We’ve been “defending” a large part of the world for 70 years without owning Greenland.
Yes, but I think Trump doesn’t understand the very concept of voluntary agreement. He only feels right when he has power over a thing and they don’t have a choice about it.
He’ll occasionally accept something given to him without strings, but only by casting that person as a “sucker” (his voters for example). Everything is adversarial and zero-sum to him.
Help, help! Someone call Dunning-Kruger Man! Please, Dunning-Kruger Man, confidently tell us it’s someone else’s fault without actually understanding anything! Hurry, we’re trapped in this news cycle with no way out!
Exactly as Project 2025 envisioned.
Good job. Keep up the folo. It’s the only way to have repercussions, to keep this story alive through Trump’s attempts to supersede it with media-bait nonsense.
My first thought too. The timing is just too perfect.
My second thought? This means that Trump’s team probably has executive orders just waiting in the wings, since they know how this all works. The only thing needed to supplant even awful news cycles are even worse news cycles.
My third thought? This means every time Team Trump royally messes up something, our only reward will be Team Trump doing something even worse, because it’s the only move they have, ever.
Until we’re all dead by their or our own hands, presumably.
Slamming Trump? That’s a paddling.
Trump brain: I clearly didn’t use enough gasoline.
People post things as therapy, I know I do.
Posting insane things and hearing it recognized as such is a way to remind ourselves that we’re still sane.
Hardship does two things relevant here: It creates discontent, and can help build empathy. Both would eventually create a groundswell of support for bettering conditions across demographics.
The right has effectively neutered both, by being fast with their blame game. Even though they cause the hardship, they point the finger faster and louder at the immigrants, democrats, and minorities, both redirecting blame and severing empathetic ties.
There is a reason why this is the core part of the fascist playbook - it works.
Yes, there’s little chance they aren’t completely aware of what they are doing. They’re doing it intentionally.
Well, that certainly would be the typical Democratic strategy: concede the game hoping that they get a good sportsmanship award.
Ok ok, but hear me out - what if we didn’t have elections. No problem!
Sure, but question: are you a number?
Hey, that was their name already! What are you trying to pull!
Words are failing me. Maybe if I could time travel 200 years into the future, and draw on the entirety of human linguistic progress, I might be able to express how repulsive Donald Trump is.
I don’t know if we deserve better, but Ukraine certainly does.
Again, ignore the distraction headlines during the week and focus on the Friday night actions, which are meant to get buried.
This one again makes no sense, unless viewed under the theory that Trump is working to further Russian interests. This is an organization that has acted as a counterbalance to Russian global propaganda networks like RT. Cutting them off has no effect except reducing America’s influence around the world and primarily benefits Russia.
Google Assistant: Let’s build a product around functionality.
Gemini: Let’s build functionality around a product.
Any guess which method works better?
I think it’s worrisome to see the graphic, but the graphic also is strangely limited and the numbers aren’t clear whether they are combined totals across platforms.
Presumably traditional media that has an online presence is excluded on purpose, but it’s not clear why having a traditional media presence should negate the total online-only viewership. E.g., Daily Show with 35m+ across different social platforms? Colbert with 15m+? John Oliver with 10m+? It makes it feel like this is ragebait.
Sounds like another Friday night special is coming today.
What most people don’t know is Republicans have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, Schumer sent wave after wave of Americans at them until they reached their limit and shut down.