A New Politics Thread

[phattymatty]

honestly worse (if that's possible).  he's an exploiter also, just saying whatever to get the braindead maga crowd behind him, but seems like he truly believes some of the awful nonsense that comes out of his mouth. trump just likes the cheers and applause.

[SD]

Vance couldn't get 50 people at his rally. He doesn't have trumps charisma to get MAGA in a frenzy.

[MDS]

im not even at that point of being able to comprehend 2028...the damage from this is going to be so extreme it almost doesnt matter.

really what i want is full scale destruction of american society, economic collapse, maybe another 9/11. burn it all down and let these people suffer for what they have inflicted on us

[Diomedes]

i can't decide whether or not vance would be an improvement. 

He's a demagogue, like Trump, not a Zealot, like Cruz.

Demagogues are more dangerous in a democracy.

But Vance has none of the canny, mobster-grade knack for bullying and grandstanding that Trump has, in spades.

So Trump is worse.  No one is following Vance into anything. 

[Diomedes]

im not even at that point of being able to comprehend 2028...

I don't believe there will be an election.  War, declaration of emergency, congress passes some illegal unconstitutional law extending his term, courts unable to stop it....

"A Republic, if you can keep it."

Well Ben, we couldn't.

[ice grillin you]

The next four years will be send everything to the Supreme Court and let's see what anyone can do about that

[Munson]

https://twitter.com/homiedino/status/1855639033235313025 46&t=SMD_81TvVT-H5sNwmpVLIQ

Abortion being a major issue wasn't the problem with the campaign. It's just dumb voters blaming Biden for inflation and a bunch of other things

[MDS]

by other things you mean the overt racism and misogyny of the american people

[Rome]

by other things you mean the overt racism and misogyny of the american people

I took a drive to see my daughter yesterday.  She lives about 90 miles from us, but after speaking with her on Saturday, I had a feeling she just needed to see her dad.  Turns out we both needed a hug after last week. 

Anyway, this exact point was made by her. It is shocking to many of us who live in red states to see that shtein coming from places up north we always assumed were more liberal/tolerant, etc.

Bottom line is nowhere is safe right now especially for her and her tribe.  We formulated a plan yesterday for her. She's keeping it on the DL for now, but suffice to say she's ready at a moment's notice.

It's not even heart-breaking at this point.  Enraging is more like it but here we are, folks. It's not like we didn't all know this was coming either.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Fox host Pete Hegseth is nominated for secretary of defense

What a group of unserious people

We are so farged

[Diomedes]

This is only the beginning

[PhillyPhreak54]

No doubt.

It is going to be a marathon of bullshtein.

[SD]

Russian asset Tulsi Gabbard named director of national intelligence

New attorney general is Matt Gaetz 

[Diomedes]

Of course they are.

Nothing is off the table.  Pardons for all Jan 6 traitors.  Withdrawal from NATO.  Nuking somewhere to prove we still can.  Elimination of Dept. of Education, EPA, etc.  Mass firing of federal employees in all manner of expert fields to be replaced with unqualified MAGA loyalists, etc., etc.  Declaration of Emergency if there are protests, MAGA State National Guard used to shoot them....  Commissioning a Nationwide militia of non-military combatants loyal to him, etc.  There are no stops.  He can do anything he wants.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yep. I'm not shocked at all.

McCarthy says out loud Gaetz was banging 17yr olds. And he resigns from Congress two days before the report was to be released.

Him and Cheeto Dick can talk about their pedo thoughts now.

Can't wait to see who he brings charges up on and how much Tulsi gives to Vlad.