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[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 192 points 1 week ago

My favorite part of MTG turning on her friends is that it is all in response to being told she won't be endorsed as a Senate candidate by the GOP. If she can't have her fiefdom then no one can.

[-] egerlach@lemmy.ca 120 points 1 week ago

That's the thing about authoritarians: they attract authoritarian followers (thought not exclusively). If the authoritarian at the top fails to recognize those of their followers that have the same traits and give them enough of a "fiefdom" to rule, then they betray. It's one of the things that makes fully authoritarian rule fragile (most long-term successful dictators ensure they give enough power to the right people under them).

[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 week ago

First Rule of Fascism: You can piss off your citizens, you can piss off your staff, but you absolutely cannot piss off your military leaders. They actually hold the power, and would have no problem just shooting you in the face, if the situation was dire enough.

Also, friendly reminder than Stalin died a horrible and painful death because he told his guards to not disturb him, and he lied there in a pool of his own piss until most of the day was gone. Extreme punishments for breaches of protocol come with a cost.

[-] KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts 10 points 1 week ago

Or have them executed.

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not only her. The infighting became very apparent at some point before the '24 election when it looked like The Don might have to go to prison, or otherwise be unable to run. For a few weeks, they were all at each other's throats.

And it's getting hotter under the surface as Trump is getting too frail/senile to govern.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 69 points 1 week ago

Dropped a bombshell? More like dropped some water in the ocean. This is obvious to anyone not burying their head in the sand.

[-] IratePirate@feddit.org 36 points 1 week ago

Not on this side of the great information rift, no. But think of the people imprisoned inside the MAGA echo chamber. For them this may be news, and MJT and Rogan do have the potential to pierce the walls of their "conservative" media rubber rooms just enough for some fresh air to come through.

[-] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

They're on that side because they choose to be there. There could be a cure for cancer on this side and they wouldn't care.

[-] IratePirate@feddit.org 9 points 1 week ago

I'm not defending or glorifying either of them. They've done tons of damage to the U.S. by spreading lies and division. What I'm saying is that they might prove useful idiots for a change, fracturing the MAGA cult just enough to allow the less brainwashed to come to their senses.

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[-] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 58 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

MTG helped build this hellscape. She shouldn’t be allowed to out run it either just because she decided to quit as soon as the wind changed directions.

[-] Bluewing@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

She's got other heavy baggage for sure. But you can still appreciate her efforts on this front. If she's willing and able to tear down Trump and all the other pedos on the list, don't turn down the help. We still need all we can get.

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[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 1 week ago

I miss the days when MTG stood for Magic the Gathering.

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[-] JackDark@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I appreciate that this is in the "not the onion" community. ~~Woman~~ MGT makes common sense statement! Bombshell news!

Edit: Accidental sexism. My problem is with MGT, not women.

[-] Gust@piefed.social 115 points 1 week ago

I mean, the woman was MTG. More accurately, woman who believes in Jewish space lasers that control the weather makes common sense statement! Bombshell news!

[-] JackDark@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago

sigh... Fair.

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[-] ghosthacked@feddit.uk 45 points 1 week ago

I mean, everyone already knew this

[-] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's good for her supporters to hear her say this.

[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It’s too late, though. She’d dead to hardcore MAGA, no Rumble influencer would dare amplify her, and algorithms would never show this to people more on the fence.

[-] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

One report I saw says she changed her stance when some of her supporters did. There's no doubt she brings along a few people and that's good.

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[-] Wilco@lemmy.zip 43 points 1 week ago

This could have all been ended when it was discovered Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate the Bidens. He should have been impeached and then imprisoned. The Republican party traded any semblance of law and justice for corrupt party loyalty.

[-] FatVegan@leminal.space 11 points 1 week ago

You can't imprison a celebrity in america. How absurd

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[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 week ago

MTG represents the post-Epstein MAGA movement. All the fascist policy, none of the Epstein baggage. She is extremely valuable to the movement pivoting around the pedophilia.

[-] Kacarott@aussie.zone 18 points 1 week ago

It seems to me to be a good thing if MAGA is fracturing? I'd be more concerned if they were unified in hiding behind one scapegoat, to avoid repercussions from the Epstein files

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

Yes, it is a good thing. But the rat won't drown itself, so it's looking for any line to safety.

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[-] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 40 points 1 week ago

Something we ALL ALREADY KNEW and you guys being the only ones pretending otherwise...is not a bombshell.

[-] BranBucket@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago

I'll never like her.

I will begrudgingly acknowledge that she was likely suckered in the same way so many people were suckered, and is now trying to do the right thing.

I will continue to quietly suspect that she's probably an accessory to the cover up in some way and is trying to save her own ass.

However, the enemy of my enemy and all...

[-] BennyTheExplorer@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

I don't really think she is trying to do the right thing. She was Trumps biggest ally for YEARS while he did some of the worst things, you could think of and she most likely knew about the Epstein stuff way before this and actively covered it up. She doesn't believe in anything except her own power.

I think, the reason she is doing this is because she recognized that Trump is a sinking ship and she is trying to take advantage of that for her own gain. Maybey she wants to run for president in the future or at least be the loyal companion of one. If she were to continue defending Trump for everything his admin does, she would sink with him, so she tries to get out.

[-] bampop@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sometimes, even basically evil people have a line they won't cross. Deceiving the public and corrupting the rule of law beyond repair, just to protect a cabal of pedophile rapists, seems to be that line, for an alarmingly small number of republicans. I guess she just didn't think it would come to that. MTG is probably just your basic greedy racist vindictive kind of evil. I can imagine why the sadistic child raping stuff might be a deal breaker for some people.

[-] snowboardbumvt@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I think MTG is loyal to "her people". She's fine when "other people" are hurt, but Epstein and his co-conspirators hurt white, Christian, American girls. We're seeing more and more people breaking off from MAGA based on their personal principles, like the NRA and other 2nd amendment rights group speaking out against the Pretti shooting.

Donald has no principles whatsoever, he just wants to "win" and demands absolute loyalty no matter what. It looks like some of his supporters are starting to see the con job, or maybe they already did, but they're starting to realize that allying with a man who will betray you as soon as you're no longer useful is a bad strategy.

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[-] skisnow@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

She’s on a tear because she thought she’d get a top cabinet position, only to discover that Trump along with everyone else in the party thinks she’s a moron.

[-] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

To be fair, she IS a moron.

[-] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

The enemy of your enemy is just another enemy.

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[-] Soulphite@reddthat.com 35 points 1 week ago

Sorry folks.. MAGA will NOT be WOKE. MTG has already been tossed, shredded and labeled misfit by king pedophile himself.

Keep dreamin'.

[-] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 week ago

Why would Jeffrey Epstein's BEST FRIEND who FINGER RAPED CHILDREN try to Protect Jeffrey Epstein?

-Republicans who Do Their Own Research TM!

[-] PillBugTheGreat@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

Someone got their claws into MTG to have her come out as a dark horse candidate aiming to disrupt a JD Vance presidency. She would be the candidate in this scenario. She is being positioned to be the candidate that "saw through the bullshit and is on normal conservatives' side".

It very likely will work.

[-] MJKee9@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

That may be the case. But AOC is on record saying MTG is just acting out of rage due to the fact that Trump personally killed any chance of her becoming a Georgia senator. Apparently that was the straw that broke the camel's back resulting in the current incarnation of MTG.

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[-] slampisko@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

How many more bombshells to bring this scumbag down? I feel like we're about 149 bombshells in and still nothing is happening

[-] neuromorph@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Sure. Lets all assume MAGA believed it was a "hoax, or democratic lie" before today. Now that it isnt they need to explain why they still support Trump.

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[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

One thing I like about her is that she became super outspoken about the fact that Israel basically has congress occupied. Most people in congress have an aipac handler they have to run everything by. Epstein and Ghisline were Mossad so I respect her honesty on this one issue.

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 24 points 1 week ago

Just because someone says something you agree with about Israel doesn't mean you should forget that she also believes Jewish people are secretly controlling the world and it's weather.

If she's anti-Israel than you can be assured she isn't against it because of aipac money colonialism, it's because she's legitimately Anti-Semitic

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[-] prole 17 points 1 week ago

Wow. What a shocking bombshell.

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

The MAGA fucknuts are too dumb and brainwashed to realize the shit they voted for.

[-] Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

"Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

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[-] D_C@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

Wait, the orange child rapist doesn't want the files of -just some of- those child rapes to be released? No way. Say it ain't so!!

[-] johncandy1812@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

She's just another grifter who sided with Trump when it benefitted her. Now's she's trying to benefit from their disassociation. Like all those former Trump staffers who have "seen the light" and are who are now MSNBC pundits selling their books on TV.

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