In shock announcement, Trump says U.S. wants to take over Gaza Strip

[aghast@lemmy.world]

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[watson387@sopuli.xyz]

What the actual fuck...

[magister@lemmy.world]

Panama, Greenland, Canada, Gaza, what else? The world?

[upside431@lemmy.world]

What the hell...

[t00l_shed@lemmy.world]

Not a shock. Maybe surprise that he specified Gaza, but not a shock.

[ptz@dubvee.org]

You did it "undecideds" and "both sides" people: You saved Palestine! /s

[reallyactuallyfrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com]

I'm starting to adjust to the Trump term and learn how not to be disappointed with these news stories - here's my one simple trick:

Expect news tomorrow to be worse than today, in ways you can't even imagine. Each day repeat this process, with new baseline lowered expectations from the day before. It's that easy!

[adarza@lemmy.ca]

new zealand's underground movement to keep it off world maps about to pay off.

[t00l_shed@lemmy.world]

Every day worse than the last, it's part of their tactics to demoralize and inundate us as well.

[adarza@lemmy.ca]

the thing is, i expected 'bad'. we got 'worse' instead.

then i expected 'even worse', and we got 'what the fucking hell?' repeatedly.

and it's been downhill with no end in sight, since.

[wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works]

It's not really a shock, Kushner has been talking about it for over a year.

[regrub@lemmy.world]

Their strategy is to overwhelm the news cycle with distractions. Stay focused.

[jeebaichow@lemmy.world]

Just don't call it genocide

[jeebaichow@lemmy.world]

'but we had no choice' - dumbfuks

[shepherdpie@midwest.social]

Yeah, alienating people for not supporting genocide is such an excellent move. Did you happen to work as a strategist with Harris campaign because this is right up their alley.

[reallyactuallyfrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com]

Yeah, in posting my comment, I was thinking about this as well. It's certainly their tactic and it's how fascists win.

The problem: I don't know how to effectively counteract it. "Stay hopeful," "don't get discouraged" is all well and good, and I'm going to continue to watch the bloody corpse of America get hacked to bits out of some semblance of duty, even if I'd like to look away.

The only response that would actually help is collective action and direct resistance - and I'll certainly join a protest, or something with an actual end-game plan that isn't just "raise awareness we don't like this." But none of the leaders we elected are giving any actual leadership. Even if they were, the media isn't reporting on it so we can't efficiently align. Lawsuits aren't even being filed fast enough to keep up with the onslaught, even if the Supreme Court is potentially captured. The Overton window is moving so fast, they're actually pulling off the coup.

[rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca]

Keeping the shock and awe on himself while musk fucks off with wheelbarrows of money in the background?

[spongebue@lemmy.world]

Apparently that was 100% Joe Biden

[ghyste@sh.itjust.works]

Honestly I think some of this bullshit could be considered semi serious. This is Donnie's crap. Leon has his own agenda.

[cm0002@lemmy.world]

BlUeMaGa