The Trump Presidency, Season 2

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

but the Justice system really failed mammalian life.

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[GoblinCampFollower]

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I think we expect fish and insects to be wiped out at least as fast by climate change and reckless environmental policies.... but yes, I agree.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

I was saying 'multicellular life' but jellyfish seem to be loving this.

 

[Free]

Forcing all the MAGA folk to watch TV from their hotel rooms. So sad.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

$TRUMP arrived: Trump's own crypto currency, which he does call meme coin. So now anybody can get rich with $TRUMP!!1!

$TRUMP is performing great, whatever the diagram says is fake news, people!

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

This is the biggest one for me. We can speculate all we want about which candidates under which circumstances would have beaten Trump, but that's all speculation. Trump never should have been allowed to run. The Justice system as a whole failed and really showed it's weakness to stop a runaway tyrant. Trump is not only president again, but can justifiably have increased confidence that nothing will stop him doing anything he wants. I'm not sure how much of this could have been helped by Biden personally, but the Justice system really failed the American people.

The full responsibility of what has happened rests on Merrick Garland. He owns this shit. All of it.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The full responsibility of what has happened rests on Merrick Garland. He owns this shit. All of it.

To my mind, a great deal of the responsibility lies with those Republican senators who refused to impeach Trump after January 6, on the grounds the courts would deal with it. Had they had the courage to impeach him for insurrection, we would not be where we are today.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Katheryne Helendale , I adore you. Please understand that there's not just one clown in this circus. It's this:

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

$TRUMP is performing great, whatever the diagram says is fake news, people!

Here’s an idea, invest the entire US Federal Reserve in $Trump! It’ll go to the Moon!

 

[Cristiano]

Vivek Ramaswamy expected to depart DOGE

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

To my mind, a great deal of the responsibility lies with those Republican senators who refused to impeach Trump after January 6, on the grounds the courts would deal with it. Had they had the courage to impeach him for insurrection, we would not be where we are today.

Yes, you're right. There were a lot of failures in the system that led to what we're about to deal with. However, there's nothing in the Constitution that prohibits an impeached president from being elected again. So it ultimately came down to the DoJ that failed to prosecute and convict Trump for his many crimes. Of course, there's nothing in the Constitution that prohibits a convicted felon from being elected president either, so...

I guess the only thing that could have possibly guaranteed The Melon Felon would never again occupy the Oval Office would have been if Congress had the balls to invoke Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Vivek Ramaswamy expected to depart DOGE

Well, being the brown guy he'd be the first one assassinated.

 

[Khamon]

Forcing all the MAGA folk to watch TV from their hotel rooms. So sad.

Everything Trump does in the first hundred days will be rooted in proving that he can treat any body(s) any way any time. Opposers will be lined up and shot on Fifth Avenue. Congress, judges, governors, and military leaders will understand that pleasing him is all that matters.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Katheryne Helendale , I adore you. Please understand that there's not just one clown in this circus. It's this:

Sorry, I missed this earlier. I keep being forced to prove I'm not a robot every five minutes, and it's causing me to lose track of where I am in the thread, and it's getting fucking infuriating.

Meanwhile...

Katheryne Helendale (@khelendale.bsky.social)

I just realized I have something in common with the Melon Felon. Neither one of us have been shot in the ear.

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[Bartholomew Gallacher]

$TRUMP is old stuff, $MELANIAMEME is the hot new stuff. And so far better performing than $TRUMP!

Really, who on earth is dumb enough to buy this shit?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/20/donald-trump-meme-coin-price-melania-token

 

[Innula Zenovka]

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[Casey Pelous]

Oh, ffs.

This headline ...

Donald and Melania Trump launch a pair of meme coins ahead of inauguration, raising serious ethics concerns

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/tech/meme-coins-donald-melania-trump-intl-hnk/index.html

Sure. Suddenly there are Ethics Concerns! Shocking! The Trumps have never given us any indication of something like this! The Fourth Estate is now on high alert!

This is like, "Ted Bundy's Murder Spree Raises Questions of Character."

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt.bsky.social)

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Nah, Luigi scared the piss out of them all.

 

[WolfEyes]

Stanley Pignal (@spignal.bsky.social)

“I feel liberated,” said a top banker. “We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled . . . it’s a new dawn.” Business in the age of Trump. Sounds liberating. https://www.ft.com/content/cf876b19-8c69-498b-95f5-d018618d99ec

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The stupidity. It burns.

 

[WolfEyes]

Which present day just means "stupid" but previously meant the same as mute.

It has always meant stupid. Referring to someone as dumb, meaning mute, has always been slang.