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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I feel like that ought to be grounds for impeachment right there.
Oh God! Natural light!Also with Kushner and Ivanka seemingly running much of the actual transition from the sounds of it, I get the distinct impression Trump is trying to delegate as much power to anyone else. The whole Simpsons' movie joke of "I was elected to lead, not to read!". Like I expect it to be cronyistic, corrupt, and the like, but Trump himself, I expect to be President Celebrity doing his stupid victory tours and the like.
Though if Bannon's the one running things, last I heard, Bannon has absolutely zero love for Paul Ryan and wants to see the guy gone / ruined. (Supposedly Bannon favors a White's Only/Heavily White Biased New Deal set up, hence Trump's howling about Trade Waring China and bringing back Jobs). Ryan's Randian schemes to gut the Social Safety Nets in theory would run completely counter to Bannon's plans.
We're Heading Into Dark Times. This Is How To Be Your Own Light In The Age Of Trump.
An extremely grim and sobering warning of the times that may lie before us, and how we need to hold on to what makes us us even if the worst should come to pass.
Not exactly uncharted territory there. I get the message, but I'm not sure if I particularly care for the tone. Not sure why.
Oh God! Natural light!Also - apparently Trump's win margins in a number of key states look pretty damn suspicious.
The #AuditTheVote movement is still going. People are being encouraged to contact these
committee members and insist upon a complete bipartisan audit of the election results. If we're going down into a fascist kleptocaracy, then by Christ, we're going down swinging.
I don't know...that feels like it's dipping into conspiracy theory territory there. And this is hardly a major publication...
What evidence to they have?
Oh God! Natural light!The NSA already stated that there is no doubt in their minds that a foreign power was involved in influencing the results of the election. The FBI made numerous reports of foreign hackers attempting to penetrate voting systems. The article also points out that the P*ssy-Grabber-Elect won several key swing states by almost the same percentage of the vote, which is highly suspect from a mathematical perspective.
Look - we have to try, don't we? We are in genuine danger of turning into a fascist kleptocracy, and I'll be damned if I'm not going to say I tried everything I could think of to keep it from happening.
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."The article's accusation is that the numbers are the result of hacking, which is not an unsubstantiated claim.
Is it a conspiracy theory? Yes. But at this point, it frankly does not sound implausible. And like I said, whether I fully buy it or not, we still have damned good reason to demand a complete bipartisan vote audit. There's too much at stake to not try everything we can.
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."If we're honestly in danger of becoming a fascist kleptocracy, then those "checks and balances" everyonen keeps talking about are overhyped.
Gotta say though it is interesting to now watch the Left Wing fret over the power of Executive branch, I can't help but think the Libertarians are laughing at us,
edited 19th Nov '16 2:53:54 AM by Demonic_Braeburn
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.That we have a man so blatantly corrupted, bigoted, and utterly unqualified supported by a horde of white nationalists too deluded to listen to any dissent proved to me that we were screwed no matter what. If Trump had lost, these crowds and flaws would only remain until another monster rose to take advantage of them. It's just that now he's won, we're about to see just how little our nation's institutions are worth when a political party based on nothing but lies takes over.
"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all" Futurama, GodfellasThe Nerds of Color have complied a simple list of quick and easy ways to try to fight back against Trump,
or at least mitigate the damage.
It also has a partial list of the U.S. electors and their public contact information, which I remember Alley Oop had asked about. It's all just "Hail Marys" at this point, but...like I've been saying. Gotta try.
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."The main reason I haven't jumped on the "were the elections hacked" train is that I know the government has been monitoring the heck out of the Russians and we've not a peep from them. The intrusion in Florida was caught and dealt with a month in advance.
There should still be an audit though. (Also, if we're looking for Republicans who won't fold, there's Lindsay Grahmn who has been anti-Trump throughout and is pushing for investigation.)
For us Chrome users out there, a new extension replaces the term "alt-right" with "Rebranded White Nationalism"
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Pence goes to Hamilton on Broadway, and the cast directly addressed him, encouraging him to support ALL groups, including LBGT.
Predictably, Trump demands an apology from the cast.
This just in: welcoming someone to your performance and asking them to treat all people with the basic human dignity and respect they deserve (which they have not done), is harassment, everyone!
edited 19th Nov '16 8:31:33 AM by Pseudopartition
Condescending them didn't stop them from getting into power. I don't think we can afford to laugh at them anymore.
Seeing a lot of parallels here between us and Europe. Kind of worried that we'll be making the same mistakes and inadvertently empowering extremists while trying to oppose them.
Furthermore, I think Guantanamo must be destroyed.

On further reflection, I'm watching a show called Roman Empire: Reign of Blood. It's on Marcus Aurelius and Commodus.
Marcus Aurelius is Obama.
Commodus is Trump.
Expect the White House to be gold-plated guys with Trump's name on front in shiny gold letters.
How do people like the name Trump DC?