Monday, January 19, 2026

American Exceptionalism Ain’t What It Used To Be

In all seriousness, Ms. Applebaum: what was your first clue? He’s been an enemy of the people longer than that. Which contestant wins the “Captain Obvious” booby prize?

Phone lines are open. This is a free call.
  Harmeet Dhillon is sending more FBI agents right away. To…defend the civil rights of Target shoppers to fill their shopping carts with cheap crap? It’s not like Grandpa hasn’t been ranting about this for a long time now….
๐Ÿ”ฅEx Greenland parliament member: “Trump doesn’t know about Greenlandic people. We don’t value๐Ÿ’ฐ/Kardashian lips/fake boobs… we won’t give up free health care & education… ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธare so greedy they’re trying to shoot their friends… Trump surrounds himself with white power— our rights would probably be taken away.”
But...freedumb?

4 comments:

  1. I guess I don't see your point here. It kinda reads like "what took you dummies so long to get it". If the only way we slow/stop/remove/whatever Trump depends on "normies" turning on him this is what it's going to look like.

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    1. I get bitter sometimes. I should welcome them to the party, but today I can’t help the “No shit, Sherlock!” response. Trump was bad the first time around, but the moment he pardoned every person involved in attacking the Capitol, I can’t help but wonder why it took this long. My take is, they are blinded by the narrative: we can’t elect a dangerous ignoramous to the Oval Office, can we? I’m out of patience with “serious thinkers” who have to see the undeniable reality in their realm of expertise before they see.

      I’m sure I’ll be better tomorrow. Or not. These people are really wearing out my patience.

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    2. O boy do I understand the bitterness. Spent a big part of the morning swallowing my own so I could carefully explain what I thought was wrong about the invasion of Minneapolis to someone who is not dumb at all, just kinda disengaged and soaking in Fox propaganda (the most popular local radio station is foxed-up). It's amazing that Trump had to go so far to get people just dimly aware of what a mistake he is. It just didn't have to be this way, and yeah it's damn hard not to be angry about it.

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    3. This is my therapy. And I did re-read Applebaum’s tweet and thought I was a bit unfair. Opinions vary, even from me.

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