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If there is one thing we know about Trump it’s that he backs down pretty fast if he thinks it’ll cause his base to get pissed. Most of them probably haven’t heard anything about cuts being made to the social safety nets that affect them. But if some Republican brings up cutting social security or something, he’ll be out there trying to throw them under the bus. Now, considering his cognitive state, I’m not sure if he will even be aware outside of what the people around him say. Republicans will definitely try to rig things but they have the same incompetency problem as Trump. If there is anything we learned from this last congress it’s that Republicans hate each other at a ridiculous level. They spend more effort backstabbing and undermining each other than they do actually working. No matter how hard they try to rig things, they do a good job of turning the public against them and Trump, again, happily throws them under the bus … and as we know he actively encourages his minions to fight against each other. If Democrats can find a leader that knows how to speak to the public’s concerns and not sound like some PC lecturer, they can capitalize on that.

I think the tariff is one of those things he says and never follows through with. It’s his thing.

I think one of the first things we will see the public pushback on is whatever Musk plans comes to light. He is a guy surrounded by people who tell him all his ideas are good and so far he has gotten the public to believe he’s a genius too. Whenever it comes time though, I think people will see it and be like “WTF?” and say “no way,”

It’s too bad Biden didn’t choose to step aside earlier. Democrats have a lot of great candidate on the bench and we could’ve had a great primary there. Harris may have still won but she’d at least have an opportunity to break with Biden more clearly.

A little early but imagine what the 2028 clown show is going to be like because I don’t see all the power hungry Republicans stepping aside for Vance to coast into the nomination. Here’s my list of who we will likely see in a primary without Trump to clear the field: Hawley DeSantis Cotton Cruz Halley (probably first one to drop) MTG Donaldson Crenshaw (maybe) a couple of never Trumpers … and probably a dozen more. It won’t be like last time for sure.

I think he’s going to screw RFK because he is no longer useful. Someone in his orbit will get close enough to him and say “you can’t actually give this guy an office.”

I wouldn’t be totally surprised if something like that happened before the inauguration. If he makes it, watch him give a two hour speech on the coldest day of the year. Since he already looks like something a voodoo doctor raised, I don’t expect President Vance sometime in 2026. If he has to leave due to cognitive issues, they’ll probably hide it and he’ll give some “I accomplished what I wanted” speech.

Looking at the demographics from my previous post — Gen-X really failed, yo.

I think at that point the country is done. When you have the military fighting itself, you’re in for years of chaos with the country divided by local installed leaders. Might as well throw the map of the states out too because most states are 30-40 percent of the opposite party of the state’s majority. A situation like that means paramilitary groups running your schools, food rations and deciding if you have the right to live. I would hope sanity would return if it got close to that point.

Kind of weird to see but Trump’s percentage of both white men and women decreased. A continued gradual increase from 2016 and 2020. What hurt Harris is Trump gained 15 percent more of the Latina vote from 2020 and Trump won 10 percent more of the Latino vote than Harris. She also had a lower percentage of black males who are voting less Democratic every election since Clinton. Source: https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2024/politics/2020-2016-exit-polls-2024-dg/index.html

He could trigger a constitutional crisis involving the military if he orders them to turn on American citizens. He may have a lot of generals on his side but I doubt all of them would have the stomach for it, let alone guys who say “I didn’t enlist for this.”

So, anyone want to guess what year President J.D. Vance’s term starts? Because, you know, look at Trump. Even if he didn’t do the “weave” you can tell that guy is t well.

One thing I’m sure Democrats won’t do again is run someone over 70 for president. Not sure about Republicans but the damage dementia don will do to the party when he is in office may make them follow the same path.

Harris is not going to be the nominee again. Parties tend not to run candidates after they lose one national election, especially if they lose both the popular vote and electoral college. Honestly, I see them going back to the formula that worked for them: Run a successful center-leftish candidate from the south or Midwest with a coastal VP. Biden was the single exception but I can’t think of any others after Kennedy.

It’s a lot to process but the anxiety of not knowing is over. Now it’s time to get ready for at least two shitty years of Republican control of all three branches. On the bright side it is hard to see how Trump can make it through a full term or how Republicans can be a functional party even in power. I just hate this cycle where we have presidents that improve things immensely like Clinton and Oba and then we go to dog shit like Bush and Trump. I just want to have a time when we have a steady path of continual improvement instead of building up and tearing down. But really, does anyone think these guys are going to have good will for long? Last time Trump squandered it all within a month. Now he has surrounded himself with nothing but idiots, lunatics and assholes along with unchecked power. Is someone who can’t even grab a door handle without giving it three tries going to keep it for long?

So Trump accomplished his primary objective: Avoid prosecution. I doubt he really gives a shit about anything else. He is lazy and stupid. He is going to leave the actual work to those around him, primarily Vance and Stephen Miller will be the ones doing the actual work. That would not be good. I don’t see how Trump is going to make it to 2028 considering his cognitive and physical health.

Their shutdown is also a political ploy to help Trump. That has to be taken into account.

Well, if they talks like Nabs and sounds like Nabs, I’m not interested in any sort of discussion. “Neoliberal” and equating Democrats to Republicans is just a sign of bad faith.

Hmmm … someone saying “neoliberal” and a not-so-well-veiled hatred of Democrats. Wonder who this could be? Imagine it stars with an “N” and ends with my “Ignore User” button.

It’s not really a “fuck y’all” but more of a do something or not do something about those displaced. Some can be trained or placed in different roles within the same field, some will need to be supported until they find a new career and some will just not be able to do anything else. You can try to make the companies keep the workers until they retire and not fill their positions, but that just puts the burden on the consumer. These sort of disruptions are not new, especially in manufacturing. Consumers paying less outweighs the benefits of relatively few workers who will fall through the cracks. That’s just how it is. If we blocked production technology we’d still be waiting for our turns at the blacksmith and facing food shortages because we’d be having to rely on people to flail wheat and pick corn.

He is correct. If a job can be done more efficiently, more safely and more cost effectively through automation, then it will inevitably be automated. Consumers are the ultimate decider, not the workers.

Netanyahu is pretty confident that Trump will win (whereas Trump will probably say 'do what you want until the Saudi's tell me to tell you otherwise) or that no matter what he does, most of the Western World is impotent when it comes to stopping him. If the West gives the finger to Israel, not only does it lose an important site for military and resources, but also one of the most important countries when it comes to science and technological developments. Israeli research has been key to medicine and non-military technology. If the West said 'eff you,' then the PRC would say "well, we didn't actually like the Palestinians so much ... let's be friends."

Not really going to amount to much. Iran telegraphed the last one on purpose so they could be intercepted, they're doing the same here. They want to shoot the missiles but they don't want the attack to actually succeed because they don't actually want a war. That's why they're telling the US, so they'll get shot down but Iran can say to its minions "look, we did something."

Never met Sid. Was an acquaintance of his cousin who looked like him except about 10 years older and 100 pounds skinnier. Didn't know this before, but Sid played a big part in getting Harlem Heat to the Big Leagues, they even crashed at his place for a bit: WWE Hall Of Famer Booker T Explains Sid Vicious' Role In Harlem Heat Getting A Break (wrestlinginc.com) Dude had a reputation as a flake as far as management concerned and he did some crazy shit but he was capable of doing cool things.

Well, since his life is over, I guess his lifelong ban from baseball will be lifted and we'll see him in the Hall of Fame? Also, his career was something else. Started in the minor leagues right after High School and played in the Major Leagues until his was 45. That's a helluva career. Too bad he couldn't control his personal habit of gambling.