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since younger people are asking how shockingly stupid things were in 2003, may I present to you this circa-03 sign that I bought from a local restaurant and their (unrelated) going out of business sale a few years later

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The problem is so bad that, in my opinion, elections are no longer the best way to pick leaders. About 40% of Americans live in an alternate reality.

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The central problem with our democracy moving forward is the far right media ecosystem. It is an unrelenting bilge pump of abject lies. The volume is so much greater than anything comparable on the far left. It is seemingly insurmountable

submitted 5 days ago • 58 comments

In the past week, a union leader has been arrested, a U.S. Rep charged with a crime, a U.S. Senator violently handcuffed, and reporters shot with rubber bullets and detained. There is no ambiguity. This is a regime operating as an authoritarian. Americans who believe in liberty must oppose it.

submitted 10 days ago • 391 comments

real bummer finding out that literally everything was on the honor system this whole time

submitted 12 days ago • 424 comments

We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.

submitted 12 days ago • 580 comments

It's important to understand that there are journalists whose job it is to criticize whatever progressives are doing. They were criticizing progressive influence on Twitter for years. Now they're criticizing progressives leaving. If they came back, they would be criticized again. It's just the job.

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The Right Way To Protest is to stand very still in your apartment and whisper “I wish this wasn’t happening” then get your ass to work, you’re gonna be late damn it

submitted 14 days ago • 13 comments

And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Do you know that thing you care about? It’s a distraction. Do you know the things I care about? Those are real

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gentleman, gentleman, please, there's no need for this! you are both in the epstein files.

submitted 17 days ago • 86 comments

the president wont see your cheap dunks against jeffery epstein . But your friends who have ties to state sponsored pedophilia will

submitted 17 days ago • 105 comments

Hard to believe that the two biggest addled malignant narcissists in the world couldn’t work together for long without starting to attack each other.

submitted 17 days ago • 38 comments

"Our families are under attack from people like you." Frank Zappa made songs about starting a dental floss farm and husky piss snow cones.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

i don't think there's a more self defeating anti-piracy system than streaming sites that don't let you take screenshots. i am trying to talk about your product on social media! for free! and you're making that logistically difficult just in case i'm dedicated enough to do it 30 times a second!

submitted 18 days ago • 48 comments

The democratic strategy seems to be to let Trump do whatever he wants. The results will be so unpopular that they will be able to take over the House, senate, and white house. It's callous but it may work.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Look, before the election I supported reductions in the civil service but these government firings are going TOO FAR!! I just lost my job as an ICE agent after scoring a 61 on their standard annual IQ test - only one tiny point above their ceiling for those who can serve!

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

It's like they are daring him to start ww3.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

it’s insane that having empathy is becoming a political liability for so many americans

submitted 20 days ago • 173 comments

The Flyer. 1/4

submitted 19 days ago • 66 comments

ME: yeah could i get the impossible burger with cheese. THE VIZIER WHO'S BEEN ADVISING ME: ahh, an excellent choice sire. an imitation of the genuine article. there are some "friends" of yours to whom it bears a passing similarity ME: you want anything VIZIER: [chuckles] what i want is of no import

submitted 20 days ago • 17 comments

Democracy is outdated and no longer serves the American people. It only benefits the ultra-rich, political hacks, and news corporations.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Based on current growth rates in 10 years the average American cinnamon roll size will be 14lbs.

submitted 24 days ago • 20 comments

if you put me in charge of the dnc my first order of business will be to push tim walz out in front of a camera to say “theyre really fucking weird” every single day

submitted 24 days ago • 16 comments

I think someone running on a platform of ending democracy and transitioning to an automated system of algorithmically appointed experts, would win every state.

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submitted 28 days ago • 28 comments

They should do a psyop that makes people happy

submitted 28 days ago • 23 comments

she blinded me with science (chlorine bleach)

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

Its not that AI can't improve lives. Its that capitalism can't allow it to.

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The only defense of eating meat is that meat tastes good and has protein and amino acids. Saying anything else is stupid. I will continue to eat meat until there is a viable option that meets these requirements.

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