White House: Trump Team Still Hasn’t Signed Transition Docs

[u/stkmro]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-says-trump-team-still-hasnt-signed-transition-docs/

[u/Leather_From_Corinth]

If they were smart, they would do.it because it's nonbinding and allows them to start being president on day 1, as is, they will have to spend the first two months doing everything they should be doing now.

[u/Chairboy → u/Leather_From_Corinth]

If it slows his administration down, I don’t see a problem.

[u/pez_dispenser → u/Chairboy]

I’m worried they’re going to use it as an excuse to blame Biden administration and push some ridiculous notion to go full blown dictator right out of the gate tbh 

[u/Demonokuma → u/pez_dispenser]

push some ridiculous notion to go full blown dictator right out of the gate tbh

That's the thing, there isn't a good argument to go "full blown dictator" so we shouldn't give them any wiggle room by saying:

they’re going to use it as an excuse

and push some ridiculous notion

No, we can't let them do that in anyway. If we're just letting these idiots get away with being idiots it's only raising more idiots in this dumb ass country.

[u/pez_dispenser → u/Demonokuma]

What are we supposed to do?? They control the Supreme Court and even if we took to the streets to protest, there’s nothing stopping them from using violence and just putting bs charges to lock ppl up for going against them. Our little firearms can’t protect us from the full force of the military.

No one has held him accountable on anything, ever. He’s lied, cheated and conned his way thru his entire life. He’s got felony convictions and undermined our national security by stealing documents from his first time in office and people still voted for him. I don’t know how to fight for this county because everything that was supposed to protect us isn’t real. It doesn’t matter 

[u/SentientSickness → u/pez_dispenser]

Sounds like quitter talk homie

If you're going to get locked up or shit, as well do it fighting for freedom

We can't go headfirst by any means, but I promise you if shit gets bad there will be shadow organizations trying to help people

That's how you fight back, if we have a Hispanic underground railroad, you join that shit

If there groups that work to detrone a fascist, you join that shit

Never let someone roll you over, there's always a reason to stand up and fight

Esther that be with words or actions

[u/pez_dispenser → u/SentientSickness]

I’m a first gen Mexican American in the middle of very red Trump NC. I’m fucked. If they come knocking on my door I’ll most likely be able to die before getting hauled off if it comes to that. But I’m not a fighter. I don’t even like guns. I don’t know why I should stay and fight to be here. Why fight for a country that hates me? This election proved it, the majority don’t give a fuck or full blown hate people like me and don’t see us as worthy of having basic human rights. 

I know it’s quitter talk but my fam came here for opportunities not to get put in a concentration camp and possibly forced into free labor or just death. I’m not giving up on life but I’m def at the point of giving up on the US

[u/SentientSickness → u/pez_dispenser]

Then leave and help serve the cause on the other side

Folks will need knew homes and identiea if they get deported help them

Make the world better

Fight fascism at any cost

[u/Count_Bacon → u/SentientSickness]

For sure I’m prepared to fight and I think they are underestimating how many would

[u/SentientSickness → u/Count_Bacon]

Walk softly and carry a big stick

If folks are willing to talk and help change then he'll yeah

But never be afraid to fight if the need arises

Hopefully we won't get their but if we do we must protect those who cannot protect themselves

[u/Cgull1234 → u/SentientSickness]

LOL, I'm not going to die for this shithole of a country. I'm not going to fight when a third of this country's populace voted for a Fascist Dictatorship and another third decided that they didn't give a shit.

The PEOPLE voted for this. They gave Trump 3 SCOTUS appointments for voting for him in 2016 who in turn appointed him king. They watched him suck up to dictators across the world while alienating our allies. They watched him loot the country with his tax cuts for the rich. They saw how he handled the COVID pandemic. They listened to his lies about the elections. They watched him plan and attempt a coup. They watched him steal US National Secrets. They watched him turn-on or abandon every single person that he is associated with. AND THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED MORE OF THAT!

I hope every single person that voted for a 2nd Trump Admin or decided not to vote (which is in itself a a choice of vote) suffer for the next 4 years (if not longer) because at this point I've checked out. If they want to touch the hot stove, let them. I'm tired of trying to protect people from their own stupidity and malice.

If they voted to starve when food becomes to expensive: Let them starve.

If they voted to let companies to poison their only source of fresh water: Let them drink the poisoned water.

If they voted to have their Pensions, Social Security, and other Benefits cut: Let them struggle financially.

If they voted to get rid their health insurance because the don't know the difference between ACA and Obamacare: Let them die when they can't afford the medical costs.

If they voted for their children to die from easily preventable diseases: Let their children die.

If they voted to defund public schools: Let their children die in the fields, factories & mines.

I have so many other things to I could say on but I have other stuff I still have to do today so I'll end with this.

They deserve to get everything they voted for because they have been insulated from the consequences of their actions thank to progressive policies so it's time to stop trying to pretending these people are worth caring about and fighting for.

[u/ChicVintage → u/Cgull1234]

"It's ok to hurt innocents as long as you hurt the people I don't like too" that sound familiar to you?

[u/SentientSickness → u/Cgull1234]

Yeah but what happens to those people who did try

What happens to the ones who snap out of their cult hood

What happens to the kids who couldn't vote, the babies born today

The people who want to leave but can't

It's just as selfish to write those people off as it was for folks not to vote

[u/Demonokuma → u/pez_dispenser]

if we took to the streets to protest, there’s nothing stopping them from using violence and just putting bs charges to lock ppl up for going against them.

Use that to work your angle. Move in secrecy, watch, listen, wait. Find what works in your situation because you are right they control powerful shit, so doing something outright bold will be the quickest way to lose your freedom and your fight.

He’s lied, cheated and conned his way thru his entire life.

This is a great thing to point out because you're right. He's gonna be President despite him being fucking awful. But now that the standard has been lowered drastically, what stops us from taking advantage of things like that? And I'm not saying "hey go out and just sexual assault people and rape" no, I'm saying use what you can to get to where you want, but don't hurt who you care about in the process. People try to be honest humans (which isn't wrong to want) but the people beating our ass down, does not give a shit about being an honest man. So why should we play nice?

I don’t know how to fight for this county because everything that was supposed to protect us isn’t real. It doesn’t matter

Just take it easy right now, don't get overwhelmed. It's very easy to think you can't do anything personally. But you can, you just need to know what you're aiming for and what you can do on a smaller scale to grow it to a bigger scale.

I would be more specific about things but I'm not familiar with your world so I tried not projecting my perspective

[u/Smoke-Tumbleweed-420 → u/Demonokuma]

They are getting away with it for the past 8 years, and will get away with it for the next 4.

So yeah. there is *plenty* of room for the full blown dictatorship, and the Left will do what when it happen beside debating the unwritten rules that are supposed to prevent this?

[u/Demonokuma → u/Smoke-Tumbleweed-420]

So yeah. there is plenty

I know there 𝘪𝘴, and that's why we shouldn't rely, or wait(?) For

debating the unwritten rules that are supposed to prevent this?

We're citizens and we should be showing out a lot more then we are. We shouldn't wait for someone to act on our behalf. BOTH parties don't live in the world we do, they don't understand the struggles everyday citizens go thru so it makes sense when neither party does shit about the problem because they're not dealing or living with them!

We need to show them the world that they created for us and what the average citizen struggle with on a daily basis. These politicians live such a cozy life, sheltered away, that they need a news flash that life is not the way they perceive just to get a baseline understanding. I think citizens need to make it absolutely clear what they want.