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pelespirit
sh.itjust.works
pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksJoined: 2023-06-14 |
Link: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6131835-donald-trump-political-ads-taxpayer-money/
But a White House official confirmed to NewsNation, The Hill’s sister network, that Trump does not plan to reimburse the money already spent, saying, “The President’s Truth was not referring to reimbursement.” The ads were part of a $20 million campaign and feature Trump’s voice saying the country will defeat socialism and communism. |
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John Richard
lemmy.world
timewarp@lemmy.worldJoined: 2023-06-22 |
Might as well send him a strongly worded letter asking him to pwetty pwease give back some of the money he stole from you. We let politicians get away with too much. That is how we got into this mess in the first place. |
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JokeDeity
sh.itjust.works
JokeDeity@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2025-07-22 |
As much as I despise Republicans, it was pretty genius to make their Nazi social media be called Truth and refer to the posts as "Truths". Obviously none of them are, but simple terminology is all you really need for idiots. |
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Sir_Premiumhengst
lemmy.world
Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-07-04 |
As much as I despise Republicans, it was pretty genius to make their Nazi social media be called Truth and refer to the posts as "Truths". Obviously none of them are, but simple terminology is all you really need for idiots.
The Russian "News" / Gazette is called Pravda ("Truth"). Shit's by the book. |
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Pratai
piefed.ca
Pratai@piefed.ca Joined: 2026-02-12 |
Why would he? |
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HubertManne
piefed.social
HubertManne@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-13 |
Why would he?
I mean he will if he is removed from office and arrested. |
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Pratai
piefed.ca
Pratai@piefed.ca Joined: 2026-02-12 |
I mean he will if he is removed from office and arrested.
LMAO! That’s fucking hilarious! And who’s going to do that? |
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HubertManne
piefed.social
HubertManne@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-13 |
LMAO! That’s fucking hilarious! And who’s going to do that?
congress is the only entity that can and it takes a pretty decent majority (well nowadays. there was surpisingly still some integrity in the time of nixon) |
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Pratai
piefed.ca
Pratai@piefed.ca Joined: 2026-02-12 |
congress is the only entity that can and it takes a pretty decent majority (well nowadays. there was surpisingly still some integrity in the time of nixon)
There’s no integrity from either side. So this isn’t happening. Ever. |
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HubertManne
piefed.social
HubertManne@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-13 |
There’s no integrity from either side. So this isn’t happening. Ever.
One side actually has members resign after pressure from the party like al franken, he committed the sin of doing uso as a comedian and pantomiming grobing a woman using camera perspective. |
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Pratai
piefed.ca
Pratai@piefed.ca Joined: 2026-02-12 |
One side actually has members resign after pressure from the party like al franken, he committed the sin of doing uso as a comedian and pantomiming grobing a woman using camera perspective.
And how long ago was that? There’s zero integrity in either side. And to get ahead of the manufactured outrage from anyone reading along…. this doesn’t mean both are the same. It just means that on some levels, they are very similar. |
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HubertManne
piefed.social
HubertManne@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-13 |
And how long ago was that? There’s zero integrity in either side. And to get ahead of the manufactured outrage from anyone reading along…. this doesn’t mean both are the same. It just means that on some levels, they are very similar.
I mean on some level everything is similar. Menendez is 2024. It regularly happens with one party and not so much with the other. With the other it usually involves formal investigation and you don't see the party cleaning its own house much. so at one level they are similar (politicians) and in another they are light years apart (violating the constitution, bribery, corruption) |
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crusa187
lemmy.ml
crusa187@lemmy.ml Joined: 2023-07-09 |
One side actually has members resign after pressure from the party like al franken, he committed the sin of doing uso as a comedian and pantomiming grobing a woman using camera perspective.
Franken committed the sin of earnestly advocating for universal healthcare, and the Dems found that inconvenient at the time. You are aware of how many Epstein associates are currently in office, aren’t you? They are all child rapists, which is arguably worse than pantomiming a boob grab on a sleeping adult woman. |
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TheJesusaurus
piefed.ca
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca Joined: 2025-10-20 |
I mean on some level everything is similar. Menendez is 2024. It regularly happens with one party and not so much with the other. With the other it usually involves formal investigation and you don't see the party cleaning its own house much. so at one level they are similar (politicians) and in another they are light years apart (violating the constitution, bribery, corruption)
In what world are Democrats not corrupt, taking bribes, and violating the constitution? |
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HubertManne
piefed.social
HubertManne@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-13 |
In what world are Democrats not corrupt, taking bribes, and violating the constitution?
individual occurences yeah but this administration its part of policy. If one ice agent did not do due process once or heck if it even happened once in awhile but the agency investigated and corrected the occurence or if not if its parent agency did or if not if the secretary of the department did or if not if the president stepped in or if not if the congress did its duty. Then it would not be policy. actually the policy is when the president did not act. it going further just shows its the whole party behind it. |
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TheJesusaurus
piefed.ca
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca Joined: 2025-10-20 |
individual occurences yeah but this administration its part of policy. If one ice agent did not do due process once or heck if it even happened once in awhile but the agency investigated and corrected the occurence or if not if its parent agency did or if not if the secretary of the department did or if not if the president stepped in or if not if the congress did its duty. Then it would not be...
You don't think the whole Democratic party is complicit in their own party's corruption? I'm not saying the two are equal to be clear. But dismissing Democrat corruption as a few bad apples is insane work. |
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HubertManne
piefed.social
HubertManne@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-13 |
You don't think the whole Democratic party is complicit in their own party's corruption? I'm not saying the two are equal to be clear. But dismissing Democrat corruption as a few bad apples is insane work.
im not dismissing it. im comparing one that is the product of the world being imperfect to the other that is absolutely nuts. |
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Yuccagnocchiyaki
lemmy.world
Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world Joined: 2026-04-08 |
Franken committed the sin of earnestly advocating for universal healthcare, and the Dems found that inconvenient at the time. You are aware of how many Epstein associates are currently in office, aren’t you? They are all child rapists, which is arguably worse than pantomiming a boob grab on a sleeping adult woman.
That's what's so funny with these people. I bet if it was all Dems and Bernie tried to give us free healthcare, there would some rule that would remove him IMMEDIATELY The Dems have not peldged to hold ANYONE legally responsible and PUNISH THEM. Trumps biggest rival JUST shot down the idea of even a one time tax on billionaires. Maybe we will get home confinement for Stephen miller after a couple years, but no one is going to jail lol |
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Yuccagnocchiyaki
lemmy.world
Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world Joined: 2026-04-08 |
im not dismissing it. im comparing one that is the product of the world being imperfect to the other that is absolutely nuts.
You are stuck in an illusion of choice. "You can go to bed now, or you can go to bed in five minutes" do you really get a choice there? How about, "The rich will get tax cuts and Israel WILL take your money. Would you like to be physically assaulted to achieve this? Or would you like to "return to normalcy" to achieve this? |
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HubertManne
piefed.social
HubertManne@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-13 |
You are stuck in an illusion of choice. "You can go to bed now, or you can go to bed in five minutes" do you really get a choice there? How about, "The rich will get tax cuts and Israel WILL take your money. Would you like to be physically assaulted to achieve this? Or would you like to "return to normalcy" to achieve this?
mmm. more like you can go to bed on a wooden board or you can go to bed on a bed of nails. |
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Yuccagnocchiyaki
lemmy.world
Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world Joined: 2026-04-08 |
mmm. more like you can go to bed on a wooden board or you can go to bed on a bed of nails.
The possibilities are endless. "Hopefully, the slaves will be comfy on their planks so we don't have to make them appreciate it by making them MORE uncomfortable", right? |
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HubertManne
piefed.social
HubertManne@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-13 |
The possibilities are endless. "Hopefully, the slaves will be comfy on their planks so we don't have to make them appreciate it by making them MORE uncomfortable", right?
you can still work on escape while sleeping on the wood boards. sleeping on the nails won't improve your escape plans. |
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TheJesusaurus
piefed.ca
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca Joined: 2025-10-20 |
im not dismissing it. im comparing one that is the product of the world being imperfect to the other that is absolutely nuts.
So Democrat corruption is ok because "that's just life" but Republicans are pure evil? Where is your line boss |
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Yuccagnocchiyaki
lemmy.world
Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world Joined: 2026-04-08 |
you can still work on escape while sleeping on the wood boards. sleeping on the nails won't improve your escape plans.
No. WE are the ones talking about escape, YOU and the others keep saying it isn't time and the plain board with slowly growing nails is ok |
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HubertManne
piefed.social
HubertManne@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-13 |
So Democrat corruption is ok because "that's just life" but Republicans are pure evil? Where is your line boss
one over its history has brought regulations, put forth healthcare plans, increased consumer protections, increased social wealfare programs, has increased taxes on the wealthy, improved the nations infrastructure, incentivized energy efficiency and use of renewables.... It really gets me how folks like to just ignore good things and be like. its not enough and they are all the same. I have been experiencing it for over 50 years and its certainly not all the same. I really get annoyed at the biden hate. His actions on student loan forgiveness, junk fees, infrastructure, renewables, anti monopoly, corporate minum tax, tax on stock by backs, stopping non competes. These are the things I prefer to see an administration over unmarked paramilitary kidnapping and renditioning folks to foreign gulangs. The line is way better is better than way worse. |
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HubertManne
piefed.social
HubertManne@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-13 |
No. WE are the ones talking about escape, YOU and the others keep saying it isn't time and the plain board with slowly growing nails is ok
100% false. go for it but escape is not by not voting for the better option. it lies outside those things. |
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Madison420
lemmy.world
Madison420@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-07-02 |
I mean he will if he is removed from office and arrested.
He won't be arrested he'll be shot taken while being taken into custody if anything. Too many people with power and money to let him turn fed witsec and rat everyone else out. |
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Yuccagnocchiyaki
lemmy.world
Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world Joined: 2026-04-08 |
100% false. go for it but escape is not by not voting for the better option. it lies outside those things.
You have no data that shows that we, as a country, have gone anywhere but right. Democrats have way to neoliberal capitalists which are inherently right wing. We have done nothing since Reagan but lose benefits and safety nets. Even now, with the current state of affairs, the Democrats are not hammering conservatives on the Epstein files, being traitors, being war criminals, having their donors literally pull Trump's strings on camera, etc. We have watched: Newsome shoot down free healthcare when he had the votes. We just watched him refuse to tax the very people that are the GLOBAL THREAT Hakeem Jeffries secretly meet with Jared Kushner and LIE about what was discussed Tammy duckworth has said that Democrats should not impeach ANYONE and Democrats should work WITH MAGA AIPAC Dems are funding AIPAC MAGA over DSA and progressive candidates (which means the WORKING CLASS) Please tell me, oh educated one, WHAT THE FUCK ARE THE DEMS GOING TO DO? |
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HubertManne
piefed.social
HubertManne@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-13 |
You have no data that shows that we, as a country, have gone anywhere but right. Democrats have way to neoliberal capitalists which are inherently right wing. We have done nothing since Reagan but lose benefits and safety nets. Even now, with the current state of affairs, the Democrats are not hammering conservatives on the Epstein files, being traitors, being war criminals, having their donors...
yeah you mention a few bad things from a few bad ones. Believe me I know about duckworth. What I said stands. Democrats bring forth some regulation and taxation and social programs. republicans don't at all. republicans lower regulation and taxes and yes democrats often go along with it. Hopefully dems do what they generally do. |
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Yuccagnocchiyaki
lemmy.world
Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world Joined: 2026-04-08 |
yeah you mention a few bad things from a few bad ones. Believe me I know about duckworth. What I said stands. Democrats bring forth some regulation and taxation and social programs. republicans don't at all. republicans lower regulation and taxes and yes democrats often go along with it. Hopefully dems do what they generally do.
No, I mentioned all of the recent ACTIONS from democratic LEADERSHIP and top committee positions. They take Israeli money and that makes them PAID FOREIGN AGENTS. The very same traitorous agents as MAGA. Unless the DNC fires all of the AIPAC Dems and gets new leadership, they are MAGA lite. You CANNOT work with authoritarians you cannot compromise with FACSISTS. All of you are deluded and the best we can ever fucking hear is "hopefully it'll get better" what are you? A Monty Python sketch? |
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HubertManne
piefed.social
HubertManne@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-13 |
No, I mentioned all of the recent ACTIONS from democratic LEADERSHIP and top committee positions. They take Israeli money and that makes them PAID FOREIGN AGENTS. The very same traitorous agents as MAGA. Unless the DNC fires all of the AIPAC Dems and gets new leadership, they are MAGA lite. You CANNOT work with authoritarians you cannot compromise with FACSISTS. All of you are deluded and the b...
This. Hey since we brought in the worse things have gotten worse and even the best part of the worst has gotten worse so lets not get more best parts lets have more worse. Talk about deluded. When it comes to being lucky enough to be born into a democratic society you vote and choose the best option. You don't limit what you do to voting. Also the primaries this year did decently at least in my area and many are waking up to the importance of the primaries. |
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Yuccagnocchiyaki
lemmy.world
Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world Joined: 2026-04-08 |
This. Hey since we brought in the worse things have gotten worse and even the best part of the worst has gotten worse so lets not get more best parts lets have more worse. Talk about deluded. When it comes to being lucky enough to be born into a democratic society you vote and choose the best option. You don't limit what you do to voting. Also the primaries this year did decently at least in my...
No. And you are to simple to understand, I guess. We are NOT a democracy, we have been a functional oligarchy for a long time and now we are back to an era worse than the Gilded age along with being an official oligarchy. You are so lost that you have missed that Project 2025 was a coup, the government died when everyone allowed DOGE to come in and steal ALL of our most top secret and sensitive information, NATO and the UN have been destroyed, the ICC is about to be destroyed after we murdered one of their investigators looking into our warcrimes, and Israel controls our government completely through blackmail. We have invaded countries illegally, allowed a madman to create a "board of peace" that will control everything and watch him rape the country EVERYDAY. And the Democrats are running on "affordable healthcare" Here's to you "hoping", buddy |
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HubertManne
piefed.social
HubertManne@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-13 |
No. And you are to simple to understand, I guess. We are NOT a democracy, we have been a functional oligarchy for a long time and now we are back to an era worse than the Gilded age along with being an official oligarchy. You are so lost that you have missed that Project 2025 was a coup, the government died when everyone allowed DOGE to come in and steal ALL of our most top secret and sensitive...
project 2025. you give up to easy. things are bad but not trying is not helpful. Democracy is not gone yet and its up to us to bring it back into full force. |
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Yuccagnocchiyaki
lemmy.world
Yuccagnocchiyaki@lemmy.world Joined: 2026-04-08 |
project 2025. you give up to easy. things are bad but not trying is not helpful. Democracy is not gone yet and its up to us to bring it back into full force.
You only picked one point but I will match your tone as I think you actually mean well. I am not giving up. I am literally trying to show people the way forward. What we had was shown to be a lie and is leading to somewhere dark. The concentration camps are already here. If you know how government works, you would know that these contracts would have been viewed and known by both parties way before construction on them Project 2025 was an actual revolution ( the founder said, "this is the second American revolution, and it will remin bloodless if the left allows it). Therefore, WE need a revolution to even get back to "normal" |
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HubertManne
piefed.social
HubertManne@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-13 |
You only picked one point but I will match your tone as I think you actually mean well. I am not giving up. I am literally trying to show people the way forward. What we had was shown to be a lie and is leading to somewhere dark. The concentration camps are already here. If you know how government works, you would know that these contracts would have been viewed and known by both parties way be...
oh I agree but that does not mean to be stupid in elections. elections and the system are one part. I thought I made that clear but it maybe two different threads I have been writing with. Don't skip the elections and don't make the worse choice but don't let it end their either. Don't expect revolution to be a panacea either though. Most revolutions end up with a worse situation than before. Movements, protest, disobedience, are also there and immediately accesible. |
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Doomsider
lemmy.world
Doomsider@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-07-01 |
Why would he?
Because he said he would... Well played sir! |
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