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[–] Dragomus@lemmy.world 192 points 5 days ago (16 children)

Consider this ... next elections the opposition of Trump wants to put out commercials and videos of how trump's policies hurt America...

But the FCC has them all pulled in name of Trump because they "mislead the American public" ... so only pro trump commercials everywhere...

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 92 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Underrated comment. Postal service is likely next. Can’t have vote by mail if they won’t deliver.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 44 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 3 points 4 days ago

He tried a lot of things his first term that are now happening, with reinforcements.

[–] Hector@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (5 children)

The post is now on a 7-Day Target for delivery. My entire life 2 to 3 days, including the day you put it in the mail, within 2 to 3 days anywhere in the country it would be delivered. By 2020 it had went down to 3 to 5 days, and now it's just went up to a full seven days. I have to wait 7 days for a piece of mail now. How people are not more upset about this I do not know I am fucking livid with rage.

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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 31 points 5 days ago

a la Napoleon, the confederate states of america, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and the Likud.

nothing is ever new

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 4 days ago (2 children)

"next elections".

Hah!

Good one.

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Russia, Iran, and North Korea still have elections.

They will be held. They might not matter, but voting booths will open.

[–] Azal@pawb.social 5 points 4 days ago

Oh all his people he loves keeps having elections. They just run unopposed, and win no matter what.

He WANTS the elections... it's a popularity contest, you think Trump would get rid of that?

Actual fair elections on the other hand...

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 73 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Most of the articles say it was because of the kirk comments, when in reality it was because of the trump comments. They fired Kimmel for showing that trump didn't care about kirk dying.

Starts at about 2 minutes.

Video of monologue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j3YdxNSzTk

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

And here is a video of my favorite LBC commentator James O'Brien discussing it: https://youtu.be/RV_S-oDqp_c

He also plays the relevant part of the monologue twice.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 41 points 5 days ago (7 children)

The empire has won, Voldemort has taken over the ministry, Gilead has arrived

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 43 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

It's not over by a long shot. If it was, they wouldn't give a shit what some late night hosts say. The whole reason they're so sensitive about criticisms of Charlie Kirk is because even after becoming a martyr, people still find him, and them, repulsive. That scares them.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 16 points 5 days ago

unfortunately I don't think so...

I don't think they actually care about Charlie Kirk at all... half of maga hated kirk. Laura Loomer was bashing kirk while he was alive (obviously for very different reasons than us).

His value to maga just went up massively BECAUSE HE'S DEAD. They've wanted to crack down on free speach in the left for ages, but they've lacked the right hook. They wanted to do it with Luigi and Brian Thompson... but sadly they realized that average american's were very familiar with the predatory nature of the health insurance industry, and even brainwashed right wing maniacs have horror stories involving health insurance.

Kirk is a pawn, they aren't trading their values of free speech to protect Kirk. Removing free speech was their values, and Kirks assassination is an excuse to make it happen. If we gave trump a time machine to go back and save Kirk, he'd absolutely turn down the opportunity.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 8 points 5 days ago

It’s also an excuse.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago

They aren't scared at all.

The only thing they have to worry about is pissing off enough people with guns, if enough of their own base infights too much.

... They have most of the guns. In that base, in the military, in ICE.

The rest of this will just follow the literal Nazi playbook.

The law is whatever they say it is, dissent and be jailed, extradited, shot, whatever.

They will soon totally control almost all the media, and reality will become what they say it is, and most people will mostly believe it.

... Unless an organized and disciplined resistance appears... and we all know how great the Dems are at that... then this has a very predictable, very bad ending... just look at history.

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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago

All this over a rapey reality show loser.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago (5 children)

As a Canadian I don’t get the whole gun thing and I’ve tried arguing it even with people on the left who love guns. The reasoning is that you want guns to stand up to tyrants. Well? What the fuck are you guys waiting for??

[–] Hector@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

I think people are waiting for a chance to make an actual difference in acting. They're waiting for leaders to come along, so throwing your life away is not the only option to do something, where you could be a part of something that is working towards a greater goal, all legally should go without saying we have a right to defend ourselves from unlawful attacks.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The 2nd isn't what you jump to right away. We're getting there but we're not there yet. It's a last resort. Right now the left needs to be getting real comfortable with owning firearms, because the fascist are already heavily armed and are wanting to be oppressors.

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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I’ve heard rumors that there are a bunch of new Reddit accounts randomly asking people about their opinion on the Jimmy Kimmel and Charlie Kirk.

[–] Hector@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (4 children)

That is interesting, what are your opinions on Jimmy Kimmel and Charlie kirk?

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm not American so I've not heard about one of them, but I heard the other one is a pain in the neck...

[–] Hector@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I take offense good sir, I must give a full throated denunciation of this kirk denialism. Just because he was a trecherous piece of shit conspiring against democracy, such as remains of it, to install the worst people as dictator, does not mean you can not pretend to care very deeply about a nazi influencer getting nazied.

You are like neck and neck with kimmil here in offending our poor put upon nazi lradership here.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Won't you think of our poor disenfranchised Nazi leadership?

That is why we here at People for Ethical Nazism In Society (PENIS) encourage people to adopt a Nazi.

The amount of Nazis without a good home is staggering. It is reported that most Nazis burn down their home and kill their family at a young age leaving them without a safe place.

For just a few dollars a day you can help give Nazi a safe place to conspire to overthrow society and create an ethnostate. Think about it. That is less than a cup of coffee a day to overthrow your government and start a genocide!

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[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

They have very American sounding names.

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[–] metoosalem@feddit.org 14 points 5 days ago

I can not wait for the next South Park episode

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Why they using that smug fucking thumbnail. It pisses me off. Want to punch him in his smug face.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago

I love this thumbnail because of South park. All I can think of now is his small penis and trying to sleep with Satan.

[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

That's the point exactly.

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If you really want to know who Trump is, google:

Case 5:16-cv-00797-DMG-KS

See section 12.

TRIGGER WARNING!!!

[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Well obviously. We live in a fascist country. We've lived in a fascist country all our lives. Its just now we've got a president who isn't concerned with maintaining the facade anymore.

Buy a gun. Learn to use it. No, you won't be dictating the terms of its use. Violence will come to you. You can be an active participant in that outcome or you can be a statistic.

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