Nah, he’s a weakling specifically chosen by Trump because he’s a weakling.

wtf are you talking about? He’s speed running his destruction of all checks and balances, blatantly expanding presidential powers to do things that were previously unthinkable. There is no tiptoeing to be seen, only large strides with little meaningful pushback.

I’m not worried about whoever takes over next, as the Republican party has been systematically purged of strong leadership by Trump. Maybe some extra slimy Democrat or Republican several years later will be able to capitalize on the damaged system better than Trump has, but immediately after he’s gone the GOP is fucked. Against a demoralized base and an energized opposition, someone like Vance will not be able to maintain power.

I really think many people underestimate Trump because recognizing his competence goes against some inherent beliefs they have about intelligence. They don’t want to believe that such an uncultured buffoon actually had the best political instincts out of anyone in Washington for the past decade. It’s easier to believe he’s a puppet who succeeded because of better men than to recognize what his actual political merits are. He deserves to stand next to Hitler or Mao as a person who, despite being an idiot in many respects, had exceptional political talents that allowed them to be a powerful dictator.

Nah, I’m not gonna agree to disagree like some reach across the aisle politician. I want this pathetic grifter run out of California politics permanently, or his behavior and positions will be the new standard. We need better supposed allies against Trump than a Trump wannabe.

And what does helping a grift do to stop that? Who will magically be won over by this? Will this ever make up for the leftists and progressives alienated, or are y’all just hoping we get properly purged by Trump?

One thing is certain: I definitely don’t belong anywhere in America, not because of Trump, but because of the Democrats.

So it becomes normalized on liberal side? Sure. What a great way to cede the future to feudalism. I really shouldn’t be surprised at this point.

The president shouldn’t do that, the governor shouldn’t do that, this only normalizes Trump. He’s not making a good point, he’s doing a self serving grift disguised as resistance.

Except there’s actual money involved in what would be an actual scam.

Why do you think calling Trump bizarre is some epic own? He’s a weirdo and that’s genuinely part of his appeal to MAGA.

All this does is help a fascist reject grift from desperate liberal boomers who are smart enough to dislike Trump, but dumb enough to think this will do anything positive.

but have you considered: it’s always the left’s fault?

Even if they had them, why would that be a good idea for anyone?

No, it’s not ƪ(˘⌣˘)ʃ

Holy fucking shit, you really didn’t understand my point and you never will. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised given you see the people who refuse to listen to concerns as the ones in the right. I hope one day you escape your own ass, but I’m not betting on it.

It’s literally more expensive. They just want homeless people to suffer and die

It honestly fits tho. It was an era of rising neoliberalism and technology, establishing the cyberpunk critique of the world we’re currently living.

As much as this is true, it’s the biggest lost cause of lost causes. Epstein is dead and Trump is currently abusing more immigrant children using the government than he ever abused with his bff. I get some MAGAts found the courage to voice their frustrations with him using a common hatred of Epstein, but even if he proudly abused kids on live TV tomorrow, it wouldn’t slow him down. The fascist media apparatus will probably adjust to make pedophilia a moot point long term, such that they’ll still get to accuse trans people of it while openly marrying children.

They’ve always been this way. They’ve always projected their own crimes onto others without any repercussions. People waking up to Trump and Epstein isn’t actually that tied to Trump’s friendship with Epstein

Have you ever considered that maybe ignoring the anti genocide criticisms contributed to the Democrats’ loss in 24? Have you ever considered that telling much of their base to stop complaining about it was not wise electoral politics? Have you ever considered that banning social media popular with the youth for doing the same spying that all corporate social media does was a bad idea? Did you even notice that they downplayed the severity of economic suffering, allowing Trump’s anti solutions to be the only electoral voice to real pain? (it’s the economy stupid!!!)

Trump won because the Democrats lost. They suck at being popular because corporate allegiance ties their hands from providing a populist alternative to fascism. They made so many tactical errors and have done nothing to course correct. I don’t need to talk about the substance of Gaza to explain why the Dems fumbled it. They ignored and rejected voices that mattered, not only on that, but on countless other issues.

They backed away from supporting trans people in the campaign, lost, and only continue to distance themselves from us. They don’t need to put up that distance; they could just ignore the issue and focus on the economy and violation of human rights by fascists, but they don’t; they choose to complain about kids who just wanna play sports, because they never really wanted to be our allies. We didn’t push them away; they did.

These people just don’t believe in or don’t want the world to be better. I voted Harris and will probably still vote for whatever presidential ghoul the Democrats push on us, but I’m done providing an ounce of support to team blue beyond that.

The party needs to be undermined for things to get better, because the party has done jack all to prove themselves. They have not been allies, but feudalistic opportunists exploiting the fascist takeover rather than doing anything productive. Unless we force them to share power with the left, they’ll just take our support to line their pockets

However, people hear my criticism and only hear me as an anti-voter who will hurt their precious saviors. It’s infuriating that they love the blue boot so much that they’ll shit on anyone who refuses to deepthroat it.