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Sounds like maybe Trump did know something about Project 2025 after all...

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 7 hours ago

It's amazing how well he's hitting a target he never heard of before.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 19 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

The last time the Democrats had a coherent plan for when they got into office was 1930

[–] blank_the_blank@lemmy.world 2 points 28 minutes ago

The last time the Democrats had a coherent plan for when they got into office was 1930

They have a coherent plan every year, it is to do whatever their masters tell them to do. Both parties have the same masters

It was preceeded by a market crash.

The market is crashing right now.

Hopefully we'll get another Progressive Era.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 28 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Wait. Isn’t this the thing Führer Trump said he didn’t know anything about?

[–] petersr@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Must have been a coincidence then.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 95 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (8 children)

Democrats when they win an election: Wahhhh we dont have a congressional majority :c

Republicans when they win an election: FUCK LEGAL PRECEDENT I AM MORE POWERFUL THEN THE COURTS AND GOD, I WILL MURDER ANYONE WHO GETS IN MY WAY

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 11 points 7 hours ago

Destroying is always easier than building.

We don't have empathetic leftist polititians who are also willing to "go low".

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Democrats when they win an election: Wahhhh we dont have a congressional majority :c

Republicans when they win an election: FUCK LEGAL PRECEDENT I AM MORE POWERFUL THEN THE COURTS AND GOD, I WILL MURDER ANYONE WHO GETS IN MY WAY

May I steal this for the body of an image to post on !leftymemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com?

Absolutely, also pls tag me :3

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 20 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Democrats when elected: okay but we only had all three branches of government for two years and Joe Lieberman was kinda mean :(

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 hours ago

"Why do you dislike us? Our last major victory was a watered down bill by conservative think tanks 15 years ago! We can do more! ...We just never wanna."

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Democrats when they win an election: Wahhhh we dont have a congressional majority :c

... because they didn't.

Republicans when they win an election: FUCK LEGAL PRECEDENT I AM MORE POWERFUL THEN THE COURTS AND GOD, I WILL MURDER ANYONE WHO GETS IN MY WAY

... because they HAD the majority. And they stacked the Judicial.

How is this hard to understand?

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago

The parlimanatarian said we can't do it, too bad :c

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Okay so the Democrats are just shit at winning elections, got it.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Are you saying you don't like being a democracy with laws?

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

We haven’t been a democracy with laws since Bush stole the 2000 election and lied to the world to murder a million Iraqis.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago

Yeah, where the fuck is this “rules don’t apply” when it’s legal weed or college debt?

[–] Fuhgeddaboutit@sopuli.xyz 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

At least they have an immediately actionable plan. We could learn a thing or two.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Oh absolutely, if the conservatives want to play dirty I say we play just as dirty. Hell lets go lower, we the workers should do absolutely everything in our power to destroy tyranny.

DEATH TO THE TYRANTS

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[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 29 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

And some will still say he had nothing to do with it

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[–] lostoncalantha@lemmy.world 33 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Milton Mayer. They thought they were free. I would recommend this book. It documented everyday Germans who joined the Nazis. I see pretty much every single parallel to America today. We’re all the same people. Nothing exceptional about the US. We’re all susceptible.

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