What the actual fuck.

  • carrylex@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Todays episode of USA is wild:

    Two weeks after 19-year-old Edward Coristine was viciously assaulted during a carjacking in Washington D.C., the White House says it would consider giving the administration official a Presidential Medal of Freedom for his bravery.

    A 15-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy were subsequently arrested and remain in juvenile jail as the investigation continues.

    Nice plot twist by the writers 10/10. Excited for the next episodes of the series.

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      21 hours ago

      The real horror is that we’re never going back to a non-spectacle government or media state.

      This is how it will be forever until something radically changes the world or we all collectively move onto other interests and stop clicking on these stories.

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    I don’t believe this story for one second.

    Also that picture is designed to get a reaction. All that blood is from his nose. Not like they cut him up.

    He was as probably talking shit and a child punched him.

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    1 day ago

    Very convenient that Trump‘s justifying martial law with this DOGE guys “attack.” About as convenient as Trump’s failed “assassination” attempt.

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    23 hours ago

    We need a sandbox thing like browsers have but for RL events like these that the current administration dreams up so we can keep them isolated from our actual archives

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    I don’t believe any of the stories coming out of this administration about this incident. If true he started it and deserved the ass beating. Matter of fact he deserves worse then a ass beating. He should be hung.

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    Imagine if the bullet was just two inches to the right, what kind of utopia we would be living in right now.

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      Someone just as bad would have replaced him. The problem isn’t him specifically, it’s all the people who voted for him.

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        Yeah, I wonder sometimes if this is the best case scenario… He’s a genuine idiot that frequently bites the hands that feed. He’s the worst person to lead the GOP.

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        Yep, the problem would be worse because he would be a martyr and out of the news enough that his crimes would fade away into history. And a different fascist would lead that group. At least this way, there is some chance a few more people will finally understand he is a lying thieving scumbag pedophile rapist with no intention of ever helping anyone other than himself.

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      ….you say that as if it wasn’t staged or that there was a bullet to begin with.

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    Teenagers beat up Government Staffer BIG BALLS and now BIG BALLS is going to Receive the Highest Presidential Medal for getting BEAT UP by Kids! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

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    After talking about his own personal experience with violence in D.C., thanking Leavitt for Trump’s actions and slamming Democrats, Johnson asked if the president would consider Coristine—better known by his online nickname “Big Balls”—for a Presidential Medal of Freedom in view of his “heroic actions just a few blocks from this building.”

    “Perhaps it’s something he would consider,” Leavitt replied.

    You can stop reading now.