We’re never going to get the old days back.

Nothing is stopping you from using a computer as a standalone machine not connected to the internet. Then you have a machine just like the ones in the 1970's and 1980's except for having much more memory/processor/diskspace etc. I would say you have a better OS also, except that Linux is basically the same OS as my SCO Xenix 386 I had in the 1980's.

Couldn’t they “convince” instance admins to include ads?

Yes. One at a time. But the cannot "buy Lemmy" which is what a CEO would want to do.

In time, the Fediverse will also be easily accessible. And where there are normies, you’ll find corporate enshittification.

No, because corporations cannot buy the Fediverse.

He could flee to Russia.

I actually wouldn't mind that because of the profound shame it would bring Treason Trump and the Republican Party. Plus, we can seize his assets.

100 guys in trucks rolling up with body armor and illegal automatic weapons would be a huge problem if NG isn’t already in place and settled in.

Then there will be 100 deaths. Because the military guarding the capital will be more like 7000 troops. And the entire Maryland national guard will be about 10 minutes away.

And I don’t think Biden will want that optics. And I don’t think Kamala will push him to do it for the same reasons

Biden is rightly not going to give a shit about "optics". He cares about democracy. Full stop. There will be a fuck ton of military guarding the capital on Jan. 6.

I sure hope that is the case, but I pessimisticly fear a weak response to the next Jan 6 attempt because taking steps to put down a violent insurrection is “too political.”

It would not surprise me if there is a full military division guarding the capital. They aren't going to get anywhere near the place.

If Trump loses he’s 100% planning it again, this time all gas no brakes. They’ll come in with guns from the start and kill anyone that isn’t a trumpet in the capitol.

There is going to be a gigantic military force guarding the capital next time.

Trump is throwing up shit everywhere just to see what sticks. He also promised billionaires that he is going to hand out an unlimited number of green cards to foreigners to work American jobs and lower American wages. Trump is actually an immigration extremist at both ends.

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/donald-trump-immigration-expansionist/

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fans-rebel-over-immigration-proposal-green-card-college/

Trump's assassins probably heard him say "You'll never take back your country with weakness" and thought "He's right".

The Lincoln Project is telling people to vote Dem for congress too.

https://lincolnproject.us/lincoln-project-congressional-gop-are-trumps-lap-dogs/

[Lincoln Project: Congressional GOP Are Trump’s Lap Dogs]

He's not right. Do you really think people like the Lincoln Project and George Conway are motivated by bizzarro shit??? This theory of "I'm endorsing Harris to magically help Republicans" is asinine. It is Dems trying to outsmart themselves by thinking up bizzaro convoluted shit.

The strategy of prominent Republicans flipping to vote for Harris is specifically designed to help Republicans win Congress.

WTF?? Not one single Republican made that calculation. Do you really think people like the Lincoln Project and George Conway are motivated by bizzarro shit??? That endorsing Harris will somehow magically help Republicans?? What you said is Democrats trying to outsmart themselves with convoluted nonsense. This is NOT a normal partisan election. This is a unique event in American history. Trump wants Americans to treat this as just another normal election. Don't play right into his hand. This is the greatest attack on democracy in American history. We need all hands on deck. We need everybody.

If Republican voters are demoralized by the prospect of Trump, a lot are going to just stay home and not vote at all. That would lead to a Democratic electoral sweep.

How the f*ck would conservative's support of Harris change any of that? This makes no sense.

Cheney, George Will and other Republican ghouls’ best option to avoid this is to give permission to their voting base to toss their Presidential vote to Harris, but also get them into the polls so they can be reliable Republican voters down the ticket and try to keep the House and take the Senate.

That is utterly nonsensical. NOBODY NEEDS PERMISSION to vote.

FFS, quit giving the enemy oxygen.

FUCK THAT 100%! This is the greatest attack on democracy in American history. We don't know if democracy will survive or not. We need all loyal Americans on our side. Loyal Americans who are conservative are NOT our enemies, they are our opponents. The neofascist movement are our enemies.

Get it through your head this is NOT a normal election of Democrats vs Republicans, this election is democrats vs neofascists. The outcome of this election will matter MUCH LONGER than a 2 year congressional term of office

Bush successfully stole an election,

Possibly. And that could be why Bush doesn't endorse Harris. Cheney isn't Bush.

you only care that Trump failed to steal his.

I cared about both elections dude. Why are you making up stupid shit?

Or maybe you are just upset because Trump did it in an ugly, mask off fashion, instead of using blatant corruption to steal an election the good ol’ fashioned way.

Bush gave Treason Trump the idea by contesting the 2000 election. So yes he gets some of the blame. But Trump did an all out fascist Putsch.

There are 2 huge problems with your way of thinking:

It is idiotic to criticize Republicans for criticizing Trump We need all loyal Americans on our side.

By you pretending this is just another normal election rather that a unique event in all of American history, you are treating this election the same way Treason Trump is treating this election. This is NOT a normal election and you are playing into Treason Trump's hands by treating this as a normal partisan election instead of the biggest attack on democracy in American history.

What has Trump done that was actually worse than anything GWB did?

He tried to overturn the will of the people. He tried to overthrow democracy.

We may not like what Cheney did, but Cheney recognizes the people's right to reject his policies. Sex Offender Treason Trump does not. That is crucial. That is more important than any particular policy.

Do you know what is worse than politicians doing something bad? Politicians doing something bad and the people not having the power to replace them. Putin felt free to invade Ukraine because he knows that Russians lost the power to replace him.

It's not a matter of opinion. We have objective evidence. Either Cheney warned that Trump was "the most dangerous individual in American history" or he did not. We can look it up and find that he did. Not that this has nothing to do with his ordinary political opinions. It doesn't matter whether you or me like his political opinions or not. It only matters what he did in regards to Trump's disloyalty.

.there are no potential Democrat voters to the right of Kamala.

You don't get what's happening at all. This isn't about Democrats vs Republicans. This is about loyal Americans vs disloyal Americans. Kamala is not shifting her positions to pick up Republicans, she is automatically getting the vote of conservatives who realize that Treason Trump is disloyal to America and are putting country above party

Treason Trump shouting "They are eating the cats and dogs" is going to be the defining moment of the Republican Party for a generation.

That’s still way, way, way too high. But still.

You mean $8,000,000,000 was too much to spend to build a website comparable in functionality to Lemmy?

Is that why Trump suggests the NY Economic Club should hold their next meeting in Venezuela?

"Next year, I’m going to suggest that the Economic Club hold its meeting in Caracas because we’ll be safer than we are in our country if they win. We’ll be far safer."

https://singjupost.com/full-transcript-trump-speaks-at-the-economic-club-of-new-york

He doesn’t believe anything he says.

Trump has often bragged about how good he is at deceiving people. Anyone who thinks Traitorapist Trump believes his own shit has been Trumped.

They believe truth is dictated by consensus, volume, devotion, etc because that’s what their religion and their narcissistic delusions teach them. Everyone else knows that truth is something to be analyzed and determined, not proclaimed.

It's the same old shit the Nazis did.

When talking about Climate Change, I was wishing Harris would say something like "Trump is 79 years old and won't be around long enough to see the worst effects of climate change so maybe that's why he doesn't care anything about it...."

When talking about international affairs, I was wishing Harris would say something like "Trump's chaos is going to cause an explosion of nuclear proliferation, but Trump is 79 years old and won't be around long enough to see the terrible problems he is going to leave us..."

If you ever read what Putin says about Trump, it is clear that, although he sees Treason Trump as a useful stooge, Putin doesn't have any actual respect for Trump.

I was completely cringing every time Treason Trump's face displayed his absolutely ridiculous looking "narcistic buffoon" default stare. You just know that Trump spent dozens of hours in front of the mirror perfecting that stare, imaging that people would be admiring him, not even realizing how much of a ridiculous arrogant buffoon he looks like to everybody. Even if I didn't already know anything about Traitorapist Trump, as soon as I saw that narcisstic buffoon face I would be like "hell no".

sounds good

Something doesn’t track here.

Treason Trump is trying to be an immigration extremist at both ends simultaneously.

Treason Trump is going to hand out unlimited Green Cards to foreign workers as a favor to billionaire friends.

And if you don't like Kursk there are free accommodations at the Gulags.

Would be great if some of them ended up in the Russian Gulag

OMG This is hysterical.

There was no illusion that, following WWII, Russia and China would be buddies with the US.

China was an American ally right up to 1949. Americans were pretty fond of China before and during WWII.

The Lincoln Project thinks the most important thing for the future they want is to prevent Trump from being President again. I agree.

I actually have a lot of respect for conservatives who remain loyal to America in the face of Trump's profound disloyalty to America and our values. Those kind of people are our opponents, but not our enemies. It is the GOP's neofascist movement that are the enemies of all loyal Americans, conservative or progressive.

Eligible in this case presumably has to do with income. Obviously people making 300k/year won't need any assistance.

She is supporting a federal law banning firms from charging excessive prices on groceries and urged action on a bill in Congress that would bar property owners from using services that "coordinate" rents.

Fantastic.

She has also called for capping the monthly price of diabetes-drug insulin at $35 for everyone,

Fantastic.

finding ways to cancel medical debt

Awesome

and giving families a $6,000 tax credit the year they have a new child

Great

The campaign's proposals include a "first-ever" tax credit for builders of homes sold to first-time buyers,

Very nice

as well as up to $25,000 in down-payment assistance for "eligible" first time buyers,

Very nice

I would be freaked out too if I almost got assassinated. He is a human being.

Donald Dump is an especially self absorbed human being so he almost surely freaked out even more than a normal person would.

I noticed that to. At first I was WTF and then I was "oh of course".

This is a genius move. Not only is Biden trolling Trump, but it also makes the easily triggered Trump want to target Biden again instead of Harris.

If Conway announced a project to get this shown in every swing state, I would chip in for that.

His point is just to find a way to scare his voters by calling her a communist. It’s the most pathetic attack ever.

Ironically Taiwan has universal health care and Communist China has employer based health care.

Here is Texas it is not uncommon when you have a health issue and call your primary doctor, to be told that they don't have any open appts for weeks and be told to go see an urgent care clinic instead. For profit primary doctors tend to arrange things so that all their time is filled up with non urgent "routine followups" or "annual checkups" and stuff that they have no time for any urgent medicare problems.