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Pic Of The Moment: Trump Regime Brings Orwell's 1984 To Life (Original Post) EarlG 11 hrs ago OP
Rumsfeld reincarnated! BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago #1
War is Peace ornotna 10 hrs ago #2
"The term "cult" is traditionally used to reference... discntnt_irny_srcsm 10 hrs ago #3
Sure. And my laundry emergency is avoiding a laundry emergency. Dr. T 10 hrs ago #4
Scott needs to go back to soybean farming Seinan Sensei 10 hrs ago #5
Lets help the King. OGBuzz 10 hrs ago #6
The national emergency is that we have a psychotic mad man who has steered the US into the iceberg! Initech 10 hrs ago #7
Then he backs up and rams the iceberg again,and again,and again.... Bengus81 9 hrs ago #15
Want to see the unvarnished worst case scenario? orangecrush 10 hrs ago #8
Seen it EarlG 9 hrs ago #13
Thanks, EarlG orangecrush 9 hrs ago #16
Newspeak. infullview 10 hrs ago #9
He is entitled mollycoddled failure. bronxiteforever 10 hrs ago #10
1984 was not intended to be an instruction manual n/t Tasmanian Devil 9 hrs ago #11
Unfortunately.... MarcoZandrini 7 hrs ago #23
What a pathetic excuse for a human being dedl67 9 hrs ago #12
He actually believes we are so stupid as to buy BidenRocks 9 hrs ago #14
There was a hat available, that read - MAKE ORWELL FICTION AGAIN. yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #17
Silver LiberalArkie 8 hrs ago #18
The national emergency is Trump not getting what he wants instantly. mikelewis 8 hrs ago #19
Okay, it is after 12, so how much do I have to drink before any of that niyad 7 hrs ago #20
Lumbergh, he looks like Lumbergh Aviation Pro 7 hrs ago #21
And ICE Will Arrest People On... 2na fisherman 7 hrs ago #22
K&R spanone 7 hrs ago #24
K&R...nt Wounded Bear 7 hrs ago #25
That's some catch that Trump-22 underpants 7 hrs ago #26
Fun fact about 1984. nycbos 6 hrs ago #27
Sounds akin to Cheney's insane 1% doctrine. pat_k 6 hrs ago #28
K&R LetMyPeopleVote 5 hrs ago #29
We had to destroy the village to save. spike jones 1 hr ago #30

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,731 posts)
3. "The term "cult" is traditionally used to reference...
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 11:14 AM
10 hrs ago

...social groups defined by their extreme religious, philosophical or spiritual beliefs focused on a particular personality, object or goal."

Dr. T

(527 posts)
4. Sure. And my laundry emergency is avoiding a laundry emergency.
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 11:35 AM
10 hrs ago

Guess I'd better start doing preemptive bathroom breaks.

The Dimwit Administration is state-of-the-art when it comes to word salad. That's an award they can have, like being the dumbest kid in the classroom.

OGBuzz

(22 posts)
6. Lets help the King.
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 11:50 AM
10 hrs ago

If King Donald wants to "take" Greenland so badly that he would risk war with NATO, or worse, maybe we should help him. We could load the King, Eric, Jr., Barron, Jared, and the Kings entire sycophantic cabinet on a C-5M Super Galaxy and fly them to Greenland to finally realise the Kings dream of "taking Greenland". I don't believe booking a return flight will be necessary.

Initech

(107,640 posts)
7. The national emergency is that we have a psychotic mad man who has steered the US into the iceberg!
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 11:52 AM
10 hrs ago

He and his goons need to be thrown out on their ass now!

orangecrush

(28,757 posts)
8. Want to see the unvarnished worst case scenario?
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 11:56 AM
10 hrs ago

Go watch "Civil War" (2024).

It doesn't make a political statement (directly) and is careful to avoid doing so, but depicts very well what it will look like if shit goes completely sideways.

EarlG

(23,426 posts)
13. Seen it
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 12:31 PM
9 hrs ago

Great movie. I took it as a lesson that while civil wars are going on all over the world, we don't give them much thought because they're always happening "over there." Staging the movie in America made it much easier to relate to what civil wars actually look like when they're happening around you.

Going off at a slight tangent, it reminded me a little of how the western actors' real regional accents are used for all the characters in "The Death of Stalin," instead of having them all do generic Russian accents. It's jarring at first, but ultimately made me feel as if I was not watching something taking place in a faraway foreign land, but rather, that "it could happen here."

orangecrush

(28,757 posts)
16. Thanks, EarlG
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 12:49 PM
9 hrs ago

Scenes like a crashed helicopter in front of the JC Penneys were a bit jarring.

It drove home the point that we have been mostly untouched by war in this country on our own soil since the 1st Civil War.

Also drove home the idea that no one on any side in their right mind wants this.

And the old guy saying that the woman had "lost her faith in the power of journalism".

Unfortunately too many of today's have forgotten the sacrifices made for truth by those who went before.

BidenRocks

(2,849 posts)
14. He actually believes we are so stupid as to buy
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 12:41 PM
9 hrs ago

any of the bullshit he is peddling.

That also makes him a despicable asshole on top of being a Dandy!

Regime change! Every last one in the docks!

mikelewis

(4,592 posts)
19. The national emergency is Trump not getting what he wants instantly.
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 01:37 PM
8 hrs ago

They're all afraid of child.

niyad

(129,856 posts)
20. Okay, it is after 12, so how much do I have to drink before any of that
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 02:18 PM
7 hrs ago

crap makes sense???

underpants

(195,204 posts)
26. That's some catch that Trump-22
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 03:02 PM
7 hrs ago

That's some catch that Trump-22

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220948552

a dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.
"a catch-22 situation"

nycbos

(6,692 posts)
27. Fun fact about 1984.
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 03:17 PM
6 hrs ago

It was banned in Soviet Union for being anti-communist, and was targeted for bans in the USA by Christian conservatives for being pro-communist.

pat_k

(12,694 posts)
28. Sounds akin to Cheney's insane 1% doctrine.
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 03:46 PM
6 hrs ago

The asinine notion that even the most minimal risk of attack required a maximum response as if the threat were a certainty.

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