You cannot fire so many people and shutter so many agencies and services and not expect things to start to go very bad very quickly. Our job is to highlight not only the chaos and cruelty of the firings, but also the devastating consequences. The public must turn on this madness and soon.
Phasers no longer set to stun.
One possibility: Musk will initiate something that will allow federal employees to get their job back immediately if they go online and click through an agreement to follow the POTUS orders to the letter (a loyalty oath) bsky.app/profile/jooc...
Yes very soon
We can hope!
They could have just quietly examined the budgets of all Federal agencies and made recommendations about how better to manage resources, but Instead they’re instigating an extremely destructive reign of terror. The cruelty is always the point.
That was intentional and foreseeable. Trump said he planned a disruption not a reorganization, ... He is an angry, bitter, arrogant, man who treats anyone who doesn't share his opinions as criminals.
The public turned on the madness of the left when we elected him.
"What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations." WE MUST BAN META AND X, AND INCRIMINATE MUSK AND ZUCKERBERG Do not just like, SHARE EVERYWHERE theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
I will repost - but how do we fight this?
By leaving those platforms First and foremost. Another thing you can do is commenting under the ADS of a company that since they advertise in those socials you will never buy anything from them. if enough people start doing It, they will pull their advertisement.
I’ve left X. The others will be harder to leave - thank you for the great advice, though!
United we stand
Left x and facebook
This doesn't seem to be catching on.
I Will keep posting until someone realizes this is the smoking gun
Couldn’t agree more. 💔💙
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The consequences will speak for themselves although I think blue states will shield themselves better. The problem I see is that people will acclimate just like they did to Trump. People getting polio will become the norm.
"The problem with the left is that we're too empathetic to people with mental health issues. And that's why we'll never produce a viable assassin." ~ Kyle Kinane
Dammit! and I was so hoping.
In my uneducated opinion I think when the proverbial shit hits the fan. Trump is going to turn on Musk and blame him for everything.
Problem is, he fired 3/4 of Twitter and it mostly stayed up. Never mind that MOST of the backend API calls were failing, the main service stayed up. That led CEOs to mass layoffs of IT folks. Yet again, the companies didn't shut down, although it made the remaining folks absolutely miserable.
You can limp by - for a short while - short staffed, and abusing your people. But it WILL eventually blow up in your face. In an enterprise, it'll suck. In the government? People will die.
Agreed. The thing is. we need to get them out of our government and our data. Before it's too late. bsky.app/profile/demo...
We must we need to take a page from France. When they’re mad, they do country-wide walkouts. Also, we need to stay true to the fact not to give money to the large corporations. It will be harder and probably more expensive, but buy your goods from those that don’t support this administration.
That's the point
He’s already stolen $80 million from NYC. he has all Americans financial information.
We are being BETRAYED! And we'll see the impact of this betrayal for years to come. youtu.be/ziVt-Sbh-xg
Do it before you fully turn into russia. You know what happens if people protest there.
They want a fight
DNF
Whatever happened to the WARN policy ..
Someone, somehow, somewhere, sometime
I would not count on that - Brexit had and continues to have devastating consequences on UK and yet the popularity of the clowns who promoted it only grows …don’t underestimate people’s ability to double down on their irrationality rather than facing cold reality and taking responsibility
I'm in Scotland and no farage is not popular here, the English are becoming increasingly racist and that's his appeal to them. I'm hoping for independence for Scotland before farage becomes prime minister, oh and Brexit is a 💩show!!!
I can only hope Scotland will take in English liberal refugees if Reform ever wins election in independent little England …
This is what terrifies me. Once convinced, humans don't change their minds just because of facts
Except Trump did not win by a majority, and we are finding increasing evidence of tampering. There's also an increasing number of Americans who don't support him. But the window to act is closing. Undo the election.
Is there a legal path forward for this after certification? Not arguing, I just don't know.
There isn’t.
YES.
We need a shadow government. We need @petebuttigieg.bsky.social to do a daily presser.
I think this is a great idea. After every press with Trump, he has one to counter his lying message.
I love this idea. He is so well spoken and doesn’t flinch when asked a question.
A very British concept. It used to work well here when there were some politicians left with integrity and honesty.
With 47% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck according to Bank of America how much pain can America absorb while Musk and his team hack away at its infrastructure? It will be devastating for unsuspecting loyal federal employees’ families and contracted partners regardless of party affiliation.
Also, Congress controls the purse and this funding was already allocated. I can't imagine what they're doing is legal.
It's not legit. But our 2 party system is at it's weakest in this scenario. One party currently controls all 3 houses of gov. Traditionally SCOTUS is pretty party neutral & more forward thinking Today, we have a purchased prez by the dominant party; his party is not going to stop him
Apart from the utter stupidity of firing people before you know what they actually do in an organisation, its the total lack of basic humanity or compassion that boils my blood.
One way to create chaos for this administration is every person who files a tax return to prepare paper returns and mail to the IRS. It'll take months before you receive your refund but with laying off 1,000 employees during tax season it'll be months before you'll see your tax return.
Call the White House Switchboard: 202-456-1414 Call to leave message for your state senators. Let them know this is unacceptable. There needs to be action. What is happening is illegal. Your sensitive info is being accessed. It's WE the People. Call EVERY SINGLE DAY to leave a message.
They won't do it until the pain directly impacts their life. We are a me, me, me society and have little to no empathy for others.
Really bright move firing the Nuclear guys and gals. Talk about incompetence.
Whatever way Trump & his cronies & supporters are dealt with, it must be harsh. They are traitors. If they are not harshly dealt with, we'll be doing this again in less than 10 years.
We definitely need people with bigger audiences to highlight this daily.
Not just turn on, but drive these corrupt, self-serving incelacious little turd muffins back to the fetid shit holes they crawled up from. Period
Grab your tribe and keep them safe. Sadly, we’re going to all be on our own.
I'm not sure why most people don't understand this. NO ONE should have allowed DOGE "employees" into ANY aspect of our government. NO ONE should leave their jobs. NO ONE should be complying with these ignorant bastards. Compliance of The People (who, by the way, OWN THE GOVT) means they win.
Exactly. It's like we have to keep reminding people that this is all illegal. Trump barking executive orders and Elon barging in does not make it so. They can't arrest you or charge you with crimes when you aren't doing anything illegal.
The apathy in this country is disgraceful. We have a fascist for a president elected by roughly one third of the registered voters. So many don’t seem to care until something affects them personally. Unfortunately by then it’s too late. The people who didn’t vote are just as complicit.
The idea is for things to go very badly. It will be their reason for having to stay in power, terminate elections, and suspend the Constitution. Because they will promise that “they alone can fix it”. Just as Hitler did. And his followers will BELIEVE.
When a devastating measles or covid or whatever outbreak occurs, who is going to tell us now that the CDC has been gutted? People will die in obscurity. Just as in China and Russia.
It needs to be stressed that these government workers are all REAL people! They have families, bills to pay. The majority aren’t anywhere near rich. The human pain needs to be emphasized.
We have to let this happen. The only way to get rid of Trump is for his followers to turn on him. We are going to have to tough this out. It is not going to happen over night. The walls must be allowed to crumble. Only an epic fail will bring about the betrayal.
We can hope for his demise day in and day out but we will not see the end of this until THEY call for his head. His assassination, death by accident or incarceration will only be seen as a conspiracy and make him a martyr allowing his twisted view to live on forever in his followers.
The only way out is through. What is going to happen needs to happen. There will be no end to this until he is finally found by all to be the Charlatan he truly is.
But "his people" voted for this and they're happy with the way it's going. Of course, as they old saying goes "when the sh*t hits the fan" and they get splattered, I'm sure they'll be fine with that as well or not!
Please help me understand why anyone thinks this group of deplorable degenerates are going to care about any public outcry.
Protest, general strike, or revolution. Those are the options.
I wasn't a nihilist before this, but I am now. Crashing all this has been the plan all along. It's been Bannon's wet dream his entire life. The broliarchs hope to make a new techno fascist world order out of the chaos. We need people to know this. newlinesmag.com/argument/tru...
This is why we need a grass roots ground game- everything localized. Town halls, weekly reporting getting out to EVERYONE and in uncomplicated wording. Charismatic Dems need to take charge of narratives utilizing alternative info outlets. Unemployment is about to soar & we won't know the impact.
It’s strategic. Caos requires order, orders requires authority. Get my point?
“Oh, but look at the money he’s saving us taxpayers!” I can hear them now &, when what he’s doing directly affects them in a harsh way, “Oh, it’s because of the Democrats and minorities! DEI!”
The insane part to me is that so many people voted for exactly this and millions are ecstatic to see it proceeding so effectively.
I wonder daily what these supporters think that they personally will gain…or are they all (ahem, not to be cruel but) in the lower end of the IQ scale?
A shortened version of the Declaration of Independence's preamble regarding the "right to revolt" would state: "Whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and institute a new government."
Yep.👏👏
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Perhaps we should highlight that part and flood every area of the internet with it
Please do just that the more people see this maybe we can do something together
Step carefully through that minefield. I'm afraid those in charge of instituting the new government will be the ones with the most guns.
Hell, yes!
As long as it's aimed at recruiting other moral/ethical people, because it won't shame the perps. The disruption will remove all support for what musk calls "the parasite class", he will kill hundreds of thousands of the most vulnerable people. The sooner we act, the more lives will be saved.
IMPEACH!! Or at least try to.
You already know the history of Puyallup Washington. We’ve been here before. I grew up in Puyallup Washington and know the history. I know you were here.
It's happening George but slowly. Then it will all go crazy very quickly. Gives orange felon a chance to "exercise" his muscle and say he restored order after the bad guys kicked off. Difficult but needs doing so badly.
Before the US goes to hell in a handbasket...
That’s why I said we need to keep a track of all of the unemployment stats because they’re gonna go way up and that’s gonna make him look bad so we need to post that which is making him look bad every damn day!
"Move fast and break things" isn't just a saying, it's a lifestyle. Unfortunately, humans are not rockets and we don't land on a beautiful tropical island when we get blown up.
What is going on with the unemployment benefits dept??
Nothing will work normally as long as we allow them to gut everything. They’re taking money from the people. Headed for SS and Medicare. I doubt very much they will make sure unemployment is untouched. Just my thoughts from the way things are now. 😒🤬
The closer we get to summer the closer we get to people taking to the streets. Hang in there, George. The fat Drag Queen an't singing yet.
The plan is not to help the US. He even said so.
Turn? It's been clear half the population is cheering them on. We need definitive answers on how to reliably operate in a two party fashion. Traditionally it's conservatives that own property and wealth, while progressives are packed into dense cities that would instantly die if blocked off.
We need ways for progressive territories to be self sufficient. Establish connections with suppliers of life sustaining goods. Have contingencies in place if federal decides the city is too woke for govt funding. Form regulated armed militias to respond to potential violent emergencies.
Give citizens resources to create local food networks. And be ready for authoritanical hypocrisy. When the autonomy-advocating conservatives see resources provided only for progressives, they will demand to take it or destroy it.
Maybe they are waiting for it to get so bad its irreversible.............
Criticises Trump for nod-and-wink provocation, does the same thing the same day.
Well with soo many firings and layoffs, if he doesn't get his way with raising the debt limit, he can have a longer government shutdown because there will be no one in the government left not getting paid.
My Senators still do town halls in every county. If yours don't, better demand they do! I went to ours today. It was packed to overflowing & they had to turn people away due to fire code. Ppl are fired up. Blue state but even so. Good to see.
Demand they do? We've been "demanding" this out of Steve Daines for 12 years now -- he refuses to meet with constituents, does bullshit "tele town halls" with screened questions.
To state the obvious!🙄
Coward. So why is he continually re elected? We have to change some things.
OK. I'll say this slowly and patiently since you apparently do not live in a state that has been taken over by the GOP, but this is a 50 year plan, and it's coming to fruition and it is a deliberate overthrow of democracy. So telling us to just fucking "vote harder" is pretty enraging. But thanks.
No I totally hear you and agree. I get it & apologies if my response didn't make it seem that way. I've been screaming this since Gingrich & then GW so I am complete with you. It's BS & a long, patient game many were asleep for & believed couldn't happen. & Here we are ..🤦♀️😞
Right. Well perhaps lay off the "demand of your electeds." We've been doing that. They don't give a shit. They don't answer the phone. Fucking Daines was in Moscow that 4th of July. But yeah, I'll go *demand* more -- that will work.
I get your frustrated and pissed and I wasn't clear. And all of it sucks. The fact those aholes could do that V1 & still be safely employed when they are traitors is unforgivable. It's all unforgiveable.
As my wife says Stick an "R" next to anyone's name in MT and no matter how revolting they are, they will probably win. Born and raised in this state but getting more difficult to stay
Here is was normal to have good candidates, both tickets back in the day. No one here was hyperpartisan,most voted split ticket.But Gingrich + Limbaugh & others made inroads & kept upping the rage ante. It's worked, sadly. & Now ppl have allegiance to GOP like sports team rather than our country.
The culture wars of Gingrich & Rove et al have been quite effective. And we just ceded AM radio & then hyper segmented markets & the propaganda cultism + Russian/Chinese etc disinformation campaign made the cut brainwashing complete.
Have they really thought through what happens when 2.3 million fired federal civil service employees have a whole lot of free time on their hands to organize and protest?
thehill.com/opinion/nati... "Hegseth thinks that “international law and human rights are a hindrance to U.S. warfighters.” I think it's very possible they plan for that, and chose him because of his brutal views. They already other political opponents as enemies when they speak.
Free from the Hatch Act too. They could run for office and fire Congress in the process and take local positions as well.
'What is their job?' 'Dont know' 'How much do they get paid?' 'Quite a lot' 'Lets fire them and keep the cash' Blind stupidity is at the controls now.
Who's more stupid - the stupid ones executing the crash or the stupid ones taking orders from the stupid ones executing the crash?
the fotus needs to be checked and not with words in a post but with actions for all to see. Humiliate and ignore.
I’m turning, George. Strength in numbers
God Save America
Only Americans can save America, but too many voted for its downfall by voting for felon 47.
Sorry I didn't read your profile before posting - you're on country so respect to you brother.
No mate you are going to need us to help. We already downloaded a bunch of data from CDC and NIH to protect scientific research because their databases have been shut down and research papers are being vetted for words like binary, gender, transgender, etc. My friend your society's in danger
Who's "us"? Which society is "my society"?
sadly some of the cult members will only turn on trump if they are affected because they don’t care enough about other people.
Dems need to start a "Trump Lied to you" TV ad campaign NOW and continue for the next 4 years. Woo his voters. Don't chastise them, empathize with them because he lied. "Trump said he would lower prices on Day 1. He lied to you". Then the evidence. A new ad for a new lie every week. Build the case.
Sorry George they had that choice in November, it’s just a cult now that’s only going to blame someone else
So funny he thought that of Obama and his administration when Obama was literally the best president we've ever had and Dump has been nominated as the worst by scholars and historians.
Apparently not
Absolutely
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First, it seems important to know the military will not follow orders to kill Americans. Anyone know higher-ups they can talk to?
* this was a question
As in … ‘to know if’…sorry, bad phrasing. I’m not saying they won’t. I was trying to establish anything we know for sure.
Kent State is your answer. There's always another asshole... Stay invisible. Strike from the shadows.
Studies have been done and show that 40ish percent would fire on US civilians if ordered
yes I was looking for facts so thank you
Like at Kent State, right?
Do you honestly believe that none of them will?
It was an honest question. Friends of mine in the military would not but I don’t know that many right wingers so I would hope the higher ups would have the moral fortitude not to follow anti-constitutional orders.
We'll find out soon enough.
Cmon, you are talking about an electorate that put him there.
30% of the population put him there.
Well there you go, only 70 million wackos
Unfortunately, we know bad is coming, but the MAGA masses don't and won't feel the pain for a while. We have to suffer for a while until it hurts them enough to understand.
The really poor uneducated people that voted for trump haven’t hurt enough yet to turn on him. It’s coming though, they will hurt the most.
I’m gonna have to ask in my polite Canadian way for you to do more than just “highlight”.
NO! The GOP budget sucks money from US. Do not give money to these hostage takers. America is being bound and held against her will, separated from her ALLIES by dictator donny and Elon 25/47 UNPLUG ELON
The Trump apologetics (anti-woke folks 🙄) are doubling down hard. Will they recant when people begin dying, or must it hit just that much closer to home for them to admit they don’t like the FO part of this?
I don't think Americans know exactly what to do..to stop the dismantling of America Democracy.
Federal Agencies were already extremely understaffed. The stress by DogE on people who work hard is vulgar.
And it will require his voters and non voters to understand and get out there too
"Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious" 1984
Elmo is the surgeon amputating limbs before he makes a diagnosis
TOTALLY AGREE .
On it. Daily
Sort of like what the Environmentalists have been saying about Climate for the past few decades. It would seem that the Dems are the failure in both cases. Time to look outside the box for solutions.
THANK YOU FOR CARING @georgetakei.bsky.social !!!
But, that could also be dangerous. If the public starts mass rioting, it gives the 'regime' an excuse to declare martial law. I'd that happens do you think F47 will give that total power up? Sadly, it might degrade into civil war.
The path we are on means war is inevitable.
I've been telling my husband that. I've started prepping. Not going down or out without a fight!
I worry for you guys from afar! Watching with horror and disbelief from Zambia!
I'm terrified. I'm 62 with a disabled and mostly blind husband. No kids or family to help. If they cut Medicare and Medicaid we are f*cked!
I‘m so sorry to hear this. Thinking of you and hoping that things will not progress to the point we are all terrified about.
The United States Patent Office, which is already falling behind international patent offices in terms of legitimacy, respect, and serving patent owners, will be further crippled by the resignation of many primary examiners and the enhanced influence by tech oligarchs, who seek to weaken patents.
The nuclear workers they want to come back so desperately need to use this as leverage. Leverage to reinstate all federal workers with double the pay and protections #FElonShitler can’t undo.
They’re pretty smart 😉I hope they’re unreachable because they’re all gathered together thinking of things just like that. Except I hope they Zoomed instead of flew on planes. 🫢
They want things to go badly. Destroy the agencies. Then trump says only he can fix things. Then they privatize.
Next step: replace the fired employees with MAGA
Humpty trumpty WILL have a great fall. We will reach a critical mass and the inertia will start in the other direction.
Is all U.S. data being sent to Starlink servers?
The public will not do a thing until things affect them directly. AND, it will need to be more than ONE thing. It will need to be SEVERAL THINGS, AND those THINGS will all have to be directly attributed to donnies recent actions.
Creaky geriatric bones, stands ready!
wait until all the magats don't get tax refunds
Yes! This has nothing to do with leadership, trimming government waste and making agencies run more efficiently. This is nothing more than a slick, conniving, well planned bank robbery. Unfortunately, America suffers!
How? Who can we implore to do this?
Is he TRYING to make his COVID fuck up not look so bad? WTF is this?!
We can only do so much. Boycott which puts pressure on the citizens . That’s why Trudeau went after red states. When they feel the pinch, maybe they’ll grow a brain.
Well, Donnie made it legal to defend our nation without breaking law? I will not be punished? Let's go.
I'm down.
A clear and present danger, announcing his Dictatorship, the German nation fell for Hitler’s oratory and Nationalism. Trump’s on the same playbook with a much smaller, rambling vocabulary, it’s OK, the red States standard of literacy is shockingly low.
The wannabe dictator is Musk. This moron is a puppet
They are both dangerous.
I want to point out that elimination of Medicaid will have massive ripple effects including closing a bunch of hospitals. If they say eliminate Medicaid and you say hell yeah, just wait until you can't see a Dr because our entire healthcare system has crashed. At this point I'm not sure what
exactly we're supposed to do here though...we have agencies that took an oath and see a coup happening and haven't stepped in so yes it's on the people but we're such a massive and divided country. How do we overcome that to take the necessary action before it's too late?
Also a lot of "assisted living" care centers ("retirement homes", especially the ones with nursing staff for people who need full-time medical care).
And, in a lot of places, this will turn the "we already lose small amounts of money on this but people expect it" 911 Ambulance service into A Discussion That We Must Have(tm).
Just wait for them to implement AI. If their attempt at a website is any indication, we will be fighting T800s within 5 years.
End the electoral college. That’s their “DEI”
They disrupted their own ability to change the rules. So the rules remain in force regardless of whether there are federal agents to enforce them.
VERY soon.
It's going to get real bad.
Dominoes
Where the hell are the Democrat leadership? I’ve never seen any leaders so useless!
Tariffs, layoffs, rising inflation, disease outbreaks… I’m no economist, but I can see what’s coming
A worn down and weak populace is easier to control.
The greatest depression America has ever seen? Yeah we all see it to aparently none of us can stop it
But then the question of… Do we hunker down where we are in the US and survive here? -Or- Do we attempt to go to another country? *If we go to another country, which one? *Do we go now before the shit hits the fan?
Who would even take us at this point?
Good point...sigh
For me that is a really easy answer. I don't have the $$$ to go anywhere but home. lol
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What are all these people supposed to do? How will they find alternative work? What becomes of everyone who relied on the services they provided? I just don’t get it.
I still want an explanation and an apology about why they voted for (or enabled by not voting) this in the first place. How does dismantling our government make anything better for anyone but the oligarchs?
It doesn't, it only centralizes wealth and power with the oligarchs and serves the will of Russia to undermine America.
Hearing stories from all kinds of public servants whose life work is being halted or erased. Park rangers evicted from their homes, medical and environmental research halted. Not to mention how the wider communities will be impacted. Need to get these stories in the press, podcasts, etc.
In my CA town I am experiencing videos and audio going faster. Everything is faster about 1/2 Sec I’m serious on my knowledge. It sounds crazy so Im posting my notes as documents b
So....they're speeding up time? What's happening exactly?
My apple iTunes music is faster by a second or so. It’s still like this right now. Timing is a HUGE deal when listening to music. Big Tech is starting to play games I suspect.
What would be the point of faster music? I mean, I agree that it’s a big deal when listening to music if it is sped up. I’m asking what nefarious things this points to. Asking sincerely because I don’t understand.
I haven’t a clue either. Maybe too much screen time is making me crazed and paranoid from Trump Musk shit. I’m gonna take a long break. Thanks!! Ciao for now!!!
Bad mushrooms? You never know with that stuff... Watch a fun old movie. Snuggle with a pet. Caddyshack is pretty great.
I watched CBS News the other night. There's no mention of any problem with t卐usk. Mostly a lot of fluff. Very disappointing.
"The public must turn on this madness and soon" Well put!
His first quarter jobs report is going to be really interesting.
MAGAs won’t get it until they feel the pain. And even then, many will blame immigrants, trans people, and DEI
💯. And we need all the United States leaders to stand up to him and his insanity. Past presidents, vice presidents, Secretaries & 4 star generals… STEP UP NOW! You cared once, care now
Y, between others, I Filed complaint w FBI for threats to gov employees, that we just doing their job & notified DOGE and my cogr. rep . I urge others to do the same,bc it's not how our democracy works! Let's GO! 💪 Sure, let's hold accountable the DC swamp .. and FS Pirate Musk and DOGE inc!
What I expect is all the top talent will leave first, and the replacements, while loyal to Trump, will be clueless...
Twitter in real life
They will laugh even when they become homeless and are living in the gutter. They ate like the weasels in Roger Rabbit whi laugh themselves to death, even though they knew they were dying from it.
I'm under the perhaps false impression that all the firing and shuttering of govt services is not just to rob and pillage our country like a pirate ship, but they seek to ruin US from within. Completely end 250+ years of The Great Experiment. No more hope for freedom. Tear down the people's joy. 😢
It's crystal clear - and I mean IT COULD NOT BE MORE CLEAR - that they are out to destroy democracy which they don't believe should be what governs this country. The real question, indeed the ONLY question, is WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
Well. About 1/3 of US voted THEM into office! *shrug* That's what we did about it. What's past is prologue, but looks to me the 3rd act is a Wash. "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!" We are leaves on the wind. Watch how we get pinned to a book & left to rot in a museum. I'll be in my bunk.
Okay. About 1/3 voted them into office. That means about 2/3 DID NOT VOTE THEM INTO OFFICE.
So that means 1/3 will keep their job and pledge alliance and may they be required to do quadruple work
Could be.
One third voted for Trump. One third didn't vote, which essentially means silently acquiescing to whatever the fook happens. One third of the voting populous voted for The Smart Lady, cuz we're the smart ones. Doesn't. Effing Matter. Now. Looks like we ARE going back after ALL! #WeAreNotGoingBack
I understand what you're saying. But it's WAY TOO EARLY to throw in the towel. In the United States of America, THE PEOPLE still own the government. MANY of us are working TIRELESSLY on behalf of the Constitution. We can't afford to have The People give up. I do hear you though. Can't argue.
Way too early to throw in the towel? FAMILIES ARE LOSING THIER FARMS AS WE SPEAK. The price of eggs has gone through the roof. MEASLES is coming back in some parts of our country cuz our current Resident of the Oval does not believe in investing in medical sciences! Too early!? IT'S TOO LATE!
And they want them to lose their farms, so billionaires can swoop in and buy the farms dirt cheap. And then control all the food in the USA. Prices will go up and down on their beck and call.
That's not a solution though. That appeals to the rich briefly, but it's fleeting. There's no stability.
No it's not. It's a wake up call, as to the why they are not funding USAID. and farm contracts. They for sure want the farm land. Question is are we helpless to assist?
It's not too late. That's like saying it's too late to save stop the Mongols. Sure, it would have been better if the DOJ had done its job and this douche was in prison but it's not too late. It will never be too late. The question is simply how much we will allow them to destroy before we stop them.
That which is torn down can be rebuilt and that which has been built can be destroyed. That's not the problem. What concerns me is that what we had.. served only some, and those who were not happy w/what we had, also have not even a concept of a plan as to what would be a better replacement.
But WHAT DO WE DO?
My 'solution' is that we should have left things as they were until we find a better solution; a change instead of mere destruction. Those currently in power seek to destroy what we had for the masses to appeal to an elite. This is NOT a solution. Many are impatient, because no one knows what to do.
For one thing, if you can, stop giving your money to the billionaires with nefarious intentions. Don’t feed the hands that are strangling us. Also, leave Twitter/X and all things META (Instagram, Fakebook, Threads). Also, pay attention to your state & local politics. Don’t let them exhaust you
As for leaving "all things META" yeah nope. This is the 21st century. Half a century ago we were told mass media was gonna rot our brains, and it did! *shrug* Some people still insist we should stop eating meat. yeah nope.
If you can’t bear to give up your addictions to all things META, then that’s on you. You get to choose. We all get to choose.
Dude you’re in the depression stage of grief. But even if you crawl under a rock you’re still going to have to deal with the fallout of this administration. Might as well find some community and fight back if you’re going down either way.
I'm pretty sure whatever we're buying stuff from? Billionaires and millionaires are the ones who own all those companies, or they own the companies those mom & pop local stores you support get their stuff. One way or another, they get our money. That's WHY they're rich in the first place!
Okay Zach. Give up, then. Do nothing.
Avoid a violent demise by any means necessary.
And slightly over half approve of the job he’s doing per the last poll - so more than those who voted for him. Mind-boggling.
If Musk and his hackers can mess with the computer financial records and election results, we really can't even take poll results seriously, not that I ever have. It's 1/3 for Trump, 1/3 for common sense and decency, then the last third don't know don't care just Same As It Ever Was.
Paramore - Burning Down The House youtu.be/I_NKuuQ4Hy0?...
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Gil Scott-Heron cover) - The Toxhards feat. Vinnie Deramus youtu.be/Grusu4PDlsY?...
Nah. That’s fake info.
I concur. Polls aren't very accurate or useful, unless you're an employee behind the scenes at FamilyFeud. *smirk*
The destruction of America through treachery and deception
Oh my. 😀
They want the chaos and destruction. Chaos creates great opportunities for theft.
He did the same thing to Twitter.
Now would be good.
Yes that’s their plan for everything to go to hell and Musk and his rich friends buy up our country cheap
Two cases of suspected Ebola in Manhattan, NY. . . But we left WHO and are cutting CDC & NIH. . . Trump thinks if we don't test or report there will be fewer cases. . .
Can we have these I'll people visit the gop and Whitehouse please? If I get it, I'm doing the full tour!! Touching everything!
TB and Measles outbreak as I type...
Oh, don't forget H5N1 and now H5N9 to boot
I can't believe no one is able to stop them - they clearly are unhinged .. unfit for office and should be declared insane
You're taking opver 200,000 people and making them non consumers. And in debt for many. How is this not going to trigger a recession?.
That’s just this week. Add to it gutting NIH funding, tariffs, EPA saying they are “clawing back” 20B already given out to non profit organizations, USAID funding used American products/farms…it’s all jobs Main Street always feels the recession way before Wall Street.
An make sure the finger of blame is pointed directly at those responsible.
The majority of MAGAs still believe, deeply, that Starman and his tech bros are doing the right thing. Reality won't sink in for awhile.
Sadly, not until it affects them personally.
From what I've read of their Posts and Comments on various FB Pages...Yep, you are correct.
Good luck getting your tax refund this year
When do they start lying about the unemployment numbers?
For most it is not until they are directly impacted. It's even harder for them to see the direct correlation, as they stay in denial until it's way too late.
George, Much of the public is not getting the information. They're celebrating this. They think it's truly getting at government corruption and waste. Ads (conventional and unconventional), billboards, and going on podcasts need to happen to make clear what is really happening.
I agree...I see the magas i know posting about the waste they're eliminating all at Biden's doing and praising Doge. They repost articles they're being fed supporting it all. Their"wall" feels inpermeable as everything inside me is screaming!
Cuts are coming! But not to the millionaires or billionaires. It would make sense for millionaires or billionaires to receive cuts, right?
Congress has declared the level of spending for Medicare, etc. It's THEIR responsibility, not the POTUS for declaring the spending level.
Not until there's enough pain to convince them that MAGA is not a good idea. Sometimes you have to treat them like daddy treated his mules: Whack them between the ears to get their attention.
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Not everyone can demonstrate. Older people, those with ill health and disabilities.
By older people. I don't mean all older people but those who are frail.
Agreed but they can talk to their friends and family. They can boycott products... (return their Tesla) They can call their representatives. They can write letters to the govement voiceing their disgust. They are not impotent/dead only frail
Sorry if that sounded short. I just get a bit cross over generalisations.
That's fully understandable. Also we are not helpless as long as something is done. Doing nothing is as good as resignation. Even a 5 dollar donation to a cause that you agree with, so they can do somthing on your behalf is doing a lot. Engaging misinformation online is doing something...
These are good guys (MTN) fighting via legal channels. They have links to others here perhaps you can suport them to stand for democracy as it breaks down bsky.app/profile/meid...
Obviously.
Soon is too late. NOW.
It really is astounding
We need Leaders and a plan. More lawsuits. A daily press by our elected Officials that is not propaganda and lies. Call out the lies. Call out his lack of mental fitness. Call out his lies. Ask him to provide facts. Ask him to explain. He can’t because he is impaired.
No thought given, no understanding or expertise involved in any of it, just slashing. Ya, it’s gonna be really bad
Protest tomorrow. Every state Capitol and town hall. High noon!
Agreed. The wheels are about to leave the vehicle and his customers aren’t going to be happy. 🤷♂️
Countries outside of US should not accept any food, livestock or any other materials that could be compromised by the lack of inspections, regulations and other safeguards that the Reichpublicans and their Manchurian Candidate have imposed.
Honestly, I'm starting to worry that we may be careening toward a Soviet-style collapse. I'm not sure how the nation can endure four years of this. It's barely been four weeks! Something has to give.
It’s not 4 years. They crash it and rebuild the country they invision.
The plan is permanent...not 4 years. There might be an election, but it will be performative. Think 2024 election...and if one truly believes over half of America voted for trump, trump won the popular vote, and some 89 million registered voters sat home...I'm afraid it is utter ignorance.
Government civil servants not getting paychecks will cause a downturn in the economy in pretty short order.
And all those thinking they may be next will stop spending too...
These MAGA dumbf***s keep saying that this is what they wanted. Well then, you got it. AND.. You are even stupider than we thought.
I have no idea how to get apathetic/uninformed Americans to rise up. I think we should put billboards in every county that say Traitor Trump, and then a line beneath it, like Trump is screwing over veterans/Trump is publishing classified information online/Trump is killing starving children
You have to take it to their doorstep. If things don’t affect them directly they are not going to care.
I’m sure someone at the DNC could figure out what issues particularly affect a certain area and then have the billboard hammer on that issue. Americans overwhelmingly favor democratic stances on almost every issue.
Billboards what a joke. That's like yelling at the guy across from you in a gun fight. Evil me like Trump and Musk won't stop until someone forcefully stops them. That's the truth no one is allowed to talk about.
The courts and Democrats are doing the work to legally stop them. I am talking about trying to reclaim a generation of Americans by letting them know that Trump is advocating evil.
I heard a woman the other night call Trump the lesser of two evils... they believe all the lies about Biden and Fox news and those spreading lies are never held accountable so people keep believing them
Yeah, someone posted recently about what a great job Elon Musk is doing rooting out fraud and abuse and I thought Christ there is no reaching some people.
It's never gonna happen. Why? Because America made voting/ politics a choice. Your county allows people to not give a fuck about politics or elections or voting because they have no recompense if they don't act. 🤷 It should be illegal to not vote. There should be fines like in Australia
Yeah, that’s a hard one. Freedom also includes the freedom to be a shitty citizen I reckon. I’m just not sure how I feel about forcing someone to vote. Maybe they could tie proof of voting to some sort of benefit.
They’re f*cking with the power grid in the Pacific Northwest that also feeds ID & MT. We’re in the middle of the 3rd major cold weather event in less than 2 weeks. B@stards From KOIN.com www.koin.com/news/politic...
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I agree with you!
Sadly, over half of the US population think Trump is doing a good job. This is cult brainwashing. How do you deprogram millions of people? These idiots chose autocracy because egg prices rose. They chucked out the Constitution & channel fascism for Trump. #goons www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
It truly is APPALLING! They're brainwashed because they listen to the WRONG MEDIA & unless we can get them detached from that I don't see deprogramming coming until it hits them DIRECTLY! They're so STUPID they'll be the 1st to DIE from the diseases that will SOON be running rampant!
It wasn't about egg prices. It was about racism. They didn't like the hiring of minorities under Biden and the propaganda machine about trans people was very successful.
They probably read the polls just like they ranked the election🤔🤔🤔
It's really concerning. And maybe they are looking for excuses to go even further --- is it the beer hall putsch that some folks are referring to?
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no they don't. This is BS!
Unfortunately humans are not wired to process the warning. We never do anything to prevent catastrophe before it actually happens.
Exactly, The economy will tank with so many people laid off. It’s what makes ghost towns. Agencies close, restaurants, bars and fast food places close up, leaving more unemployed. People move away seeking jobs causing more loss of jobs. Welcome to Trump’s America.
Trump seems to be getting into dementia. Is he getting into his final illness? In THAT case we Dems BETTER win the midterms because a JD Vance who is not lying is even more dangerous.
Presidents day rally at noon at your local courthouse or City Hall. Everybody come, get loud, speak out and resist!
You're the best! I appreciate your help keeping us in the know.