US US Politics General 2: Hope Edition - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

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Why doesn't some mayor cut Trump off and the knees with this crime stuff and start pushing to get their cities cleaned up? surely the temporary hate from certain groups would be drowned out by making your city safer, right?
A lot of mayors are leashed by drug cartels.
City governments wouldn't dare tamper with crime, lest their family members start going missing.
 
Why doesn't some mayor cut Trump off and the knees with this crime stuff and start pushing to get their cities cleaned up? surely the temporary hate from certain groups would be drowned out by making your city safer, right?
I think most people don't believe it's actually possible to solve problems, so their only plan is to hope Trump tries and then laugh at him when it fails. It's this weird thing I've noticed, you see it here, you'd think different political parties would have different opinions about what are the right goals to pursue, so you'd attack someone for what they're attempting because it's bad or misguided, not for their failure to get the result which you, as their political opponent, ostensibly shouldn't want them to achieve. But it's so much more common to see stuff like the TACO type of attack, where Trump voters aren't bad for wanting certain outcomes or being racist or whatever, they're just dumb to believe he can/will give it to them, and are being conned.
 
The best way to lighten your soul is to find the "lol. lmao" in the world where people make mistakes that they should have seen coming in ways never thought possible.
I've grown more brazen about it as I grow older. There will be a point where I just don't care anymore. I think it is rapidly approaching.

I took a trip a couple of weeks ago to the small town my Dad grew up in to see one of his old friends from high school, dying of cancer. A common problem in the small mining town he lived in, the coal runoff poisons the water. We were drinking at a tiny bar where my great great grandfather shot three men and rode off on a horse to join the Merchant Marines. In that bar my father's friend told me a secret. There's these digital juke boxes in bars now, where you can link your phone to it. This fucking guy has every bar in this small town linked to it, and he just plays random bullshit like, "Wheels on the bus" on Saturday nights and laughs to himself while sitting at home.

The fuck would the world be without people like that?
 
What did he do to earn the pink triangle? I've seen a couple of them, but have been afraid to ask.
Hovering over those triangles reveals the text Disruptive Guest.

To add insult to injury, a lot of these jobs give you minimal training (watching videos that don't teach you anything) and just throw you to the wolves, just sink or swim.
I had a boss who was so busy and disorganized that it took several months after I was hired before I was told, (Kiwi Lime Pie), I did tell you that your shirts have to be collared, right?

Me thinking: "You did now. I wish I knew that before I bought my current batch."

I wouldn't trust "mental health" ratings. Keep in mind the entire field is biased in favor of leftism.
Additionally, it seems like mental health diagnoses are little more than status symbols that people use to either label themselves as "neurodivergent" or declare themselves unable to be held accountable to standards or for unacceptable behavior (or both). It does a disservice for those having true mental health issues but can't get the help they want/need.

I drove through Baltimore earlier this year and made the mistake of avoiding Tolls on Google Maps. It took me through downtown and it was an absolute hellscape.
In the past, an unplanned detour took me through what apparently was a rough part of the town in which my event was located. Thankfully, it was early daylight, so the area didn't yet have any seedy characters loitering around the abandoned/boarded up buildings. Nevertheless, the host for the event I was attending made it clear it was the bad part of town and hinted I shouldn't take that particular route on the way back home.

I know President Trump would have more of a challenge cleaning up other cities since DC is a Federal District and special case. I understand why people want him to clean up those cities since the local officials can't or won't do it. unfortunately, I fear the other side would weaponize this against their opponents the next time they have the political power to do so.
 
I fear the other side would weaponize this against their opponents the next time they have the political power to do so.
They sort of did already when Texas had that standoff with the feds over border security during Biden.
Texas National Guard beefed up the border with walls of C-wire and Alejandro Mayorcass started to shit his pants over it threatening to arrest all the guardsmen for not allowing illegal aliens in through Texas. US intel was coordinating with the human traffickers in Mexico to get around the National Guard patrols so the feds can chop holes in the wire wall to let in hordes of illegals.
 
"hey look guys, i glued a toy lightsaber to a potato and called him Darth Spud, that's my generation's idea of a joke, because get it hahahaha it's star wars, you know star wars, right hahaha i put star wars into a thing that wasn't star wars and made it star wars hahaha DO YOU LIKE STAR WARS HAHAHA REMEMBER STAR WARS LMAO"
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I'm very curious what Newsom is even trying to do here. I feel like people who like Newsom wouldn't even wear the parody of a red Trump had just because of the potential of being though of as a Trump supporter by someone unaware of the joke. This reads to me as horribly and pathetically desperate to stay relevant.

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Like, look at this Axios title:

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How is this trolling Trump? Has Trump responded and I've missed how epically trolled he has been?
 
I'm very curious what Newsom is even trying to do here. I feel like people who like Newsom wouldn't even wear the parody of a red Trump had just because of the potential of being though of as a Trump supporter by someone unaware of the joke. This reads to me as horribly and pathetically desperate to stay relevant.

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How is this trolling Trump? Has Trump responded and I've missed how epically trolled he has been?
They're blowing newsom's wad now, in between any possible elections cause they are stupid and are pushing him now.

Hey, We'll have Newsom late 2027 that bs'd and won't have anyone counter him then since that'll be endless political months from now. Let them burn
 
I'm very curious what Newsom is even trying to do here. I feel like people who like Newsom wouldn't even wear the parody of a red Trump had just because of the potential of being though of as a Trump supporter by someone unaware of the joke. This reads to me as horribly and pathetically desperate to stay relevant.

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Like, look at this Axios title:

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How is this trolling Trump? Has Trump responded and I've missed how epically trolled he has been?
>Say something dumb
>People react
>"I am TROLLIN U
Real trolling used to mean something.
 
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Newsom's gonna be good back nastiness to the TDS/whatever that I don't give a damn about. I guess he's their guy now. Oomph

I suppose, naw, he's no better than kamala.
 
IDK Newsom I've yet to hear anyone say "You know actually we need to go back to 20% inflation and infinity imported illegals because that made my life so much better."
 
I'm very curious what Newsom is even trying to do here. I feel like people who like Newsom wouldn't even wear the parody of a red Trump had just because of the potential of being though of as a Trump supporter by someone unaware of the joke. This reads to me as horribly and pathetically desperate to stay relevant.

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Like, look at this Axios title:

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How is this trolling Trump? Has Trump responded and I've missed how epically trolled he has been?
They think just being a massive asshole is what made Trump popular.
 
I'm very curious what Newsom is even trying to do here. I feel like people who like Newsom wouldn't even wear the parody of a red Trump had just because of the potential of being though of as a Trump supporter by someone unaware of the joke. This reads to me as horribly and pathetically desperate to stay relevant.

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Like, look at this Axios title:

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How is this trolling Trump? Has Trump responded and I've missed how epically trolled he has been?
Jeopardy, what is the definition of trying too hard?
 
I'm very curious what Newsom is even trying to do here. I feel like people who like Newsom wouldn't even wear the parody of a red Trump had just because of the potential of being though of as a Trump supporter by someone unaware of the joke. This reads to me as horribly and pathetically desperate to stay relevant.

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Like, look at this Axios title:

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How is this trolling Trump? Has Trump responded and I've missed how epically trolled he has been?
Is Newsome trying to get his own supporters hurt? Some anti Trump wackjob would mistake the red hat for a MAGA one and attack them. Almost happened to me back in 2016 when I was wearing my red work hat on a uni campus.
 
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