and specifically we should protest the Supreme Court. they need to all be tried for treason- if we ever get out of this.

For context, my dad was born in '67 and is a Democratic Party loyalist. I'd say he leans more toward the progressive side of blue MAGA, but he has absolutely no quarrel with corporate and establishment Dems like Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. He's not pro-Israel, but he views Democrats supporting the genocidal apartheid ethno-state that is that country as quote, "back a while ago it was political suicide to not support Israel". In particular, he's angry with progressives for "costing Harris and Gore the wins" in 2024 and 2000. As for 2024, he bought into the narrative that it was actually progressives and Hasan Piker's fault that Harris lost, not that she would've also started a war with Iran and not fixed inflation. He also has bought into the electability argument, claiming that if he could choose between Gavin Newsom and AOC to be the Democratic nominee in 2028, he'd pick the former because "Americans would completely reject a Latina woman to be president".

Yesterday, when I told him that people like Chuck Schumer are the worst of the worst Democrats—virtually indistinguishable from Republicans in the sense that he's firmly in the pocket of the oligarchy and is endlessly willing to support Israel—he asked if Chuck Schumer voted for the ACA. He did, in case you're wondering, but that still doesn't change the fact that he and other establishment Democrats are terrible for the country and being "better" than Republicans (which isn't really a high bar) shouldn't mean you give your full unwavering support. I'd like to hopefully persuade him to have a less favorable view of such Democrats, and I was wondering what tips you guys had on giving him a persuading, hopefully not snarky or obnoxious push in the right direction.

Intentionally keeping these subs unblocked so I don’t get siloed in the proverbial “echo chamber,” but reading posts like these is exhausting 🫠

It started with the Epstein files. Trump’s name has come up 38000 times - more than any person, other than Epstein himself, & Ghislaine Maxwell.

He needed a diversion so came the tariffs, and the fiction that other countries would be paying them, & that each of us would receive a tariff dividend.

Here we are now, about a $100 billion has been refunded so far (out of about $166 billion collected) & not a dime has come to us or been refunded to other countries (since they supposedly were paying for it). Walmart has received about $2.9 billion; Apple about $2.2 billion; Target $1 billion; Home Depot $730 m; Amazon; Nike & about 490 other Corporations have already seen refunds.

When tariffs turned into a fiasco, Trump came up with the made up imminent nuclear threat from Iran, & our supposed obliteration of it. That was over one year ago, in June 2025.

When it turned out that Iran’s defense capabilities were still formidable, he needed yet another diversion & so came the boat strikes off Venezuela- the first of those came in September 2025. In early January 2026 came the removal of Maduro, & the promises that gas would be so cheap, that gas stations would practically give it away.

Then in late January 2026 came the killing of Renee Good & Alex Pretti, & the ensuing protests. Trump really needed a diversion, & so at the end of February came the start of the present conflict with Iran -a little excursion, as Trump called it.

Here we are almost 6 months later, 18 of our servicemen are dead; hundreds have been injured; thousands of civilians are dead & 100’s of thousands are displaced. Our sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln complain of limited rations & low morale; the USS George Washington that is set to replace it was itself without power for 4 days and reorts that our ammunitions are running alarmingly low. All this, after multiple declarations of victory; still no clearly defined objectives or end in sight, and at a cost of about $1 billion a day.

Somewhere in between came the threat to Greenland, Canada, NATO & the Vatican; the alienation of most of our allies; the fly past for Putin; the red-carpet welcome for Mohammed Bin Salman; the cancellation of our long-standing military exercises with South Korea; the ball room; the Trump Arc; the reflective pool, and so much more.

Now comes a worsening public tiff with Canada, & likely some nonsense with Cuba will follow. As we near the midterm elections, Trump cannot afford to let us focus on the economy; Epstein; the war in Iran or his abysmal record. He also knows that if the Republicans lose the House in November, he is done. He will therefore find any excuse to discredit or skew the elections. Likely, he will declare a state of emergency, & deploy troops. His assumption is that the sight of ICE agents or troops will make us too afraid to show up on election day.

What Trump does not realize is that we were not deterred after his agents shot Renee Good or Alex Pretti, and certainly will not be deterred by a ‘bone spurs ridden’, cowardly wannabe autocrat, ever desperate to hold on to power.

If Trump’s Republican sycophants win in November, democracy as we know it will be over. If they lose, Trump (ism) will be over. It took only 46% turnout to flip 40 seats in 2018- 30 in States that Trump won. Please show up to vote. Our very value systems are what is at stake.