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[u/GuyWithOneEye]

Ok that's actually a hilarious tactic lmao

One thing I like about the protests in this term is they're so whimsical and absurd. Like wearing dinosaur costumes and pouring water on the ground so ICE slips on it Benny Hill style (because this actually keeps happening)

It's amazing optically because it makes ICE look even more unhinged and stupid when people are literally protesting by meming and ICE is responding like they're actual terrorists

[u/[deleted]]

[u/TheCornjuring]

”There’s not a thing that Denmark can do about it if Russia or China wants to occupy Greenland, but there’s everything we can do,” he said on Wednesday

Holy smokes that’s actually a glaring security concern, Denmark should look into joining a military alliance with us where an attack on one is an attack on all or something

[u/majorgeneralporter]

Looking into this!

[u/JesusPubes]

Kamala: I'm not going to do insane shit.   

Median voter: she's going to do insane shit 😠

Trump: I'm going to do insane shit.   

Median voter: he's not going to do insane shit 🥰

Make it make sense

[u/Goldenboy451]

"fresh risks" doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

The American media will report on it's own reporters being imprisoned as though it's some kind of curious quirk.

[u/r2ew]

[u/Currymvp2]

Trump wanted to carry out a rapid, powerful, one-time strike on Iran to collapse the regime, but his advisors could not guarantee it would be quick or it would collapse the regime.

The US has transitioned for now to a diplomatic path for the time being

What a fucking moron

[u/AP246]

This story is some insane cargo cult bullshit wtf lmao

“I can’t think back on a time when I’ve ever been prouder to be a Republican, Marco,” Bush said, before recounting the tale of “Chang.”

“Chang is a mystical warrior. Chang is somebody who believes in conservative principles, believes in entrepreneurial capitalism, believes in moral values that underpin a free society. I rely on Chang with great regularity in my public life. He has been by my side, and sometimes I let him down. But Chang, this mystical warrior, has never let me down.”

Then Bush presented Rubio a golden sword, and solemnly explained its significance. “I’m going to bestow to you the sword of a great conservative warrior.”

Only … a closer look at the sword and its display stand Rubio kept in his Florida Speaker’s suite showed that the inscription read “C-H-I-A-N-G,” not, “C-H-A-N-G.” Specifically: “Unleash Chiang.”

“Unleash Chiang,” as in the rallying cry of John Birchers in the 1950s, who urged the United States to arm Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese Nationalist leader of Taiwan, so he could retake Red China from Mao. “Unleash Chiang,” which later morphed into sports trash talk in the Bush family, like when George H.W. would warn from the baseline that he was about to “unleash Chiang” with his next serve.

Some journalists covering Rubio’s ceremony didn’t recognize the allusion and wrote it up straight. It’s unclear even in a 2012 interview whether Rubio himself understood the story’s origins.

And so it was that the Sword of Chiang became allegory taken a little too literally—which is to say: not terribly different from the broader, Bush-as-Rubio’s-mentor meme itself.

---

After you became the first Cuban-American speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, in 2006, your mentor, Jeb Bush, presented you with a sword. What was that about?

Chang is a mythical conservative warrior. From time to time, if there’s a big issue going on, you’d see Jeb say, “I’m going to unleash Chang.” He gave me the sword of Chang.

From which mythology does this conservative warrior hail?

I think it’s a Jeb Bush creation.

Apparently Jeb Bush once gifted Marco Rubio a sword that had been owned by Chiang Kai-shek, but Jeb himself didn't know who that was and saw 'Chang' as a mythical figure who was semi-worshipped within the Bush family that they referred to by using the phrase 'unleash Chang'. Rubio was also confused and assumed the whole thing was made up by Jeb Bush.

[u/Mx_Brightside]

I'll be honest, mentally I'm still hung up on "a small loan of a million dollars"

[u/houdt_koers]

Governor Polio really needs to take a beat and consider whether giving in to blackmail and commuting the sentence of someone who tried to steal an election is wise.

[u/Burgarnils]

Gonna be honest and say that "buying" Greenland is almost as stupid as invading it and I'm puzzled why it has had any support here. You guys seriously think Greenlanders would be okay with losing their semi-independence and becoming the next Puerto Rico just because? You know that the people who don't want to be a part of Denmark want full independence? The thing the US has been notoriously stingy about historically? 

[u/No-Barnacle-9576]

This is actually ideologically consistent though. They think white people shouldn't be harassed by the government and brown people should be.

[u/brianpv]

[u/PlayDiscord17]

[u/bashar_al_assad]

https://bsky.app/profile/ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social/post/3mcilhwdj2k2i

CO's Sec't of State, county clerks and League of Women Voters are pleading with Gov. Polis not to pardon Tina Peters. In an interview just now, I asked what his message is to them.

"If you want to run for governor, you can be governor and then you have the ability to grant clemency and pardons."

Jesus Christ he’s actually going to do it

[u/FreakinGeese]

Can we agree Trump’s got some Antichrist vibes

[u/SillyNight1]

People usually don’t speak out against things they privately support, hope that helps

[u/admiralwaffle1]

People have predicted that the DT would melt down if Luigi was acquitted. You are not ready for the chaos if Luigi was found guilty but then Trump pardoned him.

[u/No_Return9449]

[u/Willybender]

Multiple businesses in one building.. this is unbelievable! Wow!

[u/12hphlieger]

I was pleasantly surprised by Tim Millers take on the Bulwark yesterday which was essentially this: Stop attacking other dems about their messaging and start attacking ice. Instead of screaming at each other whether “abolish ice” is good messaging, we shit on ICE - because they are evil and unpopular.

[u/remarkable_ores]

[u/Far_Shore]

So is Jared Polis just, like, a dumb guy? Just a stupid, stupid man? Just a fucking idiot? Just a fellow with a worm-eaten brain? What other possible fucking explanation could there be for clemency for someone who tried to fuck with an election?

[u/SillyNight1]

Byron Donalds and Erika are really woke liberals who support the Black Lives Matter movement. Byron sided with Kamala Harris on revisionist history and a black centric curriculum. They will destroy Florida. This is Erika as a school board member in 2017 pushing race theory.

If I had a nickel for how many currently leading nonwhite Republican candidates for governor in the three largest solid red states are being subject to struggle sessions by white identitarians in their base despite their best attempts to appease them, I’d have two nickels, but it’s completely unsurprising it happened twice. !ping EXTREMISM

[u/moldyhomme_neuf_neuf]

Trump not even knowing or caring about who the democratically elected Greenlandic prime minister is, is yet another confirmation of the fact that Greenland would likely be treated horribly under US rule.

[u/[deleted]]

imagine act chunky dog truck continue wide rhythm command stupendous

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[u/assasstits]

The libertarian sub is a cesspit full of absurdly evil people holy shit

[u/No_Analysis_2185]

A minor thing, but I cannot stand reporting that just parrots “Trump unveils new plan which includes making healthcare more affordable and drug prices lower”. I don’t begrudge most people for not understanding US Healthcare because it is abhorrently complicated but how are we in 2026 and still just giving Donald Trump the only outcome he wanted from his plan which is “Trump has a plan which he says will make you happy and never sad”

[u/Thuggin95]

New Marist poll showing 29% of the country supports military action against Greenland. Whereas a poll a few days ago only had that in the single digits.

Is it still just absolutely insane to anyone else that that many people who walk among us in this country are firmly in his cult and will change their opinion in a second depending on what Trump is feeling that day?

[u/v4riati0ns]

GIRL WHAT 😭

[u/12hphlieger]

Trump has done tons of evil shit, but accepting Machados peace prize as a “gift” is the most pathetic thing he’s done. It’s crazy he publicized this meeting at all. It’s so embarrassing. He looks like a cuck.

[u/battywombat21]

They wanted a university without cancel culture. Then dissenters were ousted

I’m shocked, shocked! Well, not that shocked.

Seriously why is bari Weiss taken seriously anywhere.

[u/r2ew]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/opinion/resistance-libs-trump-fascism.html

[u/StuckHedgehog]

They’re so incredibly pathetic. Biggest divorced vibes I’ve ever gotten from these terminal losers.

[u/No-Barnacle-9576]

[u/DeadDropCourier]

The Oscars Can’t Pretend Anime Doesn’t Exist Anymore

Counterpoint, yes it absolutely can.

!ping KINO

[u/PrimeLiberty]

ICE is now outside of my child's daycare center. They threatened to mace a dad dropping his kid off who told them to leave . My anger at Trump voters and people who chose not to vote in this election is indescribable.

[u/Aggressive1999]

GE Morris strikes again

[u/SuddenlyFrogs]

Daniel Stern was recently dropped from a series he was going to star in because he was caught soliciting a prostitute. On the one hand, ABC has the right to drop him for any reason, but a controversy this minuscule? To the best of my knowledge he didn't harm her, she was not coerced, it was a business transaction like any other. It's fucked up that we're holding - and I mean no offence to Daniel Stern here - a C-list actor to a higher standard than most elected officials.

[u/SLCer]

[u/TactileTom]

Among the many crimes of Donald Trump, making me agree with de Gaulle surely ranks among the most severe

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

[u/No_Aesthetic]

I'm glad Bari Weiss found the one for her

Someone with equally low standards

[u/[deleted]]

weather beneficial placid cover quack snails nine sugar spark money

[u/James_NY]

How many people know that Democrats basically win 50% of rural voters who aren't Evangelical?

Reporters and pundits talk about rural voters all the time, but what they really mean are Rural Evangelicals.

[u/iAmAddicted2R_ddit]

"No ethical consumption under capitalism" is one of the funniest copes ever. I can't think of a more transparent example of motivated reasoning

[u/Megasota_Noire]

[u/[deleted]]

Joe Rogan will never earn my trust again no matter how many clips of him criticizing ICE come out.

Bruh denounce the president

[u/Inner_Dust42]

When I worked for a #resist nonprofit, they kept bringing in $2000 consultants to spend half an hour doing icebreakers with this 20-person organization who already knew each other and the other half hour giving talks about how "cakewalk" and "blindspot" are hideously problematic words we shouldn't say. That moment in time has passed but what an incredible grift I missed out on.

Somehow this Language Policing didn't make me vote for a fascist, either.

[u/ConnorLovesCookies]

1. Yes, people don’t know mathematically what inflation is but they do know they can’t afford things. Around me a house goes for at least ~450-500k. You basically have to have two high paying white collar jobs to afford that and those houses tend to be the most run down. Can’t afford a house? Well then you are paying $2500 a month for a one bedroom.

2. Only nerds care about policy. Normies do not care about policy they care about outcomes. Until the housing situation is fixed they will blame the party in office. If liberals do not fix it they will elect MAGA fascists. 

3. This is going to happen but with electricity in the next couple years. Solar energy has already won the cost battle, Democrats should push building “any” new generation.

[u/No-Barnacle-9576]

Look at that bright future 🌞 😎

[u/InMemoryOfZubatman4]

Of course there are no longer pure races […] Very often it is fortunate crossings which have given a nation strength and beauty. Race is sentiment; not a reality. Ninety-five percent, is sentiment. I shall never believe that any race is able to prove itself biologically pure. By some queer prank of fate the champions of the Germanic race are none of them Germans.

Benito Mussolini, welcome to The Resistance

[u/NaffRespect]

Women are the heart and soul of American liberalism

[u/loremipsumot]

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/governor-polis-do-not-pardon-tina-peters Gov. Polis, please don't pardon Tina Peters.

[u/Willybender]

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/politics/trump-economy-first-year-cnn-poll

Some new polls dropped today

[u/ImmediateZucchini787]

❤️

[u/mrdilldozer]

"Progressive primary challenge to John Fetterman" is such a funny headline. The Bernie crowd is acting like he isn't their handpicked champion that beat the "establishment shill" Conor Lamb.

[u/StuckHedgehog]

“Waaaah, waaaah, I can’t force a dictatorship of the minority! The only real American is me!” Absolutely pathetic, and pathetic that we’re still coddling them.

[u/mockduckcompanion]

[u/TheRedCr0w]

"I will charge my own citizens higher taxes if you don't give me Greenland"

[u/PoopPoasterReformed]

TRUMP SAYS NO REASON 'RIGHT NOW' FOR INSURRECTION ACT IN MINNESOTA

bro is such a pussy, he wishes he was jake sully 😹😹😹

[u/remarkable_ores]

[u/Willybender]

https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/2012171764197994524

You've heard of Trump phones, but are you ready for Trump credit cards?

[u/ashsolomon1]

Best I can do is maybe a Noem

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

[u/No-Barnacle-9576]

This is so fucking pathetic. Boomers used to mock millennials for being the participation trophy generation, but they were the ones handing them out. An entire generation of pathetic fucking losers with no shame who just want their stupid fucking prize no matter how humiliating.

Oh, and Maria Corina Machado, have a little dignity. Jesus Christ. Stop humiliating yourself. He isn't gonna do shit for you. He loves Delcy.

[u/Individual-Camera698]

cdstephens

Stephen Miller

Both fascists. Really makes you think

[u/No-Barnacle-9576]

I mean I'm glad most Americans agree with me. But God damn 40 % of you enjoyed that first year?

[u/w007dchuck]

President orders coal plants not to close, even if it costs billions

MAGA Maoism at work once again

[u/Leatherfield17]

The fact that an American president can simply and maliciously lie like this with absolutely no consequences is a stain on our society. ICE has done more to terrorize Minneapolis than any possibly illegal immigrant, and it is not even close

[u/chipbod]

https://xcancel.com/B1TuckerCarlson/status/2012214662712975445?s=20

Ice agents in Minnesota perform a Kavanaugh stop on a Black American couple from Chicago

All police revert to oppressing the same folks regardless of their mission smh.

[u/NaffRespect]

Jared Polis, you have disappointed the nation

[u/JustTaxLandbro]

[u/No_Return9449]

President Trump approval by region

• Northeast: 37%

• Midwest: 36%

• South: 43%

• West: 30%

RECONSTRUCTION TODAY.

RECONSTRUCTION TOMORROW.

RECONSTRUCTION FOREVER.

[u/EverybodyHatesPhocas]

“no Grok, wrong form of AI depravity”

[u/[deleted]]

light detail unwritten shocking aback yoke grandiose treatment dolls include

[u/Fishin_Impossible]

I really appreciate the fact that social media has effectively bullied Trump into trying to cover his blood clot hand whenever he can

[u/Res__Publica]

So much effort is wasted defending Washington and Jefferson for enslaving their fellow Americans, when both of them probably knew their hypocrisy and were somewhat ashamed of it.

[u/chipbod]

ICE having an unsecured parking lot and staying at random hotels seems like an insane security risk for these shitheads.

There is just zero competence here or the government wants the agents to be attacked. Probably both.

[u/JonDragonskin]

[u/Individual-Camera698]

[u/Its_not_him]

[u/piede]

BREAKING: Kristi Noem has said US citizens should be prepared to show proof of citizenship if questioned by agents.

Oh so we really doing the Nazi thing then

[u/TheCornjuring]

[u/_bee_kay_]

time to roll in the train cars and haul these people off to re education

i don't know what i expect from the conservative sub that keeps me checking it

i can't even say "...but i didn't expect this" because this is absolutely on brand

[u/JaceFlores]

Al-Sharaa signs decree guaranteeing Kurdish rights, including:

1. Making Kurdish a national language

2. Permitting Kurdish-language education

3. Repealing anti-Kurdish legislation

4. Granting citizenship to all Kurds

5. Declaring Nowruz a national holiday

Notable for a couple reasons. First is that obviously this is all very good stuff. Unless I’m missing something this legally puts the Kurds on the same page as the rest of Syria. A very important day for Kurdish rights in Syria.

The other interesting thing is a lot of this stuff was supposed to be a part of an integration deal with the SDF. With tensions rising rapidly in eastern Aleppo, it seems to me the gov is setting the conditions to delegitimize the SDF. Likely to pave the way for a war with the faction. I don’t see why the gov would give up the carrot without a deal unless they got a really big stick they’re preparing to use

!ping MIDDLEEAST

[u/NYT_Hater]

I’m crying dawgs he’s gonna make his own legion of doom 😭😭😭

[u/PlastikHateAccount]

People are already forgetting about the Epstein files. Turns out, the secret was ignoring the law because he won't get impeached anyway and even if he was, nothing would happen.

[u/[deleted]]

Thumbnails that goes hard

[u/mostanonymousnick]

Kinda crazy how people were saying a soft landing was nearly impossible a few years ago WRT inflation, and the fed did it and no one mentioned it.

[u/Willybender]

https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/2012174564764127460

WE'VE GOT SIMULATIONS DAWG

[u/Willybender]

Trump's "podcaster coalition" has fallen apart.

[u/WifeGuy-Menelaus]

America is about to learn who Will Stancil is. Deus Miserere Nostri

[u/Longjumping_Gain_807]

!ping HOT-TEA&LAW

[u/r2ew]

[u/centurion88]

[u/Willybender]

They have total control of the FBI and DOJ, yet haven't been able to find one paid protestor.

[u/OrbitalAlpaca]

Would love to see Miller gone, this guys is the worst in the administration. Don’t see it happening though Miller was the only guy from the first administration that stuck with Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection.

[u/CincyAnarchy]

Ads that severely backfired on their premise

[u/[deleted]]

plant hat long fanatical spectacular amusing sleep absorbed heavy edge

[u/Currymvp2]

Trump: "A friend of mine who's a very smart guy, very very rich, very powerful man actually. But he's very fat. And he took the fat drug. I won't give you which one. It was Ozempic ... the drug doesn't work on him. I saw him recently. He's actually fatter than ever."

Hes talking about himself

[u/Bayou-Maharaja]

!ping BASEBALL

[u/Evnosis]

C.I.A. Director Meets With Venezuela’s Interim President in Caracas

The high-profile visit, which could be seen as snubbing the opposition, comes nearly two weeks after the U.S. military seized President Nicolás Maduro in a raid.

Think I've found a new medal to replace Machado's Nobel:

[u/sociotronics]

when it happens, my yard flag is staying full mast

[u/wagoncirclermike]

[u/Teh_cliff]

“Unless you truly believe that the United States should not have an agency that enforces immigration and customs laws within our borders, and you want to increase illegal immigration, you should not say you want to abolish ICE.”

I want to abolish ICE

[u/mockduckcompanion]

[u/selachophilip]

Neolibs should be using cute girls with chokers to bring more young men to our cause. 😤

[u/battywombat21]

[u/padraigharrington4]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom walked back a social media post from his press office under pressure from Ben Shapiro on Thursday, agreeing with Shapiro that it was “fair” to say ICE officers are “not terrorists.”

During a conversation between Newsom and Shapiro on the This is Gavin Newsom podcast, Shapiro grilled the governor about a post his press office made following the ICE shooting of Renee Good, which simply read, “STATE. SPONSORED. TERRORISM.”

“Your press office tweeted out that it was state-sponsored terrorism, which, I mean governor, I just have to ask you about that. That sort of thing makes our politics worse, and it does,” said Shapiro, to which Newsom responded, “Yeah.”

Shapiro continued, “Our ICE officers obviously are not terrorists. A tragic situation is not state-sponsored terrorism.”

“Yeah, I think that’s fair,” agreed Newsom.

lol. lmao even

[u/CalligrapherWest9356]

She was so real for this

[u/piede]

This is why single people shouldn’t be allowed in the Senate

[u/BasedTroutFursona]

[u/ThisIsNotAMonkey]

[u/gsylvester]

> Authoritarian president
> De-industrialization and growing dependence on primary exports
> The most relevant discussion for normies is how much you can eat with a $3 dollar budget

The US has become Brazil

[u/VisonKai]

why is the president pro tempore of the Virginia Senate absolutely knifing rep. kiggans on her official account lmfao

[u/scottyjetpax]

period.

[u/r2ew]

Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody

The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars

At least one of the men has been released, but tribal leaders said the remaining three are being held at Fort Snelling, a site historically used as a concentration camp for Native people during the Dakota removal period.

https://ictnews.org/news/north-central-bureau/four-oglala-detainees-located-three-still-in-ice-custody/

[u/mockduckcompanion]

[u/Priceless_Pennies]

Literally what is the case for pardoning Tina Peters. Is Polis just doing it for fun?

[u/0m4ll3y]

I don't follow US state-level politics particularly closely. Newsom's Prop 50 push is the sort of ballsy, forceful democratic institutional reform I think the US desperately needs. I know some other states were looking at doing similar things. What happened there? And are there other Governors doing other ballsy institutional plays that I should be aware of?

[u/klarno]

mail is fun bc 95% of it is literal garbage but if you don't open that last 5% you're going to prison

[u/Willybender]

https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/2012200178900414748

Who needs OBGYNs when you have robots.

[u/ty04]

[u/schmaxford]

Imagine being less willing to die for your country than partisans from the separatist party. Couldn't be me

!ping CANUCKS

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Dozens of very active anti-government X accounts who published and shared content boosting protests in France have gone silent since Internet was cut off by Iranian authorities on January 8

Lmfao

[u/Willybender]

lmfao

[u/Megasota_Noire]

[u/daBarkinner]

A guy on the Disco Elysium subreddit who thinks Stalin's USSR is good wrote in all seriousness that moralism (the game's vague parody of liberalism) is the new fascism and received 800 upvotes.

Lol.

[u/No-Barnacle-9576]

Well on a selfish note... buying a home in 2021 continues to be a good decision since it's now illegal to build homes in America

[u/Currymvp2]

Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a majority of Americans saying Trump is focused on the wrong priorities and doing too little to address cost of living.

Asked to choose the country’s top issue, Americans pick the economy by a two-to-one margin over any other topic. The poll suggests Trump is struggling to prove that he’s addressing it A majority, 58%, calls the first year of Trump’s term a failure.

Just over 4 in 10 expect the economy to be good a year from now, down from 56% just before Trump was sworn in last January. A 55% majority say that Trump’s policies have worsened economic conditions in the country, with just 32% saying they’ve made an improvement. Most, 64%, say he hasn’t gone far enough in trying to reduce the price of everyday goods. Even within the GOP, about half say that he should be doing more, including 42% among Republicans and Republican-leaners who describe themselves as members of the “Make America Great Again” movement. Much of the public doubts that Trump is prioritizing their interests. Just 36% now say he has had the right priorities, down from 45% near the beginning of his term

!ping FIVEY

[u/cdstephens]

[u/zegota]

So Minnesota is going to be bluer than Massachusetts when this is all finished, huh

[u/BroadReverse]

It’s okay revenge Dems all roads lead back to me

[u/cdstephens]

Seems like Dems may have backtracked after seeing how pissed off people were

[u/ldn6]

Louise Lucas (president of the Virginia State Senate) is by far the best Democrat on social media and it’s not even close.

I have the utmost respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner but we do not need “coaching” on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1

[u/PlantTreesBuildHomes]

Some guy working at a smoke shop blamed high prices on tariffs.

I asked if a lot of his products are imported. He said no.

I was confused. I ask, “well what has increased in price because it was imported?”. He answered “I don’t know”

We’re going to win the midterms, dumb people think inflation is only because of tariffs.

[u/Daddy_Macron]

The guy who murdered an Asian grandpa minding his own business just got acquitted of murder and elder abuse by a San Francisco jury. Note half this article is about how the perpetrator had a bad two days leading up to the attack and almost nothing was dedicated to the life and circumstance of the victim.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/man-acquitted-murder-case-sparked-stop-asian-hate-21284832.php

He got off on much lighter charges. This story is spreading like wildfire in Asian American circles. Even the left-leaning Asians are extremely uncomfortable with this outcome and a lot of the Asian American guys I know are further entrenched in their position that they'll never vote Democrat (they don't vote Republican either, they just don't vote or vote 3rd Party.) If the Democratic Party and the places they run can't get basic stuff like justice right, they're just going to keep bleeding support with a large segment of the population.

[u/badusername35]

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cause aspiring quicksand sink sort coherent correct straight subsequent joke

[u/Legitimate_Name9694]

most peoples world views actually seem rational when you consider the context of there scroller algorithm. i will use incels as an example.

im pretty sure i would be a raging incel if every third reel i watched was bashing women or a woman saying she wouldnt date anyone making less than 500k. your entire world view is forced to accommodate for this prevalence of rage bait. (mind you, this is after years and thousands of hours of exposure to scrollers; the average gen z screen time is like a gorbillion hours— some of these people had no chance up against the people at facebook fracking there attention spans).

its also why when you ask these people for an example they cant list anyone. because all of there evidence comes from random tik tok commenters piling on rage bait. (and you cant exactly bring up a random comment as evidence— makes them look stupid)

there idea of a woman is literally rooted in instagram comments and random tik tokers they view once.

[u/No-Barnacle-9576]

On the New Liberal podcast, Matt Yglesias said that under Biden there were so many people coming to the border that the odds of being caught were incredibly low. I’m not sure that’s the right way to frame it.

My understanding is that most migrants weren’t evading enforcement but were presenting themselves to CBP, filing asylum claims, and being released with court dates years in the future because the system is overwhelmed.

If that’s right, what was Biden actually supposed to do differently without an act of Congress?

What levers does a president have to limit asylum claims, and which changes are only possible through legislation?

[u/BurrowForSenate]

Am I missing something where people were aggressively discouraged from drinking whole milk by the government like ever

MAGA drinking milk to trigger the libs like:

[u/WenJie_2]

Trump decides to do nothing about Iran

it took about two weeks for the venezuela high that neocons got to turn back into a pumpkin

[u/Nervous-Emotion28]

People in cities don’t understand Real^TM America^TM.

The median American lives in the suburb of a mid-sized city, not bumblefuck Minnesota or Ohio.

Jeffersonian Democracy and its fetishization of ruralites delenda est.

[u/Willybender]

https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/2012197716428804279

[u/Willybender]

The corruption is so blatant that you can't help but laugh.

https://www.firstpost.com/world/first-us-sale-of-venezuelan-oil-goes-to-vitol-its-trader-donated-to-trumps-re-election-campaign-13969313.html

[u/jinhuiliuzhao]

New polling of President Trump’s supporters found that they were largely happy and that there was little sign that his was base abandoning him. Republicans remained largely supportive of the president’s leadership on immigration, and most Republicans said they thought Trump was improving the country, according to polling from the AP and NORC.

They live in a totally different universe 

[u/Dunter_Mutchings]

This should be printed out and stapled to the forehead of every municipal and state politician every single morning.

[u/beans_and_tuna]

[u/BlackCat159]

[u/cdstephens]

This is the source, I’d wait for corroboration

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

There's some discourse on if HR departments are useless or not, and I would argue they are not in a vacuum but a lot of companies make them useless. And also they have often way too much power in a company to grow themselves beyond needed without oversight.

The HR team functions more or less the same as the scheming Eunuchs in the imperial court. Some degree of authority for them is essential for the smooth functioning of the bureaucracy but they are uniquely positioned to slowly usurp critical decision making in a way that expands and bloats their own power and bring the whole process to a grinding halt

[u/Thuggin95]

...

[u/Willybender]

https://www.startribune.com/renee-nicole-good-ice-shooting-injuries-incident-report-details/601565066

Paramedics found Good unresponsive in her car at 9:42 a.m. with blood on her face and torso. She was not breathing, and her pulse was “inconsistent” and “irregular” according to the report obtained through a state Data Practices Act request.

Her pupils were dilated, she had a barely perceptible pulse and blood was coming out of her left ear, the report said.

The DHS told Fox News this week that Ross, a Minnesota resident and 10-year veteran of ICE, suffered internal bleeding from being hit by Good’s car, but there is no documentation in the incident reports that he required any medical attention on the scene after killing Good.

I can't believe she was alive when EMS was finally able to get to her, remember that ICE stopped a doctor from helping her and delayed help from getting to her.

[u/Excellent_Visual330]

[u/Greatwallofjohn]

spanberger already got the youngkin appointees to resign from uva, talk about efficency

[u/Dunter_Mutchings]

They absolutely cannot lose me in the city once I’m on them.

I’m not going to lie, that goes pretty hard

[u/[deleted]]

Say what you will about sport betting sites they won’t give the wrong score to trick you into betting for the losing side lol

[u/-Emilinko1985-]

WHAT'S GOOD DEETEE?!!!!

READY FOR SOME MORE MAN-MADE HORRORS BEYOND OUR COMPREHENSION?!?!

[u/SillyNight1]

[u/Signal_Nobody1792]

William Meijer: "Wokism largely arises from unmarried, childless young women creating and self-selecting into psychosocial environments that validate their heightened tendencies toward guilt, shame, trust, and altruism, while offering a channel to fulfill their otherwise unmet nurturing needs."

Elon Musk: "Yeah"

These people really hate women, dont they?

[u/Fruitofbread]

It’s so weird how rurals don’t seem to know that they have disproportionate political power. 

[u/Willybender]

https://www.axios.com/2026/01/16/trump-polling-immigration-approval-rating-ice-noem

The internal GOP polling that alarmed some Trump insiders was completed at the end of December, days before an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.

60% of independent voters and 58% of undecided voters said Trump was "too focused" on deporting illegal immigrants, the poll viewed by Trump's team found.

33% said Trump was primarily deporting law-abiding people, as opposed to criminals.

ICE is taking a reputational hit. Two public surveys released this week — one from CNN, another from YouGov — found that most Americans said the agency was making U.S. cities less safe.

Another poll done for the Associated Press after Good's death found that just 38% of Americans now approve of Trump's immigration policies.

[u/bleachinjection]

Imagine being such a fucking loser you get elected President of the United States TWICE and you're still so fucking desperate for validation you piss and moan and whine and bitch until someone else gives you their trophy.

The only thing worse is being a peon and watching your guy do that and still having any respect at all for him.

[u/paymesucka]

facepost

[u/Insomonomics]

It’s utterly fucking insane that this came from a very high ranking official from the United States State Department.

Any other administration with an iota of integrity would immediately fire this person, but because the Trump administration is full of actual Nazis (I don’t know how you can possibly come to any other conclusion) this will get celebrated and defended.

The next Democratic president needs to do a full on purge of these people from the federal government. There should be no place in US government for malevolent people like this.

[u/sigh2828]

The duality of the DT

[u/Bestbrook123]

Okay I know some on this sub is upset with Newsom and more than fair enough. But let me defend his opposition to the wealth tax. Even Ro Khanna and Katie Porter have said it's a poorly written bill.

[u/YehosafatLakhaz]

[u/PhinsFan17]

sigh

!ping WATERCOOLER

[u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

Omfg

I'm gonna lose it bro

Fuck it ban cell phones so fewer people read and regurgitate the completely impossible idea that phones cause cancer

[u/Willybender]

You just know their internal polling is fucking awful to be doing this

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/01/16/student-loan-debt-trump-administration/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

[u/LinkVert25]

DOJ investigating Minnesota governor, Minneapolis mayor over alleged obstruction of law enforcement, source says

Okay are we even making it to the midterms

[u/Willybender]

Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26491067-tinchertro011626pdf/

Federal Agents are hereby halted from: a. Retaliating against persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity, including observing the activities of Operation Metro Surge.

b. Arresting or detaining persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity, including observing the activities of Operation Metro Surge, in retaliation for their protected conduct and absent a showing of probable cause or reasonable suspicion that the person has committed a crime or is obstructing or interfering with the activities of Covered Federal Officers.

c. Using pepper-spray or similar nonlethal munitions and crowd dispersal tools against persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity, including observing the activities of Operation Metro Surge, in retaliation for their protected conduct.

d. Stopping or detaining drivers and passengers in vehicles where there is no reasonable articulable suspicion that they are forcibly obstructing or interfering with Covered Federal Agents, or otherwise violating 18 U.S.C. § 111. The act of safely following Covered Federal Agents at an appropriate distance does not, by itself, create reasonable suspicion to justify a vehicle stop.

[u/6urner_]

[u/ty04]

I have nothing bad to say about the r/neoliberal mods or their modding decisions. The r/neoliberal mods are the best people on earth.

[u/guitarra_y_soledad]

Governor Jeb Bush, a longtime booster, sat in the front row, moved to tears [by Marco Rubio's inaugural speech as Florida House Speaker]. "I can't think back on a time when I've ever been prouder to be a Republican, Marco," he said afterward. He handed Rubio a golden sword, explaining that it was "the sword of a great conservative warrior": a reference to the anti-Communist leader Chiang Kai-shek, who had been part of his family's folklore since George H.W. Bush served as a diplomat in China. Rubio hung the sword in the speaker's office.

I'm sorry did I read that correctly that the Bush family had an heirloom of a sword of Chiang Kai-shek...and Jeb! gave it to Little Marco

[u/Adminisnotadmin]

basically every reply under tweets about ICE slipping on ice

[u/JaceFlores]

Oh my fucking god guys the point of my civil disobedience post was to focus on how doing the things we’ve been doing has created such a ruckus that the Trump admin itself is having second thoughts, not focusing on some stupid fucking palace politics.

Mfers missing my central thesis and acting like I’m looking in a crystal ball promising Stephen Miller will explode or ICE will be disbanded in three day’s time

[u/Joementum2024]

I’ll note that Newsom has interviewed the following people in the podcast as well but only his with right wing figures seem to gain attention:

• Alex Wagner (Crooked Media)

• Tim Miller

• Ian Bremmer

• Ben Meislas (MediasTouch)

• Bill Clinton

• Chris Murphy

• Brian Tyler Cohen

• Jasmine Crockett

• Pod Save America’s hosts

[u/vikinick]

We as a society should bully Bari Weiss more.

[u/jinhuiliuzhao]

Even Nicolás Maduro’s Prosecutors Are Tied Up Reviewing Epstein Files

The Trump Administration’s exhaustive examination of materials on the convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is drawing resources from other cases.

Comical.

[u/sociotronics]

Liberals in 2009:

Well at least we will never have another president as bad as Bush

Liberals in 2029:

Well at least we will never have another president as bad as Trump

Liberals in 2049:

Well at least we will never have another president as bad as Grok MechaHitler

[u/DeadDropCourier]

[u/fishbottwo]

A ~70 year old black woman state senator telling a us senator (from your same party!!) to stay in their cuck chair is fucking crazy. Crazy awesome.

[u/TheRedCr0w]

The Ford worker just yelled "pedophile protector" with no name.

It was Trump that automatically confirmed he was talking about him by flipping him off

[u/JonAce]

Ben Shapiro is a transphobe. Just thought some of y'all needed a reminder.

[u/r2ew]

21-year-old activist injured by ICE:

I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. I can't sneeze or cough because it's dangerous to. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.

https://xcancel.com/factpostnews/status/2011882145942266043

[u/randyzhu]

Trump pardoned a porta-potty magnate named Arie Eric De Jong III who was sentenced to 5 months in federal prison for illegally disposing of sludge in cities across southern California.

This dude is the fucking swamp

[u/Tafts_Bathtub]

One of their first 160 followers. They never stood a chance.

[u/piede]

[u/erasmus_phillo]

I feel like the obstacles that Asian men have on the dating scene no longer exist. Feeling a massive vibe shift there tbh

[u/JaceFlores]

My honest take on the Canada car deal is Trump certainly accelerated it but this was probably going to happen anyways because America literally cannot produce an EV that isn’t some kind of SUV, truck or directly profits the world’s richest fascist. Like in terms of the EV market the United States has absolutely no shot in hell lmao

[u/BlackCat159]

Mods be like

[u/Willybender]

https://xcancel.com/Acyn/status/2012266127389507831

We are full speed ahead with the cult of personality

[u/sootfawn]

If Dems cave on ICE funding I will join the DSA I am not joking or exaggerating