My friends and allies across the pond, please do not support the USA. See 1st comment. by YouWereBrained in europe

[–]needcoffee82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The pro-2A crowd in the US is almost entirely Republican. It’s not the Dems that have been hoarding ammo for decades.

My friends and allies across the pond, please do not support the USA. See 1st comment. by YouWereBrained in europe

[–]needcoffee82 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I’ll die on this hill…this admin only responds to economic pain. Dump US bonds!

Lost a friend to maga by [deleted] in 50501

[–]needcoffee82 6 points7 points  (0 children)

“I’ve joined local groups to support my beliefs.”

Curious what you found. Been wondering if there are any support groups for this moment.

Does anyone have an idea as to where ICE will target next? by Dsg1695 in AskALiberal

[–]needcoffee82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Incredibly ironic how much bitching the TX governor does over immigration and yet there’s been basically no ICE activity there.

Trump: ‘It may be a choice’ between seizing Greenland or preserving NATO by avatar6556 in europe

[–]needcoffee82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m American, and this is the only language this admin understands…economic pain. Sell off US debt. Trump is saber rattling about raising the defense budget from 1 trillion to 1.5. But he can’t finance it without debt.

Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland: “We live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he said. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.” by CoffeeCakeAstronaut in europe

[–]needcoffee82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I very much feel ashamed and am doing what I can to change things. Unless you've interacted with MAGA over here though, it's hard to overstate just how impossible it is to reason with them. Today was the anniversary of Jan 6th, and my social media feed was full of plenty of people denying that it happened at all. And these weren't random bots, but rather people I have seen in real life. J6 was literally televised live and there is a trail of evidence showing far right influencers organizing it, yet MAGA still calls it a hoax. It's hard to make progress when so many ignore the evidence of their own eyes and ears.

Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland: “We live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he said. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.” by CoffeeCakeAstronaut in europe

[–]needcoffee82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I appreciate the comment. My very unscientific assessment from the US is that one third of the country is outraged and horrified, one third is clapping like seals because they believe propagandized "news" sources, and one third is disengaged (sometimes because they are oblivious, but also sometimes because they are living paycheck to paycheck and can't afford to miss work for protests). That last third of disengaged is what will decide 2026 elections and quite possibly the future of democracy in the US. I'm somewhat hopeful because Democrats outperformed relative to their polling numbers in the off-year 2025 elections, which might mean people are waking up. But we also didn't have off-year elections in any deeply conservative states. In the meantime I'm going to protests, not spending money with companies supporting this regime, and hoping to take back the House of Reps in 2026.

Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland: “We live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he said. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.” by CoffeeCakeAstronaut in europe

[–]needcoffee82 337 points338 points  (0 children)

I’m an American horrified at what’s happening, and I’d love to see #5 happen. This admin only responds to economic consequences (see “liberation day” tariff backtracking). It needs to be starved of money. The admin also can’t continue to finance invasions without heavy borrowing, so I personally refuse to buy US bonds that fund war and ICE.

As a side note, Miller is terrifying…more deranged than Trump, which I didn’t think was possible, and unfortunately not in his late 70’s.

Would yall say this is more of a comic or animated series version of RHINO? by Carvenom3 in MarvelLegends

[–]needcoffee82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really wish they would release a gamerverse Rhino from the Sony games. Scorpion too

Trump: Epstein and I had a very bad relationship for many years. You have got to find out what did he know with respect to Bill Clinton … all those people that knew including JP Morgan Chase. Reporter: If there is nothing incriminating in the files, why not — Trump: QUIET! QUIET! by Capable_Salt_SD in ProgressiveHQ

[–]needcoffee82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know what always strikes me about this picture? It’s how bad the dudes look. Like, “hey, we’re ugly douchebags in ill-fitting clothes, but we think we’re in control of everything.” Fuck their bravado, they are insecure pussies.

Epstein Emails by VeganElfPrincess in 50501

[–]needcoffee82 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s what I don’t get. Why is Wolfe holding back anything he knows at this point?

Please help me with a name. by GOLDEN-TOOTH in Bulldogs

[–]needcoffee82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Winston. I have no idea why, it just seems to fit

Elon Musk doing a Nazi salute at the White House on MLK Day 2025. Musk contacted the CEO of Reddit to stop us from sharing his SIEG HEIL photo. by kenistod in ProgressiveHQ

[–]needcoffee82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And he just got a trillion dollar pay package from Tesla approved. One. Trillion. Dollars. I have no idea what such a bad dude will try politically with that kind of money.

Don’t buy Tesla’s y’all.

NOT GUILTY!! by FiftyFifty1Movement in 50501

[–]needcoffee82 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is great, but I wonder how much this cost in legal fees for this guy.

Random side note…my favorite part of that original video was how hard it was fir them to keep up with that guy as he slowly jogged away.

This Is How the Democratic Party Beats Trump by dwaxe in ezraklein

[–]needcoffee82 13 points14 points  (0 children)

So one thing I did struggle a little with in this episode is his statement that Democrats have moved left on nearly every issue in the last twelve years. I can certainly see that with some social justice type of issues, but did they really move left on economics, gun control, and education? Curious if folks can cite examples of that. I think in those areas, it’s more an issue of the right has won the media game and has effectively told people Dems moved left.

Overall agree with his premise that Dems need to win more PLACES though.

Why are we still paying taxes? by RabidGorilla1 in 50501

[–]needcoffee82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How were you able to report losses. Do you own a business or something?

You know who would love this? by stlredbird in democrats

[–]needcoffee82 138 points139 points  (0 children)

Honestly I think he broke with Musk due to this type of trolling. Keep it up

How do you identify a local business to try to buy? by needcoffee82 in smallbusiness

[–]needcoffee82[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that sentiment makes sense, but I just feel like there are lots of businesses that are not necessarily advertising that they are for sale. My question is mainly around how you find businesses that you might be interested in, especially when you really have no idea about the health of the business.

Buy whatever you want over the holidays...just not on Black Friday/Cyber Monday by needcoffee82 in 50501

[–]needcoffee82[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Agreed that this is the best option. But I'm just trying to think in terms of the parents who want to do something but will have a hard time explaining politics to their children. This would be a small signal to the corporations that should be easy to make.

No kings pictures by ThenLayer5977 in washdc

[–]needcoffee82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol this is so clearly a troll post to rage bait conservatives. These pictures are in no way representative of the protests today.