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The absolutely breathtakingly idiotic shit conservatives will happily believe never fails to boggle the mind.

How the fuck these people even manage to function in day-to-day life is completely beyond me.

Oh yeah absolutely; I'm not saying it's likely he doesn't know what Project 2025 is, just that his – and conservatives' more generally – goals align with it so people associated with it are going to end up in positions of power if he gets elected.

Not that Republicans need Trump to win to implement the Project, and in fact they're already doing it on federal and state levels. See eg. this PDF fact sheet^1 by Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro. And here[^2] is an article about how the Project is connected to Tennessee lawmakers and legislation, as an example of state level stuff

[^2]: EU users can use this proxied link to access the article

I mean, that may well be true considering how fucking stupid he is, but it's not like the project doesn't align with his interests regardless of whether he knows jack shit about it

But now it affects them, that makes it super important and also the LiBeRaLs' fAuLt that nothing works. An R-voting acquaintance of mine said as much and is blaming Democracts for lackluster disastr relief and they live in the deep south in a very conservative area…

Ohh based on the headline I thought they were like giving cops backdoor access to users' devices or something, but they're just selling devices to cops. So, while yeah this is pretty ironic, nothing about what Apple promises regarding device privacy really seems to have been broken here – cops are using "iPhones for surveillance" just like they'd use any smartphones in their line of work

But who will vote for the Republicans if they do this‽

Could be eating other worms?

You think his 2010 views were more authentic than his 2024 views? He's always been a grifter, he's just found a more lucrative market segment

and their criminal records.

Conservatives will see that someone has statutory rape charges or 34 felony counts and go "well this one seems like my candidate"

potato, missile-o

And the problem isn't just in the US; conservatives pretty much around the world are just as deranged, and it's become obvious that until we somehow deal with the danger they represent, peaceful democratic societies are in danger.