@chriswithans He's doing this to wait and see if the VRA is overturned to push for even more seats.
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Augustus
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Sigh. Republicans always coming to the rescue of Democrats. He's giving Abigail Spanberger one last chance to save face. Democrats could vote down the Lucasmander and say they did it to prevent Florida from redistricting (what I call "fairdistricting"). Abigail could say she wanted this to happen specifically because she didn't DeSantis to respond. She'll say Louise Lucasmanderer made her do it. But she's the governor now.
Republicans constantly giving Democrats second chances.
Sigh.
OSZ@OpenSourceZone
Ron DeSantis reschedules special session that includes Redistricting from April 28 to May 1.
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@IanJaeger29 The US doesn't belong in NATO - but how about we restore peace and integrity to Ukraine, before we cut Europe lose. Do you really believe that Europe can handle Ukraine on its own?
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Europe has reportedly drawn up plans for a new NATO without the United States, per Daily Mail.
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@isaacrrr7 blacks across the planet get free reign to murder White people, but no there is no such thing as the great replacement.
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🚨🇫🇷 ATERRADOR:
Un tribunal francés dictamina que Ousmane Diallo, un migrante senegalés de 67 años, no puede ser considerado penalmente responsable del asesinato de Théo, de 18 años.
Ousmane se puso furioso en una tienda de teléfonos móviles después de que le dijeran que tendría que pagar € 93 por las llamadas realizadas a Senegal.
Apuñaló a Théo en el pecho durante uno de sus primeros días de trabajo.
El tribunal dictaminó que Ousmane padece una enfermedad mental y será enviado a un hospital psiquiátrico hasta que se recupere.
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@Polycentrals @OpenSourceZone Idk, yall have been crowing all these other special elections about it so I guess this means red tsunami in November right
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@OpenSourceZone Very few people voted, doesn’t really mean anything for the midterms
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West Miami City Commissioner Board Seat 1 (Trump +31)
(99% Reporting)
🔴 Gus Ceballos: 74.6%
🔵 George Lavin: 25.4%
🔴 18 point overperformance for Republicans
oszpolls.com/elections/race…
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@BotRhetoricist @shirobruin @volkdeer It shouldn't be.
But then again, as of 2024, corporal punishment is still legal in 17 states and practiced in 14...
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I got suspended for drawing soldiers and knights in third grade, PTA meeting, held in a separate room for a day, whole nine yards. I didn't draw again until my last year of middle school out of fear of arbitrary unknown rules I could break unconsciously, and be told I was evil
Milan Busk@KarolusWangus
This meme explains like 75% of right wing politics btw.
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@TammyTea76 @clashreport don't live in california for starters lmao
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@clashreport Is Trump ever going to do anything to help actual Americans....he ran on fixing the economy and gas prices...pic taken 4/14/26
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The Trump administration has eased financial sanctions on Venezuela to help stabilize its struggling economy and address protests over low wages.
The change allows major state banks, including the Banco Central de Venezuela, to use U.S. dollars, access oil revenues, and reconnect with the global financial system.
Source: Axios
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@kreid533 @amuse @EthanLevins2 omg its still there stopped, at anchor, in the blockade section, ALMOST LIKE IT WAS STOPPED RETARD
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@amuse @EthanLevins2 Where do you think it was coming from? China would absolutely spank Trump if he dared even looked at their tankers.
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A Chinese Vessel passed the Strait of Hormuz today.
This specific ship is sanctioned by the U.S. government.
Trump’s navy didn’t even try to stop it.
It’s clear who controls the Strait 🇮🇷
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Most couples are already functionally behaving as divorced couples. Splitting all household duties, splitting time with the children, etc. Barely any sex. Couples aren’t doing ANYTHING as if they’re actually married. It’s really not a Scooby Doo mystery why couples divorce.
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@romanhelmetguy @PeterSchiff Sanctioned ships just sailed through Strait of Hormuz
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Trump using the U.S. Navy to blockade the Strait of Hormuz could easily be considered an act of war by other nations impacted by the action. What right does the U.S. have to use military force to prevent China from buying oil? However, China’s right to retaliate would seem clear.
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@GrimnirsThegn My third grade teacher was a woman named Ms. Wham. Fuck you Ms. Wham.
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In 3rd grade I wanted to read Three Musketeers because it was worth an entire semester of “reading points” and I didn’t want to have to keep picking books off their dumb list of “approved books”. I wanted to read Redwall instead.
My teacher put up a huge fuss about how I was going to waste a bunch of time “reading” then fail the comprehension quiz because a 3rd grader could never understand a book that advanced.
I got 100% on the quiz so of course she raised my semester threshold of “reading points” to keep me picking books off the list.
memetic_sisyphus@memeticsisyphus
It’s true, every halfway intelligent right winger I know irl had a massive conflict with at least one elementary teacher over things like: reading ahead, reading too difficult books, not showing enough work, etc etc. it’s the first time we experience the uncaring tyranny of state bureaucracy and it sucks.
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@NwrdScissrhands @memeticsisyphus I would always get yelled at for finishing the work in class early and starting on the homework. Was told to “just sit quietly! Homework is for at home.”
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@memeticsisyphus "Stop reading ahead", "stop doing homework in class"
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It’s true, every halfway intelligent right winger I know irl had a massive conflict with at least one elementary teacher over things like: reading ahead, reading too difficult books, not showing enough work, etc etc. it’s the first time we experience the uncaring tyranny of state bureaucracy and it sucks.
Milan Busk@KarolusWangus
This meme explains like 75% of right wing politics btw.
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"Gun to your head, name one thing Stalin did wrong"
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@MasonFlakeAlpha @prestonstew_ hes building a layered island defense chain right now and has cut off over 60% of Chinas fuel, where they now must compete for oil at market rate. He's doing way more to china, than China could ever dream of doing. China won't do shit.
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@Augustus1772 @prestonstew_ They depend heavily on Oil from that strait. They are not Iran. No they do not have a Blue Water Navy, but for Destroyers, Land, and Air Power they would be a near peer.
The real question is what is Trump going to do about China?
I predict, nothing. He punches down.
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"Trump is turning Iran’s strategy to leverage the strait completely on its head. He has also utterly embarrassed his critics, who were praising Iran’s brilliance in leveraging control of the strait to deliver Trump a strategic defeat."
In a new piece, @marcthiessen walks through how the US blockade could bring about an end to the war with Iran.
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@prestonstew_ China might be involved and have a say, I would imagine.
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@spacewench1 @Sassafrass_84 The time bomb is from your fucking boomer gibs
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@Sassafrass_84 1. Pay down national debt
2. SS
I don’t want to leave my children/grandchildren with this time bomb
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Why does their morale need to be raised?
Trump has said over 25 times that we won the war!
Pentagon: A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber flies by a US Carrier in the Persian Gulf to raise troop morale during intense conflict.
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@EuropeanPan Also the notion that everything needs to be done „in the interests of the economy“ is slowly getting on my nerves.
Is that all? Is there nothing else to humanity than „production and consumption of goods and services“?
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The sheer desperation of this.
Get your Great Replacement propaganda the hell out of here!
The Economist@TheEconomist
Friedrich Merz has suggested that 80% of the Syrians in Germany should return home within three years. That is not remotely plausible and would not be in the interest of an ageing country with acute labour shortages economist.com/europe/2026/04…
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@lanedeankendall If soros is celebrating then it’s bad for Hungary
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This seems like the general reaction from Right wing pundits, but I’d genuinely like to know their beef with the new Hungarian leadership.
Yes it’s more pro-Europe and less friendly toward Russia, but it’s still quite nationalist at its core.
If anything Peter Magyar seems to be more hardline on immigration than Orban, especially on things like foreign workers. He is by no means what I would call Left wing.
Of course there could always be some Trojan horse tactics, I think a lot of the reaction is a bit misinformed.
Michael Knowles@michaeljknowles
Dreadful news for Hungary and the West
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What if the plan is that there is no plan, and we operate completely on vibes, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day?
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