@gunlord500
Not an SJW, dislike righties more, alas. Had way too much drama in my life when I was a rightoid and now I'm much more focused on cultivating virtue, helping others, and enjoying life with my friends. Cute animals, good food, mecha, and videogames for me.
JUST IN: Democrats flip a seat in the New Hampshire state House.
Dem Bobbi Boudman has won today’s special election, NHJournal reports.
(Boudman was the Dem nominee in 2024 & lost by 14%; Trump won here by 9%.)
This is Dems’ third legislative flip so far this year, after Texas and Arkansas.
But thankfully the US has kept good relations with its european allies who all have very valuable minesweeping capabilities and who are willing to he- oh
In the struggle between rural communal 'values' and corporate greed, I want corporate greed to win every time.
Corporate greed gives us sponsored floats with swag in Pride Parades. Petite landowning “farmers” (and car dealers/HVAC owners, etc) give us death squads and the Black Hundreds. I know who I’m voting for.
Why do rural people get an aid concert by Willie and John Mellencamp to preserve the “family farm” “way of life”?
Where’s my concert to ensure I can make a living trading furs like my ancestors?
I promise you if we brought back naps so many of the problems in this country would resolve themselves
Well, that was quite a rollercoaster week for European markets.
Glad it’s Friday now and we can have some calm time.
Returning to @cnn.com tonight to speak to my friend @andersoncooper360.bsky.social about Iran and a bit about my book, which comes out tomorrow.
Trump did not announce a U.S. policy then walk it back. That is not what happened, and media presenting it that way does a disservice.
Trump said words he thought might appeal to his audience in the moment, with no connection to actual policy, then did that again with a different question/asker.
Soldier low key the weirdest job because in most respects its no different than being any other kind of flunky for a large organization except occasionally you have to kill people because the host of Celebrity Apprentice got bored.
I WANT OFF MR. TRUMPS WILD RIDE
I think this is true but also in a strategic sense, pretty clearly an Iranian victory: we threw everything at them and proved we could not dislodge them.
The question will be if the administration can succeed at spinning it as a success, rather than the defeat it is (I kinda suspect yes?)
Iranian attack prompts Bahrain’s Bapco Energies to declare force majeure.
love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region
Iran's government is more hardline, its people are poorer and more isolated, the region's on fire, and the global economy feels like its about to go into shock
If you want to know why people wanted to avoid war with Iran for so long, you're finding out in real time
we’ve had two truly enormous crises under Trump and the first one was covid which everyone apparently gave him a pass for despite the fact that he made it worse
but this one is completely, obviously, unquestionably his fault and would not have happened without him
'Member Greenland? Oh, I 'member!
And Venezuela? Oh, yes, I 'member!
'Member shooting boats in international waters?
THAT WAS ALL JUST A MONTH AGO!
i actually don't think this price action is sustainable based on the fundamentals - currently - and this is just panic // market breakdown. 2-3mon from now, if this isn't resolved, then yes we're absolutely >$115 but right now this just sniffs of everyone panic smashing BID
ICE Agent Injured After Repeatedly Trying To Detain People In Neighborhood Mural
Mission creep any% speedrun
A year ago we were supposed to be getting $2,000 rebate checks, DOGE was going to find $2 trillion in waste to balance the budget, we were going to pay no income taxes because tariffs would pay for everything, gas and home electric bills would be cut in half, and no new wars.
I know it’s not new.
But it’s proudly blatant now.
Create a “white nation” someplace else.
This one is profoundly and powerfully diverse.
No no no he's got a point. He should do a press conference where he makes the case to the American people. Set us straight Mr President, we need it, and we'll only believe it coming from you. No one else is smart or important enough!
Ironically, this isn't a million miles away from the original Ayatollah's quote about the 1979 revolution that "we did not rise up to get cheaper watermelons"
It’s the TOFU*—Trump Only Fucks Up—trade now.
*believe this was originally a @katie0martin.ft.com suggestion
A good example of why we need answers about strategy: We're destroying refineries and oil production. If the goal is to immiserate the Iranians and cut off their income, fine. (Not great thinking, but understandable.) But if it's regime change...uh, they're gonna need that rebuilt. So why do that?
US strategic goals are not the same as Israel's strategic goals, part 1
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Righties on Twitter think American tech is up to the job.
Tyty, ill use that!