politics
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
You are the real hero
I bet they wear a cape, when no one’s looking
I think in basketball they call that an alley oop.
Well, I can't say I can name even one of her songs, but if she triggers magats and has Luke Skywalker on her side, then I guess it's time to get Swiftie in here or whatever.
I have heard literally one of her songs and only because I was being paid to write a parody of it, but based on her overall behavior, she seems like she's better than pretty much every other billionaire out there. Admittedly a low bar, but still something.
There was a pandemic era interview of her that was really poignant and insightful. She knows and things about quite a lot. Her Midnights album had a lot of self criticism and reflection, and she's commented a lot more about unfair gender norms.
She also kept a music store in Nashville afloat during the pandemic, and she's really generous about health insurance and bonuses. Her truckers for her tour got $100k in just bonuses.
I'm a fan. I think as far as billionaires go, she's achieved it in the only ethical manner possible. Being a global music sensation is pretty much the only way to do so -- if she has even just 100,000,000 fans globally, each just needs to spend $10 for her to make a billion. And honestly, I don't think that fan number is that off.
Sure, she makes and made mistakes. She's human. But all in all, I quite like her. I'm biased certainly, I grew up listening to her music. I listened to it a lot through a lot of loneliness, and at some of my lowest points, I was listening to "this is me trying" daily (and "beautiful" by Eminem, an odd pair to be sure).
I'm a 29 year old man and I'm happy to call myself a Swiftie haha
I give her props for writing her own songs in an age where everyone on the radio uses the same five ghostwriters.
Just wanted to tell you that I really enjoyed reading your take on Swift. Thanks for sharing. ☺️
Rowling used to be my example of a good billionaire, then she went all TERF-y.
Rowling earned her billion ethically -- she just turned out to be a unethical person, and it wasn't known until much later.
Alongside Taylor Swift it highlights the only way to ethically be a billionaire -- mass global popularity. When you have 100,000,000 fans, and each of them spend just $10 on a book or album, you make a billion.
Shit on the floor!
An article...about a tweet...quoting another tweet.
I mean, it's mildly interesting, but I don't know that this is really news.
The page also doesn't load for me. Probably because I block so much bullshit. Don't know the quote, don't care. Time to keep scrolling 🤣
Trump, meanwhile, has claimed he made Swift “so much money” and argued she’d be “disloyal” if she supported Biden, like she did in 2020.
Trump said the class war part out loud
He wrote most of her songs.
Duff man says a lot of things. If you are still listening your brain will just stay hurt. Ignore the trolls.
Everyone that clicked on this article please be aware that we are the problem behind why news agencies don't cover real news anymore.
My dude, if you think this level of superficial bullshit is new in any way, you might want to brush up on your history. This kind of nonsense goes back centuries.
Never read the article and go straight to the comment section gang wins again 😎
Good thing I never click the articles.
Subs like this should have a rule against clickbait bullshit like that anyway. Mention Trump, Taytay and Mark Hamill in the headline, and yet leave out any information from the Tweet itself. As if a Tweet from years ago is fucking news in any case.
The internet is a cesspool of sensationalist nothing.
Apparently she secretly coached her boyfriend to win the Superbowl or something
Oh absolutely. Without help from a pop star there's no way the professional football player would know what to do.
Didn't everyone already know even before 2016 that he was a narcissistic rapist with the IQ of a damp rag?
Yes. Unfortunately, that's exactly what Repubs want.
America is a country that rewards sociopathy, and conditions its citizens to think that the most heartless among them are the most awesome.
A lawyer for damp rags is gonna make a killing off the defamation suit they're preparing against you.
Other than her songs she literally has not said anything about politics this round but everyone is freaking the fuck out.
So much stupidity
Other than her songs she literally has not said anything about politics this round but everyone is freaking the fuck out.
So much stupidity
They fear her potential, so they try for a pre-emptive strike.
Mark Hamill is a treasure, but why can't he be on Mastodon? George Takei has 420k followers, and he could too.
hehe… Hamill does a better Luke Skywalker IRL than anything anyone could write in the last 25 years.
nice
This used to be politics, not celebrities.