and nobody will do anything to stop it

Many are trying, though options are severely limited by the fact that, two years ago, the entire US government was gift-wrapped and handed to fascists by a bunch of democrats who figured “why bother?”

I don’t know who they’ll run, but I know they’ll be worthless

It sounds like you think there won’t be presidential primaries. Or perhaps you think you aren’t allowed to vote in them? You are. And what’s more, since participation is quite low historically your vote likely has quite a bit more influence in the primary than in the general election.

I was just calling out the defeatist children on here who like to write despair polemics for each other mocking grassroots activism, collective organizing, and any notion of reform as “liberal” naïveté, elevating instead accelerationism and “what’s really necessary.” Play dumb and they’ll proudly reveal that they mean lone-wolf vigilantism or full-on stochastic terrorism. They gravitate to negative news stories though, and rarely comment on stories like this except to explain how the progress isn’t real or how the fascists will undo it, then complain that no one will do anything about it.

But you’re right. While I am a leftist, never was a big fan of Biden, and think he made some serious blunders with consequences we’re living through now, I despise the current trend of sacrificing truth on the altar of narrative amplification. For example, a criticism I often heard repeated was that the Biden administration was sleeping on judicial appointments (like, decrying his inaction next to Trump’s aggressive judicial capture). It seemed like an easy thing to check, so I did, and it turned out the opposite was true. By the numbers, his administration was uniquely proactive and had obviously made it a priority. But because the hearsay “felt more right” to so many of us, the corrections were often buried, and I still see this “fact” shared in leftist circles to this day. This is not the way.

Huh, interesting. Not a peep in the comments from our usual doomers and edgelords. Where are all the fear boner fluffers? No smug derision of voting and political activism? Come on. “Do something.”

Edit: OK I see you BigMacHole and Diddlydee. Thank you both for your integrity.

Love mine. Have you tried being more lesbian?

Yes, quite clever. No iron ring for the engineer, but I’m sure they were briefly proud of themselves.

That’s a good question re: gdpr. Regional activation of those modules in FW revision is certainly possible. But my guess is that the difference relates to the payload contents and whether or which PII is permitted by any particular local laws, since I expect that would maximize profits.

“Holsters” lol. Always prepared.

Honestly would buy it just for mobile KVM with physical keyboard

IIRC the user marketing data exfiltration method pioneered by Samsung several years ago involves a form of Bluetooth P2P/mesh networking whereby a TV with no internet connection can handshake with, for example, a neighbor’s TV which does have internet enabled or, if they’re just as tinfoil as you and disabled their internet, your data and theirs could simply be relayed to another neighbor’s TV on a different floor, etc etc

Presumably a joke unless new to English

They are going to give us a Democrat

Please avoid proclaiming doom in the midst of the fleeting window of opportunity in which it might be averted.

There are no points awarded to the genius who most accurately predicts their own team’s defeat. It is not vigilance. It is not savvy. It helps no one.

Haha, it’s possible. Alas the only gambling I have the stomach for is low stakes card games with friends.

I’m not sure a lack of white candidates would necessarily suggest that they’re under-represented in populist movements. Anecdotal, but the volunteers I worked with in the Mamdani campaign were closer to that percentage representation in most work groups, canvassing teams, and crowds; i.e., plenty of white people who were not only voting for a populist candidate but contributing their time and skills to the campaign.

The simplest explanation as to why POC dominate this year’s roster might be that they represent communities who are more acutely affected by these matters of policy, so they can speak a bit more directly to the challenges addressed by their campaigns. Or something along those lines. Is it possible there’s some dark trend suggested by the demographics of the candidates not matching the national distribution? Sure. But I think I’d need more or better evidence before entertaining that hypothesis.

I was just averaging numbers from the 4 big (yes illegal) betting sites, but I wouldn’t give those much weight at this point, even in a less compromised political climate, just suggesting that perception may be explained in part by these new blood Dems.

Agreed that the senate race is a clincher according to rules of play that the regime intends to ignore regardless.

Re: DNC, party leadership has power/influence over candidates and their platforms only to the extent that they can aid a candidate’s election or reelection. So when leadership demonstrates a lack of interest in winning, or even a vested interest in losing, they forfeit that influence. That’s why I say at this point Jeffries’ fate is bound to the regime’s and I’m not particularly interested in or worried about what he might do or say from here forward.

I have no opinions on the white populist front. I could speculate as to why but it doesn’t strike me as relevant or important.

I was pleasantly surprised by how well we did on that front for these midterm elections, and it’s really showing in the current projected margins (89% and 58% betting odds for house and senate takeover, respectively). And the time of the establishment DNC is closing rapidly. AIPAC funding appears to be their key remaining leverage, and even that was overcome by old-fashioned grassroots action in dozens of primaries this year. Most of the new Dem candidates are running in some degree of open defiance to the DNC, which means the only thing that might protect their position would be a significant number of these new disruptors losing their elections and the GOP holding both houses.

But that’s why I’m of the mind that this election is the make or break moment. As in, there won’t be another shot. Martial law wouldn’t be necessary in 2028, because by that point the capture would be complete and total. If on the other hand Dems take back one house, they can halt the takeover and reverse a little damage. If they can take back both houses, Trump is done, and it unlocks a huge amount of immediate housekeeping that makes 2028 a guaranteed overhaul election year backed by strong public mandate.

Having listened to this interview, that was Col Wilkerson’s conjecture based primarily on the reality of the consequences awaiting the regime, and everyone who has been a part of the Project 2025 open conspiracy these past two years, should the Dems take even one house, much less two.

His expectation is that they will deploy the Brownshirts to battleground states to intimidate voters, and that if that’s not enough the regime might reach for martial law as a last resort.

The suggestion of what the average person can do about it was agreed upon by both the host, a Democrat, and Col Wilkerson, a lifelong Republican: be prepared to take to the streets in numbers that they can’t handle, especially in battleground states. And understand that you may need to protest for weeks.

Not quite as inefficient as that IIRC, though obviously the core idea was that nuclear bombs are so energy dense that only a fraction of the potential thrust needed to be captured to remain grossly superior to the mass equivalent of any other propellant.

Personally, I am 100% grateful for this correction, because I didn’t know and since I’ve heard the less accurate ragebait version dozens of times at this point I would have been confused, next time I have to spin up a Win11 image, why I couldn’t replicate the spike I’ve heard so much about. The fact that it’s tied to a particular UI component, one of many that machine provisioning scripts and playbooks commonly disable, means it would have remained a bothersome unresolved mystery to me forever if not for your comment. So thanks.

He has hair on his double helping of shoulder muscles

Click the 3 dots and download the KML file yourself smartypants

https://sites.duke.edu/lawfire/2016/03/10/have-presidents-ever-given-the-military-illegal-orders-yes-the-surprising-listand-more-about-the-law-of-military-orders/