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Taco the Man's avatar

Does not matter.

He is still in office, he and the supporting cast of criminals, fools, and clowns continue to destroy democracy, decency, and diplomacy.

This will all end when the Dems retake congress if they do not F that up like they have in the past decade.

Or he is out of office one way or another...

Zap's avatar

Trump really doesn’t need popularity to enact his authoritarian regime.

Bupkus231's avatar

I wonder if we should bother to compare this AP/NORC poll with the Harvard CAPS/Harris poll that was just released earlier this week:

Link: https://www.wonkette.com/p/supreme-court-not-even-trying-anymore/comment/185563952

"SHOCK POLL: RFK Jr. Is One of the Most Popular Political Figures in the Country"

I went looking, and found that poll results summarized at:

Link: https://harvardharrispoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/HHP_Dec2025_KeyFindings.pdf

The easiest example is to compare Trump "approval" percentages - AP/NORC says his overall approval rating is 36%, while that Harvard CAPS/Harris poll says it's at 47%.

Geez - these Harvard/Harris guys make Rasmussen Reports polls look "objective"

biff murphy's avatar

"TUFF ON CRIME? Only according to 43 percent of Americans"

And if you have a little war chest he will keep it for you while you enjoy life...

Baconzgood's avatar

So who wants to bet if TACO was told he would die in 3 days he would blow up the world?

He DEFINITELY seems like a candidate for one of those murder then suicide things. He is a very unstable stupid man. And not the "stable genius" he professes he wants to be.

5-to 1?

I hope I got the wrong vibe about him.

Dear God I pray I am wrong. More often than you would think....alot more often.

Skunk Formerly Known As Stoner's avatar

Nah - he is too self-absorbed to bother. When he had Covid, he reportedly confided with some scumbag buddy that “I might be a dyer.” So we’ve already done this experiment.

Baconzgood's avatar

I just want to say for the record

Baconz would be a sucide THEN a murder. But that is tricky to do.

I haven't figured it out yet

Martin Shobe's avatar

A delayed chain-reaction triggered by a lack of brain waves?

LOU LOU's avatar

Trump and his ilk are absolutely going full authoritarian using terrorism as their key tactic. It’s a little late to avoid the consequences now when a bunch of Viking admirers and emulators are in power.

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

The Vikings had honor. These thieves and racists do not.

Skunk Formerly Known As Stoner's avatar

Vikings had - and still have - good propaganda, for a bunch of murderous, boat-based thugs. They were a literal example of the dangerous immigrants Trumpists make up to frighten their minions. But at least they were white.

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

Good PR: a great ethos, a warrior culture, women warriors, and Valhalla. They look good in movies and comics, also too.

You forgot the pillage and rape …

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

𝘅𝗔𝗜 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝟱,𝟬𝟬𝟬+ 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟭𝗠+ 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 “𝗔𝗜-𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺” 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 — President Nayib Bukele entrusting chatbot known for calling itself ‘MechaHitler’ to create ‘AI-powered’ curricula

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/11/elon-musk-el-salvador-grok

JustPixelz's avatar

God is the O.G. AI.

BosGrl's avatar

Screw up their minds while they're young and impressionable.

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

The House of Mouse vs. Google ... this will be the AI theft case to watch.

𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 “𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲”

Disney demands that Google immediately block its copyrighted content from appearing in AI outputs.

https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/12/disney-says-google-ai-infringes-copyright-on-a-massive-scale/

Will the Mouse make a deal like they have with *other* AI companies? Stay tuned ...

Jen's Taking Greenland's avatar

True story: One of the work peoples is this very likeable guy who unfortunately happens to be if not MAGA then certainly adjacent. I run into him often at the grocery or other places about town and as we used to work together we always stop for a Hi There! Chat. The other day I ran into him at the grocery and he mentioned the Groceries being a bit much and I lol'd that we're in a recession and the powers that be are trying to pretend we're not. He said yeah, if you flip between Fox and CNN, they're saying totally opposite things!

And I went...imagine that.

Almost there, work guy! Almost there!

Baconzgood's avatar

Don't want be devil's advocate. Next time he goes to buy something. Go into the next aisle beside him, reach for groceries and "accidentally" push them across the shelf so all the Campbell's soup cans hit him in the head and knocks sense into his skull.

If thats too subtle...Just stab him in the ear with those little pencils, those ones you use to fill in lotto tickets, when no one is looking. You can also run him over and say "he was in my blind spot" while he is taking his groceries to his car (parking lots are very dangerous for pedestrians)

Just giving you options.

Don't act on them.

Whale Chowder's avatar

They can get *so close* sometimes before they rationalize it away.

BosGrl's avatar

This is why it's better to keep these people in your life. When the time comes that the spell breaks, you want to be there to ease them back to reality.

Jen's Taking Greenland's avatar

With the caveat that I get to cut out the obnoxious assholes.

This one happens to be a generally nice fellow, just a bit screwed in the head because many reasons.

BosGrl's avatar

Goes without saying.

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

One more step ... "which one has information that matches what you are experiencing?"

Mister Bubbles's avatar

Moral dilemma: when you make a cat chase a laser up the walls and under the furniture and around the room, is he having fun, or is he hating you for betraying his trust?

Kobayashi Marooned's avatar

As long as there's a treat at the end, fun. No treats, you're a terrible human slave and your feline overlord will punish you.

Mister Bubbles's avatar

Lol

I hate when he sits there after 5 minutes of not catching his dot and he looks at me like, you did this. Didn't you. I should've known.

Jen's Taking Greenland's avatar

Fun. Percy will go into the basket and get the fish shaped red dot maker and bring it to me demanding it start producing red dots

Reader's avatar

I think you'll be able to tell the difference.

Mister Bubbles's avatar

Not sure this guy has connected the dots (har)

JustPixelz's avatar

Gizmodo: Librarians Are Tired of Being Accused of Hiding Secret Books That Were Made Up by AI [https://gizmodo.com/librarians-arent-hiding-secret-books-from-you-that-only-ai-knows-about-2000698176]

Many people really believe their stupid chatbot over a human who specializes in finding reliable information day in and day out.

Let's call it "The Trump Effect".

Sojourner Truth's avatar

You know, when I combine your post with the one above about the cat laser I get a clearer picture of our world.

AI is a cat laser for dotards.

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

And let's not regulate those AI chatbots! They'll be the greatest thing since indoor plumbing!

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

The headline: 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘀, 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 “𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹”

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-will-sign-order-curbing-state-ai-laws-2025-12-11/

The reality: 𝗜𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗢, 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗨𝗦 𝗔𝗚 𝗣𝗮𝗺 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻 “𝗔𝗜 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲” 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 “𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁” 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘀 — The administration will also attempt to prevent states with “onerous” AI laws from accessing broadband funding.

https://www.engadget.com/ai/trump-orders-creation-of-litigation-task-force-to-challenge-state-ai-laws-022657022.html

So Pammy Jo and her TOP attorneys will challenge real attorneys general? This will be a waste of time, but good for the larfs. I suspect Pammy Jo's DOJ will continue its strong losing record. In addition, even the republicans want state laws as they know *nothing* will ever be enacted at a Federal level.

Jen's Taking Greenland's avatar

Ah so the EO makes the DOJ work directly for David Sacks.

Cool, cool

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

Pretty much. And David Sacks is a big Silicon Valley crypto and AI investor. Shocked, right?

Whale Chowder's avatar

Don't forget the wasted money also, too.

Old Man Yells at Cloud's avatar

A drop in the bucket compared to the oceans of tax payer money he is stuffing into his pockets

Baconzgood's avatar

Oh....how Baconz pines for the days when he could wake up at 6 in the morning, shower, shave, have coffee, toast and not say "HOW THE FUCK CRAZY IS THE PRESIDENT GOING BE TODAY????!!!!1???!!!1!!?"

He makes Ray-Gun look competent. And honestly, that dude was playing solitaire with a pinochle deck.

Martin Shobe's avatar

At least its got an easy answer. All thr crazy.

Baconzgood's avatar

But I vaguely recall in my 5th grade civics class that not being "crazy", less than "35" years old and not being born "in The United States of America" was a thing to be disqualified to be president.

Ooooops. The Constitutional Congress forgot to add insane. I guess people like Franklin thought that was a "gimme". You know, The People wouldn't elect a dictator..and even if the did Congress or the judicial branch would keep a "check" and "ballence" the power?

Apparently Baconzgood was the only one that listened that day.

Some kind of Fred's avatar

They thought the Electors, being rich people and therefore automatically wise /s, would use good judgement and not elect evil people.

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

We used to check the thermometer in the morning ... now we check the crazy-o-meter.

Baconzgood's avatar

Its not worth checking.....it keeps rising.

JustPixelz's avatar

Reuters: Trump says he is pardoning Colorado county clerk convicted of tampering with voting machines [https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-his-pardoning-colorado-county-clerk-convicted-tampering-with-2025-12-12/]

"Today I am granting Tina a full Pardon for her attempts to expose Voter Fraud in the Rigged 2020 Presidential Election," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

She's still in the slammer for state charges. Hopefully, forever.

And Trump is still a low-IQ asshole.

Reader's avatar

Just read that story. Like every article on the Raw Story website, apparently Reuters also keeps ending them in the middle. The headline is the whole entire story. Is that AI? Is Reuters using AI?

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

That's the web site trying to get you to subscribe and pay them.

Reader's avatar

Ah! Ok thank you! I've been finding it really egregious!!

Bobathonic's avatar

"attempts to expose Voter Fraud in the Rigged 2020 Presidential Election" isn't what she did, and is not a crime. What a maroon.

JustPixelz's avatar

Neither, apparently, is attacking the Capitol Police on Jan 6.

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

I don't recall *any* Federal charges.

Jen's Taking Greenland's avatar

Think they are going to try and pressure Colorado into freeing her because "hey, the president pardoned her! Do it or get cut off!"

JustPixelz's avatar

Crooked Donnie took time from his nap to do write this meaningless post.

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

This one sounds more like Little Stevie "The Thumb" Chueng.

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

Could someone in Congress please find their balls?

𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘇𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 ‘𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆’

Six more oil supertankers added to sanctions list, as well as members of Maduro’s extended family, amid rising tensions following tanker seizure

https://shorturl.at/oTzuZ [The Guardian]

Reader's avatar

The refusal by the Democrats to do anything besides Tweet is not surprising, but still it surprises me. I mean ffs.

Martin Shobe's avatar

What would you suggest? Legislation? Republicans have and will block that.

Jen's Taking Greenland's avatar

That's the crux. We gave them absolutely no power at all, and expect them to do something anyway. All the internet savants swear there is Something They Could do, though none of it thus far has turned out to be actually legal, except shutting down the government. And that didn't stop anything anyway

Reader's avatar

Please. You're the extract same people who said Obama couldn't fight for M4A bc he wanted a second term. Who believed we had to give the bankers their bonuses "so they wouldn't leave."

Martin Shobe's avatar

Obama couldn't get M4A because some Democrats weren't on board for it.

Reader's avatar

He didn't zero days trying to persuade them.

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Some kind of Fred's avatar

Own the news cycle. Split the MAGA coalition. Johnson has a slim majority -- peel off just a few and things can happen.

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Martin Shobe's avatar

I do wish they were making more noise, but they pretty much are limited to making noise in various forms of media and trying to get enough Dems elected so they can do more. I can't think of anything legal that might be effective.