The top comments on X are some idiotic take by an asshat with an agenda and $8. This isn't debate, it is idiocy.

Trump finally got a majority of voters in Georgia to vote for him!

(a grand jury needs a majority of votes to indict.)

Corporations invented Jaywalking to pass the problem of death by vehicle from the manufacturer to the victim. Corporations invented the concept of Litterbug to shift blame from the makers of trash to the disposers of trash. Corporations invented the concept of the personal carbon footprint to shift the blame from the makers of carbon to the users of carbon.

This is just the same thing. Corporations are good at this.

Welcome to the British Petroleum summer heat wave. Next up is the Exxon Mobile Hurricane season.

Fun fact about the Exxon Mobile Hurricane Season, oil and gas platforms can get insurance against a storm in the Exxon Mobile Hurricane Season, but homeowners in Louisiana can't get any homeowners insurance due to the expected severity of the named storms in the Exxon Mobile Hurricane Season.

Facts are behind a paywall and bullshit flows for free.

I saw the Guardian report that "Biden campaign accuses Trump of parroting Hitler"

How about, Trump parrots Hitler? Why this Biden campaign accuses Trump of.

Depends a lot on the color of their skin.

He controls 10K satellites, the electric car charging infrastructure, and a massive global communications platform. He's too big to control. Good thing we hero-worshipped him for years. 🫢 🤭

They're coming for your guns healthcare. Next is your contraceptives.

FWIW, they came for your porn in many GOP-controlled states.

Candidate Trump needs to be belligerent and defiant. Defendant Trump needs to STFU.

The problem is those two things are in competition. So he has to say, Russia, Russia, Russia as candidate Trump, but that isn't a relevant or useful argument for defendant Trump. He has to say, "I'm allowed to do this thing" as candidate Trump, but as defendant Trump, I'm allowed to break the law is not a defense.

His only hope is to delay. If he goes to trial on anything, defendant Trump loses. If he can hold out, then candidate Trump will win.

This is his bet. He wins and it all goes away and the US is ruled by a guy who believes he can get away with anything.

Take a moment to admire the marketing of the gun manufacturers for a minute. Like, imagine someone having 47 toasters.

Gun Manufacturers and the NRA (same thing) are good at what they do.

See you next summer.

This will be the coolest summer you ever experience.

'Kids Online Safety Act' will deliberately target trans content, senator admits

He's a granddad. We shouldn't have granddads who can't work a remote be president. I assume he can't work a remote.

The 2024 election will be a referendum on the rule of law.

Does it matter?

Does it matter that Trump is accused of butchering it? Does it matter that Alabama is ignoring a SCOTUS ruling it doesn't like?

Are we for laws or not? Big moment for America, as you don't come back from being not for laws right away.

The two indictments about Jan 6th and the plot to use fake electors offer a detailed look at a conspiracy. This isn't just mob talk about "it would be awesome if this happened" – there is evidence of a coordinated effort to create fake electors and attempt to steal an election. The act of creating fake electors is a crime. The conspiracy to create fake electors is a crime.

All of these things are a crime. The problem is, in America, people who have power are held to a higher standard. Trump will get all sorts of concessions, and slow this down like mad. What he also has is an entire network carrying water for him. Because of Fox News – which was started to avoid another Nixon, he gets to both sides this.

"My son Eric is much more involved with it than I am", Donald Trump throwing his son under the bus.

He has to, take a look at what is coming in Texas. He has to fight imaginary things because reality is indefensible.

I think we should all be alarmed.

Amazingly, people will still support him. A huge reason is that not supporting him would be admitting they were wrong.

After Nixon resigned, 30% of people still supported him.

After World War II, 30% of Germans still supported Hitler.

For some people, admitting they were wrong is fucking hard, and more people will pretend everything is good in order to not admit they were wrong. So even though it is clear he's an insane grifter who crimes like a madman, admitting it means the libs were right and they were wrong.

Admitting being wrong is too much to do.

Canada has many parties but is about to become a right-wing nightmare.

This isn't a party problem, it is a comms problem. The right feels like it must stop progress for human rights in any way possible. Lying, cheating, whatever. And in many places, the right is funded by rich people who want less taxes and regulations.

In Canada, it is tar sands oil. Since tax cuts and let's screw up the planet are not popular, you need a wedge issue. Here's Trump marveling at how a wedge issue is spread:

"It's amazing how strongly people feel about that. You see, I'm talking about cutting taxes, people go like that," Donald Trump said while making a muted applause gesture. "I talk about transgender, everyone goes crazy. Who would have thought? Five years ago, you didn't know what the hell it was."

The Trump admin used the Heroes Act (Passed by George W) to pause student loan interest due to the pandemic. But as soon as the Dems used the exact same Heroes Act to forgive student loans, the GOP SCOTUS said no can do fella.

Also, standing rules were just ignored because of the law they don't like Biden.

The only cracks here is that the senate are all a bunch of olds who don't understand the internet.

I deleted my account. That probably showed 'em.

I know. It started for the express purpose of being propaganda.

I left reddit. At some point, it is too much. Deleted my piles of Karma, AKA fake internet points.

It is impossible to both sides this so it is ignored.

Racism. It is because of racism.

Twitter is like The Producers in that the owner seems like he's trying to destroy and also they've introduced nazis.

I think a few scientists at Exxon Mobile predicted this in the 70's in their worst-case scenario reports.

The last time someone tried to sell oil in anything other than the US dollar, his country was invaded under false pretenses.

Google is trash. I guess people suck for doing SEO like asshats

It turns out, a lot of US politics is built on norms. You're not supposed to hire your daughter and son-in-law, then let your son-in-law be in charge of freakin' middle east peace, and then walk out with billions in investments.

You're not supposed to lie all the time, and then be supported.

You're not supposed to grab women by the you know what and get elected.

You're not supposed to lie and cheat and do whatever. The Bulwark has an awesome piece on the corruption of Lindsay Graham. It is very informative about how it takes more people to make a Trump.

If you love a politician, you are in a cult. I voted for Joe Biden but I think he's basically a Republican, and wish the democratic party would field a candidate who is better. But this is politics. You don't trow up your hands like a baby and demand better, you work with what you have.

Can't even block nazis.

Naomi Klein just wrote a book about Naomi Wolf, and it talks about the mirror world and all this is so bat shit nuts. People are so easily grifted out of their money and their trust.

Here is an article by a billionaire funded website that offered $50 million to Stephen Crowder explaining that Biden is bad.

[checks notes]

Seems legit. I mean, how could it not be?

The think tanks funded by rich people saying "They want to take away your guns/cows/statues etc" and "unions suck" are better at this than we are.

We can want all we want, but a whole pile of the media is owned by the 1% and what they want is the status quo.

Conservatism is literally, don't change anything.

"My son Eric is much more involved with it than I am," Trump said.

Which argument? I think Joe Biden is a Republican, but he isn't a fascist. Biden is responsible for Clarence Thomas, the Crime Bill, and most of the wars in the middle east. He was anti-gay marriage, and probably still is being an old grandpa who palled around with white nationalists.

He promised to not drill on public lands, and then opened up public lands for drilling! But he did invest the most ever in climate crisis. So I guess he doesn't suck?)

He sucks. But he isn't trying to destroy America from within. So there's my vote. A guy who legit sucks or a fascist who has promised to use the DOJ to hunt down his enemies. Who has promised to take over elections and find votes. Who lies like he breaths because lying is the tactic of a bully.

It is the difference between getting shot in the face or getting punched in the face. I don't want either, but if you make me pick, I'll bloody well take getting punched.

Secretly posted on Twitter that he did this because who is going to hold him accountable?