aside from like only 2 dems in congress, almost every other one is complicit.
If they remove our legal recourse, do they think we’ll just shrug and be like “guess we have no options”?
That seems to be exactly what Americans are doing right now about everything. So yeah.
You’re right. No one is throwing molotovs at techbro houses or burning down warehouses or anything.
Not nearly enough.
Well, lone dudes doing dumb things won’t do anything. People need to organize.
And they need to organize BEFORE global surveillance is enforced under the guise of “age verification”
Like No Kings?
That’s a start
They can MAYBE manage another parade with live music and tailgate parties in a month or two if the weather is nice and they get the proper permits.
Makes it easy to call us all “terrorists” before they drug us and send us to “wellness farms”
That’s exactly why you all need to stop acting like sheeple and start a revolution.
I mean you’re preaching to the choir but the seething mass of liberals don’t even know what liberal means
How dare you suggest that those piece of shit cowards aren’t doing enough? They’ll be here soon to set you straight!
This is literally what you’ve done in the face of fascism creep for three decades.
yes, americans are weak and subservient.
I thought this picture was a before/after transition photo.
He/she looks gorgeous, big improvement.
Another question: is that Cruz in drag?!
how is it that Cruz has not been lynched already?
Congressmembers typically have bodyguards at public events.
So did Charlie Kirk.
That’s a very solid point, but Mossad isn’t after Ted Cruz.
Cause Texans are pussies
In other news, Ted Cruz wants big oil to know he has feelings for them but he’s not sure if they like him back.
Democrats aren’t saying anything because on the real issues the effect everyone (economics) the two parties are almost perfectly aligned.
Have been since Clinton won.on the real issues that effect everyone (economics) the two parties are almost perfectly aligned.
Is that why one has a good track record with the economy and the other absolutely fucking tanks it every fucking time?
And it’s “affect” not “effect”. Yes, I’m being that asshole.
They differ in the details slightly, accounting for performance differences. But every time the interests of the asset class conflicts with the interests of the consumer class, they both make sure the asset class is happy.
Whenever I see affect I think of people making faces. And any single economic decision effects people, while the economy as a whole affects people. With my phrasing I can see either works.
Affect is a verb: the rising grocery and gas prices are affecting my spending choices.
Effect is a noun: the effect of rising grocery and gas prices are changing my spending choices
In your example: any single economic decision has an effect on people, while the economy as a whole affects people.
Except when affect is a noun (disposition or emotion) and effect is a verb (to bring about or make happen).
Just to make things more difficult. :)
Frankly? The United States is not a two parties country. It’s a no party country. Ever thought about why monopoly laws from the eighties no longer exist?
Reagan was an antichrist, yes
There is a communist party. And a green party. And like 10 more, depending where you live.
The problem is not that there are not progressive parties. The problem is that the US is not a democracy, and it’s designed so only one party can win elections
Why? Most democratic officials are closeted republicans.
and funded by big oil, gillibrand is the most blatant one, she even received an "award from them.
This isn’t really true, though some are. It’s just that both Democrats and Republicans are almost all owned by the owner class, so support any corporate protections. That isn’t anything that Republicans own. It’s both parties.
Right. How else is Jeffries and Chuck going to afford their beach front property in Gaza if they don’t receive million from the fossil fuel lobby.
Don’t know about that part. It’s just rooting for a team to stand up literally and it ain’t happening as much, preventing unnecessary spending, marginalizing communities, is been the rapport for either parties. Like this is a hot take but all party motto/slogan is tip toeing too much. Some real change or something needs to happen to garter my favor.
Do you think chuck cares about Palestinian people. Dude spear headed so many weapon sales to Isreal. He wants every Palestinian dead. Jeffries is doing it for the money.
no why would he, he made it clear he only supports israel above all else.
This is why I love this community, you learn so much more about politicians who favor other countries constituents vs their own or their own fictitious family that they wrote 20+ years to connect to locals…
they just ask aipac for more dollars, which is basically us tax money.
“Forever” is not possible, a future Congress can just repeal the law.
But what if they add a “No Takesy Backsey” clause?
They takesy backsey the clause first
Shouldn’t democrats sort out epstein files when Biden administration was in power?
Oh you mean while the files were conveniently sealed by court order because of Maxwells case until exactly when trump came into office?
What did you want them to do at that time?
What did you want them to do at that time?
Expose trump
While the documented proof that apparently everyone needs to see was conveniently locked and sealed by the doj?
Do you know what trump would have said if they went above that?
“They’re weaponizing the DOJ, it’s a witch hunt and fake news. It’s all lies they’re doing this to hurt me.” Invigorating the low information base he has to what, fucking go riot and try to hurt the people in dc again. March on the capital and shit, again?
He was screaming at the time that epstein files must be released. If they were his presidency chances would be buried forever
Do it anyway.
The MAGA Nazis don’t care about rules or laws and taking down a global ring of child predators that has existed for decades feels like an excusable reason.
An interesting movie:
They should be making people aware of this, but those stupid laws can be repealed just as easy as they are made.
Such a shame your media is bought up by the wealthy!
But who will repeal them and why would they?
They never do.
Either they don’t try or they are powerless and blocked in some way.
Suckers fall for it every time.
I’ll be honest, I don’t really care. None of these laws mean anything if the government is completely rebuilt from the ground up. Every single thing this admin does will be worth so much burned toilet paper. All the grifts ill gotten gains will be liquidated and confiscated by whoever the fuck hangs them all in the streets, as is most likely to happen. All the bills that say shit like “no regulations on AI evar!! Lol” or “Donald Trumps name on everything, including mt Kilimanjaro for some reason” will be meaningless.
The only way this will happen is through violence, and even then it’s not a guarantee.
- conservative South loss against the north in the civil war and there were no reparations or punishment.
- Nixon came the closest to being impeached and charges were dropped as soon as he resigned, despite the fact that the votes were there. We was then fucking pardoned because “we need to move on.”
- fucking TRUMP will “learn his lesson” for forcing Ukraine to provide opposition research on Biden in exchange for security.
- TRUMP again when he literally caused people to storm the capitol.
- when Biden was in office, house refused to even push more impeachment talks because “he’s not president anymore” and then got Pikachu faced when he ran again.
- when Trump finally was found guilty in New York, the judge fucking gave him no jail time.
Democrats refuse to hold Republicans accountable and we need to start acting like they are part of the problem.
democrats are just potty trained republicans, it seems to me. as an outsider america seems to have just one party that is divided.
This is a correct observation, from an American.
American here. Can confirm. It’s not left vs right, it really is just two different colors.
Watching all blue states fail in lock step to substantially improve the lives of the people that live in them has me thinking you are on to something.
I’ll be honest, I don’t really care.
This is how they win, you are doing precisely what they want.
You misunderstand. We either win everything or nothing. If we win, nothing they did with the laws will be permanent because there will not be this set of laws anyways. I abjectly refuse to participate if we do not redo the entire system.
We either win everything or nothing.
The first is impossible without committing atrocities, and the second is a worst case.
I abjectly refuse to participate if we do not redo the entire system.
Abject indeed. You’ve bought the “stay home and do nothing” propaganda, which is just what they want you do do.
From an outside perspective its pretty clear that there is no coming back for the US without a violent intervention.
With how fucked up your electoral college is, there is now option for a third party to slowly grow in support like its possible in most democracies. That means your only options are both far right corporate puppets that have no real interest in fixing the underlying problems of the country, which in turn radicalises even more people.
Sure the Democrats are oders of magnitude better than the current nutjobs, but they historically did only the bare minimum to be seen as “the good guys” and “progressive”. Anywhere else in the world they would still be right wing conservatives. Looking at how Mamdani policies get criticized by members of his own party should be all the proof you need.
Pretty much the only way out of this downward circle would be for 100 Million Americans to simultaneously decide to vote for the same 3rd party.
That would be the ideal solution, yes.
What the fuck are you talking about?
IF WE GET OFF THE COUCH AND MURDER THE FASCISTS AND FIX EVERYTHING THAT WOULD BE GREAT. IT WOULD ALSO RENDER ALL THEIR FUCKERY WITH THE LAWS NULL AND VOID.
I AM NOT ADVOCATING THAT WE DO NOTHING. I AM SAYING THAT THEIR ACTIONS AND FLAILING ARE NOT IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ALL DIE FROM CLIMATE COLLAPSE IN 30-40 YEARS WITH THEM IN POWER OR WE FIX THIS SHIT AND ONLY PROBABLY DIE HORRIBLY FROM CLIMATE COLLAPSE IN 100-200 YEARS.
I AM FIGHTING FOR THE REDUCTION IN OUR CHANCES OF DEATH.
did you hear me that time…?
Again, that’s what they hope for. You aren’t being noble, you are just noping out when it gets hard.
It’s more important than ever now, no matter what, make everything they try to do difficult.
“make everything they do difficult”
I am …?
If we defeat them and do nothing about the system that did this, I am fucking off forever.
Oh, agreed. But that means we have to fight harder when the system is working against us. To defeat them, we have to keep playing the game.
They’re not saying “I don’t care because nothing matters”. They’re saying “I don’t care because everything they do will be meaningless when we get them the fuck out of there”.
Right, and what I’m saying is that is the mentality the power structure is trying to make us all feel.
You vote every time, you show up every time. I’m not saying vote for anyone specifically, but don’t give up your power. It is not meaningless to fight these fuckers, and just waiting it out is the only guaranteed way they will win.
No no you got it backwards. What THEY do is meaningless because we we will make it meaningless by doing exactly what you’re saying.
Warmongering surrounding Israel first rule over America is the main reason no one can have nice things. Without any support for Marxist supremacim, nationalizing oil, weapons, media (0 compensation to shareholders) and seizing all assets/homes of its directors. This exterminates corrupt policy influence, and helps fund UBI. Instead of relying on US political process, Military should coup takeover the country.
Didn’t read article, but is this legislation actually going forward? More anti guillotine legislation angering the use of guillotines is not going to help them.
