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[Per]

Jonathan Pie, brilliant and funny as always.

[Ronning's Ghost]

Jonathan Pie, brilliant and funny as always.

Don't know why Trump fears a free press.

You can lay the whole scheme bare, and the overwhelming majority of voters will ignore it, and ignore any effort to bring it to their attention.

[Tciso]

Reminds me just a bit too much like a Taylor Sheridan story line from Lioness. A bit too accurate.

[5thhorseman]

Are we still draining the swamp?

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026 ... -congress/

Trump has made more stock trades in his second term than all 535 members of Congress combined

[Per]

Not sure where to put this, but yeah…

When Trump recently called Norway a shithouse country (for not awarding him a peace prize ), this is what Visit Norway did:

https://youtu.be/KMcKmuO6HOE?is=pRCSe6qsdsWMWUHG

[Topper]

from X

Literally every dude whose ass Trump admired just lost

Pete Hegseth wanted people to watch a public execution, well they're seeing it tonight.

MAGA is going down faster than Lauren Boebert in a truck stop bathroom

Iran has successfully accomplished regime change in the United States

Texas is uh now more liberal than Alberta

[Cousin Strawberry]

Texas is uh now more liberal than Alberta

Texas libbies are dancing with joy?


Saaaay... didn't the village people have a cowboy?

[Meds]

Iran has successfully accomplished regime change in the United States

This is, ironically, a very poignant interpretation of what just happened.

[5thhorseman]

I'd hate to be the Democrats, especially in 2 years if they gain the presidency. They always seem to get the shit end of the stick to clean up the Republicans' mess. If we're being fair, they owe Iran a ton of reparations for their unprovoked attack.

[Cornuck]

Imagine if the AI bubble bursts on their watch...

[BCExpat]

Imagine if the AI bubble bursts on their watch...

The AI bubble has already burst in China, so it won't be long before it bursts in the USA as well.

[Tciso]

I'd hate to be the Democrats, especially in 2 years if they gain the presidency. They always seem to get the shit end of the stick to clean up the Republicans' mess. If we're being fair, they owe Iran a ton of reparations for their unprovoked attack.

Um, seriously? Iran has been exporting jihad to the USA and the world since 1978. They have never stopped provoking. I guess we see geo politics differently, 5th.

[rats19]

I'd hate to be the Democrats, especially in 2 years if they gain the presidency. They always seem to get the shit end of the stick to clean up the Republicans' mess. If we're being fair, they owe Iran a ton of reparations for their unprovoked attack.

Um, seriously? Iran has been exporting jihad to the USA and the world since 1978. They have never stopped provoking. I guess we see geo politics differently, 5th.

Maybe just give them a nuke?

[5thhorseman]

I'd hate to be the Democrats, especially in 2 years if they gain the presidency. They always seem to get the shit end of the stick to clean up the Republicans' mess. If we're being fair, they owe Iran a ton of reparations for their unprovoked attack.

Um, seriously? Iran has been exporting jihad to the USA and the world since 1978. They have never stopped provoking. I guess we see geo politics differently, 5th.

Not disagreeing that they are a state sponsor of terrorism, but it's an incredibly disproportionate response. And thus self-defeating. Overall a massive backwards step.

[UWSaint]

I'd hate to be the Democrats, especially in 2 years if they gain the presidency. They always seem to get the shit end of the stick to clean up the Republicans' mess. If we're being fair, they owe Iran a ton of reparations for their unprovoked attack.

Um, seriously? Iran has been exporting jihad to the USA and the world since 1978. They have never stopped provoking. I guess we see geo politics differently, 5th.

It is human nature, it seems, to stack up in the "good" or "not so bad" columns all the things that people taking the opposition position say are "bad." I think that's unfortunate. It is possible to agree with hawks that Iran (1) is the largest state sponsor of terrorism, and (2) their possession of a nuke poses extreme risks to the security of the region and still think, you know, maybe that war won't be effective at achieving its aim, or will create similar risks but while imposing tangible immediate costs. It is possible to think that Israeli treatment of the Palestinians is extreme without thinking the Palestinians (or God forbid, Hamas) are particularly noble. It is possible to believe that we should have robust free speech protections without denying that there is a harm (as intangible as it may be) to offending individuals or social morays.

Its all tradeoffs, few decisions/actions/policies are without a downside felt somewhere by someone.