Which leads me to believe you singled out the HT because of their brownness or perhaps non-Jeebusness.

I singled them out because it was an obscure source and misinformation is rife on the Internet. If you believe I might be secretly a bigot, you are welcome to check my post history, but I promise you, I am not.

Which are all bullshit in many ways…

100% agree. Not a single source on that list, except maybe the bbc would I trust as a single source, and only then if it were about non-political international stories.

The link I provided says the Hindustan Times has low credibility and their factual reporting is mixed. The post has medium credibility and mixed factual reporting.

To be perfectly honest, I didn’t check the others because they were all from more mainstream sources. Especially with breaking news, like this story was yesterday, we should all be giving unfamiliar sources extra scrutiny.

If it makes you feel better though I’ll do the rest of them:

• Hindustan Times: mixed factual reporting, low credibility
• New York Post: mixed factual reporting, medium credibility
• ClickOnDetroit: high factual reporting, high credibility
• Fox 2 Detroit: high factual reporting, high credibility
• NBC News: high factual reporting, high credibility
• CNN: mostly factual reporting, medium credibility
• BBC: high factual reporting, high credibility
• Yahoo News: high factual reporting, high credibility

Fair. Also here is that MSN article.

You probably shouldn’t trust the Hindustan Times, they are not a credible news source

The Hindustan Times probably isn’t a trustworthy source. Especially in this political climate, I’d recommend not believing anything you haven’t seen from multiple sources.

77,302,580 Americans voted for Trump out of a total of 340,865,045 individuals. That makes the total number of Americans who wanted some part of what’s going on strongly enough to take some action is roughly 23%. 75 million Americans voted for Harris and 37 million Americans were registered, but did not vote which is roughly 33%.

Only 55% of the country is registered to vote so it’s really hard to tell what the 45% of Americans who aren’t registered feel politically, but it’s probably safe to assume if they can’t be bothered to vote, they’re probably not down for the civil war remix.

Of the 23% who voted conservative in 2024, not all of them hold far right beliefs. It’s hard to say what fraction of that population would fall on the far right, especially because Trumpism itself holds some far right ideology. Even assuming half of all republican voters are ready and willing to engage in a civil war, that’s only 35 million people or 11% of the population.

They’re really loud online and currently have control of the government, but there really aren’t that many of them. There are far more people who don’t care, centrists, democrats, and leftists.

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

That’s irl cyberpunk ice. Absolutely love that for us.

I think it’s a human problem. It’s in our genes. Some of us are supremely selfish and some of those people have no regard for the health and wellbeing of anyone who gets in their way. Just look at our history.

You’ll drive yourself crazy trying to worry about it. Shit’s bad. It feels like someone’s master plan is coming together. The world is changing and it’s really scary. A little paranoia is called for, but you can’t let it get to you.

The truth is humans are really really really bad at predicting the future. We don’t have the full picture and probably won’t in our lifetimes. The heritage foundation has plans but they aren’t the only player and their hold on power is weak. In 2026, with fair elections, they lose congress. That pretty much makes Trump a lame duck and slams on the breaks of whatever shenanigans are going on in the south. Maybe that’s when the civil war pops off for realsies, but we won’t know until it happens.

We all need to be keeping ourselves safe, sane, and healthy. That’s the only thing most people can do at this point. Take care of ourselves and our neighbors if we can. Pay attention, but better not to try to guess what’s coming and ignore anyone who claims to know.

I don’t think state national guards will be invading the neighbors in the near future (Trump’s second term). Ice and state militias might work together against sanctuary cities, but invading the neighbors is civil war, even if it’s bloodless. Maybe Trump’s third term and if that happens all bets are off.

As far as what to do, for us little people, there isn’t much. Calling your reps does nothing but annoy them and they ignore peaceful protest. Unfortunately until the 2026 midterms, MAGA controls everything and can do what they want. And that assumes we have fair elections. The best thing you can do is keep yourself safe and volunteer your extra time and/or resources to some form of mutual aid. The only way out is through.

It seems like you’re really invested in this, but don’t forget to enjoy what you can while you can. Nothing has happened yet and there is little you or I can do to change what is to come, but it hasn’t happened yet and you are still (relatively) safe. Try to enjoy it while it lasts.

I hope you’d be right in that case. If an impeachment of Trump got to a senate vote that was expected to pass (removing him from office), I just don’t see him going quietly. Especially considering he would still be in control of the military and well loved by the cops.

I doubt that would come to pass though. The likelihood of the democrats getting enough votes to impeach and remove in 2026 seems far fetched. Especially since the current republican controlled congress is actively trying to pass voter suppression laws. Not to mention democratic voters don’t turn out for midterms like they do for presidential elections. Maybe that changes, but from here it seems improbable.

The only way that remotely happens is if the dems take congress in 2026 and impeach and remove him (they’d probably have to get vance too). Which seems highly unlikely and has a high risk of another jan 6 like event.

I’d like to believe it, really, but there is no way that he ever sees justice for his crimes. He’ll die of a cheeseburger-related heart attack before that happens.

A big gulp and a pack of cigarettes

Pretty much. I don’t see how we can fix what’s wrong with this country from within the system. The US is fundamentally broken because we have lost any semblance of a shared reality. There are four distinct and incompatible realities fighting for dominance: MAGA, republicans, democrats, and leftists. All four groups believe in a different set of facts about the world we live in and let their fear and cruelty drive their actions. It’s not sustainable.

I wish there was something we could do to reunite our understanding of the world we share, but it’s too far gone now.

B5 would be called woke propaganda because of the parallels to what’s going on in the world today. The narn/membari conflict, the night’s watch (or whatever it was called), etc.

As an outsider, I promise the grass is not greener over here. Being part of a community, be that family, friends, or local groups gives you much more ability to affect change. Alone you have no chance of changing even the most local and basic issues.

The best thing you could do is have this conversation offline with the people in your life. You’d be surprised how willing people are to work together towards a larger goal if given some direction and concrete goals.

What would everyone be leaving them for then?

Specifically his 1928 book Propaganda which basically created PR and modern advertising.

In my 20’s I had three dreams. The first I was at my parents house preparing for a zombie invasion. I knew we would be fine if I found “it” (no idea what it was) but was unable to in the dream. The second dream I was at the office trying to find “it” again and knew I only had three chances. The third dream I was in the desert at the mouth of a skull shaped cave. I had a shovel and knew it was my last chance to find “it”. I failed and awoke knowing I had lost something important but undefinable. The dreams were all about a month apart and so vivid they felt real.

Another interesting note on my dreams is almost all of the really intensely real dreams I’ve been able to recall take place in different parts of the same “world”. Sometimes in the dream I can recall other dreams and where they are in relation to the current dream, most often I make the connection after waking.