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Rob Jonas's avatar

Crapper is a piece of garbage. A dog can get more honest and useful information from sniffing another dog’s ass, than a person can get from Jake Crapper.

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Dave Zirkle's avatar

Let me go off topic here for a few minutes. Or maybe this a relation to actual toughness. I note they have moved all the idiotnauguration inside. Pretty sad. A bunch of limp dicked, sad assed little wimps we have here. I note the last time this happened was when sad ass Ronny Reagan was idiotnaugurated. Is there nothing these sad fucking losers won't whine and cry about?

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Kevin Hughes's avatar

This article (and your whole site) is great and another example of all the good shit our maga friends don’t know is making their lives better and protecting them.

Which always brings us to the unsolvable problem “how can we reach, communicate with and educate maga to get them to see the error of their voting ways?”

The rest of this comment may seem like a non-sequitur but give me a fucking break while I rage! HOL (howling out loud)

There is no solution to that question except maybe this: somebody just post on every platform nonstop 24/7 things like “trump is causing people to die”. “Trump is causing people to lose their savings”. “Trump is causing people to not get raises”. “Trump is causing people to starve”.

No fucking explanation.. just “trump is causing people [infinitive verb phrase].

Over and over and over and over and over and over

No explanation.. no background.. just a simple proclamation.

Ok I’m done raging now.. thank you for listening ! HOL

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Tina Mouse's avatar

Bernie should be thrilled. His bullshit in 2016 was *critical* to getting Trump in the first time, enabling the takeover of the Supreme Court, and thus having Trump II.

That nasty old racist grifter is *not* *a* *Dem*. He is a *grifter*.

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

It’s going to be a long, hard four years for anyone who isn’t in the billionaire class. And of course, the corporate media has already stopped talking about the price of eggs. We’ve been lurching toward a second Gilded Age since Reagan and now here we are on the precipice. Instead of steel magnates and railroad barons, we’re going to be ruled by the biggest Randroid douchebags in Silicon Valley. I’d almost rather have Carnegie and Rockefeller back.

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Sally Gombita's avatar

At least Carnegie built libraries!

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

A story about Elon's fight with the gamers was done by Forbes.

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SethTriggs's avatar

Oh yeah those "caravans" disappeared too didn't they?

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Caravans only appear in even-numbered years. They'll be back in '26.

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Ill-Advised's avatar

So, like 17-year cicadas. Only more frequent, just as hungry, and desperate to live as well, except that this place's current government aspires to make the richest country in the world as bad as the poorest.

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noname's avatar

"Broligarchy" is way too cutesy.

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

That’s why I prefer Douchocracy.

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noname's avatar

You're in luck then, it's coming right up.

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Sean McCoy Writes's avatar

I gave been to Albertsons stores in a few states, and every time it's like a punch in the face from the seafood depth. Maybe Kroger could've fix that? But that I'd just a small complaint and us miniscule in the face of the impact that Evil Empire would have had on the nation.

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Hank Napkin's avatar

Y'know, I have wiped my own ass on the face of Grover Cleveland and let me tell you, it was not a pleasant experience. Not going into any of the smeary details but I guess it taught me that the Billionaire Class is a lot tougher than I imagined.

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Dorothea is a Democrat's avatar

Lina Khan's effectiveness is reflected in the animosity of corporate America. Kamala was lobbied hard during her campaign to promise to replace Lina Khan. I doubt she would have followed their advice. Thank you for your service, Ms. Khan.

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Maybe's avatar

Corporations and rich people support trumpy because they know he will do corrupt things for them and they like that.

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Anarchy Pony's avatar

It's fucking criminal that we will be losing her...

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Birb-General of the US's avatar

This post earns a "like" for the sub-headline alone.

It's also a very good post.

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ManchuCandidate's avatar

She tasks us and we shall chase her. Round the Facebook Nazis and the PayPal frauds and round Twitter's remains before we give her up!

Khaaaaaaannnnn!

Khaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnn!

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Zeitgeist's avatar

And the empire strikes back . . .

𝐀𝐓&𝐓 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐘 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐰 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬

On Wednesday, New York’s Affordable Broadband Act, which requires large internet service providers to offer affordable broadband plans to low-income households, went into effect. On the same day, AT&T announced that it would be pulling its 5G home internet service from the state entirely, choosing to not sell it to anyone rather than have to offer a discount.

New York’s law, which took nearly four years to actually be enforced thanks to contentious and constant legal challenges from lobbying groups that just so happen to represent AT&T, requires any ISP with more than 20,000 customers to offer two discounted plans: a $15 a month broadband plan with download speeds of at least 25Mbps and a $20 a month plan with speeds up to 200Mbps. Under the law, households that qualify for social benefits like National School Lunch Program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or Medicaid are eligible for the discounted plans.

https://gizmodo.com/att-kills-internet-service-in-ny-instead-of-providing-discounted-plans-to-low-income-households-2000551451

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Thank God they're not abandoning their corporate customers. That would have been really bad.

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ElderlyLoudCatWomyn's avatar

This is ATT's legacy - rake in money, screw consumers, abuse employees. A proud tradition on their part.

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paxpax's avatar

This was my experience with AT&T as an employee - way back in the olden days before I was a nurse - I worked my way up a little at AT&T - the last thing I did there was be "Product Manager" of local telephone services (across 50 states) designed for low-income people. This was around 2001-2003. HONESTLY higher ups back then gave me a hard time because my (really their) product wasn't lucrative. IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FUCKERS. I am glad I got the fuck out and pursued a different path.

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Whale Chowder's avatar

It's worth mentioning that our home data plan here in Spain gets us 1 GB up/down for 20 € per month and it works great.

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Vic's avatar

"USA no. 31! USA no. 31!"

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Ill-Advised's avatar

I can only imagine what the number will be in a year. Probably an imaginary number.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

That is the story about everything in America. What the rest of the world experiences costs twice and much and works half as well here, because the primary goal isn't to provide a good service but to take in as much revenue as possible with as little overhead as possible.

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paxpax's avatar

envy

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Whale Chowder's avatar

It's shocking how different it is here. There are no monopolies, in fact the main carriers must give access to small carriers at a fair price. It's allowed DIGI, my carrier, to make some revenue while building out their fiber presence in the city and fiber service on their own gear is cheaper than Movistar. Regulated capitalism at your service, for real.

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ManchuCandidate's avatar

Reach out and disconnect someone.

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cmd Human Scum's avatar

OT, I read that the swearing in ceremony on Monday might be moved inside because TOO COLD. I wonder how big a crowd you can fit in the Rotunda? If they do that, I suppose no parade? Although his parade attendance in 2017 was pretty shitty.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

I can't wait for the ceremonial smearing of the feces on the walls.

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Vic's avatar

Magats know their way around the Capitol building.

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northern point's avatar

i am taking bets on whether melonballs will wear a snazzy fur coat.

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Vic's avatar

Something tacky, guaranteed.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

At least she has a good excuse for her expression this Inauguration. It's the only one she's got.

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ElderlyLoudCatWomyn's avatar

Rotund trump will take up enough room for four or five normal humans.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

He's seen his rallies. The place would have been deserted because it'd be too damned cold for his supporters.

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Stephen St John's avatar

Yeah, that super macho tough guy Trump can't handle the weather.

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Old Man Yells at Cloud's avatar

Orange Turd will have an electrically heated diaper.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

That could become... aromatic.

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Zeitgeist's avatar

C'mon ghost of William Henry Harrison . . .

(TIL, at the time, the oldest person to be elected President)

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Mark Mansour's avatar

Lina Khan is a hero. Period.

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