Lemmy.org - Politics

WhatsHerBucket , in Speaker Mike Johnson booed at Columbia University as he calls for president to quit
@WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world avatar

Columbia students: protesting peacefully and testing boundaries, exercising free speech

Columbia President: Let’s call NYPD and arrest them all

Columbia Staff: wtf?

Mike Johnson: How can I make this worse? I know, force the president of the school to resign for not doing enough, and call in the National Guard

And fuck all those ads I endured to read that.

shalafi ,

protesting peacefully and testing boundaries, exercising free speech

Doesn't sound like that on the ground:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/opinions/columbia-university-protests-greenblatt/index.html

And I'm sure plenty (more) of bad actors have slipped in since. It's not as cut-and-dried and lemmy is making it out.

pennomi ,

Ehhh, that article sounds pretty biased. Yes, Jewish students don’t deserve to be persecuted, and yes, people who break the law should be arrested, but that’s true everywhere. Everything else in the article is just fearmongering.

Lemminary , in Trump issues ominous threats of ‘investigations’ against Haley if she stays in race

He's openly blackmailing people? Damn.

bibliotectress ,

Again. I cannot believe he's winning primaries. What the hell is even happening.

DarkMessiah ,

It feels like our only hope at this point is for his heart to finally give out from all that blubber and fast food.

the_q ,

Are you serious? People are awful. He's the perfect person to represent them.

rdyoung , in Michigan governor says not voting for Biden over Gaza war ‘supports second Trump term’

She is 100% correct. In the primaries vote for your dog or write in your kid if you want. In the big show however, any vote for anyone other than Biden is a vote for fascism and at this point almost guarantees that we see at the very least an attempt to install a dictator in the next few decades.

themeatbridge ,

I agree completely.

But the votes don't belong to Biden. He must go and earn them, and if he doesn't, that's his fault. This was the same problem with Hillary. Being "not Trump" is sufficient to get my vote, but it is insufficient to get every vote necessary to win. If he doesn't try harder to earn those votes, then he will lose and it will be his fault, not the voters who refused to support him.

rdyoung ,

He needs to earn them during the primary. If it's him versus trump, everyone who votes for trump or kennedy or a pastafarian is directly responsible if/when trump wins and the right attempts to give us a dictator in the next decades.

I'm all for an alternative to the establishment dems. Problem is that not enough people are out there helping an alternative candidate make their way up the ranks and gain the experience, connections and name recognition to win the big seat.

The above said and to repeat. We need to not let perfect be the enemy of good. We need to collectively bite our tongue and vote Biden because the alternative is going to be 1000x worse than some people seem to imagine.

If I have to decide between 4 more years of moving forward slowly while we repair the damage trump did and the maggats continue to inflict OR the centuries back that trumps masters want to take us along with the economy going to shit again, russia starting ww3, etc. I know which one I will choose. If you or anyone else reading this is still unsure or needs more time to think, not only are you the problem, you aren't someone I want anything to do with.

homesweethomeMrL ,

DO NOT FUCK THIS UP AGAIN.

So help me i will invent a time machine, go back and save Harambe and bring him here to run amok amongst you people.

If you don’t vote for Biden you’re supporting trump. It’s dead simple. Forget why, forget what if, just stop it. We will not survive another trump attack. Ok?

Change the system completely when trump is dead. Until then, stop fighting us and help push, goddamit.

themeatbridge ,

I agree, please do not fuck this up again. Hillary and the DNC fucked up big time in 2016, and we all paid a massive price. Biden seems to be fucking up, but I really hope he pulls his shit together for the election.

Sylver ,

Now is NOT the time to be pedantic with our vote. It is ALL HANDS ON DECK. If Biden loses, I fear for the livelihood of so many friends and family members. We will not be put to death so ignorantly. A vote for Biden is a vote for keeping the rules of the game in play. A vote for Trump is a vote to destroy the system, game, and any semblance of hope that remains.

themeatbridge ,

I agree with you, and I hope Biden starts doing more to convince people to vote for him. If he doesn't, I'm not going to blame the people who didn't vote for him.

Psychodelic ,

You agree weird

themeatbridge ,

Like how?

GardenVarietyAnxiety , in Lauren Boebert’s Son, 18, Busted in Wild Alleged Crime Wave

Something something Biden Crime Family

givesomefucks , in Speaker Mike Johnson booed at Columbia University as he calls for president to quit

The full title:

Speaker Mike Johnson booed at Columbia University as he calls for president to quit unless pro-Palestine protests quelled

reagansrottencorpse ,

Fuck both of them @givesomefucks 😂

NightAuthor , in Donald Trump, Who Attempted A Coup To Hold Onto Power, Comfortably Wins Iowa Caucuses

I’m gonna start preparing for the civil war.

MindSkipperBro12 ,

Were you expecting anything else?

EdibleFriend ,
@EdibleFriend@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah when the war breaks out I'm just going to fucking kill myself. I'm not living through that shit.

DigitalTraveler42 , (edited )

Fuck that, take some of your enemies with you on your way out.

https://youtu.be/hIq4UTgqDAc?si=uaS3zrxioPvehFKQ

EdibleFriend ,
@EdibleFriend@lemmy.world avatar

Nah. It's sleeping pills for me.

DigitalTraveler42 ,

Not a bad idea, invite them in, drug them with sleeping pills, slit their throats, just like the European resistance did the first time we had to fight Nazi fuckheads.

(Don't worry I know you still meant suicide)

DigitalTraveler42 ,

If you're starting now you're way behind, some of these nutters have been planning for decades.

Just learn how to rob fortified positions instead. /s

Zeppo , in Texas attorney general requests transgender youths’ patient records from Georgia clinic
@Zeppo@sh.itjust.works avatar

Texas sure is speedrunning this dystopia thing. The concept that they control what their residents do in other states is particularly fucked up.

reddig33 , in The American dream is 'rapidly diminishing,' Walgreens boss says in plea to raise taxes for the wealthy

Walgreens boss — you’re part of the problem. Stop short staffing your stores, overworking and underpaying your pharmacy staff.

Bonesince1997 , in "The math keeps getting worse": James Comer admits he may have to give up on Biden impeachment probe

Trump was easily impeached, twice. This guy can't decide whether to give up after his "facts" have been revealed to be made up. Fucking chump.

the_q , in Donald Trump, Who Attempted A Coup To Hold Onto Power, Comfortably Wins Iowa Caucuses

This country is full of just awful human beings.

Gradually_Adjusting , in Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago hosts gay wedding
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

They can't be turning away business right now. Mildly shocked there are any gay folks who would want this though

cmbabul ,

Hoping they are just trying to stir shit up

Jackcooper ,

Paying Trump 6 figures to own the ... Someone

Cuttlefish1111 ,

Trump… it owns Trump. He won’t even turn away a gay wedding. He does anything for money.

Delphia ,

Thats on the honeymoon.

swiffswaffplop , in Exclusive: Republican hits Clarence Thomas with. lawsuit over his taxes

Castro is suing Thomas under VFATA, which allows private citizens anywhere in the country to bring a claim against a Virginia resident for making a knowingly false or fraudulent claim to the commonwealth for money or property, essentially empowering regular Americans to take on the role of a de factor agent of the Virginia attorney general.

Crazy. Why didn’t a democrat do this immediately?

cowfodder , in Trump is a co-conspirator in Michigan's 2020 false electors plot, state investigator says

Please charge his orange ass in my home state!

LEDZeppelin , in Trump pays $392k in legal fees to New York Times after failed lawsuit over disclosure of his tax documents

So much winning

SinningStromgald ,

It's almost sad how winning Trump is.

tiltinyall ,

I wanna have my own personal Trump so I can win all the time.

itsgroundhogdayagain , in Arizona Senate bill would ban Satan on public property. Run, Sparky, Run!

But if you ban 1 religious figurehead, guess who else gets banned?

cmbabul ,

I want to be clear that I don’t agree with or support this but coming from an evangelical upbringing they will respond with “liberals already banned Jesus from the classroom, that’s why there’s so many school shootings” or something like that, they don’t live in reality

SinningStromgald ,

And we would all know its bullshit. Of course our corrupt Supreme Court would probably buy some bunk "states rights" argument and give the okay.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • random
  • test
  • politics@lemmy.org
  • worldmews
  • mews
  • All magazines