That was my first thought too. Most subs at this point are absolutely filled with the same “orange man bad” posts.
And it’s funny how some of these subs will have a few hundred upvotes on their most popular on-topic posts. Maybe a thousand tops. But then an orange man or space man propaganda post will have tens of thousands of votes.
No way that’s organic. I bet the amount of content posted gets halved at least, and upvotes get decimated once the funding runs out.
Trump knows something.
Even during his inauguration speech, he said something about how many of the people in the room no longer had homes, and then said that’s “very interesting”.
The “very interesting” part really stuck out to me.
While this is great to see and probably one of the best possible outcomes (better, even, than if TikTok remained under ByteDance), I still think the very premise that the US government can just decide to force a company to sell or disband like this needs to be challenged.
I was born after the 80s but really feel I missed out. The music, movies, the unbridled spirit of American energy, the birth of home computers and video games — as someone who didn’t live it, it feels like peak US culture and optimism.
The 90s was pretty great too, but I also think late 90s is where you see the cracks forming and building into what we’ve come to now.
My first thought was “people don’t just shoot someone who’s under active investigation or lawsuit”, thinking about it from the prosecution side.
But you’re right - they absolutely would shoot someone to protect other defendants that might get exposed as a result of cooperating testimony.
In the last 2-3 days, it feels like we’re getting the most brazen dog whistling, without the dog whistle.
If you’ve still been on the fence regarding whether they’re corrupt or just incompetent, that illusion should be fully dispelled by now (not that the two are mutually exclusive either).
Why does the left act like “drag queen” is an orientation or a race?
It’s not. It’s womanface.
Even if you were born as a boy who likes playing with Barbie dolls, you were not born with exaggerated wigs, makeup and stilettos.