I believe the condescension you mentioned is real, but it’s magnified tenfold because we’re all trapped in media echo chambers. Most normal people aren’t obsessing over these niche topics, but the media and political machines weaponize them to keep us divided.

It perfectly exposes the hypocrisy on free speech on both sides. The left’s online gatekeepers treat disagreement as a moral failing, effectively chilling free speech through social conformity. On the flip side, the right screams about censorship while using state power to ban books, police classroom speech and insist that Christianity is the only acceptable religion. Both parties rely on these culture wars to control what we can say and think, all while abandoning any real, material help for the working class.

Republicans have just done a better job of identifying the issues facing everyday people and campaigning on them, but they rarely have a plan to actually fix them. Spencer Pratt’s website for LA mayor is a great example of this. While he highlights the exact issues hurting regular people, there is zero substance or realistic plan on how any of it actually gets done.

Oh man the novel trump is about to write on truth social about this is going to be like 3 parts.

You are correct, it’s starting June 11th. That’s why I think it’s so weird there has been like zero ads I’ve seen so close to the tournament.

Even if you don’t care about it, I’ve seen like no ads for it. Usually they are playing by now and plastered everywhere. Only thing I’ve seen is shitty looking merch at gas stations and Walgreens.

Especially on his own platform. It’s why I’ve always hated the media spin of an article saying people want xyz and there’s no poll only a couple screenshots off Twitter.

Or when Tesla bought SolarCity

I mean I can only imagine what’s happening with Elon’s neuralink tests and trials with locations so close to some of the immigration concentration camps.

Not shocking at all he lied based on his past. Let’s all also remember Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag notoriously spent nearly $10 million of their reality TV earnings between 2010 and 2012, specifically because they believed the world was going to end on December 21, 2012…so maybe let’s not pick him for mayor.

It’s exactly like the office scene you just have to declare something.

Once ai opex budgets get cut the GDP is going to tank. Ai investments have been propping up the numbers and stock market with no real path to sustained revenue at the investment rates. Just ai and probably ketamine psychosis these CEOs have.

And any fines are essentially pennies that just get factored into the cost of doing business.

I agree. I think Trump is totally showing signs of confabulation and I don’t believe his staff is showing him everything. There’s no point pre negotiating with a bully who constantly goes back on their word either.

He heard Iran was charging for passage and wanted in?

Unfortunately while technically correct this has been shown time and time again he doesn’t care.

Worst part is he’s running for governor… California has a jungle primary so the two highest vote getters move on. Based on current polls with all the Dems he could be 1 of 2 republicans running for office come the fall 😭

You thought gas was getting expensive in the Midwest before this could hurt if the plant is down for a while. Last I checked it processes roughly 360,000 to 435,000 barrels per day. It specializes in refining heavy sour crude oils into transport fuels like gasoline and jet fuel.

Iran already said they never spoke and the straight will remain closed, but yes agreed he’s trying to manipulate the market to calm it since gas has skyrocketed. It’s literally the only thing that’s kept his inflation numbers looking low.

Should have cognitive tests for campaigning or sitting members of government if they have a stroke. Guy had a stroke in 2022 got aphasia and then had severe depression in 2023. He was mid campaign when most of it happened so the Dems didn’t want to replace him as he had all the momentum against Oz.

So…is this winning? I thought Iran didn’t have a navy, air force or missiles? Why send so many?

Maybe he should focus on the war he started…maybe the tariffs also aren’t making other countries jump to help to open the straight up either.