@bananaboat41434@mattyglesias If a politician calls out Qatar lobby or the CCP, they don’t instantly have millions of dollars dropped against their campaign
@bgabriel80@WhickTv Mamdani wasn’t radical. He won by focusing on kitchen table issues here at home and ran a pro-NYC, pro-America campaign. Hasan will say things in that vein then starts going off the rails about Mao and Putin, which kinda undercuts the whole pro-America thing . Mixed messaging
@_WorldMonitor_ @unusual_whales Much of the money doesn’t actually go towards manufacturing anything. It’s a slush fund for defense contractor CEOs like Peter Thiel & co
@EBTtok@unusual_whales The neocons got him elected. Last cycle alone he took close to $500 million from pro-Israel warhawks like Adelson and Ellison. Why would he listen to us peons over the people in his ear giving him that much cash?
@agitpopcorn@envisionedluna You just listed numerous negative consequences that came about because Trump won the election. Why didn’t Hasan use his influence to motivate his followers to vote and prevent those outcomes?
@agitpopcorn@envisionedluna He was actively demotivating voters so Dems would lose the general election. The people who cared about winning were trying to get out the vote
@agitpopcorn@envisionedluna Hasan worked against the people who were warning about all of those things before the ‘24 election.. now that it came to pass he’s trying to slither his way back in
@JoveOnX@ImGinnyRobinson The guy literally had a 40 year track record of being a crook. When he first announced he was running for the Republican nomination I thought it was a joke
@NickyFrank30 Even now, his recent pod with Dave Smith was probably 60-70% straight MMA talk. Stuff like that is why he retains his core audience. Hasan exclusively makes “narcissist ranting into a camera about politics” content which is more on the Fuentes or Asmongold spectrum.
@JonnyRoot_@dekker I’d guarantee the NBA has a higher % of evangelicals than the NHL.. I’ve been to games and many teams form a prayer circle after the buzzer. Ivey got cut for his general conduct and being a disruption who wasn’t worth the trouble, not only that comment https://t.co/uAiqprn62M
Internal issues leading to Jaden Ivey’s exit from the Bulls, per @JCowleyHoops
- Destroyed the locker room “sanctuary”
- Constant preaching made players uncomfortable
- Religious rhetoric “pressed” upon teammates daily
- Told players who was “righteous and unrighteous”
Bulls reportedly viewed the behavior as “weirdness” in the workplace.
@Timodc@mbyrnes37 I think commenting on people going on his stream or whatever is just stupid. But in this case he’s going to be on the ground in Michigan campaigning with Sayed, fair game to hit him on it
@hi_im_six@brad_polumbo He had a career altering injury and hasn’t really produced for a few years now. Truth is if he was balling like Luka, the team would have him do some “sensitivity training” then brush it under the rug