It's insane but true. They really are ready to sacrifice their own lives purely to cause suffering for others.
It's insane but true. They really are ready to sacrifice their own lives purely to cause suffering for others.
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This sounds nothing like him.
The rabid raccoon isn't even in the attic. It's got you cornered in your kitchen.
She did! He promised her he wouldn't do anything bad and she took his word for it despite all the evidence that he's a deranged piece of shit.
I sort of like the idea of a dignified and intelligent leader going on my behalf to mark the end of a monster.
That scenario is specifically forbidden by the Constitution, so why would they jump through all those extra hoops to steal an equally illegal third term? If Trump lives until January 2029, he'll just refuse to leave the White House.
I just read a depressing article about how he has congestive heart failure and kidney disease and yet both of those conditions are manageable over a fairly long time frame.
Deployed far away from their families and their jobs to spread mulch for a dictator. I wonder how they feel about this.
Honestly, when global food production collapses, we can starve to death anywhere -- no need to relocate.
God's mysterious ways are always indistinguishable from his nonexistence.
It depends on whether we have to provide documentation of a risk factor. Once something like that is issued by your health care provider, I don't know how you could keep it out of your records.
I've been specifically watching for that and have not seen it mentioned anywhere.
The whole idea of health *insurance* is insane. You might go your whole life without having a car accident or losing your home to a fire, but everybody needs healthcare at some time.
Big government is A-OK with Republicans as long as it helps them trample the rights of regular people.
To your doctor, yes, but last year 90 percent of covid vaccines were administered by pharmacists, who now would have to somehow access your medical records to verify your claim.
Sure, if you're privileged enough to be able to take time off work and can afford to take your family on a trip to another country. This "solution" is a joke for a huge proportion of Americans.
I give it two years max until we lose ALL the protections of the ACA. Preexisting conditions, lifetime caps on coverage, it's all coming back.
The insurance companies might calculate that vaccines are cheaper than hospital stays -- *until* the ACA is demolished and they can cancel your insurance the second you get sick. Then they'll have zero incentive to pay for any preventive care.
Deal-making mode with a dictator who can't even remember what he said yesterday? In addition to getting the facts wrong, this is an idiotic take.
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They've been trained to blame liberals for everything. I just don't think they're capable of connecting the dots and figuring out that Trump caused their pain.
Exactly.
If Democrats somehow get past the gerrymandering coup attempt and win a majority in the midterms, I'm pretty sure the regime will simply proclaim that all the Republicans won their races and refuse to swear in any Democrats. And the Supreme Court will rubber-stamp all of it.
But but but when they go low, we go high...
This is what I'm afraid of: they'll find some twisted way of justifying why it's okay for Texas but not for California.
I've taken to calling the establishment Dems' approach "the high road to nowhere."
I don't understand why Dems aren't constantly referencing the draft-dodging to remind the cult that their leader is a coward.
I can't wait to see how the Supreme Court carves out an exception to the first amendment to support this order.
Please, please, please let the Democrats finally get off the high road to nowhere...
I would love for someone to persuade me that calling my Republican senator makes any difference at all. Project 2025 is his dream come true, and he's shown us over and over that he just does not care what happens to his constituents.
This! We all need to *think* and seek out real knowledge from real human experts instead of spreading slop from hallucinating computers.
Please don't post AI garbage here. It's lazy and irritating.
This GenXer never had a grand narrative. I knew we were screwed way back in high school in the 80s when the grown-ups told us everything was fine and we should just shut up and go to college.
Thank you! This is extremely helpful.
Gross income or adjusted gross income?
Girl? So you're saying she's under 18?
It's sickening that we let a wanted war criminal step onto American soil.
And worst of all, our subsidies will enable AI to steal elections and destroy jobs.
There is only "for the sake of Trump" now, and his minions are absolutely fine with that.
In 2016 I met a Trump voter who told me he didn't approve of Trump's vulgar behavior but supported him anyway because he wanted a president who'd be "tough on Russia." I often think about that man and wonder if he's happy with the way things are going.
I don't disagree that there's dirt, but I have trouble imagining that *anything* could end this presidency when rape and pedophilia didn't stop his reelection.
Rolling Stone is reporting that the Trump regime is making plans to bomb Mexico. That would be a really good distraction from the Epstein files.
Even a frightening number of so-called progressives give away their misogyny by whining that of course they'd vote for a woman, just not THAT woman because [insert purity test here]...
Certain holier-than-thou lefties want to feel morally superior more than they want a functioning country, and they've proved it over and over, starting with the dipshits who voted for Trump in 2016 to "teach the DNC a lesson."
If by "coming around" we mean "temporarily venting their rage in a different direction for a few months," I can see that. "Coming around" as in "voting like decent human beings in the next election" seems way less likely.
Oh, look, the circular firing squad has arrived.
Along with losing ACA coverage in the next year or two, I fear that we elder GenXers are also going to get Medicare and Social Security ripped out from under us just as we'd expected to retire.
I'm wondering if he thinks it's pronounced "Pockner."
Most Dems are acting like it's still 2008 and they're hell-bent on keeping us all frozen in time with them.
I think MAGA world will obediently blame Democrats and go right on worshipping Trump. I lost all hope after the fourth or fifth video I saw of a Trumper who had a family member or half their employees kidnapped by ICE and *STILL* would not say they regretted voting for Trump.
Unstoppable force versus immovable object?
This is how MAGAs think a strong man sounds.
I saw this on TV as a kid one Saturday afternoon, and it scared the crap out of me all the rest of that day and night.
It's hard to imagine a better example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
And after Obergefell, Griswold is next.
He methodically helped lay the groundwork for this disaster and now wants credit for some kind of integrity? Obscene. Why do we let these people rewrite history?
Buffalo is better.
I got a mailer from Schumer asking for money and it went straight in the trash. How he has the gall to fundraise for the Democratic party on the back of his dismal failure to stand up for us is just beyond me.
An awful lot of rich Republicans are deluding themselves that their money will shield their families from climate collapse. They just can't wrap their heads around what's coming.
I've been wondering if there's a way of faking the destruction of that satellite. I mean, the morons now in charge don't have the slightest clue how anything works, so maybe a nice little AI video of the satellite burning up on reentry would do the trick.
I just set up a recurring donation to the Democrat running for his seat.
A true general strike takes away the choice not to participate by closing businesses, throwing public transport into chaos, etc. If I shut down, my customers will be inconvenienced whether they agree with me or not. But I share your doubt that Americans are brave enough to fully commit.
So jealous of countries whose leaders have more than a dozen working brain cells.
Small adjustments to daily choices have their place in creating change, but a strike is supposed to throw sand in the gears and bring everything to a grinding halt at once.
Will Trump extort hundreds of millions of dollars from airlines unless they find a way to stop jet engines from triggering ice crystal formation?
Since you've trotted out a stereotype of English people, note that a dental exam/cleaning on the UK NHS costs roughly $35, or free if you're low-income, under 18, pregnant or a new mother, etc. A filling or root canal is around $100. Meanwhile in the US, dental care isn't even considered healthcare.
It's so hard not to laugh at Trump voters. Did they sleep through all the broken promises of his first term?
Wisconsin Dems did this in 2011 to try to slow down a Republican power grab, and the right-wingers also demanded that they be tracked down and arrested. This time the threat may be more than ridiculous posturing.
The Founders were completely delusional when they decided that lifetime appointments would shield the Supreme Court from political partisanship. We really need to change this so we can hold justices accountable for corruption.
Imagine what we could achieve if the Democratic party would put together a positive, populist platform, find a single charismatic spokesperson, and ALL line up to support the big picture. Republicans stay on message *no matter what* and look what that has allowed them to do.
Not complicated? You must be joking. The average voter does not have the financial resources or the practical support system to run for political office. This is why we choose people to represent us.
These stories have made me lose all hope that the Trump cult will ever go away. There are actually people who love him more than they love their own families.
Running around in a mask waving a gun and terrorizing brown people would be living the dream for a certain type of cop. The ones who refuse to work for ICE might be closer to the kind of officers we want in our communities.
"In today’s climate, a military parade could offer an opportunity to counter misperceptions about the armed forces. It could bring Americans closer to service members and juice military recruitment—all of which is sorely needed." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
@charlesgaba.com, could you please tell us more about the changes to DPC agreements and HSA contributions? I'm definitely not rich, and I have a high-deductible ACA plan, so I rely on my direct primary care doc for urgent care, cheap lab tests, and so on.
They think he's their ticket to unlimited power forever.
Do these liars walk off camera and laugh hysterically about their own deranged pronouncements, or are they so mentally ill that they actually believe what they're saying?
*toe the party line
I'm betting they all breathe a sigh of relief that if the SC sets Maxwell free, she must be innocent, and obviously the whole Epstein affair was a hoax and they can go back to worshipping Trump. It's just too hard for these mouth-breathers to truly accept that they were conned.
He said in a press conference that he'd never had the privilege of going to Epstein's island.
Gee, I wonder why she didn't try this three years ago. Oh, wait...
Exactly this. Republicans have spent decades reliably voting for anyone with an R after their name, no matter how vile and incompetent. If Dems would just show the fuck up to support our imperfect candidates, maybe we could have pushed the needle the other way. But no, it's purity or bust...
I no longer have any patience for people who believe that not voting for either candidate lets them live in some alternative reality where the election didn't happen.
So it would have been better if Fetterman and Sinema's Republican opponents had won?
So gross. Also, flattering dictators only works for a while.
We also need to make them serve a lengthy probationary period *without firearms* -- that would discourage the ones who'd rather pull a gun than de-escalate.
It's important if you think everyone should have an equal shot at living a healthy life, but Republicans don't think that.
Other morons elect the morons.
If we're talking ideal scenarios, also national training programs with uniform standards and stiff competition for admission.
So good!
All those right-wing boomers who are cheering for the end of cancer and dementia research...
"Across the isle" LOL
I read the first book and thought, meh, this is just a plot in search of a movie deal. The writing itself was so pedestrian. I'd rather read Susan Cooper or John Bellairs.
Bullies who want to wave guns around. Make cops serve at least two years with exemplary conduct and then pass a rigorous psych eval before they're issued firearms -- that would help weed out the macho control freaks from the people who actually want to help others.
I'm going to bail and hope that other people I follow will repost any actually significant articles from The Atlantic. I don't have the bandwidth for recycled advice columns.
Easy: he'll say that Maxwell is a victim of the Epstein "hoax" and she was innocent the whole time.
I have a sinking feeling the cult will latch on to anything that lets them go back to mindlessly worshipping Trump.
What a cowardly POS to gaslight you like that. I'm so sorry.
Most of them *want* to take us back to the 19th century and are perfectly happy to help Trump.