That slug will only leave feet first. Every medical resource will be used to keep him going. Could easily keep going for months/years. Science does amazing stuff these days. mRNA and everything….
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That slug will only leave feet first. Every medical resource will be used to keep him going. Could easily keep going for months/years. Science does amazing stuff these days. mRNA and everything….
I also see accounts with thousands even 10s of thousands of followers with zero replies on posts. Seems not a great sign for the platform.
Weird how this tariff nonsense was sold as a boon to U.S. manufacturing.
If Trump being in failing health leads to millions having more health that is a trade I will make every day. The better his health, the worse the health of the nation.
Winning fights is about display. If you show any weakness, self doubt, equivocation, saying the other side might have a point, etc you lost. In the online arena you have lost.
the term "double standard" is simply not strong enough to encapsulate this dynamic.
Ok, agreed. And I have no particular confidence on when trump kicks the bucket. Medical science is amazing, etc. But trump objectively looks much weaker than Putin ever has. I was struck by how youthful and energetic Putin looked at that recent meet up. He looks 20 years younger than trump.
I try to imagine the worldwide celebration and my mind just defaults to "biggest party ever".
It's sad to realize how many people use their entire online existence to attack Democrats. Literally, that is their only angle on every event. How can I use this event to say "Dem bad"? And the only alternative to Democrats are....well...we're living in that alternative now.
When every online account becomes a personal brand, perverse incentives emerge immediately. "Oh, I get likes for THIS...."
And only one type of voter. All voters want the same things so winning power is easy! Just run on those things and do them without compromise!
And yet so many people do. Even now. Which is why the mute button is so crucial to sanity.
they played the game to the hilt. long game and short game simultaneously. And now just look how much power they have.
That smile looks deathly. He really is rapidly deteriorating. I’m not saying he’s on the way out. But he’s never doing miracle handsprings.
I think on balance this is a good trajectory. He’s old and only getting older. Just hammer in that nail. That “deflating balloon” syndrome is one way. That death rictus smile ain’t becoming young looking ever again.
He pulled over to pick up a prostitute. He was drunk driving. Things unravelled from there.
1.5 million Americans died from a pandemic and our response was to put a brain broken heroin addict in charge of health policy. We are not a wise country.
Check out the mirror profile of the woman in the stairs. Brilliant.
Just the simple truth:
The med tech on the stairs and in the mirror. Masterful composition.
If voters had simply done the cringeworthy thing and voted blue no matter who, for the last decade we’d have a different president, different scotus, different congress. A better country in every way.
The more of our vaunted institutions fold to trump the more obvious it becomes that elections matter. No institution can withstand a psychopath president. A person who lies like a normal human breathes. Voters need to do better.
This is what I’m talking about. bsky.app/profile/cram...
We’re lucky there hasn’t been an event so far. I doubt we’ll be that lucky for 4 years.
The United States is under attack from the United States government. And the 2nd amendment guys are fine with it. Ironic.
I bet he was drunk driving, picked up a hooker and things went downhill from there.
And that is why the mute button is so convenient. People know what they’re doing.
There are only two parties that ever hold power in this country. If you attack one, you are by definition helping the other. Many people (with platforms small and large) refuse to acknowledge this obvious reality.
Keep it up, Ariella. Don’t let the reflexively anti Dem propagandists (on both left and right) get away with their bullshit.
Weird how arguments shift. We’ve been told by the right that shootings are the price we pay for the freedom to own firearms. So it’s worth all the carnage because “freedom”. But now? Different attitudes.
And *whoever* is able to best attack the trump regime now? More of this. 24/7/356. I don’t care who it is. If it pushes trump’s approval down, good. We need him as weak as possible next year. Priority one.
I will, without qualm, vote for *whoever wins the Dem primary*. Just like every other time. So all who would like to step up, have at it. May the strongest candidate win. Those who argue against this path are one reason we are where we are.
I wonder if the media will hound trump re his health the way they did Hillary and Biden. Donny’s hand looks like something from Dawn of the Dead ffs.
Republicans had a chance to protect public health. Instead they chose to put a dishonest quack in charge of it. They own the nightmares to come.
The audience for “dem bad” is the biggest audience there is. Click harvesters follow the audience. And make it bigger. Result? (We’re living with it now)
Unless and until Democrats *build their own media ecosystem* dedicated to pushing back against all the media that seeks to destroy them? Democrats will always be one election away from potentially losing to whatever unfit liar the GOP runs.
If we look coldly and clearly at the media landscape (encompassing everything from podcasts to network news) it shows us exactly what happened. If we notice how every issue from post covid inflation to homelessness was weaponized against Democrats for three solid years. That is how trump won.
So, where does that lead us? Two places. 1)Pushing back on the CURRENT open conspiracy to fix the 2026 election via redistricting. 2)Repairing the information ecosystem that led to Trump being elected.
Honestly I don't believe any of the conspiracy theories about Trump "stealing" the election. I believe he won it fair and square.
America democratically elected their own enemies. Opened the gates wide. Now the consequences.
Joni Ernst is getting punished for saying "we're all going to die". Now we need to punish trump and rfk jr for implementing *policy* that will indeed result in more people dying. USAID cuts. Medicaid cuts. Exponential increases in ACA premiums. End of cancer + mRNA research. Vaccine cuts. death.
Yeah. bsky.app/profile/djro...
Ghoulish but in a good way.
Tonight we are all this:
He’s not dead. So Let’s just savor the unity of all wishing that was the case.
Pushing the boundaries implies an increase in services, rather than deprivation. NYT is s**t at basic writing.
Yup.
The mood would be joyful, not destructive imo.
Agreed.
It must be strange to be someone who millions of people are wishing dead. Then again, maybe to a psychopathic narcissist it’s just flattering.
Impossible to escape the idea that the trump regime wants Americans to die.
His ultimate concept is human civilization based on mars. A planet with no breathable air and plenty of deadly radiation. So…I take everything he says with a bowl of salt.
Very good point. He should pray his dumb policy gets struck down.
Blue states need to start seeing themselves as a coordinated group now.
The abuse is what the federal government is doing to the country tbh. The fraud is the billions that trump is raking in off meme coins and god knows what other scams.
And it’s only going to get worse.
Consider the “tan suit scandal”. Compare it to what is happening now. The dozens of outrages that occur every single day. Stop pretending Democrats and Republicans are the same. Stop pretending they are held to the same standards.
What passed for a “scandal” under the Obama administration:
Who is worst of all of these goons will be dependent on circumstances. But rfk jr certainly has potential for that top spot.
Cringe to say, but without explicitly pro Dem media, CONSISTENT over many years, Dems will be vulnerable to losing to completely unfit opponents. Dems, frankly, need a permanent propaganda infrastructure. Podcasts, tv, youtube. ALL of it. This is what people absorb, and it shapes how/if they vote.
A democracy is only as good as it's voters. And voters are only as good as they are informed. If 90% of their media inputs are "Dem bad" you are going to end up with the "not Dem" winning elections. No matter how obviously bad the "not Dem" is.
Until we build not just “left” but consistently pro Dem media infrastructure this type of lobotomized election is always possible. Between Elon’s twitter, Rogan, the both sides (decidedly not liberal) mainstream media, Fox newsmax etc lefty TikTok we had three solid years of “dem bad”
Again: The biggest lesson Trump has taught his minions is that lying works. You just lie. Say up is down and down is up.
Trump's policies are bad for the economy. youtu.be/D5F8o9z1-Nc?...
Would be good if (redacted).
Very weak response.
The preening egomaniacs of the opinion section: Maybe not the most credible scolds on the evils of narcissism.
I haven’t done an exhaustive study but much of his family has disowned him, urging others to keep him from power. I think the kids are still mostly hanging in there for the inheritance but someone else can look it up…the guy is crazy as a s**thouse rat, regardless.
Decades of evidence as to why this person should be in an asylum. Instead? He’s in charge of the health policy for hundreds of millions of people.
Fascists think it’s cool tho.
Scientists have studied mRNA for decades. The vaccine has proven to be safe & effective-saving millions of lives. Researchers are working on mRNA vaccine for HIV. RFK Jr is an ignorant nut. In 2019 he visited Samoa & told ppl measles vaccine is dangerous. Tragically he was believed. 83 kids died
Never try to engage with religious fanaticism. It’s a spiral of nonsense.
Relax, everyone. Trump gives himself an A report card. I’m sure it’s accurate.
when a republican does it it's not communism. it's "maga".
Difficult for some to accept: the idea that millions of people in their very same country sincerely want different things than they do. Opposite things. Different goals. Opposing goals.
peoples politics are often based more in spite than any other single factor. if people they hate are being punished they will vote for it. even if they are also being punished by the same vote. the idea of generally beneficial public policy is incomprehensible. this is why Republicans win elections.
Yep. We don't like to see this ugly reality. But there it still is.
I can't get over this particular one. This guy has no business in this job. And it's literally life and death. We just had a pandemic that illustrated the stakes. These republican "public servants" are acting like public executioners.
Every member of congress who voted to confirm this crazy person should be yelled at for the rest of their lives. They all signed off on this.
Quack is generous. I always thought one at least had to go to medical school to even BE a quack. This guy is just a lunatic with no medical training whatsoever. He plays with dead animals. Wacko to the nth degree. A facebook uncle conspiracy theory monger. Beneath a quack.
This is not about lionizing Harris or pretending every single word/deed she's ever done is flawless. I am simply describing the dynamics of the campaign. What occurred was mostly due to circumstances well outside her control. The information environment for YEARS beforehand. Her gender + ethnicity.
Biden was 100% screwed post debate. But he was ALREADY screwed for 2 solid years before that. Headed for a wipeout. Harris brought new energy and did everything she could in 100 days. The circumstances were basically the worst imaginable and she did what she could. Nothing would have been enough.
I also hear (although much less since leaving twitter) that somehow all the polling was wrong and Biden would have won. I completely dismiss this. Biden was completely screwed post debate. It was a shambles. That is reality. Not "fake polls". For reasons both fair and unfair he was DONE.
All you have to do to translate this quote to today is change “tv” into all the various screens we now use.
People want to pretend a 100 day Hail Mary panic campaign after 3 solid years of anti dem anti incumbent post covid inflation environment was winnable. Biden was headed for an utter landslide loss. Harris pulled it up to a brutal loss. Fighting sexism, racism and a musk bought twitter all the while.
He deports the landscapers. Fires the park staff. And has soldiers doing landscaping and park staff work. Lunacy. Comical. Absurd. What you would expect from a lunatic president I guess...
America lost 1.5 million to COVID. Then decided to put all the worst lunatics in charge. The action of a suicidal nation.
It’s so far beyond parody.
Much more true now than when it was written in the 80s:
You can call it propaganda. fine. Every other niche has it's propaganda. If Dems don't create their own they lose. And America loses. Simple as that. They need to aggressively engage in the information warfare that everyone else has BEEN engaged in for years. Time to catch up.
And again, "left wing media" is not the same as "pro dem". In fact, many of the loudest voices "from the left" hate Democrats even more than Republicans. This will not help prevent the trump style onslaught. In fact, it will aid it, by convincing people not to vote at all. Dems need to create media.
Pro Dem media is not the same as "liberal media" or "left wing media" or even "centrist media". Pro Dem means pro Dem. It operates from the consistent premise that voting blue is the more rational choice every single time. There is ample economic data to support this idea. Enough to run with.
I've been banging on about this for years. We need pro Dem media. It simply does not exist. The major networks are "both sides" at best. Cable news is infotainment noise. Twitter is a GOP stronghold. You get the point. What do Democrats have in order to influence the mindset of voters? Not much.
A democracy is only as good as it's voters. And voters are only as good as the information they consume. If they are inundated with maga influencers, anti vax "maha" conspiracy theories on facebook + every other platform? If the mainstream media constantly does the both sides dance? We get *this*
By all means, attack every Republican who voted to confirm RFK jr. That was a horrible thing to do. But until the reality based community builds sufficient media infrastructure to communicate with voters? This toxic nightmare continues.
Yep. It’s more comfortable to blame congressional Republicans for this than it is to acknowledge that 10s of millions of Americans did in fact vote for this. Trump won the popular vote. We are living with the results of the democratic process. The terrible results. Of a brain poisoned electorate.
Politico gonna politico.
RFK jr -> glue factory asap.
That second part…the internet disinformation genie is loose forever. And honestly legacy media isn’t much better at this point.
Attacking Dems never goes out of season. It's a national hobby. And we're living in the results of it. Good times, with years more to come....