That could be from the buzzing.

Proof is how I spend my time.

Here is a 30 part profile of Wikileaks, with sources on every page.

Profile In Focus | Wikileaks

An overview of the 2010 Wikileaks Document dump.

2010. United States. Wikileaks Document Dump.

A majority of a chapter on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Russia Is A Terrorist State: Part 2 (2000s)

An overview on U.S. and Russia Intelligence that I’m working on.

Profile In Focus | United States Intelligence & Russian Disinformation (In Progress)

In addition to an overview on the 2016 Election that I’m also working on.

2016. United States Presidential Election Interference. (In Progress)

I’ll be working on an overview of Assange directly in the next chapters, but the accumulating sources can be found in the middle of this page.

Russia Is A Terrorist State: Part 4 (2016 - 2019) (In Progress) You can CTRL-F " Profile In Focus | Julian Assange " to find them.

And here’s a 37 part overview on the U.S. Green Party that I’m finishing up.

Profile in Focus | The Green Party of the United States (In Progress)

Again, sources are at the bottom of every part.

Proof asked. Proof offered.

#DeetsBringsReceipts

If anyone is interested, I try to profile political events and figures. My Wikileaks profile can be found here. I plan to do a Julian Assange one in my next chapter, and I am currently finishing up one on The U.S. Green Party.

Basically, I’m trying to illustrate in plain language how Putin became the greatest threat to human existence.

Assange is a rapist (alleged) narcissistic psychopath. He uses everyone and throws them away. Chelsea. The women he raped (cough ‘allegedly raped’), his own Wikileaks team. You name it, he’s pumped it and dumped it.

Assange is a Putin puppet piece of shit who deserves to rot in a cell for the rest of his miserable life.

Assange gave us Trump. Trump gave us COVID disinformation. COVID disinformation gave us over one million American deaths.

So fuck Assange and fuck everyone and everything associated with him.

Then indict the fuck on espionage and threatening national security.

There’s more than enough Russia collusion with Assange and Wikileaks to tie him up on one of Trump’s many RICO cases.

Interesting bootlicker take amidst a content creator strike in Hollywood. Granted YouTube isn’t under those Unions, but the power dynamics are quite similar (#YouTubeUnion)

Sponsors don’t give a shit about creators, they are just an annoying necessity for the content creator.

Why give a shit about a sponsor who doesn’t give a shit about the YouTuber you enjoy?

God forbid someone aggregates links to a link aggregation platform.

Oh, whatever shall we do?

1 in 30 American children were homeless as of 2013.

The report was released in November 2014 by the National Center on Family Homelessness at American Institutes for Research. Between 2012 and 2013, the rate of homelessness among children rose by 8% nationally. “That means that 1 in 30 American children—2.5 million—were homeless in 2013,” Dr. Bassuk, founder and former president of The National Center on Family Homelessness, said. “These are historically high rates.

Child Homelessness: A Growing Crisis - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration April 6, 2022

Those were 2013 numbers. Pandemic numbers eclipsed those.

The United States:

“First world” nation or “shit hole” country?

We have everything we need to be the former.

Our (GOP) politicians religiously ensure that we remain the latter.

Original article from CNBC:

These are America’s 10 worst states to live and work in for 2023, and there’s a big surprise at the very bottom - CNBC July 14, 2023

MEDIA BIAS FACT CHECK rates CNBC as:

Overall, we rate CNBC Left-Center Biased based on story selection that leans left. We also rate them Mostly Factual in reporting rather than High due to two failed fact checks.

Further, U.S. News & World Report has multiple Missouri state rankings, with the majority holding rankings between # 30/50 and # 39/50, with an overall ranking of # 30/50.

Missouri | #30 in Overall Ranking - U.S. News & World Report

MEDIA BIAS FACT CHECK rates U.S. News & World Report as:

Overall, we rate U.S. News & World Report Left-Center biased based on story selection that slightly favors the left and High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record.

However, if learning about people “jerking themselves off whenever some shitstick propaganda outlet runs an opinion piece that they agree with” is of interested to you, you may be interested in this article:

GOP’s crumbling case against Biden on crime, immigration and inflation - AXIOS July 22, 2023

Words that have proven wise to live by:

https://lemmy.world/comment/1629983

I can relate.

A number of issues, not the least of which was my birther believing unironically that Obama was the Antichrist, led me to go no contact with my family for what will be an entire decade come this December.

Is that half of the point of a social link aggregation and discussion platform?

For the “ThErE aRe WaYs To DiScHaRgE sTuDeNt DeBt!1!1!!” crowd:

I’ve been trying to get approved for SSDI since November 2020. I’m 36 and have an MBA with ~$156,000 in student loan debt.

I’m Autistic with PTSD, C-PTSD, Chronic Suicidal Ideation, Chronic Insomnia, Agoraphobia, Treatment-Resistant Depression, Multiple Anxiety Disorders, IBS-C, IBS-D, Fibromaylygia, Recurrent SIBO, potentially Sjögren’s Syndrome (I had a saliva gland lip biopsy yesterday), Hypoglycemia, GERD, Anal Fissures, and the diagnoses keep growing.

I haven’t been able to work since December 2019.

I received my FIFTH denial from SSA in late May (I took the first claim to the Appeals Council and started my second claim in October 2022 after the Appeals Council upheld the ALJ Denial). I’m currently trying to find a lawyer (again).

Granted, the above is anecdotal, but I have seen anecdotes like mine all over social media and IRL, especially with the pandemic and Long-COVID.

These “targeted student loan forgiveness options” are virtually impossible to receive, and you pretty much have to “spend” the equivalent of the student loan amount between lost wages and lawyer fees actually to have a chance to be eligible for them.

Student loan forgiveness needs to happen. It needs to be comprehensive and wide-ranging. It’s not only the humane thing to do, it’s the best chance of stabilizing our economy long-term (followed by climate change mediation and reversal).

1. I’m just getting started, but I’ll become more active as I get used to Lemmy’s interface.

2. I’m passionate about politics. I’m Autistic and you could say that politics is my special interest.

3. Well, we know what not to do after years of watching the abuse by the mods of r/politics. It should be open, simple, and reputable. Ban disinformation and hate speech, filter out tabloid sources, and focus on driving healthy conversations within the community.

4. It depends on your definition of “political views”. Disinformation, hate speech, and anti-science propaganda that leads to people getting killed has no place in a civil community.