Yeeeeeaaah, the doomerism thing is real bullshit. As a nation we were collectively stupid enough to let him get back into a seat of power, but it's now our responsibility to collectively put as many goddamn tacks onto that seat as we possibly can. Make Power Fucking Painful is the mantra for 2025.
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a lot of you seem to basically believe that politics is over, history has ended and the absence of legal or electoral consequences for trump means that he is the only person with agency. you all are recapitulating the basic conceit of trump’s alleged invincibility, but from the center left
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Having said which you're not using the existing one forbidding an insurrectionist from being president.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_hedgehog
https://www.yahoo.com/news/what-are-czech-hedgehogs-ukraines-surprisingly-simple-anti-tank-trap-132459674.html
Although I admit I didn't read it as
Make Power
Fucking Painful
But as:
Make
Power Fucking
Painful
Which is a bit of a different connotation
How exactly are they "rolling over"?
To be clear I am a huge Democrat myself
It's just noise that doesn't mean anything
If you're acting in good faith & that's the position you're in, I've got to tap out here. No offense intended (seriously), but I don't have the bandwidth to explain basic political strategy.
I've got no idea what you think they need to do, since you think they've just been rolling over the entire time.
I'm just not convinced they're educated and informed enough to recognize it needs to be done.
https://washcodems.org/2024/12/04/stand-up-speak-out-be-seen/
Besides. We have our own problem. His name is Pierre Poilievre.
Rouge squadron: set your snark cannons to automatic and clear your guns, we’re going in hot. Tally Ho!
Most in the military won't( I don't trust the AF). The po po though?
It’s just a clusterfuck
Repubs control every branch in government and have eschewed reality in favor of swallowing Trump's narrative nonsense whole. They've got the guns, the money, and the majority of voters.
None of these scolding people have suggestions for what practical steps anyone can take to prevent the destruction.
Citizenship only helps if the authorities care.
Them's fightin' words, & I love it.
Need a better acronym.
Americans (a) just handed a popular majority to this dipshit and (b) haven't had to make sacrifices for the sake of freedom in living memory.
And no, he did not get a popular majority. A plurality wins, but a plurality is not a majority.
If people stand up, they can change things.
Jeebus, I'm old enough to remember 1989. The whole Iron Curtain rusting through in a matter of month.
https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi
I've seen other movie quotes end up in the mouths of real people.
;-)
Saying “well even the nazi government collapsed eventually” is such a bizarre take. Sure, it did - but their country was rubble and tens of millions were dead.
Republican politicians have they know they don’t need voters to achieve now to get what they’ve always wanted. They control all branches of the federal government. The Executive is blessed with lawlessness. What exactly would y’all like us to do about that?
Do you? I’m not hearing any through all the scolding
I'm trying to help effect change. What are you doing?
I wrote up two pieces for the county Democratic party. The second one has a link to the Indivisible Guide, which is the no-fooling guide to political action.
https://washcodems.org/2024/11/13/resources-for-the-resistance/
https://washcodems.org/2024/12/04/stand-up-speak-out-be-seen/
You've got my vote!
He paid his way in this time, and there are lots of people who are happy to promote him and what he wants. He currently has a lot of influence but was never elected. I half expect him to want to address this in a future election. Like Trump did