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[–] [email protected] 116 points 9 months ago (5 children)

massive tax cuts to the rich, kids in cages, shit health care

think about which administration do you want running the country

same-picture

good god the self-own. like at least list a thing that the biden admin reversed after taking office jesus christ

[–] [email protected] 53 points 9 months ago (2 children)

who-did-this We're all just wondering who put up the cages in the first place. obama-medal

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 9 months ago

Ok let's apply that to Biden's administration.

It acted like COVID magically went away or became the flu, ended COVID relief programs, fought rail unions tooth and nail on a new contract that included improved safety regulations all while the blatant disregard for rail safety was on full display, stood by as the Supreme Court struck down Roe v Wade and made decisions that greatly affected the right of POC and the LGBTQA community, whole heartedly feed an entire country (Ukraine) to the meat grinder to weaken Russia unsuccessfully, and is currently covering Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestenians by regurgitating Israeli propaganda and providing military and material support.

Wow I really want these people to stick arounddean-smile

[–] [email protected] 82 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (12 children)

This should be all of our response to any comment such as this going forward. Make them squirm.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 9 months ago

Brave comrades in the posting trenches

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do you did Trump did anything during his presidency?

Most literate liberal

[–] [email protected] 64 points 9 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 52 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I went far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Where did you did you back to?

back-to-me-shining

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (69 children)

Please let that sink in

Oh shut the fuck up

They're both going to put kids in cages and gut healthcare, who do you think you're kidding?

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Corrupt politicians are ordered by their major bribers who is in the ADMINISTRATION.

Citigroup chose Obama’s 2008 cabinet, WikiLeaks document reveals

Trump was also told by his major bribers who to hire. For instance Renaissance Technologies who paid Trump $16 million, and John Bolton $3 million.

They also paid Hillary $16 million and remember that whole Pied Piper thingy with the cordinating with the media and the DNC propping Trump up making him "viable" yea

Let that sink in.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Citigroup picking Obama's cabinet, the inaugural parties and fundraising, and giving Wall Street their bonuses after saving them in 2008/2009 is my originaljokerfication moment

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I fucking hate the turn of phrase "let that sink in"

[–] [email protected] 79 points 9 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 35 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Well, hello there sexy curves

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago (2 children)

These trite phrases used all the time in news and comments sections are going to kill my soul eventually

[–] [email protected] 45 points 9 months ago (1 children)

this, so much this

you win the internet today, good sir

[–] [email protected] 41 points 9 months ago (3 children)

faith in humanity = restored

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Oh is THAT the lines libs are going to use? That actually you aren't voting for president, you're voting for the president's cabinet? That's a ridiculous line to take but okay. I guess they haven't tried that one yet so let's see how it goes for them. Badly I would presume

[–] [email protected] 63 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Does blue Maga realize they're literally indistinguishable from red Maga.

That was literally the Maga argument for Trump in 2016 "he's not a politician but he knows how to hire the best people so he'll just have a great set of advisors and cabinet members that will do everything"

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Trevor noah was so fucking unfunny, dear God how did he manage to become host is beyond me

[–] [email protected] 52 points 9 months ago (3 children)

A few years ago a lib coworker showed me a clip on YouTube.

Every "joke" felt like it was written by a committee of libs, trying to make the most inoffensive material possible while pandering to DNC libs.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 8 months ago (9 children)

What's up with liberals knee jerk urge to avoid absorbing contradictory/ conflicting information? Instead of taking the second to see why people are saying xyz (in this case,Biden is old, genocide is bad, demand better from politicians) they double down on being proudly ignorant. They're so eager to be exploited

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 9 months ago

Jon's take assumes that this decision comes down to two men

I thought they were about to tell people to vote third party and wondered why this was in the dunk tank

sicko-wistful

[–] [email protected] 50 points 9 months ago

denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance

[–] [email protected] 50 points 9 months ago

American electoralism has come down to this. Each state has an independent election to elect formal electors, each of which casts a vote for president, a man who will be controlled and held up as a figure head by his own administration, and our chances at democratic influence lie in somehow signaling through 3 layers of indirection to influence the decisions of the unelected administration officials. Right.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Trevor Noah cultivated an audience? I assumed everyone stopped watching The Daily Show long ago.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Plenty of people watched Trevor uncritically support lib shit, it's exactly what they needed when Biden was opposing the Drumpf

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 8 months ago

America, you are not picking a president but an ADMINISTRATION..."

me checking the names of the Trump appointees that are still in place after Biden took office almost four years ago

[–] [email protected] 45 points 9 months ago (5 children)

God it would be so fucking funny if Stewart became one of the people to blame for a Trump W

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Tired of people trying to shame me into voting for their flavor of fascism over the other guys. I'm closer to having an adventure rather than voting for Biden or Trump.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Stewart and Nate Silver have both been very effective at selling the lib "strategy" to the masses for awhile. Stewart obviously had a bigger impact but Silver was pretty important for convincing the more online to vote for liberals and they've turned on both of them this week lmao

The liberals are absolutely in shambles right now, these are some foundational people for the appeal of the ideology they're denouncing. All for fucking Biden lmfao. This is crazy, and it's going to get even weirder

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 8 months ago (1 children)

[Trump's] administration did help pass massive tax cuts to the rich, put children in cages, try to gut healthcare.

Pretty sure Biden's did these things as well.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Gonna be Dennis leary for s minute but holy fuck politcal discourse has gotten absolutely pathetic from the dems. Just cringing and gutless in all regards and the only time they show any fire is when they act like a shushing librarian to anyone who has any vocal opposition to this shameful submission.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What is the issue exactly? That he mistook Mexico for Egypt?
Yes he’s old, we all know that.

Reddit: they're trying their best.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Also these dipshits love fact checking but miss that he didn't confuse countries exactly, he confused world leaders. One of whom has been in office since he was VP.

Oh and love them dismissing racism offhandedly

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