How Trump and Vance treated Zelenskyy...

A video illustration.

I apologize for the Xitter link.

https://x.com/piyushmittal/status/1895853962969923839

I'm really starting to like Bernie Sanders a lot.

Even though I've never supported him for a presidential nomination. I'm very impressed with the way he's speaking out.

I apologize for the Xitter link.

https://x.com/SenSanders/status/1894153396845678910

Trump continues attempt at extorting Ukraine.

Little "Human Shield" Musk wiping a booger on Trump's desk

pretty much sums up that relationship.

I feel that pardoning him would send a signal of weakness and submission

on the part of the Democratic Party, and would contribute to the narrative that Dump did nothing wrong. It is genuinely the worst possible signal they could send.

It would also serve to alienate a lot of people, myself included. It would likely set the Dems up to be a permanent minority party, there to give the illusion of democracy when there is none. There to go along to get along, maintaining their comfortable positions while the country goes to shit.

This would not be an acceptable move for the party.

He doesn't even need to be pardoned as he is at no risk whatsoever of ever facing any consequences. It would do nothing but give him and his actions a degree of unearned legitimacy

Perfect post seen on a YouTube thread.

Directed at people who voted Trump and are now horrified about the potential consequences to themselves or their pet issues.

Why you should never be pregnant in Texas.

(Especially if you're black).

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This feels so much like 2016.

Everybody feeling so confident, and coming and checking the computer that night and seeing all the doom.

Only difference really is that I'm feeling more prepared. This is the outcome that I was always expecting, but in 2016 I truly didn't believe that Fuckface had a chance. I'm more jaded and cynical and ready to just grit my teeth for whatever is coming, so I'm not panicking the way I was 8 years ago. I've also managed to not eat wads of candy, and the various substances I've taken seem to be more effective. And of course we still have DU this time.

I'm just really, really sad. I think Kamala would have possibly been a brilliant president. It just seems that the American people as a whole have decided to flush the country and a 250 year experiment with democracy down the toilet. There isn't anyone who voted for the Thing who didn't know exactly what they voting for. I guess we really do live in a shithole with some islands of sanity in it.

I apologize for the rambling. I've managed to stay away from this and other political sites for most of the night, and was dreading coming on here, but finally pulled myself together enough to do it.

I need to figure out how to best keep myself anesthetized for the next few days.

I hope everyone is coping as well as possible.

Just shit.

Has anyone else received a "voting report card" in the mail?

I got one and it seems really creepy and stalkerish to me. I found an article about them.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/voter-report-card-mailings-described-as-creepy-and-insulting-defended-as-effective-tool/

One thing that they said in the article is that they focus on sending them to members of "underrepresented groups" like young people, POC, and single women. Makes me wonder if it's a stealth effort to depress the Democratic vote.

I know that sounds paranoid, but at this point I almost think paranoia should be the default.

There's an image of it in the article. I'm curious about what other people make of it.