r/BreakingPoints

For the love of God. It just keeps getting worse. It’s the classic sports debate. Did this team win or did this team lose? To me it’s obvious republicans simply won 2024. Democrats didn’t lose it. The media at large hammered Harris to define her campaign while Trump was able to run a campaign that was populist but promised to promote corporate interests, anti war and peace but a dominant military presence, greater opportunity for the youth while preserving boomer wealth along with a broad tent coalition while maintaining traditional American values (we know what that means).

How do you beat a candidate that’s so full of bullshit and contradictions?

The idea of an open primary probably doesn’t help either. It’s rare that a party wins the presidency by trashing the incumbent. Yeah Biden was trash on immigration , Gaza and the economy but vote Democrat again really isn’t the popular message and it’s supported by the results! Harris who basically ran Biden 2.0 didn’t get blown out.

Lastly, I almost cut the video off but I watched to the end and hearing Ryan say he muted support for Biden and Harris because of Gaza hurt. Nobody is saying turn a blind eye to genocide but to not do your part as a journalist or commentator and highlight the successes especially when Trump was the alternative was irresponsible.

I just get the feeling that a lot of progressives were like Saagar. They believed the checks and guardrails would limit Trump so they figured they’d stick it to the Dems this go around well here we are.

So yeah. Let’s just tuck 2024 in bed and leave it alone. I don’t know if Obama in 08 would’ve won against Trump who was sanewashed and took every position.

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I know Biden kinda hated that he was sidelined in favour of Hillary in 2016 but I didn't know they kinda dislike each other to this point . Anyone knows why exactly though ? Are there some other reasons why they don't get along well ? I think his son had an interview last year where he stopped just short of attacking obama , ( he did attack the Obama staffers ) and was open about his dislike for pelosi .

I think the 2024 loss really messed up the lot and Biden kinda openly suggested that Harris wasn't a good candidate , Harris also blamed prominent dems in her book about their lukewarm response for the campaign akaik .

The fact that Krystal's favorite candidate Graham Planter is a guy with a concentration camp death tattoo Nazi, and in his 30s was posting about going to Thai hookers and watching videos of his fellow soldiers getting shot is perfect.

A scumbag of all scumbags supported by one the dumbest people online

Hilarious

It's just too funny, calling everyone else Nazis and you actually support a loser with a Nazi tattoo who openly posted about watching American soldiers get shot and laughed about it.

The left is broken

Krystal is a moron

Arsenal are Champions

What a week

I’m not sure how to post a poll, or if this sub allows them. But today Ryan said over 50% of their audience watched BP on their TV. When he said this I assumed he was specifically talking about their YouTube audience (they were talking about YouTube when he said that). Absolutely bonkers to watch BP on your TV, but to each their own.

My question/poll: what do you use to listen to BP? Do you watch the video, or audio only? Maybe include your age, gender, and subscription status or something, just to see if there are various trends.

I’ll go first, I’m 26m, I use Spotify (audio only) and I am a premium member. Been daily listening for 4 years now I think, but am new to the premium gang (finally not a broke college kid).

Relevance: Ryan mentioned these metrics today so we are discussing the subs general listenership metrics.

Between the Iran war, the continued Ukraine war, gas prices, inflation, slow job growth, the grifting and corruption, pardoning and now paying the J6 insurrectionists, DOGE failures, the ICE capades, the vengeance campaigns, the tariff debacle, poor foreign policy, a dysfunctional HHS department with new virus outbreaks…

Can we all admit we’d have been better off with Kamala?

Is it time yet?

The idea that J6ers were treated unfairly is pure cope. They travelled planned and participated in it. They earned what they got

I honestly didn't think it's possible, but after hearing that Biden supported the genocide in Gaza, at least partially, not because of his own Zionism, but because he thought its the right political move... wow, what a fucking heartless murderer. I'm glad he is now getting a tiny bit of what he deserves.

Before the Iran war started, there were about 3.5 million files dropped. Breaking points and YT all seemed to highlight a handful of what had been found pretty quickly.

Did all those files get read through that quickly, and only those stories were relevant?

Has more been found and reported on recently that I have just missed?

Everything moves so fast now, but i swear YT was spammed with the same few files almost as soon as the files were dropped and then nothing since then.

In today's episode Ryan says "The most famous line from someone out of touch who eventually got beheaded is 'let them eat cake.'" in reference to Trump and his ballroom stuff.

My friend says that Ryan incorrectly thinks Marie Antoinette actually said "Let them eat cake" and doesn't know that it's an apocryphal quote and that he just forgot her name, which is why he referred to her as "someone out of touch who eventually got beheaded." I think Ryan knows it's apocryphal and was simply referencing the line and its underlying meaning itself, and he was indicating that he's aware that it's a false quote by not attributing it directly to "Marie Antoinette" but referring to the speaker of the quote as a general "someone."

What do y'all think? Does Ryan know that quote wasn't actually said by Marie Antoinette?

EDIT: Good lord, this question is not about whether or not it matters that the quote is apocryphal, whether or not it matters that Ryan knows or does not know, whether it was used correctly or not, OR whether or not the quote is apocryphal at all in the first place.

THE QUESTION IS: Do you think, in your opinion, based on Ryan's words that I quoted above, that he knows it's a fake quote or not. I swear most of you people would fail a logic exam. Congrats to u/robotfoodab for being the only person to answer the question I'm asking!

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is projected to lose his Kentucky House primary race to President Trump-endorsed challenger Ed Gallrein, according to Decision Desk HQ, a major victory for the president in his bid to oust Republican lawmakers who openly defy him.

Yeah I mean facepalm.

Like, if you have some piece of technology that can save you cost, you use it.

And if you can develop a piece of technology that saves other people money, you therefore develop it. Because it makes you this thing called "money".

This is just the free market.

Don't take take it up with the tEcH oLIgArCHs, take it up with the free market.

Or maybe take it up with the social contract that says we should all be working 40 hours a week for a living, and revisit your backward ideas on basic income.

I’ve said my piece. Fuck this corrupt government and the losers that enabled this.

https://youtu.be/YmxqxUcK0\_w?si=zZRA0BB87B2qZIwc

Massie career burning down prediction

trump waging war with Iran

Real talk: A lot of people are saying MAGA is dead and what not. I don't think that is true at all. If anything, I think it's as strong as it's ever been. There might be slightly fewer members, but the core is still there. This is a cancer we will be fighting for the rest of our lives. Trump isn't just orange Dubya. He's orange Dubya with a literal cult following of easily 30-40 million Americans. And constantly gets the benefit of the doubt from another 30-40 million Americans.

I mean I don’t at all care. Good for her, I was just caught off guard. I was almost convinced I was following a fake account.

In 2020 Trump was able to marshal people to Washington to “stop the steal” but when he tried to get states to not certify their elections, he fell short. If he had attempted to threaten or offer money, it would have been illegal with legal repercussions.

This slush fund just created a workaround.

He couldn’t offer Raffensperger cash to not certify, but he could now add him into the lawsuit if he claimed to be the target of the Biden DOJ and the panel who Trump has the ability to fire at will agreed. There is also the fact that if the settlements are secret, we would never know.

And now expand this to every state that Trump claimed was stolen. Not everyone would accept the deal, but you can’t tell me that no one would.

Add this into the fact that the people arrest and tried from J6 have now been pardoned and may get a payday, what to stop them from doing it again?

If used correctly (or incorrectly) this fund is literally a tool to fund the next coup, let alone the billions for the executives private militia in ICE that they are again murmurs about being deployed to polling stations.

Relevant to BP due to the Trump Admin, the settlement, and American Elections

I hope BP tomorrow covers the mosque attack that happened yesterday at San Diego. 3 people were killed and the 2 suspects committed suicide. The 2 suspects were 17 and 19 years old. One of the victims was a security guard who immediately radioed the school which is a part of the mosque complex and they locked down their building. He sacrificed himself to save the kids and the community. An elderly man who volunteers at the mosque was also killed and another man also. The security guard is a father of 9 children.

I’m not that surprised that it isn’t wall to wall coverage since unfortunately Muslims lives aren’t valued as much.

Fox News brought on a rabbi to discuss this and he essentially dismissed it and said it’s likely 2 mentally ill individuals. Another network I can’t recall, I think NPR, they did mention it but spent over half of its airtime talking about the previous synagogue attack that happened.

And of course the far right figures like Laura Loomer essentially justified it, go read her tweets and New York post talked about a far fledged connection this mosque had to 9/11.

The dehumanizing isn’t surprising since the same media dehumanizes Palestinians tbh nevertheless it’s jarring to see.