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Chuck Schumer is firing up the donation request e-mails as we speak, I’m sure.

I mean technically it was Biden’s fault that J6 happened, just not in the way Trump is saying. If Biden hadn’t won, Trump wouldn’t have tried to make it happen.

Pretty much the best Elseworlds/DC “What If” unless we count Kingdom Come.

A corporation would just buy the turbine.

And then he’d just stop turning it?

There’s Batgirl who was non-verbal and is now semi-verbal, Batman was paralyzed himself for a good while and was replaced by Azrael, who one could argue had some sort of schizophrenia as a result of his brainwashing from his order.

Are you comfortable and accepting Superman lasering villains when he could singlehandedly end food shortages worldwide and give free unlimited energy to the world by just turning a large turbine for years?

It’s comic books, there’s only so much real world logic one can throw in there before they run into the wall of “Someone would have shot the Joker in the head by now, c’mon.”.

Also, Gotham is a shithole from root to stem. The good folks are the exception, not the rule.

I mean two of those are pretty clearly regulation issues. Maybe if the city’s Regulatory Agencies weren’t so strapped for cash they’d be more able to address pollution and water safety issues.

See point 5.

It’s amazing have Bruce Wayne doesn’t use his philanthropy to build one, almost like he likes them being crazy so he has someone to beat up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Enterprises#Wayne_Foundation

He could literally call up a couple folks he knows who have absurd, godly super powers to shut all of that down, or pick up the entire chunk of landmass those problems are stuck in and hurl them into the sun.

May as well ask why Mr. Fantastic doesn’t cure cancer, or other super geniuses don’t ensure no one ever goes hungry again. We both know the answer: Because the comic would end. Thinking about this shit too hard causes it all to fall apart. The ol’ Superman was a transitional energy source idea. Beyond that, if we’re applying the lens of “Just tax him properly” we can’t also apply the lens of “Just call Superman to eye laser the joker dummy.” Gotta pick a lane here.

Meanwhile, setting up huge social programs to raise the quality of life for every Gotham resident which would decentivize crime and the wacky crime lords wearing funny outfits and other gimmicks would suddenly find the city less profitable and harder to hire thugs.

Wayne has. Foundations in both parents names. Hires ex-cons on the regular. Wacky super criminals aren’t typically interested in profitability, Joker isn’t looking to make millions and retire. He’s criminally insane.

Here is a short list of shit going on in Gotham at any given time, not including the wide array of psychopaths and supervillains doing shit at any given time:

1. The insane asylum with the portal to hell (Depending on if you consider Living Hell canon or not.)
2. The Lazarus pit in the city spewing chemicals into the water supply.
3. All the other chemicals likely in the water supply from a wide array of sources, including regular pollution and goofy shit.
4. The remnants of the evil warlock who was sealed under the city for centuries.
5. The massive mafia presence and general corruption.
6. The Illuminati that uses zombie soldiers.

That is not shit proper taxation is going to resolve. You can’t protected bike lane away the zombie controlling Illuminati.

Depending on POV it’s either

1. They are controlled opposition.
2. They are controlled, but by big money, which is why they don’t push for the things the voters want, but instead try to sell them on the things that their big money donors/elites want.

https://www.joewrote.com/p/the-ratf-and-cking-will-continue

Strom Thurmond lived to be 101. He was in in congress from 1956 to 2003. We can all hope for the Big Beautiful Obituary, but only the good seem to die young.

In absofuckinglutely horrifying recent news: https://www.npr.org/2025/08/25/nx-s1-5515487/new-world-screwworm-us-human-case

Though I think that’ll just fuck up our dairy and beef supply more than people.

Not shocking that a party isn’t against things like big business when thats where they get their money from

Bold of you to think they read any part of the bible except the ones they can twist for the sake of hatred.

How could someone take umbrage there? Like… read his origin story. He was born on Krypton. He got dropped on Earth. He was adopted by folks in Kansas. If I told people I found a child who drifted across the Rio Grande and adopted him as my own, we’d all agree he was probably from Mexico and not a native born citizen. But apparently him drifting in from SPACE changes the narrative?

Not sure how that’s salient to my point but okay.

Any criticism of the Israeli government, no matter how milquetoast, gets called anti-semitic by defenders, folks shouldn’t be shocked when people shrug after a while, say, “guess I’m anti-semitic now”, and really let loose.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2025-06-26/marines-budget-2026-18253650.html

The [Marines] $57.2 billion budget request is part of the Navy’s $292.2 billion overall proposed spending plan for fiscal 2026, which begins Oct. 1. The budget request reflects a more than 6% increase from the 2025 request.

More then three times the budget of the Marines.

If he ran on the, “Oh yeah I’ll definitely be in charge wink wink” platform he prob could get the MAGA vote, sadly enough.

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