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by podgorniy 12 days ago
The epstein-guest-pedo-leader of the "claim-to-be-leader-nation" monetize billion in crypto, poorly chineese manufactured phone and sells access to own market-manipulation-intended-texts. It's so much bad stuff that poor people don't even know how to start battling with it...

The music on this sinking ship will keep playing till the very end. It's a decline. There is no observable way up from this point.
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lostlogin 12 days ago
> There is no observable way up from this point.

The mid terms?

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easyThrowaway 12 days ago
And then what? You get a lame duck, then (if you're really lucky) a 4 year dems gov where they basically do basically nothing expect try to clean (or bury) the most outrageous cases of corruption and then once the MAGAs get elected again you're back at the beginning?
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cosmicgadget 11 days ago
I'm not sure what the way out here is. Even with both houses (which won't happen) the Supreme Court has declared all independent agencies created by Congress unconstitutional. Funding approved by Congress can basically be line-item vetoed by the executive. And of course the bar for impeachment is simply too high.

Split houses means that anything bad can be blamed on the blue house.

Honestly, if you think the GOP isn't currently serving the country's interests you kinda have to hope they aren't given a scapegoat this fall.

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netsharc 12 days ago
It's already looking like Putin/Erdogan-style election fixing...
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podgorniy 11 days ago
two aspects

1. The situation I imply is way broader: it includes corporate favoritism, epstein files people not getting cosequences, cricular investment of the hyperscalers, illusion of AI boom where the president is just a cherry on top. Swap the cherries, and next ones will keep doing what current ones showed is possible and brings no consequences. Add money-printing, war which can't be won, debt growth etc etc. So yes, I don't see good way up from this point. Even with completely midterms lost by trump supporters the major block of problems stays on the table.

2. The mid terms may not result in trump weakening. There are number of scenarios where trump's team/supportes keep major control or even expand it (emergency powers, military or federal interference, or good old intimidation).

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frm88 11 days ago
epstein files people not getting cosequences

France has started a new investigation and will try to extradite Ghislaine Maxwell, since she is a french national and has installed an investigative judge, so maybe some will face consequences.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1322121619

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podgorniy 8 days ago
Formally you're correct. Cudos to France. I think there are also a number of invesitgations started in other european countries. Like Norway or something.

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In practice majority of people from the list are americans. The released documents are created by the parts of the american government (we did not see what other organisations know/have) which is literally responsible for enforcing the law. It even have "justice" in their title "Department of Justice". And this is only the visible to us part. They have way more info than they showed... So yeah, no justice is not on the menu today from USA's government.

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Tadpole9181 11 days ago
Trump fired all members of the Election Assistance Commission this week. His head of the USPS confirmed they have a proposed rule to not deliver mail-in ballots in select states. Last night, as we approach midterms, Trump gave a speech saying US elections are illegitimate and only he can fix it (by controlling the voting machines and who gets to vote).

I'm really sorry, but it really does look like we may have had our last actual election already.

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