‘Complete unraveling’ of Trump and Republican project reflects attitude of not caring at all about governance He was always one step ahead. Donald Trump won the US presidency as a wildly unlikely outsider in 2016 and staged an astonishing comeback to win it again in 2024. Even his foes grudgingly called him a political savant with an intuition for exploiting grievances that left so-called experts floundering. But now they are asking if the dark genius has lost his touch. Trump is trapped in the quagmire of ...

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[–] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Why does everyone assume midterm elections will be held normally? It's totally obvious that Trump will interfere with them or cancel them altogether.

How do I know that?

Firstly, because he and his henchmen have said so repeatedly - and you should believe them when they say they're gonna do something.

Secondly, Trump trying this hard to be unpopular means he doesn't give a shit about being popular to win votes, because he knows there won't be elections.

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    [–] 29 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    This is NOT True! HIGH prices and DEAD soldiers are a SMALL Price to Pay for FREEDOM!

    -Patriots with "KAMALA = HIGH PRICES" signs STILL in their Yards!

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I still find it wild that the conservatives are still trying to pitch their ideology under this administration as one of "common sense".

    Of course, all they want to talk about is "men in women's sports".

    I suspect they are hammering on that for a reason. It's probably the only thing in which they are polling above water.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Which will never not be weird to me. If it really matters then it should be done by weight class not assigned birth genitalia. I am 194cm tall and I have met several women who play for the WNBA who are taller than me. I am genuinely convinced the only reason we don’t have coed sports is because million dollar athlete men couldn’t handle being dunked on by a woman.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I am genuinely convinced the only reason we don’t have coed sports is because million dollar athlete men couldn’t handle being dunked on by a woman

    Watch some Olympic events next time it's on. Men have a clear advantage, scoring significantly higher. It's necessary to separate men and women into different categories or women wouldn't bother participating.

    Of course you get the odd man that wants to identify as a women so they can win something they wouldn't otherwise be able to, modern problems require modern solutions

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    No problem. Dumb and his Croonies will just fake the election results.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago

    Endless war, high gas prices ...and then

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago

    Maybe in a typical election in, say, the early 90s, before massive amounts of right-wing propaganda being shoved down "legacy" media pipelines and now for the past 20 years the "social media" pipelines...not to mention all the election fuckery being done by the conservatives.

    I mean, sure, I hope the Republicans are decimated in this coming election. But I also know we are surrounded by gullible and hateful people that have next to no critical thinking or media literacy skills.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    Even his foes grudgingly called him a political savant with an intuition for exploiting grievances that left so-called experts floundering.

    No, we called him a psychopath with a dangerously large cult following. Experts only "floundered" because you can't reason with madness.

    He's not a fucking "dark genius," just a malignant narcissist in a country that systemically rewards malignant narcissism.

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    Most conservatives don't care, and when they do care they don't understand.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    Not if they rig the elections!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    This assumes it won't be rigged or some sort of national emergency cancels the midterms

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Complete unravelling will mean they hopefully lose one house of Congress but probably won't lose the other? This is stupid fucking hyperbole.

    It'd be nice if it was true, but it's not.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    It's not impossible for Dems to claim both chambers, but the Senate is less likely. Especially now that Platner's out of the race.

    Either way, the Senate won't have the numbers to convict in the event the House successfully impeaches, so really the best we can hope for is to stall the republican agenda until 2028. And with Schumer and Jeffries at the lead, even that's no guarantee...

    But we what we can do is grow the progressive caucus, demonstrating the DSA's electability, and get a progressive chairperson in the DNC. Then in 2028, primary all the establishment Dems and run candidates people can get excited about.

    It's not ideal, but nothing realistic ever is. It's either incremental progress or no progress at all, and people who claim otherwise are either childishly ignorant or attempting to derail.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    not impossible for Dems to claim both chambers, but the Senate is less likely.

    Zacly. Article is hyperbole on fascists "falling apart". heh.

    And yes, zacly again, no way we could get impeachment - or rather, the removal part that we actually want, and probably not another impeachment at this point.

    And zacly again, we need to grow DSA / progressives.

    In some ways, it'll be worse in 2028 if we did manage to win both houses - "bUt DeMoCrAtS cOnTroLleD ConGrESs" propaganda would be off the scale. I mean, fascist propagand is off the scale in general, but they'd certainly have a field day with that especially. heh.

    It's bad enough that we have to worry about Dems (much less Progressives) gaining control enough to get anything done (filibuster...... meh......), but if we DO gain control, two or four years later back to Republicans Save The Nation From Democrats Who Can't Do Shit and they sit on their ass and do shit (except they DO give more money to the wealthy again)...... :sigh:

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    And this will only manifest if people actually vote…still tons of apathetic voters out there.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Muricans will still vote for republicans…

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Let’s hope so

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    The pedophilia was fine for Trump's followers, though. They may have actually started supporting him more after that.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Concentration camps? No big deal.

    Honestly, fuck everyone in this shit country.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    If it doesn't then it's all over. We lost america to the fascists.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Okay. But with representation like H Jeffries, nothing will change.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    There aren't going to be midterms.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    LOL...y'all still think there will be an election this fall?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I'll bet you think that's an edgy comment, but it's just dumb, with a B. There will be a Midterm election, and MAGA will try to derail it afterwards, but it's going to be such a bloodbath, that they won't be able to do anything about it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Ok, so no one in government has suggested a national emergency this fall would be convenient.

    This is the guy who lead an armed insurrection when he lost. You might think you're having an election, just like Russia has elections.

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    [–] 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    No mention of the racism, fascism, theft, and rape? God I hate the media in this country. Where are the actual journalists?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    These articles are designed to appease to the centrists who want to bury their head at the very sight or thought of those words, and the specific intent is so that those people feel comfortable enough to not go vote.

    The lesson to learn here is that no matter how much the media tells you it’s a sure thing you must go VOTE to actually achieve the result.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    But now they are asking if the dark genius has lost his touch.

    Lol he’s never had any competence at governing. He just has no shame and an endless ability to lie which apparently is enough to get even scum like him elected.

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