We need more people with platforms saying this shit.
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Its crazy that the republicans even at this point is not impeaching him. He has definitively ignored a court order. The only lever left is impeachment to retain our system.
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I wonder from time to timecwhat method the Trumpists are going to adopt for killing their opponents.
Defenestration is self-evidently effective, but it's already Putin's schtick. And while it might appeal to Trump to essentially pay tribute to his idol, I think it's more likely that he'd want his own brand.
The US being what it is, some sort of handgun "suicide" would be on-brand, and courts have already shown that they're willing to let things like "suicide" by gunshot to the back of the head or "suicide" by multiple gunshot slide.
I almost expect them to use concentration camps and gas chambers, counting on the media to refuse to cover it at all for fear that somebody might make a Nazi comparison.
We'll see...
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Yeah I gotta say, avenues and windows of action are closing. We're running out of choices if we dont want to live under a dictatorship for the next twenty or more years.
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There were warnings at least a year before the election, many people laid out what is to come, it was barely taken serious, mostly ignored. And even now the media and government types are doing mostly a half assed "we're stunned he's doing this, but oh well, another day another decree"
It is too late, there will come an indefinite next term of Trump's hegemony, and when he dies his son will take over as new/official king. He himself might not want to take up the title soon but when his next in line is ready it will start to be brandished about.
The writing is on the wall with how he is already tearing up any legal restrictions laid on him.
The current "proposals" for a 3rd term are only there to get people acquainted with it under the guise of "let him finish the job" but it will get hammered through, objections will not be tolerated.
I can't tell you how many times I was told I was being dramatic and/or crazy. All I have is a bunch of fuck you's for all the people who would not listen to me. I'm so angry seeing "in four years" statements when I know damn well there will be no more legit voting. I am still wanting to slap everyone for being so fucking dense to the reality. I don't think usa is worth saving at this point, everyone is just too fucking stupid and I'm tired of swimming upsteam.
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Democrats won't do a thing. They are in on it. They have been ratcheting towards oligarchy little by little.
They need to be replaced.
Most of them, but there are ones like him who still have integrity. Don't toss them aside.
Oh no didn't you get the memo? Democrats are worse and more to blame for what's currently happening than Republicans and you're a dirty liberal if you disagree.
No nuance allowed.
All I've seen him do so far is talk and be part of a losing Presidential ticket. What is he doing?
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AOC and Bernie are on tour. Walz might be ok, but he’s still on probation until he shows true spine, not just very good rhetoric.
I would very much like to know of other Federal office holders we can count on. I am serious, not baitin’. Looking to find some hope and figure out who to boost or help.
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We know Tim. We know.
But hey, our representatives are voting as hard as they can, right? That'll show em!
Yeah, we know. But I don't think we're exactly representative of the average voter. The lack of politicians coming out and saying this shit is alarming, and we need more of it.
They are voting against their own interests, that's for sure.
They are voting against OUR interests. They're absolutely voting for their own. At least Schumer and the other Dems that passed the CR the other day
It's so frustrating. You don't have to warn anybody, it's already happening! You have to do something.
Doing something requires courage, and the vast majority of our current Dems are feckless cowards. Most are content to hide behind their job descriptions and enjoy their free healthcare and when the time comes, deploy their golden parachutes.
More than courage it takes organization.
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Political opponents are already being targeted.
They're just going to ramp it up.
We've all been understanding this even while Walz et al were talking about how they might run in a few years.
Only argument is I see no way trump trusts don jr with even being a figurehead.
He prefers to groom Ivanka anyway.
They're gonna put in Barron because he knows how to turn on a computer. That's a step of competency above his other sons. Also, they'll want the youngest one in for the longest-lived dictatorship.
Further, Barron has made inroads in the right wing podcast ecosystem. The other Trump boys are still living in the 90's, they'll want someone who understands the modern era and can influence it.
Barron is really good with cyber
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Immigrants are being loaded onto planes and shipped off to places they probably won't return from - without having even been accused of a crime, much less tried in court. Supporters of the president don't care because they're immigrants.
Now swap "immigrants" with "jews", "planes" with "trains", and "president" with "chancellor", and what do you get?
In some cases, to places they've never even been to.
It's purposely cruel.
That prison in El Salvador is a damn death camp.
Actually, the supposed Venezuelan gang (assuming it really was and wasn't just some people who were inconvenient), why did they send them to El Salvador and not Venezuela?
From what I've heard, none of them have been confirmed to be gang members, and around half have been confirmed to not be gang members.
the Salvadorian prison is profiteering from this.
so it's literally human trafficking then. add it to the list of US war crimes I guess
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The alt-reich.
Turd Reich
The only solace is that the fuckers who are feeding us to the machine are the ones who are going to get minced first.
Spineless fucks.
It's really crazy that they think capitulation will save them and we already have tons of examples of groups complying with this batshit administration and then immediately getting punished anyway.
This is what happens when people refuse to learn about history. We are doomed to repeat the same mistakes, and instead of facing it head-on, people would rather ignore it or change it entirely.
And it's exactly why conservatives have made it a priority to dismantle education.
Jesus maybe they shouldn't have fucking muzzled this guy during the election.
It became pretty clear, pretty quickly, that he was by far the more compelling candidate for president. If the Dems would put aside their obssession with only offering presidential nominations to minorities and women, they could do a lot more good for those constituencies by getting elected over empty election martyrdom. They need to be reminded that the first rule of politics is "Get Elected," not making futile, empty gestures of being "first."
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