I don't like what I'm seeing
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@Steve-Miller said in I don't like what I'm seeing:
This could get very weird, very quickly:
Yea, I posted about that here:
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I feel like the entire infrastructure of the united states is crumbling down atop our heads. At a time like this, I am especially grateful to have our little community to commiserate with. I don't see a lot of places online to have these conversations.
fear is the thief of dreams
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@pique said in I don't like what I'm seeing:
I feel like the entire infrastructure of the united states is crumbling down atop our heads.
Me too. It feels very scary.
At a time like this, I am especially grateful to have our little community to commiserate with.
Me too on this account as well!!
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@Steve-Miller said in I don't like what I'm seeing:
This could get very weird, very quickly:
Petro had a few things to say. Read his full statement in this Newsweek article.
https://www.newsweek.com/colombia-president-petro-responds-trump-tariffs-full-statement-2021072
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Good on him for defending his country.
On the issue of escalation - not too sure.
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Joe Walsh is the former Tea Party guy from IL.
“Dear Americans who voted for Trump,” Walsh wrote. “You voted to put an incredibly small, petty, pathetic, un-American person in charge. You voted to make America more divided and less secure. That’s such a shame.”
“You will recall, Trump was afraid of going to Vietnam to serve his country and got deferments for ‘bone spurs,’" podcast host Jack Hopkins reminded his followers on Bluesky. “Milley received the Defense Superior Service Medal and was nominated for a valor award for his actions in Iraq.”
Democratic strategist Chris Jackson called the decision “a move of cowardice” and criticized Hegseth in an X post before adding “what a pathetic man.””
I wonder how many people who voted for this madness are having any regrets yet.
When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier
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@wtg said in I don't like what I'm seeing:
I wonder how many people who voted for this madness are having any regrets yet.
I wonder how many people who voted for Trump, and because they don’t like what they’re seeing, are now doing a lot of mental gymnastics to explain things in ways that still make Trump out to be the savior they thought he was…
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@ShiroKuro The GOP is still all in. Here’s a digest of stories from yesterday. I just skimmed them, but the Republican congresscritters think everything is going swimmingly well.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/28/congress/johnson-hegseth-bessent-targeted-00200992
When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier
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@Steve-Miller said in I don't like what I'm seeing:
I’ve been looking for reliable sources that report on the concentration camps under construction and I can’t find them.
Links?
Guantanamo.
"Most people don’t even know about it. We have 30,000 beds in Guantánamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people. Some of them are so bad we don’t even trust the countries to hold them, because we don’t want them coming back," he added..
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So not actually under construction but they’re thinking of using Guantánamo.
I can’t think of any plan that would cost more.
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@Daniel said in I don't like what I'm seeing:
Trump is only a politician.
This is mistaken imo in that it downplays his ability to have an impact. Clearly he’s having a huge impact. Certainly, he’s not acting alone, and I like what @Rontuner said (if my memory serves, it was Ron, apologies if I’m wrong) about not just saying “Trump’s x” (like, Trump’s freeze on federal funding..) but instead saying “the republican’s X” because this acknowledges that it’s not just trump but all the politicians who are enabling him…. But the fact remains, he is in fact doing things that impact the country and the world in very negative ways.
