The Fall of Roe v Wade: US Politics, June 2022

I don't know, being flip is about all I have in my tank right now without dipping into pure pessimism, so I think that's the more healthy route for now.

It's just massively depressing to know this is what we all saw happening in real time but also hearing the horrifying new little details like what the electors have faced, but still feeling so fucking doubtful that a single consequence of note will result. Not to mention, as frogbs points out, even the most horrified Rs this week will still vote for him again in a heartbeat, because power.

let's hear Rusty Bowers full explanation

“If he is the nominee, if he was up against Biden, I’d vote for him again,” Bowers said. “Simply because what he did the first time, before COVID, was so good for the county. In my view it was great.”

oh

wait...sorry, i was c+p'ing that from the article. because Trump was so good for the ..county? one of those horrible things where it really could be a typo, or it really could just be Rusty Bowers putting "the county" (i'm assuming he'd be talking about Maricopa, where more than 60% of Arizona Tea drinkers live) above the entire country

he means Trump was so great at delivering a massive tax cut for rich people, not much can beat that

also these clowns know that if they stray from MAGA their voters might actually hunt them

imagine if there were that kind of abject fear among our elites over idk universal healthcare or raising the minimum wage

It's not that Trump was so good, don't you see, it's that if he were up against Biden, a demented Communist that eats the few babies he does not allow to be aborted or trafficked, then really, what choice is there?

when the US has been a hybrid fascist-feudal entity for a century, at least there will be a pretty patient and thorough time capsule of what the fuck happened for people on other continents to consult... is how i break it down to an extent

in a century, there won't be countries, just 'discs' of land that haven't yet become uninhabitable

small discs, so you could call them "compact discs"

we were hoping for flying cars and a robot that automatically makes toast when we wake up. instead we got compact discs that we live on

sorry, onethread

even after my cynicism reached peak levels in the first couple of years of the Trump admin, i’d comfort myself with the notion that once boomers cease to be the primary political force in this country that they’d take a lot of the poison with them. demographics, destiny, etc. not really sure about that these days tbh

ditto. Self-absorption, hatred, and lack of accountability will just rally around a more youthful avatar.

MAGA really revealed that there are a sufficient number of death-cult conservative hatemongers in young age groups to sustain future generations

Our university's student government association reeks with the presence of neo-Trumpers, Trump wannabes, and who, according to one of our reporters who has a poli-sci class with this winner, want an SGA executive branch that's "benevolently authoritarian."

not to bring crypto into this but there's going to be a generation of young angry people who were ripped off but also love joe rogan, and they are not about to be leftists

still feeling so fucking doubtful that a single consequence of note will result.

This, plus the fact that a sizable chunk of the US population thinks that that is the proper outcome.

gop and their money/media networks have (perhaps correctly) surmised that anything with a whiff of capitulation on this is going to damage their brand among their replacement voters

even after my cynicism reached peak levels in the first couple of years of the Trump admin, i’d comfort myself with the notion that once boomers cease to be the primary political force in this country that they’d take a lot of the poison with them. demographics, destiny, etc. not really sure about that these days tbh

I felt this too, and yes it's completely wrong. the shitlord/assholes at the back of the schoolbus/hollow earth approach of the new GOP ensures new blood for their ranks forever, unless somehow the internet stops working

i hope i don't come off as flip. the desolation of this moment is so so so deep tbh

i just spent 3 weeks with my WSJ reading dad who always reminds me that he voted for Kasich and this is exactly where they all are. all he cares about are environmental regulations and trump was his perfect vessel for that

Look, I hate to take Perlstein's implication a step further, but really, there *ARE* things that people of sound mind could do. We don't talk about them much on here, and it seems frowned upon to even mention them, so I restrain myself.

Instead of despair, canvass for your local politicians, y'all.

^^^

otm, and if you are in a solid blue area, donate to help other races.

(I mean, lol @ me being one to talk about not despairing, but one hard won lesson of the last few years is that despair is never a useful tool, no matter how alluring)

Moreover, I got a beard trim and haircut this morning. I got no time for despair.

I desperately need a beard trim, my place is still not doing them. Going to have to suck it up and go to the not so great place. I may be a man of very few talents, but trimming my own beard in an aesthetically satisfactory fashion is not one of them.

I’m fighting off the despair, too, everyone. And Alfred OTM.

One of the only jokes I remember from the most recent Hannibal Buress special: "Ever feel depressed and it turns out all you needed was a haircut?"

I am planning on attending Greiten’s next public appearance near me. Despite all the outrage, he is dominating the primary here. Luckily, I know how to make a very large, very tall sign that fits in my hatchback

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I like to set realistic, attainable goals. So my goal is to completely ruin him and his entire career with one sign

Honestly I think I’m done supporting politicians. Just gonna focus on issues I care about

I desperately need a beard trim, my place is still not doing them. Going to have to suck it up and go to the not so great place. I may be a man of very few talents, but trimming my own beard in an aesthetically satisfactory fashion is not one of them.

― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0

I still mask at the salon but remove it and hold my breath during the trim. It's painful.

Trimmed my own beard and mustache last night. 5mm clipper setting, took two minutes. On the other hand, I haven't had a haircut since November. My hair is now longer than my mom's (she's got an "old lady on the golf course" haircut).

I need a haircut, I'm looking very much like a hippie.

I've been giving myself a haircut since March 2020. Do I do a good job? Sometimes, but it's good preparation for when I'm forced to live on the run.

Always trimmed my own beard, though. That's why I had clippers in the first place.

I've trimmed my beard since 2013 but suck at it.

I go to the barber in a mask, but probably didn’t do that for the first 8-12 months of the pandemic. Which sucked because my scalp gets itchy and dry over time, and I really need a haircut every 4-6 weeks or so.

As for shaving, I just shave my whole face every few days.

hey everyone, the topic of this thread is US POLITICS. let's keep it serious.

now, i do want to draw attention to how ted cruz is one of those gamers who buys the premium items so he can have an advantage over people without money.

Ted says he is “a gamer,” and reveals his strategy: “You can buy in-game items and make your character stronger or get advantages. I’ll confess, I buy it because it’s a lot more fun if suddenly your character has a lot of great stuff that would take you 6-12 months to build up.” pic.twitter.com/qECn4OvBjT

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 21, 2022

Xpost My beard only began graying during the first few months of pandemic.

Still overwhelmingly brown but more gray strands by the day.

I let it go for a while and had everybody telling me to clean up cos I looked rough. Just started regularly keeping it up this month.

I'm definitely seeing a lot more gray in my beard lately, and some at the temple/sideburns area, but not enough that it's super noticeable, especially since now that my hair is long it seems blonder than when I kept it short, too.

I get that there's a lot to despair about but I have noticed that the teenagers of today are way more educated & savvy when it comes to political issues than my generation was

xpost - my salon still just flat out won't do beard trims at all, breath holding or no. They wouldn't even trim under the beard if I left the mask on, lol. I've gone twice to the other place in town that I like a lot less to get it trimmed, lest I start to look too unkempt.

Thankfully, so far, all of my gray is in the beard and not on the top of the head. I don't mind that at all.

I think what we all need is for reporters to start asking Ted Cruz about his beard regimen.

“Any grooming tips for your fans, Rollie?”

Pretty sure I'm good without ever knowing more about any of the Zodiac's regimens.

I've seen people suggest that Biden should grow a beard. He'd be the first since Benjamin Harrison, and the first with any facial hair since Taft.

Biden should grow a beard. It's been a century since a president sported any facial hair. The time is now. pic.twitter.com/rM6VSjUMn1

— Mitchell Nagy (@mryannagy) November 12, 2020

lol just imagining all the Duck Dynasty people immediately shaving

Nah, all those assholes are rocking the Stonewall Jackson. Biden would have a tidy U.S. Grant beard.

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