News
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.
Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.
7. No duplicate posts.
If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.
All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
view the rest of the comments
Trump voters really voted to get scammed and a worst quality of life for everyone else lol. There is not one thing good this admin has done.
To be fair, they did increase the biodiversity of the reflecting pool
Let's see... They slowed down the war that they started in Iran. They released half of the Epstein files, just not the presumably 50% that directly implicate Trump. Trump fired Pam Bondi who he had appointed.
It's hard to think of anything good that they did that wasn't just toning down or backtracking of something bad that they had previously done.
The penny is gone. That was 30 years overdue.
Kind of. With no unified plan or support to transition.
All you need is to stop considering pennies legal tender but require banks to still accept them for changing or depositing (but not giving them out anymore).
Then stores can handle them on a case by case basis if they want to or just say "sorry we're done with pennies".
Oh yeah, also send the mint a note telling them to stop producing pennies en masse.
I disagree, but that's just me apparently. It's not that I particularly liked pennies, but I definitely don't like companies rounding UP to the nearest nickel. And as for the pennies costing more to make than they're worth -- so what? Basically any government provided service or product costs taxpayer money. Also, change the penny to make it more cost effective?
Anyhow, what's done is done, and we're probably all poorer because of it. I've been poor -- it sucks but life goes on.
Its literally just an abuse-manipulation tactic at that point.
Going overboard, then retreating back only slightly to give the false impression of being reasonable, when theyve already got what they want.
Throw it on the pile of shit that the public will never acknowledge, yes I know.
One of the only true unifying principles of all the horrors that have begun to crescendo from the right for the past 10 that I have pinned down is that all sides of it are ultimately just abuse and cult dynamics, which are really just advanced abuse
and hired TODD blanche, who is even more tied to EPSTEIN than bondi is. trump likely is keeping him close so he doesnt rat on trump down the line.
Republicans just want to hurt people. Even if it means hurting themselves. They just need to own a liberal and shed tears.
I don't want to disagree, but how about enabled the Charlie Kirk incident?
Nah. Had nothing directly to do with Trump. I say it's a wash.
But seriously, Trump voters need to think what that man has done to improve their lives in any way. I seriously can't think of a single thing.
They may still not say it out loud, but their first thought will be "he hurt those other people in various ways, so worth it to me."
Actual value for them... nope, can't think of anything.
Oh they do say it out loud...
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/trump-voter-hes-not-hurting-the-people-he-needs-be-hurting-msna1181316
And if people think this is just some outlier cherry-picked by the media - nope. I've been told by an inlaw conservative that maybe I did well under Biden or under Obama, but should not have - implication being - maybe Trump 2.0 will actively harm me, because that's what I deserve. Because I have a degree, because I'm liberal, because I don't vote for asshole idiots like Donvict, etc...
And that's not even getting into the kinds of conversations I've had with conservatives both IRL and online - they definitely wish harm on those that merely disagree with them, never mind people of different religions or skin colors.
They don't need to think at all, they get fed what they need to believe. Trump made America great and safe and wonderful. Everything bad happening is somehow Bidens fault. Or immigrants did it. Even if they get upset for some days, they keep crawling back to him. It's the worst toxic relationship ever.
Or Iran, communists, Chyna, antifa... Never the United States, superriche, corporate entities...
Case and point being them blaming the bad weather at the US 250 festival on democrats.
They can't even keep straight between "science is dumb and doesn't know anything," and "libs built a fucking weather control machine!"
Your enemy is both weak and strong at the same time bullshit, they fall for it every time.
My understanding is most science-denier conservatives think the experts are liars, not idiots. Y'know; all of the "You Know Who" anti-Jewish conspiracy theories.
Many people are sad, cruel, little monsters that are happy those people are being hurt.
It's really hard to change people like that so they're better. You gotta get them to see you as in-group, and slowly re-socialize them. Lot of work. Might not even succeed. But it's also apparently a whole bunch of crimes to round up the maga-hats and lock them in an underground vault somewhere.
I like the explanation that a lot of these people are people that peaked in high school. They are angry that they stayed in the same town, not bettering themselves and never really going anywhere.
And they want others to hurt. People they perceive as liberals because they did get a degree, did expand their minds, did better themselves, did travel, did spend time in bigger and better cities, and so on.
I didn't get to go to college since my mother's AIDS bankrupted our family, but I didn't and don't want to see other people hurt.
Am I a little bitter I couldn't afford mountains of debt to get a degree while watching many of my friends go off to college? Sure.
Am I sad I had to work at a younger age than my peers so we could afford to juggle medications and bills? Sure.
Has this trajectory seriously screwed me for a lifetime of poverty? Yes, definitely.
Do I want to see other people hurt? No.
Sorry to hear about your situation. Obviously, it's not everyone who has ever seen others on that trajectory then turns to dark patterns - I was referencing this guy and I think it's more about those that are unable to process their emotions about it and misplacing the blame...
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ApnlSI01Icc
I can see that. I also think a lot of these MAGA just benefit from the patriarchy and abuse in general,
Abusive Men Describe the Benefits of Violence - BWSS https://share.google/ZQBwC5VgCYheld0Xr
Source: Substack https://share.google/COSLwGxj3D2l6UM7i
I truly believe a lot of these MAGA are just entitled, but society brainwashed a lot of men to prioritize their own needs and having any emotional intelligence as being weak. If the only emotion these men are allowed by the patriarchy to feel is anger, then we will naturally produce a society of angry men.
Wow, that first link was painful to read
Wouldn't have had Charlie Kirk without Trump. Horribly not worth.
Fortunately I avoided the mistake of voting blue tho, bc Lemmy tankies told me the truth that bOtH sIdEs SaMe.
( /s )
That's not true. It showed us everyone's true colors.
we already knew that during the campaign before episode 1.
I don't think it showed us anything that we didn't know already
i wonder what isps are only in red states, in the blue areas you get more than the OG 3 competitors. they likely have verizon, TWC, AT&T and xfinity mostly.
Ive had Cox internet and BTC (bixby broadband) in Oklahoma.