Fair to an extent but everyone here seems to be treating this like a normal situation where Trump can be guided into being mitigated/salvaged or they are committing variants of the armchair pundit's fantasy and imputing what they would do as possible thinks Trump can do.
This is absurd. His very nominees should show you what kind of admin we are going to get and there is a weird copium that imagines the infighting and potential incompetence will stop the damage as opposed to producing the more Kafkaesque, unpredictable damage, unpredictable in terms of timing and extent. It will be completely erratic.
I think Trump has a great opportunity to reimagine government. I had to look up what the DoE even does. The DoD is a greater problem. It’s been documented that it’s many headed hydra would be impossible to rein in due to the outsized portion of our national economy that it occupies."
Why do people impute these things onto Trump as things he is capable of doing?
The absurdity is the point partially. Trump is trying to humiliate and show he is boss and seeing how much he can get away with without pushback. He is also surrounded by fanatics who want to go for a maximalist breakneck approach.
Trump apparently wants to do court martials: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-transition-team-compiling-list-current-former-us-military-office-rcna180489
So tell me, how are Senate Republicans going to save his presidency?
I think he is also scrapping the bottom of the barrel. Qualified people are telling him no thank you. Reading between the lines of a TruthSocial rant, it looks like he asked Dimon to be Treasury Secretary and Dimon reufsed
It is amazing how much people still talk about this like we are still in a politics as normal situation. We very much aren't. Is it copium? An overriding psychological thought that appearing as a chicken little is the worst thing someone can be? "How uncool, someone saw me express a bit of anxiety?" Wanting to seem cool and savvy like you can outfox Trump and Co. like this is a Bugs Bunny cartoon and all you need to do is "It's duck season"
Trump and Co. are basically proceeding at maximalist speed like a bunch of Bolsheviks:
1. Almost every nomination he has given so far would be beyond the pale for any other President-elect? Tulsi for director of national intelligence? The one Russian media describes as "the girlfriend?" As far as I can tell, Rubio and Stefanik are the only in the realms of normal appointments so far.
2. We are already hearing gonzo plans for doing things like adjourning Congress using Article II, Section iii and/or declaring martial law for mass deportations.
There is a chance that Trump and Co. are getting ahead of their skies and things fall apart quickly. There is also a chance that we are flying blind in completely uncharted territory and things can get very chaotic and very bad. But the overwhelming sentiment of OT is that showing any alarm is the worst thing in the world apparently, so uncool.
Trump has already ritually humiliated RFK Jr by making him eat McDonald's. In the same photo, was Elon, Johnson, Trump, and Trump Jr. Who wasn't around Vance and Thune?
I wouldn't be surprised if they think they can get away with trying to adjourn the Senate.
Trump confirms plan to use state militias/military to oversee mass deportations: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-confirms-plan-declare-national-emergency-military-mass/story?id=115963448
Trump demands 10 billion in damages for defamation from the Times, CBS, and others: https://www.cjr.org/the_trump_reader/trump-threatens-new-york-times-penguin-random-house-critical-coverage.php
Trump nominates John Sauer to Solicitor General and Todd Blanche to Deputy Attorney General. The Department of Justice is basically going to be his personal law firm
The election was basically "It's inflation, stupid" and now it appears to be dawning on people that perhaps they should have taken Trump seriously and literally and they have buyer's remorse.
The big success of the US right over the last decade or so, helped by a cadre of centrists, is convincing a lot of people that the Democratic Party is whoever you think is the most radical, most annoying person on the internet. Therefore, voting Republican is a vote against them.- Nicholas Grossman.
The definition of elite in United States politics has been completely twisted beyond comprehension. Somehow the richest people in the world: Musk, Bezos, Zuckerbeg, Horowitz, Andersen, Thiel, Sacks, and other billionaires who bankrolled Trump are not elite. People with millions of dollars in wealth from owning car dealerships or paving contractor businesses or working in finance are not elite. The Winklevoss Crypto Twins are not elite despite attending the Greenwich County Day School, Brunswick School, and Harvard University.
But an adjunct professor at a community college who uses the term Latinx is one of the worst people in the world.
Welp Rogan is just asking questions about Jewish guys on his show: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/01d860a45ed5463cfb3f73258faed248a0decec495ec224493e048d3f1cfe2ab.png
On “How Republicans Can Save Trump’s Presidency”
Fair to an extent but everyone here seems to be treating this like a normal situation where Trump can be guided into being mitigated/salvaged or they are committing variants of the armchair pundit's fantasy and imputing what they would do as possible thinks Trump can do.
This is absurd. His very nominees should show you what kind of admin we are going to get and there is a weird copium that imagines the infighting and potential incompetence will stop the damage as opposed to producing the more Kafkaesque, unpredictable damage, unpredictable in terms of timing and extent. It will be completely erratic.
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"That’s a really good question.
I think Trump has a great opportunity to reimagine government. I had to look up what the DoE even does. The DoD is a greater problem. It’s been documented that it’s many headed hydra would be impossible to rein in due to the outsized portion of our national economy that it occupies."
Why do people impute these things onto Trump as things he is capable of doing?
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The absurdity is the point partially. Trump is trying to humiliate and show he is boss and seeing how much he can get away with without pushback. He is also surrounded by fanatics who want to go for a maximalist breakneck approach.
"
Trump apparently wants to do court martials: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-transition-team-compiling-list-current-former-us-military-office-rcna180489
So tell me, how are Senate Republicans going to save his presidency?
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I think he is also scrapping the bottom of the barrel. Qualified people are telling him no thank you. Reading between the lines of a TruthSocial rant, it looks like he asked Dimon to be Treasury Secretary and Dimon reufsed
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It is amazing how much people still talk about this like we are still in a politics as normal situation. We very much aren't. Is it copium? An overriding psychological thought that appearing as a chicken little is the worst thing someone can be? "How uncool, someone saw me express a bit of anxiety?" Wanting to seem cool and savvy like you can outfox Trump and Co. like this is a Bugs Bunny cartoon and all you need to do is "It's duck season"
Trump and Co. are basically proceeding at maximalist speed like a bunch of Bolsheviks:
1. Almost every nomination he has given so far would be beyond the pale for any other President-elect? Tulsi for director of national intelligence? The one Russian media describes as "the girlfriend?" As far as I can tell, Rubio and Stefanik are the only in the realms of normal appointments so far.
2. We are already hearing gonzo plans for doing things like adjourning Congress using Article II, Section iii and/or declaring martial law for mass deportations.
There is a chance that Trump and Co. are getting ahead of their skies and things fall apart quickly. There is also a chance that we are flying blind in completely uncharted territory and things can get very chaotic and very bad. But the overwhelming sentiment of OT is that showing any alarm is the worst thing in the world apparently, so uncool.
Trump has already ritually humiliated RFK Jr by making him eat McDonald's. In the same photo, was Elon, Johnson, Trump, and Trump Jr. Who wasn't around Vance and Thune?
I wouldn't be surprised if they think they can get away with trying to adjourn the Senate.
On “Open Mic for the week of 11/18/2024”
Trump confirms plan to use state militias/military to oversee mass deportations: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-confirms-plan-declare-national-emergency-military-mass/story?id=115963448
On “How Republicans Can Save Trump’s Presidency”
I have a bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in.
On “Open Mic for the week of 11/18/2024”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/17/haitian-immigrants-springfield-ohio-trump-election
Haitian Immigrants are fleeing Sprignfield.
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https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/512ccccfa2c346dd71eb7a8865a991e8b0b0998dbc7d35265cb57376ef8b62fc.jpg
NPR obeys in advance
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Trump demands 10 billion in damages for defamation from the Times, CBS, and others: https://www.cjr.org/the_trump_reader/trump-threatens-new-york-times-penguin-random-house-critical-coverage.php
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Trump nominates John Sauer to Solicitor General and Todd Blanche to Deputy Attorney General. The Department of Justice is basically going to be his personal law firm
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He walked it back very quickly.
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Welp it looks like RFK Jr is going to be the HHS nominee.
Putin had a very good year in 2024.
On “Not Satire: The Onion Buys Infowars with Help from Sandy Hook Families”
Check out the info wars website now. It is a pretty sweet message
On “The Four Stages of Post-election Cruelty”
The election was basically "It's inflation, stupid" and now it appears to be dawning on people that perhaps they should have taken Trump seriously and literally and they have buyer's remorse.
On “Open Mic for the week of 11/11/2024”
The Onion buys Infowars: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/business/media/alex-jones-infowars-the-onion.html
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Hegseth’s not so subtle tattoos
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/whats-the-deal-with-pete-hegseth-crusader-tattoos
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And just like that, Republicans feel good about the economy
https://www.axios.com/2024/11/13/consumer-sentiment-republican-democrat-switch
On “An Election Map that Asks “What if Only Educated People Voted?” and a Follow-up Question”
The big success of the US right over the last decade or so, helped by a cadre of centrists, is convincing a lot of people that the Democratic Party is whoever you think is the most radical, most annoying person on the internet. Therefore, voting Republican is a vote against them.- Nicholas Grossman.
The definition of elite in United States politics has been completely twisted beyond comprehension. Somehow the richest people in the world: Musk, Bezos, Zuckerbeg, Horowitz, Andersen, Thiel, Sacks, and other billionaires who bankrolled Trump are not elite. People with millions of dollars in wealth from owning car dealerships or paving contractor businesses or working in finance are not elite. The Winklevoss Crypto Twins are not elite despite attending the Greenwich County Day School, Brunswick School, and Harvard University.
But an adjunct professor at a community college who uses the term Latinx is one of the worst people in the world.
Great job at falling for propaganda people!
On “Open Mic for the week of 11/11/2024”
This one is satire
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I suppose you are in an "are you not entertained? kind of mood
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Welp Rogan is just asking questions about Jewish guys on his show: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/01d860a45ed5463cfb3f73258faed248a0decec495ec224493e048d3f1cfe2ab.png
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If Trump were to actually do this, we would be in s**t hits the fan territory but we seem to be getting closer and close to it every day.
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I too found out he has a JD today.
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