Trump Redux: The Death of Democracy, or Overblown Hyperbole?

[Trollheart]

Yes! That's it. The Doctor they were all sort of afraid of, half-psycho, half-surgeon. Dr. Cox? Knew I'd seen him somewhere. Thanks DJ!

Ah yes, and he's also Stan in Stan Against Evil. Classic.

[Buck_Mulligan]

Mutiny in the leper colony...
WaPo:

Several administration officials tell federal workers not to respond to Musk email demanding accounting of their work
Top officials at the Defense Department, Homeland Security and HHS were among those who told employees that they don't need to immediately comply with the request to more than 2 million workers over the weekend. Other agencies offered different guidance.

[Psy-Fi]

Elon must be an awkward dance partner for Donald with those two left feet...

Hackers play AI video of Trump kissing Elon Musk's feet on cafeteria screens at HUD headquarters: 'LONG LIVE THE REAL KING'

[jimmy jazz]

Elon must be an awkward dance partner for Donald with those two left feet...

Hackers play AI video of Trump kissing Elon Musk's feet on cafeteria screens at HUD headquarters: 'LONG LIVE THE REAL KING'

😂😂😂 I saw his and lol'd.

Lucky Donald.

I'm joking ffs.

[SGR]

😂😂😂 I saw his and lol'd.

Lucky Donald.

I'm joking ffs.

Elon/DOGE must've fired the HUD IT/Cybersecurity guy. 

[Auroras In Ice]

Apparently there's been a bunch of purges across the CIA, FBI, and pentagon including some of the top brass. I have no love for those ghouls, but maybe unceremoniously shitcanning a pile of people whose entire expertise is toppling nations and crippling political movements and replacing them with a bunch of unqualified and incompetent morons you found on Fox News is, I unno, maybe a bit risky lol

[Buck_Mulligan]

Apparently there's been a bunch of purges across the CIA, FBI, and pentagon including some of the top brass. I have no love for those ghouls, but maybe unceremoniously shitcanning a pile of people whose entire expertise is toppling nations and crippling political movements and replacing them with a bunch of unqualified and incompetent morons you found on Fox News is, I unno, maybe a bit risky lol

Who has been added to the FBI may turn out to be more important than who was removed. The deputy director is the person who runs the day to day operation of 38,000 agents. Hard right podcaster with no relevant experience Dan Bongino has just been appointed to the position. Usually the Director chooses his deputy, but there's reason for speculation that this may have been a Trump appointment.

[Psy-Fi]

Trump posts SpongeBob meme to poke fun at outrage over Elon Musk's email asking federal workers what they did last week

[jimmy jazz]

Trump posts SpongeBob meme to poke fun at outrage over Elon Musk's email asking federal workers what they did last week

😂😂😂

[Trollheart]

What I want to know is where is the political pushback here? Surely the Dems are not so spineless that they're keeping silent while the country implodes around them? They are, after all, (supposed to be) the Opposition, and it's basically their job to speak up when the government (using the term in its most generous, broadest sense) is doing the wrong thing. Are they really afraid to make themselves heard (and maybe targets)? Are they going to wait till there's some sort of popular uprising and THEN join in, like Italy near the tail-end of WWII, when it was clear Hitler was losing? I mean, how much more does Trump need to do before they'll speak, or have I missed their comments? They certainly have not been in the news anyway. Is the sound of fury and thunder the only one coming out of congress now?

[Psy-Fi]

What I want to know is where is the political pushback here? Surely the Dems are not so spineless that they're keeping silent while the country implodes around them? They are, after all, (supposed to be) the Opposition, and it's basically their job to speak up when the government (using the term in its most generous, broadest sense) is doing the wrong thing. Are they really afraid to make themselves heard (and maybe targets)? Are they going to wait till there's some sort of popular uprising and THEN join in, like Italy near the tail-end of WWII, when it was clear Hitler was losing? I mean, how much more does Trump need to do before they'll speak, or have I missed their comments? They certainly have not been in the news anyway. Is the sound of fury and thunder the only one coming out of congress now?

Democrats: We Have NO PLAN To Fight Trump

[Lisnaholic]

My suspicion is that they are speaking out, but aren't getting as much media attention. Partly because, being the opposition party, their words carry less weight than the party in power, and partly because they are hampered by their more restrainted conduct.

Disgusting though it is, if I was a newspaper editor, I know which image I'd want to put on my front page:





And on the topic of disgusting, that SpongeBob meme from Trump takes some beating. What's the motive, other than sadistic malice? Not only are Trump/Musk inflicting on people the trauma of robbing them of their livelyhood, they are taking gleeful pleasure in the pain they're causing. I myself have been made suddenly redundant on occasions ("The project has been cancelled and today will be your last day here"). At least where I was working, the bosses had the decency not to jeer at me as I left the building.

[SGR]

What I want to know is where is the political pushback here? Surely the Dems are not so spineless that they're keeping silent while the country implodes around them? They are, after all, (supposed to be) the Opposition, and it's basically their job to speak up when the government (using the term in its most generous, broadest sense) is doing the wrong thing. Are they really afraid to make themselves heard (and maybe targets)? Are they going to wait till there's some sort of popular uprising and THEN join in, like Italy near the tail-end of WWII, when it was clear Hitler was losing? I mean, how much more does Trump need to do before they'll speak, or have I missed their comments? They certainly have not been in the news anyway. Is the sound of fury and thunder the only one coming out of congress now?

Dems appear to be having a crisis of leadership. They've got some young blood in the party, but the old farts need to learn to take a backseat and pass the baton.

Donors turning off the spigot doesn't help either.

Democrats are anxious to rebuild their party on the heels of President Donald Trump's victory in November. But they have a major problem as they try to refashion their brand: The money isn't there.

Democratic donors — from bundlers to small-dollar donors — say they are still angry about the election results and uninspired by anything their side has put forward since then.

"I'll be blunt here: The Democratic Party is f‑‑‑ing terrible. Plain and simple," one major Democratic donor said. "In fact, it doesn't get much worse."

A second donor was equally as pointed. "They want us to spend money, and for what? For no message, no organization, no forward thinking. ... The thing that's clear to a lot of us is that the party never really learned its lesson in 2016. They worked off the same playbook and the same ineffective strategies and to what end?"

[Lexi Darling]

Trump posts SpongeBob meme to poke fun at outrage over Elon Musk's email asking federal workers what they did last week

Says the intern who spent their time making jokeless memes for the professional golfer and occasional paper signer.

People are suffering and losing their jobs because of our administration's very deliberate actions, better make fun of them durr hurr.

We're being ruled by fucking fourth graders.

[Lisnaholic]

Says the intern who spent their time making jokeless memes for the professional golfer and occasional paper signer.

People are suffering and losing their jobs because of our administration's very deliberate actions, better make fun of them durr hurr.

We're being ruled by fucking fourth graders.

Yep, I agree completely, Lexi.

I has also been in my mind to give you credit for regularly warning us, in the run-up to the election about the risk of Project 2025. Although people were doubting your concerns, you have been proved right all along: Project 2025 is now being implemented, and what's the response? Some protest, yes, but far too much silence, acquiesence or (SpongeBob meme) delight.