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I’ll note that as a newspaper for the owning class, their hard-news section is much more willing to plainly describe the coup against congress & constitution that’s going on than other outlets.
Edit: Indivisible is calling for people to make in-person visits to their congressmembers local offices
For anyone still not aware, the America we’ve always known is gone and it isn’t coming back.
Welcome to the shit future anyone with brain cells has been warning about.
This country will change so much we may as well stop calling it by the same name.
I’m rooting for Russia 2.0 because that’s the most accurate name.
Congress uh you tryna not have any power?
The critical problem right now is that either all, or almost all the Republicans in Congress favor what he is doing, and they hold a majority in both houses.
It’s going to take incredible pressure from constituents and campaign donors to change that. That’s going to mean calling, or better yet, showing up in person with as many people as you can bring.
I guess he could give himself a new title that goes well with president: chancellor.
Nah, he can give that to
ElonLeonHindenberg was a puppet, just like orange fuckface
A weird little detail in all this madness is that “Doge” as in an italian renaissance leader is related to the word “Duce” so I guess “Il Doge” would fit Muskolini perfectly?
LOL. Did the jaguar bite your face WSJ?
(or whatever the libs keep saying)
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Seriously, this seems like the advice that might be getting the most pertinent. Scary fucking times.
Be prepared enough to take out at least one cop before you are undeniably taken out yourself.
I feel terrible for people with children and families.
Those are the people who should step up and make the world good the kids and families…
They don’t care about their kids lol. They had them so someone was forced to love them, then they ignored them when it was too much work.
And I don’t give a shit about their kids, because they will probably be Nazis too. So, fuck this place. Stay off my lawn—or else.
Shut up it’s not like they allow terrible things to happen at the schools, churches, and movie theaters non stop, time after time. Wait maybe people do hate their kids…
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Ahh, the sweet smell of Machtergreifung.
For people who claim to love the Founding Fathers, the current US government sure is speedrunning the death of the Father’s vision of a nation free from religious control and without monarch levels of unchecked power.
Who loves slavemasters? Founding daddies? Free from religious control?!? These creeps were the epitome of unchecked racist power. It’s hard to imagine that adults believe/upvote this wacko nonsense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_religion#American_Revolution
To be fair, the country they created lasted 250 years… 🤷♂️
Welcome to The Crisis
The crisis was when he won the election. It’s too late. You and your loved ones will be lucky if you have food in 3 months.
Everyone in the US. Call your representatives (https://5calls.org/ is a great resource for this). Explain to them, POLITELY (because you are talking to the equivalent of a CSR who has gotten screamed at all day), that you are their constituent and you do not feel represented. Explain that you understand their powers are limited but ask them why they are quietly and meekly rolling over. Beg them to be vocal before it is even too later. And leave your name and contact information.
There isn’t a lot that can be done but we can at least show our former allies that some of us care. And we can show those on the firing lines that they at least have a modicum of support.
Two of mine a MAGA Republicans. One of those participated in Jan 6.
Another is an alleged Democrat who’s had a stroke and bent the knee.
None of them care what I think, and have told me so with multiple letters when I’ve contacted them.
It’s going to take an angry crowd showing up at their district office to make them care
No, they’ll just close their offices to people without approved appointments.
I know because one of mine is Scott Perry, who did exactly that.
Some will do stuff like that, and ask cops to clear the crowd too. But we don’t need every Republican to do the right thing. Just enough that they can vote with the Democrats.
they can vote with the Democrats.
Didn’t the democrats have a majority a few years ago, what did they do with that and why do you think they will do anything different this time?
Scott Perry, and probably also Fetterman, will never vote with the Democrats.
Do you think Fetterman was a phony from the start or is his current positions and behavior a result of the stroke?
I think it was the stroke and I’m concerned for Gisele’s safety.
Sooner or later they have to come out.
And they’ll have the pigs there to ensure they don’t see anyone who disagrees with them
Class traitors. Acab.
The problem is getting an angry crowd. If the majority support it where you are you’re just a lone “nut case”.
It’s whatever their corporate owners want
The corporate owners also didn’t expect the tariffs. I think an angry crowd could give them the reason to fight for the constitution they need.
The tariffs have the potential to create serious problems if they last any length of time. Especially for food and auto.
Same thing here. Mine is hardcore MAGA and both Senators are 100% shills. Also no one in my area cares… they all think Trump is going to do a great job and save everything. There are two Democrats in Congress from my state but neither one is capable of fighting anything. I don’t know what to do but watch it burn.
It might be worth calling representatives from elsewhere and pretending that you are their constituent.
Yes. The majority of republicans and even some of the democrats are all just eager to get as many kickbacks as they can and then bail.
But that isn’t the entire government. There are still Democrats who actually give a shit about their constituents just like there are republicans who only want black people to get a little bit hurt. And, right now, the majority of them just hear silence.
The people who give a shit need to talk to the politicians who give a shit so that they will shout it from the rooftops and others might even know what is going on. How many stories were there about people who didn’t even realize biden had dropped out?
Because just look at the defunding of medicaid last week. There was pushback and it was dropped immediately.
The hooded Pennsylvania peter puffer!
Everyone in the US. Call your representatives
So they can mark me down as a dissident that needs to be purged?
I’m not 100% on NYT. Their roaring silence on Luigi was bothersome to say the least.
That said, I did check back in with the Ezra Klein podcast this morning. It wasn’t his usual thing, but a 12min piece entitled “Don’t Believe Him.” (You can play it or read it, it’s on most podcast listings: apple, Spotify, Castro, etc)
Basically, this blitzkrieg of executive orders is a show right up until we CHOOSE to believe in it. It’s only as effective as places like the WSJ say it’s effective, and people rolling over and playing dead in capitulation with a yeah, sure. The entire “muzzle velocity” approach is meant to scatter and demoralize opposition.
His reason for avoiding congress is if these executive orders went through Congress, he would lose. And that would make him look weak. And thus his plan of King Trump would die. Remember, this is a man who has NEVER been interested in the Constitution of The United States of America, only power.
The birthright thing has already been laughed out of court by a Reagan nominee, for starters. Because, Constitution. Now, if that judge had decided to “believe him”, it would’ve gone differently.
Think about it. He wasn’t holding court with most of Congress at Maralago, but key social media influencers: Google, Facebook, Bezos, and he already had Musk.
NYT wasn’t just silent on Luigi, they ran an article calling him a worse terrorist than Osama Bin Laden. You probably think I’m making that up because it’s so absurd, but I assure you it’s true. I can’t link the article because I am no longer a subscriber after that.
I was never. I just followed this guy and The Daily.
They always have something to say relevant to current events but they were silent on Luigi.
Something, something, dictator on day one…
Day 2 and on: also dictator.
every member of congress, of any party affiliation, from the far left to the far right, should all be pissed off at the usurper; and they need to start voting like it.
A lot of the legislators who are helping Trump seize their power for himself are gonna be really surprised when they get the Saddam Hussein treatment eventually.
It’s a lot more simple than this: Trump demands a factor dictatorship, and every idiot in power is gladly handing it to him. Including the Democrats, because they are so lost in their own self flatting bullshit, they can’t pay attention to the needs of the people. Because they haven’t paid attention to the needs of the people for almost 50 years.
We are all witnessing the fall of the American empire
weird how you turned this into a dig at Democrats; when they much better represent working people and concerns about climate, education, corporate regulation, healthcare, etc.
That’s not what happened. The only weird thing is that you hallucinated that this is a dig of Democrats.
Perhaps you shouldn’t project your own fascism onto other people’s comments.
you spent five words on Trump, something like 35 shitting on Democrats.
And you spent 12 words defending a Nazi and deflecting the blame for fascism onto me, who is resisting it.
How much is Elon Musk paying you?
I think you overestimate the value of that blue checkmark.
When did he defend Nazis?
“I’m too stupid to realize that I’m gargling Nazi ballsack!” is not defense, it’s an admission that I’m correct, and you’re just as horrible a person as I have already described.
But, go on. Keep blaming me for how incredibly shitty a person you are for defending Nazis. Certainly it’s everyone else’s fault, but yours, right?
You’ve gotta be a troll, right?
If so, good job.
Take your meds.
I’m glad the DNC recently admitted the “We go high” thing was a mistake
Ah, and there’s the bothsides take.
is there anything we can do? as just … people? i have a hard time finding solid organization…
Get together with a bunch of people you know, and show up in-person at your local congressman or senator’s office
Revolt
“…A law effectively banning TikTok as of Jan. 19 passed Congress with overwhelming House and Senate majorities. Trump has delayed enforcement for 75 days, saying in a December court filing that his status as “one of the most powerful, prolific and influential” social media personalities gives him unique abilities to evaluate the app.”
I hate this asshole so much. Everything he says and does is somehow mind bogglingly stupid, arrogant, and evil.
