It has some advantages but I think it will make public services even more subordinated to the interests of the wealthy. Since they would have almost sole discretion on where that money goes.

It matters but Trump’s polling is remarkably stable. Headlines are overstating the changes which are barely measurable.

I think doing this outside of any pretext of a military conflict is certainly a big escalation but I do agree that our failure to push back adequately against these past crimes led us here.

Making police and TSA seem sympathetic? That’s almost a super power.

Are you in reader mode? This always happens to me with their website for some reason.

I’ve never seen real evidence of bots impersonating people here but it’s hard to know. Maybe admins would have more insights.

There are a few ad bots that sneak in but they usually get a ban pretty quickly.

Sounds like something a bot would say!

Is it hard to hollow them out?

I was worried about this with CECOT but I think most everyone ended up being released from there? Does anyone know if other American deportees are still being held there?

Unfortunately, I’ve seen very little reporting on other foreign prison camps, so I don’t know what the conditions there are like and who is being held vs released etc. I know some prisoners were released by Costa Rica and allowed to claim asylum there but I believe others are still being held.

Someone in the media really needs to dig into this more. Or if anyone has seen such reporting, please link it.

Doubtful. They could try but DC has basically zero political autonomy. They’re essentially an internal colony of the US.

I don’t wear any flags because I don’t support authoritarian governments (including the Canadian government). In fact, if you paid attention, you might realize the comment you replied to was me offering an alternative solution for those who have this concern…

This is your brain on nationalism, folks. I hope you can find your way to recovery.

Oh gee willickers I’ll just press this depose the president button I’ve got here on my desk. Why didn’t I think of this sooner. Thank you so much!

Maybe I’m already doing that? You are speaking from a place of extreme ignorance about me and my political actions. But there is a limit to what one person can do in an authoritarian nation of 300+ million people.

Doing everything in your power to resist fascism still leads to the dilemma in question here. As this conversation demonstrates.

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Are you implying that I personally can unilaterally fix the US’s shit?

Lol

I mean there are ignorant people everywhere in the world. It’s impossible to avoid them completely. That said I’m American and have only rarely received harassment due to my nationality. But I haven’t been abroad yet this year so I can’t speak to how the atmosphere has change since Trump 2.

Better solution is just to explain to people that we don’t support what’s going on and we’re subject to our government against our will just like they are.

Why do you think she never intended to pass it?

It’s not trivial to implement campaign finance reform when the Supreme Court has decided it’s unconstitutional.

Needs state charges. Federal courts can’t do shit without the executive branch’s cooperation.

Imagine working 2 days a week instead of 5. That’s a pretty big difference.

That’s the issue. Most normal people have way too much self-respect to end up in Mike Johnson’s position. So we can’t expect him to behave like a normal human here.