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It's interesting to see the continued pessimism about the economy. NYT just had a panel where various leading economists talked about how the economy is holding up well in spite of all the headwinds. But under both Trump and Biden voters seem to have a much more negative view than the media.
September 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It's interesting to see the continued pessimism about the economy. NYT just had a panel where various leading economists talked about how the economy is holding up well in spite of all the headwinds. But under both Trump and Biden voters seem to have a much more negative view than the media.
This is exactly what people warned about with the War on Terror...eventually these policies carving out a loophole to take away rights will be expanded to other groups.
September 18, 2025 at 6:24 AM
This is exactly what people warned about with the War on Terror...eventually these policies carving out a loophole to take away rights will be expanded to other groups.
Apparently Zuckerberg invested over $100 billion in VR/Metaverse related tech! Imagine what else that money could have been used for.
www.ft.com/content/c513...
www.ft.com/content/c513...
Meta’s investment in VR and smart glasses on track to top $100bn
Tech group reveals it put $19.9bn into its Reality Labs division, which develops its smart glasses and headsets, last year
www.ft.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Apparently Zuckerberg invested over $100 billion in VR/Metaverse related tech! Imagine what else that money could have been used for.
www.ft.com/content/c513...
www.ft.com/content/c513...
Tucker might be worried that the MAGA censors will eventually come for him. Within the far right there's a split between people who are fanatical supporters of Israel and others who criticize Israel (often on conspiratorial grounds) like Tucker and Candace Owens.
September 18, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Tucker might be worried that the MAGA censors will eventually come for him. Within the far right there's a split between people who are fanatical supporters of Israel and others who criticize Israel (often on conspiratorial grounds) like Tucker and Candace Owens.
Tucker has actually gotten a lot of criticism from the right for being critical of Israel. A common thing you hear is that he's being paid by Qatar to attack Israel. Of course he also pushes insane conspiracy theories but there's some internal disagreement there.
September 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tucker has actually gotten a lot of criticism from the right for being critical of Israel. A common thing you hear is that he's being paid by Qatar to attack Israel. Of course he also pushes insane conspiracy theories but there's some internal disagreement there.
That explains why Biden had terrible numbers on inflation and why Trump now also does. In spite of presiding over a propaganda empire Trump wasn't able to convince people he was lowering prices when he wasn't. It also gives Democrats an opening if they can present a credible solution to this issue.
September 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
That explains why Biden had terrible numbers on inflation and why Trump now also does. In spite of presiding over a propaganda empire Trump wasn't able to convince people he was lowering prices when he wasn't. It also gives Democrats an opening if they can present a credible solution to this issue.
I agree it sounds weird at times but you have to compare that to the alternative...the authorities for unknown reasons fabricated a conversation between these two people and no one involved has spoken out to say that it's made up.
September 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I agree it sounds weird at times but you have to compare that to the alternative...the authorities for unknown reasons fabricated a conversation between these two people and no one involved has spoken out to say that it's made up.
I'm sure this is true overall, but when it comes to inflation and cost of living it feels like we're ignoring the much simpler explanation: prices went up a lot. Although inflation has slowed they stayed at an elevated level. People were mad about that under Biden and they still are under Trump.
September 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'm sure this is true overall, but when it comes to inflation and cost of living it feels like we're ignoring the much simpler explanation: prices went up a lot. Although inflation has slowed they stayed at an elevated level. People were mad about that under Biden and they still are under Trump.
That's how you know it's real. Who would make that up?
September 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
That's how you know it's real. Who would make that up?
It looks like "Coco Brown" is a nickname for this person, Harry Joe Brown Jr.
www.nytimes.com/2005/11/28/n...
www.nytimes.com/2005/11/28/n...
Harry Joe Brown Jr., 71, Innovative Developer, Dies (Published 2005)
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It looks like "Coco Brown" is a nickname for this person, Harry Joe Brown Jr.
www.nytimes.com/2005/11/28/n...
www.nytimes.com/2005/11/28/n...
Your article doesn't contradict what I said. Here's what Julie Brown, the journalist whose work triggered the entire Epstein investigation, had to say about it.
September 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Your article doesn't contradict what I said. Here's what Julie Brown, the journalist whose work triggered the entire Epstein investigation, had to say about it.
This is also what I worry about with Gavin Newsom becoming the default nominee for 2028. Yes his team may be more combative than Harris' was but it's hard to see how he makes a credible case for bold policies when he never implemented anything like that in California.
September 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is also what I worry about with Gavin Newsom becoming the default nominee for 2028. Yes his team may be more combative than Harris' was but it's hard to see how he makes a credible case for bold policies when he never implemented anything like that in California.
People love to repeat this line but there's actually a very simple explanation...it was an ongoing investigation during the Biden admin. They couldn't have released the case files from an open investigation.
September 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
People love to repeat this line but there's actually a very simple explanation...it was an ongoing investigation during the Biden admin. They couldn't have released the case files from an open investigation.
It seems like all of this is the result of a cynical political calculation by Trump and the GOP...RFK Jr. has a captive audience of fanatical followers and they're determined to keep them in the GOP camp.
September 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It seems like all of this is the result of a cynical political calculation by Trump and the GOP...RFK Jr. has a captive audience of fanatical followers and they're determined to keep them in the GOP camp.
We're not just talking about a single controversy but major events in recent history that right-wingers have a completely false understanding of....who won the election? What caused the pandemic?
So my criticism of liberals is...let's not go down this road. Don't be like Trump supporters.
So my criticism of liberals is...let's not go down this road. Don't be like Trump supporters.
September 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We're not just talking about a single controversy but major events in recent history that right-wingers have a completely false understanding of....who won the election? What caused the pandemic?
So my criticism of liberals is...let's not go down this road. Don't be like Trump supporters.
So my criticism of liberals is...let's not go down this road. Don't be like Trump supporters.
There are two many examples to name. Many right-wingers are convinced that USAID was mostly a "fraud" when in reality it provided almost half the humanitarian aid in the world. They think Fauci created the pandemic when scientists strongly believe it had a natural origin.
September 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
There are two many examples to name. Many right-wingers are convinced that USAID was mostly a "fraud" when in reality it provided almost half the humanitarian aid in the world. They think Fauci created the pandemic when scientists strongly believe it had a natural origin.
Grasping at every crumb of info that supports your view while aggressively denying anything that refutes it might make sense if everything comes down to a propaganda war. But if you want to actually figure out the truth that's obviously not a smart approach.
September 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Grasping at every crumb of info that supports your view while aggressively denying anything that refutes it might make sense if everything comes down to a propaganda war. But if you want to actually figure out the truth that's obviously not a smart approach.
The engravings are somewhat debatable IMO but the roommate + friends of the shooter were known a couple days ago and it seems like a lot of people just chose to...completely ignore that information? Admittedly there were a lot of claims flying around but that's not an excuse to flat-out deny things.
September 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The engravings are somewhat debatable IMO but the roommate + friends of the shooter were known a couple days ago and it seems like a lot of people just chose to...completely ignore that information? Admittedly there were a lot of claims flying around but that's not an excuse to flat-out deny things.
Also there was a recent incident that was basically a mirror image of this where a right-wing shooter in Minnesota murdered Democratic politicians and conservatives are still unable to accept that he's right-wing. Lots of examples!
September 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Also there was a recent incident that was basically a mirror image of this where a right-wing shooter in Minnesota murdered Democratic politicians and conservatives are still unable to accept that he's right-wing. Lots of examples!
Many of them still think Joe Biden stole the 2020 election through mass mail-in ballot fraud in spite of not being in the government at the time and no real evidence ever emerging of this.
September 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Many of them still think Joe Biden stole the 2020 election through mass mail-in ballot fraud in spite of not being in the government at the time and no real evidence ever emerging of this.
What are you talking about lol? Every day is a coordinated hallucination for them.
September 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
What are you talking about lol? Every day is a coordinated hallucination for them.
I'm pretty sure that post is satire if you look at their other comments.
September 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I'm pretty sure that post is satire if you look at their other comments.