That's what nearly all the intrusion tests and studies have indicated. A big GOP created "make work" program of security theater.

https://www.vox.com/2016/5/17/11687014/tsa-against-airport-security

Their Shock Doctrine approach (thank you Naomi Klein) has been incredibly successful. Reading about history in my youth, I now understand why evil prevailed then as it is now. I was looking back at times of immense tyranny and thinking "why didn't everyone just rise up against them!?" Some are fully onboard, others partially, but many are detached, struggling to survive. The rest of us do what we can, when we can, but disjointed and unorganized.

It's a whole lot of "please will somebody DO something!", but the modern Democrats are not an opposition party, ever. The news media is complicit as well. There are a handful of judges and attorneys who are doing their damndest, but this is no longer a country of laws (for the rich and powerful).

The country is geographically massive and your average citizen is both poor and uneducated, both politically and otherwise, by Western standards. Now that large swaths of worker's livelihoods are being devastated they may have more time on their hands.

I won't hold my breath for "Occupy Washington", but when the next movement comes it will be met with intense and violent opposition. Hopefully a silver lining may be a wake up call, far too late.

I shudder to think of what comes next as it has been festering and fomenting within this country my entire lifetime. The sophisticated propaganda machine and socioeconomic warfare has kept our citizens dumb, divided, and despondent, I pray something beneficial rises from the ashes.

There is no single answer to your question. My aim was to provide a contemporaneous snapshot of what I am experiencing. As I have been observing our descent into flagrant fascism, and telling anyone who would listen, for the better part of a century. And I hate it with every fiber of my being.

Bake 'em away toys! Case closed!

That is downright bizarre!

"Between the lines: In the aftermath, members remain divided on whether it was right for NABJ to extend the invitation and give a platform to Trump. Some said it was embarrassing; others praised the interviewers for their tough questioning.

Brittany Cummings, a communications professional, was among the members who didn't think the organization should have extended the invitation to Trump. "I'm not sure that any group of journalists has the 'secret sauce' to make him tell the truth and speak as a normal candidate would," she said. "He's not a normal candidate, so we can't treat him as such." "During the actual discussion, he was disrespectful, and I don't think there was anything new to learn.""

Uhh, the US is way past any baby steps!

IT HAS ONLY BEEN SEVEN MONTHS since Trump's administration began implementing the Heritage Foundation's Christofascist "Project 2025".

That is a rapid descent my friend, a precipitous drop! It is now or never, they are LITERALLY implementing the police start right fucking now!

Baby steps were all the incremental shit since the garbage they pushed after 9/11. If you are waiting for a time to organize it was yesterday, the second best time is now. GET INVOLVED, THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE

What about whataboutism?

Unfortunately, we have examples with every single Republican who works for this administration.

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Excellent point! I feel like Americans don't like to understand that practically everyone in the U.S. is working class now. If you cannot quit your job tomorrow and live off of passive, savings, and residuals you are working class. The system is designed to facilitate this, with spartan social safety nets and lack of pensions. It's shit-tier by developed nation standards.

What's that other quote, ~"it only takes 3.5% of the population to generate massive change"? Obviously I am being flippant in this specific instance, but America is a failed democracy and empire in decline.

There is hope, but it requires taking back the power by direct action.

Well, the Venn Diagram of Sherlock fucking Holmes and Constable Cadets is a two ring circus.

People simply can't/won't hear it. Society is clinging to any doubt or contrary viewpoint (and oil companies and their paid shills provide plenty) because it is difficult to envision the delicate and finite nature of our situation. Triggered methane releases are currently ratcheting up the warming, you can't refreeze the permafrost, it rapidly cooks the planet.

No one wants to believe it, but this is the end unless dramatic changes are made. Having children, at this juncture, with what we know, is profoundly selfish. And folks cannot accept this, let alone, the changes that must be made, systemically, for society to survive.

That's normal. That's what normal people do... Right? Right!?

It would be too bad if the 20-somethings who are doing Musk's bidding, and have already had their identities revealed, had their lives made difficult and had to live in worry of reprisals, after accepting financial compensation in exchange for betraying their country! /s

Sure, but FUCK Musk more!

SHITZKRIEG BABY!🙃

Baby, don't skirt it. Don't skirt it. The law.

The Big 3 are: Hair Transplant, Hair Systems, or Shaving.

The Medium 3: are Oral Dutasteride, Oral Minoxidil, and Microneedling.

The Small 3: are Oral Finasteride, Topical Minoxidil, and Ketoconazole.

The Meh 3: are Head Massage, Vitamins, and Laser Caps.

It's not.

I agree with you, but it's important to address the elephant in the room of our absolute stockpile of and the ease of access to weapons of war. Not just pdw or hunting, you can get some really cool shit, with less effort than it takes to get your license in many places.

I like guns the same way I like high end fireworks/ordinance, they are definitely fun, but it shouldn't be so easy to get them and the folks who base their identity around them are sad/scary af.

I agree with you, but PFAS/"Forever Chemicals" and micro/nano plastics are different things with their own host of concerns.