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[–] Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

And still the population will sit behind their screens with their keyboards and sgare a few memes and generally be pissed off and oh look its the next scandal and they population will sit behind their screens and generally be pissed off and oh look its the next scandal of the week...

Alexa what is a "distraction?"

[–] ChetManly@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

He's gotta do something to pay Iran 300b.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Jokes on them, it's basically impossible to get unemployment here to start with.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 19 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

president’s nationwide campaign against “fraud” in government spending.

Projection much, huh?

[–] mojo_raisin@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Also privilege, Republicans see themselves as privileged, it's not fraud when they do it, they are allowed, it's fraud when others without sufficient privilege do it.

[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

pls no, this would make the crime rate skyrocket

[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That's what the federal cabal wants.

[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

What the fuck are they trying to do? Why would they wanna destabilize the country?

[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Peter Thiel and a bunch of the other billionaires want to carve the US up into city states, they’re not particularly secretive about it either. The point is to destroy the country

It’s a quiet revolution most aren’t even aware is going on

[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Is there any literature on this?

[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Project 2025.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 8 points 4 hours ago

Because in its an excuse to send in soldiers, try to justify martial law, suspend elections, and otherwise drag the country deeper into authoritarianism. It's not quite a dictatorship yet, after all.

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

An actual traitor president and it looks like we're just gonna ride it out with our fingers crossed.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Does that equal an amount intended for ballrooms or Iran?

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 20 points 9 hours ago (6 children)

Have to imagine this will disproportionately hurt red states and then they'll blame it on Obama or Biden or something. Really hoping some state will withhold federal taxes but I know our leaders are too spineless for that :[

[–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

If you take the top 10 states by unemployment rate, half of them are red states. Top 20, almost 3/4.

[–] Haze@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago

California funds its own unemployment benefits, of course Trump is too stupid to know this.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

It says they will take funding from states that don't comply with their bullshit so I'm sure the red states will be fine

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Then, magically unemployment will go down and they'll call it a success. Even though all that's happened are fewer people qualifying for unemployment, and more than likely it will result in a net increase in unemployed people.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 3 points 7 hours ago

There's not really a mechanism for withholding federal taxes

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Hahaha, do it. I'll get the pop corn.

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

Bro this is the most boring shit ever, trump does something crazy half the judges say it's fine half say it's not and we go back and forth until the next stupid scandal takes over the headlines

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Seems to buzz people everytime.

[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 33 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

What he wants:

  • desperate people who work for scraps
  • riots, so he can call in the military and call off the election

What he (hopefully) gets:

  • a revolution

Seriously, why aren't billionaire villas burning? Why is Mar-a-Lagos still standing? I'm surprised how much the American people are willing to endure.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Armed revolution results in U.S. military drone strikes on blue states. I am not joking. This is Pete Hegseth's handpicked military; they're waiting for a revolution to crush.

I'm not necessarily saying a revolution should or shouldn't happen, but you should absolutely be aware of the circumstances on topics like these. Plus, people have tried to attack the president. So many times that it's seemed for a while that these are selected shooters. They've all failed thus far.

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

I mean, Trump's war of choice in Iran was an unmitigated disaster. I can't imagine how poorly they would respond to domestic guerrilla warfare

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

I’m surprised how much the American people are willing to endure.

At this point I'm convinced we're the weakest generation of Americans in American history. And the fact that our history really isn't very long doesn't help make that feel any better.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Oh, just book a trip to Florida and burn down Mar-a-Lago. Why hadn't I thought of that before?

[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Have you seen the French protest? I don't say one man should go to there and burn it down, but I would expect big, violent protests there.

[–] gdog05@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago* (last edited 2 minutes ago)

The French only have to protest in France. Imagine the French protesting in Moscow. That's the distance from Utah to Florida. Utah isn't even the furthest point from Florida. Tell some Frenchmen to go march on Russia and protest until they get their way. Now picture that playing out.

[–] gdog05@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Surely no one will gun you down within 200 yards.

[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

If they start shooting protesters things will escalate. That's how civil wars start.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 44 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

But by now, everyone either knows or refuses to acknowledge that the President is a notorious pedophile.

A sudden spike in unemployment followed by waves of debt default, foreclosure, and police actions on the unemployed would seem to be the more pressing issue.

This just feels like the Iran "Today's bombing a girl's school distracts from who the President was fucking in 1997" Epstein War bullshit.

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[–] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 31 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

"Lets do something fast and stupid so they stop talking about me starting and losing a war."

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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 16 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Check me if I’m wrong but the only thing he can cut is the administration funding. The actual benefits are funded by a type of insurance companies pay into. Trump can’t take that away.
All this will do is make processing claims a bitch.

He’s such a dick.

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 hours ago

I dunno if you've noticed, but he can do anything he wants because there's no opposition.

[–] relativestranger@feddit.nl 32 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

the "fraud" starts and ends at the oval office. investigate that s.o.b. first.

[–] Poojabber@lemmy.world 16 points 12 hours ago

Thats not true. My state governor is also a criminal and is grifting on a state level too...

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Beating the wife and the kids at home when he got his ass kicked at the pub.

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