The situation got so bad that actual news overtook memes in top posts on Lemmy
The situation got so bad that actual news overtook memes in top posts on Lemmy
Im becoming unsettled. Maybe a few memes total on first two pages. How could things go so bad? Where are the yester beans gone?
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Trump is using a technique called 'The Gish Gallop.'
Obama wanted to pass the ACA and the GOP managed to block it for almost two years because Obama kept talking about that one thing.
Trump is breaking rules left and right; plus screaming about crazy ideas like buying Greenland.
There is so much stuff going on that normal minds just want to shut down to get some peace and quiet.
I believe they call it "flooding the zone (with shit)" when it's this particular orange flavour
I like using firehose of bullshit, but using their words is probably better.
Elonald Trusk: "Supplies!"
How dare you put Kuni’s lines in Elon’s mouth!
We thought things were bad before the experimental DoD teleporter accident that destroyed the bodies of Trump and Musk. Elonald Trusk and Donlon Mump rose from the ashes. Their greed multiplied. Their lust for power became insatiable, but nothing could trump their carnal, sensual desire for each other's bodies. [Ok, stopping here, I don't like where this is going.]
Me to the dingleberries once they finally realize: "STUPID! YOU SO STUPID!"
Damn, what a great movie.
Aka shock doctrine
Remember, ignorance is compliance.
Yes, and silence is complicity.
that's the thing about the current situation... truth tellers get censored while discourse gets flood with shite polarized takes and they feed each other's engagement.
In America freedom of speech to say anything you want except the truth about the owners then it is "call to violence", "socialist/communism", "antisemitism" , "class warefare" ect last is sure cute tho. why are you hitting yourself, slave?
Obama increased mass surveillance and US undercover operations significantly. Bush ultimately started it but Obama has a opportunity to stand on the side of freedom but didn't take it. Like all recent presidents he was focused on extending the power of the executive branch. The real answer is checks and balances.
LOL!
Obama couldn't get Gitmo closed. How many of those programs did he originate, and how many were passed by the Congress and he didn't veto them?
He was hamstrung by the GOP and conservative Dems.
The answer is a veto proof progressive Dem majority, not more 'checks and balances.'
The answer is a veto proof progressive Dem majority, not more 'checks and balances.'
After what trump is doing they still won't be able to get there because they are corporate bootlickers who don't resonate with working people anymore... at all.
He said "progressive Dem majority," not "Dem majority."
Is the "progressive" in the room with us right now.
They can muster like 2 people an dthe rest are corpo drones.
Clearly somebody else decides who gets congret spots, and it ain't the pedon vote.
Do you have an actual plan?
Because screaming 'BotH sidES aRe The SAme' has worked so well to prevent Trump from getting elected twice.
Screaming "vote for my preference or else" every election is what got trump elected twice.
The First Past The Post (FPTP) voting system has squashed competition in our elections, resulting in both major political parties being filled with weak individuals. Our people are unrepresented by FPTP voting, thus the large non voter block. Things don't have to be this way.
States have control over their voting methods, meaning we don’t need to wait a federal miracle. We can change how we vote and make room for third parties without risking a spoiler effect.
Alaska has already taken this step. In fact, Alaska has recently held a referendum on whether to go switch from Ranked Choice Voting back to FPTP, and the referendum was rejected. Republicans were frustrated when Sarah Palin lost to a more moderate conservative under Ranked Choice Voting, but the people of Alaska made their choice—they don't want FPTP any more. Meanwhile, states controlled by Republicans are passing laws to safeguard FPTP.
So why are Democratic states continuing to use the voting system that Republicans favor? And why are Democrats turning down the potential for more votes from increased voter participation?
Videos on Electoral Reform
First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)
Videos on alternative electoral systems we can try out.
So, you're planning to get your new system in place on a national level in 24 months, with Trump in charge?
Maybe you should focus on what's happening at this moment and not on what you might be able to accomplish decades down the road.
Voting under two party regime got us here...
Do you have an actual plan?
Until you have a workable plan, just be quiet.