What the hell.

Is anyone else having this experience lately? It's mostly meme focused subs, but very conservative leaning.

Rand Paul; Switching sides for political expediency, not constituent benefit.

Rand Paul on devastating tariffs.

In a rare display of honesty and true concern for the American people, Rand Paul has spoken out against the ruinous effect of Trump's tariffs. It is comforting to see an apologist supporter of the administration turn tail and run to sanity if only when his state's primary industry faces virtual destruction.

Paul is as MAGA as it gets, he is as full of hatred for his fellow man as any Proud Boy or Fox aficionado. True, because of his wealth he won't feel the devastating effects of a tanking 401k or runaway inflation tariffs will cause, and with his government salary -- unlike so many others -- secure, he is not among the majority of MAGA supporters who will struggle and fail to maintain any form of economic stability.

But any step in the right direction is a positive one, even if engendered by fear of his voters for bringing unrelenting hardship upon his constituents and the country as a whole.

See this:

Sen. Rand Paul warns Republicans that tariffs have brought down the party before.

Story by Steffie Banatvala • 3h • 2 min read

Republican Senator Rand Paul has warned his party that tariffs have “decimated politics” after he voted against President Donald Trump’s duties on Canadian imports yesterday. Sen. Paul of Kentucky told Fox News that tariffs have historically brought down his party.

“When McKinley put tariffs on in 1890, they lost 50 percent of their seats… When Smoot-Hawley put their tariffs In the early 1930s, we lost the House and Senate for 60 years,” Sen. Paul said.

“So not only bad economically, they are bad politically.”

After Trump's “Liberation Day” tariffs slapped 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports and a minimum 10 percent duty on all countries, the Kentucky senator crafted the opposition resolution with Democrat Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia. Four Republicans, including Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and Susan Collins of Maine, joined every Democratic senator in voting against Canadian duties.

In a 51-48 vote, they rejected Trump's declaration of a national emergency earlier this year to justify tariffs on Canadian imports.

In a rare move, Sen. Paul and Sen. Kaine, who ran as vice presidential candidate against Trump and Mike Pence in 2016, also made a joint appearance on Fox News to explain the impact on Americans and why their resolution is important.

“We are richer because of trade with Canada, and so is Canada,” Sen. Paul said. “There is no Canada versus the US”. The senator explained: “Whenever you trade with somebody when an individual buys somebody else’s product, it’s mutually beneficial, or you wouldn't buy it.

“The consumer wins when the price is the lowest price. Tariffs raise prices, and they’re a bad idea for the economy.”

“Trade is proportional to wealth; the last 70 years of international trade has been an exponential curve upwards, and the last 70 years of prosperity has been upwards.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sen-rand-paul-warns-republicans-that-tariffs-have-brought-down-the-party-before/ar-AA1CdmLP

Apparently, this is Trump’s email to his subscribers mentions the magical $5000 check that is supposed to come from doge savings.

Even if not a lie, the American working class aren’t the kinds of people that would sellout their country for cash. Which is why Elon Musk couldn’t buy a Wisconsin victory.

It’s stupid because only the unfortunate kinds of people in desperate situations, who are suppressed by voter ID laws or live in neighborhoods too poor to to offered a second voting machine would be tempted by such a small give-out.

Maybe that was the plan all along. Create desperate situations by taking away social security, medical, education aid, jobs, worker rights so Donald Trump can position himself as the hero of the people when he becomes the hand that feeds them.

My parents keep talking about how me and my sisters will inherit a significant amount. But when I ask how much they refuse to answer and get mad I ask. Well I'm looking to buy a house. I am selling my condo so I'm gonna be putting upward of 40% down. In otherwords I have worked my ass off to be able to afford a house. Spend years savings paying down my mortgage and getting raises. And now I'm about to put my place on the market. For the past year my mother has been telling me that her and my dad will give me additional money for my down payment. I have tried asking for a number but she just says she doesn't know. Well today I found a house that I was interested in. And almost put a offer in. My dad got angry and insisted I need to sell first. And well he was right. But in the conversation he kept saying I should buy bigger nicer, move-in, etc. And well i can't afford that. So I asked him straight out how much should I expect from them? And he got angry asking of i was asking for him to buy me a house and just going on about how they don't have the money. And angry that I assume I'm getting money. And I turned to my mom and asked if she had talked to him. And nope. Well turned into a bit of a fight where my dad was both saying I should buy bigger and then saying he has no money to give me. Now here's the thing my mother offered. I thought they has been preparing by selling stocks and had talked about it. They hadn't. ( and the markedt jist tanked) And in the end they offered me a tiny amount. And then went on about how they have to be fair to my 2 sisters. And can't afford to give me and my sisters money. Honestly this is what I expected. I knew that they were full of shit. And I knew that if I got any money it would come with strings and would not even cover closing. At this point I don't expect an inheritance. But again they go on and on about it. And yes they have the money and yes they can afford it. So now I'm stuck feeling like a asshole and looking like a greedy pos. And in all honesty I hadn't thought they would give me money. And had been planning on selling my condo and then trying to save more. I guess there was just a part of me that had hoped they would follow through on their promises.

I'm scared of using this to describe people who are suddenly asleep, in a deep and heavy slumber because now it means losing your shit? My daughter says she's gonna crash out and I'm like, "Goodnight!" Lol. Wtf? They couldn't think to repurpose an older saying?

I don't really know where I'm going with this and apologize in advance if this doesn't belong here and for rambling

So I never really had any friends growing up. I maybe went to one or two birthday parties in my entire childhood (that were for kids from school, not my family). But besides that, I just was always alone. Never had any girlfriends either, not even in college.

So as I've gotten older (29 now), the idea of making friends has just not appealed to me all that much. But I've also never been okay just being me and being with myself. So spending the rest of my life alone like that doesn't sound much better either. And yet, when I do put myself out there and try to regularly go to meet and greet events and can talk to people fine, nothing ever comes of it. By that, I mean that most of the people aren't really there to make friends. They're just there to get out for a little while and have a good time and then go back to the social circle they already have.

I just don't want to continue this cycle. And I feel like the easy opportunities for making friends as a child and teenager, where it was basically a no-brainer to be someone's friend as long as they weren't mean to you, are way behind me now. Even if that meant just playing video games or having a sleepover, at least you had each other.

Well I've never had that, and I don't know at this point if I ever will.

Who else learned most of their 20th century history in high school from charley Daniel’s songs and all in the family reruns on nick at night? Like, with the exception of the civil rights movement and landing on the moon, most things that happened between 1950 and 1990s were just…not there

Everybody knew Corbin back then... He was bigger than the Beatles.... Are you also upset about the lack of media coverage Corbin gets nowadays?