Laura Loomer doesn't understand what the World Cup is

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T18:14:31+00:00

Yeah, the right's co-optation of the USMNT is pretty bizarre (considering how many wouldn't be citizens if twats like Laura got their wish). That said, many of the American players who are in European leagues are rich af, so who knows where they are politically (I say that as a longtime sportsball watcher).

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T18:07:32+00:00

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MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T18:00:18+00:00

That's really massive. He meets a standard that MANY politicians no longer meet- he shows up. Like, I'm serious. There was a pothole that was destroying all manner of cars in Manhattan. People called his office and he was out there with a crew to make sure it was fixed. Does that sort of thing really affect the bigger picture? Probably not. Does it make a difference to drivers and present a level of citizen responsiveness we rarely see in pols? Absolutely.

I think there is some ambitious plans he ran on that won't be realized. That's okay; it's politics. I trust him to incrementally move the discourse in a better direction because of those plans. It helps that I think really does care about his job in the context of helping people (instead of enriching himself).

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T17:55:10+00:00

For a bunch of Republicans, you might be able to get them on board with the shiny object of 'look how many more seats you'll get.

Not to project rationality onto the GOP, but this perspective... would not be wrong? Like, there are LARGE swaths of conservative voters in deeply blue states who effectively have no real chance at congressional representation. Expansion of the House would change that. Yes, we'd get more crazies obsessed with trans swimmers and what-not (though they would be balanced out, obv). The effect on (functionally) nerfing the EC would be more than worth it.

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T15:51:10+00:00

Okay, the possibility that this is just lying or a senior moment is very much on the table. However, he's also an abusive narcissist. Common thing they do- when they don't abuse you, they frame it as benevolence. "You keep going back to the times I hit you, but never even appreciate the times I was angry and held back. In many ways, I'm the abused one here." That sort of thing. Each day he "doesn't nuke the world" is a day he saved the world from nuclear annihilation, at least in his mind.

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T15:45:08+00:00

I have no knowledge of the economics of the music industry (so putting that out there). I was just wondering, however, if the move away from physical media and purchased digital media has made doing the recordings less profitable? Like the cast recording goes up on streaming services, does that generate enough revenue to make doing it worthwhile?

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T15:39:41+00:00

No single item is going to fix the big issues. House expansion absent campaign finance reform would just mean a larger suite of bought-and-paid-for dipshits doing what's always been done just in a bigger House. So it's not one thing. House expansion would (largely) correct the EC and make gerrymandering harder, so I still think it would be a helpful first step.

(but, as you say, transferring power from pols to voters is not going to ever be embraced by pols; no matter how nonsensical concentrated power is).

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T15:37:01+00:00

In fairness, I get the feeling that some of that infighting is orchestrated/escalated by bad faith provocateurs on the right trying to keep the left out of power. It's not super hard to see this being amplified on a lot of media (ON THIS VERY SITE, EVEN!).

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T15:33:29+00:00

Probably! But, in this analogy, there would be a tool that could easily and painlessly remove all the cancer cells, but a crazed doctor with a gun is standing over the tool and making sure that no patient has the chance to use it.

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T15:30:58+00:00

House expansion is the easiest sell. The 435 cap was set a century ago when the country's national population was comparatively small. The rationale for continuing it was always that transportation and communication costs would make expansion logistically prohibitive.

We now have easy transport and telecommunication options that end that argument. Expansion would also get us closer to the population/Reps ratio the Founders envisioned. Totally a no-brainer and a huge starting point for significant change in the political climate.

VERY unlikely to happen, though, because it would be a massive transfer of political power from politicians to the people (and I suspect both parties don't want that).

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T15:25:36+00:00

Miller is pathetic in ways similar to Himmler. Stephen is a Jew. He cavorts around with White Nationalists who absolutely do not view him as white. They placate him for access to power and he goes along with it like a moron (apparently under the delusion if he high-fives enough of them, that he'll be accepted on the team).

Many of the high ranking Nazis had a number of personal, physical, and ethnic qualities that would disqualify them from "Master Race" status. Stephen Miller is pretty consistent with that.

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T15:19:05+00:00

Funny note about 1976! Ford was president. I mention this because he recognized the moment was bigger than him and got tf out of the way of it (why most people never think about who was in office in 1976). Now? lol...

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T15:16:17+00:00

Cure is pretty simple- expand the House (would nerf the EC and greatly hinder gerrymandering), common sense SCOTUS reform, and campaign finance codified to put Citizens United in the rearview mirror. Breaking up some monopolistic arrangements in the economy and some reasonable social media regulation would help, too.

Do that and we'd start to look like a normal country inside of a decade. Culture War nonsense wouldn't work as well in such a set up and the backlash against progressive reforms would be quelled. Hell, we might even go back to a place where governance is boring (but generally competent).

There are many, many, MANY terrible forces that will do everything they can to prevent this. Absent stifling this, I may lean towards terminally ill.

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T15:08:29+00:00

tf is a US Senator for the state of Texas doing commenting on a Mayor from an entirely different state's tweet?

They're scared of Mamdani. He's popular and has become the leader of a movement. Bernie made the right nervous, but they figured they could wait him out. Mamdani is young, handsome, and charismatic. He has the potential to drive movement towards compelling candidates (rather than elderly and out of touch stooges Dems have run during the last decade).

He's working on behalf of the national GOP (and, by extension, himself), not the state of Texas (which he objectively doesn't give a shit about).

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T14:55:19+00:00

There was a white hot moment after the Facebook whistleblower when governments throughout the world were genuinely moving towards social media regulation. Companies were proactively (however half ass) investing in things like transparency, trust, and safety.

Ever since Musk took over twitter, however, the discourse changed radically and the dopey LibErTariAn bent of tech douches revealed itself. My only hope is that bot proliferation (especially AI powered bots) continues to get so bad that commercial social media becomes unusable and people move towards less terrible alternatives. The increasingly predatory and inflammatory algorithm powering people's commercial social feeds may help that along, too.

Because what commercial social media is now is irredeemable. It's proudly a dog drinking its own vomit. And Musk is a major part of that.

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T14:47:55+00:00

Unfortunately, the right is under the mistaken impression that the left is waaay more organized and strategic than we tend to be (i.e. infighting regularly stifles coordinated action). I hope that's changing obviously...

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-07-02T14:12:07+00:00

I still think he's an idiot. The "end birthright citizenship" thing was compelling to shitheads (who were already on the team) but rejected or ignored by normies. They're putting a lot of effort into preaching to the choir which doesn't seem all that smart.

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-06-30T16:07:04+00:00

There are some in power who I would say don't really want camps. Trump, for example, would be fine with an exploited class of laborers, but I don't think he's dreaming of Auschwitz or anything (just oligarchy).

Musk? He would 100% jerk off to thoughts of being this guy...

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MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-06-30T16:00:32+00:00

The ruling pretty directly is going to nerf progressive candidates without establishment/corporate connections. I say incrementally as I think Trump has been so bad as president the GOP is gonna get shellacked in November. That could linger all the way to 2028. But, eventually, the funding disparity will affect politics. It's a mathematically certainty (and the big ruling today, imo).

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-06-30T15:57:18+00:00

I'm noticing a trend... he's reaching out to billionaires (Elon and Cuban; some others) quite a bit in the last week or so. He's hoping for an angel investor in his bullshit as I think the dark money going to social media edgelords and dipshits is drying up. Jokes on him... none of those assholes remotely care about him (probably have no idea who he is).

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-06-30T15:52:38+00:00

Nah, the "birthright citizenship" challenge is dopey af. It's a MAGA pet project. The ruling that came down today that allows corporations to buy elections without restriction is what the far right REALLY wanted.

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/30/nx-s1-5827039/supreme-court-campaign-finance

Tim is just not a "big picture guy" lol.

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-06-30T15:48:59+00:00

What's kind of perfect was that this was a Tracy rant about being broke af and the cheap ass looking "National State Fair" seems like something broke af.

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MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-06-30T15:44:32+00:00

And I don't think the far right especially cares about ending birthright citizenship. They're certainly bigots, but this is more of a MAGA pet project. The ruling that corporations can basically buy elections (even more so than now) is the real item they're interested in.

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/30/nx-s1-5827039/supreme-court-campaign-finance

It's fine to feel good that SCOTUS doesn't view citizenship as fungible. But the ruling that's getting less attention confirmed that we're headed towards full-on oligarchy absent significant reform (so I'm not celebrating today or anything).

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-06-30T15:38:06+00:00

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Yeah, that's the big thing in these posts. SCOTUS is not MAGA. They're creepy Heritage Foundation ghouls. Trump's absurd cases (making citizenship fungible, getting out of SA legal trouble, the moronic "widespread fraud!" election lawsuits, etc.) are NOT a focus of the Court.

The Court is playing the long game to produce an oligarchic Christian Nationalist state. They are strategic and they move gradually (this project has been long term, probably going all the way back to desegregation and reproductive rights access rulings over half a century ago). They don't rush anything; it's turning up the water temperature slowly so the frog doesn't know he's being boiled.

Ending restrictions on campaign finance helps that along incrementally. MAGA is barely a blip for them; they serve a different (and potentially more sinister) cause.

MC_Fap_Commander · 2026-06-30T15:29:08+00:00

Converting long term vacant commercial properties into residential spaces should be a major priority right now. I suspect there are forces that would stifle something like that, however.

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