I was pretty astounded to learn a significant number of Muslims voted for the guy

The stories were mainly about Arab-Americans, a narrow majority of whom are Christian (Maronite, Orthodox and Coptic). And the majority of Muslim-Americans have little to no connection or solidarity with the Palestinians.

But the press is too lazy to pick up on these nuances, just as it never reports on the Israelis’ relentless attacks on Palestinian Christians. The media narrative is Israelis versus Muslims, and that’s all you hear about.

Trump turns on everybody, but he’s never turned on Putin. I don’t think there was ever a possibility Trump was going to go against Russia, the source of that was probably people around Trump who are less subservient to Putin.

My theory (and not just mine) is that, in the 80s, Trump ratted out the NY mafia to SDNY, and that’s why he was protected from prosecution for his many crimes after that. The collapse of Gotti and co. led to the Russian mob getting much more power.

trump does what he wants because it pleases him.

It’d oddly coincidental that it always happens to please Putin too. Also go back to that Helsinki meeting and look at the body language. Trump’s is a display of cringing submissiveness that is not consistent with it just being an alignment of interest. Trump is shit-scared of Putin for some reason, kompromat or not.

Or he’s just having a tantrum because he has no self-control and his flunkes are afraid to tell him when he’s being a cunt.

A blind auction to keep their heads attached would be great fun to watch.

True dat.

Insanely high executive pay is mainly a problem in the English-speaking countries, and worst in the US. Studies of the relationship of executive compensation to corporate performance in different countries shows that the obscene levels of money thrown at US C-levels is entirely wasted. If the system were rational, US companies would be recruiting Japanese execs, offering them twice their current pay, and still saving tens of millions to distribute to their shareholders. But there is a flaw in corporate governance that enables this parasitism, and so far, the government has shown no interest in correcting it, or any other policy that worsens inequality.

It would still be a good idea to break up AfD into its constituent atoms. All the European hard-right parties are quislings for Putin and Trump, and without foreign support (and foreign troll farms) they’d be polling around 1%. It’s good to know that there are safeguards, but don’t be so certain that the system will protect you. Things can turn to shit suddenly.

If people do get what they deserve, Musk should be very worried.

The treason continues.

Oh, you mean a coup? Then say it.

Russia has depleted its store of draft-age young men. The Europeans need to band together and fund a proxy war to continue to bleed Russia. And rather than allow this looting by Trump, Ukraine should go scorched-earth and destroy all of Russia’s pipelines.

What a joke. It’s not Trump’s plan, it’s Netanyahu’s.

If you’re expecting real resistance to the fascist takeover, don’t waste your time with the Democratic Party. Find a grassroots organization and join it. Get out in the streets. If you can’t or won’t, stay out of the way.