Kulturkampf

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

"Sorry, I'm not a lesbian*" 

[Nintex]

[TylenolJones]

MSDNC not going to survive a second Trump term.

[HaughtyFrank]

[booomer]

Fuck Around

Find Out

[benji]

It's tragic for the innocent victims

That's who we're talking about. There's no supposed hypocrites here.

[benji]

[benji]

Potato's favorite Senator is on Twitter again:

[Uncle]

reduxx got mass reported for being transphobic (retaliation/lashing out for trump being elected) and were kicked off patreon

[booomer]

[Potato]

It's tragic for the innocent victims

That's who we're talking about. There's no supposed hypocrites here.

We're talking about a bunch of different groups of people here though. 

I'm talking about Latinos with undocumented relatives who voted for Trump (the primary group identified in the original video that was posted). Another is the democrats (like the guy in the video) who were all in on protecting undocumented migrants before the election who are now all in on snitching on them to "own the Republican voting Latinos"and to "teach them a lesson". 

Plenty of hypocrites there among those groups. 

Granted, there's also plenty of innocent victims (those poor bastards about to be caught up in a stupid culture war by a bunch of hypocrites). But that's the problem with culture wars, innocent people get hurt and the culture warriors live to fight another stupid war another stupid day.

For the record I don't think Trump should be rounding people up who have lived in the US for years regardless of their status. The same way I don't think Australia should be deporting New Zealand citizens found guilty of committing crimes when they have lived their whole lives here.

It's pretty funny to laugh at hypocrites though...

[Potato]

Potato's favorite Senator is on Twitter again:

 Victorians

 United Australia Party

 Gold Coast real estate agent

[benji]

We're talking about a bunch of different groups of people here though. 

I'm talking about Latinos with undocumented relatives who voted for Trump (the primary group identified in the original video that was posted). Another is the democrats (like the guy in the video) who were all in on protecting undocumented migrants before the election who are now all in on snitching on them to "own the Republican voting Latinos"and to "teach them a lesson". 

Plenty of hypocrites there among those groups. 

Except I'm not sure the first group are hypocrites, it's entirely plausible they support or don't care about deportation of their undocumented family members.

[Potato]

We're talking about a bunch of different groups of people here though. 

I'm talking about Latinos with undocumented relatives who voted for Trump (the primary group identified in the original video that was posted). Another is the democrats (like the guy in the video) who were all in on protecting undocumented migrants before the election who are now all in on snitching on them to "own the Republican voting Latinos"and to "teach them a lesson". 

Plenty of hypocrites there among those groups. 

Except I'm not sure the first group are hypocrites, it's entirely plausible they support or don't care about deportation of their undocumented family members.

Some, I'm sure. Some I think are just that arrogant that they don't think it's THEIR relatives that will be rounded up. 

Time will tell. Personally I think it's only a matter of time before we get the following tweet sequence: 

"Please help. My father is being deported. He's lived here for 20 years."

"This you?"

*insert tweet celebrating Trump immigration policies

"Yeah, but my father is one of the good ones!"

I'm happy to be wrong about this, but you'd be brave to bet against it.

[DavidCroquet]

Potato's favorite Senator is on Twitter again:

look at this cuck demi-censoring the f word.

[booomer]

Speaking of innocent victims. She is closing her X account and moving to threads.

 

[D3RANG3D]

[killamajig]

Mayoral advisor who led the charge against ShotSpotter is jailed on outstanding warrant
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/10/mayoral-advisor-who-led-the-charge-against-shotspotter-is-jailed-on-outstanding-warrant-alderman-is-ped-off-to-the-highest-of-pisstivity.html

A $103,488 per year “senior adviser on community safety,” Alyxandra Goodwin, 33, appeared in warrant court on Wednesday morning and court records show Judge Deidre Dyer ordered her detained on the warrant, which is for a misdemeanor charge of driving on a suspended license. A 2021 Naperville Sun story reported that Goodwin was arrested that year for driving on a suspended license.

TLDR:
Local Alderman and community like the ShotSpotter (a tech that triangulates the location of a gunshots). A SJW public safety advisor wants to defund the police and got rid of the shot spotter. Public safety advisor gets arrested for a warrant. Lol

Ald. David Moore (17th) posted a picture of Goodwin with a screenshot of her LinkedIn bio Wednesday afternoon. Moore led the City Council’s efforts to keep ShotSpotter technology active in the city, but Johnson canceled the program on September 22 anyway, ignoring pleas from aldermen, the police superintendent, and ordinary Chicagoans.

Moore wrote.
“As Alderman, my primary responsibility is to serve the residents of the 17Th Ward. I took on the ShotSpotter issue because of the concerns of my residents and because of what I know is making A difference in our community,” he continued.

“However, it p***es me off when people and organizations who are not from our community, lead the efforts to tell us what is right for our community. I do my best to fight for policies or against policies, that impact my residents,”

“I don’t fight at the behest of organizations or interest groups. That is why I am so p***ed off and disturbed by this information. This administrations effort to end ShotSpotter and put the lives of my residents in jeopardy by hiring a person whose sole purpose and mission is to end ShotSpotter and defund keeping our communities safe,” he said.

“But don’t get caught up even in this person, but a system of certain white people, groups or organizations using our community as test dummies. As the title says, black people are a PROJECT to them, guinea pigs. It’s important that you know the policies and people I’m trying to protect my residents from,” the post concluded.

Goodwin has been heavily involved in “social justice” initiatives for years. She has referred to police as “the muscle of racial capitalism.” In late 2015, she published an article titled, “A Few Ways to Support Police Abolition In The New Year (Or Right Now).”

Alyxandra Goodwin and Ald. David Moore

How did she get arrested for the warrant? She/they/he/it (hard to tell because Alyxandra looks exactly like you'd expect someone who wants to defund the police would look like) got popped for "driving with a suspended license" warrant because she was pulled over for driving on expired tags. 
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/11/103000-a-year-mayoral-advisors-plates-expired-in-2022-because-her-car-wont-pass-an-emissions-test.html

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $103,488-a-year public safety advisor has been driving on expired plates for two years because her “check engine” light keeps coming on and she can’t pass an emissions test.

That’s what Alyxandra Goodwin told the Chicago police sergeant who pulled her over for the outdated tags last month. The traffic stop ended with Goodwin being arrested for an outstanding traffic warrant from DuPage County.

The officers allowed her to make phone calls to arrange for someone to take care of her children while Goodwin got everything straightened out.

During one phone call, apparently to her boss, Deputy Mayor of Community Safety Garien Gatewood, Goodwin is heard saying, “They’re not bothering me. They’re going to arrest me.”

Goodwin handed her phone to the sergeant, saying her boss wanted to have a word.

Unmoved by Goodwin’s City Hall connections, the sergeant explained that Goodwin was being taken to the Grand Crossing (3rd) District station.

The call ended with Goodwin’s boss apparently asking who the district commander was.

“Who is this?” the sergeant asked.

“OK. The 3rd District commander is Commander Branch,” said the sergeant before hanging up.

Makes over 100 grand a year and can't even get their fucking check engine light problem fixed. A perfect example why nobody wants these kind of people in charge. How can they get thigs done for us when they can't get things done for themselves?

The bodycam is boring but I posted it if you want to see. The ACAB chick seems to get along with cops and no real drama. Resetera would be disapointed.

[killamajig]

Lol, I just watched that last night(stay safe, me). I saw it's free on youtube and had to watch again.

Of course YouTube started recommending people reacting to watching tropic thunder. I was curious to see what younger people thought so I checked out some of those videos. Couple of the vids were entertaining because of how uncomfortable it made some of the viewers. 😂 Not surprisingly some of the Gen z people were laughing their ass off. Maybe there's hope for younger people after all.

[HaughtyFrank]

Makes over 100 grand a year and can't even get their fucking check engine light problem fixed. A perfect example why nobody wants these kind of people in charge. How can they get thigs done for us when they can't get things done for themselves?

That's perhaps the part that surprises me the most. Stuff like expired tags, suspended license etc. can become a real vicious cycle for people who are already poor and have no other way to get to work. So they keep breaking the law to make what little money they can get only to get fined, arrested etc. again. When this happens to someone who makes a 100k per year though they're just an idiot and an asshole.

[Eric Cartman]

Makes over 100 grand a year and can't even get their fucking check engine light problem fixed. A perfect example why nobody wants these kind of people in charge. How can they get thigs done for us when they can't get things done for themselves?

That's perhaps the part that surprises me the most. Stuff like expired tags, suspended license etc. can become a real vicious cycle for people who are already poor and have no other way to get to work. So they keep breaking the law to make what little money they can get only to get fined, arrested etc. again. When this happens to someone who makes a 100k per year though they're just an idiot and an asshole.

Its why fines for prostitution have always been counter productive, because they just hook more to pay them off (the 'forced into it through desperation or circumstance' street hooker types, not the dilettante 'this will really piss off daddy' types)

[booomer]

The Trump Effect just keeps rolling

https://popculture.com/tv-shows/news/cnn-to-fire-on-air-talents-as-part-of-major-layoffs-report-claims/

Just after news broke of Chris Wallace ditching CNN, the network is now slated to cut “hundreds of jobs,” according to a new report from Puck News’ Dylan Byers. The outlet, which is a frequent news-breaker when it comes to TV news shakeups, reports that CNN’s CEO Mark Thompson will lay off tons of employees to cut costs and streamline CNN for digital platforms. Some on-camera anchors and talents are reportedly slated to be fired as part of these cuts.

[Uncle]

I thought trump was big business for mainstream media? they were all supposedly happy that he won because it would keep the news cycle and the drama going?

[booomer]

I thought trump was big business for mainstream media? they were all supposedly happy that he won because it would keep the news cycle and the drama going?

That was the logic but apparently calling everyone racist for Harris losing is not must see TV. MSM is dying and I am all for it.

[booomer]

[Uncle]

14 years later and she hasn't aged a day

[Nintex]

[Potato]

https://theconversation.com/most-us-book-bans-target-childrens-literature-featuring-diverse-characters-and-authors-of-color-238731

Hey progressives, is this that "fuck around and find out" thing you keep talking about?

[Uncle]

I hate "book ban" discourse

there are a multitude of valid reasons that specific books might not be offered in specific contexts, and it takes a lot to approach the level of nazi book burning

all providers of books curate what is offered, because they have limited space

is choosing not to stock a random book technically "banning" it? can no one go fucking buy it on amazon if they want to read it?

[Potato]

More interesting to me would be data on book censorship. Outright bans are one thing, and probably very limited, but I'd be interested in data on self-censorship by publishers.