insert “Broken clocks” idiom

He’d be doing the right thing but for the wrong reasons and in this case, for more authoritarian control

MAGA/Trump is still complaining about Obama, tan suits and Nobel Peace Prizes. Your point being?

Social media staffer hitting home with the malicious compliance

This shows how your system is inherently broken. At least two of those things should be apolitical.

I love a sunburnt country.
A land of sweeping plains.
Of ragged mountain rang…ow fuck, embers. Quick everyone , grab the dog and let’s get out now.
Ah shit, the utes on fire. Everyone, to the bathroom now. “Too Late To Leave”

Make plans in advance everyone. Don’t be a hero. It’s only stuff.

The Party told you to ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

The plastic recycling industry is looking forward to that day too

Hey now, I’ve known plenty of whores who are fine and lovely people. At least they give something positive to the world. Noem, not so much.

He doesn’t think fraud is a crime so this makes sense. He’s always been a snake oil salesman and if he can take money from idiots that’s their loss and shouldn’t be illegal from his viewpoint.

That old usage is still very much still in use in the UK. It’s usually used to signify uncouth and crass behaviour with being loud and obnoxious.

Not every USian is, but those that follow those traits are usually USian.

Should people actually care enough that they react without the protesters needing to resort to this method? Absolutely.

Sadly, apathy is the default position of most. They don’t think, or care to think, that this could happen to them so they should fight to make sure it’s nipped in the bud early (let alone that even if it would never affect them that they should, for the sake of others, stop them because that’s the right thing to do. But no, the majority let it fester, put their head in the sand and let the problem grow until it’s too late and now they are victims too.

Fascism lives and dies by propaganda and aesthetics. Watching a goon squad attacking someone dressed in a happy little costume damages their brand and make them look like what they are…goons.

Why bother having an alliance if one of the key signatories can just decide that they don’t feel like being an ally anymore.

This will haunt the US for decades to come. Just like that unreliable friend, they’ll slowly get invited to fewer and fewer parties until eventually they’re sitting there alone wondering why nobody gives a shit about them anymore.

Several different names for the 4 different countries it should split into.

Cascadia (obviously) - in the west border line is the Rockies. Mississippi - all the flat corn states and those whose purpose comes from the river. Basically all the land between the Rockies and the Appalachians, but not including the great lakes states.
Southern states - all those East of the Appalachians but South of Virginia including Florida.
Northern states - all those North of Virginia and may include the lake states too but…

The lake states might just join Canada or go independent and call themselves Iroquois or something…

Alaska is Canadian, as it should be. Texas is Mexican (again), as it should be. Hawaii is now independent and tied to New Zealand, as it should be.

Ol’ Bone Spurs can shut the fuck up when it comes to anything military imo

No no, not “a negotiator”, we said “ego-driven dictator”.

Racism? In Texas? Say it ain’t so.

And apparently 70 years ago too.

You’re banned for life as Reddit mods are overzealous and refuse to change their minds. Ban evasion is on Reddit’s side and goes against their TOS. Might as well embrace the Lemmy life - it’s better here anyway and a lot less bots and reposts which was about 80% of Reddit now.

You can still use Reddit for looking up things, you’re just stuck being a permanent lurker - which many do anyway.