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[–] thisphuckinguy 6 points 33 minutes ago

That guy needs a punch in the face

[–] jaggedrobotpubes 11 points 6 hours ago

Also: before

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't even bother reading anything about project 2025 because I thought surely it wouldn't come to this

[–] Timmy_Jizz_Tits 22 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Ugh, it's bad. Mitch McConnells life work is about to be fulfilled. Courts are stuffed with gop goons to create a legit legal precedent for unitary executive theory. It's bad. I'm mostly worried about deportation and family separation. I think he's going to consider that a big thank you to the loyalty of his base. The cruelty is the point for a lot of those people. I'm worried that these policies will lead to race riots by Hispanics, especially if they fuck with DACA.

[–] andxz 12 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

If you think that's the worst that's going to happen I almost feel sorry for ya.

This is 1934 all over again, but even worse.

[–] cmbabul 2 points 50 minutes ago

The only bright side is that it’s unlikely they’ll be able to implement it across the country without a civil war. Yes a civil war is the bright side

[–] TrickDacy 66 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It's all Harris's fault everyone so definitely do not blame the absolute human garbage who didn't vote even knowing the stakes

[–] [email protected] 26 points 17 hours ago (10 children)

I 10000% blame the Jill Stein voters and non voters

[–] Tattorack 16 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Really? You wouldn't blame the millions of people that explicitly voted for a convicted, fascist criminal?

If Americans had any sense the race would've been between Stein and Harris, not between Harris and someone who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a presidency.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

Its obv. Trump voters are to blame. Just as much the non voters and Stein voters.

[–] Scolding7300 4 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Would those votes have mattered? Last I checked on Nov 5 only 70k votes went to 3rd party and the gap between Harris and Trump was much greater

[–] Freefall 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

3rd party defenders coming out of the woodwork. Sorry you are all to blame. Let's make it easy for these fools and just say "everyone who didn't vote blue" instead of "3rd party and nonvoters". Put all the garbage in the same garbage bag.

[–] lemmingthelemmers 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Basic math tells us that you haven't the capacity to actually comprehend the situation.

Sit this one out Blue Maga Guy.

[–] TokenBoomer 1 points 10 minutes ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

The 20 million people who voted Biden but not Harris would have mattered. Non voters are the same kind of trash as MAGA

[–] krashmo 36 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

But not the 73 million people that wanted this explicitly?

[–] Freefall 0 points 1 hour ago

Wow, what an incredibly stupid point to make.

We didn't win the race because we only put two wheels on the car. yEAh BuT whAT iF ThE fiNish linE WasNT So FAr FRoM THe StaRt...NoT thE RaCE TeaMs FAUlt.

[–] ZILtoid1991 1 points 6 hours ago

A lot of them thought it won't be that bad, or it's just a bluff.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 15 hours ago

Most of them at least (misguidedly) think they are doing the best thing for themselves/the country. Non-voters just couldn’t be bothered to take any responsibility at all.

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[–] Nightwingdragon 307 points 22 hours ago (16 children)

"Now that the election is over I think we can finally say that yeah actually Project 2025 is the agenda," Walsh wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

In other words "Damn right we lied to everybody! Thanks, suckers!"

I guess there's no need to even bother wearing the masks any more. Racism, misogyny and bigotry won the day. Handily. Republicans turned out in droves to sign up for more of it, and Democrats have said they're willing to accept it rather than elect a black woman. At that point, why even bother hiding it. Everybody knows what it is, and last night they said in pretty decisive fashion that they either actively want it or are at least willing to accept it.

We did this to ourselves. Trump made some small gains, but Harris underperformed Biden by roughly 10% or so. That means millions of Democrats sat home instead of voting for Harris, which also cost the Democrats some House and Senate seats downballot due to the lower turnout. There was no election fraud. This was a free and fair election. Trump won the popular vote. There are no excuses this time. We. Voted. For. This.

8-10 million Democrats stayed home. I don't care if you're "protesting Gaza", or if you're a closeted bigot who would rather sit out than vote for a black woman. Or whatever. If you stayed home rather than vote for Harris, you voted for this. In the words of Rush, "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice". And you made that choice knowing it was a de-facto vote for Trump.

The GOP had a damn good night last night. And they couldn't even wait 24 hours before cramming it right down our throats. They couldn't even wait 24 hours to take the mask off. Give it a couple of days and I figure the national abortion ban will be the next thing they don't bother trying to lie about any more. Why bother trying to hide it? We already said we're cool with it.

[–] ashok36 57 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

A guy at work today said he wasn't worried about prop 3 failing because he has a medical Marijuana card. Like, dude, you're a brown man on a list of Marijuana consumers and the modern day nazis just got elected and now wield the fbi and DEA with no guardrails. He's fucked and he refuses to see it.

[–] Sweetpeaches69 1 points 8 hours ago

Did you tell him that? These retards need of written in crayon.

[–] [email protected] 131 points 21 hours ago (12 children)

Don't forget that the Latino vote for Trump went from 25% to 45%.

The dumb bastards voted themselves into being deported and don't think Stephen Miller is going to have a soft spot for people here legally.

Hes gonna come for them all.

[–] ZILtoid1991 4 points 6 hours ago

There's a lot of christian fundamentalists among them too, and I think the "sitting out of it" could have affected that demographic too.

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[–] CharlesDarwin 58 points 19 hours ago (8 children)

The weirdoes are excited about cutting off the porn, I guess.

[–] Bookmeat 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Y'all remember how prohibition panned out?

[–] rottingleaf 3 points 8 hours ago

Well, maybe US-produced porn will stop being glossy garbage for a difference.

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