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[–] 32 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Tucker Carlson at the end of the Trump regime, 2026, colorized.

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

    This is what controlled opposition does.

    They (Carlson, Owens, Jones, et al), will all distance themselves from trump because they know he hasn't got long left so will play the "We got it wrong. This one's on us but stick with us" because they were grooming the maga crowd for his replacement and prepping the "blame it all on the last guy" routine.

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (54 children)

    The Midterm Bloodbath is going to be the Dem's D-Day, and after that the fall of MAGA will become inevitable to anyone with half a brain.

    Carlson, and a few others, realize that, and are trying to get in front of it, presenting themselves as the smart ones who realized that MAGA had become dangerous, and broke away. They are hoping that in the post-MAGA era, they will be seen as the reasonable ones who helped guide Conservatives away from MAGA, and into whatever lie they'll tell to replace it.

    Tucker is just getting into position for the next 20 years of his career, doing essentially the same thing, spewing propaganda. He's pretending that he doesn't know that he's likely to end up in prison for a decade or so.

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 6 months ago (38 children)

    I think he's building his base right now so that he can run in the next election.

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  • [–] -2 points 6 months ago (37 children)

    Great! I encourage him, and ALL MAGAs to run. It can only help to have them all screaming worn-out nonsensical propaganda, attacking each other, accusing each other of crimes, etc.

    By the time they begrudgingly agree on a candidate that 3/4 of them will hate, they will have done most of the job for the Dems.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (32 children)

    This comment reminds me of when clinton encouraged trump to run because she thought it'd be an easy win.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (31 children)

    This is different. Once Trump loses his political viability, the MAGA Cult of Personality ends, and the back-stabbing begins. Having a stage full of MAGA psychopaths trying to tear each other up, blaming each other for the obvious MAGA failures, is exactly what America, and the Democrats, need.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (26 children)

    Trump doesn't have magic powers. If a cult of personality can happen once, it can happen again with a new celebrity.

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  • [–] -3 points 6 months ago (25 children)

    Who would that be? Kevin Soros? Dean Cain? Kid Rock? Don Jr? There's no new celebrity waiting in the wings. Trump had been groomed for this since 1987. He was their only shot. With Orban out of the picture, and Trump out of the picture, the last 50 years of the Russian backed conservative movement will collapse and die. With Russia on the brink of collapse themselves (they are barely alive only because Trump removed oil sanctions against them, otherwise they'd be dead broke), it will take another few decades to rebuild, and the West will be watching closer this time.

    MAGA didn't exist before Trump, and it won't exist after Trump. It simply doesn't exist without Trump.

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

    You need to diversify your news consumption, you can dislike Russia and reactionary movements and simultaneously engage with reality

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  • [–] -4 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Russia was literally the driver of far-right extremism before the fall of the Soviet Union, and Russia has continued to be the driver of far-right extremism since the end of the Cold War. That is a simple geo-political fact that is accepted by EVERY authentic political entity and news media on the planet.

    Anybody saying that Russia has NOT been the leader in promoting Western Far-Right Extremism is spewing Russian propaganda. They are either a Russian propagandist, a treasonous MAGA, or a stupid, gullible pawn, or any combination of the three.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Russia was literally the driver of far-right extremism before the fall of the Soviet Union

    The USSR was one of the main reasons why Hitler didn't win, what are you talking about lol

    authentic political entity and news media on the planet.

    What's the bar for that? Authentic in what sense? And if you're including the media that lied to our faces for the last few years on Palestine then I have to dispute their veracity.

    Either way my point isn't that you should like Russia or Putin or believe in something uncritically, my point was that western media has predicted Russian collapsing any minute now for years and it doesn't seem to be the case, so some skepticism is warranted. As long as you're aware of the biases of the media you consume you can at least understand it better, and this includes whatever media and personalities you find trustworthy.

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  • [–] -2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    The USSR was one of the main reasons why Hitler didn't win, what are you talking about lol

    I'll go you one better, and say that Soviet Union is precisely the reason that the Nazis lost WWII. America made it easier by providing a Western front, but the Soviets would have prevailed anyway. But so what? That's totally irrelevant to what RUSSIA was up to 80 years later, LOL. The Russia of the 2020s is a completely different nation than the Soviet Union of the 1940s. It's like comparing modern America to pre-Civil War America.

    And I'm not going to play that MAGA Media game, that's nonsense. Gee, the media has biases? I had no idea, thanks for the heads up, I hadn't noticed that over the numerous decades I've spent following it every single day.

    my point was that western media has predicted Russian collapsing any minute now for years and it doesn't seem to be the case,

    Except they did collapse in 1989, remember? Of course you don't. Nothing occured in the 6.5 billion years before you were born. Except that the Soviet Union stopped Hitler. You were awake for that day in History class.

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

    I only brought up the USSR because you claimed that Russia was exporting far right ideology before the fall of the USSR.

    Except they did collapse in 1989, remember?

    Again, you were claiming MODERN Russia would collapse soon, I was pushing back against that because they have been saying that forever in media and so far it doesn't seem to be happening.

    Last thing, please don't be so rude, I was trying not to insult or offend you.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (17 children)

    russia russia russia

    They're billionaire backed, and last I checked, billionaires were in no danger of collapse.

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  • [–] -4 points 6 months ago (16 children)

    First of all, you QUOTED me saying:

    russia russia russia

    I never said that, and I take extreme offense at putting false quotes in my mouth. That establishes you as a Lying Pig right out of the gate, so we ALL know what we're dealing with here.

    Yeah, Billionaires, RUSSIAN billionaires, and any other billionaires as well. The interference by Russia in the last three elections is well-established by EVERY American intelligence agency, as well as the intelligence agencies of every one of our allies. The Russian interference in our elections is well-documented for history, and anyone denying it looks like a massive idiot as best, a traitor at worst.

    What you Russia defenders aren't understanding is that Russia has already become what they want to to do to America, and then everywhere else. You say billionaires, I say Russians, but they are the same thing.

    It's not about politics, that's just the vehicle. It's about CRIME, specifically MONEY. These people aren't really politicians, trying to take their country in a specific political direction, no matter how misguided they may be. They don't care about politics, they are CRIMINALS.

    Sociopathic Oligarchs, aka organized crime billionaires, managed to take over Russia, and they have established it as their global base of operations to take over everything else. Currently, they are trying to take over America, as well as every other nation, eventually. They disguise themselves as politicians, but the government is just a front, like that pizza shop that nobody ever goes into, but always has a bunch of guys sitting around at the tables out front, not eating pizza.

    They've taken over Russia, and continue to loot it, and other Sociopathic Oligarchs have noted their success, and have formed an alliance. Now the criminals have taken over America, and are trying to make it permanent. Billionaires, Russians, Oligarchs, Presidents, CEOs, etc. the labels don't matter, they are all the same, with the same objective - take over the country in any way possible, and steal EVERYTHING.

    But you want to quibble about

    russia russia russia

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    this is true except for the russian oligarchs trying to take over the usa.

    it's the opposite: american oligarchs (aka the epsteins) had taken over the entire western world and reached into russia back in the 90's and it enabled another oligarchy in their own image.

    the problem is that the russian oligarchy is nationalist, unlike the epsteins, so their goals are in sometimes in conflict with the epsteins; hence the election interference. it's just another version of inter-class infighting, but for the ruling class and on a global stage.

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  • [–] -3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Valid. I didn't mean that that Russian Oligarchs (Mobsters) were directly taking over America, I meant that they took over Russia, and Russia was promoting far-right movements across the globe. Other Sociopathic Oligarchs have allied with that same strategy, and are all pushing the same things, but the nation with the biggest influence is Russia, being led by their Organized Crime government.

    It is a simple fact that Russia has interfered directly, and substantially, in the last three presidential elections, and probably several before that, and it is silly to debate that. There is no doubt that Trump has been heavily steered by the Putin, we have seen it with our own eyes. Just look at Trump's latest adventure. He shut down the world's oil supply, but removed sanctions on Russian oil. Everybody else in the world, including America, has to take a serious hit on the global oil shortage, except Russia, who gets to make money on it (which they need badly), thanks to TRUMP.

    Also silly is to completely dismiss the work done by intelligence agencies. Sure, we all know they do lots of sketchy stuff, that's the nature of intelligence, but they tend to be smart, competent people, who know what they are doing.

    I've seen many reports on what the Russians were up to in 2016, 2020, and 2024, and there was no doubt that were trying hard to cause trouble. I'm not going to just ignore what I know because it's cool and edgy to just dismiss out of hand anything that comes from an intelligence agency.

    When an intelligence agency makes an announcement, of course you have to consider any ulterior motives, which are almost always there, but to just dismiss EVERYTHING they do is dumb.

    Of course, the other reason to dismiss everything from a valid source like intelligence agencies is because it doesn't fit your narrative, which is disengenuous.

    So, dumb or disngenuous?

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

    more accurate

    americans have been groomed to believe in cults of personality since the 70's starting with the evangelicals and trump simply took advantage of it; obama proves that there's a similar cult for liberals.

    and oligarchs interfere anywhere that they can, it doesn't matter what nation that they're originally based in; they will never suffer the consequences of their actions -- only we will.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Valid.

    America has a serious problem with celebrity.

    And we will have to do something globally about the rising influence of Sociopathic Oligarchs. They are already getting rich enough that they are starting to cut personal deals with nations, without regard to their own nation, or whatever nation they purport to be citizens of.

    Soon they will reach trillionaire status, and become even more powerful, and it is just a matter of time before an alliance is formed, a landmass is purchased or conquered, and they establish their own nation, with their own laws, and their own military.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    the alliances have already manifested themselves several times in the last century or so and the collapse of the soviet union was probably one of their greatest achievements since they succeeded in their goal despite an overwhelming majority of russians resisting the change through voting and violence.

    and the existence of oligarchs along w the american affinity for celebrity are also manifestations of that grooming that i mentioned in my previous comment.

    the only way to stop it is to through collective action; which is why the oligarchies in the west took pains to prevent collectivization through any and all means available to them and the oligarchies of the global south and russia have followed suit. the epstein files proves how much the western oligarchy feared collectivization in examples like the "me too" and "occupy wall street" movements which are both explicitly referenced in both the epstein files and the maxwell court case.

    none of this is new and all this has already been dissected ad nauseam via examination essays/papers of the circumstances that created the white army and the soviet union's collapse.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    The interference by Russia in the last three elections is well-established by EVERY American intelligence agency, as well as the intelligence agencies of every one of our allies

    Groups famous for telling the truth about their enemies.

    a traitor at worst

    Being a traitor against a genocidal empire is good actually

    Russia has already become what they want to to do to America, and then everywhere else.

    What Russia is today was largely imposed upon them by your beloved EuroAmerikan empire.

    You say billionaires, I say Russians, but they are the same thing.

    Holy chauvinism.

    These people aren’t really politicians, trying to take their country in a specific political direction, no matter how misguided they may be. They don’t care about politics, they are CRIMINALS.

    I take it back this is the holy chauvinism. Also ironic an American talking about other countries having criminal politicians.

    Sociopathic Oligarchs, aka organized crime billionaires, managed to take over Russia

    Holy passive voice. "Managed". You mean were boosted to power during shock therapy as the former USSR was looted by the EuroAmerikans

    You are fucking deranged I can't wait to piss on the grave of the EuroAmerikan empire and all of its bootlickers.

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  • [–] -4 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    You don't even realize that you basically agreed with everything I said. These people are ALL global criminals, and you are still here whining about governments. Stop with your university radicalist anarchist nonsense, and understand that it isn't about politics or governments or social systems, blah blah blah. That's all so 20th century European radicalism. Boring, stupid, and an utter failure.

    This is ONLY about Money and Crime. These people aren't interested in establishing any sort of government system, they only want to steal EVERYTHING. Get that through your head. This isn't about who has a better system of government, dummy. The Sociopathic Oligarchs don't care about that. They only want the treasure. The rest of us can starve, or kill each other, or whatever. Here's a bunch of guns, point them at each other.

    But yeah, instead of addressing the Global Mafia that's taking over the world, let's debate which governmental system was responsible 30 or 40 or 50 years ago, that you wrote a masters thesis about. That's relevant, and productive. /s

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Oh you're a troll. Fuck. I can't believe I fell for the bait. Honestly hats off to you genuinely impressive. Honestly if you didn't go full mask off alternate reality deranged I might not have realised. Very impressive work.

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  • [–] -4 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Nope, you Europeans just don't get it. You can't even take care of the far-right in your own countries, we don't need bad advice from you.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

    I'm sorry, but you were bringing up BlueAnon talking points, and that's why you were jokingly quoted as such. Russia is not behind the US Empire's downfall, that's been the gradual decay in imperialism and the dominance of Statesian finance capital. This is why a return to Marx and Lenin is necessary, otherwise conspiracy theory becomes the explanation for everything.

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  • [–] -4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    BlueAnon talking points

    I don't even know what that is, sounds like Conservative Propaganda Machine bullshit to me. A lot like TDS. Seriously, where do I go to hear these Blue Anon talking points?

    Russia is not behind the US Empire's downfall,

    And I did not say they were. I said they were heavily involved with election interference in the 2016, 20, and 24, and that they are the engine behind the global rise of far-right extremism. Those aren't some kind of "talking points," those are facts. There are lots of reasons for the downfall of America, from interruption of Reconstruction, to Dodge vs Ford, to the tax code re-write of 1974, and much more. Russia doesn't get credit for being the primary force behind the fall of America, but they have been a serious pressure point over the last 75 years, and especially the last 15.

    I don't know if I'd go as far as Marx & Lenin, but I'm certainly supportive of Democratic Socialist concepts.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    By BlueAnon, I mean the idea that Russia is behind the problems caused entirely by the US Empire's capitalist system. Russia has not been behind any serious election interference, and even if they were, the DNC is still a capitalist party and is also responsible for the US Empire's system.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    What will happen is candidates will tear each other apart and the winner will get all. Republicans unify behind whoever wins and will vote in lockstep. Cheering on the worst candidates thinking this won't happen is foolish.

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

    MAGA is already coming apart. They are a Cult of Personality, and will not survive without Trump as their leader. There will be conflicting messages and priorities, and they'll be attacking each other viciously and relentlessly. The Conservative Propaganda Machine will fracture, and start supporting different candidates, and different new conservative political models, MAGA will be desperately fighting to maintain power, etc. It will take them at least a couple of election cycles to get their shit together and become viable again, time when they can't really fight the Dems effectively.

    It will be a golden opportunity for the Dems, if they can keep their shit together, and maybe they will. Leadership has changed at the DNC, and they seem a bit more competent and winner focused than they have been for the last few decades. They've managed the amazing record of Democratic wins over the last year, and they are still going strong. The DHS shutdown continues, the gerrymandering battle is going well, and the Midterms look like it's going to be a vicious bloodbath for MAGA.

    It has always been clear that the Dems didn't really have to do anything but get out of MAGA's way, and they'd destroy themselves with their virtuosic incompetence. However, the Dems are actually doing a decent job of accelerating the MAGA downfall, so let's encourage that.

    Stop telling the Dems that we expect them to do nothing when they take back power. We don't expect nothing, we expect ACTION, and bold, strong, unforgiving action at that. MAGA is a proven National Security Threat, and needs to be harshly crushed and purged from our government, and our society. It has no place in our world any more than the KKK or the Nazis. We don't allow them to contribute to a moral society, and MAGA will join them. Dems need to understand that we won't tolerate politeness towards Traitors/ Racists/ Pedophiles, and we want to see them punished harshly, no matter how far up the food chain they are. NOBODY gets a pass.

    Stop saying that Trump and MAGA will get away with it, and make it crystal clear that we will not tolerate that. Any Dem who attempts to promote a policy of appeasement/ forgiveness/ "looking forward"/ etc. needs to lose their political career. If you aren't in Congress to fight, then get out, and make room for someone who is willing to fight.

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

    Obama promoted a policy of forgiveness/moving forward after bush killed a million people and he's still a major feature in the party. I want more out of the dems but if your expectations are them taking real action to punish republicans for their crimes idk what to tell you

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  • [–] -2 points 6 months ago

    Yeah, and Obama was an empty president who did literally nothing but make people feel good, and allow MAGA to rise. He sat there and watched Russia help MAGA influence the 2016 election, and did absolutely nothing about it but look irritated. Then his wife came out with the new Democrat losing game plan: "When they go low, we go high," which caused the Dems to lose a whole bunch of elections. Totally useless, yet somehow Biden managed to be worse.

    If we manage to fight hard enough to get them back into power, they WILL punish MAGA, or they will suffer right along with them. We didn't go to all this trouble TWICE, for them to squander it TWICE. They will do the job they are sent to DC to do, or else. We won't trust them a third time, we'll just deal with it ourselves, and the Dems will feel it, too, for their malfeasance.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    Hahahahahaha. You have fully drank Blue MAGA kool-aid that if everyone just gets behind Hillary and Kamala it will be fine.

    CIA Tucker will have the easiest dub of his life.

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

    What the fuck are you talking about? I'm not a Democrat, and I couldn't stand Hilary or Harris, or any other Democrat that has run for president in my lifetime. I just hated the Republicans even more. As much as Hillary and Harris turn my stomach, they aren't treasonous pedophiles like ALL MAGAs. I am not supporting them, or any other lame corrupt corporatist establishment Democrat.

    I'm supporting the Democrat who has a credible plan for crushing and purging MAGA, and prosecuting MAGA criminals, and intends to follow through on it.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    I like your optimism. Unfortunately we have to get past the fact that the current regime is setting up the option to cancel the vote. And why do you think they are replacing so many top military leaders? November will be very interesting without a doubt.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    The Midterms are impossible to rig, that's why they are pulling out all the voter suppression tactics, none of which are working, because the Dems are actually paying attention, and addressing the issues as they arise, unlike during the Obama or Biden administrations, where they averted their eyes, and literally pretended that nothing was going on, as we SCREAMED at them to LOOK!

    The Midterms are going to be a bloodbath, but the real battle is going to be post-election, when MAGA will claim that the Dems rigged the election (that they couldn't rig), and Mike Johnson will refuse to step aside or swear in the new Reps. It will be a true Constitutional Crisis.

    But we will get through that, the new Reps and Senators will take their places, and we will deal with the 2028 Presidential race, which MAGA will definitely attempt to rig. Hopefully, the Dems will stop it, and won't accept the results of it is rigged, but we'll deal with that then.

    As for the military, I'm not too worried about them. He just got banished from an important planning meeting of military leaders, because he was in there screaming and calling them losers because two American pilots were missing, and he was worried about how it would make HIM look. Picture that, Trump exercising his ego, screaming his lunatic nonsense at trained experienced professional soldiers, pissing them off until they finally became so insubordinate that they removed his ability to call the shots in his own military operation? That's practically a coup.

    They are all getting fired because they are refusing to carry out his orders, and that is going to continue. Every time he fired a competent moral military leader, he weakens his side, and strengthens the opposition. Those people didn't spend their lives defending America, climbing the ranks in a notoriously difficult system, only to be tossed aside by a Traitor Pedophile. They aren't sitting at home, sipping drinks on the veranda in their retirement, as the nation they defended burns down around them. You think they haven't been talking to each other, making contingency plans?

    IF the future of America comes down to a violent Civil War, our side will have military competence, while their side will have unqualified loyalists.

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

    The Midterms are impossible to rig, that’s why they are pulling out all the voter suppression tactics, none of which are working, because the Dems are actually paying attention, and addressing the issues as they arise, unlike during the Obama or Biden administrations, where they averted their eyes, and literally pretended that nothing was going on, as we SCREAMED at them to LOOK!

    I really don't see this. The DNC and GOP are both on the side of capital, and the DNC seems to be fighting over whether or not Hasan is the devil.

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

    No, those are your issues. I've seen a tiny bit about Hasan, but I have no idea what it's about, and it certainly isn't where the Democratic party is spending their time.

    The Dems just voted to deny an arms package to Israel, something that never would have happened even a few months ago. That signals a massive change in attitude.

    They let the current shutdown continue, even when it became a MASSIVE Spring Break problem in the airports, after surrendering immediately when it happened last Fall.

    Those are two serious and concrete examples of improvements that would not have happened before. It's a start, and we have to encourage them to keep it up.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    It's also not nearly enough, they seem to be fine with the war on Iran and the embargo on Cuba, for example, beyond a few vocal people. The DNC cannot be reformed into a working class party.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    Well I'd like to believe that, but for every competent person he fires, he replaces them with a loyalist and he hasn't had a problem finding people to serve in his cult. Look at ICE. His own personal gestapo. The military follows orders. They demonstrated that when they reported for duty in Democratic states. Also think of the monumental consequences of disobeying an order.

    I hope your right. If they don't find a way to stop the election, they will get trounced.

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

    How loyal are they really? They came up in the same system their fired boss did. They probably have a loyalty to their boss, and have probably even had the talk with the boss about what to do when he gets fired.

    I suspect a lot of those who took over aren't going to go along with atrocities against Americans either, they just haven't had to prove it yet.

    And now we're hearing about them tossing the Commander-In-Chief out of the room when there is real work to be done. They are already operating essentially independently from him. I also hear that they all hate Hegseth, every one of them. I am also hearing reports of soldiers at bases around the world resisting any talk of going to Iran. MAGA isn't as in control of this military as they think they are.

    When it comes down to firing on American citizens, I doubt they'll do it. If they don't, it's a big problem for MAGA. And if they do fire on American citizens, for ANY reason, it's a BIG problem for MAGA.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I kind of don't think they would fire on Americans, at least I hope not, but I believe this administration will push that as far as it can and so far with Congress approving everything, they've gone much further than I thought they would. I'm scared. I hope you're right.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    MAGA won't reject their "values" so they'll flock with the next charismatic leader. They are not going nowhere.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    And just who is that "charismatic" leader? Nobody is going to release the endorphins like Trump did. Anyone else will be a poor imitation.

    They can't even decide who has a decent shot in 2028. There is literally not a single viable candidate to take over for Trump, and that's by design. MAGA wants to set it up so there is no natural successor to Trump, so all they can do is elect him again, no matter what the Constitution says.

    Then when he gets 98% of the vote, they'll say that the people have spoken, and have demanded that Trump remain our president, the Constitution Be Damned!

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    Next candidate will emerge. Won't be like Trump but will carry all the values he had to win, mainly hate for the brown gay trans muslim commies.

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

    That's not good enough. MAGA became powerful because Trump had this weird charisma that attracted as many people as it repelled. He grew MAGA into a powerhouse based on his personality alone, not his policies. He has no concrete policies other than whatever nonsense he can improve at the moment.

    MAGA is a classic Cult of Personality. He can get away with saying the insane shit he says, but nobody else can. Most of the time when a MAGA says something crazy, they all hold their breath for a moment, until Trump weighs in, then they know what to believe. It all comes down to him, and if he's out, his influence will wane.

    As long as he's alive, he can still influence policy, especially if the Dems are in power, like during the Biden presidency. Trump was still the defacto leader of the party, even though he held no office. But he was able to wield power only because MAGA still had the Congressional majorities. If the Dems control the White House AND Congress, then his influence will be minimal. He'll bark a lot, but few will listen, and those few will have little to no power.

    And when he dies, his influence will die with him, and so will MAGA.

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

    Tucker is a two faced bootlicking shill

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  • [–] 68 points 6 months ago (33 children)

    Carlson also spent last week ranting about how the "civic religion" of elites is Israelism (whatever the hell that means). And he backed up that conclusion with the old "If you want to know who rules over you, just look for who you are not allowed to criticize", which is a quote from a Neo Nazi.

    He's a bad actor who launders white nationalist talking points. He goes where he thinks his audience wants him to go. Don't give him credit for finally changing his rhetoric against Trump. It won't last.

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  • [–] [S] 48 points 6 months ago (23 children)

    Obviously Carlson isn't a good guy all of a sudden. What's interesting is that there is clearly a split in maga now because war on Iran turned out to be such an utter debacle.

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  • [–] 29 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

    The split seems to have started with the Epstein files and It's starting to grow. I'm curious to see how overt it will become. Will it simply result in lower republican voter turnout? Or will a high number of former allies in government start to turn on him?

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I think Trump's days are numbered after Epstein and Iran debacles. And it's almost certain that Carlson is angling to grab a chunk of the base when the infighting get serious.

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

    People (&the media) have been saying his days are numbered for literal years and the 'split' 'gap' 'break' 'riff' in his base is just another talking point for clicks in most news articles.

    All I'm saying is, I'll believe it when I see it.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 6 months ago

    If there's one thing his base cares about it's gas prices, and they're going to be going through the roof once the actual shortages start to hit. So far it's just been market speculation driving them because tankers take a while to arrive. The shipments that were supposed to leave when the strait was closed would've been arriving in the next week or so, and when that doesn't happen that's when the real fun starts. I just don't see how he's going to climb out of the hole he dug for himself here.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (16 children)

    There's always a split in maga.

    First it was the epstein stuff, then it was tarrifs, then it's the iran war.

    But they keep forgiving him and bowing down. I've reached the conclusion that maga are unsalvagable as people.

    You can find the most angry violent hateful dog, and rehab them into being a better happier dog. I used to think you could do the same with maga.

    Nope.

    They're so braindead that they'll accept ANYTHING he does. Anything.

    Place tarrifs? Booooooo......oh, alright.

    Rape kids? Boooooo.......oh, alright.

    Raise gas prices? Boooooooo......oh, alright.

    Go to war? Boooooo.......oh, alright.

    Break into my house, and rape my wife? Boooooooo..........oh, alright.

    I made that last one up, but stand by the fact that's exactly how it would play out if trump went door to door raping peoples wives right in front of them.

    These people are mentally absent and morally bankrupt.

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  • [–] [S] 18 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    What you're missing here is that people treat politics as sports ball when they fail to connect it to their daily lives. As the economic situation in the US continues to decline, Trump supporters will start having problems paying their bills and making ends meet just like everyone else. They will turn on him, and it will get ugly. What Carlson is most likely doing here is setting himself up as an alternative, and he'll harness that anger for his own purposes.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I read a story maybe 2 months ago where farmers in Idaho had everyone they hired on their farm deported from an ICE raid. Without cheap labor, they were forced to sell their farm. The farm owners said they realized it was trumps policies that did this.

    There was a different story involving a family owned lumbermill. It had been family run for over a century. It wasn't ICE raids, but some other new policy trump enacted.

    In both cases, they were trump voters. Full on maga. They admitted it was trumps fault. They also said they'd vote for him again.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Like that braniac Argentine that can't pay her bills and plans on voting Milei. I had a conversation today with a client who is extremely naïve, poor, and entitled, but one thing we agree, all these people on the Hill and in positions of influence promoting them are probably drugged out of the galaxy.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (10 children)

    I know a couple of ex-maga. Now they're Blue maga.

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  • [–] -3 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    They actually want to make America great again, by taxing billionaires out of existence, breaking up all monopolies, punishing greedy CEOs the French way, boosting union memberships, blowing up all oil pipelines and refineries, and bringing down the current capitalist banking system?

    Just guessing lol

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  • [–] -3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Well, that describes me.....but can we not call it "blue maga"? Not loving that name.

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

    Blue MAGA already has a well established definition and has for over a decade

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

    He's only changing it outwardly because he's losing money finally. He smells MAGA going down relatively soon and wants to distance himself so he can run in 2028.

    This smug white nationalist fuck will get what he deserves.

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  • [–] -3 points 6 months ago

    Losing money how? Tucker was already going against the establishment even before the current war. Look at the 5th and final episode of his 9/11 documentary last year, where he interviews John Kiriakou: https://rumble.com/v70k53m-the-911-files-from-tragedy-to-tyranny-ep-5.html

    I wouldn't trust Tucker or anyone to be president, but I like that Tucker at least admits his mistakes, including his mistake of opposing the 9/11 truth movement and being rude to them. He pretty much turned against the establishment after he was fired from Fox. He did dumb political hatchet jobs for years, then finally started to make real programmes.

    I can't yet see how Tucker would run for president as soon as 2028. What would he do, apologise to republicans, tone down his criticism of the war, and tone down his support for the 9/11 truth movement? I can't imagine a 9/11 truth president just yet. Anything is possible tho.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    "Israelism" = Zionism.

    I never even thought I'd say this, but if he really said "Israelism", he may be one of the few right-wing people who aren't committing the gravest form of antisemitism: conflating all Jews and the Jewish faith as a whole with the sins of Israel the state, its leaders and its supporters.

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  • [–] -3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    "If you want to know who rules over you, just look for who you are not allowed to criticize"

    What is wrong with this statement? Geniune question.

    In China you are not allowed to criticize the central government.

    In north korea, you are not allowed to criticize the Kim Jong Un government.

    In South Korea you were not allowed to criticize KMT during the 40 year dictatorship backed by the US.

    In the US and Germany, you lose your job or funding or get kicked out of uni or lose your Visa or get jailed if you criticize Netanyahu or Israel.

    Someone please explain what is wrong with this statement, it's a genuine question.

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

    You're not allowed to criticize orphans either. They don't rule over you, they just have it hard enough already and really don't need the criticism.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago*

    This is based on the assumption that orphans are underprivileged and aren't capable of harming others. Which I agree with.

    But Israel isn't underprivileged. They definitely are capable of harming others and continue to do so everyday.

    Orphans don't train dogs to rape other people.

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

    OK but how can anyone trust a guy who literally defended himself in court by saying that a reasonable person wouldn't believe him?

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    He did whatever he thought was going to make him the most amount of money.

    He's still doing it.

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