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Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#324826: Aug 23rd 2020 at 11:48:14 PM

While the Republicans abandoning a party platform in favor of "We will do whatever Trump wants" is still extremely concerning, it's actually not much of change from the way things are now.

Paradoxically, it's a circuitous way of saying "Trump will do whatever we want."

Because all they have to do is make sure their interests are broadcast on Fox News. According to Former Trump DHS official Miles Taylor, there was a running joke that Lou Dobbs was the "Shadow Chief of Staff."

"The president would call us and he would say - and pardon my language - he would say, 'Why the hell didn't you watch Lou Dobbs last night? You need to listen to Lou. What Lou says is what I want to do.' So if Lou Dobbs peddled a conspiracy theory on late-night television or made an erroneous claim about what should be done either at the border or with some law enforcement operation, the president wanted us to be tuning in every night. My response to that was I don't have any time to watch Lou Dobbs in the evening. You've got us running a 250,000-person department and we're trying to guard against some of the most severe threats to this country. We can't be watching Lou Dobbs and taking our orders from him, but this happened on a regular basis."

Of course, the downside to all this - which we've known all along - is that Trump is not the singular, individual responsible for the current state of the Republican Party. It's also everything and everyone around him, including the Republican Party.

Edited by Eschaton on Aug 23rd 2020 at 11:55:17 AM

devak They call me.... Prophet Since: Jul, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#324827: Aug 24th 2020 at 12:46:02 AM

The most concerning i found is all the tax cuts coupled with the police and military parts, since that's the easiest for him to implement. It's like he's trying to make a Judge Dredd world come true

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#324828: Aug 24th 2020 at 1:40:20 AM

I can imagine Trump saying "I am the law" with a straight face.

Do not obey in advance.
Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#324829: Aug 24th 2020 at 2:39:57 AM

If the president does it, it's not illegal 2.0

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#324830: Aug 24th 2020 at 3:06:08 AM

Didn't Trump recently call Fox News fake news?

Edited by slimcoder on Aug 24th 2020 at 3:06:20 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#324831: Aug 24th 2020 at 3:49:46 AM

Yeah, Fox News is not extreme enough for him anymore.

Breitbart is his new to-go I think.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#324832: Aug 24th 2020 at 3:51:29 AM

Breitbart and Infowars basically

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#324833: Aug 24th 2020 at 3:57:51 AM

I don't even wanna know what those are.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#324834: Aug 24th 2020 at 3:59:00 AM

Actually, this alternative facts network.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#324835: Aug 24th 2020 at 5:15:26 AM

Wow, whoever wrote that Wikipedia article really nailed just how infamous OANN is for promoting falsehoods.

OANN really sucks up to Trump, and it's kinda pathetic

Do not obey in advance.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#324836: Aug 24th 2020 at 6:36:15 AM

If you had told 8 years ago me that the GOP would have no platform in 2020, I would have laughed in your face.

I'm still finding it hard to believe that they put being totally subordinate to whatever Trump wants to paper.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#324837: Aug 24th 2020 at 6:38:34 AM

If you had told 8 years ago me that the GOP would have no platform in 2020, I would have laughed in your face.

Before or after they told you that Donald Trump would be running for a second term?

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
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#324838: Aug 24th 2020 at 6:45:28 AM

It's the inevitable outcome for a worldview that regularly seeks to sacrifice democracy on the altar of hierarchical capitalism. Republicans don't want to be politicians. They want to be feudal lords.

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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#324839: Aug 24th 2020 at 7:02:19 AM

Re: Kellyanne leaving the White House: This is actually pretty significant. She was one of the most ardent sycophants. Interesting to see developments on how this will affect things: Will more leave?

Re: No GOP platform: aka "We don't work for the people who voted us in, we work for Trump and Trump alone." Though in a twisted way, it makes "sense" considering what I brought up a while back, that Trump runs the government like he runs one of his businesses: By the seat of his pants. What's the point of planning ahead on various issues if they might clash with Trump's whims at some point? The party is now officially a cult.

Edited by speedyboris on Aug 24th 2020 at 7:26:41 AM

Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#324840: Aug 24th 2020 at 7:29:58 AM

It seems her departure is due to her daughter exposing her as horribly abusive more than any such disillusionment.

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#324841: Aug 24th 2020 at 7:46:01 AM

Is anyone watching DeJoy's testimony in the House?

i'm tired, my friend
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#324842: Aug 24th 2020 at 7:48:00 AM

[up][up] Yeah. She apparently declared she was going to go for emancipation.

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#324843: Aug 24th 2020 at 8:03:40 AM

I hope she gets it.

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#324844: Aug 24th 2020 at 9:00:02 AM

[up][up][up] Republicans are shouting "Hoax hoax!" Democrats are asking if De Joy has records of the decision making process and did he consider the ramifications of his actions on medicine.

The Republicans are being pretty blatant about the fact that they don't want to pass a Postal Office bill.

RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#324845: Aug 24th 2020 at 9:05:12 AM

Is their aim to secretly make the English language unusable because they keep misusing words?

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#324846: Aug 24th 2020 at 9:07:16 AM

They want to simplify it.

It's the only explanationfor their platform literally being "TRUMP GOOD!!!!! OBAMA BAD!!!!!"

...it's been a while since I got to use my Five exclamation points.

Edited by sgamer82 on Aug 24th 2020 at 9:07:25 AM

RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#324847: Aug 24th 2020 at 9:07:49 AM

Maskerade specifically.

Edited by RainehDaze on Aug 24th 2020 at 5:08:13 PM

PointMaid Since: Jun, 2014
#324848: Aug 24th 2020 at 9:11:55 AM

I for one don't want Newspeak.

Edited by PointMaid on Aug 24th 2020 at 12:14:03 PM

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#324849: Aug 24th 2020 at 9:12:28 AM

The Republicans are using the fact that the Iowa caucus was a disaster as proof the Post Office works fine and Democrats just want chaos.

Reminder that the caucus is an in person even and has nothing to do with mail.

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#324850: Aug 24th 2020 at 9:13:45 AM

Drop boxes are also bad because the Republican poll-watchers can't scrutinise everyone. And something about them not being sanitised which Trump suddenly cares about now.

"Yup. That tasted purple."

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