I think the difference in my interpretation is that many of the lefty people commenting about the utter failure of the Democratic party are particularly scornful of “liberals” to the point where they use the term “libs”. I’ve been told being a liberal makes me both transphobic and in support of Palestinian genocide. These same people said they were not voting because they would rather trump win than support Democrats. And they identify as leftist - some flavor of socialist, communist, anarchist, Other, or combination thereof, and they would rather trump win. Which he did, to their great and ignorant loss.

It was about non-voters. More specifically “lefty” non-voters.

You know very well what the answer to that is.

They are, in fact, idiots. There is an outstretched arm hello to people driving by, but there is zero fucking chance this nazi salute is it.

Rolling Stone and AP. Enabling that nazi ass shit.

Why is the AP afraid to call it what it is?

Journalism has catastrophically failed. You will never see them speak truth to power, ever.

Yeah. what was that war about again? Preventing communism?

Yikes.

The document is one of a flurry threat reports quietly circulated to law enforcement across the country by a sprawling network of little-known intelligence organizations created in response to 9/11. Called fusion centers, groups like the New York State Intelligence Center were tasked with fighting terrorism, which alleged the killer Luigi Mangione was charged with. Today, there is at least one fusion center in all 50 states (even Wyoming, home to the Wyoming Information Analysis Team.)

Marked “LAW ENFORCEMENT USE ONLY,” the document quoted above is, like other intelligence reports, not usually available to the public. But this record was pried loose by the open records wizardry of the transparency nonprofit Property of the People. Without them, this report would join the countless others exempt from public scrutiny. That’s a real gift to the government agencies that produce these reports, which often serve little purpose beyond inflating supposed threats into zeppelin-like proportions.

Consider, for example, the report’s boldfaced title —“Executive ‘Hit Lists’” — evoking some kind of John Wick-style serial hitman. But the evidence for this amounts to “viral posts online” that “listed the names and salaries of several health insurance executives” and some “Wanted” signs posted in Manhattan.

The Man being The Man

I remember when this would just get you called a crazy conspiracy theorist. Then when it turned out to be true, nobody said anything.

What a coincidence, I’ve been banning all links to reddit. This is working out great.

Yeah that “first stone” as you say was heavily weighted in the "I’m not going to vote and it’s because . . " but I didn’t write that part because I thought it was already in the context of the reply.

Apologies for assuming incorrectly, all I’m really asking for is a vote - any vote, really, but ideally one that is most likely to defeat an enormous evil. Outside of that, criticism of DNC policies or whatever is almost certainly fair enough. The only way to change it is to make our voices heard though, whether it’s email, phone call, or other. Which is a drag, because they should already know this, but that’s politics. Any kind of politics.

it’s “govt.nz” so new zealand is the actual top level domain, and govt is their subdomain they use for government agencies, apparently.

https://www.govt.nz/

And don’t call me Shirley.

Spanksy

So, the initial premise is: there are a large segment of voters who purposefully, deliberately, did not vote because they wanted to “send the Democrats a message” or some idiot thing like that. They supported trump in doing so, and despite having that explained in every language and manner possibly available, they still sat at home while the faithful chuds drove their unfathomably large trucks to the polls as expected.

So you come in with “Yeah but the Democrats do suck” and I assumed you were saying “it is right and proper not to vote” which - no. But then you did vote so - well, okay.

And fwiw I think your “thumb on the scale” is not very accurate with the notable and egregious exception of the DWS years which led to her immediate ousting and we never want to see that shit again. 2020 Biden had his primary and whoever your candidate was (assuming Bernie?) had their run to win that and didn’t. A dark horse often emerges in the primaries, that’s how we got Clinton. In 2024, Biden made the unfortunate decision to run again and that threw everything off because there wouldn’t be a proper primary, until the debate performance convinced him to withdraw. In that case there simply wasn’t time for a national primary again, without creating and/or bending a bunch of rules that essentially allowed for an emergency nationwide all-at-once vote just for Democrats to pick the next candidate which was never going to happen and shouldn’t.

That said, I’ve seen more than my fill of milquetoast men with nice hair and kakhi pants try to be Reagan lite and can’t stomach anything more like that. This bullshit with Pelosi denying AOC of House Oversight is a similar piece of bullshit. I expect four years of Democrats putting out press releases of being “very concerned” and doing jack shit in public, in the press, like they should. The ones who have already turned traitor for the cabinet picks are on the list. But we’ll see. Maybe we can balance things in two years. It depends if some of these idiot fucks get out and vote this time.

Washington (dpo) - This is only logical: after they have already withdrawn from the Paris climate agreement and the World Health Organization, the US has now taken the next step: On the order of President Donald Trump, the United States has now withdrawn from the earth with immediate effect. For the first time in its history, the country is no longer part of the planet.

“We no longer want to be part of a celestial body that does not first and foremost focus on the interests of the US,” Trump said. The affiliation of the United States to Earth has been shamelessly exploited by other countries for centuries, said Trump – a practice that is finally coming to an end among him.

The US President tweeted:

By leaving the earth, the US has already been able to solve several political problems. For example, illegal immigration from Latin America has fallen to virtually zero – without a border wall. The question of arms deliveries to Ukraine has also almost self-detached.

In addition, the country saves a three-digit billion amount by leaving the earthly defence alliance of NATO and the demolition of all trade relations marked by import surpluses.

It is still unclear where the journey for the once third largest country in the world in terms of area is now taking place. Currently, the USA appears to set course for the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, where they suspect a larger oil deposit.

However, Danish security politicians fear that the US could briefly return to the vastness of space before its final disappearance in order to steal Greenland.

But I like truuuuummp!

oops.

Well if you voted, that’s all anyone can ask for.

Every time, I voted for them in the general even though that vote was coerced through a corrupt system that refuses to let me vote for someone who actually represents me.

What meetings did you go to? Any? None. You went to none, right? Did you help someone campaign? No? Well that’s not a corrupt system that’s a system you have no part in not picking who you want. You can see how that might happen, right.

8 goddamn years of listening to high and mighty people like you telling me how everything that’s happening is my fault even though I voted against what was happening at every turn. Fuck off.

Eight whole years? Damn, that’s amazing. But those are rookie numbers. You gotta pump up those numbers to get into the high and mighty club. Try 16 years, 20 years, 30 years. More. Democrats refusing to understand how communication works and republiQans descending into open nazism the whole time. Third parties somehow, astoundingly, being even worse. Then watch a bunch of idiots decide to not vote because “the system is corrupt” and allow a demented incompetent nazi rapist into office. And how did you think it was your fucking fault again you fuck? Because if you voted, that’s the very best thing you can do. If you voted and want to say the Democrats need to do more for the working class, please do. I’ll join you. Again.

The douchiest douche who ever douched? Oh man! Oh! This is so unexpected! Gosh! *snif*

I guess I’d like to thank my agent, Marty Petraskov over at GRU Artists, and the guys down at the Macedonian troll farm - Hey Dmitry! And of course Little Baby Internet Jesus! And all of you who still haven’t figured out that one simple vote to stop trump was the most important decision you could have made in your political lives and you failed. Thank you! Goodnight!