The SNAP system would probably be even cheaper if anyone could just apply for a card no questions asked. It’s a farm subsidy anyway, so just make it ‘the government will pay a chunk of your grocery bill so nobody has to go hungry’.

I’m guessing someone is mad they’re not getting a cut.

No, those aren’t a thing where I live thankfully, although that would probably cause me to switch petrol stations if they started doing this (or finally buy an electric car so I can have the ads on a giant screen while I’m driving /s).

At least it’s static. They could’ve done a constant animation for maximal annoyance while you’re trying to focus on cutting onions.

That’s weird, because the COVID checks were insanely popular and just giving everyone a $2000 check with his name on it would be great politics. I guess it’s good they’re doing it differently.

It took 3 grand juries to even be able to bring the case, it was always going to end in acquittal. Sure, it’s technically assault, but nobody was going to convict for that.

Or use canned food.

I was kind of hoping the defence would produce a receipt that confirmed it was a BLT without onions, hence proving the agent committed perjury.

I feel like that stuff might be horrifying to most, it’s exactly what his base wanted. I guess it might peel off the ones that just believed his economic ‘message’.

I mean, when he was on the ballot last time he did win. He has a way of drawing out his voters that luckily doesn’t easily transfer to other Republicans.

After decades of doing this shit to other countries, it’s coming home.

Some of the shit I’ve seen was honestly disgusting. Especially tying 9/11 to him somehow. Like the racism that’s traditionally coming from Republicans was coming from Democrats too.

I mean, I actually believe him. He’s using the pardon power as a racket, you pay him a few million and you get a pardon, he doesn’t care who it is or what they did.

Yeah, but that applies to all Americans, not just people that come in from abroad.

Unless they renounced US citizenship they can always go back.

Jesus, that’s completely fucked.

Basically every ‘terror plot’ they’ve uncovered since 9/11 involved the FBI working out the plan and providing everything to the suspect, but somehow without it crossing the legal line into entrapment.

There’s already stories of US citizens being detained despite having valid ID on them. There’s financial incentives for them to bring in as many people as possible and they don’t care if they get it wrong.

I bet it just checks the colour of people’s skins.

Unfortunately, the majority of the electorate is that sort of person, so you need to appeal to them. You’ve got to win the voters you have, not the ones you wish you had. That’s why you need to keep your messaging simple (not saying that’s an excuse to not do the work and actually have policies).