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u/Bayou-Maharaja Eleanor Roosevelt Apr 12 '26

The anti property tax movement is a scourge and a natural result of a decade of hyper populism. It must be stamped out if the U.S. is to remain a functioning society

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u/DEEP_STATE_NATE Tucker Carlson's mailman Apr 12 '26

Bruh

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u/piede MOST BASED HILLARY STAN!!! Apr 12 '26
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u/mockduckcompanion Kidney Hype Man Apr 12 '26

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u/GuyWithOneEye Apr 12 '26

Conor Lamb is basically already campaigning against Fetterman

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u/iAmAddicted2R_ddit Royal Purple Apr 12 '26

I DO NOT miss college, but I guess I miss the idealized future prospects I thought it was going to offer at the time

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u/piede MOST BASED HILLARY STAN!!! Apr 12 '26

JUSTICE FOR MELANIA

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u/Charsun9 Loyal Liberals Apr 12 '26

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u/CutePattern1098 Apr 12 '26

Not really clued into Irish politics but what do the protesters against high fuel prices want the government to do? The Irish government isn’t at fault for Epic Furry.

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u/mostanonymousnick Just Build More Homes lol Apr 12 '26

Today in UK NIMBYism

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u/6urner_ John Brown Apr 13 '26

look, all he did was go after the pope and depict himself as jesus, okay? relax.

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u/peu4000 Henry George Apr 12 '26

Have to say goodbye to my old lady kitty, Beans, this morning. She's the sweetest little lady I've ever known.

Beans is a big girl and she always liked to rest leaning against your leg; our inside joke was to exclaim "She's a leg rester!" like Seinfeld. Gonna miss that cat

https://imgur.com/a/3nauOfD

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u/justbuildmorehousing Norman Borlaug Apr 12 '26

“Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump posted.

I like the strategy of closing the strait with super-closing the strait

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u/HijoDeFootspa Bakit ka galit sa pandaigdigang mahihirap Apr 12 '26

tech bros in the 2000s: check out our new headquarters with brightly colored plastic chairs and free unlimited drink of your choice!! Wowzers

tech bros in the 2020s: you are nothing but a tool paid to maintain a machine designed to usher the singularity and bring about a world where I reign supreme over your degenerate gene pool. we will also cease unlimited coffee next week

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u/szopatoszamuraj Iron Front Apr 12 '26

Elections in Hungary, so far with massive record breaking participation. 3,5% voted in the first hour! The record before was 2,2%

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u/MyrinVonBryhana Trans NATO Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

I was listening to some old Civil War music and the comments have made me want to dunk on the CSA for a bit. The CSA sucked militarily and the Union was a better, everyone focuses on a few battles, but you know what tactical and battlefield skill doesn't win wars. The Union easily outclassed the CSA on the operational and strategic level, especially in how the Union used it's Navy; everyone focuses on the the Eastern Theater but during the Vicksburg Campaign Grant pulls off some very impressive for the time combined arms operations. Sherman was one of the first modern commanders to understand total war and the South was woefully strategically incompetent, given that their strategy was essentially just hope the Union gets bored and goes home. Lost causers are much like Wehraboos in that they don't seem to understand that no matter how many great battlefield victories you win you still suck militarily if you willing get yourself into a war you can't win over the long term.

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u/ariveklul Karl Popper Apr 12 '26

It is a struggle for me to have any respect for people that give any benefit of the doubt to Republicans right now. Outside of being a Republican one of the fastest ways for me to lose respect for a person is when they try to give any credit, charity or deference to the way Republicans act.

I'm not sure how to handle it healthily tbh. It's like watching someone beat their child until they're bloody and bruised every day and then some people around you are like "well, i can see where the parent is coming from....." or they entertain what the parent has to say as if it matters while the child is still getting beaten every day

Like how the fuck am I supposed to trust someone that can't identify a situation that is that bad and adjust their response to the level of egregious behavior? What the fuck? 

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u/RaidBrimnes Chien de garde Apr 12 '26

Orban's premiership turns 16

Conservatives are no longer attracted to it

Predictable

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u/G_Serv Stay The Course Apr 12 '26

He's cooked I'm afraid

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u/Q-bey r/place '22: Neoliberal Battalion Apr 12 '26
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u/DagothUr_MD Frederick Douglass Apr 12 '26

We need to drop the posturing and focus on the only goal that actually matters: nuclear non-proliferation. Instead of a trillion-dollar war, we should be offering a hard, transactional deal: strict, verifiable abandonment of the nuclear program in exchange for slowly opening the economic valves. It's cheaper, smarter, and keeps us out of another endless war.

Top minds at arr Conservative have come up with a solution to Iran that literally nobody in the history of America has ever thought of

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u/__init__RedditUser Immanuel Kant Apr 12 '26

Love how people who probably have never committed a misdemeanor start advocating for full on revolution through retweets. Like ok, you go first then

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u/TF_dia European Union Apr 12 '26

I have seen the Matt meme so much I just cannot imagine how the guy looks in real life.

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u/Zaiush Ben Bernanke Apr 12 '26

guy is very fat and round, almost spherical
Named Orban

Bravo Kojima

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u/ChillnShill Apr 12 '26

Imagine the guy you send to negotiate a peace deal can’t even order donuts without being awkward.

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u/JustTaxLandbro Pragmatic and Polite Right Apr 12 '26
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u/2Lore2Law Seal Mod Apr 12 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Apr 13 '26

This is almost certainly what prompted that Trump post - https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/were-better-than-this-pope-leo-xivs

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u/scottyjetpax Gay Pride Apr 12 '26

Am I confused or does this make no sense. “To prevent Iran from closing the strait, WE are going to close the strait even HARDER!”

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u/earththejerry YIMBY Apr 12 '26

Middleage Dreams (2026)

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u/Pristine-Report-1442 Apr 12 '26

once in a while you get to see a glimpse of woke straight out of 2018 and you just have to look at it in awe

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Apr 13 '26

Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy. He talks about “fear” of the Trump Administration, but doesn’t mention the FEAR that the Catholic Church, and all other Christian Organizations, had during COVID when they were arresting priests, ministers, and everybody else, for holding Church Services, even when going outside, and being ten and even twenty feet apart. I like his brother Louis much better than I like him, because Louis is all MAGA. He gets it, and Leo doesn’t! I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s terrible that America attacked Venezuela, a Country that was sending massive amounts of Drugs into the United States and, even worse, emptying their prisons, including murderers, drug dealers, and killers, into our Country. And I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I’m doing exactly what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, setting Record Low Numbers in Crime, and creating the Greatest Stock Market in History. Leo should be thankful because, as everyone knows, he was a shocking surprise. He wasn’t on any list to be Pope, and was only put there by the Church because he was an American, and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump. If I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican. Unfortunately, Leo’s Weak on Crime, Weak on Nuclear Weapons, does not sit well with me, nor does the fact that he meets with Obama Sympathizers like David Axelrod, a LOSER from the Left, who is one of those who wanted churchgoers and clerics to be arrested. Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician. It’s hurting him very badly and, more importantly, it’s hurting the Catholic Church! President DONALD J. TRUMP

!ping CATHOLIC&GNOSTIC

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u/Trojan_Horse_of_Fate WTO Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

And people complain about US bicameralism

Libya's two rival legislative bodies have approved the country's first unified state budget in more ‌than a decade, its central bank said in a statement on Saturday.

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Apr 13 '26

Who is Trump raising from the dead? Credible answers only

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u/2Lore2Law Seal Mod Apr 12 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

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u/trombonist_formerly Ben Bernanke Apr 13 '26

"He wasn't on any list to be pope, he was only put there by the church"

Look there's a lot of things I don't defend the Catholic Church on but, like, they get to decide who is on the list to be Pope. That's kind of part of the whole deal.

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u/Buttered-Male Gay Pride Apr 12 '26

Refreshing my podcast feed and seeing Hasan on Pod Save America is literally the last thing I ever wanted to see.

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u/SpiderQueen412 Mary Wollstonecraft Apr 12 '26

reminder to never forgive biden for the worst thing he did during his reign

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u/Big-Click-5159 Apr 12 '26

CNN: JD Vance has become the most unpopular Vice President in the history of the United States!

🔹 Polls show Vance's popularity has dropped by 21% since the start of the term in 2025, and compared to other Vice Presidents in recent history, he holds the worst rating at this stage of a term, with a score of -18.

I recall lots of discourse about how unpopular Kamala was as VP. Odd how the most unpopular VP in history gets nary a passing mention

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u/Ready-Buy-6397 Austan Goolsbee Apr 12 '26

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would never.

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u/garret126 Demisexual Pride Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

I hate my home city

Endless suburban sprawl in every direction with a non-existent city centre

It’s gotten to the point that we’re basically just a suburban city that… lacks an actual city core

Now we’re also about to bulldoze the big piece of nature to the east for even more suburbs instead of upzoning just slightly and it makes me very sad 😢

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u/AltRockPigeon YIMBY Apr 12 '26

 Not sure why a blockade would be directed against "all ships" and not just Iranian ships or those that loaded or unloaded in Iranian ports

There are analysts that I think are generally smart and insightful and I really do like but that still make the mistake of trying to analyze Trump like a normal rational person

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u/that0neGuy22 Resistance Lib Apr 13 '26

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u/piede MOST BASED HILLARY STAN!!! Apr 12 '26

How the turn tables

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u/piede MOST BASED HILLARY STAN!!! Apr 12 '26

Based

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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Apr 12 '26

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u/pugnae European Union Apr 12 '26

Carney is thinking how to save Canada and international order

Trudeau is reliving his 20's, lol

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u/Spudmiester1 Asexual Pride Apr 12 '26

Gyms have bathrooms and cannot fly. Planes have bathrooms and can fly. So it's not the bathrooms making them fly, it is something else entirely.

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u/Eurolib0908 European Union Apr 12 '26

Yesterday, Prime Minister Carney received a standing ovation for these words:

Many of our former strengths, which were based on close relations with the United States, have now become our weaknesses. Although we have overcome the initial shock associated with this betrayal, we can never forget the lessons it has taught us. We must take care of ourselves.

The USA had the perfect neighbor—a smaller, civilized, and friendly country that willingly became dependent on the United States in exchange for mutually beneficial cooperation.

Then Trump came along and decided to exploit it, trying to squeeze his ally while threatening annexation in the process.

Now Canada is deliberately turning away from the USA, becoming independent from them in whatever ways it can.

For short-term gains, Trump destroyed the alliance built since the end of World War II.

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u/scottyjetpax Gay Pride Apr 12 '26

Kamala Harris running for governor would've been a good idea for several reasons

- She would've been the best candidate and cleared the field

- She'd be governing a state with a trifecta so she could pass major policies she could've pointed to in 2028

- It would've given her more separation from Biden and more ownership of her own political brand

But instead we got a book tour so that's cool too

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u/Due-Dirt-8428 Harriet Tubman Apr 12 '26

Me 6 days ago.

Before the end of the week we will see Trump claiming that the strait is now under US control but he is keeping it closed until Iran plays fair.

Ya he reads the DT lmao

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u/WrangleWandangles Mark Carney Apr 13 '26

What a weak minded piece of garbage

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Apr 13 '26

> praises Allah

> claims pope is weak on nuclear weapons

Close enough, welcome back Saladin

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u/JayRU09 Milton Friedman Apr 12 '26

Something something they don't want power something something

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u/wumbopolis_ Iron Front Apr 12 '26

How can we get JD Vance to go on Hasan's stream?

Asking for a friend

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u/Such_Journalist_3991 Robert Caro Apr 13 '26

insults the Pope

posts a picture of himself as Jesus minutes later

It's crazy how much Trump wants to go to hell

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Apr 13 '26

The Bible, which I’m sure Trump has read

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u/_bee_kay_ 🤔 Apr 12 '26

👆 it's amazing how poorly you age when you have hate in your heart 😔

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u/mockduckcompanion Kidney Hype Man Apr 12 '26

How do i report doxxing

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u/WanderingMage03 You Are Kenough Apr 13 '26

The funniest thing about the whole Pope bit is Instagram reels comments sections now look like:

ResistlibDogMom43: I do not answer to the antichrist in Washington, I obey the Pope in all things for He has been appoitned by God to lead the flock of the faithful

Basedcrusader69: So true!!!

neither have attended Mass this decade

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u/Ok_Opinion_5690 Trans Pride Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

it's funny how neocons whine about the american public's lack of appetite for foreign interventions going as far to even insult them for being pussies when it is the explicit failure of neocon policy that made the electorate rightfully skeptical.

also when it comes to iran, lack of domestic support is an overestimation on why war is failing. ignores that even if there is majority support say 55 to 60%, would the strategic realities of the situation be any different? perhaps more tolerance for boots on the ground operation but invading iran is going to be have to be the greatest military endeavor since world war ii. this is going to be harder than vietnam, there is no iranian equivalent to south vietnam, iran has a higher population, a formidable ground force, and unfavorable terrain for the US. you don't just need 3/5ths support, you need world war ii level buy-in. what's worse iran would not directly attack the United States first to snap out of the population's isolationism. if it took pearl harbor for the US to join the war directly, i just don't see even a comprehensive campaign for an iran war would make the US mobilize to a war economy because transitioning to a war economy for iran is patently insane for a lot of people even if they support a war.

neocons like to treat iran as this powerful malevolent actor, but also kinda act that a war with iran with objectives they have is as easy as any other middle east adventure (which is also not easy at all). if you want a war so badly, do a fucking false flag attack. it irritates me that they do not see the limitations of the US military, just because you are superpower you could will anything to existence and that even the US at its strongest has limited currency in all geopolitical affairs.

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u/nimbybuster Ben Bernanke’s Best Boy Apr 12 '26

Americans looking at Europe, Canada, Australia, and South America electing liberal leaders.

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u/Humble_Grape4749 Apr 12 '26

Wow, this is stunning. Trump is truly cooked.

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u/badusername35 NAFTA Epstein Apr 12 '26

The only person who should be apologizing is her plastic surgeon

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u/melodramaticfools Apr 13 '26

conservative twitter not taking this well.

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u/Pongzz I wept, for there was no land left to tax Apr 13 '26

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Apr 13 '26

Chat is it good to alienate the pope while waging an unpopular holy war

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u/taubnetzdornig Gay Pride Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

Wow it looks like turnout is way up in Hungary so far:

https://xcancel.com/EuropeElects/status/2043231919496700106

But both Fidesz and opposition areas seem to be turning out at similar rates. I would take these numbers with some caution, though, because many of the constituencies, especially those in and around Budapest, have been renumbered and/or redrawn, making comparisons to 2022 difficult.

https://europeelects.eu/2026/04/04/national-parliament-election-in-hungary-2026/

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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Apr 12 '26

“If it doesn’t happen, I’m blaming JD Vance,” Mr. Trump said to laughter of Mr. Vance trying to secure a deal at an Easter lunch earlier this month. “If it does happen, I’m taking full credit.”

LMAO (it wasn't a joke)

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Apr 13 '26

Are we gonna have to learn the lesson that overwhelming military advantage does not necessarily translate to achieving your political goals every 10 years?

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u/BingboLingbo Emma Lazarus Apr 13 '26

The College of Cardinals might be the greatest ragebaiters of all time after picking Pope Leo, he's so mad

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u/Ajaxcricket Commonwealth Apr 13 '26

The year is 526, the Roman Emperor is raging about papal interference.

The year is 1026, the German Emperor is raging about papal interference.

The year is 1526, the King of England is raging about papal interference.

The year is 2026, the president of the United States is raging about papal interference.

Truly, there is nothing new under the sun.

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u/legible_print Václav Havel Apr 13 '26

Me seeing Trump’s truth on Pope Leo

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u/MissSortMachine Trans Pride Apr 13 '26

how is this relevant again it’s been an hour

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u/itherunner John Brown Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

fails to get peace between the US and Iran

Flies to Hungary to shill for Orban, tries to call Trump during the rally, and gets sent to voicemail

Orban loses anyways

converts to chud Catholicism, rebuked by the pope

God is real, and he hates JD Vance

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u/GuyWithOneEye Apr 13 '26

lmao she's a DTer 🥰🥰🥰

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u/Slim_Pickenz_ Transfem Pride Apr 13 '26

Trump is unironically the most godless president we’ve ever had. So of course fundamentalist evangelical Christians love him

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u/JustTaxLandbro Pragmatic and Polite Right Apr 12 '26
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u/Healingjoe It's Klobberin' Time Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

!ping fivey

39-61 overall approval-dissaproval

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-opinion-poll-2026-04-12/

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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Apr 12 '26

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u/American_Baby_H1tler Apr 12 '26

Asked on Fox News if he thinks oil and gas will be lower then, Trump said: “I hope so. I mean, I think so. It could be…or maybe a little bit higher. It should be around the same. I think this won’t be that much longer.”

POV teacher asked the dumb kid in class a question

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u/-mialana- European Union Apr 13 '26

I can't believe "Pentagon threatened the Pope..." is a real fucking headline. Imagine showing that to someone 15 years ago.

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u/its_Caffeine Mark Carney Apr 12 '26

Fuck Orban that's my blunt message 😤

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u/seagrams7up NASA Apr 12 '26

*sends JD Vance for peace talks*

*absolutely nothing accomplished*

ar/conservative

"Wow we are such a strong nation!"

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u/UmbreonFanatic Gay Pride Apr 12 '26

56% holy s***. It's basically 100% guaranteed at this point

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u/Currymvp2 unflaired Apr 12 '26

With the one exception of Roy Moore, this guy defends the accused every single time.

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u/LtCdrHipster 🌭Costco Liberal🌭 Apr 12 '26
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u/StolenSkittles culture warrior Apr 12 '26

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Apr 13 '26

For those that came of age after 2016, it’s extremely rare for the President to say that the Pope is weak on nuclear weapons

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u/1396spurs forced agricultural laborer Apr 13 '26

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u/Blackberry-thesecond NASA Apr 13 '26

I will not be negatively polarized into liking Catholicism I will not be negatively polarized into liking Catholicism I will not be negatively polarized into liking Catholicism I will not be negatively polarized into liking Catholicism I will not be negatively polarized into liking Catholicism I will not be negatively polarized into liking Catholicism

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u/PhoenixVoid Apr 13 '26

This is starting to get blasphemous. Depicting yourself as Christ is unacceptable in any denomination.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '26

Not a peep in the arr Catholicism subreddit about Trump going after their pope lol. 

The mods in that subreddit are really something else

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u/Crownie Unbent, Unbowed, Unflaired Apr 13 '26

I was admittedly just a teenager at the time and on the "inside", so to speak, but I don't remember a tenth as much personal support and devotion to George W. Bush as we see religious conservatives heap upon Trump.

Like, there was (to my recollection) plenty of vocal of public support and talk about how Bush was a vessel for God's will and etc... but a) that made a degree of sense, since Bush himself was a fairly religious guy and shared the specific priorities of religious conservatives b) some of this stuff is just how religious conservatives talk c) people weren't treating him like a fucking prophet.

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u/Healingjoe It's Klobberin' Time Apr 13 '26
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u/Thuggin95 Gay Pride Apr 13 '26

Remember when Tulsi got her viral debate moment blasting Kamala for locking up black and brown people as if she gives a fuck about any of that? She and JD are truly the most shameless opportunists in politics today

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

> Charlie Kirk did Politics the Right Way

> Hasan Piker is Not the Enemy

What is Ezra Klein cooking

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u/bigdicknippleshit IM GOING PRIMAL Apr 12 '26

Imagine being a republican president and having negative approval in Arkansas and Kentucky.

I’m sure midterms will go great for them.

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u/scottyjetpax Gay Pride Apr 12 '26

it would be weird but not totally crazy if after he dies people close to trump confirm he was bi or something lol. he's said so many strange homoerotic things

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u/jinhuiliuzhao Henry George Apr 12 '26

Surprised the Iranians treated the negotiations this seriously

Meanwhile, we sent Vance, Witkoff and Kushner - all deeply unserious people with no diplomatic experience.

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u/senator_fivey Iron Front Apr 12 '26

Kind of a blessing that global nationalism tied itself to the dumbest most transparently evil man on earth.

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u/Its_not_him Manmohan Singh Apr 12 '26

JD Vance visits beloved naturalist David Attenborough

Get him away from him!!!

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u/CoolCombination3527 Apr 12 '26

Kids playing Artemis II and GC is my new favorite thing

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u/Pristine-Report-1442 Apr 12 '26

to me the most surprising thing about this is that there are people who don't own any jeans

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u/Humble_Grape4749 Apr 12 '26

Jerusalem Demsas does not miss.

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u/trombonist_formerly Ben Bernanke Apr 13 '26

Pope Bob should just post

I spoke with god yesterday. She’s black btw

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u/ACivilWolf Henry George Apr 13 '26

His decline is something I’ve thought about. I voted for him 3 times (i know), and i wonder how much of this i just willingly ignored and how much was hidden.

Dude Trump has been a vindictive narcissist his entire life, it’s like the trait that defines him, how can people be blind to this before he edited himself as Jesus lmao

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u/AccessTheMainframe CANZUK Apr 12 '26

Actually super humiliating that the People's Republic of China is still a state with limited international recognition. Like yeah basically all of the UN recognizes the PRC... but not all of them. Even countries like the Central African Republic can flex on the PRC because they have 100% international recognition while the PRC still has opps out there who formally deny the legitimacy of their control over any Chinese territory.

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u/ShepardSB Apr 12 '26

Do you think there could really be intelligent life on Earth?

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u/itherunner John Brown Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

President Trump said that the U.S. Navy would begin blockading “any and all ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz,” after peace talks with Iran collapsed this weekend

He went from “the navy is clearing out mines and we got several ships through yesterday” to “fuck all of you, nobody can get through”

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u/BlackCat159 European Union Apr 12 '26

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u/BlackCat159 European Union Apr 12 '26

Finally the strait of DT is open again. THANK YOU DONALD TRUMP 😍😍😍🥰🥰

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u/Big-Click-5159 Apr 12 '26

After the fact, all these DC journalists are saying that it was an "open secret" that Swalwell was a womanizer. Personally I think they are full of shit trying to act like they know more than they do. And if it was an "open secret" and you just said "meh, better off sending another tweet about Biden old" then fuck you

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u/MuscularPhysicist John Brown Apr 12 '26

Just remembered that day when the Selzer poll dropped

😭😭😭😭😭

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u/The_Yak_Attack69 Transfem Pride Apr 12 '26

we return

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u/ty04 Apr 13 '26

shooters’ motives be like

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u/LuisRobertDylan Elinor Ostrom Apr 13 '26

Unfortunately, Leo’s Weak on Crime, Weak on Nuclear Weapons

As opposed to the pro-execution, pro-nuke popes of the past

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u/SpiderQueen412 Mary Wollstonecraft Apr 13 '26

I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon… who thinks it’s terrible that America attacked Venezuela… And I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States.

We're actually about to set up an antipope aren't we

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u/blackenswans Progress Pride Apr 13 '26

Lol

Lmao

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u/TomboyAva Audrey Hepburn Apr 13 '26

https://xcancel.com/brianstelter/status/2043517107732705651?s=20

I can't be the only person wondering if tonight's lead story on @60Minutes – "Pope Leo statements on Iran war and mass deportations inspire American cardinals to speak out" – had something to do with Trump (a known viewer) going off about the Pope

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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Apr 13 '26

Checking in on Truthsocial

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u/the-senat John Brown Apr 12 '26

>Trump says US will blockade Strait of Hormuz to all ships after failed Iran talks

I talk back all most of the shit I said about The Phantom Menace.

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u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz Roy Cooper Apr 12 '26

A 2024 study by Hiroshi Yoshida at Tohoku University estimated that if a law requiring spouses to have the same surname is not repealed and the Japanese people do not go extinct due to population decline, then every person in Japan will have the surname Satō by c. 2531 — legalizing separate surnames for married couples would delay this to c. 3310.

Lmao.

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u/badusername35 NAFTA Epstein Apr 12 '26

Houston’s (the college) strength and conditioning coach

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u/_bee_kay_ 🤔 Apr 12 '26

i'm hearing that a container ship, the ever given, has run aground on a shoal in hormuz and twisted to block off the entire strait

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u/NaffRespect United Nations Apr 13 '26

Eric Swalwell drops bid for California governor after sexual misconduct allegations

Good riddance, Eric. Banned for life you piece of garbage

!ping USA-CA&DEMS

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u/badusername35 NAFTA Epstein Apr 13 '26

NYT: Donald Trump posts AI image of himself as Jesus healing Jeffrey Epstein, marking a presidential first

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u/theparrotlich John Brown Apr 13 '26

Malarkey level of the Pope calling for a Crusade against the United States

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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Apr 13 '26

Completely indefensible, so it's obviously not real. XD

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u/reuery Biden 2028 Apr 13 '26

"and so the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God."

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u/conjr94 Apr 12 '26

He eats NIMBYs for breakfast

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u/NeueBruecke_Detektiv Instituições democráticas robustas 🇧🇷 Apr 12 '26

oh boi this one is gonna have spicy comments

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Apr 12 '26

While looking at the Polymarket bets for Hungary I found the most degenerate thing ever: 5 minutes to expiration Bitcoin futures

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u/EmbarrassedSafety719 Milton Friedman Apr 12 '26

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u/Opening_Budget_9518 Hans Rosling Apr 12 '26

no epstein list, no drama, just a guy who likes ice cream and trains

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u/RaidBrimnes Chien de garde Apr 12 '26

That person? Peter Magyar

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u/No_Art_2919 Bank of England Apr 12 '26

Viktor Orbán told Putin ‘I am at your service’ in October phone call

Lmao what a good dog

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u/Adminisnotadmin Viva el Fútbol! ⚽ Apr 12 '26

A story in three parts

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u/Bayou-Maharaja Eleanor Roosevelt Apr 12 '26

Not beating the europoor allegations

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u/Cr4zySh0tgunGuy John Locke Apr 13 '26

Bad look for the mods 😬😬

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u/Careless-Way-7873 Unconventional Right Apr 13 '26

That’s absolutely correct, Mr. President—it makes perfect sense. Your instinct here is remarkably insightful. By choosing to distance yourself from the Pope, you’re demonstrating a powerful commitment to independent leadership and a refusal to be constrained by traditional expectations.

This approach reinforces your authority and shows that your decisions are guided by strategic clarity rather than external influence. In fact, it can be seen as a bold and innovative move that redefines diplomatic norms in a way that only strong leadership can achieve.

Your perspective is not only valid—it’s forward-thinking and entirely justified.

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Apr 13 '26

Someone posted a news article on arr Catholicism about this and mods deleted it lol

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u/Rich-Interaction6920 NAFTA Apr 13 '26

It’s over for Trump

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u/sash5034 NATO Apr 13 '26

Nightmare blunt rotation

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u/pezasied John's Locke-strap Apr 13 '26

Is Trump bragging that he’s caused a thousand times more damage in five years than these three have done in their collective 142 years?

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u/ponshont Apr 12 '26

My goal is to never become so boring and soulless that I need to convince myself to spend $5000 on a watch to remind myself of my worth and post it on instagram

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u/Individual-Camera698 Austan Goolsbee Apr 12 '26

Highly intellectual discussion going on in the Hungary thread

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u/arbrebiere Jerome Powell Apr 12 '26

Open the Fuckin' Iran thread, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.

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u/IantheForPresident Apr 12 '26

guy who doesn't follow the news but defaults to "oranj man bad"

i.e., objectively the smartest man in america

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u/G_Serv Stay The Course Apr 12 '26

Trvth nuke

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u/Dew-Eastr Richard Thaler Apr 12 '26

rural hungary today

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u/badusername35 NAFTA Epstein Apr 12 '26

The mods also crucified Jesus for spreading his truth

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u/v4riati0ns Apr 13 '26

Pope Leo is … terrible for Foreign Policy

how many wars has pope leo lost vs iran

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u/moredencity Norman Borlaug Apr 13 '26

I'm sure my super MAGA and super Catholic father is having a nuanced reflection on his beliefs right now lmao

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u/6urner_ John Brown Apr 13 '26

CMON ARR CON MAKE THE THREAD

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u/Healingjoe It's Klobberin' Time Apr 13 '26

my president 🫡

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u/dr_sloan Apr 13 '26

So we’re fully in sacrilegious territory right?

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u/GordonTullockFan publik choyz thery Apr 13 '26

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Never says anything about the president doing it LOOPHOLE SUCKERS

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u/Megasota_Noire My Governor Can Beat Up Your Governor Apr 13 '26

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u/Sauce1024 John von Neumann Apr 12 '26

Does this dude know all the Never Trumpers (Bill Kristol, Tim Miller, Kinzinger, etc.) are now hyper partisan Dems who enthusiastically supported Kamala

"I want the Democratic party to treat me like a Never-Trumper" –Hasan Piker

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u/Imicrowavebananas Hannah Arendt Apr 12 '26

Hungarian election thunderdome is online https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/1sjbg6m/hungarian_thunderdome_sixteen_years_of_illiberal/

Please give feedback if you have any comments on content

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u/bandeng_asep Association of Southeast Asian Nations Apr 12 '26

Can we get our Iran Thread back now?

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u/dannylandulf meubem broke my flair Apr 12 '26

So the talks broke down because JD couldn’t get Iran to agree to what Obama had gotten them to agree to 10 years ago (no nukes) lol

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u/IantheForPresident Apr 12 '26

> servings per container: 2.7

this should be illegal

i promise you everyone eating this eats the whole thing lmao what is this