I agree that this is the big issue. I need to see a majority of GOP against him as well as a supermajority if not a consensus of independents to feel like we’ve broken this Trump fever. I also need a supermajority of GOP to be against authoritarianism to believe we broke through the underlying problem with fascism in our system.
Apparently, he was willing. /srs
The one fandom I’m in uses a mix of IG, BlueSky, tumblr, and gasp FB.
Neither of them would have won either, especially at that moment in time. If we were to have an election today or even last year, Newsom totally could have won, but that summer the GOP candidate was already ascendant in an environment that organically (gullible and cynical voters/media ) and artificially (money & EC) made it so he would win.
You don’t know me, so don’t do this “sheep” thing with me. There was only one week that summer I thought a Democrat could win that election. I hoped I was wrong, but I wasn’t. 2016 definitely taught most of us that electability was not a science. We’re all in politics, just some of us are unwilling participants.
I thought (and still do) Kamala was the best chance at the time and circumstance, but I could tell that it would be a heavy lift for her to succeed. Enough Indies and Republicans bought into the obvious lies from the GOP campaign and nearly every incumbent party was being voted out all over the world so I also saw it coming. Especially so, when my feed filled up with tons of hope-ium from progressive pundits and influencers. Outside of perhaps the late great Dolly Parton, I don’t think anyone would have beaten the GOP candidate in 2024.
That’s the kind of optimism I’m looking for. /lh
Honestly, I use Reddit more now that I’m also on the threadiverse. There’s active local content and more Reddits and posts tied to the genres of books I read. Yes, I should be the change I want to see, but there’s only so much of that I can do.
I guess my plan to run my car into the ground should be updated to keep my car going until I leave this mortal coil. /hj
Everytime the issue of surveillance comes up on my local news stations there is some official from the police or Flock. If they interview someone with concerns, it’s never someone from EFF or a privacy advocate, but a random person on the street who has concerns but thinks the cameras have been integral to solving crimes.
“The Dow! The Dow…” /ref
Unless you make up a case about gay people demanding you bake a wedding cake, then you can win at the Supreme Court.
The reporter fact checked that their mother in fact did not choose Budapest as the location. /lh(?)
Voters and consumers everywhere have such short attention spans.
I used to work a small job at a big name liberal/progressive(ish) think tank during the ‘08 election. These organizations are filled with thought leaders who are usually brought into administrations at high levels. They have constantly been creating plans to implement progressive changes. They had plans in ‘08. If it weren’t for McConnell & the bank bailouts we would have gotten much more than DACA and the ACA out of Obama’s presidency. HRC had so many very good policy plans that were ready to go if elected that were visible on her website. No swing voter elected Trump for project 2025. What made project 2025 so successful was Trump’s willingness to blast through every guardrail and Congressional republicans unwilling to protect their power.
TLDR: Project 2029 broadly exists. It will be implemented if Dems have congressional power.
Yes. And yes.
That’s terrible. The donkey would be so traumatized. Won’t somebody please think of the donkeys?!? /lh
I dunno. I think he and his businesses have come out very well through government contracts, removal of investigations by several branches, and very generous tax breaks for the wealthy.
Musk cares about starving children. He made sure we didn’t give government money to them so they could starve better. He also made sure kids sick with treatable diseases could die faster. Efficiencies!
I love this world where we can be arrested and jailed and have our lives ruined because cops can’t be arsed to verify whether somebody was anywhere else at the time because a machine said ”It’s him…I guess.”
You have the correct mindset to deal with any information from my country.