Marine. Software Engineer. Critical Thinker. I'm "Left of Center", so chances are, no matter which side you're on, I'm gonna say something that offends you at some point.
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This is a picture that should really worry the "China as evil empire" crowd. China is stepping into the vacuums Trump is creating.
Should have thrown sandwiches!
They always want to scream "It's not guns, it's mental health!", so where are the mental health programs to stop this crazy shit?
So where is their mental health bill?
That's ok, cuz a lot of them will die off from going unvaccinated and drinking raw milk.
Sorry, if there is a Hell, he’s goin’ straight there.
As they drag Chuck Schumer off to jail, you’ll hear him screaming: “Hold your fire Democrats! His poll numbers are gonna fall any day now, and then we can attack!”
As long as those providers are burning fossil fuels, Trump is happy
You just know Chinese and Russian espionage agents are lovin’ life right now. Trump has the FBI fixated on his vendettas instead of counterespionage, while they continue to create pissed off espionage targets. It’s a good time to be a spy working the US!
Oops! I forgot about the 'hope and progress' component of slavery.
If they are preventing her from leaving, why is that not kidnapping?
Bill Clinton proves Marco Rubio is lying, right here, clear as day: WE forced Ukraine to give up their nukes, cruise missiles, and strategic bombers: WE promised to protect Ukraine from Russia; WE made Ukraine vulnerable. So yeah, THIS IS OUR WAR.
funny how we're not hearing much about the prices of things from the media any more this year, isn't it?
I loved Billy Budd. Had no idea that was him
Yeah, that’ll do it.
Only amazing aspect of this was that once he said it, the questions stopped, like the media believed him
More evidence that Trump thinks everyone thinks the way he does: If Putin had given him the reception Trump gave him (applause, red carpet, military fly-over), Trump would have been putty in Putin's hands. Instead, Putin held firm because he has what's known as - "a strategy".
Friend sent me this. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
They weren't getting the optics they wanted.
If Trump really thinks his poll numbers are so great, why does he think he needs to squeeze 5 more house seats from Texas?
Wow, giving the warmonger what he started the war over is a novel approach to ending a war. Only the “author” of The Art of the Deal could have come up with such an idea!
Everyone so excited that we’re gonna pay 15% instead of 50%. People are stupid.
Ok, so I’m not the only one noticing that each of these deals he brings in raises prices for everyone
Who the hell does she know who pays (damn near) 50%?!
Whitehouse: "Let me mention first just how very bizarre it is that the Deputy AG is going out to do a witness interview. It really raises the question whether he's doing that in the role as Deputy AG, or if he's stepping back into his role as Trump criminal defense lawyer."
The folks who say "we can't lose it over every little thing" are overlooking the fact that these are not "little" things. WTF, are you gonna wait for him to actually shoot someone?
It will be interesting to see what happens to their application numbers next year, cuz they've exposed themselves as total tools.
Honest folk can disagree.
Why is it that police don't seem to understand how to *restrain* someone vs. a full on MMA match?
Much repeated bullshit. You can't claim to be a democracy if you don't have a constitution. You can't claim to be a democracy when you closely control who can run in elections. You can't claim to be a democracy when you limit citizenship based on a fear of of not being a "Jewish State".
If Columbia's leaders think this this is the end of this, they're too stupid to run a university.
The media's pro-Israel bias in this country is both pervasive and disgusting.
Why would they think a private meeting with her is gonna tamp down the question?
Any time any Israeli says something like this,it's "he's just a far right lunatic and you shouldn't pay attention", but if some Arab person said it about Israelis, everyone would be required to disavow it. (Gift) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
DoJ asked for just one day jail time for the cop who killed Breonna Taylor. And yet they don’t understand why we feel the need to say Black Lives Matter.
So at this point you have to wonder is he so senile he doesn’t remember appointing Powell, or is he trying to pull off the ultimate gas light?
If there were a Nobel Prize for lying, he'd win every year 🙄
These people don’t believe in soft power. It’s kinetic all the way: Do what I say or I’ll bomb you!
"There is no client list" is a very specific denial. If you've been paying attention, you know those are suspect. "No client list! Yes, there may be a 'party guest list', but nothing titled 'client list'.
We know she was right, but she's also a Black Woman, so ...
71% of Americans can't locate the Pacific Ocean on a map. 33% don't believe in evolution. 26% believe the sun revolves around the Earth. 40% don’t know what Auschwitz was. 33% can't name any branch of government. 54% read below a 6th grade level. But by all means, eliminate the Dept of Education.
Observe nature: The male puffs out his chest, fights other males, shows off his feathers, etc. to show his stuff and the female gets to choose which one she wants. 🤔
With the garbage that comes out of these models at times, it's really scary to think about a lonely person turning to them for "companionship".
The fact that he refers to the info as 'left wing generated', and 'not credible' is a sure tell.
Where did we get this idea that 'media' is supposed t be independent and trustworthy? Think back on the history: Hurst Publications were the worst and most well known but media history is full of muckrakers.
So glad I canceled my subscription to them months ago!
Maybe just like we’re not supposed to focus on slavery, but the fact that it was ended, we shouldn’t focus on interning Japanese Americans, focus on the fact that we let them out.
There are historians who will tell you one of the reasons the confederacy failed was that they couldn't get along with each other either.
Why are we calling these firings “layoffs”. Layoffs are what used to happen when your factory was temporarily out of work and you expected to be called back. These folks have been fired.
This is the same guy who during Covid, said old people should be willing to die to make room for the young. What did you expect?
Better still: At my Elementary School they taught 'we're a mosaic with many pieces that maintain their individual identities but blend to make a beautiful picture'.
Show me the person saying "We don't need to dwell on how we got here, we need to look forward", and I'll show you one of the people most responsible for getting us here.
At least he didn’t scream at them that they’re “shithole countries” who hold no cards.
Don’t know why anyone who listens to those people are still on X.
I’ve said from the beginning that I didn’t think court actions to block firings would be successful. There are no laws that say how many employees a government operation must have. Defense of *programs* has a better shot.
“The focus needs to be on how many did not drown”
Bibi thinks Trump should get a Peace Prize for dropping bombs 🤣
Here's a four letter word Dems need to use more: "JOBS".
Dear fellow drivers: It's okay to pass a moving school bus. Also, a public transit bus is not a school bus - you can pass them too.
Good examples of why, even with my shitty memory, I always believed in "See And Say" rather than Phonics.
#TourDeFrance time - Woo Hoo!
"A culture that lies about everything". I'm sure he's referring to Venture Capitalists.
If you’ve ever read the book “Who moved the Cheese?” it provides insight on European defense thinking right now.
Finally got around to reading 1984. Gotta say it’s freaky as hell in this environment, especially with Trumps way of redefining words
Congress abdicated its role as a separate and independent branch of government on January 20 while also relinquishing all oversight responsibility, so it’s entirely appropriate for Johnson to show that he has surrendered his gavel to the executive.
One thing we've discovered since Trump 2.0 is how many of our institutions, especially universities, are run by punks.
Thank you!
For years I fought (often unsuccessfully) the deer trying to eat my Day lilies. Last year I went full robocop on their asses! Two of these guard my flower bed these days and I’ve not lost a bud since.
First flower popped today (about a week early)
SCOTUS: "Just because it's illegal in one circuit, that doesn't mean it's illegal everywhere."
IMO one of the things you have to "get" about America is that we were born out of this hatred of taxes. At it's core, America has never really gotten over that.
Here's a different idea: How about more people get out there and run campaigns like his, pushing people aside rather than waiting for them to step aside?
This came up in '08 when some questioned whether McCain was eligible to run cuz he was born on the base in Panama. Republicans swore it was a non-issue - then again we know how the Trumpers feel about him.
Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base. This man has no citizenship now.
USA TODAY reporters called Social Security's 1-800 line multiple times over several days and found the wait times to be consistently over an hour. Multiple times they did not reach a live person before the line disconnected with no warning. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
The king was wearing platform shoes to make Trump look bad.
Unchecked immigration? When I was in NYC schools 60 years ago we were taught that 'NY is not a melting pot. NY is a mosaic with distinct pieces that you can easily make out but go together to make a beautiful picture'. For as long as i know NY has welcomed immigrants recognizing what they bring
I worked in IT at the IRS. IRS employees have been wanting to bring this to you for years (makes their jobs easier too), but people like this guy have blocked it. Wonder if Intuit or H&R Block appear in his contacts list?
Guess that means they won't be hooking sr. DoD staff up to lie detectors?
Ranchers already complain about inability to access federal land for grazing. Selling patches off into private property doesn't sound like an answer
Me and my Marine Corps buddies used to refer to STDs so bad they would "chase penicillin back up the needle". That's about where we are with the ignorance virus.
Term limits for SCOTUS are a great idea. No one envisioned people living into their 80s when this was designed.
It was obviously DoD who leaked it, not Congress
I'm thinking maybe the moderates in the Dem party think that by "keeping a cool head", they will appear "reasonable" and attract Trump voters to the fold. Forget that! You're not gonna convert the cult. Energize your base. Channel the existing anger.
The hand wringing has started: "OMG, we're gonna get labeled as the party of Lefties!" I say: "Oh well, what did you offer as an alternative, Andrew Fucking Cuomo!" Try harder.
All the gloating and amplified calls for the older crowd to "step aside" kind of overlooks the fact that Mamdani won by running the better campaign, speaking to his voters. Clearly no one stepped aside. He was the better candidate in this race and he won. Maybe that's the way it works?
There are so many conversations you're not ready for, boyo. I grow weary of this one.
Why can't you see that I have been doing nothing but giving you my opinions. Problem is you're trying to place me in a convenient, simplified box that just doesn't exist. People of the world don't sport white hats or black hats to tell you who they are.
WTF makes you think it's the US's job to "make the world safer"?! That's what they said they were doing in Iraq. How'd that work out? In fact, it made Iran stronger. No nation has the right to tell another what weapons they can have. Especially when the ones making the demands already have it.
Good guys and bad guys are in fact grade school labels. On the other hand, I studied this stuff as a political science major, and then as a working military intelligence analyst. I therefore have a more nuanced view that recognizes that good and bad are completely situational and therefore useless.
I'm not gonna do that because the situation is much more complicated than your grade school level good guy bad guy characterization.
I never called them good guys. You're trying to apply simplistic labels, but it's not up to you or me to determine whether they are good or bad guys. They don't threaten me or you, and they are a sovereign nation that the US and Israel have felt they can dictate policy to.
Sorry Joe, but you still don't get it. The Tea Party was born because a bunch of folks got pissed that America elected a Black President. The hateful signs they displayed gave them away.
"We do it all the time, Who's going to stop us?" But *China* is the threat to world peace.
Yeah, but I don't know why Iran would trust the US when it may be worth nothing more than the first treaty was. Bibi is gonna keep agitating for more action.
I love "working dogs"
How to run an Opposition 101: In the Senate: Filibuster! Just get on the floor and TALK. It always gets headlines. What if Booker had allies he could have worked with to actually tie the senate up? In the House: Amendment, after amendment, after amendment. Make 'em vote on going to the bathroom
He did most of that job for you himself.
And they killed Rabin rather than carry out the agreement. Now tell me about "passed up opportunities"