Media: Trump all over Epstein files

The People: Show us the files!

Trump: I wll release Epstein files!

The People: OK where are the files?

Trump: Sure let me just tamper with them first

The Media: Trump may tamper with files!

FBI: We are tampering with the files

DOJ: OK here are the tampered files

The People: Hey these files are tampered with!

Trump: No they are a Democrat hoax! Also the only guilty people are Bill Clinton and these random black celebrities I don't like!

The Media: Epstein Files may have been tampered with!

The People: (gasping) Damn you, Pam Bondi!

You see why I no longer take this shit seriously

I dont know what you want. If were going to complain about them not following the rule of law, the answer is exactly what? What processes or faculty does anyone have here? Do we just say hey were going to arrest Trump with what power to do so? What police? What grounds? Seems as if anything that we want to get him on has to follow some sort of case law? I dont know what you want here.

5 hours ago, Jamie_B said:

I dont know what you want. If were going to complain about them not following the rule of law, the answer is exactly what? What processes or faculty does anyone have here? Do we just say hey were going to arrest Trump with what power to do so? What police? What grounds? Seems as if anything that we want to get him on has to follow some sort of case law? I dont know what you want here.

A general strike. Crowds in the streets. Shut this shit down entirely while we still have a chance.

"Rule of Law"? WTF is that? This administration breaks the law with impunity.

What I want are real life consequences. Not more "hearings" and another round of feckless hand-wringing from a fake opposition party.

"Why won't this corrupt government save us from the corrupt government?!"

27 minutes ago, T-Dub said:

A general strike. Crowds in the streets. Shut this shit down entirely while we still have a chance.

"Rule of Law"? WTF is that? This administration breaks the law with impunity.

What I want are real life consequences. Not more "hearings" and another round of feckless hand-wringing from a fake opposition party.

"Why won't this corrupt government save us from the corrupt government?!"

I'd love a general strike, but we have to remember that we live in a hyper-individualized nation, for right or wrong. The question is how long it takes for the conditions to break for that to happen, meaning how long does it take for this stuff to deeply effect people's pocketbooks and not just poor people, but the middle-class people, especially and for them to realize that blaming the other isnt fixing their problems.

I think you'd have better luck with going after Bondi/Patel. Im not even being flippant here, thats how little faith I have in a population that voted this guy in with the popular vote too. In order to change minds you have to see things get bad for more people than it is now.

8 minutes ago, Jamie_B said:

I'd love a general strike, but we have to remember that we live in a hyper-individualized nation, for right or wrong. The question is how long it takes for the conditions to break for that to happen, meaning how long does it take for this stuff to deeply effect people's pocketbooks and not just poor people, but the middle-class people, especially and for them to realize that blaming the other isnt fixing their problems.

I think you'd have better luck with going after Bondi/Patel. Im not even being flippant here, thats how little faith I have in a population that voted this guy in with the popular vote too. In order to change minds you have to see things get bad for more people than it is now.

It would have to be organized with the big trade unions. Teamsters, AFL-CIO, NUHW. Hell, any one of them alone could end this shit in a week.

2 minutes ago, T-Dub said:

It would have to be organized with the big trade unions. Teamsters, AFL-CIO, NUHW. Hell, any one of them alone could end this shit in a week.

Not likely quick enough for you but there are plans.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/22/autoworkers-uaw-shawn-fain-may-2028-national-strike

11 minutes ago, Jamie_B said:

Not likely quick enough for you but there are plans.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/22/autoworkers-uaw-shawn-fain-may-2028-national-strike

2 more years of this and it's not going to matter. Not really about what I want or when. They'll be "domestic terrorists" simply for discussing it.

Here ya go, Jamie. Co-incidentally, this article appeared this morning. I knew a few people who were associated with/went through the Highlander School and looked up to them. This'll help you keep the faith:

Progressive Educator Myles Horton's Lessons for Fighting for Social Justice Today

15 hours ago, Jamie_B said:

I think you'd have better luck with going after Bondi/Patel.

Undoubtedly, because it's mostly symbolic and accomplishes nothing. That's our modern Democratic Party in a nutshell.

Meanwhile, from the “You can’t make this shit up” files:

Republicans in the Ohio House want to name a 2 mile stretch of I-70 that goes through downtown Columbus “Donald J. Trump Freedom Highway “. Ignoring the fact that in the last election, Kamala Harris beat Trump by 38 points in Columbus, and also ignoring the fact that this stretch of freeway runs through Joyce Beatty’s district and she’s suing the Trump administration over renaming the Kennedy Center, this is just a stupid idea.

1 hour ago, Shebengal said:

Meanwhile, from the “You can’t make this shit up” files:

Republicans in the Ohio House want to name a 2 mile stretch of I-70 that goes through downtown Columbus “Donald J. Trump Freedom Highway “. Ignoring the fact that in the last election, Kamala Harris beat Trump by 38 points in Columbus, and also ignoring the fact that this stretch of freeway runs through Joyce Beatty’s district and she’s suing the Trump administration over renaming the Kennedy Center, this is just a stupid idea.

I think we should rename every federally-funded anything the "Donald J. Trump Very Stable Genius ______________". We could replace Lincoln's head at the Monument with Trump's constipated pucker-face. Put an extra gold star on the flag, just for him.

Maybe seeing him plastered on everything would help drive the point home?