“Is any of the s--- Trump says real?” Stewart asked. “How are we supposed to understand what’s bulls--- and what isn’t?”
  • fossilesque@mander.xyzEnglish
    2·
    39 minutes ago

    To be perfectly honest, I’m worried about what the US will do once their political capital weekens more internationally while they sit on the 130 odd military bases abroad in 55 foreign potentially ‘hostile’ (to US interests) territories (if they don’t eat their own first ofc). Public trust has already embraced it’s fundamentally rotten core and rightfully so. The social contract is in shreds between the government and it’s people. Something will crumple and it will be ugly. I don’t think Kamala is much of an answer either, but at least it may buy time for circumstances to change. Americans have to learn to live with each other, one way or another.

  • Fuck Yankies@lemmy.ml
    22·
    6 hours ago

    Well of course he is… him and his kind are the first ones to be round up in the camps-I mean… the voter fraud testing center and family firing range.

  • unemployedclaquerEnglish
    12·
    6 hours ago

    i recommend searching:

    “jon stewart on crossfire”

    “jon stewart on 60 minutes 2004”

    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
      10·
      4 hours ago

      Yeah a classic. For additional context, Crossfire was cancelled about a week after that and Tucker Carlson never wore a bowtie again.

  • billwashere@lemmy.worldEnglish
    711·
    11 hours ago

    Jon getting serious is kinda scary and rightfully so. He’s worried like the rest of us but likely has a better idea of what’s coming should Trump win. He’s a smart dude.

    • psycho_driver@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 hours ago

      He’s a very smart dude. I wish he’d run for a high political office. People like him are the ones we need in there.

    • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
      281·
      7 hours ago

      The thing that really bugs me is that Trump has told everyone exactly what he’s going to do, but no one seems interested.

      He’s been very clear that he’s not going to concede, and that he has legal challenges ready to go. The election isn’t going to be won or lost on votes in swing states, but who can provide the most pressure on officials in those setting states.

      I have this sinking feeling that he’s going to be declared winner through corruption and manipulation, the dems will say “oh well fiddlesticks”, and the western world will start matching towards fascism.

      As in, Kamala is talking about medical records and Trump is planning insurrection.

      Just like the investigation into Russian interference, and all Trumps legal stuff. “Yeah well he’s guilty as sin but you know - what are you gonna do”.

      • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
        102·
        6 hours ago

        the western world will start matching towards fascism.

        Continue marching, you mean? That ship sailed years ago.

  • NineMileTower@lemmy.world
    68·
    11 hours ago

    Jon Stewart would be put to death if Trump had his way. To quote Mort Goldman, “Save Jon Stewart, he’s our most important Jew!”

  • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    105·
    12 hours ago

    This is the story that we need to be focusing on until election day. None of the other stunts matter. If anything this post should be pinned. We should keep our eye on the ball even if the media won’t.

    Trump threatened to send the military and the national guard after people on the left and Democratic politicians. This is blatant and open fascism. In any other election Trump being openly fascist would be the October surprise. Everyone needs to see this.

    • JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world
      16·
      8 hours ago

      He’s not even phrasing it as a threat, for him it’s just an “obvious solution” to a problem he made up. He doesn’t even see it as something serious so he doesn’t threaten us with it.

      Which makes what he is saying even more scary. Imagine what is he NOT saying and that he thinks would be a threat? Fuck, as someone on the other side of the pond I hoped I could show my support to my fellow Americans but this will fuck us all in the end.

      • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        3 minutes ago

        To paraphrase Trump, he said if elected, he will send the military and national guard after his political and ideological opponents.

        That’s a threat. It’s phrased as a threat. The fact he’s says it calmly doesn’t matter. This is what fascists do. They identify an out group. They stir up public fear and resentment against the out group. They make promises to their supports, in the form of threats of violence against the out group, to get rid of the out group. Then historically speaking they make good on their threats to the best of their ability once they take power.

        When fascists run out of the current out group they just find another way to divide the population and pick a new out group. As long as fascists want to cling to power they need an enemy. What Trump isn’t telling us is the next out group he hasn’t picked yet because he doesn’t plan that far ahead. The Haitian immigrant conspiracy was a spur of the moment thing that other people had previously came up with and told him about on the plane ride to the debate. If ever needs a new group to fearmonger about he’ll just ask other fascists for ideas.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
      96·
      13 hours ago

      And he’s quite right to point out that the media loves obsessing over the dumb shit (like Palmer’s penis and McDonald’s) and spends far less time running down real shit.

      • bcgm3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        26·
        7 hours ago

        I respect that he points out that stuff too, but… Supply and demand, right?

          • bcgm3@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            4 hours ago

            I agree with you about how it should be. I was merely pointing out how it is.

    • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
      381·
      12 hours ago

      Don’t exaggerate. We dont know that he intends to kill us. Maybe the National Guard is only meant to maim or seriously injured us.

      • Enoril@jlai.luEnglish
        4·
        7 hours ago

        When we should start to worry? When it’s too late?

        Young, I couldn’t comprehend how Hitler was elected, disgraced then could come back and how the people let that happening.

        Decades later, i really understand: complacency.

        Someone bringing the presidency position just casually say in front of the press that he want to hurt its opponent… In public.

        Imagine what he say in private, with all his yes men and psycho writer of project 2025 for example… And we know it’s not an accident, he reference hitler more than once… He is in admiration with dictators… he want to be one of them…

        Yeah, please “don’t exaggerate”.

        Don’t learn from the history. You’re lucky he is also stupid and old…

      • ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        33·
        12 hours ago

        And it’s not all either. He’s only going to kill maim the Democrats. And black people. And brown people. And LGBT people. And women. And non-Christians. So, you know, as long as you’re not in one of those groups, you’ll be totally fine. For now. But maybe don’t get too comfortable.

          • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
            9·
            11 hours ago

            As long as they aren’t too mouthy and don’t get any ideas about autonomy. So, things like driving, having a credit card or a bank account…nah. And birth control or abortion? Don’t make me laugh.