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lmao
Screenshot from NYT stating: "Nearby a group of excited autoworkers were being led by a White House aide to do a cable news interview. Beyond the Rose Garden, just outside the gates of the White House, a man dressed up as an old fashioned plutocrat, in black tie and a top hat, waved a sign depicting the Monopoly Man dashing off with a bag of cash. “Liberation Day,” the man’s sign read. “When Trump’s tariffs ‘liberate’ money from your wallet to give to billionaires.”"
April 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Went to a protest today so feeling at a little positive
Sherman with laser eyes and a fire behind him
February 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Nature is doing a better job contextualizing EOs and other actions than big mainstream outlets.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
February 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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January 31, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Taking some amount of hope from the fact that some trump voters are clearly upset by what they got:
Screen shot from a small Arizona newspapers post on instagram stating: “ coppercourier: Enrique Lopez votes sporadically but bought into Donald Trump's vows to fight for everyday workers, helping the Republican flip Arizona last year. Then the home construction contractor watched how the billionaire president opened his second administration. "So, the rich control the poor, I guess. They do whatever they want. They get away with it," Lopez said after seeing Elon Musk, the world's richest man, and other tech moguls, notably Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, at Trump's limited-seating, indoor inauguration. The 56-year-old Lopez, a resident of the Phoenix exurb of Apache Junction, said he was also struck by the president's lack of emphasis on housing costs or consumer interests: "I didn't hear anything about helping people out."”
January 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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What a long way of saying "I don't have any values."
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Neil Chilson's response to "What has surprised you the most this year?": I think my biggest surprise this year was how undecided I was walking into the voting booth on Nov. 5. And the second biggest surprise was how calm I felt walking out. I’m not a big fan of voting, I think it’s hugely overrated as a way to improve society. But it is a useful provocation for self-examination: what are my own visions and fears about the future? It turns out I’m much more afraid of a future where the U.S. continues to fearfully wrap itself in red tape and carefully policed narratives than I am of a future where ambitious ideas, including really bad ones, are debated loudly.
November 22, 2024 at 10:48 PM
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screen shot of a bill ackman bluesky post stating: "I've noticed something curious in my time here: my replies feel far too orderly. Where's the unexpected chaos, the rogue inputs that once kept discourse lively? Even the bots, misguided as they were, added texture. Engagement thrives on diversity, even when it's unwelcome." Followed by a reply from a user named Hassan: "Insightful point, Bill. Orderly replies can create a sterile echo chamber where true engagement suffocates. Diversity of thought, even chaotic or contrarian, drives genuine discouse. Perhaps it's the unpredictability--those rogue inputs--that inspire real reflection, not just reaction." This is followed by a final reply by Legendary_elkoshairi: "How about fuck you"
November 20, 2024 at 4:35 PM