Treason Thread #73: Les Misérables

Great thread title

Bump for the thread watcher. Sometimes the eye doesn't hold.

I thought I finally got to start a Treason thread but someone beat me to it. What happened to the regular OP? I thought he said he wasn’t sure if he was going to be on DL much anymore.

Here’s my entry to start #73! Good title, OP!

Buckle Up. Former President Bone Spurs is back! Only this time, he's playing for keeps! As we last left BS, he was inciting an insurrection. Soon, though, a hero arrived to vanquish this villain and save the US of A. Unfortunately, voters got amnesia and voted BS back in. Did he learn his lesson, or will America pay dearly? Find out soon coming to a concentration camp near you!

Hi FCI, great intro! Sorry, if I had known you were going to start the next thread I would have deferred. I did go into hiding and stopped watching all media, esp social media. But I realized I can’t do this (the next four years) without support. So my hibernation was short-lived.

However, I’m done with mainstream media. They legitimized Dump and the result is this disaster of a government we will have come Jan. 20.

I’m with you, OP/r4

I’ve turned off all news (except I still get PBS alerts on YT that I can ignore if it’s about the traitor), and pretty much am muting SM feeds. But I do need you all to hold my hand when it gets dark.

So I’m here.

I think we all need that, r5.

R4 I’m glad you’re back! Please continue to start new Treason threads. It wouldn’t be the same without you doing them.

And I completely understand where you’re coming from. I am doing the same- no mainstream media for me with very little SM.

Here is something both interesting on a personal level (how to steal your info) as well as on a global scale.

Like, how to make shit lock up, stop working or maybe stop counting votes? IDK. Just tossing it out there.

Not a conspiracy theory. These are facts. Your USB cable may contain a computer chip that can be accessed by nefarious assholes doing mischief.

As long as they don't interfere with my porn, those nefarious assholes are welcome to my USB cable.

Miss Lindz partaking of a bit of curry on her famous yellow office sofa with the bronze leaf prints.

Nasty ole 🐠.

I still refuse to believe Drumpf won every swing state, and the fact that the Dems simply accepted it without challenging it is inexcusable!

And why? Because, they're more concerned about looking like hypocrites than stopping the end of Democracy?

I want to take back every single one of my votes from the past 20 years!

The INSANELY DANGEROUS Trump nominee that NO ONE is talking about

Garmeet Dhillon, Kash Patel, etc. Is New Delhi sending the U.S. their problem people?

Trump not waiting to take office to accept bribes:

“The Trump Organization on Wednesday announced a new project in Saudi Arabia: Trump Tower Jeddah.”

We are now the United States of Trump.

R15, taking bribes is now an official Presidential act. Nothing to see here.

I think they are now referred to by SCOTUS as gratuities and Reputations plan to make them tax free.

Trump killed hundreds of thousands of old people in his first term, how many children do you think he'll kill in his second?

[quote]Trump killed hundreds of thousands of old people in his first term

It wasn't just old people, r19.

No, R19, but the number of people he killed in younger age groups didn't rise to the hundreds of thousands.

JFC I just cannot believe he's going to be president again, and that anyone thought his first term was a success. JFC what a scary time we live in.

FCI, r22, it goes to show the power of Fox/Advertising/Marketing/Analytics.

Latinos were SOLD Trump like a bad used car by Fox/Advertising/Marketing/Analytics.

Funny thing, when people hate the car, they also hate the salesman who lied to them to make the sale.

THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS.

R23 I think this long thread on Twitter explains what we are up against as far as media, messaging. Republicans have almost built an impenetrable media ecosystem.

True, but we know that Republicans need an enemy, and for us that can be summed up in Fox.

Fox is the font of our corrupt MAGA system. The link on Elton Moose simply shows a distribution feed.

Fox points the way.

THEY ARE EATING THE DOGS!

I found this posted on another thread.... a pretty amazing clip.

Sarah Longwell nails the other Republicans on the panel...I watched it twice to see the reactions of others on the panel. Notice how twitchy and uncomfortable Kellyanne Conway is, yet she maintains that big disgusting smile.

Rachel on Matt Whitaker

Time Magazine Forced To Issue 2,300 Word Fact Check Of Disastrous Trump Interview

r28, Because Time is still a journalist, fact based news magazine, they were not forced to issue a Fact Check of the Trump interview, they did it as a matter of journalistic integrity in opposition to the lies and misinformation Trump spewed.

In all truthfulness, Rupert Murdoch should have been named Man of the Year for selling America a broken down Capitalist the second time.

[quote]Because Time is still a journalist, fact based news magazine,

It's because of that they *were* forced to, r30. If Trump had been truthful, they wouldn't have had to do it.

Not off the hook yet, Donnie.

Trump wants to shut the press down from saying anything negative about him. Good luck with that asshole, Freedom of the Press is in the constitution.

They’re all obeying in advance, r33.

Only the overseas and independent media are challenging his and Muskhole’s bullshite.

I still can't believe we are where we are as a country. Never in my wildest nightmares would I have seen this coming.

Every criminal billionaire and CEO and politician sees it as open season for doing wrong with no consequences.

We’ve reverted to the years before the Great Depression. Incoming President Warren Harding’s administration is going to re-teach the country a thing or two about corruption

How many MAGAts will end up on the bread lines, still wearing their maggot merch and loudly proclaiming how “Biden fucked us!”?

Plenty. And they should be left to starve in the streets. Just like they want to do to others. Let them suffer the consequences.

I’ve had it with these pricks and their hate/fear of everyone. They didn’t learn from Covid. Maybe starving to death or watching their children die from preventable childhood diseases will teach them.

The media will ensure Biden is blamed for any economic mess under Bone Spurs.

It's going to be four years of whining from this big old gas bag.

Well...at least we still have Randy.

R40 12 straight years of whining, and that is if you don’t count the birther years.

Hmmmmmmmm

Hosting Pam Bondi:

Even women wanting confirmed must come through me.

Anyway, after Peter Hegseth, I’m worn out.

r39, two years...

It's been over a month since election day. I'm still freaking out. And part of the reason I'm freaking out is because it seems nobody else is freaking out.

It seems like not only is everybody obeying in advance, they're sending flowers!

It really is THAT BAD, isn't it? Comments like R39, R43, R44 are optimistic.

And there will be no more elections that Democrats can now win fairly and squarely.

Am I wrong??

R45 It doesn’t feel good. It doesn’t look good. I want to think there is a lot going on we can’t see, but when you have almost all the media, not reporting, instead in cahoots and helping insulate maga, I’m not optimistic. Do what you can do. Stock up. Get out cash. These are things everyone should do anyway. Covid taught me to have a three month supply of all essentials and cash.

Think You Really Vote For President? Think Again. ‘Independent Lens’ Documentary Reveals Electoral College Truth:

R46, FCI or others:

"Do what you can do. Stock up. Get out cash. "

Serious question: Stock up on what specifically? (toilet paper? bottled water?), and how much cash should I have on hand? Thanks.

^^Both these things was specifically what I was thinking when I wrote that reply.

Frozen/ canned food. Pet food. Toilet paper. Paper towels. Toothpaste. Mouthwash. Soap. Water.( Buy a Brita filter and filter tap water.) Cash. $5-10,000 at least. Have enough to live easy for 3 months. I say this as someone who has seen what a cyberattck could do, we all have, and Covid taught these lessons as well. This isn't specific to what may happen under Bone Spurs. But..

Like we HAVE $5K just sitting in a bank account!

Be serious

Tulsi Gabbard member of a cult? (a different one).

R52 I’m sorry you don’t save. I don’t live above my means, and I was taught to save. Get out what you can. It is always good to have cash on hand. That is financial literacy 101.

Maybe they will get Tiff Trump to take her place.

[quote]It is always good to have cash on hand

Unless you're Fani.

What an ignorant, offensive thing to say about one of our staunchest allies. This is going to be a loooooong four years for the entire world.

FCI, most of my savings is tied up in stock/IRAs, so it’s not easy to get to.

At least I gave the option of cashing some of that out. MILLIONS of people- many on here - don’t have any savings.

R59 I know there are some circumstances where people don't have savings because of something serious that happened, but I live far below my means so I could build up a decent savings. For example, I have the same car I bought at 22- that's 15+ years. I splurge every now and then, but I want to be able to live at least a year with no job and not lose my standard of living.

[quote]r60 = I know there are some circumstances where people don't have savings

I'm one of those people, FCI.

You can live below your means - my car is a 2002 Ford that I work on myself.

The problem is, everything keeps going up except PAY.

But that’s neither here nor there. Even if we don’t have extra savings, maybe we should start taking $50 a paycheck and tucking it away somewhere.

Or take that money and buy dry goods (rice, beans, powdered milk) seeds(tomato, onion, greens) or masks just in case.

You can grow tomatoes, potatoes and onions in containers on your porch, balcony or backyard if you have one.

R61 Sorry, Doris. That's awful! 💙

R62 Do whatever you can. That's my point. Have cash ready.

When I interned I worked on a cyberattck memo for the congressman. It scared the shit out of me. During Covid, I was set. I had everything I needed. I had taken the lesson from working on the cyberattck memo to heart.

[quote]r63 = [R61] Sorry, Doris. That's awful! 💙

Hardly, FCI, I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night.

My Latino partner became at least a closeted tRump supporter drinking the kook-aid at some point in the past few years. He was devastated when Hillary lost. This morning, he came downstairs and announced that his circle of friends are now really afraid of tRump - and he even had a favorable comment about Kamala. I just rolled my eyes - for 18 months leading up to the election I tried to explain why tRump was bad for him and the country. Oh, well!

This is why I think some of the really bad shit, especially on immigration, has to happen before anything changes r65. Nobody, just really nobody, will be convinced that, yeah, the Trump Cult really and truly sucks until they see it in action, AGAIN. You and Kamala and all the podcasters and all the progressive talk show people (the few, the proud) and every motherfucker in the Democratic Party can go on and on and on and on, and it will not make the slightest difference. Until they actually see it in action, at least for the first six months, nobody outside the already convinced will give a fuck. Nobody will do shit about shit until it finally punches them in the face.

Then, and only then, they might just start to think, gee, maybe the most worthless, most corrupt, craziest shithouse rat in American history MIGHT not be the best at being president. Hmmm.

I know so many people who truly don't think things will be that bad under Bone Spurs. They think, yeah, Republicans suck, but we've survived them dozens of times. Sigh. So R66, you're correct.

I don't have the cash really to keep on hand but I started following FCI's advice right after the election and have been stocking up on toilet paper, paper towels, Clorox wipes, face masks, bottled water, kitty litter, dry cat food and I'm still highly considering buying a firearm and taking lessons in the new year.

I think a generator and some good French wine might be the way to go what with the tariffs and the war with Canada.

Y’all. The stress and overwhelm is so high, plus the paranoia. I’ve barely been on this site because I don’t even know what’s safe anymore. Like who will be next on their “hit list” of targets? First it was women, now it’s going to be immigrants….then who? I was *extremely* outspoken in the past and an activist. Now????? I barely engage in any facet of society, AND I can’t escape it, no matter where I go. I don’t want to be reminded of it, but unless I throw my phone into a trash can, it’s *impossible* to avoid the news. And it terrifies me over and over again. And TMI, but I already have C-PTSD, had an incredible therapist for the last year until recently. But I started to feel like she was gaslighting me, like she might be RW too, so I had to stop seeing her.

Thanks for listening. Knowing this place is still standing is literally one of the last threads of joy I have currently. I am hopeful that our population gets punished/beat up hard enough that they say “no more”. But it may not go down like that. He will try to shield white heterosexual males from lots of pain in order to keep their support. Smarter minds might be able to predict the outcome. But as far as I’m concerned, America fell, and our Fed is now the bitch of Pootin, and Leon is running it ALL.

I love you. Hold me, David, hold me.

R69, how are things looking up in Canada? Do you feel secure or no?

I’m an American in the US, but my Canadian citizenship just came through according to my immigration attorney. (No official letter yet since all the Canada postal workers are on strike.

I had a dear friend, may he RIP, who was just starting college in Prague when WW2 started, and his years in the resistance began, and his advice was to just have faith. I’m completely traumatized by the fall of the US also, but without hope it becomes impossible to fight.

[quote]r72 = and his advice was to just have faith

Faith I got, ElderLez. Time...who knows?

I hear you about time and plenty of people with faith wind up in the ovens, but to paraphrase Martin Luther in one of his rare moments when he wasn’t cussing someone out even if I knew the world was going to end tomorrow I’d still plant my apple tree.

[quote]I’d still plant my apple tree.

A regular Helen Lawson, ElderLez.

R70, I honestly don’t think that demented yam gives a fuck about anyone outside of Vanky and Putin.

He won’t give a shit WHO gets hurt by the broligarchs, inquisition, shut downs, round ups and general chaos. Why should he give a fuck? Nobody is going to touch him NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES and they all know it.

It will the dumb white trash that will get cunt punted by his bullshit and most of them voted for it.

Listen, you can turn off notifications on your phone. Delete all of the news apps or turn off the notifications. None of us needs that added bullshit right now. Go cold turkey. He’s gonna do what he’s gonna do and there’s nothing we can do about it right now. Gather your strength.

Take care of YOUR shit. Do what you can to make yourself feel safe and secure. If that means hoarding cheap champagne and toilet paper, DO IT! Then stop worrying about it.

Personally, I think I may take up sign banditry. We had a great sign bandit around here back in 2018. Someone would post these handmade signs on the interstate on ramps that said stuff like “repubs are lying to us!” And “repubs are screwing us!”

I found that not only inspiring, but also encouraging. Like I wasn’t alone in this red state hell.

So I’m considering taking it up as a way to vent my own frustration and let rip with some thoughts I generally keep to myself. With my own “artistic” twist.

Social media sites are overrun with bots and Borises, so having a creative LOCAL and anonymous outlet for my rage seems the best I can do. Join me.

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Satire.

Trump thanks Mark Burnett for not releasing The Apprentice tapes:

Aside from everything else, why exactly do we need a "special envoy" to the United Kingdom? I thought special envoys were for those complicated situations, as in war zones like the Middle East, where the usual diplomatic niceties aren't enough.

What next? Will Caitlyn Jenner finally get her sought appointment to a new role as Trans Ambassador to the World? Trump can deliver on that.

She started the quest in 2016 with Ted Cruz:

We need special envoys to reward our co-conspirators with a high status position with lots of glamorous travel and other nice perks. A "thank you" gesture for keeping the crazy, damaging shit I've said and done away from the American publics eyes. We're also aggressively slashing social programs environmental protections, and worker safety regulations. Social Security is next for a slashing.

Shall Lady Lindzebelle be taking frequent junkets to the Bahamas to consult with the new ambassador?

Happy Holidays fellow Treason thread posters!

Same to you, FCI! Happy holidays!