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[–] ehpolitical 2 points 4 days ago

Takes a special kind of talent to be so offensive and hilarious at the same time.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

One drugs please, doctor

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm just waiting for Mexico to rename usa to "Little Mexico"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

They were serious about that?

At least come up with a different name; Red, White and Blue Land sounds like a theme park... Trump totally should re-open Action Park and invite as of his friends there. That would be so wonderful.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pfft, Britain and France already have plenty of islands. No, it is only right that it goes to a country that has none. One that has no islands because it has no land at all any more. Only Yugoslavia has a rightful claim to Greenland. Greenland and Yugoslavia are even roughly the same shape, especially if you just include Albania into Yugoslavia for extra inter-Balkan diplomacy!

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Red, white and blue are like the most common country flag colours. USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, France, Russia, Netherlands, Chile, Cuba, Czechia, Iceland, Laos, Liberia, Luxembourg, North Korea etc. I'm sure you get the point. It seems like most countries aren't particularly creative or daring when it comes to flags. Almost like all the lions and eagles that you see in military or old timey flags and symbols.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Fun Fact: Jamaica is the only country to not have red, white, or blue in its flag.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 week ago (2 children)

can you imagine being a Democrat congressperson who actually wants to do something useful for people and having to listen to this? I'd probably just resign.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All resigning does is give them a greater margin to win votes by. We have several chances to win a tie or majority in the house and senate

Three house seats are up for special elections, two in florida and one in NY. If they all elect democrats, there will be a tie in the houde and any bill can be blocked.

Senate votes can be held without all members present, so making sure all democrat congress members always show up and always vote gives a good chance of blocking some bills

Also in 2026 will be the midterm and we can vote republican congressmembers out, as they only have a majority and not a supermajority.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

What I want to know is: what does the vote of a Republican Senator cost these days? Can we start GoFundMe campaigns to get some things changed in our preferred direction?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Imagine being a republican congressman and jerking off under your desk to this while giggling?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Great, now I'm gonna have nightmares.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I thought this was just a meme

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

When professional edgelords control the state, us mere shitposters can just watch in awe

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1161/text

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I want to know why it's not "Trump Land."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] LillyPip 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

That’s in reserve for when his face is added to Mt Rushmore (after which the Lakota hopefully reclaim and restore it to their sacred mountain).

e: links and tribal name

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

What a disgrace

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Saving that for 2029.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

It really displays how those in US governance have astonishingly low IQs. Being run by evil moronic muppets.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This is fantastic news! I didn't know that's where the world's supply of eggs was stored!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can taste the lower prices!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I think you could taste a little lower, while you're down there.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought we had more time until Idiocracy.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

They want to make it even dumber than Idiocracy.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago

Jesus fucking Christ

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

I am against trying to acquire Greenland. However, I support this naming. If the USA is going to let something this moronic happen, we deserve to have this be a monument to our impotence and idiocy.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"...freest nation to ever exist..."

Fuckin lol

This guy must be choking on Trump's balls

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just find the zip code for his district.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is just more bullshit to distract from egg prices and Elon robbing all of us in a Superman 3 scheme.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't remember Superman 3, but now I want to rewatch it xd

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

The scheme is basically stealing tiny tiny fractions of a cent from every transaction that requires rounding and going unnoticed in the theft. They attempt it in Office Space, but misplace a decimal point and steal way more than they intended.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i'm hoping the moronic posturing is just a front for evil.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

His voters. "Yuck yuck yuck! You go Buddy! Yeeeehaw! Now where's my disability check?"

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I want to get off MR TRUMPS WILD RIDE

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

I'm seeing the name of the community, and I'm still not entirely sure this isn't an onion. It's that onion-y.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

They literally already told us to fuck off.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jabba-the-Orange is planning on acquiring Greenland by invasion. They have already dusted off the draft and notification of the next-of-kin plans

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Honestly if I recall these changes have already been underway before trump and unlike virtually everything else make sense

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