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[–] 218 points 1 year ago (9 children)

So: extortion.

That's what we are talking about here, right?

Not that it would happen, but I would so love for everyone to be remembering all these people for later prosecution under different leadership when Taco's gone.

These assholes should go to fucking prison for this.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    The thing that's great about this fascism run is that we have the fucking internet.

    Whenever this shit falls apart, many of those folks will literally have no choice but to self-deport or go to jail.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I sure hope someone is keeping stock. Taco himself does so many egregious acts that I can barely keep up with what he did this week, nevermind what he's done so far in this disastrous second term.

    There are often times when someone will bring up something from his first disastrous term and I'll have this feeling of - oh yeah, how could I have forgotten about that?

    And that's just him. Then there are all the things being done on his behalf by all his Little Eichmanns both when he was in office and not...there is a lot to track. And some of these assholes are so old - like, say, Roger Stone or Bannon - that they will likely die of old age before they get properly sent to (or back to) prison.

    I have a feeling a lot of them are going to definitely attempt to do the modern equivalent of burn their Nazi uniforms afterwards, too, and the "liberal media" will do all the heavy lifting to sane wash these dickheads as much as possible. So I'm sure many, probably most, will escape justice.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Keeping track of liberal accusations is likely a crime.

    I can certainly say that Trump never intimidated a witness such that his name would never end up on a list of pedophile buddies by famed pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

    Trump also never invited a riot on Jan 6 that aimed to overthrow the constitutional process

    He also certainly never solicited bribes from corporations for his inauguration.

    And he would never, NEVER break the Posse Comitatus Act in his occupations of LA, DC, and Chicago.

    That’s why I will never keep track of these far left woke accusations.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I don't know if the rot can be cleansed without a complete collapse of the country, which won't have the infrastructure to go after the fascists.

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    [–] 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

    It’d be fantastic if Kimmel just says “fuck you” and donates to as many causes that Carotid Artery Charlie absolutely HATED and railed against as possible

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Kimmel should post a full-throated denunciation of these media conglomerates capitulation and launch his own show.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    He and Colbert and Stewart should legit start a new network and just constantly troll the regime. Maybe get Al Franken too - I’m still pretty livid about how he got character assassinated by the fucking DNC.

    Hell, maybe they can rope in some actual progressive members of congress (AOC, Tlaib, Sanders, Porter, and so on - but absolutely not the ones who only pay lip service, and fucking NONE of the old guard or corporatists or neoliberals or political consultant class) and seriously bootstrap an actual progressive party to challenge and supplant the Democratic Party. If they were to do that, I’d definitely be willing volunteer my time and expertise to help them make it work.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    You think the current FCC is going to let that happen?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    You think the FCC could stop it? None of the openly fascist owned media will carry it regardless of the money it might make them. Because it isn't about making money it's about controlling the narrative.

    They should pool their funds and set up streams online. YouTube, Floatplane, peer tube, Patreon, merch etc. Each one of them is pretty well set for life. They can be their own bosses and do what they love.

    I generally watched their monologues and segments on YouTube anyway. No one has the time or interest in watching the desert of entertainment content on broadcast tv anymore anyhow.

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  • [–] 40 points 1 year ago* (23 children)

    Donate deez nutz. But seriously Kimmel don't bend the fucking knee.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (21 children)

    The fact that he hasn't made any statement about this situation yet strongly suggests that he's got them stick straight legs. Guy's got plenty of money, and now, more attention on him than he's probably ever had in his life. From a "making his way in the world" perspective, he's fine.

    Let the fascists keep digging a while, no reason to say anything at all until the absolute right moment presents itself.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (19 children)

    He’s got a few hundred employees that are out of work. I wouldn’t be surprised if he bends if only to keep their paychecks.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (16 children)

    He's not getting the show back, not without agreeing to be nice which defeats the fucking purpose. The president said as much after he got Colbert fired, that Kimmel was next. Appeasing them will not fix anything it will only make them worse. Making these appeasers pay for their Craven betrayal will help.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (15 children)

    As Pritzker said just yesterday, there are consequences to standing up, but the consequences of not standing up are so much worse.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    Pritzker is the expert on not standing up. Seeing as he did not stand up in 2024 when we needed somebody that could win the Democratic presidential race, and he chose not to. Apparently bad faith bigotry allegations are enough to prevent our Democratic leaders from saving our country from an unthinkable irreversible results. Newsom too. Both failed america and have forfeited there right to run for presidency in the future.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    Illinois has done a metric fuckton of good things under his watch, not the least of which is Little t backing down on sending Texas National Guard to Chicago.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    Yet by not standing up and taking the presidency they did an inquantifiably larger amount of damage.

    Why are the leaders in opposition to the Republicans all fucking cunts? That's a good question, what is not in question is that pritzker is one of said cunts in question. No challenge for house leadership, senate leadership, not the presidency, not even with a universally unpopular candidate that never breached 30% approval offering zero reform running as the status quo in 2024.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    When it comes right down to it, the 2024 election was decided by a relatively small number of voters (and non-voters) in a handful of swing states, of which neither Illinois nor California are. You're making vague and unsubstantiated claims that governors of solid blue states are somehow responsible.

    Who did you vote for, and in what state?

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    We needed a candidate that could win, and despite being that, both pritzker and Newsom decided not to run, because it was not their turn presumably.

    Being accused of bigotry was just a bridge too far for them I guess, much better to surrender the nation to fascists openly seeking on permanently fixing elections and ruling under an unending reign of terror!

    Now their weak acts would not be enough to overcome the efforts to fix those elections even if they had the guts to stand up and take it if they do not.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Oh please. 2024 would not have turned out any differently had either of them put in a candidacy then. For one, neither had the name recognition then that they do now. More importantly, Biden ran. Nobody else was going to win the primary. When Biden finally stepped out, bringing in some new candidate that a lot of people hadn't even heard of would have been even worse. That whole episode in Democratic politics was a shitshow, but none of the blame for it lies with Newsom or Pritzker or any governor.

    You have conveniently ignored my question, so I will ask it again:

    Who did you vote for, and in what state?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    On the contrary either one would have handily won with even a mild reform ticket. Kamala could have won with a reform ticket as well but she was chosen to not be reform wasn't she? 30% maximum approval the entire term.

    I do not know who is hand feeding you your opinions but Jesus Christ dude, here comes the airplane!

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Who did you vote for, and in what state?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    What does that have to do with my point? It doesn't. My point went unaddressed by you that is instead trying to lob misplaced personal attacks.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    misplaced personal attacks

    This you?

    Here comes the airplane!

    Go back to ML

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Even now you won't admit a mistake. Why would you, you are emulating those very same Democratic Leadership that did not admit a mistake. No, it is everybody else's fault they nominated another shit candidate that can't win and would not do anything with it if they did. Don't let a handful of half wits voting with you here convince you otherwise. You are the problem. Admit you made a mistake so we can fix it!

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Please refer to my previous comment.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    That's also true, and I'd bet he and his people are in discussions with them and with other platforms already. The lack of a statement from him to date would go along with that, too.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    I'd like to make a donation...of shit...applied directly to his grave.

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    GET. FUCKED.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    Donate a dump truck worth of manure to Turning Point USA headquarters

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    They want people to care about racists dying so bad.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    Don't do it, Jimmy, keep your integrity

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    ... Or what they'll cancel his show?

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Get fucked. I hope Jimmy gives them the finger

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    I hope Jimmy demands the ABC affiliate owner gargle his scrotum.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    It’s not Sinclair this time but it’s just as bad. Nexstar wants to merge with Tegna and create a new Sinclair, basically.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 year ago

    Media giant Sinclair called on Jimmy Kimmel to apologize directly to Charlie Kirk's family over remarks he made about the conservative activist's killing, and to give both them and Turning Point USA a "meaningful personal donation."

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It is Sinclair though, they are the unnamed affiliate from the headline. They own 39% of ABC local stations nationwide (officially, with more through shell corps), which is why they were able to pull this bs. Although, I’m sure ABC/Disney would have folded anyways with the FCC threatening them.

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  • [–] 84 points 1 year ago (20 children)

    This is what allowing media consolidation got you, Democrats. Sinclair has been putting its thumb on the scale for decades and you did nothing, even while they were having a measurable negative impact to Democratic support.

    Perhaps most blatantly:

    Sinclair executive David Smith met with Donald Trump during the 2016 election year, in which he told the future president, "We are here to deliver your message."

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  • [+] 28 points 1 year ago (18 children)
  • [–] 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

    It's probably another example of Murc's Law. And once you see Murc's Law in action, you can never unsee it. You'll see it everywhere, and every day.

    https://whereofonecanspeak.com/2023/03/02/youve-probably-never-heard-of-murcs-law-but-youve-seen-it-in-action-lots-of-times/

    Murc’s law is named after the insight of the eponymous LGM commenter that, in American politics, only Democrats are assumed to have agency. Republicans are like rocks rolling down hill or perhaps sharks eating seals: they do what they do because that’s just what they are, so there’s no point in holding them responsible for anything, since they could not do o[t]herwise.

    [emphasis mine]

    That great description from : https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/12/the-paradoxical-limits-of-murcs-law

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This is the first I have heard of Murc's law. It succinctly describes the nature of American politics. It's uncanny.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, I've seen/heard it mentioned before, but The Professional Left podcast brought it up again. I'm fairly certain I've heard them mention it over the years, multiple times.

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-933-meanwhile-in-local-fascism/id352076108?i=1000727128679

    Anyway, it provides convenient shorthand for something you just read/hear all the freaking time. It's like ever since I became politically aware, decades ago, it's been there, but hard to put a name to. I'm sure this goes way, way back to at least the 1950s: "The Democrats made the Republicans form the John Birch Society!"

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  • [+] -9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Get the fuck out of here, stop excusing the Democrats. If they had any guts, or loyalty, they would have been popular enough to defeat these Republicans posing an existential threat to the Republic they claim to represent.

    After the last three presidential shit shows in a row and you are still excusing these Democrats like they are doing an acceptable job? We already knew what the Republicans were, and we did nothing to stop them, or Worse believed The Establishment Democrats were able and willing to stop them. Fuck your law. The Democrats are fucking worthless and it's about time you admit you made a mistake so we can get opposition leaders that can win.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Who is excusing the Democrats? What do you want people to do, right now? The Democrats have next to no power right now. Why are they getting all the blame for everything that Republicans do?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I want people to demand new leadership in the Democratic Party. To demand every establishment fuck resigns their seat in the party leadership.

    Which does not even touch on how somehow we have not had a single Challenger for house or senate, or the fucking presidency last year. What is wrong with this party? I know the answer I want you to think about it.

    Because there is no way we get rid of our current government under the leadership of this opposition party.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oh, don't get it twisted: I have my issues with the Democratic Party. Many things drive me crazy about the party. The "moderates" within the party like Manchin. Or the turncoat Fetterman. And just where the fuck have most of them been under this regime? Schumer is supposed to be our firebrand?

    And we have a whole lot of supposed activists that seem mostly fired up about identity politics instead of old-school labor activism. Preoccupied with being liberal scolds and trying to shame and ostracize people who might not use the most updated terms for all things, or not be 100% on board for all things left, but might be 80% there. Further polarizing and pushing away people who should be our allies, even if they are merely "pale males". We had better get as many votes from everyone as possible. If we are only seeking votes from the winners of the Oppression Olympics, we are well and truly fucked.

    But as far as actionable things...how do you propose to make anyone you've deemed as "establishment" resign? Did you campaign for a challenger? Do we have a stable of challengers somewhere that are viable? All this shit takes money, too - what billionaires are helping to fund any of this?

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago

    We need to take the d party from state and county level, and national, and when that fails, as I expect it will for the DCCC, they should be frozen out, mocked, ridiculed, and an alternative organization built out.

    Az did as much years back, but they did not have the support of any big picture National Organization to be able to build out an alternate organization as the moderates hid their lists and valuable information and give it to their own alternative organization.

    We will never be able to get a stable of Challengers with the party actively suppressing them as we speak. The first step is organizing and getting rid of these hacks that failed us three elections in a row and continue to not realize their mistake.

    Finding good candidates needs to be on some forum, perhaps in numerable groups Federated on a national, or International forum where people could cooperate on what they agree on both publicly and privately, where we could find and groom political candidates. But also too work on Collective actions, like if you do not support this thing this many of us will not vote for you type stuff. It would have to be Federated because if not they would find some illegality and illegalize the entire thing. They might do so anyway.

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  • [+] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
  • I am not sure about that. The rich destroyed I our education and ability to live well in many cases. Uneducated people that are constantly exhausted and stressed are more easily manipulated. Goddammit I'm so sick of common people getting blamed for everything while the rich are the ones making shit worse, getting richer of our labor while they molest all these kids. The lobbyist like AIPAC and the billionaires need to be drained of resources and banned from ever doing business in the US again.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    Bad take. It's not hindsight when everyone was screaming about it, again, literally over a decade ago, and no attempt was made by the Obama or Biden era FCC to regulate it. Maybe you personally weren't aware of how dangerous this issue was becoming, but many of us were, including, importantly, Democrats in Congress.

    When a train is heading for you, and you see it several minutes away, it's also your responsibility to step off the tracks before it actually runs you over.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Sure thing. A million dollars of donations to trans orginizations in Charlie Kirk's name.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Fuck them. The fuckstick that got his jugular aerated had a net worth of $12 million. His rancid widow is going to be fine.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    lol fuck that

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    What did he even say? I thought he did the whole “I don’t condone violence, thoughts and prayers” thing.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Not good enough. You have to physically mime fellating Kirk's bloodless corpse now.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Funny I was just joking how Canada is definitely going to be the 51st state unless we put Kirk on our money instead of King Charles

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Is the right’s version of DEI just a constant barrage of IEDs?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Kirk was a twat

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    [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Personally I’d just donate 1 cent and then make a sizable donation to a good cause right after

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Has Kimmel said anything about what's going on? Made any public statements? If he has we should blow them up right? Show that you can't shut them up. Sadly I can't find any

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    @inclementimmigrant When we talk about how stupid the right is showing itself to be, this should be example #1 When are we going to stop pretending that this will all blow over? It is over!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'll do it for him, will get the package in the mail right away. Anyone know if they're looking for stool, semen, or santorum?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    If he caves and actually does this, I swear...

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    If ABC would call their bluff. It's football season and tell them to contact Sinclair demanding ABC be put back on it would be instantly.

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  • Fuck you micky mouse

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