Orange stain second term results thread

[RalphTheCow]

Surprise Trump isn't screaming fake numbers and firing ....

Just wait, grasshopper. POtuS has quite the backlog of grievances. He is revenging as fast as he can.

 

[cytg111]

1: He is not alone. MAGA Nazism is far beyond him. It's an entire organization doing the damage.
2: Social media will continue to exist and radicalize people. As bad or worse than they are today.

We are not lucky. Trump is merely the beginning of this madness.

The other timeline branch is where this "Trump stupid" actually works as a vaccine and you bounce back stronger than ever. In that scenario the patient(you) might have actually died if Trump had been somewhat competent.

 

[gothuevos]

Yup yup, going according to plan

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social)

The next part of the plan to steal the midterms and/or the 2028 election - an attempt to do a mid-decade census to take seats and electoral votes away from blue states. I knew this was coming.

bsky.app

 

[UNCjigga]

Yup yup, going according to plan

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social)

The next part of the plan to steal the midterms and/or the 2028 election - an attempt to do a mid-decade census to take seats and electoral votes away from blue states. I knew this was coming.

bsky.app

LOL, how long until Democrats are less than 3/5 of a whole person?

 

[pmv]

Yeah, modern dictators aren't what I would call "popular". They have a sort of fake/forced popularity but their population generally fucking hates them. It's just force that keeps them popular.

Most despots, historically and today, have a power-base. They have sizeable segments of the population that they keep happy. Iran would be an obvious example - we keep hearing how people are "tired of the regime", but there's clearly a significant demographic that still mostly supports them (I'm guessing, much as with the US, it's mostly rural, uneducated, and religious).

The despotism part just means it doesn't have to constitute a numerical majority, but regimes still need a degree of popular support.

[Edit] Actually, with Iran I suspect it's possible they might get tired of the religious conservatism, but any replacement regime will probably embrace aggressive nationalism even more than the current regime, and be even more anti-Western, anti-US, and anti-Israel.

 

[DZero]

Education Secretary Linda McMahon derailed by hacker’s clown music at conservative student event

Former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, president of the Young America's Foundation, blamed the Chinese Communist Party and liberals for the interruptions

ca.news.yahoo.com

Isn't supposed the US to be secure?

What the heck Trump? They are destroying the image of a safe country.

 

[dainthomas]

Know nothing Trump is at it again putting himself in charge of stuff he will screw up:

Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games

Trump's news conference may prompt questions about whether a president with a penchant for showmanship might assume an unusually active role in planning the Olympics.

www.yahoo.com

Wasn't there another national leader who put himself in charge of the olympics a while ago? Trying to remember his name....let's see. Swammi? Slippy? Slappy? Swensen? Swanson?

 

[dainthomas]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1952803038445658381

spending is down just a bit

Time to fire whoever calculated that number.

 

[brycejones]

More of what @Greenman voted for.

New executive order puts all grants under political control

All new funding on hold until Trump administration can cancel any previously funded grants.

arstechnica.com

 

[igor_kavinski]

So no more research grants for stuff like "why is duck penis screw shaped"...

May as well start preaching "curiosity is banned because it killed the cat".

 

[Brainonska511]

So no more research grants for stuff like "why is duck penis screw shaped"...

Congratulations on falling for more BS conservative propaganda.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Congratulations on falling for more BS conservative propaganda.

I'm mostly propaganda-proof

 

[kage69]

Sorry Texans, repugs have other priorities - like trying to punish Dems who won't help them rig another election.