This take makes a lot of sense, fair enough.

I guess I’m just expecting the worse because of all the norms they’re breaking. Maybe not a war, but I would not be surprised if the CIA leans on us a little more heavily than they already have (allegedly, but let’s be honest, very likely).

I’m still (probably naively) hoping people wake the fuck up and resist like their lives depended up it.

This voting system does not spark joy (thanks for the explanation!)

I feel like your (the US’) only hope is a proper grassroots campaign.

Preferential voting or bust.

Because it’s really going to be bust, at this rate.

I feel like what the rest of the world doesn’t understand (I am from the "rest of the world), is that the USA is VASTLY more powerful than the Nazis ever were. Barely any country is sounding the alarm seriously. Just “oh we’re concerned about what’s happening”.

We are truly fucked.

And we’re under the US’ thumb (Australia).

At least we’re majority white… maybe that’ll keep us safe, temporarily.

I hate this timeline, so very much.

Do they not have preferential voting in the primaries?

Is this a specific NYC democratic party thing?

I am not from the US.

As much as we’d all faun over the fall of the US empire, I don’t think fascism in the US would work out well for anyone.

Why Harris?

Wait until Tremp finds out all digital services now need to charge GST in Australia (10%) since like 10 years ago.

Not that is makes a difference to the morality, but it was an opposition candidate for The Greens in the PM’s seat, not a current sitting pollie.

I’m thinking of keeping timer next to me for all the time I waste literally waiting for Windows 11 to load the bloody right click menu (and other things) at work.

Should be at least streamed to a server not controlled by the police, including things like charge levels so they can’t claim “oh whoops, it ran out of charge!”. A specific organisation within the judiciary, perhaps?

This way they’re gonna need to get far more creative in concealing video.

And if you’re found to do something that is concealing evidence, well that’s a crime by itself

Surely Trump could have ignored them, as an official act of course.

I’d suspect it’s a water safety thing, not wanting to drink stagnant water right next to their “kill”. The cats I’ve had have always preferred drinking running water in the bath

This is but a hypothesis, though

trump’s birthday parade

Me looking on from the provinces: did sum real “our dear leader” shit.

I know we won’t, but I really hope we can diversify our security partners somewhat (Australia).

The percentages of respondents in surveys on infidelity answering “not a moral issue” from France are a bit of a cultural difference (from Australian perspective, anyway)

I’m so glad that it was completely caught on camera so there’s no wriggling out of it. It was deliberate at close range.

US officials have some answering to do to us.

Though, we all know we won’t get shit, as their vassals.

Maybe we’ll do some more war crimes on their behalf, you know, as a treat. Then lock up the whistleblower 👍👍👍

If DFAT still don’t update their travel advice after this…

The election wasn’t rigged (in the sense you’re hoping for, or that MAGAs were alleging for the 2020 election). On a federal level it’s deeply broken because of state administration, voter suppression, loopholes allowing for billionaires to fund election campaigns and first past the post.

On a state level from what I can tell it’s much the same with a few exceptions.

I kinda doubt Musk had to do anything illegal to influence the election.

What a tease!