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[–] 226 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

As a born and raised New Mexican, fuck this absolute piece of garbage, and fuck anyone who has voted or is continuing to vote for the convicted rapist and pedophile party. New Mexico is a culturally rich and diverse state, full of traditions going back hundreds, in some cases thousands, of years.

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  • [–] 33 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    There's dozens of us New Mexicans here! Dozens!

    It's such a stupid idea because even people who voted for him have New Mexican pride and wouldn't agree with this change, it's simply stupid

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Are there still Americans who don't know NM is part of the US, or it that long past?

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  • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    No that's still something you come across, not as often as it used to be. 10-15 years ago I had someone ask if they needed their passport to visit NM, which was funny because they were dead serious. I think since Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul got as popular as it did people figured out NM was a state but I cannot confirm this, it's just my head canon.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    My wife and I love NM. We're from shithole TX and if there isn't a blue wave here, we would love to move.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago

    Hey neighbor's neighbor! We're in AZ, I've been looking fondly over at NM for a bit.
    Love visiting NM, except the mountain pass we have to go through to get there. Absolutely hate that part or we might get over more.

    We moved here from a cold state many many moons ago and Phoenix had a lot to offer for jobs. Feel like we shoulda looked harder back then. To poor now to make another move but, we will if we gotta.

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  • [–] 129 points 3 weeks ago (39 children)
  • [–] 71 points 3 weeks ago (18 children)

    Nobody has the stones to do anything about it

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  • [–] 29 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Even Death is like "Nah, thanks"

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Hey, they tried. Twice. And once legally, not physically.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Eh. Honestly, I think it’s pretty likely both incidents in which someone got “close” were probably false-flags. Orangeboi is a complete coward. I genuinely think he’d piss his pants and run away screaming if it was a real attempt on his life. There are a number of very suspicious points to the rally event in particular.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    So this coward you speak of agreed to allow a teenager to fire a rifle at him from 350'? And Joe Biden's USSS, who he had purged of MAGA agents, and Joe Biden's FBI (who agreed Trump was dinged by a rifle round or fragment) were in on it?

    Watch him when they pull him up seconds after we hear the "all clear". He is fucking stunned. Couple of photographers angle in for a shot (lemmy tells they were in on it as well), Trump sees the first thing he understands, "Cameras on ME!", and does the fist pump.

    And all those USSS agents who were demoted or fired, and both shooters, all agreed to upend their careers and lives for...?

    Or we could just admit that a couple of dudes shot their shot at the most reviled man in America, possibly and all-time hatred in American politics.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    The french are protesting against education funding. And americans wont get off the couch to rescue their own country.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Mobs are easier to form when your entire country is the size of a single US state and everyone who wants to participate in the country is within a day of driving to the same location. Your people aren't less willing to be fucked over by the government. It's just easier for the small percentage of you who will riot to meet up.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    One guy did, but he didn't practice enough first.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

    That's irrelevant. Why is he still president should be the question.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

    Once he’s dead, tell me it’s irrelevant

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

    If he dies in office, Just Defiled a couch Vance and Peter Fucking Thiel take over.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

    Do not let perfection be the enemy of good.

    Vance does not have any of the charisma nor the following that Trump has. His ability to coalesce a ruling party is low. It's why Trump is still in power.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    The bigger issue as I see it is that Trump wants to rule by charisma first. I don't think Vance particularly gives a shit if people curse his name - meaning that, at the first sign of things getting out of hand, I think he's more willing to hit the "start killing protestors until the streets are red" button.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    With no charisma or leverage to get anything extreme done. It isn't their daughter in law that controls the GOP and is able to fund primary challengers.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (3 children)

    You think they’d impeach the younger smarter asshole who wants to hurt their enemies?

    No fucking way. The Republicans want this. Trump is only useful for his distraction otherwise they would have stopped musk.

    Plus it gives them an incumbent to run in 2028 (if they aren’t already planning to run Trumps corpse again).

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    I didn't say anything about impeachment. What would matter if they did anyway? A presidential impeachment has never ended in consequences. No, they just want have the ability to jam through controversial bills or wars. Congress won't just go along with them.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    stress ain't catching up to him

    yet

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  • [–] 98 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Lets rename New Mexico to release the Epstein files instead

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  • [–] 93 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

    Gulf of America, lake America, new America? Just how uncreative is this motherfucker?

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  • [–] 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    He only has room in his head for like 10 words at a time. That's why he thinks remembering 5 in cognitive tests is a huge victory. It takes half his brain! And the other half is "America" "golf" "China" and "besty Putin."

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  • [–] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    At some point he was told patriotism or some like thing polls well and his dementia addled brain locked onto it. On some level he understands he's dying, wants to leave his mark and can't get away with naming everything Trump as he's done his whole life, so "America" it is.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    Well to be honest he probably wants to name after Himself but even his most loyalists followers refuse to do that. They probably told him that when he wins they will do just that. I mean he did complained that he had to build all these moments after himself because noone will do it after he dies.

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  • [–] 80 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

    Saw a map earlier with Albuquerque renamed Charliequerque lol

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  • [–] 50 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Wasn't this just an Onion article like a couple months ago, and now it's on Nottheonion?

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  • [–] 47 points 3 weeks ago

    There are no adults coming to save us. It won't even be that surprising if this ends up happening. Certainly not becausw it makes a shred of sense, just because this timeline is satire.

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  • [–] 41 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Midterms in 14 days, everyone.

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  • [–] 34 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    "New America" doesn't even make sense. It is IN America, you dolt!

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    It was in Mexico when it got its name. Still stupid to rename it though

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  • It was named well before Mexico was a country, actually. But it was named after the Aztec's Valley of Mexico. First there was the valley, then their was the Spanish owned lands north of the Rio Grande, then came the nation, then came the state but maintaining the old Spanish name (translated to English).

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  • [–] 62 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

    Comically, New Mexico acquired its name long before "New Spain" became Mexico. Apparently New Mexico predates Mexico. (By a decent while too).

    Edit ended up reading the article, it is listed in the article further down as well "New Mexico’s name predates the founding of the United States back to the 16th century"

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  • [–] 30 points 3 weeks ago

    Apparently New Mexico predates Mexico. (By a decent while too).

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    New Mexico predates the modern country of Mexico, yes.

    But when Spanish Conquistadors first reached the Valle de Mexico, in the 1520s, it was the most densely populated urban area on the planet at over a million people.

    That's why New Mexico includes "new", because it wasn't the original.

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  • [–] 29 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    I legitimately saw this news floating around earlier and just assumed it was a parody article...

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  • [–] 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    NM Republican legislators submissives passing legislation in 3...2...

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  • [–] 50 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
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