Trump has always suffered from incompetence. Trump v1, we saw this in spades.

During Biden, GOP/alt-right used the four years to consolidate power, find further vulnerabilities, and capitalize on them under Trump v2. GOP fucking wrote what they were going to do and then they fucking did it.

The DNC suffers from wanting to appeal to centralists, the largest bloc of voters that can actually swing an election. They know that progressives and anyone left of the DNC will vote dem because of the fucking two party system.

If progressives want change, NOW is the time to capitalize! Now is the time to support progressive candidates, set up election committees so when the primaries come up in 1.5 years, they will be front and center.

The reason the DNC doesn’t pander to progressives is that we don’t give them a reason to. We start too late. We hem and haw through the primaries, bitching and moaning that we don’t have Jon Stewart. The number of progressives that are breathing a sigh of relief yesterday was palpable. Yes, celebrate the win, but we didn’t “win”. We have an opposition that we can influence more than the other candidate.

We need to fucking take these new politicians to task.

And, at the same time, find even more progressive candidates and encourage them to run. I want more candidates Chris Gallant. We need more Zohran Mamdanis. We need more Allison Montgomerys.

We need more Gen Zs.

I’m fucking tired of the DNC going to progressive candidates and saying they need to stand down because they won’t win. I want progressives to throw the DNC the middle finger and say, “You go left or we’re leaving YOU.” I want the DNC to be the third party.

So yes, take the victory lap everyone. But start looking for progressives NOW to run in two years.

Don’t wait two months before primaries.

The GOP does not have a problem bringing out their base.

This galvenizes their base away from actual issues like the economy to a moral panic issue that’s much easier for them to defend.

Their base can feel morally superior defending “the children” than trying to defend $6 / dozen eggs.

This is the kind of Robin Hood shit I can get behind.

Steal from people who not only increased prices for the common folks but can easily afford the loss. Give it back to folks who are just trying to live their lives.

Fuck AI.

“If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism; they will abandon democracy.”

When I was younger (like late 20s), I remember watching an infomercial about the power of trading stocks. It was a “CD/DVD kit” where they teach you how to make money trading penny stocks and shit like that.

I remember talking about it with a co-worker and he said something like, “If they really made all that money, why would they have to sell the kit?”

My response was, “Maybe they want other people to know how to do it to.”

That conversation lives rent free in my brain because I realized years later that that’s what business school is: a bunch of people telling people how to run a business profitably. If they could make money doing it, they wouldn’t be teaching it.

I know that’s not what business school is but damn the analogy still fits.

The conservative long game is to isolate the US from the rest of the world. They believe that capitalism and the wealth that it protects will be enough to buy anything in the world.

They don’t realize that countries will get pissed and can simply refuse to sell to us.

But will those concerns turn into anything actionable?

Is there a cultural aspect that is not being stated? Because if there is a cultural expectation that you attend the wedding, that’s important context.

I also get the sense you are on the younger side. Your brother can’t “turn you against your mother” without your consent.

If you want to go, go. Talk to your mom and tell her it’s nothing against her. If she has a problem, that’s her issue.

If you don’t want to go, tell your brother you don’t want to go. If he gives you shit about it, again that’s his issue.

I don’t understand why you care about your co-workers’ opinion. Just tell them you don’t want to go. If they ask, tell them it’s because your brother has a grudge against your mom and then let your brother deal with it. If they ask what the grudge is, tell them to ask him.

At the end of the day, it’s not your problem.

Unless it is because you’re leaving things out in your post.

It’s legal when a Republican President does it.

Super duper secret illegal when it’s a Democrat.

Democrats showing yet again that they would rather lose support from their most progressive voters than their most moderate swing voters.

I was actually talking about this with a friend of mine. The sad part is that people who use AI bots for smut are being conditioned that humans will react like their bot.

And as a result, creating more red pills/incels that think that people will just drop their pants at their prompts.

The fact that these services are so popular is very concerning and really hope that people find the connection with other people that they are looking for.

You know, if they did nothing wrong, there’s nothing for them to worry about.

Capital One does something similar and it’s so fucking annoying. They send text messages that read “Your transaction for some company was DECLINED! Take action now: http://someweirddomain.com/sketchy/uri”

I used URL Checker to figure out where it ultimately landed and it does go to Capital One.

I’ve even complained about this and they said, “Well, you should know these texts only come from us.”

My bad. I thought it was wide. I’ll update my post.

I do not trust this fucking administration for one fucking minute.

If you’re able to, vote early in person. If you can’t, vote in person on Election Day. If you still can’t, vote absentee and then deliver your ballot by hand. If you can’t do that, then use the mail.

Look, I’m not saying the post office is bad but it’s clearly questionable whether they’ll “accidentally” lost ballots they get from cities or blue areas.

Early voting starts today in four states. Go fucking vote.

This is something Democrats and the DNC need to understand: Republicans are willing to kill for their beliefs.

Until the DNC stops believing that Republicans will be “reasonable”, Democrats will fail our country. It’s only a matter of time until Trump has his version of the night of the long knives.

More like “I don’t have to behave because I have the money to convince everyone else that it’s their responsibility to do better.”

In other words, Google prefers security researchers to immediately share vulnerability findings publicly immediately. That way users can properly mitigate their risks appropriately while Google decides whether fixing the vulnerability will affect their bottom line.

Maybe before they needed to lick Trump’s taint. They would rather get on his good side than be “regulated” to death.

I’m going to guess: he’s running as a Republican.

Checks article

Not surprised in the least.