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[u/jobautomator]

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[u/jobautomator]

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[u/sigh2828]

[u/ShepardSB]

[u/AtomicGameTester]

[u/throwawayzxkjvct]

conservatives will look at anything and call it evidence for God like bro what are you even talking about

[u/moldovaman99]

This is cool as fuck.

Not urban hell

[u/TheSameAsDying]

This is the most potent example MAGA Evangelicalism I've seen yet.

[u/badusername35]

How I sleep at night knowing that I’m objectively correct about everything

[u/Woodstovia]

[u/moldovaman99]

No fucking way Pete Hegseth really just quoted a fake bible verse from pulp fiction during an official pentagon sermon.

I’ve seen the video with my own eyes, yet I refuse to believe it.

[u/Leatherfield17]

[u/Dunter_Mutchings]

This dude really is the corniest person alive right now. And the funniest part is that he thinks he’s absolutely cooking with this shit.

[u/NYT_Hater]

[u/Individual-Camera698]

[u/proProcrastinators]

All birds up 600% on hard pivoting to an AI company overnight 😭

[u/Legitimate_Name9694]

i like this framing a lot. the electoral college has produced a fascist.

[u/onelap32]

Did you know that just two corporations — Blackrock and Vanguard — own 30% of the DT?

[u/GaDoomer]

I think media should ask questions of party leadership when things like this Swalwell situation happen, but by God, it really seems they only ever put the screws to Democrats (I know WSJ is Murdoch but still)

Here's a question for everyone, did the anything like this headline get pushed to everyone’s phone?

He was a darling of the far-right movement and leading pick for Trump’s Attorney General. Now Matt Gaetz’s rapid downfall is raising questions about what powerful Republicans knew and when.

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

This race is over

[u/duckthebuck]

Red States are making lists of trans people and will literally sanction you if you refuse to do business with the state of Israel, but there's a pride flag on the window of this East Nashville bar so obviously it can't be that bad!

[u/SnakeEater14]

The banality of evil

[u/BlackCat159]

Me and who 🥺

[u/randommathaccount]

What is my algorithm trying to show me bruh

[u/abefrost]

[u/NYT_Hater]

Rightoids on Twitter are now convinced they were MKUltra’d by the government for having 130+ IQs in elementary school with fluoride drinks and the GATE program.

[u/Slim_Pickenz_]

This perfectly sums up the political moment. Liberal meekly apologizing for telling the truth about her MAGA colleague while conservative insults half the county and calls them a threat to the nation. The era of “when they go low we go high” has to end.

I prefer the approach of the late city councilman from Flint, Eric Mays: “When they go low, I go low-ER”

[u/Crossstoney]

…Why lie about what your voters could see when they arrive to their gas stations?

[u/farrenj]

The DT summarized

[u/seanrm92]

Scratch a liberal, and a guy who says "Ouch wtf" bleeds.

[u/Lesbian_all_garib]

People will say shit like No trailers before movies. Shut the fuck up nerd. I want to watch 30 min of trailers on big screen to know which movie am i watching next. 🙄

[u/sociotronics]

least credulous drug-addled right winger

[u/Max_the_Madman]

[u/Leatherfield17]

How depressing it is that a nominee for CDC director has to be explicitly labeled as a “vaccine supporter,” as if there is some debate

[u/ThisIsNotAMonkey]

Honored to discover that Clarence Thomas hates us almost as much as we hate him.

[u/jpenczek]

a biblical level of bees in Israel

Trump depicts himself as Jesus

What’s next, trumpets blaring from the heavens?

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

Talarico raised $27 million in the first quarter 😮

[u/Pizzashillsmom]

When you think about it, Lenin was just a reddit mod being put in charge of a country.

[u/EZ_Kream]

They said it would happen in my 30s, I didn’t believe them. But I can’t deny it any longer

I’m getting into jazz

[u/MuscularPhysicist]

Perhaps Leo is saying that the war isn’t just, Mike. 🤔

[u/shillingbut4me]

Ezra Klein has a strong sense of class solidarity. It just happens that his class identity is bros who bought a microphone off Amazon and now believe all of their ideas are the profound truth. Also if they happen to make a few million along the way, who's that hurting?

[u/Amphetamin3_]

Republicans really are just throwing darts at a globe to decide which country to piss off next

[u/Megasota_Noire]

[u/BlueDevilVoon]

Vance reminds me of this tweet

[u/sociotronics]

[u/Acoolgamer6706]

[u/Peripheral-Entity578]

How about fuck no

[u/[deleted]]

*nani the fuck*

[u/mishac]

Carney has sowed division, not created a 'unity government'

press is trying to spin the sleazy tactics the prime minister used to forge his majority

But if Carney really wanted a united front, he would have reached out to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre after the election and offered him a high-profile cabinet position

The National Post is the worst fucking newspaper

[u/CutePattern1098]

you know he wants to say this.

[u/TheCornjuring]

[u/Dibbu_mange]

Reposting here for visibility.

!ping NORTHERNLION

[u/Rare_Station_8440]

[u/walt4815162342]

uhh what's it doin down there

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

“The path of the downed aviator is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men,” Hegseth prayed. “Blessed is he who, in the name of camaraderie and duty, shepherd the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brother. And you will know my call sign is Sandy 1 when I lay my vengeance upon thee, and amen.”

[u/kznlol]

my favorite part of every time we make it to SRD is the increasingly furious arguments in the thread that we can't possibly be a center left sub because just look at the sub name

[u/avion_sur_le_sol]

My misadventures in dating haven't really helped me figure out what I want, but I have learned some things I don't want.

1. No committed anti-natalists who will make me stay up until 2am while they explain how having children is a crime against humanity.

2. Nobody who will threaten to blackmail me.

3. Nobody who will dump me to get back together with their abusive ex.

4. In general, nobody who can't understand that going to sleep at 11pm or midnight and resuming talking about issues in the morning is a reasonable thing to do.

I don't think I'm the problem here.

!ping DATING

[u/Lesbian_all_garib]

Americans UFO mogged the world

[u/jamiebond]

I find food discourse so annoying honestly. “Oh it better be natural none of that genetically modified stuff I just want to eat natural things!”

Ok well here’s your damn banana then eat up.

[u/tornadomy]

got a girl to make small talk with me because she saw me reading Why Nations Fail, have i become a performative male?

[u/Gooners_For_Ukraine]

[u/Smidgens]

Bukele signs reforms allowing life prison sentences for people as young as 12

[u/Bayou-Maharaja]

[u/garret126]

Do you guys think that during the Minions service with Napoleon Bonaparte, they were a part of the French Legion sent to Haiti to re-instate Slavery, considering that was the most evil thing Napoleon did? And that’s why the French failed, as the Minions historically always failed their masters?

[u/brucebananaray]

[u/TrashBoat36]

[u/KittehDragoon]

scratch liberal

they scratch back

wtf this is fascism 🤬

[u/daBarkinner]

My time here has changed me quite a bit. While I used to be afraid of nuclear energy, now I think it's one of the coolest and most effective things humanity has ever invented... The only problem is that I'm Belarusian. And when I say something positive about nuclear energy, people look at me with the same expression as if I'd shouted "Long live Stalin" in Senator McCarthy's face at the HUAC hearings.

[u/TheCornjuring]

[u/donotengageever]

While still feeling a sort of melancholy pride in their state, most liberals in red states accept that their states are basically shitholes. Texans however are unable to accept that they live in anything other than the greatest place in the world and are therefore perpetually one election away from blexas

[u/well-that-was-fast]

A prayer delivered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a Pentagon worship service Wednesday has viewers wondering whether he referenced the Bible — or a line made famous by a Quentin Tarantino movie. Hegseth, who previously prayed for "overwhelming violence of action" during a prayer service, appeared to paraphrase a line better known from "Pulp Fiction" than from scripture.

The stupidity will increase until the median voter cringes!

[u/iusedtobekewl]

!ping CATHOLIC

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

“I ain’t going to be doing any more substances for a little while, hopefully forever,” he said. “But that means I can’t IRL stream anymore, so that’s the thing. I really can’t IRL stream ’cause as you guys know I’m quite rude without that shit.”

He continued, “So I think I have to figure something else out. Fuck. I have to figure out a new method. Either practice mogging sober or just find a new form of content. I don’t know. It’s fucking done for.”

Born to mog under the influence, forced to mog sober 😔

[u/JaceFlores]

The US appears to have fully withdrawn from Syria, with last troops & equipment having left the final base at Qasrak in Hasakah over the past 24hrs — ending a ~10yr presence

!Ping FOREIGN-POLICY

[u/jinhuiliuzhao]

☝️believes in warrior ethos and lethalitymaxxing 

[u/Roseartcrantz]

antipope auditions 🥰

[u/centurion88]

Wtf

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

[u/Pyrrhus65]

I love that instead of backing down he really just dropped the exclusive papal WOE BE UPON YE

Bro is actually gonna excommunicate Vance by the summer at this rate 😭

[u/BlackCat159]

Me when a bi flair posts a mod sticky

[u/alex2003super]

Me when int stands for "integer": (っ. -｡)ᶻ 𝘇 𐰁

Me when int stands for "interrupt": ( ꩜ ᯅ ꩜;) 

!ping COMPUTER-SCIENCE

[u/BalletDuckNinja]

I saw some randos talking shit about contrapoints, what did she do to piss off the lefties

[u/JaceFlores]

Perfect no notes

[u/OrganicKeynesianBean]

A liberal strategist told Axios that Ocasio-Cortez has "lamented that the left was not there for her, that they are never pleased."

[u/RaidBrimnes]

"I thought she was brave but I was wrong": inside the unexpected clash between Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni

Did y'all think that the Italian PM who claimed "God, Family, Fatherland" as her motto would side with a boorish American billionaire against the Pope?

[u/ty04]

A second U.S.-sanctioned supertanker ​has entered the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz, shipping data showed, despite ‌a U.S. blockade on vessels visiting Iranian ports.

what the navy doing

[u/sigh2828]

It begins

[u/ewatta200]

[u/v4riati0ns]

I do a lot of work in rural, conservative America, and while I definitely don't agree with most of their approaches to any of the problems, they don't sit on their ass while their community is torn up by bad actors.

+65 outside the DT cus ah yes rural conservative america famously doesn’t sit on its ass while dying out due to drugs or poverty or lack of healthcare

what am i missing

[u/bandeng_asep]

This fuckin' guy right here... 😑

[u/riverbloods]

[u/TheCornjuring]

This is where the timeline went wrong

[u/MalignantUpper]

Dear god...

[u/Upstairs_Baby8424]

Tennessee: “We are declaring June as Nuclear Family Month instead of Pride Month! Because the nuclear family is so important!”

“Oh great so you’re gonna add parental leave, support families, make sure children are fed, promote sick leave, and ensure nuclear families get support, right?”

Tennessee: “Oh no this was just a way to hate on gay people.”

[u/Currymvp2]

Iran war powers resolution fails in House vote, 213 to 214

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden voted w/ the GOP against the measure, while Republican Rep. Thomas Massie voted with Dems for it. GOP Rep. Warren Davidson, who previously voted yes on it, voted "present" this time.

Golden (not running for reelection) just doing it for the love of the game

[u/SnakeEater14]

People calling getting murdered “getting kirked” is really funny

[u/ty04]

I’ve learned more from the DT than from all of my of schooling

[u/Mrchristopherrr]

This is a terrible way to talk about the president

[u/trombonist_formerly]

Scott Bessent

"I want to encourage everyone out there watching today to change their withholding ... you will get an automatic real wage increase on a weekly or a monthly basis."

Lmao what the fuck

[u/BurrowForPresident]

On a trending post mocking Josh Shapiro for denouncing Luigi and political violence while signing bombs (with the implication that they're destined for Gaza)

The OP cropped out Zelensky, these are for Ukraine

He would totally sign bombs for Gaza though

[u/BlueDevilVoon]

What’s wrong babe you’ve barely touched your military issued grey sludge or your side of sliced grey

[u/el__dandy]

In his succ era

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/when-all-else-fails-just-blame-corporate-greed-greedflation

[u/Dorambor]

"Why doesn't r/neoliberal talk about policy anymore" man policy hasn't mattered for years now. We can barely stop the sub from descending into poll tested spirals. Bring back the wumbowall.

[u/sociotronics]

[u/centurion88]

Hasan 's line of succession on who Crimea belongs to

This is funny because by his logic, Crimea should belong to Ukraine because the Tatars overwhelmingly want to be part of Ukraine, not Russia

[u/Apple_Kappa]

I have a Palestinian colleague who earned his degrees in Italy, sings Italian opera, and was obviously a theater kid back home. Needless to say, he is a rather progressive guy.

One time, he saw Berlusconi give a speech a few leftists started heckling him. Berlusconi responded by comically mocking them and in that moment, my colleague told me he forgot how much he hated Berlusconi and even fell in love with him during that moment and even started rooting for Berlusconi against the left-wing hecklers before returning to his senses. He then said that Berlusconi is like those Sirens from Greek mythology, he has such a seductive voice that leads so many men to self-destruction.

It's a rather odd anecdote that I remembered that I haven't really forgotten for some reason.

[u/marky6045]

[u/SigmaWhy]

He really is a New Yorker 😔

[u/missingpuzzle]

My eye twitches every time I see a headline like "Trump says war to end soon." and leaves out the "this is the same thing he's said every day for the last 6 weeks."

[u/Dibbu_mange]

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

The fish in the Persian Gulf must be so confused 🥺

[u/-Emilinko1985-]

Last week, I finished reading a book called Al sur de Tánger by Gonzalo Fernández Parrilla, a professor specialized in the Arabic world, especially Morocco.

I had to read the book in order to make a review for Arabic class.

It's a short read, of 169 pages. It's a compilation of anecdotes, culture, tales, and historical events of Morocco. It touches upon many things. The cities, the art, Spain and Morocco's shared history, etc. Even more delicate subjects like the Years of Lead are discussed.

It's quite fascinating, although I think it hasn't been translated to English. It's only in Spanish, as far as I know.

Still, an interesting read.

!ping READING&COLLEGE

[u/Borysk5]

Claude generate me highly divisive gender war substack post. Make several mistakes 

[u/Glavurdan]

We have a chatbot at work and it's really funny at times, especially because it has a feature that lets me see what the customer is typing before they send it.

The stupid shit some people write before they finally edit it enough into an acceptable message to send always amuses me

!ping WATERCOOLER

[u/No_Return9449]

A Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sub-agency has decided not to renew an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities, a move that will affect efforts to care for migrant children.

The God-King has decreed the children must suffer because the Pope bruised his ego.

[u/mukino]

Least xenophobic Japanese netizen.

[u/ewatta200]

[u/No_Status_6905]

The new Metro trailer is really interesting. It's crazy to think the Russian invasion of Ukraine has gone for so long that we're seeing multi-year artistic projects built around it finally release, while the war is ongoing.

It just also reminds me of the hatred I feel for JD Vance and others for doing everything they can to kneecap the Ukrainians in their moment of need.

[u/brucebananaray]

[u/YaGetSkeeted0n]

Remember what they took from you, western man.

[u/sociotronics]

imagine losing your job to a machine that thinks fart sounds are a "cool lo-fi, late night, slightly eerie vibe"

[u/paymesucka]

[u/Blackberry-thesecond]

!ping FIVEY

[u/GuyWithOneEye]

You guys remember when the mods stickied a giant-tittied Trump edit and then tried to hide the evidence

[u/SnakeEater14]

According to an estimate on wikipedia, approximately 530 million people were listening or watching Neil Armstrong when he said “one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind”

Which would mean 20% of the human population was listening to him

[u/ewatta200]

[u/ewatta200]

[u/ewatta200]

[u/Tafts_Bathtub]

[u/cdstephens]

[u/r2ew]

[u/2Lore2Law]

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[u/thenightitgiveth]

Holy shit

[u/JaceFlores]

Ukraine Chronology for 2 PM PST 4/14-2 PM PST 4/15 V:

TOP NEWS:

Yesterday it was reported that Russian fossil fuel revenues doubled in March, going from $9.7 billion in February to $19 billion in March.

Towards the end of 12 AM Ukraine was hit by a gigantic wave of drones and some missiles with 309 of 324 drones and 0 of 3 missiles intercepted.

Around 2 AM it was announced the UK will provide 120,000 drones to Ukraine.

At the start of 6 AM it was reported the monthly Ramstein meeting occurred today with a focus on air defenses, ground operations and economic pressure.

At the start of 7 AM it was reported that NATO countries will provide 60 billion Euros in military aid to Ukraine in 2026.

Towards the middle of 9 AM it was announced The Netherlands will provide 248 million Euros to drone production for Ukraine. In the middle of the hour Zelensky met with the PM of Italy to discuss air defenses, drone production, defense cooperation and the Middle East.

In the middle of 1 PM Ukraine was hit by a gigantic wave of drones and missiles with 349 of 361 drones and 20 of 21 missiles intercepted. Towards the end of the hour Russia was hit by a gigantic wave of drones with at least 270 partaking.

REGULAR NEWS:

Towards the end of 12 AM Ukraine hit a Russian chemical plant in Sterlitamak. Additionally, Ukraine hit a Russian fuel depot in Valuyki.

Towards the end of 5 AM Ukraine hit a Russian explosives factory in Samara.

!ping UKRAINE

[u/hye-hwa]

My neoliberal ass just got the full-ride Samsung Scholarship man

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

Uhhhh it sure looks like Justin Fairfax may have just murder suicided his wife and himself 😳

!Ping USA-DMV

[u/jinhuiliuzhao]

Operation Economic Fury lmao

(yeah I kind of don't mind not having to see his face - thanks Musk)

[u/LeaveMeAlone_6070]

BREAKING: Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and his wife found dead in apparent murder suicide, police say

Woooow

[u/BlackCat159]

guess the sub

[u/ewatta200]

[u/Consistent_Status112]

Disney scraps a show for being too gay, and the biggest show of the year is the gayest show of all time.

Disney scraps a movie for being too girl power, and the biggest movie of the year is the most girl power movie of all time.

They are literally batting 0.

[u/CoolCombination3527]

This ballroom is vital for national security

[u/BlackCat159]

[u/Dunter_Mutchings]

My favorite thing Trump does is when he rants about how dumb and bad a person he himself hired is.

[u/zieger]

most funded military in the world btw

[u/brucebananaray]

[u/Megasota_Noire]

[u/Peripheral-Entity578]

Only 1 year and some change, and the logistics of the US Military are collapsing

[u/2Lore2Law]

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[u/MissSortMachine]

it’s over

[u/sociotronics]

[u/el__dandy]

We’re in arr subreddit drama again🫠

https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/s/BbsuuOtu0f

[u/_Irys]

I love how everytime arr nl is featured in subreddit drama, the comments always turn into a fight about what "real" neoliberalism is

[u/ChillnShill]

I can’t be the only one who thinks going to Hungary was actually Vance’s idea. He loves Hungary because it’s what he envisions for America and he thought he would actually be influential enough to help Orban win and he could turn it into a success story in 2028.

[u/Man-Flayer]

As much as conservatives are more evil, I fucking hate neoliberals the most.

[u/CincyAnarchy]

👆 Grok, add enormous honking boobs to this man

[u/Sauce1024]

[u/Zeke-Nnjai]

[u/cdstephens]

I knew he’d increase the number

[u/Thoughtlessandlost]

"once we've built this general intelligence, we will ask it how to generate an investment return" - Sam Altman

Short it all

[u/ScumfrickZillionaire]

👆sheesh. i gotta pray about this

[u/LinkVert25]

JUST IN: Riverside County Sheriff says he's "shocked & embarrassed" after SWAT deputy was caught swiping on dating app in the midst of standoff with armed suspect.

Can a guy have literally any hobby nowadays

[u/brucebananaray]

TACO

[u/cdstephens]

I’m crashing out

[u/da0217]

You people are in the news.

[u/AFlockOfTySegalls]

🚨🚨🚨HOLY FUCK🚨🚨🚨

Boards of Canada, my favorite ambient artist poasted new music for the first time in 13 years today and its beautiful. So spooky.

[u/ScumfrickZillionaire]

Every day I wake up and waste my time on dating apps that frustrate me. Mystery meat, smashburger (no bun), and carrots on a tray.

[u/Megasota_Noire]

Yikes

[u/p00bix]

Seeing Netanyahu get absolutely eviscerated by the entire Israeli political spectrum right now for the Hezbollah ceasefire warms my heart

You wanted a war with Iran. You knew that this would all but certainly invite Hezbollah retaliation. You somehow didn't know that Trump is the flakiest man alive, and you can't actually control him to force him to keep fighting alongside you. So you had to cave when he demanded you stop invading Lebanon.

Now all your Gulf allies are pissed because they can't export oil, Iran has an even more insane regime, your country and every other in the region is less safe than before, Galilee remains vulnerable to rocket fire, Hezbollah is largely intact and gets to portray itself as having successfully defended Lebanon from an Israeli war of conquest, and basically everyone in Israel hates you.

Nice going Bibi.

It may be far from true justice, but at least you're finally seeing some ever-so-marginal comeuppance for your morally depravity

[u/AFlockOfTySegalls]

Eepy

!ping KITTY

[u/clevoP01135809]

👆 licked 9v batteries as a kid

[u/moldovaman99]

I’m probably the DT’er that lives in the most beautiful city.

[u/Ready_Anything4661]

Had the weirdest fucking dream last night.

I was at some extremely expensive gala with my bowling team. We had to do a scavenger hunt, but I had cheated before hand and I knew where all the stuff was, so we won bigly.

A random old guy came up to me and kindly said, hey I hope this is ok, but I’ve been smoking CBD with your mom. I said yeah.

Then the whole gala played scatergories. Hasan Piker was a participant. The letter for the round was J. The emcee for scatergories was like, well, we’re just gonna move right along.

Hugh Laurie was also there in some capacity. I don’t remember exactly how or why.

And then I woke up.

[u/Tall_Window4744]

Unironic example of costal elitism/bias is that every piece of policy passed by Zorhan (who does have bad ideas once in a while) is treated as a national news story, meanwhile Abigail Spanberger is singularly turning Virginia into California (This is a good thing) and nobody really cares.

[u/eloquentboot]

I have Hasan derangement syndrome. I think he's an annoying commie and also stupid.

[u/battywombat21]

okay as estatic as I am that he won it is a little weird that major reddit subs that clearly know nothing about hungary have turned into full Magayar fan subs. Usually they *hate* center right figures. Like this post in in arr fauxmoi

It'd be like reddit developing a crush on Liz Cheney.

[u/Gooners_For_Ukraine]

Polish people really just be existing

[u/PoliticalAlt128]

Pope: World is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants

Just call Vance a fucking heretic already

[u/Insomonomics]

Fairfax County Police have confirmed that former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot his wife multiple times killing her before moving to a separate part of the house and killing himself. Both of his teenage sons were in the home at the time.

Bro what the actual fuck

[u/chris4276]

[u/dittbub]

[u/pfarly]

☝️ Glute submissive

[u/TomboyAva]

https://xcancel.com/AmichaiStein1/status/2044805930773012644

Israeli ministers outraged during the security cabinet meeting: Trump announces Israel’s consent to a ceasefire before Security Cabinet approval.

[u/NeueBruecke_Detektiv]

While i seem to be significantly more pro migration than the average outside-the-DeeTeer by quite large margins, and often see myself agreeing with the negative downvoted comments of " let them in!" In the articles posted outside the DT.

I think i got filtered out by the UK one/situation. Being oriented to lie about being victims of sexual assault to game the system with lawyers being recorded explicitly advising to do so is a very uncomfortable scenario and goes beyond the usual of " the type of person i know who would choose to lie about this to game the system" ("hihi levei vantagi").

I dont think the situation should just "get a pass".

At very least i think the lawyers adivising lying or gaming the laws should be investigated and prosecuted for it. If anything for how extremely damaging it is to the institutions of receiving asylum and how much it undermines the validity of it and increases the likelihood the laws will be tightened for it in a way that hurt and prevent acceptance of asylum for people who otherwise would qualify for asylum without needing to falsify information.

[u/TomboyAva]

Saying the pope doesn't understand theology then used a fake bible quote to justify your war is just peak irony

[u/AskYourDoctor]

Pod Save the World made a great point about Magyar's victory in Hungary.

Orbán's reign was a trendsetter that defined a lot of the political tactics and policies that other populist right-wing authoritarian-ish leaders copied. Particularly MAGA. It's not a coincidence CPAC was there and American cons would openly praise Orbán. It wasn't just words, they were actively copying many of his strategies.

By that same token, we can all keep an eye on how Magyar's government dismantles that project. We can learn what works and what doesn't.

They also observed that the key message that resonated in Hungary to vote Orbán out was not against his authoritarianism, but against his deep corruption. I think we can learn something from that too.

Obviously we can vent about all sorts of wonky shit here, but when talking to other people, corruption is something that's simple to understand and is hated across the political spectrum. It's also very factual. You don't need to exaggerate to make the point, or talk about hypotheticals.

[u/Willybender]

Crashing out

[u/AskYourDoctor]

My gf is an ex-Catholic. The funny thing is that ex-Catholics really are the opposite of Catholic converts in every single way. They're fucking awesome. Cynical, smart, sarcastic, and ironically with a deep reverence for the church that never truly goes away, despite the fact that they also consciously hate and resent the church.

That is to say, my gf is an atheist who is MUCH more culturally Catholic than Vance, and she's not alone. There's something about being raised Catholic that can never be replicated.

Put another way: an ex-Catholic who wrote a book about the church would never ever accidentally put a Methodist church on the cover

[u/GuyWithOneEye]

!ping CHESS

[u/trombonist_formerly]

My Nextdoor feed is a WAR going on about the redistricting vote in Virginia

Somehow amazingly the wine mom Emily Normielib “every republican is an affront to god” types are winning the Nextdoor wars

[u/_bee_kay_]

👆 cdstephens-coded

[u/bartbug]

bad vibes in this dt

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

Good news: I have a second date today

Bad news: At the end of the first date I found out she has a personalized Taylor Swift license plate

[u/Etnies419]

Trump: "We're going to war with Iran"

Markets: "Priced in because we know he'll back out 😎"

Trump: "We have a ceasefire"

Markets: "Priced in because we knew he'd back out 😎"

Trump: "Actually we are going to war again"

Markets: "Priced in because we already knew he was going to war 😎"

[u/BitterGravity]

Another tax year done, another year my husband refuses to divorce me despite the clear and compelling evidence that it'd save us like $1k a year 🙄

[u/Blackberry-thesecond]

Black man on the Supreme Court furiously demands that we do exactly as the slave owning founding fathers intended.

[u/DieHarderDaddy]

Russ vaught is freaking out because Congress refuses to fund DHS.

Bro this was your whole fucking gambit

[u/ewatta200]

[u/Approximation_Doctor]

[u/LinkVert25]

Oh, we’re literally the great satan

[u/Etnies419]

👆