Naked racism on display on the Conservative subreddit, as per usual.
https://redd.it/1q1zi6s
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Rick Scott Once Again Seems to Forget About His Own Fraud Scandal
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/remember-rick-scotts-massive-medicare-fraud-scandal-40512411/

https://redd.it/1q2c02k
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At my local Walmart
https://redd.it/1q2dab2
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If you're angry about fake Minnesota daycare fraud, wait until you hear about the real fraud of Philip Estormes, who ran a massive nursing-home fraud scheme, defrauding Medicare for $1.2 BILLION. He was pardoned by Trump in 2020.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna175681

https://redd.it/1q2dv8t
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Somalians!!!
https://www.fox4news.com/news/north-texas-couple-faces-prison-5-million-fraud-impacting-40-homeowners

https://redd.it/1q2ffp4
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NYC teachers stunned to learn students can’t read old clocks amid phone ban
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/new-york-phone-ban-clock-time-b2891919.html?utm_source=reddit.com

https://redd.it/1q2qvm1
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Holy shiiiit the U.S just captured the president of Venezuela and his wife!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/least-7-explosions-low-flying-063329996.html

https://redd.it/1q2syql
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Addressing The Elephant In The Room (Or "This New Rule Is The Real Facepalm")

Hello, /r/Facepalm.

As you may or may not be aware, Reddit is absolutely overrun with bots. An in-depth explanation of how they work could fill several encyclopedia volumes, but here's the short version:

1. Follow human karma-farmers around the site.
2. Learn from (and hide behind) those human karma-farmers.
3. Emulate the karma-farmers' activity.
4. Eventually, turn to posting spam, propaganda, and divisive content.

If you've ever wondered why so many subreddits take such a firm stance against karma-farming, that's the reason: Karma-farming (defined as intentionally seeking upvotes, usually by way of unoriginal content) directly enables the spread of misinformation and bigotry. Additionally, it suppresses original content, shifts standards downward, and generally makes the site, the Internet, and even the offline world just a little bit worse.

Now, this might come as a shock – and we're saying that sarcastically – but /r/Facepalm used to be a go-to place for karma-farmers. We've been cracking down on them lately, but thanks to their "efforts", the subreddit is still infested with bots and spammers. For example, if you see an account offering single-sentence comments that don't actually contribute anything beyond "Here's a sentiment that people will agree with!" or "Here's a rephrased summary!", it's very likely a bad actor.

Practically speaking, the only reliable way to combat these parasites is to raise standards. See, nowadays, a high karma-score is almost always a mark of shame, but there is one exception: If a Redditor's history is composed entirely (or almost entirely) of their own high-effort, high-quality, wholly original content, then their imaginary points can be viewed as digital applause. Moreover, since it's prohibitively difficult for bots and spammers to produce their own high-effort, high-quality, wholly original content, they typically ignore high-karma accounts that got their points legitimately.

Here's the issue, though: Although Reddit would certainly be a better place if everyone made that level of effort, it isn't realistic to require that. As such, /r/Facepalm's approach to combatting bad actors is going to be a bit less effective, but also a bit less draconian:

Starting now, screenshots of any variety are explicitly banned on /r/Facepalm.

You can still post photographs, videos, articles, GIFs... you get the idea. We might even start accepting text-based stories (although we'll get your feedback on that idea first). In any case, though, the noscript of your post must describe the facepalm-worthy moment – think of it like a spoiler for the post's content – and there must be a facepalm-worthy element present.

We're well aware that banning screenshots is going to be unpopular, but to put it bluntly, we care more about earnest Redditors than we do about karma-farmers, spammers, and their ilk. By banning the lowest-effort, least-contributory sort of content, we're hoping to drive away some of the bots, open up the subreddit to people whose posts might have otherwise been drowned out by the noise, and get the community back to what it's supposed to be.

https://redd.it/1p1b57r
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US launches strikes on Venezuela, captures President Maduro and charges him with drug offences
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5yqygxe41pt

https://redd.it/1q2w2xo
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If you're angry about fake Minnesota daycare fraud, wait until you hear about the real fraud of Philip Estormes, who ran a massive nursing-home fraud scheme, defrauding Medicare for $1.2 BILLION. He was pardoned by Trump in 2020.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna175681

https://redd.it/1q2dv8t
@reddit_facepalm

NYC teachers stunned to learn students can’t read old clocks amid phone ban
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/new-york-phone-ban-clock-time-b2891919.html?utm_source=reddit.com

https://redd.it/1q2qvm1
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Rick Scott Once Again Seems to Forget About His Own Fraud Scandal
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/remember-rick-scotts-massive-medicare-fraud-scandal-40512411/

https://redd.it/1q2c02k
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Dear God…
https://redd.it/1q32z63
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US measles cases top 2,000, highest for 30 years: CDC report
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/30/us-texas-measles-cases-cdc-vaccine-rfk-jr

https://redd.it/1q160wk
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Kellyanne Conway Says Lesbian Comedian Rosie O'Donnell 'Needs a Husband'
https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/31/kellyanne-conway-rosie-odonnell-needs-husband/

https://redd.it/1q0tmrh
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Bondi praised Biden, immediately tried to delete it.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pam-bondi-ridiculed-posting-chart-151518621.html

https://redd.it/1q0kjmj
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Jerkoffs aren't allowed to jerk off
https://www.businessinsider.com/proud-boys-inititiation-manual-details-no-wanks-masturbation-policy-2023-1?op=1

https://redd.it/1pxnnzf
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Overgrown manchild can't handle a loss

https://redd.it/1pwnjsc
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Am I wrong here?
https://redd.it/1q3v183
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Congress releases Jack Smith's testimony about Trump prosecutions
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mkn2ylv3zo

https://redd.it/1q4rf4s
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