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Difficult, yes. But it was fone, repeatedly, even in the US.
But nobody seems to even try in earnest.

10.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cynical take: You have nowhere else to go, because there is no other viable opposition in the US with universal enough appeal. Isolated single issue groups will not expand to catch enough votes and are not even trying because it would mean compromises / adding "buts" to their one single issue.

10.03.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

So where are any real alternatives?
It is popular to unload on the Democratic party, but if the people are so deeply dissatisfied with them, that should be a hotbed for a new movement.
Where is it? What is the core message?

10.03.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

AΕΎ tak ne - z tΔ›chto skupin mΓ‘ GOP ty extrΓ©mnΔ›jΕ‘Γ­, z bΓ­lΓ½ch je tam i spousta normΓ‘lnΓ­ch lidΓ­ co "se nezajΓ­majΓ­ o politiku" a "hlasujΓ­ jen kvΕ―li danΓ­m".

10.03.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of excursion
Rode the six hundred.
β€œForward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!” he said.
Into the valley of excursion
Rode the six hundred.

10.03.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

More importantly you will have daily scheduled public professions of hate towards select public enemy of the day.

10.03.2026 08:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nah. She would have been a pretty much middle of the line President hobbled by a narrow margin in Congress and likely a minority in the Senate, she would not have inclination or power for any radical steps.
HOWEVER...
I doubt y'all will be in any of the current hot messes.

10.03.2026 08:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you ever struggled with an impostor syndrome...

10.03.2026 08:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Captain's log. Stardate 41153.7. Iran is two weeks away from nuclear bomb..."

10.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Good thing you Congress is not alive to hear rhat.

10.03.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Macinkovi to asi i pΕ™eloΕΎili, ale moΕΎnΓ‘ jeΕ‘tΔ› ΕΎije v iluzi, ΕΎe Trump znΓ‘ vΓ½raz slova "pΕ™Γ­tel " a ΕΎe on jΓ­m je...

09.03.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a person with a hood on says i was at a party , you know Alt: Death with a hood on says i was at a party , you know

Come on, please! Don't be so careful in time of death!

09.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But will they react by "I don't want this, so let's do something"? Or by "I may not like this, but politics is too confusing and I don't care about that and besides both sides and besides the guy in the TV says this is fault of other countries so what can we do..."?

09.03.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TBH people who voted for him are less of a problem than people who did not vote and now skirt on the "Not my responsibility" wave. It's the "I don't care about politics" the authoritarians ride on.

09.03.2026 09:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Translation: "We thought we were supposed to get this oil!"

09.03.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good thing the Congress is not alive to see it.

08.03.2026 10:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That is something GOP worked out and on for decades and it paid off, while Democratic voters tend to grant slim majorities for presidential election year and then log off for midterms and let the GOP have it for a prolonged time. You need to build margins in your voting block.

06.03.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No. The trick is to have enough votes in the first place that whatever you want does not hinge on two or three people with questionable leanings.
Because that then means the few firebrands you already have can work on getting actual majorities - that will in turn demonstrate it can be done.

06.03.2026 13:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

"The dems" did, or "the Senator who was widely praised as the next best Progressive thing by Democratic Socialists" did? ;)
The trick is getting enough votes in both chambers that few individuals dropping out will not kill the things you want. MAGAs got the idea, you did not as it seems.

06.03.2026 12:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Shrug. If it was "wrong AI information", does not remove the guilt from people approving and executing the strike. It just puts it on the AI company as well.

06.03.2026 10:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So after launching a war to distract from Epstein Files now Epstein Files are going to be released to distract from the war?

06.03.2026 10:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Remind me who spent years and hundreds of hours on Benghazi? :D

05.03.2026 12:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"I don't say this, but a number of Evangelical preachers supporting MAGA do..."

04.03.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"I don't say this, but a number of Evangelical preachers supporting MAGA do..."

04.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As it is, y'all now have launched into a religious war against Iran and I kinda do not see all of the "Both sides are the same" folks doing... Anything. Except actually still attacking Democrats more than Trump and still claiming they'd rather stay home.

04.03.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you could not get over that, you are part of the reason you have... Pretty much the exact opposite. You may not have gotten the Universal Healthcare, you would not have had people kicked off Medicare. You may not sort out world hunger, you would not have actively made it worse.

04.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If there was enough demand for it, there would bea viable third party. They can emerge even in majority systems.
There is not. If you want to get your dream policies, you need to get the votes where it matters.
If you don't, you own the result. Again... Your Utopia was not on the ticket.

04.03.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Shrug. Yes, if there is no other choice in your district, or you will end up without voting power and steamrolled by the R's.
You may not like it, but if your paragons of virtue do not have large enough margin of votes they will do nothing. You need enough votes few missing will not sink you.

04.03.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a person adjusting their hair in front of a wall with a map of the united states on it Alt: a person adjusting their hair in front of a wall with a map of the united states on it

Planning session:

04.03.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Would hitting the plane with one missile and then the wreckage with a second count as two kills?

04.03.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0