• @NineMileTower@lemmy.world
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      The crisis was when he won the election. It’s too late. You and your loved ones will be lucky if you have food in 3 months.

  • @NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
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    Everyone in the US. Call your representatives (https://5calls.org/ is a great resource for this). Explain to them, POLITELY (because you are talking to the equivalent of a CSR who has gotten screamed at all day), that you are their constituent and you do not feel represented. Explain that you understand their powers are limited but ask them why they are quietly and meekly rolling over. Beg them to be vocal before it is even too later. And leave your name and contact information.

    There isn’t a lot that can be done but we can at least show our former allies that some of us care. And we can show those on the firing lines that they at least have a modicum of support.

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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      Two of mine a MAGA Republicans. One of those participated in Jan 6.

      Another is an alleged Democrat who’s had a stroke and bent the knee.

      None of them care what I think, and have told me so with multiple letters when I’ve contacted them.

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          No, they’ll just close their offices to people without approved appointments.

          I know because one of mine is Scott Perry, who did exactly that.

          • @silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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            The corporate owners also didn’t expect the tariffs. I think an angry crowd could give them the reason to fight for the constitution they need.

            • @WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world
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              The tariffs have the potential to create serious problems if they last any length of time. Especially for food and auto.

      • @WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world
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        Same thing here. Mine is hardcore MAGA and both Senators are 100% shills. Also no one in my area cares… they all think Trump is going to do a great job and save everything. There are two Democrats in Congress from my state but neither one is capable of fighting anything. I don’t know what to do but watch it burn.

      • @NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
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        Yes. The majority of republicans and even some of the democrats are all just eager to get as many kickbacks as they can and then bail.

        But that isn’t the entire government. There are still Democrats who actually give a shit about their constituents just like there are republicans who only want black people to get a little bit hurt. And, right now, the majority of them just hear silence.

        The people who give a shit need to talk to the politicians who give a shit so that they will shout it from the rooftops and others might even know what is going on. How many stories were there about people who didn’t even realize biden had dropped out?

        Because just look at the defunding of medicaid last week. There was pushback and it was dropped immediately.

    • queermunist she/her
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      Everyone in the US. Call your representatives

      So they can mark me down as a dissident that needs to be purged?

  • @GrymEdm@lemmy.world
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    For people who claim to love the Founding Fathers, the current US government sure is speedrunning the death of the Father’s vision of a nation free from religious control and without monarch levels of unchecked power.

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    I’m not 100% on NYT. Their roaring silence on Luigi was bothersome to say the least.

    That said, I did check back in with the Ezra Klein podcast this morning. It wasn’t his usual thing, but a 12min piece entitled “Don’t Believe Him.” (You can play it or read it, it’s on most podcast listings: apple, Spotify, Castro, etc)

    Basically, this blitzkrieg of executive orders is a show right up until we CHOOSE to believe in it. It’s only as effective as places like the WSJ say it’s effective, and people rolling over and playing dead in capitulation with a yeah, sure. The entire “muzzle velocity” approach is meant to scatter and demoralize opposition.

    His reason for avoiding congress is if these executive orders went through Congress, he would lose. And that would make him look weak. And thus his plan of King Trump would die. Remember, this is a man who has NEVER been interested in the Constitution of The United States of America, only power.

    The birthright thing has already been laughed out of court by a Reagan nominee, for starters. Because, Constitution. Now, if that judge had decided to “believe him”, it would’ve gone differently.

    Think about it. He wasn’t holding court with most of Congress at Maralago, but key social media influencers: Google, Facebook, Bezos, and he already had Musk.

  • @adarza@lemmy.ca
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    every member of congress, of any party affiliation, from the far left to the far right, should all be pissed off at the usurper; and they need to start voting like it.

    • Drusas
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      Orangutans are intelligent, empathetic creatures. Don’t malign them like this.

  • @AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world
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    “…A law effectively banning TikTok as of Jan. 19 passed Congress with overwhelming House and Senate majorities. Trump has delayed enforcement for 75 days, saying in a December court filing that his status as “one of the most powerful, prolific and influential” social media personalities gives him unique abilities to evaluate the app.”

    I hate this asshole so much. Everything he says and does is somehow mind bogglingly stupid, arrogant, and evil.

  • @DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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    For anyone still not aware, the America we’ve always known is gone and it isn’t coming back.

    Welcome to the shit future anyone with brain cells has been warning about.

    This country will change so much we may as well stop calling it by the same name.

    I’m rooting for Russia 2.0 because that’s the most accurate name.

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    It’s a lot more simple than this: Trump demands a factor dictatorship, and every idiot in power is gladly handing it to him. Including the Democrats, because they are so lost in their own self flatting bullshit, they can’t pay attention to the needs of the people. Because they haven’t paid attention to the needs of the people for almost 50 years.

    We are all witnessing the fall of the American empire

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      weird how you turned this into a dig at Democrats; when they much better represent working people and concerns about climate, education, corporate regulation, healthcare, etc.

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        That’s not what happened. The only weird thing is that you hallucinated that this is a dig of Democrats.

        Perhaps you shouldn’t project your own fascism onto other people’s comments.

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            And you spent 12 words defending a Nazi and deflecting the blame for fascism onto me, who is resisting it.

            How much is Elon Musk paying you?

            I think you overestimate the value of that blue checkmark.

    • Queen HawlSera
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      I’m glad the DNC recently admitted the “We go high” thing was a mistake

  • WideEyedStupid
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    I guess he could give himself a new title that goes well with president: chancellor.

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        A weird little detail in all this madness is that “Doge” as in an italian renaissance leader is related to the word “Duce” so I guess “Il Doge” would fit Muskolini perfectly?