The backup plan is A Weekend at Donnie’s.

Astonishingly, most of Twitter users commenting on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation’s instigating post are calling them full of shit in claiming the ad “misrepresents” the original clip.

https://xcancel.com/RonaldReagan/status/1981524620265046408

https://xcancel.com/shelcou/status/1981610518709186994

The unedited version even more supports his distaste for tariffs. He was a big fan of immigration too. Now the stewards of his legacy are bootlickers, something Reagan never was.

https://xcancel.com/Misanthropist_X/status/1981580610872479969

Did you listen to the link you posted? Reagan actually went even further criticizing tariffs than in the clip from the commercial.

I don’t think they actually think they’re smart. I think they’re just selfish assholes.

Time and time again, I come across the argument that “it will make the price of everything to up because now businesses have to pay workers more.”

Ok—so? Businesses are forced to pay workers to a standard that allows everybody to live without drowning in debt and inescapable poverty. Isn’t it a good thing that people won’t be suffering?

No, not to them. Their wages won’t increase equivalently, and now they have to pay more to maintain their standard of luxury. It’s wealth redistribution away from those who can afford excess towards the people who can’t afford basics. They actively choose not to support that because it’s a personal inconvenience to them.

It’s an amazing demonstration of “equality looks like oppression to the privileged” and “fuck you, I got mine” attitude.

remember when Trump pretended to care about this kinda thing?

Not really. He appointed a puppy-killer as the head of DHS and a brain-worm addled deer hunter as the head of the FDA. It’s been pretty clear that he supports armed thugs killing animals for leisure and gratification.

Now, unarmed immigrants not killing or eating pets, on the other hand…

I think you mean 99.5%. The mask is off now, and I doubt they care much about preserving the illusion of democracy now that they think they’re untouchable.

The fact that that statement was never treated as treason or conspiracy to commit an insurrection is both disappointing and expected.

No one thought this would happen to this extreme.

No, it was actually pretty easy to imagine when:

1. Trump told people to “find votes” for him;
2. Trump had himself pre-emptively certified as the winner in some states; and
3. Trump used stochastic terrorism to incite a riot outside a government building, as a response to his impending loss of power.

All of that screams “power-hungry facist”, and the predictable outcome of someone like that regaining legal authority, obviously, is an attempt to transition towards fascism so they can retain that once-lost power indefinitely.

That suggests Trump will take the repercussions for them. Maybe try this template?

https://imgflip.com/memegenerator/277315444/Big-guy-protects-small-guy

No no, they were engraved in the matches before they were burned to ash.

Unless he actually answers, it’s probably safe to assume Sr. Keyboard Warrior.

Playing Devil’s advocate here:

Releasing the Epstein files is something that people on both the left and right can mostly agree on. Even a subset of MAGA want it.

On the other hand, killing protesters is disappointingly more of a partisan concern. Traditional Republicans probably wouldn’t approve, but MAGA has been brainwashed into supporting “retaliatory” violence against anyone left of them.

Pushing the Epstein files will, therefore, be more effective when trying to get people together.

Used to. I gave up for the various reasons mentioned in my comment. But yes, that’s pretty much what I did. If you’re interested in trying, using WireGuard and iptables is relatively straightforward:

https://blog.arrogantrabbit.com/vpn/net/Wireguard-DNAT-and-IPTABLES/

I know it’s a joke, but some of them think they’re doing exactly that. The propaganda machine has them convinced that they’re the real Americans and everybody left of them (which is basically everybody but other MAGA) are anti-American, Antifa, terrorist, communists.

Hosting your own mail server for example is probably not worth it for most people.

If the homelab involves using an IP address under a residential internet service, that quickly goes from “not worth it” to “literally impossible”.

Unless you’re willing to set it up so SMTP and IMAP are tunneled through a VPS that you also pay for, the story becomes:

Why can’t I receive my test mail?
Oh, the ISP blocks inbound SMTP connections.

Why can’t I access my mailbox from outside my home?
Oh, they also block IMAP and POP.

Why do my outgoing emails all end up in the spam folder?
Oh, most email providers insta-spam anything from residential IPs ranges.

And then, even if it’s not a homelab, DIY email hosting is:

Oh my god, there’s so much spam.
I need to set up more aggressive filters.

Why did this important email get filtered?
Oh, I need to make the spam filter less aggressive.

Why are my outbound emails being marked as spam?
Oh, I need to set up DKIM and SPF.

Why is it still being marked as spam?
Wait, some providers require reverse lookup hostname of the mailserver to match the sender name? Fuck.

Oh, ok, now my server or its IP block got added to a spam list.
How do I get removed from the spam list?
Painfully. Very painfully.

And so on.

It’s really not worth it.

That’s not true. Internet Explorer was fucking useless for scripting together things, unlike bash.

Remove half of the context and it finally becomes accurate:

No one has ever been as hard as I am when it comes to exploitation, particularly, they say, the sexual exploitation of children. No one has ever been as hard.

Hypocrisy is a demonstration of weakness in accepting fault and/or being able to justify one’s position in the face of contradicting evidence.

The only reason it manages to work for him is because his followers are the manifestation of confirmation bias and are willfully ignorant about anything he says or does that they don’t agree with.

Saying they are complicit suggests they’re quietly looking the other way. If you look at our good friends at Fox or Newsmax, they are enthusiastically going whole-hog into it.

Didn’t even need that long. Right-wing outlets (Fox, Daily Mail) are now posting articles about “sources” (which they do not elaborate on) confirming to them that shooter’s roommate was his “transgender partner”.

The Daily Mail tries very hard to imply a romantic partnership in the first few paragraphs despite no evidence of such, then go on to clarify they don’t know the relationship details after priming the reader.

Charlie Kirk shooting suspect ‘was living with transgender partner who handed over texts about assassination plot to the police’

The partner – who shared a three-bedroom apartment with Robinson in Utah – is said to be ‘fully co-operating’ with the FBI.

The room-mate is understood to have handed over text messages allegedly sent by Robinson after the killing, apparently saying where to retrieve the rifle used in the assassination after it was left in a wooded area.

A source told Fox News: 'The shooter was living with a transgender man who was transitioning from male to female.

'The status of their relationship isn’t known. They were friends who enjoyed playing video games together.

Fox, as usual, doesn’t give a shit about waiting for more evidence and just says what they think would get the most engagement:

Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin lived with transgender partner who is now cooperating with FBI: Officials

Bureau officials confirmed that Tyler Robinson, 22, was in a “romantic relationship” with the unnamed person, who is a male transitioning to a female, and that they shared an apartment in Saint George, Utah. Those FBI officials told Fox News Digital that Robinson’s partner is fully cooperating with the FBI’s investigation.

They just have no legal recourse if the reward is not paid.

Even if they did, anyone desperate enough for the vague promise of money isn’t going to have enough of it to hire a lawyer.