A person close to me just brought up how they fear for themselves, being trans, as they questioned how hospitable the country will now be towards them given the rhetoric Trump spouts. — substantivalism
I really think that the importance of the transgender issue was underappreciated by the Democrats. They simply thought it was the latest civil rights issue when the actual policy was really crazy and offensive to working class voters. — Frances Fukayama
politicians and demagogues are only as powerful as the people let them. — Christoffer
Trump allies push to punish Jack Smith in first test of retribution vow
Even as Jack Smith took steps to wind down his Jan. 6 election interference case against Trump, Elon Musk said the special counsel “cannot go unpunished.” ...
...A Trump adviser, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to detail the thinking of the president-elect and his team, said Trump and his team would react extremely poorly if Smith tries to do anything else publicly. The next Justice Department will look “critically” at what Smith’s team did over the past couple of years to “make sure nothing like this ever happens again,” the person said. — Washington Post
I wonder where they will locate their Gulag Archipalago? — Wayfarer
Didn't they already have their own gulag since 2002? — javi2541997
As I said:
politicians and demagogues are only as powerful as the people let them.
— Christoffer — Christoffer
There is a real crisis: democrats are simply denying it completely, while Trump acknowledges it, identifies a false cause and cure, and proposes to go back to the good old days. — unenlightened
Yes to both questions. The GOP of Bush and the neoconservatives is largely over, with many of them now voting Democrat. I hope the Democrats can have the same evolution but voters can’t even have the same candidate everyone voted for in the primary. — NOS4A2
My point is that there's a limit as to how much a government can wield its power against the people, at some point, the people fights back. — Christoffer
The hatred and fear of FEMA runs deep in the mind of the conspiracy theorist.Crazy story and turns out to be true according to FEMA. The hatred and evil runs deep. The worms have travelled deep into the anti-Trump brain. — NOS4A2
Next time around free and fare elections will be something he will attempt to prevent from happening if the people turn against him. He will have moved to do what other autocrats have done and silence information and political opinion sources that do not support him. His control of the courts will be stronger. Congress will not act as a counterweight. Government agencies will have been purged of civil servants who do not show sufficient loyalty to him. Corporations and the mega-wealthy will do his bidding as long as it increases their wealth.
In short, autocrats do whatever they can to assure that the people remain powerless. No situation is permanent, but by the time the Trump regime is overthrown things may have become very dire. — Fooloso4
Crazy story and turns out to be true according to FEMA. — NOS4A2
The Federal Emergency Management Agency terminated an employee who the agency said told her survivor assistance team to avoid homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign.
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said Saturday the employee’s conduct was reprehensible.
“This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation,” Criswell said. “This type of behavior and action will not be tolerated at FEMA and we will hold people accountable if they violate these standards of conduct. — Wall Street Journal
And the fact that you use the word "enemy" and oppression makes it totally clear that some government officials can be careful when having to approach you. If I get bad/improper service from government officials I'll complain through the effective channels, but not declare them an enemy. Enemy is a definition for war and too easily used by Americans describing their fellow people.If government personnel are discriminating against you because of something it shouldn’t discriminate against, then yes, the government is the enemy. It’s oppression. You’ll find that generally speaking the government is a common enemy of oppressed people, no conspiracy theory required. — NOS4A2
BUDAPEST, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The European Union could consider replacing Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports with those from the United States, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters on Friday.
"We still get a lot of LNG from Russia and why not replace it by American LNG, which is cheaper for us and brings down our energy prices," said von der Leyen.
She said the EU approach to trade policies implemented when Donald Trump takes power again as U.S. president in January will be to engage, look at common interests and negotiate.
You think so?Yeah but you have Stockholm syndrome. You like being stolen from and told what to do by a bunch of pencil-necks, the younger the better. — NOS4A2
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