Yesterday was the 35th anniversary of the last time USA invaded Panama. We are all suffering from collective PTSD this weekend from that, and the events from such a traumatic event are still raw. And the Yankees decide today is the best day to threaten us with a second invasion?!
I'm not afraid... I'm angry.
Why is my government, not even in office yet, so offensive that I usually support “the enemy”? Even the fact that so many normal countries and institutions are “the enemy” is so effing ridiculous.
Next thing you know, we’re picking a fight with World Health Organization, because apparently sick and dying kids are “the enemy”
As are we.... As are we.
Our own government is so deeply corrupted with corporate interests, hate, and fascism it feels hopeless.
I can only hope that this government tries to make too many bad decisions and America gets the backlash it deserves.
If its any small consolation, the evil, lies, and idiocy built into our system are finally causing us to turn the violence inward toward the system itself, and increasingly toward Americans. History shows that its the nature of this sort of corrupt governance always turns inward on itself eventually. It just takes far, far too long, and there is no restorative justice at the end. And the cycle continues without learnings from our history.
I wish american citizens could give you something better than that, but we honestly don't know how. From one human being to another, I'm sorry, and what happened to your people should not have happened.
The UK criticized US presidents mental health as ridiculous and demanded to increase the IQ requirements or the USA return to the UK
Head Of Lettuce demands to be un-wilted and returned to its former position as UK Prime Minister
Pay attention to me! Ignore Luigi and Elon. I'm the news! I will have order!
Damn, that shithead hasn't even been inaugurated yet and he's already power tripping.
May he die very soon.
I think in general this is a problem with how the US elections work, there shouldn't be this 2 month window.
In the late 1700s it took months to get election results. Things that seemed normal hundreds of years ago....such as allowing bearing of arms in the form of a musket that maybe shot 1 bullet every 3 minutes... Today they are crazy...same rule applies to a machine gun that can spray hundreds of bullets in same time frame. The founding fathers had no idea what was to come.
They also saw the constitution as a living document that should change with the times. The bill of rights was already in the pipeline when it was signed. There have been barely any changes since due to the impossibility of getting 3/4 of states to agree on if water is wet, let alone something important.
Lots of things about our elections were designed with the assumption that it would take ages for people to get anywhere, hence the delay. Not really relevant anymore, though.
At this point, I'm on board with a global trade war against the US. Build your stupid wall, surround yourselves with it and rot in the Maga stew you voted for. Come back out to talk to us when you're ready.
Just cut to the chase and invade Poland already you giant twat.
The next 4 years are gonna be a blast. Thanks America!
The trauma of 2016-2020 was still raw, but you guys really love sequels!
Hohoho, you think it’ll only be 4?
I appreciate their optimism.
4 years eh? Didn't he already signal that he wanted to kill the term limit??
I am personally sorry and I don't know how to fix it. :’-(
Get armed, take a safety class, and be ready with your weapons and first aid supplies. Get some wound vacs and learn how to use them, you could save someone's life.
If you really want to help fix it, join or start a local mutual aid group. This is where I stall out. I work and travel so much I need my days off to make my back not hurt so much and reset my brain.
we don't need to report on every stupid thing trump says.
We're in for a rough 4 years...
and another 50 cleaning up the huuuge shit pile left behind.
and that's an optimistic estimate, requiring voters to choose planet and (all) people over party and self from here on.
You forget Musk-fuelled presidencies that set us back even more while we try to repair the damages, because morons keep voting R no matter what
When he's the President of the United States, yes we will. Unfortunately.
We were so fucking close to never having to hear about this piece of shit ever again.
Big baby wants something but can't have it?
it's not about thinking this is how it works. it's about manufacturing consent from his cult
Why does he need to do that at this point? He won. He's going to be the dictator. He doesn't need their support, he can just get it at gunpoint if they don't like it.
to froth them up so he doesn't need to put us at gunpoint. let his cult do that
So, he's a fascist cheerleader? Good fucking lord.
always has been
I wonder who even brought up the Canal and why? You know there’s no way in hell he thought of that on his own.
I got u fam... He just sat down with Jeff bezos a few days ago.
Bezos and Musk at the same time.
Eiffel tower style
"Donors" would be my guess
In other news, Donald trump has demanded that cats now bark.
Reality continues to be more absurd than satire. I'm not sure how much more of this i can take.
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