Ding Dong the puppet is gone

[N35t0r]

A small boat like that with 11 people on board was most definitely not smuggling drugs.

[Geronimo]

It is entirely possible that the next president will be JD Vance, who AFAICT believes in MAGA as much as he believes in anything, and is substantially more intelligent and focused than Trump.

what the hell is MAGA beyond a cult of personality about Trump? is it mercantilism, tight borders, and what else?

[Dauphin]

Underage girls.

[Dauphin]

Haha, saying 'underage girls' gets blocked by the software. lol

[Ming]

Actually... it considered it SPAM
I had to approve it

[N35t0r]

You heard it here folks! Ming approves of underage girls!

(No wonder he used to be a Republican )

[EPW]

Of course he does, he used to be one himself after all.

[Elok]

what the hell is MAGA beyond a cult of personality about Trump? is it mercantilism, tight borders, and what else?

Extreme performative vindictiveness towards class enemies, overt contempt for moral/legal norms and respectability, cultural revanchism as implied by the name. Probably other things too but I have to get ready for work soon and it's too early to really think properly about the question.

EDIT after breakfast: I would say the essence of MAGA is the belief that the government's top priority should be to use its power to damage and hinder progressivism and progressive projects, due to progressivism posing an existential threat to the essential nature of America. The threat being so dire, extreme tactical and ethical flexibility in the pursuit of its destruction is not only excusable but laudable, as a sign of conviction.

[Elok]

Wow, I write some clunky-ass prose when I'm in a hurry at 0500. Well, it's still comprehensible, barely.

[giblets]

You should capitalize random nouns based on vibes like our Dear President