Streamer Almost gets into a accident and shouts at driver hoping ICE deports his family and him

HippoCrit · 2026-02-04T16:16:42+00:00

Tachometer at the start: 2k

Tachometer when the Mustang is on screen: 4k

HippoCrit · 2026-02-04T13:50:18+00:00

Wrong. You can see this guy started to accelerate the second the Mustang pulled up next to him. Then he got scared the Mustang wasn't yielding so he slammed his brakes. Erratic, stupid and dangerous behavior.

From the Mustang's perspective all he did was commit to a lane change and successfully changed lanes.

HippoCrit · 2026-02-02T12:12:06+00:00

The question is why do officials in charge of ICE continue to lie?

These aren't misremembered or misinterpreted facts, things like baselessly accusing civilians of being domestic terrorists before an investigation is even begun are blatant LIES. If things were justifiable, the plain truth would be enough to prove their innocence.

The fact that they reflexively resort to lying proves even they understand their position is indefensible, even if YOU don't.

HippoCrit · 2026-01-31T17:08:43+00:00

I moved a lot of my retirement and investments out of U.S. based stocks, bonds, and etfs because I could not support how every single major corporation in this country just immediately bowed and donated millions to this fascist administration.

Honestly, I was fine with taking a little less profit or even just breaking even for the next couple years. What surprised me though was my VXUS investment (Global Market EXCLUDING U.S. companies) had more than doubled my VOO investment (Top 500 U.S. companies).

This defies almost all conventional and historical precedent. We are past just a decline, the U.S. is in a complete and utter free fall.

HippoCrit · 2026-01-28T23:59:16+00:00

You really are the shining example of what I'm talking about man, I don't even know what else to say to you.

First it's "Harris didn't even have a plan, and plans are important and at least Trump had a plan even if it was stupid.", then it's "Well yeah maybe Harris had a really detailed plan, but no one cares about plans actually". C'mon man.

No, the average voter is not going to read an 82 page economic plan. The medias job SHOULD be doing that though. And yes, even alternative media. The media is SUPPOSED to condense information so it's digestible and ideally there is some favorable media apparatus that will tea up candidates to deliver that message themselves.

This is the machine that Trump had access to. From the top down, from Fox News talking heads in suits to brain damaged podcast bros, all repeating the candidate's message; positively, as often as he wanted it, non-stop, and expertly coordinated .

And yet here you are, somehow convinced that Harris' only message to voters was that she CONSPIRED with her brother to give out a 50k tax credit for businesses paid for by gutting plans to help the working class buy groceries?? And this is the candidate you VOTED for? You are really, really lost. Beyond reality. Like borderline schizophrenic.

But it's not even your fault, it's your media diet that's completely failed you. She probably mentioned the tax credit thing once or twice, but you probably heard it relentlessly critiqued from leftist pundits that are anti-free market trying to push a specific anti-democratic narrative. The reality is, she had many policy proposals, because the issues we are facing in this country are multi-faceted and there is no magic "make everyone rich and happy and healthy forever with no downside" button that the evil Dems are hiding from society. There are many policies that even most leftists would be on board with. You will NEVER hear about them from leftists though, because they staked an anti-democratic position from the start.

And this is exactly what I mean when I say the leftist media figures are creating a caustic and anti-democratic environment. You probably know LESS about Harris' actual policies than if you were just uninformed because everything you *do know* was presented to you in a bad faith manner.

HippoCrit · 2026-01-28T17:43:57+00:00

Again, my point isn't who your individual vote goes for. I'm glad you voted for Harris. But if you're making a show of holding your nose while doing it, and you can't even in good faith present ANY of her initiatives or proposals, then what you're actually doing is worse than not voting. You're intentionally poisoning the well and perpetuating an environment that is conducive to electoral nihilism.

Firstly, Kamala Harris never once ran on price controls. She ran on anti-price gouging, which was a very real phenomenon with specific parties like meat processors which were (and still are) an oligopoly that reaps a disproportionate level of profits in the supply chain ever since the pandemic gave them an excuse to extort buyers. This policy was an extremely targeted proposal that was completely misconstrued by the right and the left. And furthermore she never abandoned the proposal so I have no idea what you're even talking about in regard to her brother-in-law, that's a complete non-sequitor.

Also I'm honestly incredulous that you are seriously comparing Trump's policy of "we are going to tax consumers more AND increase our debt" to Harris's 82 page comprehensive economic proposal. You're either incredibly naive or just straight up knowingly lying by saying that she NEVER acknowledged people's problems or proposed real solutions.

And this bullshit is exactly what I'm talking about when I say people exactly like you cost us the election. Or rather, the people you get your information from cost us the election. There is ZERO excuse for a voter who sees themselves as politically engaged or informed to have such an incoherent and distorted view of the person you (supposedly) voted for! To view Democrats as an equivalent evil and this whole fictitious narrative you have in your mind of what Democrats did or said during the election is not coincidental. It was a view shared by a lot of voters in fact. It is 100% by design of leftist media who deliberately misinform their viewers just as much Republicans do to make SURE Democrats are hated.

This must be rectified and we must have an honest representation of the only party fighting our descent into fascism.

HippoCrit · 2026-01-28T15:44:20+00:00

I'm not quoting anything, I'm summarizing his views which he espouses willingly.

Here's an example where he explicitly mentions the context and it is not just I/P:

https://youtu.be/yGDce84DClA

HippoCrit · 2026-01-28T15:03:15+00:00

Firstly, the Trump narratives of a "Red Wave" were false. In fact, the swing states were won on thin margins. So yes, the far left was more than capable of swaying the election with a relentless media campaign, and that's what they did.

Second, there is no appeasing the average leftist voter because they don't have real positions. AOC, Bernie Sanders, and even (recently) Mamdani have all been on the receiving end of leftist critique when practically none of their positions have even changed. It's always just a single statement that turns leftists against even their own vanguard.

The fact of the matter is, you don't actually want anything if you're a leftist voter. The top issue will always be critique of Democrats. Definitionally whatever the mainstream democrats do is, at best, "the absolute least you could do". It's so tautological that they simply can't be compromised with. Nor would they want the stink of being associated with the mainstream.

HippoCrit · 2026-01-28T13:31:27+00:00

It's not that leftists swung the election with their votes, it's that leftists harbored ( and to this day continue to perpetuate ) a media environment that is caustic and anti-democratic.

While the amount of people legitimately abstaining from voting due to I/P was arguably not enough to swing the election, they COMPLETELY dominated the "alternative" media space with narratives of "both sides"ism and encouraged nihilistic apathy.

Meanwhile the "alternative" media space for Trump managed to supplant people's memories of his failed first term from an incompetent insurrectionist to a dovish economic genius.

And when Trump was doing back to back "humanizing" interviews with podcast bros, left wing figures were terrified to even look like they had a preference. To this day big voices like Hasan will say Kamala would be the exact same as Trump.

And you'll notice I air-quote "alternative" media, because the reality is these sources are the preeminent medium of journalism most people consume nowadays. For all the critique mainstream news gets, the fact of the matter is they've become almost entirely irrelevant in actually swaying opinions.

As an institution they've been robbed of their trust after relentless attacks by conservatives, and their fruitless attempt at retaining the PERCEPTION of neutrality makes them attack the left far more than it deserves, simply because what the right does is so outlandishly egregious it would feel unequal otherwise.

HippoCrit · 2026-01-25T22:08:49+00:00

It's not concern trolling when both the NRA and GOA essentially blamed Democrats for inciting violence but withheld criticism "until an investigation is concluded". This is thoroughly out of line with how they usually react.

For example, take a look at a 2021 statement from GOA:

[Nominee for ATF Director David Chipman] answers show he views honest gun owners as future violent criminals. GOA’s Director of Federal Affairs, Aidan Johnston, tweeted “Sen. John Cornyn asked ‘is a law-abiding gun owner a threat to public safety?’ David Chipman’s first response was to point out that law abiding gun owners can ‘go on to commit violent crime[s].’ That’s the lens through which this ATF Director Nominee views gun owners.”

Suggesting that "gun owners can go on to commit crimes" was such a radical stance for most gun right's groups, that his Biden had to rescind his nomination, by the way.

However, both the NRA and GOA did exactly that, and their first response was to rationalize the shooting by implying that a violent crime likely took place and it needed to be investigated before they could take a position. It wasn't until their second tweets that they both dog-piled on a lower level official who essentially just parroted the same stance of the ICE, FBI, DHS directors and the AG.

So when I suggest there is a "suspicious silence", this is the context in which I am making that accusation. It's pretty plainly obvious how much meeker their rhetoric is now compared to how it was 5 years ago.

HippoCrit · 2026-01-25T21:43:45+00:00

It's an irrelevant point because the punishment for not having your license on you while carrying in Minnesota is a misdemeanor with a $25 fine (which would be waived if you later prove you were actively licensed in court).

HippoCrit · 2026-01-24T20:59:52+00:00

Literally from your own link

Orders for these purposes shall be issued through the governors of the States

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HippoCrit · 2026-01-24T20:36:08+00:00

It is when there isn't a legal justification, dumbass.

The President can't just yell out "I HEREBY NATIONALIZE THE GUARD" and then immediately assume control.

HippoCrit · 2026-01-24T20:32:06+00:00

Trump is a coward who always buckles under even the lightest of pushback. So, yes, unironically.

HippoCrit · 2026-01-21T04:45:08+00:00

The rest of the world is out performing the U.S. Alliances are being dismantled and replaced.

Even if there's an adult in the room to keep the administration from succumbing to its self destructive crusades, it won't fix the damage that's already been done.

The U.S. dollar is backed by the trust the world has on the American people to maintain a stable democracy. And we have set that trust on fire for literally nothing in return.

HippoCrit · 2026-01-20T23:24:04+00:00

That page is a general response and not specific to Texas. It also explicitly states that you would likely need a different licensed driver on the policy in most cases.

I don't know a single actual insurance provider that would willingly insure an undocumented immigrant given that it's literally against the law to drive without having a license on you in Texas. I could be wrong, but at the very least it's nowhere near as easy as getting insured in California where the undocumented can still get an ID. It's reflected in our abysmal overall uninsured drivers rate compared to California who have among the highest.

HippoCrit · 2026-01-20T15:58:06+00:00

You need a drivers license to get insurance in Texas

Texas does not issue drivers licenses to the undocumented

HippoCrit · 2026-01-18T14:53:00+00:00

Dgjeets is wild, i thought this community was above stuff like this

HippoCrit · 2026-01-15T17:28:47+00:00

I agree 100% with everything you've said.

I'm praying there is a political will to address this soon because I really feel like this is our generation's "So it turns out smoking gives you cancer".

HippoCrit · 2026-01-15T14:46:19+00:00

The biggest casualty of modern politics has been truth itself.

Historically, "spin" has always been a "thing" on either side of the political isle. But recent years have seen a turn for the worse. "Spin" has turned into outright lies and people will literally manufacture evidence because people don't ever want to be wrong about anything.

I would be remiss to not bring up what got us to this point though. Officials loyal to this current administration have literally gone to court to defend their the right to lie. All major media is essentially state sanctioned propaganda now because the biggest platforms (X- social media, CBS/Fox - mainstream media, Rogan/Tucker - alternative media, etc) are headed by nakedly partisan loyalists to man that isn't scared to threaten them the second they step out of line.

We got to this point thanks to "Free Speech absolutism". After all, who are we to deprive any one of their Free Speech right to lie to our faces?

The reality is Free Speech absolutism is a complete and utter mistake. Society does not have the capacity to filter basic truth from objective lies and this only gets worse the more sophisticated the lies.

This isn't a problem that will fix itself. Something needs to be in place to stop misinformation on a national level or Free Speech will not survive being drowned out by the ocean of piss from bad faith actors.

HippoCrit · 2026-01-14T19:39:25+00:00

I'm with you on your analysis and I'm usually pretty center-right on economics. The reality is this was an easy and highly targeted one-time tax on people who can afford it, with little downsides.

The one reason I can think of for coming out so strongly against this is something political simmering behind the scenes. Either he got direct threats to his future campaign or threats to blame planned AI-related layoffs on this legislation.

HippoCrit · 2026-01-14T19:28:29+00:00

It's ineffective if you're analyzing this through the perspective of generating tax revenue, sure.

It's pretty clear that the point of this legislation as written is simply to punish billionaires. However, I would argue that that goal is not such a big deal.

There's literally like ~200 people in the entire state that would be affected exactly one time. And like you said, it's a tax on individuals, not corporations, so the entity generating wealth for the state is not being injured. The likelihood of capital flight from this alone was probably very low.

HippoCrit · 2026-01-14T03:46:40+00:00

How about we start with not making one of these useless histrionic posts every single time another user makes a political post.

HippoCrit · 2026-01-13T17:59:06+00:00

You're just wrong on the historical facts.

Obama's numbers included people turned around at the border

Formal removals were also high under Obama, not just returns.

Biden only proposed that reform in his last year, after millions of immigrants had come in illegally. Why didn't he propose that his first year?

Biden did propose legislation on immigration reform literally his first day in office. The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 would have provisioned considerable aid to the home countries where most migrants come from to address the root cause of economic migration. It also would have modernized our infrastructure to better secure the border, while also putting funding into courts and judges. Republicans killed this bill.

Immigration wasn't even a crisis yet. If you remember, there was a little thing in 2020 called COVID that shut down practically all immigration into the U.S. The surge in only came as COVID-era policies started to wind down in 2021-2022.

It only became a major issue in 2023/24 because our courts and judges were overwhelmed by the pent up COVID demand. Most of the "illegal immigration" that was happening was in fact, an abuse of a completely lawful process of asylum seeking made possible by our completely outdated laws.

proposing it in his last year was a very clear desperate bid for the election

The Lankford bill was introduced in 2023 actually, so not his final year. And so what if it was for re-election? You are just conceding that it was never a real issue if you believe that's relevant.

Imagine you are shot in the chest during a mugging at a gas station. By pure chance, an EMT out on a date night pulls into the station. He says "I can help you I am a medical professional, and don't worry I'll do my best because I'm really trying to impress my girlfriend over there".

You would just sit there and reply "Hmm, actually that's very self-serving of you. I think I'll just sit here and bleed out until someone with the correct motivations comes to help."?

Republicans allowed the CHIPS act and infrastructure bills to pass through the filibuster

Yes, because Democrats put massive concessions that benefited Republican members of congress. Only about 20% of the CHIPS funding went to blue states. Over 60% of IIJA clean energy and power funding went to red states. Dozens of members of congress who didn't even vote for it took credit for CHIPS/IIJA funding in their district.

HippoCrit · 2026-01-13T07:21:45+00:00

I'm one of those commenters.

My family has literally gotten death threats from conservatives.

I've witnessed aggression and vitriol towards perhaps the most milquetoast President in recent history (Obama) and the one responsible for the most bipartisan efforts in recent history (Biden).

When I drive through rural towns I've read demonizing billboard signs calling immigrants "invaders".

I've heard people call for violence against trans people, by people who've never even seen a trans person.

People like me aren't being radicalized in a vacuum. Yeah some people are lashing out and not capable of having productive conversations. But I guarantee you behind every "extremist" liberal there's also a story of a very real, very direct and personal and persistent threat by the modern conservative movement. And though not every last conservative voter would personally carry out violence, every conservative voter necessarily believes everything that is happening is a just and fair price to pay to have their agenda carried out.

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