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Raging LibTarg

Political junkie. Hater of injustice. Fighter for democracy. Veteran of the Dark Brandon 3rd Keyboard Regiment.

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  • GOP senators rattled by radical conservative populism

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  • Perhaps. I mean, I was naïve enough to thing there was no possible way the Orange One could win in 2016, so I suppose I could see having a blind spot for this monster they've crated. Still, you'd almost have to be going out of your way as an actual politician to not see the results of all their "games".

  • GOP senators rattled by radical conservative populism

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  • Republican senators say they are alarmed at how many Republicans, including those with higher levels of education and income, buy the unsubstantiated claims that the last presidential election was stolen.

    A second Republican senator who spoke with The Hill said the growing strength of radical populism “makes it a lot more difficult to govern, it makes it difficult to talk to constituents.”

    “There are people who surprise me — I’m surprised they have those views. It’s amazing to me the number of people, the kind of people who think the election was stolen,” the lawmaker said. “I don’t want to use this word but it’s not just a ‘red-neck’ thing. It’s people in business, the president of a bank, a doctor.”

    How far up your ass does your head have to be to not see that your party is practically driven by conspiracy theories and falsehoods after the last decade??

  • Bank of America Fined $150 Million Over ‘Junk Fees’ and Fake Accounts

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  • Following in the footsteps of Wells Fargo, are we BoA? Glad I quit them way back when.

  • MyPillow is auctioning off equipment after losing retailers

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  • The schadenfreude from election deniers suffering the consequences of their own actions sustains me. 😌

  • Nearly a quarter of Republicans say classified docs charges make them more likely to support Trump: poll

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  • Oppositional Defiance Disorder

    Oooo I love learning a term that perfectly describes something I previously couldn’t!!

    ETA: Oh my.

    Oppositional defiant disorder (Also called: ODD).A disorder in a child marked by defiant and disobedient behavior to authority figures.

    Bruh, “in a child”? These are full grown adults!

    Some children with ODD outgrow the condition by age eight or nine. But about half of them continue to experience symptoms of ODD through adulthood. People with ODD report feeling angry all of the time, and about 40 percent of them become progressively worse and develop antisocial personality disorder.

    Wow. WOW. So many things in the world just made so much more sense to me in the last 5 minutes. Holy shit.

  • The Leader of the JFK-QAnon Cult Is Dead. His Followers Think It’s All Part of the Plan.

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  • I mean, hell, we can forget the “c-word” and we still have this huge issue with foreign (and even domestic!) bad actors stirring shit up with disinformation campaigns in our society. When will our government acknowledge it and actually fucking DO something??

  • The Leader of the JFK-QAnon Cult Is Dead. His Followers Think It’s All Part of the Plan.

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  • “She is missing birthdays and holidays for this. She truly believes this is all real and we are the crazy ones for trying to get her to come home. But she won’t, I don’t believe she will ever come back from this. We are in mourning.”

    We truly have a sickness in our society. Sure would be nice if certain politicians - who are quick to blame mental health issues for our societies woes - could focus on things like the Qanon Qult tearing apart families rather than, oh, you know, the gays.

  • Attorney disciplinary committee recommends Rudy Giuliani be disbarred for 2020 election legal work | CNN Politics

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  • Hard to imagine losing a professional license for someone who dropped you like a sack of potatoes after throwing caution and profession to the wind to go to bat for them.

    This, folks, is the result of actual Trump Derangement Syndrome. 🤷🏽‍♂️

  • OceanGate suspends its commercial and exploration operations after Titan implosion

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  • "Once they can be convinced again that the activities are safe, then they will go back," he said. "The human nature is to think, 'Well, this will happen to other people. This won't happen to me. I will be more careful.'"

    There is never a shortage of hubris, in other words. 🤦🏽‍♂️

  • OceanGate suspends its commercial and exploration operations after Titan implosion

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  • Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene removed from US House Freedom Caucus

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  • I like to think of it this way; I believe in universal suffrage, but I sure wish some wouldn’t exercise it (at least, not the way they do…).

  • Rule

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  • God, I love it here.

  • Reddit braces for life after API changes

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  • Every once in a while I catch that off-brand Fruity Pebbles (Fruity Dino-Bites!) with marshmallows in it. Just blend that shit up and shoot it directly into my fucking veins please.

  • Ten rules

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  • I want everyone to know that this post right here is what solidified my decision; kbin is my new home!

  • Texas pastor pleads guilty to possession of child sex abuse images

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  • Is there an equivalent Magazine for r/NotADragQueen on kbin?

  • Politics @kbin.social
    acronymesis @kbin.social

    The Supreme Court Doesn’t Care That the Gay Wedding Website Case Is Based on Fiction

    newrepublic.com /article/174048/supreme-court-doesnt-care-gay-wedding-website-case-based-fiction

  • People in /r/redditalternatives are talking about a "Reddit 2.0" What website would fill that role?

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  • You can craft features which promote a behavior or inhibit it.

    To add to your point, let's not forget that a certain social media site used their algorithm to boost content that angers people because it also boosts engagement. It shouldn't be controversial to want a social media that, like, doesn't exploit negative behaviors to generate more dollars, and I think your working towards something that specifically doesn't do that is admirable.

    This argument that a social media platform not doing evil things also exclusively means it cannot attract an audience in some other way is a false dichotomy.

  • Are lots of websites really going downhill and/or closing or does it just seem like it to me?

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  • You're telling me I can just block Meta/Facebook altogether here in the Fediverse?

    I think I'm going to like it here. :)