Andy

[Adam Weinrib @AdamWeinrib]

Every Victor Wembanyama article before the finals was “He’s an erudite master - part Monet, part Magic Johnson” and every article defending him after his Finals performance is “He did it by accident, you see, he’s just a baby and he’s also dumb”

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Scalia died in February 2016. It took Obama a full month to nominate a replacement and then he used no leverage and barely lifted a finger for Garland; the party was more focused in the moment at making sure everyone understood how racist and sexist Bernie Sanders was.

Plenty of Obama aides were actually glad when Dems lost the senate in 2014 because they were sick of Harry Reid pushing Obama to be more assertive and fight more.

They lost the Senate in 2014 largely because of Obama’s capitulation to/obsession with austerity and reducing the deficit.

He constantly insisted he had no real power — Neera will probably respond by saying he had no power — which Trump has proved totally wrong.

And when RBG died in September 2020 Trump nominated ACB the next week. They play to win.

But sure, a 5 minute segment from @chrislhayes would’ve made the difference. (And I’m sure he did do a bunch actually.)

[Andy @BKoEa]

@JSONmaxxing @mazemoore Nakedly self interested to the point that he cozies up with actual fascists is close enuff

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Fran Lebowitz: “Trump has nothing but flaws. It’s not like he has some good sides. The motivating thing in Trump is not that he’s crazy, it’s that he’s stupid. You don’t know anyone this stupid. Before Reagan, there was no idea the president could be stupid”

[scary lawyerguy @scarylawyerguy]

*THE* defining issue of Biden's term in office was grocery prices. The media never shut the fuck up about (take your pick) milk, eggs, bacon, etc and yet Trump is INTENTIONALLY CAUSING PRICES TO SKYROCKET and he's getting a fraction of the heat Biden received. Fucking infuriating

[Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley]

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[The Ten Thousand Man @slime_machine]

i grew up in a really small town and the most poppin place for us was the gas station

there’s no money or culture in these places just poor white people named Cashton and Amberleighh and they shop at walmart have a 90 month car loan no money down. that’s all america can give.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump threatened to nuke Iran during the same press event where he called a woman reporter "baby" and a "bitch" and we'll all just supposed to continue on tomorrow as though any of this insanity is normal or acceptable

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

British press: THERE IS A DANGEROUS EPIDEMIC OF ANTISEMITISM IN OUR COUNTRY

Jewish political leader: We should tax the wealthy and stop doing war crimes

British press: HE'S A HOOK-NOSED JUDEO-BOLSHEVIK PARASITE WHO'S CONSPIRING TO SUBVERT OUR SOCIETY

[Dan Carlin @dccommonsense]

We have an ABSOLUTELY unprecedented attempt by the POTUS to discredit election results in advance (if he doesn't like them) and a GOP Congress that WILL NOT challenge him. Which means we independents must rely on the only other major party our system has to protect us.

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

I just want to point out....

The amount of money the United States has spent on war in the last 67 days, is roughly the same cost that Bernie Sanders proposed for universal college. So the real question is never can we afford it, it's what we choose to prioritize.

[Foundational White Janissary @White_Janissary]

I firmly believe that Gamergate is one of most impactful events of the last 20 years. Not for feminist, misogynist or gamer reasons, but because it demonstrated to media companies how insanely profitable covering meaningless internet drama could be compared to actual journalism.

[Mia Skylar @MiaSkylar]

Perfil psicológico del incel:

>Hijo de padres conservadores con éxito laboral
>Sus padres pasan de él toda su infancia
>Su forma de darle cariño es darle todo lo que pida
>El niño se convierte en un déspota
>Llega a la adolescencia y empiezan a gustarle las chicas
>Las chicas que le gustan (las más guapas) no muestran interés y le rechazan
>Niño déspota conoce el no y la frustración por primera vez en su vida
>Empieza a odiar a las mujeres y a exigir que la sociedad cambie para él y no cambiar él su forma de ser
>Como no maneja bien las normas sociales asume que es porque “no es atractivo” ya que lo único en lo que se fija él de una mujer es en su aspecto físico
>Aquí se dividen en dos grupos, el incel que logra conseguir atractivo físico y el que no
>El segundo acaba siendo soltero toda su vida, el primero empieza a encadenar parejas por aprobación
>Le pone los cuernos a todas las chicas con las que está y acaba saliendo solo con chavalas sumisas que le permitan todo
>Como esas chicas no le suponen un reto empieza a romantizar a las chicas extremadamente atractivas
>Cada vez que se enfrenta con esta frustración su odio hacia las mujeres incrementa exponencialmente

[The Ten Thousand Man @slime_machine]

my unshakable theory of these guys and honestly the rest of future gen x and millennial politicians/elon musk is that they just wanna be like in the movies. everything they say or do is to be like in the movies. look at my speech about war im like in movies

[Andy @BKoEa]

@g_mundy 👀

[Andy @BKoEa]

@BawbDylan its fall there is no limit

[Andy @BKoEa]

Don't let the Rings of Power distract you from the fact that Blind Guardian's 90's Magnum Opus "Nightfall in Middle Earth" is the greatest adaptation of the Silmarillion ever made.

[Andy @BKoEa]

@g_mundy @lemmy___ @caninesurprise @absentimentally I'm team Garry.

[Andy @BKoEa]

@lemmy___ You just water the ones you forget down with ice for iced tea!

[Andy @BKoEa]

@lemmy___ Cry the Beloved Country is a good South African novel I read in hs.