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[–] [email protected] 187 points 1 week ago (13 children)

This guy is toe-to-toe with Kamala in polls. How fucking insane.

[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

He has said the sickest shit I've ever heard from a presidential candidate, yet, the reporting is easy beyond belief with Trump and media tries to reframe any Harris positive with passive language until it sounds like a problem.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They (media) are probably afraid that if Harris is elected, the news will become mundane and boring, unlike Trump, and their readership (and thus revenue) will drop.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If only it were so simple. The problem is so multifaceted, that there are probably more than two handfuls of contributors to the problem.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I bet it all links back to a handful of people though...

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The media has been beat up for decades as too liberal. Now, simply reporting the truth will make the accusations of bias stick even harder in conservative minds.

Pretty fucking mess we're in, isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

They will make those accusation no matter what and they will stick just the same regardless. In fact, giving conservative politicians an easier go just makes it more likely for regular people to get caught up in the bullshit. Media that uses kid gloves for extreme right politicians actually does it because they are also on the right.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

Vanessa Guillen’s sister still voted for Trump. That’s how insane they are

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Nobody who is undecided or voting for Trump reads the Atlantic. It's like screaming into the void.

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Remember "grab 'em by the pussy"? The crazy shit he says didn't make any difference then either. Remember to vote.

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Add it to the pile of shit that should've ended his campaign in any reasonable timeline.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I don't fucking get it. I seriously fail to see how past events have lead us to be so complacent. I just want an answer but I know we won't ever get a good one. A single scandal used to have the power to make an official resign, how the hell have we gotten here?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

He will make rich people richer.

Those people control every aspect of what a large portion of the population see and hear from the moment they wake up to the moment they go to sleep.

Never in human history has a power that immense being controlled by the greediest and most corrupt group of our population.

It is inevitable that someone like him will be in control sooner (maybe in a couple weeks) or later. We're at the bottom of the mountain watching a few boulders come down as the rest of the avalanche is roaring down the mountain.

Even if he loses (unlikely) they won't stop because stopping isn't an option.

Greed and Corruption. That's all it is. There's no other reason necessary.

I hope that helps you understand what's going on a bit better. You won't like it, no rational person does, but it's the facts.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Absolutely unfit for office, but still eligible for trial.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Only if he loses. Let's make that happen.

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 week ago (3 children)
  • Brutally Murdered American-Born Citizen and Servicemember Vanessa Guillen
[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I appreciate you bringing this up, but it still boggles my mind that we make any differentiation at all of someone's worth based on where they are born.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's just fun to throw back in their faces that they hate americans.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

They're not real Americans.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Trump has talked about strong genes being the reason why some non Americans shouldn't be allowed to enter...

If Trump takes any more shit out of Hitlers pkaybook, I guess he's going to invade Norway to get heavy water plants for atom bomb production

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Didn't he try to buy Greenland or some shit when he was president? That's probably where we should look first.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That photo makes him look like a serial killer wearing someone else’s face as a mask.

I don’t usually comment on people’s looks, but this man is rotten on the inside and on the outside.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

I come at it from a Roald Dahl perspective. If someone mainly thinks ugly thoughts, they will seem ugly no matter what they're like, and vice-versa.

Look at Lincoln, imagine he was a long lost twin who sold candy or whatever and suddenly you notice he's actually an ugly dude from central casting. He makes .Willem Dafoe look normal... But the man is widely regarded handsome.

Look at Ben Shapiro, whose conventional good looks do nothing to hide the malignant dogshit apt to emanate from him at any moment. You can tell by looking at him he's about to talk shit.

It's plain that we shouldn't value people on their looks, but if you really see someone, their worth shines through.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 week ago (26 children)

Remember though…. Both sides are apparently the same according to some people.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago

I've done more for the Mexicans than any other president. The Mexicans love me. When I see a Mexican I grab them by the enchiladas and they let me.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

His defenders will ask, "Well... That does seem excessive, doesn't it?" The racism will be missed or ignored, the service status will be ignored, they'll try to approach it logically. They seriously won't see those two items. They will latch on to what they can argue. "I'm just asking!"

See how easy that was? Next one please.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Do funerals really cost 60k? Or what made this one so expensive? I'm not trying to defend Trump here because he's a racist POS but that number is terrifying to me.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It was something like $9k to have my grandfather cremated and a small service for him. The funeral industry is even worse than the wedding industry at taking advantage of your time of emotional turmoil, and because even legally you're kinda limited at what you can do with the body and you're on a time crunch, shopping around isn't exactly easy.

Given that servicemember funerals can be quite elaborate, and I'm sure that number also likely includes a number of other things like death benefits paid to the families, I can totally believe that cost.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They really can. And you should know your rights. The death industry is slimy AF, about on par with timeshares. My late mother-in-law was Lisa Carlson, a pioneer of funeral rights and ethics. If you are going to be dealing with someone's death or planning to die (and you should be prepared), it's important stuff. You don't want to get suckered when you are so emotionally vulnerable, on which the death industry preys. There are a lot of options which the death industry tries very hard to keep hidden from you and lobbies to remove.

https://books.google.com/books/about/Final_Rights.html?id=-qxJEAAAQBAJ

Also: this is the offshoot of Carlson's funeral ethics organization https://funerals.org/

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

The murder made national headlines and there was a public memorial service. Most of us don’t have either of those

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (4 children)

How much does it cost to bury an avaricious, racist, mendacious sociopath? Feels like there is a gag in here somewhere.

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