You do if you’re wealthy.
If your not well you know what they say,
”If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.”
I say,
Daylights burning, It’s time we ride.
The sad thing is, that's what the founders expected. They never thought that we would have as unserious a group trying to access power as we do. They expected sober, caring patriots. Not insane extremists.
Yes, I thought it sounded frighteningly plausible... although it would rely on the military being prepared to follow this turd and oppress ordinary Americans...
Just look at how ICE, law enforcement and mysterious others are rounding up even legal immigrants and disappearing them. The military??? It can definitely happen.
Orwellian.
Well he's twisting the courts and threatening massive law firms, who are giving in to him and supplying him with MILLIONS of dollars of free representation!!
Musk is buying elections, or attempting to, all the way down the line. It's astonishing. And a majority of Americans voted for THAT!!??
I think it's time to organize a #GoFundMe to help seniors all over the USA,who will be screwed by @D.O.G.E by not been about to afford #Groceries #Medicine #Rent #Gas but the criteria for qualifying for this funds is to prove you voted for #Harris but for @MUSK Voters, ask him for S.S exemptions !!!
Eliminate the Electoral College then.
All European countries have what you wish; consensus.
We dislike "winner take all" for a very, nazi-specific reason.
Also, I wonder what it would take to file an International Criminal Court case for each case of the illegal extradition and jailing of immigrants that goes against against court orders.
When they're absent from those town halls, The People and Democrats are gladly coming to fill in and listen to their constituents regardless of who and where they represent or govern
We want to badly! I feel optimistic that We the People are protesting various DOGE, Tesla places and demanding town halls from Congressional Representatives and Senators, especially "Red state" Republicans/GOP.
We're talking about power, right? I'm struggling to find an example, now or ever, not just here but anywhere. Can you?
As best I can tell the most one can hope for, strive for, is to minimize the fuckery as much as possible while recognizing that, like viruses, it's ever present.
Then vote for grass roots and people willing to change things. Get the gop out. They are set to destroy the nation. They don't hold the values they did a long while ago. In Missouri they are set hard in destroying the will of the people. Also 👇 https://runforsomething.net
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I tell you what if I had the funds and a place to live in Canada I would move there in a second. Sadly I have neither so I'm stuck in a third world hell country.
NS is beautiful, I’m a Maritimer but another province. I highly recommend it. Lots of fantastic wineries in Wolfville, the coast is breathtaking. Cape Breton is a trip in itself.
10 years ago you kind of did.
Since 6/16/2015 & the golden escalator ride, campaigning has pretty much been constant & endless.
DJT has been in the hourly political news, with every lie covered, for almost a decade. He promised to run for
re-election in Feb 2017, & began monthly rallies then.
This and I also wished there were no baby deal hunts, cross country animal shipping, vegan restaurants and stores. And for people, AFFORDABLE home ownership.
Just some fair shelter and not cruel food. Clean water and air.
In liberal areas, they won’t allow low price homes to be built due to over regulation and protectionism. Go to TX. Tons of affordable homes. You can find vegan restaurants here easily. There are many reasons people are moving to red states and out of blue.
Pay them the average wage of the working class in their state, Medicaid for their insurance, take away their huge reimbursables budget, and put the people of their state in charge of deciding if they deserve a modest raise yearly.
Yes! And not about politicians making a killing from the armaments industry! BILLIONS toward Israel and not toward Improving the lives of US citizens. Why???
Gotta get rid of different rules for the wealthy, legacy benefits, capitalism (shareholders)…maybe just the entire monetary system, to date, that benefits a few at the cost of the rest without pointing out that their wealth has always come from corruption…
Well you get the freedom bell ringers who then are contrarians and love control
They are not very good at living the standards they supposedly believe in
It’s a joke
Well the paradigm is that if you take care of your citizens you’ll win the elections next year. So we have the wrong people in office. Looking at you Schumer
You mean living in the (currently) 24th happiest country isn’t desirable? At the rate we’re going, Afghanistan will rank happier in the not-too-distant future.
That's why I propose one-term limits. We deserve politicians who fight for us, not campaign dollars.
After a few generations to kill this mindset once and for all, maybe allow two terms.
That would be so nice, having representatives who actually put the needs of their constituents above their own needs to stay in power. They have been brainwashed into believing their job is to appease Trump/Musk, so we, the constituents, are totally forgotten about, until the next election.
Come to Canada.Our elections are only allowed to last a couple of weeks.So our pols actually have some bandwidth to do their actual jobs.I marvel that anyone in America can still speak to anyone else with this weird permanent election cycle thing you’ve got going on there.It hardly fosters community
I never thought I would want to leave my country, but now, at 70 years old, and with my Vietnam veteran husband, it’s tempting. But I’d feel like I was giving up on sane Americans who are protesting Trump’s shit show. This isn’t the country I’ve known all of my life.
Sadly this has been going on for years, it’s never about serving the people it’s about serving themselves…they spend their time in office getting money for the next election cycle
I just wish that the American people finally understand that they are living in an illusion of democracy for the last 50 years at least, but ages of indoctrination and a crappy education system created the perfect ignorant population that still believes that the US is the "greatest" country...
Nail, meet hammer. Hearing otherwise intelligent Americans refer to it as the greatest nation on earth has been jarring for decades. Once a great nation. At best.
Helping end this "bloodless coup" so the next generation has a democracy may be the calling of all good Americans.
Every generation has had its trials, perhaps putting down the republican party once and for all is our trail and duty.
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At the very least there should be guard rails that hold back even the most uncaring politicians. And a presidency that must fulfill what they promised and staying inside the guard rails.
It's difficult when the Republican Party has done nothing but destroy the middle class for the past 50 years whenever they've been in power, and now they have their sights set on the working class.
Ds are inefficient, not getting enough done when they can. This is partially because people seldom give them 60 votes, but only partially. Rs argue they need the strong man to ignore rules to get it done. This is far worse, destroys everything, and even fails at primary goals because of corruption.
Fixing this begins with truth, with first electing people willing to do their job honestly. The fact that most republicans leaders are not willing, is not the primary problem. The primary problem is the people elect those not willing to work in honest good faith. The rest starts with that...
Some countries have very short campaign periods and the govt furnishes candidates with 100% of allowed spending.
I just get I'll hearing how many US$$ go into election.
Our priorities are upside down.
Canadian party leadership race donations. (We vote for a party and the leader becomes Prime Minister not for an individual to become President). See the difference?
Also the damage done in The time between USA elections and the turnover of power. Way too much time between. I get that this was set up 200+ yrs ago when travel and communication was hard, but get with the times!
Yes, that would be nice, unfortunately about half the nation, the conservative, Republican bit, strongly opposes the welfare state objective of "helping citizens" and because of their conservative values will fight that tooth and nail. Hence, the politics, the concern with elections.
Well, I think the conservative view is that if we pay taxes then, yes, it should go to supporting the rich, the better, special people with all the “merit.” But I think they wonder if it’s really necessary and are fine with no taxes and just relying on their market utopian beliefs.
It's yet another key difference between the north and the south in North America. The campaign of #Liberals in Canada is about protecting the country and doing what's best for ITS PEOPLE. People first.
If you are old, a veteran or infirmed.. there is no place for you in Trumps America! MAGA this dude will turn on you in a second for his billionaire buddies… tax cuts for them are more important than your safety net for medical and retirement!
While I agree with the sentiment the meme is making, I’d prefer not using the phrase “my tax-dollars” - it divides people into tax-payers and tax-eaters. No one wants to be called a tax-eater, hence we end up voting against our best interests.
I know. I hear this constant drum beat in the media reporting. It's like all that matters is running for a new race. It's a huge problem. We need a government that does something other than campaign. It's making us dysfunctional.
As a side note. "Taking full responsibility " has become as meaningless as "thoughts and prayers". They're words said to quiet critics but there's no consequences.
You don’t live in a ‘ caring, thoughtful’ country Betty. 1/3 of our fellow citizens base their MAGA ideology on Anger and Hatred. We have become a rogue Superpower, despised by all and trusted by none except for Russia, our new Ally..Something has got to give and soon I pray..
And with great foresight, as usual, the Trump administration depleted their majority in the House with appointments, and then had to renege on those appointments. JFC.
We better do something are there won’t be an election, not even in midterms. He could tell by the way Pennsylvania turned up blood red district blue that he is not liked he won’t risk an election to lucida Congress. We better start working on that
Assholes abound making it the new abhorrent reality 🤢🤮
-I never mocked a disabled reporter, collaborated with Russia, or raped anyone
-I’m from Appalachia
-I’ll quit drinking if I’m confirmed
-I’m not a space NaXi white supremacist high on ketamine
We were SO CLOSE. I still think WE WON.
Dem leadership, I believe knows we did, but are too embarrassed to admit that our elections are not that secure any longer in this AI age.
1 country goes nuts in Tariffs, and the answer of the world? Tariffs?
Think of this,
If blue side gets control in 4 years from now, will the world let go of these new formed Tariffs?
Think of this when your not sure a agenda is pushed thru!
You and me both. Why can't we have nice things? In all seriousness, I look at some European countries, Japan, Australia. Why are we, as a country, so selfish and greedy?
Reducing personal taxes,increasing employment opportunities,not living in fear of crime,reducing drug deaths,attempting to avoid/end wars sounds good to me. Which of these you disagree with?
While shuttering several Departments, Trumps new Department of Misinformation and Lies seems set for a strong 4 years ahead. (But with your help to counter it, we can limit it to 4 years.)
Please tell that to Elon Musk who thinks that a country should be run like a corporation for a greedy few who could afford to own a piece of the corporation! And to hell with everyone else!!
Betty, have hope 💖 Maybe that's just the high I'm still feeling from last night's town hall talking lol, but just know that, if our reps aren't fighting hard enough for us, there's an entire team of state Attorneys General who are, right now as we speak. That gives me some hope.
America has never been that country and likely never will be…Instead of wasting your time wishing, maybe move to a different country that might still accept Americans. Canada, maybe? Are you out in the streets protesting for this America you wish to live in? If you are, cool.
I’m still going to help my neighbors. I doubled up the seeds we planned to feed our fam, give eggs to neighbors from our backyard flock, and offer childcare as we can. Our doors are open & we will be good people to our community as an example for those who take over when the regime falls.
That talk was smited in the 1980s when Boomers & the Greatest Generation patted themselves on the Back and Stole the Future from every American Generation they would Ever Know....
Start counting your tax and all your extra costs and you’ll find out it is just the same high tax (or even lower) as in the US, only in Europe all people benefit.
When this is over
And the pendulum swings back
The safeguards and freedoms
The friendships hard won back.
The remelting of a pot
The redemption of a soul
The Beloved Community
A Dream, of Martin King.
Oh deep in my heart,
I do believe.
We shall overcome,
Some day.
People were crippled and murdered by covid for the economy and so people could see the politician’s smiles for electability. You can’t take a BSL3 airborne contagion and treat it like a nominal threat to others.This society chose money making for the wealthy over lives and healthy brains of people.
I feel the same. I see the articles of countries that actually care for its citizens and, as a US citizen, I’m saddened that we care more for the accumulation of wealth by the few at the cost of the many.
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If your not well you know what they say,
”If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.”
I say,
Daylights burning, It’s time we ride.
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Orwellian.
Musk is buying elections, or attempting to, all the way down the line. It's astonishing. And a majority of Americans voted for THAT!!??
All European countries have what you wish; consensus.
We dislike "winner take all" for a very, nazi-specific reason.
But it’s coming for both of us.
Belarus not so much.
They WILL need an uprising.
Fingers crossed, Mark Carney gets to stay Prime Minister.
However, that could change if #HerrDrumpf leaves US soil.
I imagine it would be like Canada's threat to arrest Netanyahu if he were to set foot on Canadian soil.
As best I can tell the most one can hope for, strive for, is to minimize the fuckery as much as possible while recognizing that, like viruses, it's ever present.
Let’s go there! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️
Since 6/16/2015 & the golden escalator ride, campaigning has pretty much been constant & endless.
DJT has been in the hourly political news, with every lie covered, for almost a decade. He promised to run for
re-election in Feb 2017, & began monthly rallies then.
Just some fair shelter and not cruel food. Clean water and air.
I wonder if they fear our lack of vaccines, threat of disease, and the foregone conclusion we are all too poor.
Well you get the freedom bell ringers who then are contrarians and love control
They are not very good at living the standards they supposedly believe in
It’s a joke
After a few generations to kill this mindset once and for all, maybe allow two terms.
I have travelled in the past many times to Ft Qu 'Apple.
Latetly ?
I have been looking longingly North...
Sadly, I’m quite old so that’s not likely to happen in my lifetime. I wish to come back as a #BodegaCat
Every generation has had its trials, perhaps putting down the republican party once and for all is our trail and duty.
My plans are ready.
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I just get I'll hearing how many US$$ go into election.
Our priorities are upside down.
― Aristotle, Politics
Please see my pinned thread. 🙏
I get that's easier for the UK to implement rather than the US though
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There used to be pols who would speak up. Not anymore. Keeping their seats is the goal. To Hell with the needs of the constituents.
-I never mocked a disabled reporter, collaborated with Russia, or raped anyone
-I’m from Appalachia
-I’ll quit drinking if I’m confirmed
-I’m not a space NaXi white supremacist high on ketamine
Dem leadership, I believe knows we did, but are too embarrassed to admit that our elections are not that secure any longer in this AI age.
Think of this,
If blue side gets control in 4 years from now, will the world let go of these new formed Tariffs?
Think of this when your not sure a agenda is pushed thru!
not a system built on oligarchs buying media platforms, political parties and politicians to win elections for their class interests
That is rampant tyranny
And the pendulum swings back
The safeguards and freedoms
The friendships hard won back.
The remelting of a pot
The redemption of a soul
The Beloved Community
A Dream, of Martin King.
Oh deep in my heart,
I do believe.
We shall overcome,
Some day.
DROP DEAD TRUMP YOU ARE FUCKING HATED WORLD WIDE