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Heather T.'s avatar

I'm not even going to ask if this can get more disastrous. Of course it can.

Kathryn Travers's avatar

Worrying about the Maggots, David is a waste of time. There are so many more of the rest of us and that is what matters. Getting all of us motivated, activated and using our collective anger to turn this ship around is where our attention should be razor focused. Justin Pearson, Tennessee representative, gave a fiery speech a few days ago regarding the massive gerrymander there in particular to Memphis, that should anyone not have seen/heard it, should! It will inspire the will to fight for what is right and not back down. Look him up and "We Are Still Here". It is riveting!! So, make calls, write emails, protest even if there isn't an organized event, don't be silent!!! It is up to us. This is OUR AMERICA!!!! We must fight for our freedoms, the right to vote for everyone, and a government that is by and for the people!! NO TO FASCISM!!!!!!!!!

Michele's avatar

It got so bad in Tennessee that ones of KKK types called one of the black legislators "boy".

Patricia Davis's avatar

No behavior or action change , the writing has been on the wall boldly since before the ‘downed escalator ‘. Perfected timing by grifted stink tanks. The people who drug their feet NOT stopping it were already a part of the ‘merica’s golden heist..shadowed dickheads… oh that was dockets…excuse me.

The forgotten ‘’you’ll never have to vote again” was well in progress. And the Blue Wave, we hope for ,is already undermined , you think heads are spinning now?

You’ve been had! And voted for it! And Congress left the room with Elvis.

It took Germany 12 years..the ends were messy…..

David's avatar

Will the MAGATS realize he doesn't think about them?

Heather T.'s avatar

Will they even care? As long as Democrats are "illegitimate" the world is hunky dory, it seems...

Jay Wilson's avatar

Beneath all this doom and gloom--there is some good news, or at least "I told you so" news.

Remember the Trump Bros T1 gold phone saga that was launched with glorious patriotic fanfare, claiming “Made in USA” and funded by patriots' $100 deposits, then slowly dissolving into delays, rewritten fine print, and mysteriously downgraded promises about where — or whether — the thing would ever be made. Is this really a surprise?

Somewhere between meme coins, NFTs, and the daily firehose of bullshit, the “gold MAGA phone” barely even registers anymore — just another shiny object launched into the culture war,

As for the clueless MAGATs -- that's today's schadenfreude...

Harold Rhenisch's avatar

We can draw a line between the list of Trump's guests, his desire for making a deal, and his desire to get China to help with Iran. The line might easily be that China can make deals with these men, pressure Iran to help Iran's friend China, and these men will profit from their Chinese production without any of it being cycled through the US. And that's scary stuff. But there it is. He doesn't need to think about the American people. There is a strong chance that they are being sidelined in real time and can keep their illusions to boot.

Julie Bannerman's avatar

The audacity of hopelessness - what the MAGA cult and its allies in power offer the losers in their new world order, which are most of us.

“America First” is putting Americans last, with exceptions for the corrupt and ultra rich who are useful to the regime.

This is so far beyond Democrats vs. Republicans/MAGA. Opponents of the regime’s ongoing coup to overthrow our constitutional republic need new language to frame the fight.

Harold Rhenisch's avatar

The President of the US considers himself a statesman in the same way that Hitler considered himself an artist. Here's a chilling painting. As usual, it lacked people, as Hitler couldn't draw people. He just didn't understand them enough to get even basic lines right. But if you look at this traditional Bavarian painting as a portrait of Hitler's mind, it is revealing, and not just of Hitler. Note the botched lake level, the nationalist trees (straight out of romantic painting traditions and losing their leaves, yet), the drawbridge leading to them, and the looming, frightening, frozen, garbled landscape of his madness looming out of the background and both feeding it and about to take it all away, because winter is coming. For a visual image of Trump's mind, this can sit beside his golden statue and the pit of his ballroom. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adolf_Hitler_-_Gebirgssee_%281910%29.jpg

Kathryn's avatar

Honestly, I’m starting to feel like JD might be an improvement over the current f-ups. Maybe China could just let this whole plane load of “leaders” indefinitely??

Heather T.'s avatar

Nonono not jd...

Kathryn's avatar

Heather, I get it! But…. 😬 At least he might not have Congress completely mesmerized.

Michele's avatar

Kathryn, Couch Boy has hardly anyone mesmerized. I think death star is probably enjoying the competition between him and the utter suck up, Rubio.