Crooked.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Presidents/comments/16b7fwn/whats_up_with_trumps_posture_lumbar_lordosis/#lightbox

Some high-res versions if anyone is interested

Do you know what’s far more possible? Engaging more than 20% attendance in congressional primary elections to replace the centrist Democrats with progressives.

I disagree. This was the most widely advertised election in US history.

Republicans need to fall in line. Democrats need to fall in love. The left doesn’t mobilize unless deeply motivated.

They didn’t forget. They protested at the polls. It was impossible to exist in the US without being reminded of the election.

Just for awareness, 30/50 states have partisan primaries. That means you must be registered as a Democrat to vote in the Democratic primary. It was a contributing factor in Bernie’s 2016 primary loss, and will be the only effective way to replace the corporate centrists with progressives in the 2026 midterms.

Check your state’s primary type here: https://ballotpedia.org/Primary_election_types_by_state

You can’t say voting is useless if people aren’t voting. 90M eligible voters abstained in 2024. Trump won with 77M votes. That means there were 13M more people that did absolutely nothing than the winning majority.

We also only see ~20% turnout in congressional Democratic primaries, yet people call for term limits. Rather than asking the system to passively replace Congress, maybe we should actually participate in the elections that allow active replacement of our electors.

Condoning or defending apathy is no different than voting for your opponent.

That wall of idealism is great if you could get it into the minds and hearts of the majority of voters. I tried myself, back in the late 90s. Seeing Bush win after I stumped for Nader was a sobering wake up call. Can you imagine the guilt I felt protesting Bush’s blood for oil wars knowing that I actively disengaged people from voting for Gore?

FPTP is in control. We are not. We get two choices. Anything else is equivalent to abstention.

I did too at first, but then I saw who posted it.

We usually are. I was a little confused to see you defending protest voting when we’re up against fascism given your prior comments. That should’ve been my first clue to wake up some more before responding. Lol

Too bad you didn’t participate when a vote was all that was needed. It’s going to take a lot more than that now.

My bad. I just reread the thread and it seems you’re right. I really should get some coffee before I start typing. Lol

Who said it was just the one time? Welcome to FPTP elections. We get two choices, neither is ideal. You vote for the lesser of two evils, or you accept the greater to lead the nation. It’s a horrible system, but you’re smart enough to know how it works.

The attitude here is quite literally the opposite. Your arrogance is deporting innocent people to El Salvador. Your pride is taking food and medicine from the needy. Your self-righteousness is building a billionaire resort in Gaza.

His face has gotten more reddish-orange in the last few years. Now he looks like a Tupperware that was used to microwave leftover spaghetti.

So exactly what amount of criticism will overthrow a fascist regime? I can say with certainty that more votes would have prevented one from taking over.

No. It’s the wedge throwing SatansMaggotyCumFart’s post. They love dividing the left.

…and build a billionaire resort on the ashes.

Eisenhower warned us about the growing beast that is the military industrial complex after WWII, and all we did was feed it for profit.

Each day for the remainder of the first session of the 119th Congress shall not constitute a calendar day for purposes of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act with respect to a joint resolution terminating a national emergency declared by the President on February 1, 2025

https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hres211/BILLS-119hres211eh.pdf

If that were true, there would be no trans kids born in red states. The lack of logic is astounding. No wonder they move away from you all.