Trump's Second Term

Andy_Ross said:
I'm not on the ballot

Q: In Texas, a Democrat won a special election in an area you won by 17 points. What is your reaction?

TRUMP: I don't know. I didn't hear about it. Somebody ran -- where?

Q: In Texas

TRUMP: I'm not involved in that. That's a local Texas race. You mean I won by 17, and this person lost? Things like that happen. I'm not on the ballot
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Oh yes you are, mother ◊◊◊◊◊◊. Yes you are.
 
Aridas said:
So...

Socialism - A) Nazis - in name, only superficially in practice. B) Socialism - Actual practice.
No guns - A) Nazis - No guns for disfavored minorities, little restriction for those aligned with them. Pretty much exactly in line with MAGA sensibilities. B) Socialism - Not intrinsic to socialism. Most US socialists aren't "no guns" people, though, so much as "gun safety" people. It's specifically because of how extremely irresponsible and disingenuous the far right has been that there's the backlash on guns that there is.
Censorship - A) Nazis - See Republican efforts. B) Socialism - Not really intrinsic, but limited, reasonable censorship to limit harm done by actual bad actors (child abuse porn is bad, malicious lies and slander are bad) is generally favored.
Media mind control - A) Nazis - See Republican efforts. B) Socialism - Just no. Totalitarianism masquerading as socialism likely has that as a feature, but that's a totalitarianism thing, not a socialism thing.
Abortion - A) Nazis - Abortion was banned for desireables and enforced upon undesireables. Republicans, especially MAGA, are not far from that at all. B) Socialism - Not intrinsic to socialism. In the US, socialists generally are in favor of women's choice with limited restrictions, though, not least because that approach seems to be the most healthy for society as a whole.
Hate Jews - Nazis - Yup. Antisemitism something that exists across the political spectrum. MAGA, in particular, spreads antisemitic conspiracy theories that are largely rehashes of Nazi conspiracy theories, though. Where anti-Jew attitudes exist on the left, there's generally more emphasis on being opposed to Israel, an oppressive right-wing dominated political entity, than Jews, though actual antisemitism certainly exists on the left and among US socialists, too. Hating Whites is worthy of little more than an eye-roll, though, especially when coming as an accusation from groups that actually do revolve around hatred of arbitrary other groups, as MAGA does.
Worship the Government - A) Nazis - See Republicans, especially MAGA. B) Socialism - "Worship" is utterly wrong. Government is a powerful tool that is best used to benefit all of society, but the nature of that tool means that concepts like "faith" and "worship" are terrible when the goal is using it to benefit all of society.
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Much better just to to use the JJJ "oh, you're serious" clip from Spiderman 2.

They hate when you laugh at their idiocy, and they don't have the brains to read or understand the explanation.
 
Garrison said:
Should also be noted that a few years ago Rotten Tomatoes implemented a policy where you had to have bought a ticket to rate a movie, so I suspect all these audience scores are based on those who actually bought tickets, or who had tickets bought for them, so yes the audience reviews can have little to do with the merits of the movie. If there wasn't such a policy I would expect the audience score to somehow achieve negative numbers..
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I'm not sure how effective that policy is. I've rated films in 2025 and was never asked to prove I saw them.
 
Andy_Ross said:
I'm not on the ballot

Q: In Texas, a Democrat won a special election in an area you won by 17 points. What is your reaction?

TRUMP: I don't know. I didn't hear about it. Somebody ran -- where?

Q: In Texas

TRUMP: I'm not involved in that. That's a local Texas race. You mean I won by 17, and this person lost? Things like that happen. I'm not on the ballot
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You gave her your "Complete and Total Endorsement", remember? When you described her as "a highly successful Entrepreneur, and an incredible supporter of our Movement to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN", and asked "all America First Patriots in Texas’ 9th State Senate District to please make a plan to GET OUT AND VOTE on Election Day, Saturday, January 31st, for a phenomenal Candidate, Leigh Wambsganss"? Remember? Only a couple of days ago?

ETA: :notandy
 
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Andy_Ross said:
REPORTER: Are you ready to go to war with Chicago?

TRUMP: When you say that, darling, that's fake news. Listen. Be QUIET. Listen. You don't listen, you never listen. That's why you're second rate. We're not going to war...we're gonna clean cities up so they don't kill 5 people every weekend. That's not war - that's COMMON SENSE.

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"We're gonna kill a hundred people every week so they don't kill five!"
 
Andy_Ross said:
I'm not on the ballot

Q: In Texas, a Democrat won a special election in an area you won by 17 points. What is your reaction?

TRUMP: I don't know. I didn't hear about it. Somebody ran -- where?

Q: In Texas

TRUMP: I'm not involved in that. That's a local Texas race. You mean I won by 17, and this person lost? Things like that happen. I'm not on the ballot

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When the cold hand of The Shadow closes upon one's shoulder, one should pay attention.
 
steenkh said:
Don't give him ideas!

Anyway, he still has three more years to come up with new ideas like that, and his handlers are probably delighted when his attention is diverted to such matters.
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Pretty soon his handlers will be thinking like Melania: "I thought you'd be dead by now!"
 
Mojo said:
You gave her your "Complete and Total Endorsement", remember? When you described her as "a highly successful Entrepreneur, and an incredible supporter of our Movement to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN", and asked "all America First Patriots in Texas’ 9th State Senate District to please make a plan to GET OUT AND VOTE on Election Day, Saturday, January 31st, for a phenomenal Candidate, Leigh Wambsganss"? Remember? Only a couple of days ago?

ETA: :notandy
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That's probably why she lost.
 
Andy_Ross said:
Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
🚨 NOW: North Carolina’s Democrat Governor THREW IN THE TOWEL during tonight’s winter storm, ABANDONING residents, and leaving rescues up to private citizens

I pulled out 14 stranded motorists before my Tahoe became disabled, and I never saw a SINGLE first responder.

Shameful, but predictable.

Stop voting Democrat

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I never knew the Governor's duties included auto salvage.
 
P.J. Denyer said:
I never knew the Governor's duties included auto salvage.
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More likely calling for agencies to step up if they haven't, or tell the good folks they already have.
In worst case call for help from FEMA.... oh, wait. That won't happen for no funding.
 
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Gulliver Foyle said:
Much better just to to use the JJJ "oh, you're serious" clip from Spiderman 2.

They hate when you laugh at their idiocy, and they don't have the brains to read or understand the explanation.
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Fair enough. The person in question is extremely unlikely to actually see my response, though, so they couldn't reasonably be the intended audience.
 
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