mtutiger

Yes, it absolutely sucks.... but a movement whose leaders lie like they breathe and have no shame are always going to have it easier than the rest of us.

If there was one thing I could change about the rhetoric I see from the anti-Trump side, it would be to stop making these broad brush assumptions that all 49% are MAGA.... it's counterproductive on a number of levels

To be fair, I don't know that it's fair to expect all liberals to modulate their speech or feelings either.... and what politicians say and supporters say are two different things. I think it would be dumb for Schumer, Jeffries, or even AOC to go out and talk about FAFO and leopards eating faces, for instance.... but I suspect that almost all of them, even if there are tactical disagreements, would acknowledge that politics is about addition and not subtraction. And may not mimic the viral lines of the base voter.

Donald Trump won the overall popular vote by 1.5% nationally, and by roughly 200,000 votes spread over three states (PA, MI, WI).... small, subtle changes in the electorate over the next couple of years can and will make a huge difference. It's not about the Trumpers, it's not about the "red hats" as you like to call them.... most of those people are just gone. But there's a slice of the electorate that doesn't follow politics as closely as your or I do, who maybe don't love Donald Trump but remember the economy as being reasonably good between 2017-2019 (memory holing how he ****ed up 2020). We pretend like these people don't exist, but they do.... The "leopards" and "FAFO" stuff is fast food for liberals, and it isn't without a modicum of truth, but in order to build a coalition to push back on these guys, there's going to have to be an acceptance of people who realize or admit that they were lied to by this administration. It's annoying, I'll be the first to admit it, but it's reality.

I want to emphasize that it's incredibly hard with how terrible this administration is in so many respects.... but the "FAFO" and "Leopard's Eating Faces" stuff has to be balanced with the need to message to those who may have voted for him but feel betrayed by actions his administration have taken. Those people will be needed in any resistance efforts and in 2026. I'm not on Twitter anymore, but while Bsky is better and more civilized, I am seeing more of that kinda stuff than I'd like.

As frustrating as it is, this remains correct.

They are firing people all over government because they want to fire people all over government.

It'd look a lot more right wing if three of the columns weren't discussing arguably Trump's least popular policy position (ie. Russia)

I remember fondly when "President Musk" was just liberal hysteria and not, you know, reality.

What is Trump gonna do, take everyone's IPhone away?

Every single reversal should be treated as an admission of failure by DOGE. And the failures are piling up

"**** those kids"- @Tigeraholic1 probably

Is Susan Collins concerned yet?

Oh look, the Arsonists put out the fire and expects an attaboy*. *Except they didn't apparently

Same crowd that was hair on fire in 2022 now feels like lecturing everyone about "temporary pain"

Exactly right. Many Americans in particular love to revel in their independence of thought and action. And will continue to do so up until the moment that reality catches up with them

This thread from Rep. Casten (from the Chicago Suburbs) outlines why their Medicaid cuts would be devastating in practice and why they are trying their hardest to keep their intentions hidden as much as possible in this process. The bullet point list he gives for why it affects even those (like all of us I assume) who don't use it is spot on: Families have kids with physical and mental disabilities, and unless you are uber-wealthy, Medicaid is very likely going to be utilized to allow them to live a life of dignity. It's used to cover nursing home expenses. Especially for those without family to look after us, we maybe would need to rely on Medicaid to help finance the costs If you live in a rural area and rely on a hospital system which takes a lot of Medicaid patients, cutting Medicaid would result in worse care and/or hospital closures (this is one I harp on a lot because it's the likeliest biggest direct impact to my life should it go through) Slashing Medicaid will lead to less usage of preventative care services and force more people to utilize ERs, which are already overcrowded as it is. To quote @Tigeraholic1, woof....

"My tariffs are good for Michigan because of course they are good for Michigan, I one Michigan by sooo much"

Of course this is the same bill that would slash Medicaid funding, which hospitals rely on for a lot of their cash flow and which finances something like 30-40% of births in this country. Funding that if slashed would bankrupt families and would likely cause hospitals to have to cut staff, if not close entirely in some rural areas. And you think this bill is a positive outcome???

These guys are incredible

The blame game **** will work on the faithful... And not much further than that. Especially with Congress trying to **** around with entitlements

Trump at nearly 60% disapproval in a state he lost by 6 points... Seems to fly in the face of the @Archie claim that "almost everyone who voted for Trump approves of him right now"

I've never seen a better argument for DC Statehood