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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
"It doesn't help that armed pockets of "militias" (aka "armed domestic terrorist groups") made entirely of Trump's cultists"
Actually, the militia movement is mostly law-abiding, and a very diverse group of people in terms of their views. A good many of them are not at all comfortable with Trump, esp. after his use of Federal agents to clear the street of protesters.
I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.Trump isn't a politician, he just plays one on TV. This means he doesn't really think in terms of political gain or advantage, he only thinks in personal terms.
This is likely part of why he wanted to downplay the covid crisis. He doesn't take it as a political challenge or a chance to win points. He sees it as a personal threat, as something that will make him look weak if he admits to it.
With Trump, everything is personal, and that means he sometimes cannot see the broader opportunities things like a crisis provide to bolster his image and power. Trump really is his own worst enemy.
Hope shines brightest in the darkest timesBut since you brought up headlines...
Remember that anonymous op-ed from a couple years back? Where someone in the administration wrote about how dysfunctional the White House was but there were people on the inside reigning in Trump's worst impulses? And then wrote a book with more details about it?
He resigned last year and has publicly supported Biden. He does admit he was wrong to reassure people that officials would keep Trump from going off the rails.
"The country cannot rely on well-intentioned, unelected bureaucrats around the President to steer him toward what's right. He has purged most of them anyway. Nor can they rely on Congress to deliver us from Trump's wayward whims. The people themselves are the ultimate check on the nation's chief executive."
Some discussion about how Trump's post-election behaviour could influence the Senate runoffs in Georgia
. Georgia is a big pickup opportunity for Democrats and could make the difference between Evil Turtle or Schumer holding the reins post-election, but it has runoffs and it's not a given they'll have the same outcome than the Election Day election.
Apparently Trump's rallies are deeply unpopular
, which probably ties in with a) COVID-19 is a big issue and Trump is seen as incompetent at it, b) rallies are COVID-19 spreader hazards and c) more news about Trump might actually help Biden.
How law-abiding they are tends to depend almost entirely on local law regarding open carry and armed assembly.
That said, militias gathering in public isn’t anything new. They’ve been doing it for decades.
Edited by archonspeaks on Oct 28th 2020 at 1:44:49 AM
They should have sent a poet.Would you happen to know the source of the survey cited in the tweet?
Thanks.
Edited by TyeDyeWildebeest on Oct 28th 2020 at 4:58:27 AM
No beer?! But if there's no beer, then there's no beef or beans!What does Jaime Harrison have that Amy Mc Grath doesn't have?
Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.
Apparently the political system in Kentucky is entirely in Mitch Mc Connell's pocket, and in the opinion of many Mc Grath's campaign is not that great since she's been running on mitch failing trump or something.
Also an opponent that’s seen as a spineless flip-flopping coward by Republicans.
Graham is seen as someone who isn’t devoted to the cause, as shown by him having been close friends with Mc Cain and having condemned Trump in the past. Mitch is very much devoted to power and conservative values at all cost.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran

I'm sure he must have talked to Trump at some point to know how feasible that is.
That might have made sense in 2017, when a lot of Republicans thought they could control Trump. In 2020, they should know that the only way to control Trump is to imprison him on a golf course without a cell phone.