this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2026
656 points (99.5% liked)

politics

27262 readers
3060 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 50 points 1 week ago (4 children)

We’re going to have people living in other people’s attics and basements for security soon, aren’t we?

What has this country come to? I don’t even recognize it anymore. Its collective values have separated so starkly from mine that I am not sure I can continue living here.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The people are too addled with medications or health conditions to do much beside pull levers in the factory, pay bills, eat, and shit.

The population has been conditioned to be slaughterable animals long ago.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

But I need muh guns incase the gubernment over steps.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

It's getting spooky watching American television. It's like watching ghosts of what America used to be, or at least what I used to believe it was. The reality of what America has become hasn't impacted television much yet.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The nation of immigrants trying to destroy immigrants.

[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Same, but I don't have the resources or connections to move anywhere else. My wife and I don't have kids to protect, so we've been seriously considering just driving out to the desert and ending it.

Edit: My mom and her wife are still alive, that's really the only thing keeping me alive. If anyone comes for them, I will kill them.