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[–] Sputnik34@lemmy.world 14 points 5 hours ago

Its been "the end of maga" 6 or so times. It's not

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 22 points 8 hours ago

Bullshit. They'll all bend the knee. It's a cult.

[–] 800XL@lemmy.world 55 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Remember when the Republican party was "eating itself" and a Democrat victory was in the bag before the 2024 election?

Yeah they'll be fine and come back more fascist than ever

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 27 points 9 hours ago

They rallied to a fucking insurrectionists pedophile. Never underestimate the depravity of the Republican voter.

GO OUT AND VOTE! VOTE BY MAIL IF YOU CAN TO REDUCE LINES.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I just wonder if this horrible shit was done to distract from the Epstein files or because of the leverage provided by the Epstein files.

I mean, if Epstein was a Mossad asset and therefore the president of the united states is a Mossad asset, they can really get some dirty work done with somebody else's bombs.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Correction: A few Magats shake their fists angrily and then crawl back under their rocks. The rest are strangely pleased.

[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I'm hoping for just one of those gun crazy nutjobs to actually get close enough.

They did it with Kirk. The precedent is there. Just aim a little higher.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I wouldn't be surprised. There was a reason no poltical party wanted to engage these voters before Maga. They got the craziest people to vote. It lead to a insurrection of tard burgers. You can't make up the levels of dumb it was.

I hear you frustration. I want to see the legal system tie him up in court for the rest of his and all his accomplices miserable lives. They should never know peace until the day they die for turning on the American people, pitting families against each other, in the name of naked greed.

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 45 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Give them a week. They'll fall in line.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 11 points 9 hours ago

Well, what do you expect them to do? Internally reflect and admit they were wrong?

[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 hours ago

Promise them that their overdue riches are coming soon. MAGA doesn’t hate war, they hate the idea that someone other than them is getting financial help

[–] chaotic_ugly@lemmy.zip 17 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Horseshit. Conservatives have been raising their children for a generation to believe dying for Trump's America is a worthy cause.

Raw Story is just like any other rag. They play to their demographics. There is no massive anti-MAGA outcry on X or any of the socials.

Don't let this bullshit lure you into a false sense of security. Conservatives are as committed as ever. The majority of them think the post-911 wars were justified, and that they were heroes for fighting in them. They also believe the Jews are the chosen people. They're ready to send their kids to die in Iran. They're nationalists and zionists. It's their entire worldview. It's in their bones.

Don't become complacent.

[–] tackleberry@thelemmy.club 14 points 9 hours ago

If Trump and his buddies molesting children on that big beautiful island did not shake his support base, nothing on earth will. Have you read the contents of that file? Whatever you read, I am here to tell that there is more and it is worse.

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 9 points 9 hours ago

Just like they don't care if you're a pedo, as long as you're a Republican. They don't care if you lie to them, as long as you're a Republican. This is no end to MAGA and anybody claiming as much is not reputable.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

They gave him the presidency. Why the fuck does he need them anymore?

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

He'll walk away a billionaire. He gives zero fucks.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

Oh, to have the optimism to think he's going to walk away.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 3 points 9 hours ago

He can't buy time and his is going out. He looks like a few months from a heart attack.

[–] xabit24368@lemmy.zip 32 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (3 children)

"No new wars" Maga doesn't seem to care about that

"He'll make the economy better" Maga doesn't seem to care about that

"He'll making housing affordable" Maga doesn't seem to care about that

What do they care about? They keep backtracking on what's important to them, it feels like they don't actually care about anything except hurting people. What's their agenda?

[–] Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.org 11 points 10 hours ago

Small people try to feel big by hurting others and blaming them for it.

School bullies, narcissists, abusers, MAGA, authoritarian and dictators. Same song different dance.

They haven't grown up past playground drama.

They will lie all day and say it is X or Y or Z, but you can exhaustively prove each one false and they will move to the next one in and endless list of excuses.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago

it feels like they don’t actually care about anything except hurting people. What’s their agenda?

You already called it

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

I don't give a shit about the end of MAGA, I want to see the rise of the left Tea Party. There far more left / sane people than those fascist turds. They just organize way better.

[–] zwerg@feddit.org 199 points 19 hours ago (6 children)

So... not the paedophilia or the rampant curruption?

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 73 points 19 hours ago

He built his name on those two things. Literally. That's been his brand since the 1980's: shady businesses, inflated real estate deals, and beauty contests. His base voted him in because they liked what they saw and wanted more of it nationwide.

[–] DivineDev@piefed.social 20 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I'd assume the pedophilia and corruption were already making a decent amount of people angry, judging by the recent election results. War against Iran was just the tipping point, without the preceding issues I'd doubt it'd have sparked much of a revolt.

This is not me arguing that any of these are ok btw, in an ideal world any of these things would lead to the end of the administration.

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[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 38 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I'll believe it when I see it

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 28 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

His approval could SLIDE to 39 percent, which will SLAM him.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

I can't wait for another poll to shockingly show he's slid to his lowest approval of 39% - again.

I swear for the past half year I've heard every news agency post an article every other week about his support "slipping to 39%"

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Those polls are bullshit. I fully believe his actual support of the US populace is probably 25% TOP but the mass media is bought and polls are generally bullshit.

They show a trend but they aren't nearly as accurate as people think they are

[–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 9 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I think the solid base is down to around 37% now. Still solidly behind the child rapist.

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[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

In a week every MAGA is going to be screaming how Iranian Feminists want to capture your kids and trans them at the antifa headquarters, so we have to eradicate Iran and everyone else Israel doesn't like. we have to stop buying into hopeslop pandering headlines.

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 113 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

That 30% of Americans are never going to not support him

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 41 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

We need to stop worrying about those who support him no matter what. 30% of Germans supported Hitler right up to the day he shot himself. You can't reach some people. Stop wasting effort on them.

[–] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The level of lawlessness Trump has wrought should disqualify his voters from having that privilege ever again.

I will die on that hill.

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[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 49 points 19 hours ago (6 children)

Yep, that's the base cult right there. They will always support him. He could rape their own children and they would still support him

[–] HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth 21 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

He could do it in front of them while the child ask for help and they would still support him there is no coming back for them

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

This is how they help the child rape victims

drown

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 19 points 15 hours ago

So, MAGA, let's check the scoreboard:

  • America First: tell it to Iran, Venezuela, Greenland, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, NATO, et al.

  • Lower prices on Day One: past Day 400, and prices are higher than ever.

  • Deport all the illegal immigrant criminals: As well as innocent people, school kids, veterans, old people, sick people, American citizens, even MAGAs.

  • Lower Crime: Enforced by Paramilitary Death Squads roaming the streets and breaking out into spontaneous firing squads against people that piss them off for any reason.

  • Release the Epstein Files: Except any that mention Trump, or his friends.

So why are you still on board? Is it the mind-boggling corruption, like openly accepting bribes in front of the entire world?

Or is it the virtuosic incompetence? Like a health system that has caused the first measles epidemic in decades?

I'll bet it's the Pedophilia. The one thing a MAGA can count on is that they'll go the distance to cover pedophilia. THAT you can count on. And that's important because...

ALL MAGAs are Pedophiles.

[–] lolo@sh.itjust.works 71 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Have they been “ended” again? Wow, this must be the 100th time I’ve read that; certainly true this time, though! Thanks, Rawstory!

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[–] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 52 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

Trump ally Andrew Tate was even more blunt, writing, “NOBODY WANTS THIS WAR, ” before adding, “War transfers wealth from the working class to the banking class. So does fraud and inflation. The working class man simply cant catch a break and is endlessly wrecked. This is The Matrix - extraction from the populace to feed a machine minded host. Heartless.”

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[–] Vieric@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago

Give it a couple days. Every one of them will say they always 100% supported the war. Never thought Trump was in the wrong for even a second. Nope, not me.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 49 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

Yeah go check the r/conservative cesspool and tell me that again. Click bait bullshit

[–] GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 13 hours ago

That subreddit is astroturfed like nobody's business and their censorship makes North Korea look a bastion of free expression. I bet if you went into the comments right when it was posted you'd have seen some halfway reasonable takes, but those comments have all been deleted and their authors banned.

[–] Ancalagon@lemmy.world 23 points 19 hours ago

Most are bots.

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[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 27 points 19 hours ago

End of MAGA, yeah right...

We've always been at war with Eastasia

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