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Gimme some evidence that anyone at all in the government is pushing back on Trump with any effectiveness at all. Someone throw me a bone here. 😬 (lemmy.ml)

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I'm starting to really consider the whole "reality is a simulation" angle, and whoever is running the game has put in a cheat code. (not really really, but more than I ever have before)

It's like a shitty unrealistic movie plot has unfolded over the past decade. And every time it looks like maybe things are heading back on track, BOOM, we get another event that just turns us right back on the track to crazytown.

I'm having a hard time coming up with anything I can cling to in the hopes that Project 2025 isn't going to go exactly as planned down to the last detail.

How are we not going to become real-world Gilead (but with more racism)?

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not a single soul in the government is going to help or save you. I'm sorry you're only realizing this now, but the U.S. government has never been your friend or given a shit about you. It was captured by corporate forces at least 20 years ago, and set down this path to fascism over 40 years ago by Reagan. At this point, you will have to be one of the ones to resist, and you should reach out to local organizations to resist with them.

[–] marcos 10 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Can the US government just fire anybody they want for whatever reason? (I've seen lots of things implying they can, but I've never seen anything stating it clearly.)

Because if that's the case, yeah, nobody there will help. You'll just see a lot of people exiting it.

[–] Ensign_Crab 9 points 1 day ago

Can the US government just fire anybody they want for whatever reason?

Only when a Republican is in office. When a Democrat is in office, we have to keep DeJoy running the post office.

[–] DunkinCoder 13 points 2 days ago

Not really. The goal aside from probationary employees is to make the workforce miserable so they quit and starve itself in the process. RTOs (especially for those hired remotely, say states away), is one example.

“Hey the government is even more inefficient, let’s fire all the low performers.” - To the employee left doing 5x usual workload at 50% efficiency.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The first day of his inaguration, Trump put forth an executive order that will attempt to make all federal employees Schedule F, basically, the same protections as a political appointee instead of a civil servant. This will make them basically at will employees.

DunkinCoder is correct they are also making it really awful to work for the federal government with RTO and freezing of funding. And the hiring freeze. But it's not the complete picture, its actually much worse.

There will be court cases with federal employees trying to keep their jobs. I suspect they will fail, due to how the courts are republican controlled right now. The firings haven't started yet. Expect them soon. There will be loyalty tests. There's an email floating around asking federal employees to rat on "DEI hires", whatever that is. Are minorities that are actually entirely qualified for their federal position a "DEI hire"? Do you get fired if you don't pretend that they are?

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[–] jaybone 12 points 2 days ago

MAGA ICE Jesus no hablo ingles

[–] nothingcorporate 27 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I hate white Jesus

[–] Lemminary 7 points 2 days ago

And I hate flappy lipped, diaper-wearing, orange peel wannabe Jesus.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (3 children)

31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

-- ~~The Gospel According to Matthew~~ Liberal Talking Points

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[–] spankmonkey 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Project 2025 won't go exactly as planned, but at least half of it will and the rest will sow enough discord during the attempt to run the country into the ground. We will most likely still be the most powerful nation unless we split, just because of the massive population and resources available.

[–] trxxruraxvr 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There are two countries on this planet with more than three times you population and enough resources to take over your position of most powerful nation if they stop fucking around and you guys screw up badly enough.

[–] TheBat 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

China? Maybe. India? Fucking no. We're not even going to hit middle income trap like China. We're going to remain underdeveloped country for the foreseeable future.

[–] trxxruraxvr 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you keep voting for people like modi yes, but you guys still have more of a democracy than China so there's still a possibility

[–] TheBat 3 points 1 day ago

Nice to see you believe in my county more than I do. I've no hope from my country. It's going to hell.

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[–] ArchmageAzor 21 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I don't have an article about it on hand, but there was one judge who blocked Trump's attempt to remove birthright citizenship.

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[–] Shardikprime 5 points 1 day ago

The stun lock keeps on as planned

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (9 children)

Buy a gun and practice marksmanship, you limp-wrist coward. Complain online while doing nothing and watch the world burn or do what I do and join an LGBTQ marksmanship club, protest, give back to local community with volunteer hours,.

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[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

When Johnsons lips met trumps ass he pushed back real hard.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

As effective as they were in pushing Biden left

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