Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

[KidTDragon]

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

bsky.app

"Now we have the dumbest president!"

 

[Pocket]

Given how many of Bush's strongest critics in the 2000s went on to support Trump in 2016, I'd say irony has been dead for some time now.

 

[wonko the sane?]

That not those people would be able to identify irony in a police line up.

 

[Paladin]

with "Make Iran Great Again" Donald is almost literally telling the nation to get hugged.

Χοδαδαδίος Ρεζαχανίδης, PhD, KRT, Duc de Téhéran (@sasanianshah.bsky.social)

Some linguistic humour with Agent Orange: Ga (gā) is the present stem of the verb gāyīdan “to copulate, to hug” in Persian. Mī is the indicative marker. So T-rump’s proposed “Make Iran Great Again, MIGA” basically is an invitation to engage in intercourse!

bsky.app

 

[Dekafox]

Hey, I saw this episode already! Wasn't it about tarrifs though?

 

[Rhinox]

Ah, the first 'rule by fiat and tweet (or truth) president'. I'm sure everyone will listen to the brave, orange man with his online bravado.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

For what it's worth, oil futures are cratering.

 

[Rhinox]

But new polling and statements are showing that the broader GOP has realized they've got a monster they can't put a leash on and are getting fed up with his antics.

This is definitely the 'find out' portion of dealing with a cult. As everyone else already knew, if you are dealing with a cult and aren't the leader, then you will never have control. These people aren't loyal to the Republicans, they're loyal only to Trump. And every time he changes his mind and decides to do something against the GOP and the bank accounts supporting them, they realize they have no control over the beast they've unleashed.

 

[Ironbite4]

I'm so so happy for them to have found out this as well.

Ironbite-not for the rest of the country but for the Corporate Masters that thought they had a political party to play with.

 

[Paladin]

a newborn blue whale can weigh up to six thousand pounds, and it's still not a big a baby as this motherhugger.

Trump Angrily Calls for CNN to Fire Reporter Over Story on Iran Nuclear Strikes: She Should Be ‘Thrown Out Like a Dog’

Trump said CNN should fire a CNN reporter, whom he said should be "thrown out 'like a dog,'" over a report about U.S. strikes on Iran nuclear sites.

variety.com

 

[Dekafox]

https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/06/25/repub/trump-administration-sues-entire-court-bench-in-maryland-over-pause-in-deportations/

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

So, what's Couchf***er been up to lately?

JD Vance Lasted 12 Minutes On Bluesky Before He Got Banned

Vice President JD Vance set up an account on Bluesky and started posting. He lasted 12 minutes before his account was banned.

www.thedailypoliticususa.com

Getting banned off Bluesky in twelve minutes.

EDIT: Hah, the swear filter didn't catch that one.

 

[Ungnome]

Good. One less channel for the troll administration to disseminate their lies through.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

He knew what he was doing. That was a ban speedrun.

 

[Rhinox]

He knew what he was doing. That was a ban speedrun.

yeah that's what it seemed like to me. Like he was actively pushing to get banned so he could go squawk on Truth or wherever and talk about "duh liberal bias".

 

[wonko the sane?]

It's literally always performative with those fascists. They need constant validation, and constant distractions.

 

[Ungnome]

I don't really see it working this time. Twitter is slowly dying and Truth Social is the very definition of an echo chamber. On top of that, no one really likes Vance, not even MAGA diehards.

 

[Rhinox]

And I love that he's being positioned as the next 'heir apparent' after Trump. Let's see how this works out for the couch fucker.

 

[wonko the sane?]

The only thing that will change is his title... on paper. Trump is not currently in charge, and vance will not be in charge. He'll be a complete and utter figurehead that the LITERAL entire population of the planet would happily take a hammer to.

Edit: jive... only vaguely related... I wish I had kept my gargoyles comics...

 

[G.B.Blackrock]

I've noticed an uptick in complaining about BlueSky's supposed hyper-liberalism in recent weeks. It's not even just a conservative complaint. There are signs of moderates (or, at least, somewhat less liberal folks) complaining about liberals essentially eating their own and complaining when someone isn't going far enough....

Sounds a lot like some folks here, actually.