LillyPip

You’re right, but more to the point: they’ve largely solidified changes to the system via Project 2025 that will take decades to reverse, if they can be reversed at all.

I’m not talking about philosophical or ideological changes, but real, tangible changes to laws that are impervious to differences in who’s president or what the political landscape is.

The damage is largely done now. Even if by some miracle of the electorate going against everything that’s ever happened in the history of the nation and defying people’s nature and misogyny and whatever, AOC was somehow elected, it will take decades to begin to fix this.

The fact that people don’t understand this only solidifies my assessment that there’s no chance she could be elected. People simply do not understand the current political climate.

I wish this pipe dream could be true, because that would be a much better world than the one in which we live.

and before people say Trump won’t be on the ballot in 2028… I wouldn’t be so sure about that lol.

I think a large part of the problem is that he likely won’t be. He’s not in charge now, and once he dies in office, people will think the danger has passed.

The issue is people think trump is the cause rather than a symptom.

In 2028, especially if he’s dead and his grave is the county’s biggest toilet, many people will breathe a sigh and think everything has gone back to normal, ignoring that the real fascists are still in control. That will be when it becomes truly dangerous.

Trump is not in charge, and things will not change when he’s gone, but most people will think everything is fine then, and will go back to ‘politics as normal’.

I get it. The truth hurts, especially right now when what we desperately need is hope.

Hey man, I’m with you. This sucks a lot.

This situation is fucking terrible. Personally, I’d prefer Bernie would run himself, but he clearly doesn’t want to (and given his age, I can’t blame him).

To be completely honest, though, he’s got sort of a bad track record of backing other candidates, so if he’s endorsing AOC, that’s even more evidence she won’t win.

I agree with him on most things, and I’d absolutely back him as a candidate like 10 years ago, but he’s not a kingmaker. I wish we lived in a better world, but we don’t. Our world is fucking awful, politically speaking.

All of American Politics for $500, Alex.

I really hate to say this, but there’s no way a woman will win in 2028 (if an election even happens).

The vast centrist vote will go towards stability and a return to the ‘values’ they think have been lost.

It sucks a lot, but the only viable choice will be a white man. I hate this, but it’s true.

Walz is probably the most politically viable choice. Does that suck? Yeah. But pragmatically, it’s just true.

I’ve been saying for years that with my skillset, I could easily be a millionaire if my pesky ethics didn’t get in the way.

And instead, here I am, every month, deciding cat food is more important than my own food.

Wait – a right-wing org used their ideology to fleece people?!?

I am shocked.

I completely agree. A couple of his books are okay, but most are long-winded, self-indulgent tosh that would have been far better if written by practically anyone else. Half the time, you can skip entire chapters and miss nothing, because he seems to think describing every minute aspect of every minor character’s life equals character development. Five pages cataloguing all the canned goods in Jimmy’s grandmother’s pantry, all the steps of her apple pie recipe, where she learnt it, how she decides which milk to buy, why the grocer moved the milk from aisle 5 to aisle 2, etc, etc, etc – none of it matters and it’s a slog to read.

It’s like he thinks more words equals a better novel. He is a better writer than a director, though.

Yeah, I feel like flared scrubs is a logistics problem. That makes good sense.

I work about 1 metre down from where I sleep (one of those loft/sleeper/desk combos where trousers only even matter during certain teleconferences, or if someone insists on watching. Nearly all my trousers are flared, because if I trip, people don’t tend to die (I’ve had no reports of that, anyway), and I also never needed scrubs. I barely need trousers on occasion.

Sorry for the demise of your fashion, but you certainly look cooler than I ever do, so there’s that.

Weekend at Donnie’s.

Tbf, if he was arrested today for vandalism, I’d be spitting angry he wasn’t arrested prior for all the fucking child rape.

Like, I already am, but that would send me over the edge. I might start mixing potassium with random things.