Trump is an extremely dangerous man--stupid, vindictive, fixated on payback for his enemies. This country will be lucky to survive him.
Trump is an extremely dangerous man--stupid, vindictive, fixated on payback for his enemies. This country will be lucky to survive him.
We will survive. But the question is in what condition.
There are 78 million Republicans who are just as bad. What filth they all are.
Trump's kinda special.
I'm having a deja vu from Hugo Chavez in Venezuela... same thing, different side of the political spectrum
I survived a 13 year relationship with an abusive narcissistic pig like Trump. Happy to report that I never made that mistake again and came out of it stronger. Sometimes you gotta pass through hell to get to heaven. Keep the faith and march on!!
Glad you survived your narcissist; that’s not easy. I finally escaped mine after 25 years and still putting my pieces back together. It’s crushing to escape your personal narcissist only to be stuck with a national one.
Same to you! It isn’t easy, they destroy every fiber of your self esteem. You will finish that puzzle and when you do it will be a beautiful landscape of your new life. I can identify with the Trumpers, he takes their money, feeds them lies and makes them believe he loves them on a personal level.
But you lost 13 years of your life and probably then some recovering. Too dear a price.
Funny you think I lost 13 years but I don’t at all! During those 13 years I earned my Master’s degree, started my own business, helped my sister with her battle against breast cancer. I made a bad decision, just like our country has but I lived through it. That is my point.
Agreed, there are many good people out there. Here all of you are! Every day, do something for others and give less to the oligarchs. We put them there by buying things we wanted, not needed. They are completely dependent on us. We have choices.
Word!!!
I like your optimism
I have moments when I think our democracy is doomed but have faith that we will heal as a nation. Democrats need to remain vigilant, giving up is not an option. I just joined our town’s Democrat Committee after years of having it on my bucket list. You don’t survive challenges by being complacent.
I think ultimately democracy will survive, but the usa will get a severe hit internationally. They will lose a lot of friends and allies. The economy will never recover imo. Usa will never be the super power it once was.
We will have battle scars for sure!!! The Democrats must each and everyday step into the boxing ring and loudly let the world know that we are in this to win. That we will overcome. That is the message that needs to be heard around the world!!
Too little too late I’m afraid. Europe will now look at a new model to rely less on America economically and militarily. Canada and Mexico will do the same leaving America weaker. Unfortunately this will open a door for others
We have certainly become unstable. It seems as though the voters have become addicted to the chaos of which they will become exhausted from in 4 years. These are mercurial times for sure. I grew up in the sixties, another time when our nation appeared to be self destructing. We made it 🙏 then.
The USA will not become a third world country, it still will have a strong economy and strong army, but the decline is accelerating. It won’t be the police of the world anymore so the USD will take a hit. Americans will have to adapt and realize its not the world police anymore.
For example when the English empire was on the downward trend. They adapted and changed accordingly. America will have to face the same reality. England is still a great country, but no where close to their glory days. America is facing the same reality imo
You never made that mistake again. This country did. What that says about this country is damning
Oh I took him back after a beating, not uncommon in an abusive relationship. Narcissist are skilled at surrounding themselves with people with the lowest of self-esteem. Trump has mastered that for sure. My point is that there is a day of reckoning and we can’t loose faith.
I like to think he won't survive our country. He's a bully at his most extreme right now. I think a comeuppance is coming.
I hope you’re right.
Not to mention, a dolt
All of msm just accepting this verbal diarrhoea and shrugging it off. Not one presenter has the balls to call him out. A slippery slope indeed.
Yeah but Kamala didn't say the right words in the correct sequence.
Yes and because I hate her laugh, I will allow the entire world to suffer! Fucking people...
….and her laugh was awkward.
Was she invoking the Goblin King or something?
She had to be flawless, while he got to be lawless.
Biden should have dropped out a long time before he did. Them have proper primaries etc. and let people prepare. What a mess.
Some people must have been deaf and blind to vote for the cretin Orange Rat
Ya'll had four years of Trump in power, then four more years of his whining about being out of power. What more proof of him being an incompetent, lawless felon did you need? And, so many of you decided not to even vote to keep him out of power. What did you expect to happen.
It felt as tho' the US was scared to imprison an ex potus, even one that had incited an insurrection. You had 4 years to sort it, and you failed. Now you've got a tyrant to deal with.
I just love it when a holy man stands at his podium and turns to the choir and starts preaching.
Welcome to the democratic party. While repubs are playing chess our party is playing 52 pick up. Even with a primary who would we run that would beat Slump?
With no prep, Kamala nearly won. AOC would be great; but realistically tho, a white, 50 something, male because chauvinism.
I agree a tall white man…put our nation ahead of the agenda and get an electable new Prez
Exactly we can't run women so our best is Newsom and he's a longshot 🤷
Worst campaign ever Only reacting, they let yellowman set the narrative and the lie.
Harris? No. She didn't react. He did and very badly. She conducted herself brilliantly and in fact had most of the support. He had dwindling support at best and then magically he won all the swing states. I find that very interesting.
Election was rigged by Elin someways 100%
Also the typo is intentional
Sure looked that way.
100% agree. He wants to conquer everyone and everything.
I'm so afraid we won't.
Its called Karma, Mr. King. How long can we do such horrible things as a country, while constantly denying our horrible deeds, before it comes back upon us? Shame on U. S.
we all have to get involved. Follow Heather Cox Richardson and Bernie Sanders for starters.
#ImpeachTrump
Let me quote you on this, "THE WORLD will be lucky to survive him."
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That's it, you're DEI now! You'll be hearing from him. Keep it up and you may be an illegal immigrant next.
I find the expectation of luck to be a terrifying prospect. 'Cause in my universe, luck tends to sour like raw milk.
I honestly think he's bent on destruction. He doesn't care about the USA. He can destroy it. His buddy Vlad showed him how to do it and make a bunch of money. Which is all he cares about.
He’s doing better then Biden ever did dumbass
Fuck, he’s already killings off. How many died on Monday because of his idiotic stupidity? And now a plane crash after more idiotic stunts. He killed those people on the plane. We all know it’s on him and his regime of republicans.
Your post raises the question. Is anyone keeping track of his death toll.
Yeah something just seems “off”. How could that happen, especially at that airport?
Wait, I’m having a hard time keeping up. What happened Monday?
We're already dead. We've been dead for a while. Occasionally, our corpses are jiggled as puppets for four years, seemingly happy and content, with pulled back smiles, but we are still decaying.
I disagree. We'll survive him. But how will we be changed? Will we see vulgarity, cruelty and lies as the only way to win elections? Or will we find ways to bridge our divides and treat each other with love and understanding? The next 4 years will say a lot more about us than The Creature.
The problem is the ridiculous two party political situation. There is no buffer between them. There now seems to be as much hate for the other party than there is love for your own. More political parties would allow more choice and stop extremism on either side.
What about Dr. Jill Stein? Has she any chance to be elected as a third party?
Well, first you're getting an enemy north of the border with your annexation threats.
You could’ve used that excuse first term. The encore wtf. #theendofanempire
I noticed in most western countries, you get the opposite when comes elections. What i mean is when you have a pretty left leaning president for the next election you get the swing right and vice versa. The more right the pres is the more left the next one will be. Like a huge swing.
Very true. We've gone from Obama to Trump to Biden to Trump. Odds are the next POTUS will be a Democrat who will then get the blame for all the damage Trump and his lackeys inflict on the country, just as Biden got the blame for the damage from COVID. Americans are idiots.
Yes this is spot on! I do believe the next administration will be very liberal. But i think we wont even have to wait 4 years. I think the democrats will win back the congress in 2 years. Trump will be a train wreck and ppl will have enough. Democrats have to put their act together tho
Did you ever imagine this as fiction for a novel? Or is it weirder than fiction?
I am afraid the “great experiment” that was America has failed. I always knew we would not last forever—nothing does—but I didn’t think it would happen so fast. Still, I want to be hopeful for my two sons’ sake.
The experiment was a success... it just moved to Europe.
Lmfao. The only thing exceptional about the people of the US is their credulousness, gullibility and susceptibility to indoctrination and propaganda. The US terrorist regime is reaping what it sowed.
Well, not all of us, but yes more than half of voting Americans. All countries have complex “personalities”, and America’s lesser self is currently in ascendancy. We cannot now claim to be the home of the free and the brave. The light of our beacon is dangerously dim.
You never were any of that. The Clown King is your id speaking its true mind. The US is a country founded on genocide, built by slaves and sustained by crimes against humanity. The supposedly better side of the US terrorist regime commited genocide with impunity cheered on by the...
Well, if England & European countries had addressed the poverty of their people would they have immigrated here? They were risk takers, who tend self-centered & we are certainly that. No arguement on the slave issue but the Dutch West India Company was the largest transatlantic slave trader.
Interesting take, but incorrect conclusion. A country founded on genocide, built by slaves and sustained by crimes against humanity. The propaganda the fed the myth of US exceptionalism as empty as its morals.
A point worth repeating imo, as the US oligarchs start treating US citizens like they do the citizens of their victims globally.
... credulous and sycophantic. Further, the best of your political tribe, about 16 million of you, walked away from Holocaust Harris and Genocide Joe. They were the only good democrats apparently. The Clown King is not the problem. He is just a symptom and one the US terrorist regime deserves.
I do not really blame trump this time around. I blame those who voted for him. They knew well who and what he is and they voted him back in. He is the collective reflection of all their souls—-and it ain’t pretty.
His voter base stayed essentially flat according to the data I have seen. Trump is qualitatively and quantitatively little different from any other US president frankly, he just says the Machiavellian shit they are all thinking, out loud.
Unfortunately, I think we're witnessing the death of the republic. Trump is a giant malignant orange tumor, but the cancer's down to the bone. Between the Southern Strategy and Citizens United, this road to hell didn't even have the grace of good intentions behind it.
Murder; the murder of it. Actually, given that "we" elected him, then didn't, then did AGAIN, I'm thinking it might be more of a suicide than a homicide.
We're going back to the feudalist hierarchy of kings and nobility ruling over the common peasants This time its the tech-Billionairs that will be fulfilling the role of the robberBarons.
Serfs in medieval Europe had more free time than we do, so there's that to look forward to, at least. Capitalism is in large part about hoarding resources and means of production to maximize profits. To Trump et al, people are just resources to own. Understanding that, it all makes sense.
Yeah it’s a weird silver lining. I’m already spending less, cooking more, and connecting to community more. I’m planting a bigger garden this year and thinking about the community I might have to help feed.
Ding. Ding. Ding. This is exactly it. I also think they’re trying to crash the economy so people are desperate to work. If you’re desperate to work, then you’re fine with no paid leave, shitty to no benefits, an unsafe workplace… your kids gotta eat. Eliminate the middle class, back to serfdom.
It’s going to take action, faith and gumption
Trump is now raping all of us.
I totally agree with you.
You’re an excellent strategist!!! HELP US !!! Give us some … next pages to turn 🤗
He is. So is the crowd that enabled him, from both sides.
Sadly, it probably won’t.
The country barely survived the last 4 years with a dessicated puppet being controlled by unelected personnel.
Please keep telling the truth.
Lol ..we were lucky to survive Biden. Trump was handed a world of chaos.
We will survive him. It may take a while to fix what he breaks but we will survive
DE-I wholeheartedly agree
yes he is ... we can see it, why can't them... he is the enemy.
💙🎙️ Agree w/ most of above, except he isn't stupid. He's VERY savvy & knows EXACTLY how to whip up the masses & cause havoc. We make a major mistake in thinking he is stupid. At our peril, alas. He & his cohorts PLAN! Something the others have not. Evidence - within 1/20/25 actions. Took planning.
nah, trump *is* stupid. he has savvy handlers.
A true monster. Even Penny Wise had some ethics! He at least waited 27 years before he went apeshit! It gave people time to recover and adjust!
not just our country - the world
I agree with you 100%
He is dangerous. Is he being “nannied”. Article 25’d (unfit for office)? Betray Ukraine? They’ll let’m go. Betray Taiwan??? There’s overseas. But they seem as bad. It’s much more than Trump destroying us
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Could you have ever imagined when world building a dystopian monster like Trump?
This is what’s worst about living on the West Coast Wake up & this is the 1st tweet I see What the hell happened while I was sleeping?
The new American Dream is surviving the second Trump administration.
Amen!
How I wish he would construct a small paper boat, follow it down a storm drain and meet whoever might be hanging around down there…
Agreed sir
Honestly (and I am not sure I believe we will,but) IF we survive him, it will have nothing to do with luck. It will be done through diligence and hard work holding what little line we have left.
I don’t think we’re going to.
Where's Roland when we really need him?
Trump is the Ultimate DEI hire. He is a wealthy white man with no interest in or ability to govern & lead. He selected those more ignorant & unqualified than him to run defense, justice & intel. This accident will not be the last fiasco.
No. We WILL survive him. If we stand together. America fought wars. And won. I dont wanna go through another but if everyones forced to. People will do no less than their absolute best to fight for whats right. Trump has failing support and his party is going to collapse
Let your creative juices flow, Stephen. 🦇👺👹👿👽👾🤖
He already wrote The Dead Zone. I reference the “would you kill Hitler” scene, often. youtu.be/eJJYVORSP_w?...
I love this scene. The Dr. is wise and tries very hard to hold the scissors while Johnny runs. Someday they will be asking this question about Mr. Oblivious.
What scene are you referring to? This scene is about whether the doctor would kill Hitler or not.
Same scene. Running with scissors is a metaphor for taking a risk which he does. The Doctor tries to help him but can't except to tell his truth: Yes, he would off Hitler. I also like the updated version repeated in Star Trek where "the needs of the many far outweigh the few, or the one."
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Trump is a pathetic tin pot diapered despot hated by a majority of this country and widely mocked abroad. God willing, he burns in hell soon.
Truth! 🤬🙄
I couldn’t agree more
You know, he looked especially horrible today with the thick tinted orange make up. Saw a pic of him golfing without and he had glassy pale skin almost the color of his hair. This dude is not healthy. Let us hope we survive his Administration of unqualified Carnies.
I noticed his voice is different too. He will survive the 4 years but barely. He is pretty old
I don't think it will. At least, not in the same way. Something will fundamentally change, for better or worse.
Not sure we will. We won't be the same if we do.
You wrote The Stand. You would know.
@stephenking.bsky.social : you should write another horror novel about a mad President. Start _right now_!
Like "The Madness of King George"?
This country “might” be lucky… I don’t know, do you FEEL lucky 🍀? I don’t see a path to survival with our compromised scrotus, senate, and house. I hope I’m wrongly pessimistic but 🤷🏻♂️. I don’t believe we will survive this.
@stephenking.bsky.social Yep. Thanks, Boss
Its really serious seeing all this happening
We had a great competent, compassionate, moral POTUS in Biden. Too bad people like you undermined him to give us trump!
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Coming for the truthful media. Making a donation now.
Gleichschaltung incoming
PBS ARE YOU KIDDING?!?
Of course he doesn’t go after Fox
they tried this before several times www.politico.com/story/2010/1... "Congress doesn’t directly fund NPR, but rather funds the CPB — which distributes money through a variety of channels, some of which lead to NPR. But NPR only gets about 2 percent of its funding from the CPB."
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True. I honestly give us a 80% chance of surviving Trump.
You're an optimist.
Well since he's old and extremely obese, there's a good chance he won't survive 4 more years.
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We all hope. Hamburgers and diet Cokes should be working their magic.
Nah. He seems like one of those guys who keeps chugging along.
Sad but true
Then we get Vance. Neither are in charge or ever will be. The Heratige Foundation is running the country, or Putin, or they are the same.
What comes next will be worse. 😉
That’s the big fear. There are a lot of people propping Trump up and cheering him one. Bug tech has knelt and kissed the ring…. We are screwed.
Half of Trump’s voters are religious zealots who think he is the gateway douche to their picks. The other half are idiots who will peter out when the entertainment is dead. The split ticket will save us when he is gone.
I’ll believe we’ll be saved when we’re all still breathing, and have a free and fair election in 2028. Because I honestly believe that multiple millions will die before then, and there will be more election tampering in 2026 and 2028 than there was in 2024. They now know how to get away with it.
You may be correct but my brain and nervous system are currently quite overloaded so I can’t really go down that path.
I don’t blame you. I think that it’s all so scary that my brain can make it all black and white, so I can put it in a box.
I'm glad you said it because I didn't want to be the one to tell her. 😉 Yeah, former right wing extremist here, I'm convinced there's gonna be blood.
How did you get saved from the clutches?
Prison. Years of deprogramming.
Yikes!
I’m sorry that that is what it took, but I am glad for you that it happened. I was raised by a horrible person, so I had some deprogramming of my own and I know it takes a lot to challenge what you think is your self.
4 more weeks is too long.
I fear you're right. Which requires you and me, meaning all of us, need - in the absence of an effective formal opposition - need to assume the burden of leading the way towards that survival.
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Your low IQ is result of your sins. You will literally die as result of sins: sins are wages of death.
When you resort to personal attacks and invectives it means two things: you ran out of logical arguments and you have low IQ.
It won’t only be the US in danger…
People mistakenly think that our institutions will hold up, that the courts will save us, or that the voters will pull us back from the edge in 2028. For this reason, America has chosen the path of complacency and delayed resistance. When we finally wake up, it will be too late.
Yep - it worked so well in 1933 Germany.
And petty.
Very, very dangerous and very, very sick!
The Revenge Tour…
Turn the pike around, make it so he is lucky to survive that country.
He has logorrhea, a symptom of a mental illness. He’s a ignorant narcissistic paranoid psychopathic treasonous treacherous fool.
Spot on!
all of that, indeed.
It can also be a “word salad” where random words and phrases are thrown together to create confusion. It’s a manipulation tactic used by narcissists.
It’s not that I disagree, but isn’t self righteous indignation, ad hominem attacks and untethered qualitative rebuttals the tools D. Trump is using to secure support?
The possibility that he is a Russian asset is still an open question.
I’m never got into your books, but I like your politics
I fear we will not survive this.
this country is strong. and this country will never fall over a bad president or a corrupt senate and congress.. u act like we have 1 problem in government, however, we have many bad people in government. on both sides of government, i dont know how we fix it. i hope they all get exposed
A real life jamie from yellowstone. Where's america's beth dutton when we need her?
But we will. Just like with Hitler. We are Americans & we don't do EVIL!
It is not evil to take up arms against a tyrant, to stand up for human rights, to protect the interests of the disadvantaged, to stand for what is Good.
Fully agree. Some might say it's even required.
We need to speak up and demand he be removed from office. Start impeachment process now!
I need to hear a convincing argument that a country that elected him should survive.
There are people that not vote to elect him.
How does the fact I exist argue the broken racist pit of evil America has always been argue it should exist?
Good question.
because some of us did whatever we could to NOT get him elected. But yeah, I feel ya.
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Trump is all that and must be stopped, but remember he’s just the chief cult hypnotist and figurehead for the Heritage Foundation (Project 2025) and Federalist Society (corrupt Supreme Court) who must also be exposed and repelled.
It will. In what form, is the big question. Heinlein liked playing with that sort of idea. These clowns really don’t deserve that sort of relatively epic consideration, though. It’s not even idiocracy. I’m not sure what you’d call a clownocracy other than that. But that sounds fun.
Opposition Party vs whining on social media sites owned by Enemies Of 🇺🇸 WTAF is wrong w/us rolling over for this shitshow Another election stolen w/illegal gerrymandering/voter suppression and foreign adversarial assistance Decades of R corruption & incompetence Come on America Let’s fight back
So true. I am 86 and hope to live to see another POTUS.
But not Vance !
Definitely Vance.
That might be worse.
I fear his example will give rise to fascism world wide
Trump doesn’t care about the working people in this country and has brainwashed 49% of them that the other 49% is the problem.
I’m glad that you are standing up to Trump! It seems like most celebrities are too scared.
It’s been a long week!! 😑
Sounds like you have the plot for your next novel. A choose your own adventure type. One where democracy doesn’t survive and the aftermath and one where we do and how it happened
Exactly...this is where my Fear lies at the moment...🤬😱
How about doing a 11/22/63-ish type thing? Please Jake!
It's if we survive Project 2025. Their model is based on Orban, who leads Hungary’s Fidesz party. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/m...
Orban recently claimed that “we have entered the policy writing system of President Donald Trump’s team” and “have deep involvement there.”
Orban is the middle man. Orban = putin.
Couldn't agree more.
Amen Stephen: The only solace I take from this, is that perhaps the “moral depression” that is encompassing our culture will see an equal and opposite reaction. That’s the hope I am currently embracing.
The pendulum always swings
It does And nothing is permanent
That's right
It sure would be nice if someone in what remains of the US government would stand up to the bully and knock him down. This playing by the rules nonsense isn't working.
Im unfortunately in agreement and tried that strategy myself. Im going back to my childhood self of kicking ass. Bullies can go to hell. Not just dictators but people that disrupt peoples lives for shits and giggles. Pathetic pieces of shit that wanna put an end to the planet because they...
Didnt get a lollipop they wanted when they were 5
Yea,like the Republicans who have been COWARDS for 10 years and LIED about Trump to voters.They need to come clean and admit he is a CRAZY SOCIOPATH before he destroys this country!
There are no rules. Trump can do whatever he wants. If you canadians needs help we eueopeans are always here as friend.
Agreed. The fact that this man can so obviously get away with heinous crimes, be convicted, be impeached, and still maintan power is terrifying. Where is the response? Where is the resistance? Obviously the Democrats aren't it. They rolled over like whipped mules. WHERE IS THE FIGHT??
Where were the freakin voters?
Were was your government? Where was the judiciary? Why wasn't Frump sentenced and jailed?
You mean the government full of Trump's followers and the judiciary of Trump appointed judges? They were right there. Delaying, denying, and deflecting every attempt. When he finally was sentenced it was without charge. That shit blew my mind. I didn't even know that was a thing that could happen.
I know, watching all this unfold from 🇦🇺 made my hair stand on end. I never paid much attention to Frump and when he decided to run I thought it was a joke and now he's there the second time. It's gruesome.
Probably being gerrymandered by the states while Biden took a little snooze.
youtu.be/0LN65qFUDDo?...
tell me when you find it
The republican party just keeps a blind eye!
Of course they do. Anything less would reveal them for what they are. And yet they still manage to get away with every single scheme they've come up with.
It won't come from older dems. It'll only come from the newer dem gens, and the people themselves. Everyone needs to organize together domestic and abroad allies
A fine sentiment. Meanwhile Trump and his cronies are rewriting the american education system as we speak. That younger generation is already being taught the conservative, revisionist, history. They've banned the books. They've rewritten the history. And we all watched it happen.
Even without book bans, we’ve seen an astonishing drop in literacy that I believe began when I was a child, under the Reagan administration. Now with electronic toys, the young people seem to think I don’t need to read, I’ll let the machine do it. It’s too boring. I would rather be entertained.
I don't think you're giving our young people their due credit. My younger siblings were all born with access to technology that I never had, but that didn't stop them from using it to furthur their educations or their reading as well as entertainmet.
And by the way, I am not disparaging the young. I love children and know they are our only hope. I suspect this “bread & circuses” blitz of distractions to their learning process is deliberate. It is easier to control the masses when they cannot analyze information properly.
"Blitz" is such an accurate description of what he's doing.
Because it works. They are heaping the spaghetti on us so that we don’t know which way to turn or which of these strands are important.
We need a couple groups per issue focused on solving the issue they are focused on A person can't fix everything by themselves, but a couple people per problem to get the ball rolling is definitely a better thing
Everyone needs to be taught to critical think, empathy, collaboration, and know how to find out is disinformation
That is true.
I like your optimism. My family (we are mostly teachers) also has a high literacy & a love of technology. My pessimism springs from the current literacy rates for the under 18s in the USA. 😞 The administration blames Covid (not the reason, imo.) www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literac....
I do understand that I have nothing but my own anectdotal experience to base my optimism on. I cannot begin to imagine what you and your family, as educators, have to endure.
Darn, I wish we had the possibility of editing our posts for bad grammar. Speaking of editing, I better get back to the work in progress. It isn’t going to write itself. Keep posting positive comments & insights. I will check back in at the end of the day. I am loving bluesky.
Guess we all have editing to do. 😀 Take care, Salley.
Also, I love hearing that your family is one that thrives. The younger members of my family continue to teach our best hope for the future. I am happily retired now in the south of France, writing and watching the chaos with a certain amount of Hope that the country of my birth will right itself.
Oh hey, I have a certain amount of optimism as well. Some days I just wake up cranky (or pranky 😼.) I really just wanted to say hello because I liked your comment! This is social media site is where I believe important connections are being forged.
I'm glad we're able to have a conversation without a snap reaction to attack each other. That alone is incredibly refreshing. 😅
Have we seen a drop in literacy? Or have we seen a change in what literacy is?
We are being entertained to death.
Just wait until he starts defying court orders and proceeding anyway with his dangerous plans…that’s when the collapse of America as we know it - will be in full force.
The moral high ground Democrats love to claim is just that...a position where they can look down on everyone and stay away from the battles in the trenches. Don't get me started on their theatrics in these appointee hearings...ooo, you guys really call these out...then vote to confirm them...
We won’t
Yeah. Lucky like the guy on a bridge who got hit by a bus, a cab, and a Vespa, BUT, he only hit his head on the bridge support two or three times before splattering on the concrete anchor.
We need to organize! Talk to your neighbors! In solidarity, brothers and sisters!
We need a national strike. Stop the economy, bring everything to a halt. But not in winter. No marching. Something that hits companies, the entire economy.
If Every Democrat got off Facebook, X, and Amazon that would reduce the income by one third. (I KNOW the monsters have other incomes..but, it would send a message
Yes ! Collective action, even in small ways, can send a strong message. Economic influence is one of the most effective tools for driving change.
I have no neighbors to you tonight with. I’m basically a blue dot in Texas.
Damn,in solidarity in spirit!
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You know how your dog gets during a thunderstorm? Low to the ground, eyes wild waiting for the next clap of thunder? Yeah, that’s how I feel now. And the people he’s surrounding himself with are the pack waiting to tear you a new one if you disagree.
This is enough of a horror story to be worthy of one of your novels.
I think we've already succumbed.
Unless more people speak out against tRuMP we will not survive him. He's already talking about his third term and it's been crickets!
Sociopathic Malignant Narcissist
Trump is amazingly consistent. He does not miss any chance, none, to attack others if something goes wrong. He behaves like an animal that is cornered 24/7. He barely resembles a human being.
Psychopaths like him are essentially subhuman.
Because he isn’t. He’s a devil.
I agree...I think his powers are coming from EVIL forces-hence, the CHAOS
I do, too. I’ve never thought that way before. I don’t believe in ghosts & evil spirits and what not. But honestly, it’s the only thing that makes sense.
I never took stock in "supernatural" stuff either. But, my friend and I have noticed how our colleagues and relatives have become positively venomous in their hatred of Liberals. Maybe they are just brainwashed by Fox, but it is certainly the opposite of goodness.
There's nothing supernatural about this kind of evil. These are fundamentally damaged people, whether by nature, nurture, or some combination of factors. (Read it now before the administration guts the NIH website.) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
I did read it and yes, Trump and Elon are damaged to the point of criminality. But what explains why decent people worship them. It is baffling.
Decent people don't worship or even support them. The most chilling thing about our current situation is realizing that we're surrounded by so many dangerously damaged people.
Except for believing Trump's and Fox's lies; my friends, neighbors, and family are normal, kind, community focused folks. I don't think one third of our nation is dangerously damaged....they have been mislead by EVIL. Could this Evil be the work of Satan? I don't know...just a theory.
The Church Lady explanation doesn't account for why he has support from a higher proportion of white Christians than non-white Christians, atheists, agnostics, and members of minority religions.
The white Christian Nationalists movement is a major force driving the Project 2025 agenda. Using religion to push an agenda is the oldest trick in the book. Look at the Crusades. Satan is just a theory to explain evilness.
It just goes to show you that money truly can’t buy happiness. He is angry 24 hours a day.
this is the fall of an empire, it’ll be violent and catastrophic but those of us who do survive it, change everything at the end of it
Ditch your fucking stupid, useless, centuries-redundant constitution. It is the vehicle by which this catastrophe has occurred.
He is doing a great job of Making America Diminish.
II hope the country survives this era and stands up to the haters and fascists. Unfortunately nothing like that will happen, people still believe the earth is flat, the rich are better, there is a god of vengeance and intolerance. They will realize there is not even a god of love.
He reminds me of a guy named Greg Stilson in a book titled "The Dead Zone" written by an certain author from Maine...
His speech is all about him rather than crash victims.Trashing Biden and Obama.I watched long enough to confirm this then changed the channel.
Of course his speech on the crash is all about him.I listened long enough to confirm that then switched to Lifetime movies.
Haha, classic! Nothing like a good Lifetime movie to cleanse the palate after a ‘me, myself, and I’ speech. At least Lifetime knows how to tell a story without making it all about one guy!
Trump blamed DEI for the plane crash that landed in the Potomac. He just proved he's the stupidest man in America.
Make that the stupidest man (using the term loosely) on Earth.
In the UK, I watched him on the news, as there was a minute's silence for the victims of what was a tragic accident. For a brief instant, I thought he'd got some respect and dignity, until, it was obvious he could hardly contain himself from trying to place the blame on the Democrats. What a turd.
Keep his flunkies out. Force some adults into the room. Don’t turn your back on him for a second.
The world will be lucky to survive him!
As a microbiology graduate I’m increasingly concerned about the long term global health impact of RFK Jr if he gets confirmed. If his ignorant delusions are given actual power then America risks becoming a harbour to worrying new clades of pathogens (which WILL get exported to the rest of us).
We have a MAGA hat as Premier for Alberta (up here in Canada). She just released a COVID-19 report using a lot of questionable sources. She doesn’t know how to do Science and is making the exact same errors that a first year undergraduate student would make in their first paper.
I honestly think one of the most constructive things we can do as a community is to broaden the public understanding of what science actually is, how it works and what it attempts to answer. If I hear “I don’t believe the science” one more time…😡 Belief is for religion. Science is about The Data.
Agreed!! Here here. When a country values education of the populace, you won’t get the same issue that you have in the US (and Canada). You don’t have people who object to logical public health measures. Asian countries learned from SARS part I.
A frightening number of people seem to see (their idea of) “Science” as some magic box of clear cut, black&white answers instead of what it is; a method of enquiry. Then they feel entitled to have “an opinion” about (usually poorly reported) science news. Science isn’t about ANYbody ’s opinion.
Exactly. It’s not a body of knowledge, it’s just a process to uncover the truths. There is no opinion.
looking from Europe i would like to ammend 'This country' to 'This World'
His first term we survived due to his and his administration's incompetence. I fear that they have learned and are an even greater danger this time.
Yeah but he's still stupid.
A toddler with a gun is still dangerous when they learn how to pull the trigger.
Trump killed over 1.3 million during his first term. How many will he kill in his second term?
If H5N1 shows up without WHO, with information blackout, with antivac runing the health system and CDC, without FEMA and federal help.... in the tenth of percents death. Good news the IA will not take job away from American, they will be dead
It will not survive his stupidity and vengeance
The world will be lucky to survive him
It might survive, but it will never be the same. It will take decades to win back the level of trust the world had in the US, for one thing. We were fooled once, we won't be fooled again. The US is going to be on the outside looking in on alliances they once would have been leading.
If we can slow him down with at least a House majority win,damage can be less.Then a win in 2028,it won’t take decades. Our allies know Trump & they know what’s going on.They were relieved after his first term with Biden win. But if Vance/maga/project 25 gets elected again,yes it will take decades.
Yes the allies also hope this will be over soon. But in these times, years are the new decades. The whole western world and our values are about to fall over into the hands of populists and this is not going unnoticed by BRICS. USA and the west is not going to be the same anymore…
Agreed. China deliberately upped its game (educating the populace, funding Science R&D) and by accident, the US gave 小紅書 several million propaganda examples of suffering Americans. They just need to sit back and wait for the fall.
You are hilarious! You think they are going to hold election?! LOL nah. They aren’t.
You’re right they aren’t. We are.
That will work :)
At this point “survive” is extremely optimistic
How so?
More frightening than one of your novels. Especially the concentration of power and evil. It's knowing what he is about to do while everyone proceeds on with their day to day as if it's normal.
But then why did the Democrats throw the election to him?
They still haven’t figured out that being slightly better is not a campaign platform.
Literally anybody on earth is a way better option than Trump
I’m not sure if his sycophants are much better.
They are not good options, but still way better than that psychopath
For some reason, Elon Musk seems worse.
I'd imagine Musk is on borrowed time thanks to his interfering in other nations politics. The Germans, in particular would likely be glad to see a neo-nazi foreigner go away.
Do you think the current US government is willing to hand him over to Germans if he’s found guilty of interference? My only hope is that Trump’s ego gets bruised by him at some point.
That’s the next monster for your next novel and I know is gonna be good
I think you' ve covered it all boss.
The USofA will survive him. But the legacy he will leave behind will take decades to heal
I wish I could believe that but I feel he will plunge the majority of Americans into true poverty, shred the Constitution & remove our freedoms (which are really hard to get back), cripple our influence world wide & become a weak nation w/o allies or security. These things are hard to reverse.
He may well do. But again from the outside you Americans have a resilience and a go get ahead attitude that will allow you like the phoenix to rise from the ashes. Hopefully this will lead to a more equitable society
Americans have had resilience but that was part of our history of being a society of primarily decent people who loved our country & always rooted for the "good guy", not the criminal. He has already corrupted a huge portion of our society & turned us into haters & liars.
In a county of 250 millions the good people for our number the bad. I do believe you will find your voice.
The millions of good people remain silent & did not vote or voted for Trump.
Apathy is the only way the extremists can get into power. No sane person ever votes for stupidity. Overcoming that apathy is your greatest challenge.
The Project 2025 revenge tour is now fully mobilized. He wants his gallery of cons and stooges installed to fully execute the manifesto. Haste and dangerously executing his dictatorship dreams.
@stephenking.bsky.social I feel you’ll appreciate this as the wordsmith you are. Something I’ve noticed in his E.O. and other statements is his language choice and word choice. Specific structure to dehumanize and demonize the groups he targets.
It’s a surprise that Trump blames Obama and Biden for today’s plane crash. It’s all about him and he is so incompetent.
We won't unless we start to stand up to him! Be safe! They'll start coming after their powerful opponents first!
Self destructive people for one vindictive man
And an IQ of 73. His dad bought his son's way into the New York Military Academy. His dad was a bully and a loudmouth. #facts are his character is correct. He's a moron.
That people look at bullies and see leadership material blows my mind. Didn’t we establish that the schoolyard bully is the weakest kid in the class?
So true Stephen King
When he's getting you down, just remember that, in the UK, trump is another word for fart.
So he's President Cartoon Duck Fart? Suits him.
We will outlive him. Have you seen how much McDonald's he eats it's a miracle he hasn't had a heart attack yet. We should study him in all honesty.
You sound just like Trump in his first term. You probably ranted about him back then too. Where is the tolerance and respect for your opposition. You're sore loser and part of the problem in this country.
Hate Won.
And you're a little bitch who sucks Trumps dick. go fuck yourself and go back to X
Is this a social media post or a preview of a new fiction novel? 🤣
Stupid doesn’t really do his stupidity justice. I have food in my fridge smarter than he is.
I have a cat box full of kitty litter, cat turds & clumps of piss smarter than he is.
I have manure in my horses barn that is smarter than he is!!!
We’re hoping Trump is a blip in the American story but so far he’s done a lot of damage quickly. Stay together, United Stares.
I’m afraid that in a few few short years when Trump has been a thing the USA is no longer able to claim the moral high ground or the exemplar of Democracy.
We remain hopeful. Perhaps not the exemplar of democracy but one of surviving and adapting to get through dark days.
Write a short story to show democrats how to take off the gloves.
Democrats are part of the problem my friend. Both parties serve the rich. We will never organize the grassroots behind that.
It’s down to the people. Mobilise. Revolt. No confidence in current leader. No work. No payments. Take to the streets. Job done.
I don't want to fight... but I've got trans friends and LGBTQ friends and my ciss ass wont be able to look at myself in the mirror unless I stand up for whats right. But who am I? Just a no body in Michigan...
Hard to do when you can get fired instantly!
The people have spoken. They elected Donald J Trump. Get over it. No work = no food, shelter.
I like that. I (as a Canadian) have written blog posts trashing Trump, including one tomorrow comparing him and MAGA to The Scarecrow, The Tin Man and The Cowardly Lion.
He is a heartless despicable human being.
We should not have to endure this while our military is pledged to the Constitution! Trump is not a President, and not following the laws etc. He’s the enemy of our Constitution and our military need to wake up! Stop the war within!
It’s almost as if he’s a character in one of your books.
If Trump did what Greg Stillson did at the end of The Dead Zone, his MAGA followers wouldn’t even hold it against him. This reality is stranger than fiction.
So true! I’d choose living in a King novel over this hellscape if I could.
Whiny little bitch
So, along with the 77+ million people who voted for Trump, plus the 2ish million who voted for other folks who didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting elected, there were close to 90 million Americans of eligible age who didn't vote at all. Morons and fools. Thanks, America!
I voted for Harris but It wouldn't have mattered anyway. It was bought and paid for by the south African nazi.
The thing I don’t like is that his payback literally does nothing for the country. It’s a reality show, it’s just for entertainment and performance, and to make as much money as possible. All the murders and deaths you have fictionally written, he’ll never see punishment for his real casualties.
I got a lump in my stomach last November, knowing what was to come. Many of us may very well not survive him.
After all we saw the last 4 years, this is where you have settled? Give me a break.
Hence the reason to resist as much as we can to mitigate the damage as much as we can!
Biden needs to own this mess too. If he hadn’t supported Israel in their genocide, the white house would have remained blue.
I agree 100% terrifying things going on in the White House already and he has been in office 2 weeks. I hope the people that voted for him are satisfied with their cheaper prices...What? Oh they are higher? Im sorry
Only 11 days, still has 3 more
The best we can hope is that he suffers a major stroke that leaves him like Hector Salamanca, only droolier.
I’ve asked Chat GPT numerous times to sketch a cartoon of Trump exactly like that. It’s always refused. I’d wait in line all day to pee on his grave.
“droolier” 😆
We can only hope
No bell!!!
That would arguably be worse, given that the person that is next in line is at least arguably competent and has an attention span longer than oh look, a squirrel!
Aaah, like Biden then....
We can only hope 🤞 Love that reference!
Then he would be the ultimate martyr like Senile Saint Reagan
JD "Dueling Banjos" is any better???!! JFC.
“Droolier” - brilliant
Ding twice to sign the EO
He is already incompetent and they keep pushing him out there.
trump cheated to get in we all saw it we all know it and nothing was done to stop him from getting back inside the white house then with in 24 hours there's multiple executive orders that he loves writing to change the constitution he just let out 1k criminals that attacked the capitol stop this MAN
Um, sir, did you write all the years since 2016? I feel I have to ask. Because if you did, as a favor to the world, I'm going to need you to write nothing but fluffy bunny stuff from now on. And it will break my heart.
Donald Trump is a manifestation of American culture. I’ve said this for years—culture matters. If we had a better culture people like Donald Trump would never even succeed.
Our country is resilient! We just survived 4 years of a president that Wasn’t all there.
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