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Tucker Carlson apologizes for 'misleading' people on Trump: 'We're implicated in this for sure' (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] 10 points 4 months ago (9 children)

I like your optimism. Unfortunately we have to get past the fact that the current regime is setting up the option to cancel the vote. And why do you think they are replacing so many top military leaders? November will be very interesting without a doubt.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    The Midterms are impossible to rig, that's why they are pulling out all the voter suppression tactics, none of which are working, because the Dems are actually paying attention, and addressing the issues as they arise, unlike during the Obama or Biden administrations, where they averted their eyes, and literally pretended that nothing was going on, as we SCREAMED at them to LOOK!

    The Midterms are going to be a bloodbath, but the real battle is going to be post-election, when MAGA will claim that the Dems rigged the election (that they couldn't rig), and Mike Johnson will refuse to step aside or swear in the new Reps. It will be a true Constitutional Crisis.

    But we will get through that, the new Reps and Senators will take their places, and we will deal with the 2028 Presidential race, which MAGA will definitely attempt to rig. Hopefully, the Dems will stop it, and won't accept the results of it is rigged, but we'll deal with that then.

    As for the military, I'm not too worried about them. He just got banished from an important planning meeting of military leaders, because he was in there screaming and calling them losers because two American pilots were missing, and he was worried about how it would make HIM look. Picture that, Trump exercising his ego, screaming his lunatic nonsense at trained experienced professional soldiers, pissing them off until they finally became so insubordinate that they removed his ability to call the shots in his own military operation? That's practically a coup.

    They are all getting fired because they are refusing to carry out his orders, and that is going to continue. Every time he fired a competent moral military leader, he weakens his side, and strengthens the opposition. Those people didn't spend their lives defending America, climbing the ranks in a notoriously difficult system, only to be tossed aside by a Traitor Pedophile. They aren't sitting at home, sipping drinks on the veranda in their retirement, as the nation they defended burns down around them. You think they haven't been talking to each other, making contingency plans?

    IF the future of America comes down to a violent Civil War, our side will have military competence, while their side will have unqualified loyalists.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    The Midterms are impossible to rig, that’s why they are pulling out all the voter suppression tactics, none of which are working, because the Dems are actually paying attention, and addressing the issues as they arise, unlike during the Obama or Biden administrations, where they averted their eyes, and literally pretended that nothing was going on, as we SCREAMED at them to LOOK!

    I really don't see this. The DNC and GOP are both on the side of capital, and the DNC seems to be fighting over whether or not Hasan is the devil.

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  • [–] -2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    No, those are your issues. I've seen a tiny bit about Hasan, but I have no idea what it's about, and it certainly isn't where the Democratic party is spending their time.

    The Dems just voted to deny an arms package to Israel, something that never would have happened even a few months ago. That signals a massive change in attitude.

    They let the current shutdown continue, even when it became a MASSIVE Spring Break problem in the airports, after surrendering immediately when it happened last Fall.

    Those are two serious and concrete examples of improvements that would not have happened before. It's a start, and we have to encourage them to keep it up.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    It's also not nearly enough, they seem to be fine with the war on Iran and the embargo on Cuba, for example, beyond a few vocal people. The DNC cannot be reformed into a working class party.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (4 children)

    Well I'd like to believe that, but for every competent person he fires, he replaces them with a loyalist and he hasn't had a problem finding people to serve in his cult. Look at ICE. His own personal gestapo. The military follows orders. They demonstrated that when they reported for duty in Democratic states. Also think of the monumental consequences of disobeying an order.

    I hope your right. If they don't find a way to stop the election, they will get trounced.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    How loyal are they really? They came up in the same system their fired boss did. They probably have a loyalty to their boss, and have probably even had the talk with the boss about what to do when he gets fired.

    I suspect a lot of those who took over aren't going to go along with atrocities against Americans either, they just haven't had to prove it yet.

    And now we're hearing about them tossing the Commander-In-Chief out of the room when there is real work to be done. They are already operating essentially independently from him. I also hear that they all hate Hegseth, every one of them. I am also hearing reports of soldiers at bases around the world resisting any talk of going to Iran. MAGA isn't as in control of this military as they think they are.

    When it comes down to firing on American citizens, I doubt they'll do it. If they don't, it's a big problem for MAGA. And if they do fire on American citizens, for ANY reason, it's a BIG problem for MAGA.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I kind of don't think they would fire on Americans, at least I hope not, but I believe this administration will push that as far as it can and so far with Congress approving everything, they've gone much further than I thought they would. I'm scared. I hope you're right.

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