I too am in disbelief. I guess it will take a little time for the effects of federal layoffs to be truly felt, but the price of food and goods will hit very soon. Maybe when people realise that their own finances just got a whole lot worse and they are choosing between heating and eating they might hate it more than they hate libruls.
Billionaires think people read the Washington post because it's called the Washington post and not because of the journalistic principles and heritage behind it.
That said, journalistic principles are the enemy of the billionaire so they are happy to kill them.
Honestly why does he care if it comes out? He was elected despite his actions which means his voters simply do not care that he tried to do this. It is more important to them that their guy wins than any criminality surrounding it. This will be taught in schools for years to come.
Those who didn't vote for him and most of the rest of the world already think it was despicable.
"Donald Trump didn't incite a mob to try to forcibly stay in power...
... and if he did it wasn't his fault because they misinterpreted his words...
...and if they didn't, he didn't really mean it...
... and if he did it was only because the election was stolen from him so he was justified...
... and if it wasn't Trump was a good president and deserved to stay in power as he did a lot of good when in office...
... and Iif he wasn't then at least he was a better candidate than Joe Biden...
...and if he wasn't he's a good business man and will be good for the economy and my tax bill...
...and if he isn't at least he tells me what I want to hear"
So for the light on the left, am I supposed to select the left most boxes in the first and second row? Or do I select one box that contains most of the light. Asking for a friend.
I think the only thing you can do is remind her to be careful with her heart, and be really honest with herself about what she wants. I.e. Does she want him, or her, or does she want them both because there is twice the potential to be hurt when there are twice the number of partners.
Anything which drives nails into the xitter coffin is a good thing as far as I'm concerned. Bluesky may not tick many people's boxes here on lemmy, but this migration shows that lots of people wanted to leave xitter but didn't see an option. Threads clearly didn't attract them, likely due to the owner. I hope it nothing else, Bluesky is a less toxic place and xitter and musk become less relevant.
In the long run Bluesky may end up being another head of the hydra , but for now, it's not, and it may get people used to the idea of federation.
To me the cool kids were generally the ones not doing very well in school so they would try to make it seem like their choice and adopt an "I don't give a shit" rebellious attitude. They don't follow the rules, that's why their grades are bad, not because they don't have the intelligence. (in their mind).
They would continue to do average or even worse but they would get the admiration of other kids for seeming to have confidence and control and rebelling against the establishment (teachers).
Of course not every one admired that type of behaviour, but the attitude of not caring about the rules is exactly what Donald Trump does. I think most of his life he has been pretty average at what he does, but he was good at self promotion. A skill he probably learned in the playground when he was struggling with school.
In this sense Trump is a "cool kid". He is just a rare example of the cool kid succeeding enough to become famous.
And for what it's worth, I don't think being one of the cool kids is something to brag about once school was over. In fact it generally becomes the opposite at that point.
American TV often painted the cool kids as the most capable and popular in every way, but that is fantasy.
Musk on the other hand was not a cool kid, but he desperately wants to be one. He must have some issues from school when he was likely shunned by them or bullied and he is trying to make up for it. Explains a lot of his recent actions actually.
"We will find public services better like the police, fire departments and medicare so you never have to worry if help is coming in your hour of need"
"We will ensure everyone has access to healthcare whether rich or poor, insured or not so you never need to worry about losing your job and your health cover at the same time."
"We will invest in public transport to better connect our rural communities to make it easier to get well paying jobs even if you don't live in metropolis"
"we will invest in green energy and transport and retrain workers from the fossil fuel industry to improve the quality of the air you breathe, without putting coal and oil workers out in the cold“
"We will pay for this by taxing corporations who have for too long got away with paying lower tax rates than you, all while making record profits and creating billionaires like Bezos and Musk who use their immense power to convince you that what is good for you is actually bad for you."
And therein lies the crux of the matter. People like him know they can get away with it because good people will do good things and allow him to make his stand without suffering any consequences for it.
I'm not really suggesting those voters should suffer the consequences of his actions , but he certainly wouldn't be in office long if they did
Scotty should be " Fired phasers at the dilithium crystals to fix it"