The Trump Presidency 2.0

[The Quartermaster]

Pretty much every party everywhere has done this, but it was pretty egregious in 1980's and 90's Florida. My lifelong Democrat dad even sneered at what his party was doing, though some of that was along racial lines, but whatever.

Anyway, let's check in on Florida's current Congressional districts, I'm sure they are...

Jesus Christ.

Illinois looks really shady because this reminds me of it by the shape, and the dems had done it there.

 

[amlove21]

This article has the hilarious map of Illinois. Because irony isn't dead, the democrats who abandoned their constituents in Texas fled to Illinois.

Here is a lil interactive map that grades states on congressional/house/senate performance, both right and left. Florida playing it STRONG.

 

[ThunderHorse]

What happened to No Kings?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1956196831261851887

 

[Devildoc]

What happened to No Kings?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1956196831261851887

The people who run that site are either brilliant satirists or so utterly stupid as to make Rain Man look mainstream and normal. The stuff they put out is in left field.

 

[Marauder06]

This issue specifically has tapped me out for whattaboutism. It's the whole conversation.

There are way more red states that could redistrict and gain seats than blue states (becausee by and large the blue states got to the gerrymandering first because they want to win, they don't care about the principle).

Every. Red. State. Should. Re. District. Now. Every single one of them.

There are no rules, there are no precedents, there is no moral high ground. The only people using that argument are projecting by accusation.

I am sick of the GOP's adherence to "principles". I want them to win, move fast, break things, and let the outrage be the outrage.

Beto O'Rouke ran for PRESIDENT. This is him, now:

“Who cares about the rules right now?” O’Rourke said. “Punch back, kick back, jump over their heads and win some f***ing power.”

It was NEVER about the rules for them. It was, and is, ALWAYS about the power.

 

[AWP]

It was NEVER about the rules for them. It was, and is, ALWAYS about the power.

Tulsi specifically stated this was her main reason for dumping the party. There was another who said the same thing, but I don't recall the person. I liken it to former members of Scientology waking up and thinking "WTF am I doing here with these people?"

 

[amlove21]

What happened to No Kings?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1956196831261851887

Because they have no principles. No kings... unless it benefits us. Redistricting is a threat against democracy... unless we do it to protect democracy. The list goes on and on.

@AWP nailed it, it's not about the principle, it's about the power, in every single issue. Feminism isn't about equality, they don't care about 50% representation of off shore oil riggers, feminists want the C-Suite. The LGBTQ mafia doesn't want equal protection under the law, they want to be able to have a hypersexualized male dressed as a female take your kids to drag queen story hour.

The DNC as we know it today is one big example of the slippery slope fallacy played out in real life every single day.

 

[Box]

I just remember saying my piece about shit like this back in the 90's and people telling me I was just being brainwashed by Rush Limbaugh.
Democrats have been democrats since way before they started a civil war.

 

[amlove21]

The uniparty wins again!

Elon Musk halts plans for new political party, prioritizing business instead: report

 

[ThunderHorse]

The uniparty wins again!

Elon Musk halts plans for new political party, prioritizing business instead: report

That POS could stop being a POS if he starts advocating for nuclear power. Cut the solar bullshit grift.

 

[AWP]

Isn't Elon Musk the name of the new Axe body spray?

Elon wrote checks his companies can't cash and it is catching up to him.

 

[Cookie_]

The uniparty wins again!

Elon Musk halts plans for new political party, prioritizing business instead: report

There's a reason Peter Thiel is working within the GOP infrastructure instead of against it.

That POS could stop being a POS if he starts advocating for nuclear power. Cut the solar bullshit grift.

There's no reason we shouldn't continue to utilize solar in places where it makes sense.

 

[ThunderHorse]

There's a reason Peter Thiel is working within the GOP infrastructure instead of against it.

There's no reason we shouldn't continue to utilize solar in places where it makes sense.

On top of parking structures and Grocery Stores. Not the Desert. There's enough people destroying this environment that we don't need more advocating for that nonsense. Solar for the most part sucks.

 

[AWP]

The real long COVID is the green energy scam.

 

[amlove21]

The real long COVID is the green energy scam.

Trick comment, there is no such thing as "long covid". WAIT. But there is also no such thing as sustainable green energy...

 

[Florida173]

Elon wrote checks his companies can't cash and it is catching up to him.

which?

 

[CQB]

The mere presence alone of Guardsmen patrolling the streets, "walking a beat", will deter crime. "They can't arrest people." So? They don't need to, they're sentinels, information gatherers, overhead ISR if that's allowed in the capital. Run up JLENS here and there...presence and information.

Dudes aren't running and gunning with a SAW or chucking flashbangs. Sheesh.

Question without notice: wouldn’t they have no more rights to arrest than an ordinary civilian?

 

[Topkick]

Question without notice: wouldn’t they have no more rights to arrest than an ordinary civilian?

Generally, they wouldn't have any additional authority. But under certain circumstances, the president and/ or the state governor can "deputize" them to be peace officers. It has to be some serious shit, so not likely.

 

[Locksteady]

Generally, they wouldn't have any additional authority. But under certain circumstances, the president and/ or the state governor can "deputize" them to be peace officers. It has to be some serious shit, so not likely.

Silver lining: Potential proof of concept for open carry as a crime deterrent in major cities.

 

[amlove21]

DC murders? None.
Looks like Trump was right again.
Suck it, liberals.
(That’s a haiku, I try hard for you people).

National Guard's presence slashes D.C. crime rates, with seven days homicide-free