The simplistic breakdown is something like, "The reason conservative policies disproportionately benefit pedophiles isn't coincidental, and the obsession in their rhetoric about going after them is projection." Policies and behavior such as abstinence over sex ed being for less awareness of boundaries and consent, banning contraceptives and abortion so more children are born into unstable homes and are vulnerable, lowering both age of consent and child bride restrictions, celebrating accused pedophiles in their own party, excusing behavior as "locker room talk", restricting sex worker to remove equal protection under the law so sex trafficked people are less inclined to talk, and threatening or austricizing their colleagues if they speak a word in public about their perverted side.... to name a few.
Me literally every time I'm reminded that what I throw in the garbage isn't instantly teleported out of the house.
Damn you're right, they did start the process, but the DEA pushed it back to 2025 after originally expecting it this year.
He hired a top investor for their ultimate boogeyman, George Soros... The lesson to take is once you give a narcissist what he wants that is the end of your usefulness and your opinion being honored is no longer a means to an end. This important lesson will be unlearned in less than 4 years.
The time to do that really would have been before the election... He did reschedule it, but that can be undone day one. I honestly think the fascist voters would credit Trump. I've heard them say "already things are getting better" with no hint of irony.
Friendly reminder that Walmart has staff members specifically to help their low-end workers apply for assistance programs.
Question for all of your least favorite family members: If Walmarts employees need assistance programs while working full time at Walmart, then who is benefitting more from social safety nets? Walmart or the worker?
Alternatively, if they were to have a minimum wage above the poverty line, wouldn't that fix the glitch?
Ukraine should be ramped up, Trump is going to sell them down the river. The more land they get back now, the better.
The mob action law has two somewhat reasonable sections, but .2 basically means they could charge you with a felony for conspiring to trespass on UIUC property, in other words, if you're made aware that it's tresspassing to stay there after disperse orders then you're committing a felony. Rietz is also applying this rule in a new way just for this. The law was made in the early 90s, sometimes you have to wonder why they make some of these dogshit vague laws, lots of Florida energy.
Cold Ones suddenly looks very politically relevant.
Knowing this timeline, we'll end up with Tucker Carlson.
It seems apparent that most of his money and power is secretly acquired. This cabinet is all a bunch of random losers who were selected by Trump's benefactors, or are Trump's benefactors themselves. Nobody would select Tulsi to lead intelligence agencies other than the Russian government. Nobody would select Matt Gaetz other than the Never Kevers. Nobody would select RFK except RFK. It all represents favors and fealty.
Pedocon theory sure does explain a lot about this administration.
Howard Shultz doesn't think so. Neither does Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, or any of the other ghouls that prefer to violate union rules. Doesn't mean you have to like the guy to admit the obvious.
Privitizing will obviously be more, not less, expensive. These supposed prodigies of wealth generation think creating middlemen is a good call? Elon makes 80% of his money through the government and the rest through stupid investors, I guess he well represents the middleman class.
Only the AG that replaced Matt Gaetz the pedophile. She was AG of Florida. The rest are just people who he apparently owed a favor for their benefactors. Maybe the director of ICE counts, but I'd argue that's antithetical to what most people who work for homeland security do.
How does that make things better in our current climate? You also need to look up what nihilism actually means lol.
"Faith" is clearly the misunderstanding you have here. You don't choose to drive on the right side of the road because you have Faith you'll get home safe, you do it because if you drive head-on into traffic, you'll die. The "Faith" is that the alternative is worse. Are you arguing that the Republicans aren't worse? Or that everyone reading your post voting for a shitty third party that does virtually no local elections would have led to a better outcome? We have no Faith the Democrats will do good, that's why we need to shout at them and improve the party with, perhaps maybe our own membership. Where is that energy better directed oh wise sage?
All of these nihilistic takes never quite seem to address the elephant in the room, which is that it's easier to score from 3rd base than 1st. You can whine that our politicians don't place our choice issues as their number one because of money, but ignorance of the party that wants to wind the clock back is looming 100% of the time, so your arguments are moot for people living in reality. Objectively, the best thing you can do for improving the party is to vote in Democratic primaries or run for office. Do you think people like Rashida Talib aren't doing enough either? It's funny you mention delusions, as if everyone here is like, "I voted, so I'm done for 2-4 years" while being active on political news. In other words, if anyone is reading your take, it automatically doesn't apply to them.
There are many lessons to be learned for the Democrats here, I think it's too early to tell if they've learned anything. Yelling at them with constructive advice is still more important than doomering on a forum.