Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Congrats MAGATs You Voted for Your Own Self Destruction.


Donald Trump kept saying he’d protect programs like Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare. 

He even repeated this after taking office again in 2025. But since then, he’s supported budgets that clearly try to cut these programs. He told people the changes would only remove “fraud and abuse,” but fact-checkers proved that was a lie. The changes in his BBB voted in by GOP Senators will now kick millions of people off Medicaid by making it harder to qualify. And the states hit hardest?  Red states, states that voted for this shit. 

The rules added work requirements, blocked funding for women’s health providers, and forced people to reapply constantly. This would hurt at least 8.6 million Americans, especially low-income families and disabled people. Even though Trump said he wasn’t cutting it, experts from places like PolitiFact, Vox, and Al Jazeera showed these were deep cuts.¹

Trump also lied about Social Security. 

On the campaign trail and after taking office again, he promised not to touch it. But his own team talked about raising the retirement age and changing how cost-of-living increases work, which are Stephen Miller for cutting your benefits.  We warned you about this.  He also said the system was full of “dead people collecting checks,” which made it sound like there was widespread fraud. That was also false. Fact-checkers found only a few small mistakes in the records, not fraud.²

Trump promised he would make life cheaper for everyday Americans. 

That didn’t happen. Grocery prices stayed high. Drug prices didn’t go down. In fact, Trump removed rules that would have helped lower medication costs. He also raised tariffs on many goods from overseas, which made things like clothes, food, and electronics more expensive. We warned you here too. Experts at the Washington Post, Financial Times, and AP said these moves hurt regular people and helped the wealthy.³

Trump also kept lying about the national debt. 

He said in 2024 that he’d “eliminate it in eight years.” Instead, his policies in 2025 made the debt grow even faster. He signed tax cuts that mostly helped the rich, while also spending more on the military. The Congressional Budget Office said his plans would add between $3 and $4 trillion to the debt over the next decade.⁴

The way Trump treats Russia is one of the clearest examples of how he lies and turns his back on U.S. allies. 

In 2025, he refused to fully support NATO during meetings, downplayed Russian threats, and even blocked new sanctions on Russian oil. At global summits, he praised Putin and insulted European leaders who had been longtime U.S. allies. He talked about peace in Ukraine, but his ideas mostly copied what Putin wanted. Experts from Atlantic Council, The Times UK, and The Guardian said Trump’s actions helped Russia and made America look weak.⁵. And they sure did, you can't even bomb fucking Iran right.  

You can't even bomb 'right' these days.

Even the Iranians were surprised at how feeble the attack was.  Keep yelling from the roof how successful it was, and next year, when the nuke goes off in Times Square, will you still be on the roof, or wil you be in Elon's bunker?  Or Mark 'Maga Bro's' bunker?  Or will you be dead like most of the rest of us?

Trump has done ALL THIS SHIT BEFORE, too. 

You'll recall, back in 2018 at a summit in Helsinki, he said he believed Putin over U.S. intelligence agencies about Russia interfering in elections. He’s praised dictators like Kim Jong-un, Putin, and even said China’s Xi Jinping had “total control,” like that was a good thing. 

These aren’t slips. They are not bugs, they are featuresa.  It's all part of a pattern where Trump lies about protecting Americans, then turns around and helps communist and socialist authoritarian leaders while hurting U.S. allies.⁶

So DO NOT cry foul now you don't like he is cutting your social security, killing your healthcare, and deporting those folks who have lived uneventfully as your neighbours for years.  And don't look to the former allies you once counted as friends, your orange twatwaffle has effectively destroyed all those relationships.  I would argue that was by design. Makes his totalitarian takeover more complete and less at risk. 

Oh yeah, 4D chess baby, except you all were playing Snakes and Ladder and he fukkin' go ya'll and got ya'll GOOD.  


Dumbasses.

We FUCKING told you this was exactly what he would do, here, here, here, here, and here.

And you told us we were full of shit here, here, here, here, and here.

Would you like your shit salad served cold?  On a gold service tray from Mara-Lago? Or just in a fukkin shitty McD bag from Palm Beach?  

No matter what you pick?  You're still eating TacoTurds and DonaldDumps.  Smooth Move Ex-Lax!

Sources:

¹
PolitiFact: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/may/22/donald-trump/medicaid-waste-fraud-abuse-changes
Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/25/fact-checking-trumps-claims-about-medicaid-cuts-in-gop-bill
Vox: https://www.vox.com/health/417639/trump-medicaid-health-insurance-big-beautiful-bill
Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-gop-big-beautiful-bill
AP: https://apnews.com/article/64d7de49aef62ba07b7f6f45c1ca73d1

²
FactCheck.org (Social Security): https://www.factcheck.org/2025/02/trump-wrong-on-dead-people-social-security
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/20/trump-social-security-payments-dead-people

³
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/04/groceries-prices-trump-policies
Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/119fd6f2-3c63-40a8-8fe8-3474f4dd1f71
AP (CBO deficit): https://apnews.com/article/64d7de49aef62ba07b7f6f45c1ca73d1

⁴
CBO Debt Report: https://www.cbo.gov/publication/2025TrumpBudgetProjection
New York Times (Trump Tax Impact): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/business/economy/trump-tax-cuts-debt.html

⁵
Atlantic Council: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/trumps-approach-to-russia-and-its-war-on-ukraine-is-evolving
The Times UK: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/natos-potemkin-summit-sends-lethal-signals-mjq3xfqrc
The Guardian (G7 betrayal): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/18/g7-trump-oil-sanctions-putin

⁶
Helsinki Summit Coverage: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/world/europe/trump-putin-helsinki-transcript.html
PBS Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nUZekJ3pfM

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Try Rage Posting About True Stuff

 

The rundown on the most absurd pieces of misinformation about the California wildfires

1. Claim Governor Gavin Newsom Refused to Sign "Water Restoration Declaration"

Debunk:
  • No Document Exists: This "water restoration declaration" is as real as unicorns. Newsom's office debunked this myth, saying it's "pure fiction."
  • Santa Ynez Reservoir: Here's where the real tea is - the Santa Ynez Reservoir in Pacific Palisades, with a capacity of 117 million gallons, was indeed offline for repairs. But not because of some environmentalist's whim; it had been closed since February 2024 for maintenance on its floating cover, which was necessary to comply with safe drinking water regulations. This reservoir wasn't full when the fires started, but it's not because of some mythical declaration. It was a scheduled repair that unfortunately coincided with the fires. Would it have helped? Maybe a bit with pressure, but experts like Martin Adams, former LADWP general manager, said it wouldn't have been the silver bullet some claim. The real issue was the overwhelming demand on the system, not a lack of available water.
  • Water Availability: Despite the Santa Ynez situation, other reservoirs were at or above historical levels. The problem was local distribution, not statewide policy.




2. CLAIM : LAFD sent 'tons of gear' to Ukraine at the expense of protecting LA
Example X Claim:
  • "LAFD must have shipped all their gear to Ukraine, leaving California to burn!"

Debunk:
  • Donation Details: They donated a few old pieces of equipment. It's like saying you can't bake because you gave away one egg.
  • Ukraine's Offer: In a plot twist, Ukraine offered to send 150 firefighters to help California, not take away resources.
  • Current Capability: The LAFD was still very much equipped to handle the fires with support from various levels of government.

3. Claim: Hollywood Sign Was Burning Debunk:
  • Image Verification: That "burning" image was AI-generated. The sign was as untouched as ever, just chilling in the hills.

4. Claim: DEI Initiatives Weakened LAFD's Wildfire Response
Example X Claim:
  • "All this diversity training and no fire fighting? LAFD's priorities are all wrong!"

Debunk:
  • LAFD's Strategic Plan: Because apparently, you can't be inclusive and effective at the same time. Spoiler: you can.
  • Actual Cause of Hydrant Issues: It was the sheer demand from the fires, not some woke agenda, that caused the pressure issues.

5. Claim: Fires Were Politically Motivated Arson
Example X Claim:
  • "These fires are MAGA's revenge on California liberalism. It's arson, not nature!"

Debunk:
  • Investigations: Fire officials were quick to debunk this, pointing out that the causes were more about Mother Nature's mood swings than political vendettas.

This should make it crystal clear: while the Santa Ynez Reservoir's timing was unfortunate, the bulk of the misinformation around it and the fires is just that - misinformation. ---- If you wanna be all 'rage post dude' and upset that California votes democrat, there's LOTS of shit to point to and make fun of, but try for the stuff that's true. You don't need to make this stuff up. Which clearly, you tried super hard to do. #Fail.

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