This community is an offshoot of r/ToiletPaperUSA over on the other platform so a lot of the culture surrounding this media is likely to be shared, however, that doesn't mean we have to match them exactly.

To start off, I'd like to open a discussion on rules and what we would consider good for the community and it's growth/sustainability. We want to make good memes that people want to see but we also don't want people to think the terrible fake quotes we are coming up with are real because that diminishes the impact of the ACTUAL terrible things that right wing grifters actually say. Unfortunately, as of writing, Lemmy doesn't support tagging a post. For that reason, I think it would be best to implement a naming system [REAL] or [FAKE] depending on which it is. We can let the conservatives talk themselves into a corner instead of spreading misinformation.

Another rule to bring up is the Meme Weekends that r/ToiletPaperUSA does. This restricts weekend posting to ONLY fake TPUSA memes and doesn't allow tweets or anything during the weekend. I wouldn't mind implementing this as well but I'm a bit more hesitant on it. On one hand I do feel it would help with the general quality of the community but on the other hand, a small community needs an active group of posters in order to take off. Unless the community votes in favor of sticking with this, I think it would be best to ignore it until the community is self sustaining.

On the note of quality content, I don't think anyone will disagree with banning low effort content. The example they use is a red eyed Ben Shapiro saying "When someone says 'FEELINGS'". That kind of post can work but I think its best for a dedicated Lemmy shitposting community instead.

All rules like bigotry and fascism go without saying. I'm not allowing any of that stuff here.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/53594241

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/52474862

Excerpt:

The House approved a resolution Wednesday holding billionaire Leon Blackin contempt of Congress, referring the matter to the Department of Justice after he defied the Oversight Committee’s subpoenas in its investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The action was swift, and without a formal vote, and now leaves it to the Justice Department to decide whether to seek criminal prosecution. Black has refused to respond to the subpoenas’ requests to appear and to turn over any potential nondisclosure agreements involving the investigation into Epstein. 

Republicans and Democrats from the Oversight Committee joined in a bipartisan effort to advance the resolution forward. 

“No one is above the law,” Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the Oversight Committee chairman, said in a statement. “We will continue to seek transparency for the American people and justice for survivors in our investigation of the federal government’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell criminal cases.”

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/post/539194

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/48440854

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/27327180

Too many people pearl clutching today over worries of retributive violence, as if the fascists aren't already going to be committing that violence on us in the near future regardless. It's not too early to say that this scumbag deserved much worse and I'm glad he got rocked so publicly. Mods I'll understand if you delete this and I'm truly sorry for the trouble if you do, I just need a personal break today from the media cacophony of liberals collectively reconciling with the realization that we live in an abnormally and horrifically violent society.