digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
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digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
WhAt iS nEwSoM dOiNg bESiDeS Ai SlOp MeMes
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
🚨BREAKING: California Supreme Court DENIES Republicans’ petition asking the court to stop state officials from putting a redistricting measure on the ballot – the second GOP challenge to the state’s redistricting it’s thrown out in one week. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
You jest, but we'll certainly return to the cost-benefit analysis of human lives under Trump.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Six months ago. I meant it. Do it now if you haven’t.
Governor Gavin Newsom (@governor.ca.gov) reposted
A glimpse into Trump's make-believe world of "giant water valves" in Northern California…
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Give ‘em hell, Jay
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Idk man. I feel like the MSM is just in on it. All of it.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
White people:
Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social) reposted
“I have the right to do anything I want to do—I’m the president of the United States,” says the lawless and unfettered Trump musing about being a dictator. This is what John Roberts, the Supreme Court’s supermajority and over 77 million Americans have done to our beloved country.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
You’ve never seen a more honest moment from a politician than when Joe said this.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
All this gibberish just to say you have no actual argument other than virtue signaling for Internet points. The Lady doth protest too much.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
You don’t even know what the fuck fighting means. Who else has passed legislation to try and stop Trump from stealing the midterms? It’s literally the same bullshit talking points from every anti-Newsom shitposter on this site. You ignore every bit of nuance or detail to just bitch about podcasts.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
And Nazis referred to themselves as socialists. Go figure.
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
More corporate bankruptcies this year than all of 2021/2022 — and it’s still August.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social)
All these shitter accounts that keep popping up on my feed bashing Newsom have the same things in common. They push their bullshit propaganda then block anyone who calls them out. Just a bunch of fucking right-wing psyop nonsense. Faux left-wing hacks.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Imagine saying some stupid shit like this. You’re dumb as fuck and so are your followers.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Just seems like outright propaganda to ignore the fact he launched an unprecedented redistricting campaign to stop the steal in 26/28. Every one of these anti-Newsom threads just blows right past this.This is what actually matters most.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
He also got steamrolled by Nancy Mace during the June House Oversight hearing. Nancy fucking Mace. He gets flustered easily.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Can we call it Department of Pedophile Exoneration instead. DOPE.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Look at all the retards getting offended in this thread
Immigrant. We Matter. (@shinery.bsky.social) reposted
This photo will be shown in history books as an example of deep and unabiding cruelty. You can't reform this.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
“Common sense” AKA impulsive narcissism
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Treason
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
If she’s so proud of what she did, why was she caught hiding from the cameras?
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, you can say it’s a weak argument, but the fact they both use the same rationale to placate Trump seems to contradict this. Clearly, Trump seems to think they’re pretty chummy.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social)
This platform has a serious fucking lack of honest discourse. Many people making false claims, spreading half-truths or posting purely sensational nonsense (read: pandering) and then blocking anyone who points out the dishonesty of it. This shit has become blueMAGA Twitter. Off the rails.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
I wasn't suggesting it was just "the hug". However, now that you mention it, would you hug someone who's supporters tried to kidnap you and your family? She's scared. She caved. Murkowski sold us out on the BBB to "do what's best for Alaska". Bullshit, lol.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
“I had to be there because this was a big, important thing for the state of Michigan,” she said. “Now, he is going to go off to the rally and say a lot of things I disagree with, that I’ll fight against, and that’s fine, but, you know, my job is to do everything I can for the people of Michigan.”
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Not the defining moment, but a good summary. She pulled a Murkowski.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Completely ignore the fact that Newsom is the only one trying to stop the gerrymander. He’s the only one constantly taking it to Donald any way he can. While, apparently, your favorite BILLIONAIRE, JB Pritzker, can just make a strongly worded tweet and you go all fucking weak kneed.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Imagine calling someone a transphobe because they think a young person should wait until they are mentally mature enough to make a potentially irreversible decision. If this is the hill Democrats are going to die on, count me out. People are rotting in gulags for fuck’s sake.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social)
If you block people who simply want to engage in a thoughtful discussion involving things like, you know, facts and details, you’re a punk ass beta bitch who’s as much a part of the problem as anyone on Twitter.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
What, specifically, did they agree on?
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social)
Gavin Newsom is waging WAR against Trump while Tim Walz goes to the fair. I can't even with you people.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for pointing this out. This platform reeks of privilege.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social)
Trump answers the question of what would happen if you replaced an already intellectually challenged man's brain with a baked potato and then made him president
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Vance says the Epstein files are full of democrats. Trump says the entire thing is just a democrat hoax. I’m now starting to believe they’re both in the Epstein files.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
"ai memes" Do you mean the redistricting legislation he just signed into law to thwart Trump's theft of the 2026 midterms? Good luck winning in '28 without that.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
You're so close, bro.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, ignore the fucking laws he signed, I guess. Because podcasts.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social)
Unless you're suggesting Gavin Newsom is in Trump's pocket somehow, I don't want to hear shit about how he's just an opportunist shooting his shot. MAGA tried to kidnap, and presumably murder, Gretchen Whitmer and her entire family and she caved to Trump on national TV. He's putting it on the line.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
As much as it sucks they're not just ramming this shit through, the fact they're bringing this to the polls makes it much harder for Republicans to fuck with in courts. As we've already seen in the CA SC.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't agree with everything Newsom has done, either. But anyone not taking the fight directly to Trump the way he has is a non-starter. People also exaggerate how bad Newsom actually is. CA has become one of the most--if not the most--sturdy sanctuary cities for LGBTQ+ under his governance.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Someone's been on Reddit, I see. 😂
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
CA is one of the strongest LGBTQ+ sanctuary states (if not THE strongest) because of legislation signed into law by Newsom. Let me know when Pritzker starts implementing redistricting efforts in Illinois, though. I'm hoping he does. If Trump steals the midterms it's game over.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social)
Oh, here comes the contrarian left to undermine yet another candidate capable of pulling us out of fascism. You guys did great during the last election. Keep it up!
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
My point stands. They both inherited their wealth, and people on the right trusted Trump more because he already had money. I like Pritzker. I just find it ironic how people seem willing to look past perhaps the biggest cause of this mess in the first place because they don't like Newsom's "vibes".
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Jesus fucking Christ. Never mind the fact the “AI slop memes” are working. The most important thing is the REDISTRICTING CAMPAIGN to combat Trump STEALING MIDTERMS. You people are hopeless. We’re cooked.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Pretty sure people said the same thing about Trump. It’s crazy seeing all the billionaire apologists in this thread.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s time to take phones and computers back to the mid 90s. You can be on your phone or online, but not at the same time. Glorious.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
no ganking
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Gemini blooowwwws
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Just for the sake of argument, I'd also point out here that you either intentionally or incompetently failed to mention that bankruptcies were trending upward all throughout Biden's presidency. But I guess that's just you being objective and me filtering out good data, right?
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Home prices grew ~50% during this period of time and have yet to return to "pre-pandemic levels". Wage growth hasn't even come close to catching up with housing costs during the same timeframe.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
If you look at any recent data involving housing affordability and healthcare costs, you see the overwhelming majority of consumer sentiment reflects the top 4 causes of bankruptcies currently. These do not factor into CPI.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, I never said bankruptcies represent the whole. I said they were AN indicator. Not THE indicator. The only fallacy here is you continuing to push a metric that doesn't factor in substantial causes of negative consumer sentiment. I have now shared multiple sources of data that support this.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
We've effectively come full circle though with you still parroting real wage growth while discussing factors not included in those calculations.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
I know it's difficult for you to hold two thoughts simultaneously, but when one of people's biggest concerns are housing affordability and mortgages keep going up, that results in negative consumer sentiment.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
The original snippet I posted was the number of bankruptcies, among all bankruptcies, that were related to non-inflationary economic reasons. Not the number of bankruptcies against all US households. You just keep moving goalposts. Not everyone struggles with these costs files for bankruptcy.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
www.federalreserve.gov/publications...
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Bad data analysis my ass. I never said the whole country was going bankrupt. The sample sizes are within the total number of bankruptcies. I merely stated it's an indicator that overwhelmingly correlates with non-inflationary economic situations (including expenses outpacing real wage growth).
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
No, it really doesn't prove your point. You can always find things that are good for some, as well. It's called Wall Street. Median wage data is literally a glass half full/half empty metric. Bankruptcies are just one indicator that shows correlations between non-inflationary economic stresses.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
www.debt.org/bankruptcy/s...
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
I never said things weren't getting better. I suggested there are reasons people weren't "feeling" it. The point isn't to just drum up negative data, either. It's to explore why consumer sentiment and macroeconomic data isn't matching up. These are real factors. I just shared data with you. More:
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
CPI does not track out-of-pocket medical expenses. Healthcare costs rose another 8% last year. It also does not accurately measure housing affordability (purchase price, interest rates, etc). You can't solve these problems with a graph or by ignoring the bottom 50% of a single median metric.
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digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social)
"I don't like your facts, so I'll just make up some salacious shit and then call in backup for engagement". This guy is a MAGA tier hack.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
That doesn’t change my argument in the slightest.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
1 in 4, dickhead.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, I do. Do you know that inflation isn't the only factor that leads to a higher COL?
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, you can fuck yourself. No one said numbers were fake. I said they were misleading. Unemployment rose nearly half a point over the course of Biden's last year in office and white collar layoffs were being replaced by low paying entry level positions. This was all in Biden/Harris's BLS numbers.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Wage growth is great and all but when the COL gap is still ~2.5x higher (or more) than the average pay increase, people aren't going to feel it. It didn't help, either, that Biden kept touting record-breaking job numbers that were misleading at best. High paying jobs got completely decimated in '24.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
This shit is cringe on so many levels. Especially the part where we're supposed to believe this bitch is a Christian.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Let's not pretend Whoredash wouldn't be on every Republican politician's phone by the end of day 1.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
They are not. Like many people, they excel at one thing. Concepts like grammar, critical thinking and EQ are just as difficult subjects for them to grasp as Java, Python, etc., are to most non-CS folks. They had the right skill at the right time. Like plumbers at the dawn of indoor plumbing, etc.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
As someone who has worked in CS/IT for 20 years, I can attest to the fact that most of these people are morons. The problem is that they've been told repeatedly, whether it be after fixing the VCR for grandpa or graduating with a STEM degree, that they are geniuses.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Every grift these days revolves around ridiculous numbers projected across a timeline that's always juuuuust out of reach. This model is complete bullshit. Guaranteed.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Where are all those Dems now who were cussing people out a few months back for saying Trump was going to rig the 2026 midterms?
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
This is a battle over morality--not laws. That shit's in the past. It's Thunderdome time.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
No, you made it about genocide. Specifically, Newsom’s stance on genocide. You completely dodged the question/point being made here.
Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) reposted
We’re not distracted and it’s not going away.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Not underdogs. We cheer for underdogs. These people were/are fucking losers.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
You
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
You can't even make a clear argument or give a straight answer. I'm the one who brought it up? Brought what up? I've never seen a more cowardly attempt to circumvent taking an actual position. Jesus Christ.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
What genocide is Newsom supporting? Are you saying Newsom supports the genocide in Gaza? Or is this more of your feels?
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Why? Because of his comments on Women's sports? What about all the LGBTQ+ bills he's signed? You do realize that genocide, immigrant gulags and fascism are much bigger problems than basketball, right?
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
I'll bite. No, why?
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Funny how we keep talking about how funny it is that MAGA are a bunch of dimwitted hypocrites, and yet, these observations don't seem to be winning any battles.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump 2028 Lava Lamps now on sale
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Bad faith? Really? Save the "Dems are bad" diatribe for the college freshmen. A write-in is a vote for MAGA. Three paragraphs of defensive posturing doesn't change that.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
So, if it came down to Newsom, a MAGA nominee, or not voting, which would you choose?
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
Same dogshit opinion/logic that lost to Trump in '24. Non-voter/Dearborn, MI vibes to the max. Pritzker is the only alternative that might stand a chance at this point, but we're talking about yet another billionaire. If it comes down to Newsom, Trump or some other MAGA shill, it's Newsom. Grow up.
digital_vanguard (@digitalvanguard.bsky.social) reply parent
What is Newsom doing to actively harm immigrants?