00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Only those with motivated reasoning.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Only those with motivated reasoning.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Willing to watch society burn for the joy of seeing upset libs on social media.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
People are going to get what they voted for. If you don't let them touch the hot stove, they'll never learn. And since Trump makes Hoover look like an economic genius, the stove will come eventually.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
This is being repeated throughout the country whether it's true or not. The GOP is a messaging machine.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
They don't care. Most of their policies haven't been favorably viewed in decades, yet they keep winning elections.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
In any country throughout history!
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
It's amazing they've been able to repackage and continue selling trickle down economics for 50 years. Americans really are economically illiterate.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Not the glass beaches of California, but still very cool.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Had one of these guys on vacation last week. Now in the market for my own.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Anyone that was an adult should've known this. He's simple.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
My relief, when after all these years of working out, I can finally show off these legs in a nice mini.😂
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Wtf...
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Happy to see him leave. Don't really care about which low round the pick comes from.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Fair enough
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Pete Hegseth has zero credibility.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Because proofreading was just too much work?
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
If you haven't noticed, those restraints haven't quite held. Need a renewed and streamlined capacity to do the things we should've been doing for decades. Those investments will ultimately lift people up while solving problems. Hard to save the planet when you can't build renewables.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
The right doesn't own capitalism, as you can see by their disdain of free markets. Government working and building shit is a good thing.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
I'll take the abundance, broadly speaking. Government that works sounds good to me.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Best case scenario, they're gonna feed him to the wolves and blame all this really unpopular shit on him. Worst case scenario, he's still running the government in conjunction with Stephen Miller while breeding Miller's wife.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
She's not the sitting president and would be laughed out of court.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Even Qatar feels their image in jeopardy over Trump's endless graft.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Because he had to. His time as a "special government employee" had expired.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Does he realize his ham-handed attempts at the former has dealt a death blow to the latter? Is this really the genius of our times? Because he seems like a drug addled teenager who's been educated by social media.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
There's no maybe. Higher prices are coming. I'm not even sure crashing demand will help all that much, though it may moderate the effects.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
There aren't 2 trillion in cuts to be found. But, in ten years or less, the annual payment for debt services will be north of 2 trillion a year. So, great job defunding America, Marsha.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm projected to get 3k a year which may help offset the Trump sales tax, but probably lose my social security and Medicare down the line. My job too, when he tanks the economy. What a deal!
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
This is the wildest story full of unexpected outcomes.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
So, a King?
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
This is the energy we need for NR and the right wing in this moment. Their projection is appalling.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
More projection as the right continues to be responsible for the majority of domestic terrorism in America.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
To limit his exposure, and because people with experience and talent won't work for him.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
More money to give back to donors.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Everything is still for sale, so they'll be just fine.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
And that's on top of folks already struggling with the Trump national sales tax.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Dammit! I've got to get on a couple of planes this month too. Not inspiring stuff here.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Because when shit hits the fan, and government services that people expect start to fade, they're gonna hang it around his unpopular neck.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Good mailbag this week, Alain. I too congratulate you on the 500th ADP. I haven't listened to all of them, but have enjoyed many. That one included. Thanks for all the great content!
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Suge knows!
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Between the massive data centers and their huge power needs and the human monitoring, I'm struggling to see how we're ahead here.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
They'll pass some form of it. You can bet on it.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
HHS secretary asked a medical question, shrugs, "how the fuck should I know". We're doing big things here.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Those are fighting words!😂
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
They'll mobilize enmasse on some animal welfare shit, though.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
They're in a deep fight against antisemitism!! Can't you tell?
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
It really doesn't seem that hard to answer that question in hundreds of different ways that are all centered around the republican party being in the middle of a smash and grab robbery of everything we hold dear.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Just as much as the media covering it.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
This is incredible!
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
It's probably a safeguard just in case the growth is too explosive! They may have to claw all this prosperity back.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
On the field, he's been polarizing for dolphins fans. Tons of potential, but hasn't consistently seized his moments. Obviously, a very intriguing guy and an enjoyable read so far.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
No need for the mask anymore. People have been conditioned for long enough that they won't be outraged enough to change their identity over it, and they do consider this their identity.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Thousands upon thousands of containers filled and waiting. It's gonna be a fight for ship space. Container rates will soar and there will be bottlenecks everywhere.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Still many ripples to come from this. Supply chains aren't a light switch to be turned on and off.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
A job the president got her for the favor she showed him as Florida AG.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
To a loud applause.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
They're gonna hang so much shit around that man's neck by the time they're through. He isn't ready for what's coming.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Is anyone going to push back that Biden opened the country to 10 million illegals, or are we going to keep living as if that were true?
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
I love Carole! Will definitely check this out.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
The dumbest comment so far. There's more to come.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Too devout a Catholic to actually practice the teachings?
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
This is so right and not brought up enough. The nostalgia is absolutely about the gains that unions offered in pay and benefits as well as a romanticized view of the single bread winner homes of the past. Support unions and better pay/benefits for the jobs we already have.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Stephen's kink is losing court cases and having judges verbally stuff his loser ass into a locker.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
I do know that this "basic business model" of ad revenue is so lucrative that journalism is smaller and less available than any time in my life. I get paid when people buy my products. Just the same as them. I would never ask someone to work for free.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Their coverage of this administration and so many other subjects has been top drawer! Well worth it.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Dart board shit.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
The Shock Doctrine is actually a really wild book that may open some folks' eyes to a lot of the downsides to unregulated capitalism and the timing of the efforts to push the envelope.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Anybody with an at risk job is clammed up tight.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
It's crazy they'd want paid for their work. We should all work for free!
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
He's welcome to challenge whichever statement he likes and correct the record.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Yet, I still feel owned somehow.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Murphy has been great. I wish there was an informational ecosystem that would make this go as viral as GOP fear-porn.
Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) reposted
Whatever impostor syndrome you may have once had, dispose of it fucking immediately. If these people run the country, you deserve that promotion, you can run for city council, you can start that business. If this is the baseline, shit, you can do surgery drunk in an alley and you will do less harm.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
She wants to wash that stank off. No, thank you. You can keep it.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
✊
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Same
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Why wouldn't they try to capitalize on our mistakes.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Jump on the bandwagon, brother. Worth the ride. Best sewer game in the business!
Mark Copelovitch (@mcopelov.bsky.social) reposted
Wildly illegal & unprecedented crimes being committed on a daily basis now
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Best follow on social!
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, but half of Cavs fans may have thrown something at their TVs last nightðŸ˜
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Anyone who has negotiated an actual business deal knows why this is a failure. That does, or at least should, include Donald Trump. You can only step on people for so long.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
To be fair, the inflation on ammo has also been nuts. But, I do remember that the NRA's core modern mission is to fight tyranny. Now? Crickets.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
It's peak hypocrisy that the right would try to lecture us about bringing back the "good jobs" while currently also being union busters, and not supporting higher wages for the jobs we have right now.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
It should increase slower than most people are thinking. At least, at first.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
We can only hope
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
We can only hope.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Anyone in life that's taken the Alcatraz tour is laughing at Trump and Bondi right now. Bondi will say absolutely anything. She has no bottom. These aren't serious people.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
The Browns have entered the chat.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Great convo!
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Was Dave alive during COVID? The American people definitely do not understand this and the GOP is about to be underwater everywhere!
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Wouldn't this fact make it worse to a sober thinking person? Like, wtf is this guy on top of? Elon installed an acting IRS head and he didn't know about it. Time to take the keys away from Grandpa.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
This was my impression as well. They're not getting the numbers they want through incompetence, and the fact that most of this is built on a foundation of lies.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
If people didn't expect this, they shouldn't be commenting on trade or tariffs.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social)
All countries the US is in negotiations with on official issues.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
They're good. It has the potential to be one of the best series of the postseason.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
The layoffs and price increases are barely just starting yet. In a couple of months it's gonna be anarchy. We're not resilient people anymore.
Seth Cotlar (@sethcotlar.bsky.social) reposted
This administration is basically doing Hunter Biden corruption at an industrial scale. And whereas there was no evidence Joe Biden in any way benefitted from Hunter's shenanigans, the current President's family business is raking in the payoffs. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm constantly amazed at how stupid they prove to be.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
If he actually knew anybody who worked in a factory or mill for their life, he'd know they viewed it as a life of sacrifice for their kids to have better options. These guys couldn't be more out of touch with middle America.
00johndillon00.bsky.social (@00johndillon00.bsky.social) reply parent
Saddest part about that picture is the toy limo's on the ground. What kid is playing with toy limousines?