Yeah, for all of the talk about free speech, what we really value in America is the right to stupidity.

And it doesn’t matter which team color you wear.

The pizza box laptop is still goated, IMHO.

Also, and this is really fun, I literally predicted this in September 2024.

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That last one does sound nice.

A very useful comment. Thank you, and have a lovely Sunday.

Simple.

The billionaires decide.

You can blame the whole of the US population if you like, but voters here only have any power on the local level. National elections are wholly driven and decided by the billionaire class (which is why you saw both Democrats and Republicans fight so hard against Mamdani), so to me, it’s a tad absurd to pretend that the people as a whole support this. That’s even more true when you look at the 2025 and 2026 elections (so far), where nearly all of the candidates backed by Donald have lost, regardless of the state, and most in districts Donald won by double digits in 2024. (Demonstrating that people do not support the war in Iran or the pedophile coverup.)

Hell, Donald can’t even gerrymander anymore, because the Republican Party can’t accurately project where they have voter strength. That is the incredible extent to which people are opposed to this.

And you make yourself sound ignorant by pretending otherwise in the face of all of these facts.

The downside is that, since the Epstein Class controls politics at the national level, the opposition party doesn’t really oppose anything, but there are a few candidates with some strength that could do some limited good, like Graham Platner.

Oof. Sorry to hear it.

We did this.

Speak for yourself. I voted Green.

Trump is the inevitable result of liberals spending all their energy opposing progressives and cooperating with fascists.

That’s a salient point, but the ‘we’ you’re pointing to isn’t a part of this. Billionaires and the Epstein Class are who the finger should be pointing at. Voters only have any real power at the local level, unless you’re planning to follow in the footsteps of Player 2.

We decided at some point to stop enforcing laws on rich people

Again, I’d argue there’s no we here. The only power you or I have is in our local neighborhood, and in mine, we’re doing good things. Hell, my city was one of the few to put a killer cop behind bars. (And in the US, you can count on your fingers the number of killer cops who’ve spent any time in prison.)

Go for it.

Your ignorance of American culture doesn’t offend me.

No need.

I endure because my success infuriates my enemies.

HA. Awesome.

This is waaaaaayyyyyy too tame. What I have to say on the eventual passing of our esteemed president will be a bit more detailed.

I hate that I actually know what those words mean.

I would love to possess the power and self-assurance of a furry little god who knows absolutely that they can just camp out on the stove and they will never, ever come to harm.

That’s rad!

Child rape: Not excommunicable

Reporting child rape and seeking justice: Excommunicable

It’s important to remember who these people really are. I recall the story of Bishop Robert Finn, in Kansas City, who hid a rapist priest and of all the crimes he could have been charged with, the authorities chose “failure to report”, and the pope’s response was to let him retire peacefully to Italy. He never spent a day in prison for aiding and abetting rape.

And the RCC has ‘litigation (read: rape) insurance’.

This is what I keep squarely in my mind whenever the rich douche in the white robe tries to change the conversation by talking about universal health care.

Don’t ever let your kids be alone with religious authorities of any flavor, but especially not Catholics.

This is the dumb shit your president is working on instead of making sure your family can eat.

U-S-A U-S-A

Makes you wish we had an opposition party that actually opposes things.

Nah, they’re too busy reading through their classified briefings and making sure their stock portfolios can take advantage, and if they’re getting current enough info, insider trading on Polymarket. These are much more important considerations than the US Constitution.

Good on them for fighting back. I imagine it’s going to be hard to defend in court, given the manner in which the DOGE cuts were conceived of and perpetrated, and our historical institutions are an important cultural staple that need to be funded and defended.