Trump's "Golden Age": Nearly 1 in 4 new auto loans now run for at least seven years as prices soar www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Nearly 1 in 4 new auto loans now run for at least seven years as prices soar

New car buyers are taking out longer loans, putting less money down and financing more to afford what the vehicles they want.

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Something to think about: how come a genocide in the middle of Europe got normalised? Reflect on that for a bit. #UkrainianView #UAView

Shaun Pinner@shaunpinner.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Having only just stepped off a train almost as quickly as we boarded it myself, it was a stark reminder of how normalised this has become in Ukraine.

It's been said elsewhere but if a Palestinian filmmaker joked like this they would unquestionably be banned permanently from the festival. Absolutely disgusting.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2mo ago

The Tribeca Festival has denounced the actor Elon Gold and Lizzy Savetsky, an influencer, after they joked on the festival’s red carpet about sexual abuse by dogs, an apparent reference to allegations by Palestinians that dogs were used to commit sexual abuse in Israeli prisons.

Thanks Rep Stansbury but if this is the case, you should be advocating charges of treason. Why are the Dems such terrible bargainers? Go for the jugular. She stole from us.

Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz is soon to close and that’s great, but I still have a couple issues: 1. It never should’ve been built to begin with—and was built with misappropriated public funds—theft. Will there be accountability for that? 2. Where are the still-missing detainees? 🤨

Trump has a historic tradition of every 'deal' making things worse, and getting an endorsement from him is the kiss of death. He will go down in history as the world's biggest loser.

🇮🇷 Trump with Xi: We did discuss Iran. We feel very similar. We want the straits open. We’re closing it now. They closed it, and we closed it on top of them—but we want the straits open.

🥴 Putin is expected to visit 🇨🇳Beijing on May 20, just days after Xi Jinping’s summit with Trump, - SCMP 😅 The one-day trip will be a routine visit without major ceremonies.

🇺🇸❗️CNN: The Pentagon is cutting US troop deployments in Europe after pressure from Trump over NATO burden-sharing. A planned deployment of about 4,700 troops from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team to 🇵🇱Poland and Eastern Europe was canceled.

A long-range missile battalion deployment to 🇩🇪Germany was also canceled. Around 5,000 troops are expected to be withdrawn from Germany overall. 🗣️ Politico: Pentagon officials and NATO allies reacted with shock after Hegseth abruptly canceled a planned deployment of 4,000 U.S. troops to Poland.

Our Marines Returned from Russian Captivity 🇺🇦 They were held captive for years, the enemy tried to break them, but could not take away the main thing - loyalty to their country and strength of spirit.

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

Kyiv was attacked by Russians last night. They targeted residential buildings and a filling station. My neighborhood was also hit. Luckily, it wasn't right next to me. You can see rescuers pulling people out from under the debris in this video. #Ukrainianview

How can we let this happen? How can we still let russia be part of our economic world and let them travel and live in our countries? Upd, 24 people 💔💔💔 Devastating. Unforgivable forever.

Yesterday, Trump said that the war would end soon, but Russia's actions indicate that they are not interested in the process of ending the war. And Trump is not interested in how the war will end. He needs it for midterms no matter what. Even if Ukraine may fall #UkrainianView

Look, he's not even pretending at this point. He DOES NOT CARE if you can't afford anything or get by because of his war. And this war wasn't even about the threat of Iran having nuclear weapons because there was NO imminent threat.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Trump: "Americans' financial situation -- I don't think about anybody. I think about one thing. We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That's all."

So, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff was the one who tried to start the USA chant? Imagine that. Shots fired! Get down! And the White House Deputy Chief of Staff is trying to start the USA chant. Just like Butler. Because when shots are fired, that’s the first thing out of my mind and mouth!

lol

Trump's face:

I'd like to see the results of the investigation of the Mar-A-Lago shooter from two months ago.

I’d like to see an investigation before offering any remarks.

they're like seals performing for a circus master

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

RFK Jr: "A Democratic senator claimed it's mathematically impossible to have a drug drop by 600%. I said, 'Well, if the drug was $100 and it raises to $600, that would be a 600% rise. If it drops from $600 to $100, that's a 600% savings.'" Trump: "Right"

“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.” www.wired.com/story/govern...

Government Workers Say They're Getting Inundated With Religion

“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

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“In a system where synthetic content moves faster than it can be verified, the only real defense may be behavioral: hesitation. A pause before the repost. A few minutes of scrutiny in a system designed to reward none.” www.wired.com/story/how-th...

How the Internet Broke Everyone’s Bullshit Detectors

From AI-generated images to restricted satellite data, the systems used to verify what’s real online are struggling to keep up.

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What kind of fucked up doctors does Donald Trump get to see?

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Reporter: Did you post that picture of yourself depicted as Jesus Christ? Trump: It wasn't a depiction. I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor. And had to do with red cross as a red cross worker, which we support and only the fake news could come up with that one.

More market manipulation

Traders place large $950 million bet on oil price falling hours ahead of ceasefire

Investors placed an ‌approximately $950 million bet on oil prices falling just hours before the U.S. and Iran announced a ceasefire, the latest large wager on the direction of the world's most traded ...

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Ghalibaf speaks.

The reason that there are strikes on Lebanon is that Israel is illegally attacking one of its neighbors but given that this is a more or less permanent state of affairs it’s easy to miss

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The US press is going to hide this from you but the reason there are "strikes on Lebanon" and "confusion over the strait" is that TRUMP RANDOMLY AGREED TO THE CEASEFIRE TO ESCAPE HIS OWN BLUFF WITHOUT WORKING OUT ANY OF THESE DETAILS

NEW: A Department of Defense official has confirmed to @rns.org that the much-discussed meeting between the papal nuncio and military officials at the Pentagon (mentioned below) DID happen — but they're disputing the Free Press' assessment.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

JD VANCE: With no disrespect to the cardinal, I don't know who Cardinal Christophe Pierre is REPORTER: He's the ambassador to the Holy Sea and US VANCE: Okay, I've met him before. Sorry. I just didn't remember the name. I've never seen this reporting. I'd like to talk to him.

EXCLUSIVE at the newly relaunched @informant.news: We've obtained secret documents showing that a former Navy SEAL whose testimony helped overturn a war crimes case against his platoon leader has recently joined the white supremacist group Patriot Front. www.informant.news/patriot-fron...