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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Hey he's just speed running for the record low approval rating of all time. Currently at 17% approval and only 17% more to go

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What am I missing here? There are lots of taxes on cars: Sales tax, fuel tax, yearly registration, mandatory insurance, various recycling fees.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago

my brother in christ your tariffs are part of the reason Americans can't afford electric vehicles

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)


Liberal cartoonists have discovered "hit 'em with the schumer."

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

whats next, a license to make toast in my own damn toaster?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I might be able to ignore this constant total jagoff stuff if the Democrats had at any point since the late 90s managed to build an actual broadstream media apparatus in even a tenth of the way Republicans have been doing instinctively since the 1980s or earlier. But they can't even fucking do that. This is wearing a slogan tee shirt into the work break room when you're the boss and patting yourself on the back.

Edit: I assumed that was just the preview... That's the whole thing!? Six seconds on abstract nonsense with no follow up. I'm not even talking policy or a clever respositioning of Republican sentiment, I mean just... Nothing!?! No call to action. No context. No link. No reason to care. No fucking supporting evidence for what the fuck they're even talking about?

Really fighting the image of dementia ridden geriatric do nothings there lads, well done amerikkka-clap

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

since the 1980s or earlier

The GOP: "Hey, idiots! We have decades-long plans. We're building a ginormous soul sucking right-wing propaganda media machine. And we're gonna pack the courts with zealots, fundies, and - best of all - fundie zealots."

The Democrats: "We are going to win arguments and be self-righteous and smug. Let the best men - or women(!) - win!"

The GOP: "Alright losers. But we almost wish you wouldn't make it so easy for us. Almost."

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

GOP: Our most insane conspiracy cults of the past like the Birch society have become a massive consolidated church and radio network. And now we've essentially just invented (via Murdoch) 24 hour cable news.

Dems: We will be liberated by the occasional 60 minutes episode over the next decade. Job done.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

On Bluesky - Schumer posted this "Hello, fellow kids," follow-up.

lol, the republicans have already now backed off this dumb idea

https://subium.com/profile/schumer.senate.gov/post/3lnzy6gz7ss2t

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

the perfect organism

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago

im not even from US but every time i hear something about chud schumer i want to fedpost

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago

Then they wonder why people go to town halls and scream at them, lmao

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago

Keeping the powder dry for…this shit

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

How many takes do you think they had to do for this.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

10ish? I don't think Schumy is a natural performer. Plus - I think it's pretty funny they used that take. As he walks forward it looks like suffering from a condition that's affecting his balance. Also - I love the unnatural handclap. I wonder whose idea that was. It makes him look sort of silly.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"I can excuse genocide, but I draw the line at a car tax." can-excuse-1 can-excuse-2

[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 days ago (1 children)

These are the actual opinions of the focus group of his imaginary friends

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

And the average American people who definitely deserve a daily 9/11.

I'm willing to take a few strays.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

Comrade Glioblastoma could be doing so much good in DC. Instead... Michael Bolton diagnosed with brain cancer glioblastoma. What is that?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

Political genius at work