— Mary Trump
How did this con artist do it again? Is half the country as crazy as he is, or just so desperate they believe he can “fix it”?
Nothing to do but move on and hope for the best. Soon enough they’ll remember why they fired him. Because the only problems he’s going to fix are his own.
As I said before this thread arose, “Well fuck. What a ride we’re in for.”
it’s going to be as if you handed over the greatest empire in history to the mafia
they’ll loot the middle class with their deregulated capitalism and it will never have the means to reassert itself politically
just sold the US to a South African
We’re just in the grip of a demagogue and his mob until we figure out what to do.
flee if you can
keep your head down if you can’t
support the vulnerable if you have the means, emotionally or otherwise
Blink
That’s another consideration. How much will the apartheid lover scam from the Treasury now that X (formerly bird beak) paved the yellow brick road for the Florida Faker.
There is one little thing that is still out there, the guy is nuts, he is rapidly crashing following his parents degradation. How long will the body stay above room temperature? If he does make it to inauguration, how dire will his version of a universe be this time around? And, how long until the palace coup and twenty-fifth amendment time?
it makes me not want to be liberal when the people for whom i’m speaking out won’t even stand up for themselves
…and generalizations aren’t perfectly applicable to a society that is 51%-49% but fuck it
hey good news though, left-of-center thought will be outlawed, formally or by peer-pressure, so i won’t have to choose
The folks over on threads are thoroughly miserable as well.
For the record, at this hour he is at 267 electoral votes with Pennsylvania called for him. While AP has not yet called Wisconsin, the New York Times reports that “the remaining absentee ballots are not likely to be sufficient for Harris to overcome Trump’s advantage in the state”.
dumb rust-belters, i didn’t leave it because the people are too charming
broad swaths of miserable pricks
Can i change my birth certificate to another state, i mean can my friend
Speaking of the 25th Amendment, BB, don’t you know JD Vance has it memorized
neither Biden nor Kamala can even build bulwarks if the nazis have total control
…and the electorate gave it to them!
it’s over
Ivanka and Jared suddenly showed up tonight after skipping the campaign
guess i’d better get used to saluting those people
or bowing before them, whatever they mandate
you think these are jokes
Stuart Stevens
demoralized… Shaky hands holding coffee cups in Kiev right now…Un and Putin grinning and rubbing hands together in glee as their puppet has been revived. Lawrence O.D. said no tariffs will happen, no thug appointments to Cabinet slots. But Kennedy will be there stopping vaccinations and fluoride adding. And then there is age. Trump will likely pass from old age soon and then we get the asshole who called our Vice President “ garbage “. We won’t forget. I am of an age where this may be my last election. And it is horrible. Nothing to do about it… Read more »
everybody’s at an age where this might be their last election
i suppose they’ll have rigged Russian-style ones maybe
Project 2025 is happening wtf
Alright, Mr. C, you did good this season. We all did, this country just isn’t what we thought it could be
Anyway, thanks for the forum
Ukrainian soldiers must be freaking out.
Thanks Bink, glad you were on the ride
Biden should spend the next two months sending Ukraine every weapon in the arsenal. He has Presidential “immunity” and there are a lot of actions to do.
The great Jon Ralston, guru of Nevada politics:
I feel terrible about Sherrod Brown. Ohiosucks
A senate full of Tommy Tubervilles
Nevada reverting to type. It had segregated housing until almost 1970.
don’t let it be forgot
that once there was a spot
for one brief shining moment
that was known as Kamala-lot
NBC just declared Wisconsin, and the presidency for Trump
So far the Germans have the most sad comments. The next are most of the countries the Soviets had destroyed. Ukraine included. A lot of “how could Americans vote for a fascist”.
It really is like people consciously decided to junk Democracy
…vacillating between denial and anger
it’s going to be a long day
ACA gone
Federal employment protections, over
Unions? goodbye
Predatory business practices will be rife, consumer protections nonexistent
Federal woodlands? Go see them while you can
i don’t even know what to tell LGBT people
“Donald Trump understands the American people better than we do. Anger and fear worked better than appealing to the better angels of our nature” — Claire McCaskill
Fear yes, anger no. The trumpers i know have nothing to be angry about, they’re just racist
Here’s your lesson, Democrats, if you ever have the chance to legitimately oppose Republicans electorally, again
A majority Americans only give a fuck about themselves, full stop
Appeals to compassion do not work
A majority of Americans are not compassionate, despite whatever Jesus bullshit they’ll say this holiday season
…and i don’t resent Democrats for trying to build the kind of society i want to see, i resent Republicans for undermining every single effort towards it
“Is this death? It feels different than the last time.”
-Fifth Doctor
Adding insult to the day, a local radio station played a Christmas song. My preference for anything this morning would be a funeral dirge.
where does JD and all his high-tech billionaire friends fit into all this? the cult king’s reign may not be a long one.
donald’s age/health (and actuarial forecasts for same) portend a shortened term for JD as VP and a likely ascendency to power to say nothing of more probable attempts by others to helpfully hasten the change via the 25th amdt or dastardly deeds.
from the Atlantic today Democracy Is Not Over An aspiring fascist is the president-elect, again, of the United States. This is our political reality: Donald Trump is going to bring a claque of opportunists and kooks (led by the vice president–elect, a person who once compared Trump to Hitler) into government this winter, and even if senescence overtakes the president-elect, Trump’s minions will continue his assault on democracy, the rule of law, and the Constitution. The urge to cast blame will be overwhelming, because there is so much of it to go around. When the history of this dark moment… Read more »
1776 – 2024
Aggrieved fascists have complete control of the Federal government, yeah it is
bink, not ’til jan 1. uncle joe is still in power.
Biden has Presidential immunity. He should do “whatever the hrll he wants,” and then make Kamala “President for Life” before January 20th.
I’ve never wanted to move to Denmark so badly in my life…except that it’s closer to Russia. Canada, get ready.
Christmas is cancelled. Hoard canned goods while shelves are stocked. This is the beginning of the end and I only wish I were older so there’d be less chance I’d be around to see Project 2025 unfold.
Love ya, patd, there’s no positive spin on this. Worst-case scenario
Latinos, you’re first in the barrel, LGBTQ community not far behind
i think they control enough states to amend the Constitution, it’s so over
Americans: Look at yourself in the mirror. Now, look at your financial statement. If you are not a billionaire, a male, white, and blue-eyed, the next administration will crush you. There is a hierarchy and most of the mouth-breathers who voted for MAGAts are low on the list, they just don’t know it yet.
patD – I think the bright side would be an asteroid wiping out all human life on Earth before noon on January 20, 2025.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/06/politics/what-happens-to-trump-criminal-cases/index.html
“Judge Juan Merchan has given himself a November 12 deadline to decide whether to wipe away the conviction because of the Supreme Court’s decision this summer granting a president some presidential immunity. If Merchan does that, the charges would be dismissed, and Trump would not be sentenced.”
I don’t feel like going silently into a fascist state. I feel like protesting. Yeah, the National Guard will probably turn their guns on us, but then I can haunt them all from the other side, if there is one.
Basically our fellow Americans chose cheap bacon over Democracy. That’s how Democracy dies.
“Do whatever you want.” Ethnic cleansing is what Netanyahu wants. Trump will greenlight this by supplying the IDF with enough weapons to annihilate every human still living in all of Gaza. This was my main issue of this campaign. The last time the media reported, 43,000 civilians had been murdered by Netanyahu in Gaza. It’s surely more by now. Harris had promised to at least work for a ceasefire. Trump has simply lit the fuse for purely unmitigated genocide. Part of the oncoming genocide is on the backs of the Trump sycophants.
More women have been sentenced to death by septic miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies.
More children will become orphans because their mothers couldn’t get reproductive care.
More children will go hungry because their SNAP benefits were cut.
Americans who voted for MAGAts aren’t pro life, they aren’t just weird, they are thoughtless and cruel.
Liz Cheney Our nation’s democratic system functioned last night and we have a new President-elect. All Americans are bound, whether we like the outcome or not, to accept the results of our elections. We now have a special responsibility, as citizens of the greatest nation on earth, to do everything we can to support and defend our Constitution, preserve the rule of law, and ensure that our institutions hold over these coming four years. Citizens across this country, our courts, members of the press and those serving in our federal, state and local governments must now be the guardrails of… Read more »
gee thanks Liz
i guess she needs to cover her ass because trump’s coming for her
Fuck it, resign President Biden, this afternoon, it’s the only way this country ever gets a female President
Madame VP, i have grown to like you a lot and really wanted you to be my President, you ran a great campaign, but it’s over, use your presidential immunity when you get it
What the hell you can do with it with a republican congress, i dunno. Ask those ivy-leaguers working with you 🤷♂️