nature on X - "The risks of a second Trump presidency continue to mount"
Crémieux on X - "Nature still has not learned that endorsing political candidates tangibly harms science as an enterprise while providing them, the public, and their preferred candidates with no benefits whatsoever."
Crémieux on X - "Shortly after Nature did this the first time, Nature Human Behavior published evidence it was a bad idea:"
Crémieux on X - "When Nature endorsed Biden, exposed Trump supporters said they had less trust that Nature was impartial. That's good. When outlets become political, they're indicating they are partial and shouldn't be trusted."
If you don't trust "Science", you're ignorant and should be ignored
Melissa Chen on X - "The press has lost its monopoly on manufacturing reality. For years we were sold a one-dimensional image of Jared Kushner as this spoilt brat son-in-law of the President, but one long sit down with @lexfridman revealed an articulate, competent man who pursued his singular task - culminating in the Abraham Accords - with thoughtfulness. It’s the same with that @JDVance interview with @joerogan and when he went on all-in pod with @jason & @DavidSacks . The media had painted Vance as a weird and creepy hillbilly poser whose elite credentials betray his tough Appalachian upbringing, and produced reams of race-baiting analysis of his interracial marriage. With these interviews, he has come off as a clear-thinking, razor-sharp thinker who is a voice for many of the class issues our elites have been so willfully blind to. Americans no longer are restricted to politically motivated content masquerading as straight factual reporting. Legacy media is seeing their power slip away and if the blue stack is back in charge, they will try to erode the “alternative” media ecosystem. They’ve already tried with manipulation of Google and YouTube search. So to all who were saying these were “just podcasters - what do these people actually do?” I hope you recognize the role they’re playing and how the ecosystem they built has an outsized impact on our politics and our democracy."
Democrats Debate Impact Of Donald Trump's Anti-Transgender Attacks On Presidential Race - "Republican ads suggesting Vice President Kamala Harris cared more about promoting transgender rights than boosting the economy likely contributed to Donald Trump’s victory, according to a new survey conducted after Tuesday’s election. Another poll released this week by a different Democratic firm found, however, that hardly any voters were motivated by opposition to transgender surgeries or what Republicans derisively call “boys in girls sports.” The conflicting surveys, with clashing but not totally contradictory findings, illustrate the tricky post-election analysis Democrats will need to conduct as they chart a course out of the political wilderness. On Friday, the Democratic polling firm Blueprint released survey findings that suggest anti-trans ads hurt Harris. Blueprint asked voters to rank 25 statements about why they picked Trump instead of Harris. The two most popular reasons were that inflation was too high under the Biden administration and that too many immigrants illegally crossed the border. The third-most popular statement was that “Kamala Harris is focused more on cultural issues like transgender issues rather than helping the middle class.” Among swing voters who broke for Trump, the “transgender issues” criticism was the most popular reason, Blueprint found... The exit polls from Fox News and the Associated Press, for instance, found voters basically split on banning gender-affirming care for children: 47% supported the idea but 52% opposed it. A more vaguely-worded question found 54% of voters thought “support for transgender rights in government and society” had gone too far, while 22% thought it was just right and 22% said it had not gone far enough... moderate Democratic lawmakers have already pointed to trans issue as a reason Harris lost. “I have two little girls, I don’t want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat I’m supposed to be afraid to say that,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) told The New York Times following the election — prompting a rebuke from one of his campaign aides, who resigned in protest. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a moderate Long Island Democrat who flipped a GOP seat in a February special election, made a similar comment. And Gilberto Hinojosa, chair of the Texas Democratic Party, told KUT, a local Austin, Texas, outlet on Wednesday that Democrats might consider disavowing the use of taxpayer dollars for transition care. His comments prompted immediate criticism from LGBTQ+ groups in Texas, leading him first to apologize and then, on Friday, to resign, though he claimed he was simply making room for a new generation"
Because trans mania was not one of the most important issues to most voters, it means it didn't matter. Brilliant
Democracy nearly dead after US president elected by way of both electoral and popular vote. : r/babylonbee - "Political and historical experts agree. Electing a president by voting is exactly how democracy dies in darkness."
Blue-state governors form ‘non-partisan’ team to battle Trump admin - "Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Colorado Governor Jared Polis unveiled a so-called “nonpartisan” state-level initiative designed to strengthen government institutions and defend against "threats to democracy” around a week after President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 election. The “nonpartisan” Governors Safeguarding Democracy will be headed by the two Democratic governors. According to its website, the group will "leverage the collective strength, experience, and institutional knowledge in governors' offices across the country to craft laws and policies that protect the rule of law and serve the people of our great states.""
"Democracy" is the left wing agenda. Rule of law is when courts push the left wing agenda, which is why the left was so upset by the Roe v Wade repeal
Erin Adair on X - "The GROWN ADULTS going into absolute hysterics, filming their deranged, paranoia fueled meltdowns, POSTING them, & calling off work today are the same people who think they’re more intelligent than you. In what world should adults who behave this way be calling the shots?"
Trump 2.0 will force us to solve important problems - "Everyone is talking about the serious challenges Donald Trump poses to this country on a host of issues: trade, defence, the border, taxes, foreign policy. But, paradoxically, Trump’s election presents a significant opportunity for Canadians to enhance their prosperity and security by finally dealing with several pressing domestic problems we have been ducking. There is faint hope Justin Trudeau will change his failed policies at this late stage but Pierre Poilievre could seize this historic opportunity when, as seems likely, he becomes prime minister sometime in the next 11 months. A constructive relationship between president and prime minister always helps protect Canada’s national interests, but it seems crucial in this case. Trump does not take kindly to disparagement and he responds positively to friendship and flattery. It’s not always an easy balancing act. Canadians don’t like signs of subservience to the U.S. president. Brian Mulroney’s remarkably productive friendship with Ronald Reagan elicited partisan criticism for the two’s “cloying” rendition of “When Irish Eyes are Smiling” at the Shamrock Summit in Quebec City on St. Patrick’s Day, 1985. On the other hand, it’s not always rocket science. Repeatedly demonizing Poilievre as “Trump-like” would hardly make Canada-U.S. negotiations easier even if Trudeau deludes himself into thinking it could help him win a fourth term in office. Trump is clearly transactional, but it would be a major mistake to think that is all he is. Deeply held principles underlie his policies regarding American exceptionalism, the economy, the border, immigration, crime, the free enterprise system and traditional values. He will always put America first and is suspicious both of foreign commitments of blood and treasure and of friends or opponents taking advantage of his country. He abhors identity politics, DEI and critical race theory, which he believes are socially divisive, denigrate American history and fail basic tests of common sense. He believes climate change initiatives are wasteful and useless and weaken the U.S. in its competition with rivals and foes. Some Trump pressure will actually be in our interests, starting with his insistence that we meet our NATO commitment of spending two per cent of GDP on our military. As a matter of national honour and to protect our sovereignty, we need to stop being a defence free rider. Doing so diminishes our global standing and undermines our security, especially in the Arctic. And we invest so little in our troops we can no longer act a peacekeeper nation, even if that’s how we still think of ourselves. Trump will keep U.S. taxes low and may even lower them further, putting competitive pressure on us. We need to respond by lowering our own personal and corporate taxes. Doing so will enable us to attract and retain capital, which will help with affordability, competitiveness and productivity, whose recent slow growth has GDP per capita deadlining. Trump’s nominee for energy secretary — Chris Wright, a climate skeptic — will further isolate Canada in its climate catastrophism. Wright, who has called net zero a “sinister goal,” was briefly censored by LinkedIn for posting a video in which he said, “There is no climate crisis and we’re not in the midst of an energy transition either.” U.S. policies will favour fracking, abandonment of green subsidies and approval of new resource projects, including Keystone XL. In this radically new environment, we could free ourselves from costly and ineffective climate obsession, create jobs, generate economic growth and the revenue it brings in for social programs, and in partnership with the U.S. enhance our energy security. Trump’s point man on trade, Robert Lighthizer, who negotiated the USMCA, has written of Canada that for years we have “operated a dairy supply chain management program that would make a Soviet commissar blush.” Supply management may be good politics but it is bad policy. It endears you to several thousand Quebec and Ontario dairy farmers but it raises the price of milk, cheese, eggs and poultry, hurting the poor, narrowing consumer choice, preventing farmers from developing export markets and weakening our bargaining power in trade negotiations. We should resist for show, but ultimately yield on this and other irritants. In the negotiations that are coming, we can leverage our oil, gas and minerals, including rare earths, which bring us real strength in the relationship. Our energy wealth enhances American national security because we are politically stable, enable the U.S. to export more of its own oil and gas and help guarantee North American energy self-sufficiency over the longer term. A few final points: We need to secure our border so there is no leakage to the U.S., especially of criminals and terrorists. We are outnumbered by American specialists, so we should bring in expertise as needed. We should make common cause on geopolitical issues and be more consistent and helpful to our allies, the U.S. included. Finally, at all costs, we need to avoid hectoring and virtue-signalling."
Trump biopic star says that other actors have begun to distance themselves from him - "The Apprenctice star, Sebastian Stan, has admitted that other actors have been afraid to do appearances with him as they didn’t want to discuss Donald Trump... “You know, I’ve got to do a lot of great things, and that’s not pointing at anyone specific. It was… we couldn’t get past the publicists or the people representing them, because [they were] too afraid to talk about this movie.” “And it’s like, that’s when I think we lose the situation,” he continued. “Because if it really becomes like that - fear or that discomfort to talk about this - then we’re really going to have a problem.” "For many, the idea that Trump is the same as any one of us is a really difficult thing to deal with at the moment and I understand the emotions are very high, but I think that’s the only way you’re going to grasp this film,” said Stan. “If all it’s saying is you cannot keep casting this person aside, especially after they get the popular vote, should we not give this a closer look and try to understand what it is about this person that’s even driving that?”"
Eva Longoria Is Done Living in Donald Trump’s America
Eva Longoria clarifies reason why she moved out of the United States - "“Will you please let them know I didn’t move out of the United States because of Trump?” Longoria asked Navarro on the podcast. “I’ve been in Europe for almost three years.” She clarified that she left the U.S. because of work, adding: “I didn’t leave because of the political environment. I left because my work took me there.” While the Texas native admitted that living outside the U.S. allows her some distance from “the constant 24-hour news cycle,” she claimed speculation that she had relocated because of American politics was “divisive.”"
Damn fascist, criticising the media!
D.C. residents want Airbnb blackout for Trump inauguration and beg owners not to rent to Republicans - "Some Washington, D.C. residents are taking their Airbnbs off the market for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in protest. Residents are calling on Airbnb hosts to either blackout the dates around Trump’s inauguration or increase the prices and donate the proceeds to liberal causes... The blackout will “show Trump supporters who are coming into the DMV that we do not welcome hate, misogyny, or intentions to take over D.C.,” Kane’s letter reads. Kane told the Post she wants to “try to make any kind of difference that we can in the situation we find ourselves in as D.C. residents and just as human beings right now.”"
Clearly, these people are against "hate"
Scott Adams on X - "Lol, I didn't know Trump threatened to reveal the Mexican government's cartel connections unless they do what he wants on the border. And he threatened massive tariffs. And he threatened to send in Special Forces to get the cartels. So...it looks like Mexico is planning to be extra helpful on the border. . . and the Sinaloa Cartel is killing fentanyl makers just to stay off of Trump's bad side. Was that so hard?"
Marco Rubio on X - "These people that once worked for Trump now call him a fascist because they wanted to land big money from corporate boards, speaking fees and university teaching jobs"
Meme - Biden eating ice cream: "Get the jab or lose your job, Jack!"
Soyjak: "Okay!"
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: "We're going to make food healthier."
Soyjak: "NOOOOOOO!!"
Unclear If Angry-Looking Bald Person A Neo-Nazi Or Leftist Woman | Babylon Bee - "At publishing time, scientists had overheard the bald person going on an antisemitic rant that left them no closer to determining if it was a neo-nazi or a Leftist woman."
Meme - "It will affect us all. There will be shortages also."
"Here's a list of prices increasing by 25% as of 1/21/25:
Natural Gas
auto parts
automobiles
fruits, nuts and vegetables
electronics and appliances
oil and gas
medical instruments
plastic and rubber items
cement and lime
lumber
transportation equipment
medications
Cereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products
furniture
This is just a small list of imports from Canada and Mexico where prices will drastically increase for the consumer. WE TRIED TO TELL YOU....."
Left wingers are economically illiterate. Even assuming that 100% of these goods are imported from Canada and Mexico (even if the US doesn't make any of them, they can be imported from elsewhere), tariffs are not fully reflected in market prices
Meme - Travis Johnson: "NO, WE DON'T PRAY TO ORANGE JESUS IN THIS HOUSE. YES, WE HATE YOU, AND NO, YOU'RE NOT WELCOME AT OUR TABLE DURING THIS THANKSGIVING...OR ANY FAMILY GATHERING EVER AGAIN."
Shawn StShawn: "So much love and acceptance! I'm glad my family isn't infested with bitter, angry weirdos like everyone on this Regardless of politics, everyone in my family is welcome and loving, I hope you all get to feel a fraction of the holiday spirit I will be today"
These are the people who claim to be against "hate". As usual the left is projecting
The thing I hate about him the most is he has made me aware of how much I can hate someone. - "The thing I hate about him the most is he has made me aware of how much I can hate someone."
When they proclaim that they are the hateful ones
Newsom Assures Californians They Will Be Safe From All The Trump Administration's Prosperity, Safety, Lower Prices | Babylon Bee - "At publishing time, the governor's office had announced Newsom's plan to declare California a sanctuary state for high taxes, inflation, child mutilation, and unrestrained violent crime."
The Redheaded libertarian on X - "Tulsi: I was placed on a terrorist watch list after endorsing you.
Trump: How would you like to outrank the people who put you there."
Meme - Democratic Donkey shoving Elon Musk: "FUCK OFF!"
Democratic Donkey shoving Tulsi Gabbard: "FUCK OFF!"
Democratic Donkey shoving Robert F Kennedy Jr: "FUCK OFF!"
Democratic Donkey: "WHY ARE YOU GUYS HELPING TRUMP??"
Meme - "r/Feminism"
"Should I divorce my husband before project 2025 gets enacted?
I have been thinking about just divorcing him before the no fault divorce goes through. It’s a scary thought."
"You have some time if anything does happen. But the fact that you're thinking this indicates you're ready to leave. Like they say, the thing you hope for when the coin is in the air is what you really want."
"To be honest I just want to I will still be with him but the climate rm doesn't look good"
Trump Derangement Syndrome has very real costs. But of course left wingers keep fanning the flames of TDS
Alana Mastrangelo on X - "Donald Trump was lifted up by the people against the will of the elites. Kamala Harris was lifted up by the elites against the will of the people. Vote accordingly."
Left wingers still pretend that Trump is somehow representative of the establishment
Meme - Ana Kasparian: "Bush suspended Habeas Corpus for two years. You were his speechwriter."
David Frum @davidfrum: "We are headed toward a US constitutional crisis vastly bigger than Watergate"
Trump Lost Magnet, Youre in a Cult, Funny Political for Car or Fridge, Democrat, Liberal Gifts, Presidential Election Humor, Bumper Sticker
"The left are the ones who disown friends and family members over political opinions but will call the other side a cult even though most cults tell people to not associate with non members"
Left wing projection strikes again
Andrew Sullivan: Questions About Youth Gender Transitions - "Let’s unpack this by comparing it to the last impeachment. Bill Clinton was impeached after a years-long hunt for malfeasance on the charge of lying under oath about an extramarital affair... It’s a little much for Republicans to have insisted on the Clinton impeachment and yet declare this one unworthy to be considered because the offense, while bad, did not rise to the “high crimes and misdemeanors” standard."
From 2019. It's interesting how it's supposed to be hypocrisy that Republicans in the mid 90s and late 10s allegedly had different standards
LD Basler on X - "To all the Democrats in DC who will be getting fired: Learn to code. Isn't that what you told the 11,000 pipeline workers Biden fired on Day 1?"
Opinion | The Legal Battle Against Trump Was a Miserable Failure - The New York Times - "The yearslong effort to vanquish Donald Trump in court was a dismal failure. For liberals like me, it may be tempting to attribute the collapse of the various cases against him to convenient explanations of process or personnel. The more uncomfortable truth is that our search for political salvation primarily through the law has backfired. To oppose Mr. Trump in his second term, liberals must learn the lesson of this defeat, which is that there is no alternative to persuading our fellow citizens of our beliefs. For decades, liberals have made the mistake of prioritizing legal victories over popular ones. It was a method of prolonging the civil rights movement even after its opponents assembled a majority to halt it... A few victories made it easy for liberals to forget that the law is just another domain of politics where their enemies enjoy power too. They talked of law as a matter of principle, ignoring that their movement had mainly treated it as a weapon for legalistic political change. Legalism’s greatest theorist, Judith Shklar, defined it as the adoption of an ethics of rule-following and defended it as a useful strategy. Along the way, you claim that the rules are on your side and impose them on your political enemies, and sometimes yourself, because the results are good ones. The trouble is that they regularly aren’t. In this election, legalistic tactics contributed to Mr. Trump’s victory, helping to produce the popular majority he had never boasted before. For all of Mr. Trump’s misdeeds, prosecuting them was not worth the cost of restoring him to power... The legalistic resistance was supercharged in May 2017 when Robert Mueller was appointed as special counsel to investigate Russian election interference and Mr. Trump’s “collusion” with it. But when Mr. Mueller’s inconclusive report was released in April 2019, it was an embarrassment to liberals. The politics of law had misdirected their focus for years, and in the process convinced millions of Americans that Mr. Trump’s foes were as prone to conspiratorial thinking as his allies. Cries that Mr. Trump’s opponents were engaged in “lawfare” suddenly gained credibility. That would prove fateful when, after Mr. Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, culminating in the Jan. 6 attack, criminal cases began to accumulate against him... many liberals, convinced that their causes were righteous, didn’t register the risks of this legalistic strategy, which included being seen by voters as treating the law as politics by other means. The criminal investigations fueled their target’s dominance of the Republican primary race and breathed new life into his campaign fund-raising. The election became something like national jury nullification — after the fact for the New York case, and pre-emptively for the others... Unsurprisingly, legalistic moves produce a struggle for more power over the law. Mr. Trump’s choices for attorney general — first Matt Gaetz, now Pam Bondi — were predictable responses to the protracted attempt to hold him accountable. His rationale for both, as he put it, was ending the weaponization of the Justice Department — the honest response to which is that law has always been a weapon, and what matters is whether it advances just or unjust outcomes on balance... those committed to litigating Mr. Trump’s policies aggressively should keep in mind the risk of producing illiberal and noxious precedents that could last for decades. Such was the risk incurred in the travel ban case as well as the Smith investigation, which has nothing to show for itself except the Supreme Court’s decision granting the president broad immunity from prosecution."
Thread by @DschlopesIsBack on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "The Full Truth About Ray Epps
After his failed defamation suit against Fox News it's now safe to fully expose this man for all that he's done before, on and after January 6th. 🧵 THREAD
"We need to go IN to the Capitol!" This is a good place to start with Ray Epps. The damning video starts on the night of January 5th, when Epps tries to incite Trump supports to go into the Capitol the next day. They respond by saying "Nooo!!" before chanting "Fed! Fed! Fed!" Next you can see Ray Epps in action on January 6th telling people "we are going to the Capitol, where are problems are." Then you will see him whispering something into the ear of Ryan Samsel right before Samsel and others charge the barrier with Ray Epps right there behind them. The aforementioned Ryan Samsel (who Ray Epps whispered into the ear of in my previous post) has been a political prisoner for years now spending tons of time in solitary confinement and has been beaten and assaulted while in federal prison.
Despite all this, you might find it VERY odd that the ONLY person involved in January 6th that the Left and the mainstream media have staunchly defended is Ray Epps. They wanted the book thrown at anybody else that was even present at the Capitol that day. I'm even got to the point where 60 Minutes did a fluff piece interview trying to help Ray Epps clear his name from this "conspiracy theory."
Where did these alleged Ray Epps federal agent "conspiracy theories" come from? Well, directly from the FBI themselves. Early on Epps was put on an FBI watch list before quickly being removed, without explanation. The official FBI Washington Field Office account also made this "Seeking Information" post where Ray Epps can clearly be seen in the yellow square below. Oddly enough this post is STILL up today as the pinned post for @FBIWFO 🤔
Here was Trump's expected new FBI Director Kash Patel discussing Ray Epps with @Timcast "Ray Epps was on FBI's most wanted list one day and the next day he was off of the FBI's most wanted list. There are only two ways that happens: You die... or you're an informant."... Now we get to the Jan. 6th Committee and this is where things get even more interesting. Notice how the shame panel was already "seeking to debunk unfounded theory about F.B.I. role in riot" BEFORE interviewing Epps? Seems just a bit biased...
he January 6th Committee asked Ray Epps about texting his nephew "I was in the front with a few others. I also orchestrated it." What did Epps mean by this, according to him it was just "helping people get there." 🤡 The Jan. 6th Committee didn't even bother challenging Ray Epps claiming that the video of him the night before on January 5th (see my first post in this thread) was him trying to "deescalate" a group of people. Imagine watching that video and thinking this is what happened. 🤦♂️
Don't worry, hardened marine veteran Ray Epps only wanted to be in the front lines on his way to go into the Capitol because he was... cold. Ray Epps testified to the Jan. 6th Committee that he left the Capitol at 2:12pm but he actually left at 2:54pm. This is lying under oath, right?
"We're here to storm the Capitol" - Ray Epps I should have put this earlier in the thread. It's from "The Rest of the Story with Lara Logan: Insurrection vs FedSurrection: Part One." This is a great January 6th documentary by @laralogan... Eventually Ray Epps tried to sue Fox News for defamation. To me, it seems as if this was an attempt to scare people and media outlets from looking into Epps and posting, discussing and writing articles about him. Every single MSM outlet covered this and many even cheered it on."
