• forwhomthecattolls@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    so when the fuck do we stop accusing and start charging and arresting? I’m so sick of these headlines saying that “people are saying Trump bad! no way :3” like…what are we DOING about it though??

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      3 months ago

      Who’s going to charge and arrest him? The best we can hope for is massive nationwide protests or him failing to rig the election in 2028 and the next administration charging him if he doesn’t flee the Russia first

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        3 months ago

        Optimistic take: economic damage could lead to the Republicans losing the house and senate, followed by Trump’s impeachment.

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          That’s my hope but if they rig the election or refuse to vacate their seats after losing, it’ll require the police/military (where many officials have already been replaced by magat loyalists) to step in.

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        3 months ago

        I am aware that it’s wishful thinking. I feel the same way you do, but even an arrest is better than nothing. it will take protests, it will take oversight and everything that comes along with it to fix this, absolutely

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    3 months ago

    100%, its incredibly obvious.

    No, I was watching the bond market. The bond market is very tricky. I was watching it, but if you look at it now, it’s — it’s beautiful. The bond market right now is beautiful. But, yeah, I saw last night where people were getting a little queasy.”

    Hard to believe these are US Presidential quotes. Sounds more like some teenage barista smoking pot.

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    3 months ago

    Not market manipulation, he tweeted in the morning that it’s a good time to buy, we should’ve just trusted the orange man /s

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    3 months ago

    And nothing will happen. But i bet a new trans athlete will win 5th place in an event somewhere to divert magas attention.

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    Yeah, no shit. His first term was 100% him playing golf and using the treasury as his personal piggy bank, why the fuck would we expect anything different this time around? Wake me up when someone actually does something about it.

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    I mean it’s not like he went on Truth Social shortly before he announced the pause and told people it was a good time to buy stocks or anything… right?

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      3 months ago

      According to my mom, this is a good thing because he’s helping regular people make money in the stock market.

      The MAGAs are actually cheering this because they think they’re being invited into the club, when he’s just brushing some crumbs off the table for them to fight over in the alley.

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    Arrest his corporate benefactors for insider trading. They’ll find out loyalty is only one way, or worst case scenario pardoning clear criminal behavior goes on record

    If the conman-in-chief somehow made himself above every law, above Constitutional checks and balances, we have to start by removing the criminals that enable and support that, or worst case scenario take every opportunity to highlight it to low information voters

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    100% he is making bank off this. So are his buddies. What DOGE was all about, setting up the US Gov’t to be fleeced as a cash cow for the crime family. We need these criminals removed and full security audit on our entire gov’t computer system. Every US citizen is currently at risk due to negligence but these fools. That doesn’t even cover the extensive list of civil rights violations and oh…you know, constitution violations. But it matters not unless the are actual consequences. But money makes those go away.

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    I honestly don’t believe that trump is doing some intentional stock market grift. That would require foresight, planning, and self control despite ego.maybe someone gave hime some. Instructions or something but he sure as shit doesn’t care about those.

    Next up Republicans are gonna try to paint him as a loose “Pitt bull” when really he is just a loose cannon they can’t control.

    Their faces aren’t worth the cost of eggs

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    Is it 125% for China and 10% for everyone else currently?.. for 90 days?

    Or is it 10℅ across the board for 90 days?

    I’ll wait for his next tweet to make all my speculation pointless. Fuck this guy.

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      This is why countries need to make export tariffs in retaliation and leave them on during the chaos. Let the prices of everything in the US soar but allow them to collect none of it.

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      3 months ago

      Oh, you rather not hear how you’re getting fucked over just so that later you can be all outraged nobody told you?

      Get that “who cares” attitude out of here.

      We all care.

      Anyone who says it does not matter is a Russian bot for all I care.

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        Ignorance is bliss friend. At this point there isn’t much I can do but to protect mine and myself. We’re in a limbo period where folks aren’t mad enough to revolt, but are mad enough to be pissed off. We need to get a whole lot angrier before real action can happen. Holding up signs and being annoying isn’t going to affect real change with these people. So until the populace is at the angrier stage of things I don’t care to hear about all the illegal things the Trump admin does, I can’t possibly hate this guy more than I already do. All this info does is piss me off and ruin my day.

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          3 months ago

          Five million Americans protested on April 5th.

          Maybe if people like you actually showed instead of burying your head in the sand we’d have the results you are craving.

          If you are on the side of Justice, your stance is the wrong one to take.

          Solidarity is the right way forward. Take a break when it gets to be too much, but you cannot tune out just because you are upset.

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            What has holding signs accomplished? These protests are doing nothing. Trump is more emboldened than ever. Keep holding your pretty little signs and affecting no change. This isn’t the civil rights movement. I sit until we have the ability to change any of this. Boycotting is the best I can offer next to bullets.

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              I can only assume you are all bots meant to discourage people from protesting, and others would be wise to report and call out these accounts.

              What does protesting even do?

              1. That’s five million Americans standing in solidarity.

              2. That’s five million Americans connecting, organizing, and sharing resources.

              3. That’s five million Americans not shopping or working that day.

              4. That’s five million Americans being inspired to run for office and support others who are.

              5. These protests are only going to get bigger and bigger as the word spreads.

              Join them, or STFU about how nobody is doing anything.

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                That’s the problem with people like you. You just assume someone that doesn’t agree with your ineffective BS isn’t a real person. Keep protesting if you want IDC, but don’t be deluded into believing that will amount to real change against people that want those like us dead. Fascists don’t respond to peaceful protesting. Boycotting is much more effective than hitting the streets with signs. These cretins only respond to monetary loss.

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                  3 months ago

                  Guess what?

                  Boycotting instructions and lists of MAGA businesses to avoid are spread at the protests.

                  Maybe you would know that if you actually attended one instead of being lambasted on the internet over your idiocy.