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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
In the latest version of "rats leaving a sinking ship", Kellyanne Conway announced on Twitter that she's leaving the White House at the end of the month. Here's
a follow up article from the Washington Post, which claims she's leaving because it's best for her children.
Technically, the No Nothings had a policy of anti-Catholicism and anti-Irish as its platform but the majority of them switched to being Republicans because it turned out they were also disgusted by slavery.
History is odd.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Aug 23rd 2020 at 8:09:27 AM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.I mean, we're just straight up into fascism and Cult of Personality.
Also an acknowledgement the Republicans care about nothing.
I mean, say, "Support Christmas."
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.Kellyanne Conway is leaving the Trump Administration.
At the same time, her husband, George Conway, is leaving the Lincoln Project. Both parties are framing it as a need to look after their kids in the coming school year.
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Apparently her daughter is attempting emancipation because she claims the house is an abusive environment
, which may be at least partially why.
Edited by rmctagg09 on Aug 23rd 2020 at 12:11:47 PM
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.Trump's second term agenda.
I'm copy/pasting it from elsewhere for ease:
JOBS
- Create 10 Million New Jobs in 10 Months
- Create 1 Million New Small Businesses
- Cut Taxes to Boost Take-Home Pay and Keep Jobs in America
- Enact Fair Trade Deals that Protect American Jobs
- "Made in America" Tax Credits
- Expand Opportunity Zones
- Continue Deregulatory Agenda for Energy Independence
ERADICATE COVID-19
- Develop a Vaccine by The End Of 2020
- Return to Normal in 2021
- Make All Critical Medicines and Supplies for Healthcare Workers in The United States
- Refill Stockpiles and Prepare for Future Pandemics
END OUR RELIANCE ON CHINA
- Bring Back 1 Million Manufacturing Jobs from China
- Tax Credits for Companies that Bring Back Jobs from China
- Allow 100% Expensing Deductions for Essential Industries like Pharmaceuticals and Robotics who Bring Back their Manufacturing to the United States
- No Federal Contracts for Companies who Outsource to China
- Hold China Fully Accountable for Allowing the Virus to Spread around the World
HEALTHCARE
- Cut Prescription Drug Prices
- Put Patients and Doctors Back in Charge of our Healthcare System
- Lower Healthcare Insurance Premiums
- End Surprise Billing
- Cover All Pre-Existing Conditions
- Protect Social Security and Medicare
- Protect Our Veterans and Provide World-Class Healthcare and Services
EDUCATION
- Provide School Choice to Every Child in America
- Teach American Exceptionalism
DRAIN THE SWAMP
- Pass Congressional Term Limits
- End Bureaucratic Government Bullying of U.S. Citizens and Small Businesses
- Expose Washington’s Money Trail and Delegate Powers Back to People and States
- Drain the Globalist Swamp by Taking on International Organizations That Hurt American Citizens
DEFEND OUR POLICE
- Fully Fund and Hire More Police and Law Enforcement Officers
- Increase Criminal Penalties for Assaults on Law Enforcement Officers
- Prosecute Drive-By Shootings as Acts of Domestic Terrorism
- Bring Violent Extremist Groups Like ANTIFA to Justice
- End Cashless Bail and Keep Dangerous Criminals Locked Up until Trial
END ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND PROTECT AMERICAN WORKERS
- Block Illegal Immigrants from Becoming Eligible for Taxpayer-Funded Welfare, Healthcare, and Free College Tuition
- Mandatory Deportation for Non-Citizen Gang Members
- Dismantle Human Trafficking Networks
- End Sanctuary Cities to Restore our Neighborhoods and Protect our Families
- Prohibit American Companies from Replacing United States Citizens with Lower-Cost Foreign Workers
- Require New Immigrants to Be Able to Support Themselves Financially
INNOVATE FOR THE FUTURE
- Launch Space Force, Establish Permanent Manned Presence on The Moon and Send the First Manned Mission to Mars
- Build the World’s Greatest Infrastructure System Win the Race to 5G and Establish a National High-Speed Wireless Internet Network
- Continue to Lead the World in Access to the Cleanest Drinking Water and Cleanest Air
- Partner with Other Nations to Clean Up our Planet’s Oceans
AMERICA FIRST FOREIGN POLICY
- Stop Endless Wars and Bring Our Troops Home
- Get Allies to Pay their Fair Share
- Maintain and Expand America’s Unrivaled Military Strength
- Wipe Out Global Terrorists Who Threaten to Harm Americans
- Build a Great Cybersecurity Defense System and Missile Defense System
I'm not sure what makes me want to laugh more, the idea that the Republicans will sign on to a platform with term limits†, the plan to establish a fucking moon base, or the inherently contradictory foreign policy section.
Also of course there is an entire section of "make the police even worse".
† Not that anyone should actually agree with this. Did they just hijack the Libertarian platform or something?
I'm confused by contradiction of "Bully the other countries, America da best" and "partner up with other countries for enviromentalism stuff" but I guess idea is "Make other nations have America's water be da cleanest"
(but yeah, the part of ending wars and expanding military influence and terrorism is really brain dead)
Edited by SpookyMask on Aug 23rd 2020 at 8:50:44 PM
Oh, he's now calling it a "Globalist" swamp, is he?
I swear, the dogwhistles are more and more sounding like Thunderbolt sirens.
Also, anyone else notice the planned requirement to force immigrants to be financially secure?
Edited by AzurePaladin on Aug 23rd 2020 at 2:08:17 PM
The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer

Even the 'American' Know-Nothings of the 1850's had 1 Platform Policy to stand on, and it wasn't "Whatever Millard Fillmore wants". Hell, Trump doesn't even know what his Platform for 2020 is!
This sounds to me that the Party knows well (or hoping well that) they're screwed this year and are just gonna wait in 2024 to create a platform of "Whatever Biden did, we're against"... But then again its weird they aren't doing that this year.