Even though two parties is the equilibrium state that’s always reached, a new party can replace one of the two if it has massive enough support (the other method is for a contingent faction to take over one of the existing two as we saw with maga). In our system, having it funded by the richest person in the world who also has a large following already is one of the few ways a new party could feasibly get to that level.

Because they want everyone to use their name for it. Magats love that name. It hides what it really is and lends a celebratory air to the base at the same time as an intimidating effect to potential victims. Remember, they want people to ‘self-deport’ and this is part of that strategy, in addition to its obvious use. So they’re going to make more places like this with more names like this.

Don’t help them. Don’t go along with what they want. Resist them in every way possible, including not using their terminology–whether it’s what they call concentration camps or what they call the bills they pass, like the huge hideous bill signed yesterday.

And of course they made sure the Medicaid cuts/work requirements go into effect right after the 2026 election.

This explains well the different ways the new rules will kick people off medicaid even though they qualify. I got an idea about one of them-- see last part of post

But whether because of language barriers, physical or cognitive disability, lack of internet or phone, or job instability, for all of these patients, overcoming additional bureaucratic barriers would be burdensome at best. For many of them, it would be nearly impossible.

The author describes the situation of one patient and that there are many like him:

But he told our team that he lives in shelters, so he lacks a fixed address. He doesn’t have a cellphone. He could access government websites at a public library, except that his request for a power wheelchair, which Medicaid will cover, hasn’t been approved yet, and navigating the city in a standard one exhausts him. Plus, every time he leaves his stuff behind at the shelter to go somewhere, he told me, it’s stolen. At present, he doesn’t even own an official ID card.

An idea for at least the internet access issue: What if people/organizations with unlimited mobile data plan(s) could periodically take some laptops and make a wifi hotspot at shelters, so people could log on to the govt websites they need to fill out whatever red tape they need so they can get the benefits they qualify for? The people who go would need to understand the rules and how to navigate the websites and answer questions/help, but they could be trained on that. That seems like a practical idea. You’d think there would already be volunteer orgs that do this, but apparently not!

“It’s OK, he bought a ticket,” said trump.

Either that or they just didn’t want a woman or just didn’t want a Democrat.

It’s The Everglades Concentration Camp.

We should not call this what they want us to call it. Do Not Comply. Resist and speak the truth!

I hope we on Lemmy and elsewhere can start a trend of refusing to parrot their bullshit talking points and speak the Truth instead of spreading their propaganda for them.

I hate that the media and the public immediately parrots whatever 1984-speak terminology they roll out, letting them define the narrative and pacify people to accept their atrocities as normal.

(Likewise, it’s not the “big beautiful bill”, it’s the “Kill Americans to Pay Billionaires” bill. January 6 was not a “protest by patriots”, but an armed insurrection, etc. etc. etc.)

Murkowski accepted the bribe.

I was wondering about that, too. The article says

Payments available for withholding include the federal taxes collected from the paychecks of state employees, as well as grant payments owed back to the federal government.

I have no idea how much that would add up to, and I wonder if the Feds would be able to go after individual employees for not having received the federal taxes they owe, leaving it to the employees to sue the State to reimburse them for the amount that was withheld.

The second one, grant payments owed back, would be a limited amount since the Feds would probably retaliate by cutting off future grant funding. Overall it doesn’t seem like a workable strategy.

I think out of all the freaks given positions in the regime, this asshole will do the most harm, kill the most people and cause the most suffering over the longest time span – and that’s saying a lot.

I think it’s ironic that the alternatives to Android (graphene, calyx) only fully work on Google phones.

Rage, rage against the dying of the grift, ya pigs. Your days are numbered.

Wonder where that idea came from? Sounds like some oligarchs want to buy up some of that sweet, isolated BLM acreage to construct their own personal towns on and bring in servants and a personal army to live there and take care of them, safe from revolting peasants.

Unfortunately change requires repeated and/or sustained protests over time, so we’ll have to see. But this was a good sign that it may be possible. If we go to war with Iran, a whole new cohort will be added to the numbers.

I keep seeing estimates of everything from that 4-6 million up to 11 million or even 13 million.

I also saw estimates of 5 million for the Hands Off protests and these were definitely a lot bigger than that (certainly at least twice as big at my location), so either the Hands Off one was over-estimated or the 4-5 million for No Kings is underestimated.

I hope someone snatches him up …

An unfortunate choice of words, that. But yes, we hope he quickly finds a new and better job where he can speak freely.

Mangolini asked Netanyahu not to do this, but he went ahead and did it anyway, banking on it putting the US in a position to be forced to get involved in this war. Mangolini is conflicted because he wants to get the approval of all the dictators, especially when they treat him badly (just like his daddy). But plenty of GOP/MAGA are against getting into wars so Mangolini doesn’t want to anger them. It’s a divisive issue for the GOP and maga base because it’s support Israel vs wait but not go to war for them.

My guess is it should have enough GOP support to pass in the Senate (I know Rand Paul and at least a couple other repubs would support it, but other than Paul who is willing to defy trump, do the others have the guts to vote for it if Boss says no?). As for the House magats I assume they’ll just vote however Daddy tells them to. I’d think he would like to have an excuse like this for not joining netanyahu’s war.

I’ll just respond by quoting someone from another thread replying to someone like you: “Keep your doomer bullshit to yourself, shut the fuck up, and get out of the way.”

God, wouldn’t that have been the perfect moment to turn all those tanks to point at the goldfish and minions in their glass bowl and quickly put an end to this mess? (yes I know it would start a new mess but still).

wake me up when something comes of it.

I don’t live in the States.

What is the point of posting that then? Are you being paid to suppress opposition to the regime by by fomenting hopelessness or apathy, or is trying to discourage people during a time of crisis in their country just for your own amusement or ego-stroking.

Things lead to more things, and it starts with people coming together, organizing, and protesting. The Trump+Christian Nationalist regime wants us to shut up and sit down, to nip any resistance in the bud. You’re helping them.