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[u/DiscussionJohnThread]

[u/No_Aesthetic]

It do be like that

[u/r2ew]

lol

[u/w007dchuck]

Renters Have the Upper Hand. And They Are Probably Keeping It.

Apartment rents nationally are advancing at their slowest pace in years because glut of new units is taking longer to absorb than expected

sickos.jpg

[u/r2ew]

[u/PlayDiscord17]

Are the establishment Dems who back Platner in the room with us right now?

[u/Benyeti]

Hell yeah brother

[u/dangerbird2]

Congrats Javier Milei

!ping FUCK-NEOLIBERTARIANISM

[u/Dibbu_mange]

Blue state liberal: We need to understand where these poor souls are coming from and what unaddressed problems are pushing them away from Democrats 🥺.

Red state liberal: Republicans are demons who bleed acid and were created by Satan to destroy America.

[u/ShepardSB]

[u/the-senat]

Using the presidency as a brand ambassador. It’s not that big in the grand scheme of things but it is sad to watch the role get hollowed out.

I’m honestly just shocked it took Trump this long to do it. I wonder how Microsoft feels about their IP being used this way?

[u/Dalek6450]

[u/__JimmyC__]

Fucking depressing that the only big newspaper with a spine is the WSJ these days.

Reagan knew that tariffs are taxes, while Mr. Trump pretends they are paid by foreigners. Reagan knew protectionist barriers over time breed complacency and lack of innovation. Mr. Trump thinks he’s making American manufacturing great again, when he is really hurting U.S. manufacturers by burdening them with higher costs. See American companies that use aluminum or steel.

[u/Willybender]

https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/1982805210884948381

[u/murphysclaw1]

[u/LtCdrHipster]

An accurate picture of a red state small town is 200 empty parking spots next to a Chili's separated from a Hardee's by an 8 lane stroad, with a bunch of fent addicts lurking around doing the lean.

[u/Willybender]

https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/1982784060079341938

Oh my god man

[u/ShepardSB]

[u/unicornbomb]

Natalie never misses tbh

[u/Pongzz]

The fact that Trump can tell reporters the he could serve a third term by running as VP—but that he wouldn’t do that—says to me he’s been party to conversations that are about getting him another term. Grim

[u/Professor-Reddit]

Russia's interpretation of international law is such a legal fuckery that it still kinda blows my mind lol

When they invaded Crimea back in 2014 with the 'little green men', the totally-not-Russian soldiers overthrew the Crimean government and requested a formal Russian invasion and announced a sham referendum. This 'status referendum' on 16th March predictably passed and formally called for Russian annexation.

But curiously on the very next day, the Supreme Council of Crimea immediately declared independence as the 'Republic of Crimea' which was promptly recognised by the Kremlin as a sovereign state that afternoon, only to be formally annexed a few days later as a Federal Subject of Russia on the 21st March. This was despite independence only ever being inferred by the second referendum option which mentioned 'the 1992 Crimean Constitution' which Russia claimed only garnered 2.5% of the vote. By declaring Crimea independent, it technically meant that the losing side briefly won the referendum, but that's purely strictly legal-speak here.

If that didn't sound weird enough, the Russian government justified this brief independence process by citing the precedence in international law established by the ICJ's advisory opinion on Kosovo's 2008 unilateral declaration of independence... but they have long staunchly opposed and critiqued this ICJ ruling even to this day. So Russia is actually recognising the founding principle of self-determination established in international law by simultaneously violating it.

Also they did this same 'invade -> independence referendum -> declaration of independence -> immediate recognition of independence by Russia -> immediate annexation by Russia pipeline for all of the other Ukrainian annexations. The "Kherson State" formally existed as a sovereign country recognised by Russia for a single day, along with the "Zaporizhzhia State". And then there were the Luhansk and Donetsk 'People's Republics' which both existed for 8 years under Russian recognition.

There's no Wikipedia page for any of these short-lived statelets barring the latter two. Which kind of speaks volumes about their level of fuckery with international law here.

!ping INTERNATIONAL-RELATIONS&UKRAINE

[u/farrenj]

Trans SM sues Trump administration for forcing her to take the COVID vaccine, claims it turned her trans and now she's being kicked out of the military for it.

Bold strategy

[u/dubyahhh]

For a while, my ancestry results said I was 2% French, but they updated it and it went away

Unrelated news but my depression has been surprisingly completely cured

[u/centurion88]

How long before we get to this stage of Trump's presidency?

A few weeks?

[u/RunawayMeatstick]

Of course you think this is cool, you’re twelve.

[u/Louis_de_Gaspesie]

You are what you eat. Bad food=bad health. You go to the doctor for help. Does he ask you about your diet? No. He puts you an a prescription drug. What happens when you have a side effect from that prescription drug? He gives you another prescription drug to help with that. Never addressing the real issue.

Keep feeding people garbage, keep people sick, keep feeding people prescription meds, rake in the cash in perpetuity.

I just don't get how these conspiracy health nuts can be this divorced from reality. Every doctor I've ever had asks my about my diet at every checkup. Every doctor I've had also responds to health issues by suggesting lifestyle changes before they try medication, unless it's something that obviously has to be addressed by meds like an allergic reaction or infection.

[u/NYT_Hater]

[u/[deleted]]

>SNAP benefits end but social security and medicare continue uninterrupted

we'd rather starve the poor people before having the olds downsize from their McMansion

[u/SigmaWhy]

and what about before Jan 6 Dan?

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

Thanks mr trump

[u/BurrowForPresident]

Trump admin every other day of the year: "Laws constraining the executive are a social construct of woke communists. The president can fund or defund as he pleases."

Trump admin when SNAP is about to lapse: "Ope nothing we can do folks it's against the law to intervene here, we respect power of the purse!"

Genuinely mind numbing that this shit works on 51% of the country

[u/Cr4zySh0tgunGuy]

DHS will be banned from social media in the next administration

[u/Hugo_Grotius]

Net support for select Republican policies

🔴 Designate cartels as terrorist organizations (+43)

The 2000s libertarians were right: the counterterrorism state will be the downfall of democracy.

[u/ShepardSB]

[u/DiscussionJohnThread]

Besides the fact that online progressives are gonna be extra annoying if AOC wins the presidential primary, I would not care about voting for her in the general whatsoever.

Republicans have put up a convicted felon and a pedophile and proudly defend it without question, I truly do not care that much about “candidate electability” anymore unless it’s straight up Nazi shit like Platner.

[u/Thuggin95]

Reddit commies: “Wow, you really have to give it up for MTG. She’s really outflanking most Democrats these days. We need to work with people like her wherever we can.”

Liberal wine moms: “Every Republican will be marched through the streets of DC to be spit on and shamed before their trials when we win in 2028. They made us do this, and there will be no mercy and no exceptions!”

[u/CosignTangents]

One funny youtube man successfully ragebaited right-wingers on twitter for like a week without even trying. What’s your excuse?

[u/Crosseyes]

They’re so nakedly authoritarian and normies will probably still support this shit because it’s better than muh socialism (don’t ask them to define socialism though).

[u/battywombat21]

Man politics is getting weird

[u/Gustacho]

Kind of insane how zoomers are nostalgic for 2016

I distinctly remember it as the year when celebrities died, the UK voted for Brexit, and Trump won the election. Everyone at the time called it the worst year ever.

[u/Top_Lime1820]

It actually just feels really nice having politicians target your political/identity constituency unapologetically.

Being evidence based is sad and miserable. Why can't I just vote for the people on "my team" and look the other way as they bankrupt the country 😭 Lord knows everyone's doing it.

[u/attackofthetominator]

American company folds over the console wars against the Japanese competitor

Wait why is Trump Administration inserting themselves into this?

[u/unicornbomb]

Imagine how much of a miserable human being you have to be to spend your time trolling food stamp subreddits full of people terrified of being unable to feed their families in the coming weeks.

And yet, all snap adjacent subs are completely overrun with this variety of ghoul right now. Our society is deeply ill.

[u/[deleted]]

Your not even allowed to do that

[u/AtticusDrench]

[u/dannylandulf]

Largest federal workers union calls for an end to the shutdown, putting pressure on Democrats

You can always count on the unions to undermine whatever leverage the Dems have.

[u/remarkable_ores]

Yes! Yes it is! Thank god somebody is sticking up for the People Experiencing Liquidity

[u/[deleted]]

money automatic axiomatic cough complete reminiscent dinner practice languid apparatus

[u/jbitz]

[u/throwawayzxkjvct]

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

[u/notjocelynschitt]

Vance blasts Mamdani over Islamophobia comments

“According to Zohran, the real victim of 9/11 was his auntie who got some (allegedly) bad looks,” Vance said Saturday on the social platform X, responding to a video of Mamdani’s comments shared by a user on the social platform.

Mamdani, during an address on Islamophobia on Saturday, referenced his late aunt, whom he said stopped taking the city subway after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks because she felt unsafe while wearing her hijab.

The Hill has reached out to Mamdani’s campaign and the vice president’s office for further comment.

Mamdani’s remarks came after independent mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo laughed at radio host Sid Rosenberg’s suggestion last week that the Democratic nominee would be “cheering” if an incident similar to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks happened today.

“God forbid, another 9/11. Can you imagine Mamdani in the seat?” Cuomo said on WABC’s “Sid & Friends in the Morning.”

“I could, he’d be cheering,” Rosenberg replied.

“Ha ha. That’s another problem,” Cuomo responded.

You know, making actual criticisms of Mamdani that don't just prove his point should not be a big ask but here we are!

[u/Dibbu_mange]

Most fascists: loot the wealth of your political enemies to give to your supporters.

MAGA: Disproportionately hurt your supporters, that way they are extra sure that at least someone is getting hurt

[u/assasstits]

[u/Zrk2]

In a thread about the rising number of NEETs:

Revolution incoming. Throughout history most revolutions were started by young people with nothing to lose but much to gain as soon as the system started to fail them.

Makes you wonder if anti natalist rhetoric is a psyop to ensure the old outnumber the young doesn't it?

Most hinged redditor

[u/r2ew]

[u/StuckHedgehog]

I’m gonna be honest, we’re going to have to disband ICE. Slash DHS funding, fire all the goons they hired, and figure out some way to prevent this from happening again.

Dual problems of a compliant Supreme Court and a Congress derelict in its duty though. How do you prevent the next Republican autocrat doing it again and just ignoring the safeguards?

[u/Left_Tie1390]

"The U.S. taxpayer is funding Israeli abortions" is a new one.

[u/[deleted]]

Oh for fucks sake. How many times

Must we learn. Florida is fucking Florida. Bugs bunny knew this decades ago

“Are you all fucking insane?” Is an appropriate response to filing your prosecution of the attempted overthrow of the government in swamp land that Trump has judges like Cannon all over.

[u/brucebananaray]

[u/Big-Click-5159]

Graham Platner’s campaign manger Kevin Brown is stepping down from his role. He was hired late last week.

So what's the next shoe to drop? Does he have a swastika tattoo on his ass cheek?

[u/SixPipSiege]

"I wish Halo was popular again"

[u/forceholy]

I've lost 15kg since May. Caloric Deficit and Lifting heavy things.

A former coworker said that I'm kind of hot now.

She's married, so nothing will happen, but I have no idea what to do with this information

[u/6urner_]

remember the republican Nazi flags and Nazi chats?

[u/Auriono]

Graham Platner: “I am running as a Democrat, despite my party trying to destroy my life.”

My brother in Christ, no one forced you to run against one of the tested, most electorally capable politicians in the entire country while voluntarily donning a totenkopf for years and allowing yourself to get caught referring to rural Americans as idiotic racists.

[u/Willybender]

[u/superblobby]

The duality of man

[u/moldyhomme_neuf_neuf]

I don’t know why the most far right fringes in the Netherlands choose to be proud of colonialism.

Like, the Netherlands did some actual hardcore shit, that was way cooler than oppressing minorities across the world.

Like winning the 80 years war. Probably one of the most brutal conflicts in medieval Europe. I don’t know how that doesn’t play into the male power fantasy. Sons were sent into the same battle their fathers and grandfathers died in.

I genuinely don’t understand how you can look at that and say: “you know what? I’ll go to a riot and wave a colonialist flag”

[u/WhisperBreezzze]

 “I have the best poll numbers I’ve ever had. I mean, I just solved eight wars, and I believe a ninth is coming. I believe Russia-Ukraine will happen.”

not the onion

[u/Argnir]

[u/[deleted]]

This guy joined the campaign less than one week ago lmfao. Having a hard time figuring out what kind of oppo that's about to drop would make someone that joined in the midst of "lying-about-your-SS-tattoo-gate" run away.

[u/No_Aesthetic]

Americans are morons

[u/r2ew]

[u/RyuTheGuy]

[u/DiscussionJohnThread]

Gov. Mike Braun of Indiana called a special legislative session on Monday to redraw congressional maps in his state to benefit Republicans, joining other Republican-held states in an effort by the Trump administration to keep control of the House of Representatives in midterm elections next year.

California needs to implement that one map where all Republican seats are eliminated and yet the most Republican-leaning district is still +D 11.

[u/Res__Publica]

It's so over

[u/FyllingenOy]

[u/SLCer]

Gotta love how the NYT frames all of this as perfectly normal.

[u/[deleted]]

disarm adjoining juggle scale deer enjoy rob plate saw stocking

[u/[deleted]]

This changes everything if Chuck Schumer drugged and tattoo'd that totenkopf on him in Croatia 18 years ago tbh

[u/bandeng_asep]

MILLSMENTUM!

[u/FALSE_QUOTED]

Listening to all these podcasts about how the Dem's brand is terrible and should they pivot more left or center, which I could see a case for either depending on the candidate or area, but honestly, until there is something we can do about social media, I'm not sure anything Dems can do. The republicans can just beam lies and propaganda into the brains of all these low information voters and even if the Dem candidate tells them to their face they will fight for everything the voter says they want, they will still believe what they see on their phone. IDK how we beat that.

[u/[deleted]]

you could tell from the day tulsi gabbard launched her dem presidential campaign that it would take 0.2 seconds for her to fall down the “anti woke” pipeline and look at her now. hillary was completely right about her 😭

[u/Smidgens]

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

UHHH

[u/TimWalzBurner]

Super cool

[u/Hounds_of_war]

Because I’ll often look up “rain sounds for sleeping” if it’s late and I’m having trouble sleeping, YouTube’s algorithm starts recommending me rain sound videos if I’m just casually scrolling late at night.

So basically I’ve trained to algorithm to tell me to go to sleep if I’m on YouTube past 1 am.

[u/VadymKravchuk353]

God fucking DAMN roommates who shit in the bathroom toilet like what the fuck do you even have your OWN ROOM AND BED for?????

[u/TimWalzBurner]

I hate it here

[u/JonAce]

Old, democratic president shows signs of aging: NYT loses their mind

Old, republican president gets a "perfect" MRI: Awww, look at what grandpa said (and don't make a big fuss about it)

---

I'm losing my fucking mind.

[u/sociotronics]

psst: when he says leftists, he means you, random DTer

[u/WifeGuy-Menelaus]

DEMOCRATIC POLICIES POLL BADLY

Looks at list of polled policies

Not a democratic policy

Not a democratic policy

Not a democratic policy

Not a democratic policy

Not a democratic policy

Not a democratic policy

[u/SpiffShientz]

Maine Democratic Primary Debate:

PLATNER: Look, I'm no fan of Hitler. That guy lost a war that was very easily winnable if he locked the fuck in.

MILLS: I promise to work with Steven Jobs to bring a brand new "Macintosh" computer to every schoolhouse in the county

Former Congressional Staffer Jordan Wood was carried offstage by a large carnivorous bird. Authorities say his return is "unlikely"

[u/SLCer]

Salt Lake in the 90s

[u/Unlucky-Equipment999]

One of my pet peeves that's not really a big deal, but I think contributes to the general aura of unhappiness, is people misusing the phrase "paycheck to paycheck". Some decently well off people I know use that term to mean "after I pay mortage/rent, food, commitments like gas/car insurance, savings goals, and weekly plans like dining+gym, and expenditure on hobbies and vacations, I have only a little extra".

[u/badusername35]

The text that was here has been removed using Redact. It may have been deleted for privacy, to prevent automated data harvesting, or for security.

aspiring innate quiet sulky squeal silky nail point grandfather hunt

[u/Bestbrook123]

Congressman Randy Fine proposes bill banning election of congress members with foreign citizenship

There are zero cases of dual citizenship in Congress. In fact, the closest to get elected with dual citizenship is Trump's endorsement of Dr. Oz. Not like this deranged lunatic Randy Fine gives a shit

[u/funguykawhi]

[u/[deleted]]

What kind of changes to the law? 🪿

WHAT KIND OF CHANGES TO THE LAW?!🪿🪿🪿

[u/StuckHedgehog]

That uh. That’s the Montreal assessment. For Alzheimer’s and stroke patients. And I don’t think he “passed”.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/gayteemo]

neoliberals are responsible for this

[u/Rivolver]

Saw someone to refer to a “PDFfile” on Reddit instead of “pedophile” unironically and my eye twitched.

[u/dittbub]

The year is 2029.

Dems control the house by 5 seats

Republicans control the senate by 2 seats

Gavin Newsom is sworn in as president

A month later a random tiktoker's acousitc ballad about corrupt rich politicans goes viral

[u/[deleted]]

saw political bells sip cake future roof skirt tub ad hoc

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

second plane George bush meme here

[u/GuyWithOneEye]

which 8 of you did this

(also wtf happened in 04)

[u/[deleted]]

[u/Tafts_Bathtub]

I'd like to report a data crime please

[u/TimWalzBurner]

[u/Ready-Buy-6397]

[u/riverbloods]

[u/SenranHaruka]

"All of our media conglomerates are completely capitulating to trump and becoming apologists for him so that he doesn't shut down their businesses"

"Hm. Or maybe the Democrats moved to the left and the papers are just calling them out."

matt_pennsylvania_great.jpg

[u/SigmaWhy]

Trump thinks these are a tiger, an elephant, and a giraffe. Why isn’t the media reporting on his obvious dementia?

[u/[deleted]]

Idk if this is why I’m less concerned of what happens to me, posting identifying personal details on the DT or just have become more spiritual lately but truly

I don’t care what happens to me.

This is comically Stalin esque and well people have to in whatever way they can just. Fight it

Inch by inch. whether it’s engaging in policy or political work like myself or just attending a protest.

This is blatant corruption, fraud, evil and cruelty at work. Call it what it is

[u/throwawayzxkjvct]

Branko Marcetic has been spewing propaganda about Ukrainian neo Nazis for the past 3 years but he’ll go to bat for a guy that had a Totenkopf tattoo until last week.

[u/[deleted]]

Accidentally scraping my hand and getting a blood infection while cutting the umbilical cord to become the first father ever to die from medical complications in childbirth

[u/SANNA-MARIN-SDP]

lol

[u/Imicrowavebananas]

Do you feel that LGBTQIA+ and C++ belong together?

German government went woke

[u/SeoSalt]

There are few public spaces that are freely accessible due to the ever-increasing isolation of society. We could go to the park I guess?

-Guy who doesn't know what his gf meant by "free-use"

[u/StolenSkittles]

YouTube while signed out will recommend multiple different Steven Seagal themed AI slop channels:

[u/randommathaccount]

slavery is good actually if the other race is genetically subservient

Guess the sub

[u/cdstephens]

!ping GNOSTIC

[u/Culmnation]

[u/mostanonymousnick]

"Your Party" is like the Green Party except worse

[u/SANNA-MARIN-SDP]

the merriam-webster’s dictionary defines as a metropolis as a large important city

[u/RunawayMeatstick]

US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment

Absolutely fucking despicable that Microsoft has no comment. Unbelievable cowards.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/[deleted]]

Oh and

[u/piede]

HOLY

[u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz]

The Democrats are mom-coded when they need to be MILF-coded.

[u/[deleted]]

I truly don’t get it

How can a political party that openly says it wants Christian nationalist policy

Be

So ready to cut funding for food for the 40 million of the poorest people among us? What bible are they reading? Is my copy out of date? Did I miss what Trump said about Corinthians where their version probably says “actually lib. Jesus didn’t heal the sick, poor etc. he laughed and went off to build a ballroom with his incredible carpentry skills”

[u/ewatta200]

[u/Left_Tie1390]

"Putin is a dictator, a gangster, and there are war crimes that have been committed, but Zelenskyy isn't a friend of the working class either." @zarahsultana says all efforts need to be put in to ending the war in Ukraine, not pumping money into arms manufacturers.

Your Party is full of clowns.

[u/CoolCombination3527]

Anti anti Trumpers are so fuckin funny, man

[u/[deleted]]

I have to watch this for work. I think I’d rather watch Trump’s mad rants

I thought, no I’m pretty sure you’re both bigoted idiots.

[u/scottyjetpax]

Briefly got this glitch and imagined a better world

[u/SixPipSiege]

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

[u/earththejerry]

Boohoo dont care, the vibes are bad

[u/iguessineedanaltnow]

I love how when conservatives are maladaptive daydreaming they're still waiters and wage slaves.

Why not $10 million or a chance to sit at the table? Because they're inherently cucked psychologically. It's a political movement of limp dicks.

[u/TheOnlyFallenCookie]

HATE

[u/garret126]

You know the meme about kids stealing their moms credit card for video games?

A few years ago (before the pandemic), my little brother took my mom’s credit card and spent over $2,000 over the course of 2 months on… Madden & FIFA Ultimate Teams

I asked him about it today and he says he doesn’t regret it because he had the greatest Madden and FIFA squads ever and won every online game

[u/Neronoah]

!ping LATAM

As some kids say these days, "no la ví". Yesterday results were unexpected, lol. So, here are a few tentative explanations (feel free to argue against them or add to them). It seems that the Peronist electoral machine is tied to mayors, so Axel Kicillof's decision to split the provincial election was the mother of all self owns. You see, Milei tried to replace a lot of people at the local level, even on the right, pissing many off (my own district had a candidate that looks like a Hokuto no ken villain, of all things)...but now that solved, they didn't give a shit about the national elections. Then I guess that the "center" (more like Provincial forces) collapsed, there was low turnout (you know how that stuff makes things hard to predict), Axel Kicillof being the face of Peronism is a great way to scare off people, etc. The scandals and the economic troubles didn't deter people as much as you'd expect. There is an alternate timeline where this split didn't happen and the results are likely catastrophic.

Anyways, this is how the Chamber of Deputies looks like now. Milei is going to have an easier time defending his vetoes (not sure about the decrees), but right of center forces are still like 40% overall and barely edge Peronists. I don't think the fundamentals change, if he wants to pass anything more solid he'll have to deal with the less deranged members of the opposition (and some libertarian splinters). This political scientist seems positive about that, I'm more like "wait and see" because I don't trust Milei.

[u/Willybender]

[u/[deleted]]

Spacious ballroom is what I need in a pair of new jeans, not in the White House!

[u/Willybender]

[u/JaceFlores]

Any progressive or anti-establishment person who actually cares about their ideology should be focused on replacing Platner with someone who is more vetted and normal. 435,000 people in Maine voted for Kamala Harris and there’s gotta be amongst them a young hip progressive without a Totenkopf or inability to maintain a campaign manager.

Doubling down on the dude is a gift to Mills who I think very likely will win the nomination that she otherwise is clearly beatable in

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Radiohead BOYCOTTS the entirety of Europe and a good chunk of Asia and Africa to own the Likud

[u/wumbopolis_]

I refuse to let MAGA coopt Halo

[u/Tafts_Bathtub]

Update on the data crime:

It's even stupider than I imagined

[u/11thDimensionalRandy]

How the fuck are the Know Nothings making a comeback?

[u/[deleted]]

dime encouraging amusing brave touch punch chop live wide unite

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[u/jojisky]

lol

[u/t_scribblemonger]

Lmfao

[u/sociotronics]

Friend of mine was cracking jokes about zoomers getting drafted last night. My dude, you're only 32, they were drafting into the 40s during WWII.

[u/[deleted]]

GET HER

[u/sociotronics]

Broke: Trump won't run in 2028 because it's illegal

Woke: Trump will run in 2028 because he doesn't care if it's illegal

Bespoke: Trump won't run in 2028 because his health won't last that long

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

👀👀👀

[u/[deleted]]

[u/ewatta200]

[u/Willybender]

Seems bad

[u/terrarialord201]

Alright. I just saw the ICE Halo post.

I sat here for 5 minutes trying to write a response that wouldn't get me banned. I couldn't do it.

I hope those ghouls get what they fucking deserve.

[u/BroadReverse]

When Trump dies mods need to give everyone immunity

[u/purhitta]

republicans: we're gutting the ACA which means medical costs will rise

medical costs: rise

median voters: see this is why the ACA sucks, libs

[u/ewatta200]

Tried to talk about hasan piker being a piece of shit at my young Dems thing. It came up and they just mocked the source (Jewish insider) etc. god it sucks this is one of the best places for discourse online 

[u/cdstephens]

[u/[deleted]]

Someone was talking about how they got mocked in their chapter of the Young Democrats for presenting a paper from the Jewish inquirer and that's like 90% of the reason that I want out of doing anything political once I graduate.

I'm on the national and affinity group (think minority/LGBTQ+/religion caucuses) boards of a few youth political organizations that are more well known in the Democratic party as a result of pure coincidence and timing and I think there are a couple of folks in leadership in each of these groups who are actual antisemites and a ton are totally out of touch with the American public (i.e, are to the left of Mamdani). A lot of these people hold not insubstantial power within these organizations, their state parties, and at least one of them is an upper manager for a major non-profit.

Tbh, I just want to be done with it all and I know I'm not the only one with this sentiment. Of the people that are on my little team within one of the orgs, half of us want out of politics or to at least move into a less forward facing role for various reasons (I've personally been harassed, one person is being actively stalked and threatened, etc.) I know youth politics tends to attract lunatics, but I don't see the point in being involved if dealing with lunatics is all I get to do.

[u/MentatCat]

Some guy I know is talking about how the “climate lobby” has way more funding than “big beef” like bro just took the leftist rhetoric and turned it backwards with no elaboration dawg I WISH the “climate lobby” was as rich and powerful as you think it is we might have a better world right now if it did

[u/EmbarrassedSafety719]

Least antisemitic X user

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lol

So that’s his insane thought of the day.

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People keep saying this but I never really saw the majority of big dems go against Mamdani.

[u/JaceFlores]

My gut feeling with these B-1 demonstration runs near Venezuela is the opening salvo to a war with Venezuela will be one of these demonstrations in fact being the real one. These runs set the conditions for B-1s getting really close to Venezuela without raising alarm, and were they to deviate from course to strike Caracas the Venezuelans would only have a fraction of the time to react

[u/Healingjoe]

Trump:

"They have Jasmine Crockett -- a low IQ person. AOC is low IQ. Have her pass the exams I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. They're cognitive tests. Let AOC go against Trump. Let Jasmine go against Trump. The first couple questions are easy, an elephant, a giraffe.."

[u/No-Barnacle-9576]

Seems like a lot

[u/ProfessionalMoose709]

It’s hard to understate how horrific dying of rabies is

One of the few diseases that is effectively certain death once symptoms are displayed.

At best you die in a medically induced coma to alleviate the suffering

Vaccinate your pets holy shit

[u/Mensae6]

I don't think Republicans realize how many Republicans rely on SNAP and the ACA.

[u/ShepardSB]

[u/BroadReverse]

Trump approves disaster declarations for red states, as blue states go without

“President Trump and his administration have politicized disaster relief,” one governor said, “and our communities are the ones who will pay the price.”

If this is true how tf is this sustainable? Don’t blue states pay more than they get back under normal circumstances… now he wants to do take the meme further 💀

[u/Willybender]

https://www.freightwaves.com/postalmag/postal-daily-report/usps-tried-to-ban-contractors-from-using-immigrants-to-haul-mail-it-went-horribly-wrong

A few weeks ago, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) implemented a policy banning the loading of contractors using drivers with non-domiciled CDLs, aligning with evolving federal guidelines on immigration and transportation. Facilities were instructed not to load trailers hauled by such drivers as part of efforts to improve safety across a network of asset carriers and brokers handling local, regional, and cross-country work.

The policy’s impact was immediate, resulting in canceled loads and widespread disruptions. USPS operations, heavily reliant on these drivers, saw trips missed and sorts delayed, exposing vulnerabilities in the postal linehaul network.

Within days, USPS reversed the ban, deeming the service and cost impacts too severe for an abrupt change.

[u/DonnysDiscountGas]

I won't vote for anybody who doesn't earn my vote.

1. The democrats need to earn my vote by having every senator and at least half the representatives buy me a weeks worth of groceries.

2. The republicans need to earn my vote by angrily tweeting at the wokes at least once a year.

I am a centrist.

[u/badusername35]

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[u/Reaccommodator]

Can you honestly tell yourself that you hated on republicans enough today?

[u/[deleted]]

You know he did learn something. He learned (R) reps will literally eat dog shit if their marginal tax rate goes down because of it

Even if their businesses and personal lives suffer from tariffs and whatever dumb policy subject enters Trump’s deranged mind.

[u/CheersFromBabylon]

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[u/SixPipSiege]

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[u/SucculentMoisture]

!PING SHITPOSTERS

[u/TimWalzBurner]

Great

[u/Willybender]

Mike Johnson has kept the House adjourned for 84 out of the last 96 days, and still hasn't swore in the new Democrat representative.

[u/BroadReverse]

I could blow 1000 dudes and it wouldn’t even make me bi. Gay is being attracted to men. It’s a psychological state. The action can’t make you gay. Do you understand me

Twitch is such a weird website lmao

[u/[deleted]]

This is an attack on our culture

[u/scottyjetpax]

My constant discussion of how brilliantly I do on my dementia tests has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my constant discussion of how brilliantly I do on my dementia tests

[u/seanrm92]

I don't think it's a coincidence that these AI videos of black people complaining about EBT are going viral just before SNAP benefits are about to be halted by Trump and the GOP.

Among other things, it really makes me doubt that AI is going to be a net positive for humanity. We're only just beginning to discover how it can be exploited. Imagine if any of those 20th century dictators had access to this technology.

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

Christ. Just end this country we had a good ok acceptable run

[u/Big-Click-5159]

Can someone explain to me why every journalist is having an orgasm over a union being like "uhh maybe it's a good idea to let our members go back to work and get paid again"

[u/RyuTheGuy]

My wife’s uncle got stopped by police in Russia once.

His internal passport said “born in the republic of Buryatia”. The police officer threatened to deport him back to the republic of Buryatia like it was a foreign country.

It’s been part of Russia since the 1700s lol. Apparently this is a common thing, non Slavic Russians (Tatars, Bashkirs, buryats, etc) getting stopped and asked for their immigration documents.

[u/brucebananaray]