Nah, they’re busy doubling down on the fact that they let a moron rapist into office and blaming the party and system for their life’s choices. Smh. It’s only year two.
I think we’re all still holding out hoping that the midterms this year can somehow fix this, if not it’s either about to get real End-of-the-USSR-y or real Tienanmen-Square-y.
In the meantime, support the DNC vocally, that’s the best we can do for now.
I think we’re all still holding out hoping that the midterms this year
The last time he lost elections he incited an insurrection. He practically admitted Elon cheated for him in 2024. He’s gerrymandering across the country. He doesn’t give a shit about the law. He will never willingly loosen his grip on power. By all means keep up the fight at the midterms but it will not save you. He will never leave that office or give up power while he’s alive.
He can’t personally travel to every polling location in 3,144 counties, he needs support to remain in power. Putin was able to hold onto power by shaming or removing his opponents and circumventing term limits, Trump has moved much faster and more recklessly than that. Maduro was able to remain in power because Venezuela was smaller and more centralized.
But IF you’re right, then you will absolutely have the best chances of convincing people to do something about it WHEN it happens. Make sure you vote for the opposition to the Republican party with the highest chance of success, because every vote counts.
Excuse me? You’re afraid that he will have exactly the same amount of power as he does now after a fraudulent election?
The fact of the matter is the people who live in the USA have never seen a case of widespread voter fraud, and care deeply about elections and democracy. Trump attempted to and FAILED to overturn an election before. If it happens again but this time he stays in power, you can be sure more people than ever will hop down off the fence and march.
It won’t be his checkmate, it will be his undoing.
Hey now Yugoslavia is right there they also broke up in the 1990s. But yeah my personal bet is that Trump is probably gonna do something stupid like try to force a state to accept a Republican candidate who lost which will rapidly spiral into dissolving the US. Also they have deployed the National Guard but they aren’t really playing ball, they keep either standing around or picking up trash.
I have no doubt that, in addition to the spontaneous protests on Saturday, there are many more demonstrations whose planning has been kicked into high gear by the events of this weekend.
The midterms can’t fix this. The most the midterms can do is deliver a majority in the House. We can’t roll back anything and we can’t hold anyone accountable with just the House. You can block legislation, but Trump has basically gone around Congress anyway so that he doesn’t have to compromise with non-MAGA Republicans.
Even IF the election is fair (big IF, if you ask me), it still is basically useless. 2024 was the end of a functional federal government.
20 Republicans are up for reelection in the senate. If all of them lost, Trump could be removed. If 13 of them lost, the senate could change the rules and he could be removed. If just 6 or 7 of them lost, then the senate could change the rules for fillibuster and potentially remove him or at least heavily restrict his actions, while passing more progressive reforms than any time in the past 13 years. To be clear about that, the US Senate has had 48 or less DNC for over 13 years, things could change drastically for the better in this midterm election.
I can really only imagine about 4 of those being competitive. Most of those states are deep red, and Republicans aren’t known for stepping out of line to make a moral stand.
The midterms aren’t even in view yet and the guy has kidnapped a South American president. You guys aren’t making it to midterms, and they’ll be show elections anyway
Cities across this nation are refusing to cooperate with the ICE and National Guard deployments, suing the federal government and asking citizens to collect incriminating evidence to use against them. Trump’s congressional approval is low and hitting new record lows among voters all the time.
In a nation of 340 Million People spread across vast tracks of land, it’s a war of public opinion.
For the love of god, I don’t need to hear about what a big and unique country you are again. You’re no different than any other country that’s ever existed.
Hey America, could you, like, do something about your fascist dictator please? He’s getting really 4th reich-y
Nah, they’re busy doubling down on the fact that they let a moron rapist into office and blaming the party and system for their life’s choices. Smh. It’s only year two.
We’re still on year one…
I think we’re all still holding out hoping that the midterms this year can somehow fix this, if not it’s either about to get real End-of-the-USSR-y or real Tienanmen-Square-y.
In the meantime, support the DNC vocally, that’s the best we can do for now.
Why should we support the DNC when the leadership of the DNC is supporting Trump’s war crimes?
Read the responses from Jeffries and Schumer- they aren’t the opposition party, they are manufacturing consent for this ‘military operation’.
If we actually want to change the situation we need to fix the DNC, not blindly support it.
The last time he lost elections he incited an insurrection. He practically admitted Elon cheated for him in 2024. He’s gerrymandering across the country. He doesn’t give a shit about the law. He will never willingly loosen his grip on power. By all means keep up the fight at the midterms but it will not save you. He will never leave that office or give up power while he’s alive.
He can’t personally travel to every polling location in 3,144 counties, he needs support to remain in power. Putin was able to hold onto power by shaming or removing his opponents and circumventing term limits, Trump has moved much faster and more recklessly than that. Maduro was able to remain in power because Venezuela was smaller and more centralized.
But IF you’re right, then you will absolutely have the best chances of convincing people to do something about it WHEN it happens. Make sure you vote for the opposition to the Republican party with the highest chance of success, because every vote counts.
Ah, the “wait for him to checkmate us and then we’ll be able to win” strategy.
Excuse me? You’re afraid that he will have exactly the same amount of power as he does now after a fraudulent election?
The fact of the matter is the people who live in the USA have never seen a case of widespread voter fraud, and care deeply about elections and democracy. Trump attempted to and FAILED to overturn an election before. If it happens again but this time he stays in power, you can be sure more people than ever will hop down off the fence and march.
It won’t be his checkmate, it will be his undoing.
Definitely not. That was relatively peaceful and harmless, even though it took barely a decade to get another dictator.
Much more likely. Aren’t they already deploying the military against their own citizens?
Hey now Yugoslavia is right there they also broke up in the 1990s. But yeah my personal bet is that Trump is probably gonna do something stupid like try to force a state to accept a Republican candidate who lost which will rapidly spiral into dissolving the US. Also they have deployed the National Guard but they aren’t really playing ball, they keep either standing around or picking up trash.
Next nationwide 50501 protest is Jan 20th.
I have no doubt that, in addition to the spontaneous protests on Saturday, there are many more demonstrations whose planning has been kicked into high gear by the events of this weekend.
The midterms can’t fix this. The most the midterms can do is deliver a majority in the House. We can’t roll back anything and we can’t hold anyone accountable with just the House. You can block legislation, but Trump has basically gone around Congress anyway so that he doesn’t have to compromise with non-MAGA Republicans.
Even IF the election is fair (big IF, if you ask me), it still is basically useless. 2024 was the end of a functional federal government.
20 Republicans are up for reelection in the senate. If all of them lost, Trump could be removed. If 13 of them lost, the senate could change the rules and he could be removed. If just 6 or 7 of them lost, then the senate could change the rules for fillibuster and potentially remove him or at least heavily restrict his actions, while passing more progressive reforms than any time in the past 13 years. To be clear about that, the US Senate has had 48 or less DNC for over 13 years, things could change drastically for the better in this midterm election.
While I agree that nothing will change if we just languish in defeatism, look at the list!
https://www.senate.gov/senators/Class_II.htm
I can really only imagine about 4 of those being competitive. Most of those states are deep red, and Republicans aren’t known for stepping out of line to make a moral stand.
The midterms aren’t even in view yet and the guy has kidnapped a South American president. You guys aren’t making it to midterms, and they’ll be show elections anyway
Midterms are this year. Risking cause for Martial Law before the midterms even happen is a foolish gamble.
You’re already there my guy. You have the army and ice picking citizens off the streets with no recourse.
Cities across this nation are refusing to cooperate with the ICE and National Guard deployments, suing the federal government and asking citizens to collect incriminating evidence to use against them. Trump’s congressional approval is low and hitting new record lows among voters all the time.
In a nation of 340 Million People spread across vast tracks of land, it’s a war of public opinion.
For the love of god, I don’t need to hear about what a big and unique country you are again. You’re no different than any other country that’s ever existed.