Idiocracy 2024

[Bender]

Trump followed that up with this today:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2102462325139636300

ARG polled him at 29% approval. He's only 4 pts behind Nixon (but many times more corrupt)

How he's more popular than Nixon I'll never know. Nixon looks like Mother Theresa in comparison.

 

[cw]

How he's more popular than Nixon I'll never know. Nixon looks like Mother Theresa in comparison.

I protested Nixon. Trump is exponentially more dangerous and corrupt.
Part of the problem is a country that claims they are a nation of laws do not hold everyone accountable (Nixon, Iran Contra, Trump, etc)

US media is now about 90% controlled by 6 entities who love their tax breaks, etc.
The US have had a generation of right wing radio, FOX News, etc and now Russians and Elon Musk smothering them with disinformation. (propaganda)
Therefore, the great arbiter of democracy: media in the US is broken.

Their education system is also suspect (ie banning To Kill A Mockingbird, etc.)

Ignorance is rampant and a bunch behave like they're in a cult.

We have to be careful of this in Canada. Similar things are creeping in - particularly in social media.

In the 1960s. there was a lot of worry about the CBC, government funded, becoming what FOX News is.
American oligarchy has proven to be the bigger threat to their media.

 

[L K]

Credit where credit is due.

Democrats have taken the House and Senate.

Now do something about this nonsense.

 

[Darryl]

That's the key. They need to not just chase the Trump admin and GOP corruption but also do things that make a difference in the lives of everyday people. Otherwise they'll be right back in the same spot they just left.

 

[lamajama]

The D's have certainly shot themselves in the foot by failing to take advantage of the orange turd before now so yes hopefully they do some good things that correct a lot of issues....
And please! Let's see the whole non-redacted Epstein files. That alone should eliminate the orange turd.

 

[OldTimeHockey]

I echo the above statements. I don't have a lot of faith that the Dems will attack this properly. They've shown repeatedly that they'd rather fling poop back and forth across the aisle as opposed to strategically dismantling the far right.

Canada behaves the same way. "You're stupid!"...."no you're stupid!"....."Argh I said you're stupid first so I win"...."You're stupid for calling me stupid!"

 

[Chris]

Unfortunately I have full faith that the dems will find a way to blunder away whatever momentum/advantage they gained in this election. I hope they prove me wrong.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2119406407757779390

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2120254926555341065

I think the youth will be more than fine going forward (nudge nudge wink wink Leafs front office)

 

[mr grieves]

Unfortunately I have full faith that the dems will find a way to blunder away whatever momentum/advantage they gained in this election. I hope they prove me wrong.

I'm pretty pessimistic usually, but I'm not really able to feel much strong belief one way or another that these are the same Dems I've had for my adult life.

Some reasons to think it might go differently:

1. It wasn't conservative, pro-corporate/finance Blue Dogs who made the majorities but economic populists (from James Talarico in the Senate to Richard Ojeda in the House),
2. a lot of the retirements led to replacement-level Dems like Gary Peters being swapped out with really talented and engaging types like Abdul El-Sayed (there were even some good primaries against empty suits like Shri Thanedar in the Detroit district, now a DSA guy)
3. Neither Schumer nor Jeffries are very domineering leaders (as Pelosi was) so they're likely to get pushed into stuff they wouldn't otherwise choose to do.

I wish we'd found alternatives for the really terrible Senators who got reelected (CO's John Hickenlooper, DE's Chris Coons, NJ's Cory Booker), but the shift left in the caucus is the biggest in my lifetime.

If "the Dems" (Jeffries, Schumer) blunder, the new generation of Dems can (will!) use that to make a case for their wing the party in 2028. No much is going to happen between now and then (besides Trump probably nuking Iran)