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Your conservative uncle doesn't care about veterans, most likely. They're as performative on that issue as any other liberal they allege to be the same. If they cared about veterans, they'd know this already, and there would be no explaining to be done. If they cared about veterans, they wouldn't have voted for politicians and others that actively do not support veterans.

Next time you're around when the mail gets delivered, ask your delivery person if they're understaffed or not.

But don't hold them up too much, they have a lot of work to do.

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This was 100% an ambush and anyone that says otherwise is naive or lying. Period.

I personally also think that Zelensky's meeting with Trump and Vance was an ambush. Notice that at the end of the meeting, when everyone was starting to get up, Vance leaned toward Trump with a smile and patted him on the shoulder. It was a "great, just as we wanted" smile. Pure provocation.

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volodymyr zelenskyy is the strongest man alive for sitting through this utter bullshit without swearing or punching the fuckers or angry crying. fuck trump and fuck everyone who did not vote for harris and fuck russia.

like i can’t even read this bit of news without feeling humiliated and i’m not even fucking there.

i am terrified that i will have to sit back and watch the loss of ukraine in front of my eyes.

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Yes. For-profit corporations have a fiduciary duty to their shareholders (which is literally anyone that owns stock in the company, from Jeff Bezos to Granny Jenny who just learned how to use Webull).

Target intentionally withheld, and further ignored evidence from internal measures that said that shifting from DEI would result in loss, which means that the fiduciary duty of Target was not to follow through with ending DEI principles.

Investors are shareholders, and vice versa. A corporation cannot make a decision that in knows would harm the people that invest in that business. Why? Because it is fraud, it is a breach of contract, it is a violation of trust.

While I share the frustration about student debt (I hold debt), these things are not comparable.

Investors who lose money because they were lied to can sue to compensate their losses.

Meanwhile, college students who went into debt because they were lied to are expected to accept their losses.

Poor people are expected to take responsibility. Rich people are not.

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Well, to be fair, the from the 5th to 50th century the world population was 50 to 450 million. The current United States population is 340 million. But to suggest that they got 150 vacation days a year entirely misses the point that these people had to work to do basic things, like warm their house, make butter, make bread, etc. Modernity does not necessitate this level of survivalism.

Today, for every one medieval person with 150 days of vacation time there are 161 additional people on the planet wanting shit like butter, bread, cookies, milk, cereal, the next iphone, of which fifty five will be some Karen pissed off that the product you labored over for their consumption didn't meet some demand.

The world in the 5th century was slow. The world in the 21st century is 24/7. It is fundamentally different.

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The fact that this is 80 fucking years ago but still just as relevant is terrifying.

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what do you mean elon musk did a nazi salute on live tv at the united states presidential inauguration twice and is now erasing the evidence off the internet by replacing the footage with the crowd cheering instead?

would be a shame if people reblogged this, wouldn’t it?

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Nah, this was nepotism, and hypocritical. It is in direct contravention of not just the spirit of the law, the underlying ethical principles for which we ought to hold all people accountable.

I won't lose sleep over this. I'm less outraged at the idea that Biden gave a big ole "fuck you" to Republicans who - 100% - went after Hunter Biden for political reasons (i.e., tarnishing Joe Biden's image). And I'm sure he did this as a way to protect Hunter moving forward.

Even with the GOP going after Hunter, the facts also show that Hunter did, in fact, commit crimes for which he was found guilty.

So I don't agree that Hunter Biden is above the law. The law was handed down. But this isn't justification for nepotist acts.

But the thing is, it was still nepotism. This decision benefits one person at the detriment of the Democratic Party's image. Which, if I were a Democrat, I'd be fuckin' pissed. Why? Because it's another thing that they are going to have to work around.

If it was ethically and morally wrong that Trump divested his business interests to his kids - rather than to a blind trust - during his first presidency, then how is this acceptable?

If it was ethically and morally wrong that Trump appointed Ivanka and Jared during his first term (despite presidents between Nixon and Obama being told that they could not appoint family members due to federal prohibitions on nepotism), then how is this okay?

The answer is that it isn't.

I'm sick and tired of seeing people justify morally and ethically wrong choices occurring on their own side. I'm siccccckkk and fucking tired of watching Democrats and Republicans say "it's wrong when they do it, but fine when I do it." It's bullshit, and we should call it what it is.

The country deserves better. The American people deserve better.

To be clear, I'm not saying that Hunter Biden didn't deserve to be pardoned. In fact, the only people that think he ought to have been are Democrats. It's political bias. What I am saying is that Joe Biden was the wrong person to decide that because he is biased.

What I am saying is that the American people, and the guardrails of Democracy, demand that people adhere to those ethical guidelines. This was not that.

Thoughts on Biden pardoning his son?

This country just elected a man President who was convicted of 34 felonies and never sentenced and had dozens of other felony criminal charges just magically dropped. I'm fine with the pardon.

Plus, I love Joe Biden. He's buried two of his children and he had the unconditional power to keep his only surviving son from going to prison, so I always figured he'd pardon Hunter. If anyone is outraged by this, they better buckle the fuck up for the next four years.

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It's never been about protecting children or women's rights (which conservatives have never cared about) or bathrooms or sports or schools.

It's about making sure that transgender people are not legally equal to cisgender people, that we know we have fewer right, that we are less than human.

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"We will make liberals and leftist scared!"

Bitch, you're afraid of fucking pronouns. Sit down.

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It's about time. Netanyahu is a war criminal, and the United States has aided and abetted this disgraceful slaughter of civilians in not just Gaza, but also the West Bank, and Lebanon.

Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant were accused of “crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024”, a statement from the court said on Thursday.

There are “reasonable grounds” to believe that Gallant and Netanyahu “intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water, and medicine and medical supplies, as well as fuel and electricity”, it said.[...]

the ICC said on Thursday that it had unanimously decided to reject Israel’s appeal over the court’s jurisdiction.

21 Nov 24

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You're no more likely to throw bricks at cops and liberals than you are to go out and do something meaningful for trans people.

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Imagine being so ignorant on how policy making works that you think an as-of-yet sworn in official should burn what little political capital she’ll already have by being the first openly trans person elected to congress over which goddamn bathrooms she’s not allowed to use on the floors of Congress.

Again, knowing when not to fight is just as important as knowing when to. If you can’t understand that, then you’ll never - and I mean fucking never - see the world you want exist.

Timing, tact, political will, convenience, buy in, etc., are all variables in this decision.

Rather than trying to tear down McBride for making a fairly reasonable choice given what little power - and support - she already has, why don’t you go do something meaningful for the trans community. ‘Cause this sure as shit isn’t allyship, it’s bullshit pandering and performative.

The timing of this was not accidental

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I don't think Sarah McBride has forgotten anything. We all need to calm the fuck down and understand that not every interaction needs to be a goddamned fight. She was elected to tackle issues that go far beyond bathrooms in Congress.

Serious question, what do you expect her to do?

Speaker Johnson's authority allows him to set rules on how the grounds are used. It isn't up for a vote.

Now, she could submit a resolution that supersedes this, but there is less than 1% chance that it would pass, much less make it to a vote. So why waste the time knowing she's going to lose, when that time could be spent focusing on other issues that impact more people than herself? That's not just utilitarian ethics here, it's servant leadership.

She did the right thing by saying she'd follow the rules so that she can focus on the needs of her constituents.

Knowing when to stop a fight is just as important as knowing when to pick a fight.

It seems to me that you don't know the difference.

I think McBride took her stance, she knows it's going nowhere, and her odds of getting to speak for the rest of the trans community - and the people that elected her - remain very much intact having exercised discretion by saying "okay, I'll follow your rules."

Her decision goes beyond your feelings, and your absurd notion that she's just "laid down and taken it," is without fact. It's absurd. Contrary to your fuckin' feelings, compromise does in fact lead to results, and if she wats to retain any potential means of survival for the next two years it's wiser for her to use her stamina on other problems with more potential for gain for more people.

Fighting the speaker's rules on this is going to make her next two years even more miserable.

Learn what tact is, and why it's important. Then, go learn about how policymaking works, and why it is important not to burn bridges, especially before being sworn into the office for the first time.

The timing of this was not accidental

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Ok, lads this is important: hurricane Milton took a tiny detour last minute, which was the best of best case scenarios. Looks like the surge hit south of Sarasota, at a lower max height, but still plenty of damage to contend with. So, if you or anyone you know needs assistance PLEASE APPLY FOR IT. DO NOT LISTEN TO RUMOURS. HOP ON THAT FEMA PAGE/APP AND CHECK WHAT’S AVAILABLE TO YOU.

THE FUNDS ARE THERE. YOU DON’T GET THEM IF YOU DON’T APPLY.

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Everyone is talking about John Fetterman wearing a formal suit for Netanyahu’s genocide apologia but Rashida Tlaib is actually the only one wearing an acceptable outfit to the speech.