Posts tagged with "current-events"

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Wastrel

Very apt description of Kristi Noem in this post: There is a cosplaying, ignorant wastrel named Kristi Noem heading the Department of Homeland Security. Because of huge ICE expenditures, she blew...

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Cynicism Is the Enemy of Action

Rebecca Solnit with some important observations about why we need to take action and what to do about the people who choose to sit on the sidelines and be discouraging: When you don't assume the...

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The crowd at a Trump rally

Lyz Lenz went to a Trump rally in Iowa right after the "Bulging Barbarous Bill" passed. Being a leftist, she may have already been primed to notice people being pieces of crap. They did not...

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MAGA mad about Epstein

Lyz Lenz's Dingus of the Week is fast becoming a must read for me. Some hot fire on the MAGA fight about Epstein this week. Dingus of the week: The Epstein Files: ... my good man, I wish the left was...

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Stop The Norms Respecters

The Norms Respecters Have To Be Stopped: We already tried the Return To Norms thing. The Biden years were one long wish that American politics could normalize with a Washington lifer in charge of...

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Epstein and the MAGAs

Why The Epstein Thing Is Different: Driven by a burning desire to be loved and adored, Trump softened his stance on the vaccine as an unmitigated good by reminding people they had the right to refuse...

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Coming for your rights

I recently heard the Work (Remix) by ASAP Ferg. When I heard the this bar from French Montana, When they mask up, comin' for your ice When they bare-faced, they comin' for your life I realized that...

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Scary Mamdani

Lyz Lenz accurately calls out what the Mamdani panic is actually about. Dingus of the week: Everyone who is mad about Zohran Mamdani Like if we let a Democrat run on the actual platform of the...

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Tiny OSHA Me

From Tumblr: Me: I don't get it. I thought I was doing a lot better than I was a few years ago. I'm like 10 times more on top of things than I used to be. How does everything feel terrible now? The...

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Musk and Bessent fight

That black eye Elon Musk had in his news conference was likely delivered by the Treasury Secretary. That clown got whooped by a senior citizen. Insane moment Elon Musk 'SHOVED' Trump's treasury...

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TACO

I love the fact that this makes Trump so mad: ‘Trump always chickens out’: Taco jibe ruffles president’s feathers

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Pete Hegseth nicknames

These are things the people in the military are calling him:

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This is how Musk's empire dies

Will Lockett out here giving me some hope: Musk’s empire will fall in two blows: the first when the AI bubble bursts and eradicates Tesla, xAI, and Twitter/X, and the second when SpaceX drowns in...

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Biglaw quislings

Charlie Sykes giving cowardly Biglaw firms the business! Fuck you, and all your contumacious works, you cowardly brood of white-shoed lickspittles. You embraced your ignominy with enthusiasm. You...

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Burr on Musk

Bill Burr saying what we all think about Elon Musk: “That guy, who evidently is a Nazi. Like, I just refuse to believe that it was an accidental, two-times Sieg heil, and he does it at a presidential...

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Scaring DOGE

What do you do if DOGE shows up at your agency offices? Invite some girls over so those nerds get nervous and lock themselves in the bathroom to watch porn.

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Exotic photos

Talking to a friend about Barron Trump: Do we think he think he was sheltered enough that no one ever showed him Melania's more... exotic photos?

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Not enough to be against the bad guys

The American Nightmare Is A Rerun: Young voters do not look at our politics and see any good guys," a pollster told Semafor in May. "They see a dying empire led by bad people." I am tired of hearing...

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Aggressive jacket

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Face eating leopards

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Litmus tests

Denny Carter on why Dem's need to adopt litmus tests too. I Stared Into The Abyss Of The Democratic Party And All I Got Was This Anxiety: Litmus tests would mean piece of shit villains like Joe...

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American jobs

Frantic Bathroom Deletion Hat: ... Ken ranting about Iranians taking American jobs like undermining faith in elections.

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Trump debate

There are so many articles about Trump's utter failure at the debate. These are some of my favs: A Handshake To End the Race: Striding toward Trump and shaking his hand was a move of pure domination...

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Trump Voters

Kareem Abdul Jabbar said the following about Trump voters: This election has made me more afraid for the future of the United States than any previous election. Not simply because Trump is running,...

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Undecided voter motivations

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GOP trick

One of the most impressive feats the GOP pulled off was convincing the poor that they should care about rich people issues. I remember once I was sitting with my father in law, who's a Boomer. He...

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Ultra violent videos

We Get Our Violence in High-Def Ultra Realism: These images being beamed into their rotten brains are saying softly that they were right all along about These People, that you should not feel bad...

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Sanewashing Trump

I couldn't put my finger on it before. It now makes sense. I totally agree that the mainstream media makes Trump seem a lot smarter and more coherent than he actually is. It's a travesty and shows...

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Biden's court reform proposals

How Biden’s Court Reform Proposals Could Work—if the Court Would Let Them: The Trump court has been the most ethically compromised court in American history—based, at least, on the receipts we have...

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Stray thoughts on patriotism

I've never fully understood why people can get so patriotic. This article may explain why. Stray Thoughts On Patriotism: Patriotism is the last vestige of a scoundrel. The worst, most shameless...

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Trump’s Achilles’ heel: ridicule him

Finally, the Democrats Have Found Trump’s Achilles’ Heel: Ridicule Him: ... it must drive Trump nuts, and when he goes nuts, he says especially nutty things ... it’s arguably more persuasive to swing...

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Losing the culture wars

Color me shocked. People don't want to go backwards socially. We need to shame and humiliate all the culturally regressive extremists who have taken over the GOP. Don't even get me started on Moms...

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Christian nationalists crazy about Trump

The religious people who worship Trump would know they're repeating the story of the golden calf if they ever bothered to read the Bible. Trump TV Hosts At Rally Claim Bible Proves God Saved Trump:...

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Trump is nuts

'Very unpopular': Editor of conservative outlet admits 'weak' Trump is 'definitely nuts': Wright noted that throughout Trump's time in the White House, he won by a razor's edge in 2016, never enjoyed...

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Trump struggling to adapt

In the least surprising news to date, Trump is lazy, undisciplined, and complaining about how unfair this election is. When him and his supporters talk about easily triggered liberal snowflakes, it's...

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Trump tries to reset campaign

What's he going to reset it to? Not being a racist, not being a liar, and being a decent human? Trump tries to reset his campaign after brutal month: Privately, Trump has suggested he understands...

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Trump is unhinged

Is Trump OK? Unhinged reaction to rise of Harris worries supporters: Since Harris assumed the mantle of the presumptive Democratic candidate, Trump has claimed to be better-looking than the...

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GOP trying to claim Dred Scott decision disqualifies Kamala

Anyone who says the GOP isn't racist is stupid or a liar. GOP group claims Kamala Harris is ineligible to be president due to Dred Scott decision: In an official resolution, the National Federation...

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Trump trying to deny Project 2025

Trump can't shake ties to Project 2025—and it's driving him nuts: The denial is in bright blue and red letters: “Straight from Trump’s Platform,” it says. “NOT PROJECT 2025, WHICH TRUMP DIDN’T WRITE...

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Trump getting flustered by criticism

Maggie Haberman Says Trump ‘Clearly Jarred’ by Harris’s Rise: “Look, he’s very reactive in all things when he is not in command,” Haberman replied. “And we have seen this over the course of the last...

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Things I trust more than Trump

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Don't want to have an election

Trump doesn't want to have an election because he's leading, Kamala led a coup, and other fascist reasons: You know, they do polls on this stuff, and I’m at like 93%. I said, so why are we having an...

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Republicans tell Trump to focus on issues

Asking Trump to change and become more serious is the dumbest form of wishful thinking possible: The New York Times reported over the weekend that Trump told "rattled donors" he thinks "I was right"...

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Trump is planning next insurrection

The crowd size talk is him trying to lay the groundwork for another coup. His cult will be more than willing to oblige. Bernie Sanders said it best: Donald Trump may be crazy, but he’s not stupid....

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Trump advisory

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No to Knope politics

I began reading Denny Carter for his fantasy football articles, but he's fast becoming one of my favs on politics Democrats Are Saying No to Leslie Knope Politics: Clinton was treating voters as...

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The GOP after Trump

What happens to the Republican Party if Trump is defeated?: But it’s just as likely that something even worse emerges. Because if there’s one thing we’ve learned from the modern conservative...

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Harris campaign's trolling

I love the fact that Kamala Harris has shifted the Dems' messaging from "we have to fear Trump and the master plan he has to ruin us" to "look at this weird, doddering old criminal who doesn't ever...

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Tim Walz is the man loser MAGA guys can never be

When your entire identity is trying to be hypermasculine while blindly following a preening, vain narcissist, there's bound to be some cognitive dissonance: Tim Walz is the negation of the...

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GOP's law strategy

We all know that the Supreme Court is now a MAGA apparatus. Trump is planning to use the courts to challenge any loss, no matter how large the margin. Between 1982 and 2017, the RNC was subject to a...

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Lacivita didn't use his inside voice

Chris LaCivita has said the quiet part out loud: “It’s not over until he puts his hand on the Bible and takes the oath. It’s not over until then. It’s not over on Election Day, it’s over on...

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Impeach the justices

Impeaching Alito and Thomas will not succeed. That's not the point here. We need to shine a light on their corruption and underscore that no one is unaccountable to society. For too long, Democratic...

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Clown on Vance

JD Vance Memes About His Weird, Far-Right Policies Are Actually Fine: "Mocking the Vances of the world online and calling them “weird” angers and defangs them. It lessens their grip on us and reveals...

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Behind the scenes at the Supreme Court

Alito and Clarence Thomas are the main reasons we need Supreme Court term limits. Alito has long given off an air of vexation, even as he is regularly in the majority with his conservative ideology....

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Laugh at them

I've been trying to figure out how to effectively deal with Trump supporters. I think the best way to go is to point out how dumb their ideas are. Ridicule their words mercilessly. Point out how...

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Ghoulosphere

Many thanks to the extremists at the Heritage Foundation for finally creating a policy platform that goes too far for the average voter, no matter how uninformed they are. Who Wants To Talk About The...

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Grindr at the RNC

Whenever someone is too for or against something, I am instantly suspicious. And it's stuff like the party that hates all gays crashing the #1 gay hookup app that proves me correct every time.

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78 year old criminal

I love this so much. We need to call him out for all the crazy things he says and does: /images/harris.jpg)

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Kareem on Trump

Kareem Abdul Jabbar describes Trump exactly how I’ve wanted to: ... a person for whom no rational, moral, or patriotic person could vote.

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Kamala needs to be aggressive

The Dems need to stop clinging to some stupid set of unwritten rules about civility while the GOP doesn’t give a crap about any of that stuff. I want a bulldog who gives Trump nicknames, laughs in...

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Butthair

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Supreme Court fully in the bag for Trump

The decision by the Supreme Court shows they are an official arm of the MAGA machine: To the extent that John Roberts ever imagined himself as a meaningful check on Trump’s power, that version of...

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MAGA business

What better way to combine government waste, MAGA cult worship and child care than baby gates built out of those pieces of the border wall that have fallen down and are just lying around? I'll also...

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Israel root cause

Humans have been terrible to each other since the dawn of time. It's one of the things we do best. The real villains here are the Western European countries. If they hadn't had WWI, then

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Stealing jobs

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The Americans who need chaos

This is unfortunately true of most of the MAGA cult. They can't get enough dopamine at home or in their normal lives, so they have to ruin everyone else's personal. The Americans Who Need Chaos:...

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The empty Adderall factory

As someone who needs these medications, this is infuriating. I get the issue with the paperwork. But then send in overseers and make the company pay for them. The Adderall Shortage: Is One Factory...

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Crypto grifters pivot to AI

This is a great two part look into why AI is a scam. Crypto collapse? Get in loser, we’re pivoting to AI – Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by Sam Altman’s OpenAI and...

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Voting in a bra

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Nancy Mace is a toxic boss

I worked for someone who was similarly toxic. I hope Mace and my ex-boss end up selling oranges on the side of a freeway on-ramp. Nancy Mace Is So Toxic That Her Entire Staff Ditched Her: “If she...

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Wil Wheaton on MAGA

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9/11 social media post templates

For the 20th anniversary of 9/11, I offer you the following templates for all of your social media needs. [insert anecdote about the banal things you were doing when the Two Towers were hit] [insert...

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How bad should we feel when the willfully unvaccinated die?

How Bad Should We Feel When the Willfully Unvaccinated Die?: So when your cousin/high school friend/neighbor and people like them who choose not to get vaccinated contract COVID and die, while the...

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Murder tigers

Houston tiger is being secretly passed around safe houses, police believe: I am holding on to a conspiracy theory that this dude fed his victims to the tiger. It's a murder tiger!!! The dude isn't...

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Anti maskers

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Covid pimp

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Moist money sign

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MAGA greeting

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Covid warning sign

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Reconcile with the MAGAs

Joe Biden Is Right: For America to Heal, We Must Find Common Ground With Trump Supporters: TO STEAL ALL THE REMOTE CONTROLS AND SHOELACES FROM THEIR HOMES TO GRAB THEIR HANDS WHILE THEY’RE SLEEP AND...

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Thoughts on Trump

4 years ago, I woke up at 6am and navigated to Google. Seeing the words "Donald Trump has been elected the 45th President of the United States" made my heart jump and sent me into a stupor. America...

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Michigan election

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Our new health director

In this dark time, at least we can look to Sanmi Areola for the answers.

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Corona tough guys

Kyle Brandt Perfectly Called Out Coronavirus 'Tough Guys': This video is what convinced me to drop my tough guy act and take Covid-19 as seriously as was warranted.

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Kobach

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Leftist optimism

I really needed to read this post on Facebook from Will Sternberg: I hate “we’re fucked.” I mean, I don’t want to shame anyone who has said it, thought it, or posted it. I have too. But as a...

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Paul Manafort's hats

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Election Night 2016

Right after the 2016 election, a lot of people on Metafilter commiserated about this new, horrible turn the country had taken: First: I suspect he knows exactly what he's going to do...parade around...

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Trump disagreement

I found this on Metafilter. It’s petty, but this a time for it. Please let me know what happens if you try this: Just had someone comment about ‘agreeing to disagree’ after a ‘ HA HA this is great’...

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2016 Election Thoughts

Before: After:

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Awesome Sam Brownback shirt

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Voting GOP vs. finding a wedding dress

This is from a Fark comment: 1. You will have to choose from a wide selection of what are varying shades of white. 2. You will be asked to come up with more money than you intended. 3. You will be...

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ACA

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Reggie Miller feuds with a prince

Reggie Miller -- I'm No Homewrecker, Just a Flirt The entire Southern California coastline was roped into the story last weekend, after Alex von Furstenberg -- the son of designer Diane von...

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