Ulvain

Fully agree it's a fiction, but couldn't she have had the papers prepared weeks ahead?

But domestic ones...?

I feel like there should be a meat Canyon video version of this

Who isn't??!

Saved you a click: it's exactly and 100% what you'd expect (fast food, sugary stuff, etc)

That's part of the republican doctrine.

"huuumam sheiiild, diiiinnweeer..."

There is no alarm anymore..thr alarmable are alarmed. They will be for the next 4 years - or forever if it's the nail in the democratic coffin. Those not alarmed yet are either uninterrested, too far gone, or very much aligned with anything alarming this administration will do.

In other words, we're pretty fucked.

"a" ?

A fucking bunch, you mean.

No my dude, that's the bard's version

Honestly, i don't care as much as i though i would. It's over, democracy is bowing down in the US - and likely around the world - for the time being. You can't win when the deck is not only stacked, it's been entirely bought, stripped, and re engineered to guarantee a non democratic outcome 10 times out of 10. The overlords/emperors/billionaires have won, and it took a few decades of money being free speech to do so.

I know I sound super jaded.. i am, i just can't imagine a path where we're able to counter the fascist rise that's happening right now. Systemic measures that could reverse the trend basically require new laws to be voted and passed (and enacted and enforced) and the overlords now have absolute control to make sure it happens.

You can't win a game of chess, however amazing you are at following the rules of chess, if your opponent just arbitrarily removes your pieces, kicks the table, punches you in the face and declares themselves the winner after having bought the judge and changed the camera feed to the crowd so they all think you're the one that cheated.

You know, I'll go one step further: only way forward to cancel this up may be to use the unethical "openings" they've already created. Which Biden won't for sure. Things like the new presidential immunity rule - ok, so have Biden take official presidential actions that ensure democracy, have corrupt supreme court justices arbitrarily arrested, confidential investigations of trumpers released - more even, take over the airwaves forcefully by executive action and disperse those investigations.

Idk. Sorry all, I'm a bit depressed by us politics these days.

It doesn't have to be creepy or problematic, but your son would have to know what worrying things to look out for. Nothing wrong with having a chat saying "hey just because large age gap friendships are rarer, i wanted to make sure you're on your guard..but your friend might be awesome, just have your eyes open".

What specifically worries you?