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[–] 73 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If that man could feel shame I’m sure he’d be very upset.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago*

    He doesn't care. Republicans in general don't care. Most of them can barely give a shit even when it will directly affect them, because other people they don't like have it worse. I fucking hate this timeline.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago

    50% knows about their hypocrisy and don't care. They hate the same people and that's all that matters to half of America.

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I’m now sick of all the slammed comments.

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  • [+] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    @return2ozma ... and to think that he's a mere heartbeat of a 79 year old man (or whatever) from being President. We have so much to thank Republicans and MAGA for!

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Slammed SLAMMED!

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    Haha what an asshole

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Slammed your mom

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Oh no, not slammed! Thats very serious!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Duh duh duh let the boys be boys

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    [–] 96 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Republicans pulling the ladder up behind them is as old a tale as priests and altar boys.

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  • [–] 79 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Yeah. But what people dont understand is that he personally doesn't need them now...

    And if a conservative doesn't personally need something, they're literally incapable of understanding anyone else might still need it.

    It was good when it benefited him, now it doesn't and he pays for it, so it's a bad thing.

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  • [–] 41 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    The defining characteristic of these people is their utter lack of empathy.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    That and a larger amygdala...

    The brain can change well into your 60s, but the differences between conservative/liberal brain's is so obvious that with like 15 minutes of training anyone can correctly determine political leaning with around an 80% accuracy rate

    Which sounds pretty accurate until you remember that ~30% don't vote...

    And then it becomes freaky accurate.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Have any links, videos, ect I can check out that back up those claims?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Ideological differences between partisans may reflect distinct neural processes, and they can predict who’s right and who’s left of center with 82.9 percent accuracy, outperforming the “your parents pick your party” model. It also out-predicts another neural model based on differences in brain structure, which distinguishes liberals from conservatives with 71.6 percent accuracy.

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/study-predicts-political-beliefs-with-83-percent-accuracy-17536124/

    Nothing wrong with asking for a source, but it's a good habit to try yourself first. Especially with the lower activity in Lemmy.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The article you sent does not say that anyone can do it with 15 min. of training. It speaks of different levels of activity in different parts of the brain in an MRI scan. I myself do not have an MD, but I'm pretty sure reading an MRI to look at brain activity takes a little bit more effort.

    I may have misinterpreted your previous message a bit as well, but as I understood it you implied that the way your amygdala is determines your political leanings. The article says it may be the other way around, like with London cab drivers having their brains change as they study the layout of the city. I'm sorry if I misunderstood you there.

    Have a good day and thanks for sending this :)

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago

    I’m pretty sure reading an MRI to look at brain activity takes a little bit more effort.

    It doesn't...

    You point at the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala.

    If one is big and the other small, that's enough to categorize.

    I know most people aren't aware of it, but its not some super rare phenomena that only a single article has been written about it, and that article contains everything.

    That's fundamental though, that applies to almost every time someone says something they know, then finds a relevant article off the first page of a search engine.

    I didn't go thru my comment line by line and source every comment with an article that backs up everything I said.

    Use some critical thinking

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    the differences between conservative/liberal brain’s is so obvious that with like 15 minutes of training anyone can correctly determine political leaning with around an 80% accuracy rate

    This reads like pseudoscience to me. Sounds like you're leaning on cultural touchstones to describe physiological differences.

    And then it becomes freaky accurate.

    Polling would be substantially more accurate if it was.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    People seemingly have forgotten that at one point Vance would say "I never supported trumps policies. I never liked trump as a person. I'm a never trump guy."

    Now, after he lost the campaign, being trumps vp is the best he can do. Suddenly he has no morals. He doesn't stand behind his words, because NOW it suits him to be a trump guy.

    That should tell you everything you need to know.

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    "Just gonna pull this ladder up, there we go."

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Welcome to white minority rule. Freebies for the melanin-frees.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Eh lots of white people on SNAP.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Ah yes, that will force us to make babies.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Boy, these conservatives are really something, aren't they? They're all in favor of the unborn. They will do anything for the unborn. But once you're born, you're on your own. Pro-life conservatives are obsessed with the fetus from conception to nine months. After that, they don't want to know about you. They don't want to hear from you. No nothing. No neonatal care, no day care, no head start, no school lunch, no food stamps, no welfare, no nothing. If you're preborn, you're fine; if you're preschool, you're fucked.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Most empires start to collapse when they can’t or refuse to feed the poor.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    Republicans only care about something when they NEED it. When they don't need it then no one else is allowed to have it either.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Oh no, not slammed!

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Seriously? That's it! I'm not voting for him any more! said no one

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Slammed? To shreds, you say?

    Slammed is just behind "White House [emotion] About [latest bullshit the administration caused]" in the list of useless headlines designed to increase views.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    There was a federal court ruling subsequent to the publication of the submitted article, so they should be moving, albeit with some delay. It's not clear whether they will be paid in full for the month, though.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/02/snap-government-shutdown-day-33-live-updates/87038309007/

    Government shutdown live updates; Bessent says food benefits could flow by Wednesday

    The payments appeared set to stop at the beginning of November, as the shutdown has stretched into a new week. But federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ruled Oct. 31 that the U.S. Department of Agriculture needs to use $5.25 billion in contingency funds to make at least partial payments.

    Both judges said the Trump administration has the option to use certain discretionary money to provide the benefits in full for November. They gave the administration a limited number of days to provide an update on what it's doing.

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that President Donald Trump wants to hear from the courts about how to legally move money around to fund SNAP payments, but he noted during an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" that it "could" flow by Wednesday.

    "There's a process that has to be followed," Bessent said. "So, we've got to figure out what the process is."

    The Cabinet secretary also told the outlet that the Trump administration will not appeal the rulings.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)
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    After these scum get a hand up they shit on every one below.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    All US benefits are the same - evil unless a specific conservative person needs them, then they are justified - see abortion, divorce, SNAP, welfare, healthcare, government loans, tax exemptions, etc.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Isn't SNAP how we're buying a bunch of American produce that the rest of the world doesn't want anymore because of tariffs?

    I thought it was a farm subsidy program first and a hunger program second.

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  • [+] -12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    In before folks let us know they don’t understand headlinese

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I thought that, in this case, the headline pretty much summed up the article without being misleading or anything:

    Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern slammed Vance, saying he should be "ashamed."

    He wrote on X: "JD Vance grew up on nutrition assistance provided by the federal government. Now, he’s ripping SNAP away from millions of hungry kids growing up in poverty. Pulling the ladder up when you reach the top is not the American way. He should be ashamed."

    So I'm not sure what you're complaining about. Shouldn't you make that sort of comment after you've read the article yourself? Because I think if you'd read the article, you'd know that the headline pretty much says what's in the article.

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