this shit is scary

[Marmar]

While scary, this will have no effect on anything...

What was it The Who sang?.....oh yeah....

We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the fold, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again, no, no
I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
Though I know that the hypnotized never lie
Do ya?
Yeah
There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Is now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again, no, no
Yeah
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

[VDB]

i don't know a goddamned thing about politics, so i apologize if this is a stupid question...but...why are cabinet members resigning?  and how does this effect things?

aren't these real jobs that have work to do?  i know if i just stopped going to my job for 2 weeks, shit would be in disarray.  is this just a symbolic thing?  is this going to negatively effect the transition for the new cabinet members?  are they just jumping ship, so they don't get pulled into a situation where they have to vote to remove Dump?

This is my take on it.

[Hicks]

?Real jobs? in the Trump administration. 

Lol, now that?s funny. 

[Hicks]

Maybe since Devos has some to kill now she can look at the stupid iOS character incompatibility. 

[sunrisevt]

Maybe since Devos has some to kill now she can look at the stupid iOS character incompatibility.

:hereitisyousentimentalbastard

[sunrisevt]

i don't know a goddamned thing about politics, so i apologize if this is a stupid question...but...why are cabinet members resigning?  and how does this effect things?

aren't these real jobs that have work to do?  i know if i just stopped going to my job for 2 weeks, shit would be in disarray.  is this just a symbolic thing?  is this going to negatively effect the transition for the new cabinet members?  are they just jumping ship, so they don't get pulled into a situation where they have to vote to remove Dump?

This is my take on it.

Yep--that's it, 100%. An empty gesture towards "principle" that allows them to evade the question of what to do w/ the problem.

[rowjimmy]

i don't know a goddamned thing about politics, so i apologize if this is a stupid question...but...why are cabinet members resigning?  and how does this effect things?

aren't these real jobs that have work to do?  i know if i just stopped going to my job for 2 weeks, shit would be in disarray.  is this just a symbolic thing?  is this going to negatively effect the transition for the new cabinet members?  are they just jumping ship, so they don't get pulled into a situation where they have to vote to remove Dump?

This is my take on it.

Yep--that's it, 100%. An empty gesture towards "principle" that allows them to evade the question of what to do w/ the problem.

Doubly so as January before inauguration is when they often leave anyway.
The 25th amendment thing would have been tricky given the number of cabinet positions that have been held but folks who are not congressionally confirmed.


Anyway... the federal core is locked down in D.C. like it really has not been even post-9/11.

So, I guess he did it.
He made amurika great again for fascists.

[VA $l!m]

watching Vice's new doc on Qanon...
its estimated 30 million people in the US now believe in at least some of Qanon's theories.
30 million.
1 out of ten people.
this country is gone off the deep end.
fucking scary how many idiots are running amok.
This election is just the beginning i feel.
It's gonna be a long decade imo.

[PIE-GUY]

Been riveted to the testimony today. Fuck.

[mattstick]

Been riveted to the testimony today. Fuck.

I watched all day too.

Guys I?m starting to think Trump incited a riot.

[mattstick]

Rich white guy justice on display right here.

The actions of, and questions provided by the Republicans are an embarrassment to critical thinking.

[PIE-GUY]

Rich white guy justice on display right here.

The actions of, and questions provided by the Republicans are an embarrassment to critical thinking.

[mattstick]

FUCK THIS PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER BULLSHIT

Shame on the GOP.

[antelope19]

What a waste of time

[PIE-GUY]

Every now and then something will set me off and I'll write a long diatribe on FB. Happened today:

When these seditious right-wingers refused to convict the racist-in-chief who incited white supremacists to storm the capitol, it should be seen in the exact same light you see every economic policy they promote. It?s all racism as policy. Nothing more, nothing less. It?s pure hatred of non-white humans.

?The civil rights movement, which widened the circle of public beneficiaries and could have heralded a more moral, prosperous nation, wound up diminishing white people?s commitment to the very idea of public goods. In the late 1950s, over two-thirds of white Americans agreed with the now-radical idea that the government ought to guarantee a job for anyone who wants one and ensure a minimum standard of living for everyone in the country. White support for those ideas nose-dived from around 70 to 35 percent from 1960 to 1964, and has remained low ever since...

...White people who exhibit low racial resentment against Black people are 60 percentage points more likely to support increased government spending than are those with high racial resentment. At the base of this resentment is a zero-sum story: the default framework for conservative arguments, rife with references to ?makers and takers,? ?taxpayers and freeloaders.??

When I, personally, say that I choose love, I am specifically against everything the Republican Party stands for. I support progressive policies, candidates, etc.

I often hear ?It?s not enough to be not racist, you must be anti-racist.? This, to me, cannot be limited to your personal day-to-day interactions. To be anti-racist necessarily means supporting universal, government-backed, healthcare. It means supporting a universal living wage. It means supporting a truly progressive tax structure that places the burden of building an equitable and fair society squarely on the shoulders of the wealthy.

I?ve felt this way since I learned enough to think for myself. It?s nice to see research that shows I?m not wrong. Read on:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/opinion/race-economy-inequality-civil-rights.html