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[Ståle @stale]

This is great! Left @bluesky due to their nonsense iOS verification system.

[9to5Mac @9to5mac]

iOS 27.2 introduces new age verification feature using selfie https://t.co/OVxZWPQK9A by @iryantldr

[AnthroVet50 @spooked75]

I'm an American, a U.S. Army veteran, and I live in Europe.

And I'll tell you something that might upset a few people back home.

I want my fellow Americans to enjoy the same rights, freedoms, and quality of life that millions of Europeans already enjoy.

I want Americans to have access to affordable healthcare without worrying about going bankrupt because they got sick.

I want American students to pursue higher education without burying themselves in decades of debt.

I want Americans to enjoy stronger digital privacy laws, meaningful consumer protections, paid parental leave, and guaranteed paid vacation.

I want police officers held to rigorous standards of accountability, where de-escalation is emphasized and deadly force is genuinely a last resort.

I want Americans to understand that freedom isn't just about what the government cannot do to you. It's also about having the security and opportunity to actually enjoy your life.

And before someone starts screaming about socialism, understand something.

European countries are capitalist democracies. They have private businesses, entrepreneurs, private property, competitive markets, and individual liberties. They've simply made different decisions about what protections their citizens should enjoy.

Europe isn't perfect. No place is. But pretending America has nothing to learn from other democracies is ridiculous.

I served my country. I love my country. And I don't believe patriotism requires pretending that America is the best at everything.

In fact, I believe the exact opposite.

Real patriotism means wanting your country to improve, even when that means admitting another country does something better.

I don't want Americans to have fewer freedoms.

I want them to have MORE.

More protections. More opportunities. More security. More accountability. More freedom to live their lives without being financially destroyed by illness, education, or circumstances beyond their control.

And having lived on both sides of the Atlantic, I know that much of this is possible.

We should stop asking why Americans can't have these things and start asking why they're expected to settle for less.

[alex jungle @JungleAlex13227]

BREAKING: A reporter asked Mike Johnson today, “Should we bother asking you a question about Jared Kushner treasonously manipulating US foreign policy behind Marco Rubio’s back with billions in laundered bribes sitting in secret bank accounts, or have you not heard about it yet?"

[Ståle @stale]

Truth

[Mario @PawlowskiMario]

I live in a small MAGA town.
I know MAGA people. I drink with them. I talk to them. I study them.

They’re not the loud Twitter yappers, at least most of them. They’re quieter. Slower. But the delusion runs deep, just bottled up in passive smiles and soft voices.

A few weeks ago, one of them tried to convert me at a bar. He knew I wasn’t into the Trump cult, but he started soft. Calm voice. Friendly tone.

“Mario, you’re white. You can drink a lot, you eat meat, “he was just surprised that I was eating rare burger” and drinking vodka chasing it with Guinness. He also said, “You’re one of us. You should feel proud.”

That’s their seduction tactic.
Not facts. Not logic. Just subtle tribal grooming.
“You’re white. You drink. You belong.”

It was almost sweet, in a sad, culty way.
Like a Jehovah’s Witness trying to sell you eternal life with a shaky brochure and cheap suit.

But let’s talk about the whole ecosystem.
The truth.

MAGA men?
Most are not warriors.
They’re out-of-shape, insecure, jealous small-town boys who peaked in high school, still clinging to stories from when they “almost went pro” or “should’ve been in the military.”
They’re proud of being able to drink a case of light beer, drive a truck, and scream about freedom while their knees buckle from sugar and rage.

They’re easy to manipulate because they don’t ask questions.
They don’t read.
They react.

They memorize memes like scripture and repeat them like gospel.
They think being loud equals being right.

They think the world is laughing with them.
It’s not.
The world’s laughing at them, when it’s not just ignoring them entirely.

MAGA women?

They’re caught in a brutal paradox, constantly screaming about how proud and strong they are, while reshaping every inch of their body to meet a fake beauty standard pushed by the very system they claim to hate.
Plastic lips. Inflated cheeks. Eyelashes thick as windshield wipers.
Trying to look rich while shopping clearance at Walmart.
They scream about “natural family values” while injecting Botox and collapsing into MLM scams that promise empowerment through overpriced lipstick.

They mock liberals for being “gender confused” while wearing more synthetic parts than a Barbie made in a Russian factory.

Here’s the thing: MAGA America isn’t just backward.

It’s boring. MAGA folks are simply subsimple.

There’s nothing imaginative about it. No new culture. No innovation. No ideas.
They don’t invent, they imitate.
They don’t challenge, they chant.

It’s the same five phrases over and over.
The same flag. The same truck. The same outfit.
Patriot cosplay.

And that’s why the world doesn’t just hate MAGA.
It forgets it.
Because once the shouting stops, there’s nothing under the hood.

Just cheap beer breath, fake smiles, and a belief that whiteness and loudness are still enough to matter.

You want the brutal truth?

Even without Trump, even without the cult, most of them would still be irrelevant.
Not because they’re evil.
But because they chose comfort over growth.
Tribalism over truth.
Imitation over imagination.

They don’t want to understand the world.
They want the world to stay small enough to understand them.

And that’s the saddest, most humiliating part.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Yeah, sit the fuck down guy…
You’ve won in the creep department.

[COCO @TWOTIMESABITCH]

JD Vance’s mother was a raging addict and didn’t lose custody of her children until she drove a car 100 miles an hour and threatened to kill them all.

He knows exactly how bad the abuse that Dr. Amy Acton suffered as a child had to be in order for her to have been removed.

JD Vance’s support of Vivek Ramaswamy’s heinous ad to discredit Dr. Amy Adam’s abuse should haunt him.

He’s a sick & demented monster.

[Based Liberal ‘Muricaposting 🇺🇸 @uslibposting]

Giga endorsement nuke, Talarico could win by 10 now legitimately

[Thomas J. Henry Law @thomasjhenrylaw]

I don’t put my name behind just anyone. 🇺🇸

I sat down with James Talarico and heard balanced, honest answers on security, the economy, and issues facing Texas families.

That’s why I support @jamestalarico for U.S. Senate.

Election Day is Nov. 3. Make your plan to vote. 🗳️

[Ståle @stale]

@FreddyLA7 Welcome to Austin

[Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy]

Scoop: In 2014, Ken Paxton sat for a deposition where federal lawyers quizzed him about his growing wealth and investment tactics.

The depo has never been made public. We got a copy. https://t.co/gOfMkjQ5OK @nytimes

[Ståle @stale]

@StarletVault Anyone know the swimsuit brand?

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Klobuchar eviscerates Schmitt: "For a U.S. Senator to have false information and imply based on a confusion about the name of a team, which I knew knowing my Midwestern sports, and imply you're in another city that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia and then call you a dirt bag is something that deserves an apology."

[Ståle @stale]

@rkobylinski I mean…

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Ken Paxton keeps dodging debates.

So I called his cell to invite him to a debate on Fox News.

He didn’t pick up.

[ilan Bluestone @iBluestone]

An update from me. ❤️

[ilan Bluestone @iBluestone]

Please read 🙏🏻❤️

[Ståle @stale]

Hey @JohnCornyn would you ever stump for @jamestalarico or are you still party over state?

[Ståle @stale]

Powerful

[Karen Tumulty @ktumulty]

Amazing piece from @theatlantic. What it tells you about @Mike_Pence will probably surprise you.: https://t.co/0M6r0OEG6K

[Keith Edwards @keithedwards]

This has 2 Million views on TikTok

[McKenna Capital @McKennaCapital]

Multifamily Rents Post Strongest July Gain Since 2015 https://t.co/bxkwiJ9YiV