@TheNewsOwl and over other climbers...

@feloneouscat but it remains to be seen how much that affected the majority of the Democratic electorate. The enthusiasm and electricity for Kamala was palpable. Democrats became joyous like I hadn't seen since 2008 with Obama. We were sure we would win because Trump seemed completely done. We also assumed (much to our continual detriment) that other non-MAGAs would find a last straw. But in combination with individual economic struggles, we lost a lot of those people, especially young black men

@Resister_Grandma I wonder if tubal ligation will eventually be outlawed under these fuckers...

@nonayadambidnes @singlemaltgirl never underestimate the fuckery of which these bastards are capable!

@nonayadambidnes man I wish amendments were actually available to us. But there's a good reason it's very hard to change the Constitution...

@nonayadambidnes Evangelibots?

@JV3MJD yeah sure, Bobo's gonna hold Trump accountable.

@singlemaltgirl @nonayadambidnes don't anybody fool themselves into thinking another billionaire is therefore an ally...

@RedKing @FreedomATX and they've also clearly stated that it will cause a lot of pain and suffering until we come through the other side into the (already bankrupt) Libertarian wet dream.

@JV3MJD this is also Trump's way of floating a loyalty balloon. For a couple months he'll get to see which GOP senators are failing to bend the knee and then every loyal one will cajole and threaten them. DOJ needs to reopen the cases against Gaetz now!

@JV3MJD Trump has a large amount of debt, a big chunk of which is owed to Russian and adjacent interests. They will undoubtedly bail him out.

@Windyla77 Trump's party is not the GOP. Trump is a one person party.

@feloneouscat the article was making the point that there is very little free press or MSM anymore that influences people. Not like 20 years ago and certainly not like in Hearst's time. It's a completely different landscape.

@Bulico I agree on those points. One of my favorite lines:

Damn it, Bones, you're a doctor. You know that pain and guilt can't be taken away with a wave of a magic wand. They're the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don't want my pain taken away! I need my pain!

@b2bjacks except this time, they didn't need to initiate a coup. I think this was the plan all along. Oligarchs in cahoots with right wing media, moving enough people rightward with disinformation and gaslighting.

@TheAbbotTrithemius don't forget vituperous.

@corlin he would have to resign as governor and the Lt Governor, Nunez would take over. It would be tricky though it would end up circumventing the prohibition on serving two consecutive terms if he came back in 2027.

@feloneouscat they're complicit because they're profiting from the loudest, most outrageous right-wing narrators. we don't have to counter a complicit press. We have to engage with right wing narrators. They're going to constantly harass us on their turf and try to drown us out. So we put people like Mayor Pete on there to tell the truth loudly, convincingly, and outrageously. Then MSM will be all "ooh, the fight between Rogan and Buttigieg is pure gold." The truth will enter the narrative.

@TheresaVermont this was May right? If this asshats becomes AG, he'll be untouchable for years...

@Zevon @Alfred ah, understood. Let me know if I might be if assistance.