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Surely every legal person wants to be a bit like Rumpole.
White US culture. The rest of the world’s white people don’t share this problem.
Glaucomas are terrible, aren't they?
If they believed it was about the people, why do they roll back restrictions and defund mental health programs? Why do they make it easier for the people to get those guns? They know it's the guns, but they don't care. They like mass shootings because it keeps people fearful and obedient.
Didn't Cassidy remember that every other time in recent history when Republicans have made promises in order to be confirmed, they failed to keep those promises? Has he ever met his colleagues? Of course Kennedy lied. He values truth almost as much as he loves diseases and death.
Scoop: Trump tragically found alive! World in mourning for what could have been.
When politicians say mass shootings are a mental health problem, not a gun problem, why do journalists never ask what they’re doing about mental health? Why do journalists not show their history of defunding mental health programs and ask them why they do the opposite of what they say?
I’m honestly surprised. I didn’t think he would allow elections.
Of course, you’re right! That’s why no one has ever died in a war. Soldiers prayed and were saved from death through holy intervention. Amazing all those fake histories, with their made-up death tolls. Don’t they know that prayer stops bullets?
Yes, that is his plan. Increase the mortality of curable diseases, remove the weak from the population. He wants masses of people dead, obviously. It’s the logical endpoint of every action he takes. There is no other explanation that fits the evidence of his actions.
They did learn. They learnt that they can get the worst and least suited people into high office. That’s exactly what they want. Why do you think the media is not working hard to get these people elected? Look at who owns or runs the media. They learnt from the US and will do the same to the UK.
Labour want this, as Reform peels voters off the Conservatives, splitting the vote on the right. The calculation is that this helps Labour to victory next election.
Only Democrats have agency. Republicans can’t help doing what they do. They’re unthinking robots unable to change their basic programming. They have no mind and can’t be blamed for their votes. Democrats can though, because democrats have brains and think and feel. Only Democrats have agency.
Hilariously, if they say one word wrong their fawning sycophancy will count for absolutely nothing. They’ve caught the tiger by the tail now and if they let go, they’ll be doomed. I hope they have enough self awareness to see they’ve trapped themselves in a suicide pact.
They always wanted to be the ones silencing and oppressing the people. They were never going to resist fascism, that was their ideal state all along.
Really, unless Labour people live in a ditch and wear nothing but sackcloth and ashes, they’re betraying their roots and contributing to the problem. Even then, they’d better share that ditch. A whole ditch just contributes to the problem. No one should hold Conservatives to this standard though.
Many people have said to me “Sir. Sir” they say, “Miller strangles puppies for sexual enjoyment. He can’t orgasm unless a puppy has died in his hands.” Some of them have tears in their eyes. Strong men, big men, tears in their eyes They didn’t say that to Biden but they say it to me. They respect me
“Anonymity is terrible!” cries eclipsistenebris, the middle child of the Tenebris family.
No-one wants to be decimated!
Ugh, what a sorry excuse for a human. She sued a rape victim for defamation. Didn’t she organise an emergency office cleaning to remove evidence of the rape? Was it her who called Higgins a “lying cow”? One of the worst of a very bad lot.
And now Australia. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
The man is a moron. The US is led by the most venal, greedy moron the world has ever seen, and its people loved him so much they voted him back in to burn their nation down. A failing nation.
“To”, not “the”. Not sure why it corrected that
At least these weirdos seem to be confined the Twitter. I never see these types of posts here.
Watch for the pearl clutching when people laugh at Trump as he keels over for the final time. Suddenly it’ll all be about decorum, that thing they will never and have never shown. I’m looking forward to both that news and the many days of “Weekend at Bernie’s” that will precede it.
A Cessna is a better aeroplane than an F35 with a kill switch controlled by the US. If you’re not in full control, someone else is.
Is anyone surprised that the pro-disease party want you dead? One less mouth to feed from the US economy, more money for the rest. They’d happily see you and everyone you know die painfully if they could make a dollar from it. RFK Jr caused nearly 70 kids in Samoa to die. He loves it when people die
Yes, she is qualified but she’s a woman and we all know how unstable they can be. Not like Trump, a beacon of reason so logical he could out-Spock Spock. Yes, the US can’t have women who might change their minds about stuff or get upset and seek revenge. Not like stable genius Trump. Ugh, voters…
Wasn’t she convicted for perjury a few times? Is she a reliable witness? Does anyone actually believe her, or is it just enough of a smokescreen for his base to get back on board?
Not a USian, so not sure, but are the Black Panthers still around? This would be the best time ever for a few marches in DC.
Your description is, if anything, the sort a good friend of his would give. You didn’t even mention ethnic cleansing or genocide, or the cynical way he uses the deaths of thousands to further his personal agenda. You were almost complimentary compared to the reality of the man.
I’m loving the concept of museums focused on the future. Why are they so intent on the past? It’s hard to think of the US as anything other than a nation in free fall, about to hit terminal velocity.
With two very unconvincing transvestites.
He might’ve been a great Zod, but I’ll always remember him as a Sydney-based drag queen driving to Alice Springs.
Clapping the murderous dictator as he walks down the red carpet on US soil. What a moment for the US, to finally give up the pretence of principles and morality, and just be the best friend to the worst regimes of the world.
Final line needs some hounds being released after five seconds.
You’re both-sidesing this? Really? You think they’re the same?
He’s so easy to manipulate. Monsters like Putin play with Trump, and without handlers, he plays along like a fool, smiling and agreeing with anything the nice man tells him.
It’s a great song but at the time it was played to death and the entire world had enough of it. Maybe enough time has passed to listen to it again.
I think he’s gone away to find the secret codeword that activates Bernie into Mecha-Bernie, with laser eyes and the ability to crush dictators under the weight of his folding chair.
Maybe they’ll find the holy grail of late 30s footage - Hitler and pal Mussolini going shark fishing in the Mediterranean.
Well, that’s not really true. They pretty much took a holiday during the Obama and Biden years, pausing only to vote “No” to everything. They spent their time whining to the media, who won’t give Democrats air time because they’re largely controlled by Republicans.
It’s an election. Of course the responsibility for the final vote rests on the voters. That’s what voting means. No-one was forced to vote Republican. They all chose to. No-one was forced to stay home. They chose to. They are responsible for their vote. When faced with Trump, they let him back in.
If you want Democrats to resist, vote for them in numbers that give them that power. Failing to do so means your impotent rage is misplaced.
Only Democrat voters counted on Schumer and Jeffries. Everyone else wanted Trump and everything he’s done, or were fine with either choice and didn’t bother to vote. But not enough people voted for Democrats, leaving them largely powerless. USians can be bitter but this is what they voted for.
Not familiar with some aspect of US politics. Does this nominee need to be confirmed by the Senate?
Why does his approval rating matter now? It’s not as if he’ll ever face another election. It’s a nice little barometer or public sentiment but means nothing outside that It’s a shame voters failed to pay attention when it mattered. But then, they’ll have the rest of their lives to regret their vote
Wow, back from the ancient days when the toy was more accurate than the box art. Awesome!
It’s always amazing how US institutions instantly folded, or at best folded after a minimum of resistance. It’s as though they always wanted to be utterly subordinate to the whims of a dictator and see their best hope of that in Trump.
People’s reality is what their media tells them it is. This is the post-truth world, and since nations let their media aggregate under a handful of wealthy men who all agree, the media pushes a single narrative all the time and the people believe it. Truth is irrelevant now, sadly.
Kafkaesque means a bureaucracy that is insanely complicated and never ending, through changes and politics and all meaning is lost. This is different. This is deliberate. They do this to ensure people can’t mount any legal case before they’re sent to some hellhole to be killed or worked to death.
Once they install the gas chambers, the cost per victim will drop dramatically.
Seems like official US healthcare policy. Everything old is new again!
I’m surprised that Bezos allows the WaPo to print anything critical of the current admin.
Good, but you need to work “convicted perjurer” in there somehow to remind people she happily lies under oath.
I don’t know… the US has always been weak on punishing political crimes. My money is on every one of them getting to live out free lives with presidential pardons. Which’d be a shame because you need Nuremberg-style trials to stop this from happening again.
I suspect a lot of women would be okay if they just had the morningstar and shield. A heavy spiked metal ball to the crotch would deter most men from troubling women.
They never use bearing false witness as the example, because it’s a commandment they routinely break. Same with the ones about stealing and adultery. Maybe someone should pick up some obvious lies they said and ask why they feel that commandment isn’t important and if there are others we can ignore.
They keep showing their insecurities. They want a strong, muscular man to take control of their lives and constantly post homoerotic imagery of Trump to put him in that role. Psychologists will have their hands full with these people.
Yes, they really want to do that.
RFK Jr loves it when people die early. He absolutely loves it. Every single thing he does is in support of this defining trait. He wants everyone to die of some horrible and avoidable disease, and now has the power to make this happen. He can help kill an entire nation.
Odd that Trump hasn’t been subpoenaed. Sorry, “odd” was the wrong word. “Corrupt” fits better.
He should have said that this is what they voted for. Maybe next time they’ll pay attention to their candidates instead of ticking the same box they always tick. This is not a surprise, the cuts weren’t news. This was always planned and Project 2025 outlined it. This is exactly what they voted for.
Half right. He’s admitting guilt and dating you to do something about it. He’s got the military, the courts, the police both state and federal. He’s got all the power because USians heaped it on him, so really, what are people going to do about it? And if you think he’ll suffer another election…
More - if there was a crime, they’re all now accessories to it and can be prosecuted for their part in the cover-up.
So I did one of those skircle thingies. Now I need to pay more attention to people's icons. I don't recognise most of these.
What do people think Project 2025 was about? All of this is in line with the goal of that guidebook, which is to create a fascist state.
I'm on the other side of the planet watching the US self-immolate Given every opportunity, the US has chosen the worst possible option and people like you pop up to say "Well, actually..." to justify the comprehensive failure of the US electorate to actually vote for their own interests What a shame
Cool So when you go to the polls and the choice is the party that is okay with genocide but is starting to push back, versus the party that is okay with the genocide but will accelerate it and also destroy your own country, you think that's the time to rally people against the first party? Well done
You monster! You are literally worse than Hitler. You're like three Hitlers and an evil leprechaun duct-taped together. That's how awful you are. Saying you love y... urk! I can't even type that filthy sentence.
Are they actually floating a balloon to test if people will accept this? Or is this the start of softening up people to her pardon? Either way, these people are 100% okay with pedos, so long as they're on the same team. They literally don't care if they're on the same team.
Admitting guilt only matters if someone has a sense of shame. Trump is utterly shameless. He won't care and neither will his followers.
I note you don't dispute anything, preferring bland insults Good for you, you got the government you wanted. This is the country you richly deserve. Your voting choices and proselytising helped bring this about Enjoy your Pyrrhic victory. The world wishes you'd used logic instead of mindless emotion
Children see politics as good versus evil. Adults see it as making the least bad choice. If both parties have the same policy, then it's not useful for deciding between the two. It's irrelevant. You have to look at their other policies. But the US electorate is full of uneducated naifs.
I'm good Annabell. How are you?
And now you have Trump, who promised to pave over Gaza and put up condos for Israelis and exile Palestinians The genocide was irrelevant to the US election, as both sides were complicit. It's just that one side would do it faster and then destroy the US as well, and voices like yours helped elect it
You're too late He won the race for a dictatorship and all of the checks and balances that were meant to keep him in check are irrelevant. There is literally nothing in his way now and all the institutions have flattened themselves to the floor in utter subservience The race was in 2024, and he won
You're right. Other people should sacrifice their lives and sanity to make the world better. Not you, just other people. Come on, she was rejected by the US voting population. It's entirely fair that she step back and let the people deal with the consequences of their choices. Save yourselves.
Happy birthday! Have a great day (and year)
A delightful, lighthearted take on the US economic woes!
Looks like the cat is fully charged and ready to go.
USians think they’re part of the culture their distant ancestors left. I always think Scots or Irish people look at this in the same way Vietnam veterans at a neighbourhood watch meeting view the mid-30s guy in full camo gear. Not sure if Pratchett or Adams said that first but it sticks in my mind.
Unions backing Trump are run by morons. Trump is anti-union, always was. They are turkeys voting for Christmas Trump’s hold on people is a superpower. For some reason people actively support him destroying their lives. They want their world torn apart by him, and he obliges. What is wrong with them?
Did anyone ask him why he broke two or three commandments? Are they not important to him, or is he above his God and not subject to those commandments? Overly religious people really hate being reminded of the laws they demand others follow.
The ones thumping the bible hardest are always hiding their true nature and their guilt. He’s broken a couple of the commandments now, so they’re obviously not really that important to him.
Democrats wouldn't have released the files because they could form evidence in a criminal trial. Trump and Republicans don't care about the law and were all in on this until they realised he'd be implicated. The only strange thing here is that Trump made such a big deal of evidence that condemns him
He knows what a Christian is, and he's very much against it. Sort of anti-
No, you’re not taking it far enough. The poor, disabled and mentally ill are viewed as drains on resources. The MAGA direction is to remove those people from society once and for all. Getting them out of sight still leaves them draining money from the govt.
Numeracy has suffered as well, with 80% of children unable to remember their times tables and another 40% of children never having learned them in the first place.
Remember his great line "I love the uneducated!" Well, they voted him in and they're going to pay for it every day, but they don't realise the price hikes are how they're paying for the tariffs. It's amazing that people don't understand this.
If it's not worth writing, it's not worth reading. AI-written summaries are a reason not to use Chrome. Apple are wise to let others streak ahead with non-content.
People with a certain mindset don’t view others as human, not like themselves. Others are just objects to be used and profited from. It’s why the term “Human Resources” replaced “Personnel” in the corporate world. They have no capacity for empathy. It’s a dangerous mindset to elect to rule a nation.
Reform is a slow process. The best time to start is a few decades ago. The next best time to start is today.
Not really worth going for the pro-shooting-children lobby. They just want kids to be killed.
For clarity - did he mean fighting for or against?
