r/politics • u/harsh2k5 • 1d ago

Soft Paywall The Trump Administration Just Violated Another Court Order | It gets worse: The order found that the administration was covertly withholding millions in FEMA funds from blue states.

https://newrepublic.com/post/193650/trump-administration-just-violated-another-court-order
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u/NuevoXAL 1d ago

Hey MAGA voters, how hard does your king need to screw up the country before you stop supporting him?

If you answer is to dodge that question with some whataboutism, that means you're in a cult.

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u/tom90640 1d ago

how hard does your king need to screw up the country before you stop supporting him

Way, way harder than this. There are still browns and gays and not christians around.

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u/NecroCannon 1d ago

I somehow ended up being in almost every group they’re targeting except immigration, I’m black, agender and bi, disabled, poor, college student, atheist

And despite being in Mississippi, a lot of people respect me. It’s almost like the content of your character is what truly matters and not what you are. A hard concept for people with smooth brains to comprehend because it’s like they have to be a PoS to someone to feel better about themselves. Gladly, I’m on my way out of this state.

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u/heatedwazn 1d ago

In my experience, even if you can convince the bigots that you are a good person, you become "one of the good ones," the exception, not the norm. It doesn't change their preconceived notions.

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u/goobervision 1d ago

Just look at the collaborators in WW2. They were tolerated as useful but...

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u/NecroCannon 22h ago

It’s why I don’t even like being around them, I don’t want to be “one of the good ones” if you can’t treat other people like me with respect, by proxy, you’re disrespecting me. I got the “token black friend” experience and it’s a bunch of sly racism, me being black shouldn’t be one of the common “jokes”, it’s no surprise that when I needed friends that were there for me, they weren’t around. One of my biggest wake up calls, same thing happens with all the other stuff. Transphobia but I’m fuckable so I get sexually harassed and get asked all kinds of invasive questions, disabled but I work out, so I can’t be that disabled when I look strong.

Unless I was just desperate for the attention, you legit just can’t not respect what someone is, but expect them to want your presence. My grandfather is a highly respected pastor, but he is shunning the hell out of Trump supporters and it makes them upset because they don’t see what they’re doing wrong by voting for someone blatantly going after his family. People like them don’t deserve an ounce of your thoughts or respect, not until they grow a couple more brain cells to think outside their bubble. I follow in his steps and do the same thing, even if I’m atheist, what he is matters so little compared to who he is, he’s probably the one person that could convince me to be Christian… because he actually follows the Bible

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u/Mavian23 22h ago

Great men are forged in fire. It is the privilege of lesser men to light the flame.

--The Doctor

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u/LNMagic 1d ago

Don't forget the Not Christian Enoughs.

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u/wildcarde815 1d ago

and some of the christians wear the wrong under wear, or read the wrong book revision.

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u/lavazone2 1d ago

Many will never get it. Chatted with a maga neighbor who is on disability(works under the table), gets EBT, Medicaid. Told me that trump is doing what has to be done and all will be wonderful. Said that Elon pays the highest salaries and bennies of any corporation in existence and will make our government run like a well oiled machine because he builds rockets. Last time we ventured into politics he told me repeatedly while chasing me down the street, insisting that trump could not be responsible for Jan. 6 because he was in Maralago. When the insurrection happened Biden was in the WH, Biden caused it.

No, no, the truly devoted will never believe anything resembling the truth. Oh and he insists that he’s not maga but an independent. Lol,lol,lol.

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u/1984isAMidlifeCrisis 1d ago

Report him for disability fraud. Fuck them. Social Contracts are socially enforced.

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u/lavazone2 1d ago

It’s crossed my mind. You should hear him rail about government fraud.

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u/yeah_this_is_my_main 1d ago

Seriously, do it. By just watching it, you are making yourself part of the problem. Consequences are all they understand, because they have lived without them for so long.

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u/Grubsex 1d ago

We all need to be making an effort to bring the consequences. These scumbags are way too comfortable with their grifts and want "others" locked up for made up reasons. Make them fucking pay.

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u/st4nkyFatTirebluntz 1d ago

I also vote for the report him option

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u/ButchTookMySweetroll 23h ago

And you should report him already. We’re well past the point where we can look at these people and just go “oh, that goof, teehee.” These people are dangerous (he chased you down the street for fuck’s sake), and need to be treated accordingly.

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u/Key-Decision8270 1d ago

That’s what so-called independents always say. I always ask them if they’ve ever voted for anyone but a Republican. So far no one has ever answered yes.

If your neighbor is collecting disability but working under the table, report him for fraud. These are the same people who always scream about welfare moms, so fair play.

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u/Ch3t 1d ago

Long before Trump, I was working a Democratic campaign, knocking on doors of Republican women and independents. I had one "independent" tell me he couldn't vote for a Democrat because he was an independent. Libertarians and independents always vote Republican.

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u/a__nice__tnetennba 1d ago

And anyone calling themselves a Libertarian who votes for this is a lying clown even more than the "independent" ones.

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u/RadiantHovercraft6 1d ago

I am an independent and always have been and I vote usually for Democrats including Kamala Harris. So this is not true.

I don’t trust either party establishment at all, but I recognize Harris was the lesser of two evils by far (and still a terrible candidate imo). 

So I am firmly an independent, but not a Trump voter by any stretch. There are a lot of people like me. I even know Republicans who just didn’t vote because they also hate Trump.

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u/lavazone2 1d ago

Well in fairness I’m an independent who years ago voted Republican once or twice when the dem was an idiot but that was pre Reagan. I resent having to declare which side I’m on. But yes, i understand your point. And yes, he does go on about government fraud. The delusion is strong in this one.

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u/circusgeek I voted 1d ago edited 1d ago

I'm an independent who has always voted Democrat. Mostly because I can't stand organized religion. I feel like picking a party sets people up to become more and more extreme in whichever direction they pick and it makes us less able to relate to each other. Which is where we are at now. Back in the late 1990s there were still some redeemable Republican ideas. Reagan and Gingrich hadn't destroyed the party completely yet. I liked the idea of fiscal accountability. Then it turned into slimy businessmen getting into bed with even slimier Evangelical religious right types. At least the Democrats were still trying to run the country and not condense power and money.

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u/Adventurous_Deer 1d ago

Would it make you feel any better to know that there is at least one independent (me) who has never voted republican? I'm left of the democrats

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u/giraffe111 Arizona 1d ago

“No you don’t get it, it’s only a welfare scam when the bad people do it! When the good people do it, they’re just being smart! HoW iS tHaT sO hArD fOr YoU LibErALs tO UnDeRsTanD??”

-Signed, These Traitorous Idiots

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u/NickelBackwash 23h ago

Independent means:

  • "Republican with some remaining shred of shame"

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u/Troub313 1d ago

For them to turn on him, he'd need to be nice to POCs, the LGBTQ community, oh and say he's Liberal. That is the most important part. Say he's Liberal.

They don't know what a liberal is, they don't really know what left wing policies are, they don't care about anything about that.

Liberal is just a catchphrase they know they hate.

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u/onomastics88 1d ago

He might just have enough power, if he wanted to, to make actual good things happen and tell his supporters it’s to own the libs. Be liberal more aggressively and turn this country around and make a positive impact, as long as his supporters go along with him, which they seem to agree with anything he says, and he never ever claims to be a liberal.

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u/Konukaame 1d ago

That's the power of their "detox" narrative, or Stink promising people "pain" before the election.

If they keep telling themselves that it's part of a grand plan, then they can continue to support him no matter what happens.

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u/MentokGL 1d ago

There's no bottom. If Trump came to their house and shit on their face they would applaud his fiber intake.

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u/Satanicube 1d ago

They’re a lost cause, unfortunately.

If anyone is going to see the light here and flip, it’s gonna be the light red folks who bought the lies but aren’t fully in the sauce.

I know several right-of-center friends who have come to the realization they made the wrong decision. Though the only reason they voted right this election anyway is because of this manufactured fear that democrats want to take away their cars.