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Also lots of antisemites hate jews in diaspora but love israel as a model for a self sufficient yeoman militarized settler state or what have you

Itll be a persistent rift between the vaguely right wing low information voters ("why are we giving so much foreign aid out when we have such poverty here?") vs the fanatically zionist evangelicals that, no offense, you have no exposure to here on bsky or on twitter either

There's a not so subtle implication here that these toddlers and infants aren't like, appropriately distancing themselves from Hamas

He took an oath of poverty even before he was ordained a priest. Beautiful, poetic.

They were actively kneecapping their ability to stop Trump's tariffs by adding restrictions in otherwise unrelated bills, IIRC.

Not saying that they can't think critically, but the internet as it exists today is designed to make people not think critically. If adults easily succumb to it, a teenager with even more free time rarely stands a chance

It's the algorithm, almost always

Laura Loomer's transformation is the most dramatic and people have generally implied that it's because Trump likes it and she wants to be closer to Trump

I was a kid in china when all the melamine in baby formula stuff went down (i was far too old to be at risk), a lot of moms freaked the fuck out, and for good reason!

a green cartoon character says some garbage is ok in red letters Alt: a green cartoon character says some garbage is ok in red letters

*Trump's tariffs crush American nest eggs within days and now are projected to make the cost of everything go up, inflation now projected to be close to 7%*

Bernie Sanders and Shawn Fain's messaging, for some reason:

Like, it's literally not going to be electorally viable. You're not going to be able to sell the American people on the idea that the thing that just made the price of everything go up has some good applications

If these tariffs cause any more financial pain, or if the pain starts leaking from the stock market to inflation, employment, etc (it will if they stay put), then this entire "well if tariffs were done MY way instead of Trump fucking it" is going to be the worst possible message in primaries

They are, yeah, at least according to the executive order

FWIW, I do think the de minimis loophole being closed is a good thing, but people are confusing that with the insane tariffs

If you really think that the primary victim of these tariffs are Shein haul tiktokers buying $5 skirts, I can't help you

If they tighten their belts and there's no subsequent increase in consumption in the bottom 80% of US consumers, game over. Recession, mass layoffs.

It's not a good situation, but right now a huge portion of US consumption comes from the top 20% of America, the upper middle class who overwhelmingly stash their wealth in stocks through 401ks and other investment accounts. Destroying the stock market reverses the wealth effect

Update from the pro-trump groupme I was added to by my (formerly) republican roommate freshman year of college in 2017. We are now in the "making up a guy and claiming that this policy only harms them" phase of tariffs

Oh my fucking God I was with my cousin this weekend and he was talking about autopen and elder abuse out of the blue when we were kibutzing and THIS is what he was on about. Jesus Christ man

Polisci major that wanted to go to law school initially, btw

Deeply fucking funny that i got four years of "suck it up sissy libtard snowflake free speech doesnt care about your feelings" in college only to now have to sit here and listen to a republican white woman talk about how the palestine protestors should be rounded up because they make her feel unsafe

Move along, citizen, its just riffing

Me when I LIE

I'm chilling

good morning

Bluesky's incredible growth up until now can be pretty directly attributed to people fleeing here to avoid the exact kind of virulently toxic social media behavior [INSERT USER I HAVE PETTY E-DRAMA WITH] and his ilk represent. Bluesky should therefore immediately ban them pre-emptively.

If I do become unemployed for a few months expect some high quality posting. My followers should be quietly praying for this outcome, I think

Yeah i wish our thermostat was smarter so we could cut the heat down to like 55 at night or something

People knock it but i actually enjoy it when my apartment gets so cold that i have to sleep in wool socks and a fleece hoodie