US Politics, June 2024: "Have there ever been this many cowards in power?"

Negronis for everyone!

I wanna be drug czar

And you can be my mule girl

you can call me al

My little pusher mule giiiiiiirl
(I will be your long lost pal)

I don’t find this stuff amusing anymore

amen and hallelujah!

Just introduced H.R. 8620, the TRUMP Act, legislation requiring the Treasury print $500 Federal Reserve notes featuring a portrait of the 45th President of the United States, .@realDonaldTrump. Read more here👇👇https://t.co/uahl0TeS63

— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) June 6, 2024

campaign advert: they got time to vote on putting trump on a $500 bill, but they don't have time to vote on a bill to protect access to contraception.

amen and hallelujah!

Oh God, one of my pet theories from back in the day was that Trump was only running for president so he could get his picture on money!

Remember too that he had Mnuchin slowwalk the Tubman $20.

make a deal where Trump gets his face on the $500 bill but it's only good to pay for abortions and contraceptives and has to be honored in all states

I have a suggestion as to what Mr. Gosar can do with his idea

should have been a 1 billion dollar bill, he'll never own one himself

The Gosar statement is (predictably) so... fucking...dumb.

The Culture of Collector's Items has so much to answer for...

Gosar Introduces Legislation Creating $500 Trump Bill

Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-09), issued the following statement after introducing H.R. 8620, the Treasury Reserve Unveiling Memorable Portrait (TRUMP) Act, legislation requiring the Secretary of the United States Treasury to print $500 Federal Reserve notes featuring a portrait of the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump:

“As Bidenflation continues to devalue our currency, the issuance of $500 bills featuring President Trump by the Treasury offers several practical advantages.

First, larger-value currency will empower Americans with the freedom of more tangible options to save and exchange goods and services.

Additionally, the absence of large-denomination currency issued by the Treasury encourages Americans to rely on digital banking, which faces greater vulnerability to surveillance and censorship.

Furthermore, from a collector’s perspective, these $500 Trump bills will become highly sought after, generating revenue for the government through increased demand for numismatic items. Collectors often covet currency with unique designs and historical significance and bills featuring the very popular 45th President will attract considerable attention from collectors. This will no doubt create a market for the $500 Trump bills far beyond their face value and increase the seigniorage earnings of the government, thus increasing overall revenues,” stated Congressman Gosar.

How does issuing $500 bills generate revenue? It literally increases the national debt by $500.

I had to go and click on what "pooped" and "pooping" are trending on Twitter/X, and that's frankly on me

soo uh is the idea that the federal government is gonna sell these $500 bills for $700?

soo uh is the idea that the federal government is gonna sell these $500 bills for $700?

This would absolutely work on Trumpoids. Hell, he could probably get $1000 for 'em.

we'll sell 1 for 700 or 2 for 1500

BREAKING: Steve Bannon ordered to report to prison by July 1 for contempt of Congress pic.twitter.com/NeofnnsmKJ

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 6, 2024

Shaved Garfield better pack his toofbrush

hobo without a shotgun

this story is such a nightmare. and its just one of many. people you've known for years - friends! - just turning on you in the weirdest way possible.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/us/politics/nevada-election-clerk-trump.html

ha, was just sharing that. a Trump-flag flying election official in a county that went 82% for Trump in 2020.

They blamed “undercover activists” for stealing ballots out of machines with hot dog tongs.

it is like religion and you can't really fight religion or change someone's mind about anything when they are in that deep. so, i don't know what the answer is. i kinda figured people were looking for a new religion here but i didn't think it would involve voting machines.

I've seen these people at 7-11 at the hot dog station. They're scary!

Some Lynch-ian photos in that story

"The county had such a nonchalant, trusting relationship with elections that once, after two candidates tied for commissioner in 2002, they settled the race by drawing from a deck of cards. But now two decades later, Elgan was being flooded by emails asking about the license plate numbers of her poll workers and the temperature data of her equipment storage room."

I don't know if I can read that story. These people are in so deep.

They have this quantum box they put the votes into and they can go either way when you open it

I get it (and everything else) but what I also get from that story is that they were only able to rustle up so many voters and half of them were clearly not there one way or another. It's weaponized crankery from people who deserve no excuse, but thinking this elderly widow leading the failed recall is just going to spend more of her time and energy on this only to keep losing provides a certain grim satisfaction. That's how you want to spend the rest of your days? You're going to be surprised at just how many more people you're going to alienate along the way.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/06/black-voters-2024-election-biden-trump/

“It’s really hard to vote because neither candidate is good. Biden is too old. Trump is too racist"

do people really think Biden is that much older than Trump?

You're going to be surprised at just how many more people you're going to alienate along the way.

Sometimes I wonder if they are actually all that surprised. I think many of these in-deep cranks want, on a certain level, to be alienated by friends and family because it only further confirms, in their twisted minds, that they are one of the few "right" ones who truly "get it". Whether they will come to regret this on their deathbeds will remain to be seen, but I think the alienation is welcome because it justifies the crazy.

It really just shows how hair dye and tanner affects the rubes

Also this: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/upshot/polling-trump-conviction-voters.html

Whether they will come to regret this on their deathbeds will remain to be seen

They may never. But I suspect they're as bone-deep insecure as Trump himself, and feel it even if they don't articulate it, even to themselves. They have to be right, to 'get it,' because otherwise that's a bit of a howling void there, and they know it.

To them this is a kind of religious service. On their deathbeds they will probably just wish they had fought harder for Trump.

i don't know why i keep being surprised by people here. millions of people believe that a fictitious God is going to come down from the sky and kill everyone who doesn't believe in him or whatever the fuck is supposed to happen so people believing that voting machines can be controlled by cell phones isn't really that nuts. my apologies crazy america. maybe you are actually getting MORE reasonable.

Actually, God is among us on earth and he lives in Florida

Carrot Top?

I am curious if the loons who are so paranoid about their vote being changed will just not vote? And will that be a significant number of people?

Carrot Top?

Actually, God is among us on earth and he lives in Florida

― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), T

I'll PM you my address. Bring gin.

What if God was one of us
Drinking gin like some of us

I am curious if the loons who are so paranoid about their vote being changed will just not vote? And will that be a significant number of people?

― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, June 6, 2024 2:03 PM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I wondered this when I overheard a conversation in a card room that was like "Biden's gonna win, I'll tell you that right now, they'll make it happen" and I wondered the same. it would be really funny if Trump's rhetoric around the 2020 election actually did have the effect of supressing his own turnout in 2024

Anytime someone says "make it happen" I sing Mariah Carey, can't help it.

Trump put up a post recently encouraging mail-in votes, so presumably there's some vague recognition that the rhetoric may not have had a beneficial effect

lol does he? Orange Men Bad!!
― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, June 6, 2024 3:03 PM bookmarkflaglink

in high school my family went to Steak 'n Shake and he was there. one of the waitresses chased him down for an autograph

Actually, God is among us on earth and he lives in Florida

Explains the floods.