Changes under Trump 2.0

[Fire Air Walk with Me]

Friendly reminder that “stress addiction” is a real thing, it’s widespread and rarely talked about, with persistent harmful side effects such as anxiety, depression, anger issues, high blood pressure, strain on interpersonal relationships, etc etc.

Be mindful of that when doom scrolling and getting worked up over things you have no control over.  Look at your social media usage and get rid of anything that doesn’t actually benefit you.

Luckily I've got 100 pages of Loose Pants threads to catch up on. But yea tried to tune out as much as I can but uhhh yea -Not Great Bob

[Billy Bitchcakes]

Friendly reminder that “stress addiction” is a real thing, it’s widespread and rarely talked about, with persistent harmful side effects such as anxiety, depression, anger issues, high blood pressure, strain on interpersonal relationships, etc etc.

Be mindful of that when doom scrolling and getting worked up over things you have no control over.  Look at your social media usage and get rid of anything that doesn’t actually benefit you.

Damn you just listed pretty much every problem I've been having consistently recently. I'm also a Reddit addict. I think you might be on to something

[Coastal Fever]

Yeah same.  The Popular page is full of rage bait, and my Home page kept skewing further that way because I couldn’t help myself from engaging.  So I created a Custom Feed for myself that’s mostly just sneakers, cute animals and music related stuff lol. 

[Franksnose76]

Fuck this country and the powers that be. Watched the inauguration and wanted to vomit from the vile filth that came from his sewer of a mouth, if you see a Nazi or adjacent bust them in the mouth!! Fuck this place!!!!! Fuck it!!!!! I am not okay with letting this continue.

[Cuban_Lynx]

I thought "stand back and stand by" was bad enough... the scariest part is that it is only day 1. If you read/watched his "Agenda 47," he's talking about internment camps for the homeless, "re-education" of people in higher education, and all sorts of other ill shit.

I know it is cliche to bring up 1984, but....

I'm a VA Federal psychologist and I woke up to an 8:00am meeting about all of our continuing education changing and not being able to use the language "DEI" in any of our meetings or trainings.

I also work for a state university. They were coming down hard on critical race theory during the last administration, but so far it's just threats.

[mj23]

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Sooo…. About that Elon Musk salute….

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i'm intentionally avoiding any of this shit but that, sir, that is a sieg heil. 2 of em. man

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Not that it matters but if you watch it with audio he says right after “my heart goes out to you” and I kinda think that’s what his incredibly awkward body was trying to gesture - but it’s like someone who accidentally drops the n bomb in public does so bc they’re comfortable doing it in private and this salute is like that

lmao

imagine making excuses for such a loser

[Fire Air Walk with Me]

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Sooo…. About that Elon Musk salute….

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i'm intentionally avoiding any of this shit but that, sir, that is a sieg heil. 2 of em. man

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Not that it matters but if you watch it with audio he says right after “my heart goes out to you” and I kinda think that’s what his incredibly awkward body was trying to gesture - but it’s like someone who accidentally drops the n bomb in public does so bc they’re comfortable doing it in private and this salute is like that

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lmao

imagine making excuses for such a loser

an accidental bootlicking

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Fuck this country and the powers that be. Watched the inauguration and wanted to vomit from the vile filth that came from his sewer of a mouth, if you see a Nazi or adjacent bust them in the mouth!! Fuck this place!!!!! Fuck it!!!!! I am not okay with letting this continue.

You have to log out first #theresistance

[h00man]

Remember, if you voted Trump, fuck you.

If you protest voted or sat out of this election year because "Harris is a war monger", fuck you even more.

Fuck. YOU.

[mj23]

Remember, if you voted Trump, fuck you.

If you protest voted or sat out of this election year because "Harris is a war monger", fuck you even more.

Fuck. YOU.

Personally I am less mad at people who sat out than I am at the pathetic Democrat loyalists who spent years trying to gaslight us all into thinking Biden wasn't a walking corpse, then completely skipped having a primary and tried to shove Harris down our throats. With that little interest in winning they might as well be Republicans.

[Cuban_Lynx]

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Remember, if you voted Trump, fuck you.

If you protest voted or sat out of this election year because "Harris is a war monger", fuck you even more.

Fuck. YOU.

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Personally I am less mad at people who sat out than I am at the pathetic Democrat loyalists who spent years trying to gaslight us all into thinking Biden wasn't a walking corpse, then completely skipped having a primary and tried to shove Harris down our throats. With that little interest in winning they might as well be Republicans.

I was shocked he won the primaries in 2020. His brain was fried back then, but it was over after that debate. They kept telling us he was sharp as a tack behind the scenes, but that's not how dementia works.

Harris was polling at 3% in 2020 behind Biden, Harris, Bernie, Bloomberg, and basically tied for 5th place with Buttigieg. She'd been mostly silent for 4 years. Selecting her as the frontrunner against the biggest threat to our democracy just a few months before the election is unforgivable. The DNC most definitely deserves a fuck you.

[GnarAlarm]

Trump gave a heartfelt thank you to the black and hispanic voters who supported him, and literally the next thing he talked about was deploying troops to the border and wholesale deportation of hispanic immigrants.

[Gene_Harrogate]

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Remember, if you voted Trump, fuck you.

If you protest voted or sat out of this election year because "Harris is a war monger", fuck you even more.

Fuck. YOU.

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Personally I am less mad at people who sat out than I am at the pathetic Democrat loyalists who spent years trying to gaslight us all into thinking Biden wasn't a walking corpse, then completely skipped having a primary and tried to shove Harris down our throats. With that little interest in winning they might as well be Republicans.

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I was shocked he won the primaries in 2020. His brain was fried back then, but it was over after that debate. They kept telling us he was sharp as a tack behind the scenes, but that's not how dementia works.

Harris was polling at 3% in 2020 behind Biden, Harris, Bernie, Bloomberg, and basically tied for 5th place with Buttigieg. She'd been mostly silent for 4 years. Selecting her as the frontrunner against the biggest threat to our democracy just a few months before the election is unforgivable. The DNC most definitely deserves a fuck you.

The democrats would literally rather lose than put forward a progressive, or even barely left of center candidate, at the risk losing their corporate donors.  The working class has no representation in the US anymore, and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

[Fire Air Walk with Me]

We've got captured courts, along with executive and legislative branch hostage to the donor class. billionaire owned media and social media to control the message plus a public ready to put their collective head in the sand or drink propaganda.

Imo - the only way positive change is going to come thru disaster(economic, environmental, center cannot hold shit) than any change thru the current system's republicrats.

And then just like how big tech used to pretend to be dems and are now pretending to be repubs, they will pivot to whatever comes next. Yea this is a bummer alrite.

[Franksnose76]

Remember, if you voted Trump, fuck you.

If you protest voted or sat out of this election year because "Harris is a war monger", fuck you even more.

Fuck. YOU.

This right here

 I'd like to add if you voted for that orange turd or excuse that sneaky Nazi bootlicker musk for his "salute" then FUCK YOU!!!

Nazis or fascism doesn't deserve a place here, at least we know who these kooks are and point em out.

[RoaryMcTwang]

Yeah same.  The Popular page is full of rage bait, and my Home page kept skewing further that way because I couldn’t help myself from engaging.  So I created a Custom Feed for myself that’s mostly just sneakers, cute animals and music related stuff lol.

I strongly recommend channeling all your energy into the teas thread.

[TheLurper]

The Dems consistently blow it. However, as much as I want a AOC or Bernie running the show, in order for that to work the left needs to message better and we need to confront the reality that America is a conservative overly religious nation.

This country seems to be consumed by a hegemonic belief that business (and Jesus) is the answer and businessmen are the real success stories in society. It isn't the great scientist, writer, doctor, or lawyer that rises to the top of their field, but the man who can steal as much money as possible that becomes our national hero.

Also, independents are gaining more and more in our political landscape. I worry most independents lean libertarian, which quickly leads to leaning fascist. They seem to quickly turn from promoting freedom for everyone to justifying the inequalities in the current system and refusing to believe anything but giving more power to the police and businesses is the answer.


https://news.gallup.com/poll/655157/gop-holds-edge-party-affiliation-third-straight-year.aspx

[TheLurper]

It is fucking over. In Trump's America there is no power to begotten from the law, but the law will be exercised by those in power.

Trump goes from all drug dealers deserve the death penalty
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/10/1152847242/trump-campaign-execute-drug-dealers-smugglers-traffickers-death-row

to

"I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbricht to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly, it was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross."
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/21/nx-s1-5270051/trump-pardons-dark-web-marketplace-creator-ross-ulbricht



I'm all for the legalization and regulation of drugs, but not for pardoning the few drug dealers who can benefit the president, while maintaining aggressive anti-drug laws.

[Big Skatefase]

It's really not that "The left" has a messaging problem. It's that "The Left" does not have a political party where the leadership represent actual left wing politics. America is functionally a two-party system and one party is far-right while the other is center-right.

Progressive politics when polled are very popular, it's just that the DNC leadership not only fundamentally opposes them, but will actively conspire against the progressive movement and progressive politicians because of their loyalty to their campaign donors.

[Chavo]

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I thought "stand back and stand by" was bad enough... the scariest part is that it is only day 1. If you read/watched his "Agenda 47," he's talking about internment camps for the homeless, "re-education" of people in higher education, and all sorts of other ill shit.

I know it is cliche to bring up 1984, but....

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I'm a VA Federal psychologist and I woke up to an 8:00am meeting about all of our continuing education changing and not being able to use the language "DEI" in any of our meetings or trainings.

I also work for a state university. They were coming down hard on critical race theory during the last administration, but so far it's just threats.

I wonder if his executive order against DEI would affect state agencies. Since affirmative action ended years ago in California (except for disability or veteran status in government jobs), I don't know if this would even make any difference. He does want to target disabled people, though.

[yghartsyrt]

It is fucking over. In Trump's America there is no power to begotten from the law, but the law will be exercised by those in power.

Trump goes from all drug dealers deserve the death penalty
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/10/1152847242/trump-campaign-execute-drug-dealers-smugglers-traffickers-death-row

to

"I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbricht to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly, it was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross."
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/21/nx-s1-5270051/trump-pardons-dark-web-marketplace-creator-ross-ulbricht



I'm all for the legalization and regulation of drugs, but not for pardoning the few drug dealers who can benefit the president, while maintaining aggressive anti-drug laws.

But isn’t that dude some kind of hero in the crypto, libertarian world? In the regards it makes sense he pardons him.
Plus, as if trump ever was concerned about drug dealers. Drug dealers is a Chiffre for POC for and his kind.
Brown large scale drug dealers = terrorists
White large scale drug dealers = beacons of liberty

[botefdunn]

this was new to me.

[Cuban_Lynx]

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I thought "stand back and stand by" was bad enough... the scariest part is that it is only day 1. If you read/watched his "Agenda 47," he's talking about internment camps for the homeless, "re-education" of people in higher education, and all sorts of other ill shit.

I know it is cliche to bring up 1984, but....

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I'm a VA Federal psychologist and I woke up to an 8:00am meeting about all of our continuing education changing and not being able to use the language "DEI" in any of our meetings or trainings.

I also work for a state university. They were coming down hard on critical race theory during the last administration, but so far it's just threats.

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I wonder if his executive order against DEI would affect state agencies. Since affirmative action ended years ago in California (except for disability or veteran status in government jobs), I don't know if this would even make any difference. He does want to target disabled people, though.

My understanding is states can still do whatever they want. There have been threats of withholding NIH funding, but there's just no way any federal agency is going to be able to enforce what is done at the campus level. I can see courses being re-named and some silly symbolic stuff, but that's all I've heard from the university. I remember 4 years of idle threats from 2016-2020, but nothing ever happened.

I was in a few more VA meetings yesterday about changes with mental health services for trans/non-binary veterans. I have a couple colleagues who are trans veterans and I feel for them. Local leadership has said they're working on workarounds. A few of my co-workers had to officially change their job title back in November to ensure they don't get terminated. I suspect I'll be seeing a lot of people getting discharged from the military UHC due to his ban on trans servicemembers.

Just got an email saying no DEI training, no DEI committees, and no pronouns in email blocks.

Oh, and I'm in a remote position so I just got notification I might be terminated after 15 years of service because Elon Musk is an asshole.

[Too Frank To Fred]

Remember, if you voted Trump, fuck you.

If you protest voted or sat out of this election year because "Harris is a war monger", fuck you even more.

Fuck. YOU.

That's a problematic take.
I voted for Harris. Held my nose. But I have no problem with people who protest voted/ abstained against genocide. None whatsoever.

Don't blame Trump's incoming insanity on the anti-war vote. Blame it on the maniacs behind him.

[Alan]

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I thought "stand back and stand by" was bad enough... the scariest part is that it is only day 1. If you read/watched his "Agenda 47," he's talking about internment camps for the homeless, "re-education" of people in higher education, and all sorts of other ill shit.

I know it is cliche to bring up 1984, but....

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I'm a VA Federal psychologist and I woke up to an 8:00am meeting about all of our continuing education changing and not being able to use the language "DEI" in any of our meetings or trainings.

I also work for a state university. They were coming down hard on critical race theory during the last administration, but so far it's just threats.

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I wonder if his executive order against DEI would affect state agencies. Since affirmative action ended years ago in California (except for disability or veteran status in government jobs), I don't know if this would even make any difference. He does want to target disabled people, though.

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My understanding is states can still do whatever they want. There have been threats of withholding NIH funding, but there's just no way any federal agency is going to be able to enforce what is done at the campus level. I can see courses being re-named and some silly symbolic stuff, but that's all I've heard from the university. I remember 4 years of idle threats from 2016-2020, but nothing ever happened.

A lot of states and universities have already rolled over this past year or so.

https://www.highereddive.com/news/dei-eliminations-cuts-offices-colleges-texas-florida-kentucky-alabama/727414/

[IusedToSkateMore]

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Remember, if you voted Trump, fuck you.

If you protest voted or sat out of this election year because "Harris is a war monger", fuck you even more.

Fuck. YOU.

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That's a problematic take.
I voted for Harris. Held my nose. But I have no problem with people who protest voted/ abstained against genocide. None whatsoever.

Don't blame Trump's incoming insanity on the anti-war vote. Blame it on the maniacs behind him.

We exchanged ideas over the undecided vote back during primary season and your expression helped me think and explore a bit more deeply. Good work and thanks.

[botefdunn]

@hooman I don't actually fall into one of the categories you described, but I did not vote, because I do not make a practice of voting. Not saying I never will, but I never have. It isn't a protest, and it isn't out of apathy, and it isn't because I don't believe that some candidates are objectively better or worse than others. I follow politics and don't shy away from taking positions, voicing support or opposition. I feel strongly that politics are always the reflection of localized views and attitudes, regardless of their eventual reach or scope. As such, the energy I put into what could be called civic duty or public engagement is expended locally, through participation in communities I believe in, and through trying to live in a way that reflects my values as directly as possible.  I've been called naive and worse, but to me it's naive to see people pulling their hair out and still getting up everyday and contributing wholeheartedly to a system that can be lead by a Donald Trump. I don't see him as an aberration of the system, he's just a much clearer reminder than usual that our society is founded on principles of control, not ethics. A lot of people do work within the system in an ethical way, and I respect that, but they aren't the guiding principle and never will be.  I don't really do that much for other people, lots of people I have met do more, but I feel pretty okay about my general disposition towards my fellow humans and wouldn't feel any better in that regard if I participated in the electoral process. Nor do I believe that my participating in it would improve my quality of life or anyone else's to the extent that volunteering and living frugally do. Voting is a luxury, so is having all your material needs met and still  feeling that life is really bad, and I don't subscribe to either of these thing. Sorry for the ramble, felt like responding.

I figure the day someone I know asks me to vote for them, is the day I will vote. Till then, I'm not investing my political energy in the idea of delegated, corporate or administrative responsability.

[Cuban_Lynx]

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I thought "stand back and stand by" was bad enough... the scariest part is that it is only day 1. If you read/watched his "Agenda 47," he's talking about internment camps for the homeless, "re-education" of people in higher education, and all sorts of other ill shit.

I know it is cliche to bring up 1984, but....

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I'm a VA Federal psychologist and I woke up to an 8:00am meeting about all of our continuing education changing and not being able to use the language "DEI" in any of our meetings or trainings.

I also work for a state university. They were coming down hard on critical race theory during the last administration, but so far it's just threats.

[close]

I wonder if his executive order against DEI would affect state agencies. Since affirmative action ended years ago in California (except for disability or veteran status in government jobs), I don't know if this would even make any difference. He does want to target disabled people, though.

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My understanding is states can still do whatever they want. There have been threats of withholding NIH funding, but there's just no way any federal agency is going to be able to enforce what is done at the campus level. I can see courses being re-named and some silly symbolic stuff, but that's all I've heard from the university. I remember 4 years of idle threats from 2016-2020, but nothing ever happened.

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A lot of states and universities have already rolled over this past year or so.

https://www.highereddive.com/news/dei-eliminations-cuts-offices-colleges-texas-florida-kentucky-alabama/727414/

My university is in deep blue territory, so I think they'll find workarounds.

I've been in back-to-back meetings at my federal position all day and they're taking a hard line on this. We are required to stop all groups, mental health service, trainings, committees, advocacy, etc for anything remotely related to DEI. We had workarounds in 2016-2020, but they're coming down hard on any resistance.

[Sedition]

I've got a little extra money at the moment, and am considering getting a few decks in case this tariff thing explodes. Anyone else done this?

[myfeetarekillingme]

I've got a little extra money at the moment, and am considering getting a few decks in case this tariff thing explodes. Anyone else done this?

I thought about it but I refuse to panic buy things

Maybe a silver lining if deck prices go way up is we’ll appreciate our shit more and skate it until it’s fully done instead of letting gear madness and over consumption go unchecked