“Championing the status quo” is not how I would describe what Republicans are doing right now.

Aren’t there primaries for the Dems?

I’m guessing librarians know how to read more than many other categories of federal workers.

Those are two different problems.

Years and years of politicians moving the goalposts further right, letting the rich get richer, allowing more money into politics and disenfranching voters is not something you reverse in a single election, and it won’t change until ordinary people get into politics more and at every level.

But if you vote for Trump or abstain from voting, you’re encouraging it.

They’re more afraid of MAGA than they’re afraid of ordinary citizens. Nothing will change until it’s the other way around.

Same logic with antivax people.

There is nothing, nothing in the US news cycle from the last 2 months that don’t point to a totalitarian regime slowly infiltrating every aspect of civil society.

You guys need to fight back harder. Bullies are cowards, they will backpedal if they feel resistance. Harvard understood this.

This, 100%. Fanning the flames of outrage only works on people who are already on your side.

“This is not what I voted for”

This is why anti-American rhetoric is being pushed to you

As a Canadian, I can assure you the anti-american sentiment does not come from any rhetoric being pushed. The actions of trump and co are quite enough.

I don’t think you can claim refugee status in Canada if you are an American citizen.

At that point, he’ll die, Vance will take his place, and will be so un-charismatic that he’ll be defeated by a Democrat in 2028 which will find themselves with all this power thanks to the Supreme Court… but will prefer to take the high road and reach across the aisle only to get fucked once again.

Well, I tried.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see political opponents falling from windows before the next midterms.

By this standard, Windows isn’t ready either. I use Mint, Windows and Mac interchangeably at work, and of the three, Windows is definitely the one with the most unpleasant surprises: computer slowing down for no apparent reason, printers disappearing, updates forcing you to reboot in the middle of something…

Mac is fantastic if you don’t mind feeling like your computer doesn’t belong to you.

This is what happens when there is no more rule of law. Now migrants are sent away, tomorrow citizens will be arbitrarily jailed and criminals freed, next political opponents will be gunned in the streets while the cops will be told to look the other way.

Wake up US. Fight this, no one will if you don’t.

#stonerthoughts

This should show Americans how billionaires perceive “peaceful protests”.

These days the only hope I have left for the US is that everyone on the left become a dem party member and primary the shit out of all these “high road” cowards.

Trump and co won’t stop, and there won’t be a backlash if it’s not supported politically.

The House approved a federal spending bill that could force D.C.’s local officials to cut more than $1 billion out of the city’s current $21.2 billion budget, a move that city leaders warn would prompt a hiring freeze, result in likely government layoffs, and potentially “decimate” services for residents and visitors – including police and schools.

Misleading title.

I don’t think it’s a distraction, Trump’s been talking about tariffs since he took office. And besides it seems clear he doesn’t give two shits about what people say.

Trump and co have 2 years (until the midterms) to bankrupt the US, let Bezos, Musk and Thiel buy whatever is left that can turn a profit (energy, utilities, etc.) and put loyalists in charge of the election in key states.

See USSR in the 90s.