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Dystopia doesn’t always look like Oceania or Gilead. In real life, it can sneak up on us—a chatbot you mistook for a real person, a job you lost to AI, or an influencer entering an MMA fight with a six-foot robot. Those aren’t scenes from some far-off dystopian future; they’re things happening in the world around us right now. And once you start seeing them through that lens, they’re pretty hard to ignore. Whether it’s technology, work, politics, or everyday life, spilling the tea on these things can feel like practically a moral duty.

That’s exactly what Redditors on r/PoursTea have been doing. We’ve gathered some of their most unsettling posts, which together show just how strange—and how quietly dystopian—everyday life has become. In the sub’s own words, “Sip a little, spill a little but stay for the receipts.”

#1

Separate Bathrooms For ... Maga

Quote on separate bathrooms for MAGA by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails

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Luke || Kira (he/she)
Community Member
1 week ago

Legends say that when you lock yourself in a bathroom stall in the UK, someone starts banging on your door and shouts "Hello, this is JK Rowling, please open the stall and let me inspect your genitals, I don't want you to make me feel uncomfortable here!"

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    #2

    Reminiscing

    Text about Obama reading mail compared to a president who could read

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    Bald Eagle
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    i get emotional thinking we had a president who Had Human Enotions

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    #3

    The Bar Has Set So Low!

    Tweet discussing white supremacy and religion by Bishop Talbert Swan

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    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    ...and they want a "Christian Nation". Jesus wept.

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    #4

    Good Point

    Republicans prioritized Obama's birth certificate over Epstein files damning political insight

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    1 week ago

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    #5

    Mark Hamill To Ivanka (2019)

    Ivanka Trump tweet with family Star Wars joke and Mark Hamill calling it fraud

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    The_Nicest_Misanthrope
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    1 week ago

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    #6

    A Good Point

    Tweet arguing politicians should be prohibited from trading stock like athletes banned from betting on games

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    Sven Horlemann
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    But - that never happened with a sitting US president or his family. I am sure 🙄.

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    #7

    They Currently Want A Raise At A Salary Of $174,000 Per Year

    Call for Congress salaries and healthcare to mirror average American earnings

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    Powerful Katrinka
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    The current House of Representatives worked 56 days this year. They should be paid accordingly, just like the rest the of us. Every time Mike Johnson sends everyone home early to avoid voting on something he doesn’t support, they need to get a corresponding cut in pay.

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    #8

    I Wasn't Expecting "I Am Suddenly Attracted To Hunter Biden" To Show Up In My 2026 Bingo Card

    Hunter Biden responds to attack over father's metastatic bone cancer and critic's false claims

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    Earonn -
    Community Member
    1 week ago

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    #9

    Practice What You Preach Or Change Your Speech

    Split image of Mitch McConnell and Melanie D'Arrigo with text on healthcare and paid leave opposition

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    Beak Hookage
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    Science has yet to invent a device capable of measuring my levels of profound disappointment when I found out this vile old reptile was still alive after all.

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    #10

    If Only…

    Text about dystopian experience mocking a disabled reporter as a normal part of life

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    Problematic Pangolin
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    Right, I mean if it ended for one guy because he said "Yee-Haw!" how did this slip by? Or the grab them by the p**** statement. Make it make sense.

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    #11

    For Every Problem, There's A Solution

    Vintage image of man in truck with quote about funding war vs healthcare values problem

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    Luke || Kira (he/she)
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    At least those cancer patients can diㅤe with a smile, knowing that Israel is well-funded /s

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    #12

    Another Win Thanks To Mamdani

    NYC mandates all apartment listings to disclose AI-generated images in real estate

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    ADHD
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    this guy needs to be your next president.

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    #13

    Read To The End Before Reacting

    Text meme about dystopian political and economic outcomes after voting for Kamala Harris

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    Joseph Miller
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    Ha!

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    #14

    Agree Or Disagree? Billionaires Need Society More Than The People Need Billionaires…

    Elon Musk tweet debate on taxing the rich and city budget with public services funding

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    The_Nicest_Misanthrope
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    You're first on the menu Elon, you pos

    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    There's not enough Gaviscon in the world

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    Earonn -
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    We did well as a species before we had super rich fvcks who claim to have proof that Trump ra/ped children but refuse to bring it forward, Space Karen.

    Tabitha
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    The only problem with eating the rich is the explosive diarrhea you’d end up with. For days.

    K Ma
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    Billionaires should not exist

    Sven Horlemann
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    No one will miss the rich.

    CP
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    The rich are leeches on society. People have to work extra hard to make these people rich. Capitalism is really inefficient. We have to k**l the planet and other humans to placate the egos of people that hoard resources for no good reason other than they are allowed to.

    David
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    1 week ago (edited)

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    1) Mamdani did not tax the wealthy yet, its still in the stages of even seeing who will pay, and there are court challenges. Zero dollars have been collected as of yet. 2) He came in with a 2 billion surplus, his new spending put NYC 8 billion in debt, tried to blame the prior admin who left him with a 2 billion surplus, then got the State to bailout NYC, and now visited Trump to beg for money for NYC. 3) The Rich have began to leave. SO basically everything said here is 100% false. -Signed a Life Long New Yorker who still lives here

    Tamra
    Community Member
    1 week ago

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    NYC.gov tells a different story about that budget. The prior administration left $12 billion budget shortfall. https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mamdani-details--adams-budget-crisis-

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    #15

    On What Is Considered Normal

    Tweet discussing dystopian collapse of civilization from rich people's greed

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    DennyS (denzoren)
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    #FACTS

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    #16

    Hunter Biden

    Tweet listing political family issues amid dystopian societal themes

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    Otto Katz
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    I like his paintings, and would buy one if I could afford one.

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    #17

    No Child Left Behind And Its Consequences Will Be Felt For Generations

    Text about Millennials reading classic literature in high school and decline of national literacy

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    Ace
    Community Member
    Premium
    1 week ago

    Ever since education has existed, going back at least as fas as the ancient Greeks, each generation has complained about declining standards, lazy students, modern methods, etc. etc. Earliest example I could find was Aristophanes' The Clouds (423 BC).

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    #18

    Just A Friendly Reminder

    Collage of Ivana Trump with her children and text about birthright citizenship debate

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    Tabitha
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    And let’s do a deep investigation of her suspicious d***h. Remember, she knows all of Donny’s dirt, from way back, and could have flushed him if she hadn’t somehow fallen down her stairs and died. The stairs in her home, where she had lived and gone up and down those stairs several times every day for years. Oh, and her grave lies untended and covered with weeds at the edge of a golf course. Why isn’t her billionaire ex paying for perpetual care?

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    #19

    Capitalism With A Heart

    NYC libraries and parks permanent funding by Zohran Mamdani announcement

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    Luke || Kira (he/she)
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    Mamdani is a democratic socialist. "Capitalism with a heart" is an oxymoron.

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    #20

    She's Absolutely Right

    Hillary Clinton quote on America as a dangerous country without serious leadership

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    Laszlo Larthlanc
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    But her emails. /s

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    #21

    Mamdani's Ex-Rival Comes To His Defense

    Curtis Sliwa lost NYC mayoral race to Zohran Mamdani, tells critics to stop being sore losers at Ground Zero ceremony

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    Vexed Panda
    Community Member
    Premium
    1 week ago

    This is the way.

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    #22

    🇦🇺 Unexpected

    Tweet about far-right Australian politician surprising supporters in dystopian context

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    Beak Hookage
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    BAHAHAHAH! I hope Pauline Hanson burst a blood vessel.

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    #23

    They're Having The Day They Voted For

    Article on struggling Arkansas farmers asking federal government for help

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    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    1 week ago (edited)

    To MAGA, government assistance is socialism only if it goes to someone who doesn't look like them.

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    #24

    🇺🇸that’s The Way To Do It!

    Headline about Amazon fined $9m for unpaid clean air fines in dystopian environment

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    Luke || Kira (he/she)
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    I'm VERY curious about the American midterms this year. The sheer SUCCESS of Mamdani and his policies makes me hope it could be the beginning of the end of the current political climate where the only two choices are center-right and far-right.

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    #25

    Hunter Dropping Some Serious Shade

    Tweet discussing Biden money issues and book tours in dystopian experiences

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    Laszlo Larthlanc
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    Smack 'em, Hunter. Do it again and again, and do it well.

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    #26

    How Are You Doing, Mitch?

    Image of Mitch McConnell with text on possible national abortion ban and women deciding about their bodies

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    Bald Eagle
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    f*k that vegetable 🍆🍆🍆🖕🖕🖕

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    #27

    For Real

    Air conditioners worsen global heatwaves as new research reveals rising temperatures

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    Amy Stout
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    There is a sickening advert in the UK right now that shows a bunch of kids going around lecturing adults on how we can all save water by not taking showers for as long or not using a hosepipe during droughts..... while the water companies are failing to fix their crumbling infrastructure and are polluting our rivers (all while making a tasty profit of course!)

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    #28

    Mtg Calls Out Maga

    Marjorie Taylor Greene quote on gas prices and dishonesty under Biden regime dystopian life

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    JL
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    When she's the voice of reason, you know things are majorly f***ed up.

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    #29

    Bigotry

    Rudy Giuliani criticizes Mayor Zohran Mamdani in controversial 9/11 ceremony dispute

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    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    Lesson imparted. He (Giuliani was America's darling after 9/11) believed in his own infallibility. Now look at him, giving a speech outside a landscaping company, hair dye streaming down his face..

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    #30

    Just A Reminder

    FDR raised taxes on the rich and created Medicare, Social Security, and the American middle class

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    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    And an immigrant billionaire wants to destroy it.

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    #31

    What A Legend!

    New York's ban on new data centers and higher electricity rates for them

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    Bald Eagle
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    pretty sure this was a State Level decision "Governor Kathy Hochul today signed an Executive Order to create the nation’s first moratorium on new hyperscale data centers, establishing the strongest standards for data center development and creating a blueprint to support localities. The Governor is temporarily pausing State environmental permits for up to one year in order to build a nation-leading regulatory framework that protects ratepayers, the environment, the energy grid and communities across the state."

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    #32

    And What About Disabled Vampires?! You Didn't Think About Them Now Did You, Daniel 

    Tweet debate on disabled parking permits valid only during business hours

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    Beak Hookage
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    I use public transport and as someone on unemployment I have a concession which means I can ride the bus for free... but ONLY during peak hours. If I catch a bus after 6pm on a weekday I get charged. Which means I'm essentially being told that as I don't have a job I'm not "allowed" to go out at night. Like dude it's not as if I have a job to get up early for.

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    #33

    Michelle Obama

    Portrait of Michelle Obama with text highlighting her achievements and call to post her photo

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    Ubik
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    😍

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    #34

    So True Senator!

    Senator Raphael Warnock criticizes public office nominations and DEI hypocrisy dystopian politics

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    Bald Eagle
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    kakistocracy is what the United States has become....old boys club is the og dei (as they use the term)...

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    #35

    Why Vote No On Something Like This?

    Pennsylvania bill to send free books monthly to children under 5 with GOP opposition dystopian legislation

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    Min (she/her)
    Community Member
    Premium
    1 week ago

    @Heffalump - I don't care why someone provides children with books, so long as they do it.

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    #36

    Not A Chess Grandmaster

    Lindsey Graham and George Conway discuss control of the Strait of Hormuz as a strategic chess move

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    Scott Rackley
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    Lindsey is in hell where he belongs

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    #37

    Obama Was A Real Leader

    Obama interview discussing success of removing enriched uranium from Iran

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    Laszlo Larthlanc
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    And we didn't expose the US as being incapable of fighting and winning a war with a tiny nation without using nukes, chemicals, or disease, much as Ukraine is doing with Russia.

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    #38

    !!!!!!

    Tweet about Epstein case distractions like war, virus, and aliens

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    Laszlo Larthlanc
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    I knew that the second he started up with Iran. It's also something he can use in order to declare a national emergency and cancel the elections. Of course then he'd have to order his Secretary of D­e­a­t­h to carry out a false flag attack against the US, and we all know he wouldn't do that, right? Right?

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    #39

    🤔

    Dystopian political hypocrisy discussing citizenship questions between Ted Cruz and Abdul El-Sayed

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    David
    Community Member
    1 week ago

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    Actually people in 2016 did question Cruz, and the Supreme Court said they would only hear the case if he won the Republican Primary. It was very much questioned and went to the courts

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    #40

    Competency Should Be A Requirement

    Disabled and poor must prove eligibility while US Senators vote without proving competence

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    Laszlo Larthlanc
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    You have to be really sick and desperate to drag this man out of a hospital bed and force him to vote. I wonder what they had to do to his wife when she screamed at them to just leave him alone?

    #41

    Uncle Sam Wants You

    Man looks inside fridge with text about socialist benefits like free healthcare in military recruitment

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    Remi (He/Him)
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    But, but then the military recruitment of the poor and desperate wouldn't work /s

    #42

    Photographic Evidence Of Vandals Damaging The Reflecting Pool

    Motorcade driving near Washington Monument symbolizing political security presence

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    #43

    Give Meta The Boot? 🥾

    Tweet highlighting Meta's $1.4 trillion teen mental health penalty and its impact on global society

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    ADHD
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    nail the cvnt to the wall

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    #44

    🇺🇸big Thinker

    Tweet quoting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on ambition to change the country and single payer healthcare

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    Hassel Davidhoff
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    I fücking love her!

    #45

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    Khavrinen
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    So you're admitting that your memory is starting to go?

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    #46

    Investing In The Future

    Tweet about socialism funding schools with image of man surrounded by joyful children in classroom

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    Amy Stout
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    As a Brit I don't really know much about this guy but he seems pretty fabulous. Could he be your next President?

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    #47

    Just To Show That Both Parties Are Never The Same!

    Comparison of Texas education rankings under Democrat Ann Richards and Republicans

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    Luke || Kira (he/she)
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    Everything Republicans touch only diㅤes

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    #48

    How To Really Stand Behind Your Product

    CEO of Taylor Farms smiling next to bag of shredded iceberg lettuce, referencing false positive lettuce

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    #49

    On July 23, 2026, New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani Announced That The City's Department Of Finance Began Mailing Official Notification Letters Regarding A New "Pied-À-Terre" Tax

    New York City pied-a-terre tax notification for second homes over 5 million dollars

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    ADHD
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    its not the best city in the world lol, in America maybe, sure, d**n near any decent sized city in Europe is better than NYC. Warsaw is better, London is better, Amsterdam is better. and so on.

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    #50

    No One Should Have A Lifetime Appointment

    Group photo of Supreme Court justices with text about Democrats proposing 18-year term limit bill

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    General Anaesthesia
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    18 years or retirement at 65, whichever comes first.

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    #51

    Good For Mamdani And Stewart

    Mayor Mamdani discusses 9/11 records release and transparency on first responders' health risks

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    Problematic Pangolin
    Community Member
    1 week ago (edited)

    Honestly, I know a retired cop that was on ground zero the day of and every day after for 9 months. They knew themselves. There was never any doubt. Everyone knew, but they ALSO knew they had to do their duty. Their shoes were crumbling from all of the chemicals they were exposed to, but they were honored and proud to serve. He has suffered a number of severe medical issues related to 9/11 but he said if he had to do it over again he would.

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    #52

    Both Sides Should Agree That This Is Needed

    U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, third in line for the presidency, faces age limit concerns at 101 years old

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    IORN
    Community Member
    1 week ago (edited)

    Instead of age limits it should be some sort of competence test. I don't care if a politician's 50, 60 or 160 if they can perform their duties.

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    #53

    Missing: Mitch

    2024 Republicans investigate Lloyd Austin's delay informing White House while Mitch McConnell remains absent

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    #54

    🇺🇸 Federal Court Rules Against Hegseth’s Transgender Military Ban

    Image about Hegseth's transgender military ban ruled unconstitutional on Pride day

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    Bald Eagle
    Community Member
    1 week ago

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    #55

    He Had One Job...that He Gave Himself

    Man in suit with American flag background, dystopian war department meme text above

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    Bald Eagle
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    Taliban Pete...he shares the same views as they do theyre just ChristianWashed

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    #56

    Louder For The Republican Women In The Back

    Social media post listing political figures out emphasizes patriarchal challenges in politics

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    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    Forgot MTG, though she went out vomiting at what was done to her.

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    #57

    Mamdani Is (Actually) Making America Great Again

    Tweet about NYC worker rights and delivery app tips highlights current social justice issues

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    The_Nicest_Misanthrope
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    What's the bet some billionaire tries to have Mamdani àssassinated soon?

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    #58

    🇺🇸what Next?

    Tweet about power being redirected from Lake Tahoe residents to data center utilities

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    Chich the witch
    Community Member
    Premium
    1 week ago

    In other news, I hear The Ukraine is doing interesting things with drones.

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    #60

    Texas Is Going To Flip

    Texas Senate race odds rise for James Talarico after opponent scandal exposes dystopian political realities

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    Remi (He/Him)
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    Good job Texas!

    #61

    This Guy Could Be The Future Of The USA

    NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani orders high velocity fans for subway heat relief

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    Problematic Pangolin
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    Sounds like he inherited a steaming pile of a city.

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    #62

    The Only Good Republican

    Tweet questioning speech on Israeli interference in U.S. elections

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    Luke || Kira (he/she)
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    Never as long as the blood oil keeps flowing

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    #63

    So Where's Mitch???

    Tweet criticizing journalists for ignoring the disappearance of a U.S. Senator 75 days ago

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    Luke || Kira (he/she)
    Community Member
    1 week ago

    Every recent picture of McConnell looks like he only has a piece of paper that says "Back in 5 minutes" between his ears

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