I don't like what I'm seeing
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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.
âDear Americans who voted for Trump,â Walsh wrote. âYou voted to put an incredibly small, petty, pathetic, un-American person in charge. You voted to make America more divided and less secure. Thatâs such a shame.â
âYou will recall, Trump was afraid of going to Vietnam to serve his country and got deferments for âbone spurs,â" podcast host Jack Hopkins reminded his followers on Bluesky. âMilley received the Defense Superior Service Medal and was nominated for a valor award for his actions in Iraq.â
Democratic strategist Chris Jackson called the decision âa move of cowardiceâ and criticized Hegseth in an X post before adding âwhat a pathetic man.ââ
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 AumĂ´nier
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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 donât like what theyâre 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 wasâŚ
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@ShiroKuro The GOP is still all in. Hereâs 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 AumĂ´nier
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@Steve-Miller said in I don't like what I'm seeing:
Iâve been looking for reliable sources that report on the concentration camps under construction and I canât find them.
Links?
Guantanamo.
"Most people donât even know about it. We have 30,000 beds in GuantĂĄnamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people. Some of them are so bad we donât even trust the countries to hold them, because we donât want them coming back," he added..
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So not actually under construction but theyâre thinking of using GuantĂĄnamo.
I canât 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 heâs having a huge impact. Certainly, heâs not acting alone, and I like what @Rontuner said (if my memory serves, it was Ron, apologies if Iâm wrong) about not just saying âTrumpâs xâ (like, Trumpâs freeze on federal funding..) but instead saying âthe republicanâs Xâ because this acknowledges that itâs not just trump but all the politicians who are enabling himâŚ. But the fact remains, he is in fact doing things that impact the country and the world in very negative ways.
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As @ShiroKuro says, the impact that a president of the United States has is far-reaching.
I don't hate anyone; it's just not in my DNA. The emotions I'm feeling are grief and fear. The fear is not so much for myself, but for the country.
When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie AumĂ´nier
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Politicians I can handle but this cult leader thing is disturbing.
