Laurel Raven

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Cake day: August 7th, 2024

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  • Laurel Ravento2meirl4meirl@lemmy.world2meirl4meirl
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    1 day ago

    Many of us are well aware but at this point so numb to the awful and insanity we just shrug and make a shitty joke

    It’s not like we can do anything about it

    And before you bring up unions, those only work when your coworkers haven’t been brainwashed that unions are evil and your company isn’t master level at squashing unions without ever getting caught…a union of one is just unemployed… And unemployment just makes all of it so much worse













  • Laurel RaventoLord of the memes@midwest.socialKid talks
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    5 days ago

    Different people remember different things? It’s really not that complicated. What one brain decides is worth holding onto might not be worth it to another.

    Hell, even what we do remember is half hallucinated to fill in the gaps (probably not the right word for it, but you get the idea)




  • Right now? Protest against the Senate rubber-stamping his appointments, not holding him accountable, and letting him call the shots in Congress.

    And before you say “but they’ve not done any of that yet”, that’s the point. Why would you wait for them to hand the entire country over to him before protesting it when that’s the agenda he has and they’ve been signaling they’re onboard with it?

    Trump is already dictating terms for what the Senate majority leader must do. As if he should have any say in that decision. One of the terms is that they must allow recess appointments so he can fill his cabinet with no input or vetting by Congress. This alone is an unprecedented power grab. Tell them not to let him have his way.

    He wants to fire career postings and appoint loyalists, converting tens of thousands of nonpartisan positions with ones beholden to him. Tell them they need to pass legislation ensuring those positions are protected from that form of meddling.

    Shit, generally protest against the senators who failed to do their job 4 years ago allowing him to be elected in the first place. Or protest against confirming a president elect who’s ineligible to hold the office due to his part in Jan 6 per the 14th amendment.

    Will it change anything? Probably not. At least not directly or immediately. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be doing it anyway.


  • “Why would I pay $25 for these pair of pants at full price when I could pay $24.99 for those [identical] pants that are half off?! Clearly, that’s the better deal!”

    Hell, could probably even make it $29.99 for the identical pants and people will still go with that because they think they’re paying five more bucks and getting a $60 pair of pants