Vote. In every election. In the primaries. The city you live in. The school council. And convince everyone you know to vote, too. Protest. Strike. Make people you know angry about what’s happening so they are motivated to stir shit up. You still can change things, but you are right: you can’t do it alone. So find as many people you can who can do it with you. Time is running out.

I fucking love NYC

the 30% who said they still consider the US an ally obviously don’t read the news Or they do, and they like what they see. I’m sure there are a few Canadians who would be fine with being the 51st state.

Yeah but remember, ACAB /s

Social media contributes to the polarization of public discourse and should absolutely be boycotted. However, this polarization manifests in various ways, and your comment is a good example of this. When everything becomes a purity test, we fall into extremism. To counter the rise of fascism, you must be willing to unite with those who do not share your opinions.

Not a lawyer, but court orders are ultimately enforced by the DOJ. So yeah…

Exactly. They should simply act like leaders do, show the example by actively resisting, blocking everything they can. Simple as that. The non-millionaires in the party know this, but the leadership is sooooo disconnected they don’t realize what their constituents want.

There are a LOT of things Trump & co are doing right now that are beyond presidential power or even downright illegal. Biden and Obama didn’t act like this because they couldn’t. Trump’s acting fast because the people that wrote project 2025 planned it like that. They took a bet that the rest of the country would just watch them, mouth open and do nothing. Seems they were right.

People like judge Jackson are what the US need right now.

And democrats still hesitate to resist like they should.

Call your representatives, show them you want this to stop.

Do you have an example? From where I am, I don’t see too much resistance (apart from the FBI agents suing the DOJ).

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Well I guess that’ll teach me to try to have a rational and respectful discussion with a random stranger on the internet.

Calm down, smoke a bowl, read books on critical thinking and question the narrative even when if fits your worldview.

I like the example you chose because the facts reported support what I’m saying: eventually, if cops get too comfy planting evidence everywhere, someone down the line is going to notice and the judge will dismiss the case.

How is this related to the police planting evidence on suspects?

High-profile case also means more scrutiny from everyone, which means there’s a bigger risk someone finds out what they did.

I know they do, but they usually keep it somewhat subtle because the goal is to reinforce the bad guy image of someone they already know is guilty (but can’t prove). Planting the main piece of evidence such as a gun is risky.

A lot of people on all platforms trying to explain why he kept his gun, why he was caught so easily, and most coming up with easy explanations that fit their conspiracy theories.

The simple explanation is, he might be smarter than most, but maybe not enough to outsmart the whole NYPD police department. Maybe he kept his gun because he didn’t want to leave a trace. Maybe he wanted to get caught peacefully in a McD rather than dying in a shooting.

Also, to those who still don’t believe he’s the killer: he is. Police don’t go capture a random dude and then plant every evidence on him “because they need a scapegoat”. There’s a whole judicial process that goes on after the arrest, and if he’s found not to be the killer, the police will have to go back to square one on a cold trail. They usually don’t want that.

According to Republicans, he wasn’t incompetent enough to run a federal agency.

The way I see this, they are stopping the proceedings so Trump’s AG won’t be able to end them officially, so they might be able to resume in four years.