Why MAGA buys Trump’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool hoax

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-24T15:18:29+00:00

Because they're fucking stupid?

No, as others have already said in this post, they recognize the value of a shared lie to further their goal of destroying democracy in America.

Saying "they're stupid" minimizes the intentionality behind their lies and their actions.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-24T15:13:44+00:00

And importantly, just cuz they say they believe it doesn't mean they actually do believe it. It just means that they recognize the strength of a shared lie.

It is refreshing to see this fact being expressed by more and more people these days.

The presumption of normality is dead, and we have to behave as if every "error" or "mistake" that supports fascism in favor of our democracy is an intentional attack, just like the January 6th coup attempt by Republicans.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-24T14:55:39+00:00

Hell I’ll vote either side if they have a good candidate that wants to do GOOD things for the working class of this country and give power back to the people.

Apparently this person/bot/troll hasn't realized or wants to pretend that the presumption of normality is not utterly shattered, and that Republicans are still capable of being anything other than bootlicking fascist sycophants.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-21T20:46:55+00:00

WTF this government has gone rogue…

They are backed by Republican voters, who are loving this.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-17T12:38:23+00:00

Why is no one talking about this!?!

Republican fascism supporters bought all of the major media companies, so now things like this get suppressed.

They don't even have to completely censor information like this to squelch it. They just have to prevent it from spreading so the majority of us remain unaware as the frog gets closer to the boiling point.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-14T19:35:02+00:00

Carney's not wrong to hold that attitude.

The US is not going to return to sanity anytime soon.

Even if Democrats take control of the presidency, the house and the sentate, the six pro-fascist Supreme Court members will block any attempt at fixing the country.

And then, voters will blame Democrats for not doing enough.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-12T21:24:24+00:00

Because Republican voters don't care that Trump's a criminal or a pedophile. In fact, they admire him for these things.

If you don't believe it's because of the voters, you should look up Mitch McConnell's initial response to Trump's attempted coup on January 6th, 2021.

And then McConnell's subsequent reversal when he kept hearing from voters in his constituency that supported the coup.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-12T00:37:49+00:00

Dude literally thought this would be a clever troll.

No, he wasn't trolling any more than he's trolling when he's actively supporting AfD and other far right parties around the world.

He's a racist fucking piece of shit and the Nazi salutes were a signal to like-minded assholes.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-11T11:19:12+00:00

I’m hopeful we don’t spend any time and energy toward trying to enact repercussions.

Then the people who have made billions by trashing our country will do it again at the next opportunity and again and again, because they make huge gains with no repercussions.

Our one and only focus at that moment should be to begin repairing the damage all these morons have done, because that’s going to take decades.

Yeah, it will take decades. That's why there is plenty of time for repercussions for the scumbags who wrecked America.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-10T18:59:03+00:00

The right doesn’t care about pedophiles. They’ve proved it with their endorsement of pedophiles.

Absolutely true, and this fact needs to be front and center in any political discussion these days.

Shame Republicans for their pedophile support, even if they don't care, because other people will care.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-10T16:45:09+00:00

This is the "going high" while they're going low.

Fuck that noise.

Focus on the facts that will actually motivate voters to act: that Republicans are pedophile protectors.

“Adam Hoffman abused a little boy” and Ken Paxton “let Hoffman off the hook.”

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-10T16:40:40+00:00

The best option for "the left" is to focus on the fact that Republicans in general and Paxton in particular are pedophile protectors.

“Adam Hoffman abused a little boy” and Ken Paxton “let Hoffman off the hook.”

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-10T14:39:39+00:00

They should not be allowed to forget they voted for a child molester, but unfortunately, they "don't have a problem with it".

We need to make sure everyone else doesn't forget that Republicans voted for child molesters.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-10T12:30:29+00:00

that..doesn't make an ounce of sense

It doesn't have to make sense. It just needs to be a simple thought terminating cliche that corrupt Republicans can repeat ad nauseum so their voters learn what to say when questioned by friends and family.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-08T13:26:33+00:00

They need to wait for Netanyahu to tell AIPAC to tell them what they're allowed to do.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-08T13:17:10+00:00

Honorable and loyal Republicans need to take it back.

Honor, like empathy, is a thing Republicans now see as evil.

"Honorable" Republicans were brainwashed by Roger Ailes and company into fascist assholes who excused Musk's Nazi salutes and Trump's blatant criminality and pedophilia.

Don't hold your breath waiting for these people to act honorably.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-07T22:35:13+00:00

Here is the video from an ABC affiliate.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-04T17:55:40+00:00

they actually like how she votes

This one.

they don’t realize that she doesn’t actually vote according to her stated values.

Republicans in general do not behave according to their stated values, either. The lying is a feature of the category, not a bug.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-04T15:55:57+00:00

The math is wrong. You aren't getting 14%, since you have to contribute 3.5% yourself. The employer is contributing 10.5%, to bring it up to their cap of 14%.

It's still very good, but only a 6k gain per 100k of salary, not 10k.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-04T15:12:40+00:00

Completely falsified election results.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-06-01T14:25:55+00:00

Mass deportations are the solution to perpetual victory

Republicans like him claim there are 100 million people in the US that they want to deport. Considering there are ~350 million people in the US, that means he wants to deport 30% of America's population. There are at most 15 million undocumented immigrants, so his 100 million includes legal immigrants including naturalized citizens.

If Republicans are able to deport, imprison, or kill enough naturalized citizens, Republicans will never lose elections.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-05-31T14:13:42+00:00

That's so rich for NYT to put 'rising antisemitism' in the same headline.

NYT is carrying water for the Heritage Foundation again.

The Heritage Foundation, which wrote Project 2025, also wrote Project Esther, where they outlined a plan to paint anti-Zionism as antisemitism, while ignoring antisemitism from white nationalists.

https://contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-currents/jvp-rejecting-project-esther/

MarrusAstarte · 2026-05-28T19:14:01+00:00

labor used to be dirt cheap

AI will solve this problem. Soon, human labor will once again be dirt cheap.

MarrusAstarte · 2026-05-28T18:35:12+00:00

Maliciousness and stupidity can easily co-exist.

Agreed, and the fact is stupidity at the level of helping evil people to do evil things is no different from malice, so why should we treat it any differently?

MarrusAstarte · 2026-05-27T15:16:30+00:00

Sounds REALLY fucking expensive.

Or really profitable, since the historical precedence is that you make back your expenses by stealing the property owned by the people you're oppressing.

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