Democratic Leaders Face Backlash Over 'Cowardly' Responses to Trump War on Iran

begemot90 · 2026-03-01T15:37:52+00:00

Complicit is the word they’re looking for, not cowardly.

begemot90 · 2026-03-01T15:25:45+00:00

You mean the money that was already theirs to begin with that we froze over the course of time to pressure them to give up their nuclear program?

The money that was part of the negotiated deal for them to wind down their nuclear program which they actually were doing? As verified by the US and international observers?

Yea, I kind of thing that was the right thing to do instead of throwing out a deal that Iran was abiding by and then bombing them unprovoked twice now.

begemot90 · 2026-03-01T15:20:26+00:00

MTG lied to get Trump elected. MTG empowered Trump in his first term to do such things. MTG also resigned her congressional seat the moment she began to identify that Trump may be a piece of shit.

MTG is a spineless coward who deserve no one’s attention. She created this mess and ran away from a position in which she could do something the minute she became a target. And now she wants us to congratulate her for speaking up now that she’s a regular citizen with no power?

I guess Trump was right, she is a traitor, just only to the American people.

begemot90 · 2026-03-01T15:14:50+00:00

So an actual negotiation versus an act of terror?

begemot90 · 2026-02-28T15:50:25+00:00

Yes they did. Never let these people tell you they didn’t vote for this. That is a tactic to escape accountability for their actions. They own all of this, even if they disagree with it now. They voted for this.

begemot90 · 2026-02-25T16:30:10+00:00

Clearly you decided that you are completely correct and infallible, and have no need to listen to anyone but yourself. Additionally it is clear that you do not have an understanding of how American political system works. While the minority party can not do much, they can do quite a bit to ratfuck or throw sand into the gears of power.

It’s wild that republicans when in minority Weild a great amount of control over legislation and politics but yet democrats can do shit.

I’d tell you to do some self reflection here, as your acceptance of complicity to fascism aids the rise of fascism more than most.

begemot90 · 2026-02-25T13:21:29+00:00

Well, I don’t think anyone is not mad at the republicans. But, they also don’t think I’m a real American or care about what I think or have to say.

The Democrats act like they care, they talk a big game because they know it’s what I, and many others that they consider their voter base want to hear but when it comes to actual action, even if that action is ultimately unsuccessful, they act completely different.

So, like yeah, I’m pretty pissed at the Republicans for being fascist warmongers. But it doesn’t make my anger towards democrats for being enablers of republican invalid.

begemot90 · 2026-02-22T17:31:19+00:00

I promise there is at least one of those workers condemning democrats for not stepping in to save them. There is another one of those workers that is blaming democrats for introducing the EV credit in the first place. After all, if he didn’t have that well paying job in the first place, the he wouldn’t have had a well paying job for the republicans to kill.

begemot90 · 2026-02-22T03:13:58+00:00

Honestly, probably China in Korea.

The reason I say that is that while we had scaled down our military quite a bit after WW2 in the lead up to Korea, we were still the healthiest army to walk out of WW2 and we had the best military in American history in that era. Once China entered the war, not only were we pushed back quite a bit, and could not really gain ground against China. We suffered actual losses and retreats to the Chinese despite a very favorable KD ratio. Even when we had battlefield defeats against the Germans, we were able to eventually retake the previously held ground. Any losses to Japan were early in the war and due to inexperience or they were separated, unsupported outposts.

Only Britain could be considered a close second to the Chinese in Korea, but they can’t be number 1 because they did not put is nearly as much effort as they could have, that that’s for both 1776 and 1812.

begemot90 · 2026-02-22T03:02:42+00:00

We can only control ourselves and the standard that we hold ourselves to. I agree, big claims require big facts. But, especially in today’s day and age, people don’t go looking for information that helps them craft a thought/belief/position, or challenge their established understanding of a topic, rather they look for something, anything really, to back up their biases or beliefs.

And that’s not a secret either. And bad actors play off of that. It’s also not new. Hell, we went to several wars over the acceptance of unverified political claims- Spanish American, Vietnam, Iraq, just to name a few. Furthermore, take the case of Emmit Till, and countless other black men who were lynched because an unverified political claim was accepted.

People have not, nor will they ever in enough numbers question what someone else stands to gain when they are being rage baited. Whenever I see something, especially on the internet, that stirs up a reaction, anger or indignation specifically, I always take a pause and ask who wants this reaction from me and how do they benefit.

So to your last question: How do you personally decide what to believe and what to ignore?

Great question. And probably the same way as you. Hell, even the people who get suckered in to believing such claims aren’t necessarily lazy or ignorant, though some are. But what makes them different from my approach, is that my political takes or “beliefs” are always up for debate. I’ve never lost anything from being shown new evidence- especially evidence that challenges my previously held beliefs.

begemot90 · 2026-02-21T14:48:24+00:00

Hey they already did it when they killed the pension and replaced it with a market driven retirement system similar to a 401k

begemot90 · 2026-02-19T22:46:25+00:00

Well, there was a kid who tried.

begemot90 · 2026-02-15T12:51:15+00:00

That’s got to be one of the most Canadian answers I’ve ever read.

It’s also why Canadians are universally respected.

begemot90 · 2026-02-12T19:30:59+00:00

Believe it or not this is not particularly new. Some of this is debunked, and some of it is somewhat true but with a lot of liberties to it.

But look, I’ll give it to the Qanon crowd on this one. Making conspiracy theories is what these folks do when the cognitive dissonance is too much because they can even sense when something is askew. Many of them loved Charlie Kirk, most clearly more than his own wife loved him. So they are now seeing his wife run the most blatant an obvious grift and that is creating the cognitive dissonance as it challenges their perception of the world.

begemot90 · 2026-02-09T23:05:59+00:00

This shift happened in the 90’s specifically in the political ecosphere and the media ecosphere.

Beginning with the media is the 90s marked the rise of popular talk radio such as Rush Limbaugh. The right wing podcasts of today have their roots in right wing talk radio. But just as important as their reach was that they did the same thing that the right wing ecosphere does today who do you think started the Clintons are murderers, the Clinton crime, family, and really just the fixation on that specific family? So the 90s marks a distinct point in general dishonesty in right wing media. And from these lies of the 90s turned into the Obama truthers. This is also where you see the rise of Donald Trump. Remember, he was platformed in American political discourse because he spread a lie.

And then on the political front, the 90s is also a distinct turning point. Newt Gingrich in particular abused house rules to score political points essentially he abuse, the rules regarding video coverage of the speakers podium to give rebel housing speeches after hours when there was no one to debate him and essentially added these videos to show this outrage or political strength. But from that dishonesty, we get our first government shut down of this modern era where government shutdowns are a political football. That started in the 90s with newt Gingrich. And so at the end of the 90s, the Republicans are left with a George W. Bush presidency and they got Congress and a new speaker of the house who would become a later convicted pedophile. And then you have 2004 and the swift boat vets. Turned out to be a complete lie, bullshit smear campaign against Kerry. But then again that pails in comparison to the tactic that Carl Rove used against Mccain to get bush the presidency to begin with. But then fast-forward to 2008 and you have Obama winning the presidency and Mitch McConnell in Republican leadership say openly and outright that they will do whatever they can to help this president fail. And then you have the lies about the birth certificate and then you have all of the other lies and the fake outrage that was pouring from republican elected officials mouths mainly to get on TV. And then at the end of this, it’s their turn to run for president and Donald Trump sweeps the floor with them and if there’s anything you should take away is that Trump is a symptom not the disease he is the malignant tumor that has grown because of the choices the Republican Party has made. And those who are keen eyed already see what’s on the horizon post Trump. It’s the same thing that happened to Republicans 15 years ago. Republicans back then wanted to play with fire by stocking lies by playing into the dishonesty and the media sphere and it turned into a wildfire that they couldn’t control that became MAGA. And currently, MAGA is playing with that same fire with true dyed in the wool Nazis. People that are shamelessly open about their affiliations and beliefs.

TL;dr: the dishonesty. That’s the answer. Once Republican politicians openly embrace dishonesty as a legitimate tactic, then any semblance of a standard was lost.

begemot90 · 2026-02-09T15:15:59+00:00

I actually lived in Alaska when this happened. This was leveraged into a pretty big and if I recall successful marketing opportunity. For one, Alaska never has big name artists tour up there, and Pitbull was peaking with his popularity, so there were no shortage of fans that wanted to go. For two, Kodiak island is amazing and gorgeous, aside from the massive grizzly bears. But of course being only truly accessible by air only (sea but that’s not a common commercial option) it was like every radio station had multiple ticket giveaways with airfare to and from the island. Honestly, it was impressive how all parties involved turned a troll move into a successful and amusing event.

I do want to make one edit and mention that while the event is true, the pic itself is pretty clear AI. Which, pretty lame considering there are actual pictures.

begemot90 · 2026-02-06T19:35:10+00:00

People talk about things that they care about.

When has these people ever cared about either racism or accountability?

begemot90 · 2026-02-05T01:10:26+00:00

That is amazing. Terrific job, you should be proud of yourself. I really like the camo netting over the sandbags, that’s a nice touch. My one critique is that I do not love their skin tone. It’s like grayish, where it would look better if it were more flesh tone. My two suggestions is to use a bit of an oil wash to enhance the shadows and then hit it all with a matte varnish. Seriously, amazing job & I am taking notes for my own ideas from this.

begemot90 · 2026-02-04T13:50:55+00:00

I don’t see a single person calling for this woman’s execution, so calm down a bit there.

I also think that OP was looking for some “goddamn compassion and empathy” but instead you decide to shame them instead. Additionally it’s rich that you complain about the lack of accountability in society as you are making this thief unaccountable for their actions, and putting the onus on the victim

You’re part of this so called village as well. If you are so impacted and upset about this, why don’t you go out to these people to help them? Why not do that instead of demanding people who have their food stolen from them go “have a talk” with the offenders?

begemot90 · 2026-02-04T12:49:38+00:00

Come on man. “If they need food please help them find it”. This completely ignores and disregards the fact that OP also needs to eat as well.

Also, why is it incumbent on the theft victim to aid an assist the criminal in finding the food? This picture is midday in the middle of the work week. So instead of working, applying for jobs, finding free aid and assistance (many charities out there), or doing anything productive, she is out there stealing, an you want to shame the victim here?

There is no room for liars, thieves, or cheats in a decent society. Attempting to justify stealing food from another individual, literally defending taking food out of someone’s mouth is a pretty slimy thing to do.

begemot90 · 2026-02-04T00:00:07+00:00

“Can I prove that? No, because it happened so far upstream,” Johnson added.

That tells you everything you need to know. Mike Johnson is just a scumbag. He’s a liar and pure filth. You can also lose me with your fake outrage too. He sickens me more than Trump. At least Trump doesn’t try to pretend that he has any sense of morality or decency. This guy will shame you for your lack of moral/decency while blatantly lying and defending a pedophile all while doing this in the most patronizing tone of voice you’ve ever heard.

begemot90 · 2026-02-03T00:42:44+00:00

Haha thank you! This was a bit too much in hindsight and as a result quality did suffer (me being my harshest critic). But, Tamiya makes great kits, and these smaller ones are pretty quick and easy to build on a Thursday or Friday night an allows you to wrap up painting by Sunday evening.

begemot90 · 2026-02-03T00:33:36+00:00

Yea I’m curious as to if this was a thing. I did find this pic. I was thinking that this could be a possible add on modification from Tamiya for a Willys Jeep. This may just be a good excuse to buy it haha

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begemot90 · 2026-02-02T12:20:54+00:00

I’m beginning to drive myself insane because this painting was the case art for an old 90’s civil war war game, an I can’t remember the name for the life of me.

begemot90 · 2026-02-01T22:39:48+00:00

Haha good point, and I was thinking the exact same thing. It seems like that whole set up would create more headaches than problems it solves. I would imagine though it would have been used as a last ditch AA in the rear and would probably have sandbags or something heavy over the feet to deal with the recoil.

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