US American politics

[CyberCubed]

I think President Kamala Harris is a real possibility in 2029..

Very unlikely, she has no popularity at all and the people who voted for her the first time around because they hated Trump, won't have to worry about Trump as the opposition next time.

[Coola Yagami]

You can pretend all you like, I suppose.

So can you.

[Mayhem]

The next presidential run needs new blood. Trump will probably be dead by then despite his threats of running a third term. And everyone else like Biden, the Clintons, Kamala are all too old, can't run again, or will be dead. And Kamala Khan has no chance.

Hopefully we get all new people.
Trump is likely to be dead before the end of this term… hello puppet Vance.

I keep hearing people suggest AoC should throw her hat into the ring, but I don’t think she has enough experience yet.

[Mayhem]

Claims Epstein did a Lucan and is now living in Israel… have to say, it does rather look like him. Unless someone knows who he actually is…

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUZf8mRiVX8/?igsh=bDMxcXB1dm56cHU=

[Andrew NDB]

Trump is likely to be dead before the end of this term… hello puppet Vance.

That'd be fine.

I keep hearing people suggest AoC should throw her hat into the ring, but I don’t think she has enough experience yet.

She won't have the VOTES (turns out wildly, demonstrably stupid people...not super popular with the masses)... so she absolutely should throw her hat into the ring. Which she will likely do anyway but then drop out with everyone else to support Newscum or whoever will be the nominee (not her).

[ToTheNines]

Claims Epstein did a Lucan and is now living in Israel… have to say, it does rather look like him. Unless someone knows who he actually is…

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUZf8mRiVX8/?igsh=bDMxcXB1dm56cHU=

I mean… if we’re dealing with a level of corruption that allowed a high profile witness on suicide watch to “kill himself” while the cameras “malfunctioned” while both guards on duty “fell asleep”, it’s really not that crazy to think either a body double was snuck in or he just played possum until he was in the back of the ambulance.

What’s one or two more steps to the process?

[ranger_scout]

Rottentomatoes.com says the audience score for the documentary Melania is accurate.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/melania-movie-rotten-tomatoes-audience-score-critics-1236497256/

[Andrew NDB]

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What is with all of these Antifa people dressing up in drag? Is this like a prerequisite of joining?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/melania-movie-rotten-tomatoes-audience-score-critics-1236497256/

If ever there was a litmus test of how objective critics are as a whole it was going to be this. Even if a liberal critic thought the documentary was just oh-kay... do you really think they want to be the one liberal critic in the group who says so?

[Coola Yagami]

Trump is likely to be dead before the end of this term… hello puppet Vance.



eh, he'll just regenerate a new heart/lung/whatever just like he regenerated his ear.

[Mayhem]

Rottentomatoes.com says the audience score for the documentary Melania is accurate.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/melania-movie-rotten-tomatoes-audience-score-critics-1236497256/
Note that the criteria for validity is buying a ticket through Fandango. Doesn’t mean they actually went to see the film…

[IMJ]

A "Melania" film would clearly have made a lot more sense as a years-later retrospective instead of an attempted current pep-rally.

[Mayhem]

I’m actually inclined to agree there. Trump is also raging because Michelle’s documentary is ranking #1 and they aren’t in the Epstein files. Two factors I think led to Thursday’s “hilarious” prank post.

The Melania film made £33k here in its first week. For context that accounts for about a third of the entire international revenue take. Given the average ticket price for a cinema seat here, that works out around 2000 seats sold, or the equivalent of around ten filled cinemas. For the entire week.

[Andrew NDB]

"Trump is raging"

[sdp]

It's clear Trump sees the Obamas as primates, why does he have to hide what he thinks?

We didn't elect him to be PC.

[Mayhem]

But you did elect him.

And it’s becoming clearer that for all the “Biden is senile” fury during his tenure, it’s crickets from Maga on the same point re Trump. More so given Trump is acting demonstrably worse.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

I love how the video of Obama as an ape has caused more outrage from Republicians than ICE Brutality, the Epstein Files and Billions to Israel and Ukraine.

[ToTheNines]

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[ToTheNines]

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[IMJ]

But you did elect him.

And it’s becoming clearer that for all the “Biden is senile” fury during his tenure, it’s crickets from Maga on the same point re Trump. More so given Trump is acting demonstrably worse.

Well that's a direct result of liberals having brains and mentalities that routinely cause them to bug up irrationally while basically everyone else, including "the MAGA" aren't routinely addressing every comment made by society's children in their Trump tirades, bud. :lol:

Even the affect of society's whiners is trailing off while every other normal well adjusted person is basically living their life.

Biden was a puppet, elected for society's needy-complainer - and it's even more telling that society's bugs bugged up that society's adults went "omfg relax, here's Biden" and then in quick order said "f you, put Trump back in, we are tired of this nonsense". :lol:

Mayhem - raging once again to a practically empty room about "the Trump" and "the Maga". :lol: Wouldn't your time be better spent then actually empowering your fellow Leftists in your "allyship" than posting nonsense here?

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Mayhem is very calm and composed.

[Andrew NDB]

Mayhem is very calm and composed.

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[sdp]

Man Bawitdaba was the coolest song you could listen to when you were 12 years old. I literally felt like I was the most badass kid while listening to it. By the time I was a teenager Kid Rock felt like such a joke.

I'd unironically go to a kid rock concert now just to hear Bawitdaba live

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That concer would surely reek of weed and white trash. It's not even like he ever hid it, even the music video is full of white trash.

[Andrew NDB]

Kid Rock was "cool" from like the middle of my high school years to when I was about 20. Maybe. He was like as "cool" as Eminem and Fred Durst at the time, leaning more into hip hop than anything like he is now. Obviously he's no longer cool in the same way but I'd say he's quite a few notches above Durst. He's become the weird old man, still giving the middle fingers in photos like he's still an edgy 25 year-old.

Every once in a while, though, he'll give me a chuckle with something he does or says. Machine gunning the Bud Light cans was pretty amusing for its moment in time.

[sdp]

I dont 'know I can think of a bunch of Limp Bizkit songs that are 'good' while I can only remember bawitdaba and american bad ass from Kid Rock.
lol by the time I was in 8th grade Fred Durst was already the uncoolest thing you could like. It all came down for them after My Way.
I saw Limp Bizkit live like before the pandemic in a festival and I thought it'd be a bad show but ended up being the best act. He started "Let's party like it's 1999" and basically only played the hits from when he was popular in the late 90s and nothing else, covered DMX and RATM. He knew why people were there for.
Right after Korn played and they played a bunch of songs no one cared because they played only like one single off each record and most of those are from the post 2000s records no one cared about, the energy was just not there.

[Andrew NDB]

I dont 'know I can think of a bunch of Limp Bizkit songs that are 'good'

Sure there are. "Break Stuff" was like the anthem for a while. No? "Rollin Rollin Rollin" and "My Way" were memorable. "Nookie," meh.

while I can only remember bawitdaba and american bad ass from Kid Rock.

True, on this part. Though I did also like the one song he did with Sheryl Crow. I literally couldn't name one other song he's done, though, besides these 3.

lol by the time I was in 8th grade Fred Durst was already the uncoolest thing you could like.

It all happened so fast it was offputting. One day just POOF, the sad clown.

[ToTheNines]

I unironically love Limp and think Fred is a cool dude. He was always just playing the heel. Those first 3 albums are great. Their 2021 album, “STILL SUCKS” is awesome too.

I don’t really know what they were trying to say with this video but it’s funny.

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Kid Rock stinks, I’ve always hated him. That god damn “country” song he did where he mashed up “Werewolves of London” and “Sweet Home Alabama” is such an obnoxious piece of ****.

[ToTheNines]

Back to politics… the Bobbies locked up Prince Andrew over the Epstein files. Who’s next?

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Back to politics… the Bobbies locked up Prince Andrew over the Epstein files. Who’s next?

Them woke, Trump derangement syndrome suffering & peasent feeling Bobbies, don't they realise that the entire Epstein thing is a HOAX?

And If you needed further proof that the UK is a woke TDS DYSTOPIA, look no further than how they refused to let Trump use their airbase to attack Iran.

[Andrew NDB]

Back to politics… the Bobbies locked up Prince Andrew over the Epstein files. Who’s next?

It sounds like that's because he was sharing financial tips he wasn't supposed to... not any sexual stuff or anything to do with the island.

[ToTheNines]

It sounds like that's because he was sharing financial tips he wasn't supposed to... not any sexual stuff or anything to do with the island.

Oh, damn. Sensational headlines win again.

[sdp]

I mean we can rip each other apart arguing about politics while having an official thread theme:
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The Epsten list is old news as he said, he is completely exonerated. Trump is going to release UFO and Alien files. This is what I voted for!

[ToTheNines]

I see your American Badass and I raise you a We The People.

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[Andrew NDB]

Oh, damn. Sensational headlines win again.

I mean, the DOJ has been over the Epstein files even during Biden and they've repeatedly said under that regime and this one that there's nothing actionable in them. So here we are. The Prince Andrew bad business is different because it's not like it's the U.S.'s responsibility to go after or enforce UK financial trading laws.

[Mayhem]

Yeah. Andrew's arrest was regarding the sharing of materials to Epstein while he was acting as an envoy for the country. Still, the fact we have, and other countries are taking action based on information from the files, yet the US has done sweet FA about anyone, is quite telling.

[Mayhem]

NJ legislation brings in the FCUK ICE act, wonderful :lol:

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sa3xc6uff7zeiu7g6o5mappv/post/3mfcbmhcz222z?ref_src=embed

[Daytona]

What a wild year so far. Lefties in the US really need to pace themselves with all the crashing out. It’s only going to get worse for them.

[Coola Yagami]

NU legislation brings in the **** ICE act, wonderful :lol:

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sa3xc6uff7zeiu7g6o5mappv/post/3mfcbmhcz222z?ref_src=embed

Finally, some good news.

[Andrew NDB]

Finally, some good news.

100% meaningless.

"The bill "permits civil action for violations of US Constitution related to immigration enforcement.""

What violations of the constitution are taking place?

[Coola Yagami]

100% meaningless.

"The bill "permits civil action for violations of US Constitution related to immigration enforcement.""

What violations of the constitution are taking place?

Pretty sure messing with actual citizens for ***** and giggles, only going by skin color isn't legal.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

The United States has assembled its largest military force in the Middle East since the invasion of Iraq.

[Andrew NDB]

Pretty sure messing with actual citizens for ***** and giggles, only going by skin color isn't legal.

That's the -- probably animated -- movie going on in your mind. But I don't blame you, really. I have been really disappointed in people at large, their ability to sift through propaganda. I really can only compare this to when I was much younger and super against religion, that I was so sure that without it at large we'd be pretty OK and just advance beyond that crutch. Then I saw how wrong I was. In this case it is an even deeper disappointment on a more fundamental level. Like, just basic observational and logical dissemination skills. But it really does seem like masses of people will just get scared of being too "counter culture" if whatever is in front of them tells them loudly enough or if enough lemmings repeat the same thing enough times in their ears.

In truth, we already had this grand experiment called COVID. And we already saw who grabbed feverishly at power (and in what ways, and to what extent) and who didn't. And who was right about it all when the smoke settled.

[Mayhem]

And who was right about it all when the smoke settled.
You use that phrase, I don’t think it means what you think it means…

[Andrew NDB]

You use that phrase, I don’t think it means what you think it means…

I knew you'd chime in. Like the only guy I even "know" on the internets who still maintains all of the biggest talking points during COVID.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

In truth, we already had this grand experiment called COVID. And we already saw who grabbed feverishly at power (and in what ways, and to what extent) and who didn't. And who was right about it all when the smoke settled.

Screw the Covid Anti-Vaxx movement and all their "Nuremburg code" nonsense. The Left was absolutely right about Covid vaccines and the Right lost a lot of credibility during that time.

[Andrew NDB]

We can definitely have a conversation about the efficacy of the vaccine but I am mostly talking about the left's immediate grab of power to shut down restaurants -- some that had been im business for 50 years and will never come back -- and the beaches and the teachers unions shutting down the schools for "distance learning" that damaged so many kids like my own. And being a pen wave away from mandating vaccines for all workers on a blatantly false premise.

[ToTheNines]

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[Daytona]

Screw the Covid Anti-Vaxx movement and all their "Nuremburg code" nonsense. The Left was absolutely right about Covid vaccines and the Right lost a lot of credibility during that time.

When were they right? When they said a vaccine stopped the spread? When they said masks work? When they swerved and said the vaccine didn’t stop the spread and masks didn’t work? I don’t understand how they were correct when they talked out of both sides of their mouth and then had us “following the science”like a pit-bull on a leash crashing through the mall.

Were they right when they tried to shut down any voices claiming there would be issues and health consequences for taking the vaccines?
Bc we now have much more confirmation on that then we did during lockdown.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

When were they right? When they said a vaccine stopped the spread? When they said masks work? When they swerved and said the vaccine didn’t stop the spread and masks didn’t work? I don’t understand how they were correct when they talked out of both sides of their mouth and then had us “following the science”like a pit-bull on a leash crashing through the mall.

Were they right when they tried to shut down any voices claiming there would be issues and health consequences for taking the vaccines?
Bc we now have much more confirmation on that then we did during lockdown.

The Leftists were right when they said that the vaccine was safe and effective.

But they were wrong when their light handed approach allowed the protests to cause disorder.

The Establishment allowed the Anti-Vaxx movement to prosper. Maybe that wasn't their intention, but they did.

[Coola Yagami]

The Leftists were right when they said that the vaccine was safe and effective.



But it was neither.


The Establishment allowed the Anti-Vaxx movement to prosper. Maybe that wasn't their intention, but they did.

It was their fault for rolling out some rushed-out concoction and calling it a 'vaccine'. The simple fact they had to go and redefine what a vaccine was in Websters just to make this one count says something.

[Andrew NDB]

And all the push to get your 5 year-olds vaccinated, when the risk of side effects far outweighed any potential benefits (it was NOT killing kids).

[FredWolfLeonardo]

And all the push to get your 5 year-olds vaccinated, when the risk of side effects far outweighed any potential benefits (it was NOT killing kids).

Covid was absolutely killing kids.

[Andrew NDB]

Wow, you're still "all in"!

Covid was absolutely killing kids.

Who? Where?

[Coola Yagami]

Covid was absolutely killing kids.

It was mostly affecting old people to the point people were jokingly calling it the 'boomer remover' for a while there. Of all groups, kids were the safest. It was a common cold to them.

[CyberCubed]

I don't think many kids died from covid unless they had a pre-existing condition already affected by various illnesses. It was mostly old 80-90+ year old people dying from covid because the disease was new to their bodies and they were already in their dying days. That's why you always heard numbers of people dying when covid was first happening, it was mostly all the old timers dropping like flies.

[Mayhem]

Yeah, the COVID vaccine was never offered to kids here unless they were severely immuno-compromised. But that was one of the early groups anyhow, NHS workers, the old and infirm, and anyone with a poor immune system.

It was their fault for rolling out some rushed-out concoction and calling it a 'vaccine'. The simple fact they had to go and redefine what a vaccine was in Websters just to make this one count says something.
And yet the OED never changed anything of the slightest here. So how different was the Websters entry to the OED?

[ZariusTwo]

Joint Israel and U.S air strikes have begun in Iran

[Barkworm]

My thoughts are with my Iranian friends' families in Teheran. :(

[FredWolfLeonardo]

You know Republicians are controlled by Israel when they will do another stupid regime change war on their behalf despite this 100% guaranteeing a Democrat victory in 2026 and 2028.

Nothing has been learned from the disasters in Iraq and Afghanistan and Americans will die for nothing

My thoughts are with my Iranian friends' families in Teheran. :(

Hope they stay safe.

Update: American bases in Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Bahrain have been targeted and/or struck by Iran! :o:o:o

[Andrew NDB]

You know Republicians are controlled by Israel when they will do another stupid regime change war on their behalf despite this 100% guaranteeing a Democrat victory in 2026 and 2028.

No. We don't know that. But yeesh... we are kind of in a box now. And it has nothing to do with Israel or whatever you guys want to fold it into. Either Iran unequivocally removes their whole nuclear program... or they're toast.

That's kind of where we're at. Capital ships are all in play. Here we are. This is it. Probably within the next week it is BOOM or we go home.

Nothing has been learned from the disasters in Iraq and Afghanistan and Americans will die for nothing Hope they stay safe.

This just seems like gibberish. Iraq and Afghanistan were "let's go in and destroy and create a new government" and Iran is... "Let's fu** them up. And that's it."

[FredWolfLeonardo]

This is absolutely a ""let's go in and destroy and create a new government". What else is the Shah being propped up for?

Trying to justify this operation is too much even for you. You do realise that your government will spend billions and more importantly, your own people will die?

[ToTheNines]

Yeah, America has one M.O. and that’s it. Look at the Al-Qeada guy we installed in Syria lol.

[Barkworm]

Admittedly, the only reactions from actual Iranians I've heard so far are "Hopefully, this will lead to Reza Pahlavi becoming the head of a transition government".

[Mayhem]

Joint Israel and U.S air strikes have begun in Iran
Bored of Peace strikes again. What was that $10B for? Now you can see why the UK didn’t want to let the US use its bases. Apparently Israel had planned this and set the date months ago, so the recent diplomacy meant nothing.

No. We don't know that. But yeesh... we are kind of in a box now. And it has nothing to do with Israel or whatever you guys want to fold it into. Either Iran unequivocally removes their whole nuclear program... or they're toast.

I thought all the strikes last year were meant to have stopped that? Destroyed all the uranium Iran had and their enrichment program. Do you mean Trump was… was… lying as usual?! :roll:

[ToTheNines]

Matt Walsh has been cooking

https://i.imgur.com/WWmLPoL.jpeg

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[FredWolfLeonardo]

I like Matt Walsh.

I hope he can break off from Israel-First Ben Shapiro someday.

[Mayhem]

**** me, I actually agree with Matt Walsh on something?!

[ToTheNines]

Reddit occupied government

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[Autbot_Benz]

Facist Barbie aka Kristi Noem is fired from DHS

[member_removed]

Facist Barbie aka Kristi Noem is fired from DHS

I'm legitimately shocked she or anyone has lasted this long.

[Andrew NDB]

He probably would have done it a lot sooner but it seems a little dicey on paper to say "We did a great job sealing up the border!" while simultaneously removing the person directly handling that from her job that he specifically hand-picked her for and put there to do. Her antics just got to be too much. I'm not super up on her goings on but some things I've read are indeed cringe.

And about Matt Walsh, I really like the guy. Generally, until he starts talking about movies and stuff. But with this... I'm a little suspicious. I guess I, too, will put on a slight conspirational theory hat here. But since what happened with Candace (before she went totally nuts) and Brett Cooper, there seems to be a genuine push at the Daily Wire to try and make it clear that everyone there is allowed to have their own viewpoints and are allowed to disagree with Israel™. Within the past few months they even made it a point to create a kind of "Crossfire" show where all the Daily Wire hosts are strongly encouraged to debate and disagree with one another as loudly as possible in it. Matt Walsh in particular seems to be the one chosen to be the "Rebel" in this way, so that they can point to him in the days ahead and always be able to go, "Look at what Matt's saying! We haven't fired HIM, right? We're totally not biased."

Which isn't to say I think he's necessarily lying about anything or his views or even that the Daily Wire is unwise to do that. I just think Matt is... creating delicately crafted questions these days to make himself appear maybe more contrarian to the Daily Wire than he actually is. Which might be a combination of the Daily Wire literally encouraging him to do that for their own benefit AND Matt Walsh wanting to protect his personal brand for the same reason. So play a little bit of "debate class," like in high school where you'd have to debate fervently something even you might disagree with. But yes, win-win for both.

[ProphetofGanja]

oh man the tags in here are killing me :lol:

[ToTheNines]

https://i.imgur.com/QaMDZcj.jpeg

[FredWolfLeonardo]

If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far. Additionally, we will take out easily destroyable targets that will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, again — Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them — But I hope, and pray, that it does not happen! This is a gift from the United States of America to China, and all of those Nations that heavily use the Hormuz Strait. Hopefully, it is a gesture that will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

"make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, again — Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them".

Disgusting. No other words needed.

[ToTheNines]

No no no! We’re doing regime change for women’s rights or something… we care so much about the Iranian people!

[Andrew NDB]

So let me get this straight... in New York City there was just a protest by people against Muslim extremists... so a couple of actual Muslim terrorists threw actual IED bombs into the crowd there and Mamdani's press briefing the next day about it was that he was upset about the presence of white supremacism in New York City that day? No mention of the terrorists or even who they were (thus even conflating that white supremacists were the ones throwing around IEDs)?

Am I missing something? Because that's pretty wild.

[ToTheNines]

So let me get this straight... in New York City there was just a protest by people against Muslim extremists... so a couple of actual Muslim terrorists threw actual IED bombs into the crowd there and Mamdani's press briefing the next day about it was that he was upset about the presence of white supremacism in New York City that day? No mention of the terrorists or even who they were (thus even conflating that white supremacists were the ones throwing around IEDs)?

Am I missing something? Because that's pretty wild.

Man, y’all will whine about this dude no matter what he says lol. Here he is in his own words. He hands it off around the 5 minute mark.

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First of all, it was an anti-Muslim protest organized by known agent provocateur Jake Lang (a literal neo Nazi and not entirely relevant but a pedophile. Look it up). Mamdani said he didn’t approve of their message, but supported their right to free speech. I don’t know if that’s how he actually feels or if that’s just him being a politician, but that’s pretty big of him if you ask me.

Imagine Trump saying that about anti-Christian protesters.

So he completely glazes the NYPD and talks about what heroes they are. He then called the bomb throwers out by name and completely condemns their violence. It’s been over 20 years of right wingers crying every time someone doesn’t say the exact phrase “radical Islamic terrorism”. Who cares?

I keep seeing propaganda calling it an “ISIS style attack”. Weak try hard nonsense. ISIS has a trademark on explosives?

[Barkworm]

Just another case of people reading one fragment of a news story and getting upset about stuff because they‘re missing context.

[Mayhem]

Such a non event evidently, didn’t even get reported here

[ToTheNines]

Well, thankfully nobody died. Would have been a bigger story then.

Anyway, here’s Jake Lang talking afterwards:

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He was also walking a goat through Manhattan as part of the protest. Seems like a great guy lol. He’s not from NY and has no real connection there. As far as I can tell he’s a loser with no real job, he just travels the country organizing protests and counter protests trying to get on the news. Quite literally a “paid protester” like everyone cries about.

[Barkworm]

Wonderful guy.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Jake Lang is the male version of Laura Loomer.

[ToTheNines]

Yeah, he certainly seems like he’s not all there.

Pardon my constant conspiracy theories, but this guy was at January 6th and got pardoned… and now while he’s protesting “radical Islam” some Arabic guys from PA show up and throw some “IEDs” into a crowd and they all fail to detonate? Seem a little fishy to anyone else?

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Those are all valid points. I also take into account who benefits from this situation.

Think about it, even if the IEDs weren't some false flag, the hysteria surrounding them is the perfect excuse to justify the war in Iran to the masses.

Jake Lang was clearly looking for trouble so that when he eventually runs into it, his camp would cry and tell us "This is why the West NEEDS to bombs Iran!"

It's the 9/11 playbook all over again.

[ToTheNines]

Perhaps. All this news about “Iranian sleeper cells might be activated!”

And really think about it. Who the hell filmed all that? They clearly weren’t far away. You mean to tell me anyone in their right mind would see someone light an object object on fire and throw it but not run away? Or at least duck and cover. I mean, who would just stand there and stay recording?

[ToTheNines]

https://www.justice.gov/d9/styles/banner/public/2026-03/throwing_bomb.jpg?itok=IpDykJa_

LMAO he posterized that white boy. Be for real, who the hell took that picture?

[Barkworm]

Oh, you obviously don‘t deal with the average adolescent phone zombie on a daily basis. They will film anything.

[ToTheNines]

I hate to be such a boomer, but I’m never letting my kids have a damn phone lol

[Andrew NDB]

I hate to be such a boomer, but I’m never letting my kids have a damn phone lol

Absolutely you shouldn't. Maybe at 16 on a restricted basis but no sooner. Don't listen to "the other kids make fun of me because I don't have one" or anything else. Hold the line. You'll thank yourself later and who knows, the kid might even as well.

Also no tablets or anything else that lets them install whatever or go online wherever. There are specific "learning tablets" you can buy that are tailored specifically to educational stuff and educational games that work from about age 3 to age 12.

[Barkworm]

This is the one thing where Andrew and I agree 100 per cent lol

My ten year old's been bugging me to buy her a phone for a while but no f*cking way. Starting next term, she'll have to go by train to get to school. Then we'll buy her an old school phone with buttons without any access to the internet. Just google some statistics about how many eleven to twelve year olds have seen pornographic imagery. It's insane.

[IndigoErth]

Nephew (age 9) last year was given a kids watch that has calling (and text?) but that's it and has worked out well.

[Andrew NDB]

Nephew (age 9) last year was given a kids watch that has calling (and text?) but that's it and has worked out well.

As long as the only contacts programmable are "Mom," "Dad" and "911." And nobody can add them or find their number and pretend to be somebody else. i.e., your son or daughter could get a text from a random number like, "Come outside and say hi, it's your Uncle Ramrod!"

[Mayhem]

Kathryn has access to an iPad but we heavily monitor and control what and how long she can use it for. She knows she has to ask to download anything otherwise she gets in serious trouble. She won't get a phone until secondary school minimum and even then we will see if dumb phones are still around to give her one for emergency contacting etc.

[Andrew NDB]

She knows she has to ask to download anything otherwise she gets in serious trouble.

idk. That may work for now but sooner or later she'll get adventurous there. And/or her friends could "encourage" her to do so.

[Prowler]

I got my first phone when I was in 5th grade and so did many of my classmates at the time. Mind you, this was in the year of 2000 and it was a Nokia 3210. Besides making calls and sending texts, I could pretty much only play Snake on it. And I guess listen to the ringtones that came with it. We used to compare to ringtones, back then. Which would drive grown ups nuts. Understandable if you remember what mobile phone ringtones sounded like back then. :lol:

In 2026, though? I doubt I'd have gotten a phone that early. The biggest danger on the internet for kids when I was a little kid were online chat rooms. Nowadays with people putting their real names and exposing their lives and posting photos of themselves on social media? It's a much more different world.

In fact, I think a big part of the internet died when we forgot the most basic rule "don't reveal your real name or post your real photo on the internet." Facebook killed that rule around 2009, it seems.

[CyberCubed]

I had the old flip-top phones in high school but you literally couldn't do anything on it but make calls...and I think there was a calculator game on it, but that's it.

The first iphone didn't even come out till 2007, I was almost done with college by then. Kind of crazy I went my entire High School/college days without a modern cell phone.

[Andrew NDB]

I myself was sort of resistant against cell phones until about 2005. Somewhere within that time I got a "Go Phone" (Cingular?) where you just load money onto it whenever you feel like it and however much you feel like loading onto it and that gives you X number of minutes and X number of texts you can send until the money you loaded runs out. I think I might have just held onto some version of that until 2010, when I got a Windows Phone. Had that for a year or so, then the latest Samsung Galaxy ever since.

[Mayhem]

idk. That may work for now but sooner or later she'll get adventurous there. And/or her friends could "encourage" her to do so.
We regularly check the iPad, yes we know about hidden apps, we've already struck down things such as Roblox which I know a couple of her friends do use. Seven seems too young given the potential content.

[Prowler]

I had the old flip-top phones in high school but you literally couldn't do anything on it but make calls...and I think there was a calculator game on it, but that's it.

The first iphone didn't even come out till 2007, I was almost done with college by then. Kind of crazy I went my entire High School/college days without a modern cell phone.

i never saw the appeal of the iPhone or any other Apple product, really. Too expensive for what they offer. The only advantage they have over other brands is literally their design. That does not justify paying an arm and a leg for an Iphone, Ipad or a Mac.

[CyberCubed]

You can get phones for free with certain plans. I never paid 1 red cent for a phone.

[ToTheNines]

This is literally us with Commenter42 haha

https://i.imgur.com/MUGakgb.jpeg

[Andrew NDB]

i never saw the appeal of the iPhone or any other Apple product, really. Too expensive for what they offer. The only advantage they have over other brands is literally their design. That does not justify paying an arm and a leg for an Iphone, Ipad or a Mac.

0 appeal. Who would want to willingly get in bed with iTunes if you don't have to? It's a brand name appeal that hasn't had the level of quality associated with it since maybe the mid 2000s.

[Prowler]

You can get phones for free with certain plans. I never paid 1 red cent for a phone.
I've literally never heard of this. Must be an American thing.

0 appeal. Who would want to willingly get in bed with iTunes if you don't have to? It's a brand name appeal that hasn't had the level of quality associated with it since maybe the mid 2000s.

Never used iTunes. What's the problem with it? And does it have much of a purpose anymore when there's Spotify?

When I was 18-20, I envied iTunes only for the fact it scrobbled to Last.FM. Something that MP3 and MP4 players couldn't do. Then, smartphones came and Spotify became available in many different countries worldwide and it was no longer iPhone or iPod owners who had that advantage anymore.

I remember lots of iPod ads and memes back in the mid-late 2000s and how Steve Jobs seemed to be everywhere. Then he died and Apple lost some mainstream appeal.

[IndigoErth]

I myself was sort of resistant against cell phones until about 2005. Somewhere within that time I got a "Go Phone" (Cingular?) where you just load money onto it whenever you feel like it and however much you feel like loading onto it and that gives you X number of minutes and X number of texts you can send until the money you loaded runs out. I think I might have just held onto some version of that until 2010, when I got a Windows Phone. Had that for a year or so, then the latest Samsung Galaxy ever since.
I still use prepaid and use it minimally enough, rarely making calls with it (we still use a landline at home that I prefer to use) and just keep it on the wifi when home, that my yearly $120 service payment is enough and everything left just rolls over to the next year.

I held out until 3G was shutting down in 2022 and my old flip would have to be replaced. At least by then a comparable prepaid plan for a smartphone finally existed.


As long as the only contacts programmable are "Mom," "Dad" and "911." And nobody can add them or find their number and pretend to be somebody else. i.e., your son or daughter could get a text from a random number like, "Come outside and say hi, it's your Uncle Ramrod!"
Yeah, it's a kids one and far as I understand pretty limited like that. With messy stuff going on between his parents, nonsense with his father, pending divorce and all that... the watch seemed like a sane, basic option for safety's sake rather than a phone.

[ToTheNines]

Covid was absolutely killing kids.

Wow, you're still "all in"!



Who? Where?

https://i.imgur.com/5Q1UVnW.jpeg

[Prowler]

You're forgetting all those scam numbers that call people. Kids who don't know best might fall into picking them up. Scammers don't target kids, but perhaps some can see an opportunity and ask the kids to tell them their parents credit card number or something.

[ToTheNines]

Breaking: Kash Patel super horny.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/10-things-we-learned-from-kash-patels-email-leaks/amp_articleshow/129901067.cms

[FrederikWolferson]

Breaking: Kash Patel super horny.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/10-things-we-learned-from-kash-patels-email-leaks/amp_articleshow/129901067.cms

Was he asking women to send bobs and vegana?

[member_removed]

Pam Bondi is Gondi

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce843ge47z4o

In other news the Dow is well under 50k.

[Andrew NDB]

I don't despise her but she's been doing a whole hell of a lot of misspeaking for a whole lot of time in a role where you really can't afford to be doing that.

[TheLabRat]

They chanted No Kings, yet supported communism, another worst and inhumane regime.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

They chanted No Kings, yet supported communism, another worst and inhumane regime.

What are we doing here?

I can't take people who invoke Communism and Nazism seriously, it's almost always a case of "disown this thing you support now!".

Enough of the guilt tripping. Its 2026, calling someone a Nazi or Communist doesn't work anymore.

[Mayhem]

https://i.ibb.co/v67BVs74/IMG-4367.jpg

[Autbot_Benz]

https://i.ibb.co/v67BVs74/IMG-4367.jpg

That’s perfect

[Mayhem]

Sadly I can’t see it being true (yet), but you live in hope…


https://i.ibb.co/R4krnfDP/IMG-4374.webp

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Ever since the war broke out, JD Vance has maintained a low profile and there have been planted stories about how he is privately "opposed" to the war and that the Iranians prefer him over Steve Witkoff for negotiations.

Make no mistake about it, Vance is trying to salvage his chance for a presidency which the war has all but decimated. I also think Trump and his handlers prefer Marco Rubio to be his successor.

[Daytona]

Gonna be a lot of leftie meltdowns this week.

[Andrew NDB]

Gonna be a lot of leftie meltdowns this week.

That's every week. But why do you say that?

[Mayhem]

I know I rag on Trump a lot with good reason, but dear everything, there’s a lack of professionalism and then there’s this. Any world leader posting this would rightly be called out for this load of rhetoric.


https://i.ibb.co/RkZvGc9M/IMG-4375.jpg


Make no mistake about it, Vance is trying to salvage his chance for a presidency which the war has all but decimated. I also think Trump and his handlers prefer Marco Rubio to be his successor.
The “hilarious” thing re the 14th amendment court filing is that if it did ever go through for whatever reason, Rubio would be kicked out of the country (his parents only became citizens after he was born, he’s a full anchor baby).

[Mayhem]

That's every week. But why do you say that?
Not just leftie I imagine. New dumbasslicker promoted to Attorney General, Todd Blanche has confirmed the U.S. Government has will not prosecute a single person connected to the Jeffrey Epstein files, declaring there is “insufficient evidence” against anyone.

[Daytona]

That's every week. But why do you say that?

I was mostly thinking of the Americans they were able to rescue and I’m sure there will be more developments on the desecration of terrorists. Now this Easter tweet (gasp!). Plus we get to shred on the all week bc they fell for “Trump is dying” for the third time in a year.

But you’re right, I feel like Pelosi doing insider-trading with these obvious calls.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

I know I rag on Trump a lot with good reason, but dear everything, there’s a lack of professionalism and then there’s this. Any world leader posting this would rightly be called out for this load of rhetoric.

How many times are going to get a Hormuz deadline extension with this buffoon?

[Autbot_Benz]

I know I rag on Trump a lot with good reason, but dear everything, there’s a lack of professionalism and then there’s this. Any world leader posting this would rightly be called out for this load of rhetoric.


https://i.ibb.co/RkZvGc9M/IMG-4375.jpg



Trump will TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) again nothing will happen Tuesday. But ya Trump isn’t well

[Andrew NDB]

Trump will TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) again

Yep. Trump has such a rich history of chickening out and not using the military. If only he could adopt the policies of Biden and Obama where he can give Iran a bunch of red lines and then do nothing when they cross them.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

If only he could adopt the policies of Biden and Obama where he can give Iran a bunch of red lines and then do nothing when they cross them.

You mean like how in this war, he keeps on making huge threats and then never follows up?

[member_removed]

That's every week. But why do you say that?

I'd assume it's the rumours that Trump is at Walter Reed.
But Trump's "ill" health is routinely speculated on as much as the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

So any, hour, day, week, month or year now.

[Barkworm]

I know I rag on Trump a lot with good reason, but dear everything, there’s a lack of professionalism and then there’s this. Any world leader posting this would rightly be called out for this load of rhetoric.

You're assuming that anyone still believes that Trump is NOT an unprofessional man baby. Also, this is exactly the kind of thing his voters want. Primitive strongman rhetoric.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

You're assuming that anyone still believes that Trump is NOT an unprofessional man baby.

Andrew NDB.

[Mayhem]

You're assuming that anyone still believes that Trump is NOT an unprofessional man baby. Also, this is exactly the kind of thing his voters want. Primitive strongman rhetoric.
His cult followers definitely, and all the right wing shill commentators.

[Barkworm]

Get used to it. This is where the whole world is going. Farage is going to be the next Prime minister and we are also just three years away from the first AfD-led government.

[Daytona]

His cult followers definitely, and all the right wing shill commentators.

And millions more. One thing the left has trouble understanding is that many that voted or support Trump aren’t the cartoonish red neck cult members they have in their cartoon perspective. The majority of voters chose him. All types of people. The majority of voters aren’t a “cult” lol.

Not to mention, it just sounds silly coming from people who voted for an installed candidate. If you voted for an installed candidate, then yeah you are actually part of a cult. Which is a hard pill to swallow for the left - they hate having to acknowledge that they voted for the party that blocked primaries, sued up keep candidates off ballots, installed a candidate, gaslit about the previous one, and generally spit in the face of democracy.

This is why they do so much “cult” projection. You simply can’t vote for an installed candidate while blocking primaries, suing candidates, gaslighting, and then call the opposition a “cult”. Makes zero sense. And that’s before even touching on the left’s obsession with censorship. With all due respect.

[ToTheNines]

As an outside observer, I don’t think it’s fair to call either side a cult. No one actually cares that much, no matter how fired up they get online.

In American politics, once you choose a side you can never admit fault because the other side is so evil. So they all just go along with blatant propaganda.

After 4 years of them pretending Joe Biden was fine, the libs throwing him under the bus after one bad debate was one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen. Then they went and lost anyway. I wonder why they thought that was a good strategy.

Was he asking women to send bobs and vegana?

:lol: dudes rock!

[Mayhem]

Get used to it. This is where the whole world is going. Farage is going to be the next Prime minister and we are also just three years away from the first AfD-led government.
He won’t, bots don’t vote. What’s becoming evident is the real support online is generated a lot by AI code. Farage is being called out for a lot of things that he espoused the other parties were doing, let alone barely appearing in his own constituency and ducking out of appearing on national debate shows. Also with Restore emerging, plus the Conservatives still, that area of the voting demographic is getting more split.


The majority of voters chose him. All types of people. The majority of voters aren’t a “cult” lol.
They didn’t, only 29% of the eligible voting population voted for Trump.

And I’ve always maintained there are multiple sections of supporters for the GoP. The ones right now who do incredible mental gymnastics to justify everything Trump does and that he can’t do any wrong, those are the ones who are in a cult. Some voted for him because “anyone but the libtards”. Others had genuine local or national concerns.

Either way, Trump is disappointing and gradually eroding support for him in all sections ever since he took office. The fervent and increasingly rabid online shills are trying to hide this. Let alone attempting to make Epstein go away by any means possible.

[Andrew NDB]

As an outside observer, I don’t think it’s fair to call either side a cult. No one actually cares that much, no matter how fired up they get online.

In American politics, once you choose a side you can never admit fault because the other side is so evil. So they all just go along with blatant propaganda.

It might be more of a "cult" for the crazier people on the actual far right, or the people sort of wafting about going from conspiracy to conspiracy. For a pretty overwhelming portion of the left, it actually is much more reminiscent of a fully formed religion with them, complete with God-like figures and daily sermons on "The News" for which they learn and re-learn how to conduct themselves and what to support/not to support. For which "Going to Church" is basically parroting the same talking points everyone else in the religion (whether on FB or anywhere else) so that everyone can high five each other and can reaffirm that they have the correct thinking. If you try and talk to these people and question their positions, the blowback you'll get is far closer to what you'd get from, say, an old religious crazy on a street corner in the 90s with a big sign saying, "THE END IS NEAR! REPENT!" than anyone reason-minded or anything else.

COVID showed us pretty damned clearly which side is actually authoritarian when the chips are down and they have all the power, period. The experiment has already happened and we watched the results in real-time. It isn't hypothetical.

[Daytona]

They didn’t, only 29% of the eligible voting population voted for Trump.

And I’ve always maintained there are multiple sections of supporters for the GoP. The ones right now who do incredible mental gymnastics to justify everything Trump does and that he can’t do any wrong, those are the ones who are in a cult. Some voted for him because “anyone but the libtards”. Others had genuine local or national concerns.

Either way, Trump is disappointing and gradually eroding support for him in all sections ever since he took office. The fervent and increasingly rabid online shills are trying to hide this. Let alone attempting to make Epstein go away by any means possible.

The majority of votes went to him. He won all swing states and the popular vote. don’t measure elections by non-voters. We measure them by votes cast. It’s all different types of people who have come to support Trump.

The “cult” jabs are completely meaningless to anyone aware of how the opposition behaved.

I don’t expect everyone to agree or support Trump but calling people cultists is just low IQ at this point. He was the opposition to the cult - an actual legit candidate elected by the people.

[Autbot_Benz]

Trump will TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) again nothing will happen Tuesday.

Called it he did nothing today.

[Barkworm]

So, JD Vance came to Hungary to support Orban on the campaign's final legs. I can't remember anything like this happening before.

[Daytona]

Called it he did nothing today.

Lmao you guys have no idea how negotiation works let alone negotiation with terrorists.

The conflict is on the verge of being over now. Stock market futures are going crazy bc people can see that and are willing to put their money on it.

so tbh it was me who called it when I said there would be a lot of needless
Lefties melting melting down this week.

Trump scared the crap out of them and they blinked. Now lefties are having to shift from “he’s a maniac who’s gonna kill everyone” to “haha he chickened out on killing everyone”.

Freakin wild.

Anyway, looks like he wins again. More demoralization for democrats and panicans.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

So, JD Vance came to Hungary to support Orban on the campaign's final legs. I can't remember anything like this happening before.

I hope Viktor Orban loses that election. Can't stand that buffoon.

[Andrew NDB]

Trump scared the crap out of them and they blinked. Now lefties are having to shift from “he’s a maniac who’s gonna kill everyone” to “haha he chickened out on killing everyone”.

Freakin wild.

Anyway, looks like he wins again. More demoralization for democrats and panicans.

I guess so.

SAD!

[ToTheNines]

Called it he did nothing today.

Ok so Trump is Hitler and the worst guy ever and he’s going to start WWIII and get us all killed? But he’s also a pussy for averting further violence?

[Daytona]

Ok so Trump is Hitler and the worst guy ever and he’s going to start WWIII and get us all killed? But he’s also a pussy for averting further violence?

Make it make sense. This is one of the Dems most egregious flip-flops yet in the last year and that’s saying something. Then again these people believe conservatives are assassinating other conservatives and men should compete with women in sports.

[Mayhem]

The only conversations Trump is actually having are taking place inside his own head.

[Mayhem]

Or getting trolled by Japan…

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DW5lTdoATEl/?igsh=bjByZnh4eTB1bWU0

[sdp]

I love Trump and I'm a little sad at the whole America First turning on Trump. It's like they never really cared for him or understood who he was, they just used him as a tool.
If one thing is clear is Trump is and has always been egotistical, but at the same time he has always been genuine. I abosolutely loved how he kept telling the kids painting easter egg's about Biden and his autopen. How much more true to yourself can you be? We've never had a president who is completely himself, sure he might TACO if he sees people are turning on him because he loves the praise, he's addicted to it.

People just always paint him as something he is not. He is a prety good person at making deals, his strategy is to bully and it works, he's also not the most brilliant negotiator playing 5D chess either. He doesn't have the smartest policies either, but he's not the idiot people say he is. He's just an entertainer, that's what he's good at. He won for being the only one with any charisma whether you liked him or hated him.

https://i.imgur.com/JCXQwVm.jpg
I love that guy and I'm going to miss him when he's gone even if his fiscal policy will leave scars that won't heal for decades. The far right is just throwing him under the bus so they can say "I didn't support Trump" when 2028 comes around to try to get elected.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Vote for a Democrat Dictatorship in 2028.

All Hail Comrade Kamala.

[sdp]

Vote for whoever you want.

Either is (((Their))) party

[ToTheNines]

Bro the new avatar sucks. Change it back!

[sdp]

https://as2.ftcdn.net/jpg/05/53/81/63/1000_F_553816360_ogfYLbhOueRYnJWuhoXO6tAdzk6dMpRq. jpg

[ToTheNines]

Fatter!!!!

[Barkworm]

I hope Viktor Orban loses that election. Can't stand that buffoon.
Wow, looks like he was crushed. It will take time to re-build what he has torn down though.

[Mayhem]

Not that the new guy is much different in some areas however (like immigration)

[Barkworm]

Sure, and he was even part of Orban‘s crew for a good while. But considering how Orban was endorsed by an allstar team of the world‘s rightwing populists, this election was a very resounding rebuke of his kind of politics.

[member_removed]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-14/donald-trumps-ai-jesus-post-sparks-backlash/106561182

Right, he was cosplaying a doctor. Not Jebus.

[IndigoErth]

Do his own doctors routinely dress like that and have magic glowing hands??

I'd like to say that he's at least marginally smart enough to damn well know that depiction is NOT a doctor and he's just once again assuming everyone else is stupid enough to believe it just because he said so... however, considering who he installed as Secretary of Health and Human Services, I could believe he wasn't just trying to excuse himself.

[ToTheNines]

I enjoy Trump rustling jimmies, but this is maybe too odd… https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/donald-trump-jesus-demon-photo-37007792?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

[FredWolfLeonardo]

I enjoy Trump rustling jimmies, but this is maybe too odd… https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/donald-trump-jesus-demon-photo-37007792?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

Link is not working.

At this point, Trump has crossed all lines so it's not really surprising that he has insulted the Pope and portrayed himself as a "doctor" who by sheer coincidence is dressed like and has healing powers like Christ.

Nothing except for Israel is sacred for Trump and MIGA.

[Andrew NDB]

It's funny how it's always non-Christians who get the loudest and most offended (on behalf of real Christians, they would have us believe) about anything even remotely sacriligeous. As long as it be used against conservatives in some way, I guess.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

It's funny how it's always non-Christians who get the loudest and most offended (on behalf of real Christians, they would have us believe) about anything even remotely sacriligeous. As long as it be used against conservatives in some way, I guess.

Jesus means something to Muslims as well, and I think mocking Christianity is disgusting regardless of what your faith is.

And mocking a man who is the leader of Catholics while also depicting oneself as Jesus is not "remotely sacriligeous", it's outright blasphmey.

[IndigoErth]

I couldn't care less if it's "sacrilegious," it is not any of my concern and up to them to defend it.

As an outside observer in a Christian dominated country taught from childhood that other people's beliefs and views are to be respected (while those of people like me were/are trampled on), the only thing that would bug me is seeing people choose to look away and show massive hypocrisy and selling out. The past several decades of life hearing people insist on how special and sacred their religious stuff is :roll: only to not defend it now because it's Trump would be pretty gross. (So many years of wasted effort having to be mindful of their views, and for what?) Luckily it seems there was plenty of backlash from them and the reason he removed it.

[Barkworm]

It's funny how it's always non-Christians who get the loudest and most offended (on behalf of real Christians, they would have us believe) about anything even remotely sacriligeous. As long as it be used against conservatives in some way, I guess.

The only people I see who get offended by this are indeed Christians. But please continue with your ‘narratives‘.

[ToTheNines]

Link is not working.

At this point, Trump has crossed all lines so it's not really surprising that he has insulted the Pope and portrayed himself as a "doctor" who by sheer coincidence is dressed like and has healing powers like Christ.

Nothing except for Israel is sacred for Trump and MIGA.

Hmm, weird.

It’s just about how the AI image was actually first posted back in February by Nick Adams (Alpha male). But the Trump account made some edits when they posted it. Main thing was adding a depiction of Baal in the background :lol:

Jesus means something to Muslims as well, and I think mocking Christianity is disgusting regardless of what your faith is.

And mocking a man who is the leader of Catholics while also depicting oneself as Jesus is not "remotely sacriligeous", it's outright blasphmey.

Cuckservatives are NOT ready for the Jesus in Islam vs. Jesus in Judaism conversation.

[Barkworm]

I say this every few months but the Trumpsters and his fellow populists are not conservatives. They share lots of ideas but the way they go at things is very different. I‘m pretty sure I‘ve never seen actual conservatives get into petty fights with the freaking pope.

[ranger_scout]

Here's another reason why I'm glad Merrick Garland didn't join the Supreme Court. The DOJ revealed how he and the Biden Administration weaponized law against pro-life Americans.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-reveals-biden-administrations-weaponization-federal-law-against-pro-life

Former vice-president Kamala Harris also supports a radical law to make sure no future conservative supreme court justices ever join the court, only radical ones like Kentanji Brown Jackson.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-kamala-harris-backs-radical-plan-block-trump-scotus-picks

[Mayhem]

https://i.ibb.co/gM2NKcwB/IMG-4411.jpg


So aside from that, Kegbreath quoting Pulp Fiction and thinking its a Bible verse, JD Vance trying to Popesplain Catholicism, RFK lecturing real doctors about vaccines, and Donny Rapefingers breaking literally everything in sight.

And yet I still feel imposter syndrome from time to time in MY job :roll:

[ToTheNines]

I know most people here just blindly hate Trump and that's final, but does anyone else find this recent batch of rightwing influencers and pundits turning on him feel manufactured? They rode with him for 10 years and now all of a sudden they changed their minds, almost in perfect unison?

I've liked some of what Tucker Carlson has been saying for the past year or so, but he was mostly a clown for decades before that. I also tend to not trust media figures who have a CIA agent daddy...

[Barkworm]

I know most people here just blindly hate Trump and that's final
Listen, I know this might not even be directed at me but I feel obliged to mention that I would never hate on anyone without a proper reason. The American president embodies a plethora of things I despise in humans (greed, narcissism, dishonesty, indecency, ruthlessness etc etc) so hating blindly is hardly something I'd like to be accused of in his case.

[Daytona]

I know most people here just blindly hate Trump and that's final, but does anyone else find this recent batch of rightwing influencers and pundits turning on him feel manufactured? They rode with him for 10 years and now all of a sudden they changed their minds, almost in perfect unison?

I've liked some of what Tucker Carlson has been saying for the past year or so, but he was mostly a clown for decades before that. I also tend to not trust media figures who have a CIA agent daddy...

It’s odd to say the least. Not exactly sure what to make of it but it doesn’t add up that one issue sent them spiraling like this.

Anyway Trump wins again.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

I know most people here just blindly hate Trump and that's final, but does anyone else find this recent batch of rightwing influencers and pundits turning on him feel manufactured? They rode with him for 10 years and now all of a sudden they changed their minds, almost in perfect unison?

I've liked some of what Tucker Carlson has been saying for the past year or so, but he was mostly a clown for decades before that. I also tend to not trust media figures who have a CIA agent daddy...

I think the play is that a lot of these same influencers will suppport Vance in 2028, saying he was the "isolationist" who helped end the Iran War (assuming that happens)

I don't trust Vance though. He should be booted out and the Republician Party deserves to crash and burn in both 2026 and 2028.

[ToTheNines]

Listen, I know this might not even be directed at me but I feel obliged to mention that I would never hate on anyone without a proper reason. The American president embodies a plethora of things I despise in humans (greed, narcissism, dishonesty, indecency, ruthlessness etc etc) so hating blindly is hardly something I'd like to be accused of in his case.

Unfair wording, on my part. It would have been better to say "hate Trump, no matter what". I'm just seeing a lot of liberals relishing in the fact that some right-wing figures are turning on him, but I'm just like... hold your horses, something is up lol.

Oh, and why am I "tothenarcs" in the tags? Did I tattle on someone?

[Andrew NDB]

And I see these "compassionate left" on Facebook lately from completely different states and even countries who don't know each other all parroting the same things. Things like this (I'll paraphrase):

"For all these people leaving MAGA now, DON'T EXPECT any grace from us! We told you and warned you what he was going to do !!!!"

And it's like, what people leaving MAGA? I haven't seen anybody. I know they LOVE the fantasy of all these people thinking there is like this iceberg of conservatives splitting in half or something, but it's pure fantasy. Who are they even talking about -- the couple of pundits on the news? I don't know anybody leaving MAGA that either wasn't already MAGA to begin with or fundamentally misunderstands what it is.

[ToTheNines]

And I see these "compassionate left" on Facebook lately from completely different states and even countries who don't know each other all parroting the same things. Things like this (I'll paraphrase):

"For all these people leaving MAGA now, DON'T EXPECT any grace from us! We told you and warned you what he was going to do !!!!"

And it's like, what people leaving MAGA? I haven't seen anybody. I know they LOVE the fantasy of all these people thinking there is like this iceberg of conservatives splitting in half or something, but it's pure fantasy. Who are they even talking about -- the couple of pundits on the news? I don't know anybody leaving MAGA that either wasn't already MAGA to begin with or fundamentally misunderstands what it is.

Yeah, the internet isn’t reality lol.

I live in a red state, work construction and have a lot of boomer Fox News fan relatives… and I know exactly one person I could qualify as MAGA who is against the war, but I doubt he will be voting differently any time soon.

[Daytona]

And I see these "compassionate left" on Facebook lately from completely different states and even countries who don't know each other all parroting the same things. Things like this (I'll paraphrase):

"For all these people leaving MAGA now, DON'T EXPECT any grace from us! We told you and warned you what he was going to do !!!!"

And it's like, what people leaving MAGA? I haven't seen anybody. I know they LOVE the fantasy of all these people thinking there is like this iceberg of conservatives splitting in half or something, but it's pure fantasy. Who are they even talking about -- the couple of pundits on the news? I don't know anybody leaving MAGA that either wasn't already MAGA to begin with or fundamentally misunderstands what it is.

MAGA is a cult yet everyone is leaving MAGA.

Make it make sense.

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[FredWolfLeonardo]

MAGA is a cult yet everyone is leaving MAGA.

Make it make sense.

Not everyone is leaving MIGA.

The Alcoholic & Israel-First Boomers who unironically watch Fox News are still reliable Trump supporters.

[Andrew NDB]

Not everyone is leaving MIGA.

The Alcoholic & Israel-First Boomers who unironically watch Fox News are still reliable Trump supporters.

Yep, look at them leaving in droves! So many you can see them all the way from your far away country. Look at'em go!

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Yep, look at them leaving in droves! So many you can see them all the way from your far away country. Look at'em go!

As long as enough leave to ensure a Democrat victory in 2026 and 2028, that's all we need.

[Andrew NDB]

As long as enough leave to ensure a Democrat victory in 2026 and 2028, that's all we need.

Sadly, that was -- probably -- going to happen anyway. At least in 2026.

[ZariusTwo]

As long as enough leave to ensure a Democrat victory in 2026 and 2028, that's all we need.

AENEedWy_kU

Both sides. Then. Now. Forever.

[ranger_scout]

Billionaire Mark Cuban doesn't want Kamala Harris to run again in 2028.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5841927-mark-cuban-kamala-harris-2028/

[member_removed]

Billionaire Mark Cuban doesn't want Kamala Harris to run again in 2028.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5841927-mark-cuban-kamala-harris-2028/

I think a lot of people on the left would agree. a CA democrat would been seen as too blue, not centrist enough, same with Newsome, as much as I enjoy his hijinx).

[ranger_scout]

A Virginia judge blocked the new redistricting plan approved by the state last because it is believed to be unconditional.

https://wjla.com/news/local/virginia-congressional-map-redistricting-referendum-vote-attorney-general-tazewell-county-court-republicans-enjoins-injuctive-relief-voters-election-democrats-house-representatives

[Mayhem]

Well, you can say he defeated wokeness… remind me how often they bleated about Biden being too old… being caught on mic saying “I really need a shit” was the chocolate icing on the cake.


https://i.ibb.co/VcPsJFsF/IMG-4427.jpg

[IMJ]

Well, you can say he defeated wokeness… remind me how often they bleated about Biden being too old… being caught on mic saying “I really need a shit” was the chocolate icing on the cake.


https://i.ibb.co/VcPsJFsF/IMG-4427.jpg

It's clearly an unflattering still frame captured from a larger movement. But the gaslighting efforts fit you well, so by all means..... :lol:

[member_removed]

Well, you can say he defeated wokeness… remind me how often they bleated about Biden being too old… being caught on mic saying “I really need a shit” was the chocolate icing on the cake.


https://i.ibb.co/VcPsJFsF/IMG-4427.jpg

It's clearly an unflattering still frame captured from a larger movement. But the gaslighting efforts fit you well, so by all means..... :lol:

Bowel movement?

[Daytona]

Looks like another crazy leftie tried to kill Trump.

[Andrew NDB]

A democrat schoolteacher. That tracks.

[Barkworm]

It would 'track' because people who are in charge of education are appalled by a movement that represents misinformation and anti-intellectualism. If this was even true, I don't know which social media "news" you've been reading.

Also, don't shoot people. Violence is a sign of mental weakness.

[Mayhem]

Poll figures tanking, stage another assassination! :lol:

Only surprise is he wasn’t shot…

[Andrew NDB]

Yeah, it's probably Israel.

[Daytona]

It would 'track' because people who are in charge of education are appalled by a movement that represents misinformation and anti-intellectualism. If this was even true, I don't know which social media "news" you've been reading.

Also, don't shoot people. Violence is a sign of mental weakness.

lol good joke. It tracks bc teachers are always lefties and generally not smart enough to get better jobs.

Oh and it’s true.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Yeah, it's probably Israel.

Why would Israel shoot their top guy?

[Andrew NDB]

I'm friends with a few folks who are teachers. Hard, HARD lefties. They are the ones posting the loudest about "Why don't we have better would-be assassins with better aim?" daily. But believe it or not we still get along in the film world and entertainment areas.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Trump said that he doesn't consider this shooting linked to the Iran war.

Interesting. Why would Trump not claim that Iran is trying to kill him like how he has done multiple times in the past?

[ToTheNines]

Trump said that he doesn't consider this shooting linked to the Iran war.

Interesting. Why would Trump not claim that Iran is trying to kill him like how he has done multiple times in the past?

That is interesting. I remember him repeatedly claiming Iran was behind Thomas Matthew Crooks, very casually. Not that I have any real insight but that always seemed ridiculous to me and just came off as something he was told to say.

I guess now that there’s an actual situation with Iran he’s being a little more careful with his words.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Within seconds of the shooting, there are claims everywhere that the shooting was staged.

If Trump came out saying it was Iran, then the False Flag allegations would've been 100x worse. It would've also done nothing to drum up support for this deeply unpopular war.

[Andrew NDB]

Trump said that he doesn't consider this shooting linked to the Iran war.

Interesting. Why would Trump not claim that Iran is trying to kill him like how he has done multiple times in the past?

Because there is no evidence of that in this case.

That is interesting. I remember him repeatedly claiming Iran was behind Thomas Matthew Crooks, very casually. Not that I have any real insight but that always seemed ridiculous to me and just came off as something he was told to say.

Well there actually WAS real intel that Iran was fixing on offing Trump around this time. Nothing really came out the other end of that, as in maybe the Iranian "sleeper agents" got bored and decided to go back to their PS5s or something rather than die and get their 100 virgins.

Within seconds of the shooting, there are claims everywhere that the shooting was staged.

What a shocker. I can't wait to hear what Candace says about this.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Well there actually WAS real intel that Iran was fixing on offing Trump around this time.

What was the nature of that intel? All I recall were Trump's outlandish Truth Social Posts back then.

[ToTheNines]

Well there actually WAS real intel that Iran was fixing on offing Trump around this time. Nothing really came out the other end of that, as in maybe the Iranian "sleeper agents" got bored and decided to go back to their PS5s or something rather than die and get their 100 virgins

I don’t know if I believe that.

Trump was running as the peace candidate and Kamala’s messaging at the time was “I love Israel and we will destroy Iran”. So what would Iran stand to gain from sliming Trump?

Regardless of whatever was going on with our government having a half-dead old man as president at the time, what do you honestly think the military response would have looked like for Iran had they successfully and publicly assassinated a then-former President on American soil? Probably scorched earth.

[Mayhem]

Because there is no evidence of that in this case.
And there was in the other cases? Because I certainly don’t recall seeing that.

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[ToTheNines]

Pretty obvious coordinated messaging, I don’t really understand the reasoning though:

https://i.imgur.com/6irWLKq.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/UryEKte.jpeg

[Coola Yagami]

Guess he's going for the staged attempt again.

Ain't no way a random dude would make it that far into the White House.

[Andrew NDB]

Yeah, Trump definitely found a way to have his cronies convince a Californian democrat schoolteacher to come try to kill him. Totally non-crazy thought excerise there.

[ToTheNines]

More likely a case of “never let a good crisis go to waste”. I don’t really know what a bunch of people tweeting is going to accomplish, no matter how many followers some of them have. But this is absolutely a suggestion being passed around.

[Barkworm]

lol good joke. It tracks bc teachers are always lefties and generally not smart enough to get better jobs.
Cultural question: Is teaching in the US considered a crappy job? Both qualification and pay-wise?

[ToTheNines]

Cultural question: Is teaching in the US considered a crappy job? Both qualification and pay-wise?

Absolutely, yes on both counts.

Our educational system is a mess. As a product of public school, I still have a lot of contempt for it and will be doing anything and everything I can to keep my kids out of it.

[Mayhem]

You're so vain, you probably thought this manifesto was about you...


https://i.ibb.co/LddbYKc1/trump.webp


Okay, so answer me this.

The hotel gets booked up months in advance due to this event. It's the first time Trump has ever attended it. The gunman was a guest staying at the hotel. So the attempt was either staged, he was staying there after someone else booked it for him last year, or he just happened to be there for some other event and upon learning Trump would be there, decided to do something.

You can see why the accusations of "fixed" immediately fired off.

Btw the hotel in question was the same one Reagan was shot at 45 years ago.

[ToTheNines]

Is that from a real interview, Mayhem? Pretty funny… I thought Trump said the manifesto was full of anti-Christian rhetoric.

[Mayhem]

Is that from a real interview, Mayhem? Pretty funny… I thought Trump said the manifesto was full of anti-Christian rhetoric.
Well, it is, in a way, because funnily enough a significant number of those arrested and charged for assault, rape, and paedophile related activity happen to be either on the right or Christian church related...

[ToTheNines]

Well, it is, in a way, because funnily enough a significant number of those arrested and charged for assault, rape, and paedophile related activity happen to be either on the right or Christian church related...

It has nothing to do with party lines. They’re all nasty. You have quite a few in your Parliament that like to bugger little boys.

[ZariusTwo]

It has nothing to do with party lines. They’re all nasty. You have quite a few in your Parliament that like to bugger little boys.

And the BBC World Service is full of convicted peados and bullies with a list of historic offences.

Hell, they just had to fire one of the UK Gladiators because his partner ran an Onlyfans

Left and right are both scum. And they're only getting scummier.

Question both sides. Resist both sides.

[Andrew NDB]

Cultural question: Is teaching in the US considered a crappy job? Both qualification and pay-wise?

Absolutely. And the teachers unions are pure evil.

[Daytona]

You're so vain, you probably thought this manifesto was about you...


https://i.ibb.co/LddbYKc1/trump.webp


Okay, so answer me this.

The hotel gets booked up months in advance due to this event. It's the first time Trump has ever attended it. The gunman was a guest staying at the hotel. So the attempt was either staged, he was staying there after someone else booked it for him last year, or he just happened to be there for some other event and upon learning Trump would be there, decided to do something.

You can see why the accusations of "fixed" immediately fired off.

Btw the hotel in question was the same one Reagan was shot at 45 years ago.

Gee I wonder why he’d assume it’s about him other than the fact that the guy tried to kill him after writing it.

Does this “logic” actually work on people?

[ToTheNines]

Gee I wonder why he’d assume it’s about him other than the fact that the guy tried to kill him after writing it.

Does this “logic” actually work on people?

I mean they’re the kind of people whose main retort to “let’s go Brandon” (which was cringe and not ever very funny) was “oh so you want to have sex with Joe Biden?” and thinking they’re clever.

[Andrew NDB]

“let’s go Brandon” (which was cringe and not ever very funny)

It was a little funny. For 5 minutes.

Conversely, remember the "Dark Brandon" stuff that was trying to be ironic to it? Significantly more cringe. Like a whole different level.

[ToTheNines]

It was a little funny. For 5 minutes.

Conversely, remember the "Dark Brandon" stuff that was trying to be ironic to it? Significantly more cringe. Like a whole different level.

Yeah, the actual origin was pretty funny. But when people tried to make it a thing, I was fed up immediately lol.

Dark Brandon lmao... Same people that unironically think Notorious RBG merch is cool.

[Mayhem]

Gee I wonder why he’d assume it’s about him other than the fact that the guy tried to kill him after writing it.
Apart from the fact he didn't get any where near Trump, and it's been made clearer since he was more interested in shooting the cabinet rather than Trump himself. But no, Trump goes for the bait because he's sick of being told once more exactly what he is...

[Coola Yagami]

Is that from a real interview, Mayhem? Pretty funny… I thought Trump said the manifesto was full of anti-Christian rhetoric.

It was on 60 minutes.

[Barkworm]

Trump has posted a rant on Truth Social about our chancellor because Merz said that it‘s okay for Iran to have a nuke. Of course, Merz has never said such a thing but whatever.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Trump has posted a rant on Truth Social about our chancellor because Merz said that it‘s okay for Iran to have a nuke. Of course, Merz has never said such a thing but whatever.

Trump's tantrums against the European leaders are unhinged to say the least.

Watching traditional alliances crumble in real time is truly surreal.

[Mayhem]

King Charles just reminded Congress:

• NATO was there for USA after 9/11
• British Troops did fight in Afghanistan
• Ukraine needs our help now
• Executive power must be subject to checks & balances (not so subtle prod against Trump there)
• Ice-caps are melting
• America’s natural wonders need protecting

[Daytona]

lol at that list tbh.

[ToTheNines]

I’m 1/8 Jew!

[FredWolfLeonardo]

There aren't many Jews in New Zealand.

Only Jewish guy I know is one from work. He is against Trump and the Iran war.

[Andrew NDB]

Only Jewish guy I know is one from work. He is against Trump and the Iran war.

There's plenty of Jews that only "become" Jewish when they want to talk about how much they hate Trump so they can go, "As a Jew..." and then go onto say something moronic. Of course, otherwise they could never be caught ever attending synagogue or even practice religion at all, and you generally wouldn't even know they were Jewish until they mention it in that context.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

There's plenty of Jews that only "become" Jewish when they want to talk about how much they hate Trump so they can go, "As a Jew...." Otherwise they never attend synagogue or even practice religion at all, and you generally wouldn't even know they were Jewish until they mention it.

The guy I know is not religiously Jewish, but partially Jewish by blood.

[ranger_scout]

What Virginia Democrats are trying to do after the State Supreme Court rejected their new congressional map is insane.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-angry-left-plots-purge-virginias-

[IMJ]

What Virginia Democrats are trying to do after the State Supreme Court rejected their new congressional map is insane.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-angry-left-plots-purge-virginias-

It's funny because we talk about these people like it's a "news event" but actions like that are the real coup attempt.

[ranger_scout]

My mother and her sisters who escaped the extreme communism of Cuba over half-a-century ago are happy about this.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cuban-ex-president-raul-castro-indicted-charges-murder-conspiracy-kill-us-nationals

[ranger_scout]

Just in case no one got to see it here are summaries of the DNC autopsy on why Democrats lost big time in 2024. Not surprisingsly, most of them don't agree with this report.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-takeaways-vis

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-release-2024-election-autopsy-chair-says-does-not-meet-my-standards

[Mayhem]

Somewhat scary if true but by this point, I wouldn't be surprised…


"Earlier today, an angry and physically deteriorating Donald Trump sat slumped forward at the head of the Cabinet Room table, his shoulders sagging and his eyes so swollen they struggled to stay open as live cameras aired his twelfth Cabinet meeting. Marco Rubio sat stiffly to his right while Pete Hegseth watched from his left, both men wearing the tense, uneasy expression of people realizing that the president was once again slipping off course in front of the world. Several times, they tried to pull him back from another one of his rambling spirals, and each time they failed. Because even with reminders and redirections, Donald Trump seemed unable to fully follow what was happening around him. The entire time, he appeared far more interested in reliving imaginary victories, talking about how much people supposedly love him, and obsessing over Barack Obama than addressing the reality facing the country.

But much like he always does, he tried to hide what was really making him so angry and unstable. He was asked whether the economic pain Americans are feeling from the Iran war, the high gas prices, and the rising cost of travel gave him any urgency to reach a deal. And he immediately lashed out and brought up the midterms all on his own, admitting that others believe he will lose power after the elections before snapping back at the question: 'I don’t care about the midterms.' His reaction might have been the clearest sign yet of just how consumed he actually is by them behind closed doors. Because underneath all of it, the confusion, the performance, and the endless attempts at appearing strong and in control, today’s meeting had one purpose and one purpose only: to distract from the unraveling of his presidency and to serve as cover for the dangerous things his administration is doing away from the cameras.

And here is what they were hoping we would miss while the cameras stayed fixed on a president who could barely keep his eyes open. Yesterday, WIRED published an investigation based on more than 1,000 pages of unpublished documents from the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and fusion centers across the country, obtained through public records requests. Fusion centers, the sprawling intelligence-sharing hubs where federal, state, and local law enforcement quietly pool information and circulate it between agencies, were at the center of the investigation. And what those documents reveal is chilling. Our own government has now invented an entirely new category of domestic threat that could be used to investigate, monitor, and potentially criminalize ordinary Americans for their political beliefs and online speech. They are calling it 'anti-tech violent extremism.' It is a phrase that appears nowhere in publicly available DHS or FBI extremism frameworks or threat assessment guides. They created it themselves. And now they are already using it to monitor Americans.

So who counts as an anti-tech extremist? On one end, the documents point to a genuinely dangerous fringe group tied to violence. That is the example they lead with, because it makes the whole thing sound reasonable. But on the other end, and this is the part we should be deeply concerned about, fusion centers are tracking ordinary people showing up at town halls and budget committee meetings to object to data centers being built in their neighborhoods. One report from the New York Intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureau warned that “the chaotic atmosphere that may result from emergent AI technology in the next five years may fuel large-scale protests that devolve into civil unrest and anti-tech violent extremist activity, especially in large urban areas such as New York City.” They are not describing a crime that happened. They are predicting protests and pre-labeling the people who might show up as extremists before anyone has done anything at all.

And the activities they flagged as suspicious are a new level of authoritarian overreach all on their own. According to the documents, the behaviors that drew attention included photography, observation, and what the reports vaguely refer to as 'implied threats.' Taking a picture. Watching. Standing somewhere and paying attention. Civil liberties experts pointed out the obvious: this is the exact same conduct as peaceful, constitutionally protected protest. There is no clear line here between a threat and a citizen exercising the First Amendment. And the blurring of that line is the entire point.

Because this did not come out of nowhere. It sits on top of something Trump signed back in September called National Security Presidential Memorandum 7. That directive instructs the Justice Department to investigate and disrupt networks built around what it calls 'anti-American,' 'anti-Christian,' and 'anti-capitalism' beliefs. Not actions. Beliefs. It treats an idea in your head as an indicator of terrorism. Stephen Miller, Trump’s propaganda architect, called it 'the first time in American history that there is an all-of-government effort to dismantle left-wing terrorism.' And in May, Trump’s counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka formally named left-wing extremists a top-tier threat, ranking ordinary American political opposition alongside narcoterrorists and foreign Islamist groups. The 'anti-tech extremist' label is just the newest thing they have decided to use to potentially criminalize people who recognize the grave danger we are in with Donald Trump as the president.

And we have to be clear-eyed about who benefits. This is the same administration that has handed the tech and AI industry nearly everything it has asked for. In December, Trump moved to block states from regulating AI. He has cut red tape, shielded the industry, and treated its executives like partners. And now the same government that protects those companies is treating the people who criticize them as a security threat. The documents describe efforts to direct federal resources to protect AI executives and AI infrastructure. So follow the logic all the way down. The dissent being criminalized is dissent against the very industry that is propping up this administration. Silencing the critics protects the enablers. The two things are the same thing.

But this is bigger than data centers, and bigger than AI. Because once a government decides it can label a belief as extremism, the specific belief almost does not matter. Today, it is people worried about AI. The framework does not care what you are worried about. It cares whether your worry is aimed at them. This is a test. It is a way of finding out how far they can stretch the definition of 'threat' before anyone pushes back, and whether the public will accept a world where having the wrong opinion, or simply standing in a room and watching, is enough to land you in a federal intelligence report. That is the next step. A quiet expansion of who gets to be called an enemy, until the category is wide enough to hold any of us.

We have watched this exact move before. In the regimes that history warns us about, the state never announces that dissent is now illegal. It reclassifies the dissenter. In the Soviet Union, opposition was not a political position, it was a psychiatric diagnosis, and critics were not arrested as critics, they were committed as sick. In East Germany, the Stasi did not need you to commit a crime. They needed a file, built from who you talked to, where you stood, and what you seemed to believe. The goal was never really to catch the violent few. The goal was to make everyone else aware that they were being watched, so they would police themselves and stay quiet. A surveillance state does not have to arrest many people to work. It just has to make you feel like you might be next. That is the chill. And that is what a thousand pages of documents about photography and town hall meetings are quietly building here.

And here is something we all need to really think about in this moment. This is another way to divide us. Another way to paint one side as threats and criminals by the very people who instigated an insurrection. Regardless of how we feel about AI and the tech industry, we all need to take this latest threat seriously. Because evil regimes never stop at their first targets. They will eventually come for us all. We must stand together against this.

We must fight back now and hopefully, after we take back Congress in the midterms. And thankfully, it sounds like the Democrats are already getting ready. They are preparing now. Congressman Robert Garcia, who would chair the House Oversight Committee if we take back the House in November, said this week that his team is 'already preparing and gearing up.' He laid it out: 'We’ve got a team on Epstein, we have a team on family corruption, we have a team on DHS and ICE.' Right now, the administration simply ignores the document requests Democrats send because, in the minority, they have no power to compel anything. But that changes the moment we flip the House. All of that groundwork, every unanswered letter, becomes subpoenas, hearings, and sworn depositions. Congressman Joe Neguse said you have to go all the way back to the Teapot Dome scandal of the 1920s to find an administration this immersed in corruption. The investigations are not a fantasy for after a win. They are being built, staffed, and readied right now, so that the day the gavel changes hands, the accountability starts. This is what we need in this moment. Not just accountability now, but investigations and safeguards to make sure this never happens again.

[Mayhem]

Just to add to above, something else I read about… California is not messing around either. Today, Gavin Newsom made an announcement about The Trump administration’s 'anti-weaponization' nearly 1.8 billion dollar fund, saying that California will not let it happen without resistance, 'Anyone from California that receives any of those funds, we want to tax 100% of those proceeds,' he said. 'That’s an action the State of California can take. It’s an action we look forward to taking.' One hundred percent. If you live in California and you try to cash a check from this fund, the state intends to take all of it. It is a wall, built at the state level, against a federal payout designed to reward loyalty to Trump. Regardless of whether this actually happens, it sends a very clear message.

[Andrew NDB]

"We want to..."

That's the part where you should tune out.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Trump said this in a recent call to Netanyahu and I love it:

""“You’re f–king crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this,”

Source: https://www.axios.com/2026/06/01/trump-netanyahu-israel-lebanon-call

[member_removed]

Trump said this in a recent call to Netanyahu and I love it:

""“You’re f–king crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this,”

Source: https://www.axios.com/2026/06/01/trump-netanyahu-israel-lebanon-call

Well, I finally agree with Trump on something.

[Autbot_Benz]

Whose excited for Trumps UFC nonsense this Sunday ?

[Andrew NDB]

Whose excited for Trumps UFC nonsense this Sunday ?

Fairly. Why?

[IndigoErth]

Good chance of possible thunderstorms around 8 and 9pm, so... good luck, I guess. lol

[Andrew NDB]

Democrats, lately:

"HAHAHAHA... the reflecting pool has algae! OMG, LOL!!! How embarrassing for Trump!"

"WHOO-HOO, EVERYBODY has cancelled from the 250th celebration!! What a loser Trump is for thinking people wouldn't cancel!!!"

"ROTFLOL, thunderstorms during the UFC match at the White House!! LOLZ!!! That'll teach Trump and his fans!"

"Can I mention about the reflecting pool again? Because LOL!!!! ALGAE!!!"

"Elon Musk is a trillionaire now?!" *circuitry sparks and smoke comes out*

"THE REFLECTING POOOOOL!! ALGAEEEE!!!"

Yeesh, stop it. You people are nuts.

[ToTheNines]

Trump is waking up: https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=397af2aa9fc4505e1ac8b2c75997f15fb9677b7cfc0cef56 02fa8fcc0eb02a89JmltdHM9MTc4MTU2ODAwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=27ba9e51-2bde-6b8e-39d6-892b2a266a69&psq=trump+on+hezbollah+and+israel&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9ueXBvc3QuY29tLzIwMjYvMDYvMTYvdXMtbm V3cy90cnVtcC1pcy1ub3QtaGFwcHktd2l0aC1pc3JhZWwtb3Zl ci1sZWJhbm9uLXN0cmlrZXMtYW1pZC1pcmFuLXBlYWNlLWRlYW wtdGFsa3Mv

[Mayhem]

The only things I’ve seen about the reflection pool are all the stupid claims that is been sabotaged because the algae is already back :roll:

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Trump has been so awesome lately.

Called Netanyahu crazy, told Israel to stop bombing Lebanon, unfroze Iranian assets, says he doesn't care about Regime Change and is removing the American Naval Blockade on Hormuz.

Best president ever. Don't you agree Andrew?

[Barkworm]

Democrats, lately:

"HAHAHAHA... the reflecting pool has algae! OMG, LOL!!! How embarrassing for Trump!"

"WHOO-HOO, EVERYBODY has cancelled from the 250th celebration!! What a loser Trump is for thinking people wouldn't cancel!!!"

"ROTFLOL, thunderstorms during the UFC match at the White House!! LOLZ!!! That'll teach Trump and his fans!"

"Can I mention about the reflecting pool again? Because LOL!!!! ALGAE!!!"

"Elon Musk is a trillionaire now?!" *circuitry sparks and smoke comes out*

"THE REFLECTING POOOOOL!! ALGAEEEE!!!"

Yeesh, stop it. You people are nuts.
I'm sure three idiots on social media care about this nonsense.

[Andrew NDB]

The only things I’ve seen about the reflection pool are all the stupid claims that is been sabotaged because the algae is already back :roll:

I didn't think this was true but apparently two guys really are getting charged for this. Evidently they brought some "Aggressive Georgia algae" to the reflecting pool.

Jesus. Imagine how far gone you have to be, how much you would have to hate some fictionalized idea of the country and/or Trump to do something that stupid.

I'm sure three idiots on social media care about this nonsense.

Oh no, it's easily in the 30s and 40s of people on my wall. But then I have a lot of senior citizens on my wall from the Highlander community. A loooot of real boomers there, and ladies well into their 60s and 70s.

[ranger_scout]

Hillary Clinton just can't handle not being the center of attention. She needs to realize what's done is done.

Hillary Clinton hammers Joe Biden for 2024 reelection bid despite supporting campaign: 'terrible mistake' (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hillary-clinton-hammers-joe-biden-2024-reelection-bid-despite-supporting-campaign-terrible-mistake-)

I'm obviously not a Biden supporter, but talk about being ungrateful to the man and his team who awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedon, the nation's highest civilian award last year.

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[ToTheNines]

Biden was cooked when he ran in the first place. The entire DNC knew this, but they decided he was their best bet went with him anyway.

That night everyone turned on him was insane. He did horribly in that debate, obviously, but it was no different than his behavior in any other public setting. Crazy stuff.

[IMJ]

Biden's wife now says that she thought he was having a stroke during the debate.

On another note, the UFC fight event was very well done! As for the reflection pool I saw a crazy liberal bug up about it on video and then have to admit how good it looks and then immediately follow it up with the "it pains me to admit it" thing.

She should go back now that the algae is back - she can rant about Trump encouraging algae growth or something. :lol:

More interesting than any of that was today's FOMC meeting. Really curious how people are going to feel about his guy over Powell long-term.

[Andrew NDB]

Biden's wife now says that she thought he was having a stroke during the debate.

I watched that bit. But then right after that she reaffirmed it was only a one-off thing, and he was fit and a fiddle after that debate. And since.

[Andrew NDB]

https://i.ibb.co/xSdcB78p/algae.jpg

[IMJ]

It can't be true.
Kamala would eat the algae.
Gavin would play with it like a pet.
Alexandria would try to smoke it.
I don't even want to think about what Pete would do with it....

They are going to have to go with someone else on that hot button issue.