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demmiblue

(39,254 posts)
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 01:08 PM Apr 2025

Sooo... they have moved on from lapel flag pins to this monstrosity:



Cult of personality watch. These are not the habits of a democratic movement.

Brendan Nyhan (@brendannyhan.bsky.social) 2025-04-10T12:41:33.336Z



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Sooo... they have moved on from lapel flag pins to this monstrosity: (Original Post) demmiblue Apr 2025 OP
OMG! No words! wordstroken Apr 2025 #1
YUCK!! When they can't go any lower, they bluestarone Apr 2025 #2
Trump on the cross necklace newdeal2 Apr 2025 #3
Sure, why not? The Anti-Christ is already selling signed Buybulls. OMGWTF Apr 2025 #11
I would not want a Bible that's been defaced like that. calimary Apr 2025 #124
The only thing that wearing that says, Mr. Evil Apr 2025 #95
WTF is so wrong with people that they want johnnyfins Apr 2025 #4
It's a Cult. Can you please tell me what it is... Cha Apr 2025 #55
I zoomed in and found it's a likeness of Trump, in silhouette. n/t Mister Ed Apr 2025 #81
TY.. omg... I saw a post later in this Cha Apr 2025 #88
I thought it was a gold chimpanzee Progressive dog Apr 2025 #111
lol chimpanzees are Exponentially Smarter. Cha Apr 2025 #112
Kinda like what a cult would do, dontcha think? GulfofMexico Apr 2025 #5
Ha! Love your user name. sheshe2 Apr 2025 #13
Great screen name! FoxNewsSucks Apr 2025 #102
Washington monument to .. EmmaLee E Apr 2025 #116
Probably made in china Nictuku Apr 2025 #6
And definitely fake gold. Prof. Toru Tanaka Apr 2025 #39
No, just gold plated jmowreader Apr 2025 #58
Bingo Fools Gold! Cha Apr 2025 #59
Even if it's real gold electricmonk Apr 2025 #104
Exactly what I meant.. not literally. It's a Damn Fool Cha Apr 2025 #107
Trump probably hands those things out to his minions and expects them to wear them. Ocelot II Apr 2025 #7
at no cost? stillcool Apr 2025 #36
oh hell no onethatcares Apr 2025 #96
Badges? czarjak Apr 2025 #8
Just like Mao cultural badges. see DoBW Apr 2025 #85
When you've got your tongue so far up someone's sphincter Torchlight Apr 2025 #9
Federal employees shouldn't leave home without it dalton99a Apr 2025 #10
Insert barf emoji here OMGWTF Apr 2025 #14
I can see THIS becoming required wearing bluestarone Apr 2025 #25
I'm surprised he didn't make them trim that wattle down more. -nt CrispyQ Apr 2025 #31
Someone should tape a little piece of gauze to his ear. chowder66 Apr 2025 #35
They would have to remake the pin so it would show his right ear. Prof. Toru Tanaka Apr 2025 #44
As if anyone would remember which ear. chowder66 Apr 2025 #48
ZING! Prof. Toru Tanaka Apr 2025 #57
Double Zing! lol chowder66 Apr 2025 #66
Triple Zing! AdamThePhantump Apr 2025 #92
Thanks, very helpful. I was wondering why they would wear a lapel pin of a golden rotting cantaloupe. steelyboo Apr 2025 #46
I can't remember Codifer Apr 2025 #47
I've seen cow pies that look exactly like that! lastlib Apr 2025 #70
Yep. It's a miraculous cowpie! dchill Apr 2025 #77
Please help me come with a description for this that we can Tadpole Raisin Apr 2025 #12
That's what he looks like... littlemissmartypants Apr 2025 #22
Why are you wearing a golden calf pin? CrispyQ Apr 2025 #33
Golden calf pin! WestMichRad Apr 2025 #98
Rec 1000x AKwannabe Apr 2025 #114
Looks like a golden turd Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2025 #15
Stopping by to AKwannabe Apr 2025 #115
So, they're going for the Dump-is-God look. sakabatou Apr 2025 #16
Yes I guess Trump is supposed to be the second coming of Christ. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #40
Fools Gold "king" god. Cha Apr 2025 #63
But they're not in a cult. No siree. n/t ms liberty Apr 2025 #17
They'll insist they're patriots while they prove themselves the opposite by wearing that. Scrivener7 Apr 2025 #18
The designer of it must be trhe same one who designed the almost as ugly Musk Cybertruck. Ping Tung Apr 2025 #19
Praise Kier jayschool2013 Apr 2025 #20
😆 underpants Apr 2025 #32
LOL n/t leftstreet Apr 2025 #108
Cons put Hair Fuehrer over country. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #21
All adults in North Korea are required to wear a badge with One of the Kims on it. LeftinOH Apr 2025 #23
Ewwww Silver Gaia Apr 2025 #24
I'll bet that stinkin' pin tarnishes in days True Dough Apr 2025 #26
How long before he wants the field of stars on the American flag replaced with his golden profile? -nt CrispyQ Apr 2025 #27
Don't laugh, Trump is probably scheming as we speak. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #37
And the red stripes Bettie Apr 2025 #99
That is disgusting! On several levels. Bumbles Apr 2025 #28
We'll be better able to identify the nazi scumbags to round up when this shit is finally over. Basso8vb Apr 2025 #29
Beware of golden idols. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #30
indeed Celerity Apr 2025 #71
Play the new party game: "Pin the ass on the lapel"! struggle4progress Apr 2025 #34
"Pin the ass on the ass" would be more accurate. Ocelot II Apr 2025 #42
+ struggle4progress Apr 2025 #51
Are they effin' kidding?! Old Crow Apr 2025 #38
Makes sense since the United States means nothing to them. Just their fake god. sinkingfeeling Apr 2025 #41
It never did. They've been fake the whole time. Iggo Apr 2025 #52
Exactly! They are NOT Patriots.. We Cha Apr 2025 #65
Is there an appropriate Soviet Union song we could hum when we see one of those? Hekate Apr 2025 #43
"Bella Ciao" thought crime Apr 2025 #67
Wow Figarosmom Apr 2025 #45
AYFS? malaise Apr 2025 #49
100% UnAmerican Nigrum Cattus Apr 2025 #50
Is that a silk purse? taxi Apr 2025 #53
More like a sow's rear! Maeve Apr 2025 #76
The perfect answer! taxi Apr 2025 #105
So we know where their loayalties lie and it ain't with the Constitution or the USA Maeve Apr 2025 #54
+1 dalton99a Apr 2025 #61
If only it was a joke xuplate Apr 2025 #56
Are we sure it isn't? nt Shipwack Apr 2025 #78
That's what I'm wondering Grim Chieftain Apr 2025 #84
It is one of the more honest things I have seen from them whopis01 Apr 2025 #60
Gross LoCo Cat Lady Apr 2025 #62
So they finally admit their allegiance to Trump, not to the U.S.A. LiberalArkie Apr 2025 #64
And. LiberalArkie Apr 2025 #68
And at the Musk dump LiberalArkie Apr 2025 #69
Meanwhile... SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2025 #72
His stripper name Joe Nation Apr 2025 #73
The Tin Man pin Conjuay Apr 2025 #74
"Fringe" season 5 opening Behind the Aegis Apr 2025 #75
Looks like they don't have to pretend to honor the flag anymore. dchill Apr 2025 #79
Speaking from ... er ... indepth study, I don't believe Brendon Carr ever drank Electric Koolaid ... marble falls Apr 2025 #80
makes more sense Skittles Apr 2025 #82
It's convenient. Any time you need to pick your nose, you've got something to wipe it on. eppur_se_muova Apr 2025 #83
I like it. At least it tells us where their allegiance lies. No more cosplaying being a patriot. tulipsandroses Apr 2025 #86
Unamerican. Joinfortmill Apr 2025 #87
The new XCSki Apr 2025 #89
$19... pre- Tariff... ultralite001 Apr 2025 #90
Lemme guess... Made in China? Justice matters. Apr 2025 #122
When Kathy Griffin displayed an image of his severed head, Tanuki Apr 2025 #91
Looks like a hairy butthole Hope22 Apr 2025 #93
Same as it ever was... JCMach1 Apr 2025 #94
OMG 😱 what the???? TommieMommy Apr 2025 #97
Trump demands removal of the deliberately distorted face pins in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 n/t Ms. Toad Apr 2025 #100
I can't tell what it is; it seems to be covered in bird droppings. nt Xipe Totec Apr 2025 #101
I'll call it the Swasticlown. Dave Bowman Apr 2025 #103
Wonder Rebl2 Apr 2025 #106
Who is the dickbag in the picture? johnnyfins Apr 2025 #109
The mark of the beast? tanyev Apr 2025 #110
What the actual fucking fuck?!?!? AKwannabe Apr 2025 #113
I guess I'd retaliate if it were me abbeyco Apr 2025 #117
Sieg Heil Mein Fuhrer! flashman13 Apr 2025 #118
an updated version of the death skull. same as it ever was. nt Javaman Apr 2025 #119
Time to break out the vomit emoji/ Martin68 Apr 2025 #120
The actual golden calf. Beowulf42 Apr 2025 #121
Did Mussolini have these? AdamGG Apr 2025 #123
trump and Hitler each had/have label pins for their loyal followers LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2025 #125
Wouldn't it be funny if those pins were mad in China LogDog75 Apr 2025 #126
Not the 'Red Badge of Courage'... Jrose Apr 2025 #127

calimary

(89,057 posts)
124. I would not want a Bible that's been defaced like that.
Fri Apr 11, 2025, 01:02 PM
Apr 2025

Seems kinda sacrilegious to me.

Mr. Evil

(3,439 posts)
95. The only thing that wearing that says,
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 03:20 PM
Apr 2025

is that Brendan Carr would literally blow Krasnov TSF in public. That thing is beyond sick.

johnnyfins

(3,445 posts)
4. WTF is so wrong with people that they want
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 01:15 PM
Apr 2025

A dictator in charge? I just can't understand the mindset.

Cha

(316,892 posts)
55. It's a Cult. Can you please tell me what it is...
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:31 PM
Apr 2025

I can't make it out.. just a gold piece of glob.

And, why would they wear American Flags.. they're Traitors and bow to Mump & Putin.

Cha

(316,892 posts)
88. TY.. omg... I saw a post later in this
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 03:10 PM
Apr 2025

thread that looked like the Fools gold thing blown up and it was the Dic himself.

Well at least they're Full Traitors to America.. May it BLOW UP in their Collective Cult face SOONER than later.

Progressive dog

(7,572 posts)
111. I thought it was a gold chimpanzee
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 06:08 PM
Apr 2025

until i blew it up and realized it was a chimpanzee brained human.

Cha

(316,892 posts)
112. lol chimpanzees are Exponentially Smarter.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 06:57 PM
Apr 2025

duh further needs to get himself painted gold so there will be no doubt what he's trying to say. lol

 

GulfofMexico

(46 posts)
5. Kinda like what a cult would do, dontcha think?
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 01:16 PM
Apr 2025

Mt. Rushmore next. Then changing the name of the Washington Monument to the Trump Tower. LOL

This stuff is so crazy NOBODY could EVER make it up.

FoxNewsSucks

(11,502 posts)
102. Great screen name!
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 03:55 PM
Apr 2025

Fuck tRump, Putin, their lying grifting families and all the fucks who voted for him and/or enable his bullshit.. Fuck 'em all.

electricmonk

(2,015 posts)
104. Even if it's real gold
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 04:01 PM
Apr 2025

Once it's shaped into that and someone wears it it turns into fool's gold.
If I actually saw someone wearing that in public I'd laugh so hard I'd have a stroke.

Ocelot II

(129,135 posts)
7. Trump probably hands those things out to his minions and expects them to wear them.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 01:18 PM
Apr 2025

And if they don't, he'll want to know why...

Torchlight

(6,320 posts)
9. When you've got your tongue so far up someone's sphincter
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 01:20 PM
Apr 2025

the lump in their throat is your own face (see photo for likeness)

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,903 posts)
44. They would have to remake the pin so it would show his right ear.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:18 PM
Apr 2025

Watch and see which Rethug Congress members start wearing this.

steelyboo

(801 posts)
46. Thanks, very helpful. I was wondering why they would wear a lapel pin of a golden rotting cantaloupe.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:23 PM
Apr 2025

Codifer

(1,163 posts)
47. I can't remember
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:25 PM
Apr 2025

ever having seen a turd of that shape.

But it is so very obviously a turd.

Tadpole Raisin

(1,891 posts)
12. Please help me come with a description for this that we can
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 01:26 PM
Apr 2025

call it and drive them crazy.

I was thinking ‘why are you wearing a pin that looks like yellow bile cat vomit?

Any other ideas besides cat vomit lapel pin?

littlemissmartypants

(31,678 posts)
22. That's what he looks like...
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 01:58 PM
Apr 2025

After combing his bowel movements over his head in three directions.

CrispyQ

(40,686 posts)
33. Why are you wearing a golden calf pin?
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:08 PM
Apr 2025


Nothing says party over country like ditching your American flag pin.

Irish_Dem

(79,889 posts)
40. Yes I guess Trump is supposed to be the second coming of Christ.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:16 PM
Apr 2025

I guess this is how Satan decided to return.

Scrivener7

(58,375 posts)
18. They'll insist they're patriots while they prove themselves the opposite by wearing that.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 01:34 PM
Apr 2025

If they weren't wrecking my Democracy, I'd pity them.

CrispyQ

(40,686 posts)
27. How long before he wants the field of stars on the American flag replaced with his golden profile? -nt
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:04 PM
Apr 2025

Basso8vb

(1,230 posts)
29. We'll be better able to identify the nazi scumbags to round up when this shit is finally over.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:06 PM
Apr 2025

Iggo

(49,662 posts)
52. It never did. They've been fake the whole time.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:30 PM
Apr 2025

The flag pin was just to trick the dopes.

Hekate

(100,132 posts)
43. Is there an appropriate Soviet Union song we could hum when we see one of those?
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:17 PM
Apr 2025

Someone must know of one…

Resist!

thought crime

(1,229 posts)
67. "Bella Ciao"
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:46 PM
Apr 2025

Not specifically Soviet but the Red Army Choir did a good version. (so did Money Heist)

Figarosmom

(9,782 posts)
45. Wow
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:19 PM
Apr 2025

DEAR LEADER INDEED.

Watch him try to make everyone wear one or be deemed a traitor. He does throw that word around very easily.

taxi

(2,676 posts)
53. Is that a silk purse?
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:30 PM
Apr 2025

It is becoming more and more difficult to find any meaning in their gimmicks.

xuplate

(159 posts)
56. If only it was a joke
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:32 PM
Apr 2025

What’s next, Trump labeled bottles of Kool-aid so you can slowly poison yourself over the corse of the next 4 years and be buried in the back of a Tesla Cybertruck? Is there no debasement that will satisfy this fetish for Trump?

Grim Chieftain

(1,267 posts)
84. That's what I'm wondering
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 03:06 PM
Apr 2025

Surely this isn't real. I keep scrolling for the laughing emoji.

whopis01

(3,908 posts)
60. It is one of the more honest things I have seen from them
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:35 PM
Apr 2025

They are blatantly (and truthfully) telling everyone that their loyalty is to Trump and not to America.

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,371 posts)
72. Meanwhile...
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:49 PM
Apr 2025

FCC commissioner Anna M. Gomez warned broadcasters of her grave concerns over what she sees as a "disturbing" pattern of efforts by the Trump administration to impose politically motivated controls over news media outlets.

"My alarm over what we are seeing today is so high right now that I will not stop speaking out because I have to. I cannot allow this to continue without raising alarm bells. And I really hope I'm not alone in doing that," Gomez said in a moderated conversation with Wall Street Journal reporter Joe Flint and Q&A with conference delegates.

........

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr was appointed by President Trump and assumed the role in January. Gomez, who will soon be the only Democrat on the commission as Geoffrey Stark has announced that he will step down this spring, was the only commissioner to attend the convention, something the NAB attributed to federal employee travel suspensions. "I felt it was important enough for me to come to meet with broadcasters and to speak, and so I self funded," Gomez responded when asked about her participation, receiving applause.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/fcc-commissioner-anna-gomez-sounds-alarm-over-trump-administration-s-absolute-pattern-of-censorship-and-control/ar-AA1Cz0kx

dchill

(42,660 posts)
79. Looks like they don't have to pretend to honor the flag anymore.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 03:00 PM
Apr 2025

"Thou shalt not wear any other pins before me."

marble falls

(71,104 posts)
80. Speaking from ... er ... indepth study, I don't believe Brendon Carr ever drank Electric Koolaid ...
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 03:01 PM
Apr 2025

... intentionally.

eppur_se_muova

(41,009 posts)
83. It's convenient. Any time you need to pick your nose, you've got something to wipe it on.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 03:04 PM
Apr 2025

Also useful for picking ass boils, which is kind of ironic.

tulipsandroses

(8,131 posts)
86. I like it. At least it tells us where their allegiance lies. No more cosplaying being a patriot.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 03:07 PM
Apr 2025

They worship at the altar of their orange god.

ultralite001

(2,365 posts)
90. $19... pre- Tariff...
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 03:11 PM
Apr 2025
https://www.officialtrump2024store.com/products/president-donald-trump-gold-plated-lapel-pin



Made of metal alloy, sturdy and durable.
Measures 1.2" x 1.2"
Butterfly clutch with an extra rubber pin backing.
Great for gift giving. (???!!!)

There may even be a special "commenorative" version w/ "realistic blood splatter" on Krasnov's ear...

🤣🤣🤣

Tanuki

(16,304 posts)
91. When Kathy Griffin displayed an image of his severed head,
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 03:12 PM
Apr 2025

they nearly crucified her. A severed head is a severed head.

abbeyco

(1,581 posts)
117. I guess I'd retaliate if it were me
Fri Apr 11, 2025, 10:11 AM
Apr 2025

I’d get one of those abomination gun pins & wear it pointed at what looks like a golden-crusted booger.

AdamGG

(1,862 posts)
123. Did Mussolini have these?
Fri Apr 11, 2025, 12:35 PM
Apr 2025

If the fascism checklist hasn't been completed yet, we're awfully fucking close.

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