879
They Do These Stunts for Distraction
(lemmy.ml)
Everyone knows groceries come from Greenland and the Panama Canal
Trump isn’t in office and he’s already renaming Eurasia.
Gulf of Just Ignore the Sentencing on 34 Felony Convictions.
Don't Start A Populist Movement Against The 1% Canal
Sooooooooooo much produce comes from Mexico. Antagonizing them can literally only make things worse for your grocery bill. There is no upside for your average person.
He already said he’s not going to lower grocery prices. He said that’s hard.
As a Canadian I’m not staying out of your politics anymore. The US electorate can go fuck themselves.
Hard? All he needs to do is turn the "grocery prices" dial to the left. That's how it works, right?
Please get more Canadians to meddle here, we're not doing all that great...
Except the yahoo trucker convoy assholes. They can go live in Florida with the rest of em.
A lot of those trucks were rented.
Most of them were just abandoned.
What self respecting trucker is just giving up their truck?
Perhaps you haven't been following Canada's state of affairs? They're not going too great either.
Sadly no, it’s a frustrating time.
At least we might get economist mark carney in the drivers seat to fight off trumps economic nonsense. It’s improbable but that’s my new hope.
Were can i buy these stickers?
I always gotta suggest Etsy when the opportunity arises. Nothing exactly like this that I can find on there, but close enough.
Just gotta make sure you double check the sticker count and material, otherwise you're paying extra for one single vinyl sticker.
Please don’t put them all over gas pumps like they did.
Where should we put them? On random grocery items that have miraculously not gone down in price?
load more comments
(3 replies)
I want to put them on the dirtiest truck stop toilets I can find
I'll put them on the price signs when gas becomes $10/gallon.
load more comments
(5 replies)
I just feel like... what are they distracting us from? He's not even sworn in yet
His cabinet picks for one thing
Their nomination is not secured and already had Matt Gatez drop out because of enough backlash
They don't want focused backlash to make it happen for others
The NC Supreme Court trying to overturn a Democrat victory, for a second thing.
NC has a sordid history with Democracy.
1898-White supremacists do not like newly elected representative, decide to have a massacre etc.
As the violence continued, Waddell led a group to the Republican mayor, Silas P. Wright. Waddell forced Wright, the board of aldermen, and the police chief to resign at gunpoint.[17] Waddel's group included future U.S. Congressman John D. Bellamy and future NC Assemblyman George Rountree.[2] The mob installed a new city council that elected Waddell to take over as mayor by 4 p.m. that day.[28]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_massacre
1969-White supremacists bring bombs, guns and violence in response to school desegregation (only 15 years after Brown v Board), then they blamed the young black protestors, who would spend a decade in prison before release. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_Ten
2016-Republican Governor signs bill reducing power of his predecessor. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/16/505872501/north-carolina-governor-signs-law-limiting-power-of-his-successor
2023-Tricia Cotham-Ran on a progressive platform in very blue seat, changes parties because people were mean to her. https://www.wfae.org/2023-04-04/nc-house-democrat-to-switch-parties-creating-gop-supermajority
2024-Republican super-majority signs bill taking away power from incoming Democrat Governor, shifts other powers to its favor. https://www.npr.org/2024/12/12/g-s1-37837/north-carolina-gop-lawmakers-governor
Based on what you listed, it sounds like it's only NC conservatives that have a lackluster history with democracy.
Okay I like this answer. Where do I sign up for focused backlash?
Calling your senators is one simple place to start
Indivisible has some listed if you want something more focused
load more comments
(7 replies)
I mean, he just asked the Supreme Court to block his sentencing for all the felonies he was found guilty from.
He also is having his pet judge try to block the release of the reports on the other crimes he committed but wasn't prosecuted for.
Rage baiting for the inauguration hoping democrats will act like MAGA four years ago so he can declare martial law and be dictator forever and ever?
He has stated many times, on video, that he wants to be dictator for a day to enact extreme policies. I recommend you read up on Project 2025 if you haven't already.
At the moment, I think he wants to distract from his legal battles, the infighting on H1B visas, and from what government agencies he is planning on gutting. He will likely try to completely change the scope of or destroy: the EPA, DOJ, IRS, and the department of education. The chaos now is just a little taste to get us ramped up.
I think he will be unable to fulfill his campaign promises of lowering inflation, especially if tariffs are enacted. He will be able to use distractions to explain why no progress is being made on that front (and/or by throwing Biden under the bus, which has already begun)
Conditioning us to expect it?
Gulf of This ad space could be yours!.
I'll never call it the gulf of America, not even if there's a fire.
I vote to call it the Gulf of Twitter just out of spite
It's not a stunt, it's total megalomania and you are falling for the coping tactic of pretending he's not serious in his literal statement to expand the borders of the US north and south.
None of this is new. Trump repeatedly brought up buying greenland during the first term when it was a suitable distraction from some other issue
Focus more on his actions, less on his words. If you focus only on his words you'll miss the bigger picture and miss what he really intends to do
load more comments
(8 replies)
According to right wingers, the renaming is necessary for "national security ".
Wouldn't it be a cleric nightmare to change the name?
yes but emphasis on the “cleric” part. not as much of a nightmare for the people who order the clerks to do it.
You know looking at it, if Florida is the limp dick of the US, then the Yucatan is a sodacan blasting the rope that's Cuba.
Yeah he doesn't want the world seeing that he is begging the SCOTUS to make rules not apply to not-yet-presidents and 34 felony convictions shouldn't count to gonna-be-in-charge-guy.
Gulf Of Eggs
view more: next ›
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2025
879 points (99.5% liked)
Political Memes
5676 readers
2053 users here now
Welcome to politcal memes!
These are our rules:
Be civil
Jokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.
No misinformation
Don’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.
Posts should be memes
Random pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.
No bots, spam or self-promotion
Follow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS