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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 60 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I read AOC +3 as like a d&d style stat modifier.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 12 points 6 days ago

She's approaching peak power, send more vibes and she might upgrade to artifact

[–] wpb@lemmy.world 43 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Calling that disgusting snake Chuck Schumer the Palestinian senator is pretty hilarious, given where he stands on the genocide.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 32 points 6 days ago

Weird too because Shumer did not endorse Mamdani. Only a "congratulations". But in Trump land anything goes

[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 25 points 6 days ago (2 children)

How did america elect this guy twice? So pathetic.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

40 years of crippled public education and propaganda talk radio

It isn't pathetic, it is an engineered strategy that has been ongoing since before any of us were born and it's working because almost no one bothers to do anything but meme about it

[–] tamman2000@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I have my doubts that we did it twice. 2024 looks fishy. I'm glad it's finally starting to get talked about

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Do you really think it will matter even if they find obvious election fraud?

[–] tamman2000@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think it might get a lot of people who don't like what's happening but accept it to cross over into not accepting it.

I'm not super hopeful that it would matter legislatively or judicially, but I might be the kick in the pants the population needs to go on a general strike, or take other actions.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Sincerely hope you are right, we've gotten so many kicks in the pants so far

I mean, No Kings day was good but we need to do this EVERY DAY

[–] Back_it_up@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I hope you are right and will put what effort I can towards the goal, I just am not as sure about the outcome as you are.

[–] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 29 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Looks terrible, grating voice, not very smart... Hmm, who does that remind me of?

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 days ago

especially with zohran being specifically noted as pretty attractive, smart enough to not trip over himself when speaking, and at least to my ear he sounds like he could be a radio host.

[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Republicans always whine about themselves.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Yeah, that was my first thought

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He's prepping up the fascist transition for the midterms, and it couldn't be any more obvious. If it isn't outright theft it's going to be voter suppression and voter manipulation on an entirely different scale. It's so ridiculous to think the US is a democracy anymore, at this point the whole country is a confidence game and a scam that's just mobilizing the capital of the people who they already have scammed against new targets.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They already stole the last one. They are absolutely stealing the next ones til they get caught. Ivankas voting machine patent in China was no coincidence imo

[–] VitabytesDev@feddit.nl 21 points 6 days ago

Trump says somebody else is not smart

[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

I feel like getting trump to write an angry tweet about you is as good an endorsement as Weird Al wanting to parody your song.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 6 days ago

Make the man afraid some more.

[–] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I don't think I've ever read anything so unhinged from a politician before.

[–] Trihilis@ani.social 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Imagine calling someone out for his looks in a professional setting. In most places that would get you fired or sued.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 days ago

but also the person you're calling ugly is obviously more handsome than you yourself are, so everyone just stands there staring dumbfounded at you

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[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Then you haven't seen his 20 minute meltdown post over what AOC said a few days ago.

[–] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Over her proposing to impeach to him? I didn't but I can imagine. Does he want to "deport" her as well?

[–] SoGrumpy@lemmy.ml 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Honestly, if I lived in NY, this post on it's own would make me vote for him.

Of course, I'd have to live in the US too, which I don't, thank some deity.

[–] AnalogousFortune@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

That same deity is responsible for me living there. So.. thanks will not be given here

[–] caboose2006@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

I'll often judge someone's character by who hates them. Zohran seems like a good guy

[–] Neuromorph@lemm.ee 12 points 6 days ago

has trump said anything about RKJ's voice being weird?

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 10 points 6 days ago

I mean... good? Why would we want a politician that's acceptable to him?

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

It’s like there was a creative writing exercise with a prompt to pack as much bullshit as possible into 5 sentences.

It’s constantly horrifying that our president communicates like this in public. Completely unreal.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If it pisses off trump this much, then it's a good thing.

[–] enthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

It's amazing his blood pressure isn't off the charts considering how angry he is all the time. Then again, maybe it is. One can only hope.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

I wish he was a communist. I hope I get to vote for a communist in my lifetime.

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Ha ha ha. This guys such a snowflake.

[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Communist Trump doing it again

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The black hole calling the snowman black

[–] AnalogousFortune@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Orange snowflake speaks loudly again

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