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For the benefit of people like myself who are anxious about what the installation of a fascist regime in the Untied Snakes will bring in the next 4 years, Eye present a January 20, 2025 survival kit in the form of material like the following:
#USPolitics #InaugurationSurvivalKit #Kakistocracy #Oligarchy #FascistRegime #Trump ##TuckersBalls
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Your reminder that all people -- the good, the bad, and the ugly -- are mortal.
Here, death experiences a near miss at the arcade.
#USPolitics #DavidLynch #Death #TheClaw #TuckersBalls
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Official flag of the fascist regime being installed in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.
Yes, it stinks.
#USPolitics #GadsdenFlag #Trump #Manure #TuckersBalls
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Trump dressed up for the inaugural ball in a tuxedo with tails.
Actualy this photomwas from his visit to England during his first term when he cosplayed a Downton Abbey valet.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #Trump #TuckersBalls
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If past is prologue, the second Trump administration will be much like the first.
A degenerate leader with no moral compass, 34 Felony convictions, beneficiary of legal cover-ups, and victim of rapidly accelerating dementia is about to put his tiny hands on the levers of power again.
Eye smell a rat.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #TuckersBalls
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Your reminder that Trump 2.0 will very likely be a replay of Trump 1.0.
The monster from Mar-A-Lago will be working very hard to put lots of Ameros in his own pockets while ignoring the economic issues of the rest of us.
The rush by tech bros and crypto freaks to throw millions at his inauguration is just a preview of things to come. Remember, there are lots of tax cuts for billionaires on the agenda.
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Do yourself a favor, avoid live coverage of the Monday, January 20th inauguration of a fascist in the US.
If anything important happens, you can catch the highlights on your favorite social medium, podcast, or newsletter at a later date.
It's just not worth it.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #DemocracysEnd #TuckersBalls
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Project 2025 is the far right's blueprint to roll the US back to the 18th century. Many of its architects will be intimately involved in implementing its anti-democratic plans for Trump 2.0.
With the supreme leader increasingly afflicted by dementia, we may even be facing the prospect of a scenario in which his cabinet of back-stabbing losers attempts to sideline him by invoking the 25th Amendment.
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Putin's poodle.
Manipulated photograph shows Russian leader Vladimir Putin walking Trump on a leash like a dog.
As you hear about the developments of the next 4 years, it will help you to decipher them if you ask the question, "How does this benefit Putin"?
What Trump does will always be to Putin's benefit.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #Putin #Trump #TuckersBalls
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Remember, brave, brave Sir Donald is holding his inauguration indoors on January 20th because attendance is going to be low; not because the weather is going to be cold.
People who had received inauguration invitations -- for whom there is no room -- are being told that their tickets are just non-functional souvenirs now.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #Crowds #TuckersBalls
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Satirist Andy Borowitz offers a list of great moments in Republican history to view instead of watching Monday's Trump Inauguration 2.0. He also provides a reminder that the sequel to a bad movie is usually an even worse movie:
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/what-to-watch-instead-of-the-inauguration
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #AndyBorowitz #TuckersBalls
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You'll be seeing a lot of these 2 people over the next 4 years.
This is just a reminder that if you don't watch the inauguration, you won't see them on Monday, January 20th.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #Trump #Vance #TuckersBalls
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Things to do on inauguration day instead of watching a shit-show:
Ladies, buy your burkas. The incoming administration's on track to make women second-class citizens. To comply in advance with the American Taliban, use Monday, January 20th, to purchase the outfits you're soon going to be ordered to wear.
Project 2025 is the 900+ page document considered the blueprint for the 2nd Trump administration. Many of its contributors have been given roles in the new Trump regime.
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Let the in-fighting begin!
Your reminder that before the crypto money-bros convinced Trump to name JD Vance as his Vice President, Vance wrote that Trump could be America's Hitler.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #Trump #Vance #TuckersBalls
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Things to do rather than watch the inauguration, McDonald's Edition.
Buy stock in the burger-making chain. It's bound to go up during the 2nd term of its biggest booster.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #McDonalds #TuckersBalls
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Things to do instead of watching the inauguration on Monday: Wear a Hat and Love Your Cat Edition.
If watching the US slide into fascism on Martin Luther King Day is not your thing, show your disapproval with a cat in a hat and turn off the TV .
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #CatInAntiMAGAHat #TuckersBalls
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He's eating the ducks. He's eating the cats.
(This photo may have been machine-generated.)
Your reminder that Monday's Inauguration of the US's first fascist President marks the official beginning of open season on the truth. Trump lied more than 30,000 times in his first go-round. How long will it take him to break that record?
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #BondVillain #Trump #TuckersBalls
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Monday, January 20, 2025, will be a day of national embarrassment for the US.
On Martin Luther King Day, we'll be inaugurating our first fascist government.
Do yourself a favor and find wholesome things to do on Monday rather than pay any attention to this travesty of politics, law, and decency.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #Fascism #MartinLutherKingDay #TuckersBalls
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On October 16th, 2015, Twitter user @cavalorn tweeted, "'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party."
The meme refers to regretful voters who vote for cruel and unjust policies and politicians, and are surprised when their own lives become worse as a result.
Has the price of eggs gone down yet?
They're eating the faces.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #LeopardsEatingFaces #TuckersBalls
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Is it going to get harder or easier to know who to hate after the inauguration?
Trump is married to an immigrant, and JD Vance is married to a woman whose parents were Indian immigrants.
Idea: Trump can make a few extra bucks selling scorecards to his followers so they'll know who it's okay to hate.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #Melania #MrsVance #TuckersBalls
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Devolution of the Republican Party.
On inauguration Monday, January 20th, we'll be putting the worst President the US ever had back into the Oval Office. That should give you enough reasons to convince yourself to do something other than watch the inauguration.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #WorstPresidentEver #DeclineOfGOP #TuckersBalls
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Hypocrisy is the most notable characteristic of the Right these days.
On Monday, a twice-impeached, degenerate convicted felon, and serial liar will place his hand on a Bible and utter an oath of which every word will be a lie.
Support lower blood pressure, skip this event.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #Hypocrisy #TrumpSupporters #Atheists #TuckersBalls
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The results of the last US-ian election, which will be commemorated by a pointless ceremony on Monday, are a reminder that people need a better understanding of who and what they are voting for.
Here are 3 tips.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #Voting #TuckersBalls
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On Monday, January 20, 2025, the US will be installing a rare set of two-fers: A twice-impeached convicted felon who is both a fascist and a Russian stooge and who is going to the White House for the second time as President.
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Hail to the Victim in Chief.
When you're a 78-year-old toddler with unaddressed daddy issues, no self-reflection, a bottomless pit of needs, poor impulse control, zero capacity for gratitude, and a holder of grudges, of course you're going to see yourself as a victim and your face is going to look like this.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #Trump #Victim #Dictim #TuckersBalls
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Destroyed from within.
David Brinkley, on November 18, 1956, reported on his NBC Nightly News show that Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev had said earlier that day, "We will take America without firing a shot. We do not have to invade the United States. We will destroy you from within.”
On Monday, January 20, 2025, we'll be shoveling soil into the grave.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #Trump #Khrushchev #TuckersBalls
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According to his followers, Trump is the greatest US President ever.
Following Monday's Inauguration, Eye suggest he begin work on replacing the faces of all the other Presidents on Mt Rushmore with his own face.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #MountRushmore #TuckersBalls
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Always remember that Trump is most of all a con man.
He takes credit for things he didn't do, declines responsibility for his fuck-ups, lies uncontrollably, is unreliable, dishonest, untrustworthy, and disconnected from reality.
Avoid the inauguration of the US's worst President tune it out.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #Trump #ConMan #Clown #RonaldMcDonald #TuckersBalls
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There are now 3 tiers of justice in the US:
One for ordinary people, one for the wealthy, and one established recently by the Supreme Court exclusively for Trump.
That's why this absolute shit-show of a human being is being allowed to take office on January 20, 2025.
Be kind, don't watch it.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #LegalSystem #TuckersBalls
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Emperor Trump.
Trump returns to office on January 20, 2025, with the powers of an emperor granted to him in a special dispensation from the US Supreme Court.
Avoid the imperium.
Avoid the inauguration on Monday.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #SCOTUS #TuckersBalls
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Compare and contrast.
The descent of the office of the President of the United States from 1960 to 2025.
Eye was alive when President Kennedy was elected in 1960, ushering in an era known as Camelot with his lovely first lady Jacqueline,
On Monday, January 20, 2025, the curtain goes up on Little Shop of Horrors with Trump and Melania.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #TheKennedys #Trump #Melania #TuckersBalls
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Be a thinking person: Avoid the inauguration on January 20, 2025.
Watching it will only make you feel worse.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #Think #TuckersBalls
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Promises made. Promises never to be kept.
Trump made a lot of promises during the campaign. That was easy for him to do because he had no intention of keeping any of them.
US-ians, this is your country on stoopid voters.
Eye for one, don't expect a steep drop in the price of eggs and gasoline on Tuesday
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #UninformedVoters #TuckersBalls
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You're going to hear a lot over the next 4 years about the Republican's mandate and their massive election win. Both are illusions.
Bear in mind that at 49.8%, Trump got less than half of the popular vote.
His "massive" win was only 1.5% more than his opponent, Kamala Harris, a much more qualified candidate.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #VictoryMargins #Mandate #TuckersBalls
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Rebranding the Republican Party.
Republicans have worked hard to convince voters that they are on the side of working people when nothing could be further from the truth.
The ascent of Trump to the White House for the second time is a disaster for democracy and a triumph of disinformation, misinformation, and money in politics.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #CorporateMakeovers #GOP #Republicans #TuckersBalls
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Trump on Diddy, "I love Diddy. ...You know he is a good friend of mine. He's a good guy. ...I think he's a good guy, I'm going to stick up for him."
Trump made these remarks at the 1:09:25 mark in the first episode of the 12th season of "The Apprentice,"
https://archive.org/details/TheApprenticeUSSeason11/The+Apprentice+(US)+S12E01+-+Hero+Worship.mp4
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #Trump #Diddy #JeffreyEpstein #VennDiagram #TuckersBalls
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The swearing in of Trump on January 20, 2025.
Nobody with more than 2 working brain cells believes that Trump will actually be in charge starting on Monday.
A coterie of billionaires, multi-billionaires, and foreign oligarchs will be pulling his strings from day one.
Don't participate in a sham. Avoid the inauguration.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #PowerepsBehindThePresident #Musk #TuckersBalls
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The Power Behind the Booster Seat.
Many people are saying that South African Daddy Warbucks, Elon Musk will be the real power behind the Resolute Desk this 2nd time around for Trump.
I'm sure that's what the founders had in mind when they authorized the Robert's Supreme Court to allow unlimited political contributions to candidates and handed Trump a blank check to crime as much as he wants to this time around.
Resist. Avoid the inauguration of the worst person ever.
#USPol
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The Republicans had a plan.
It was designed to dumb down the US by putting forward progressively less qualified candidates while taking away funding for education.
It worked.
On January 20, 2025, US-ians will have arguably the dumbest and worst President ever in the White House.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #DumbAndDumber #TuckersBalls
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Friends don't let friends watch the installation of a fascist regime.
On Monday, just ignore the fat bastard like he's going to be ignoring you for the next 4 years.
If it helps, post this graphic image to avoid seeing photos of the highest ranked convicted felon in the nation.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #SayNoToSeeingTrump #TuckersBalls
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Know Your Presidents.
How do you think these 4 modern US presidents compare? Which ones would you trust with your daughter? Which ones would you trust with a stack of money? Which ones do you think are capable of telling the truth? Which one is incapable of telling the truth?
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #USPresidents #TuckersBalls
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Gulf of Fragile Masculinity.
Map of the Gulf of Mexico with the name changed to "Gulf of Fragile Masculinity."
Trump has actually proposed that the name of the Gulf of Mexico be replaced with the "Gulf of America,"
How many other great suggestions must he come up with before he makes America great again?
Here's a great suggestion: Ignore Monday's Inauguration.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #GulfOfMexico #TuckersBalls
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If you're not a robot, you don't have to watch the US Presidential inauguration on Monday, January 20.
Do yourself a favor; just check out with some form of healthy self-care.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #CaptchaTest #TuckersBalls
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We're getting a cold blast from the past in the US on Monday, January 20, 2025, when US-ians peacefully install a convicted felon fascist into the White House.
Could it happen here? It's already happening, but you don't have to watch it.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #Germany #Fascism #TuckersBalls
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Cover of Mexican literary magazine Letras Libras from a few years back that is even more timely today.
On Monday, be aware that the US is taking a poisonous snake to its bosom when it installs fascist leader Trump into the White House for the second time.
Don't watch fascists take power.
Don't watch the inauguration.
#USPolitics #Inauguration #InaugurationSurvivalKit #Mexico #LiteraryMagazine #Trump #Hitler #TuckersBalls
And he'll be the first POTUS to preside over two economic crashes.
@jstatepost A digitally altered image of Mount Rushmore shows the faces of former U.S. President Donald Trump replacing the faces of the four original presidents. Three of Trump's faces are visible, each with a similar stern expression. The stone of the mountain is light beige, and some greenery is visible at the base.
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I would not seriously support capital punishment, but dear God, this crowd of traitors makes me sympathize with the good old "string 'em up" days.
@jstatepost Here's an alt-text description for the image:
Elon Musk sits at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. Behind him are American and state flags. A small, doll-sized figure of Donald Trump sits in a high chair in front of the desk.
Provided by @altbot, generated using Gemini
@jstatepost
Tune your TV to anything but the inauguration. Make his ratings plummet.
@jstatepost See you at the barricades!
@jstatepost
Remember when Trump had to brag that he can hold his glass of water with one hand?
@jstatepost Only 5% of people are from that country, yet the rest of us are buried in this crap so deep it chokes us.
@jstatepost Actual question, not trolling.
Who are “the Republicans” that crafted this master plan? Is this the Heritage foundation, Koch brothers, Uihlein family …? All of the above?
While I know there are a number of these bad actors who’ve had plans for a long time, is there a real master plan? Or is it just more incremental.
@MrBirch Mostly Heritage Foundation types, Mr Spiral. But Eye'd not be surprised at all if there's a lot of crossover with the other groups you mentioned.
@MrBirch
Later: Turns out the authors of the reactionary Project 2025 were also aided in the creation of their fascist manifesto by a group of people who had earlier assisted Hungarian authoritarian Victor Orban in destroying Hungary's democracy.
https://newrepublic.com/article/179776/heritage-foundation-viktor-orban-trump
#USPolitics #Hungary #HeritageFoundation #Orban #Trump #Project2025 #TuckersBalls
@jstatepost isn’t it great that “we” believe Hungary & Orban are a model for our government? Disgusting.
tbh, neither are the establishment Dems.
@jstatepost
Thank God we have evangelical Christians that will put a stop to this! ... Oh Wait...
@jstatepost I dunno how I feel about ConMan being camelcased like that... thought I was being called out for a hot second there! :)
@jstatepost I think it will be the end of Russia.