I was just reading about the travel industry’s “trump slump” which is a thing now, just WEEKS into his term. People don’t want to come here - Who could blame them? But the end result will be empty hotels, job losses, and all that tourist money. It really looks like we’re going to have a very rocky ride, so even the…

Do you think there’s any empathy there? Or just overweening privilege?

I’m sure I’m not the only one to have donated to the aclu since the election.

Absolutely, the only thing stopping a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. That’s the rallying cry of the nra whenever there’s a shooting : more guns! Just not around the politicians they have bought, I guess.

Lie to people, keep them scared and worked up for years, this is the result.

I think some folks are having buyer’s remorse, probably people who aren’t brainwashed but who also aren’t well informed. I really hope a bunch of people who didn’t bother to vote will vote next time, even tho it’s unlikely. We’re just in an awful lot of trouble right now.

Sad thought. I mean, just imagine being someone like them, what a nightmare, even with the big bucks.

Yes, he is scared of being yelled at -or maybe just general ridicule, but surely he’d be used to that by now? But he’s so cowardly and mendacious he’s hiding behind the excuse of Lefty Sharpshooter coming for him. The end result of years of living with alternative facts.

I totally missed that clause in my professional protestor contract!

I hope people stay fired up and angry at what’s happening. We have a guy in the white house openly advocating the destruction of our gov’t. How can that stand?

I get that a lot of super rich assholes vote R. Which means they’re voting in favor of everything that’s awful, and at least some of them have to know that. My question is, how much money do they need before they grow a conscience?

It’s been that way for a long while, with both parties for the most part. It’s a shame that it took pissing away our democracy to get people to pay attn. If enough folks had paid attn before this horror show, most of our elected officials wouldn’t have the jobs they do.

So if I understand this correctly, Gohmert believes (& votes accordingly) that there should be guns, guns, guns for everybody! Then refuses to leave his safe space because he is scared of some mythical person with a gun?

He doesn’t think the U.S. Government has been run properly, it needs to run like a business, so he orders business folk in (because he can order folk because he’s president), then I guess they talk about important business things, like screwing everybody over that is not them.

This isn’t about damage, it’s about silencing the opposition.

This can’t be legal, surely?

Fascinating. Except for the anarchists on inauguration day, have there been ANY violence at all? Millions marched and there were zero arrests. We don’t want violence, we want to be heard.

He does have the best words.

His eloquence upon seeing slavery-related items ... I too am lacking the words I would really like to use right now.

I live in a very red town, and my neighbors scare me. Places like the jezebel comment threads show me I’m not alone and give me an outlet. It’s absolutely vital, which is why I’m worried about the fcc wanting to fiddle with the internet.