The fact that he is declaring himself a nondemocratic ruler is in fact an important piece of context about those actions. - ThreadSky

courtneymilan.com • 3 days ago

The fact that he is declaring himself a nondemocratic ruler is in fact an important piece of context about those actions.

Reposted from Daniel Goldman

Dear media:

Please do not waste time hyperventilating about this dumb comment.

It’s intended to be a distraction from all of the damaging actions he’s taking.

Focus on those.

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gabbklein.bsky.social•2 days ago

In fact, if you didn't like any of the previous lines in the sand, I'd think a president calling himself king is as perfect an opportunity as you could hope for to stop treating his administration as legitimate and to take whatever you consider to be "the nuclear option".

woollahra.bsky.social•3 days ago

it's disgusting, and frankly, the Congestion Tax has been proven by decades of implementation throughout Singapore. Having SAID that, Hochul could stand to ease the hell up on certain aspects - we started making early and late starts cheaper, and never ran it on holidays and Sundays.

melodygen.bsky.social•2 days ago

...and Melania has been grooming her son to succeed, telling him, "All this will be yours"

courtneymilan.com•3 days ago

I hate the whole “this is a distraction” thing people do because they usually mean “this thing is happening to other people, not me.”

natespeed.bsky.social•3 days ago

There's also a big difference in what the distraction is.
"Those guys got into a loud argument as a distraction for the guards" is not the same as "They set an orphanage on fire to tie up emergency services as a distraction for their escape."

natespeed.bsky.social•3 days ago

And people making the "It's a distraction" argument rarely clarify where on the scale it falls.

briandhalligan.bsky.social•3 days ago

I've seen it so much today it's making me feral

courtneymilan.com•3 days ago

I apologize that I missed that the government representative telling us to ignore Donald Trump crowning himself king didn’t even use alt text for his bad take. I’m trying to keep tabs but missed this one.

Here’s the image with alt text.

revafisheye.bsky.social•3 days ago

Ugh. This is my wholly ineffectual corp. millionaire rep who bought his seat and hides from his constituents. We were so close to a real progressive until he showed up 😭

missahaarstad.bsky.social•3 days ago

It honestly feels like a tone deaf scold from Goldman. Hi, he didn’t just put out bad art with “long live the king”; he put out multiple EOs, speeches and allusions to “I’m the king” and then put out the art putting it blatantly. That’s not a distraction 🙃

trainerjess.bsky.social•2 days ago

Right? Why are people insisting that there’s still something going on behind the curtain that we need to hold our judgement for when, in fact, the curtain has already been opened wide?

azteclady.bsky.social•3 days ago

Every single time, this.

azteclady.bsky.social•3 days ago

And it makes me think about this a lot: we have seen it happen elsewhere, more than once, and are aware enough to bring it up--but only to marvel at the superiority of this country, where it could/would just never ever happen.

chocvader.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is why the 92% were right to refuse to lead. The people who ignore others’ pain until they’re directly affected are the ones who need to do the heavy lifting for a change. They need to feel the pain other communities have borne for centuries.

jamisonfoser.bsky.social•3 days ago

also the people most distracted tend to be the people telling others not to get distracted

you want to focus on something else, guy? fine. do it.

lilymarswrites.bsky.social•3 days ago

seriously, focus on LITERALLY ANYTHING

wayfaringwit.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not making an equivalence, but I think distraction theory, at its core, comes from the same psychological place as conspiracy theories: It's more comforting to imagine the country's run by evil geniuses than by thin-skinned idiot chaos demons full of nothing but kneejerk hatreds

b1uecruz.bsky.social•2 days ago

It got to me the other day

duplicateuserid.bsky.social•3 days ago

I've blocked people over that, and probably will again.

If someone believes folks are falling for a feint, they can lay out their evidence and foster a discussion.

But a bald assertion is just a weak manipulative technique, not useful discourse. Even if it is sincere, it is a useless energy drain.

pluckylump.bsky.social•3 days ago

Very worrying that Goldman seems unbothered by the undemocratic methods Trump is using to push his heinous policies. A benevolent king would still not be democracy.

sainttimonious.bsky.social•2 days ago

None of it's a distraction, because he means all of it.

periwinklep.bsky.social•2 days ago

I keep having people tell me that since "flood the zone" is the strategy, I'm playing into it by paying attention and responding to what is happening. I just can't agree that ignoring the hostile take over of our government is some kind of genious cheat code.

zoem.me•3 days ago

i am using that Goldman post to block people who agree with it.

they are not helpful or useful.

i am so done.

crary.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's especially galling from congresspeople who are LITERALLY not doing anything. It's a distraction from what? Your time off?

stlcatfishmike.bsky.social•2 days ago

Also.the pathological grandiosity of having saved all of New York…that’s a statement that’s also a symptom

ruthmensch.bsky.social•3 days ago

goldman has been spending his precious time shitting on protestors opposing illegal land sales

ronhogan.bsky.social•3 days ago

For context, Dan Goldman is the House member NY-10 got stuck with because Mondaire Jones went district shopping in 2022 and bled off enough primary votes from Yuh-Line Niou that Dan made it through.

courtneymilan.com•3 days ago

I'm so mad about the whole thing.

ronhogan.bsky.social•3 days ago

You and me both.

mlgg12.bsky.social•3 days ago

Will the United States be like Hungary? The world is watching https://www.americanprogress.org/article/hungarys-democratic-backsliding-threatens-the-trans-atlantic-security-order/

janinesymons.bsky.social•2 days ago

everything he says is important. this idea that he is distracting us is wrong. it’s all imaginary to him.

missyandtillycorgi.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ugh. I did not think the US Constitution would die this way and here we are...

ignominious.bsky.social•2 days ago

He cracks these off all the time, and he doesn’t need to form a committee to do it. It’s less than twenty words. How are they too distracted finding a less-than-20-word response to these mental farts?

christine-m.bsky.social•3 days ago

Also: He promised (paraphrasing) „no more need for elections“. It‘s probably wise to take that threat seriously - certainly as far as intentions are concerned.

llykenoega.bsky.social•2 days ago

Referring to him as King Dump with excessive sarcasm is kind of funny though. Alternately King Tot (the orange turd) works too.

xeroksuk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ah ok, i thought he might have been talking about Musk.

evaschmeva.bsky.social•2 days ago

I would suggest trying to irritate him going forward via the liberal use of “yes, your majesty, right away, your majesty” - but that would be far too subtle for him

juliaz.bsky.social•2 days ago

Remember, the last king we had died on the toilet from a drug overdose. May it be thus.

serrata.org•3 days ago

Seems like our Democratic party leaders can't miss a chance to shit the bed and inability to read the room commentary. They keep saying this and yet we keep seeing a worse thing actually happen every day. WHAT are they DOING to STOP HIM?!

anarchymarshmallow.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sorry what did the founders think we should do with tyrants and wanna-be kings in this country? I can't remember

laverneousdonkler.bsky.social•2 days ago

Real Americans know what to do with kings. Destroy them.

wiscokid1972.bsky.social•2 days ago

Dan has no idea how to be in an opposition party that needs to create effective messaging to counter would be kings and actual Nazis.

Incredibly enraging stuff.

johnbrownbread.bsky.social•3 days ago

Here’s his office numbers:

crary.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah. This is authoritarian creep, or, if you prefer, the camel's nose under the tent. I believe Rep. Goldman is dead wrong here.

rebeccamclellan.bsky.social•3 days ago

At what stage is this going to be taken seriously? He said it was the last time people would have to vote. He’s declared himself King on the official Govt account. He’s openly disregarding the Constitution. What more of a sign do they need?

newburyken.bsky.social•3 days ago

So much for States rights

garlik-of-york.bsky.social•3 days ago

Also, dude declaring himself King is a simple, unambiguous action that can be very easily communicated in a way that it's hard to do with stories about the legal consequences of specific wording in an executive order. Don't tell the media to ignore opportunities like that.

dwg15.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly. I have no idea what Goldman was thinking with this.

rotnes.bsky.social•2 days ago

MAGA crystal night has begun.
The deplorables are reacting to all the dog whistles of Sissy SpaceX and The Burger King.
Fuck these fascist broligarcs.

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