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Yeah, I agree. They can complain about him and his actions, but they also can't be mad if Harris voters mock them for getting what they voted for. (1296)

Harris was a poor choice for a candidate. Biden should have stepped down a lot earlier and there should have been a primary, which would have resulted in a more capable candidate. (-22)

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Yeah, I agree. They can complain about him and his actions, but they also can't be mad if Harris voters mock them for getting what they voted for. (1296)

The only people that voted for this are people that voted for Trump. (-11)

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Is he now? Why is there still a war in Ukraine? Why are my groceries still expensive? Why is he being paid off by billionaires and not helping working people? The emperor's new clothes sure look AMAZING, huh buddy? (31)

If you thought groceries would get cheaper with his tariff and deportation plan or that he could stop a war with RUSSIA, that's on you buddy. You didn't know he was besties with Musk? We all knew that. Why didn't you? Maybe you should hold yourselves accountable for not knowing what you were voting for, because it was right there in front of you. (3)

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When they put her up for the POTUS run I worried about some things. Misogyny and racism in the democrats was one thing. The other was if you could get enough white men out to vote after telling them they are scum since the 90s when PC came about. Well it began to look like the dems had that same worry when they grabbed Midwestern Dad Tim to show they don't hate straight white men. It didn't work and Trump won. So it is time to learn from the Republicans. Be a group, don't just be a mess of people who are against the republicans but ready to gut a fellow dem for a little camera time. Saying "I never thought Al Franken would step down when we demanded he do it, just so we could get some pander points." still leaves congress without women's greatest ally and lets the dems know you are amoral scum (maybe try joining the Republicans if that is who you are). If you like throwing out terms like "white privilege" you are the ones driving Dem voters away from the polls. Honestly, do you thi... (1)

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Ok now hold on a second. It is absolutely unfair to claim that they had no policy plan when they literally had a 93-page policy outline on their campaign website. (53)

This right here.I stumbled into this sub from the front page. I'm a conservative Xennial (in my forties).And frankly I'm disgusted and extremely disappointed reading all of these comments. "She didn't do this, she didn't do that, blah blah".Yah, she/they did. Putting aside the fact that anyone with a brain cell can see Trump for the scumbag traitor he and his entire base is (and they are), Harris didn't need to come to your house personally, spoon-feed you your dinner, tuck your little asses into bed, pat your head and tell you what big boys you were. But you are all acting like anything less than that is why you lazy, entitled asses stayed home or voted for Trump.She held speeches. They laid out their policies on their website. They did interviews. And if you dug through the past politics, voting records, and attempts made by Democrats in the past (including under Biden), it's plain as day the Dems have been trying to get you what you people b-word and complain about needing/wanting... (64)

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What if you agree with majority of what trump campained for minus abortion which a lot of middle of the road politically people agree with? You can still get mad if trump acts like an idiot but that one ad slogan really hit it home. "Harris is for they/then trump is for you.No one wants potentially criminal unchecked illegal immigrants taking over cities the way new york was. People are tired of all the dei bullshit infesting every aspect of life and in reality it is racist to give people of a certain color more advantage just because they are in a "minority" group. The price of food and eggs will go up no matter who is president since that is a result of market movements not what a president wishes for. Trump cannot lower the price of eggs anymore than Biden could forcing price ceilings. You can hate trump while voting republican. I challenge you to find to any person that voted for trump who actually likes him as a president. He is just a lesser evil from the choices and the dems ... (1)

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>foreign criminals going to a military prison is heckon' le fascism

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Some nonsense article has come out which cites:

A number of people connected to the Trump team have talked about "regime change" in the UK

'a number of people talking' holy shit total journ*list death

I didn't read it but basically it's about orange daddy wanting to get rid of starmer so naturally it caused some spilled cups of tea in the cute twink subreddit.

Good luck with that. Our next election doesn't have to be until 2029 so the orange turd is gonna have to wait a tiny bit

regime change? heh good luck with th-

>This article may be too long to navigate comfortably.

They will be hoping to use Twitter, social media, the papers and propaganda to make him so unpopular that he has to stand down.

Is Keir Starmer really the last bastion of hope for a world without fascist leaders? I'm scared.

Hey remember like six months ago when he released 1700 violent offenders and suspended due process in order to jail people who commented emojis on facebook posts?

I know you're joking, but if the UK, Germany and/or France go full right wing nut job then that's the set up for world authoritarian rule.

• man who can't purchase a knife without submitting a video of him next to his passport

I would think a UK headline "United Kingdom wants a regime change in the US" might prove popular.

We have about as much cache on the world stage as, say, Burundi. Paul Kagame publicly bent us over and this chap thinks he's Disraeli

but there is a very real possibility that the US can meaningfully alter and rewrite British politics against our will.

No they can't.

Coming from reddit user who was absolutely convinced Musk and his Bots are going to destroy democracy any day now?

You have to fight Trump with strength. This means letting it be known that meeting the Royal Family is conditional on Trump and Musk not interfering in UK politics as a start. Oh and I certainly would not be sharing intelligence right now: uk assets are at risk.

Yes, yes, and yes!

>W-we'll uhh.. stop you from meeting King Charles _{even though we have no power to do that}

wow talk about soft power! We've really got Drumpf over a barrel on this one I actually thought this was a joke until someone replied clapping like a seal

Starmer could be described as a lot of things, socialist? Don't be silly…

bro please

Frick Trump and his regime. We need to keep his influence away from our way of life.

>our way of life

This guy's entire life is football and sneeding about Trump and Musk

I love how the Right always harped on their hatred/fear of a New World Order. Guess what idiots? This last election should fall under "leopards ate my face"

So we're happy to be bullied by the US now, but the EU was an issue?

Reddit liberals are now Enochposting. Chuds really are playing eight-dimensional chess.

X (formerly chiobu) try to restrain yourself from pinging this guy with r*pe threats

I am desperate for sleep, honey

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— 🗣️‼️ TRVTHnvkeDEPLOYER (TND) (@skibidimarsey) January 10, 2025

Klan meeting in the replies. Elons twitter is a joke

Oh is this a racist thread I want to play …hey hey who taught yall how to bathe?

>popular tweet >look in replies >racist transphobe Forgot I was on Twitter for a second

and more mini slapfights in the replies!

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Drumf reps more Black Culture than K-hive confirms

That's only half-way through the fricking first page

Nelly Will Reportedly Perform at the fricking Inauguration | LA

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As far as I can tell HHH hasn't found out about Snoop. Probably too busy blowing Feminemn and Kendrick Lamebars

!chuds

I never expected chatgpt to be so honest

>fed employee

>honest day's work

Maybe if y'all tried that earlier

Maybe memes will help

This "person" has a pension. You don't

Real bangers tho!

Won't someone please think of the contractors

What evil could have possibly forced valuable government contractor /u/BrownButtPlug * to lose his job?

*not the buttplug that's brown

Forced to do the same project with less people and expense... literal genocide

Ya don't say

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>... even if they did vote on that by magic, then for example for people who have already updated their documents, there'll be a "little" constitutionality problem: US Constitution's Article I, Sections 9 and 10 make ex post facto laws illegal. So it can't retroactively change definitions of s*x for your papers or birth certificate.

>can't retroactively change definitions of s*x for your ... birth certificate

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A call for Reddit to ban /r/Conservative

Since Trumps inauguration, he has done things such as rolling back the recognition of transgender people, anti-work discrimination rights and attempted to revoke the right of birthright citizenship. Elon Musk, who has spent billions to acquire Twitter in order to turn it into a propaganda machine for MAGA and other dangerous far-right ideologies and now has an official government position (also is close to being some sort of proxy-president) where he can remove anything that he deems worthless, has outright performed TWO Nazi salutes at Trump's inauguration.

/r/Conservative is about to become a community, due to Trumps recent takeover of the federal government, where people will become radicalized by false information spouted by MAGA that will ultimately make people more hateful and ultimately, potentially dangerous to the presence of others.

This is why I think /r/Conservative should be banned from Reddit, as they have a community that is about to become the next /r/The_Donald and should be dealt with before it's too late.

Surprisingly the top comments don't really agree lol

3 COMMENTS DOWN, THERE IT IS

ITS BEEN [ 0 ] DAYS SINCE THE PARADOX OF TOLERANCE HAS BEEN INVOKED

Singer said some typical supportive stuff that included the phrase: "They will never take trans joy away". Joyless seething ensues.

Who the frick cares about "trans joy" or how it's really scary for you heccin vxlid guys right now. We have fricking nobody and nothing. No hate to chapppell personally, I just hate this stupid bullshit that this class of person is circulating. So out of their depth here. And maybe I'm just harping on the easy target because I can't do anything about the real problem, but it's still annoying.

It's designed and screened to satisfy her dipshit audience, which has no relevance to our community's well being as they are insta warriors

I love trans joy it's so fricking valid girlie

I'm so glad I get to be a ! everyone hates me just for existing, I get to lose out on my childhood, end up infertile and hate myself forever. what joy!

couldn't be me. i hate her. she knows she has a huge platform and the safety net of being cis so she just parrots useless optimism. no one is looking out for us, especially not the fricking pop music industry

i do appreciate her for doing the bare minimum. but ngl she gets under my skin anyways. the whole divine feminine schtick and "doing drag but as a cis woman" irks me

More in the comments. Can't imagine why the trains are short on allies.

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You mean woke policies (-11)

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The Chancellor speaks of what it was to be Australian. Being forthright and honest was always a central theme describing Australians yet today all we see are lies and distortions.While no sensible person condones the firebombings, lets put this in context. They were in protest against the atrocities conducted by the Israeli government against the Palestinian people in Gaza. It's that simple and only narcissistic people will see the truth and disregard the facts. (Note, government and not those of the Jewish faith).I agree with other posters that this country is merely a shell of its former self, and that, unfortunately, is a direct result of allowing too much media influence being given to one person whose agenda backs up the fact that once too much power is allowed in the hands of a morally bankrupt group; well, nothing good has ever come from that. (-2)

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You're missing some "context" there mate. Like the part where Hamas forces stormed into Israel, killed 1000 people and took 800 hostage which triggered all of this. (11)

So that makes it ok to murder 10s of thousands of civilians and children? (-4)

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What resonates the most for me is that we have lost our sense of humour and larrikin spirit. People overseas have this perception of Australia and Australians as knock about good humoured people. We used to be, we aren't anymore, we take ourselves and issues far too seriously. (13)

HTF can your main post be about rising anti-semitism (which I agree is a bad thing), then in this comment you're saying "we take ourselves and our issues far too seriously"???So should I take anti-semitism seriously or not seriously if it isn't personally an issue for me?And what does larrikin even mean? Is some dumb frick with no real understanding of history (too busy being a larrikin in Year 10 to listen…) who does an 'ironic' nazi salute as a 'joke' a larrikin or an anti-semite? What about the same kind of person saying dumb, stereotypical stuff about muslims? Or Blackfellas? Or even women? Should we take them equally seriously or is that taking things 'too seriously'?I actually do agree with you that we have lost a lot of empathy, community and even mateship somewhere over the last little bit. Like the slow progress towards equality we made over the last generation has suddenly been battered back by economic pressure, splintering social connections, pervasive social media disinf... (5)

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With that kind of attitude towards them, I can't imagine why you got banned before. It's a mystery for the ages. (1)

My 'attitude' of observing the fact they don't want to assimilate, they bring their hatred and cultural 'norms' that conflict with ours with them and then they have the expectation of we bend for them, and that is a bad thing for me to do? Muslims hate western society, and how we live, they make not secret of it and someone of us don't want to be hated in our own country…and that makes me bad? Why? For example, Sydney has seen a rise is gay bashings recently, violent thugs bashing lifeguards, Anti-Semitic fire bombings and vandalism. Last summer, it was a string of groping and sexual touching of women/girls at beaches, where they were let off because 'their culture doesn't know any better'. I wonder what 'culture' they are referring to. I wonder who is responsible for that. 🤔Violence is normalised and celebrated in their culture. It's not in ours. And recognising that's doesn't make me a bad person. (4)

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We are just mirroring what's happening all across the world.Bigotry and racism is a global epidemic and will only get worse while right wing propaganda spreads unchecked.Anti-Semitism is terrible of course but no worse than any other form of racism or hate crime.Will all racism/hate crime be classed as terrorism if Peter Dutton ever becomes prime minister or will that just be reserved for certain groups?All we can do is s stay vigilant and protect what we have and don't allow our politicians to politicise issues that don't deserve to be. (1)

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Bloomberg reports that Chinese officials are considering the possibility of TikTok being sold to Elon Musk.

Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on…

— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) January 14, 2025

🚨#BREAKING: Chinese officials are reportedly weighing a proposal for Elon Musk to acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations in the event the app faces ahead of a potential ban, with the deadline looming on January 19. pic.twitter.com/lM2Rjt6GUu

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) January 14, 2025

🚨 JUST IN: TikTok’s parent company is evaluating a potential option for Elon Musk to acquire TikTok’s American operation, per Bloomberg

If true, that would be EPIC!

The ban is set to go in effect later this month if legal challenges are unsuccessful and the U.S. operation is… pic.twitter.com/V5AHroWupF

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 14, 2025

BREAKING: China discusses having Elon Musk buy U.S. operations of TikTok to prevent it being banned in the U.S. - Bloomberg

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 14, 2025

JUST IN: 🇨🇳 Chinese officials consider selling TikTok US to Elon Musk, Bloomberg reports. pic.twitter.com/dNktarR6Xc

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>Frick you we dont take back our criminals

>You will NOT fly them here on your planes

:tariffs

>Okay you can fly them, but only to a nearby country

>We can pick them up ourselves sir

>Your higness master Trump of course you can fly them here, on your planes, sir

Frick all of you who said the tariffs are just a meme and wont work. Not even week into presidency and scoring wins

DEAD RUSSIANS

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WHAT THE FRICK IS GOING ON

Around 2014, shortly before I went to prison, the civil war in Syria was very fun to follow - the Ukraine or Israel of its day but less normie. It was in the sweet spot between these wars - very well reported, slow, and with a couple of cohesive factions - and jiggaboo hijinks in Africa where there are dozens of factions, zero cohesiveness, minimal information, and rapid butt movements and upsets because Russians came or a white man got mad.

Then I got out and shit was boring again. ISIS was gone, the rebels were cucked, and Assad had mostly won. How'd that happen?

2011-2012: Humble beginnings

Bashar Assad, the Alawite leader of Syria, had brutally oppressed his people for many years. In Arab fashion, it took American glowies on X (at the time known as "twitter") to galvanize them into rebelling, which they did, mostly ineffectually, over 2011-2012.

Though their achievements were minimal, with every massacre and atrocity, Assad's grip over the population and business establishment weakened. This emboldened individuals and factions, and everyone (perceiving weakness) shifted from keeping their head down to aiming for a piece of the Syrian pie.

2013: Shit gets real

Red is Assad, supported by the Alawites (inhabiting the coast, mostly), secularish and nationalist Syrians, certain classes of society like Sunni businessmen who supported him pragmatically, various Sunnis in his patronage network, and regular people either coerced or cajoled into it.

He was backed by Iran in exchange for further influence, an open lane to supply its Shiite proxies, like Hezbollah (via Iraq), and as a geopolitical ally and counterweight to the western gulf states. Also, to a lesser extent, by Russia (who operate a port in Syria), China and other contrarians.

Green is almost everyone else: dozens of armed groups with grandiose names and wide-ranging political views, from moderate Islamists to hardcore Islamists. You think I'm kidding. No joke, every single Sunni Arab anti-Assad group at the time had some flavor of Islamic flavoring. The "moderate" guys wore short beards, listened to music and took American funds while beheading Alawites whereas the hardcore guys beheaded music listeners and moderates too

The rebels held the suburbs - but not centers - of Damascus (capital) and Aleppo (second biggest city), the rural north (Sunni and neglected under Assad) and various positions in between. They were supported by wealthy gulf donors, Turkey, who gave them a free hand to cross the border and engage in commerce, and western powers like America and Europe. Like any non-state group they engaged in their fair share of smuggling, petty crime, taxation and tolls.

Yellow are the Kurds, who varied politically and religiously but always put their Kurdishness first. Initially, they were anti-Assad due to years of oppression, etc. but seeing how the Islamists treated them turned them more pragmatic. Poor guys, nobody except Israel likes them :(

There were also some Druze in the south, under the green faction for convenience.

2014: Rise-is of ISIS

Some ex-al Qaeda members in Iraq, battle-hardened and bored, saw an opportunity in the power vacuum to free Sunnis from Assad, which in practice became freeing them from their more lenient Sunni overlords (rebel militias proving an easier target than a theoretically professional army). Within a few months, they bulldozed most of the Syrian rebel factions in the east, turning their sights onto and humiliating Iraq as well.

At their height that winter ISIS was wrecking Arab armies everywhere and about to demolish Kobane / Ayn al Arab (one of the three Kurdish cantons). They did so much nasty shit there's no point in mentioning or cataloging it. IIKYK, if not, have a listicle I haven't read from google. Many locals felt some kinda way about their behavior but couldn't do much without getting beheaded. However, besides a huge number of foreign volunteers from shitholes like Chechnya and Tunisia, they also had local support from true believers, Shia-haters and those who appreciated unified governance over the mess of squabbling factions which had preceded it.

The Western reaction was wholly negative, so much so that even stodgy bureaucrats, Assad opponents, and kumbaya-singing libcucks from cowardly first world nations were galvanized into action. In September, 26 countries met in Paris and agreed to started bombing ISIS heavily; the US also bullied Turkey into letting the Kurds take their shit back.

2015: Meh

Not much changed this year. Besides Kurdish successes, the rebels took Idlib and consolidated in the south with the Druze. Most of the rebel-Assad line of battle was very low intensity, like Ukraine today. Neither side had the manpower, weaponry or supplies to engage in a more serious manner. In Iraq, the jihadis suffered multiple serious defeats by Shiite paramilitaries and the army.

I'm mostly not covering other name and branding changes in this article but (since it might come up later) in exchange for American support the Kurds accepted some token Arab groups and rebranded as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in October.

2016: Two more weeks

There was a ceasefire most of the first half of the year, everyone focussing on beating ISIS. You'll notice a large green swath in the south: a Jordanian-trained, Western-aligned, U.S.-led opposition group. When the greenbacks started coming in, they spun off from the Allahu Akbar brigade, traded bobbing their heads 5 times a day for a pair of raybans and never looked back. No bullshit, check the article, their predecessor organization was literally called that. 'Moderates'

They remain there to this day.

The latter part of the year offensives ramped up against the jihadis.

2017: Bye-SIS

Mainly Assad and the Kurds benefitted from pushing ISIS' shit in, with the exception of that small green slice up north: Erdogan's belated decision to establish a direct Turkish proxy instead of broadly supporting the opposition. That said, progress was slow as mutual enemies proceeded cautiously. That changed in July, when America and Russia agreed to a ceasefire to focus on the jihadis. Crucially, America agreed to stop funding and supplying most rebel groups. By then, ISIS had lost the north side of the Euphrates and many key positions, but still retained their capital, Raqqa, and significant territory within Syria and Iraq.

By the end of the year that was gone too. The terrorists were defeated, and all they'd accompished in the long run was a transfer of Sunni Arab land to Alawites and Kurds.

2018: Tits-urkey and Butt-ad

Turkey was pissed off at the success the Kurds were having and the fact PKK (Kurdish rebels from Turkey) fighters were a large part of the Kurdish army. Also, 3 to 4 million Syrian refugees had fled to Turkey, where they were causing societal issues !chuds and !nooticers might recognize. Consequently, they invaded Ifrin (the leftmost canton), kicked out the Kurds and resettled many refugees there.

Meanwhile Assad took the opportunity to wipe out any rebel pockets left south of Idlib/Aleppo. By and large, he seemed the biggest winner of a multi-year debacle which had left hundreds of thousands dead, an economy destroyed, and many millions fled in all directions, but Assad still in office and in control of the majority of the country and its population, and in negotiations with the Kurds, who'd earned some crucial respect and were angling for autonomy (obviously, independence was a non-starter, given the small size of Syrian Kurdistan, hostile neighbords, lack of port and the presence of Arab factions within the SDF).

2019: Sunni shenanigans

You'll notice a splotch of c*m on the green; over the course of the year, HTS (a Salafi Islamist group that had, unlike ISIS, renounced global jihad) mostly subdued other rebels in the Idlib area. I haven't mentioned inter-rebel fighting in the interests of brevity and sanity but you should know Wikipedia acerbically calls this the "fifth inter-rebel conflict." Keep that in mind when @sandkwinn and other 80-iq antisemites call for pan-Arabism, peace with Hamas, and the like. Arabs couldn't peacefully unify in a single PROVINCE while having 1. the exact same ideology, religion and langage and 2. least two, maybe four serious external enemies in common including a bloodthirsty tyrant and the world's worst terrorist organization.

Also, Turkey expanded their foothold in the east to a 30-km "buffer zone." The Kurds reacted by letting Assad's troops in to reestablish their presence alongside SDF forces throughout much of northern Syria. Notably, throughout the whole war, Turkey refused to consider a full invasion of Syria or direct, serious confrontation with Assad (for boring reasons), so this was basically ensuring an end to Turkish incursions in exchange for letting Assad back in the hen house.

In October, Trump's Navy SEALs capped Baghdadi in Idlib. The world rejoiced.

2020:

Assad, with serious Russian support, pushed up on Idlib, and the Kurds let him operate in even more of their territory. Dozens of Turks got merked by the Russians (probably on accident), causing a diplomatic rift and retaliatory bombing of Syrian gov't positions.

2021-2024: Nothing ever happens

The frontlines stabilized and fossilized, most direct conflict ending.

Sanctions of Assad's economy caused him to increasingly rely on the production and distribution of Captagon (meth / adderall type stim) to the gulf for foreign currency. Deciding their shit wasn't fricked enough, G-d sent them some earthquakes.

The Kurds mostly acknowledged Assad's suzerainty in case of a war with Turkey while retaining their militias and local administration. Occasional skirmishes against the Syrian Army and between Kurds and Arabs within the SDF continued.

HTS "unified" Idlib - in the bare minimum sense that the 11 other factions there acknowledged their superior position while remaining independent - and started professionalizing their army, integrating drones and shit.

The American proxies sit in the desert guarding a CIA listening post and the only direct road from Baghdad to Damascus.

Everyone got bored and stopped checking r/syriancivilwar.

UNTIL THIS WEEK

Wednesday, November 27th

Neighbors in the loop saw on X that HTS had launched a small offensive in the villages west of Aleppo, catching a mostly-demobilized Syrian army by surprise and capturing a few bases, some dozens of soldiers, vehicles and equipment commensurate with a raid of that size.

Ah, the famous West Aleppo HTS T-90 is returning to the area (mildly different owners to last time) pic.twitter.com/sso4Bhw5Bh

— Cᴀʟɪʙʀᴇ Oʙsᴄᴜʀᴀ (@CalibreObscura) November 27, 2024

This footage of regime soldiers running away from their positions was taken at 36.269153, 36.958279, just to the east of the town of Qubtan al-Jabal.

This confirms initial reports Syrian rebels have captured this town in theb western #Aleppo countryside.#Syria https://t.co/yf083BTbKW pic.twitter.com/HTjqGQmCR5

— Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) November 27, 2024

قوات الأسد يسقطون أسرى بالعشرات وأحدهم يوجه رسالة إلى الباقين في جيش الأسد#ردع_العدوان #إدارة_العمليات_العسكرية pic.twitter.com/SAV6WfYaTB

— قتيبة ياسين (@k7ybnd99) November 27, 2024

Most tweets are already deleted but there were some fun vids of them beating captives, a dead Russian or two, spoils of war etc. Nobody thought anything of it. We're all used to these shitty little propaganda raids from two-bit outfits in BIPOC parts of the world like Myanmar and Ukraine. You'd have to be mainling copium to expect anything more given the shit performance of the rebels the past decade and a half... right?

Thursday, November 28th

I was busy mowing the lawn, trimming trees and hedges, weeding, cleaning out the AC drain and, like all Americans, having Thanksgiving dinner. Turkey, not Syria, was on my mind.

Turkey was on the Syrian National Army's mind too, which is to say they were grateful Turkey did not take advantage of the fact HTS was overrunning their entire shit west of Aleppo, maybe the only bright side of the debacle so far. It seems the consolidation of the past few years paid off - HTS used better equipment, were better trained, and had drones and operators never before seen in sandshit outside Israel. The advance showed no signs of stopping.

Suheil al-Hasan was spotted near the front - the pro-Russian commander of the "elite" Tiger Forces and somewhat of a civil war celebrity.

HTS managed to swiftly advance into Khan al Asal - after fierce clashes, HTS manages to seize and secure the city/suburb

They are now at the gates of Aleppo and are carrying out artillery strikes on Aleppo https://t.co/BOblD6Uh5D pic.twitter.com/sFJAAFkYfA

— ScharoMaroof (@ScharoMaroof) November 28, 2024

They reached within 7km of Aleppo's center, killing and plundering on the way. Many Syrian army guys got caught with their pants down - an Arab specialty, to whom discipline outside of active combat is a foreign concept.

https://old.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/1h25kga/dead_kia_as_regime_truck_ambushed_somewhere_in/

It looks like they knocked off an Iranian general...

NEW: Syrian rebels managed to kill IRGC’s Brigadier General Kiyomarth Porhashmi in Aleppo during the latest offensive, Iran’s SNN agency reports

He is described as the the commander of the Iranian advisors in Syria pic.twitter.com/7febUeRdm2

— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) November 28, 2024

Meanwhile the Turks and Kurds got spooked...

🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡- Russian airstrikes are getting closer and closer to Turkish military presence. Footage shows Russian attacks against Arihah, just 2km from the Turkish base at Kafr Lata. pic.twitter.com/qTRjO1nYQL

— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) November 28, 2024

🔴 Suriye Milli Ordusu, Halep Operasyonu’na katılmak üzere kuvvetlerini seferber ediyor. pic.twitter.com/NKT5hOHzIV

— Conflict (@ConflictTR) November 28, 2024

HTS and SNA media channels have started to post this - so we can do now too.

SDF is moving as well - SDF reinforcements are being deployed into Manbij. https://t.co/cYTHwBoBxQ pic.twitter.com/3nABfj9Iar

— ScharoMaroof (@ScharoMaroof) November 28, 2024

Friday, November 29th

HTS continued their excursion in Aleppo:

#BREAKING #Syria JUST IN: Video footage shows Syrian rebel forces in the Al-Furqan district of Aleppo. pic.twitter.com/b22deYQ6xM

— The National Independent (@NationalIndNews) November 29, 2024

Freeing their neighbors (and some hos) from the torture prisons:

https://old.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/1h2vzk2/tariq_bin_ziyad_prison_near_alrahman_mosque/

Capturing mad shit:

https://old.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/1h2aidp/videos_of_some_of_the_20_tanks_captured_by_rebels/

Opposition forces inside #Aleppo city have captured a whole stock of MANPADS.

Sources tell me more tanks, BMPs, anti-tank guided missiles & more have been seized in multiple weapons stores left behind by fleeing #Assad regime forces. pic.twitter.com/eCYD2wUJp8

— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) November 29, 2024

And the police HQ:

https://old.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/1h2v880/hts_fighters_captured_the_aleppo_police/

Laughable showing by Assad honestly.

https://old.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/1h2yxyi/rebels_caught_a_soldier_in_aleppo_who_had_been/

Most importantly, THEY TOOK THE CITADEL! This dumb butt castle or something was held by the regime the entire fricking war. It's almost unbreachable (by middle eastern standards) if properly defended. Big propaganda coup for the rebs.

History.#Syria opposition fighters pose in front of #Aleppo's citadel tonight, as the city falls from #Assad's control. pic.twitter.com/rhsHHhHAbY

— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) November 29, 2024

The future...?

Are Islamists (HTS), Turkey (SNA) and the Kurds (SDF) - the most unlikely allies - really going to campaign together against Assad? After 13 years during which zero cooperation took place between anyone, including at times when a slight intervention by, say, Turkey or Israel would have toppled the dictator? Or is this all hype and nothing ever happens? Will Assad counterattack with Russian or Iranian help and kick these neighbors back to Idlib?

No one knows

P.S. @DWHITE___________DYNAMITE please teach your mans how to spell drumstick

A state senator in Mississippi has filed a bill entitled the "Contraception Begins at Erection Act."

As written by Sen. Bradford Blackmon, the bill would make it "unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo."

There are also fines involved, the third strike resulting in the loss of $10,000 from the perpetrator.

In a statement to WLBT News, Blackmon wrote, "All across the country, especially here in Mississippi, the vast majority of bills relating to contraception and/or abortion focus on the woman's role when men are fifty percent of the equation.

This bill highlights that fact and brings the man's role into the conversation. People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can't say that bothers me."

https://www.scribd.com/document/818973988/Contraception-Begins-at-Erection-Act

men, we have been outgooned https://t.co/DnLlgP3QCs

— Dinho (Punished Venom Dinho) (@Romulproduce) January 31, 2025

How is big sis going to freeze the whole entire patriarchy if she can't even freeze reddit jannies 😭