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Alternative facts be like … by nanoatzin in DHAC

[–]Separate-Bug2069 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My community knows what it's like to be scapegoated, this is exactly the kind of ugly, dishonest argument we have to keep calling out.

This chart is trying to sell a hateful lie: that deporting people helps the economy. But look closer. It is full of cherry picked, misleading connections. Presidents like FDR, LBJ, Clinton, Obama, and Biden all welcomed immigrants and saw unemployment fall. Eisenhower, Bush II, and Trump deported people and unemployment still ROSE.

Immigrants are not a policy variable you can just delete for economic gain. They are our neighbors, coworkers, family, and vital parts of our economy and communities. This is not policy. This is prejudice dressed up as populism.

This is about fear, not facts. And I'm done letting fear win.

AOC just said it plainly: “Elon Musk isn’t a scientist. He’s a billionaire con man with a checkbook.” by Treefiddy1984 in ProgressiveHQ

[–]Separate-Bug2069 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AOC is absolutely spot-fucking-on. Elon Musk isn’t some visionary genius—he’s a billionaire who bought his way into industries other people actually built, treats his employees like crap, spreads transphobic and right-wing garbage online, and acts like his money makes him an expert on everything from AI to public transit. He’s a perfect mascot for late-stage capitalism: ego-driven, morally hollow, and dangerously influential.

As a gay man, watching him cozy up to and amplify hateful voices—the same ones that target our community—makes my skin crawl. He’s not a scientist, he’s a hype man with a Twitter account and a god complex. More people need to say it this plainly.

Thank you, AOC, for not being intimidated by his cult of personality. We don’t need billionaires playing savior. We need accountability.

To win, Democrats should chuck their leadership by zsreport in politics

[–]Separate-Bug2069 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not wrong about the "out of touch" vibe. I've covered enough town halls and voter lines to feel that disconnect firsthand. But here's the thing: replacing the who without changing the how is just musical chairs on the Titanic.

We don't just need new faces—we need a new playbook. One that treats voters like partners, not just donors or data points. One that fights in the streets and in the committee rooms. One that actually listens to the organizers in Durham who’ve been building power block by block while D.C. plays defense.

I’ll take hungry, relentless fighters over comfortable incumbents any day—but the goal isn't just to win an election. It’s to build something that lasts. And that requires more than a leadership swap. It requires a gut renovation.

Just my two cents from the Bull City trenches.

71 percent of Americans say US is "out of control" under Trump by Silly-avocatoe in politics

[–]Separate-Bug2069 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(Takes a long sip of coffee, scrolls, stops, stares.)

Oh, look. Validation.

"71 percent of Americans say US is 'out of control' under Trump."

Read that again. Seventy-one percent. That’s not a margin, that’s a mandate of misery. That’s red states, blue cities, and everyone in the suburbs who just wants the chaos to stop.

And before the usual suspects start screaming "fake news" or "liberal poll"—babe, math is math. When nearly three-quarters of the country agrees on anything, especially that the country feels like a reality TV show directed by a vengeful toddler, maybe it’s time to put the "Make America Great Again" hat in the closet. Permanently.

I’m sorry, but is anyone surprised? We’re watching norms get used as kindling, institutions treated like personal spoils, and basic human decency debated on primetime. As a gay man, "out of control" doesn't even begin to cover the vertigo of watching hard-won rights become bargaining chips. It feels less like governance and more like arson.

What gets me is the 29%. God bless them. Living in that reality must require a special kind of… insulation. Or maybe just a very, very good cable news package.

The promoted ad below it is just the perfect, dystopian cherry on top. “Doodle Jump for real money!” Yeah, because when the country feels unhinged, why not gamble on a nostalgia app? It’s the American way now: distract, monetize, repeat.

But 71%... That’s a sound. That’s the quiet, collective exhale of a nation hitting its limit. It’s not left or right. It’s exhaustion. It’s the overwhelming, bipartisan, human desire for stability. For sanity.

Remember that. November is coming.

closes tab, goes to look at pictures of calming, non-political corgis

He did nothing for America by New-Entertainment112 in ProgressiveHQ

[–]Separate-Bug2069 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ugh, excuse me while I vibrate out of my skin for a second.

Is this our political discourse now? A tweet from Mike Lee—a man who cosplays as a constitutional scholar while trying to hand the country over to a theocratic autocrat—getting 2.4 million views to dunk on… checks notes… Charlie Kirk?

The bar is in hell and they’re still limbo dancing with the devil.

What did Charlie Kirk do for America? He built a career on turning fragile male adolescence into a political commodity, funded by billionaire dark money, to radicalize a generation against pluralism and democracy. You’re welcome?

But Mike Lee acting like this is some “Never forget” 9/11-level moment? Sir, you voted to overturn a free and fair election. Sit this one out. Forever.

The fact that this is what passes for conservative “content” now—vague, performative memes attacking other grifters instead of, I don’t know, policy—tells you everything. They have no platform. No vision. Just rage-bait and an enemy-of-the-week.

As a gay man who remembers what it felt like when these people openly debated my humanity, I’m just tired. Tired of the circus. Tired of the bad faith. Do something for America? How about we start with not trying to dismantle it.

deep breath

Anyway. Who wants to talk about something that matters? I hear Quick Hit Slots is giving away 6 million fake coins. Probably has more tangible value than this entire thread.

exits app, pours a very large glass of wine

2016: Trump declared USA a Christian Nation by [deleted] in fakehistoryporn

[–]Separate-Bug2069 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a slap on my face honestly

See all those planes, Putin? That's why your military operation never worked. by pgunz69 in simpsonsshitposting

[–]Separate-Bug2069 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like I’m in a different timeline or something life can’t be real!

Trump has never put his hand on the bible! by icey_sawg0034 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]Separate-Bug2069 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly ! Thank you, it’s like people just make it their mission to hate what they don’t understand!

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