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      Well what are they gonna do about it? The mid term aren’t until November.

      MAGA, or ex-maga don’t have enough critical mass for stree protests. And even if they did Trump will shrug it off. Just like how he has die the no kings and anti ice protests.

      The only way to stop Trump is a general strike along the lines of the huge movements that succeeded in removing, in some cases their viciously murderous, evil, regimes, such as Euro Maidan (Ukraine) 2014, Romanian Revolution 1989, East German Revolution 1989 and the Philippine People Power Revolution 1986 to name but a few.

      It is possible.

      But you have to be planning and working out your roles. Not everyone will be jammed up against regime thugs batons and shields on the front line. Others will be legal aid, cooking food, supporting families of those who can’t work because their fighting for liberty, democracy and justice.

      Start by joining like mindes organisations. Start attending meetings. Get your neighbours, friends and family to dip their toes in.

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    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

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      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.

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      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.

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      No, that’s not how anything works…

      “The straw that broke the camels back” isn’t just one heavy ass piece of straw.

      It’s one thing, in addition to every single thing that came before it.

      So its this and the pedophilla and rampant corruption, and everything else.

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        But… like… literally everyone can agree that pedoshit should always break the camel’s back. Like it’s literally universal across pretty much every demographic that nobody should protect a pedo and even the worst serial killing criminals in prison are still viewed more favorablly than pedos.

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          I’m sure they persuade themselves that this is only a conspiracy against dear leader. they’re idiots

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            That’s pretty much exactly what it is. They’re still buying whatever that Qanon “trump is working with secret agents embedded in the Deep state to dismantle the Clinton pedo ring” nonsense.

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      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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        I’d bet a lot of money if there was an election right now they’d still vote Republican.

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      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

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    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.

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    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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    “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?

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      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.

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

      You already called it

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

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      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.

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        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.

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        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%”

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        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

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      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.

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    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.

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    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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        Grifter’s gotta grift. But it’s a good windsock for gauging where the popular winds are blowing. Dems are in the best position to capitalize on the shift, but I’m sure they’ll find new and innovative strategies to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory again, since they’re owned by capital.

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      “Banking class”, and what demographic is infamously blamed for being money hungry bankers I wonder?

      It’s not a great point its deflecting from the capitalist class and trying to change the scapegoat to a minority.

      Worst person you know subverts a great point so people don’t reach it.

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      God dammit. Devastating - it is in fact a good point. Surely he used ChatGPT to write this.

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      Whether it’s true or not, having some of them believe it might encourage some of the cowards on the fence to leave the cult, and if it does i say thats a win.

      Definitely a frustratingly sensationalized headline though, total clickbait.

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        How about, anyone leaving that cult at this point is not a coward? Some of these people just fell for the lies and are rather stupid and scared. Not saying we should give them a full pass, but we need to celebrate them waking up.

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          Cowardice is defined as ignoble fear in the face of danger or pain. If they are falling for lies because they are stupid or scared, that is them being controlled by fear, which is cowardly.

          If you let someone manipulate you using fear, I consider you a coward. Fantastic if someone wakes up, then maybe we can re-evaluate their coward status, but until then I consider them cowards, personally.

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      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.

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    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.