And so the pogroms begin.
And so the pogroms begin.
People: "We must fight for freedom from fascism". Also People: "I don't like the look of them. Fetch me some fascism".
Not necessarily the same people.
Watching the Trump inauguration with a sense of disbelief. Some of the stuff that's already happening in fantasy land. Pre-emptive pardons because Trump is so vindictive?
Anyone who isnt a straight white male is going to have less authority and representation.
The landscape is going to get devastated. See Alaska
He's going to drain the swamp by having corporate power as close as it possibly can be. See Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos et al.
What the fucking fuck are you thinking America.
If I'm cold, I could set fire to my house. I'll be warm, but y'know, there's a downside.
Hoping the previous presidents turn their back on him or something to get him in a rage.
It's history in the making. Afterwards will be re reading The Cursed Earth.
They already had the whole backslapping thing last week at Carter's funeral. It was pretty nauseating.
This speech is both terrifying and absolutely fucking mental.
That seig heil from Musk was quite a moment.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/20/trump-elon-musk-salute
Continues to be a source of befuddlement that so many people refuse to see the fascism. Despite all the repeated examples of fascism.
Baron was looking pretty damn twitchy as well. In desperate need of a bump.
Maybe he was waving to mate then got cramp.
It's history in the making. Afterwards will be re reading The Cursed Earth.
I read Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler at the back end of last year, it did remarkably well at seeing this coming, written in 1993 and set initially in a startlingly recognisable 2024, and it gets to scary shit very quickly from here.
Ban Twitter that’ll teach him
I really really hate right wingers and Rich right wingers even more so.
Chicago: Loading up.
Paywalled
"Musk looks to have become a bit right wing, so who knows what's next"
More or less.
This Trump presser where he's addressing questions about the plane crash in Washington seems to have taken batshit to a whole other level.