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Miles Archer

(20,473 posts)
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 07:05 PM Yesterday

I wonder what kind of shelf life "laying off 1000 to 4000 Federal employees daily" has.

Between the article I just posted on DU about immigration raids leaving farmers short of "eligible workers" and the CDC bloodbath, I sense that Trump's Project 2025 goon and Bobby Brainworm Jr...both having a "taste of the kill"...aren't gonna just lay back and go "well, THAT'S over."

Trump DID signal an intention to gut the federal gov't and leave no one standing except MAGAts and "loyalists"...I wonder when we'lll know we've gotten there, and I wonder what kind of carnage the entire country will face when Trump's "goal is met."

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Deuxcents

(24,352 posts)
1. Only republicans and loyalists will have employment..no safety nets for anyone left behind
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 07:38 PM
Yesterday

A scorched earth kinda thing for the once beautiful and prosperous United States.

Miles Archer

(20,473 posts)
2. We're heading into John Carpenter "Escape From New York" territory
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 07:44 PM
Yesterday

I can't imagine tens of thousands...hundreds of thousands...millions of people getting screwed by Trump, shrugging their shoulders, and going "Oh well...he knows best."

Deuxcents

(24,352 posts)
3. I can't, either..something will happen that will set off a very unfortunate event and Hell is gonna break loose
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 07:53 PM
Yesterday

All these atrocities we’re seeing reported happening to people unable to fight back but disappearing, young children with knees on their necks, terrified moms and kids are easy prey for these thugs. For now. I don’t like what I’m seeing and I hate even worse what I’m feeling

taxi

(2,564 posts)
4. Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal, per Earl Nightingale
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 07:53 PM
Yesterday

The key here is the progressive realization. Setting a goal, reaching it, and not setting another goal does not meet Nightingale's definition of success. To leave no one standing except MAGAts and loyalists will not stop the power trippers from finding another target. Niemoller said first they came for the socialists and stated how that was not enough. The leopards have an unsatiable hunger.

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