Meanwhile, the fearmongering and hate propaganda network is ramping up its bullshit:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/20 ... s-opinion/



So, even more Carlson/Hannity/etc.-style brain poison. Ew.

Edit: they also laid off the guy who called Arizona early, lmao

1. Yes. Do not go revenge crazy, employing the same extremist tactics Trump did. It is not ok if the left acts the same way as the right.

2. If you want to guarantee a shitstorm, sure. There's no way to mandate a national lockdown, because the Executive branch doesn't have the power to do that. President Biden knows that. Using Executive power to force your will is something Trump would've done.

3. Never. Not in a million years, never. After all the "He's a Socialist!" faux outrage, you want to do something actually Socialist?

4. Can't pay for it, can't enforce it, and can't do it. See #2.

5. Sigh. See #2 again.

6. Not a bad idea, but they can't axe the filibuster. The Senate majority is too tenuous and that's picking a fight that can't be won. And when Reid did it, it turned right around and bit the Democrats square in the ass.

7. LOL, actually the only thing I think Trump did right. It was always going to take a raging unrepentant asshole to deal with the raging unrepentant assholes that make up the CCP. They're liars and thieves, and deserve to suffer.

8. I really don't know what the deal is with Cuba anymore. Obama lifted some restrictions and the world didn't end, Trump put them back and the world didn't end either.

Mainly, the Democrats can not, absolutely can NOT, so all apeshit "Now we can be LIBERAL! Woo!" because no we can't. Biden needs to be temperamentally the same as No Drama Obama. Work the issues. Calm, measured responses. Back it up with science and reality.

The rest of us need only to drop the "We won! Let's get 'em!" attitude. Realize that all the GOP's ills are self-inflicted and let them bleed to death.

The problem with reform is when Trump II inevitably comes to power- which is probably somewhat inevitable, just a question of when- those reforms will be scratched post haste. Highly sceptical of people who call themselves Socialists who believe in reform. Do you honestly think the rich will let you vote away their ill gotten wealth, and just accept it?

A competent fascist is practically a walking contradiction.

Happy for my American friends! Congrats to you all on getting rid of that pathetic excuse of a human being. I hope the racial divide he caused will be gradually fixed.

The one thing that Biden and the Democrats desparately need to do is connect with rural, or less urbanized areas. And they need to do so in a way that appeals to the better half of humanity; that is to say, by NOT promoting obviously divisive or controversial legislation (targeting minorities, gays, etc) But really research their economic issues; and find a way to promote economic policies that benefit agriculture, ranching, forestry, etc. If that means higher tarrifs against imported food or goods, then fine- or better trade agreements, then great- just find a way to reach out to the rural voters and connect with them on the POSITIVE issues they care about. Trump and the Republicans only knew how to tap into the negatives: Xenophobia, totalitarian ISIS-esque religious-based laws, and fear of "Socialism" while correspondingly labeling every policy that wasn't some extreme, social darwinist, libertarian, anti-environment or anti-racism as "Socialist." The Democrats need to figure out how to counteract the "Socialist" label, and broaden their appeal to the, shall we say, less than educated rural voter in a more constructive way than the Republicans did.

One thing that fraudster Trump did right is putting a temporary wrench in the CIA plans.

In news that should be of zero surprise to anybody, the Trump administration has no plan for vaccine rollout. Biden and his team discovered such to be the case upon taking control.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/repo ... stribution

Friends and family of QAnon believers speak about how they handled the Capitol riots

“Eventually he got pretty upset at me since I am a medical student and have been pleading for people to respect COVID restrictions, which he believes are drummed up by doctors faking death certificates,” Paul wrote. “We had disagreed strongly before, but [recently] he ended our conversation by saying he just hopes ‘more people will shoot doctors.’”

The CIA doesn't govern.. what are you referring to ?

Drone strikes in Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria and of course Irak continued during Trump's mandate..

The one thing that Biden and the Democrats desparately need to do is connect with rural, or less urbanized areas. And they need to do so in a way that appeals to the better half of humanity; that is to say, by NOT promoting obviously divisive or controversial legislation (targeting minorities, gays, etc) But really research their economic issues; and find a way to promote economic policies that benefit agriculture, ranching, forestry, etc. If that means higher tarrifs against imported food or goods, then fine- or better trade agreements, then great- just find a way to reach out to the rural voters and connect with them on the POSITIVE issues they care about. Trump and the Republicans only knew how to tap into the negatives: Xenophobia, totalitarian ISIS-esque religious-based laws, and fear of "Socialism" while correspondingly labeling every policy that wasn't some extreme, social darwinist, libertarian, anti-environment or anti-racism as "Socialist." The Democrats need to figure out how to counteract the "Socialist" label, and broaden their appeal to the, shall we say, less than educated rural voter in a more constructive way than the Republicans did.

He's referring to the common belief that half of the discord in the developing world is intentionally sewn by the CIA in order to maintain American interests in the area. There are varying degrees of truth to this, but there is a lot of historical precedent to support the idea.

I found this video from Vice about one of the only Trump supporters who came to Biden's Inauguration. Don't worry, he isn't one of those QAnon supporters who went off the deep end. His interview was actually pretty interesting. This question in particular did hit me though.

"Do you think you got what you wanted out of the last 4 years?"

"No. Not at all."

At least the guy has a very level head for the most part. He seems like he knows what he wants and he'll stick to that but he also understands that the world isn't going to drop like a concrete ball because "power" has changed hands once again. Big props to this guy.

At least the guy has a very level head for the most part. He seems like he knows what he wants and he'll stick to that but he also understands that the world isn't going to drop like a concrete ball because "power" has changed hands once again. Big props to this guy.

Rob Portman's not running for reelection. The Senate battleground map for 2022 just got a little more favorable to the Dems-- not much more, but even the slightest shift counts.

Speaking of "reasonable Trump supporters", here's an interesting little video about the work ahead in de-programming this cult:



Spoiler alert: 1 out of the 12 is (while still a dipshit, because, you know) not completely batshit insane/so far gone. The rest of them live in the alternate reality where facts don't matter, numbers don't matter (that woman going off about how the PA numbers changed over night "doesn't make sense" had me screaming internally), and Fox News is too far left.

1 in 12. Not a great percentage, like the host says. I won't say we can extrapolate this ratio of batshit insanity to all 77 million of his voters, but it's still an alarming number from that focus group.