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[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago

bro, russia is right there

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 4 hours ago

his distraction escalates as epstein news escalates.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 hours ago

Why? To ruin Christmas

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Boxing Day confused for Bombing Day?

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 hours ago

No new wars, but plenty of "special military operations".

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

President Donald Trump announced on Christmas that the U.S. has bombed “ISIS Terrorist Scum” in Nigeria.

Well merry Christmas to you too, I guess?

This is normal now. Christmas is about bombing scum, thanks giving is about retards or something.

I want my normal world back

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 4 hours ago

wasnt aware ISIS was in nigeria.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

In before Trump starts ranting about "the Nigers". You know it's only a matter of time...

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 16 points 11 hours ago

I’m not even mad at the rotten orange, this is just mold.

Every single person who swore an oath to the CONSTITUTION, not a person, should present themselves for Captain’s Mast at the very least.

How fucking could you pull the trigger

[–] clot27@lemmy.zip 10 points 10 hours ago

Terrorists spreading terrorism

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 40 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR IS PEACE
THE RADICAL LEFT IS SLAVERY
FOX NEWS IS STRENTH

HAIL BIG BROTHER

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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 28 points 14 hours ago

Trump is a terrorist

[–] rockettaco37@feddit.nu 2 points 8 hours ago

I'm so sick of the US and its bullshit. And I say this as an American myself.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 60 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Another Epstein diversion.

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 24 points 17 hours ago

The really sad thing about this is I think you're right

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 points 8 hours ago

Apparently they hit an empty field with a dozen tomahawks, no casualties

[–] DeICEAmerica@lemmy.world 63 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

How old ARE the kids he fucks? 4? 5?

Put a blindfold on this mother fucker and tie him to a pole atop the Capitol Steps.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 4 hours ago

12-15 apparently, he likes them ivanka young.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago

Draw and quarter

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 21 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

And just like that, the name "Epstein" is forgotten by "The News."

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I'm just so grateful that all the previous presidents refused to do this and setup safeguards to ensure that Trump will be punished. \s \s \s

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 15 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Previous presidents are only part of the equation.

The other part is having a society that isn't stupid enough to elect a felon rapist pedophile insurrectionist.

The situation we find ourselves in is as much American's fault as it is our politicians. Actually moreso, since those politicians are only there because of American's decisions.

[–] Feedback17@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Morbid Elon fixed the election as he basically said he did.

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 3 points 9 hours ago

Ehh... Wouldn't put it past him having told some engineer to rig it and boast about rigging the election, all while the engineer did fuck all, because they were just a janitor fixing the thermostat in the office of some rich douchebag high on ketamine.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

It's truly more complicated than that. The USA electoral system is weird worldwide, but more than weird, it's antiquated and by design, by tradition, very prone to be manipulated, and this goes from the caucus system to the elections themselves.

It's set up for the people to feel they are actually choosing leaders, but the reality is the political representation is only achieved for an increasingly narrow economical and ideological subset of the people. The American political class is very conservative, and it always breaks my heart that many Democrats feel offended when people from other countries, like me, point this out.

[–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago

European countries have a variety of electoral systems, and to my knowledge right wing parties are gaining significant vote share in all of them. Is there a country whose electoral system you see as best helping them deal with populist reactionary figures?

I am currently a proponent of ranked choice voting - Australia is the country I know of with the most widespread use example. They aren't magically utopian, but it seems to be helping there. Always on the lookout to learn new things, though, so interested in pointers.

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[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 4 points 15 hours ago

The ruling/owner class has waged a decades-long war to undo the forward momentum of the New Deal.

There's plenty of blame to go around, but most of it belongs to generational wealth and the "haves" not the average person brainwashed by poorly funded and heavily propagandized public education.

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 13 points 15 hours ago

What worries me is that these Boko Haram arses have kidnapped lots of children and young women over the years - I fear some could be killed in these strikes.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nigeria-mass-abduction-boko-haram-girls-kidnapped-reports-isis/

[–] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

It should be mentioned that the Nigerian government says they requested the strike

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

"It's Okay, we had permission to do this war crime."

[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Did they? All I see is this:

In a since-deleted tweet, U.S. Africa Command First said the strike was conducted at Nigeria’s request and killed multiple ISIS fighters in what it called an effort to eliminate terrorist threats.

https://san.com/cc/us-strikes-isis-in-nigeria-on-christmas-day-california-battles-flooding/

It's not clear to me of that tweet was accurate or not, or if they were just saying they requested it

[–] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 17 hours ago

I saw it here

The Nigerian government also confirmed the US attack on Friday. The Foreign Ministry stated that such operations were part of ongoing security cooperation with the US, which had led to "precision strikes on terrorist targets" in the northwest of the country

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[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 32 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (7 children)

Every day I see a new headline and think, it's almost like this guy is trying to instigate WWIII by any means necessary because he wants to kill us all.

You know how these fascists are obsessed with patriarchy and authoritarianism? Sometimes narcissists commit familicide before they off themselves.

Yardley, Wilson, and Lynes divide familicides into four groups: anomic, disappointed, self-righteous, and paranoid.

In this typology, the "anomic" killer sees his family purely as a status symbol; when his economic status collapses, he sees them as surplus to requirements. The "disappointed" killer seeks to punish the family for not living up to his ideals of family life. The "self-righteous" killer destroys the family to exact revenge upon the mother, in an act that he blames on her. Finally, the "paranoid" killer kills their family in what they imagine to be an attempt to protect them from something even worse.

I have Trump pegged as the anomic type. Possibly disappointed.

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[–] Aequitas@feddit.org 194 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I never would have thought that the recipient of the great FIFA Peace Prize would do something like that 😮

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[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 34 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Just fyi Nigeria has the 11th largest oil reserves in the worl.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 23 points 20 hours ago (7 children)

The Trump Crusade has begun. India has recently been having attacks against Christians, so let's see if he starts bombing them, too.

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[–] rxbudian@lemmy.ca 6 points 15 hours ago
[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 10 points 18 hours ago

He also dropped a bomb in his diaper.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 24 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

The road to peace. Give that man a prize! Oh yeah...Epstein files will bring you down you old beast.

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