tomprogers

You're in for a surprise. Check out the Byrd machine: Byrd dominated Virginia for 70 years by hacking democracy with fairly crude methods of voter suppression and help from a small cadre of elites. Byrd was invincible despite having support of only ~10% of voters

The GOP is building that, at scale

It's still a conspiracy even if it's 1 villain using blackmail to compel cooperation from others

I think you're right about Epstein's approach, how he insinuated himself

But it's also clear many elites voluntarily came back for more, and that Epstein had industrialized production of kompromat

Trump 1 campaigned on improving healthcare, too, and 10 years later he's never produced a plan, and is poised to take care away from tens of millions

Republicans have only been able to gain office by lying to the public about their goals

It's why they need Fox News

The gate on that path is vigorously guarded by the already-very-wealthy

Your kid should be upright, it won't cost her anything, success by that path isn't a live option

The racism & misogyny of the Right baked into all reporting on the Court

Kavanaugh hated the spotlight; he'd love to hide forever while he revenges himself on us

Who's to say whether the justices even appeared at all, when all the public has is the output of a co-conspirator's Midjourney fantasy?

This would be a major concession to fascists who fear the public that they're deliberately crushing the life out of with their anti-democratic rulings

The whole world forced to see the Roberts Court literally through Leonard Leo's eyes

The Federalists always looking noble & yng, the rest slandered

Of course the Roberts Six want to hide

Easier to write our death warrants when they don't have to muster a straight face while issuing them

We're drowning in fascist propaganda, but even so, Roberts & his pals are eager to remove our "lying eyes" from the process entirely

A peak fascism indicator

We The People need a way to disrupt corruption.

The Roberts Court makes it a point to not worry about whether posterity bears out the facts they assert in support of their opinions

Judge is a great job because there is no penalty for being wrong

Roberts could rule based on Harry Potter canon and the justice system wouldn't bat an eye

The GOP spent decades refining voter-suppression measures, installing judges who hate voters, stoking fearful conspiracies about illegal voting, stormed the national capital, and rejecting their electoral loss, all in broad daylight

But you claim I'm mentally ill for recognizing their destination?!

Nobody is "learning" anything

Polls show that Americans trust the GOP more on broad policy areas (e.g. "the economy") even though they revile all the GOP's policies

White-collar workers haven't learned to draw their own conclusions, they accept conclusions they're fed

I.e. they don't learn, ever

The US economy is designed to reward people disproportionately for owning things, rather than doing things.

Pam Bondi is pretty sure that the 2026 elections will be rigged six ways from Sunday.

They govern like they'll never be out of power because they're all working to ensure their power is unassailable. And they are probably right about that.

Congress will choose to abolish itself.

I have no doubt that Pam Bondi will become infamous for something far worse than merely striking out with a grand jury.

Screenshot from OSS Simple Sabotage manual; the text is in the post.

It's from the Simple Sabotage manual:

- Give lengthy and incomprehensible explanations when questioned.
- Be as irritable and quarrelsome as possible without getting yourself into trouble.

Here, Pam Bondi sabotages Congressional oversight of the DOJ.

Screenshot from OSS Simple Sabotage manual: "Straight out of the Simple Sabotage manual: "Cry and sob hysterically at every occasion, especially when confronted by government clerks."

Straight out of the Simple Sabotage manual:

- Cry and sob hysterically at every occasion, especially when confronted by government clerks.

Here, Pam Bondi sabotages public oversight of her job performance.

Screenshot from OSS Simple Sabotage manual. "12. General Devices for Lower Morale and Creating Confusion. (A) Give length and incomprehensible explanations when questioned. (B) Report imaginary spies or danger to the Gestapo or police. (C) Act stupid. (D) Be as irritable and quarrelsome as possible without getting yourself into trouble."

Simple Sabotage manual:

- give nonsense answers
- report made-up dangers
- act stupid
- be irritable and quarrelsome

Here, Pam Bondi sabotages Congressional oversight of the DOJ.

The one Democrat who voted for the SAVE Act, making this his second time voting yea for this bill in the past year, in Henry Cuellar of Texas.

Very disappointed to learn that lavatories don't study lava

If an increasing unpopular leader, known for shaping reality w/ lies, wanted to subvert democracy, would they: A) complain that the polls are “fake news”, B) threaten polling organizations into silence, C) sow distrust in election results, or D) find ways to disenfranchise voters of the other party?

Donald Trump has decided that America is no longer permitted to know whether America likes having Trump as president.

You all know what comes next.

In the age of surveillance capitalism, I feel it's far more important to not volunteer biographical information about oneself.

Never forget that the people holding the levers of power are unabashed fascists who are pursuing an everything-on-the-menu approach to killing Americans & ending democracy.

This is why candidate Trump said that 2024 would be the last time his supporters would need to vote.

If only people hadn't stayed home.

Prepare yourselves for 20 more years of this.

It is not a sprint, nor even a marathon. It will be an odyssey that most of us have no hope of surviving. Observing, as heroic as it is, is not nearly enough.

Hype = "thing is great"

By substitution, Hayes saying "maybe hype is true" = Hayes saying "maybe thing is great"

I confess I don't see what nuance you think you're identifying. There isn't any.

Perhaps this is why Trump has strong-armed Gallup into ending their 88-year-long practice of polling about presidential approval numbers

His massive unpopularity is undermining his ability to dominate other power centers. Too many people noting that he has no clothes.

Same reason serial killers abuse animals.

Maybe Putin will die of laughter?

They know what they are doing. They are trying to kill as many Americans as possible without it looking like murder.

The regime is financial criminals, rapists, and rejects, who fear annihilation if the rule of law is ever re-established, aided by Putin (who hates U.S.).

This is slow genocide.