I hope people are anticipating more than what happened on January 6.

[Stinky The Clown]

Imagine that in fifty state capitol buildings.

The first test will be in Richmond.

The Democrats better get fires lit under their asses. If the J6 terrorists are not soundly defeated RIGHT NOW, I fear what's next.

No "calm down" please. Instead, convince me I am wrong to worry.

[Bobstandard]

1. Sorry, can't talk you down

Things are bad and they’re going to get worse. We’re relying on the ballot box, but the rethugs have hidden them, stolen them, and will disregard them when the time comes. They’re showing their hand and we’re helpless against them. Even massive voter turn out won’t preserve us. I think it’s time to enjoy how good things are now, because if the Rs win, we’ll look back on these as the last golden moments.

I’m hoping someone steps in on this thread and convinces you you’re wrong. I could use some encouragement.

[Cosmocat]

4. You are not wrong

Its not going to end well ...

[BlueJac]

2. J6 committee needs to act urgently now

What is their big hold up? Bare your teeth and show us some action. I want Bannon brought in and testify now, not after the November elections, but before Halloween. The American people want something done, before their next insurrection which is coming like a freight train steaming across this country. Lack of action has embolden these assholes, like the light sentences being handed down now. WAKE UP can't you smell the trouble brewing?

[RKP5637]

13. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[CrispyQ]

3. IDK if our side isn't taking this seriously enough, or if we just don't know what the fuck to do.

GOTV has always been our strength, but won't matter with these new laws.

[HUAJIAO]

20. You are absolutely right.

By chance I have watched a couple very good movies recently revolving around Nazi Germany. The similarities are frightening...

[RKP5637]

56. It's really the SOS all over again, just different country, different people. I really

wonder how many Americans really get WTF is going on ... and it's NOT ho hum, it'll be business as usual. I still think a lot of Americans are often really naive.

[HUAJIAO]

60. More than 'a lot' of Americans are naive. I would say a HUGE majority.. like 70% or more.

[RKP5637]

62. Yeah, you are correct ... I try to be a bit optimistic, but a huge majority is realistic. I was

amazed at how many voted for an ass like Trump ... that was amazing and indicative of where the U.S. population head is at ... up a butt.

[RKP5637]

14. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[Justice matters.]

18. We know what needs to be done, but many elected Dems don't seem to know.

I don't know if it's because they need big-business money coming their way or not, but why not use Inherent Contempt, and go after the criminals themselves?

F what anyone in the corrupt media would say! Even Judges say sentence-recommendations are not harsh enough FFS!!

But, no... timidity will lead to losing every remaining hope.

[RKP5637]

57. Exactly!!!!!! "... timidity will lead to losing every remaining hope." n/t

[NurseJackie]

5. You've convinced me. Might as well just give up now. We're doomed. All is lost.

It's hopeless. Why bother?

[multireeds]

8. :-) n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

12. Thank you for the same simplistic non answer all the people

Whistling past the graveyard give when confronted with this.

Why did you even bother to post what you did. It adds nothing to the conversation.

And no. I am not giving up. But you prattle on with your non answers.

[HUAJIAO]

21. Yup... I'm with you on this...

[NurseJackie]

44. What TF does that even mean? "Non-answer" ... there wasn't even a question.

Why did you even bother to post what you did.

To put things into perspective and the ridiculousness of of the "abandon-hope-all-ye-who-enter-here" and "woe are we" posts warning that the sky is falling.

But you prattle on with your non answers.

Again, where was the question that needed an answer in the first place?

It adds nothing to the conversation.

So, I'm to understand that "end of the world" posts DO "add to the conversation"? Is that the general idea?



I'm not buying it.

[Stinky The Clown]

50. From the OP: "No "calm down" please. Instead, convince me I am wrong to worry."

You missed that, I guess. It was at the end of the post, so maybe you never got that far before posting your prattle.

Instead of intelligent discussion with your opposing view you throw out mild insults and silly little pictures.

Do you think the right wing crazies have learned acquiescence and will act like normal people? Do you think voting is secure? Do you think state legislatures in some states don't have the power to negate the majority's electoral choices? Do you think Merrick Garland has things in hand to protect small d democracy? Do you think the Supremes are honest brokers?

Do you think things are as they always were and we will win some and they will win some?

Don't bother to answer unless you can be thoughtful beyond slogans and derisive comments.

[NurseJackie]

55. No, I didn't miss that. In fact, I specifically commented on that in an earlier reply...

You missed that, I guess. It was at the end of the post, so maybe you never got that far before posting your prattle.

No, I didn't miss that. In fact, I specifically commented on that in an earlier reply to another poster when I offered that poster line-by-line characterization of the OP. (And, what you're claiming to be a question, really isn't a question. I'm not as stupid as I look.)

Instead of intelligent discussion with your opposing view you throw out mild insults and silly little pictures.

I was very clear in the points I made and in my characterizations of the doom-and-gloom woe-are-we abandon-hope nature of that post. It serves no good purpose.

Do you think things are as they always were and we will win some and they will win some?

What I think is that all I'm pointing out is that this type of "concern" and loaded "discussion-questions" are just a passive-aggressive and backhanded way of insinuating that all is lost... or that the Biden administration can't/won't do anything... or that the Biden administration is weak/doesn't-care/impotent, etc.

Don't bother to answer unless you can be thoughtful beyond slogans and derisive comments.

I think what that translates to is "don't bother to respond unless you agree with me" and "rational thought not welcome, go away NurseJackie" (or something like that).

[Stinky The Clown]

67. Double down. Triple down.

Have a swell weekend.

Your mind is made up. I'm done. You seem to want to attack instead of engage.

Make the obligatory final post about me blinking cuz of your superior . . . . . never mind.

And since you like funny pictures, this is from me to you:

[NurseJackie]

70. I'm not attacking anyone. I've been exceedingly careful to avoid falling into that trap.

You seem to want to attack instead of engage.

I'm not attacking anyone. I've been exceedingly careful to avoid falling into that trap. I've engaged, it's just not the type of engagement you want to hear, obviously. Listen, I'm not the one who's saying things like "don't bother replying unless..."

Make the obligatory final post about me blinking cuz of your superior . . . . . never mind.

I have no idea what this is supposed to mean.

Your mind is made up.

You know I'm right. And I'm not alone in my assessment. It's fear-baiting and the "talk-me-down" gimmick isn't a serious invitation.

I'm done.

Okay, bye.

[Voltaire2]

78. mastering the passive aggressive non-attack attack is an important skill

[CrackityJones75]

52. WhAT aRE yOU DoiNg?!?!?!?!

[Mister Ed]

28. I think of it as a call to arms rather than a call to surrender. n/t

[NurseJackie]

46. Did you read the OP? It's designed to instill fear.

I hope people are anticipating more than what happened on January 6.

Fear-based.

Imagine that in fifty state capitol buildings.

Fear-based prediction.

The first test will be in Richmond.

Another fear-based prediction.

The Democrats better get fires lit under their asses. If the J6 terrorists are not soundly defeated RIGHT NOW, I fear what's next.

More fear. Fear, fear, fear. This stanza even includes the word "fear" itself.

No "calm down" please. Instead, convince me I am wrong to worry.

This stanza invites others to share in the OP's worry and preemptively rejects any attempts for rational discussion. The whole post is an absurd farce. I have no idea why people take stuff like this seriously.

All I'm trying to say is when you think about it, there's nothing motivating about it. There's no "call-to-arms". The only call to action is "convince me I am wrong to worry" ... which is a not so subtle way to insinuate the writer's confidence of their insight, wisdom and overlall infallibility.

Sigh.

[Mister Ed]

63. I did. And, having, re-read it, it still reads the same to me.

Sounding an alarm is not the same thing as defeatism - not by a long stretch. An alarm, by its very nature, is likely to instill fear, and that is appropriate when there really is something to fear.

Some might have found grounds on which to accuse Paul Revere of fear-mongering, but that was not his intent. He didn't ride through the countryside shouting, "The British are coming! All is lost!". I still don't read "We'd better get a fire lit under our asses" as "we're doomed", but rather, as a call to action.

I'll always be the first to call out defeatism and doomsaying in the ranks on DU, but I'm just not seeing that in the OP. That said, though, I'll add that I'm dismayed at the way that some sub-threads have quickly deteriorated into flamefests. I'm seeing things that seem to border on violation of the Terms of Service, but I have never had an itchy alert-button finger myself.

[traitorsgalore]

75. It doesn't instill fear, it recognizes it as the rational reality that it is

The poster then asks for any rational explanation as to how to avoid it happening. I don't see any possible way to avoid the election rigging the repukes have already "legalized". The reaction to the election rigging in 2022 will be widespread violence including state capitols being attacked, government workers being attacked, protestors being attacked and liberals in general being attacked.

That's not fear, that's reality. There's no "call to arms" because it's up to every individual to do what they will when the election rigging occurs. Some will protest, some will fight, some will be scared to death, some will hide their head in the sand.

[BannonsLiver]

65. +1

It is a solid example of a classic fear bating melodramatic OP.

The West German judge gives it 3 eye rolls:

[NurseJackie]

68. You're correct in more ways than one... and some unseen ways too.

This is the type of thing that Michael Moore does. Doom and gloom predictions that essentially serve as a de-motivational roadmap to failure. And at that time (if the dire predictions happen... or even if they come close to materializing) then people like Moore will gleefully shout and proclaim: "See? I told you so! Nobody would listen to me, but I told you so, didn't I?"

And the flip side of that... when the dire predictions do NOT happen... Moore is the type of person who declares "If it wasn't fore ME sounding the warning bells, things would have been worse. You can THANK ME for sounding the alarm and averting disaster."

It's a win-win for cynical frauds like Moore. I can't stand that SOB. He's a Nader and Stein supporter.

[Voltaire2]

79. finally reinforcements arrived.

[NurseJackie]

80. Snipers too.

[Qutzupalotl]

7. We won't leave capitols unprotected like we did on Jan. 6.

I will grant that the fervor on the right has only increased. But so has our resolve not to repeat that incident.

The insurrectionist faction sees the feds on their asses, they have to show up in court, and the truly violent ones are getting some serious charges. The ones who “went along” (but still tried to overthrow the government) get reduced charges and sometimes only probation — provided they cooperate and show investigators their phones. So I think the DOJ is racking up evidence against TFG.

There is talk of civil war, and a few incidents of violence related to political divisions. Those probably will increase in the short term. But an end game or a strategy for such a war? It’s truly unworkable. You kill a few of your neighbors, then what?

So yeah, you’re not wrong to worry. There will be more violence, but I don’t see another full-on civil war getting anywhere. That’s small consolation, I know.

Right now, the Right is being inflamed by lies. You can’t really blame them, if you can look past the stupidity. I was outraged by 2000 and 2004, which I thought were stolen too. At this point, while we await some charges for TFG, it’s probably best not to antagonize our fellow citizens too much. If they see him hauled off and evidence of what he’s done, maybe his support will diminish. That’s my only hope right now; that and some of Biden’s plans succeeding eventually.

[FoxNewsSucks]

9. You're not wrong.

The fascists are taking action working toward their goal of complete control. We can see it happening. The problem is we DON'T see enough being done about it.

It should worry everyone who is not a fascist, it's certainly not something to be flippant about.

[RKP5637]

15. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[Traildogbob]

24. The shit

Bannon is screaming should be all the wake up call we need. He has a huge armed militia following, taking an oath to the Black flag to kill oppositional citizens, even neighbors. Talking of 100 year rule. Spitting in the face of rules and laws. Fuck ethics, fuck quorum, fuck across the aisle. This is not a video game. They are openly calling to kill us. I will NOT go quietly into the night…….no wait, I will, and administer the oath I took under the cloak of darkness. Don’t know about others, but when terrorist threaten to kill me and my daughter with streets flowing in blood because I will not bow to them, I get as furious as any father should get. Bannon, Fox and Trump will be no where near the fighting they want. So when the fan starts splattering the shit, the battle field needs to be right up in the faces. If the country is worth fighting for, or your children. God ain’t gonna save us. He’s one of em, just ask any of them.

[FoxNewsSucks]

26. You're right

But even an actual assault on the US capitol apparently wasn't enough of a wake-up call for some.

[Traildogbob]

30. Not even

For elected participants who could have been killed. Examples need to be sent, and way before 2022 elections. Deterrence, severe deference.

[wnylib]

35. True, we don't see what's being done

about the fascists. But that does not mean that nothing is being done, only that it is not always visible to us.

We should continue to urge our elected representatives to act and support them when they do. But beware of turning against each other in our urgency for action. To defeat the fascists, those of us who oppose them must stick together.

[llashram]

16. no "calm down" here

you are correct. I've been asking for some fire since Gov. Whitmer was threatened. Still trying not to rile "the good old boys" is all I see and read elsewhere. Creeping treason.

[RKP5637]

59. And, they take that as a sign of weakness! F them, rile them. They don't want compromise, that has

become quite clear.

[2naSalit]

17. The types that have been...

Congregating up here in the remote areas of red state is kind of scary. Better be ready, folks.

[wnylib]

37. What state is that?

[2naSalit]

39. ...

Montana now being referred to more often as montucky.

[wnylib]

47. Uh-oh. What a red place to be at a time like this.

[2naSalit]

81. Yup.

Which is why I'm strongly considering heading east of the Mississippi by this time next year.

[wnylib]

83. Or sooner, if you can.

[2naSalit]

86. Can't actually do another move...

for another 9 months due to Sec 8 rules and the one year lease. What I plan to do is my homework between now and then, and get my vehicles ready as well. In the spring, when I hope the pandemic is less of a danger, I plan to go for a little vacation and find an apartment or whatever in the area and spend the first year looking for the forever type of dwelling from there.

That's the plan at least.

[wnylib]

90. Sounds like a good plan. Good luck.

[2naSalit]

91. Thanks.

I love this land here but the people are getting to be too much, most are from someplace else with a skewed perception of the environment around here and how it works so they go about messing stuff up so that soon it won't be of any good to anyone.

I have to go somewhere that shields me from having to watch what I have tried to protect for decades be trashed by the idiots showing up these days.

[tiredtoo]

19. you are not wrong but

I still have faith in the American people. The cult is slowly losing members in spite of what we are seeing. Also more and more republicans are voting Democratic to save our democracy. Carry on my friends, carry on!

[SoCalDavidS]

38. You Still Have Faith In The American People?

I Don't.

The last 1 1/2 years, and to some extent, the last 5 years, have shown me that while perhaps a slim majority of the American people might have a clue, AT A MINIMUM, 40% couldn't give a shit. And at times, it seems closer to 50% than 40%.

When all is said and done, we're going to be left with a good 25-30% of Americans who REFUSE to EVER get the Covid vaccine. While still not the majority, that mere fact does not lend itself to any kind of optimistic view of this country's future, IMO.

I refuse to even spell out the full letters in U.S. Because the one thing this country is not, is United. And it probably won't be in my lifetime.

[Scrivener7]

22. You're absolutely right.

And the inevitable "I'm going to make fun of you for expressing concern" posts kind of act as proof you are right at this point.

[bucolic_frolic]

25. If DNC and its cohorts are not putting max effort into VA they are crazy

There should be a Democratic Army marching door to door, calling. It's not that Democrats don't care, it's that they take off-year elections lightly. This is not lightly time. This is crisis time. It's the biggest crisis since a year ago.

[Stinky The Clown]

51. There should be . . . . . .

. . . . . but I'm unaware of any particular effort. Maybe there is, but it doesn't seen terribly visible.

[traitorsgalore]

93. McAuliffe has over 60% of the early voting in VA and Obama and others will be there

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mcauliffe-obama-abrams-virginia/2021/10/13/6b750052-2c3f-11ec-baf4-d7a4e075eb90_story.html

"Former president Barack Obama will hit the campaign trail for McAuliffe later this month as part of an effort to boost turnout among Black voters. So will Stacey Abrams, a rising Democratic star from Georgia, and Keisha Lance Bottoms, the mayor of Atlanta. First lady Jill Biden will also stump for McAuliffe, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will host a fundraiser for the gubernatorial hopeful."

[KentuckyWoman]

27. The assault will be at all levels, local, county, state, federal.

We may see small groups showing up at State houses with Democratic governors but that's a side show. The real work is being done in small races all over the country. Mayors, school boards, county boards, state reps, congressional reps. These don't tend to get the coverage - slip in and lay low. Next year slip a few more in, lay low.

All the while the clown acts are taking all the attention.

I'm guessing of course.

[wnylib]

40. A very accurate guess, IMO

[Comatose Sphagetti]

29. I'm not worried.

Any insurrection at any Capitol will be in red states only. You think you're going to have an overthrow of state government in Cali? Not likely.
There are three more years of the Biden admin left. He controls the military and any "organized" BS from the right would be crushed. I constantly hear "they have all the guns!" No, they don't; not all of them.
What we have is predominately a rural vs. urban thing going on now. The goal of the rural right is an autocratic theocracy and power-mad pols are using the faithful to achieve that end. Ain't gonna happen.
Number one, they are in the minority. Number two, you think the majority is going to sit back as they dismantle rights for their LGBTQ family members and POC? Ain't gonna happen.
So let them do their thing. This is a death spiral we are witnessing.
Yes, there will be BS from the right. Yes they will try to insert their will forcefully and through the courts. We will ultimately probably have to hit the streets. So be it.
You HAVE to remember the media - for the most part - are outrage profiteers. They scare the shit out of you so you'll come back for more. Don't let them.
Finally, I live among these people in a rural area. I know them. They are good people who would give you the shirt off their back. But, they are tribal, they live in a Christian-centric silo where they only interact with people like themselves. They are not critical thinkers, not self-aware (cannot see their own absurdities) and are deeply afraid; their fears stoked by the outrage media they are addicted to. In groups they immediately go pitchfork-and-torch and would break your head (ala 1/6/21). Get them alone and they shrink. They CAN be dissuaded; over time in calm, compassionate, one-on-one settings.
I take it a day at a time. I refuse to live in fear. If action is required on my part in the future to preserve democracy an thwart autocracy/theocracy, I will be there.
So will millions of others.

[wnylib]

42. Regarding rural vs. urban

and the religious cocoon of the RW, the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s was rural vs. urban, religious vs. secular, fascists vs. socialists, dictatorship vs. democracy.

The dictators won. We have the advantage of 245 years of a democratic system, which Spain did not have. We can defeat the fascists, even if it means going to the streets to do it. But it will be messy and ugly if we don't defeat them in the courts and at the polls.

[PatrickforB]

31. You're right. No calming down. They are nothing but violent traitors,

domestic terrorists.

Call the Guard, and issue real bullets. Roll tanks, and have Apaches standing by.

They want to cry 'havoc' and loose the dogs of war, then let them be met with overwhelming force.

[wnylib]

43. Trouble is that they have infiltrated

the National Guard, police, and military.

[PatrickforB]

72. All the more reason to bring it to a head now. Because right now,

I believe there are enough that will uphold their oaths to uphold the republic.

Don't know if we'll be able to say that in a year.

[ShazamIam]

32. I wonder if the anti-democrataic tribe is waiting for a signal, the great far right network of

conservative billionaires is pushing hard in every small to midsize city and town to disrupt local government and school board meetings and gather in crazy mixed messaging mobs on the street.

I wonder if that signal will be something like the arrest of Steve Bannon.

Yesterday near downtown our small mountain city, between the main street and the freeway exit/ent a group of 15 to twenty, holding signs supporting, first responders, while flying several of those weird black striped flags. Trying to look like they care for first responders while supporting the turnip.

[brooklynite]

33. Where do you imagine they're going to riot in Virginia?

The Democratic Governor and Ag Won’t be as accommodating as President Trump was.

Add to which, the Capitol Insurrectiongot as far as it did because nobody expected it. The element of surprise is gone.

[moondust]

34. What are they capable of?

People as selfish and deluded as the hardcore MAGAts may be capable of the unthinkable. How far would they go to get the people they hate out of their way?

[SoCalDavidS]

36. We're Keeping Our Powder Dry

Merely crossing our T's and dotting our i's. Just wait, we'll see a tsunami of a response sometime in the future.

[2naSalit]

41. These wannabes...

Who think they can have some advantage in a Mad Max world wouldn't last a day in such an environment. They all have these *testosterone fueled pipe dreams of some bs they saw in a movie where brutality rules and nobody cares if the air is fit to breathe or anything other than getting off by being brutal to others.


*Testosterone supplements sold at walmart.

[slightlv]

49. Don't they know...

Come the revolution, the Walmarts will be closed...

[2naSalit]

82. From the looks of them, probably not.

[wnylib]

45. So, how dhowe prepare ourselves

as individuals and families for the pissibility of future violence?

One thing is to have a network of people, local and beyond local, for support. Also a means of communicating if the situation gets too disruptive.

[BaronChocula]

48. Let's contact our congressfolks

and ask them what DHS is doing by way of protecting states from domestic terrorists.

[CrackityJones75]

53. When I see these posts....

When I see these posts I have to ask…. What is the OP doing that they imagine their audience is not?

[Snackshack]

54. I have no idea what the

Dems are thinking…


But I am quite certain DT / GOP are thinking. HFS this is going way better then they ever dreamed or dared to hope for. That they got away with criminal neglect resulting in hundreds of thousands of Americans dead and an attempt to overthrow the government.

They watched the last group of GOP again through what I would call criminal neglect allow an attack that killed ~3000 Americans. Start 2 wars (one obviously based on another lie) and crash the global economy without any accountability and definitely raised the bar.

[H2O Man]

58. Recommended.

As I agree 100%, I am not in a position to try to convince you that you are wrong. If one gets on a highway and drives west, they will end up at a western destination unless they turn around.

[MineralMan]

61. I have to ask what you will be doing to prevent this.

"The Democrats" are all of us, I thought, but you seem to indicate that we are someone other than yourself. Are you not one of "The Democrats?" How do you suggest we "defeat" the J6 terrorists? What will you do? Maybe we can follow your lead on this.

As for me, I'm working in Minnesota to elect Democrats to local, state, and federal offices. So far, so good, although we still need majorities in both state legislatures. We'll work on that for 2022 and 2024.

[traitorsgalore]

92. LOL, what are you going to do when Rs install their own puppets regardless of who wins?

Maybe we can follow your lead on this, if you're actually one of "The Democrats".

[MineralMan]

94. Good question. I'll answer it if it happens.

Meanwhile, there's plenty of stuff that needs doing, right where I live. What I do is work to help elect Democrats in Minnesota, as much as I am able to do at my advanced age.

I hope you're doing the same in your state.

[Hekate]

64. You are not wrong

[gulliver]

66. Cops are gonna be more prepared and less tolerant next time

I think Republicans realize J6-type stuff doesn't work. I am more worried about Republican state legislatures and election officials. They're the sneaky, suit-and-tie J6ers. No headdress. No breaching barriers. They're just positioning themselves in key offices, ready to backstab democracy and steal elections when they see an opportunity.

Every Republican needs to be voted out of every office in every election.

[Stinky The Clown]

69. The thing that I simply see no way around are SineManchin. Actually, maybe just Sinema.

We have legislation ready to protect the vote but these two are standing in the way.

What to do about them? I honestly see no way beyond party pressure . . . . but is that being done? Not in any obvious way. Maybe behind the scenes . . . . . ?

[gulliver]

71. I think it's unfortunately still in the voters' hands

Manchin and Sinema are Senators. That's just a fact. It's the best our side could do to get the Senate in 2020, and we got it by the skin of our teeth.

Imo, the only thing that can help is brute force democracy by the voters. We shouldn't overthink it and believe there's some maneuver we can pull off. We need 60% of voters voting Dem with complete dedication. There has to be a tidal wave of so many Dem votes that MAGA rigging and democracy sabotage collapse and are washed out to sea.

[Stinky The Clown]

73. Brute force is what the GQP are using. Just by way of example is Tejas redistricting.

Suddenly Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee are malicious gerrymandered into the same district. Now they have to run against EACH OTHER and we lose a House seat in the process.

I hate these GQP motherfucker at the same time I have to admire them for exercising **real** control of their politics. Our side tends to be too genteel with their butter knives at gunfights.

[Voltaire2]

77. there is a venn diagram of cops and nazis

The cops circle is almost entirely contained within the nazi circle.

[traitorsgalore]

74. It'll happen right after the 2022 elections

Using the "laws" they've already passed, several states will remove whatever democrats that win. Anything might happen then. Widespread violence at capitol buildings as you mentioned is very likely. Mass protests opposed to the red states overturning elections will be filled with violence. Texas in particular, will try to secede from the U.S.. Widespread shortages of goods will result from mass fear. The economy will almost come to a halt. As "prepper" as it sounds, I'll try to have about 2 months worth of necessities saved up by then.

Hopefully I'm completely off base and totally wrong and none of it happens. It sure doesn't look like anyone is going to be able to do anything about it though. Even if the Feds pass rigid election laws, states like Texas will just ignore them all.

[Voltaire2]

76. the nazis in new hampshire are already actively disrupting government operations

from the local school board level up to our executive council, they are showing up and shutting down normal operations..

[artemisia1]

84. Regardless of what happens, we have to face the truth that 1/3 of this country has the virus...

Covid?

No. 1/3 of this country has the batsh*t crazy RW nutjob virus. This is far more dangerous than COVID or even the Bubonic Plague. We have not heard the last from this bunch.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

85. The right-wing nuts who bought into the demonization...

... of Democrats by right-wing propagandists are still out there.

Their QAnon faction might've lost credibility with some of them, MAYBE, but Q isn't the only over-the-top source of insanity for them.

Democrats are their modern-day Jews, supposedly running the world in secret while abducting children to drink their blood.


Evangelical preachers, with their strong ideas of what constitutes "good" and "evil", are still out there... not paying taxes as they spread the hate too.

[mvd]

87. I really hope the Jan 6 commission is strong

It needs to be. Yes I continue to be worried. TFG may be too out of his mind to run again but there are plenty of fascists in the QPublican Party.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

88. I hope members of Congress are still hiring bodyguards.

Members of Congress Are Spending More Than Ever on Security: Expenditures on bodyguards and protective measures surged after the Capitol attack.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/members-of-congress-are-spending-more-than-ever-on-security/

The Capitol police did a heroic job, in general, but we know there's fascist sympathizers among them too.

And with people like Boebert and Taylor-Greene there, I'd personally want a bodyguard to put a bullet through their head if either of them became a direct threat to others. It would likely never happen, but those crazy people don't deserve any benefit of the doubt.

[DashOneBravo]

89. I'm going to try and convince you're wrong

And not argue. Law enforcement is better prepared.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/568842-the-fbi-comes-up-empty-handed-in-its-search-for-a-jan-6-plot%3famp


https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-fbi-finds-scant-evidence-us-capitol-attack-was-coordinated-sources-2021-08-20/


They put a warning about the state capitals and it nothing happened.

https://www.salon.com/2021/09/18/all-signs-point-to-bust-for-dc-justice-for-j6-rally-as-trumpworld-says-stay-away/

[seta1950]

95. You're so right to worry

Some guilty people need to bear the consequences of their crime,as soon as possible.