Where does that funding come from?

I’ve had great jobs, introducing yourself at meetings that include people you don’t know is just part of it

I have done this innumerable times at multiple jobs. Maybe it happens a lot more than you think

Are we reading the same article? It says it was a counterprotester who threw this into the right-wing group

Not necessarily, Iran wasn’t taking the threat from Israel and the US seriously when Khamenei the elder was assassinated, but they certainly are now. I think it depends on how much intel Israel is still getting from inside Iran

The bill requires that a voter’s name match their birth certificate, and many women (and some men) changed their names when they got married.

Hegseth’s father was a basketball coach for high schools across Minnesota before retiring in 2019; his mother is an executive business coach who has taught with the Minnesota Excellence in Public Service (MEPS) Series, a fellowship and leadership program for Republican and center-right women.

She’d probably say “You’ve always been a disappointment to this family. You should’ve gone to war with Iran last year.”

No, that was Jean-Claude Van Damme

it was never meant as a directed/individualistic comment

You should probably have said something like “my bad” and explained yourself then, rather than insult people who read your words and all took the same thing away from them. Your intentions are meaningless when your words don’t explain them

“How willing have you been to go and put your life on the line to stop these atrocities?”

Literally puts life on line to help others

“Why are you so stupid that you don’t understand my rhetorical device?”

You could just say “good work” and move on rather than debase yourself like this

Thank you for this. TMS has been around for a long time now and this is not news

They’re not thinking that far ahead

Arch Aplin, the owner of Buc-ee’s, is a huge Republican donor who backs Trump-aligned candidates in Texas, including Abbott, Patrick, and Paxton. Buc-ee’s really lost me when they opened one in Bastrop on 71 and planted a billboard over Hruska’s, trying to drive away their business, but I would never go there regardless.

First thing I thought of. I wouldn’t put it past our current leadership to think blocking out the sun is a good idea

Excrete, have sex, lay egg

Excrete, have sex, lay egg

Excrete, have sex, lay egg

What’s not true there?

Way less than $5 per tank, more like 5¢/gallon at an average gas station. They make 70¢ off me filling my tank.

What the fuck

I mean, regardless of your opinion of the geopolitics, the first Gulf War was clearly defined and well executed

What does “reporting an abuser” mean exactly? Telling the police that a crime has occurred? Absent tangible evidence like video, the only person who can make that report and it be taken seriously is the victim. And then what’s the charge going to be? That’s entirely dependent on the victim’s statement and evidence.

If there’s no sign of visible trauma, the charge is likely to be very light, if any are brought at all, meaning the abuser will face little to no consequences and may now be very angry.

For someone who is fearful for their safety, the best approach is almost always to flee the situation. This is easier said than done. I come across people in relationships with interpartner violence in my work all the time. We have all the resources in the world to help a victim escape the situation safely and find shelter, however probably over 75% of the time, even though they recognize the problem and even ask for help with the situation, they decide to take no action, or take action only to return to their abuser within a matter of weeks.

The very unfortunate (and unpopular) reality is that interpartner violence is perpetuated by two people. Many people would end a relationship after that first red line is crossed, but some don’t. This can be due to fear, uncertainty, power differentials, etc, but it’s a psychological problem, just like the abuser is also experiencing a psychological problem with their inability to control their anger and violent outbursts. Both people are often reenacting experiences from their childhood that are deeply ingrained.

All this is to say that this is a much more complex issue than this meme is attempting to portray.