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Side note, the new glassy look for Appleโ€™s iOS 26 update looks really good. Iโ€™m noticing subtle little details across the interface that make me happy!

16.09.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s interesting seeing all of maga suddenly going from โ€œwe want peace, Trump is the peace president,โ€ to โ€œWe want war! Letโ€™s bomb Iran!โ€

Anyone with a brain though, knew Trump was lying. And maga again has to twist themselves into pretzels to justify it.

22.06.2025 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The words probably arenโ€™t true, as most people know by now Iโ€™d assume. And yes I kept the Harris sign I waved when I went to her rally in Phoenix. Happy Pride month! ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

06.06.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hereโ€™s your daily reminder, tariffs are taxes paid by the importing company, who then forwards that cost onto consumers. So in the end, WE pay the tariffs..

09.05.2025 20:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Little friendly reminder on this May the 4th.. Maga IS the Empire.

04.05.2025 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oh.

30.04.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15515    ๐Ÿ” 4440    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 725    ๐Ÿ“Œ 305

Just an FYI for maga, all of the economic carnage, unstable stock market, and GDP contraction is absolutely on Trump and his admin. Blaming Biden at this point is psychotic..

30.04.2025 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

FYI for maga, since yall keep using the millions that Obama and Biden deported โ€œwithout due processโ€, as an excuse, hereโ€™s the difference..

Deporting people at the border is not the same thing as deporting legal residents to a prison in El Salvador without due process. Hope that helps..

25.04.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So Iโ€™ve noticed maga is claiming the uptick in measles cases in the US is a result of illegal immigrants..

Not only is there no evidence of this, the more likely answer is that the multitude of unvaccinated people is the cause, as they happen to be the ones contracting and spreading the disease. ๐Ÿคฆ

25.04.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unfortunately true!

22.04.2025 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The maga propensity for consistently taking the incorrect, and morally dubious, position in any debate will never cease to amaze me.

It seems as if data and statistics donโ€™t matter, and reality is denied, in favor of feelings based conclusions driven by rage bait propaganda and lies.. Sad..

22.04.2025 21:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s interesting seeing that the zealots screeching that Lady Gaga is satanic, are literally the same people who voted for a divisive, rich, narcissistic, wannabe dictator who defunded childrenโ€™s cancer research, and called for the termination of the constitution.. stfu..

13.04.2025 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Does Trump really not know how trade deficits work?

Theyโ€™re not an inherently bad thing, it just means that we import more than we export.

Trade deficits also have nothing to do with the national debt..

Youโ€™d really expect a literal president to understand this..

09.04.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This has to just be market manipulation at this point.

1. Trump announces crazy wide-spread tariffs and stocks drop

2. The robber barons buy up cheap stock

3. Trump pauses tariffs and the market rebounds

4. The robber barons get even richer

This has happened multiple times now..

09.04.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So the stock market rebounded a bit because Trump paused a lot of his insane tariffs on the whole world for 90 days. However, he put a 125% tariff on China.. ๐Ÿคฆ

Do they not realize how much stuff we import from China? This is still disastrously irresponsible and stupid..

09.04.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

MAGA, When even Fox News is criticizing you, and admitting that the chart youโ€™re using to justify these tariffs is nothing but BS, thatโ€™s how you know youโ€™ve lost the plot. Donโ€™t take my word for it though, just ask the penguins on the uninhabited McDonald Islands why theyโ€™re getting tariffed.. ๐Ÿคฆ

03.04.2025 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Idk tbh. They like living in their propaganda bubbles and having their confirmation bias constantly being reaffirmed. Iโ€™m slowly learning and accepting that they will have to come to the realization of everything on their own. Thereโ€™s nothing we can say or do.

03.04.2025 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was just accused of being โ€œclosed minded and blindโ€ from a conservative family member concerning my posts.

Weird, as all I do is call out falsehoods, and care about truth and verifiability over propoganda and misinformation.

But I guess not everyone thinks that way unfortunately.

03.04.2025 00:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats to Crawford for winning the Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin! This goes to show that Elon Musk canโ€™t continue buying elections.

02.04.2025 02:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The conservative proclivity for continually voting against their own interests will always astound me. Never underestimate the power of propaganda..

02.04.2025 01:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So predictably, republicans get to keep their narrow majority in the house. Although the margins are alot tighter than in November. This shows that there is a shift, even in reliably conservative districts.

02.04.2025 01:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve noticed a lot of magas get pretty butthurt when they get factchecked on social media. Hereโ€™s a thought, maybe if you didnโ€™t share falsehoods that could be debunked by a google search, you wouldnโ€™t have to deal with that.. just saying.

01.04.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thereโ€™s a very easy way to get people to stop hating you.. stop being a bad person. Simple.

30.03.2025 04:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happening now..

Media: Trump officials underwater for releasing classified info in a group chat.

White House: itโ€™s not classified, just sensitive..

Media: thatโ€™s still bad.. how did Waltz have Goldbergโ€™s number?

White House: ..Hillaryโ€™s emails..

JD Vance: Denmark canโ€™t keep Greenland secure!

28.03.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s hard to believe the picture on the right isnโ€™t also art or something, cause.. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

27.03.2025 20:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Well their latest excuse is that it was โ€œsensitive informationโ€ not classified. Like that makes it any better..

27.03.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s interesting seeing maga pearl clutch over Crockets โ€œhot wheelsโ€ joke.. Especially since none of them had anything to say when their dear leader made fun of a disabled reporter. The hypocrisy is astounding..

27.03.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This administration is full of clowns. Absolutely ridiculous.. and the same people who screeched โ€œHillaryโ€™s emailsโ€ ๐Ÿ˜ฑ, are now totally complacent about Hegseth mishandling classified information. The hypocrisy is staggering..

25.03.2025 23:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someone should really let Pam Bondi know that 49% of the popular vote, and 31% of the voting age population, isnโ€™t an โ€œoverwhelming majorityโ€.. ๐Ÿคฆ

23.03.2025 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

FYI for maga: Judges can review and overturn actions taken by the executive if they are deemed unconstitutional, a power known as Judicial Review. See Marbury v. Madison of youโ€™re not sure.

19.03.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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