US US Politics General 2 - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

Helpful links for those who need them:

Current members of the House of Representatives
https://www.house.gov/representatives

Current members of the Senate
https://www.senate.gov/senators/

Current members of the US Supreme Court
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx

Members of the Trump Administration
https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/

 

[Jace on ice]

I grew up with a yuppie health nut mom so it was truly shocking to me to see just how much fast food the average American consumes when I went away to college.

3-4 times a week is still just crazy to me.

 

[NSA Intern]

I grew up with a yuppie health nut mom so it was truly shocking to me to see just how much fast food the average American consumes when I went away to college.

3-4 times a week is still just crazy to me.

The luckiest thing any one of us could have as a child is a home-cooked meal 6-7 nights a week.

 

[marvlouslie]

Am I the only one who finds it highly amusing that black construction workers are removing the bullshit performative BLM Plaza shit?

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

Okay, if this means a bunch of Somalians/Urbans are gonna go to jail I guess I can get behind what ever congress is doing.

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Now this is some great news. Plus the Department of Education stuff makes the day not a total loss.

Tomorrow will hopefully be better.

 

[invisibult plus+]

Am I the only one who finds it highly amusing that black construction workers are removing the bullshit performative BLM Plaza shit?

No.

They probably find it funny too. Fuck Burn Loot Murder.

 

[MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti]

I grew up with a yuppie health nut mom so it was truly shocking to me to see just how much fast food the average American consumes when I went away to college.

3-4 times a week is still just crazy to me.

I have a coworker who eats gas station breakfast pizza plus donuts or other such breakfast desert, then for lunch he gets some alternating fast food place (lately it's been fried chicken), and for dinner? I hope and I pray it's not always fast food, but there's a 90% chance it's fast food. He lives off the stuff.

Yes, he's gained a fuckload of weight even in the 2 years I've worked with him.

Yes, he fucking demolishes the toilet multiple times a day. War crime levels.

Nice kid but holy shit is he on the way to early death

 

[GettrGriftr]

Is it me or is his yamaka getting bigger and bigger over the years

Must be, 'cause his head isn't getting smaller, that's for damn sure.

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

No more continuing resolutions.

Fix the fucking budget like promised or eat shit.

 

[I Hate The Disabled]

I have a coworker who eats gas station breakfast pizza plus donuts or other such breakfast desert, then for lunch he gets some alternating fast food place (lately it's been fried chicken), and for dinner? I hope and I pray it's not always fast food, but there's a 90% chance it's fast food. He lives off the stuff.

Yes, he's gained a fuckload of weight even in the 2 years I've worked with him.

Yes, he fucking demolishes the toilet multiple times a day. War crime levels.

Nice kid but holy shit is he on the way to early death

"Dying never tasted so good."

 

[UnidentifiedFlyingOrchid]

I grew up with a yuppie health nut mom so it was truly shocking to me to see just how much fast food the average American consumes when I went away to college.

3-4 times a week is still just crazy to me.

Hypothetically fast food doesn't have to be unhealthy. Logistically mass food preparation is more efficient than home cooking. Every major civilization used or uses mass food preparation. Roman forums, Chinese porkbuns, Cafeterias, etc.

The food doesn't have to be more harmful than necessary. Humans don't need to be fattened for slaughter. Humans need a diet that makes them productive and happy.

 

[Jace on ice]

Hypothetically fast food doesn't have to be unhealthy. Logistically mass food preparation is more efficient than home cooking. Every major civilization used or uses mass food preparation. Roman forums, Chinese porkbuns, Cafeterias, etc.

Mass produced food is different than fast food, American fast food in particular is so over processed that it almost lacks nutritional value.

That's why people get fat as fuck while eating it, it has no nutrients but is absurdly calorie dense.

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

Hypothetically fast food doesn't have to be unhealthy. Logistically mass food preparation is more efficient than home cooking. Every major civilization used or uses mass food preparation. Roman forums, Chinese porkbuns, Cafeterias, etc.

The food doesn't have to be more harmful than necessary. Humans don't need to be fattened for slaughter. Humans need a diet that makes them productive and happy.

Cooking is easy and more people need to not be lazy slugs. Big ask.

 

[NSA Intern]

Hypothetically fast food doesn't have to be unhealthy. Logistically mass food preparation is more efficient than home cooking. Every major civilization used or uses mass food preparation. Roman forums, Chinese porkbuns, Cafeterias, etc.

The food doesn't have to be more harmful than necessary. Humans don't need to be fattened for slaughter. Humans need a diet that makes them productive and happy.

Unfortunately burger corporate culture encourages bean-counters and middle management to slowly enshittify things at a 0.5c cost saving per sale in the search for maximal shareholder value.
Its a race to the bottom and mostly private companies are the only ones to withstand it.

 

[Balanced Boomer]

Twitter leftists are incensed over Steak n Shake adding beef tallow back to their fries

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See, I knew you weren't all doom and gloom. Happy to see you aboard Team Tallow, burger fren.

 

[qoop]

No more continuing resolutions.

Fix the fucking budget like promised or eat shit.

You’re right, they should’ve passed a full budget a long time ago. That way, there would’ve been no way for Congress to include the DOGE cuts.

 

[UnidentifiedFlyingOrchid]

Cooking is easy and more people need to not be lazy slugs. Big ask.

Can you please mail all replies to this thread via postal carrier. It is easy and it will make you less of a lazy slug. I know it's a big ask, but inconveniencing you is something I am willing to demand from myself.

Home cooking is a very good skill to have, and makes life more enjoyable for not a lot of effort.

 

[Not Really Here]

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I can't watch this, but might as well archive.

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Anyone remember her bragging that when she got mad, she would go to ActBlue, create a new account with an alias, and max out contributions?
IIRC she mentioned hitting the max for Clinton in '16 like 5 times.

 

[Exterminatus]

Went salt mining and found this

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Am I late on this?

The FBI defines domestic terrorism as: violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature

We know these people are doing it because they hate Elon and by proxy Trump so it's largely a political objective, violence and vandalism for intimidation. It's no "Days of Rage" but could escalate as things progress since Trump's first year isn't even done yet

 

[Hojicha]

The luckiest thing any one of us could have as a child is a home-cooked meal 6-7 nights a week.

This is sad and I guess a product of the times now. I grew up with a STAHM thankfully and most meals were cooked. Fast food was actually a rarity, and it always seemed like my house viewed it as a weird expensive luxury. To this day I meal prep on Sundays for work- I cannot fathom how bad people must feel eating fast food regularly.

 

[UnidentifiedFlyingOrchid]

Unfortunately burger corporate culture encourages bean-counters and middle management to slowly enshittify things at a 0.5c cost saving per sale in the search for maximal shareholder value.
Its a race to the bottom and mostly private companies are the only ones to withstand it.

If enshittification is the optimal "play to win" strategy, then the rulemakers need to patch the rules. There are rules for not putting sawdust in milk or using gutter oil. The rules can be improved.

The room for improvement is quite large, so finding effective changes that aren't expensive is actually somewhat easy. Tard wrangling all the special interests is the hard part.