Not to bothsides the issue because Republicans are literal death cult pedophiles, but big-D Democrats are also complacent. They’re using the war to fundraise but have been awfully quiet otherwise

(Seriously, my entire SMS history looks like this)

You win a no expenses paid vacation to an ICE facility in Bumfuck, Idaho!

In fairness it’s strong plastic, but I wish they’d used metal. Curse you Timberland!

There’s friendly fire and then there’s

I definitely haven’t had the same experience. Anything I get that is pleather ends up breaking down sooner rather than later (especially thrifted pleather). Hell, my favorite pair of pleather pants recently lost a dish sized area by the crotch, and those were bought new from a brand I trust. Virtually every pair of pleather boots has ended up in the trash, and I currently have a long pleather skirt that basically ripped from floor to waist that I’m still deciding whether to fix or not.

I will add the disclaimer that I’m an experienced leatherworker which affects my bias

I rarely get real leather new, and when it fails it’s rarely the actual leather. I have a jacket I thrifted about a decade ago that is still going strong, though I’ve had to replace the buttons a few times. My most recent leather boots survived multiple camping trips and heavy use, until the plastic zipper broke. Even my leatherwork mainly uses repurposed scraps. At this point my partner and I refuse to buy/use a daily purse that is anything but leather because of how long it lasts. It’s worth repairing leather, it’s not worth repairing pleather.

The worst part is he’ll probably get it. But ask for $152m to improve infrastructure and Republicans say no while Democrats say “No. #blm :)”

And it’s fucking terrible compared to real leather. It’ll start flaking or cracking after a year, it’s fucking dangerous around fire, it offers no fucking insulation or protection, it’s shit.

A problem in the fire performer community is that novices will grab it thinking it’s the same as real leather, or because they oppose real leather, and we always have to pull them aside and give em a stern talk about how dangerous it is

Best we can do is the Berlin Wall of Trump

Lee Zeldin is such a piece of shit, par for the course

Trump “I did that!” sticker makers love this

I really don’t expect Gavin Newsom to do anything other than pander to Republicans, say “we must be friends in the name of progress”, maybe pardon Trump, and leave all but the worst of Trump’s policies in place

…by whom?

Can we compare it to IDF rifles next?

🎻🤏🏼

I’ve been considering the same thing. My hope is that if I wait long enough they’ll do it for me

I’m not holding my breath. If we get anything besides a Russian style dictatorship, it’ll be some useless Neoliberal who pardons everyone in the name of “peace” then leaves all but the worst Trump era policies in place

Unless the people actually do something, which is even less likely

Put one next to nine that reads “Better a pig than a fascist”

Dracula now takes place in Sylvania

They really should because it’s a part of life that exists, but they aren’t. In fact, they’re criminalizing being or mentioning transgenderism

The US is in the middle of a trans genocide, but sure go on and tell me about how that isn’t pressing because it doesn’t affect you specifically