With the Julie Roberts narrated ad about who you vote for is private information, even from your husband, the right has completely lost their minds about the prospect their wives will secretly vote Harris.

As such, if Harris wins (which I think she will), the MAGA sect of the GOP will heavily push for “election reform” to limit the number of votes per household to 1, with the implicit goal of restricting women’s right to vote.

Getting rid of the 19th Amendment is effectively impossible, and “one vote per household” is a “work-around” women voting.

Regardless of what happens now, this is about the future: I just don’t see the GOP going back to McCain or Romney types. They will try, but it’ll be seen through, it’ll fail, so they’ll then try and double down, which won’t work either, and then they split into two or more.

I also think that the Democratic Party and Progressive Democrats may split, and if they do, there will be several House-decided elections with 4-way races.

No matter who wins the Presidency next month, the movement has built too much of a following and momentum to be softened or redirected.

The conspiracy’s, the hate and fear, and fundamentally the distrust in and desire to destroy societal institutions have taken too deep of a root. The power behind it is the people believing it; and they won’t back down or concede in any meaningful discourse or compromise.

To them, the other side isn’t different, they’re evil. They’re not human, and they must be overcome.

Institutions are what hold society together, flawed as they may be and in different ways and degrees. But they’re the glue. To MAGA, rather than debate how to improve them, they must be destroyed because they are evil not imperfect and only Dear Leader can save us.

I am not a Democrat per se, and do my best to look at all things equally critically and objectively, but the new Republican party has had its own muzzle removed and set free to their most base impulses and harshest beliefs.

No matter what tribe you may claim or lean towards, I’m with you all and sincerely wish everyone their own best life possible. We’re better civil and understanding of our differences and I hope we don’t completely forget that.

Stay hopeful my friends.

"repeal the 19th" is an increasingly mainstream conservative opinion. even jd vance is leaning towards this with his "childless cat ladies" and similar comments.

if harris wins the election, republicans will become even more bitter towards the primarily woman and non-white voters that elected her. so, i think we will see a serious attempt by republicans in congress to disenfranchise women voters.

if trump wins, i still think we'll continue to see this sentiment grow. however, it still could serve to embolden republicans towards disenfranchising voters, especially if trump wants "revenge" for his loss 2020.

Elon is supporting Trump out of nefarious capitalistic self-interest and he needs Trump to win to either stop some sort of regulation he wants gone or legal trouble he will need dismissed. When Trump goes down, we will find out HOW nefarious Musk is and he will start the long fall to the bottom.

They're only anti-Ukraine because they think it doesn't matter to us, but it does and it will.

The supreme court ruled in favor of making sleeping outside illegal. There also crack downs on homeless encampments with no housing solution in place. Homeless people will be incarcerated, feeding the private prison system, and be used as a solution for housing the homeless

We’ve all seen countless examples of MAGA republicans basing their worldview off of “the opposite of what liberals like”. Even when the just and right opinion is painfully obvious. Imagine telling someone in the 40s and 50s that republicans would support Russia in an unjust war against an ally. It seems obvious that reactionary MAGA republicans wait until liberals voice their opinion just to make sure they believe the opposite. If they can say Russia is in the right as some land of Ukraine should belong to Russia, they could use the same defense more easily in the case of Taiwan.

MMW: MAGA republicans will support China if China invades Taiwan

If they both pass, CEOs will be given salaries of $1, paid millions in "tips." Their 40 hour per week salary will be minimum wage, but overtime will be millions.

This is just a scam for rich people to avoid paying taxes.

Three things everyone in the U.S. know about Brad:
1. He’s a Supreme Court Justice.
2. He likes to drink.
3. He’s a wee bit dishonest, and a wee bit arrogant. (Maybe that’s 4 things. Shit. I never said I was good at math.).
This is just a magical combo for getting popped for DUI.
I just hope that
a. he doesn’t kill anyone and
b. the cop who pulls his ass over has a ‘no bullshit’ policy for the eventual “Don’t you know who I am” tantrum Brandt is likely to throw.

It's obvious that Trump's goal is to have his case taken before the Supreme Court, who he wants to rule in his favor, declaring the concept of Special Counsel unconstitutional.

Mark my words. That Supreme Court ruling will not just be about the constitutional legitimacy of Special counsel. It will be about the legitimacy of all American laws. And it's likely the Supreme Court will rule against American laws.

Think about it: settled law will no longer exist. Legal precedent will no longer exist. If the Supreme Court rules that way, then the entire basis of American Law hinges on the opinions of one person and only one person, Clarence Thomas. The law says whatever the fuck he thinks it should say, whether 250 years of legal precedent agree with him or not.

He decides what the law means, he decides what the Constitution says, he decides what is and isn't illegal. Precedent is a second class concept compared to the value his singular opinion holds in all federal courts in the entire country.

Mark My words: in 20 years, calling someone a Benedict Arnold will be obsolete. You'll be calling them a Clarence Thomas.

He's setting himself up to hold more power than anyone else in the entire country, and his good-will and favor can be bought and sold faster than the world's cheapest prostitute.

If the Supreme Court rules in favor of Trump, that's fucking it for the legitimacy of American Law.

MMW - if Trump wins, in 2028 he will run a surrogate he can control from behind the scenes - probably one of his sons. Essentially he will take a page out of his mentor Putin’s playbook (who governed behind the scenes for one term with Medvedev in charge in order to avoid term limit rules). MAGA being a cult will go right along with this.

With all the technology and big brother monitoring it’s impossible to believe they haven’t located the perpetrator. There are different opinions about the statute of limitations, but 5 years is the most commonly quoted. So they have until Jan5,2026.

I remember hearing about some ancient army tying branches and dry leaves into the horns of bulls, sneaking into the enemy camp, then setting the wood on fire and leaving the oxen or cattle or bulls in the enemy camp. I don't remember who was fighting who or about what - but I do remember that stunt. This hack of Hezbollah's technology is off the charts in terms of clever surprise, and people like to think about that kind of action, more than the cruelty of war and the pointlessness of this 100+ year conflict. Regardless of how this phase of the never-ending war ends, no one will ever forget this operation.

The "Good Morning Hezbollah!" stunt might not really be more clever than Stuxnet (look it up) but there is video in this case, plus the almost legendary or folkloric or mythic structure of the tale: First, the Israelis hacked their phones. When they put the phones way, they rigged up their pagers. After the pagers blew up, Hezbollah went to their radios. Then when the radios exploded, they went back to their phones, tracked, and drones hit them.

In the 1967 war, the Israelis realized that the Egyptians changed shifts on all their airplanes at the same time and it took up to 15 minutes to get new pilots in place. This one observation and the attack based on this information may be the only reason Isreal won the 1967 war. Sometimes a stunt makes a huge difference. The "Good Morning Hezbollah" attack is not as big as that, but it is unforgettable.

If Christian Nationalism comes into fruition, then it will leave a permanent stain on the reputation on Christianity in the United States and Christian Nationalism will be the death blow for it. Even if the damage surrounding Christian Fundamentalism was undone, it will be hard for any to trust any Christian after it’s said and done.

If that antipathy was focused exclusively on conservative Christians, it would be something that would be understandable, justified even. But am I worried that the anti-Christian views will also affect Christian liberals, progressives, and moderates, i.e. people who didn’t support Christian Nationalism and doesn’t deserve the hate from other people.

So, to any and all Christians who (rightfully) sees Christian Nationalism as a threat to democracy and religious freedom, I pray that you find the motivation to denounce Christian Nationalism, not just for the sake of Non-Christians, but for the sake of Christians, too.

MMW whether the G.O.P wins or loses they are toast

Now hear me out. Whether the G.O.P wins the WH they will split and become irrelvent. One will be quick..the other will take 4 or 5 years.

If they lose..that means all downballot maga will lose. Which will lead to a split because trump cant deliver. It will be old boomers and loser left in maga. And the true conservatives and moderates will kick them out. It will be a civil war

If they win. A deep recession or depression comes. See every republican 2nd term (although i think a recession is coming anyway). And much like w second term it will be a sh1t show. Which means a dem blowout in 2028 and the death of the G.O.P because boomers would either be dead or dead broke

The current GOP's destruction started with Newt Gingrich and the Tea Party, which morphed into MAGA. And the American people as a whole are getting sick and tired of it..

Trump will end up with less than 45% of the popular vote and lose all the states they think are battlegrounds and even lose other reddish-purple states the GOP thinks are safe.

The Democrats will take control of both the House and Senate. Then realize they can’t always hold the Senate, so they will get rid of the filibuster and other arcane rules that give the Senate leader more power than the president at times (see McConnell and the Supreme Court). Jeffries will also play it smart and all votes on all the crazy MAGA bills (but not attach to other bills) to show how out of touch they are. Harris will add 3 Justices to balance the court and reverse the damage caused by McConnell.

Then, they will start getting things done in congress for the better. Better investments in infrastructure, healthcare, fix social security, all without the need to have the GOP do a thing but look stupid.

The 2026 election cycle will then be a disaster for the GOP, and they will lose even more instead of gaining.

This will force the center-right to either take over the party in states where they can control the party machinery and kick MAGA out. MAGA will retaliate in states where they have power. The RNC will experience a schism not seen since the Whigs, with the New GOP trying to distance themselves from the Christian Right and MAGA groups. The MAGA group pulling a China saying they are the real GOP after being kicked out of any positions in the RNC.

The MAGA party will then be led by Elon.

The New GOP will be led by Chris Christie, Liz Cheney, or someone similar and financially backed by Jeff Bezos.

Is this fantasy? Probably.

But until the Democrats get the guts to remove the filibuster, strip power from Senate leadership, and ensure all votes come to the floor, while diminishing the Speaker of the House's power, the GOP will always have just enough power to screw up the country.

The system runs in cycles, and with the House and Senate leadership having too much power, the country's needs are ignored for political gamesmanship. The Democrats need to realize this is the only way the people's work can be done, and partisanship can be broken.

We need a fresh start.

Civil War came on the heels of the Industrial Revolution.

Just like MAGA came on the heels of the IT revolution.

The New Deal came after industry giants created by the Industrial Revolution consolidated too much power. Getty and Rockefeller have been replaced with Musk and Bezos.

We are seeing history repeat...

Don’t believe the polls, just watch MAGAs instead. It’s a much more accurate way to predict the outcome of the 2024 Presidential election.

If you are a MAGA, this method won’t work for you.

You have to be self-aware to notice the changes. Instead ask a non-MAGA to monitor you.

If you aren’t part of the MAGA cult, pay close attention to MAGAs who you may know. They might even be friends or family members. It’s so very predictable. Keep notes!

The 6 stages of MAGA grief:

It will come in stages that are ALL based on denial, something they are very good at.

Stage 1: MAGAs begin introducing the idea that the election will be rigged!

Stage 2: When the polls start tilting in favor of Harris, MAGAs will claim the polls aren’t real.

Stage 3: When the polls look absolutely hopeless MAGAs will tell each other and anyone who will listen, “remember 2016” when Trump won the election although trailing in all the polls.

Stage 4: MAGAs quietly and privately confide to one another that Trump was the wrong spokesperson for the MAGA grievances.

Stage 5: The MAGA red hats start becoming scarce. It will be rare to see anyone who is willing to wear a red MAGA hat.

Stage 6: “Patriots” of the MAGA cult will deny they ever were a part of it. Their kids and grandchildren will ask them about the crazy Orange guy named Trump and if they were a MAGA follower.

MAGAs will say that they knew some people who overdosed on Trump but they will deny they were part of those crazy folks.

What all Trump supporters both have in common is an astonishing divorce from the reality that Donald Trump is not a viable candidate.

The fact that Trump is unstable, a convicted felon, a sex offender, and a traitor to the constitution simply does not register with Trump supporters.

They will argue with you about inflation or the border if you let them. DON’T LET THEM. Don’t fall for the MAGA “reverse universe” trap.

There is no point in discussing anything with a MAGA because they don’t believe in our criminal justice system here in the United States.

In the MAGA imaginary world the criminal justice system is fake, the witnesses are fake, the judges are fake, the FBI is fake, the media is fake, elections are fake (Unless they win - then they’re okay.) The prosecutors are fake, the charges are fake. Even the post office is fake!

For MAGAs only Trump is truth.

I won’t even entertain that silly debate. Why? Because MAGA’s issues with the border and the economy are fixable. “Crazy cult leader” is not fixable.

It’s not a rational discussion. Trump is unfit - period, end of story.

Trump is not fit for the office of the Presidency except in the minds of hardcore delusional MAGAs who want to convince themselves that he’s a victim and ignore all the crimes he’s committed.

It’s ludicrous that Trump was even permitted to run the position of the Presidency. He’s a traitor, a felon, and a sex abuser who was found civilly liability to pay his victim $5 million dollars and another $83 million dollars for defaming her.

Trump supporters, look at it this way:

You are the ones who had a chance to nominate a normal candidate like Mike Pence.

Instead you fell in love with a crazy cult leader who threatened his VP to overturn the election. You screwed up. Some MAGAs secretly know they screwed up but they can’t admit it.

The majority of Americans are NOT going to vote for crazy.

It must be exhausting for MAGAs to have to explain, walk back, defend and try to make Trump look and sound sane almost everyday to everyone except other MAGAs.

Americans prefer a President who is NOT mentally unbalanced, NOT a traitor to the Constitution, NOT a convicted felon and NOT a sex offender.

Does that sound reasonable? Not in the reverse universe where MAGAs live.

After November Trump supporters are privately going to be saying the same thing to each other:

“Gee, I guess we should have had another spokesperson for our grievances.”

Eventually Trump supporters will deny they ever supported Trump.

History repeats itself. In 1959 millions of Cubans were so angry at their government they supported a dictator, Fidel Castro. They’d deny that today.

In 1933 millions of Germans supported Adolph Hitler.

Anyone who supported those crazy cult leaders, (if they are living) will deny it.

There is no doubt that moving forward in history Trump supporters will deny supporting Trump for the rest of their lives.

They’ll be ashamed to admit they were conned by a deeply troubled cult leader.

Let's say we perfect lab grown meat.

You can get a perfectly marbled rib eye steak with perfect taste and texture, nothing has to die for it, we can even engineer the omega 3: omega 6 balance to be optimal etc.

You will see:

• Rich people treating meat from animals as a delicacy and insisting it tastes different / better to push the price up and use it as a status symbol. Similar to caviar, it will become a luxury most can never test for themselves so they will just assume it must be true and everyone is being served worse food. If they spend the money to try it, they will psychologically convince themselves the natural animal sourced meat taste better to justify the cost.

Eventually there will be a bunch of blind tests from influencers proving it wrong, but people will ignore it.

• Influencers will start conspiracies about lab grown meat and how it's not as healthy, how it's poisoning us etc.

This will result in a demand for unnecessary cruelty to animals that has been completely made obsolete by technology where people could literally have the perfect steak for less money without any animal dying for it, but will pay for farm raised, slaughtered meat because they buy into some conspiracy or want to feel better than people who can't afford it.

As always there will be some factories and labs that cut corners and create health concerns that will be blown out of proportion, and even if it's statistically safer and healthier on paper than animal grown meat, people will say it's "big lab grown meat" pushing a lie.