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[–] 11 points 10 months ago (1 child)

And so it begins. This was always the plan with the federal invasions. He wants to invoke the Insurrection Act, declare Martial Law, and cancel the elections.

So predictable.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 10 months ago*

    He's been able to declare by executive order or truth social posts anything he wants and has been met with little pushback.

    Why wouldn't he think he can't just declare elections canceled?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    But we were 'scaremongering' about a second Trump term.

    Fuck's sake.

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    [–] 37 points 10 months ago

    Even the mere suggestion should be impeachable.

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  • [–] 42 points 10 months ago (26 children)

    44%. That’s the share of voters who said they would back a Democratic candidate in the midterms, according to an Economist/YouGov poll conducted Jan. 9-12, versus 40% who would back the Republican candidate. The poll is in line with other recent surveys on which party is favored in November, with an average of polls by RealClear Polling finding Democrats have a 4.3% advantage over Republicans as of Thursday.

    Jesus tapdancing christ. 44% to 40%. Just… wow.

    My compete and total lack of faith in the mental competence of the American electorate is certainly coming to a middle.

    I fucking hate it here.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    1,600 people were polled.
    https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabReport_qsNv5iE.pdf

    that’s not enough to represent the country, and who knows what their methods are

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    It can be enough but only if the sample is representative and I think often these are done by calling people on landline and the people who still have a landline and would be willing to take a survey are a very specific subset of our population so probably that sample is not representative but it’s not due to the sample size.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I fucking hate it here.

    If you mean planet Earth in the 21st century, then I'm right there with you.

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  • I feel like I would be more hopeful about the long term welfare of the world and humanity if I had actually witnessed the Bell Riots when they were supposed to happen last year

    ok this blows but hey at least we’ll figure out FTL in a few decades

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (17 children)

    I mean have the Dems just tried being better?

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  • [+] 3 points 10 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago*

    folks want them to be perfect

    Well I want the Dems to literally light themselves on fire for what they did to Gaza, but really "folks" just want Dems to be decent. Like Dems don't even want to defund ICE, they just want to put down bullshit procedural crap that they'll face zero consequences

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    No, I want them to GTFO of the way. If our election system only admits two major parties, then they are complicit by camping out in one of the slots, preventing a political party that'd actually put up a fight from arising. Whatever their alleged motivation, or level of cooperation, it no longer matters at this point; they have been the party in that second slot as U.S. political institutions slid into fascism over the course of decades. The record shows that they're not going to turn it around should they win back Congress in the mid-terms (if we even have elections). At best, they might stave off full fascism for another few election cycles. That's the issue we have with Democrats.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe the Republicans can GTFO of the way

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    That is the ultimate goal, isn't it? The problem here is that the situation isn't so neatly reciprocal. The Republicans offer about ⅓ of the nation exactly what they want, whereas the Democrats offer nobody exactly what they want. The favorability ratings in the polls show that. They only offer, "we're marginally better than fascists," which is good enough for a small lead in polling for the midterm elections, masking how deeply unpopular Republican actions are, and providing a veneer of legitimacy for them in the form of a near-tie.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Want them to stop accepting corporate bribe money and start representing their constituents. Perfect is so far from the ask here. Literally just want them to not be total sacks of shit.

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  • [+] 0 points 10 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago

    Yeah because the Dems didn't go after the racist rapist pedophile Nazi fascist con man dictator when they had the fucking power to do so 🤦 because they gotta protect the racist rapist pedophile Nazi fascist elites loyal to their faction of capital 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    It’s not funny at all. If the Dems weren’t such obvious controlled opposition, there could be an alternative to fascism. Americans haven’t had a choice for some time now, which is precisely how we got into this mess.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I know, orange man bad. You don’t have to convince me of that buddy because I’m living in it with you.

    Here’s the thing - it is incumbent upon Dems to give the people something to vote for. Blaming the voters for not falling in line is just wrong, and actually accomplishes nothing. What I’m saying is that this is precisely the Dem strategy. Just look to Schumer and Jeffries’ plan for the next few years - it’s literally to do nothing, and try to win votes by way of the suffering of their fellow Americans under the Trump regime.

    The way for dems to win elections is by presenting a bold, and objectively better, vision for the future and fighting to achieve it. Dems could learn a lot from Bernie and AOC about what that looks like, eg “fight the oligarchy,” but they are paid to pretend otherwise. The result, as it has been for literally the past 50 years, is further ratcheting towards fascism.

    Unfortunately for us all, the window of opportunity is likely completely closed to vote our way out of this mess. And so the system must collapse in order to be rebuilt anew, stronger and with better safeguards for checks and balances to protect democracy. That’s why you see people giving up on voting, or voting repug to accelerate the empire’s demise. Don’t be so surprised as to the reasons why, it’s been plain to see for a long time now.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    Oh, look. The thing we've been bellowing since before he got elected is happening.... Again. I'd trade being right for once for the less shitty timeline. Please?

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    Dementia addled old man rants about canceling the election from his memory care facility. See that’s how easy that is? In other news South Korea put execution on the table for their Trump.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    He’s got a point. They could just keep running the rigged system for decades and no-one would question it - this would force the issue.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    revoke the right to life

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    [–] 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Dictator knows he's unpopular, and so wants to close the door behind him by removing the very same means by which he came to power before anyone can take it away from him.

    More on tonight's evening news. If he doesn't sue us first.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago

    Aaaaaaaaaand, there it is.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago

    Hey, look! It's what we've been saying since election day!

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    And so it begins

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    I’m suggesting trump shouldn’t even have a head.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    "just a prank bro"

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