The Doom Thread: Gloom, Despair, Agony

I won’t be making any changes. Standard ETFs for SP 500 and Nasdaq.

 

Why don’t you direct me to the right thread so we can discuss there friend!!?!

 

I can believe my own predictions without an obligation to tell you or any other MAGA Chode what I may or may not do to prepare.

What I can tell you is I only hope that whatever may come, the negative consequences fall disproportionately on those who have willingingly pickled themselves in right-wing disinformation.

 

Yeah, no problem. I posted this by mistake
In the Cartoon thread. Borrowed the vid from Irish Rover.

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That picture will go along with this. Led by Stephen (Grosser) Miller. Or imagine Drumpf’s Proud Boys issued with Brown Shirts.
Backed up by the new Department of Justice. The. Volksgericht under Mike Davis.
People's Court (Volksgericht): Nazi court with jurisdiction over treason and other politically motivated crimes. It dealt summary justice without right of appeal to all those accused of crimes against the Führer, Adolf Hitler, and against the government of the Third Reich.

I can’t stop laughing!!! Sob!

 

Biden should have never planned on a 2nd term from the moment he was elected...which, iirc, was the plan. He certainly did Kamala no favors through the four years by making her visible or relevant, and the lack of a legitimate primary had a hand in chilling interest. Joe's legacy is Trump's 2nd term.

 

Wrong thread but what the hell? Do norms matter?

Opening Arguments latest episode they start discussing things Biden could do to slow the new admin down and protect people.

Probably won't do it because he is an institutionalist and Garland a moron but...some interesting ideas. More coming soon they promise.

 

Hail Grimes!

 

Just realized I should tldr part of the episode, but they mention he could fire all immigration judges and attorneys, empty ICE, make public Smith's reports down to the last period. Ram through a new SC judge.

It won't stop anything, but it'll slow down the fascism.

 

Perhaps I’ve come to the wrong thread with this. It’s some regular Texan talking about his post election feeling.
But trust me it’s well worth a couple of minutes of your time.

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Very well said - a bit long, but worth watching. He sums it up well.

Thanks for posting.

 

Predicting the policy outcomes of a second Trump term is a bit futile, because no one knows what the policies will be. The next few years will be characterized by different factions of extremists, plutocrats, grifters, and weirdos competing for influence within the President's defective brain, and there's no way to know in advance how that struggle will turn out.

We can predict with confidence that Trump 2.0 wil be a corrupt and authoritarian freak show and an embarassing disgrace. That much is a given; everything else is up in the air.

 

I broadly agree with all that, with the caveat that Democratic economic policies are akin to a bandaid instead of the surgery that's truly needed. Nibbling around the edges will continue to cede ground to the billionaires and bourgeoisie.

Take some pages from Bernie and rail against the corporations that have seized control of the economy and government and have been stripping rights from the working class and taking money out of their pockets and putting more of the tax burden on them. They've socialized all the problems and stolen the wealth.

Push on that and start passing laws to strike back and you'll make progress with those folks.

 

Additionally I think Dems' messaging needs to be more on the offensive against the patent b.s. coming from the other side. Was true before Trump and way more so now.

Hammer home the fact that the other side is wrong about their descriptions and prescriptions. Point out that tax cuts for fat cats are on offer, not anything that will help us folks. Make the case, without condescension, that the way forward must be together, not a performative role-play of fantasy individualism.

 

But on the bright side, it's worse than it was last month!

 

This conversation between The Bulwark and Pod Save America hosts seems most fitting here. I liked the Tim Miller line "being on the caring side is hard" and Jon Lovett's "the worst people are happy and the best people are sad". What struck me is it is a conversation between two gay guys who are feeling the doom quite significantly.

 

Enjoy it while it lasts. It's going to be much, much worse in about 70-ish days.

 

Optimism, Knave style.