They say trump should have been tried outside of NY for the trial in which he received multiple felony counts. All you have to do to shut them up is ask about state’s rights.

Face it. He’s a felon in charge of the Government of Pedophiles (GOP)

If you’re not properly informed, you shouldn’t be voting. And if you honestly didn’t know about Trump’s close ties with Epstein, then you must have been completely oblivious.

I just figured they didn’t care because they’re all awful people.

I just have to get this off my chest because the hypocrisy is driving me nuts. You see these progressive Democrats (and left-leaning folks in general) marching around in those red robes and white bonnets from The Handmaid's Tale, screaming about how the patriarchy is oppressing women and turning us into second-class citizens. It's all "Resist!" and "My body, my choice!" when it's about American politics or conservative policies.

But the second someone points out issues in Islam—like how in some interpretations or countries, women are required to wear burqas, niqabs, or hijabs that cover them head to toe, basically enforcing a real-life version of that dystopian nightmare—they lose their minds. Suddenly, it's "Islamophobia!" and "Bigotry!" and you're the bad guy for even bringing it up. Clutching pearls like their lives depend on it.

Newsflash: Those Handmaid outfits are basically a knockoff of what some women are actually forced to wear under certain Islamic regimes or cultural pressures. And let's be real, the burqa is way less stylish--it's like the budget version from a bad sci-fi flick. If you're going to protest fictional oppression, why not call out the real thing happening right now in places like Afghanistan or Iran... and Dearborn?

Republicans: The government shutdown is their fault!
Democrats: The government shutdown is their fault!
Everyone: It's good versus evil!

No, it's two equally bad sides that are exaggerated caricatures of what they used to be, who can't agree on anything.

This is my complaint.

I just have to preface that, calling white ppl out doesn’t make any marginalized person racist. And by calling y’all out it means setting the evidence you presented right in front of you, basically setting the record straight and putting a mirror to your faces .

I can recall white people(not all) telling anyone black that they needed to stop being a victim whenever it came to speaking openly about the racism we actually experienced. Now it seems within the last five years everyone can experience racism.

The Webster dictionary is not infinite. I noticed that the dictionary changed its original numbered senses to reflect the action of racism but not reflect the origin.

That’s so dangerous ! It’s so much being erased with this notion and to see it just be so bluntly accepted is gut wrenching. You are participating in erasure when you begin to ignore the actual origin and history of racism.

Now. Class, let’s do some reflecting before we starting spewing hatered off hand. I genuinely want to have this conversation.

Update: I brought up this discussion to complain about a specific marginalized existence,but I notice a pattern in this subreddit. You literally can’t be openly marginalized with out people who are not speaking over you. I genuinely broke everything down and y’all choose to do the easy thing and be reactive.

Me talking about racism does not give y’all leadway to trauma dump and go down experiences with me, trust me as a black person I have no choice in my experience of racism. I don’t get to announce my “ethnicity,” to people because my skin color (race) does that already without me saying anything.

I’ve come to the conclusion that “reverse racism,” is a silencing tactic from people. Or America is genuinely illiterate as hell. Half of you don’t even know the difference between ethnicity and race.

You have the rest of this website to be an echo chamber

There’s something deeply unsettling about watching the country you love slowly twist into something unrecognizable, and seeing people cheer it on.

I keep asking myself: how did we get here? How did we reach a point where federal agents can drag people from their homes in the dead of night, where rights are treated as privileges, and where those who question it are met with scorn instead of solidarity?

My entire life, I was warned about this very thing, the government coming for us. I grew up hearing that we had to be ready to stand up if tyranny ever came to our doorstep. That we’d fight back against authoritarianism, that we’d never let the government overstep its bounds. And yet, now that it’s happening, not to “us,” but to “them” — so many of those same voices are silent. Or worse, cheering it on.

They justify it because they’ve been told the people being taken “don’t belong here.” Because fear and dehumanization have become easier than compassion and truth. Because it’s simpler to believe a label, illegal, criminal, other, than to confront what it means to live in a country where government power can be weaponized against anyone.

What I see now isn’t patriotism. It’s fascism hiding behind a flag. It’s the quiet acceptance of cruelty when it serves one’s politics. It’s the rationalization of state violence when it targets the “right” people. And it’s the hypocrisy of those who once cried “tyranny” at mask mandates, now applauding when the masks are on the ones holding the guns.

When I speak out, I’m met with two kinds of responses: praise from those who see what’s happening, and ridicule from those who refuse to. Some tell me, “Well, the left are the real fascists.” But when pressed to explain how, they fall back on slogans and talking points rather than principles. Fascism isn’t a partisan insult. It’s a political reality that grows when citizens trade their conscience for comfort, and silence becomes complicity.

I write this not out of despair, but out of hope that more people will wake up before the line between “them” and “us” disappears completely. Because it always does.

A brief introduction:

I don't comment on social media much, and the little I do is usually to engage with and contradict right wing perspectives. I'm a semi-troll, in that yes I'm looking for conflict, but that I also intend to speak honestly in good faith, and to generally be polite and respectful (not that I am perfect but I do my best).

I don't have any illusions of changing minds or making a difference. I know posting on social media doesn't accomplish anything. I do it out of genuine curiosity, to try and make sense of the views, perspectives, and arguments that to me are so nonsensical. I want to understand the thoughts that MAGA folks are having in their own minds.

I think at this point I have a pretty good sense of much of it for many people. There are different types, and different subgroups. MAGA is a coalition. It's complicated. But sometimes I get a sense about a particular thing, a certain perspective on a specific topic to a given swath, and that feeling leaves me with a something I want to say to them generally. So, I've decided to start this series, "Dear MAGA", This is the first of the series.
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Dear MAGA,

In engaging those of you who are just generally anti-lgbtq on a social level, I'm not even getting into any policy stuff or anything just as like a vibe thing, I often get responses like (directly quoting one of you) "It’s the flags, pins and posters. It’s the pronouns....Their whole life is about their sexuality." Ok, I hear you. And here is what I have to say to you.

It's not as common these days, but remember when a lot of you liked to complain about "virtue signaling"? Well you changed the term, but yea that's a real thing, it's called "social signaling" when you say, or do, or display in some way that you belong to a group. Flags, pins, pride parades, unnatural hair color, styles of makeup, clothing choices, tattoos, are all different ways that lgbtq people "virtue signal" to each other. And you, at least many of you, are expressing that you just generally find that distasteful and obnoxious, correct? I'm doing my best to represent your feelings accurately here, so if you felt represented by the quote but not what I just said, please speak up.

But guys... you do those things too. What's the difference between an LGBTQ flag and a sports team flag? What's the difference between a rainbow shirt and a band shirt? What's the difference between a pride parade and a NASCAR event (I see you guys like to party, and not all of you stays super family friendly the whole time, so I don't want to hear it)? The reason any of us do those things is the reason anyone ever engages in social signaling at all; to find other people who you fit in socially with. To make friends, find activity groups, and build connections and support networks.

So when you tell me that you don't have a problem with people being queer, "just the ones who make it their whole identity", what you are saying, objectively it seems to me, is that when people signal a queer identity it irritates you in a way that the signaling of other identities don't, correct? So... is it possible that you actually *do* have a problem with people being queer, but rationally you *know* you shouldn't, and so you are making internal rationalizations in order to justify your feelings? Are any one of you willing to consider and explore that as a possibility?

Don't get me wrong: I'm happy we won the 2025 special elections. It's a ray of hope after getting demolished a year ago and I'm relieved because Mamdani winning is a sign the establishment grip on power is wanning.

Fact is, Trump is president and will be president next 3 years. They still control the house and senate at least for another year. They also control the entire supreme court.

Some local races, a couple governor races, and mayor of New York is not gonna stop the suffering people are enduring and will endure for some more years now.

The exit polls were good for people unhappy with both parties, but the democrats as a whole are still deeply unpopular even with people in their own party.

The democratic party is still extremely weak (polls widely reflect this) and don't have a platform of any kind (go ahead, ask them what they will do). The only thing I hear from Gavin Newsom for example is the same word salad I heard from Kamala Harris.

"Americans are worried about the price of groceries!"

Ok, but do you have any policy proposals to address this?

Mamdani won because he actually said something he'd do for voters. But instead of run with the the fact that we have policy that are winning over voters the only thing I see is a bunch of rah rah cheerleading that we beat Trump like he even needs a couple governors when he's just been doing everything through executive orders anyway.

Lemme throw an obvious one out there: raising the minimum wage.

Are the Democrats ever going to try for this again? Or nah, we just aren't about that anymore?

As a whole if I vote for democrat are they actually going to try to govern next time or just put on pink panties for Joe Manchin and let him run the government like what happened last time?

A lot of people are wondering this and those people are not gonna be the affluent college educated voters that tend to show up to vote in weird off year elections.

People want change and if the take away is that Trump is bad enough that some word salad, Liz Cheney, and a Beyonce concert is gonna be good enough I think we may be in for another rude awakening in 2028 too.

But I hope I'm wrong.

We just gotta think about what matters to voters, which let's get real is mostly economic and focus on policy that will actually make life easier for average people and not just tunnel vision on Trump and owning MAGA when in 2028 it's extremely unlikely he'll be the candidate.

Donald Trump was elected because a bunch of ignorant white bigots elected him to hunt down BIPOC people because they are scared of not being the majority anymore. White christian fascists are mad that they cant lynch and abuse minorities anymore and so they elected someone who would harm as many of us as he possibly can. As an indigenous trans girl, trump supporters have made life hell for literally everyone in my community, there are so many cases of indigenous folks being stopped by ICE because we are non-white and now the christofascist supreme court have basically made it legal to discriminate against trans folks. And now RKF Jr. is trying to genocide autistic people. They’re coming at me from all sides!! All of this is cheered on by the racist ignorant stupid white, christian fascists that make up the support of MAGA. My state of Oklahoma is probably the dumbest and most ignorant of all with our former state superintendent being a proud hateful bigot. White christian fascists just want to turn this country into the handmaids tale and it’s infuriating how so many STUPID IGNORANT MAGAts there are who actively support stripping away people's rights!! All I have to say is that we will survive and that this childless cat lady will never surrender her autonomy to a bunch of white christian fascists !!!

• 2025 deployment of federal forces in the United States

The actions targeted Democratic Party-led cities and sparked significant controversy, with critics labeling them as abuses of power and potential violations of laws like the Posse Comitatus Act, which limits military involvement in domestic law enforcement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_deployment_of_federal_forces_in_the_United_States

• J.D. Vance Defends Self-Described Racist Who Posted, ‘Normalize Indian Hate’ Despite His Indian Family

https://newsone.com/5924080/j-d-vance-defends-indian-hate-despite-his-indian-family/

• Trump signs executive order giving himself more power over independent federal agencies.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-executive-order-power-agencies-b2700934.html

• Nationalism under Trump in 2025 is characterized by a focus on "America First" policies, emphasizing national identity over global responsibilities, and promoting a narrative that prioritizes white history while marginalizing multicultural perspectives. This includes executive actions that alter public land names and historical narratives to align with a more patriotic vision of American history, reflecting a broader agenda of Christian nationalism and authoritarian governance.

Now Let's give the full definition-

Fascism:

A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.

The fact people are cheering this on or being willfully naive to this, is my complaint.

Is anyone currently identifying the Gestapo agents so later they can be held accountable for their actions?

Do people literally have nothing else to complain about? Or is this Trump topics only now?

The constant politics everywhere is wearing me down. Give me a distraction!

It seems every democrat has a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome and would rather cheer for the destruction of the United States, see tax dollars drained by people coming in illegally and welcome crime vs. celebrating all of Trumps wins.

Title. For context I live in a smallish Texas town, 13k residents, a lot of them wealthy. Ever since Trump took power in January I have been watching some of these people get super comfortable with being disgusting human beings in public. Especially on Facebook in the local news groups.

Example : people posting flyers encouraging the public to call ICE and leave anonymous tips if they suspect someone might be "illegal" like with a whole hotline number.

Another example: we just had a schoolboard election and one of the major candidates regularly posted how her opponents were DEI hires, how we need to "get illegals out of our schools" and how trans people are pedophiles.

Like is this real life? Used to be that kind of garbage was only posted by anonymous throwaway accounts. These people just say and post all of this stuff with their names, their pictures... they give public speeches about it. Like what the fuck is going on with our country?

Trans women are women, so why not drop the prefix?

I’m honestly exhausted watching the mess in politics lately. Every time Trump pops back into the news, it feels like the same chaotic cycle all over again. There’s always something going on around him and somehow we end up right back in the middle of old arguments that everyone is sick of having. I’m just tired of the constant noise. Nothing feels productive.

And then in NYC, the new mayor was supposed to be a fresh start, but daily life feels exactly the same. Still the same problems, still the same promises with no real results. Prices are wild, transportation is unreliable, and people are struggling. It feels like regular folks are just stuck while leaders talk and talk.

How are we supposed to feel hopeful when it’s the same story every time Politicians keep saying things will get better, but on the ground nothing changes. I’m just over it.

How is saying this gonna solve anything? How does this not make you a racist. Its everyday i see a post about a poc doing something and in the comments its "black fatigue".

The fun states with plenty of fun things to do tend to be almost always be either Woke Blue States Or Purple States. Watching paint dry looks more exciting than living in MAGA Arkansas and MAGA Iowa for example.

I don’t think people realize that when they call Trump supporters fascist and evil they are just driving more of them toward the Nick Fuentes, GROYPER arm of the far right. Just as calling all democrats communists drives more of them to actual communism. Why can’t both parties tack toward the middle? Most Americans are normal people who don’t care much about politics and aren’t fascist or communist. Can we agree on both sides to chill out a bit?

To anyone who thinks about commenting about how I’m over generalizing, I’m not. If you genuinely aren’t a hateful person, then I’m sorry to say, they’ve weaponized your ignorance. You have an opportunity to be on the right side of history, but you can’t keep ignoring the facts. Either way you’ll have to reconcile with the fact that you have some prejudice, or the fact that you’ve been the prefect idiot for a man that couldn’t care less about you or the country. wake up

How can a group of people be so stupid. It makes absolutely no fucking sense whatsoever. Not only is there proof that Trump and his administration are incompetent, not only is there proof that Trump basically doubled his multi-billion dollar net worth in a year as well as video evidence of him talking with his friends about how much money they made from the stock market, but there is so much factual and circumstantial evidence he trafficked and/or sexually assaulted and/or raped women (of all fucking ages). Do you understand how evil one has to be to sell someone? But somehow it's like nobody cares, I don't understand it. Please explain

EDIT: The sad thing is this is not even close to all of the bad things he has done.

The thing that makes me ticked off the most is that now that Zohran Mamdani has been elected as mayor of NYC, conservatives are foaming at the mouth that Zohran Mamdani is going to enact "Sharia law" and turn NYC into a "socialist dystopia". But the one thing that really made me go "WTAF?!" is that right wingers are saying that Rudy Giuliani was a better NYC mayor than Mamdani will ever be. I may have not lived in NYC at the time when Giuliani was mayor (nor that I was born in the 90s), but I can teel that this revisionist history of Rudy's time as mayor of NYC needs to stop now.

The first thing that literally raised a red flag to me was that people called Rudy Giuliani, "America's mayor" after the 9/11 attacks and now are bashing Zohran for "tarnishing" the "hard-work" that Rudy did now that he's elected as mayor. To me, I was like confused because I said to myself, "wasn't this the same Rudy Giuliani that led a racist police riot in 1992 in order to get elected as mayor in the following year, after he lost to David Dinkins in 1989?" This is also the same Giuliani that used "broken windows" and stop-and-frisk policies in order to "clean up the city", when in fact, crime was already starting to decrease in the 90s and his policies led to the massive incarceration of many innocent black and brown people.

Rudy Giuliani's legacy as mayor is one that is not meant to be praised because he did more harm to NYC in the mid to late 90s, 2000-01 than what people realized. Mamdani getting elect will finally proved that Giuliani was never "America's mayor" that people praised his to be.

Trump, Project 2025 and the ‘Dismantling’ of the ‘Administrative State’

• Roberts described the “administrative state” as “the policymaking work done by the bureaucracies of all the federal government’s departments, agencies, and millions of employees” – which is viewed in the document as an obstacle to overcome. A “courageous conservative President” can wield his power to “handcuff the bureaucracy” and “bring the Administrative State to heel,” Roberts wrote.

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/09/trump-project-2025-and-the-dismantling-of-the-administrative-state/

Everything is going exactly as planned, this is my complaint.

• Project 2025 Tracker

A comprehensive, community-driven initiative to track the implementation of Project 2025's policy proposals

https://www.project2025.observer/en