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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Republicans continue their gerrymandering efforts because it benefits Republicans, not because it benefits Trump. The Republicans are the enemy. Trump is their convenient scapegoat.
Wizard Needs Food BadlyI don't say this every day, but attaboy, Cuomo.
Man, I have thought about that scene so many times since the election.
edited 28th Jan '17 3:44:17 PM by RBluefish
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."@Mad: Yeah, see, that doesn't convince me. Because unless it's like, Priebus himself, that seems untenable. It seems a lot more likely that's just some guy telling people what they want to hear.
Like, if later we get independent confirmation for something that twitter account said, that'd be something, but at the moment there's absolutely no evidence it's a trustworthy source. Which means reading it too much can easily land one with a bunch of really unhelpful biases.
edited 28th Jan '17 3:47:12 PM by Gilphon
Rogue POTUS account might be a Republican agent provocateur, heightening the anti-Trump sentiment to accelerate Pence's ascension. The information it's producing seems too targeted.
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."I'm putting my money on "fake" myself. It's the most simple explanation, and as much as Trump's presidency seems to exist within The Tyson Zone, there are limits to how closely reality can play out like a high school student's attempt at a political intrigue drama.
edited 28th Jan '17 4:03:29 PM by Kayeka
Is the White House taken over by the Harkonnens, or the Thénardiers?
Trump once walked out to "Do you hear the people sing"
when he should have done "Master of the House"
I'm trying my damnedest to not let all the Trumpery become "normal" to me but to be honest I'm failing. My reaction to the Muslim ban was feeling a little disappointed and powerless, not angry. This is, however, simply unacceptable.
EDIT: Oh, I read some comments in the NYT comment section, and that's made me angry. People caring about women and LGBT people only when it's convenient to them, and tarring a region of millions upon millions of people people with the same brush as somehow "incompatible" with US/European values. That makes me angry.
edited 28th Jan '17 4:12:31 PM by LinkToTheFuture
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas EdisonSteve Bannon is now an official member of the National Security Council's Principal Committee.
The transition to a fascist state is becoming complete in like a week's time.
edited 28th Jan '17 4:43:33 PM by MadSkillz
It hard to feel anything but powerless these days. The Republicans control the government at all levels, what little Democratic opposition exists seems to bow to the new government's every whim, and despite all this talk of activism there's truly nothing that us normal people can do. No politician cares about phone calls or emails, especially when they come from nobodies like me who probably wouldn't vote for them anyway.
Everyone say that its apparently my duty to stand up, but the truth is I have no power, no influence.

A resignation on the Federal Energy Regulatory Comission is likely to delay movement on Keystone XL and DAPL by at least several weeks
The resignation doesn't appear to be a protest one like those in the State Department but it leaves them without a quorum to rule on project proposals.