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Totally not an ominous or fucked up to say when blue states are absolutely recoiling in horror at the fucking disgrace of a president he is /s

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Considering how so many of them are coast states, I think Global Warming got that covered.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago

Surprises in politics are rarely good for the majority.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Of course, he will try to make every state poor like the debtor red states.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

I feel like Saddam Hussein did this move.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

BREAKING NEWS

"Government declares Democratic party a terrorist organization " Jails all members"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago

That would be straight out of Hitler's playbook, so I wouldn't be surprised.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Republican understanding of elections

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 hours ago

The big big surprise is election interference. Which isn't even a little surprise. The guys a fucking dumbass

[–] [email protected] 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Half serious question: can Trump order state borders to be modified? He wouldn’t be creating/destroying a state…I really don’t know the practical limits of presidential power anymore.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 21 hours ago

He absolutely does not have the authority, nor is there anyone at the federal level to do so.

But it doesn't mean he won't try anyway, or that anyone would stop him.

(The rare occasions of a state possibly splitting have come from within the state itself)

[–] [email protected] 30 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Are we really sharing the dailymail

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

What's wrong with DM? Serious question

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago

It's nickname is "The Daily Moron".

Need me to explain further?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It's pretty sensationalist.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Ohh like overly "alarmist' like what MJ does...? Yeah I don't need that in my life

[–] [email protected] 18 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The same website that posted an article yesterday calling luigi mangione supporters sick for lining up to see a killer they idolize right in the title of the “article” ? its a fucking neo lib conservative corporate turd cutter tongue punching rag. Fuck the dm. Fuck 90% of corporate owned propaganda outlets out there. Ever since regan and then bush senior killed the fairness in media doctrine journalism has almost entirely evaporated and been replaced with boot licking shills cosplaying as journalists

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t think you should be downvoted for your genuine ignorance to the situation. But now that you have been educated to the reality you should really work harder to educate yourself as to the mechanisms of propaganda that have embedded themselves in the institutions we have been conditioned to believe are the representatives of journalistic integrity which supposedly stand to speak truth to power as we enter into an obvious age of technocratic fascism masquerading as (neo)liberal democracy. A sham form of democracy has never been democratic since liberal democracy fights tooth and nail against economic democracy making it a de-facto class dictatorship nothing more, nothing less.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I know now.. thanks for that ...based on the community feedback though from others, .I think I'm going to filter this group. Nothing against you at all but I'm not going to engage with toxicity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

People are really tired with status quo and I understand why. But unfortunately we’ve had a class war waged against us for the last 54 years maybe even a little longer snd now many people don’t have the ability to understand how we got to where we are.all that matters is we are now here at a point of full fledged fascism and we need to mobilize and get ready for a civil war. Those in control of the current administration have said the revolution will be bloodless if the left allows it. The left that ass clown was talking about isn’t even the real left. The dem party is a neo liberal right leaning center controled opposition party and that’s a large part of the problem. True leftism has been eradicated from the discussion for the last 54 years and what we have told is left is actually feckless limp dicked conservatism masquerading as leftism fo maintain the class dictatorship at all costs. It is high time for accelerationism. Most social media outlets are completely censored and controlled. Now is the time to stand up, buy a gun, make some bug out kits/ plans, organize and prepare for the worst. It isn’t going to get better that is for sure.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Didn't really answer anything though..

[–] [email protected] -3 points 18 hours ago

I'll speak slow ly and use mon no syli la bic words so you can un der stand.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago

That's sounds like a threat.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 22 hours ago

Not surprising tbh.

I'm expecting him to falsely claim election fraud tomorrow after the exit polls in Germany close. If the result isn't AfD at 99%, he'll probably demand new elections and/or only recognize Weidel as Chancellor instead of Merz.

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