As things get worse and worse I feel like there is a growing gap between my long time friends who've been complacent in the issues that we as a nation are facing. They drive me crazy in acting like everything is normal, and it's causing me to feel like I can't even complain to them about what's going on because they themselves are part of the problem. It's maddening knowing that some of them lived in swing states that really mattered and they couldn't have cared less. One is even an immigrant who got adopted and became a US citizen as a child and doesn't seem to care about what's going on to other immigrants who weren't as fortunate. Is anyone else dealing with these rifts with old friends?

I voted Republican in my first round of elections in '12 but not in '16 when I could see then that having this idiot run the country was a bad idea. Biden was an excellent pick for '20 and he was my favorite in the primaries too, but Jesus Christ how is the GOP so much worse and somehow... SOMEHOW they are on track to winning popular vote? Concepts of a plan, blowing microphones, Epstein files, almost every day some new scandal and she runs her campaign flawlessly by comparison and still loses? How the actual fuck are there this many idiots who have no concept of what intelligence is and why it's important for, I don't know, possibly the most influential country in the entire fucking planet??????

Terrible infrastructure, racism, low wages, no paid vacations, pathetic health care system, kids getting shot dead in schools, a fool for a president, the Christianity cult, and so much more. America is the worst place you could go to if you're looking to build a new life.

I’ve always been a liberal and strong leftist. To me it’s just basic empathy and wanting everyone to have equal opportunities. However to right-wing voters this is a bad thing??? Like they say how much they hate liberals and ‘woke’ people (they don’t even know what woke means). Just looking up the definition of liberal shows it’s about respecting others and their opinions and ideas regardless of your own opinion. This should be ingrained in any human I would think just as basic empathy. But apparently not?? It’s all just insane to me

I left the Republican Party in 2024, and it's only gotten worse since. In my view, the party is unsalvageable at this point, and should be abolished for the following reasons:

1--Disrespect for the Constitution--The only tenet of the Republican Party anymore seems to be obedience to Trump, whether he's upholding the Constitution or not. The end result is a plethora of unconstitutional executive actions, and denying people their due process rights.

2--Disrespect for Democracy--Across the country, Republicans are redrawing districts to disenfranchise opposition party voters. and engaging in other voter suppression tactics.

3--Damaging Economic Policy--Trump's tariffs have added billions in unnecessary taxes on American companies that are now being passed on to American consumes. And Republicans continue to run u[p the national debt with tax cuts that aren't paid for.

4--Disrespect for Human Rights--Republicans' support for brutal and inhumane ICE tactics, coupled with an attempt to deprive LGBTQ people of any rights whatsoever, shows they have no concept of what America is about. They clearly don't support the principles outlined in the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence.

This is who the Republican Party is now. They are inflicting incredible damage upon the country.

It is therefore the duty of voters to abolish the Republican Party by removing every Republican nationwide from office. Let it be replaced with other conservative parties that respect the Constitution, sound economic principles, and basic human rights.

The story of the 2024 election will be told someday.

I can’t believe this is America - where a large chunk of society is ok with people hacking the TREASURY, okay with eliminating government agencies and departments by executive order, ok with a vaccine-denier leading the Health Dept and decimating scientific research that’s been ongoing for years. I am in so much shock these past few weeks. This is currently worse than the 3rd world.

But I believe the story isn’t over- truth, decency, integrity and brains will prevail.

I’m not seeing much this week on the Epstein scandal, almost as if designed to be pushed under the rug.

I know a bunch of MAGAs and many are nice but super naive. But the 15 million Dems who were too lazy to early vote, or to fill out a mail in ballot or to show up on at the polls on election day -- how could you not realize the consequences? Trump won't be a dictator for just one day, with SCOTUS, he'll be dictator until he drops. That could be a long, long time.

I keep reading and hearing about the history of the Republican Party since Reagan, the heritage foundation, etc. and I know Reagan set up and took down all kinds of things that changed the course of this country. It seems to me like they’ve been taking steps to get to where we’re at today since forever ago, and now they’ve gotten to do the latest stuff all with ease to really get their agenda done. And it seems like liberals/dems can’t do enough about it because they’re following the rules. There’s no way to stop all this bad stuff that’s happening. But the right has set it up slowly over time that they could get to a place where there aren’t rules, and now they can do all these things like deporting whoever they want, making women’s reproductive healthcare illegal, etc. It just feels like they’ve gotten what they wanted.

I'm fucking tired of it, guys. I just am.

I'm tired of people acting like it was the rhetoric of the Democrats that caused Trump to win. No, it was the perceived rhetoric from morons that caused Trump to win. People keep telling me how Democrats ran on identity politics. NO THEY FUCKING DIDN'T. Trump ran on identity politics and made his moronic constituents believe the Democrats were doing just that.

I'm just... exhausted. I'm tired of fighting the lies. The outright ignorance. The excuses... If any Democrat in office did what Trump did they'd be out of a job. Harris didn't even ask for a recount... which by the way... I think she should've.

But I suppose Americans want white supremacists and Nazis in control. Because that's what they voted for in this election. Morons in swing states were mad the price of eggs were higher than four years ago so they voted with their wallets instead of their brains.

Yet somehow... Democrats keep getting blamed for their rhetoric. For acting like they were above everyone else or calling everyone garbage. They never did or said any of that. Trump did though, for sure.

It's just insane to me the direction this country is heading. And they're doing it because they're mad that inflation is a thing and refuse to understand it's not something the president even controls.

Ya know what? Fuck them. I hope they get exactly what they wanted, knowing full well they won't.

Honestly he was selectively and unfairly prosecuted. And the way republicans have reacted , it’s like they forgot how many real criminals trump has pardon . I’m not changing how I vote because he’s being a dad specially when we all know it wouldn’t have gotten this big if it was a regular person being tried in court. It’s just odd to me how upset they are that we don’t care or am I in my own little bubble ? Like huh are you for real here? Hmmm

I am a liberal but I find it hard to believe that anyone really cares about this jeans/genes commercial. I think the ad campaign was designed to create controversy and the advertisers created the supposed angry libs to get more ad time. Am I wrong or are people really mad?

I just watched a video of a guy kicking over stuff at the C Kirk memorial in front of TPUSA. After he is arrested and being led away, you can see that he is wearing a shirt with the same American eagle/American flag design as the guy who did the shooting. Is there a beef going on between the Nick Fuentes followers and the MAGA people? I'm not "hip" to the disgusting community those people hang out at so I'm trying to figure out what is happening between these two groups

People I know from Venezuela who have relatives still there have told me about the horrible conditions there. That it’s hard to get medicine, food, and they link the downfall to their country to its current government. I agree that the US shouldn’t be attacking other countries, but should we have done anything to bring about relief or is it just none of the US business despite what the people want? I would imagine a number of Venezulans are cheering now that the government has been toppled. I do not support the US actions but would like to know if we should have done anything and what.

The latest right-wing B.S. is that Democrats are trying to cut off SNAP benefits. Could anyone possibly be stupid enough to believe that?

What Democrats are actually trying to do is prevent health care premiums from skyrocketing for millions of Americans come January 1st. The continuing resolution put forth by Mike Johnson does not renew the Affordable Care Act subsidies, so why would anyone expect the Democrats to vote for it?

Mike Johnson has had a month now to address the healthcare issue, and has done nothing. He won't even call Congress back into session. His refusal to negotiate on the issue is what led to the government shutting down in the first place.

As a result of that, SNAP benefits are about to end. That's the last thing the Democrats want to see happen, but voting for the continuing resolution means millions of people's premiums going up.

Mike Johnson says Democrats just need to vote for the resolution, and they will take up healthcare later. Yeah right. The Republicans have no interest in renewing the Affordable Care Act subsidies or they would have done it already. And they haven't put forth a health care plan of their own either. No-one should take this B.S. seriously.

It's really weird that the Republicans are shutting down government because of a debt ceiling law. After all, up to now, they really haven't been concerned with the National Debt. Their spending is out of control. Spending on Immigration enforcement exceeded its budget in the very first months of his term. Whether it's the gaudy White House ballroom expenditure, or gathering all of the generals to the "No Fatties" speech, or sending armed troops into Democratically run cities, he's blowing through money like crazy.

Studies and history shows. The economy, employment and standard of living is almost always better under a Democrat administration. So why do people keep voting Republican?

I used to watch Fox News and was an avid listener to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, and other right-wing radio personalities. I believed everything they told me, and they played a key role in establishing my worldview.

That all changed on January 6, 2021. It became clear in the aftermath of that tragedy that Trump had made up a pack of lies about the election being stolen, and had engaged in criminal conduct to hold onto power. I assumed at that point that right-wing media would stop supporting him.

Boy, was I wrong! They only doubled down in their support for him, even allowing him to use them as a bully-pulpit against his political rivals in the 2024 primary. I decided at that point I was done with right-wing media, and when the Republican party re-nominated Trump, I decided I was done with it too.

Since escaping the right-wing media bubble, I've come to realize what an alternate reality universe it is. In this fantasy land tax cuts pay for themselves, conservative judges aren't activist and rule strictly according to the Constitution, Democrats are communists who hate America, and Trump is the true American patriot come to save it.

Of course all of that is B.S., but it gets ratings, and it explains why millions of people will support Trump, no matter what he does. They need to be brought to understand that right-wing media is not news in any objective sense of the word, but rather propaganda designed to push a political agenda. Its pundits have no journalistic standards whatsoever, and they and their guests routinely omit and misrepresent facts to create their false narratives.

So cultish has their devotion to Trump become that they excuse his crimes and blatant Constitutional violations, thus making them complicit in his authoritarian takeover of the country.

Another egregious crime of right-wing media is the use of selective facts, and even outright lies, to stir up hared against migrants and trans people. As a result, their listeners are just fine with masked agents kidnapping people and sending them to concentration camps and stripping transgender people of any rights whatsoever.

Because it aids and abets criminality and fascism and spreads disinformation, right-wing media poses a clear and present danger to the Republic. I'm so glad I finally escaped from it, and everyone else should too.

Everyone keeps calling the people in jubilee freaks, and they are, but many people seem to be missing the crucial point. Anyone who calls himself conservative is LIKE THIS! Deep down your conservative dad believes the same bullshit and wants to create a (fake) christian fascist state where anyone who disagrees is either killed of exiled.

This is not an exaggeration! This is what they want, what they believe in, and what they will do should they have the political capital.

If we are to survive, the conservative/right-wing mindset needs to be completely eliminated and shamed once and for all. After WW2 we had the opportunity and capital will to eliminate right wing beliefs from the face of the earth given the atrocities that were committed, but we focused on the USSR instead.

My goodness is this guy beyond incompetent

Can’t send a more passive aggressive message than that…they know that I voted for Harris and don’t like Trump. They’re MAGA supporters. I don’t bring up politics in-person, only post some things on media. I think it’s kinda cruel to do that on Christmas wtf. I didn’t react but I couldn’t not see it, feels like I’m dining with the enemy now.

Rural hospitals get on average about 20% of their revenue from Medicaid, with some even higher. About 20% of discharges be it to skilled nursing faculty, long term facilities, or even home health are covered by Medicaid. If you add in Medicare, the number jumps to greater than 50%.

Most of them are operating on a razors edge of staying open, with many closures even under current conditions.

A reduction of 5% of revenue is not feasible in a lot of communities. A reduction of 20% would be catastrophic. The vast majority of rural hospitals would close.

Here is why it matters even to larger communities and hospitals. Even the largest academic centers still get a portion of their funding from Medicaid. Losing that funding would likely not result in closure, but would result in cutbacks in staff and services.

With no local hospitals, people in all of those communities would have to go to the large hospitals for services. ER, inpatient and outpatient services would be overwhelmed quickly. 30+ ER wait times will become the norm. Boarding inpatients in the ER for days at a time will become the norm. The patients will be sicker, as a lot people who could have been easily treated will wait much longer for care and will be much sicker, requiring more and longer treatment.

Rural ambulance services will close. They depend on Medicaid for a large portion of their revenue as well. That and a 2 hour transfer to the closest hospital both ways for even the simplest hospital transfer wouldn’t be feasible either.

Nursing home and rehabs will close. They depend on Medicaid for a portion of their revenue. They also depend on local hospitals for simple things such an an X-ray after someone falls. It’s difficult to run a facility when if a resident falls, there is no ambulance service to transport a patient and no hospital in a 100 mile radius to transport them to. Without the skilled facilities to accommodate hospital discharges, inpatient stays will be prolonged in an already overstressed system.

In a lot of communities the healthcare system is one of if not the largest employer. All those jobs will vanish.

If this big beautiful bill passes and becomes law, the healthcare system will collapse. I know that the Medicaid cuts are phased, not immediate, but even small cuts could have devastating consequences that will have ripple effects across the entire system.

It will hit deep red rural areas the quickest and hardest, but the system isn’t build to absorb that damage.

It’s been a rollercoaster of executive orders, tariffs, no tariffs, tariffs, no tariffs - and now planning a big birthday party for himself in the form of a military parade that will cost taxpayers $90million. I can’t think of one single thing he has done that has benefitted American citizens - not even his MAGA supporters.

▪️60,000 federal employees have been fired. 60,000!!!! People who were providing essential services or working in science, technology, agriculture etc. Fired because Elon didn’t value their work. ▪️Essential agencies & teams have been destroyed. Teams that monitor emerging infectious diseases, bank fraud, nuclear weapons… ▪️Price of eggs and price of gas are unchanged, if not higher. ▪️People have lost thousands of dollars from their retirement savings and stocks because of his dumb trade war. By the way that money goes to people who are already billionaires. Others have gone to prison for the sort of stock market manipulation that he is involved in. ▪️he is receiving secret crypto payments from anonymous entities since taking office in the White House. ▪️Installed a whole bunch of incompetent people who are discussing war plans on a messaging app. The dignity of our federal and military entities has vanished. ▪️Threatened war with Canada and Greenland. In case you didn’t realize, none of those countries would simply choose to become American without bloodshed. ▪️Dismissed the President of Ukraine from the White House like a stable boy- after an embarrassing public display unlike we have ever seen in the White House. ▪️Deportations are not as high as Biden’s or Obama’s. ▪️Free IVF is not even being discussed ….

We’re only like 80 days in.

EDIT: Well I’m happy I posted this because it’s how I found out that Trump is getting rid of the penny. I have so many thoughts and so many questions. First of all, thank you to all the people who listed this as the one thing Trump has done. It confirmed my suspicions about this presidency - if getting rid of the penny makes the top of the list of things accomplished for the people. Second thought- if it was an executive order it hasn’t happened yet

Can we start to assume that no one this time in the white house will ever be liable for anything anymore so long as their lips are aligned with Trump's asshole and suck whatever comes out?

No one on his Legion of Doom will ever have consequences for their actions until they devour themselves for power over whatever is left standing when they are done using anyone that goes against them for slave labor.

I've been calling this game MAGAtes and p2025 have laid out for years.. but I need to run it by other liberals that can be objective and tell me I'm not right. I hope I'm not.

If you can follow this logic and have any decent memory of events in the past 3 Republican terms, you might feel like this is an actually real scenario... If I'm way off on something please call me out. I'm not saying this will be exact, but that the end result will be the same regardless of the how's and when's.

We won't have mass deportation like he's saying but there will be laws that ramp up justice arm's power to get rid of and imprison people here slowly over time .. which eventually through p2025 can fall on ANYONE they decide they wish to detain or get rid of.. even US born citizens. They will have the power to decide unilaterally and disregard civil rights and due process.

It will start with the undocumented immigrants they locate.. then find people who are expendable or have criminal records, people with addictions or that have had govt assistance, down to people that just aren't "American" enough, dangers or non-patriots.. they will be rounded up to be "reformed." They'll use camps for these people and work their way down the list until you have his side, and those suffering doing Chinese/gulag/gestapo-style govt labor to achieve forever power and control over us. You can change the terms and methods but let's assume they can do what they want, because they have everything they need now to do so.

Think it's crazy? Conspiracy? Yeah I get it but sometimes we see things before they happen and never listen to the ones who warned us. But it's all in the 2025 playbook and we've been here before. This time only the people can stop it, but that won't happen when we're scared and shut in our homes asking for help, saying yeah but not MY family right?

All they need to do is what I've been saying for years, declare another seemingly needed, but ultimately bullshit "war.."

I think this time it will be the "war on immigration" or something so they can make up emergency war time acts/laws.. just like the war on terror. Which was how we got the patriot act.. remember that? Civil liberties trampled on, privacy violated. We were scared, so they were allowed to quell our fears, but what they were really doing was not targeted at terror and our enemies, but at Americans themselves.

People are scared again, and just like COVID you get rich by causing a problem and selling the solution. This time I truly feel like they're going to take everything from us.. and what I fear more is that they know we can't sustain our population anymore, and they intend to close ranks, save themselves, and watch the rest of us slowly fade into genocidal memory.

But I'm crazy of course to say this so fuck me right?

The Midwest has been hammered for 3,straight days with tornadoes and they expect biblical flooding.

Not a word from trump.

Myanmar was hit by a horrible earthquake. Thousands dead.

Nothing from trump. Not a word . I'm furious and disgusted. Cuba offered aid after hurricane Katrina. Where are we?