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People are doom posting about Social Security again. I swear. Every time there's a Republican in the White House, it's always the same old performative "sky is falling" bullshit, yet, somehow, Social Security always gets funding. Someone in the White House is finally doing something about all the dead social security numbers and preventing checks from going out, and these fucking mouth breathers don't seem to want to question where the money was going? As long as you're doing what you're supposed to be doing, you'll be fine. Holy shit, these people are irritating. It's all performative bullshit, and I'm over it.
 
I have a better idea than voter ID. If you are a citizen and can't meet the basic requirements for military service you don't get to vote. If you can't meet the basics of
1: Mile run time
2: Push ups
3: Pull ups
4: Shot placement at 100 yards
You don't get to vote because you won't be sent off to war anyways so fuck off, no complaints about muh sexism or racism. Fuck off.
 
People are doom posting about Social Security again. I swear. Every time there's a Republican in the White House, it's always the same old performative "sky is falling" bullshit, yet, somehow, Social Security always gets funding.
Probably because the demographics that vote into either party collect Social Security retirement. Whether that will continue for the next generation's retirement remains to be seen. Better invest in your own 401k while you can as early as you can.
 
"Fight Oligarchy" they are never going to realize how much money Bernie has are they
Yea he’s pretty well to do. $178k/year from his senator salary and $800k from his book royalties and publishings.

I can’t really find any one solid source but they all float around $3-5 million total net worth. That old be impressive but then again the dude is 83.
 
Honestly, I'd forgotten about that a long time ago, since it was such a nothing kind of thing.
The only thing I remember about it is that leftist shills decided to distort it more in order to create the Potato Drumpf "meme" that was spammed everywhere on /pol/ for some months and is mostly forgotten today. I think it was the same people who ended up making the Monky Putin "meme" that got spammed everywhere too.
 
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Would something like The Daily Wire be called a, how you say, astroturfed conservative organization? Last I remember of The Daily Wire was a Family Guy animated ripoff featuring a woodshop teacher that makes conservative dad jokes but strangely omits any Jewish jokes unlike Family Guy or American Dad.
Daily Wire is absolutely a controlled opposition scam. But that cartoon is a bit of a special case. Mr.Birchum was an old character Adam Carolla Created in the mid 1990’s when he was on K-Roq radio with Jimmy “the sports guy” Kimmel. This was a weird attempt to bring the character back as a cartoon. A cartoon quite literally nobody wanted to watch because like all of the daily wire’s original content, it has no audience outside of the “you have to watch it to own the libs” crowd. It was also funnier as a radio skit than a full cartoon

 
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Democrat James Malone has won the race to replace Ryan Aument (vacated seat to join U.S. Senator McCormick's office) in Pennsylvania's 36th State Senate District, a Dem +GAIN in a Trump +15 District.
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As a result, the Republican majority in the PA State Senate is whittled down to 27-23 until the 2026 elections (this district is up for election then).
So basically they're doing election fraud in these State elections in hopes to try and change outcomes. Wonder how much Reid Hoffman is pouring into these races
 
Civ 2, and 3 mostly, had that 'one more turn' aspect that you'd be up at 8pm and say you'll quit and next thing you know it's 10am the next day. I didn't play 5 all that much, but 6 I really disliked. I was going to actually buy 7 but the reviews and all, not even going to pirate it.
5 also has the one more turn feature. I also have a lot of memories of spending way too much time in 5 building roads in other civ’s borders, which forced them to cover the cost of it. I’d also intentionally build cities on islands with no resources, give it to a civ I planned to conquer, and then make peace after they lost every other city so they were still in the game but were a bankrupt island for the rest of eternity.
 
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Democrat James Malone has won the race to replace Ryan Aument (vacated seat to join U.S. Senator McCormick's office) in Pennsylvania's 36th State Senate District, a Dem +GAIN in a Trump +15 District.
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As a result, the Republican majority in the PA State Senate is whittled down to 27-23 until the 2026 elections (this district is up for election then).
A local election held in March in a Dem state with a turnout of less than the crowd size of an average Texas high school football game is literally a nothingburger. They truly have nothing else to talk about.
 
A cartoon quite literally nobody wanted to watch because like all of the daily wire’s original content, it has no audience outside of the “you have to watch it to own the libs” crowd.
I did a little bit of digging with DW+. They even had a Bluey children's cartoon ripoff that was hell to watch AND work for.


The issue with The Daily Wire is exactly what's wrong with liberals today. Everything they do, make or consume is entirely centered around their politics. It's basically force feeding you their way of thinking and having the gall to ask YOU to pay for it.

The age old question of what are they conserving is quite simple for them: Israel. American conservatism is merely a backdrop since it's easier to interject and blend in.
 
I did a little bit of digging with DW+. They even had a Bluey children's cartoon ripoff that was hell to watch AND work for.


The issue with The Daily Wire is exactly what's wrong with liberals today. Everything they do, make or consume is entirely centered around their politics. It's basically force feeding you their way of thinking and having the gall to ask YOU to pay for it.

The age old question of what are they conserving is quite simple for them: Israel. American conservatism is merely a backdrop since it's easier to interject and blend in.
I wouldn't take Saber's word for anything. Especially with how hard he lied to slander and misrepresent freedomtoons.
 
Would something like The Daily Wire be called a, how you say, astroturfed conservative organization? Last I remember of The Daily Wire was a Family Guy animated ripoff featuring a woodshop teacher that makes conservative dad jokes but strangely omits any Jewish jokes unlike Family Guy or American Dad.
All I remember is that shitty trans "comedy" that basically acted as an excuse for the Daily Wire CEO to cry about how much he despises single mothers.
 
It's funny because with this, it's completely believable that he was making fun of the reporter for having retarded opinions and being disingenous, and not making fun of his disability.

But now that you have a Democrat blatantly making fun of a guy in a wheelchair the MSM will either ignore it or support her.
It's impossible to hate the MSM as much as they deserve.
I feel like a broken record lately saying how the dems are just incapable of seeing or critiquing anything further than what's on the surface.
 
I did a little bit of digging with DW+. They even had a Bluey children's cartoon ripoff that was hell to watch AND work for.


The issue with The Daily Wire is exactly what's wrong with liberals today. Everything they do, make or consume is entirely centered around their politics. It's basically force feeding you their way of thinking and having the gall to ask YOU to pay for it.

The age old question of what are they conserving is quite simple for them: Israel. American conservatism is merely a backdrop since it's easier to interject and blend in.
Why is the dude in this video pausing so often? It’s like he recorded every sentence individually. This is one of the hardest watches I’ve ever endured.
 
So basically they're doing election fraud in these State elections in hopes to try and change outcomes. Wonder how much Reid Hoffman is pouring into these races
Maybe, maybe not, but results like these are primarily a product of the GOP becoming the low-propensity party, reversing the dynamic that persisted during the Obama years. These are off-month, off-year elections that the average guy gives zero fucks about; it makes sense that the high-propensity party (Democrats) would overperform and, in this case, flip the seat.
The reason why I highlight this and the race in Iowa is that there is a Wisconsin Supreme Court race next week to replace the retiring liberal justice and determine control of the Court, and this really important race falls into this category. Now, the GOP does have a few advantages in this race compared to these other ones, namely:
  • ... that it is a high-profile race, meaning higher turnout
  • ... that the race has received outside attention ( :trump: endorsed the conservative Schmiel in the race and Elon's PAC is throwing money around too, although the liberal Crawford has received money from Pritzker and Soros)
  • ... that get-out-the-vote efforts are underway to bank early vote that may not have shown up otherwise.
but Schmiel (conservative) is still the underdog in the race due to the high-propensity nature of Democrats and the Dane/Milwaukee machines.
 
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