The US is looking pretty fucked right now. RIP
Did it to ourselves
I did not. I did my damnedest in order to try and inform everybody who was around me. I try to help bring up all of the aspects and all of the problems. Our biggest failure is all those who didn’t even vote. Not those who did but those who couldn’t even be assed to get off of theirs and go out and fill out the form. But let me Tell you what this administration did Nazi coming… My unadulterated ass now being even more bold and happy just telling them to fuck off. Might as well start feeding them the same bullshit they’ve been doing to us for the last eight years. I am now refusing to do absolutely anything involved with anything that they want done I am going to drag my dick on everything and anything I might construe as being helpful to their cause. I’m going to bitch and moan as loudly as possible . I’m going to be the most cantankerous pain in the ass that anybody has ever come across.
That orange fuck can get stuffed should have stayed in oompa loompa land maybe And I’m just saying maybe lighten up on the amount of tanning cream that he’s using or at least tell his apprentices they need to slow up cuz we all know Mr tiny hands is incapable of squeezing the fucking bottle himself. Don’t want to accidentally use too much energy might be construed as exercise and that might actually physically kill him God damn medical oddity. How can somebody eat that poorly and do literally nothing and still be walking around.
The biggest failure was the Democrats who nominated Biden in 2020. That primary was the last offramp that could have avoided a fascist takeover, either in 2024 or 2028, with Trump or a Trump clone.
The return of Trump might just have bought us another shot in 2028, but it’s not looking like the Democrats have learned much. Trump has a lot of similarities to Hoover and, as bad a President as he was, he was great for Democrats and progressivism. If the Democrats can get their heads out of their asses, the Trump Presidency might open a path to save the country - assuming we survive it.
The biggest failure
I’d argue it started with Hillary, when the dems basically ignored their constituents and put her on the ticket.
Should have been Bernie… it was rigged in her favor and they’ve been reaping the bullshit of that cheat since…
The thing about Hillary’s loss against Trump was that it should have shocked the Democratic party into reform. The way they manipulated to get Biden and “anyone but Bernie” proved that they learned nothing.
The fact that the Justice Department gave him enough time to tour around the country whining and crying, spreading his stolen election lies before they charged him is what won Trump the election. It’s almost like they were in on it.
Edit: Clarity.
If Trump were in prison it would be someone else. Trump didn’t start this fascist movement, he surfed it. Trump is a uniquely detestable person, but he’s not the worst President the Republican party could come up with.
Nah, it takes time to build up a cult of personality. What Republican could step into that role and stay in the news in the same way? Schwarzenegger? He can’t be your president, name literally one other person.
Against Biden or Harris? I think you’re overestimating how hard they were to beat. Another Republican might not win the popular vote but, unlike Democrats, Republicans don’t need a mandate to get things done.
For all of Trumps numerous flaws, he does have a type of charisma that no other Republican has. Trump manages to attract more people than just another Republican ghoul could. I honestly think without Trump we’d have had a much easier time winning.
Thanks Hillary and the DNC for signalboosting this piece of shit because you thought he was an easy opponent to beat…
President Musk would like a word
We haven’t had any agency in this for a long time. The two parties run the show on behalf of our billionaire owners.
Yes we did… as was said a long time ago, the only thing that can destroy America is America
Well that’s not true. 49% of voters voted against him. Many of us did a lot more than vote. We failed to stop him, sure, but that’s a different thing.
What percentage of your adult population vote for him? Isn’t it something like 1/6th of your population?
Part of living in a democracy is accepting that 49% isn’t enough
At least all that stuff about a weaponized DOJ is over right?
The only thing worse than Russia is a wannabe Russia that had a feasible choice.
The only thing that Americans can do is obvious and yet all I’ve seen online is finger wagging and “hot takes”. Fucking embarassed for you.
If we protest we lose our jobs which means we lose our healthcare. Are you beginning to see how they have us by the balls?
There’s a reason every American was raised on the mantra of “violence is never the answer” and “if you fight back you’re just as bad.”
Peaceful protest against tyrannical governments only work if they’re seen as an opening offer backed by the potential for non-peaceful escalation.
Too bad one party decided that guns were bad and spent the last 50 years disarming itself.
What are you gonna do when the government comes after you with your scrawny ass weapon? It’ll work against a neighbor, sure, but the military can see through your walls using wifi alone. There’s a literal helicopter above your house tracking your every move. They know more about you than you realize. This is the strongest army in the world we’re talking about.
And, even if violence sounds tempting, there are so many things to do before any of that, like resist and organize. You can definitely fight back in man other ways besides a picket sign and a gun. I’m not sure why those are the only two options.
What are you gonna do when the government comes after you with your scrawny ass weapon?
The same thing al quaeda did in Afghanistan I presume
efore any of that, like resist and organize. You can definitely fight back in
resisting and organizing are necessary steps.
Do you really think they’ll be effective against the man that will happily mow down the people resisting?
When one side is ready to use violence and the other side is not, the other side always loses.
We’re still monkeys with sticks over here.
Is he mowing people down? He’s purging and people are resisting, as they should. And despite that the only threat has been towards us foreigners. You have more to worry about your fellow bleeding heart patriots. Arm yourselves against those first if you must.
First of all, “one party” simply asked for regulation instead of bending over for the NRA without it even reaching around to return the courtesy. Second, there is a reason why lone gunmen shoot up schools and not military bases.
This is such a crazy assertion. I know plenty of democrats who own guns. They just generally don’t make it their personality.
It also ignores the massive arms difference between a government of today and its citizens vs when the constitution was written.
Lots of change has happened in the US as the result of protests that go violent, but none have ever succeeded using guns.
If only there was an amendment for that very situation…
This is just the start. He’s going to purge every competent person who believes in the national mythology / shows an ounce of backbone and replace them with incompetent yes men. These people tend to be very intelligent, resourceful, and well-connected. I don’t think this will be the last we see of them. Something tells me that giving a whole lot of people who plotted the overthrows of multiple foreign governments lots of time off together maybe isn’t his most brilliant idea yet.
Straight from the Project 2025 manual. It’s crazy that I tried to get people to read it before the election and I got called a conspiracy theorist, but here he is actually executing the plan and these same people just deny it’s happening. I can’t help but think they prefer to be ignorant.
Unfortunately it’s always a conspiracy theory until it’s put into action. But by then it’s too late…
It’s exactly like the Nazi problem. To most people they aren’t officially Nazis until we’re literally being shipped into death camps. Anything that happens before that is just “awkward waves” and “political disagreements.”
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I guarantee that they STILL won’t be Nazis to those people even then. There is ALWAYS an excuse.
Yep, had republicans I know believe Trump when he said he knew nothing about P2025, now here they are following it to the letter.
Fired on what grounds? Can a suit, perhaps many, be filed for wrongful termination?
Ordinarily you’d need ground for dismissal, yes. But one of the first things Trump did was follow the plan for Project 2025 which included, amongst other things, reclassifying a fuck ton of government jobs as political jobs, enabling Trump to hire and fire people for political reasons.
In almost everywhere in the US, you can fire anyone, at any time, for any reason, or for no reason at all, as long as it’s not because of membership in a protected class (age, sex, gender, national origin, etc.). (Or, obviously, if there’s union or other rules around it.)
Government jobs are like the one place where that isn’t true.
Not anymore :(
Yeah… :-(
It’s gonna be a long four years.
Lol aww bless your heart thinking it’s over in 4 years.
Hah… four. I see you’re an optimist.
There is a process for suing the federal government for wrongful termination, but idk how it would work when you’re dealing with the actual Justice Department
The Justice Department can be sued. You don’t need them on your side in order to file a lawsuit. How far the Supreme Court will go to rubber stamp it is an open question. And by the time it gets resolved one way or another it’ll be way past the firing.
Huh, fired? For what cause?
A criminal is the head of the governing body that makes the laws. Why even bother asking why he’s not following them?
Oh don’t worry about that -they’re reclassifying then as at-will first. Which is the crookedest hiring policy ever. We have it here in Illinois and it’s total bullshit.
Attempted justice.
The BS reason they gave is in the article. We all know the real reason is that they aren’t loyal to Dear Leader.
Can we find a way to rehire these people in some kind of public legal defense force to fight back against the administration? I would love that. Keep doing the same work just outside of the DOJ.
Oh yea, they did such a great job last time.
They’ll probably wait until two weeks after his arteries give out from all the McDonalds to file charges next time. Remember that it’s about generating headlines for brownie points, not about actually following through with things.
I think this is an understatement.
By the way, Trump looks like Yeltsin. He was incompetent, abused alcohol and danced, while the oligarchs plundered the country behind his back, and here the story is similar. And Putin did not create anything new, he simply became Yeltsin’s predecessor.
These grunts had no power.
While Americans will fight each other, fascist countries Russia and China will continue their goal: illegal annexation of territories.
Hey now, America won’t idly stand by while Russia and China illegally annex territories. We’re just late to the party, had to find Greenland on a map first.
Greenland is just cover for the other two.
Don’t you worry. Donny has plans to join them.
“The horse has fired the horse catcher.”
“I didn’t know he could do that.”
Remember when they admonished Biden’s administration for not firing anyone after the Afghanistan evacuation? Yeah that’s all Republicans want, to fire people. Well actually they might go after these guys.
They want to purge all dissenters. They only want people in power who are loyal to the cause. Stop me if you’ve heard this one.
Fuck Trump
