Don’t be a bitch

The present doesn’t exist without the past. Our current situation is just as much about the Dems failure to significantly alter the course of our country as it is the GOPs efforts to undermine democracy. One does not follow without the other.

So what were we doing for the last 50 years?

Don’t hide from this. That’s only going to help them. If they’re coming for you then give them a middle finger, not a whimper.

That’s the same kinds of things they said about Obama. All you’re basing this on is your feelings. Call me when AOC or another progressive woman loses a general election.

He acted like one once he got elected but that’s not what got him elected. His campaign was very different from his Presidency.

Clinton / Harris did not lose because they were women. They lost because they either were a neoliberal shitbag (Clinton) or could not convince people that they were not a neoliberal shitbag (Harris).

We elected a black man after years of people saying America was too racist to ever do that. There are a lot more women in America than there are black people, and it turns out that running as a progressive is pretty popular.

We don’t need to play this stupid guessing game about what genitals or skin colors will win elections. We already know the policy positions that win elections we just categorically refuse to run on them.

Tbf, market indicators don’t mean shit to people with stagnant wages who have seen 20% inflation over 5 years. Of course, that doesn’t mean that Trump is going to fix anything but it’s hard to blame stupid people for not noticing those indicators when they are specifically designed to exclude the average person’s financial situation.

Musk also said he loves Trump as much as a straight man can love another man so he seems willing to say whatever bullshit he feels like he needs to say to accomplish his goal in any given moment.

I understand that things are happening. I’ve been to some of those protests and seen the people making a stand firsthand. It’s certainly not nothing. I’m just saying that the response we’ve seen so far is what I would have predicted for his first term. We should be making a bunch of fascists a foot shorter by now.

I’ll join you happily. I’m just pretty confident that we will be easy to arrest since it will probably be us and a handful of other people.

I doubt it. We’ve already tolerated a near complete collapse of the rule of law and masked goon squads kidnapping people in the streets. Disappearing one more brown guy probably isn’t going to move that needle much.

All the SC justices since that is what the article you’re commenting on is about. Not sure why you think anyone who can’t read your mind is weird. That idea is the only weird thing I see going on in this conversation.

How is that weird? Getting rid of these justices ends exactly how I described. Unless you get rid of Trump first then removing SC justices will just put you in an even worse spot.

Yeah let’s get rid of them, especially the liberal justices, so they can be replaced by… Donald Trump?

Say what you want about Kavanaugh but I’d be willing to bet he’d look like a Boy Scout compared to whoever Trump would nominate today.

It’s certainly possible that I have missed some news on the subject but last I heard they had not matched the aid that was being provided under the Biden administration. I hope you are right and that has changed.

That doesn’t mean he’ll get to do what he wants. He loves playing golf and sexually assaulting women. Soon enough he won’t be able to force his body to do either of those things. Of course he’ll live better than most but he still can’t bully old age and that’s a fact that I look forward to watching him confront.

He’s an 80 year old man in increasingly poor health. Wherever he goes after his presidency, if he even makes it that long, he won’t be able to enjoy his life the way he wants to. I find some small measure of comfort in that thought.

Sure, I’m not saying they’re doing nothing at all. But are they doing enough to replace the resources and manpower historically provided by the US in these kinds of situations? I don’t think so. Is there a politically viable path for the EU to get to that point? That remains to be seen.

If the world wants that to happen they have the perfect opportunity to step into the policing role in Ukraine. I’m not sure the EU has the political will to do so to the degree that is necessary.