U.S. Politics

TheSameIdiot · Sunday at 1:04 PM

Too bad Jake Tapper died when Trump took office.

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docsilence · Sunday at 2:01 PM

Every time I think by now every shitty person will have unmasked themselves about SOMETHING horrible in the world I'll post something and someone I thought was moderately okay will just blurt out a truly horrible take and then I gotta like, stop talking to them cos life's too short. I was complaining about this 50 year mortgage thing and out of NOWHERE an old friend of a friend whom I haven't spoken to in a solid five or eight years just jumps in, uninvited, to say "I don't think everyone deserves to buy a home." Mind, I don't think everyone even WANTS to buy a home. I'm just out here saying "predatory lending is bad and if you can't live long enough to pay off a loan that's not a loan that's something worse."

What got me is this woman has said NOTHING to me for years, online or in person. Just out of nowhere, a strongly held belief that not everyone deserves a shot at buying a house. WTF, lady.

I swear it's a Northeast suburb thing. It's so progressive and liberal up here that people get super good at keeping their shit buckled down and then once in a while the mask slips and it's like oh, how long have you been holding onto that one, Carol?

At least when the neighbor revealed himself as being anti-free speech a few months back I knew he was a dickhead on account of having a blue lives matter sticker on his BMW.

Damien · Sunday at 2:15 PM

My grandparents used to be the 'not everyone deserves' kind of people. I grew up on the Brockton/Whitman line where my grandparents owned a home and they VERY much bought into the 'black people ruined Brockton' narrative that helped make Whitman what it was, as well as the 'the best way to keep out undesirables in your neighborhood is to price them out' narrative. They've walked most of that back in their old age, surprisingly. And I believe they've always voted Democrat, so it's not like they just have generally awful opinions.
But they really believed owning a home was something you had to -deserve-. It really does go right along with narratives like 'drug-users shouldn't have any assistance directed at them and should clean up on their own.' It's the bottom rung of the 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps' position.

jonaskane · Sunday at 4:50 PM

I'm reminded of a quote from either a Ken Burns or American Experience PBS show where some 'liberal' woman in the 60's was saying how she absolutely thought that the civil rights movement was a good thing and that black people were just as good as white people and they should definitely be allowed into white schools, just not the school her daughter was attending.

joshsquash729 · Sunday at 5:20 PM

Yeah, given all the glimpses at him falling asleep, looking aloof when people are passing out behind him, and so on, I fully believe they are, and will continue to Palpatine him as long as they possibly can. If it was possible to bring him back after death, they would (then again, if anyone is secretly working on farming clones of himself to put his consciousness into after death, it's him), but when the old geezer does finally croak, it'll be a North Korea moment where they'll mandate a time of mourning. I can just see it already. Mourning or not, I'm gonna get more crunk than I've ever gotten in my life.

And now apparently we're all getting $2000 stimulus checks because the tariffs are doing so well for the country.

And you know a butt ton of folks will believe it and praise him for giving money to the people in tough times. I will gladly forfeit my supposed check if it means he can take a long walk off a short pier. Don't want his dirty money- if it ends up happening, I'm donating mine to my local food pantry.

JakeEkiss · Sunday at 7:50 PM

Uggh, checked my feeds after gaming and it seems like the Dems might be ready to fuck up the strongest political position they've had all year by giving in on the shutdown.

Justice · Sunday at 8:13 PM

JakeEkiss said:
Uggh, checked my feeds after gaming and it seems like the Dems might be ready to fuck up the strongest political position they've had all year by giving in on the shutdown.

I'm surprised Schumer has lasted this long.

Ru1977 · Sunday at 8:18 PM

Oh good. Fuck it.

JakeEkiss · Sunday at 8:29 PM

Yeah, if you're in a state where calling your senator would matter now's the time. It's not a done deal yet from what I saw, but it's close.

altcunningham · Sunday at 9:11 PM

docsilence said:
"I don't think everyone deserves to buy a home."

Earlier I was looking at baking videos, and someone lamented grocery prices.

People really went to bat that "there is a heirarchy and not everyone deserves butter". Pull quote.

Cool. I have a heirarchy where people actively working to enforce that go six feet below top soil.

docsilence · Sunday at 9:56 PM

altcunningham said:
Earlier I was looking at baking videos, and someone lamented grocery prices.

People really went to bat that "there is a heirarchy and not everyone deserves butter". Pull quote.

Cool. I have a heirarchy where people actively working to enforce that go six feet below top soil.

Yep, until we live in a society where we don't have these sociopaths hoarding most of the nation's wealth behind their paywalls, anyone who says not everyone deserves butter can fix their heart or die.

Warren is on socials publicly shaming her colleagues for caving on the deal. She's made mistakes but she's been spot on all year and there are days I wish she was president four years ago, but America hates smart women.

altcunningham · Sunday at 10:10 PM

I haven't kept up with all the details, but this deal is just the original deal, which means they held out for nothing?

Probably sold out from airlines or other donors throwing money.

Damien · Sunday at 10:16 PM

altcunningham said:
I haven't kept up with all the details, but this deal is just the original deal, which means they held out for nothing?

Probably sold out from airlines or other donors throwing money.

They're selling out because every single conservative mouthpiece that goes on TV says "The Democrat's Shutdown." And Democrats are still the absolute biggest pieces of fucking shit and refuse to fight back against this branding in any meaningful way. So a scary percentage of Americans are being convinced that the shutdown is literally the fault of the Democrats and their 'crazy demands.'

TheSameIdiot · Monday at 1:20 AM

docsilence said:
I swear it's a Northeast suburb thing. It's so progressive and liberal up here that people get super good at keeping their shit buckled down and then once in a while the mask slips and it's like oh, how long have you been holding onto that one, Carol?

It's a liberal thing. Get Out nailed it with "I would've voted for Obama three times."

We're seeing it here in Seattle. Our awful status quo mayor is up against a real YIMBY progressive. Our mayor raids homeless encampments and refuses to build new housing/transit. He apparently pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot a number of years ago. It doesn't matter to these people. Their home prices are going up, fuck everyone else. FWIW, I own a home in Seattle. Prices going down wouldn't benefit me, but fuck pulling up the ladder after I'm already at the top.

The race is neck-and-neck right now, though I'd give a slight advantage to the progressive. Let us all pray.

JakeEkiss said:
Uggh, checked my feeds after gaming and it seems like the Dems might be ready to fuck up the strongest political position they've had all year by giving in on the shutdown.

Same. I had a wonderful Sunday, only for Chuck Schumer to kill every bit of my good mood.

docsilence said:
America hates ~~smart~~ women.

FIFY

altcunningham said:
I haven't kept up with all the details, but this deal is just the original deal, which means they held out for nothing?

It's much worse. If they extend the health care subsidies, it's going to be through checks that Donald Trump gets to put his name on. Democrats saw how much this benefited him in 2020/2024 and decided to do it again. Political malpractice.

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If you want to beat fascism, you need people to feel it. Flight cancellations were a big step in that direction.

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