Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

[wonko the sane?]

Oh absolutely. It's part of why trump is escalating his ice raids and using military equipment to do it. He wants that made for TV moment he can use to declare martial law. The people pulling trumps strings (because his regime has been ENTIRELY too competent despite appearances.) know that if no matter how much they gerrymander and voter suppress: they will absolutely lose the midterms. Even with the majority crop of useless fuckwits that currently comprise democrats.

 

[KidTDragon]

The people pulling trumps strings (because his regime has been ENTIRELY too competent despite appearances.) know that if no matter how much they gerrymander and voter suppress: they will absolutely lose the midterms. Even with the majority crop of useless fuckwits that currently comprise democrats.

Let's not assume anything. We were confident there'd be a Democrat sweep last year, and look where we ended up.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Sadly... yeah.

All I can say is: I hope the 90 million who abstained get up off their lazy ******* asses this time.

Automatic voter registration, and mandatory voting would solve those problems.

 

[KidTDragon]

So would moving Election Day to a weekend. But none of that is happening before 2027 at the earliest.

 

[Pocket]

Sadly... yeah.

All I can say is: I hope the 90 million who abstained get up off their lazy ******* asses this time.

Automatic voter registration, and mandatory voting would solve those problems.

I don't know why you think a solid majority of apathetic people are going to necessarily vote for the right people. Also if you make voting "mandatory" but don't solve the problem of overcrowded polling stations in urban areas, all you've done is give the right another law they can arrest thousands of minorities for violating—in this case by standing in line all day and failing to get inside before the polls close.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Mandatory voting would mean putting into place infrastructure to account for the maximum number of voters, as opposed to the minimum they currently do. Automatic voter registration would mean voter roll purges would be harder because all the people kicked off the rolls would, upon their next interaction with the federal government, get re-added to the rolls.

It would also mean that the people trying to undercut those functions would automatically be in the wrong, no matter the rhetoric they spout.

It would mean changing how voting is done at its core in the US. And not on the counting side, on the logistics and interactive side.

 

[Dekafox]

Donald Trump tells ICE agents to target Democratic strongholds

Trump has called on ICE to expand operations in cities, "such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York."

www.newsweek.com

 

[KidTDragon]

And in grifting news:

Trump-branded wireless service launches — with a gold phone

The announcement represents another chapter in the unprecedented blurring of lines between Trump's personal business interests and his executive authority.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Dekafox]

Must have got jealous of all the Obamaphone jokes.

 

[Dekafox]

Sounds like they're just white-label reselling a T-Mobile model:

1- "It resells AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile network access"
2- "There is a complete lack of disclosure on the website about additional fees, so it's hard to tell how much, or how often"
3- All the parts "will need to be imported for the phone. There are no domestic AMOLED display manufacturers, and the VCSEL used for face unlock technologies is also produced overseas"
4- "The camera modules will have to be imported too"
5- "The T1 closely resembles the T-Mobile REVVL 7 Pro 5G. The specifications of the display and the odd camera resolutions match up with the T-Mobile device, along with other details"

Trump Mobile's made-in-US iPhone 17 competitor is really made in China

The Trump Organization has launched Trump Mobile and plans to release the T1, a smartphone that it says is "made in USA" at the same time that the iPhone 17 will launch. The problem is, the phone was made in China.

appleinsider.com

And now he's trying to weaponize the VA:

VA hospitals remove politics and marital status from guidelines protecting patients from discrimination

Department of Veterans Affairs says the changes come in response to a Trump executive order ‘defending women’

www.theguardian.com

 

[CoffeeHorse]

This has been our lives for 10 years now.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Amazing how times flies, eh?

 

[KidTDragon]

It feels like it started just 50 years ago.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Well then! How about SOME MORE?!?!?

For your viewing entertainment.

 

[Paladin]

so racist you hate having a day off work.

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 (@josephpolitano.bsky.social)

Coping, seething, etc

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[The Mighty Mollusk]

Posted from Mar-a-Lardo in between cheating on his golf scores.

 

[Pocket]

Also didn't this guy just invent two more holidays recently?

 

[NovaSaber]

Rude Law Dog (@esghound.com)

I like that someone at the white house is smart enough to know saying "Juneteenth Should be cancelled" is insanely racist but they still went for it by not mentioning which specific holiday should be cancelled

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[NovaSaber]

Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)

Vance: I empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern, but the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents

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[Rhinox]

Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)

Vance: I empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern, but the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents

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Irony is dead.