Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges

I know of one person who did not vote. She is 85. Cant get around by herself and recently moved in with her higly MAGA daughter. When she lived with me she would just tell me to fill out her ballot for her. I never did but would mail it for her if she did complete one herself. My mom would not have shown her the same respect. I also have a buddy who does some work with me every so often. He doesnt have cable, the internet or a smart phone. His wife and kids are medicaid eligable. I spoke with him several times. He has not time or energy outside of work, work, family, and a cold Tecate. I'm not sure of everyones story but we got here through manipulation from the merchants. This is a class war that most dont even realize we are in. Yeah there are a lot of straight up nazi's, a ton of just stupid people...but for the most part people just wanna scrape by and have a little at the end of the day.

Exactly. I can count on conservatives being gullible morons and voting red no matter what, but we need to count on the other third of the country opening their goddamned ears and eyes. Apathy and disinterest had no place in this election.

My friend, that's not how the electoral college works. Most of those potential votes did not matter at all. Please don't go around victim blaming carelessly. It's not cool.

Sure sure but let's not get too "American exceptionalism here" . Plenty of other countries are fucked up in somewhat different ways, too. That's reality.

Splash Zone.

We should be measuring in months, or even weeks.

i doubt children can vote, and many arnt eligble for other reasons.

75 million are unwilling participants.

195 million are effectively as moronic as Trump voters.

Abstinent + non-trump voters if my math is correct

I started out thinking you were full of shit, but wasn't sure until

took over as PM without an election,

Now tell me how much I don't want proportional representation.

That part is really up to the voters hence the federalist papers and the whole “masses are asses” thing…

In retrospect, they should have not made First Past the Post voting our voting standard. That is primarily what has caused our partisanship to arise to the extent that it has.

We can still change the voting system in each state individually to move away from First Past the Post, but that requires each individual state to have ballot initiative going that people can vote on for a new system such as Ranked Robin voting, STAR voting, Score voting, or even Ranked Choice voting.

Which tbh was really short sighted as well. Every nation needs an army to hold onto their self determination. And it needs to be well funded. Such has been proved repeatedly throughout history

I would be more curious to see which liberal patriots are ready to open a vein.

Lots of edgy onliners want to be the guy who gets to shoot a fascist. Much harder to find a liberal willing to stick their necks out and die from return fire.

Meanwhile, you've got rank upon rank of Afghan/Iraq War veteran coming home broke and humiliated and steeped in blood, fully pilled on the MAGA message thanks to the brainrot coursing through military media. They're filling up local police departments and spilling over into elected offices and bubbling up in all sorts of extractive industries. Few of them seem shy about killing or dying. All of them think they are the Patriots and its those liberal middle-managers who are the Tyrants.

They also seem to be all about supporting literal Nazi’s. And ya know how that worked out for them last time.

Let me introduce you to the Marshall of the Supreme Court.

They can, and will, deputize as many as they need.

Unless, of course, this is all part of the plan and the Supreme Court is, in fact, complicit anyway.

not even unprecedented in american politics. it's a tried and tested way to commit a genocide as a populist dictator

"Fuck all of you."

--The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, probably

thiel has his special compunds where he can live rest of his days with his so, and probably a harem of men in NZ.

Shhh. Nothing is in Colorado. It is a boring place.

No. People like Johnson will get "advisory" positions after congress has been dissolved. They will lack for nothing. Why be a weak government official who has to do stupid shit like running for re-election, when you can be part of the nobility and the King's court? Maybe Johnson or Taylor-Green will get their own little fiefdom where they can treat the peasants however they want? The power trip fantasies are truly endless in Trump's wondrous America.

...for about a 100 people give or take.

They already have.

I’m going to assume you’re referring to Ukraine as Trump wants 1/2 their mineral and raw materials?

Oh no, wait, it’s Greenland right because he wants to continue to provide them security.

Oh hold up. I think you’re referring to Gaza so he can make it the Israeli Mar a lardo.

No wait wait wait, I think I’m still wrong. He wants to take Panama because they owe him.

Shoot. So many countries. Are you referring to Mexico because: Fentanyl? No it must be Canada because we are also heavy into letting fentanyl in and that’s why he’s giving us tariffs right?

And if you think their northern neighbour is going to let them roll over us on tanks and insulin to over throw us, I think you underestimate the hatred we have for the current ignorant regime.

I would do just about anything, really.