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That pee tape must be fucking bonkers.
It has to be something embarrassing to ivanka. Not him fucking her since he would be proud of that, but something else.
Anything else? That is fake news blah blah don’t worry he raped her after.
Lol, no. He only cares about himself.
She would take half his wealth in the divorce
He didn’t say Melania. Go re-read it, and sorry in advance for the squick.
I see. There are enough pedophiles on the right that I can understand making that fucked up joke though
It must be a poo tape
Any blackmail tape doesn’t explain everyone else also following in step.
Remember when the DNC emails got hacked and released? They weren’t the only party who got hacked.
Exactly. Putin has leverage on almost the entire GOP. Additionally, I’m pretty sure this is all stuff they want to do anyway. It’s easy to blackmail people into doing something they already want to do.
So, fucking do something about it.
Got any suggestions?
We’re in this mess because First Past The Post (FPTP) voting inherently results in a two-party system, which in turn creates polarization and extremism.
To create lasting, meaningful change we need to move away from FPTP to Rank Choice (my preference) or Proportional Representation. Thankfully, the voting process is determined at the local level (state, county, or city depending on your location) which means the goons taking over the federal government will have a much more difficult time resisting this change.
We need people in local governments pushing for this change. Once we’re off FPTP a lot of other changes are going to be easier to make.
Did you just get out of a time machine from 2015? The constitution is broken and our government has been captured by bad actors. Shuffling around the deck chairs of voting systems isn’t going to un-crash the Titanic…
How does that help anything?
As an example, republican legislators can target state institutions that resist Trump’s executive orders. Things like cutting state funding for not complying with his DEI nonsense as a double whammy, or ordering state police to support ICE.
They also know it’s open season for regressive laws right now, look at bills targeting LGBT and abortion rights. These will face almost no opposition all the way up to the SCOTUS as federal civil rights protections are dismantled.
And don’t forget that your state and local governments oversee elections. The false elector plots in 2020 were enabled by these people.
Now this is an interesting idea that I would like to learn more about. Any recommended sources or efforts to get this done underway that you are aware of and willing to share?
Unfortunately no organized national movement that I know of. I only hear about individual pushes on specific people
I do, some less savory ones but the “correct” ones are to unite and help, via a grassroots movement to mobilize the population. Show solidarity, and help groups organize to defend democracy.
Find some of your local republican law makers and “encourage” them to disown their party or quit. I’ll let you choose your methods, but “protesting” would be a weak choice. When you hit them at home, they start to get worried this shit might come back on them.
Hard to believe the famous quote by Malcolm X for civil rights is now relevant for democracy; you know which one.
The one from 1964? I know it well.
Not a yank, just someone who will be affected by American fascists.
No one wants fascism except the ruling class
A large number of Americans far removed from the ruling class want fascism. They want it because they’d been propaganda-brainwashed, and their feelings are hurt if you call it fascism, but they mos def want it.
They don’t want anything except to hurt liberals. Literally nothing matters to trump supporters/the American right other than hurting the people they don’t like. I am American, and live in a red state. The Republican Party gives 0 shits about anything expect for lining their pockets. Their supporters don’t care as long as what they do hurts women/children/gays/black people/immigrants/trans/anyone that isn’t a straight white man.
Brainwashed, yes. Want actual fascism? No.
We all have suggestions, but we get banned for saying them. So, instead of trying to get people banned, maybe suggest your own solutions.
Maybe we need to start moving to instances where we won’t be banned for saying that stuff.
Isn’t the fediverse supposed to be resistant to censorship?
Theoretically yes, but the mods can still be corrupt. For example, we could go to your, ML, and be censored for talking about China in any way but positive. Even if it is pointing out the very very real event that happened at Tiananmen Square. Or, that China is not in the slightest bit communist.
Perhaps they will yell at me about genocide in order to get me not to vote so that Trump will win and they will be successful in overthrowing the west?
So, yes…. We ALL need to find an instance with no mods. There may be some rough talk, but at least we would be free.
That’s called 4chan. You want 4chan.
We can have an open place to talk here too. The problem is who controls what is allowed, and what are their motivations? What we need is an instance that doesn’t allow signups, or community creation. Anyone can participate, but if can’t be defederalized because of bad users, like ML, hexbear, etc.
With no moderation (except spam), a small group of mods cannot control the message.
Can’t have the kind of free speech you’re hoping for, on a public forum, without also welcoming Nazis and child molesters and long rants about Lizard-people.
And I’m saying that would just be a 4chan clone and that’s bad for a list of reasons I shouldn’t even need to rehash
I have listed some general descriptions of things that I am doing that I have seen to make a positive impact on others, my community and myself that I feel could be accessible to others in another comment elsewhere on this post. I also am making a mostly open offer of support to anyone trying to make a difference in the form of resources, time, energy, listening, etc when I am able to offer it, with the conditions lined out in the post (be acting in good faith mostly)
Ever notice how when democrats are in power you never catch republicans being like “well what are we supposed to do?” They do absolutely everything in their power to continue to push their agendas. The Democrats and other liberals should stop being big useless babies and actually DO WHAT THEY WERE ELECTED TO DO IDK
Democrats are loving it right now.
See my comment elsewhere in this thread for my response to a similar question asked in a different way.
Not too much can be done, since a ton of the country sat with their thumbs up their asses instead of voting. Republicans control all three branches of government now.
In two years, after permanent damage has been done to the government, the climate, and the economy, we may have another shot at at least slowing things down via Congress IF people actually vote for sane people.
And in four, potentially a new presidency and Congress. But that could be dicy, since there’s going to be little stopping corrupt officials from screwing with democratic safeguards now that the government is teeming with freaks and degenerates under its skin.
Aside from lawsuits from Democrats, I think the federal government is going to be in complete freefall for the next two years, bare minimum. Thanks fascists and nonvoters. You really fucked the entire world this time. Fucking malicious idiots.
Because over half of this country has been convinced that acting against their own interests is in their own interests as long as they “win” some fantasy game. “We showed them!”
They can vocally and actively criticize the DNC leadership for being controlled opposition. Bernie is doing it, why isn’t everyone else?
Because everyone else knows that criticism isn’t action. I think it’s safe to assume that no mountain was ever moved because someone criticized it enough.
A lone voice of reason. Everyone wants to be lazy in November then expect the people who have no power to do something for them in March.
Talk about passing the buck.
The Democrats need to give voters a reason to go out and vote. The choose the lesser evil reason and keep the status quo isn’t enough.
This is the laziest fucking bullshit excuse every time. Crying up a storm when a fucking literal fascist is on the ticket with an understanding that the guardrails are basically fucking gone and going “Yea, but they didn’t give me a reason to go”
Guess what buttercup? You want “action now!” I was trying to drum up action when all that was needed was standing in line for maybe a couple hours and putting your vote in and half these leftists going “We gotta do something!” couldn’t be faffed to show up at that line in the sand.
And before “But Biden” or “But Harris”, my beating the drum to vote is for your local shit every day where you have FAR MORE control than the DNC but statistics show you probably weren’t even aware when these were.
So no… I’m not rallying to y’alls cries because you’ve proven you’ll be fair weather allies at best and probably stay home expecting someone else to save your asses. And when the fire gets tough, those that I know who stayed home can’t expect me to lift a finger to help them either because I’ll be busy helping those that at least could do the bare fucking minimum to try to course correct instead of just acting smug.
Our society is about to get what it deserves. I feel bad for the 1/3 that did show up and tried. The rest can go to hell for all I care.
IDK. When Hitler was on the ballot, I feel the lesser of two evils was a sufficient reason to vote for the social democrats.
Whether the democrats did or not- the conservatives DEFINITELY gave you a reason to. There was NO excuse to not vote AGAISN’T what they promised would come. So, those that chose not to- have no excuse that carries anywhere near enough value it would take to buy them out of taking responsibility for where we are now.
The democrats may have run a bad campaign, there’s little to argue there. But a bad campaign is NO excuse to allow conservatives to take over our democracy. They told us exactly what they would do. We all knew they would do this.
You didn’t have to vote FOR democrats, but you absolutely should have voted AGAINT the end of democracy.
That’s just bullshit, all repeating this does is enable people to not vote by blaming the democrats. Inactions have consequences and anyone who stayed home instead of vote is as much to blame for the current situation.
In two years there might not be elections.
Is your plan to just lay down and die?
So what’s your plan?
Agitate liberals until they realize they can’t wait until the next election to act. I can’t do shit by myself, but if all the liberals who are sitting around waiting for elections realized they have to act now we’d have a chance.
So… your plan to fix the problem that we were put in because ninety million people didn’t vote, and over three million people chose to vote third part is to….
Agitate people?
You agitated the shit out of everyone on the right AND left all the way through November. How’s that work for you?
Everyone had their chance to act. That was back in November- with all the people that were trying to save democracy by voting. Those people who sat hope with their thumbs up their asses can enjoy the fruit of their smug entitlement.
“Agitating people”
……ROFL. Have fun storming that castle.
But to reiterate,
So what’s your plan?
You say “they have to act now” but what actions need to be taken?
Are you saying mass protest? Armed rebellion? What are you suggesting?
I think work stoppages and militant mass strike action would be more effective. The right cares about their bottom line. Hurt their business interests and they’ll crumble.
The AFL-CIO should be aligning their contract dates for May 1st 2028. They should be organizing solidarity strikes and boycotts. They should recognize the NLRB is effectively dead in the water and begin planning for being made illegal. They should be arming their workers and encouraging armed picketing.
If Democrats weren’t worthless, they’d use their close connections with the AFL-CIO to help organize. But they won’t, because that would hurt their business interests too.
So we have to do it ourselves.
You say the democrats are “worthless” when they were the ones that got out and voted. The far left is notorious for sitting their smug, entitled asses at home- protesting for single-issue bullshit while everyone else busts their ass to stand in the way of a dictator-
They you have the fucking nerve to come here land lay blame at the feet of others?
That’s some Olympic-level mental gymnastics.
People need to prepare for the violence that is coming. Really worried this could get really ugly. Lets hope not.
What are you doing then?
Personally I’ve been: connecting to local mutual aid networks and engaging loved ones in community efforts, offering what time, energy and resources I can to these causes; preparing myself and others for disaster by stocking up on staples and anything you need every day or is otherwise important such as water and important medicine; encouraging better decision making and critical thinking by providing tools, resources, and support that allows others to decide what is right for them I.e. give examples of steps they can take to help others and end the cyclical perpetuation of harm and brainstorm ways that they can get their needs met more effectively and ethically.
This is not everything I do but it’s what feels most accessible to the largest number of people to me. This is just my perspective but for what it’s worth I’m much, much happier the more I do to really live in my values, I feel my actions and beliefs are more consistent than before and I get so much positive feedback that is validating and encouraging. I am privileged in many ways and I recognize that, I have suffered and struggled but I still have a lot to be grateful for and I am trying to use that to maximize benefit for those without as much privilege who need it most while I still have access to some resources and the energy and connections to utilize them, while also doing internal and external work with professional support folks and in my personal life to stop perpetuating harm and instead making positive change in ways I have control over like how I communicate and what I give my time to.
Eta: I know I’m not who you asked but I responded as if you were asking because you feel frustrated and scared like I do and want to know what others are doing to help the situation. I hope you weren’t just asking as a gotcha.
It’s all theatrics.
“And what are you gonna do about it?” - Putin, probably
So Democrats are going to act now? Or just everyone tweet the same image and do nothing while oligarching?
Cool. Are they gonna act like it, or should I expect more texts asking me to donate?
McCarthy is turbo-rolling in his grave right now. The cemetery ground trembles from the diesel storm raging beneath.
Arm of Knesset lashes out at arm of Kremlin.
Oh no accusations! We’ve got them now!
It is an arm of the US aristocracy
No lies detected!
only it took you dumb fucks 39 days to figure it out.
In fairness, so did a large portion of Americans. Unfortunately, half of us are dumb as fuck and still won’t believe it.
The Republicans are total ghouls, no doubt. But they are consistent on the matter of Russia. They support the Israelis as they’re doing their atrocities, while supporting Russia. The Democrats are schizo on the matter, supporting the Israelis while they brutalize the occupied Palestinians, while pretending to be anti-colonial when it comes to Russia.
The Republicans are total ghouls, no doubt. But they are consistent on the matter of Russia.
True. They are all traitors.
Cold War cosplay reaches Senate floor as Murphy rebrands DC as Little Moscow.
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