It’s true that the media focuses on trump. That’s why the rhetoric directed at him by Newsom and Pritzker has worked to get plenty of media attention. The conflict of governors either mocking or talking tough to him and his reacting to them appeals to the media, which gives the opening for opponents to get their messaging out. Of course as you say, they’ll spin it in trump’s favor as best they can, but they’ll report what is said.

As you say, right wing media has been a major factor getting us here, but that now includes all the corporate-owned major broadcasters, especially CBS and CNN but the others as well, not just Fox, Newsmax etc. All the major network and social media is already aligned with the regime. So it’s a bit late for that.

Has anyone watched the CBS Evening News lately with John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois? They are pathetic.

Don’t forget I also said a big part of the strategy is in the messaging, which needs to be ramped up exponentially. Loudly and repeatedly using strong rhetoric and deliberate propaganda, which is (usually exaggerated) messaging designed to achieve a goal, and what trump has been doing effectively for years.

Notice how trump backed off after Pritzker talked tough? Then Nosferatu (Stephen Miller) talked him into it again. Miller is the driving force behind how they’re using ICE. trump is continuously being manipulated by whoever has his ear at any time, and that includes --or can include-- his opponents if they know how to handle him.

Who says who can and can’t dictate policy now? There are no longer any rules. Laws are violated continuously by the very government that is supposed to follow and enforce them. The Constitution is nothing but a piece of paper now. A right-wing authoritarian power, enthusiastically supported by at least a third of the populace, has control of all three branches of the federal government. Troops are being deployed against the residents of states and cities the regime doesn’t like. The federal funding they are owed is being withheld. There is no more “you can’t do that”, there’s only strategy and tactics on how to deal with the situation. The available options are shrinking every day.

States need to be putting out their own narratives and setting rules, not just letting the rump regime set the narrative (“Portland is burning to the ground!”, “Chicago is a war zone, the most dangerous city in the world!” etc). They should use their own messaging. And states should band together to take a stand.

Here’s an example of the type of propaganda and tactics that Governors, mayors, etc. should use:

"Gangs of masked criminals are running rampant, impersonating ICE officers to commit crimes against defenseless civilians, who don’t know who to believe! [give an example or two]. This cannot stand–we must have law and order!

Therefore I have signed an order that our City Police (our National Guard may be called to help them if necessary) will arrest anyone who cannot show that they are an ICE or law enforcement agent. To distinguish them from the criminal gangs, Agents must wear badges in plain view to identify themselves and are prohibited from wearing masks that hide their faces. They must show valid warrants and provide their badge numbers when asked.

Anyone who cannot show they are a legal agent and acts violently toward or violates the rights of civilians may be assumed to be a criminal and be arrested. Furthermore, citizens may protect themselves or others in self-defense. If you are an ICE agent and don’t display your badge, you have only yourself to blame if anyone assumes you are one of these criminal gang members and acts accordingly.

TBH, I say “Not again!” on Linux if it’s a kernel update, because it means I’ll have to reboot.

I know, it’s so irritating. Which of course is just what they want. I always thought it just made them sound stupid, but they are totally fine with sounding stupid–they’re even proud of sounding stupid because they’re anti-intellectual, anti-education, anti-science. So the last thing they want is to sound “educated”.

But I think at this point they’ve overused it so much for so long that it’s lost its slur impact. By now a whole generation or two has grown up hearing it over and over so it probably just sounds normal to them. They probably just think that’s the actual name of the party.

“Yeah that’s right, uh-huh, we’re bad-ass tough guys! We’re macho soldiers! We’re not afraid of no naked children, no sir! We’ll kick those naked childrens’ asses!” *makes body builder poses* “We’re so macho! I’m so hard right now!!1!”

Guy who calls every democrat a communist sez what?

So basically you can write anything on the bullet to place blame on the side you want blamed and everyone will automatically believe you? – because someone who would shoot people would definitely not lie or try to make it look like a certain “side” did it, right?

Or maybe no matter what they write or who they shoot, this regime will blame it on “the left”. (edit to add): The FBI could just as easily have scrawled that “anit-ice” on there before taking the picture. I guess messages on bullets is the new trend now.

Correct me if I’m wrong but I think I read that it was neurological issues in general (not just autism specifically) that weakly correlated with tylenol usage.

But yes, the next question is what were they taking tylenol for? Fevers? Infections? Some type of illness? Some factor that itself might be what contributed to the neurological problems rather than the medicine they took to relieve their symptoms?

To over-simplify, it’s like saying tylenol causes headaches with no further study, because they found a correlation between taking tylenol and having headaches. Distinguish correlation and causation. Sometimes a correlation points to a cause, oftentimes it doesn’t.

With trump and oligarchs, always look to the $$$.

Oligarchs like to do a lot of stock price manipulation so they can make bank on both the ups and the downs. Step 1. Buy stock in the competitor and short the target. Step 2. Release info/misinfo to tank the target’s share price. Step 3. Take the profit on the short and also sell the competitor stock while it’s high. Step 4. (optional depending on what you plan to manipulate next) either buy the target’s stock while it’s low if you expect it to recover quickly or leave it alone if you don’t.

And of course with trump there’s also the possibility of other factors like a) there was some “nice stock price you have there–shame if anything would happen to it” going on behind the scenes to get some “donations to the trump library” and then he would go ahead and do the thing either way, and b) Little Bobby Brainworm’s fever dreams.

It’s not saying anything about past tenses in that meme, it’s just saying that each word has two different pronunciations that rhyme with the other.

Pong, right?

I did my part! No kids.

Currently there are about 8.2 billion people on earth. When I was born it was just under 3 billion.

Oh, I’m sure they expected backlash, but they had a choice between the public’s wrath and trump’s wrath, and like good little cowardly capitulators, they chose pleasing trump over standing up for their (and all of our) first amendment rights.

Ah yes, great move. This tactic of insulting your opponent’s supporters has been tested and proven effective in many political campaigns. Proven to guarantee you lose, that is.

You can spread them out on a cookie sheet (lined with parchment paper) and bake 30-40 min at 350°F, stirring every 10 minutes.

Comments all seem to refer to an article and this post doesn’t link to any article. ? (edit: never mind, I looked up the name and I don’t need to see anything more).