So, wait, WHO's dumb as a rock?
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I think they just like the smell.
The smell of his rotted brain?
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Coming from his armpits and overfilled depends.
“In my home, they’re persecuting people for their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. That’s happening now,” Springsteen said, echoing what he’d spoken about at his May 14 show. “In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world’s poorest children to sickness and death. That’s happening now. In my country, they’re taking sadistic pleasure in the pain they inflict on loyal American workers.”
Springsteen continued, “They are removing residents off American streets without due process of law and deploying them to foreign detention centers as prisoners. That’s happening now. The majority of our elected representatives have utterly failed to protect the American people from the abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government. They have no concern or idea of what it means to be deeply American.”
On a note of optimism that quoted novelist and civil rights activist James Baldwin, he added, “The America I’ve sung to you about for 50 years is real, and regardless of its many faults, it’s a great country with a great people, and we will survive this moment. Well, I have hope, because I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said. He said, ‘In this world, there isn’t as much humanity as one would like, but there’s enough.’”
And in defense, Trump called Springsteen "dumb as a rock," and "a dried out prune." Wow, that's genius, Trump. Real stable fucking genius.
Springsteen continued, “They are removing residents off American streets without due process of law and deploying them to foreign detention centers as prisoners. That’s happening now. The majority of our elected representatives have utterly failed to protect the American people from the abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government. They have no concern or idea of what it means to be deeply American.”
On a note of optimism that quoted novelist and civil rights activist James Baldwin, he added, “The America I’ve sung to you about for 50 years is real, and regardless of its many faults, it’s a great country with a great people, and we will survive this moment. Well, I have hope, because I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said. He said, ‘In this world, there isn’t as much humanity as one would like, but there’s enough.’”
And in defense, Trump called Springsteen "dumb as a rock," and "a dried out prune." Wow, that's genius, Trump. Real stable fucking genius.
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It's funny in that sad way...the constant deflections of contards, never admitting he's a hypocrite, a liar, a cheater, a grifter, etc etc etc etc.
We might be able to have better conversations if one side wasn't being attacked with bullshit for speaking truth to power.
We might be able to have better conversations if one side wasn't being attacked with bullshit for speaking truth to power.
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Redistribution from FB.
Donald J. Trump — the man currently squatting in the Oval Office like a Florida possum in a tanning bed — just posted an AI video of himself performing Journey.
That’s not a metaphor. It’s not satire. It’s not even parody anymore because the parody ran away screaming five exits ago. It’s him, deepfaked to hell and back, smashing out “Don’t Stop Believin’” on a piano wrapped in an American flag, while a fake crowd of algorithmic meat-puppets cheers like it’s the Second Coming of Christ.
He didn’t retweet it.
He didn’t wink at it.
He posted it himself.
The President of the United Fucking States shared a hallucination of himself as a rock god. In an imaginary stadium. Playing a nostalgia ballad from 1981. Like some kind of fascist arena tour fever dream produced by Satan, Pixar, and whoever ghostwrites his Truth Social posts when they’re high on expired Sudafed and ketamine.
And it worked.
It actually worked.
Because here we are — writing about it, reeling from it, trying to understand how the hell this is real life when it absolutely should not be.
THE AI KARAOKE COUP
This is not a campaign. This is not branding. This is not meme warfare.
This is state-sponsored fucking karaoke — authoritarianism with a Keytar and a fog machine. A regime that no longer needs to silence the press when it can just drown us in deepfakes, confetti, and performative delusion.
This isn’t propaganda with a purpose.
It’s masturbation with a backing track.
And the soundtrack? “Don’t Stop Believin’.” Because of course it is. Because we’re trapped in a psychotic motivational poster and the president just turned it into a dystopian halftime show.
We’re not being governed — we’re being fucking hypnotized.
PAULA WHITE, JOURNEY, AND THE GATES OF HELL
Oh, and you want more weird? Guess what: Trump’s spiritual advisor — the screeching televangelist who once tried to summon angelic backup from Africa — used to be married to Journey’s goddamn keyboardist.
That’s right. Paula White. Jonathan Cain. MAGA’s messianic mouthpiece and the man who co-wrote the very song Trump is now deepfaking himself into.
Journey, the band, has already imploded from the inside over MAGA in-fighting. Neal Schon (guitarist) literally tried to sue Cain for using Journey’s name to promote Trump. And now, years later, the song is resurrected by AI as the official theme of Trump’s American Idol nightmare presidency.
It’s like QAnon wrote a jukebox musical and somehow it got greenlit by the Department of Defense.
NO ONE IS OKAY.
NOT EVEN A LITTLE.
We are not in a rational place anymore.
This is not a democracy. This is a simulation running on bad Wi-Fi and spiritual rot, where the Commander-in-Chief is starring in fan-cams of his own fascist fantasies and daring the world to keep a straight face while the Constitution burns behind him.
People are going to detach from reality overnight. Some already have.The rest of us? We’re clinging to the edge of the goddamn stage trying not to vomit on our shoes.
You’re not weak if you feel sick.
You’re not broken if you want to scream.
You’re not “too sensitive” if this made your soul dry-heave.
You are alive in a country that just replaced truth with a Spotify playlist and a deepfake daddy who shreds guitar in front of Jesus lasers and evangelical fog.
And it’s only getting worse.
Because next week? It’ll be Trump doing “Eye of the Tiger” while missiles fly over Taiwan.
Next month? He’s AI-twerking to “We Didn’t Start the Fire” while pardoning Jared with confetti cannons.
Next year? He is the jukebox. Just a red-suited, glitching avatar barking slogans while Paula White prays over his animatronic pelvis.
And us?
We’ll either scream.
Or surrender.
So stop. Stop believing.
Stop clapping for the hallucination.
Stop pretending this is remotely fucking normal.
We are not okay.
But if we’re going to lose our minds — let’s at least do it loudly. Together. Sober or stoned. Screaming the truth while there are still people left to hear it.
Donald J. Trump — the man currently squatting in the Oval Office like a Florida possum in a tanning bed — just posted an AI video of himself performing Journey.
That’s not a metaphor. It’s not satire. It’s not even parody anymore because the parody ran away screaming five exits ago. It’s him, deepfaked to hell and back, smashing out “Don’t Stop Believin’” on a piano wrapped in an American flag, while a fake crowd of algorithmic meat-puppets cheers like it’s the Second Coming of Christ.
He didn’t retweet it.
He didn’t wink at it.
He posted it himself.
The President of the United Fucking States shared a hallucination of himself as a rock god. In an imaginary stadium. Playing a nostalgia ballad from 1981. Like some kind of fascist arena tour fever dream produced by Satan, Pixar, and whoever ghostwrites his Truth Social posts when they’re high on expired Sudafed and ketamine.
And it worked.
It actually worked.
Because here we are — writing about it, reeling from it, trying to understand how the hell this is real life when it absolutely should not be.
THE AI KARAOKE COUP
This is not a campaign. This is not branding. This is not meme warfare.
This is state-sponsored fucking karaoke — authoritarianism with a Keytar and a fog machine. A regime that no longer needs to silence the press when it can just drown us in deepfakes, confetti, and performative delusion.
This isn’t propaganda with a purpose.
It’s masturbation with a backing track.
And the soundtrack? “Don’t Stop Believin’.” Because of course it is. Because we’re trapped in a psychotic motivational poster and the president just turned it into a dystopian halftime show.
We’re not being governed — we’re being fucking hypnotized.
PAULA WHITE, JOURNEY, AND THE GATES OF HELL
Oh, and you want more weird? Guess what: Trump’s spiritual advisor — the screeching televangelist who once tried to summon angelic backup from Africa — used to be married to Journey’s goddamn keyboardist.
That’s right. Paula White. Jonathan Cain. MAGA’s messianic mouthpiece and the man who co-wrote the very song Trump is now deepfaking himself into.
Journey, the band, has already imploded from the inside over MAGA in-fighting. Neal Schon (guitarist) literally tried to sue Cain for using Journey’s name to promote Trump. And now, years later, the song is resurrected by AI as the official theme of Trump’s American Idol nightmare presidency.
It’s like QAnon wrote a jukebox musical and somehow it got greenlit by the Department of Defense.
NO ONE IS OKAY.
NOT EVEN A LITTLE.
We are not in a rational place anymore.
This is not a democracy. This is a simulation running on bad Wi-Fi and spiritual rot, where the Commander-in-Chief is starring in fan-cams of his own fascist fantasies and daring the world to keep a straight face while the Constitution burns behind him.
People are going to detach from reality overnight. Some already have.The rest of us? We’re clinging to the edge of the goddamn stage trying not to vomit on our shoes.
You’re not weak if you feel sick.
You’re not broken if you want to scream.
You’re not “too sensitive” if this made your soul dry-heave.
You are alive in a country that just replaced truth with a Spotify playlist and a deepfake daddy who shreds guitar in front of Jesus lasers and evangelical fog.
And it’s only getting worse.
Because next week? It’ll be Trump doing “Eye of the Tiger” while missiles fly over Taiwan.
Next month? He’s AI-twerking to “We Didn’t Start the Fire” while pardoning Jared with confetti cannons.
Next year? He is the jukebox. Just a red-suited, glitching avatar barking slogans while Paula White prays over his animatronic pelvis.
And us?
We’ll either scream.
Or surrender.
So stop. Stop believing.
Stop clapping for the hallucination.
Stop pretending this is remotely fucking normal.
We are not okay.
But if we’re going to lose our minds — let’s at least do it loudly. Together. Sober or stoned. Screaming the truth while there are still people left to hear it.
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You're right. I am ashamed of Bruce Springsteen's behavior.
What an arrogant, ungrateful and untalented pile of greasy garbage.
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Fuck you, Jack. You're projecting again.
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Just copying you....
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Wouldn't have anything to do with him saying no to Trump over his intellectual property?
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... OK, then. You are absolved.
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No. It's whole Springsteen schmeer. Never much cared for his music, and he got all full of himself like many do who find such success. His music sucks and his political opinions don't matter to anyone.
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I never liked him either.
But clearly many did. His opinions and influence are quite profound in the cukture.
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Only to idiots, er, I mean Registered Democrats. Celebrity influence and opinion in politics died on the vine years ago. How did that Beyonce endorsement work out for Kamala last year?
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Im not talking about that.Only to idiots, er, I mean Registered Democrats. Celebrity influence and opinion in politics died on the vine years ago. How did that Beyonce endorsement work out for Kamala last year?
Bruce Springsteen is a globally popular artist with an estimated 140 million albums sold worldwide, . While a precise count of "fans" is difficult, his massive album sales and numerous awards (including 20 Grammys, an Oscar, and a Golden Globe) demonstrate his significant impact and wide-ranging fanbase
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Trump is a dried out apricot.
I know! You people like the intelligent, uber talented ones like Kid Rock.Only to idiots, er, I mean Registered Democrats. Celebrity influence and opinion in politics died on the vine years ago. How did that Beyonce endorsement work out for Kamala last year?
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You like Bruce Springsteen music? You don't seem like the type.
I don't have anything against him. I think he's talented, just not my genre, except for a couple of songs. But he's dead on about fucking Trump. And Kid Rock is a fucking lame ass.
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Bruce Springsteen is one of those 'richest men'. The fuck is he doing to take care of the 'world's poorest children'?
@Reggie_Essent What type of music do I seem the type to like?
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Bruce Springsteen donates to a wide range of charities, with a strong focus on supporting New Jersey causes and individuals in need. He also supports veterans' organizations, food banks, and other national and international charities.
Here are some of the charities he has supported:
- Local New Jersey Causes:
Springsteen has been a significant supporter of local organizations in New Jersey, including scholarship funds, local Habitat for Humanity initiatives, and the Newark Community Food Bank.
- Veterans' Organizations:
He has long been a supporter of and has worked with organizations like Public Counsel, which provides legal representation to veterans.
- Food Banks:
He has partnered with food banks, including St. Mary's Food Bank in Phoenix, and has raised funds to help them fight hunger.
- Other National and International Charities:
Springsteen has also supported charities like Amnesty International, the Bob Woodruff Foundation, and the .
- Specific Causes:
He has donated to , including the Kristen Ann Carr Fund and the Women's Cancer Research Fund. He has also supported organizations like and the .
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Good for him. Now if only he figures out that other people... aren't Bruce Springsteen and, consequently, Bruce Springsteen doesn't get to tell them shit about what to do with their money.
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What do you mean "their" money?
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Well, typically, the word 'their' operates as a possessive adjective; in the sentence you quoted, it means, 'the money belonging to other people'. That, implicitly, means, 'people who are not Bruce Springsteen'.
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some of it is his money and it's OUR job to make sure it's spent properly and ethically.
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I imagine you liking singer/songwriter indie type folkstage stuff. Certainly not the kind of formulated pop rock Springsteen put out. Chicks who were really into Springsteen back in the day were usually stupid and easy to fuck, that's why I said you didn't seem that type.
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I'd guess things like... Indigo Girls... Melissa Etheridge... 4 Non Blondes... nudge nudge, wink wink, know what I mean?
