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19. Wherever you go, there you are!

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Oct 27, 2025, 01:05 PM

Oct 2025

This article presents the bitter truth that what we expected has come true. The 2024 election debacle unleashed the maga monster to grab total power. We no longer have a functioning Congress or Supreme Court. His cronies have ceded control to Trump and he will only maintain a fig leaf of sham "democracy" as he attacks the electoral system.

David Bowie created a song for these times

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The Rude Pundit: America Is Living in the Trumpian Darkness Now [View all] babylonsister Oct 2025 OP

Thanks Rude One gab13by13 Oct 2025 #1

Spot on, RP. niyad Oct 2025 #2

Perhaps the same cheerleaders who scold DUers for their pessimism... Orrex Oct 2025 #3

I wear the scolding as a badge of honor, but sadly. gab13by13 Oct 2025 #7

To be fair -- Met Life is where the Jets lose as well -- and historically more often... JT45242 Oct 2025 #4

"We are in dark, dark times." Botany Oct 2025 #5

"Trump's enthusiastic semen depository" Paladin Oct 2025 #6

America's bleakest winter. :-( n/t ReRe Oct 2025 #8

If they let SNAP end with the ACA cuts, all bets are off. Even many Maga's will start to see what this administration Fil1957 Oct 2025 #9

That's right. They will get radicalized. nt LittleGirl Oct 2025 #10

You don't think maggots aren't radicalized already!? BonnieJW Oct 2025 #18

Yes, of course. The main thrust of my post was about working class Americans who live paycheck to paycheck. Fil1957 Oct 2025 #20

The emergency food shelf run by my church is asking for soup. mn9driver Oct 2025 #11

Charity is no substitute for humane government. hay rick Oct 2025 #16

"No Meal November" also means "No food for Thanksgiving." tinrobot Oct 2025 #12

People who say we are perhaps coming closer to authoritarianism are delusional or clueless or both dalton99a Oct 2025 #13

Kick and recommend bronxiteforever Oct 2025 #14

Steve Bannon and his fascist fucks need to serve life long prison sentences. Initech Oct 2025 #15

Well, he needs the money for the "Trump, Epstein, Maxwell Ballroom." surfered Oct 2025 #17

Wherever you go, there you are! thought crime Oct 2025 #19