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#336651: Nov 1st 2020 at 12:33:04 PM

Yeah, I think Fauci yesterday had a thing to say about Atlas's lack of qualifications.

Meanwhile Jerry Falwell Jr. - one of the first evangelicals to jump on the Trump train - was apparently a total crook and he and his wife were also a bit perverts. Also, is it just me or do these sexual relationships between Falwell's wife and Liberty U students look like Questionable Consent to anyone?

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#336652: Nov 1st 2020 at 12:42:59 PM

Falwell junior has enough horrible skeletons, hypocrisies, and dead bodies to his name (he opened his college during Covid-19's height against all advice) before adding further charges.

That can come out if anyone complains.

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#336654: Nov 1st 2020 at 12:45:03 PM

Might as well make it National day of remembrance for Americans killed by actual aliens.

SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#336655: Nov 1st 2020 at 12:45:18 PM

...Are they seriously trying to troll people as much as possible before losing election? Since I don't really see this as something that would help them either tongue

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#336656: Nov 1st 2020 at 12:45:53 PM

[up][up][up]Donnie's desperate and knows he's losing, so he's trying to do what he does best: appealing with more dogwhistles to his base.

Edited by clemont107 on Nov 1st 2020 at 3:46:12 PM

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#336657: Nov 1st 2020 at 12:46:30 PM

Trump's just flexing his power level to his base again. Business as usual. [nja]

Edited by PhysicalStamina on Nov 1st 2020 at 3:46:41 PM

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#336658: Nov 1st 2020 at 12:46:58 PM

We need to rename the Tyson Zone as the Trump Zone. There's nothing he could do that would surprise me these days.

I mean, if he created a team of supervillains to hunt Spider-Man and I mean literally just said it like he believed he was real, I would just go with it.

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#336659: Nov 1st 2020 at 12:51:20 PM

I saw an article earlier today in Spiegel that conservative Latino's might be a group Trump needs to win.

Lets hope this scuppers that.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#336660: Nov 1st 2020 at 12:51:59 PM

[up][up][up]Donnie's desperate and knows he's losing, so he's trying to do what he does best: appealing with more dogwhistles to his base.

That seems less "dogwhistle" and more just "whistle". Dogwhistles imply subtlety.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#336661: Nov 1st 2020 at 12:55:07 PM

It's more like he's a dog barking up the wrong tree

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CookingCat Since: Jul, 2018
#336662: Nov 1st 2020 at 12:56:20 PM

[up]x9 So, how do you get rid of a specific celebration day?

Edited by CookingCat on Nov 1st 2020 at 12:56:33 PM

Galadriel Since: Feb, 2015
#336663: Nov 1st 2020 at 12:56:49 PM

This isn’t a dogwhistle, this is a bullhorn.

This is Nazi-level stuff. Trump is terrifying.

Edited by Galadriel on Nov 1st 2020 at 3:57:17 PM

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#336664: Nov 1st 2020 at 12:58:03 PM

[up][up]With a strike of a pen. It's just another line on the list of "things Biden will fix on his first day".

Edited by Kayeka on Nov 1st 2020 at 9:58:14 PM

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#336665: Nov 1st 2020 at 1:04:53 PM

White House plots possible second-term Cabinet purge – A second-term Trump administration is considering expelling Cabinet members who have crossed the president, refused to mount investigations he has demanded or contradicted him on coronavirus.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/01/trump-second-term-cabinet-433739

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#336666: Nov 1st 2020 at 1:04:58 PM

Figures; he came into the White House doing something incredibly racist and bigoted (arresting American Citizens at Airports because they were Muslims/Arabs/Iranians), and he's going to be leaving the White House doing something incredibly racist and bigoted (this).

Of course Biden is going to end this stupid "Holiday" immediately. I hope to make up for it Biden does make Día de Muertos a Federal Holiday.

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#336667: Nov 1st 2020 at 1:08:41 PM

[up]I'd like to point out that Trump won't actually be leaving after the election, but would actually still have over two months of lame-duck period left.

It's going to be an interesting two months.

Edited by Kayeka on Nov 1st 2020 at 9:09:12 AM

Aleistar Since: Feb, 2018 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
#336668: Nov 1st 2020 at 1:08:45 PM

Wait, has Biden said what his Day 1 agenda would be? Like stuff he wants to prioritize to get done as soon as possible?

EDIT: spelling error

Edited by Aleistar on Nov 1st 2020 at 1:13:19 AM

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#336669: Nov 1st 2020 at 1:10:23 PM

[up]I'm just assuming that he won't let this kind of thing stand for any longer than it needs to, since getting rid of it costs no resources at all.

SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#336670: Nov 1st 2020 at 1:10:38 PM

^^^...Why do I get feeling that he will literally try to burn white house down with him if he can't win? tongue

Edited by SpookyMask on Nov 1st 2020 at 10:10:47 AM

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#336671: Nov 1st 2020 at 1:11:14 PM

I remember seeing something about him enacting protections for LGBTQ+ people ASAP, but I don’t have it on hand.

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SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#336672: Nov 1st 2020 at 1:12:27 PM

If Trump loses, the next two months and a half will be an extended Villainous Breakdown on a magnitude that will put our examples to shame.

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#336673: Nov 1st 2020 at 1:15:35 PM

Hopefully he decides to just sulk at his over-priced golf course and let Pence handle the clean-up. Or maybe use the time to go on a diplomatic visit to Russia and not come back.

But yeah, he's probably going to throw a tantrum.

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#336674: Nov 1st 2020 at 1:18:26 PM

There are three basic possibilities for Trump's lame duck months:

  • He peaces out, does nothing and just waits to be replaced like a whipped dog.
  • He trades a resignation for a pardon and flies off to somewhere comfy.
  • He goes all in on tearing down the government to make as big a mess as possible for Biden. This would include refusing to accept the outcome, inciting violence, and destroying as much institutional knowledge in the civil service as he can.

Edited by Fighteer on Nov 1st 2020 at 3:19:58 AM

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#336675: Nov 1st 2020 at 1:19:42 PM

Honestly my money's on 2 or 3. Tantrumming when things don't go his way is in-character, but I imagine the part of him that has self-preservation would see getting the hell out of dodge as the move to make.


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