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The normalizers are exuding calm – but Trump 2.0 is anything but normal
(www.theguardian.com)
It will help distract the magoos that voted for this dumbass. They can be "proud" of some performative bullshit, and that plus the likes of Faux "News" no longer screeching about egg prices will mollify the stupid.
Trump is a master at misdirection, though. He floods the zone with bullshit, on purpose, so the media keeps talking about the crazy shit he says, and not the actual things he does. He won't do all of the things he talks about, but he can do any individual thing that he wants to. He is hoping to get away with things while we all chatter about the crazy shit he says.
So now that the election is over and we know we have to tolerate four more years of it, we are better off keeping any public resistance under the radar until he actually takes actions while in office, and prioritize responding to what he does over what he says.
Ah yes, the American experiment: "can the president destroy the country?"
Its a good question though. Does any of this shit actually work or are we all blowing ourselves?
😢 Y'all are getting to blow yourselves? The only I get to blow is questionable food choices out my ass
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NPR gonna be droning the hegemonic narrative peacefully through the apocalypse.
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2025
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