Ad Hominem Attacks

@IncessantUpdate @SenTomCotton Buy up the small retailers that are struggling under heavy regulations (they are), then push for descheduling after they've bought up the market

@MattPacAfee @SenTomCotton so how does your original post make sense?

Marijuana today is much more potent than just ten or twenty years ago, leading to increased psychosis, anti-social behavior, and fatal car crashes. Arkansans don’t want more dangerous drugs obtained more easily. A change to marijuana’s drug classification is a step in the wrong direction.

@IncessantUpdate @SenTomCotton They definitely would

@MattPacAfee @SenTomCotton Big Tobacco would probably love to get into the hemp business.

@DavidErnestkag @SenTomCotton Cant become addicted to cannabis, dumbass. You're just a freedom hating authoritarian that thinks they should be able to decide what other people should do. Move to China if thats what you want

@MattPacAfee @SenTomCotton Sounds like you’re addicted to marijuana. Go to rehab. Tobacco makes people efficient and cannabis makes them lazy with high estrogen.

@allenanalysis Good! Fuck your selfish, anti-democratic power grab. ALL GERRYMANDERING SHOULD BE ILLEGAL

Let me explain what just happened in Virginia. Yesterday, 2.5 million Virginians voted. They passed a redistricting amendment 50.7% to 49.3%. Today, one judge threw out every single vote. 🧵

@SenSchumer Fuck you. SPLC is a far left extremist group

The Trump administration is waging a vindictive campaign against the organizations that safeguard our democracy.   Weaponizing the DOJ to indict long-standing watchdogs is a message: if you defend voting rights, fight white supremacy, or protect civil rights, you’re next.   This is an assault on the institutions that make freedom real for everyone. They will not succeed.

@danielisdizzy Their belief is just as naive as the left's belief in a communist utopia

Kevin Warsh, the new Fed Chair, just made it clear why rates are going lower: “AI is going to make almost everything cost less. We’re at the front end of a productivity boom. Economic growth won’t be inflationary—we’re in the early innings of a structural decline in prices.” Elon Musk, Sam Altman, even Stanley Druckenmiller all expect AI to be strongly deflationary. The next few years are going to be insane.

@peruvian_bull Fiat is the biggest scam of all time

Just got off a zoom call catching up with a friend of mine from the Boy Scouts who is now a bank manager. Told him that inflation has to be constant because loans create new money with interest and that interest has to be paid off somehow. explained that even the bank of england has written papers describing exactly this process. they all admit this openly. He was literally stunned and almost fell out of his chair. "You mean money is lent into existence? every time a customer draws a line of credit they just print it? and the money supply is constantly increasing?!" this is a guy who is a math major and works at a major bank. even the people running the system don't know how it works.

@NBCNews So what? Government employees are NOT entitled to government jobs once they have them. They are NOT entitled to lifetime.job security just because they work for the federal government

Thirteen federal workers who were laid off during the DOGE cuts tell NBC News they struggled to find work, had to move or took major pay cuts after their agencies were gutted. nbcnews.com/politics/doge/…

@JimDMiller It's just AI driven feudalism. They want us begging "for summore, please sir"

UBI is the worst response to robotics and AI, except for all the others. It may make us idle, dependent, and at the mercy of those in power, who may decide they no longer need us. But mass poverty and hunger in a democracy are politically intolerable.

@Cernovich 10% of what it is worth now

How much is money going to be worth in 10 years.

@grahamformaine If your answer isn't to stop Fed money printing and govt deficit spending, the you are a pointless, redundant idiot

America has ten times the billionaires today than we had in 1990. In rural Maine we have fewer schools, fewer hospitals, fewer young people who can ever hope to buy a home. Money has been sucked upward, out of our towns and into the pockets of the billionaire class.

@drydenwtbrown Idk, but AI driven feudalism isn't the answer

“UBI will be so bad for society” Ok what’s your alternative if AI takes the jobs?

@GovPressOffice Those who attack those calling out fraud are the ones doing the fraud. Fucking asshat douchebag

@GMBCSuperfan Lmao @ Pirate fans looking for something to bitch about. STFU

Is This Pirates’ Former #1 Pick a Bust? I’m sorry to do this, guys and gals. But amidst the good feels of a strong start to the year, and an emphatic win last night against the Rays, I arrive this morning with a steaming pile of uncertainty. We need to talk about Termarr Johnson. I continue to hear Johnson’s name mentioned as one of the talents still moving through our system, as if he is imminently going to turn it on and make an argument for promotion. And yet, that just ain’t happening. Like, at all. Through 17 games and 68 plate appearances, he has a .148/.348/.185 stat line, good for a .509 OPS. He is still walking a ton with 14 on the year, but the K % is way up there as well. Baseball America had him listed as the Pirates’ 7th best prospect entering this season. But his struggles in the first taste of AAA (while 11th ranked teammate Esmerlyn Valdez shines) begs the question: Is it time to stop expecting Johnson to turn a corner? Bait and Switch When he was taken 4th overall in the 2022 draft, he was called the best pure hitter available. He was described as a Tony Gwynn-type: a high average spark plug with decent power who would slide into the #2 spot in the order. But what showed up in the Pirates system was a player with a completely different hitting profile. A highly-patient hitter, he racked up prodigious walk totals (101 across multiple levels in 2023) but also high strikeout totals (120 that same year). He also hit 18 home runs in 2023, suggesting a three outcome hitter profile when we thought we were getting a hit machine. His .246 career batting average in 1,600+ minor league seasons suggests this is no adjustment period: “he is who he is.” New Batting Stance Much of the talk this past offseason was about Johnson’s new approach at the plate. According to BA: “Johnson has exploitable holes on the outer third, where he struggles to do much damage, and the Pirates worked with him to slowly move his stance closer to the plate.” Those adjustments last August supposedly helped him hit .326 over his final 36 games. That served as the first indication that the hit tool might still be in there after all. It was reason for a healthy amount of optimism. Three Theories So what is happening with Johnson in 2026? There are a couple things we might point to in trying to explain his weak start. The first is that the league adjusted to those changes. Johnson moved closer to the plate to make sure he wasn’t giving up the outside of the plate, so now pitchers have made adjustments to jam him inside. The constant cat-and-mouse for hitters means needing to “adjust to the adjustments.” A second indicator is his .211 BABIP thus far this season. League-average BABIP typically sits around .290–.300, even in the minors, so a mark this low points to a mix of poor luck (hard contact finding gloves) and weak contact quality. Getting jammed consistently on pitches inside would lead to this sort of outcome. Finally, the classic excuse that Johnson is “pressing” certainly shows up if you watch any video on him. A pull-side power guy, he appears to over-swing at times, which feels like the last vestiges of former Pirates’ hitting coach Andy Haines’ damage zones philosophy. Sitting on his ideal pitch, Johnson is trying to lift his entire profile with one amazing swing. He’s Not Alone Outside of Valdez, it’s been really slow going for many of the Pirates’ prospects at AAA. The Early Shift prospect darlings Jhostynxon Garcia (.361 OPS), Rafael Flores (.566 OPS) and Endy Rodriguez (.611 OPS) have all gotten off to rough starts. There’s so much pressing in Indianapolis, they should start making orange juice. I named Johnson as one of the 2026 breakout performances to watch, so I might have some egg on my face to wash down with that OJ. Only time will tell, but we might want to prepare ourselves that Johnson won’t magically figure it out. As depressing as that is accept. So, ummm… Brandon Lowe extension, anyone?

@Laurie0801 Because the math is obvious to anyone who can do math.

Why are Americans so against universal healthcare?

@greendragonhq @HooptieD It's clear clear that you just want to weaponize taxation. Fuck you

@HooptieD 100% income tax for this guy.

Reasonable income tax brackets: $0-$50,000 : 0% $50,001-$100,000 : 5% $100,001-$200,000 : 10% $200,001-$500,000 : 20% $500,001-$1,000,000 : 30% $1,000,001-$5,000,000 : 50% $5,000,001-$10,000,000: 75% $10,000,000+ : 93%

@greendragonhq You're a fucking retard

@TroyJackson207 You're a retard and a thief

When you talk about taxing the rich, they always insist they’ll take their wealth out of town. Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax on empty luxury homes flips this narrative on its head. When I’m governor, we’re passing the very same policy in Maine. The billionaires’ free ride is over.

@SydneyLWatson Paying $9 for a small coffee is stupid and wasteful. Might as well just burn the money

Texan boyfriend is losing his mind because I bought a $9 coffee. Apparently it is tiny. And he has been ranting about how insane it is for the past 5 minutes. 😭😂 He told me I had to show you all "comparison photos" so you can see how stupid this is. Is this a regular male experience? To go mad about the price of small things? 😂😂😂