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[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 72 points 4 days ago (9 children)

Off topic: she needs a new name, i keep reading MTG as magic the gathering.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

I call her Howler Monkey #2.

(I also call Boebert Howler Monkey #2. I don't want to give either of them the benefit of being #1... and I can't keep them straight anyhow.)

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

2 b cost, Human Politician. Haste, 1 any tap, grow warts on target creature, if said creature is a black 'orange Politician', you may vote to release the epstien files. 1/1.

[–] edible_funk@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

J6 pipe bomber.

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Marjorie, the Traitor is a 1/1 with deathtouch. When she enters the battlefield, all players lose 2 life.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

A+

Edit: for those of you that might not get it, in this case Majorie, the Traitor would be part of a Green deck (well, it could be mono green deathtouch but it's probably green/black deathtouch).

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Golgari gang

[–] pleaseletmein@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago

Some folks I know call her “The Three Named Bitch”.

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

Tap for 1 Red MAGA

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Metal Troll Gear

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I read it as Minetest Game.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Oooo, that’s a manna burn.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 50 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Back in the day, George HW Bush came out hard against Ronald Reagan's economic policy in the 1980 GOP debates. He called the idea of cutting taxes for the rich 'voo-doo economics." Later at the Convention, Bush was chosen to be Reagan's Veep.

My guess is the MTG smells blood in the water and is positioning herself to be the 'loyal opposition' to Trump.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 51 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

This is absolutely what is happening. She is the current rotating villain for the GOP. She's "allowed" to go against the party line and become a villain to a subset of their voters and to make "independent" voters think there is still sanity in the party.

I don't trust this woman at all. She enabled all of this. She has to do a lot more than this to redeem her behavior and voting record.

Remember when she harassed David Hogg before she was in office? She has no shame, she deserves no forgiveness for so little done in good faith.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

voters think there is still sanity in the party.

Gotta say though, surely they didn't need to pick the "Rothchilds are using space lasers to start wildfires" and "Yes they can control the weather" person to be their "voice of sanity".

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I mean they don't exactly have a large bench of sane people to pull from.

MTG is just brash, open, and loud with her insane takes.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I don't trust her at all, but I'd be lying if I'd say I don't enjoy them shredding each other.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago

It's like professional wrestling, where two characters are enemies until they decide to form a tag team against someone else.

Oh yeah, it's a joy to watch, regardless of how little we should trust them.

[–] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Ahem. Fuck that cunt. The news "sanewashing" of the space lazer lady is fucking insane. She has zero business being in politics. But my god does the US not realize how fucked it is before it's too late.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 44 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Is it just me or does it seem like they preparing for civil war by moving into military bases

[–] grue@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

For now, at least, I think it's that they don't want to be Kirked. Trump gets SS protection, but they don't, and I'm honestly a little surprised nobody took a shot at the power behind the throne when they had the chance.

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

Admin officials are very much underlings. The power behind the throne is the bank accounts of other billionaires that are also in the Epstein files.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe when the President isn't a geriatric dementia patient, but in this case I think Steven Miller is directing policy more than Trump is.

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

They're paid for workers, doing what they're paid to do. Trump isn't the one directing them, he's just a middle man collecting the profits.

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

I feel like you don't know who Steven Miller is. Think Heinrich Himmler.

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

He didn't get there by magic. He was placed and supported around Trump.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Well shit….

[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

REMINDER: that ghoul is NOT an ally.

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

No but her screeching can be useful.

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

MTG doesn't need a redemption arc, stop reporting on her

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago

...and why she wasn't also invited?

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Socalist, free housing?