#parade of horribles
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For The Atlantic’s January/February 2024 issue, 24 contributors consider what Donald Trump could do if he were to return to the White House.
Just the summary page is a hilarious parade of catastrophizing. First, the editor's note:
• A WARNING, By Jeffrey Goldberg
America survived the first Trump term, though not without sustaining serious damage. A second term, if there is one, will be much worse.
Then the rest:
• THE DANGER AHEAD, By David Frum
If Donald Trump returns to the White House, he’d bring a better understanding of the system’s vulnerabilities, more willing enablers, and a more focused agenda of retaliation against his adversaries.
• TRUMP WILL ABANDON NATO, By Anne Applebaum
If reelected, he would end our commitment to the European alliance, reshaping the international order and hobbling American influence in the world.
• LOYALISTS, LAPDOGS, AND CRONIES, By McKay Coppins
In a second Trump term, there would be no adults in the room.
• THE SPECTER OF FAMILY SEPARATION, By Caitlin Dickerson
Donald Trump and his allies have promised to restore their draconian zero-tolerance immigration policy.
• HOW TRUMP GETS AWAY WITH IT, By Barton Gellman
If reelected, he could use the powers of the presidency to evade justice and punish his enemies.
• FOUR MORE YEARS OF UNCHECKED MISOGYNY, By Sophie Gilbert
In a second Trump term, women would once again be targets.
• THE CLIMATE CAN’T AFFORD ANOTHER TRUMP PRESIDENCY, By Zoë Schlanger
His approach to the environment: ignore it.
• IS JOURNALISM READY?, By George Packer
[Which rule is it that says that if a headline is a question, the answer is probably "no"?]
The press has repeatedly fallen into Donald Trump’s traps. A second term could render it irrelevant.
• TRUMP’S POLARIZATION OF SCIENCE IS BAD FOR EVERYONE, By Sarah Zhang
A reelected Donald Trump would continue to attack studies that stand in the way of his agenda—and to make support for scientific inquiry a tribal belief.
• CORRUPTION UNBOUND, By Franklin Foer
Donald Trump and his cronies left his first administration with a playbook for self-enrichment in a second term.
• WHY XI WANTS TRUMP TO WIN, By Michael Schuman
A second Trump term would allow China to cement its grip on the developing world.
• A MAGA JUDICIARY, By Adam Serwer
In a second term, Donald Trump would appoint more judges who don’t care about the law.
• THE PROUD BOYS LOVE A WINNER, By Juliette Kayyem
A second Trump term would validate the violent ideologies of far-right extremists—and allow them to escape legal jeopardy.
• A PLAN TO OUTLAW ABORTION EVERYWHERE, By Elaine Godfrey
Activists hope a Trump Justice Department would criminalize the procedure, with or without a federal ban.
• THE TRUTH WON’T MATTER, By Megan Garber
If reelected, Donald Trump will once again churn out absurdity and outrage with factory efficiency.
• DONALD TRUMP VS. AMERICAN HISTORY, By Clint Smith
He has promised to impose his harmful, erroneous claims on school curricula in a second term.
• A WAR ON BLUE AMERICA, By Ronald Brownstein
In a second term, Trump would punish the cities and states that don’t support him.
• TRUMP ISN’T BLUFFING, By David A. Graham
We’ve become inured to his rhetoric, but his message has grown darker.
• CIVIL RIGHTS UNDONE, By Vann R. Newkirk II
How Trump could unwind generations of progress
• TRUMP’S PLAN TO POLICE GENDER, By Spencer Kornhaber
His campaign is promising a more repressive and dangerous America.
• A MILITARY LOYAL TO TRUMP, By Tom Nichols
In 2020, the armed forces were a bulwark against Donald Trump’s antidemocratic designs. Changing that would be a high priority in a second term.
• THE LEFT CAN’T AFFORD TO GO MAD, By Helen Lewis
[This one looks like the closest to an even-handed approach, and stands out in comparison to the rest]
A second Trump term would require an opposition that focuses on his abuses of power—and seeks converts rather than hunting heretics.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE AMERICAN PSYCHE IF TRUMP IS REELECTED?, By Jennifer Senior
Our bodies are not designed to handle chronic stress.
• TRUMP VOTERS ARE AMERICA TOO, By Mark Leibovich
(Note: even this one is totally negative)
If he wins a second term, perhaps we’ll finally dispense with the myth that “this is not who we are.”
#the atlantic#trump derangement syndrome#lol#lmao even#parade of horribles#stop making republicans sound based
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there I fixed it, sjm style
#nesta#nesta archeron#nesta deserves better#like why the fuck is she glorifying this horrible abusive scene#and pretending it's called healing#and when he didn't do shit when he realized she was fucking SUICIDAL#omggggg#more red flags than a Chinese parade#as if he even needed red flags#dude's a walking red flag
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i am not too big on any non canon ships but oooooh god. oh goodness. the tragedy of kevjean ohhh mon dieu………..
#kevjean#what if we were the only real thing in our wretched world….#what if the horrible thing that brought us together tore us apart and we could never recover from it#oooohhh mein gott#i think the later parade changed my brain chemistry
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The girls at pride, which I should’ve posted in June (and did, over on insta), but am now posting today because I attended the local pride parade today!🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
#yeah Stockholm pride takes place in august so that’s when we have our parade#Simon snow#Simon snow series#simon snow trilogy#snowbaz#fem snowbaz#Simone snow#simon snow#Baz pitch#pride#pride parade#and yes. I know Simon is not bi. I think that he can relate bi peoples experiences to some degree however#and the bi flag is pretty whereas the unlabeled flag looks like plain oatmeal tastes#I’m unlabeled guys trust me I would rather carry the bi or pan flag than the unlabeled/undefined one#and who knows maybe girl!simon thinks of herself as bi#it would not be the only thing that’s different from canon in my fem renditions of the boys#(and no I am not secretly bi nor do I have internalized biphobia. I’m just unlabeled queer & the flag for that is one of the most meh)#and sorry for the horrible image quality I don’t have the energy to try and fix it even the slightest
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#Not just non-American lives.#I said on here in 2020 if Biden was elected most of those white people at the George Floyd protests would disappear.#Because politics is a game to be won for them.#Team Biden won so Championship parade and go home everybody.#Police killed a record number of people last year.#Covid is still killing and disabling people.#You criticize Biden and people automatically say think about what will happen to People of color and the disabled if Trump wins.#We don't have to.#If you were paying attention you'd know.#So four years later I'll say it again.#White liberals are afraid of Trump because he makes them feel like niggers in America.#It isn't fun when the laws you thought protected you suddenly don't anymore. That's a new feeling for them.#And they will swallow whatever horrible thing Biden does to avoid that feeling.#Because when you vote for the lesser evil you are still voting for evil. Evil they're willing to swallow.#And most of us are tired of our struggles only mattering when middle class white people start catching hell too.#The country is in collapse.#The marginalized folks see it#homelessness is skyrocketing.#And as someone on Twitter just said..the war always comes back home.#They think it matters who is in control when it falls apart.#T. S. Eliot said not with a bang but a whimper.
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We as a society don't talk enough about the welcome to the black parade Steve Aoki 10th anniversary remix because what the actual fuck was that
#It's by far the worst remix I've ever heard I just have to laugh#Why would you want to remix an already perfect song and then make it HORRIBLE#Most of all why would you do this in the first place? It has a totally different vibe and takes away from the meaning#It's like a musical shitpost at this point#It's really funny though so I'll give it that but that is not enough to redeem itself#Steve explain yourself#my chemical romance#mcr#steve aoki#welcome to the black parade#gerard way#frank iero#ray toro#mikey way
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fyi: if you’re a straight “ally” and in a relationship with someone who you know is homophobic, you’re not an ally.
#literally since i was months old my mom would take me to the pride parade#and eventually her job had something to do with it so we got to walk in it#so for like a huge part of my life i was surrounded by queer people and i thought that it was ok to be queer#and then my moms bf (who she met at work) started going with us#but he would complain NONSTOP#so we stopped going for a bit#and he started voicing his homophobic beliefs constantly#especially after i came out#in front of my mom he was literally mocking me for being gay and saying horrible shit to me#and i expected her to defend me but nope she just said ‘we all have our opinions’#and my mom isn’t necessarily mentally stable#but still i expected her to not be a bitch#and now its been years and she still talks about how much of an ally she is and how much she loves gay people#but i’m banned from ever bringing up having a girlfriend or talking about liking girls#and he just gets to get away with treating me like absolute garbage#but this applies to so many more people#i’ve met so many fake allies like her and i despise them#text#like boring ass basic straight girls getting into relationships with stupid country redneck guys#‘oh he didnt mean it like that’ ‘it’s just his opinion’ ‘nooo i support gay people’ blah blah blah#rant
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Okay sorry but the idea of a horrible histories my chemical romance parody is both shocking and hilarious, literally could not have predicted this at all
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why do some ppl think that suicide baiting is acceptable if the target is shitty enough????? no offense but i don’t care who tf you’re talking to, i don’t care what they said or what they did or what you’ve been through. drop a “kill yourself” on a stranger without warning and it’s an instant block
#suicide tw#suicide mention#this isn’t in defense of any particular target#but there are certain phrases which are upsetting enough that i don’t think they should be paraded around public forums#without respect for others#i make plenty of dark references to the horrible parts of my life#………… in private and with conversational consent
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trying to remember those silly littol titles the neo champions had.......
#well it was more like. the name of the special abilities. yeah#i can remember mine and hop's...... maybe bc they were iconic skhfjsj#like. why wld u name an ability galar flag bearer? galar pride???? galar pride parade real#and bedehop real *gets shot*#but marnie's was just normal....... how hard was it to name it galar gay power or smth like that :')#was it galar bravery? galar courage? i can't remember sighs#SIGHS why does my memory get progressively worse........ i feel so horrible sobs
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Continued from [ X ]
@shiroi---kumo
Only after the magician's fingers nudged the knight's chin higher, did the misty creature suddenly snap fully back to reality. And with that rather abrupt awakening - came defiance. A swish of white hair as the knight's head moved to the side, disgust twisting and tugging at his features.
Oh, my. How very rude.
The soft giggle faded following the Unlimited's words, the Chaotic avatar's own visage shedding any pretense of friendliness. Instead, a sharp, stone-cold look crept onto cadaver-pale skin - their voice suddenly an absolute void of emotion. Like a black hole.
"Feeling feisty, aren't we, Makenshi." The entity's words cut through the air, entirely unamused. And if there was one thing about Chaos one absolutely did not want to do - it was to bore it.
A squeeze of blood-red tendrils followed, an emphasis to the magician's half-statement, half-inquiry. Not nearly enough to break bone, but certainly enough to bruise, forcing the air out of the Misterican's lungs with ease. Just as quickly, the boa constrictor's hold relaxed, snaking slowly up, but not quite high enough to rest around the neck. Yet.
The Troupemaster's expression reverted to a picture of cordiality, lips puckered as a gloved finger wagged slowly. "Nuh uh uh~" A nonchalant reprimand, and a tentacle gently but firmly forced the swordsman to look in their direction.
"You know you're hurting me, don't you? Running off like that. My precious little gem, lost in the filth of this realm." A long, dramatic sigh, followed by a theatrical sadness welling up in frigid eyes. Switching masks with the ease of a practiced actor. "What did I tell you about these savages? They will break you. They just cannot appreciate someone like you. Cannot ever give you the love you so desperately crave and deserve. Savages, that they are. And a gem like you -"
They smiled softly, a perversion of reassurance painted upon too-pale lips.
"...Is just so very brittle. Is that not right, my Little Cloud?"
And there it was, held tightly in the demon's grasp. The Maken was lowered from the darkness of the ceiling, ensnared with no hope of freedom by the serpent's coils. The beast reached for it, bringing it close to their body - just close enough to trace a finger across the soul crystal's scarring. They knew.
Of course they knew. It was Chaos' own fine work, after all.
"Now, let's begin with the very basics, just like good old times, shall we? I am the divine punishment sent upon this realm. My previous incarnation was too good for these animals. Look how they thanked me. And you aided them, like the lost rebellious child that you are. Don't you see it? Used for their ends like some common weapon. Their hands were never fit to wield you, my dearest Little Cloud. But that’s alright. I am forgiving, unless you make that too difficult of your own accord."
A gloved hand left the Maken to rest on the entity's chest. "The name's Anarchy. As you may have already heard, I have had a little change in the form of address. From now on, you will refer to me as Your Frabjousness, or, if that is too complicated, simply: Master."
The magician never ceased to smile, ever patient with their prey until they were not.
"Do you understand, or should I repeat myself? Hmm?"
It seemed now was the time to answer. After all, it was best not to bore the living flesh of Chaos with unnecessary silence.
#from the shadows ♦ ic#thread ♦️ afraid of monsters#the devil parade marches ♦ main verse#arc ♦ creeping shadows of anarchy#shiroi---kumo#I present: horrible
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wish ig wasnt so fucked i do miss posting art on there but itll never be like that again. how zuck managed to make it feel physically bad and gross to use an app is incredible. its like a corpse of the app i used to use. a bad puppet. a shell. parading around, empty and awful. came back wrong. i cant use it the way it is anymore. "reels" and "stories" and the algorithm. im not using those. im not using that. it feels gross. its sliming me. its oozing slime out of my phone. i just wanted to make posts. have all my stupid art in one place and chill with my mutuals. but no. its trying to sell me ads and pretty people. and now i cant view my notifications bc it sold pretty people too hard and broke teenager's brains. itstelling me to watch reels. all the people i follow are posting their posts in their stories that im not watching bc ive refused to evolve the way i use that app past like 2016. why dont ppl just make posts. what the fuck is the point of stories. is that not just snapchat? im not downloading that either
#toy txt post#unreality#? not really but for some of the way some of this is phrased i guess?#i hate instagram now and it makes me so sad#but i miss it. posting art here isnt the same. but its not the same there either#on the rare occasion i do draw smth it doesnt feel worth posting fuckin anywhere#i dont want any tips on how to use it i just want it to not exist anymore tbh. at least people acknowledge that twitter is dead#it feels like everyone just keeps using ig and im just standing here like. its fuckjng dead. its a corpse being paraded around by ads#it died the day they introduced that fucking algo timeline.how are you all still using it. can you not feel the fucking slime?#similar to fb. i just. everytime i open it#every part of me starts screaming. how the fuck are ppl still using it? why am i expected to still use it?#at least that is like. im not expecting my nana to make a tumblr and i dont want her to#anyway. this has been old man yells at cloud#i feel like i have always used ig in a way that was fundamentally different than how other ppl were using it but i used to be able to get#away w it and have no issues but its not possible now#it wont stop reminding me what a horrible thing its become. it wont stop helpfully suggesting ppl it thinks i should follow for one reason#or another god fucking knows why
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I got my fucking period like an hour in to the six hour field trip and there was no pads in the bathroom
#and then my oarents wanted to stay for like and hour after#it was so horrible#i had to march a whole ass parade with toilet paper shoved in my fucking underwear#idc if this is tmi ive had such a long day im exhausted#post posting
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feeling sick to my stomach after that finale, actually, wow
#i. think it may be time to drop off tumblr for a while again#lmao as if i'm that active anyway#ik this is quite reactionary but i can already tell that i'm in the minority opinion here since everyone else seems happy soooooo#i dont wanna rain on peoples' parade#anyway. most of the posts i made prior aged like milk huh :))))))))#i'm just. kinda speechless.#i've been in a state of shock since this morning#there are no words#am i living in a fucking fever dream?? am i high??? is this an alternate reality???????#who fucking knows#i'm just......... so numb i dont even know what to feel or say#wow. man. Man.#i'm just. going against everything i'd been assuming the last few weeks.#and praying to all that is holy that this doesn't end up being canon in the manga#i have to cling to that because that's the only hope i have rn#i just really want to fucking cry i'm so angry and hurt and upset at how horrible this was wow#bones has always sucked ass but for the first time ever i don't know whether this is all them or asagiri too. and that's. that. well!!!
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is taylor still friends with l*na d*nham? because jesus christ her article in vogue talking about marilyn monroe was absolutely disgusting and disrespectful. l*na was already trash, but it’s another thing on the list for taylor.
#g talks#anti taylor swift#anti swifties#swifties dni#honestly you choose who you associate with and it says a lot about you and what you believe#if she’s willing to be friends with someone THIS horrible#and parade her around the stage during her 1989 tour#taylor is a piece of shit with legs#mine#/mobile#/okay to reblog
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really disliking this new corporate strategy of using trans people as marketing (hersheys and now bud light(?????)) where these massive billion dollar brands just expose trans women to the most vile harassment possible while they get to profit off their image and pretend to be progressive. like wow cool you put trans women on your chocolate bar and your beer cans but are you like, doing anything for them and the wider community or are you just parading them around...lol. also it really frustrates me that people will eat this shit up. brands targeting the lgbt community as a marketing demographic is not a good thing, actually. it should piss you off that target sells tshirts with the word queer on it. it should piss you off that hersheys "we use child slave labor" chocolate is trying to target you specifically with their advertisements
#obviously im sure fae and dylan are being paid and i dont think theyre bad for taking the endorsements#but are these companies doing anything else to like. protect them.#it feels so gross and exploitative lol#dylan has already been getting so much online harassment#and after that hersheys womens day ad fae had to like scrub some of her online presence to avoid being doxxed#and for weeks afterwards on twitter people were just being so horrible about her#and hersheys specifically never came back out in support of her#they made a very vague wish washy statement abt ‘inclusion’ where they didnt even mention her or trans women at all lol#like again im sure both women took the endorsement with the knowledge that this would happen#but i do think. as being 'inclusive' has become a clear marketing strategy then these companies#need to be offering more than just money for parading marginalized people around#especially with the. current Political and Social climate. lmfao#idk the hersheys thing really pissed me off earlier this year especially when the company completely failed to really support her#i dont know whats going on behind the scenes but they should have done something publicly anyways#tfw you want to pretend to be progressive but also dont want to completely alienate your bigot customers... lol!#also they only donated 30k for those ads which is less than pennies compared to the 4.4billion they made last year
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