I think we really are at THE turning point, at least on social media [View all]

Like most people here, I never thought people could continue to support all the outrageous things Trump has done, going all the way back to 2011 when Trump started the birther business. But we just kept seeing outrage after outrage. Every day, Trump tried to do or say something more outrageous to continue to dominate the media coverage. None of us thought this could possibly continue for so long. And after 14 solid years of it, most of us have had serious doubts that there was ever a line that Republicans and their voters would not cross.

But in the past month, we have seen Massie take strong "in your face" positions against Trump and Johnson -- and survive. We even saw Boebert and Marge Taylor stand up. Ms. Taylor said there were lots more House Republicans ready to bail. I did not believe that. But then we had the 434-1 vote on the Epstein files. And the November election rout everywhere. Things seemed to be moving quickly, even though we had to put up with Schumer capitulating just when the leverage was swinging solidly to our side.

Because of the Schumer wing of the Party and the DNC's preference for candidates in empty suits, I didn't really expect we could see a real political swing. But now I am convinced there is a huge inflection point taking place before our eyes. I base this mainly on my observations on various social media, including Facebook, and other sites that are not typically political (e.g. a car site, a financial planning site, a music synthesizer site. etc.)

What I have noticed the past several weeks is that the MAGA people are almost all gone now. Many people have commented that Trump signs are gone from their neighborhoods. Well, I have only one MAGA person harassing me on FB now. He's a jerk, but I rarely block anybody unless they get violent or really offensive. Normally there are a dozen people trying to pwn me, but none of them are active anymore.

I saw an article about Indiana state Senator Bohacek, who has said that he is pulling his decisive vote from the redistricting effort because of Trump's disgusting comments about people with intellectual challenges (the Senator has a child with Downs). There were over 100 responses to this article on FB, and practically every one of them was anti-Trump -- in a state that voted for Trump three times.

But it isn't just that. On a forum talking about the model of car I drive, people are now making all sorts of strongly anti-Trump, anti-Nazi comments, where the discussions used to be mostly apolitical. Same thing on the music sites I follow. It is like there is a jailbreak where it is no longer cool to be with Trump. And I should say, they are not talking about inflation or eggs or gas. They are talking about the downright evil things that are going on in this regime. They are talking about ICE. They are talking about tearing down the White House. They are talking about the guy's mental state. They are talking about his grifting and other corruption. They are talking about the billionaires doing their smash-and-grab. People are actually paying attention now.

I don't know if others are seeing the same things, but it looks to me like the dam is breaking.