It seems like ragebaiting leftists is the only way she stays relevant. But maybe that’s because I only see anything about her when leftists are angry at het

A strange self report on their privilege

Yaaaaawn, get better material

wait so electing Kamala wasn't THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME?!?!

Wow it is almost like being a well off white liberal protects you from systemic oppression

I read this in two ways. One is that she's finally understanding she belongs to the wealthy blob class of liberals and that whoever the president is doesn't impact her. Or two, she probably bought into the 2024 liberal fearmongering completely. Like I haven't seen the phrase "Project 2025" in I don't know how long. I remember being told in 2024 that Trump would actually fire nukes at Gaza. Liberals were convinced that Trump 2 was finally going to be the competent fascism where elections get suspended and ideological liberals are rounded up into camps. The reality is Trump 2 is the brutish flailing kind of fascism with ICE as undisciplined kill squads and the DOD believing they can win wars by activating non-woke beast mode or something.

This might be the first signs that liberals of the future will have rehabilitated Trump. They rehabilitated Bush and Cheney somehow, and those two are actual demon creatures spawned from hell.

I'm sure the dead find some comfort in your relief Natalie

It makes sense when you consider that its only a problem if it affects her

Absolute Clintonite

Still posting on Elon's Nazi site?

CLASS POSITION

I thought it would be worse too, but he's not boots on the ground in cuba (yet), there are buildings over 2 stories tall standing in iran, and we haven't found any gas chambers.

Oh hey, the woman who said she was done talking about politics is talking about politics.

There’s a war going on, is Natalie accepting the Trump framing that this is no big deal?

Has anyone fallen off as hard as she has? God what a fuckin' shitlib.

You know what? I was expecting to be turbo murdered but was only regular murdered.

I am very relieved.

there are two major cohorts in the US that i would characterize as being in a position with sensitivity to how "bad" Trump Part Deux has been, materially, for the working class just in the US.

• people without enough power under US political economy to be buffered from being ground between the gears. there were people who didn't realize they were always going to be grist for the mill that are now feeling the stone grind them down. the cruel racialized and extrajudicial executions of people in our streets, which alone should be enough to give anyone pause. but if you're super white and rich and do not give a fuck about anyone... i guess all that's imperceptible? too gross to even contemplate, for me. further, we laugh about the treat machine breaking down, but heating oil (aka diesel) is a serious survival dependency in parts of the country and autumn has only just begun in the hemisphere. note: there are people in this group who have been ground between the gears long before trump and may not notice a significant distinction yet, and i acknowledge that. but Nat is not a farm-prisoner working a cane field in the Mississippi delta.
• people who work in or adjacent to public service delivery that are seeing the DOGE cuts percolate through the diffuse network of community and regional organizations. it's worth noting that most of what the federal government "does" in the US, it doesn't actually do, operationally. the neoliberal state functions by making grant funds available to non profit organizations and state agencies. my critiques of that are a whole other topic, but what it does mean is that thousands and thousands of programs of all sizes and scopes are still only beginning to sputter as the funding streams run out. further still, the 2027 medicaid cuts aren't even here yet. they were the thing republican legislators would back channel anonymous concern about to legacy media, which should give a hint how fucked up it's going to be that a few of these careerist goblins were concerned about the impact on their careers to cut these so deep. [that was all BEFORE trump started an unwinnable, very public fight causing the global energy system to stroke out.] this is the group where materially secure people who LARP as policy wonk lanyard dorks and NPR libs should be, seeing the fairly unprecedented collision course we are on now, but... well, this bozo is telling on themselves as being asleep at the wheel, tuning into their own brunch vibes. i loathe people like this.

i get how sometimes self-care means not staring into the abyss 24-7-365 if you don't "have" to, and finding joy where you can with a mental vacation from the work... but pretending like it's all good is some delusional toxic positivity shit. we all have our coping strategies. i'm an ironic detachment guy who is unafraid to present haunting critical analysis to friends and colleagues when prompted or inspired. it works for me. sort of. sometimes i just focus on what i can in front of me and try to operationalize things as best i can while being a human. i've had a few big wins of late and been able to deliver some good news to great people, but i would never in a billion years even think the last 18+ months have been "not so bad". what a demoralizing sentiment to share to all those anxious and suffering.

The democrats ignored clear warnings that they were going to blow it and plowed ahead anyway. The miscalculated how shitty they can be and still get a slim majority. This is the lefts fault somehow.

have you seen dow jones.jpg

No but you see the next one might be actually bad for real, so we must not demand any concessions this time either, you privileged fuck

wat