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The question isn't whether they've been successful in hiding information. It's whether their goal is to hide information (or I would say, to control the narrative), which it clearl…

TikTok is hugely influential, and the younger people they're trying to influence don't read newspapers and don't hang out on X or Instagram (both of which also censor certain polit…

Amazing to me how many of the issues that influenced swing voters in the past three presidential elections were nothing more than right-wing fever dreams.

No doubt the distraction from the Epstein files is a contributing factor, but it’s a mistake to think he won’t do incredibly harmful things simply because they seem insane and with…

It really is. We’ve put children with emotional problems in charge of the U.S. military and economy. Shameful and heartbreaking. I hope we can recover and rebuild alliances but I t…

They’re violating the U.S. constitution and committing crimes daily.

Thanks. I appreciate your comments in this thread.

I'm hopeful that'll be the case. But can SECDEF (it's still called the Department of Defense, regardless of stationery changes) hand-pick the unit commanders and military officers?…

The Secretary of Defense is a loyalist and will likely put people in charge of the operation who are on board with the mission to suppress protest. There's also just the chaos angl…

Two interesting bits I've read/seen on this recently: Can Trump Really Use the Insurrection Act? https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/can-trump-really-use-... > The other point t…

I've been amazed that US CEOs haven't pushed back harder on the administration due to the threat of the rest of the world leaving US services like these. I know the goverment has a…

I'm asking this in good faith, but what can they do? The Trump administration is absolutely salivating for armed pushback. I think the best they can logistically do is refuse to he…

There's no evidence of noncitizens voting in meaningful numbers, but I'm aware that's a popular right-wing talking point.

Really can't tell if you're joking or not

I think it's going to have to get very very much worse before it gets better. Too many people have no idea what's happening, and too many of the people who do know what's happening…

> the left thinks that the right wants a power grab to stop left from coming back It would probably help if Trump didn't fantasize about this publicly all the time > the right thin…

It's both the fact that they're going after people here legally and even U.S. citizens , and the brutality and unconstitutional nature of their tactics. They are literally going ho…

The "interal bleeding" thing is so unbelievably ludicrous. He got a bruise because he was lurching for the car while juggling his phone in one hand and a gun in the other. She was …

Let's say a third party was elected and started implementing certain policies. What would they have to do for you to call them fascist? Fascism is an actual thing, after all, so th…

That's not what's happening. There wouldn't be the backlash if they were primarily deporting "the worst of the worst", as they promised, using due process. Instead they're targetin…

They didn't attract the same publicity because * They didn't jack up the budget to a size larger than most countries' militaries * They didn't target primarily Republican cities an…