This regime should worry about lax gun laws in states that border Illinois.
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This regime should worry about lax gun laws in states that border Illinois.
Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
Authoritarian regimes need enemies at home. Big blue cities are public enemy #1 (given the chance, he would bomb them). On the UP side 30k+ troops couldn't secure Baghdad in 20 years. 500 Nat Guardsmen are in for a serious ass whoopin' if they start shooting unarmed civilians.
Authoritarian regimes need internal enemies. Big blue cities are Trump's.
@slip-sliding.bsky.social "In 20 years of occupation the army couldn't secure Baghdad, the National Guard doesn't have a hope of taking Chicago. Trump is fucking around, but our soldiers are the ones about to find out" - Jim Wright (Aka Stonekettle)
Jim is right
The DNC should be paying for her security detail. She took one for the team when Joe fell apart. It is the very least they can do. (and the very least is all I expect from the DNC)
I think that you misunderstood me I distinctly said "Jugular" not "Juggler"
@silversufer25.bsky.social I've been thinking; "Working within a system that is totally corrupt and broken to try and fix it only assures the survival of that system. It will allow itself to be fixed just enough to keep going. It is only the force of outside actors that can affect any real change."
You earned it!
Jake has been on fire lately. if you aren't following him already, you need to.
HA!
My father used to tell me "Just about everyone, except the mentally ill, know the difference between right and wrong." This regime knows full well that what they are doing is wrong. You cannot deal squarely with them. All they understand is force. I suggest we show them a great deal of it.
Never forget this.
At minimum
All fine and well, BUT how can you stop him? The system is broken. There is no enforcement mechanism in place to do so. He does as he pleases without penalty. (Which totally cheeses me off)
IMHO, the Dem party is DOA. Working within the system assures the system's survival. They'll only let you fix what they ALLOW you to fix. We can't even get them to stop buying stock with insider information. There is no fucking way they will ever step up. People must do it from outside the system.
Got it! Dems didn't stop it because the leadership enjoys the benefits of this broken/ corrupt system. They had zero incentive to do so. I too hope the next batch has what it takes.
“Orwell showed how totalitarian regimes reduce thought to slogans so blunt they short-circuit critical thinking.Trump’s version is “Make America Great Again.” The words promise a return to greatness, but what they really mean is “Trust me, obey me, and forget the past.”
Who is in a position to enforce anything anymore? You cannot rely on a corrupt system to police itself. Get a million people to drag them out of their offices. IE Storm the Bastille. the power resides with the people, IF they'll use it.
I watched it. Brooks grinds me.
they can't be arrested if no one will charge them...or prosecute. Laws only work if the system enables them to work.
All the more reason to boycott them
I want to be honest, the DOJ bullshit about banning the trans community from owning guns is the first time I've ever considered the argument that the 2A is needed to overthrow a tyrannical government.
“America is adrift. It has no coherent foreign policy, no team of senior professionals managing its national defense and diplomacy, and a president who has little interest in the world beyond what it can offer him.” Read it and weep.
The cruelty, the rot, the normalization of fascism, it’s like breathing in poison every day. It seeps into your soul, like a worm. Resistance is the only cure. #NeverGiveUp
A scholarly type used the term "ouroboros"
How you fixed for lederhosen? Which reminds me; They were hoping to put on the Sound of Music as part of the rebranding of Trump's Kennedy Center, but everyone who auditioned want to play Rolf.
I suspect his obit will read that he died of 'auto-erotic asphyxiation gone wrong' and was found wearing nothing but him mother's pearls and a picklehaube.
Apparently, the key to longevity is being as evil as possible. No other explanation.
You've been on quite a hot streak lately. Impressive.
@silversufer25.bsky.social
excellent idea
THIS TIMES INFINITY!
Say hi to Aces for me
Pretty much
The people who think that the police are going to help, that they are somehow part of the solution have not been paying attention AT ALL.
This is almost painful to watch
You live in the heartland. Go to any farm out there and ask if climate change is real. The follow up question is "Does your crop insurance company think it's real?" Usually, you'll get a "Yes and yes". On occasion "No and yes", but never "No and no". www.ewg.org/research/cro...
Disappointing people is my specialty. At least my mother thought so. Tell, Nate it wasn't personal.
He's a fantastic writer.
Ouroboros...I just learned the word this morning from Sarah Kendzior
You plant a seed and hope it grows.
But seriously, how many more government statisticians is Trump going to have to fire before the economy improves?
RIGHT!
100%. I saw somewhere that May, June, July numbers were revised down to 8000 jobs each and that Aug will be revised down to about 2000 when all is said and done
History tells us that this is exactly how it happens.
Oh I don't believe it now. I currently believe you've been miles ahead of the curve.
Amy Coney Barrett is right that America is not in a constitutional crisis, but not for the reason she thinks. The constitutional crisis was 2017-2024, peaking when Barrett and her colleagues ruled that Trump can break laws without consequence. America is now in the post-constitutional crisis.
We are the world's crazy girlfriend. They know they ought to dump us. They can't bring us anywhere because we're such a hot mess, and the conversation is always full of uncomfortable, nervous laughter, BUT they can't bring themselves to do it because the sex is fantastic.
We ALL know how this ends
Mark is not wrong, folks
I used to think Sarah was prone to overreaction/ hyperbole, but time and time again she has proven her to be prescient.
Amen
You can't argue with Jake on this one.
Which decision is going to have a greater impact on your daily life over the next year? the sneakers, obviously. Hell, you may never need that other crap! Ill fitting sneakers on the other hand...
THIS TIMES INFINITY
A+ shade throwing, Kudos
Today's Einstein Award Recipient
🇺🇦🇫🇷 Zelensky: The distance between Moscow and Paris is less than 3,000 km, and the missiles that Russia uses to shell Ukraine have a range of 2,500 km. In two years the Russians will have many missiles with a range of 5,000 km. The sea will protect no one, the ocean will protect no one.
Gilgamesh is trending because the world is still run by old tyrants.
Ooooo!
The president is using the military to dismantle cities that didn't vote for him The president is using the military to distract from women speaking out against his and Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuses. We are not living in ordinary times. Extraordinary responses are called for.
Old school Dems are all about seniority. They live in a bygone era.
Sad, but true
I mean, where else are you going to taste garum? I would say the 'ancient menu' would be more of what well to do Romans would dine one...Meat forward. If you are ever in Rome, I would rank it as 'not to be missed'.
Democrats "have to give up on the idea that they're a governing party. They have to give up on the idea that the Republican party is a traditional political party of which you can have some sort of meeting of the minds." @stuartpstevens.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:
I'm an old white, New England liberal (with a multiracial family) Maybe not your target audience, but what you say resonates with me. Keep up the good work.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was effective because of the financial impact it had. fast forward to today, the financial impact of the Target boycott has had far more impact than the No Kings protests have.
This offer still stands. Mainstream media should use my suggested headline and lead paragraph.
Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
Well, to be honest, I'm retired. BUT I believe that protest without a financial side may be good for morale, it lacks punch. econreview.studentorg.berkeley.edu/the-power-of...
hold it on a weekday. The powers that be don't care if you want to spend your day off in the park with your friends. They do care like hell, however if you take the day off to do it. Protest without a monetary component isn't nearly as effective. Your wallet speaks louder than your voice.
Pritzker continuing to have some faith in the MSM is sad. I know he has no choice but the MSM is actively rooting for an invasion, actually.
Uhm, yes, yes we have
HA!
(just wait 'til they find your stash)
hostarianticaroma.it/a-tavola-con...
I ate here a dozen or so years ago. hostarianticaroma.it/a-tavola-con...
"They were born to be criminals." Jesus. Trump is talking about Americans this way. And let's be clear - he's talking about Black and brown people in Blue cities.
I rather like this piece
EXACTLY!
You summed up my thoughts perfectly! Thank you.
Just finalizing the invasion plans of Venezuela on Signal before the big reveal
HA!
I'm surprised they picked people that even had law degrees.
