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Ocelot II

(130,528 posts)
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 06:05 PM Nov 2025

I am pretty sure we no longer have a functioning federal government.

There are some things that continue to operate more or less normally because they were set up to be accomplished automatically (e.g., SS payments, at least for now) or locally in those offices that still exist (e.g., USPS), but at the upper management level it's a complete goat fuck. A dumpster fire. Whatever other metaphor you can think of that describes chaos and dysfunction. The president is stupid, crazy and evil all at once; his appointees are incompetent when they aren't being evil; Congress is supine (maybe just now starting to awaken a bit); the lower federal courts are doing their best to keep the machinery running properly but SCOTUS is unreliable; and the whole thing looks like the Keystone Kops reconstituted as the Wehrmacht. I don't know how much longer the circus of insane clowns can continue before there's actual bloodshed.

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I am pretty sure we no longer have a functioning federal government. (Original Post) Ocelot II Nov 2025 OP
supreme court is quite reliable rampartd Nov 2025 #1
Been thinking that myself. Solly Mack Nov 2025 #2
"SCOTUS is unreliable" J_William_Ryan Nov 2025 #3
From what I understand about the Nazis belpejic Nov 2025 #4
Our foreign enemies funding the MAGAs want the US Govt to collapse. Irish_Dem Nov 2025 #5
Yup. Always ask - who benefits? yellow dahlia Nov 2025 #16
Yes this question helps separate the features from the bugs. Irish_Dem Nov 2025 #19
Exactly! yellow dahlia Nov 2025 #20
Correct canetoad Nov 2025 #7
Also Cirsium Nov 2025 #12
Do you mean bloodshed as in Civil War II? Irish_Dem Nov 2025 #6
I've been saying for at least 2 years that it will end up coming to that. slightlv Nov 2025 #14
It sure looks like it is headed that way. Irish_Dem Nov 2025 #15
TY. I've felt this way for months. bluestarone Nov 2025 #8
All functions await the whims pfitz59 Nov 2025 #9
except for a few bright spots in our own party, the legislative branch is kaput too also AllaN01Bear Nov 2025 #10
When the American flag is left on the ground in the White House front yard with cameras rolling, mountain grammy Nov 2025 #11
I second that. What a f*cking mess. Joinfortmill Nov 2025 #13
The current US government 'as we know it' is pretty good at destroying families, Jack Valentino Nov 2025 #17
it functions Skittles Nov 2025 #18

rampartd

(4,628 posts)
1. supreme court is quite reliable
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 06:10 PM
Nov 2025

they have reliably given trump the unchecked, unbalanced power to destroy our country, our treasury, our defense, our health care, and our families, our jobs, our religions , our environment, etcetcetc

J_William_Ryan

(3,496 posts)
3. "SCOTUS is unreliable"
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 06:21 PM
Nov 2025

The Court is very reliable – you can rely on it to rule in favor of Trump, Republicans, and conservatives; next up: gutting the VRA.

belpejic

(800 posts)
4. From what I understand about the Nazis
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 06:22 PM
Nov 2025

Most of them were also the Keystone Kops of their time. Unqualified people who never would have risen to the positions of power they obtained without the support of the regime.

These folks in the Trump regime should have had the foresight to realize that in the modern world authoritarianism almost always collapses, sometimes with a lot of prison time for the conspirators. They are incredibly hubristic and stupid, and they have no one to blame except themselves.

canetoad

(20,769 posts)
7. Correct
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 06:38 PM
Nov 2025

The myth of German efficiency, as far as the Nazis were concerned, was limited to endless paperwork and micro-management.

Cirsium

(3,942 posts)
12. Also
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 08:25 PM
Nov 2025

Also the Nazi propaganda films, which still to this day influence people's view of the regime.

slightlv

(7,789 posts)
14. I've been saying for at least 2 years that it will end up coming to that.
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 08:49 PM
Nov 2025

The magas think they're so virile, gun-savvy, and so much more macho than the hummus-eating, tree hugging liberals. What they don't remember is that WE took all their crap when we were young and we're STILL tree hugging patriots. They couldn't defeat us then, and they won't defeat us now. They're going to be surprised at how angry and resilient in our resolve we actually are. But, I'm afraid it's not gonna happen easily or smoothly... IOW, there will be blood.

Irish_Dem

(81,259 posts)
15. It sure looks like it is headed that way.
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 08:53 PM
Nov 2025

I agree, significant probability there will be bloodshed.

bluestarone

(22,177 posts)
8. TY. I've felt this way for months.
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 06:40 PM
Nov 2025

YOU, saying this sends even more chills down my back. We win in the courts, and it doesn't seem to help at all. Like i posted earlier, even when we take BOTH houses in 26, they won't listen to a fucking law we pass. They will have THIS Supreme courts blessing to continue to DESTROY everything American. Something has to happen to save our country.

mountain grammy

(29,035 posts)
11. When the American flag is left on the ground in the White House front yard with cameras rolling,
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 08:08 PM
Nov 2025

I'm pretty sure you're right.

Jack Valentino

(5,011 posts)
17. The current US government 'as we know it' is pretty good at destroying families,
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 12:31 AM
Nov 2025

ripping away the husbands and wives and fathers and mothers of US citizens,
because they may not have their papers totally in order...
or because they visited a US courthouse, trying to obey our immigration laws!


The Republicans are ONLY 'pro-family' for 'ALL-WHITE families'...


but, they do still fail at that, since they want to deport
3,000 undocumented people every day, but are not
coming close to that goal (thankfully) !


My personal list of mostly white Republicans
whom I would like to see deported, regardless of their US citizenship,
is continually growing longer.....

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