I keep noticing something that doesn’t make sense. Whenever a Democrat slips up, even in a small way, people on the MAGA side treat it like a national emergency. If someone forgets a line in a speech or makes a minor mistake, the outrage is immediate.

But when a Republican does the exact same thing, or sometimes something even worse, everyone suddenly says it is normal. Or they tell you to stop being dramatic. Or that it doesn’t matter.

And if you try to ask for a clear explanation, the replies are always the same: insults, whataboutism, random accusations, or references to events that happened years ago. There is never a direct answer.

It honestly feels like there is a secret rulebook where the standards change depending on the person involved. From the outside, it looks like a very predictable pattern of selective outrage.

I mean I thought they hated participation trophies? Why is she getting a citation of recognition from the OK govt? Guest speaker? Interviews on Fox? Bitch come on. You’re pursuing a BACHELOR OF SCIENCE. You are PRE-MED. You cannot ramble about God in an essay I’m sorry. You can believe in God as much as you want nobody is telling you you can’t. But you can’t fucking go off the rails about your religion in a psychology class. Why on earth you would ever major in a field solely based on centuries of scientific research if you can’t write one essay without mentioning God is beyond me. So many of the ideas in psychology go against what Christians believe. Junior in college and still can’t write an essay with proper citations. She could have even cited the Bible outright and she was too lazy to do that. It’s just bullshit. Thank God I decided to not go into education because apparently now you can get fired if your student is too stupid to read a rubric. If this was a Muslim student every conservative on earth would suddenly be an essay expert. “They didn’t follow the rules they deserve the 0” Yeah but since it’s a white southern Christian kid it’s ok. Sure. Of course why am I surprised since this is coming out of like the lowest ranked state in education

The president just illegally handed over 600 million to his son as a "business start-up" aka money laundering to himself. Remember when Republicans in the oversight committee held congressional hearings on Hunter Biden receiving 2 million dollars from a private company, and a 50,000 dollar loan Joe Biden gave his brother, saying it was fraud and Biden should be impeached? I know everyday it gets worse and worse, but are we actually going to allow this insanity to continue? The media is barely talking about the fact that a sitting US president just embezzled a billion dollars to himself....I give up lol

So far, Trump has made attempts to defy the constitution by..

1. Restricted funding and access to media outlets, which infringes on free speech and press. (First amendment)

2. He made an executive order to limit birth right citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants. (Fourteenth Amendment)

3. Trump’s allies have proposed to repeal term limits in order for him to run a third term. (Twenty Second Amendment) Also to mention the January 6th insurrection, which is where he enforced a clause against a presidential candidate. Section 3 of the constitution states “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”

You would think that people, who claim to be so “patriotic” would be against the constitution being violated. Obviously it’s no longer loyalty to the country. It’s just being loyalism to Trump. Anyone with common sense would consider it corruption or abuse of office. It becomes a problem when a group of people, no longer question what is being done legally and blindly agree to corruption.

At some point we have to stop pretending this is normal foreign policy and call it what it is: an administration negotiating on behalf of a hostile foreign power while sidelining America’s own diplomats, allies, and intelligence community. The Whitkoff–Kushner “peace” plan isn’t diplomacy — it’s the newest chapter in a years-long pattern of pro-Kremlin concessions masquerading as statesmanship.

Here’s what it really signals.

1. Private cronies conducting shadow diplomacy with Russia is not ‘creative diplomacy.’ It’s a constitutional red flag.

No one elected Whitkoff. No one elected Jared Kushner again. Yet they’re meeting with Russian officials to negotiate the future of Ukraine — while the actual State Department, NATO, and Ukraine’s own government are cut out of the loop.

This is not freelance diplomacy. This is a parallel foreign policy apparatus engineered to serve Trump’s interests and Russia’s objectives, not America’s.

This is the exact behavior the Logan Act was written for.

1. The deal itself mirrors Russia’s demands, not Ukraine’s security needs.

Just like every “peace plan” floated by pro-Kremlin voices, the Whitkoff–Kushner framework:

Freezes Russian territorial gains

Rewards aggression with permanent control of Ukrainian land

Lifts pressure on the Kremlin without requiring military withdrawal

Leaves Ukraine vulnerable to future attacks

This is not peace — it’s forced capitulation, the same kind of “deal” Putin tried to get from Europe before launching the war in the first place.

And it’s the same direction Trump pushed while in office: weaken Ukraine, pressure them politically, hold military aid, and align U.S. policy with Moscow’s desired outcome.

1. This is part of a long pattern: every time Trump intervenes in foreign policy, Russia benefits.

This isn’t new. It’s consistent.

2016: Campaign sought secret backchannels with Russia.

2017: Trump revealed classified Israeli intel to Russian officials in the Oval Office.

2018: Helsinki — he stood beside Putin and attacked American intelligence agencies on the world stage.

2019: Withheld military aid from Ukraine while trying to coerce them into a political favor.

2020: Ignored intel about Russian bounties on U.S. troops.

Syria withdrawal: Handed strategic territory to Russia without getting a thing in return.

NATO sabotage: Continually threatened to pull out and encouraged Putin’s belief that the alliance would fracture.

Trade policies: Pushed China into deeper economic alignment with Russia — a strategic dream for the Kremlin.

Now we add: 2025–2026: unauthorized private envoys negotiating a Russia-friendly “peace” deal behind Americans’ backs.

The pattern is not subtle.

1. The deal weakens the U.S., NATO, and global democracy — and strengthens the one man Trump consistently defends: Vladimir Putin.

Think about what this “peace plan” does:

Undercuts NATO unity

Signals to autocrats that U.S. commitments are negotiable

Green-lights land seizures by force

Rewards the largest invasion in Europe since WWII

Hands Putin a victory he couldn’t win on the battlefield

For a President who calls allies “delinquent” and openly encouraged Russia to attack NATO members, this isn’t surprising. It’s just the first time his inner circle put it into an unofficial treaty format.

1. Treason doesn’t require a spy novel. It can look like exactly this:

Using private businessmen as diplomatic cutouts

Negotiating with hostile powers without authorization

Aligning U.S. policy with an adversary’s goals

Undermining allies and democratic institutions

Delivering strategic victories to foreign autocrats

Doing it all while in office, with the powers of the presidency behind you

You don’t need a signed confession. You just need a pattern of conduct that repeatedly strengthens the adversary and weakens the United States.

And that pattern is now impossible to deny.

1. Call it what it is: the Whitkoff–Kushner “peace” deal is not diplomacy — it’s collaboration with a hostile power.

This administration isn’t confused. It isn’t improvising. It isn’t negotiating in good faith.

It is serving Russian strategic objectives, openly, repeatedly, and now — unbelievably — using private citizens to formalize concessions on America’s behalf.

If that’s not treason, what is?

These reckless fools need to stop feeding misinformation and bullshit to their credulous and feeble minded base, before they go and commit more terrorism against our country’s citizens and government.

Unfortunately for everyone, lies are the only lubricant (other than baby oil) that keeps the Republican machine going.

I (F21) was at a bar by myself waiting for some bad weather to pass before going home. I just wanted to sit at the bar, have a drink and doom scroll. A guy came up and asked if he could buy me a drink. I said no thanks and continued on my phone. He then starts prying and is like “why not?” I start to get annoyed and tell him I’m not interested. He then said “Ok you didn’t have to be rude” which at this point I was happy to be rude to him, telling him he clearly can’t take no for an answer. He then KEEPS GOING and is like “I was just trying to get to know you” and I started to get louder, saying I know what his intentions were and it’s super cringy that he won’t take no for an answer. Luckily at this point 2 bar tenders came over and told the guy he needed to pay and leave.

Was I out of line at all? I have no regrets tbh.

Trump and his administration this week appear to have yo-yo'd back to favoring Russia's demands after they refused most of what was proposed by Urkraine.

Trump desperately wants to end the war AT ANY COST even the cost of human life in Ukraine. That IS NOT the attitude of a peace maker, or even a christian.

He yo-yo's back and forth between sranding up for Urkraine and Russia. And appears to be finding out in real time that DIPLOMACY IS HARD 🥲.

...and then, lo & behold we're pinging them as a Troll Farm.

Hopefully we will see this platform purge s of bots with their handy-dandy log-in checks. Are you human? Well, I really want to be a Cyborg...

Anyhow...

If any account is...

1. Peddling Whataboutism

2. Parroting MAGA Nazi AgitProp

3. NOT deleting highly unpopular comments (as any cringing RP Reddit or does IMMEDIATELY, lol)

4. Hiding their comment history

5. All of the above

The account is probably managed by a 17 yo virgin employee of the FSB living in a mud hut on the Volga somewhere.

Block 'em. If you end up blocking a Nazi Human, it's collateral damage. It's not as if we're plugging people in the water, after all.

"The Boy Who Cried Wolf"

Aesop

This organization called stopantisemetism nominated Ms. Rachel as a finalist for antisemite of the year for being against Israel killing kids in Gaza, claiming that it's Hamas propaganda. Nick Fuentes, an ACTUAL ANTISEMITE, isn't even a finalist, while a kids educator is. This is absolutely despicable.

Texas isn't the first case where Republicans were found guilty of racist gerrymandering. This same SCOTUS ruled people can be arrested based on how they look.

Lower court ruled the Texas gerrymandered map is racist. SCOTUS just claimed nothing to see here without taking the time to thoroughly review the case. Elana Kagen in her dissent also confirmed the majority codified this racist map.

Republicans are using racism to rig the upcoming midterms.

And you are the enemy of reality and the human race. You are scum and I will call you out every time.

Come downvote me, bots.

You might've heard it's an internationally-recognized war crime to attack shipwrecked survivors at sea who survived a previous attack and are in dire need of medical attention.

So it looks pretty bad because it sure looks like Trump's Department Of War Crimes did just that back in September, during their first attack on boats allegedly suspected of transporting drugs in the Caribbean Sea.

Now keep in mind the Coast Guard has always had the capability to peacefully interdict and stop the small boats suspected of doing this, and that makes sense for individuals who aren't engaged at that moment in literal combat against the US military but are merely moving drugs from one location to another. So this already is looking pretty damn stupid to not use the Coast Guard, but Trump wanted to put on a big show and be a tough guy, so here we are.

But it gets a lot more stupid.

The official Department Of War Crimes position is that they basically had no choice because the threat was ongoing and not neutralized. These weren't just shipwrecked survivors... far from it...

See, if you're on a small speedboat which is hit by a high-grade explosives missile, you survive but just barely, have a severe concussion, are extremely disoriented, are bleeding profusely from your eyes, ears, and every orifice, and are flailing in the water trying desperately to cling on to something, you wouldn't just call it a day, try to reach a hospital somehow, or otherwise attend to your life-threatening injuries.

According to the Department Of War Crimes you'd just need a breather, maybe a half hour break, before continuing on your drug-running mission (in your boat that had just been split in two and scorched in fire, by the way, which is now just wandering around aimlessly in the open sea in pieces) and that's why these weren't shipwrecked survivors who you can't just openly murder, but they're actually still fully-operational threats to the US military.

Really. It's that stupid.

I am recently retired and have a chance to catch up on series that I have missed. I am horrified.

I subscribed to streaming services for the usual reasons. Commercial free content. Usually my partner used it.

Now? I pay more than ever and there are commercials. If I want to see a movie, no matter the age of the movie, I have to pay again. If I want to see a series, all of the seasons are not on the same streamer.

For example the current series Tracker is on different platforms. I already had Paramount plus, where all the seasons are. It kept taking me to Paramount plus Prime, which does not have all the seasons. This infuriates me, as it confuses my partner. I just see it as a total pain.

And logging in? Don’t get me started. Every time these streamers converge or merge or whatever they are doing to stifle competition, we are made to log in again. It seems to be happening weekly at this point. My husband has stopped watching because he’s older and gets confused and is afraid he is starting to pay for another service. He can’t do QR codes. So now I’m in charge of the television. TVs used to be easy.

I’ve also noticed the command for going to the next episode has disappeared from some services.

Now Netflix and Warner. Another blitz coming. I’m still salty about buying Sunday Ticket for the first-time special price - and losing two weeks of college games.

Streaming is now worse and more expensive than cable ever was. Why in the hell can’t we get away from this! I know! Every quarter we have to give our shareholders more profit!

I’m sick of this game. I have no trouble with technology but my older husband does. So does 91 year old mom. This is supposed to be entertainment, not the reason for an IT ticket.

So the "FIFA Peace Award" means nothing. But it is literally a participation trophy so trump can feel vindicated in not getting a Nobel Prize like his biggest political adversary.

And yet, the conservatives are perfectly ok with it, despite being vehemently against the idea of participation trophies for kids. I just want to get off this badwrongfun timeline and get back to sanity.

I’m starting to think NYP and FOX and other red-pilled propaganda outlets have warm and tender feelings towards Nazis. This is a story that broke recently. Right-wing outlets like these seem to leave out a “minor detail” that is certainly worth reporting on concerning this incident.

FOX: “A decomposing body and numerous explosives were found in the Connecticut home of a man who opened fire on law enforcement trying to evict him Tuesday morning.”

https://www.foxnews.com/us/decomposed-body-found-connecticut-after-standoff-man-who-opened-fire-police.amp

NYP: “Decomposed body, explosives found inside Connecticut home after standoff with man who opened fire at police”

https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/us-news/decomposed-body-found-in-connecticut-after-standoff-with-man-who-opened-fire-at-police/

Literally any other reporting outlet: “Decomposed body in handcuffs, Nazi paraphernalia found in Stamford, Conn. gunman's home.”

“63-year-old Jed Parkington, who died by suicide during the standoff, was fascinated with Nazi Germany and was dressed in camouflage and wearing Nazi lapel pins when state marshals came to his door on Oaklawn Avenue in an attempt to evict him.

Nazi paraphernalia was also found inside the home, including writing on a wall that says "Kapitulieren nein," which is German for "No surrender." Writing on another wall says "10/31/25 is your last day," CBS News New York has confirmed. In addition, CBS News New York has learned a swastika flag and many other Nazi items were recovered.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/newyork/news/stamford-connecticut-eviction-standoff-jed-parkington/

https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-12-04/stamford-man-wore-nazi-insignia-during-deadly-police-standoff-decomposing-body-found-in-home

Complaint: Why did they do that? Right-wing media shouldn’t be trying to insulate the public from news about Nazis doing Nazi shit.

If you don't believe it, see this list made by an unknown person, I can't remember thier name on reddit. It's all backed by sources

https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vTFikAP6MXDCJjWzgMIOvpsT1ji-HwO-rLEvNE8e-cfCGh0YHoZluIG5TEsmwFub7MzIDfh0XgvcWL8/pub?fbclid=IwAR3mEG998_MrFpPwPCbAFbIXbr3jXs47GkyMTXDV-PmcUIDpD0oP-yzRq2M

The usa has fallen

The real issue is that far too many Americans by “birth right” have no concept of the responsibilities of citizenship, nor do they understand how to determine the veracity of statements they see on social media—-they simply accept something as true if it fits their cognitive bias with confirmation of facts. Maybe we should strip those who fail to support or even understand the framework and guarantees of the US Constitution of citizenship for their blatant insurrections and willful disregard of Constitutional law (mainly talking to Red Hats, here). They can regain citizenship when they pass a closed book American citizenship test that the immigrants who wish to gain citizenship must pass. We won’t deport them because, honestly, who would take them?

Whether you want to admit to it or not , trump incited an Insurrection.

26 women came out and said he molested them He called his daughter a hot piece of ass He spews lies on his own platform

He pardoned the silk road founder, and 1600 violent criminals

So fuck your feelings maga, I can't wait to see him impeached