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Republicans spent election night discovering that “pretend I’m on the ballot” was not, in fact, a governing strategy. Trump, displaying his usual breathtaking commitment to personal accountability, offered this masterpiece of political self awareness: “I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!” Apparently, the man who spent months demanding that voters treat every election as a referendum on him suddenly developed amnesia when the referendum came back with a resounding rejection. How convenient. It is the political equivalent of totaling your car, blaming the passengers, and then insisting the accident never would have happened if you had been driving. This is the same man who graciously acknowledged that Democrats “did a good job” and declared himself “absolutely willing to accept” the results, while simultaneously floating the veto hat. Nothing says accepting defeat quite like announcing that you intend to obstruct the people who just defeated you. Truly, a masterclass in losing without the inconvenience of admitting it. Then came Mike Johnson, whose contribution to the evening was apparently to explain that history was always going to win, despite polling that had been practically screaming about a Republican wipeout. “We faced some real odds,” he lamented, which is a fascinating way of describing the consequences of spending two years ignoring every warning sign while confidently marching toward the electoral equivalent of a wood chipper. And now, naturally, the Republican Party is talking about a “wake up call.” How precious. A wake up call generally suggests that someone intends to get out of bed, examine what went wrong, and make meaningful changes. Republicans, meanwhile, have spent the last two years treating Democratic voters, Democratic candidates, and enormous portions of the American public as existential threats to civilization. They have spent years screaming about communists, invaders, enemies of America, and the supposed destruction of the republic. But suddenly, after getting their political teeth kicked in at the ballot box, they expect Democrats to pull up a chair, pour some coffee, and have a pleasant bipartisan conversation about “core principles.” Absolutely not. You do not spend years vilifying an entire political party, questioning its legitimacy, attacking its voters, and treating compromise like an act of treason, only to lose an election and immediately demand cooperation from the people you spent years demonizing. That is not reconciliation. That is political entitlement with a fresh coat of desperation. And that brings us to what these election results actually mean. The voters who flipped Texas, Kansas, Ohio, South Carolina, Iowa, and a string of House seats did not send new Democratic majorities to Washington so they could participate in some adorable bipartisan friendship retreat with the very people voters just rejected. They did not vote for Democrats so Republican leadership could continue dictating the agenda while Democrats politely searched for common ground beneath the rubble. They voted to STOP the Republican agenda. They voted to reverse what can be reversed. They voted to ensure that the next two years do not become another installment of the same political disaster with a slightly different cast. Democrats were not elected to serve as unpaid therapists for a Republican Party experiencing the consequences of its own behavior. They were not sent to Washington to provide adult supervision for a movement that spent years treating bipartisanship as a one way street, only to suddenly discover the beauty of cooperation when it found itself on the losing end of an election. And spare us the inevitable lectures about statesmanship, unity, and reaching across the aisle. Republicans had their opportunity to demonstrate those principles. Instead, they spent years setting fire to the concept of political cooperation and are now apparently shocked that Democrats might not be interested in helping them roast marshmallows over the ashes. Working with a party that voters just repudiated on its own preferred political terrain is not statesmanship. It is surrender dressed up in a respectable suit. It is handing the losing side the authority to negotiate the terms of its own defeat. It is taking a democratic mandate and feeding it directly into the Republican obstruction machine. Democrats should not be working with Republicans to salvage their agenda, rehabilitate their reputation, or soften the consequences of an election they lost. Republicans can spend the next two years contemplating the political consequences of their actions without expecting Democrats to rescue them from those consequences. The newly elected Democratic majorities were not dispatched to Washington to negotiate away the very policies and principles voters elected them to defend. They were elected to USE THEIR MAJORITY. Stop the agenda. Reverse the damage wherever possible. Exercise the authority voters handed them. And let Republicans experience the extraordinary constitutional concept of losing an election and no longer getting to dictate what happens next. That is the mandate. Anything less is rewarding a political movement that has repeatedly and loudly declared Democrats illegitimate, treated compromise as weakness, and only discovered the virtues of bipartisanship once its own political power was threatened. Republicans spent two years making it abundantly clear that cooperation was beneath them. Democrats should respect that position. No bipartisan rescue mission. No political rehabilitation program. No surrender disguised as compromise. Republicans wanted to govern without Democrats. Now they can discover what it feels like when Democrats govern without them.

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“It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid.”

His wife was talking to another dude on the plane then she’s definitely talking to another dude off the plane. Clearly, his little 5 inch dick isn’t worth it to her.

I just love @Fallout I like these user created vids too. #Fallout4

Not bashing the DoorDash driver, but they just pulled up in a Tesla doing DoorDash. Which means like things are so tough for them, but they’re forced to do DoorDash while they own a Tesla. My roommate is the one who ordered the DoorDash, though not me.

The number of people who willingly buy gift cards for complete strangers they’ve never met in person, send them the redemption codes, and then expect a company to refund them when they get scammed is absolutely fucking astonishing. Let me get this straight. You met someone online who sweet-talked you into believing they’re madly in love with you. You’ve never actually met this person, but somehow you’ve decided that the foundation of your beautiful relationship is buying them gift cards. So you go to the store, willingly spend your money, and send them the code. They redeem it, then turn around and tell you it didn’t work. And what do you do? YOU GO BUY ANOTHER FUCKING ONE. Then, when you finally realize you’ve been played like a cheap fiddle, you have the audacity to call and demand your money back because the gift cards have already been redeemed. What the fuck did you expect? The gift card worked perfectly fine. Your judgment, unfortunately, did not. At what point did personal responsibility become everybody else’s fucking problem? Nobody forced you to buy those cards. Nobody forced you to send the codes. And nobody forced you to keep financing your imaginary romance with someone whose entire personality consists of stolen profile pictures, generic love messages, and an urgent need for another $200. And here’s the part that really gets me. Some of you aren’t even calling because you realized you’re being scammed. You’re calling because you genuinely believe the gift card is defective, because your imaginary sweetheart SWEARS they couldn’t redeem it. Meanwhile, the system shows it was already redeemed. You’re not experiencing a technical issue. You’re experiencing a catastrophic failure of common sense. Stop expecting companies to reimburse you because you voluntarily handed your money to a stranger on the internet. Your online lover isn’t waiting for you at the airport. They’re waiting for you at the fucking gift card rack.

I think Democrats need to chill the fuck out and accept the fact that Republicans control the house and the Senate until January 3. There is nothing that can be done at this time. I do not think that Schumer or Jefferies should be in majority roles. It is what it is. Don’t expect anything to happen for the remainder of the year. Do expect Republicans to push through as much as they visibly can until the end of the year. Clearly, even if the 11 Democrats voted on the impeachment of Pete Hegseth, they could’ve just tabled it anyway.

I saw the same video months ago. Is all you people do is recycle videos that aren’t even yours like I don’t understand this and then people like in comment it and you get popular like you’re just recycling bullshit that is old and outdated.

This is why the Democrats going into office here come January 3 need to do a cleanup of all these vanguard Democrats.

The BBC has every right to question the fairness of this process. Donald Trump is suing them for billions while the Department of Justice, which he oversees, is refusing to authorize testimony from the very prosecutor who investigated his conduct surrounding January 6. That creates a serious appearance of a conflict of interest, regardless of whether the DOJ’s legal arguments have merit. The judge needs to heavily scrutinize this decision rather than simply defer to the administration. A sitting president should not be able to pursue a private lawsuit while his own executive branch potentially restricts the evidence available to the defense. That is precisely why independent judicial oversight matters.

The mental gymnastics from some of these Amendment 3 supporters are fucking incredible. Suddenly, paying more in taxes and fees is perfectly acceptable, provided their precious homestead property taxes go down. Fire assessments? Higher water and sewer bills? New municipal fees? Apparently that’s all fine now. Funny how the people who scream about socialism suddenly love spreading the costs around when it benefits their own wallets. And let’s not forget the people renting in Florida. They don’t get the expanded homestead exemption, but they’ll still be expected to help pay for whatever new charges local governments come up with. How convenient. Here’s the funniest part. Florida voters have spent years supporting politicians and policies that they believe will make this state more affordable, yet the cost of living keeps climbing while wages struggle to keep up. Now they’re celebrating property tax relief while casually accepting the possibility of paying more somewhere else. That’s not eliminating the cost. That’s moving the fucking bill. And just wait until those new charges actually show up. The same people defending them today will be the first ones bitching about their water bills, sewer charges, and municipal assessments tomorrow. Personally, if municipalities genuinely cannot afford their services because of Amendment 3, I’d rather see them cut services than quietly invent new ways to collect the same money. Can’t afford road repairs? Cut them. Can’t maintain infrastructure? Explain why. Let residents see exactly what their tax dollars were paying for. Because here’s the reality. Roads don’t repair themselves. Fire departments don’t run on positive thinking. Infrastructure doesn’t magically maintain itself because somebody voted to pay less. And the best part? We haven’t even seen the full effects yet. The exemption increases begin in 2027 and expand again in 2028. Congratulations, Florida. You voted to shrink one bill without making the services it pays for any cheaper. Now comes the fascinating experiment of discovering who gets stuck paying the difference.

Couldn’t agree more. Republicans don’t like it when the show is on the other foot.

The point is we don’t need any of that white DEI either apparently.

What’s sinful is that these churches preach politics from behind the altar and don’t pay any taxes and what’s also sinful is that a major majority of those in the Christian faith rape kids like openly and use the religion to actually fucking do the molestation. Many of these people are fake Christians meaning if they don’t practice what they preach.

Good. We don’t need St Patrick’s DEI or Irish DEI. Bet the Republican Irish didn’t see that one coming.

No shit they’re gonna think of creative ways to text the people. And then even more so they’re gonna text people that don’t even benefit from amendment three which means people who rent now need to pay more money because of tax shift and they’re just gonna tax more now anyway. This state is gonna be unsustainable for people that don’t own a property at this point like you already pay shit pay you don’t have any safety nets of something bad happens and now we’ve texted the burden onto those who don’t own property. What a fucked up state Florida is. It truly is God’s waiting room.