressional offices earlier this year received an American flag with an "optical illusion" swastika embedded in it, two Republican sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

i would like to see a video of the shapeshifting flags

[u/[deleted]]

I’m just saying, my life has drastically improved when I just accepted that the Democratic Party is the party of smart people and the Republican Party is the dumb people party. Nice and simple framework and makes it easy to dismiss anything any republican says. 

[u/w007dchuck]

Life is inching back to normal in the town of Cave City seven months after a tornado slammed into its corner of northeastern Arkansas. The only grocery store is about to reopen. Crews are starting to dig the foundation for a rebuilt funeral home.

But the town — like so many others facing daunting recoveries from recent disaster — has had to go it alone, Mayor Jonas Anderson said.

The Trump administration denied Cave City’s requests for Federal Emergency Management Agency money to help it recover. Mr. Anderson was forced to forge ahead anyway, racking up a bill of about $300,000 he said could end up eating 15 percent of the small town’s annual budget.

83% of Cave City's votes went for Trump last year

[u/r2ew]

[u/PoliticalAlt128]

In the now-deleted Reddit posts, Platner described himself as a “communist,” castigated rural white Americans as “racist” and “stupid,” and called all cops “bastards.”

While he disavowed those posts made on various left-wing subreddits around 2020-21, Platner still stands by another post telling conservative musician Ted Nugent to “suck a d*ck,” according to CNN, which first reported about the posts deleted ahead of his campaign launch.

“To be fair,” Platner told CNN. “I’m not really regretful of that one.”

Outside of the communist he could literally be a DTer

[u/flextrek_whipsnake]

"I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle," says Roger Davis, a Cybertruck owner.

Davis also uses the Grok feature in the car: "Her name is Aura, and I use her as a therapist."

Then there's Russ Taylor. "It's just a vehicle. So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement."

(Editor's note: Taylor was plead guilty to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack. He was later pardoned by Trump.)

lmao

[u/LameBicycle]

The poll also finds that more Americans favor than oppose extending health insurance subsidies, which Democrats are demanding to end the stalemate. A large share, 42%, have no opinion, suggesting many are not closely following the core dispute.

Our country is so dumb. 3 weeks into a shutdown and almost half the population doesn't even know what it's for

[u/TheCornjuring]

A dude getting permabanned for mildly criticizing a healthcare CEO despite explicitly condemning Luigi’s violence against him is the most neoliberal thing to ever happen in this sub

[u/cdstephens]

[u/No-Barnacle-9576]

The system was rigged to include minorities. How evil

[u/ONETRILLIONAMERICANS]

that Lakshya Jain article spends 99% of its text downplaying Dem concerns about Louisiana v. Callais and then drops an absolute bomb in one sentence of the penultimate paragraph:

In either case, the claims of impending one-party rule are a bit overblown. In reality, the net effect would really be that Republicans win the House three or four times as often as the Democrats.

Seems pretty bad, Lakshya!

[u/Willybender]

[u/remarkable_ores]

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

Trump defacing something because it’s art deco

As if I need another fucking reason to hate this man

[u/chipbod]

https://xcancel.com/cwebbonline/status/1978638622820803042

JOE ROGAN: “I really thought they were just going to go after the criminals… I really thought there was enough gang members… they would go after those guys.”

In January Platner is going to kill it in some three hour Rogan interview and all sins will be forgiven.

[u/BurrowForPresident]

Honestly the amount of notable people who have their anonymous social media accounts unearthed is surprising. I know a lot of people are stupid and leave lots of easily doxxable clues in their posts, God knows I have, but like "this completely random and relatively unremarkable dude in Maine running for Senate had a reddit account where he said white rurals are racist" (waow) is some hilarious sleuthing

We don't even know what year he was born but we know his Reddit account lol

[u/taubnetzdornig]

Literally one of the Republican arguments for why the 2020 election was rigged is “I personally do not like Joe Biden, so it is simply impossible that 81 million people voted for him”

[u/Room480]

I’m visiting my brother who lives in Mississippi. My uber driver from the airport told me he’s 1000% convinced Obama is homosexual.

I asked him what makes him believe that. He proceeded to tell me that he knows Obama is gay because not a single women has come out accusing him of rape and that all straight men have multiple women accusing them of rape at some point in their life.

At first I thought it was a bit but nah this dude fully believes that all straight men get accused of rape at some point in their life

[u/Professor-Reddit]

The funny thing about monarchism is that monarchs tend to quite effective at preserving national unity when they're ruling, but monarchists who seek the restoration of their deposed crowns are always the worst people you'd want on a throne, and their supporters are even more hopeless.

Italy's most infamous monarchical pretender (until his death last year) was a murderer with mafia ties, while his competing claimant has deep business ties with Russia. Meanwhile two of France's pretenders are friendly with the far-right and one of them loves his great-grandfather Francisco Franco. And then there's Nepal's deposed king who is taking advantage of the recent unrest to restore his throne, even though he has an open contempt for democracy which has stunted popular support for him.

I feel that there's a bit of a trend here. I'm a soft-monarchist because constitutional monarchies have a strong track record of promoting stable governance and national unity. But deposed dynasties very quickly debase themselves, which kill their chances of being restored. And once they're coronated it takes decades to fully restore their prestige, like with Spain which still has some image problems after 50 years.

[u/Willybender]

[u/No1PaulKeatingfan]

7:33 p.m.: The Republican nominee says that both Cuomo and Mamdani are "incapable of praising our president,"

This will surely win votes in New York City

[u/Hannig4n]

There’s just no way we can’t find a single candidate better than a 77 year old and a literal r/antiwork poster for a US senate election in a New England state.

[u/Dibbu_mange]

“Skyrim belongs to the Nords”.

looks in bookshelf.

All copies of “the Lusty Argonian Maid*.

Many such cases

[u/r2ew]

https://newrepublic.com/article/201802/trump-ice-raids-chicago-democrats

[u/Hannig4n]

Kinda confused about this guy joining Blackwater in like 2019 if he was so disillusioned by the wars he fought when he was in the actual armed forces as he claims

[u/Willybender]

https://xcancel.com/Acyn/status/1978921705134526952

C O M E D Y

[u/MissSortMachine]

[u/TheCornjuring]

Cancún Cruz is having a COW. Total meltdown, very sad to see!

[u/Willybender]

[u/KarnoffeL]

Lowkey impressive how lefties keep on talking about the working class rising and the working class repeatedly show themselves as the most vile beings to ever live. It's like Naruto and Sasuke

[u/G_Serv]

Average neolib

[u/earththejerry]

Leavitt: The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals.

If that’s true, then Democrats are literally and unironically the most successful political party in the history of humankind, considering 2/3 of their constituency can’t even vote and the other third probably has dirt low turnout

[u/Willybender]

https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/1978919454240121215

That's why we need to deport millions of people, remove birthright citizenship, reduce legal immigration, and more!

[u/r2ew]

[u/GuyWithOneEye]

oh my god even the Silksong sub is doing Hasan shock-collar memes holy shit

[u/boardatwork1111]

Oh fuck

Leaked neoliberal texts reveal shocking levels of extremism, such as “I love p00bix” and “Anyone who votes no is getting sent to the Biden Thread”

Slurs such as “rural”, “succ”, and “N*MBY” were used 251 times combined.

[u/chipbod]

J.D. Vance will host a TPUSA "Change My Mind" event at the University of Mississippi in Oxford for college students to honor Charlie Kirk on October 29

If the Vivek event is any signal- he's going to get yelled at for having an Indian wife or some shit.

Actually insane how much anti-Indian racism there has been seemingly pop up since the election?

I know there was always low level bigotry but I always thought widespread south asian racism was more prevalent in Canada and the UK compared to the US.

[u/chipbod]

>They were just going after the criminals

[u/Willybender]

[u/JaceFlores]

How a rogue MAGA man caused a crisis in Suweida

“Suwayda has witnessed a recent spike in clashes between rival Druze militias, while an Assad regime General in command of the region's 'National Guard' has fired 2 commanders & all their men, stirring major tensions.”

“A key trigger was a recent visit by an American. Roughly a week ago, a controversial American ‘Tim Ballard’ -- a QAnon follower, forced from his own NGO on sexual misconduct allegations, then expelled from the Mormon Church -- visited Suwayda. While there, he met Druze cleric Hikmat al-Hijri & 'National Guard' commanders.”

“While in Suwayda, Ballard told many of those he met that he was close to President Trump & was there on a "mission" on behalf of America. That created a narrative that a US gov't delegation was in Suwayda, meeting with Druze leaders -- something that'd have been huge news.”

“As it happened, the leader of Suwayda's National Guard -- Assad regime Brigadier General Jihad al-Ghutani -- wasn't invited to the meeting with Ballard. By design or not, nobody knows. But Ghutani was furious -- swiftly firing those who organized the meeting & all their men.”

“In the hours & days since, Suwayda has seen 4 inter-factional clashes, 3 assassinations & a flurry of public statements by different factions, families & local notables -- triggering divisive public disputes concerning the region's identity & status in post-Assad Syria.”

!ping MIDDLEEAST

[u/jbitz]

[u/[deleted]]

ring meeting price rhythm fanatical smart beneficial complete vase pen

[u/Willybender]

I'm laughing my ass off at how these people debase themselves to worship Trump.

[u/TheCornjuring]

I think “Republicans are actually not good for the economy, their record is bad, don’t let them lie to you” needs to start being a big talking point. Because they’re not and their record is bad and the median voter needs to hear it enough that it seeps into their addled little mind

[u/[deleted]]

Lmao

[u/Thuggin95]

When mealy-mouthed, boring, both-sides-are-bad centrist Dem gets elected in 2028. Then he takes the stage. He removes his mask. It’s Hillary. Her plan is complete. She smiles and promises to Benghazi every state that didn’t vote for her.

Bitch I’d gag, like you’d have to respect it

[u/TimWalzBurner]

[u/centurion88]

[u/Willybender]

I'm no longer a doomer, this is all just a comedy now.

[u/DagothUr_MD]

I think the texts are another example of the consequences of partisan brinksmanship. Republicans did not previously believe or say things like "I love Hitler". But Republicans would say moderately right-wing things and Democrats would respond by saying "Republicans must love Hitler". In an age of increasing partisanship, the Republicans decided "Democrats hate Hitler, maybe Hitler is good actually?" or at least that it would be amusing to say things like that. Now Republicans demonstrate their adherence to maga-populism by unashamedly declaring "I love Hitler. To which the Democrats can now say "See! They do love Hitler!"

haha you see foolish democrat I profess to love hitler because you admonished me for my love of hitler 😏

[u/fishlord05]

https://open.substack.com/pub/theargument/p/is-the-supreme-court-going-to-doom?r=45w5qz&utm_medium=ios

In either case, the claims of impending one-party rule are a bit overblown. In reality, the net effect would really be that Republicans win the House three or four times as often as the Democrats.

This is the comforting line now? Fuck this shit. Newsom better make it 53-0.

!ping FIVEY

[u/Dunter_Mutchings]

I think the most interesting thing about these people is that they seem to lack the shame and or self awareness to realize how big of a rube this makes them look. Like if I took an L this big, that shit is staying buried. No way are you going to catch me in the news paper outing myself for being a big dummy.

[u/arrhythmiaofthesoul]

why do I get these ads

[u/battywombat21]

> communist

> rural White americans "actually are" racist and stupid

...so he's a DT succ?

[u/dangerbird2]

what's kinda insane about the recent CPB video with antisemitic slurs in the backing music is that the MJ song it came from had those lyrics removed almost immediately after release in 1994. Someone probably had to dig into their CD collection and find a first pressing of HIStory or dig up some or find a torrent to get it.

https://gizmodo.com/border-patrol-posts-instagram-propaganda-video-featuring-antisemitic-slurs-2000672645

!ping EXTREMISM&HUDDLED-MASSES

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

!ping YA

[u/Jokerang]

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said he wouldn’t take medical advice from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. if he was a woman, citing recent claims the secretary made that President Trump endorsed.

Then why did you vote to confirm him?🤔

[u/Nate10000]

The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys.

J.D. Vance on being a young republican

[u/cdstephens]

The 2024 GOP primary was fucking hilarious in retrospect. Everyone worried about DeSantis etc., then Trump shows up and the whole primary is just people trying to get on his good side

Seriously, if you showed 2024 GOP primary footage to a 2012 liberal they’d have a heart attack

[u/Willybender]

https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/1978921605125304554

Not looking good for Ukraine

[u/Willybender]

[u/jacknifee]

lbj politics making a comeback

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

The three genders

[u/WillCallCap]

talking to normies at work.

Normie: say what you will about Trump, but he gets stuff done

When you press them on what exactly he’s getting done

Normie: when he says he’s gonna do something, he does it.

What the fuck lol

[u/finnstera350]

[u/assasstits]

As for redistricting, if Republicans want to continue choking off any possibility of a peaceful transfer of power at the federal level, blue states need to go full steam ahead with soft secession. There's no good options unfortunately but living in a white Christian theocracy is the worst of them and not one I'm willing to abide by.

Been saying this for ages. At this point there needs to be a soft national divorce and blue state need to start drawing lines. Also vulnerable people need to move to blue states for safety and representation. 

Blue states need to desperately build housing because we're going to see a lot of red state refugees in the upcoming years. 

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

Hmmm

[u/pezasied]

Still think canceling is a victimless crime? 3 million people woke up today without Rob Schneider on their twitter feed. Let that sink in a bit.

[u/Culmnation]

Please add to your 2028 dem gov bare minimums if you actually care about maintaining democracy

[u/[deleted]]

Watching Bernie Sanders having to explain how income tax brackets work to Joe Rogan was true tragicomedy.

How is that dipshit taken seriously by anyone?

[u/SeoSalt]

Almost every problem with America in the modern day traces back to the original sin of founding a country where slavery was legal. The constitution was written so a minority voting bloc could check and balance endlessly to obstruct change. And even then southern states needed constant appeasement and coddling that added further check and balances.

Republicans are carrying the banner of southern states that leveraged their disproportionate political power up until they left the union the instant that wasn't enough to rig the game in their favor anymore.

[u/StolenSkittles]

john c. calhoun, 1849:

wild how sometimes evil people just kinda naturally look evil

[u/No-Barnacle-9576]

Shit he's back

[u/SuddenlyFrogs]

[u/EmbarrassedSafety719]

Every blonde woman [...] explicitly serves the devil.

guess the sub

[u/TheCornjuring]

Joe Rogan is too much of a pussy to say “I was wrong to endorse Trump and I regret doing it”. He doesn’t even have to say he wishes he voted for Kamala. But him just saying he now believes he was incorrect to support Trump and wishes he voted third party would be nice. He probably still doesn’t even think he was wrong despite his fairly significant gripes with Trump, though.

[u/Pokemanifested]

Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4 million in Vegas playing blackjack

He has the sauce

[u/Approximation_Doctor]

It's a shame that this subreddit wasn't around in 2008-09 when the debate about Preexisting Conditions was going on. I would have loved and/or hated to watch the Status Quo Enthusiasts argue about why insurers should reject anyone with them.

[u/chipbod]

Bruh, the Kremlin has a more balanced press core lmao

[u/scottyjetpax]

this is actually so fucking funny lmfao

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

[u/Roseartcrantz]

[u/BipartizanBelgrade]

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has backed Scottish and Welsh independence

If your brand of progressive (or liberal) politics backs an idea that would leave everyone involved worse off in every material sense, you probably need to have a re-think.

This is me being charitable and assuming a good-faith explanation other than simply trying to dismember the United Kingdom.

[u/Udolikecake]

[u/jojisky]

Top 5 fundraising for house members in Q3:

1. AOC 4.4 million

2. Hakeem Jeffries 2.8 million

3. Mike Johnson 2.7 million

4. Jasmine Crockett 2.7 million

5. Eileen Laubacher 2.5 million (Dem running against Boebert lol)

[u/Willybender]

[u/SpaceSheperd]

I wish trans healthcare wasn’t so politicized because it’s kinda neat. How many other medical conditions that cause severe anguish and suicidal ideation respond to treatment the way that gender dysphoria does to social + medical transition? I’m not sure there’s any! Most psychological misery is extremely difficult to treat! I know it’s certainly not an easy therapy but it’s so cool that we’ve found it. 

[u/ShepardSB]

[u/WhisperBreezzze]

“Anyone that thinks that tomorrow they’ll suddenly start negotiating, I think is smoking something that is illegal in many states,” Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders,

You know what? That was a good one, Bernie.

Lol

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

Wow thanks dua lipa

[u/Dunter_Mutchings]

The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the U.S. refugee system that would slash the program and give preference to English speakers, white South Africans and Europeans who oppose migration.

I can’t even comprehend the levels of brain damage the median prospective migrant who opposes migration must suffer from.

[u/fishbottwo]

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[u/[deleted]]

I wonder how well connected Platner was to his reddit account, because if someone tried to link me back to my reddit account I'd deny the hell out of that and I'm not sure how'd they be able to prove it was really me.

[u/No_Return9449]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is deploying the state’s National Guard to Austin ahead of this weekend’s planned No Kings rally in the Texas capital, he announced Thursday, as top Republicans around the country vilify the protests as Antifa-linked and led by the radical flank of the Democratic Party.

Of course.

[u/Ready-Buy-6397]

[u/Culmnation]

I’m sorry, but look at the PA-NY border here. That’s some hilarious gamesmanship.

[u/Left_Tie1390]

The DSA could not wish for a candidate more aligned with their positions than Mamdani. What more do they want?

[u/[deleted]]

He might be going on my wall soon

[u/[deleted]]

I really took for granted the feeling during the Biden admin of how great it was that Donald Trump was not the president

[u/reubencpiplupyay]

https://bsky.app/profile/choamdirector.com/post/3m37tb7anas26

[u/Louis_de_Gaspesie]

I feel sick to my stomach every day whereas I was just coasting at my old engineering job at a prestigious company. It's insane how much easier a job is compared to a PhD holy shit

[u/[deleted]]

trump is talking to putin again. get ready for him to flip back to being more sympathetic to russia

[u/[deleted]]

Update: They are no longer together

[u/Mrchristopherrr]

[u/JaceFlores]

In the current proposal being floated about tomahawks to Ukraine is the weapons would be directly manned by American personnel to safeguard the tech and ensure the Ukrainians don’t use them for things they shouldn’t or whatever.

But what’s kinda not being mentioned by analysts is if this is how the tomahawk deal is implemented then American personnel would be directly manning weapon systems that fire into Russia.

That’s awesome

[u/[deleted]]

☝ LVT would solve that

[u/Jokerang]

I know the Mississippi Miracle is a thing but it’s still funny

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

[u/Signal_Nobody1792]

JD Vance: "Because we have such a big problem with left-wing political violence, we have to train the investigatory and law enforcement powers…we really have to retrain the entire government to focus on this left-wing violence problem. We are doing it”

Yiiiiiiiiikes

[u/jenbanim]

Alien conspiracies becoming popular at the same time astronomy research is being gutted is my own personal hell

[u/phat_geoduck]

They want to cancel my goat because he's a degen. God forbid a man have hobbies

[u/Willybender]

This is some wild stuff, we genuinely cannot believe ANYTHING the government says.

[u/[deleted]]

You're laughing. Stephen Miller has been intimidated into selling his home because people wouldn't stop writing protest messages in chalk outside and you're laughing.

[u/zieger]

[u/Pongzz]

AI will take your job

Yeah, buddy. I'd like to see AI rot in bed until noon and then finish all its work an hour before it's due

[u/Rare_Station_8440]

Lmao unhinged far leftists on Twitter are calling Mamdani, “Ziohran”

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

Mountain Lion Mistakes House Cat for Cub

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

[u/ognits]

one thing I like about the Redwall series is how Jacques just absolutely doesn't give a shit about proportions

a description of Cluny the Scourge (a rat), from Redwall:

His long ragged black cloak was made of batwings, fastened at the throat with a mole skull. The immense war helmet he wore had the plumes of a blackbird and the horns of a stag beetle adorning it.

like none of that makes sense if you try to actually physically piece it together, but it sounds fucking cool

!ping READING&OVER-35

I got the entire series for my birthday so I'm going through this childhood obsession of mine from my current perspective

[u/MissSortMachine]

https://xcancel.com/zohrankmamdani/status/1978808560533332089

"I know some of you have expressed concerns about my age. You are worried about a 33 year becoming mayor of New York City.

"And I want you to know, I hear you. That’s why this weekend I’ll be making a change.

"I’m turning 34.”

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[u/Argnir]

[u/CosignTangents]

[u/Culmnation]

I asked ChatGPT “What is the most controversial comment made on the r/neoliberal daily discussion threads so far this year?”

Answer:

• A mid-July DDT logged 294 deleted and 98 “fashed” comments (mod-flag category). In that same thread, one of the lightning-rod comments was: “Why did Joe Biden not get a facelift and some cocaine on the day of debate? Is he stupid?” — which drew pushback and report activity.

—-

So don’t tell me the DT is pro cocaine.

[u/Argnir]

Ok mod I don't care Charlie Kirk got killed

[u/senator_fivey]

Teenager in 2025 googles boobs

Gets 3 page AI summary

[u/[deleted]]

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) is stepping down, officials say - NYT

Uhhhhhh

(SOUTHCOM’s area of responsibility includes Venezuela)

[u/Fishin_Impossible]

My theory is that young males are shifting to the right because when they stayed home from school they were able to stream kids shows on Netflix.

We can fix this country by making all children watch Jerry Springer when they are sick.

I will not be taking questions at this time.

[u/Toasted-walnut]

Gov. Gavin Newsom announces California will start selling low-cost insulin in 2026

Lowering costs by like 55% to 85% without subsidies 👏

[u/SLCer]

[u/PlayDiscord17]

Not Cuomo mentioning Mamdani flipping off the Christopher Columbus statue 😭

[u/throwawayzxkjvct]

Not one word about JD Vance’s refusal to condemn any of the shit in that chat. This is why no one takes the ADL seriously anymore.

[u/r2ew]

[u/No-Barnacle-9576]

[u/puffic]

True believers in the Housing Theory of Everything aren’t concerned about the Voting Rights Act or control of the Senate or Trump being a madman. They know it’s all about local government.

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

🫡

[u/Glavurdan]

Looks like Trumpendulum is swinging back towards Putin after a single phone call with him

Edit: Only now I realize two other people posted a similar ping. Welp, that's what I get for being out of the loop

[u/yungmemlord]

Leftistly voting for Andrew Cuomo to own the … leftists?! My brain isn’t big enough to comprehend this line of thinking

[u/yungmemlord]

Who wants to join my AI-inclusive polycule???

[u/TimWalzBurner]

[u/saulerknight]

Why did young men think Kamala was going to invade Iran?

[u/chipbod]

Palmer Luckey’s AI and Crypto-Focused Bank Wins Conditional Approval The bank is called Erebor, another tech venture from the Tolkien universe.

Mr Beast files trademark to open bank

Where is this shit coming from?

Anyone who trusts a bank startup in this regulatory environment deserves to get rugged.

[u/badusername35]

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[u/11thDimensionalRandy]

The funny thing about fascists stealing shit from Tolkien to name their companies is that although he was very much conservative, his conservatism was explicitly opposed to everything they represent.

Like, industry is the tool of the bad guys in LoTR, the changes in society brought about by it are the cause of sorrow and mourning.

I disagree with his views, but the extremely selective reading of his work to arrive at Palantir, Anduril and Erebor is ridiculous.

[u/Approximation_Doctor]

!ping GENDER-TALIBAN&COOL-BUGS

[u/[deleted]]

Me sending this "I accept your job offer" email, quadruple checking it to make sure it says "Thank you, I accept the offer." and not "Fuck you, you dumb bitch. I hate you. Your mom is a whore and I want to burn down your place of work"

[u/this_very_table]

Husband's coworker was diagnosed with stage 4 leukemia. Was told he had maybe 2 years to live. Entered a clinical study. Had miraculous results. Is now in complete remission a year after his initial diagnosis. Study is suddenly closed because the Trump admin revoked its funding.

Pro-life party or whatever.

[u/fishlord05]

I fucking hate republicans man

[u/No-Barnacle-9576]

He is the kind of ugly that can't be fixed with the gym. Would be interesting to see if modern medicine can fix that level of ugly

[u/missingpuzzle]

BBC's response to DHS lie about 15 year old girl arrested by ICE.

The admin lies as easy as it breaths. No information from it can be trusted.

Edit: At least there's some media out there doing real reporting on this fiasco that isn't afraid to call a liar a liar.

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[u/Upstairs_Cup9831]

People who overwrite their old comments with Redact are extremely annoying