Article said it caught his interest, which to me means he took notice and will likely try to own it and enshitify it soon, not that he is currently behind it.

Absolutely right!

The outrage is telling. Hogg is making an effort to introduce fresh faces and ideas at the primary level. This gives Democrats a chance to choose which ideas they want to go into play in congress. That is all.

If those voters are happy with what they currently have, the incumbent is safe. If not, those new ideas go up against opposing ideas. If a plurality like those ideas, they get to see them play out in congress. The only risk here is that they lose the seat.

Since at the moment, he’s doing this in reliably blue districts, the risk is lower than elsewhere. This is a recipe for real change in the Democratic party for the better.

The only reason to fight against it so hard (that I see) is the protection of individuals’ comfort at the expense of the welfare of our nation. It’s evidence of moral rot in the the party that is threatened by true representation of the citizens’ needs.

I support Hogg’s efforts - as long as he does not have the morality of “boss Hogg”. (For the kids out there who have no idea of what i mean, find and watch a season of The Dukes Of Hazzard.)

Know anybody on the east coast who could participate? I’m becoming truly scared at this point.

Classic movie! It was commenting on the Regan era trickle-down, job exporting, tax-cutting agenda and the people behind it

Exactly, yet they’re futzing aound like there’s no known way to deal with this behavior. This is why i think all the outrage is theater to keep us all believing things will work out until there is nothing anybody can do about it.

Then they will be free to disappear any undesirables unhindered.

Until i aee any evidence that anybody wants to enforce the Constitution, i conclude the next move is removal of the judge. Or maybe he’ll fall out a window.

It’s that bad folks. Our remaining politicians and law enforcers need to take this seriously. Shit got real months ago.

Go to a science fiction convention. Seriously. There’s some wild live music. I wouldn’t be surprised if you heard it there.

I used to go to several in the Northeast US, like Arisia, Lunacon, Philcon, Boscone. Of course yor best bet would be WorldCon.

Until you realize republicans are on a PR offensive against empathy. Litterally, not figuratively. I’m not speaking in metaphors.

The fact that Trump has not already been removed from office on the basis of violating the constitution tells me he’s already won.

There are no consequences to ignoring the rule of law, so he will simply continue. Since there are no consequences to ignoring law, he will simply cancel elections. Who’s gonna stop him? He’s already declared himself king and few even shrugged.

It’s over. The only thing left is a violent uprising. Pretty soon even saying that will be enough to put the speaker in prison as a terrorist.

I feel this is the best first choice. I fear i will end up emigrating as a refugee rather than by choice after this path. The level of surveillance is highly sophisticated such that i can be individually identified by facial recognition even if I’m careful about cell phone security.

This is a government that almost certainly will go after identified protesters, so i cannot do this until i have a peer group that can support me. That’s what i need to find now.

Thanks, I will look into this. I don’t speak the language, so it might be a challenge getting a job.

That said, i have long had a fascination with Scandinavia and learned much about the Eddas, the different cultures of the Scandinavian people, and of course the pantheon of dieties. I feel i have at least a thin base of knowledge to start.

Any countries out there willing to take in an American who lived in France for a while, is sane, reasonably intelligent, and does not think he’s better than everybody else?

I think I might have lost my country, could use a good home and community. Skilled software engineer, so i won’t be a burden.

Well, we’d have to wait for his next election. She’s a NY rep, so she can easily decide ro run for the senate.

Looks that way, doesn’t it?

Many Democrat peers are urging AOC to do just that.

Based.

Your description of what would happen already happened. We’re past any illusion that the Republican party gives a rat’s ass about the nation, constitution, or common decency. Either way is a path through hell, but at least the Democrats could have had moral high ground and an ability to get citizens rally around our last hope for non-violent options. That is shot to hell now.

Of course he did. Toss him out and gice AOC his job.

Fellow gen-x?