HeavenlyPossumAug 27, 2025

US Democrats are so enamored with the idea that Trump is “distracting” because a fundamental pillar of US liberalism is that nothing real can ever happen. It’s just not allowed. So when real things do happen, like a fascist takeover and military occupation of the US capital, they can only conceive of it in terms of messaging, of signs and symbols.

The real world ended in 1992, after the Soviet Union collapsed and Bill Clinton became President and neoliberalism settled in as The End of History.

The first real thing that will ever happen to many of these people will be their own deaths.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/dem-strategists-urged-party-trump-military-takeover-1235415635/

Dems’ Messaging Nerds Urged Party Not to Talk About Trump’s Military Takeover

Democrats’ favorite research firm told Democrats to avoid discussing Trump’s “rising authoritarianism” and focus on tariffs instead.

Rolling Stone
Show threadRobert LinkAug 27, 2025
@HeavenlyPossum Wrong. We're focusing on #Epstein because that's the issue most likely to bring down Trump and his complicit enablers. MAGAts love the militarization and pwoning lib cities. But they just might turn on Trump and Vance and Johnson and McConnell over raping 13 year olds.
Show threadViolet Madder

@phaedral @HeavenlyPossum

And all of that is a moot dead end anyhow, because we all ought to realize by now that list has gotta be packed with prominent Democrats and people from Wall Street etc and all kinds of shit that NEITHER party wants to ever see the light of day.

And tolerating sexual assault and child abuse is an INTEGRAL PART of right-wing culture, just look at their churches. Total nonstarter, somehow, despite the volume of all the pizzagate noise.

Aug 28, 2025 at 11:06pmWeb
Show threadThe Great Llama Aug 28, 2025
@violetmadder @phaedral @HeavenlyPossum
No, no... THIS is going to he the time they finally have enough. For real this time. 🙃