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- Comment on RFK Jr. to slash 10,000 jobs from Health and Human Services Department 1 week ago:
so much for trusting the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe!
life expectancy was already backsliding, this will almost certainly reinforce the downward trend
- Comment on Young Americans lose trust in the state 2 weeks ago:
During the 2008 political primary season, it sought to run three television advertisements to promote its political documentary Hillary: The Movie, a film that was critical of Hillary Clinton
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC
I was being a little tongue in cheek about Hillary’s role, mostly speaking to the fact that her desire to seek power endlessly and run for president against Obama in '08, is what led to the creation of the eponymous film was the basis for Citizens United filing suit in court. it might have happened anyway, eventually, but it’s not widely appreciated how much harm she and the DNC have done to our political culture, including losing to Trump so spectacularly in '16.
every nationally Democrat has said they’re opposed to Citizens United… none of them have actually done anything to accomplish overturning it. actions speak louder than words. same with Roe v Wade, they had decades to codify it and failed.
my whole point is not about what they oppose or support, it’s that they’re ineffectual in either direction. they routinely fail at shaking up the system and manipulating the courts in favor of the 99% of Americans who they claim to support. still better than GOP by miles and miles, but nowhere near adequate as a party.
- Comment on Young Americans lose trust in the state 2 weeks ago:
John McCain is more responsible for the bill that gave us Citizens United than the DNC (which doesn’t draft legislation, they’re just
bribe launderersfundraisers for pro-corporate/pro-Israel lobbies). they’re also responsible for crafting the immensely unpopular platform, such as killing single payer healthcare , a half senile Biden campaign, sabotaged the progressives and Bernie (twice), and gave us fucktards Schumer and Pelosi who are among the most ineffectual hated politicians in America.please stop trolling this “vote for DNC to defeat fascism” nonsense. THEY HAD 8 YEARS TO PREPARE A TACTICAL RESPONSE TO TRUMPISM AND YET HERE WE ARE.
- Comment on Fucking leeches 3 weeks ago:
Rich people outbid regular folks for real resources, taking away any chance at intergenerational wealth building. thep only (legal) answer at the moment is taxation of the rich.
Gary Stevenson has some worthwhile insights on what we can do and how to convince working class people that the rich must be stopped or else your kids and grandkids will all be homeless renters.
- Comment on USA! USA! USA! 3 weeks ago:
those Vance eyes 👀
- Comment on 'Grim News for the Planet' as Arctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low 4 weeks ago:
Will policymakers continue to ignore the signs and force the planet to face the devastating consequences?
yes. yes they will.
my only hope is rapid socioeconomic collapse caused by short-sighted fascist mismanagement, leading to spiraling declines in life expectancy (and therefore drastically lower global population and consumption levels). that’s probably overly optimistic though.
- Comment on FCC chair says we’re too dependent on GPS and wants to explore ‘alternatives’ (read: multi billion contract with Musk) 4 weeks ago:
first time hearing about this, any more details you can provide or link to a news release?
- Comment on What's the best way for Elon to remove the parasite class? 🤔 4 weeks ago:
this is a brilliant observation honestly. every accusation or criticism levied against the fascists gets reversed in a “I know you are but what am?” sneer. it works for many reasons, and it’s part of the right wing playbook.
- accused of nepotism? flip it around and prosecute Hunter.
- accused of Jan 6 violence? bring up the George Floyd riots or antifa.
- accused of sexual scandal? point out Bill Clinton’s many accusers and Bidens hair sniffing.
- greed? bring up Pelosi insider trading.
- coercing abortion? they point to vaccines/mask mandates. obviously none are equivalent in scale or scope, but the have truthiness to them at first glance. and just as importantly, like in your purse thief example, they redirect attention and create doubt… just long enough to avoid getting caught or face the wrath of the crowd.
it works, partly because the so-called opposition party in America is actually kind of a piece of shit and has been for generations. Dems hate the extreme consequences of capitalism, but love capitalism (and benefit from it). so they ultimately can’t condemn it or offer long term solutions to the problems it creates. conservatives at least offer simpler solutions which all boil down to “hate who you’re told” and “obey your God King and you’ll someday be rewarded”.
- Comment on Gaming chat platform Discord in early talks with banks about public listing 4 weeks ago:
saving this for later, thanks
- Comment on "Joe Biden's fault" 4 weeks ago:
threats to federal workers across the entire government - ‘you have 10 days to turn in your colleagues or else you’re fired’ - went out January 23rd. Remote workers were threatened with firings the day or so after. people currently being hired but not yet finalized were given notice the same week, and people hired but on probationary status (doesn’t mean what youre thinking it’s just a designation for people in good standing who haven’t secured permanent position) - were told to fuck right off the week of January 23rd.
the amount of chaos and fear generated in the first week alone was staggering. but you’re right, the actual FIRINGS took a couple more days. the threats came IMMEDIATELY.
not saying it caused the crash entirely, but there’s reasonable evidence the administration at least contributed to the stress ATCs already experience.
better question is, why the fuck should military helicopters be doing exercises right the fuck beneath flight paths of commercial airlines? there’s literally thousands of military bases where they can pRaCTiCe and do military shit. gtfo civilian air space, noobs.
- Comment on But not this comm! 4 weeks ago:
TIL
based af
- Comment on Trump Quietly Plans To Liquidate Public Lands To Finance His Sovereign Wealth Fund 4 weeks ago:
agreed. all i can say is,
don’t give up tax the rich death to billionaires
- Comment on MAGA! 4 weeks ago:
idk, I don’t think it will be as swift as some imagine/want. this will be a long road ahead. the wealthiest 10-20% aren’t going to vanish overnight because food stamps got scaled back or national parks sold off to real estate developer or groceries become more expensive.
total collapse is good to take a few generations. we should plan accordingly and start building micro communities decoupled from capitalism and moderately self sufficient within a small region. small enclaves of survivors may have a chance at a life less destitute.
- Comment on Don't ya know, guns can just ✨ magically appear✨ so any attempt to ban them is impossible. Dumb liberalssss tryna to take away my GOD GIVEN right to murder people!!11! 5 weeks ago:
instead of buying a new gun… get a used one! better yet, simply wait to inherit one from a dead relative! even better, steal one from a conservative!
arms dealers hate this one trick!
- Comment on Don't ya know, guns can just ✨ magically appear✨ so any attempt to ban them is impossible. Dumb liberalssss tryna to take away my GOD GIVEN right to murder people!!11! 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Don't ya know, guns can just ✨ magically appear✨ so any attempt to ban them is impossible. Dumb liberalssss tryna to take away my GOD GIVEN right to murder people!!11! 5 weeks ago:
“Under No Pretense”
- Comment on F'in liBtUrdS at it again! Did they even do a drug test on that homeless person before giving him food!11!!!1 And no anthem 5 days a week!! How will they know what country they're in! ThATs UnAmErICan 5 weeks ago:
that’s the problem with KidS tHeSe dAyZ! they furget which country they’re livin in!
if they wore Official Donald J Trump Stars & Stripes Underwear every day like I do, they’d NEVER FORGET!
<salutes flag>
- Comment on The situation got so bad that actuall news overtook memes in top posts on Lemmy 5 weeks ago:
political memes often are news though. they aren’t like, mutually exclusive.
- Comment on The situation got so bad that actuall news overtook memes in top posts on Lemmy 5 weeks ago:
yep. we all definitely need breaks. i take long breaks every few months or in the winter when seasonal depression kicks in.
but this is a critical junction for global history. class warfare has escalated and accelerated, and the vast vast majority of us are being actively oppressed through the dismantling of economic and social welfare programs.
my family stands to lose too much for me to be burying my head in the sand right now.
some aren’t ready or able or willing to do the work of preparing a response. others have no choice but to pay attention because their family’s future literally depend on knowing whether today is the day they “come for you” and all this (bwamp bwamp) news actually reaches your doorstep.
so while people are arguing anime fandoms and who wins The Big Game, I’ll be trying to understand my enemy, encourage my allies, and decide what an appropriate response looks like (in real life) using the latest information i have available.
- Comment on The situation got so bad that actuall news overtook memes in top posts on Lemmy 5 weeks ago:
OP is onto something.
maybe news is coming at us fast… because change (unprecedented bad bad change) is happening faster than ever before?
it’s a sign of the times. people blaming news junkies or whining about blocking comms don’t get it. we’re no longer living in a time when you can afford to ignore what’s happening around you.
- Comment on The situation got so bad that actuall news overtook memes in top posts on Lemmy 5 weeks ago:
i don’t wonder that. let the normies have their Destiny 2 and PublicFreakout and fantasy sports communities elsewhere. seeing comment section after section on Reddit filled to the brim with “I’m so funny!” unserious one liners was obnoxious. people talking about GoThrones fandom and RC cars while inequality skyrockets or the rich dismantle every federal govt program that benefit 99% of the population is not a good thing to yearn for. the founders-effect dominance from a handful of narrow ideologically centrists is not something we need more of.
- Comment on Governments should be terrified of their people 5 weeks ago:
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- Comment on USAID workers are given 15 minutes to clear out their workspaces as the agency gets dismantled 5 weeks ago:
they’re shutting down offices and programs in order to begin selling off the real estate. get ready to see anything that’s not bolted down auctioned off to the highest bidders. this the looting of America, in overdrive.
- Comment on Eggs sure have gotten cheap! Oh they haven't?...well I'm sure Trump is doing EVERYTHING he can 5 weeks ago:
thank you! you get it.
people with decades of experience responding to communicable illnesses have been getting fired without cause or driven out of government just for some conservative publicity stunt.
- Comment on Eggs sure have gotten cheap! Oh they haven't?...well I'm sure Trump is doing EVERYTHING he can 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Eggs sure have gotten cheap! Oh they haven't?...well I'm sure Trump is doing EVERYTHING he can 5 weeks ago:
mmm big egg 🥚
- Comment on USAID Sent Millions To Ukraine In Secret Slush Funds, Investigators Found 5 weeks ago:
but but it’s a secret and um, secrets are bad! trust me bro! bro?*
it’s like, no shit the government is corrupt. and no shit, the US squanders taxpayer money abroad on endless proxy wars perpetuated intentionally by international arms suppliers for the benefit of oligarchs and tyrants (elected or otherwise).
but conservatives just hear “Trump mad at Ukraine now” and fall in line like gormless toadies, not understanding that he and Putin are just the latest wave of despotic power brokers bilking the citizenry for personal gain.
the players change, but the game doesn’t. conservatives obsess and which color shirt the guy who robs them is wearing, and ignore cries to stop supporting thieves.
- Comment on It wasn't better for ME so why should it be for YOU!11!1?1!!! 5 weeks ago:
this is anti-THRUG propaganda and I won’t stand for it.
RIP THRUG (76,358 BC - 76, 335)
hope he’s up there in heaven eatin raw guts smiling down on us.
- Comment on Vegas Hotel Rooms, MLB Stadium Rentals, & More: DOGE Finds Schools Misused Billions In COVID Funds 5 weeks ago:
the DOGE claims, even if true, are a tiny fraction of the fraud perpetrated by PPP loan recipients (businesses).
taxpayers did get ripped off - by corporations and their owners - using money that should have gone to household instead.
Biggest fraud in a generation: The looting of the Covid relief plan known as PPP
"[PPP recipients] … couldn’t resist purchasing luxury automobiles. Also mansions, private jet flights and swanky vacations.
… The program authorized banks and other financial institutions to make government-backed loans to businesses, loans that were to be forgiven if the companies spent the money on business expenses. Nearly 10 million such loans have already been forgiven. Many of the loans-turned-grants were for millions of dollars, public records show.
Experts say millions of borrowers inflated their numbers of employees or created companies out of whole cloth.
the takeaway here is that when government bailouts happen, the money should be given directly to US citizens/taxpayers who will actually use it on local commerce and transactions that stimulate domestic economic activity.
- Comment on Senate Republican leader defends Musk’s efforts as a ‘scrub’ of federal government 5 weeks ago:
congratulations! 🎉 you showed them all! you’re definitely not bitter about it are you?
such a shame your kids and past friends won’t talk to you anymore since you became obsessed with child molesters, transgenderism, and defunding children’s lunch programs. don’t sweat it… at least you owned the libs!
