General Politics Thread

[kitler53]

"He's still talking": Host jokes after Fox News cuts off Trump's rambling phone call


Even Fox News seems to be done with Trump.

i listened to it and i just don't understand my republicans are soo enamored by trump.   i can totally get having different political views from democrats.   but why soo much loyalty to this guy that's just a liar, dirtbag, and all-around Franz Ferdinand.   he already lost the last election.   why didn't republicans move on to a fresh candidate?!?!

[the-pi-guy]

Interesting observation https://t.co/xHD5VeS1IC

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 1, 2024

[kitler53]

fuk elon.   can we just ban him from this forum?

[kitler53]

omg.  Arizona's republican party actually paid money to have this billboard posted:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/11/arizona-gop-eat-cats-billboards/



how can you possible run a country while being soo delusional?!?!

[the-pi-guy]

how can you possible run a country while being soo delusional?!?!

The trick is putting in the work to make the people at least as delusional.  

[kitler53]

stunningly crazy to me:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/14/north-carolina-hurricane-helene-fema-armed-militia-threat

According to an email obtained by the Washington Post, a US Forest Service official sent out a message warning that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) "has advised all federal responders Rutherford County, NC, to stand down and evacuate the county immediately".

The message said that soldiers with the national guard "had come across x2 trucks of armed militia saying there were out hunting FEMA".

Anti-government sentiment and disinformation have spread far beyond Appalachia, with the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, accused of echoing misinformation for political gain. Some Republicans have even claimed the US government can control the weather, triggering widespread condemnation, especially by local Republican figures.

In remarks to a North Carolina church congregation on Sunday, the vice-president, Kamala Harris, issued a veiled condemnation of the phenomenon.

"There are some who are not acting in the spirit of community and I am speaking of those who have been literally not telling the truth, lying, about people who are working hard to help those in need. Spreading disinformation when the truth and fact are required.

"The problem," Harris added, is that "it's making it harder to get people lifesaving information if they're led to believe they cannot trust. And that is the pain of it all, because the idea that those in need are somehow being convinced that the forces are working against them in a way that they would not seek aid."