In blow to Trump

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I hear this take all the time and frankly I think it’s lazy and rooted in the same misogyny that you claim lost both Hilary and Kamala the presidency. 48% of American voters turned out for both Clinton and Harris compared to the 51% turnout for Biden.

Of the three, Biden was the only one who ran during a Republican administration and he had the additional advantage of running against Trump’s catastrophic handling of the 2020 COVID pandemic and despite all that he only took an extra 3% of the vote over Clinton and Harris.

On the flip side, both Clinton and Harris ran on maintaining the deeply unpopular status quo under their own party’s administration and attempting to appeal to the center-right whilst alienating their own base and taking their vote for granted. Despite that, 48% of American voters still turned out for them and they lost to Trump’s 46% in 2016 and <50% in 2024, a less than 2% margin in both cases.

To reduce that nuance to, “they lost because they’re women” completely ignores the fact that they ran flawed campaigns in a time of deep dissatisfaction with the status quo that they ran in support of all so you can pin their failure on their gender and perpetuate the idea that women can’t be elected to be president, something that at least 75 million American voters disagree with.

There’s a clip from months ago of Trump seeming to claim that pouring water over magnets would “break” them like you’d expect it to break electronic devices… Frankly, I’m surprised that it wasn’t talked about more.

Let’s all start demanding Chuck Schumer’s resignation as loudly as we demand the release of the Epstein files.

MAGA: We’ve got historical disapproval numbers, people are fleeing our party, we just faced a Blue tsunami the likes of which haven’t been seen in a generation, and we’re in the midst of a crisis with no end in sight for which the majority of Americans blame us for.

Senate Dems: Hold my beer.

We’re going to have to demand they do. When the time comes, we cannot let it go. We must insist these people face justice. Be as annoying about it as we are about the Epstein files.

On one hand, yes, many Americans’ morals are backwards and ideally humans being killed, brutalized and disappeared by this administration and it’s agents would get more attention than an old building.

But on the other hand, that’s unfortunately not where we’re at. But where we are at is many people who would otherwise support or at least feel apathetic to what this administration is doing are appalled by the destruction of a national icon and I’ll welcome any step towards eroding the support this administration has from a significant group of Americans.

He never apologizes though. He just demands you accept he has a right to do whether the hell he wants.

I’ve been using cannabis for years and I love it. I am generally careful when it comes to developing dependencies. I check myself every once in a while and I don’t self medicate or pretend I’m taking it for pain or sleep or whatever. I take it because I like being high and I’m not ashamed of it.

I am worried about long-term effects. Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s really freak me out and it would suck if there turned out to be a link there. But there’s a good chance something else will kill me before I get there and I’m not sure I want to give up something I so thoroughly enjoy just to live a little longer.

I tried taking a hiatus in January. I read about mental clarity coming back and feeling more rested. I felt none of those things. I also didn’t feel any intense cravings or withdrawal symptoms. Just boredom and dissatisfaction with life in general and I don’t have a lot of hope of that changing with or without weed.

Cars and Wall Street and the American people for that matter can all go fuck themselves. Can’t we just have free and accessible public transit and walkable cities for fuck sake?

CAPITALISM

Everything must be monetized. Education, art, healthcare, food and water, it all must be profitable or else there is no incentive for it to exist. Oh, you need it to live? Then hand over your wealth! What, you’re looking for free handouts? Nah, either pay up or go die in a gutter.

Big King George III energy

Seems like something King George III would have done.

I was chatting with some folks the other day and somebody was going on about how they had gotten asymptomatic long-COVID from the vaccine. When asked about her sources her response was that AI had pointed her to studies and you could viscerally feel everybody else’s cringe.

Especially if the ones who will refuse to comply keep quitting

I’m resisting the urge to jump to conclusions, however I can’t help but observe that objectively there seems to be a common denominator in your situation. Either way, it sucks that that’s been your experience and I hope things change for the better for you.

It doesn’t feel unique to Lemmy to me. I’m seeing higher levels of hostility in just about any environment broad enough to include left and right wingers

I’m committed. I’ve already rehearsed what I would say to my manager/HR and fully accept that it may end my employment with them. But as somebody who’s financially secure, I feel it’s my duty to make that sacrifice should it come to it.

I recently started following a guy on YouTube who’s answer to the doubt over whether we’ll be able to vote again is, “I’m not asking. I’m voting”. I’ve decided to adopt that mentality and I encourage others to do the same.

A Furby.