"Yes.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Trump's choice of Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard for top roles signals darkness and chaos ahead. … This shows right off the bat that MAGA chaos is going to reign."

~ Greg Sargent

#Trump #Gaetz #MattGaetz #chaos
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[moiraeve@mastodon.world]

@wdlindsy I love Greg Sargent and he is in my RSS feed for a *daily blast*.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"All the cabinet picks and staffing announcements this week prove that the Jeremiahs among us were right in advance — and what might be left will be lament in the coming rubble."

~ Diana Butler Bass

#Trump #Gaetz #MattGaetz #chaos
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I'm Not Disappointed

On "both sides" and President Lincoln and Dr. King

(dianabutlerbass.substack.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"There will be a reversal of human rights, an erosion of safety for millions of people (and, sadly, including the nations we influence around the world), the rejection of basic principles of the law, and an increasing enslavement of democracy to oligarchs and billionaires.

That’s what Christian nationalists want. That’s Project 2025."

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #chaos #WhiteChristianNationalists
/7

[doreen32128@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy Good analysis! Truly horrifying!

[jeffreysmith@mastdn.social]

@wdlindsy

Gaetz is certainly a chaos agent; Gabbard seems more of a russian agent. Those of us who followed the failed but noble syrian rose revolution, know that Gabbard's moral compass always points towards a dictator, either Assad or Putin.

[doreen32128@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy @jjdavis Good thread!

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"There is no conceivable argument from US national interests to propose Tulsi Gabbard for that most critical position. She has zero relevant experience. The only thing for which she is known is her support of Putin (and Assad). Her candidacy is, quite literally, a proposal that can only have emerged in Moscow, where she is known as a "Russian agent" or as 'our girlfriend.'"

~ Timothy Snyder

#Trump #TulsiGabbard #Putin #chaos
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The Submission Chain

The Transitive Property and Trump

(snyder.substack.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Doreen32128 @jjdavis Thanks so much. I'm glad it's worthwhile.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@JeffreySmith I think in choosing a Russian agent for that position, Trump is deliberately inducing chaos.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Doreen32128 I agree, totally horrifying.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@MoiraEve Same for me.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@rmaloley See my subsequent comments in the thread.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Greengordon It's interesting how many stories we're now reading of parents disinviting children — sons seem to predominate — from holiday dinners because they voted for Trump, isn't it?

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@stevensanderson People feel left out, and the white working classes delibeerately chose to exit the Democratic party after it supported civil rights for racial minorities — so the being left out can obviously be a choice people make, too.

[oldclumsy_nowmad@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy

This is an aspect of human behavior that is extremely destructive, and unfortunately very common. People in groups have a powerful urge to deny their colossal mistakes, and those of their ancestors.

At the moment, it's very visible in the "anti-Wokeness" movement.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Acronymesis I honestly wonder how we can stop the flow, though. At this point, that seems tantamount to stopping Niagara Falls.

[njwookie@mindly.social]

@wdlindsy

When the recession hits next year induced by government mismanagement, poorly conceived tariffs, and the shock of massive government spending cuts people may wake up. We exist in a space where people don't care about good government they only care about their own economic woes. When 401K balances drop, social security checks don't show up, VA benefits vanish, and unemployment rises maybe then people will see the error of their choice. Hopefully we still have voting rights in 2026.

[jwcph@helvede.net]

@wdlindsy Not a chance. Anyone capable of understanding this has had literally almost a decade to do so - if they didn't so far they won't & if they decided to just go along with it this won't stop them.

[acronymesis@mastodon.world]

@wdlindsy I wish I had the answers, but I think if enough if us can identify the issue and focus on it, we can find a solution. Whether it’s finding a way to stop it, drowning it out, or some innovative thing I can’t think of just yet, we have to do something or everything else will be for naught.