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PT1 OF DAY… I havE LOST COUNT I’M JUST CHERRYPICKING PROMPTS I LIKE NOW LMAO. 12???? WELL ANYWAY it was past curfew and i LOVED this prompt so much because so much i make/imagine of marty and my sona mike takes place past curfew. These guys are teen boys they inevitably will be sneaking out and skating around making a ruckus at ass o’clock in the mor-night. i’m GOING to make pt2 as an illustration/doodle, already started prommy 🙏🙏 BUT I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DRAW SKATEBOARDS THAT DNON’Y LOOK LIKE GIANT LUMPS OF SHIZ ON WHEELS ONLY CARS SO FAR so it is taking A While

martymike (twin and lone pines, hell valley)/michaelmartin (citizen valley) oughhh my favorite gayass bisexuals who accidentally got into this situation crushing on the same girl. They saw each other crushing on jenny and thought “what if he meant that for me” and their childhood friend history only made that Worse Capital Double-U

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How Axios rebranded conservative ideology as objectivity

The biggest lie in media is the one that it tells about itself.

Judd Legum at Popular Information:

The biggest lie in media is the one that it tells about itself. Journalists at many mainstream media publications insist that their coverage is objective and unbiased. This isn't true. Two of the biggest purveyors of this lie are Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei, the co-founders of Axios. The Axios audience "Bill of Rights" promises that "all employees are asked to refrain from taking/advocating for public positions on political topics." The document also pledges that Axios will "never have an opinion section." Axios seeks to garner trust by positioning itself as neutral on all political topics. VandeHei has promoted this view repeatedly in his public commentary. In a December 2024 speech, VandeHei advocated for a "clinical" approach to journalism, one that is detached from any ideology. In a May 2024 CNN interview, VandeHei said that the best way for reporters to restore trust is to keep their opinions to themselves and "stop popping off in ways that make people distrust the work that you do."

John Harris, who started Politico with Allen and VandHei, wrote that the pair "cleave to a scientific ideal of journalistic detachment, the way a surgeon cannot tolerate even the slightest bacteria on his instruments." So, how did Allen and VandeHei cover the first six months of Trump's presidency? "President Trump, in terms of raw accomplishments, crushed his first six months in historic ways," the pair wrote in a piece published last Wednesday. Allen and VandeHei listed Trump's "wins": "Massive tax cuts. Record-low border crossings. Surging tariff revenue. Stunning air strikes in Iran. Modest inflation." They describe the last six months as "the very best chapter of his presidency." But Allen and VandeHei are puzzled that, despite all this success, Trump's approval ratings are very low. They offer this explanation: Americans "seem tired of all the winning." Ultimately, they blame Trump's unpopularity on the fickleness of voters who can't figure out what they want. "[V]oters demand change," Allen and VandeHei argue, "then flinch when it arrives too fast or too hard."

[...] Indeed, VandeHei and Allen have political opinions and express them publicly. VandeHei simply redefines his right-wing ideology as patriotism. "The American miracle rests on untamed democracy, the animal spirits of capitalism, the magic of unrestrained innovation, and the soft power of a vigilant and vibrant free press," VandeHei wrote in a December 2, 2024, Axios column. "I'm a believer in — and beneficiary of — all four."

[...] VandeHei and Allen have beliefs, but claim to be objective because they consider their right-wing beliefs, particularly on economic issues, to constitute fundamental truths. People with differing conceptions about the role of the free market and the regulatory state, on the other hand, are dismissed as biased or misguided.

Axios, founded by Politico co-founders Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei, have pushed a conservative agenda under the guise of being “unbiased”, not to dissimilar to NewsNation.

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Tweeterhead Reveals New Batman and Robin Statues

Tweeterhead Reveals New Batman and Robin Statues @tweeterheadsf #batman #robin

Tweeterhead and sculptor Paul Harding have shared new photos for two upcoming additions to their DC Super Powers 1/6 Scale Maquette line up. The new releases include a black and gray suit variant of their Batman 1/6 Scale Statue, as well as the all-new Robin. Batman features a new variant portrait, a hand holding a batarang, a new belt and an alternate bat symbol on his chest.

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“Being John Kelly” (Mike Allen, Axios)

You are White House Chief of Staff John Kelly:

•You are a true American hero -- enlisting in the Marines and rising to become a highly decorated four-star general who once ran the entire U.S. Southern Command.

•You gave your life to service. Your son, Marine Lt. Robert Kelly, 29, gave his in service, killed after stepping on a landmine while leading a platoon in Afghanistan.

•Now, you spend your days cleaning up messed all around your Commander, the actual Commander-in-Chief -- a guy who dodged the draft, and taunts or tramples on many of the things you feel and believe deep in your bones. Everyone knows you don’t share his views, values or politics.

•Most of your days, like those of your friend Rex Tillerson, blow.

•You spend most of your time killing bad things: bad ideas, bad information flow, bad habits. You inherited an Island of Misfit Toys, and tossed out the most obnoxious ones.

•You run a tight ship during workdays -- but lose total control of the wheel when your boss goes rogue, which is most nights, most mornings, most weekends.

•Now scattered, Trump originals ask what exactly it means for you to do your duty as chief of staff. You feel your duty is to protect the nation from POTUS.

•But some Trump loyalists won’t concede that you’re always right and DJT is always wrong. They think that sometimes it’s their duty to subordinate their opinions to his. They ask: What’s patriotic about thwarting the duly elected POTUS?

•You cringe and sometimes rage when you see the nasty tweets, the childish taunts, the wild improvisation.

•You start watching Fox just to see what he sees, and read Breitbart for a glimpse of the world through the President’s eyes.

•You plot with Tillerson and SecDef Mattis and National Security Adviser McMaster, and find comfort and camaraderie in your pact to save the world from an impulsive President.

It’s a worthy war -- but often one you fear you are losing. No wonder you’ve been caught on camera with an exasperated face pressed firmly against your hand. It’s a civilian salute to your new reality.

-- Mike Allen, “Being John Kelly”, Axios AM, October 7, 2017

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The Article III Project - America is facing republic-ending lawfare.

Don’t stand on the sidelines. Your voice makes a critical difference in the battle to save the judiciary.

Justice is coming. Get out of the country or change your rat fink faces as it's game on. The Deep State UNIPARTY and enemies tried to kill President Trump many times. They conspired to destroy him and our country.

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Axios AM Thought Bubble

By Mike Allen ·Mar 04, 2022

Good morning! Axios chief economic correspondent Neil Irwin and markets correspondent Emily Peck are here to break down today's jobs numbers.

Smart Brevity count: 346 words ... a 1-minute read.

1 big thing: Winter jobs boom

Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Chart: Axios Visuals

It was a winter of surging job creation. Employers created jobs on a mass scale, Americans returned to the workforce, and the labor market shrugged off the Omicron variant and its broader pandemic funk.

That's the takeaway from the February jobs report, which showed employers added 678,000 jobs last month. December and January job growth was better than previously thought, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.8%.

Why it matters: Yes, inflation is high as prices rose 7.5% over the last year as of January, and could rise higher as disruptions from the Ukraine war ripple through the economy.

But rising prices are coming amid an astonishingly rapid jobs boom.

Between the lines: The report shows the pandemic impact is fading. But some analysts warn not to expect this level of gains to continue as the crisis in Ukraine cuts into growth.

"The improvement in the American labor market is now very much a rearview mirror phenomenon," economist Joe Brusuelas wrote in a research note.

One big surprise: Wage growth was essentially nonexistent, with average hourly earnings rising only a penny to $31.58.

That may reflect the nature of the jobs being added — disproportionately in the low-paying leisure and hospitality sector.

That is good news for those worried that rising wages and prices will drive further inflation. It is worse news for workers, whose average pay gain of 5.1% over the last year is far below inflation.

The share of adults in the labor force — which includes those looking for work — ticked up, as did the share of the population that’s actually employed. That suggests the robust job growth is pulling people back into the workforce, if gradually.

The labor force participation rate was 62.3% in February, more than a percentage point below its level two years ago, before the pandemic.

State of play: The Federal Reserve is set to begin an interest rate hiking campaign on March 16, amid high inflation and new geopolitical uncertainty from the Ukraine war. The new numbers are unlikely to change that one way or the other.