Anyone thinking about supporting Donald Trump should know that electing him means that you are actually voting for the dangerous freak Russ Vought. He and his fellow christofascists will control a Trump White House.
In the new episode of my "Theory of Change" podcast, I talked with @gilduran about a new techno-libertarian cult led by a Bitcoin grifter which is seeking to effectively buy up local governments to block out anyone who disagrees.
With "The Dress" is back in the news, did you know that neither side of the white/gold blue/black controversy has it correct in terms of the actual on-screen version of the colors?
Obviously, the physical item was blue and black, but on a screen, it's actually grey/brown.
You could say it's blue-grey and goldish-brown, if you really wanted to.
FWIW, I usually see it as white/gold, but occasionally can see blue/black.
One of the best things about having no algorithm in the #fediverse is that Americans can finally see that the rest of the industrialized world regards the Republican Party as stupid and evil.
Most Americans really don't know how horribly abnormal that Republicans are.
@mattsheffield MAGA mostly don't go to the Fediverse (or get isolated), so bubbles work here, too. And the rest of the Americans know that Republicans bring them brain-stoneage.
On the latest episode of my "Doomscroll" podcast, we discussed how Nikki Haley's humiliating endorsement of Donald Trump shows at the end of the day, Republicans will always fall in line behind their larger goal of destroying democracy. They instinctively understand that primaries are the only place to score ideological points in the American political system. https://plus.flux.community/p/trump-gets-booed-heavily-at-libertarian
The MAGA fanatics who also dutifully crosspost Trump's deranged and deceitful screeds on Facebook and elsewhere are taking away the one exclusive thing that Trump Social has.
Why go there when you can read Trump's drivel on a huge platform that doesn't constantly break?
The business prospects of Trump Social aren't good. But it's getting a chance because it's being propped up by MAGA investors.
This should have happened with Air America, the progressive radio network that was cancelled after barely existing. There are many other instances of this, sadly.
The left must do better at supporting its own content creators. /end
This is an excellent piece on how ignorance and disinformation is exhausting the American public and making some people wrongly believe that the failed and traitorous Donald Trump administration should be brought back https://www.salon.com/2024/05/24/the-zombie-effect/