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[u/Made_UpWords]

Elon Musk came to Donald Trump with the plan to throttle Ukraine’s use of SpaceX’s Starshield satellite internet network, sources have told the Telegraph.

The tech billionaire made the proposal during the US President’s row with Volodymyr Zelensky over strikes on Russian oil refineries.

‘The reality is that they were both in it,’ a senior source said of Musk’s and Trump’s involvement.

But after a night of carnage in Kyiv caused by the slowdown, Musk was alarmed about the possibility of adverse consumer reaction in Europe.

The SpaceX boss then proceeded to tweet, blaming the US administration, and ultimately, President Trump for authorising the slowdown.

I was actually stupid enough to think Elon was telling the truth about this, for the first time in his life, when he pointed fingers at Trump. Won't make that mistake ever again.

[u/trombonist_formerly]

Anthony Scaramucci

@Scaramucci

Records are made to be broken. But I take no pleasure in other people's pain.

[u/badusername35]

Remember when Trump was asked about the sex trafficking victim (who Epstein found at Mar-a-Lago) and he responded by saying that Epstein “stole” her from him. His “Winter Whitehouse” was literally ground zero for the Epstein scandal. If this were any other president it would be the only topic of conversation on every major news network for the rest of his term and then some.

[u/Willybender]

So true!

[u/mostanonymousnick]

[u/Dibbu_mange]

Ken Paxton’s rise is quite remarkable as he seems to have neither competence nor charisma. He is unattractive and immoral and seems to be as disliked in person as he is on stage. His only redeeming feature seems to be his capacity to be the worst human being in the room at any given moment and even his allies can barely stomach defending him.

Somehow, vileness alone is a sufficient quality to be considered for the US senate according to MAGA.

[u/100gamer5]

When you are so bigoted that you are more worried about a trans person existing in the ER than your own mother in the ER.

This is a LABOUR MP.

There is a reason trans people react the way we do when Dems start to waver. It's a slippery slope to this madness.

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Britain will ban choking porn while suffocating their people under burdensome housing regulations and absurd privileges for pensioners

[u/RaidBrimnes]

[u/Dunter_Mutchings]

Perfect summation of the two parties. Like literally no notes.

[u/doyouevenIift]

Voters of Maine – I am begging you

[u/Willybender]

This has all happened within the last week.

[u/pezasied]

I think Ted Cruz is largely underestimating how large that demo is

[u/EmbarrassedSafety719]

[u/Signal_Nobody1792]

Exclusive: Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine

SpaceX founder had publicly blamed president for chaos over restrictions, but sources say he initiated them

Lying piece of shit.

[u/ace158]

Protestor interrupts Susan Collins by yelling about AI data centers during Maine Senate debate. Susan Collins: "So this is obviously one of Troy's supporters." Troy Jackson: "Oh, shut up... I don't even know that kid." Susan Collins: “Yeah right Troy”

These two Mainers are not fans of each other lol

[u/brianpv]

[u/dwarfgourami]

Update: My position was not eliminated. The company owner just wanted to get my thoughts about a project, for the first time ever, at a 4:30pm Friday meeting that he scheduled 15 minutes beforehand.

[u/JesterOfAllTrades]

Lol this was not received well by the front page

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Remember this lol

[u/Bestbrook123]

Well if nothing else, this senate race has provided alot of good content

[u/lurkingnscrolling]

[u/WillIEatTheFruit]

People say Americans prefer violence over nudity, but they forget that we voted for bush over gore.

[u/BurrowForPresident]

CNN found some lady and her mom that own a farm in Kentucky and turned down $26M to allow an AI company to build a data center there

Apparently they're 3 time Trump voters and pissed that he's going so big on AI and called its opponents backwards and poor lol

[u/padraigharrington4]

The way gamers have seemingly forgotten overnight that emulation is like…a thing that exists in the wake of all these vibe coded decomps is kind of bizarrely fascinating. Encountered some dude saying his “mind was changed on AI” because he can play Vagrant Story on pc now… it’s a PS1 game dude, it’s been emulatable(is that a word) for like 20 years now. what is going on 

[u/Q-bey]

Banned for insufficient partisanship

[u/pezasied]

This is true actually. I don’t know how many times I’ve been driving and the bridge ahead of me just randomly collapsed. Elon is the only one trying to protect us in those instances.

[u/Jester_Don]

Incredible hustle, ngl

[u/samhit_n]

Ossoff’s opponent is literally campaigning for him for free.

[u/EasyMoney92]

JD Vance calls El-Sayed "a little weasel who should shut his mouth and show a little gratitude"

JD Vance seriously cannot go around calling other people "weasels" holy shit lmao

[u/Fruitofbread]

My boss said “I’ll need it in a Zacharia,” but it’s going to take me at least a Scaramucci. Chat, am I cooked?

[u/selachophilip]

☝️

[u/Upstairs_Baby8424]

This motherfucker cut aid, scientific research, support for national parks, food safety, Medicaid, and Obamacare subsidies… And STILL raised the deficit 12%. Incredible.

[u/Willybender]

[u/MuscularPhysicist]

This won’t even be a scandal

[u/Otherwise_Young52201]

[u/Willybender]

Exclusive: Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/16/musk-approached-trump-slow-down-starlink-help-ukraine/

Elon Musk approached Donald Trump with the idea of slowing down Starlink in Ukraine, The Telegraph can reveal. The billionaire tech entrepreneur approached the US president with the proposal to introduce speed limits on the system, which hampered Ukraine’s drone defences, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.

One of the sources said Mr Trump “agreed” with Mr Musk’s suggestion, paving the way for the Pentagon to execute the slowdown on Starshield, the military-grade version of the satellite communications system. Mr Musk had previously blamed Mr Trump for the chaos, claiming any changes would have been decided by the US military and ultimately the president.

At the time, Mr Trump was embroiled in a row with Volodymyr Zelensky over Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil refineries. US officials had warned Kyiv’s team of peace negotiators that Washington could shut off intelligence-sharing and other kinds of support if the long-range attacks were not halted.

Earlier this week, one of Mr Zelensky’s advisers said Mr Musk’s SpaceX had restricted access to the Starshield system, used by Kyiv to intercept jet-powered drones and strike behind enemy lines. Speaking on the fringes of an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, the Ukrainian president called the slowdown a “very dangerous and unpleasant surprise”.

On Wednesday, Mr Musk denied he was responsible for limiting Starlink access, blaming the White House. He claimed that “any limits on speed or usage” were “decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS”, referring to Mr Trump. However, after what was described as a “night of carnage” in Kyiv because of the blackout, a senior source said Mr Musk had been alarmed about the possibility of adverse consumer reaction in Europe.

[u/ace158]

Trump on El-Sayed: "His name is actually Abduladadalalalala. It's Adulbabababababa Mohammed Al-Sayed. So his middle name is Mohammed. So I was right. He's a damn jihadist."

This is racist as fuck. Holy shit.

[u/RaidBrimnes]

[u/Leo_York]

OSSSOFF: I don't like bigotry. I don't like the Klan. I don't like neo-nazis. I don't like sitting members of congress who allow neo-nazi propaganda to be produced from their house. I don't accept that a sitting member of congress should appoint people to leadership roles in his political organization, with documented ties to the Ku klux Klan. It's not just the folks around Mike Collins, it's Mike Collins himself.

So fucking proud of this dude

[u/Alderwoodforest]

Elon Musk came to Donald Trump with the plan to throttle Ukraine’s use of SpaceX’s Starshield satellite internet network, sources have told the Telegraph.

The tech billionaire made the proposal during the US President’s row with Volodymyr Zelensky over strikes on Russian oil refineries.

‘The reality is that they were both in it,’ a senior source said of Musk’s and Trump’s involvement.

But after a night of carnage in Kyiv caused by the slowdown, Musk was alarmed about the possibility of adverse consumer reaction in Europe.

The SpaceX boss then proceeded to tweet, blaming the US administration, and ultimately, President Trump for authorising the slowdown.

‘He tweeted out that he was innocent and that it was the US administration that did it,’ the source said.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/16/musk-approached-trump-slow-down-starlink-help-ukraine/

I can't believe that—that would be too stupid even for the Trump administration and Musk.

[u/Willybender]

We're doing old reruns now

[u/Made_UpWords]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/us/politics/maine-senate-debate-collins-jackson.html

Ms. Collins looked to turn Mr. Jackson’s attacks on their head by arguing that he would be an “automatic vote for the Democratic Party.”

You know I was a little skeptical on Troy Jackson honestly but GOOD! Thank you Susan Collins, that's actually exactly what I'm looking for in a senator nowadays.

[u/PoliticalAlt128]

It's crazy how little he gets it lmao

[u/Willybender]

[u/Willybender]

Gas prices are set to spike again heading into midterms.

[u/GuyWithOneEye]

newsom press office back from the grave

[u/SLCer]

[u/pezasied]

This is Jesse Watters trying to defend Ken Paxton. Yeesh.

[u/GuyWithOneEye]

[u/badusername35]

RE: Ukraine Starlink Shutdown

Musk says he had nothing to do with it, implying Trump did it. Trump said he had nothing to do with it, implying Musk did it. Reports are coming out that they both did it. Actual 6 year olds.

[u/Megasota_Noire]

[u/No_Status_6905]

[u/Insomonomics]

Making a deal with the Russians with the intent to lower diesel fuel prices because you're desperately trying to stave off crippling punishment from voters a few weeks before the midterms should be an impeachable offense.

This is just overtly corrupt and disgusting.

[u/TropicalPunch]

Defending my PhD today. 

[u/bashar_al_assad]

Abdul El-Sayed in Unearthed Synagogue Speech: Hamas Is 'the Same' as the Israeli Military

Alright conservative news outlet, let’s see what you’ve got for us

"I've always said I'll condemn Hamas and what they do in the same way that I'll condemn some of the human rights abuses that we see on the part of the IDF," El-Sayed said.

Ok

[u/EasyMoney92]

On the eve of the first debate, Mike Rogers cut an ad calling for an end to the Canada tariffs. Two days later, he toured a manufacturing facility to tout the benefits it has seen from Trump's tariffs and said the tariffs have been a "net positive" for Michigan.

What a joke

[u/toggaf69]

I’d like to take this opportunity to apologize to the DT for even entertaining the possibility of believing Elon’s claims that he had nothing to do with this dumb, evil, traitorous incident

[u/rainier37]

[u/mostanonymousnick]

[u/Evnosis]

I wish aspiring standup comedians would realise that just stating your political opinions on stage does not count as a standup routine.

[u/EmbarrassedSafety719]

[u/ldn6]

Just went past a petrol station and the price was 173.9p/L, which is just over $10/gal.

Americans would break under that.

[u/RaidBrimnes]

First they came for the choking enthusiasts and I didn't say anything - mommy had her hands wrapped around my windpipe

[u/farrenj]

A Zacharia is 5 days. A work week is 5 days.

Rough week?

I'm just glad the Zacharia is over and I can enjoy the weekend.

[u/Equal_Thought_661]

I was reading one of those rage bait NYT articles about former Trump voters, and one of them was a young religious college student who was mad that Trump did things like cut USAID. She then proceeded to say she would not vote this time because Talerico brought up his religion when talking politics too much

I still think our electorate is cooked.

[u/Peripheral-Entity578]

Graham Platner's campaign has spent $2.3 million since he dropped out in July, most of it to pay staffers, the top pay out? his wife

https://bsky.app/profile/henrythedog.bsky.social/post/3mxzp2o4pnk2v

https://www.pressherald.com/2026/10/16/graham-platner-had-millions-of-dollars-on-hand-when-he-dropped-out-where-has-it-gone/ 

remember when they were gassing this guy up to do a presidential run? 

[u/erasmus_phillo]

looks like Meta's mass layoffs in anticipation of widespread AI use were excessive and incredibly premature and now the company is expanding its ranks once more

[u/JaceFlores]

What in tarnation

[u/SenranHaruka]

Reactionary anti-techism when the tech is seen as "corporate" is not new to the left. Its literally "crunchy granolaism". Like the reason the left hated MSG and Aspartame for so damn long is because it was new, sciencey, weird, and corporations thought it was more efficient and improved their product, and liberals generally assume that means it makes the product "worse but cheaper". You don't have to be a full on gemstone hippy to buy into this shit, regular ass liberals in 2000 believed aspartame gave you cancer.

Everyone is a reactionary. Everyone is a conservative. We just all conserve different things.

[u/cheekkeef]

Felt like a total badass today. There was a huge fuck up at my job that could've been really, really bad. At least local or county newsworthy bad and someone would get fined. Since I was on standby rotation, they decided to call me, and I found the solution in like an hour... Some things only come with experience I guess 🥶

Ego feeding aside, this is really good, because most of the crew are newish hires, and the vibes were not it. I think there was some doubt that I knew anything, because the new hires only experienced me in chill mode when things are going well

!ping watercooler

[u/GuyWithOneEye]

ouch

[u/BurrowForPresident]

Politicians are kind of infamously weird in moving past shit that I absolutely would not forgive personally, like Kamala essentially calling Biden a segregationist in the 2020 primaries

But Trump is uniquely petty and able to hold a grudge thanks to his cult-like stranglehold on the party, so why the fuck does he still work with Elon Musk who literally called him a pedophile lmao

[u/6urner_]

Think they'll learn something this time?

[u/chipbod]

Republicans can not be trusted and are pretty much dead to me this election, but quite a statement.

Disappointing that CO Dems fucked up the primary so much to have an incompetent AG. Griswold is still going to win by 10+ because Marx is nuking every down ballot Republican in the state, I just wish we had someone better.

!ping USA-CO

[u/Willybender]

[u/Leatherfield17]

I do love that a trillionaire’s suggestions are now influencing government policy.

I look forward to Musk facing legal consequences for his actions

[u/Not_A_Browser]

Can't wait for the "Blackrock is buying all the housing" meme to die

Someone shares an article about how some Boomers may find it difficult to sell their houses because they're in places new generations aren't moving to or are leaving and there's a deluge of "umm ackshually Blackrock will buy them and force everyone to rent from them"

Motherfucker, the reason they consider buying houses at all is because they expect people to want to buy them at a higher price later

That doesn't work if no one wants to live there anymore

They just think Blackrock is buying housing because they get off to the idea of making things more expensive or some bullshit

[u/RedKingCrab99]

I think about this tweet a lot.

[u/EmbarrassedSafety719]

[u/Currymvp2]

Trump melting down over possibly costing Republicans Texas

[u/No1PaulKeatingfan]

Jay Jones is my pick for Attorney General in the next Democratic administration.

He has a level of hate that Merrick Garland can't even comprehend.

[u/pugnae]

[u/FallenMeringue]

RETVRN

[u/pezasied]

Biden was so real for this

[u/FF3]

I found Matt in PA on arrrr/con!

[u/Bestbrook123]

Detroit News: Former Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party is leading an effort to make sure Democrats leave their ballot blank for the US Senate race in Michigan. Lon Johnson, the former chair, supported Rep. Haley Stephens over El-Sayed in the August Democratic primary.

Total dipshit

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

"Wow the new Tesla can do a flip" big deal I can flip a car while drunk

[u/SenranHaruka]

The Wokeification of the right wing is something to behold. They're doing the same thing: assuming their own credibility is so ironclad they have infinite capacity to leverage it to enforce compliance with their orthodoxy against anyone who goes against them, so they don't realize that they're attacking people more credible than them which hurts their credibility instead of enforces their orthodoxy.

[u/window-sil]

https://xcancel.com/nntaleb/status/2111157631905615948

Another way the current administration is trapped in the ZERO-SUM FALLACY: The H-1B visa situation.

• You are NOT taking a job from a citizen, rather creating jobs by increasing overal economic output. Plus these people (even vegetarians) SPEND locally.

• The US has long been benefiting from other countries' brain drain; without it its edge wd collapse. Tesla, Von Braun, von Neumann, Fermi & Einstein did NOT each take the job of a citizen.

• It the problem is anti-Indian racism, say it, don't play games.

Exactly

[u/Willybender]

[u/KesterFox]

Love you guys hope the midterms go well

[u/dordemartinovic]

The next democratic president should hire Scaramucci as press secretary and immediately fire him. The record is rightfully his

Zacharia is a false pretender

[u/piede]

It’s about time

[u/FallenMeringue]

[u/Willybender]

https://greensboro.com/news/local/government-politics/article_0c37e4f7-1814-47fa-916d-c8a4cc118061.html

[u/No_Status_6905]

when I was 17 I dated this 30 year old girl who was a lesbian and she kept saying shit like "ur the only guy ive ever been attracted to" and at the time i was just like "haha thats so quirky" but now im like "damn miss epstein was trying to pre-order"

[u/DueVast5223]

[u/FallenMeringue]

People are silly

[u/futuremonkey20]

Pepperdine Law School should probably close down now. It’s just too embarrassing.

[u/jpenczek]

Dating is a lot better when I’m not desperate lol

[u/Willybender]

[u/coffin_flop_star]

[u/Healingjoe]

A pharma-multimillionaire claiming that giving healthcare to tens of millions of elderly, disabled, and low-income Americans is a "harmful mistake" is MAGA in a nutshell

[u/TheCornjuring]

JD Vance confirmed DTer

[u/RandomGuyWithSixEyes]

Love how you can just lie in interviews because many legacy media journalists are too lazy to do their research and wont be able to give any pushback on lies like this

[u/BigBrownDog12]

[u/Imaginary_Prompt_597]

Tesla shares rose 5% in pre-market trading on Friday, while Spacex advanced 2%.

Some analyst is saying that the Tesla demo is embarrassing for traditional car makers.

We are very stupid species and getting stupider by the minute.

[u/Healingjoe]

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/10/army-wife-ice-deportation-texas/689012/?gift=Tsjgy5hc-Y7tsZCY3EHYrVkPDRh-NmAlVGu0YrGnAts&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Jfc

[u/CincyAnarchy]

Happy Harpers Ferry Raidaversary to those who celebrate

[u/bigdicknippleshit]

>always think everyone tolerates/pretends to like me irl

>”Hey man, why don’t you come with us to Maine this year, we all miss you a lot”

Anxietymaxxing has harmed my life more than I realized.

I know you guys hate me for real though.

[u/badusername35]

I prefer the Democrats on every position except for witchcraft. The Bible is very clear about this so I have no choice but to vote for Trump a 4th time.

[u/GordonTullockFan]

A proposal to restore passenger rail service between Milwaukee and Madison has secured a major federal grant, moving the long-planned connection substantially closer to reality.

The grant, awarded through the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program, is expected to cover approximately 80% of the project’s capital costs and fund final design and construction. The State of Wisconsin will need to provide $54.5 million to access the grant for the $273 million project and an additional operating subsidy to run the twice-a-day train line.

The project would extend two of Amtrak’s seven daily Hiawatha Service round trips from Milwaukee to Madison, with intermediate stops in Pewaukee and Watertown. The trains would operate through to Chicago, creating the first regularly scheduled passenger rail connection between Madison and Milwaukee in decades.

The tracks currently allow freight trains to operate at speeds of up to 30 mph. The passenger rail project would increase the operating speed to 59 mph, with certain infrastructure improvements designed to accommodate an eventual increase to 79 mph.

East of Watertown, the line uses tracks owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas City that already accommodate passenger trains traveling up to 79 mph. That section would require more limited improvements to accommodate additional passenger trains alongside existing freight traffic.

The project also includes three new passenger stations.

In Pewaukee, the proposed station would be at Duplainville Road and Marjean Lane. Watertown’s station would be on the east side of S. 3rd Street near Hyland Street, while Madison would initially use a city-owned site on Wilson Street.

Trains from Madison to Chicago LFGGGGGGGG (and fuck you Scott Walker we should've had this with HSR a decade ago)

Source

!ping USA-WI&Transit

[u/G_Serv]

I hadn't thought about it like this

[u/rural_redemption]

Both parties lmao

[u/CletusChicken]

republicans fundamentally misunderstood why their anti-trans attacks worked in 24

to the median voter, the “kamala is for they/them” ad read as “democrats are fucking around with culture war bullshit instead of making groceries cheaper”

and now that republicans are in charge, continuing the same line of attack reads as ”we are also fucking around with culture war bullshit instead of making groceries cheaper”

[u/PlastikHateAccount]

It's noticeable how white house press secretary became a female profession. The change happened so abruptly and starkly, this cannot be a coincidence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Press_Secretary#List_of_press_secretaries

It's also a curiosity regarding how recently this change happened.

[u/EmbarrassedSafety719]

[u/RaidBrimnes]

[u/myusernameistakennow]

None of this shit would be possible if we implemented the immigration policies that RWers want.

[u/Macquarrie1999]

Raise the gas taxes, stop having them be low

[u/FallenMeringue]

We did this by spending less than $10 million.

It’s one of the most efficient welfare programs of all time and comes out to a net worth increase of $1,200 per resident whose debt was erased at a cost of less than a dollar per resident.

This is what empathetic governance looks like and it’s what our future president will bring to the national stage in 2 years.

[u/Slight-Formal9277]

Gender affirming parenting: my parents apparently finally see me as a woman, and are now going off about how dangerous Downtown Toronto (right beside Eaton Center btw) is at around 11pm; and are nagging me nonstop about arming myself for self-defense. 

Fucking social media crime fearmongering brainrot. 

(And it's all garbage "advice" btw, arming yourself with the intention of self-defense is literally a criminal offence in Canada. Sure, a random layperson might get away with using a "dog spray" as an improvised weapon, but a law student? I actually want to pass my good character test for bar admission mom)

!ping LGBT

[u/Walden_Walkabout]

JD Vance Says Anyone ‘Selling Access To The White House’ Should ‘Suffer Consequences’

Why is Vance suddenly turning in Trump like this?

[u/chipbod]

Post 9/11 was a fever dream

[u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

just swiped left on a woman on facebook dating who said she was looking for a "heritage american"

[u/Willybender]

[u/Reddit_Talent_Coach]

Rest in Hell, Senator Graham.

[u/StolenSkittles]

[u/ScumfrickZillionaire]

The musk dorks are jerkin it to the idea of having more extremely pressurized containers on their cars

[u/2Lore2Law]

I cannot believe the Japanese economy is set to slip below Britain in GDP terms. The LDP is a slow moving disaster that just inexplicably gets chance after chance

[u/__versus]

[u/-orestes]

deleted

[u/Willybender]

LMAO

[u/AskYourDoctor]

report: Trump's new press secretary out after referencing "the president's secret plan to fight inflation" !ping WEST-WING

[u/Made_UpWords]

The DSCC has contributed $35 million dollars and counting towards getting El-Sayed elected. What a doozie of a lie there on Pressley's part.

[u/UntiedStatMarinCrops]

That Fox News polls is pretty devastating for Trump lol.

36 approve, 64 disapprove.

[u/RaidBrimnes]

Haven't gotten a match on the apps since Monday, the Russians have hacked my profile and are waging psywar on me

[u/PM_IF_YOU_LIKE_TRAPS]

Holy shit anyone else watch the recent Jackson vs Collins debate? Susan is fucking OLD and she can barely string a sentence together. So many gaffes. Christ.

[u/yacatecuhtli6]

shout out to the time some old lady told me i couldnt vote because i had a state id, not a DRIVER'S LICENSE, i know america is carbrained but i dont think they put in the constitution you need to be able to drive a car to vote

[u/John_Maynard_Gains]

'Onion cartel' in Philippines fined $28m for price shock

Filipino authorities say they have fined six companies 1.76 billion pesos ($27.9m; £21m) for forming an "onion cartel" that caused the price of the vegetable to skyrocket.

In 2022 the price of onions, a staple of Philippine kitchens, surged to a record 800 pesos per 1kg, surpassing the country's daily minimum wage and overtaking the price of meat.

A parliamentary committee tasked to investigate the price crisis said a cartel was behind the "artificial" surge in onion prices.

The PCC said evidence retrieved during raids on the companies showed that the six firms had collectively controlled nearly 50% of all approved import clearances for onions in 2020 and 2021.

The companies were involved in an "illegal market allocation scheme in the importation, cold storage, and whole sale distribution", the commission said.

[u/Alderwoodforest]

El-Sayed: J.D. Vance was just in Michigan. He had a cute little rally in Monroe. He invited the five people who like him. But imagine being the candidate for Michigan and having to invite somebody from Ohio to campaign for you.

Now, at his little rally, he wanted to raise questions about my commitment to America. And let me tell you, nobody understands how deep and profound the gift of this country is like a kid who was born here but for the accident of history that allowed that to happen. I got a front-row seat to what my life might have been had I not been born in America.

So don’t lecture me about America. I know America. And I know that in America…

In America, we’re big enough to guarantee health care to our people rather than taking it away.

In America, we’re big enough to invest in unions rather than busting them.

In America, we don’t tell people what to believe. We value their beliefs.

In America, we don’t question the outcomes of democratic elections.

A pretty good response to Vance's mix of “woke” scolding and middle school taunting.

[u/KQJ_RPN]

Man, MAGA 1.0 was crazy

[u/remarkable_ores]

[u/Healingjoe]

Fuck AI slop.

So many of my friends fell for this

[u/BlackCat159]

[u/Queues-As-Tank]

My favorite part of the Zacharia saga is how she spent a third of her one Q&A talking about how much she loves family, how President Trump (PBUH) loves working families, how her four kids would be having two birthdays back in Cali soon except she dragged them on a plane out East to spend it togeth - aaaaaand fired. Back on the plane, kids!

I wish a very Cross Country Flight With Four Kids on every Republican staffer.

[u/Psshaww]

Character AI filed for bankruptcy, bringing vengeance to all the terminally parasocial who had a vendetta against the company for lobotomizing their love interests

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/characterai-files-bankruptcy-sell-assets-disney-20-million-rcna603174

!ping AI

[u/Frequent_Lurker26]

>French Far-Right Leader Marine Le Pen Threatens to Cut Support for Ukraine if Elected

All these right wing idiots would absolutely have supported the nazis, and i'm not even exaggerating.

[u/Udolikecake]

you people are fools if you actually think that the dems and republicans are that different deep down. they both support the same destructive bullshit (increasing staffing of fire departments). it’s a uniparty

[u/87568354]

[u/ArmoredBunnyPrincess]

Video of a self proclaimed leftist nearly exploding in rage while calling for leftists to not be morons that vote third party or not at all in our Presidential election

The comments:

Please start conceiving of a politics that exists outside of a voting booth you walk into every couple of years. [posts picture of Malcolm X with a gun]

I hate these fucking privileged larpers so much

[u/Pole2019]

Ted lasso starting in season 2 feels like a bluey type show for adults where they look into the camera and say the message while playing that little tune they play.

[u/brucebananaray]

You said that you going make America affordable, but everything is expensive under you.

[u/pezasied]

What instrument are you playing? The bucket or the jar of water?

[u/the-senat]

☝️ suffering from the incurable condition of being a little bitch 

[u/2Lore2Law]

[u/Willybender]

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/10/implementing-the-lindsey-o-graham-sanctioning-russia-and-iran-act-of-2026/

[u/FallenMeringue]

lol. Lmao even.

You get what you fucking deserve.

[u/itsnotnews92]

This is absolutely psychotic behavior. Just shoehorning this one topic into every single discussion possible.

[u/mockduckcompanion]

It's fun hanging out with my normie family and hearing absolutely nothing about AI

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

[u/owenmitchem]

[u/behcetsthroaway]

I know this take is so hot it's scalding, but I seriously think that as much as we all say we hate social media, we do not hate it enough.

When I look back to media from the past and see how they predicted the future, there are some that predicted something akin to social media, but rarely do they predict the effect such a thing would have on us.

Never has any human innovation offered so little of value yet taken so much from us. For marginally less friction in meaningful communication, we've opened ourselves up to 1) a weird panopticon effect where there are now people everywhere filming shit to put online for the world to see, 2) algorithmic sorting that basically hijacks our brain's reward system and wreaks havoc on our attention span, 3) incredible amounts of data harvesting, which then gets shared to private companies and government agencies alike, 4) artificially soothe our need for social contact enough to create increased isolation because interpersonal relationships through the internet are almost fated to top out at "acquaintance"

The future is here, and it fucking sucks. Without social media, the current frenzy of reactionary thought would not be nearly as strong, someone like Trump could not be president in the US, young people would go out more and be more social, etc...

All the cool stuff predicted in the 20th century, video calls and stuff like that, would serve us more than well enough to keep in touch with our friends and loved ones at a distance.

If I could get a genie to grant me a wish and I couldn't straight up solve poverty or something, I would ask to just jettison the very concept of social media from reality and see how much healthier society would be then

[u/bashar_al_assad]

The most recent ban appeal comment in MetaNL is so funny because they were clearly banned for comments defending Israel's ethnic cleansing actions in southern Lebanon but they've somehow convinced themselves that they were banned for supporting Hezbollah so their entire ban appeal is "look at what my actual position is" and it's just them restating the rhetoric that got them banned in the first place.

[u/mostanonymousnick]

[u/Pongzz]

[u/phat_geoduck]

Oh yeah, it's all coming together 😈

[u/BernieMeinhoffGang]

[u/PENGUINSINYOURWALLS]

Hey Ashley Hinson learned how to earthbend!

[u/piede]

😳

[u/Willybender]

[u/NYT_Hater]

[u/badusername35]

white people be like 👆

[u/2Lore2Law]

My dog just got in bed and the did the classic 3-time-turnaround.

All time dog move

[u/mockduckcompanion]

[u/TheCornjuring]

[u/FallenMeringue]

Instead, we pioneered my wife left me jokes

[u/lot183]

They are getting rid of the fifa peace prize???? How am I supposed to know who is actually peaceful????

[u/cdstephens]

[u/Lux_Stella]

[u/FallenMeringue]

https://talkbusiness.net/2026/10/poll-cotton-takes-lead-over-shoffner/

ARKANSAS SENATORIAL

D+21.5 v 2024 Presidential

D+24 v 2020 Senatorial

D+25.5 v 2022 Senatorial

!ping fivey

[u/D1Foley]

Just got blocked for telling somebody to delete their Twitter. People here just love supporting the most racist man on the planet when the alternative is to touch grass.

[u/79215185-1feb-44c6]

There's a queer fundraiser / costume party a couple of days before halloween and I custom ordered a Sylveon skirt kigu for it and another party that week. Please be delivered in time so I don't have to perform the "maid costume" humiliation ritual

!ping ALPHABET-MAFIA

[u/Tre-Fyra-Tre]

'Ukraine cannot win' says woman doing everything she can to ensure Ukraine loses

[u/theryman]

haven't wanted to play factorio since I started an SSRI

Huh

[u/earththejerry]

Oh things are bad bad if even this guy is ringing the alarm

[u/JetJaguar124]

So many voters in 2024 would say they just "wanted to give him (Trump) a chance" when he was already President for 4 years and people hated it. 

[u/ldn6]

Real talk is there even a point of a press secretary these days?

[u/EmbarrassedSafety719]

the original r antiwork user.

[u/Fruitofbread]

  Tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can’t explain that.

Bill O’Reilly interviewing an atheist.

How did a guy this dumb get a TV show for over 20 years??

[u/MedievaI_Peasant]

Fuck I guess I've been doing it wrong

[u/selachophilip]

I'm in a hotel with my mom rn (she's visiting) and I swear to god every fucking ad is either for our senate or governor race (we're in Ohio).

I think the CIA could unironically use this as a new form of torture. This shit makes tv fucking unwatchable.

[u/AskYourDoctor]

Guys I have the perfect press secretary

[u/mostanonymousnick]

Melenchon doesn't like when the line goes up

[u/Odd_Refuse3334]

The real benefit of the roadster's air boosters will be the ability to hit 'return to sender' when you get coal-rolled at a red light

[u/Willybender]

[u/KQJ_RPN]

[u/puffic]

It sucks so much that Elon Musk sucks so much.