Americans love America, thanks to Trump. Patriotism soars. We all love Trump's America. God bless Trump.

[stevenkesslar]

I have been wondering why the mindless barking dog is suddenly barking incessantly again.

By the way, here's a treat, pup.  Good doggy.  Good pup.

In fairness, the fact that a mindless dog is mindless is more than enough reason to explain the barking.  But that's unfair.  Our special pup has also proven again and again that he is a smart impulsive dog. He responds well to Pavlovian prompts.  As well as a cruel doggy who likes it when people experience pain.  So I wondered if perhaps there is some cause to this.  What would excite him and his love of being a smart and cruel and obedient pup?

I thought the answer might be obvious:  the Big Beautiful Bill.  There is certainly a lot of activity that would make an obedient MAGA pup bark.  And it is literally joyous.  And it keeps getting better.  

 Elon Musk will get his massive tax cuts.  That's worth a chorus of barking alone.  Better yet, it almost certainly comes at the cost of millions of Americans, many of whom voted for Trump, losing their affordable health care.  What could be better?  Or course, this is being said by moderate Republicans.  Who knows if those traitors can be trusted?

The best part is Republican Senator Thom Tillis.  I mean, the man is a traitor and a worthless piece of shit.  He opposed Trump and lost.  So now he is going to quit.  The fucking loser.  Our dog loves cruelty.  So this is no doubt worth a lot of very loud barking.

Even better, Tillis is quitting because he says Trump and Republicans are betraying their promise to millions of Americans who entrusted them with power.  And this will badly hurt the health care of working class people.  I'm not even a dog.  And I would bark in joy at that!  

Tillis says over 600,000 people will be kicked off their health care plan in North Carolina alone.  Think of how awesome this is.  Is it too much to hope that tens of millions of working class Americans will lose health care?  Think of the tax benefits to Elon Musk.  Not to mention Donald Trump.  Even though it is unpatriotic to think Trump would do anything for himself!

The only thing that could make this better is if Trump could find a way to deport Tillis to South Sudan.  Is that possible?  Come to think of it, Trump was publicly floating the idea of assassinating the leaders of Iran.  Would it really be a problem for Trump to gently float the idea of assassinating Tillis?  He is a traitor, after all.

So all of this more than explains why a good and loyal and true and obedient and cruel MAGA puppy like @Barknaway would be barking up a storm.

Good puppy!  Here's another treat.  Go bite Thom Tillis!

 

But come to find out there may be an even better explanation for this loud endless barking:   patriotism, and cruelty.  All wrapped into a beautiful puppy treat!

 

American Pride Slips to New Low

Pride among Democrats tumbles, while independents also hit new low, more than offsetting increase among Republicans

 

Now, I have to admit.  I am not an expert in dog psychology.  Let alone the unique brand of loyal cruel Trump-like MAGA dogs @Barkaway aspires to be the very best of.

But even the dumbest dog could understand this.  It is awesome.  Doesn't get better.

A loyal dog conditioned to obey Trump will immediately know that he is good and loyal and patriotic.  In fact, he is more patriotic than ever.  Woof!

Now, it is true that maybe a lot of Democrats and Independents are less proud to be American than ever.  You can see on the chart that Trump's first and second Presidencies are precisely when pride among Independents fell hard.   And maybe in their mind they are like Thom Tillis.  Maybe they think this is not what America should stand for.  Maybe they think this is a betrayal of the trust and health care of millions of good working class Americans.  Maybe they think it wasn't the goal of The Founders to promote oligarchy and tax cuts for Elon Musk and Trump's other ultrarich donors.

In other words, what I am really trying to say is these Independents and Democrats are losers.  And traitors.  They really should be deported to South Sudan or somewhere.  Is it legal to do that?  Can we find a way to make it legal to deport them?

At the very least, these people should be surveilled by DOGE or Palantir or whoever is putting together all this private information and dossiers on every US citizen.  Can't we at least take their Medicaid or SNAP away?

This all has to be like fentanyl for a loyal and true and good and cruel MAGA dog.  He knows he is being patriotic.  And he knows most people who are not MAGA are stupid, and deserve to suffer.  And will, thank God.

America is awesome.  Thank you Donald Trump.  How could America ever be better?  This is OUR GOLDEN AGE.

[bucknaway]

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[Pete1111]

@stevenkesslar🇺🇸

Crow all you want to about our great country.😉

 

But, do we too easily overlook the same tragedy.   I know I'm repeating myself when I shine a light on it. 

Our national shame. 

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Homeless MegaYachts.  

The billionaire class has worked hard to launch each and every one of their personal, luxurious gigantic yachts.

 

Can we stop whining for 2 seconds about how many rural hospitals are shutting down, and return to working on what our great billionaire class is counting on?

Frankly, the worker bees have failed to keep pace with America's growing need for marinas that cater specifically to megayachts and superyachts, the customized marinas offering larger berths and specialized services. 

Let's not fool ourselves, how we appear to the rest of the modern world. 

No, I'm not talking about when they see our unhoused urban camper epidemic.  Widespread drug abuse.  The shocking number of measles cases spreading in certain states.  Disbanding the CDC vaccine board.  Blatant disregard for climate change.  

It's how we treat our billionaires.  We need to start caring.

 

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[stevenkesslar]

17 hours ago, stevenkesslar said:

The best part is Republican Senator Thom Tillis.  I mean, the man is a traitor and a worthless piece of shit.  He opposed Trump and lost.  So now he is going to quit.  The fucking loser.  Our dog loves cruelty.  So this is no doubt worth a lot of very loud barking.

I thought this was a well written and sad lament for Thom Tillis.  And a politics of "meet in the middle" deals and compromise that used to be the way that politics worked much of the time.

It explains better than my parody why Independent-minded people, like the author, may feel like this is not America at its best.

Thom Tillis and the Painful Truth About Swing State Politics

Even the most competitive and evenly balanced states are infected by the same contagion as the hardened one-party states.

 

 

 

[stevenkesslar]

14 hours ago, bucknaway said:

 

Wow.  I have to say I am impressed.

I watch these videos occasionally.  I think in part so I can know that I am not just categorically rejecting something because of who posted it.  Or because it praises Trump.  Or because it is Fox News.  At least in my eyes it is just an objective fact that most of the time watching these videos makes me a little more stupid.  And often they feed me misinformarion that I immediately cross-check to learn that - Yup.  It's just bullshit.

So this was impressive.  Over three minutes of actual facts, from a CNN reporter no less.

There is obviously a case to be made for Trump.  And a lot of his supporters use the same line.  We know he's an asshole, but we like his policies.  So it makes me wonder why his supporters don't actually do this more often.  Just focus on facts. 

Perhaps it is because many of Trump's supporters are like Trump himself.  The man really does seem to prefer lies and bullshit.

But I think the main reason is voters are not stupid.  And the problem for Trump actually is the facts.  Like right now the polls make it clear people tend to approve of most of what he is doing on immigration.  And meanwhile his Big Beautiful Bill is very unpopular.  Especially the toxic parts about what they will do with Medicaid.  So the facts are the problem.

[stevenkesslar]

1 hour ago, stevenkesslar said:

But I think the main reason is voters are not stupid.  And the problem for Trump actually is the facts.  Like right now the polls make it clear people tend to approve of most of what he is doing on immigration.  And meanwhile his Big Beautiful Bill is very unpopular.  Especially the toxic parts about what they will do with Medicaid.  So the facts are the problem.

And I just fact checked myself, and learned a point I made above is incorrect.  Which I think confirms my main point. 

Until recently on RCP Trump did have net approval for his immigration policies.  For months, that is what people like best about what he is doing.  But now even that has turned negative, at 47 % approve/50 % disapprove.    His handling of inflation is particularly unpopular.  39 % approve, 59 % disapprove.

Again, I think it confirms my main point.  With facts like these to explain, it may well be why Trump prefers lies.

[bucknaway]

[Goober]

On 7/2/2025 at 4:44 AM, bucknaway said:

Is it true that people who get their news from tiktok think the moon is made of cheese?

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