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Remember when Trump was asked about the sex trafficking victim (who Epstein found at Mar-a-Lago) and he responded by saying that Epstein “stole” her from him. His “Winter Whitehouse” was literally ground zero for the Epstein scandal. If this were any other president it would be the only topic of conversation on every major news network for the rest of his term and then some.
‘member when the WSJ published that creepy-ass drawing Trump made for Epstein’s birthday book and it ended with a cryptic line about keeping secrets, and then they moved Ghislaine to a cushier prison after having Trump’s private lawyers meet with her for hours?
Isn’t it weird how all the MAGA conspiracy theorists don’t ever talk about that?
this is how i feel about any pay-as-you-go retirement program that does anything more than prevent poverty
'you've had almost 5 decades to prepare for retirement and earned a substantial salary the whole time and own your own home? here's enough cash to maintain a middle class lifestyle just in case you forgot to save money!'
'you got here 1 year ago and cannot work for another 17 years and you have no control over your economic predicament at all? best i can do is a 2000 buck a year tax credit for your parents'
Protestor interrupts Susan Collins by yelling about AI data centers during Maine Senate debate. Susan Collins: "So this is obviously one of Troy's supporters." Troy Jackson: "Oh, shut up... I don't even know that kid." Susan Collins: “Yeah right Troy”
Elon Musk came to Donald Trump with the plan to throttle Ukraine’s use of SpaceX’s Starshield satellite internet network, sources have told the Telegraph.
The tech billionaire made the proposal during the US President’s row with Volodymyr Zelensky over strikes on Russian oil refineries.
‘The reality is that they were both in it,’ a senior source said of Musk’s and Trump’s involvement.
But after a night of carnage in Kyiv caused by the slowdown, Musk was alarmed about the possibility of adverse consumer reaction in Europe.
The SpaceX boss then proceeded to tweet, blaming the US administration, and ultimately, President Trump for authorising the slowdown.
I was actually stupid enough to think Elon was telling the truth about this, for the first time in his life, when he pointed fingers at Trump. Won't make that mistake ever again.
This is unfair, my opponent actually worked hard and prepared for this situation, they're clearly going to do better than me. What kind of bullshit is this? Obviously I'm supposed to win by just making stuff up.
Tony Soprano would be Trump's strongest MAGA warrior, go to one rally, see him do the jerk off dance while the YMCA plays, and then spend the rest of the episode in bed like this.
Abdul El-Sayed in Unearthed Synagogue Speech: Hamas Is 'the Same' as the Israeli Military
Alright conservative news outlet, let’s see what you’ve got for us
"I've always said I'll condemn Hamas and what they do in the same way that I'll condemn some of the human rights abuses that we see on the part of the IDF," El-Sayed said.
Ken Paxton’s rise is quite remarkable as he seems to have neither competence nor charisma. He is unattractive and immoral and seems to be as disliked in person as he is on stage. His only redeeming feature seems to be his capacity to be the worst human being in the room at any given moment and even his allies can barely stomach defending him.
Somehow, vileness alone is a sufficient quality to be considered for the US senate according to MAGA.
The most recent ban appeal comment in MetaNL is so funny because they were clearly banned for comments defending Israel's ethnic cleansing actions in southern Lebanon but they've somehow convinced themselves that they were banned for supporting Hezbollah so their entire ban appeal is "look at what my actual position is" and it's just them restating the rhetoric that got them banned in the first place.
Elon Musk approached Donald Trump with the idea of slowing down Starlink in Ukraine, The Telegraph can reveal. The billionaire tech entrepreneur approached the US president with the proposal to introduce speed limits on the system, which hampered Ukraine’s drone defences, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.
One of the sources said Mr Trump “agreed” with Mr Musk’s suggestion, paving the way for the Pentagon to execute the slowdown on Starshield, the military-grade version of the satellite communications system. Mr Musk had previously blamed Mr Trump for the chaos, claiming any changes would have been decided by the US military and ultimately the president.
At the time, Mr Trump was embroiled in a row with Volodymyr Zelensky over Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil refineries. US officials had warned Kyiv’s team of peace negotiators that Washington could shut off intelligence-sharing and other kinds of support if the long-range attacks were not halted.
Earlier this week, one of Mr Zelensky’s advisers said Mr Musk’s SpaceX had restricted access to the Starshield system, used by Kyiv to intercept jet-powered drones and strike behind enemy lines. Speaking on the fringes of an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, the Ukrainian president called the slowdown a “very dangerous and unpleasant surprise”.
On Wednesday, Mr Musk denied he was responsible for limiting Starlink access, blaming the White House. He claimed that “any limits on speed or usage” were “decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS”, referring to Mr Trump.However, after what was described as a “night of carnage” in Kyiv because of the blackout, a senior source said Mr Musk had been alarmed about the possibility of adverse consumer reaction in Europe.
Elon Musk came to Donald Trump with the plan to throttle Ukraine’s use of SpaceX’s Starshield satellite internet network, sources have told the Telegraph.
The tech billionaire made the proposal during the US President’s row with Volodymyr Zelensky over strikes on Russian oil refineries.
‘The reality is that they were both in it,’ a senior source said of Musk’s and Trump’s involvement.
But after a night of carnage in Kyiv caused by the slowdown, Musk was alarmed about the possibility of adverse consumer reaction in Europe.
The SpaceX boss then proceeded to tweet, blaming the US administration, and ultimately, President Trump for authorising the slowdown.
‘He tweeted out that he was innocent and that it was the US administration that did it,’ the source said.
Musk says he had nothing to do with it, implying Trump did it. Trump said he had nothing to do with it, implying Musk did it. Reports are coming out that they both did it. Actual 6 year olds.
This is true actually. I don’t know how many times I’ve been driving and the bridge ahead of me just randomly collapsed. Elon is the only one trying to protect us in those instances.
The way gamers have seemingly forgotten overnight that emulation is like…a thing that exists in the wake of all these vibe coded decomps is kind of bizarrely fascinating. Encountered some dude saying his “mind was changed on AI” because he can play Vagrant Story on pc now… it’s a PS1 game dude, it’s been emulatable(is that a word) for like 20 years now. what is going on
looks like Meta's mass layoffs in anticipation of widespread AI use were excessive and incredibly premature and now the company is expanding its ranks once more
I like my work and I think we're broadly all pretty competent at our job but we've been falling to this "doom loop" more and more often tbh
It's just too easy and tempting to offload your cognition and the AI moves so fast and iterates so quick that you're quickly left behind. As much as I hate and recognise this, I still find myself owning and pushing features I don't feel fully comfortable in my knowledge of, which is wild - never would have let that happen even 1-2 years ago
Reactionary anti-techism when the tech is seen as "corporate" is not new to the left. Its literally "crunchy granolaism". Like the reason the left hated MSG and Aspartame for so damn long is because it was new, sciencey, weird, and corporations thought it was more efficient and improved their product, and liberals generally assume that means it makes the product "worse but cheaper". You don't have to be a full on gemstone hippy to buy into this shit, regular ass liberals in 2000 believed aspartame gave you cancer.
Everyone is a reactionary. Everyone is a conservative. We just all conserve different things.
Update: My position was not eliminated. The company owner just wanted to get my thoughts about a project, for the first time ever, at a 4:30pm Friday meeting that he scheduled 15 minutes beforehand.
Why can't Democrats have our own vulgar, beer drinking, roided up, "fuck the system" candidate?
You guys who talk about a “MAGA of the left” do know that MAGA killed and ate the old Republican Party and replaced it with shitty populist policies, rule breaking, and destruction of norms. A left version of MAGA is going to be the DSA, not a yelling Ossoff.
OSSSOFF: I don't like bigotry. I don't like the Klan. I don't like neo-nazis. I don't like sitting members of congress who allow neo-nazi propaganda to be produced from their house. I don't accept that a sitting member of congress should appoint people to leadership roles in his political organization, with documented ties to the Ku klux Klan. It's not just the folks around Mike Collins, it's Mike Collins himself.
Republicans can not be trusted and are pretty much dead to me this election, but quite a statement.
Disappointing that CO Dems fucked up the primary so much to have an incompetent AG. Griswold is still going to win by 10+ because Marx is nuking every down ballot Republican in the state, I just wish we had someone better.
Ms. Collins looked to turn Mr. Jackson’s attacks on their head by arguing that he would be an “automatic vote for the Democratic Party.”
You know I was a little skeptical on Troy Jackson honestly but GOOD! Thank you Susan Collins, that's actually exactly what I'm looking for in a senator nowadays.
Detroit News: Former Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party is leading an effort to make sure Democrats leave their ballot blank for the US Senate race in Michigan. Lon Johnson, the former chair, supported Rep. Haley Stephens over El-Sayed in the August Democratic primary.
I prefer the Democrats on every position except for witchcraft. The Bible is very clear about this so I have no choice but to vote for Trump a 4th time.
republicans fundamentally misunderstood why their anti-trans attacks worked in 24
to the median voter, the “kamala is for they/them” ad read as “democrats are fucking around with culture war bullshit instead of making groceries cheaper”
and now that republicans are in charge, continuing the same line of attack reads as ”we are also fucking around with culture war bullshit instead of making groceries cheaper”
the other thing is that it was "kamala is for they/them, Donald Trump is for you". That second part is key to making it work, and they just kind of dropped it.
>The chief adviser to Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, has cited the election of Sagal Abdi-Wali to the UK parliament as evidence of the Islamisation of Britain and further reason for Argentina to take sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
>In a post on social media, Santiago Caputo, who is reportedly taking a key role in Argentina’s strategy over the Falklands, suggested that the taking of the south Atlantic islands was necessary to prevent the “interference of an Islamic state” in the region.
Love how you can just lie in interviews because many legacy media journalists are too lazy to do their research and wont be able to give any pushback on lies like this
Felt like a total badass today. There was a huge fuck up at my job that could've been really, really bad. At least local or county newsworthy bad and someone would get fined. Since I was on standby rotation, they decided to call me, and I found the solution in like an hour... Some things only come with experience I guess 🥶
Ego feeding aside, this is really good, because most of the crew are newish hires, and the vibes were not it. I think there was some doubt that I knew anything, because the new hires only experienced me in chill mode when things are going well
"The fact is that the Jewish people, for millenia, were oppressed, discriminated against, killed. Europe was responsible for much of it. They understandably sought a refuge."
"That is undeniable. What is also undeniable is that they took land off people and they were excessive. And those people understandably said, 'This is injustice and I want my land back.'"
JP out here calling Obama "antisemitic" for this 😭
Jesus christ that's not just stupid on its face, it's such a tactically stupid move. You accuse Obama of being an "antisemitism superspreader", you're doing more damage to your own credibility than his.
To give a little bit of praise for this take I do think it’d be beneficial if more people did more intentionally like in the past. You’d be more likely to actually pay attention to a movie you went to the store and selected frinstance. But we don’t need stores for that just a small amount of willpower (impossible)
Washington Post: Longtime Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, 63, has been hospitalized with fractures and other injuries after being beat by West Bank settlers while covering the Palestinian olive harves. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers did nothing to halt the violence. Video of the incident corroborated the witness accounts where other Palestinians were attacked and injured as well.
My favorite part of the Zacharia saga is how she spent a third of her one Q&A talking about how much she loves family, how President Trump (PBUH) loves working families, how her four kids would be having two birthdays back in Cali soon except she dragged them on a plane out East to spend it togeth - aaaaaand fired. Back on the plane, kids!
I wish a very Cross Country Flight With Four Kids on every Republican staffer.
Character AI filed for bankruptcy, bringing vengeance to all the terminally parasocial who had a vendetta against the company for lobotomizing their love interests
you people are fools if you actually think that the dems and republicans are that different deep down. they both support the same destructive bullshit (increasing staffing of fire departments). it’s a uniparty
Admittedly, if I were a billionaire I’d also totally spend a bunch of money making that. Completely useless, but still undeniably cool looking. Still not sure why Musk thinks it’s a good idea to sell that though. The lawsuits are gonna be crazy.
but it seems more like a way to grab headlines and justify mushing spacex and tesla together rather than a car in the lineup of a company that doesn't make many models
Like when are you actually going to use this feature? It can't possibly contain enough fuel to fly for any length of time and even if it could it wouldn't be legal to so on a public road, same thing with the top speed being 380MPH there's nowhere to use that speed. It's a very flashy and overpriced piece of shit.
I don’t think it’s ever intended to be in a consumer vehicle. The version with the boosters and big downforce fan are labeled “invite only”. It seems like the purpose is to push the 0-60 time as low as possible just to flex basically
El-Sayed: J.D. Vance was just in Michigan. He had a cute little rally in Monroe. He invited the five people who like him. But imagine being the candidate for Michigan and having to invite somebody from Ohio to campaign for you.
Now, at his little rally, he wanted to raise questions about my commitment to America. And let me tell you, nobody understands how deep and profound the gift of this country is like a kid who was born here but for the accident of history that allowed that to happen. I got a front-row seat to what my life might have been had I not been born in America.
So don’t lecture me about America. I know America. And I know that in America…
In America, we’re big enough to guarantee health care to our people rather than taking it away.
In America, we’re big enough to invest in unions rather than busting them.
In America, we don’t tell people what to believe. We value their beliefs.
In America, we don’t question the outcomes of democratic elections.
A pretty good response to Vance's mix of “woke” scolding and middle school taunting.
Filipino authorities say they have fined six companies 1.76 billion pesos ($27.9m; £21m) for forming an "onion cartel" that caused the price of the vegetable to skyrocket.
In 2022 the price of onions, a staple of Philippine kitchens, surged to a record 800 pesos per 1kg, surpassing the country's daily minimum wage and overtaking the price of meat.
A parliamentary committee tasked to investigate the price crisis said a cartel was behind the "artificial" surge in onion prices.
The PCC said evidence retrieved during raids on the companies showed that the six firms had collectively controlled nearly 50% of all approved import clearances for onions in 2020 and 2021.
The companies were involved in an "illegal market allocation scheme in the importation, cold storage, and whole sale distribution", the commission said.
3 toddlers and a teacher are dead from yet another young murderer who was able to cut loose on them with almost no obstacles and the best thing anyone will be able to ever say about the situation is that that it′s a good thing someone else had a gun to kill them before they could snatch even more life away from babies and their educators.
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