The move would appeal to Trump’s MAGA base.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/43965177

An ex-DOGE staffer known as “Big Balls” could end up receiving the highest civilian honor in the United States, placing him in the company of luminaries such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa.

Somehow the dumbest timeline just upped the ante

  • pjwestin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Calling it now; 3 middle-schoolers are gonna beat the shit out of him and steal the medal, and that’s how the bill of rights will be repealed.

  • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 days ago

    placing him in the company of luminaries such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa.

    The medal’s reputation has already been tarnished, then, might as well add him.

    • buttnugget@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 days ago

      There are infinitely many loathsome people who have gotten it, so care about this I could not less.

  • Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Of course. These people would give literal Hitler the presidential medal of freedom if he were around to give it to. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if they award him something posthumously

  • rayyy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Anything Epstein’s best buddy hands out will be noted as a total farce and those receiving them should be ridiculed relentlessly. Cue South Park.

    • LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      5 days ago

      That’s exactly it. He will forever have to say, it was awarded by Donald Trump, instantly loses all meaning. People will probably think he bought or bribed it from, DT.

  • sad_detective_man@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    6 days ago

    holy shit nobody cares. stop being caught off guard by low effort outrage sideshows. next one drops in 12 hours or so, can we grow up enough to handle it?

  • OfCourseNot@fedia.io
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    6 days ago

    placing him in the company of luminaries such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa

    One of these persons is not like the others…

      • frunch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 days ago

        Well if you don’t drop everything and singlehandedly bring it all to a screeching halt i won’t respect you and even if you try I’ll find other reasons to criticize you ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

        • GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.socialEnglish
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          5 days ago

          This is the first time I’ve laughed at something related to our political situation in a long time. Good job on this thread guys. I appreciate it

    • StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      It’s just them feeding the constant news cycle with bullshit and nonsense. I say JUST but…idk I’m getting to the point where the psy-op has worked and I don’t want to pay attention to the news anymore. I might make myself a old RSS style feed for like Reuters or something but getting my news from social media has been nothing but devastating. It’s gotta be somewhat intentional. Not that it’s not happening, but that it’s always some new stupid thing that is just the right amount of outrageous that it diluted the important stuff. I don’t care about some kid called big balls. That’s just a symptom. The keys they jingle to keep it so the doctor with the needle is half-forgotten. Maybe they won but at least I’ll be happier.

      I kinda get why the guy at the end of 1984 didn’t give a shit anymore by the end.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Fascists were killed to fucking death 80 years ago. And I’ll remind us all, the men who fought were around 20 then. The youngest would be 100 now.

      The Smoot-Hawley Act was 95 years ago, exacerbated the Great Depression. Not to mention the stock market greed and lack of government controls that started it. Today no one remembers what that kind of poverty was like in America.

      Everyone who remembers is dead. This is simply history, we do this again and again. Our turn!

    • paper_moon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      If we do live in a simulation, can I be taken out by a corrupt memory allocation, please?