Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

@Background Pony #5021
I mean, you did go WAAAAAAAAAAY out there in terms of spreading fearmongering/terror and such.

As long as that post is up in its current form, the BP only causing chaos on this already unharmonious thread.

I know there are a lot of bad things that are gonna happen in the next four years, but that doesn’t mean we should give into fear.

@BlueYoshi
Thank you.
Sorry again.

@Background Pony #5021
Jesus fucking Christ. I know shit seems pretty dire right now, but that’s no excuse to go around and spread the kind of fear-mongering that wouldn’t be out of place on a goddamn 4chan forum.

Like, holy shit. Stop.

@Background Pony #5021
Did that come from Alex Jones?

New FCC chair reinstates complaints about bias from left leaning sources while ignoring the ones on Fox news.

Welp, guess speech isn’t as free as the right says it’s supposed to be. In other news the sun is bright, water is wet and the GOP party needs to eat shit.

The Bishop who plead to Trump to show mercy to the less fortunate is now saying she’s receiving death threats.

But don’t it a cult.

@Dustcan
That’s fucked up.

Worse. It’s MAGA.

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Overnight Trump has fired 17 inspector generals across many agencies, including the departments of State, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Education, Labor and Defense, as well as the Small Business Administration, the U.S. Energy Corp., and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Supposedly this is an illegal act since it violates some law about firing without giving a 30 day notice, but boy oh boy I do love that we now get to play another “Do laws matter anymore? Trump Edition” as we continue to live under a convicted felon president.

By the by this is also another thing directly called for by Project 2025. Get rid of watchdogs and install your cronies in their place. I wonder where the dipshits who said this wouldn’t happen are now? Jorking themselves raw, of course.

@Dustcan
Remind me again how congress is suppose to be a check and balance for the president, because I’m not seeing it at the moment.

@Dustcan
I just talked about Schedule F but Mods nuked the post of mine.

At least someone else is bringing it up here.

Anyway, the Oil Industry is being fucking cartoonishly evil to no one’s surprise.

“The U.S. has accused an Israeli private investigator of orchestrating a hacking campaign that targeted American climate activists. Extradition hearings for the private investigator, Amit Forlit, were held at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London.”

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Fuck ExxonMobil and other companies like it.

I’m betting that the CEO’s of those Corporations are usuals at Rump and Musk Rat’s wine parties.

@BlueYoshi
This.

Hey y’all, name’s Strange Kitten. Here to help you navigate through this difficult time. I have key advantages many others don’t. I’m disabled, and as such, able to devote my time to following things closely. I also have a mole - my mom is a Trump supporter and, while she’s banned from X, she does follow things over on “Truth” Social. Thus, I’m able to get a lot of insights into the MAGA perspective while being on the opposite side myself. It honestly feels like my life has been a lead-up to this time, with so much in favour of me being able to help people through it.

You guys aren’t the only people I’ve seen feeling despair and fear. Know that you’re not alone in those feelings.

But, let’s put on our thinking caps and try to look at things logically. I don’t think they’re going to be successful in going after anyone who isn’t an undocumented immigrant because undocumented immigrants are the only class of people not protected by the Constitution. And trying to amend the Constitution is near impossible at this point - It requires a two-thirds majority in Congress or at a national convention to propose an amendment, and a three-fourths majority of state legislatures or state conventions to ratify it. So, despite how dire things seem, I think worrying about anyone other than undocumented immigrants being rounded up is really jumping the shark. I hate that they’re going after undocumented immigrants as it is, but the people who were born here are protected by the Constitution itself.

Pushback is growing. Some places are refusing to go after undocumented immigrants. So this fight alone is likely not going to be smooth sailing for Trump, and could very well be enough to exhaust him. Trump and Musk are people who are used to always getting their way. They’re about to find out that ain’t so easy when it comes to governing. There are a lot of roadblocks that will stand.

Things appear scary at the moment, because everyone is currently in alignment with Trump. That won’t last. He couldn’t keep the White House staffed during his first term, and the vast majority of people who worked for him quit, turned around and said he was awful. And that’s gonna happen again. Trump doesn’t just push the buttons of the vulnerable - he pushes the buttons of everyone. Eventually, a conflict of interest will arise and there will be fighting. I just read an article about how far behind Musk is of his lofty goal to cut 2 trillion, and he looked absolutely exhausted. Even he will leave eventually. And maybe that’ll lead to better things long-term. Musk and Zuckerberg are on the far-right and allow far-right hate speech on their platforms. Imagine what could happen when they, as well as their users, get put off by all the awfulness. Dare I say, they may just stop and change their ways.

Know also, that midterm elections and the 4-year-term-limit are Constitutionally enshrined. So, many of you are scared that Trump and/or Vance will be president forever? Not gonna happen. A blue tsunami in 2026, though? The second the election was over, people began searching for “What are tariffs” and “Can I change my vote?” The regret is already there, and it’s only going to increase as grocery prices don’t go down. So the odds of Democrats being able to take a big step in in a couple years are looking good.

Recall that after Bush Jr’s second term, we got Obama. The gay marriage debate used to be a hot-button issue, until Obama made it federally legal. After Trump’s first term? Biden stepped in and immediately said trans rights. So hold onto hope and try not to give into despair. Things will get ugly, but past precedent says they will get better afterwords.

Oh hey, remember Dusty Deevers?

The disgusting Christofascist is still at it:

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Fuck that guy, he likely has some illegal shit stored in his computer.

@CaptainXtra
Practically a guarantee that he does at this rate.

Reminds me of the Trump bible from last year or the year before that, which is what I think they’re satirizing. As a christian, it shows how little they respect the book they claim to follow. They misuse it as a weapon instead of learning its lessons, and are more than willing to make the grand sin of re-writing God’s words (something I theorized isn’t new, just done less subtly by these clowns).

Yeah, and after Biden we got Trump. Again.

And not even a full week in and Trump has already reversed most if not basically every one of Biden’s advancements. Insulin price caps? Gone. Medicare and Medicaid expansion? Gone, and set to be reversed. Union empowerment? Gone. Reduced inflation? Gone. Normalized relations with our allies? Gone.

Seems like the only lasting impact of Biden’s presidency is, appropriately enough, Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. Of which I have 0 doubt that Brandon will look at and think “Worth it”.

The thing is he is definitely setting up a team of loyalists. I’m not living in fear anymore. It is the exact truth of what is happening here.

@Meanlucario
They don’t respect it whatsoever. Much like my mom mentioned not liking watching things about Jesus, they have abandoned Christ in favour of whatever poor excuse for “Christianity” they claim to believe in. They are truly lost souls.

God bless Bishop Mariann Budde for bravely showing them what the faith is really about.

I have to agree with you on this. It’s always going to be the loudest ones that have skeletons in their closet.

Like, I feel like there’s going to be serious pushback on what he wants in his state. I’m not from Oklahoma, but this is clearly going to the extreme. I might as well say going hardcore puritan at what he’s trying to pull off.

@Background Pony #F6E5
Incels aren’t gonna be able to access their prawnz if he gets that through and hoo boy I do not want to be him if that happens

@Background Pony #D9FA
Same folks who yell about minorities eating dogs happily endorse someone who shoots them for the shits and giggles.