I'm not sure Americans have a frame of reference for the sort of gangster government we have now. Any objective functions it performs are an afterthought. The law only used as a tool to punish political enemies and ignored in every other instance
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Once again, Wilhoit's quote applies: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
aug 27, 2025, 3:18 pm • 3 2 • view
At this point we have no functioning government, meaning it's not working for & protecting us. Free Speech & Journalism gone Rule of Law gone Decency gone Discrimination instated It will take time to clean house & remove all the incompetent, unqualified loyalists he's been positioning around him.
aug 27, 2025, 4:39 pm • 1 0 • view
The Grudge girl was just appointed as Pam Bondi’s assistant at the DOJ.
aug 27, 2025, 12:27 pm • 2 0 • view
GWB but to a much lesser extent.
sep 1, 2025, 1:35 am • 0 0 • view
It's really rich to hear that man preach about fraud when he's been convicted of it. Lisa Cook hasn't even had a trial much less anything approaching that but he's trying to remove her.
aug 27, 2025, 9:19 pm • 1 0 • view
The Winterhill Gang?
aug 27, 2025, 2:52 pm • 0 0 • view
Love the quiet evil of Mr. Pulte plan who gave away money during the pandemic
aug 27, 2025, 7:06 pm • 0 0 • view
I was just recalling last night, how monumental it was for Nixon to say, "When the president does it, it's not illegal!" they made whole documentaries and books about how bad that is, and how damning of his admin it was. Trump says something worse every day.
aug 27, 2025, 12:38 pm • 36 5 • view
Unfortunately, right wing lawyers built an entire "judicial philosophy" around Nixon's statement , called the Unitary Executive Theory. Six of those lawyers sit on the Supreme Court, which is how they gave Trump a Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card in their infamous immunity decision.
aug 27, 2025, 3:59 pm • 9 1 • view
But Nixon's base hadn't been brainwashed into fascism via the Internet thanks to a 15 year deluge of ragebait both real (but decontextualized) and manufactured.
aug 27, 2025, 2:32 pm • 5 0 • view
Nixon was a big part of the House Committee on Unamerican Activities. So I'd argue base conditions were similar.
aug 27, 2025, 2:33 pm • 1 0 • view
That's fair. Also America has pretty much always flirted with fascism. I'm just not sure anyone's base has reached quite this "whatever it takes" fervour since the civil war.
aug 27, 2025, 2:35 pm • 2 0 • view
Frost Nixon (2008) could be a Marvel Cinematic Universe if it was remade and focused on Trump.
aug 27, 2025, 1:25 pm • 1 0 • view
Incredibly funny to see how US becomes 90s Russia after having a hand in Russia being what it was in the 90s
aug 27, 2025, 12:59 pm • 12 0 • view
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aug 27, 2025, 1:07 pm • 1 1 • view
I think that people (other than the orange cult) are aware of what’s going on. Many are just hoping it will go away at the next election. Probably, not understanding that there’s a real possibility that the orange dick won’t leave on his own.
aug 27, 2025, 1:49 pm • 1 0 • view
What part of the Soviet Union did your family come from? I have the impression that each SSR had its own unique local brand of corruption
aug 27, 2025, 12:31 pm • 0 0 • view
If your boss can pardon you of any crimes why follow the rules?
aug 27, 2025, 4:09 pm • 1 0 • view
this is how I imagine the Gilded Age would have progressed without the strong labor movements.
aug 27, 2025, 12:38 pm • 16 0 • view
It’s just the 80 year rule. All the dudes that fought the Nazis are dead and gone, so now we collectively get to learn the lesson all over again
aug 27, 2025, 1:15 pm • 0 1 • view
Trump's administration is basically a southern state on a national scale.
sep 1, 2025, 2:02 am • 0 0 • view
Fuck the Cool Zone take me to the Let God Sort ‘Em Out Zone
aug 27, 2025, 1:33 pm • 1 0 • view
Part of the fascist takeover of the last 50 years has been a long game of installing Little Eichmanns in every position they can. Like the evangelicals realized they could begin their takeover at the bottom by running for dogcatcher. Not gov't is fascist dweebs all the way down.
aug 27, 2025, 6:32 pm • 2 0 • view
Watching MAGA twist themselves into knots over this is a sight to behold. They fully believe Lisa Cook is a criminal even though there are no charges against her while they simultaneously declare that Trump is innocent of his mortgage fraud because the system is rigged. 🤬
aug 27, 2025, 12:33 pm • 11 0 • view