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The judge who blocked Trump's EO ending birthright citizenship was appointed by Ronald Reagan.
โThis is a blatantly unconstitutional order. Frankly, I have difficulty understanding how a member of the bar would state that this is a constitutional order. It boggles my mind.โ
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This situation is so utterly stupid. Literally our closest ally. Canada is possibly the best neighbor any country could ever ask for.
Canada announces 25% retaliatory tariffs on $155 billion worth of American goods, with $30 billion on Tuesday and $125 billion in 21 days.
Items include beer, wine, bourbon, fruits, fruit juices, vegetables, clothes, perfume, household appliances, plastic, lumber, and more.
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If you restrict trans athletes to competing only against the gender they were assigned at birth, don't you just get situations like this instead
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Small local shops like this are one of the beating hearts of urbanism in most of the world and theyโre basically illegal in America.
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Unfortunately I now recognize GPT's writing style too well and, if it's not been heavily edited, can usually spot it.
And I see it everywhere. Blogs, tweets, news articles, video scripts. Insanely aggravating.
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You guys know you can just buy LED bulbs in a warmer colour temperature right?
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Need every Democrat to call it โTrumpflationโ the nanosecond prices rise from tariffs.
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If I had a nickel for every time a major Western leader had died immediately after meeting a populist far-right conservative I'd have two nickels.
Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.
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Raw milk is the weirdest obsession ever. Raw milk is 838.8 times more likely to get you sick than pasteurized. It literally has cow poop bacteria in it.
So you're telling me you don't wanna get married, have 6 kids, move to the country, buy a homestead, get baby cows, grow our own food, drink raw milk all day and live happily ever after?
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The reason we still have so many shows/movies set in the 80s and 90s is cellphones make like 50% of plots obsolete
Same reason Star Trek has to pull "oh, communications are blocked" every second episode.
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Biden taking one last aim at Florida while he still controls the Hurricane Machine
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If you don't think Europeans can comprehend a box of fried beige food and some bad beer idk what to tell you
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I think he legit has PTSD
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The DoD has removed the article on Charles Roger's Medal of Honor. He served in Vietnam, and despite being wounded three times in battle, rallied his troops and led them to victory in defense of Support Base Rita. Nixon presented his Medal.
The url is changed to "deimedal"
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People are just absolutely awful at guessing proportions and demographics, simply unbelievably bad.
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It was literally one of the worst possible systems imaginable.
Feudalism was actually a pretty good system.
Hereโs why:
-everyone had a defined role that served society as a whole: peasants, vassals, and lords all had responsibilities to each other
-it was extremely decentralized
-itโs hierarchy ensured long-term stability
-with hereditary monarchy, it was a lot more difficult for influence peddlers to buy off leaders
-hereditary monarchsโ interests were tied to those of the people since they ruled for life
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I expect you and all conservatives will be supporting a national subway infrastructure bill tomorrow then?
Left: Subway in New York, USA ๐บ๐ธ
Right: Subway in Guangzhou, China ๐จ๐ณ
But don't worry...
U.S politicians have it under control. They will send Ukraine and Israel billions more while giving illegal migrants free health care. That should do the trick!
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Community note
The Shenzhoulu station of Guangzhou metro line 21 experienced flooding on 30 July 2021.
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This would be absolutely shattering for any genuinely devout Catholic.
I suspect JD will be just fine.
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Gay marriage got:
- 64% of the vote in Colorado
- 63% in California
- 55% in Hawaii
These aren't *great* numbers in safe blue states in the year 2024 tbh
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She is trying to reach these people.
Seriously? This is the new nominee?
nitter.app/GLNoronha/status/18151โฆ
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Thatcher came to power and the British immediately started to lose faith in God
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The fact that r/vexillology generally dislikes these flags is proof that there is darkness in the hearts of Redditors
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I genuinely believe your neighbors should have zero say over what you do with your property as long it does not materially impact them.
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Look what came out 4 hrs later JD
I hate this smug, self-assured bullshit.
"I know I'm right, and people must be dumb or immoral to disagree with me."
It's an easy way to go through life, because then you never have to think seriously about why your worldview is a justification for the mass invasion of the country my ancestors built with their bare hands.
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i seriously challenge you to name one Biden policy that was 'insane' to this magnitude of impact
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They're deporting suburban grandmas now.
โAn Iranian woman who has lived in the United States for 47 years, has no criminal record, and is married to a US citizen was detained by ICE as she gardened outside her New Orleans home.โ
Feel safer yet?
nola.com/news/politics/natioโฆ
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My primary takeaway from Hasan's career is that being hot is just a cheat code in literally every aspect of life.
โMedicare for all, TRT for all, Ozempic for all, HRT for all. Thatโs my argument.โ โ Hasan Piker gq.visitlink.me/a1w-rw
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Alaska is funny. A place where Democrats regularly win the rural vote and itโs Republicans who are reliant on the cities (suburbs/exurbs really).
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I am skeptical that one can so cleanly and decisively map the political leanings of 138 people from 67 different countries onto a clean left-right axis.
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Not that it matters with a GOP trifecta, but Puerto Rico just decisively voted for statehood *again* with an absolute majority in a three-option race.
Puerto Rico has more people than 22 states, all of them are US citizens, and yet it's completely left out to dry.
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"Abruptly retired" after 24 years at the scheduled end of his contract after serving since age 17 lol
Tim Walz was a battalion Command Sergeant Major ("CSM") in a Minnesota National Guard battalion when his unit got the order to deploy to Iraq. Upon receiving such order, he abruptly retired and abandoned his unit, his soldiers and his country.
For those who don't know, in an Army battalion, the CSM is the highest-ranking NCO and the top dog who sets the example for all the soldiers in the unit. The example Walz set was one of cowardice in the face of the enemy.
In an era where pretty much everyone in uniform served in combat, Walz ran and hid.
Contrast this with JD Vance, who--when 9/11 happened--ran to his nearest enlistment office.
As a retired Army officer and admirer of the NCO Creed, I cannot think of a more disgraceful and dishonorable action than Walz' ignominy. It disgusts me that this coward has reached such a high level of prominence. Most solders I know would have died of shame before they would not deploy with their unit to war. If you are a veteran, I don't see how you can vote for him. If you hate Trump, vote for RFK Jr.... but do not vote for this lily-livered, mealy-mouthed coward with a yellow streak down his back a mile wide who disgraced the uniform and our flag.
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Great news! 71% of Americans think the US should spend more on "assistance to the poor"
... but call if you call it "welfare" that number drops to 30%
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If you become a billionaire and then lose it all, Forbes still keeps you on their real-time net worth tracker as some sort of dark humiliation ritual.
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At a certain point you simply have to say to the libertarians "no, wrong." An orphaned baby does in fact have the human right not to starve to death in the street. Any form of society that can't guarantee that right is bad.
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Honestly the height of midwittery. A lot of the first bill's length was things like tweaking healthcare policy to make it *more efficient*.
On net, the second bill probably adds more to the debt!
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Communist leaders visiting America is one of the funniest genres of political event for me
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Wait the US Secret Service has a โtake your kid to workโ day and itโs actually really adorable.
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Gay marriage is still constitutionally banned in every state that's a shade of red on this map, and those bans would come into effect if Obergefell were ever overturned.
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There are six walkable or mostly walkable large cities in America. These are: NYC, DC, Boston, Philly, Chicago, and San Francisco.
Other cities have walkable neighborhoods but are not truly fully walkable.
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I would calmly suggest that holding up an authoritarian slave state as the epitome of luxury and progress in the 21st century is bad, actually.
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In red is every US county where the median house price is less than $100,000.
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Harris got more votes in Puerto Rico than Trump did in 9 different states that he won and yet she will get absolutely no electoral benefit, even though these are all American citizens.
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This is infinitely more corrosive to the human spirit than NYC lol
They literally want to turn us into New York. ๐ I promise you that no self-respecting Hoosier wants to be like New York City. High density housing is corrosive to the human spirit.
People want houses, not dense concrete and steel nightmares. Central planners never learn. ๐ก
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These 13 counties are home to 9,383,338 people, which is 73.2% of Illinois' population.
For all the handwringing, corn still does not vote.
Illinoisโ incompetent Governor was retained for a second term compliments of these 13 counties:
Champaign - Cook - DeKalb - DuPage - Kane - Kendall - Lake - McLean - Peoria - Rock Island - St Clair - Whiteside - Will
1,769,898 votes (81%) out of 2,197,760 total Pritzker votes
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Yes, but it has to be tasteful.
Can someone be fat and still have aura ?
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I know nothing matters but 7 vacations in 7 months alongside quotes like this probably wonโt help endear you to the American public as a 2028 hopeful.
JD Vance on Disneyland being closed to the public for his family vacation:
โWe had the island to ourselves, which was very coolโฆIt was awesomeโฆsorry to all the people at Disneyland for the longer lines, but we had a very good time.โ
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i genuinely think there's a non-zero chance they negatively polarize the country into being woke again if they keep this up for four years
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You all mock me for my subscription to the Economist but I promise sometimes they are incomprehensibly based.
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Tim Ryan --> loss
Tim Kaine --> loss
Tim Walz --> loss
Clear message from voters. No more Tims.
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Literally who has problem with the Weather Service. Why are they doing this. What possible beyond stupidity is the justification.
NEW: The Trump admin has informed NOAA that two buildings that are critical for weather forecasting will have their leases canceled. If this comes to pass, it's a really big deal. Includes weather fcst nerve center in College Park, Md.: axios.com/2025/03/03/doge-noโฆ
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- Steve Jobs: son of a Syrian immigrant.
- Jeff Bezos: father is a Cuban immigrant.
- Sergey Brin: Soviet immigrant, born in Moscow.
- Jensen Huang: Taiwanese immigrant.
- Elon Musk: South African immigrant.
5 of the magnificent 7.
Silicon Valley is a strategic national asset whose jobs should be legally reserved for U.S. citizens. Itโs a matter of national security. This shouldnโt be controversial.
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Every other fast casual restaurant has gotten so expensive that a $12 bowl from Chipotle has looped back around into being good value again
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It is deeply ironic that the leader of the AfD is a lesbian who's wife is from Sri Lanka.
How does this keep happening
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In some countries, like the UK, thereโs a tradition of letting the party of any lawmaker killed in an act of political violence run unopposed in the by-election.
It lets people know violence cannot change the balance of power. It would be good for the US to do this.
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alright now this is a very funny bit considering their presidential candidate has a literal golden tower
Here's a look at some of the houses owned by speakers at last night's Democratic National Convention who spoke out against inequality in America and urged voters to fight back against evil rich people like Donald Trump and his friends:
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It just has an incredibly distinct tone and style. It's hard to describe. Em dashes, "it's not just x, it's y," language I would consider too 'bubbly' for most humans to use.
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Except for Obama every single president from 1993 onwards has been born in the 1940s. Three in 1946.
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China got 5G before the west because the one singular dude, a graduate from Caltech and MIT whose research ultimately ended up being the answer to the entire problem, couldn't get his US visa renewed. Immigration makes us stronger.
HOW is this real??!!
This illegal immigrant, crossing the border in CA, is wearing a $500+ CANADA GOOSE jacket, holding an iPhone.
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I'm 99% sure Trump just wants Greenland because it seems so large on the Mercator projection.
The entire territory has fewer people than Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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Her crime, might you ask? She cited the Palestinian Ministry of Health's official estimate on the number of deaths.
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