Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

@Penguin Dragneel
A lot a right-wing/anti-sjw thumbnails reek of “Graphic design is my passion” energy.

@The Smiling Pony
And the really crazy thing, as Emory professor Daniel McCarthy explains, is that if Twitter is underestimating its bot problem, that should increase its valuation, not the other way around.

Twitter’s revenue is a matter of public record. No one’s questioning it. But if the site has more bots than advertised, then that revenue is coming from a smaller number of actual users, which means a) more revenue per user, and b) more room for growth.

So Trump was reported to have called a Jan 6th Witness himself…

That sounds pretty law breaking or some kind of violation at least if you ask me…

(Lol, I feel like I’m always the one to come across a thread on break first.)

So…

Trump and Elon are beefing with each other now.

Trump is pissed that Elon said he would bring back his account once Elon bought Twitter, only for Elon to back off, and for also saying that Trump should retire from politics.

Trump fired back by saying that Elon had actually voted for him for presidency on both elections and is still a Republican vote

and then he posted this on his Twtter knock-off

Honestly can’t wait to see the MAGA bros starting a civil war over their daddies fighting.

@Background Pony #1F81
I’d love it if MAGA pulled a WoW and destroyed itself.

@Background Pony #1F81
I wonder if Elon is going to suddenly start becoming more amenable to liberal/left wing politics. The chances are the same as winning the lottery while riding a tamed zebra but he’s a least hurt FEeWiNgs kind of political personality and this is the dumbest timline, so it’s not impossible,

Considering how he behaved and the way his runs Tesla? No way we’d accept him.

Yes, this is from Uvalde:

Nothing says “Protect and Serve” like wasting time on your phone during a shooting.

We’ve all gotten Teachers on our butts for puling them out in class but this shit is next level OOF.

Basically, if this was some random dude then it would still be stupid of them but at least we wouldn’t expect them to be actively doing shit in this situation other than get out unlike this guy who’s an actual Cop with a job to be 100% focused on situations like this.

It just gets worse and worse with every new bit of information. And I get checking your phone in a lot of stressful slow situations, like the calm before fighting in war. Yeah. I bet some soldiers do. If they’re allowed phones. I don’t know if they are.

This one just looks bad considering, you know. The shooter is just walking around shooting people as they do that.

@CaptainXtra
I noticed that his phone screen seems o be the “Thin Blue Line” version of the Punisher logo

Again, not really a good sign.

A new rule for Florida medicaid now bans hormones, gender affirming surgery, and any procedures altering primary or secondary sex characteristics for Medicaid INCLUDING ADULTS.

it’s just absolutely ridiculous. If transitioning is care and the adults diagnosed need that care why would medicaid not cover that?

I mean, not a single thing he said there is wrong.

I also mean, fuck Trump hey “Let’s Go Brandon” pussies, that’s how you use big boy words, but this is one of those two times the broken clock is right.

Yeah, no. It’s not a coincidence that right before news dropped that he molested an employee (and had kids with another) he came out and admitted he was a Republican all along.

He knows which side those acts earns him brownie points in.

Another video shows a cop casually using that hand sanitizer dispenser to clean his hands.

I mean, it’s all of 5 seconds, but those are 5 seconds where children are dying and your cowardly ass is more worried about personal hygiene.

Is it no wonder why we still haven’t gotten any police footage yet? All the info we’ve gotten is from parents and other secondhand accounts, and the only footage is from the school?

Various hormonal medication has medicinal benefits beyond making a guy a girl or vice versa and have been prescribed for those uses. This kind of no tolerance transphobia just means even cisgendered are getting in the crossfire of this blind bigotry.

But of course the cruelty is the point.

@Dustcan
To piggyback off that.

Female Zambian soccer player Barbra Banda is not allowed to play Women’s Africa Cup of Nations because she failed the gender eligibility test

No she is not trans. But she’s not allowed to play despite being a soccer player for about 5 years. Because this test has more or less determined she’s not a woman or enough of a woman.

Something something unfair genetic advantages. Something something but we wont talk about Michael Phelps or Lance Armstrong. Something something. It’s okay there for SOME reason. We all know the drill here.

it seems like it is specifically to keep oestrogen and testosterone out of the hands of trans people. it specifically carves out hormones for gender dysphoria. This is targeted.

Only realising this now?

I dont believe that man has been to medical school ever read a punisher comic.

the medicaid stuff? yea? is this old news?

it just became official on July 8th. it’s not THAT old, and sometimes I’m just out of the loop

By the letter of the law. But as with other things happening in Florida professionals have been erring on the side of caution more than not.

So the letter of the law is just transphobic, while the knock-on effect will likely extend further.

@Dustcan
This has honestly just been one big embarrassment for police departments in general. And rather than actually try to improve, they’re instead doubling down on being horrible human beings.

What a bunch of pigs.

@Background Pony #33F4
Good! We don’t need no Chinese yuan or renminbi!

@Background Pony #33F4
Damn I didn’t think left leaning Hollywood had it in them. According to the article they’re going to cut off western entertainment in 2025 anyway.

@Penguin Dragneel
The one organization with a strong union is the one that shouldn’t have one, sadly.

@lonewolf
Dictators are bad for business. No matter how hard you pander to the Chinese market, there’s always a chance that Pooh Bear will get a stick up his ass and cut you off. At some point, it stops being worth the trouble.

ah I see what you’re getting at now. I’m not 100% sure i agree because bills like the parental rights in education bill was deliberately vague, this However is hyper specific on who is not to receive treatment. I could be wrong though who knows.