It’s neurosyphilis-induced dementia, which isn’t surprising for a rapist pedophile who’s gone years without punishment.

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    Why is it easier for dems to say that trump has dementia than to say the administration is unconstitutionally abusing its power violating their oaths?

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      They want to place all the blame for the problems in America on the shoulders of this one hapless clown because it spares them from reckoning with the deep systemic problems that led to us having this syphilis petri dish in the highest seat of power of the nation with the most powerful military in human history.

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        Fact. But do the voters understand it enough to vote for an alternative to mainstream Democrats (that actually know how to fix stuff)? Like, the foundational issues are lack of term / age limits, how campaigns / candidates are funded, and lobbying. You canot fix healthcare, for example, without fixing the system that allowed our current state. Having any discussion before the foundations are fixed is an act of futility.

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      Are you saying they’re not saying that? Because i’m pretty sure they are.

      We won’t hear about it of course, but that should be expected. I guess we’d have to define what you mean by “dems”, but I’m pretty sure we can find more than a couple.

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      They say that shit all the time, omfg the public is so completely uninformed or misinformed rn it pains me. You want to know what they’re saying? They all have social medias ffs.

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        Thank you. Just when I had started to lose hope in Lemmy. (Maybe that’s the point of the constant railing against Dems here.)

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          I agree so let’s give the DNC at least 4 more senate seats with caucus in the midterms and make an honest effort to remove all 20 GOP up for reelection not matter the cost.

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      He’s 80. His dad died of Alzheimer’s. Odds are in favor of it. While syphilis is on the rise lately, it’s also cured with antibiotics. I think there’s lower odds of the syphilis, granted, until the last year or two, it wasn’t a common test run on anyone, so, maybe.

      What’s interesting is China just came out with new nanotech which has effectively reduces the causes of Alzheimer’s in animal models. Meanwhile, Trump has both alienated China and chased many scientists from our country to theirs.

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        His dad, his grandad, and his sister all died of it. Of COURSE he has it, we’ve been screaming it since the first time this demented rapist was illegally placed in power.

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          Read this. His nephew details his later years. They were not good.

          This came out last year as a part of warning everyone not to vote this demented rapist into office for god’s sake. For all the good that did.

          Fred recalls his grandfather’s decline beginning in the 1980s, “with some of the similar stories you’ve heard time and time again, that when his limousine would stop, he would just get out of the car and start walking away.”

          . . . “He would scream, and I witnessed this, scream at my grandmother for spending too much money,” says Fred, reminding that money was not a concern for his grandfather. The behavior "kept escalating and escalating, to the point where doctors would say to my grandmother, ‘You really shouldn’t be staying in the same bedroom with him at night.’ "

          Fred, the son of Donald’s late brother Fred Trump Jr., clarifies that he never saw or heard his grandfather ever become physically violent with his grandmother, but instead, “agitated in his language, and vicious.”


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            The classic “metal fatigue” level of brain degradation is Biden. A little woo-hoo, spacey now and again, slower, but totally with it other times.

            Alzheimer’s, however, is only decline. Spiraling down., with varied momentum, marked by anger, erratic mood swings, and sometimes aggressive outbursts towards loved ones.

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        I see your point, however my point is that his entire regime (administration) should be removed from power.

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      Because they don’t want fingers pointed at them, just in case they want to do it too.

      The US desperately needs a grass-roots movement that lies low and makes do with harm reduction so the ones in power do not see it coming, and then suddenly switches their vote together all at once when they know they have enough numbers for a third party to surpass the other two, and be able to pass constitutional amendments, fix the electoral system, and other changes to start undoing the damage of McCarthyism.

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      Cynical view: neoliberals are in bed with republicans, gotta follow the money and lobbyists.

      A kinder take: The dems definitely have a messaging problem.

      Bernie and AOC will tell it to you straight.

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        Cynical view: neoliberals are in bed with republicans, gotta follow the money and lobbyists.

        A kinder take: The dems definitely have a messaging problem.

        Realistic view: Neoliberals are almost as corrupt as Republicans, a lot of their owner donors are the same ones who own the Republican party, and that’s most of the reason why they absolutely suck at messaging.

        When you’re trying to defeat the fascists who came into power using moneyed interests to abuse a broken system, the moneyed interests who own and benefit from the system is your ACTUAL main source of income and most of the people you’re pretending to appeal to absolutely loathe both billionaires and the system, your messaging is GONNA suck big, floppy donkey dick.

        As fraudulent and infantile as the fascist messaging is, it’s still clear and forceful, which makes it much more effective than the empty and vague promises and threats of Neoliberals.

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      Because most things that are “unconstitutional”… aren’t. At best they are a grey area that (arguably) clearly goes against the spirit of the document but… the spirit of the document is also that white men are all that matters.

      So a claim of “that is unconstitutional” would need a nuanced discussion (and nuance is for Barren Women And The Gays!!!) and would lead to actual lawyers saying “uhm… it technically isn’t?”. And said nuance would lead room for a bad faith interpretation by the SCOTUS to “clarify” things in law.

      Cue: “The SCOTUS will not go that far because steven universe taught me the power of friendship and we are totally going to have fair elections in 2028!” idiots.

      Whereas “he is both mentally and physically unfit” is something that speaks to both sides. Just look at Kamala’s campaign (which was mostly “Hey guys… I am not Biden”)

      Also… republicans are going to push a LOT harder on the illegal shit angle because they can be implicated in that. Whereas this will let them say “We were just following orders” and “I didn’t do anything wrong”

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      Because if they said he’s unconstitutionally abusing his power, you’d be asking why they’re not talking about his dementia.