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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • You have to admit the title “Person of the Year” does carry with it a certain gravitas, just by virtue of the way those words are used in every other instance. Game of the Year, Movie of the Year, etc are all superlatives - regardless of whether they can hide behind the plausible deniability of their own definition.

    They have nothing to lose by not putting a criminal oligarch on the front cover. Bet it made Time a lot of money though so, ya know, that’s what matters.

    This similar to how Rogan justifies platforming Nazis and conspiracy nuts. And anyway, it’s not really even “news”; it’s just a long opinion piece with facts sprinkled in.



  • …But he won’t do anything and we all know it. Their inaction is proof that all the cries of “democracy is in peril!” was a cynical tactic to drum up votes. If they were sincere about any of that, they would have had plans in place for these last couple months. Trump led an armed insurrection four years ago, but the democrats are more concerned with maintaining decorum and “reaching across the aisle” than they are with chasing even a vague semblance of justice.

    Hell, they’re not even interested in going after Gaetz with any real sense of urgency or vigor. Nixon was pardoned and this is the law of the land. Remember, Democrats and Republicans though they may be, they still all work for the same organization.