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  1. Comment on Well this terrifies me: Steve Bannon preparing for a third Donald Trump US presidency in ~society

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    Yes because trying to be mindful of the undecided voters and bringing in Cheney was such a winning strategy for last year's election.

    As much as I want the progressive wing to ascend, wouldn't this alienate our "undecided voters", moving the Overton window toward fascism even faster? The so-called undecided voters, in this country, seems decidedly conservative when compared to our progressives.

    Yes because trying to be mindful of the undecided voters and bringing in Cheney was such a winning strategy for last year's election.

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  2. Comment on Well this terrifies me: Steve Bannon preparing for a third Donald Trump US presidency in ~society

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    You are too singularly focused on just replacing problematic elected democrats. I gave a whole spiel about what they can try to do now to be a real opposition party and your mind just focused on...

    So we're talking 2026 then? That's the next chance to replace elected Democrats.

    You are too singularly focused on just replacing problematic elected democrats. I gave a whole spiel about what they can try to do now to be a real opposition party and your mind just focused on the bit about replacing the corrupt Democrats.

    As for what they can do now, I am not a political strategist, but all I can say is if McConnell had been in the same position they are now, I have a hard time imagining him just throwing his hands in the air and telling his donors "welp sorry guys, we lost the election, guess most I can do is sit on my thumbs and just wait till we get more republicans elected who will advance our agenda".

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  3. Comment on Well this terrifies me: Steve Bannon preparing for a third Donald Trump US presidency in ~society

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    give Schumer and Pelosi and all other congress people who believe that insider training should be legal a boot out of the back door. Stop suppressing the progressive wing, allow the people's...
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    give Schumer and Pelosi and all other congress people who believe that insider training should be legal a boot out of the back door. Stop suppressing the progressive wing, allow the people's desires to actually be heard. and let's see what happens after all that change before yall just throw your hands in the air and act like nothing can be done.

    I heard a sentiment someone expressed (I think on Zeteo but not entirely sure). being in the minority didn't stop McConnell from doing everything he could to block Obama. He poured his hear and soul into making Obama's life hell 24/7

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  4. Comment on How come the mods on here keep editing the titles of my post to be exactly what they already were? in ~tildes

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    hmm, I don't think so given I will only login to tildes from my desktop and that's more of a phone feature.

    hmm, I don't think so given I will only login to tildes from my desktop and that's more of a phone feature.

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  5. Comment on Do topic logs get deleted after a period of time? in ~tildes

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    I meant they can change the title, that's part of what I post. and I am not necessarily against that, sometimes they think of a better way to word it, but having a permanent record of a title...

    Mods (ie. users with certain permissions) cannot edit what you post. They'll never gain the ability to edit your comments on the site. They can't even remove comments right now, though such an option could come in the future.

    I meant they can change the title, that's part of what I post. and I am not necessarily against that, sometimes they think of a better way to word it, but having a permanent record of a title change specifically seems kinda important for transparency imo.

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  6. Comment on How come the mods on here keep editing the titles of my post to be exactly what they already were? in ~tildes

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    I kinda agree but it still shows up in the logs, that's what confusing me. the "from" and "to" are the same sometimes. I am just curious why they keep doing that. Seems odd to do.

    That's... that's not editing, then lol.

    I kinda agree but it still shows up in the logs, that's what confusing me. the "from" and "to" are the same sometimes.

    Either way, I'm not sure why you'd care if it's the same to begin with?

    I am just curious why they keep doing that. Seems odd to do.

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  7. How come the mods on here keep editing the titles of my post to be exactly what they already were?

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    I was going to get screenshots to backup what I am talking about but apparently they aren't kicking around in the system forever so most of the evidence is gone but I often see mycketforvirrad...

    I was going to get screenshots to backup what I am talking about but apparently they aren't kicking around in the system forever so most of the evidence is gone but I often see mycketforvirrad editing the title of a post I make to exactly what it already was while they are editing tags as they see fit.

    What's up with that?

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  8. Comment on Do topic logs get deleted after a period of time? in ~tildes

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    thats a bit....unsettling. I mean, I guess I shouldn't care too much. I am careful when talking on here that nothing can lead back to my real identity so even if a mod pulled a spez and started...

    thats a bit....unsettling.

    I mean, I guess I shouldn't care too much. I am careful when talking on here that nothing can lead back to my real identity so even if a mod pulled a spez and started editing stuff in a misleading way, it wouldn't impact my real life but still, the idea of a mod being able to edit what I write here and have that transparency be short-term is a bit bothersome.

  9. Comment on Well this terrifies me: Steve Bannon preparing for a third Donald Trump US presidency in ~society

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    I am willing to bet money at this point that if Trump did wind up succeeding in running and winning, all democrats would do is show up with those signs again and pretend that is real opposition...

    I am willing to bet money at this point that if Trump did wind up succeeding in running and winning, all democrats would do is show up with those signs again and pretend that is real opposition

    Hard to believe that democrats used to be the party of civil rights and progress. I feel like with the corporate capture that has happened, we could have a legit resurrection of MLK Jr inspiring people and leading a movment and the DNC would still be too scared of aligning with someone who is too woke and radical and Schumer would attempt to appease republicans to "keep the peace".

    I wish I had your faith, but the man is on a call asking for a government official to "find 12,000 votes" and attempted a coup and Republicans still don't have the spin to call an insurrectionist an insurrectionist and let him get away with it.

    And what saddens me is I think this is all due to the fact that the DNC pushed out bernie in 2016 and supported Clinton and I am willing to bet they still dont regret that and are deluding themselves that the only reason she didnt win is cause she is a woman and cause Trump was able to rally the racists.

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  10. Do topic logs get deleted after a period of time?

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    I was going to post a question regarding the topic logs but looking through my old posts, I see that much less than I remember have any topic logs on them. I can't tell if I am imagining that alot...

    I was going to post a question regarding the topic logs but looking through my old posts, I see that much less than I remember have any topic logs on them.

    I can't tell if I am imagining that alot more of them used to have topic logs or Deimos coded it to be a temporary record of the changes that the mods here make?

    and if so, why temporary?

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  11. Comment on Well this terrifies me: Steve Bannon preparing for a third Donald Trump US presidency in ~society

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    im just amazed that there is someone on tildes of all places that prefers social media reddit instead of forum reddit.

    im just amazed that there is someone on tildes of all places that prefers social media reddit instead of forum reddit.

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  12. Comment on Well this terrifies me: Steve Bannon preparing for a third Donald Trump US presidency in ~society

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    my last post about this, comments seemed mix. some folks thought that no way would a third term happen, some thought it was possible. After seeing Mahmoud Khalil getting arrested in a clear...

    my last post about this, comments seemed mix. some folks thought that no way would a third term happen, some thought it was possible.

    After seeing Mahmoud Khalil getting arrested in a clear violation of first amendment and that apparently the administration can effectively ignore a judge ordering them to turn a plane of migrants around just by dismissing a judge as a "radical left judge", I don't know if I trust anymore that the legal system can handle whatever scheme Bannon is cooking but maybe I am being needlessly alarmist. I have no idea anymore.

    Link to Old Reddit Since my link got changed to point to new reddit

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  17. I don't take the threat of US annexing Canada seriously

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    I watch CBC pretty regularly and all I have seen for the past month is coverage about Trump's comments about annexing us and I can't tell if I am missing something obvious or am just naive but I...

    I watch CBC pretty regularly and all I have seen for the past month is coverage about Trump's comments about annexing us and I can't tell if I am missing something obvious or am just naive but I can't take the threat seriously and I am starting to hate that CBC is talking about it so much and that we have Canadian politicians actively addressing it rather than just dismissing it (the fact that Doug Ford went on that idiot Jesse Waters show to push back on it made me facepalm).

    Cause from my point of view, let's say Trump in his immense stupidity is serious about the threat. He wants to bring back American expansionism and apparently misunderstood his history classes from back in the day and thinks "manifest destiny" is a good thing.

    and given that he has installed loyalists as his heads of departments, let's even say they all either agree or are too chicken-shit to oppose it and get cancelled by Trump.

    Canada would never agree to being annexed so that means Trump would have to launch a war against us to annex us. You are telling me that if push comes to shove, that the men and women in the armed forces would actually be willing to invade a sovereign nation that they might even have ties to (given Canada and American culture+society are so connected)? and you are telling me that the generals and people in power in the American military industrial complex would be willing to follow an order to invade Canada?

    I mean sure, America has been known to invade countries in the Middle East for their natural resources and pretend its for national security but imo there's a big difference in being able to sell the idea to the American people and the viewers of Faux News that invading a brown country far off in the distance and saying its cause of Islamic extremism vs invading a country whose stereotype is literally that we are too apologetic and nice.

    Am I missing something obvious?

    And just to clarify, I am not saying that Trump isn't serious about it. he probably is and it probably has to do with our natural resources as Trudeau was caught on a hot mic saying as much in a meeting and our politicians need to address it. but for our politicians to act like there is a legit chance of an invasion seems odd to me. and the CBC talking about it so much and giving so much airtime to it is really getting on my nerves.

    What I will say is the one thing that bugs me about all this honestly is just Musk and Trump calling Trudeau a "governor". not that I like Trudeau. The day he decided to break his campaign promise of election reform, he was dead to me, but I just don't like it when people dish it out when they can't take it and Musk and Trump are the most thin-skinned c**nts on the planet. If Trudeau responded to either of them on Twitter with something as condescending, they would both cry like little babies and somehow find a way to blame the woke mind virus and trans people for Trudeau being "nasty" to them.

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  18. Comment on Regarding the tariff wars that US President Donald Trump is launching against Canada and Mexico in ~society

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    this is a little inside baseball but when I was doing a networking course at my university and learning all the protocol that come together to make the internet work, all I could think was "wow,...

    this is a little inside baseball but when I was doing a networking course at my university and learning all the protocol that come together to make the internet work, all I could think was "wow, the internet is held together with band-aids at best and yet somehow it seems to work 99.9999% of the time"

    The more I learn about politics, the more I feel like that sentiment can be applied here too. and it used to work, I guess, until the citizens of developed countries decided they wanted to feel anti-establishment/anti-status-quo, to hell with the ramifications.

    jesus christ.

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  19. Comment on Regarding the tariff wars that US President Donald Trump is launching against Canada and Mexico in ~society

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    so, if I understand correctly, a country's only punishment would be if other countries decided to lash out against them due to their breaking an agreement but U.S. is such a dominate super-power...

    so, if I understand correctly, a country's only punishment would be if other countries decided to lash out against them due to their breaking an agreement but U.S. is such a dominate super-power that it's unrealistic and potentially reckless/harmful to all involved to lash out at the states in any way that would stop the MAGA crowd from thinking twice before doing this kind of thing?

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  20. Regarding the tariff wars that US President Donald Trump is launching against Canada and Mexico

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    sorry for dumb question but here it goes: I remember during the first administration, Trump launched some tariffs against us and if I recall correctly, it resulted in the signing of the USMCA...

    sorry for dumb question but here it goes: I remember during the first administration, Trump launched some tariffs against us and if I recall correctly, it resulted in the signing of the USMCA which replaced NAFTA.

    So, where I get lost is, are these agreements non-binding? Like a country can just choose not to follow them and face no consequences before they expire? Cause I'd assume that what the U.S. is doing breaks the conditions of the USMCA?

    and if it's non-binding, then that means that even if another agreement is signed yet again, if Trump wants to throw a new tantrum halfway through his presidency and do tariff wars again, there's nothing stopping him and we'd have to come up with and sign a brand new agreement yet again?

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