s/US-politics
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Gunman scorned Trump — That was the Times headline. Gee, I thought he was fond of trump.
💬 5 comments · Apr 27 · 10 days ago
👻 darkghost [Left leaning independent]
An Easter message from the president of the United States — "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F**kin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah," Trump wrote on his Truth Social account on Sunday morning. (I edited out the profanity) This guy is a strong candidate for the 25th amendment because he has clearly lost his damned mind.
💬 9 comments · Apr 05 · 5 weeks ago
👻 darkghost [Left leaning independent]
Billionaires — Forbes released its world billionaires list. Last year, the world's billionaires collectively held $4 trillion. This year, it is $20 trillion. Something to mull over as you get laid off or at best a crappy raise with a "be glad to be employed" attitude.
💬 22 comments · 1 like · Mar 14 · 8 weeks ago
What's going on with california and colorado age verification? — Do they actually have anything to do with verification? Everyone is using the word verification, but any source that actually gets into what the bills require does not talk about verification. It seems to me that the laws are just about collecting age-based information, and using it to not show porn to minors. There seems to be no requirement to actually verify the information they collect. Am I completely misunderstanding what...
💬 80 comments · Mar 11 · 8 weeks ago
I don't think I've seen this kind of thing before.
💬 9 comments · Mar 08 · 2 months ago
👻 darkghost [Left leaning independent]
Nice try Donald — But I still haven't forgotten that you're in the Epstein files and your stooges are violating the law trying to cover that up.
💬 5 comments · Feb 28 · 2 months ago
👻 darkghost [Left leaning independent]
Twitchy CBP agents shut down one of the busiest airports in the nation The reason? To fire a laser at a cartel drone. .... Hang on ... I'm being told ... yes, it is in fact actually a mylar party balloon. What a bunch of idiots. Are we beyond reform yet or do these morons need to take down a plane carrying hundreds of people because they saw a duck flying over the boarder?
💬 View post · Feb 12 · 3 months ago
👻 darkghost [Left leaning independent]
TrumpRx delayed — The reason is unclear but it comes on the heels of a Congressional investigation into direct to consumer (DTC) platforms. Basically there are websites out there where you can create a list of prescriptions you'd like to be taking. You are then funneled to a telehealth provider working for big pharma who will write you prescriptions without serious consultation for the preferred pharma company's products. Exactly how TrumpRx is supposed to work is not being answered by HHS....
💬 View post · Jan 31 · 3 months ago
AI-Assisted Propaganda Imaging — This week has been very eventful. I found three news examples that look credible (or should I say incredible): A Black leader's arrest photos doctored to show her crying (to demoralize Democrats?) An odd retouching of Pretti to make him look healthier (good enough to date your daughter?) A ridiculous headless ICE agent holding Pretti while another shoots him in the head (?) The last one is particularly interesting -- on the Senate floor, an obviously too-old Dem...
💬 14 comments · Jan 30 · 3 months ago
Immigration: getting to the facts — This is a hot topic, and there is a ton of disinformation floating around. I have to generally assume that any current news coverage is completely slanted. Here is what I know with reasonable certainty: ICE was formed in 2003 by G.W.Bush, and the staff grew from a few thousand to just over 20,000 and stayed around that headcount until the last year. Today it is approximately 22,000, a 10% increase during the current administration. No mass revocation of green...
💬 20 comments · Jan 25 · 3 months ago
Execution by ICE — Today a man was executed by ICE agents near Minneapolis, Minnesota. Videos have been circulated created by the diligent community members who have been tracking and recording everything ICE does. The national news outlets and social media platforms have been trying to remove these videos as they have shown just how corrupt this government has become. People need to be aware of this and start talking. For the past two months we have been working as a community to setup...
💬 91 comments · 2 likes · Jan 25 · 3 months ago
👻 darkghost [Left leaning independent]
Make no mistake, we will never see what is in the Epstein files — Congress is set to vote on and pass a bill requiring the release of these files after months of stalling by the Speaker. President Trump has had an uncharacteristic reversal and is pushing Congress to release the Epstein files. Why? It has everything to do with the probes launched against Democrats (and only Democrats) in the files. The Justice Dept has already looked at what they have and decided (rightly or wrongly) not to...
💬 9 comments · 1 like · 2025-11-17 · 6 months ago
👻 darkghost [Left leaning independent]
America first means... — We bail out Argentina with $20,000,000,000. Why? Because shut up, that's why. It looks like an attempt to prop up a government that implemented a lot of similar policies to the current administration. The question is: who will prop us up when our policies go sideways? Hungary? Russia? China?
💬 5 comments · 2025-10-12 · 7 months ago
👻 darkghost [Left leaning independent]
Trump reposts AI video about medbeds — The post was deleted by Sunday. The video is an AI fake Fox News about "medbeds" which are a conspiracy theory about miraculous devices not available to the public able to reverse aging, cure any disease, regrow limbs in minutes, real sci fi stuff. Peeking into the rabbit hole, there are, of course, scam products purporting to be the tech or part of the tech or cards enabling information to the tech. Mechanisms that enable these cures are AI, of course,...
💬 5 comments · 2025-09-29 · 7 months ago
👻 darkghost [Left leaning independent]
No, autism is not caused by Tylenol — Remember, in April this was promised by September that RFK would find the cause of autism. Like it is one single disease. Well, after months of "research" the cause has been found at long last. Acetaminophen. Now, we are expected to believe a bunch of flunkies accomplished in 5 months what actual researchers couldn't accomplish in decades. Also, when was the last time a medical breakthrough was announced from a White House press conference? Exactly....
💬 5 comments · 2025-09-22 · 7 months ago
👻 darkghost [Left leaning independent]
Changing vaccine guidance out of the CDC — In June, RFK fired all 17 members of the ACIP, a panel that sets vaccine guidance for the nation. Replacing a panel member typically takes 2 or more years of vetting but new panel members were announced in hours and days. Vaccine guidance is changing as a result of these actions. Meaning if clinicians want to administer vaccines according to medical best practice and scientific evidence they must do so "off label." Insurance companies have historically...
💬 View post · 2025-09-19 · 8 months ago
👻 darkghost [Left leaning independent]
Charlie Kirk shot — I am sure everyone will behave themselves and think about the life of a human being and his family who are impacted by this. That said, I am not looking forward to the raising of the political temperature even further.
💬 5 comments · 2025-09-10 · 8 months ago
Public Officials Held to Lower Standards — It really roils me when people in public office show that they can do whatever the F they want, and probably not even get fired. The entire BLS should be disbanded immediately, and those in charge -- charged with treason. It is not rational to think that a large government agency staffed by degreed statisticians would inadvertantly make an error of recording 1,000,000 jobs that no one had, and announcing it publicly. These people are actually paid for...
💬 10 comments · 2025-09-10 · 8 months ago
👻 darkghost [Left leaning independent]
More chaos at the CDC — The head of the CDC is out after a month on the job. Dr. Susan Monarez was confirmed by the senate back in July. Apparently what is happening is RFK Jr wants to rescind the mRNA vaccine's approval and she would not do so without consulting vaccine advisors. RFK Jr asked that she resign for "not supporting Trump's agenda" and she refused. He wants a rubber stamp director, not some nerd who follows "evidence." As news of her firing spread others resigned. Dr. Demetre...
💬 19 comments · 2025-08-28 · 8 months ago
👻 darkghost [Left leaning independent]
Trump mobilizing 1,700 national guard troops to deploy to 19 states — If Biden did this we would be in a civil war. [gemini link] Per The Independent (citing Fox News) To save everyone a click the states are: AL, AK, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, LA, NE, NV, NM, OH, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, and WY The goal is to assist with federal law enforcement and deportations and an open ended mission to fight crime. I'm not going to lie, this is making me incredibly nervous.
💬 13 comments · 2025-08-24 · 8 months ago
👻 darkghost [Left leaning independent]
Mismatched priorities — Folks, I am in a terrible mood. A dear friend just lost their 16 year old child to a motor vehicle accident. It is horrible and unfathomable pain they must be feeling as a parent. My heart breaks for them. Yet the policy draft out of the United States government for making children healthy again makes no mention of this, which is the number two leading cause of death in children. (Number one is firearms.) It does however mention the need to do more research into the harm...
💬 8 comments · 1 like · 2025-08-19 · 9 months ago
The Epstein thing might be big -- I was visiting my hardcore MAGA parents this weekend and was actualy kind of surprised to hear them speaking very spitefully of Trump. At first i had kind of figured the whole oredeal would be watter under the bridge within a week, but most of his base seems genuinely furious. It helps a lot that they are uterly incompentent in their handling of the coverup. I'm wondering what others' read on the situation is.
💬 20 comments · 1 like · 2025-07-15 · 10 months ago
👻 darkghost [Left leaning independent]
I paid my first direct tariff today — I got one of those Lily-go T deck plus things for Meshtastic experimentation. $70 list price. Tariffs added on an additional $25. Glad I didn't get two.
💬 2 comments · 2025-07-11 · 10 months ago
@!&$^#%#!!!
💬 5 comments · 2 likes · 2025-06-22 · 10 months ago
👻 darkghost [Left leaning independent]
Newest officers of the Army reserve: Tech executives — Meta's CTO, OpenAI's chief product officer, and Palantir's CTO are the newest officers of the Army Reserve. They've been appointed as lieutenant colonels. They have been tasked with modernizing the US military. This is the typical ending rank for 20 years of service. To be gifted ranks like this outside of wartime sends a clear message to Army officers everywhere: 🖕 The blurring of industry and military... Can we call it fascist yet?
💬 12 comments · 1 like · 2025-06-15 · 11 months ago
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