Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
They don't have to justify rebuilding it, they're just gonna rebuild it ya five brain
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
They don't have to justify rebuilding it, they're just gonna rebuild it ya five brain
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
"don't worry guys, we liberated you from living"
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
It is hella helpful, calling a language line to translate is such a slow pain in the ass, having someone there who can speak people's languages is a godsend
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Dogshit county firing him too, like c'mon man, just give the dude a leave of absense
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm not sure how it matched up by percentage of total population, but everything I've heard puts it count-wise as the largest in US history for a single day
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Just like all the people complaining about optics of protests, while at the same time, those movements have a far larger approval rating than MLKs rallies ever did
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
It was confusing within like the first few hours after the shooting. But now? Dudes political motivations are super clear. My question is just why did he have the No Kings papers? And intended car attack on protestors or something?
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Sick ๐ค
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Neutral journalism equalizes the insane with reality, suggesting there's a middle ground between, that in and of itself is extremely dangerous to public discourse.
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, he was appointed by walz and another governor to something, but it seems like it was a non partisan appointment
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
You're proving my point, not all Jews are assholes like you, that's actually kinda antisemitic to claim. Love you boo
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
My congressman is never in his office and completely unavailable to reach for contact, AOCs district are lucky in comparison
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
99% of Jews are not racist like you. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Nah, they'll just say serving in the military isn't a right, and "separate but equal" is cool this one time actually, and, and, and, a million justifications to tell themselves they're not the baddies
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Did they pull their skull examples from an anime? Female skull, giant forehead, jaw the size of a squirrels
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh God, I choked on my smoothie
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, CBS was even talking like the use of the Alien Enemies Act in the 40s was justified but it's not now and like it was only used on non-citizens then... Completely rewriting history. Like, it's never been justified, it's evil. The media only has one speed: justifying human rights abuses
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
He needs to resign or finally let the reaper take him for being old as shit
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
100, I love Zeteo, but paywalling somewhat time sensitive stuff like this makes it hard to share
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Good luck New York, y'all need some ass kickers, not some ass kissers like Adams
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Honestly, I don't even have anything against draft dodgers, but draft dodging specifically cause you're a rich prick but you want everyone else to and not because you don't want to fight in a war that's wrong are two hella different positions
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
I imagine he did, cause he likes to feel special and hold a sharpie, however it was a combined pardon, they were all listed on one sheet, I looked it up a while back
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
From what I heard, they're counting anyone over 14 and male as gang members, using the Israel playbook on that one
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Honestly, with the number of people they arrest, I wouldn't be surprised if he hasn't just arrested everyone who opposes him at this point. Once a fascist gets in, they're hard to get out
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Robert Reich is my GOAT
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Beats me, but here I am, my right to be protected from discrimination in the workplace and housing at the state level going away in July, and the Feds have already said they're not going to enforce our protections
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Wooo! Truck nuts! XD
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Unfortunately most of them are saying trans rights are too controversial, so no more gender affirming surgeries to make Congress real boys.
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
New Yorkers need to swarm Chuck's office until he resigns
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
And Iowa's over here being the first state to remove people from the civil rights list
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Get involved with a local group, your county Dems, the DSA, Indivisible, whatever, they'll help you find out what can be done in your community, and they'll be in contact with the national branches, so they can organize multi-state protests and such
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Post text gets their double negatives confused, but still, love this
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
I was really thinking in terms of his transit expansion contracts in so far as trains go and clearing Musk disinfo in the wildfires. The strike breaking was ass, a lot of the different bridge issues were an aging infrastructure problem that was decades in the making, and EP was trump dereg holdover.
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
JD has no rizz whatsoever
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
I'll never understand people's obsession with Pete. He was good as a transportation sec, but his work history and power thirst leaves much to be desired
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Doubt they're even having to buy stocks. Just betting shorts would make them a shitton
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
He's not afraid, he likes this country going to shit because the wealth gets more and more concentrated to him and his rich buddies, and he doesn't give a shit about social equality
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Only one gender allowed now ๐
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
I think there is ongoing litigation for that part, because the harm has already been imposed, but this part is a separate thing they will also have to challenge in court
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Probably going to have to relitigate it in court, and given our SCOTUS? They'd probably rule separate but equal was cool beans if given the chance
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
It's actually not that easy, this is a multi-decades long project culminating in this moment. Our institutions have been eroded for ages to make way for just this sort of coup
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
They probably have to wait until some actions are started to be taken so they have standing in a case. If you challenge a proposed policy, our judiciary doesn't like that too much. I don't understand all the arcane legal magics tho
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Honestly, doesn't sound that much different than a lot of us already got growing up. I mean, the only teacher I had that didn't teach straight state propaganda got in trouble for pushing the envelope regularly
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Not to mention Starbase, Texas
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
And the writing is just... rough. People excuse it as "it's written for children!" but I think that shows a serious lack of respect for children's lit
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
It's out there, just seems to be behind a paywall, at least the one I could find
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
We need more judges who can really spill the tea
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
I think her case could be about mental health regarding the anxiety and depression rate due to the stress of being trans and alive in 2025 or about and medical issues that may pop up throughout transition, what with the military being so selective anyway, but I can't say what she's thinking obvi
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
They system also hand picks for lame journos now too. Like, if you feel like shit reporting inaccuracies, eventually you're gonna quit and either drop out or go solo, then only the losers are left at the top
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Think he was trying to make it sound biblical, which fits with his divine right delusions
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
And who bragged about going in to "inspect" the changing rooms of underage beauty pageants of course, can't forget not only is he a misogynistic pig, but a child creeper
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
If they have the ability to do it, the law doesn't matter anymore, rules and regs are out, they don't care about procedures or due process, and they ignore court orders. Need to scream that louder for the people in the back, we're in crisis critical
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
I think better to focus their energies on being as loud as possible, and not the tepid, meek, "y'know, that's kinda bad", energy that Dems are known for, calling out the problems, saying what people can do to help, counter messaging . But of course, Dem leadership doesn't want the US to be better
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, cause the conservatives are gonna impeach their own cult leader
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
And the Dem leadership shits the bed while tens of millions of Americans' healthcare hangs in the balance. Seriously, can someone primary those maliciously incompetent fools already?
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Those sure feel like the same thing most days
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Pretty good metric tbh
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Tbh, I blame decades of defunding our education system
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Honestly, there are bulk buyers, but also just a lot of rural people you wouldn't even expect own at least 1, whether it be to kill venomous snakes, to keep in a vehicle if they hit a deer and it doesn't pass quickly, or anything really. Any of them owning 2 also brings up the average by quite a bit
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
I feel so proud, we're really pushing back against the "all black people look the same" trope by proving that all white dudes with brown hair also look too similar for police to tell apart
Willis Darling (@willisfinale.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
NYPD COP 1: Okay - so hear me out - what if his coat and mask are magic, and they change form? COP 2: โฆ COP 3: How long have you been watching security footage for? COP 1: Twelve hours. Since the mini stroke. 78 hours before that. COP 2: Okay, so youโre the expert. COP 3: Call it in.
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Every purchaser is a suspect XD a.co/d/244HhlR
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
idk about you, but I've seen trans, transgender/sexual and slurs all used in porn interchangeably, we'd have no words if we banned all "porn words", that's a weak point when our existence is fetishized. It's not in my taste, but it's clearly being used to paint the doctor as out of touch here
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Aw man, I had a friend describe it to me for the third time today and I'm still confused who the baddies are Good on anyone who's got the headspace to remember all these political factions across different countries, I fell apart after fractions of 8 ๐บ๐ธ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐ง๐ซ๐ท๐ต๐ธ๐ฑ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฑ
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
RFK hijacked a slogan that's going to be toxic in four years when the country's in ruins, people won't remember it for being a promise about healthcare, they'll remember it for being more Trump stuff. Talking about a healthy country isn't going to be toxic
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Is there a river in Central Park? He rode in there, swapped his clothes and dumped the bag bc it's the only part of the city you can go w/o cameras. The way they think they've traced him coming out is back tracking him to get more of his face and watching surveillance around the park for his exit
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
If you consider the immediate backtrack by other healthcare companies on their unpopular policies out of fear of being next, it's a fair bit more than one CEO's choices getting removed
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
If the Trump admin gets rid of protections for preexisting conditions, I think you'll see this be a soft awakening before the hard one. My gen has never really known how bad healthcare can be, I had to research all that when I bought my cat insurance, bc it works like old school human insurance
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
I've heard it be said just run on "making America the healthiest country in the world, with the best access to the best care, cleanest water, cleanest air, healthiest food, etc etc" and playing on that American exceptionalism for something good, and like, I'm down
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Good for you? You're a dude, not America
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks, sorta inspired by a Canadian I think it was I was replying with on here or YouTube one day talking about their civil rights court, and I was like wait, y'all got a separate federal court for that? That makes way more sense!
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
And when they do acknowledge us, their main point of contention is we're "women being tricked into ruining our fertility" or something, but like what leg they got to stand on against a dude literally still catching the sexually transmitted human? ๐คฃ
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Nah, nah, you can tip them after the fact. Or you can take them on really expensive trips to your luxury hotels and ski resorts
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
She does, but she is the most likely of them to make reasonable choices in cases, as low of a bar as that is. I wonder sometimes if it's a political calculation in those situations or if some cases just resonate with her in some personal self interested way, but it's very unpredictable
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
We almost need a SCOTUS for each subgroup of case type. Like "this is SCOTUS - Civil Rights, this is SCOTUS - Tax Law, this is SCOTUS - Labor-Employer Relations, this is SCOTUS - Children's Rights and Law, etc", that way the justices specialize in the nuances of each area
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Meanwhile the real danger to women, of course, being the sort of men who totally support shit like trans bans
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Joan again proving she's never been exposed to women of color before, seems she has a real problem with accusing them of being men. Maybe someone should just confiscate her internet connected devices, she'd be a lot less crotchety.
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
I suppose if you were outside in packed crowds you were generally supposed to wear one, but I've never been to the beach in Florida to know how packed it really gets around whatever beach access or vendors
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social)
Y'know, trans rights are probably gonna get fucked tomorrow, but like, we get the first trans attorney to represent in front of SCOTUS. But more importantly, HE'S A BOY! HELL YEAH! Girlies always be getting the trans firsts, not today!
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social)
XD :3c
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Little under in the voting pop last I saw actually (which is still only like 40-60% of Americans, so 20-30% fucked up), he was at like 49.9 or something, the more votes get counted, the less impressive the victory margin gets
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, that's what I'm wondering, but I can't remember if you have to have active charges or convictions for a pardon or if you can just be pardoned for the crime ๐ค
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Fellas, is it neoliberal to enjoy things?
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
That or they'll suddenly pretend it's only just now become an issue and is an evil specific to Trump until he's out of office and they go quiet about it again, like they did with the abuse of immigrants
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Bro, 1000 is half the population of the tiny ass town I grew up in, not the country ๐ 1% of the country holds something like 90% of the wealth at this point
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Literally can get called trans slurs but god forbid you use the neutral term for "Gender identify as assigned"
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
He's announced he's not coming back, probably got threatened out by his colleagues who are sick of him
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
It's because some people have to certify their provisional ballots after elections for them to count because they forgot an ID or proof of address or something, my state allows like 14 days to do that, and some take votes postmarked by election day, plus close races have hand recounts
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
"Voters need to learn their lesson" "...deportations..." ๐ง Yes, so let's encourage letting people who can't vote by definition suffer for the sins of the voters. Knock it off with the schadenfreude garbage, you're showing nasty things about your true colors under stress >> ๐ฅ๐
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
The ads: Fentanyl's turning the kids trans! China! China! Migrants! And Fin.
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Poor Hawaii and Alaska, only having a monostate area
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Ngl, took me ages to figure out what it meant cause I'm from the Midwest and those tiny East Coast states confuse me.
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
I see opportunity to share Margaret the Menace, I click :3
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Tbf, and balanced, climate refugees are also on the rise, which is pretty much a consequence of corporations across "the West", and all the production we outsource on poor countries that generally lack the funds for carbon free energy initiatives. Moral of the story, we're the baddies, again
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
Tbf tho, we don't really go over what % of the pop are each minority in grade school, and I don't think we should. We did talk about majorities perceiving a > reality % of minorities in college, which knowing could help improve things some, but these surveys are always based on media exposure bias
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
And the answer will be about how their brother's friend's cousin who's a teacher had a furry who needed a litterbox in class once ๐คฃ
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
And for Nancy Mace, it's about grifting, seeing as about 3 years ago she ran on supporting trans and other LGBT+ people, and now she's doing UFO hearings and proposing trans bans
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
What's worse is we've already been through this exact same thing last time he was in office and it jacked prices then
Jason ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ (@jasonpie.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, given how many of the rest of us are gonna go broke or homeless over it, I'm pretty good with holding off on that schadenfreude