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Corporate American doesn't want their employees working from home, even though studies show that employees are happier doing so. But they'll absolutely replace employees with AI that has every single downside of an employee working from home built-in

He resigned because it was coming to light that he raped an underaged girl and thinks it was OK because he paid her. The GOP didn't release the report only because he resigned. Don't forget that

Don't let the GOP confuse you. Their proposed budget absolutely raises the national debt. It is an ongoing value. The deficit is how much more we're spending this year than we bring in. It's not really something that can be raised or lowered; every year is independent of previous years

Joe Rogan appeals to the same group of guys who graduate from high school but continue to go to high school parties. Maybe the liberals don't need to find their own 58 year old man who appeals to young men?

"I'm going to burn down fewer houses now", said the arsonist who had burned down your city

Do you know when the last missile was fired at the US? Never. They want to spend $175 billion to protect against an event that has never happened in our history, while slashing the money Medicare and Medicaid get. While eliminating gov services and people. Priorities are clear and wrong

I never noticed when LOL was victorious over LMAO, but it clearly happened

Time and again, their defense is that they are just incompetent. They don't know what the people under them, that they selected, are doing under their authority in their name. And the press lets it happen.

Anti-trans policy means surveilling cis women in a culture of gender suspicion. Closed borders means surveilling natives in a culture of "Papers please" suspicion. Segregation means surveilling whites to prevent race-mixing and race treason. Fascism erodes the freedoms even of those not targeted.

We just have to see that Oklahoma is teaching that the 2020 election was stolen to understand why they will continue repeating something they know is a lie. When their side only hears the lie, it becomes THEIR truth

I love how there are dozens of stories like this, but THE STORY isn't that none of the options involve the country the goods are coming from paying Like he's finally admitting he was wrong or lying, but the press can't seem to stay focused on him being wrong or lying

The only 86 that matters

9 people were killed in a tornado last night in KY. The NWS office responsible for that area has faced some of the most extreme cuts by the Trump administration, including the loss of overnight forecasting. Last night, they were rushing to find help for the office. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/w...

Can we all just agree to not engage with or read any of the "Biden is old" stories that are currently coming out? Like those were important stories when he was running for re-election. They are not now.

Post a mean meme about him and he and his entire coterie will attack you 24x7 in the press. Secret service will investigate you. But attempt to assassinate him, and he'll sundown like a 78 year old senile man while talking about it

The 8647 thing from James Comey is stupider than my saying I was going to crush my opponent (in football) and having it taken as a death threat

Here’s what a GOP plan could mean for different Americans next year: People making under $17,000 a year: lose an average of around $1,000. People making between ~$17,000 and $51,000: lose an average of around $700. People in the top 0.1%: gain an average of over $389,000.

This is their way of trying to warn the American public that Trump's policies are terrible. It's the only action they can take that people will listen to. It's the equivalent of dropping a personal credit score from 800 to 750. Reduced faith in the US paying its debts. Oppose Trump, or we're sunk.

What kind of store does Trump think Kroger or Publix are? He doesn't seem to believe the word "grocery" is still in use. Because Trump is an idiot

It's just a synonym meaning "trash Trump". Republicans are just trying to cancel Comey because he and Trump hate each other.

Without the birthright citizenship, do you know how a person becomes a citizen? There is no method in the Constitution other than birthright that a person can become a citizen. It grants Congress the ability to naturalize citizens; meaning everyone has to go through immigration to be a citizen.

I had to look in a thesaurus for synonyms for groceries and not a single one of them have I heard used in a normal conversation in my entire life. "Vittles" I'd heard used in The Beverly Hillbillies TV show. "Provisions" is used in some role-playing games. What does Trump think they are called?

A more apt headline here would be that Trump continues to abandon traditional US allies in favor of traditional US enemies

Politics anymore is like a football game where as soon as the ball is snapped, the Republic side shoots all of the players on the Democrat side and the Democrats decide they need to run a nickel defense on the next play

The GOP deception over their Medicaid cuts are so obvious and sick. It's like having your job cut your hours from 40 per week to 4 and claiming they didn't give you a pay decrease because your hourly wages are the same as they always were. That's how dumb they think we are

Locking up people who they have not even charged with crimes and letting them die in custody. The US did a hard heel turn

Our Secretary of Health and Human Services folks: Kennedy adds: "I don’t think people should be taking advice, medical advice, from me"

It's absurdly difficult to prove you can't work by their standards, involving a lot of doctor visits. In a country without universal healthcare. Basically, this is just their way of eliminating welfare

I've been vegetarian for just over 15 years now. I agree that Impossible burgers are the top. The first couple of times I had one, I was sure I'd gotten the wrong order, and it was really meat. Beyond is very close to that quality too. But MorningStar Farms? You'd never confuse any of them for meat

Basically, Trump loses a football game 49-3 and says he won because it was the team with the most field goals who wins. Mind you, he decides those victory conditions after losing

"Is Trump accepting a $400 gift from a foreign nation unethical? Read the answer behind my paywall." This is basically how the media is white washing bribery. They may say it is the obvious bribery it is behind the paywall, but the vast audience outside thinks the issue is unanswered

Glad to see the entire world is realizing to take nothing Trump says as truth unless it is confirmed by someone outside of his administration. The truth matters none to him

Now that Trump is in Saudi Arabia, I finally agree with him that the US border needs closed

Not sure why it's currently relevant, but there are 16 US states bigger than Qatar. South Dakota is bigger than Qatar. Qatar also has a male to female ratio of 4:1 65% of the population is Muslim. Trump only hates Muslims in the US or those who are poor.

Maybe asking people Trump can fire if something is bribery is a bad idea. He can fire them if he doesn't like their answer and pardon them if it is a crime