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Trump 2 was given the easiest layup in history. Inflation was already trending lower, take photo ops deporting a few migrant criminals, take credit for a boom in manufacturing from Biden's CHIPs and infra bills, still get all the bribes, and be popular. What an epic faceplant.

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Alex Pretti reads some final words for a veteran he cared for at a VA hospital. Video courtesy of the veteran's son.

By far the clearest of the videos and by far the most jarring.

Robinhood has sent me a solid gold credit card, containing 15 grams of pure gold, valued at over $2,000. Although it weighs 36 grams in full, it isn't actually made from gold. It is made *out of* gold, yes. But it is made from blood. The blood of a million young men, lured in by their frenzied desires to amass wealth, kept in play by playful invitations to purchase call options and dead meme coins, backed by relentlessly encouraging push notifications the moment their value moves by a mere percentage point. The blood isn't a metaphor, because if you do the math for how many suicides due to financial distress and gambling are required to subsidize the elegant corporate machinery that has produced several thousand free credit cards made of solid gold, it turns out that each cardholder can attribute more weight in blood than weight in gold to the creation of their card. Claude checked my math. The full picture is colored much more vividly, though. Amidst the subsidization is the revolutionary abolition of fees to purchase stocks, interfaces so simple that anyone of any background can save for their future, and margin lending rates only slightly higher than a billionaire would receive. Robinhood is an amazing company, it's true. They have 11 distinct business lines each generating $100M or more in annualized revenue. These lines include options trading, crypto trading, margin interest, and now even prediction markets. Their art business isn't listed yet, but I'm a patron nonetheless. I consider the card a morose yet genuine work of art. I deeply value it. Art, that is. I spent twenty minutes taking this photo. I used a 16mm f/1.4 lens, positioned the flame of a beeswax candle at just the right angle to illuminate the gold, and spent more time tuning the depth of field than I'd prefer to admit. I think I like it more than the official ones. I receive cash back of 3% on every purchase, a rate nearly unrivaled among cards this easy to get. Yet every time I try to redeem my points I have to first scroll past the Mystery Box. I don't mean this as a metaphor, I'm just trying to quote the redemption page accurately. I may never know what is in the box, should my strength not falter. I swipe down, and am told I can redeem my points for statement credit. But upon reading the fine print, it turns out that each point isn't actually redeemed for a full $0.01, and I lose 30% of the value if I accept. To get my full 3% cash back, my only redemption option is to deposit straight into my Robinhood account. Ah. I press continue. As I blink, I keep my eyes closed for an extra half-second as a prayer to myself that I may have resolve stronger than the many who have already fallen. My phone's success haptic tingles my hand. Redemption complete. I'm smiling. It's beautiful.

The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago today was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want -- But inflation! But wokeness! -- but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made.

ironically it probably will be the judgement of history that, in the end, orange man was bad

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@shoe0nhead Moderate on what?

As it did not work out at Raiffeisen Vienna, I sit now at my moms house and draft my CV and file applications... I need a new job But it must be a employer or contractor who loves my @x handle and support my campaigns for 1. NATO enlargement for Ukraine, Kosovo and Austria 2. Austrian weapons for Ukraine 3. Flat tax 15% for all EU 4. Defeat and dismanling of Russia 5. Free trade by EU and USA 6. Open markets for Ukrainians and Albanians 7. Freedom will defeat tyranny 8. Openness creates prosperity All recommendations welcome

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These people don’t like you.

🚨 OMG 🚨 The Senate budget would Congress to add more to the debt than the American Rescue Plan, CARES Act, TCJA, and Infrastructure Law combined! Link to follow…

I make a living on YouTube playing an anime character. Here's how I built my career and what my day is like. trib.al/huI2b1E

Sir another graduation has hit hololive this year

James Malone just flipped a Pennsylvania State Senate district that went for Trump by 15 points last year. This is what building Democratic power looks like. Congratulations, Senator-elect Malone!

Tim Walz in Wisconsin: “I’m having the most unsatisfying I Told You So tour in the history of politics.”

After two attempts to push forward a deliberately vague candidacy on the back of field organizers, one can hope Democrats won’t assume a third time try will be the charm. motherjones.com/politics/2025/…