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7 minutes ago, Red Five said:


A woman in my office had never heard of Charlie Kirk….. two weeks after he was killed.

That’s an impressive level of not paying attention. 

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11 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

I disremember, did anyone actually disclaim P2025?

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On the campaign trail, Donald Trump swore he had nothing to do with the conservative policy agenda known as Project 2025. He even called the proposals absolutely ridiculous.

Wasn’t sure if you were serious, but, apparently, I can’t help myself.

 

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/31/nx-s1-5280364/trump-enacts-project-2025-policies-which-he-distanced-himself-from-while-campaigning

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25 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Was talking politics with a part-time administrative assistant in our office yesterday. She's probably early 70's, from a tiny town in North Texas, lovely lady overall. Grew up Republican, considers herself an independent, pro-choice, votes in every election. 

She has no idea what's going on in this country. ICE and National Guard stuff, Hegseth meeting with military officials, why the government shut down, etc. She says she can't stand Fox News or MSNBC, she occasionally watches the Sunday morning shows. She doesn't like Trump but not an automatic opposition voter. 

Was just a reminder to me that so many people are checked out or not paying attention to anything. 

 

 

I wish my parents would check out like that. Instead they’ve been brainwashed by Fox and Newsmax. My mom actually said they’ll watch the local news sometimes to “hear the other side.”

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4 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

I mean, how do you stop this?  This is the main problem with social media as a platform where people get their information. They found out they can just blatantly lie and not only will a good portion of Americans believe it, there is no fact checking in real time or afterwards. The lie takes root immediately. This is how we end up with an alternate reality. This is why we are too late and we can’t go back. 

Agreed, this is the kind of shit that makes it feel impossible to get this country on track. 

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4 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

I wish my parents would check out like that. Instead they’ve been brainwashed by Fox and Newsmax. My mom actually said they’ll watch the local news sometimes to “hear the other side.”

It’s good to balance out right-wing media with the firefighter’s charity chili cook off.

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Posted
40 minutes ago, LTbear said:

And willfully ignorant.

The type of people who think the post Watergate reaction was just partisan politics as usual.

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Posted (edited)
15 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

I mean, how do you stop this?  This is the main problem with social media as a platform where people get their information. They found out they can just blatantly lie and not only will a good portion of Americans believe it, there is no fact checking in real time or afterwards. The lie takes root immediately. This is how we end up with an alternate reality. This is why we are too late and we can’t go back. 

Maybe Democrats should start lying. If you can't beat 'em . . .

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8 minutes ago, South Austin said:

It’s good to balance out right-wing media with the firefighter’s charity chili cook off.

nevermind that their local news is almost certainly owned by Sinclair broadcasting, which is pretty fucking in far right

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2 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Maybe Democrats should start lying. If you can't beat 'em . . .

No. 

I know this has been an argument on Surly for a while now. Play their game and beat them. Do whatever it takes to win. 

No. 

We can't put a band-aid on this. This shit has to hit rock bottom and Trump voters need to willingly reject his horrific "project".  If Dems start lying, it's definitely all over. The line is already in the sand, they cannot cross it. 

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13 minutes ago, Pancho said:

I see that and raise you this

 

One impact of the impasse is that telehealth visits for Medicare recipients will no longer be reimbursed effective October 1. This has a major impact on rural Medicare recipients that have enjoyed access to specialists via telehealth. They will now be forced to find transportation to a city that has the specialist they need or go without care. 

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I don't know what the pocket insignium is, but it scares me.

If I were a little hungrier, I'd eat him.

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11 minutes ago, Captainant said:

nevermind that their local news is almost certainly owned by Sinclair broadcasting, which is pretty fucking in far right

We’re all in Austin so I assume they think they’re getting an ultra liberal slant which makes it even more ridiculous. 

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3 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

 

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I don't know what the pocket insignium is, but it scares me.

If I were a little hungrier, I'd eat him.

I think earlier in this thread or maybe Heds and The Boys that this Sgt. Major fella is/was a Green Beret, Delta operator with serious street cred.

Posted
10 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

 

We are respected around the world!!!11!  Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. They are just jealous at how awesome we are. 
 

 

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42 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

No. 

I know this has been an argument on Surly for a while now. Play their game and beat them. Do whatever it takes to win. 

No. 

We can't put a band-aid on this. This shit has to hit rock bottom and Trump voters need to willingly reject his horrific "project".  If Dems start lying, it's definitely all over. The line is already in the sand, they cannot cross it. 

Ain’t lying if it’s true. Republicans are the party of pedophiles.

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Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Pancho said:

I see that and raise you this

 


To me it’s more mind melting that Democrats chose this strategy in the first place.

MAGA thought is so engrained that nothing short of an existential crisis to these people can dislodge them from nostalgia-laden, hate fueled, misinformed reality that they find themselves in.

MAGA rejecting democrats when democrats try to limit the pain that’s about to engulf them is actually the least surprising thing about this shutdown.

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53 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

 

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I don't know what the pocket insignium is, but it scares me.

If I were a little hungrier, I'd eat him.

That appears to be Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Weimer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Weimer

And the badge you are questioning is the Master Military Freefall Parachutist badge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Freefall_Parachutist_Badge

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9 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

So I am looking at how international MLB is.  Is this just breaking MAGA? Foreigners have no business in our nationals pastime.  Hw long until the negro leagues are back.  And the Mexican leagues in our country.  Make baseball, white again.

good god can you imagine how boring an all-white sport would be?

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49 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

 

 

NY times headline:

As Republicans point to declining soybean sales, Democrats scramble to explain past policy decisions as they look to take back the House in 2026

The article:

Declining soybean sales have roiled farmers in the Midwest. While a challenging tariff climate is no doubt a part of the puzzle, we at The NY Times have found a more complex answer. Common sense might point to the tariffs being the factor, it is a fact that during the Biden administration, the US lost more metric tons of sales to China than per week than in anything in 2025 or under Trump.
From its peak of 7 metric ton exports per week, the US lost more than 70.% of its exports during the later part of the Biden administration resulting in a loss of about 5 metric tons per week in less than 3 months. This precipitous decline only reinforces a bleak showing in previous elections for democrats. How democrats react and reel for answers to explain such a disastrous drop in sales is still a mystery. Trump and his allies have expressed the outline of a  plan they recently previewed and continue to seek ways to allocate funds to help the struggling farmers.

When we reached out to Tom Greenthumb, a farmer in Shitsville, Nebraska, he reiterated the struggles and challenges for he and his fellow farmers. ”I’m underwater. We are facing some real struggles here” When he was asked who he blamed for this, Tom couldn’t say other than Washington needed to get its act together. He is hopeful, however, that President Trump and the republicans in congress can help him and his fellow farmers. “When Trump saved us the last time we faced this kind of crunch, it felt like a miracle. We pray everyday that Trump will be able to get us the needed relief from all that tariff money we’re collecting. It will be nice to use that extra money to help struggling people like me instead of wasting it on things we don’t need.”

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2 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

That’s an impressive level of not paying attention. 

Is it though? If I did not read this board, I would probably have no idea who Charlie Kirk was. He isn't a politician, just a talking head. Why should I know who he was? And as far as the shooting, that is just one tiny drop of the deluge of shootings that happen in this country constantly. As mentally unhealthy as it can be to keep track of politics, being unaware of who he was seems completely normal to me.

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15 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

 

NY times headline:

As Republicans point to declining soybean sales, Democrats scramble to explain past policy decisions as they look to take back the House in 2026

The article:

Declining soybean sales have roiled farmers in the Midwest. While a challenging tariff climate is no doubt a part of the puzzle, we at The NY Times have found a more complex answer. Common sense might point to the tariffs being the factor, it is a fact that during the Biden administration, the US lost more metric tons of sales to China than per week than in anything in 2025 or under Trump.
From its peak of 7 metric ton exports per week, the US lost more than 70.% of its exports during the later part of the Biden administration resulting in a loss of about 5 metric tons per week in less than 3 months. This precipitous decline only reinforces a bleak showing in previous elections for democrats. How democrats react and reel for answers to explain such a disastrous drop in sales is still a mystery. Trump and his allies have expressed the outline of a  plan they recently previewed and continue to seek ways to allocate funds to help the struggling farmers.

When we reached out to Tom Greenthumb, a farmer in Shitsville, Nebraska, he reiterated the struggles and challenges for he and his fellow farmers. ”I’m underwater. We are facing some real struggles here” When he was asked who he blamed for this, Tom couldn’t say other than Washington needed to get its act together. He is hopeful, however, that President Trump and the republicans in congress can help him and his fellow farmers. “When Trump saved us the last time we faced this kind of crunch, it felt like a miracle. We pray everyday that Trump will be able to get us the needed relief from all that tariff money we’re collecting. It will be nice to use that extra money to help struggling people like me instead of wasting it on things we don’t need.”

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NYT pitchbot couldn't do it any better.  Well done, sir.  Well done.

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Is it though? If I did not read this board, I would probably have no idea who Charlie Kirk was. He isn't a politician, just a talking head. Why should I know who he was? And as far as the shooting, that is just one tiny drop of the deluge of shootings that happen in this country constantly. As mentally unhealthy as it can be to keep track of politics, being unaware of who he was seems completely normal to me.

Because it was the biggest story in the country for a week or so, led to the Kimmel story which became the biggest story, etc. You would need to have basically zero communication with anything happening outside your home to avoid it. Which sounds kind of awesome right now tbh.
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47 minutes ago, pantone159 said:

Is it though? If I did not read this board, I would probably have no idea who Charlie Kirk was. He isn't a politician, just a talking head. Why should I know who he was? And as far as the shooting, that is just one tiny drop of the deluge of shootings that happen in this country constantly. As mentally unhealthy as it can be to keep track of politics, being unaware of who he was seems completely normal to me.

Before the shooting?  Sure. He was a nobody. But afterwards?  For fucks sake, there were moments of silence at NFL games and you would’ve thought a president had been assassinated, the way the right reacted. 

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26 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

 

That dude has a book out called Christian Patriot.  Fuckin A.  Get in that grift son.  
 

I am extremely tempted to have AI write me a book called Patriot Christian.  Doesn’t matter what the book says, I have full confidence I could sell a few million copies.

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13 minutes ago, Hookah Horns said:

Hockey ain't my bag, but I wouldn't call it boring.

I knew this was coming and while it's a fun old trope, it's not accurate anymore. but it certainly is still the "whitest" sport by a mile, I agree

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4 hours ago, Pancho said:

Thought he didn’t know anything about this?

 

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just do it, fuckface. the faster the whole thing is trashed the sooner we and the world can toss the whole thing into the dustbin of history and move the fuck on, whatever that may be. it won't happen before i die but maybe y'alls kids can figure out something better. 

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Posted (edited)

Stephen Miller Shouts Unhinged Message to Gun-Wielding Cops

https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-miller-shouts-unhinged-message-to-gun-wielding-cops/

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Stephen Miller issued a shocking directive to police officials in a fiery speech in Memphis.

The White House deputy chief of staff joined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi in Tennessee on Wednesday to promote Donald Trump’s so-called “Memphis Safe Task Force.”

In a rant aimed at motivating the federal law enforcement agencies operating in the state as part of Trump’s crackdown on a claimed crime wave, Miller told Memphis police officers they were now “unleashed” to fight crime by order of the president.

“We are sending in real cops with guns and badges to go out with you on the street every single night, making arrests,” Miller said. “These are people who have taken down drug cartel kingpins, the worst criminal offenders in the United States, standing with you, shoulder to shoulder to shoulder.”

At one point, Miller told the assembled local police officers, “I see the guns and badges in this room. You are unleashed. The handcuffs you’re carrying, they’re not on you anymore, they’re on the criminals. And whatever you need to get it done, we’re gonna get it done.”

Implementing Trump’s presidential order, which was signed on Monday, Miller promised to “liberate this city from the criminal element that has plagued it for generations.”

The Trump henchman boasted that the administration had deployed over 13 government agencies, including the FBI, DEA, ATF, ICE, and the Department of Defense, which Hegseth has been rebranding as the “Department of War.”

“They’re not going to be sitting behind a desk at a keyboard,” Miller promised.

“Every resource we have, federal, state, and local, we are going to use to dismantle their [criminal] networks without apology and without mercy,” Miller said. “Everything we have, we are going to bulldoze the criminal element of this city and liberate all the law-abiding citizens in this city.”

Claiming he wanted to eliminate “any physical space, anywhere” in Memphis where a citizen didn’t feel safe, a fired-up Miller then took his impassioned rant up a notch.

“This is Memphis, this is the United States of America, and all that bulls--t is done,” Miller blasted. “It’s over, it’s finished.”

“The gangbangers that you deal with, they think that they’re ruthless, they have no idea how ruthless we are,” Miller added.

“They think they’re tough, they have no idea how tough we are. They think that they’re hardcore, we are so much more hardcore than they are, and we have the entire weight of the United States government behind us. What do they have? They have nothing behind them. So we are gonna win, they’re gonna lose.”

The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.

While the city has experienced a large volume of violent crimes including carjackings and homicides in recent years, Memphis Police this month reported historic crime reductions. They stated that overall crime is at a 25-year low, with murder at a six-year low and sexual assault at a 20-year low.

Hegseth thanked the assembled Memphis law officers for working in dangerous places “where politicians spend a lot of time second-guessing... the impossible decisions that you have to make that they will never understand.”

“We’re not here to second-guess you,” Hegseth added. “We’re here to have your back, to unleash you to do your job, so you come home safely. Our department is here to enable you, law enforcement, to do your job, to help protect your facilities, help protect your people, so that you, your hands can be untied, to secure your city.”

Miller confirmed that the call had come from the top.

“President Trump had decided this is a priority,” he said. “And when President Trump makes a decision, this team behind me today executes.”

Hegseth, Bondi, and Miller spent around an hour in the Shelby County Office of Preparedness and left via the rear entrance, according to WREG TV.

Bondi said on X that 53 arrests had been made and 20 illegal firearms seized in the first two days of the Memphis Safe Task Force.

City officials said the National Guard will not wear masks and that armored tanks will not be used. Guard troops will not be armed, and cannot make arrests or issue warrants.

 

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26 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

That dude has a book out called Christian Patriot.  Fuckin A.  Get in that grift son.  
 

I am extremely tempted to have AI write me a book called Patriot Christian.  Doesn’t matter what the book says, I have full confidence I could sell a few million copies.

Cover of the book:

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13 minutes ago, C-Man said:

The handcuffs you’re carrying, they’re not on you anymore, they’re on the criminals.

"Ohhhhh! We're supposed to put them on the criminals! Gotcha, thanks Stephen. Didn't know."

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Trump, Vance, Hegseth, Miller, etc. all speak in these vague generalities that make no sense. "You're warriors now, not like before!" (what? What does that mean?) "You are free to arrest criminals now!" (Huh? Like they weren't before?) "My political enemy should be in jail!" (why? For what? Care to fill us in on what actual fucking reason you think this?) etc. 

If people I voted for started talking like that, I would probably question it. I don't know, maybe that's just me.

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4 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Trump, Vance, Hegseth, Miller, etc. all speak in these vague generalities that make no sense.

It's what the people want. They're tough on "the others" and will make them pay for causing my various reasons for being unhappy in life.

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Posted
2 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

 

If you think about it, it is Biden's fault. If Biden had gotten re-elected, they probably would still be buying our soybeans.

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I think earlier in this thread or maybe Heds and The Boys that this Sgt. Major fella is/was a Green Beret, Delta operator with serious street cred.

Can you imagine being this cat, flying under the radar doing boss shit, and all of the sudden you’re exposed and your face is plastered all over the world because of some weak talent show put on by dotard.
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3 minutes ago, Hmbre97 said:

If you think about it, it is Biden's fault. If Biden had gotten re-elected, they probably would still be buying our soybeans.

it is Biden's fault to the extent that we/he somehow let that motherfucker run again - and win

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3 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

it is Biden's fault to the extent that we/he somehow let that motherfucker run again - and win

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Not so much from a "let Trump run again" but more of "why the fuck are you running for re-election, let someone not knocking on death's door have a turn"

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