Phil1111

trump's lapdog Barr has had 18 months to investigate yet instead he's turned the DOJ after Omarosa. Too bad trump's lapdogs hide everywhere.

I like surveys because it accurately summarizes opinions and beliefs. I agree with the article but IMO it misses how the internet and news groups spoon feed target audiences. Remember Breitbart? In the absence of FOX there could be others but FOX is very successful in painting a narrative that appeals to the less critical minds on the right. The narrative that the Murdoch family, Koch brothers, etc. like to peddle.

The first death from a coronavirus reinfection has been reported in the Netherlands "The first known death from a coronavirus reinfection has been reported in the Netherlands. A paper accepted for publication in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases details the death of an 89-year-old Dutch woman who has become the first known person to die after contracting COVID-19 twice." Which would be a case for caution on any vaccine. So the question becomes: Should anyone tell trump? He stated yesterday that he wanted to "kiss everyone" at his rally. He stated that he "is stronger than ever". Nah. He always represents that he knows everything.

So I flipped the channel to the Barrett confirmation hearings and Lindsey Graham is questioning her. Q- How would you rule if a law banning gay marriage comes before you? A- Well someone would have to file a claim. Then the state courts would have to overturn existing case law. So i would likely never have to rule on that. Paraphrase Graham. Oh Ok that certainly clears up that contentious issue! Graham onto next question. What B.S. theater. Makes you wonder if the GOP doesn't rehearse questions beforehand.

"Republicans want their opponents to play by the old rules, as if the game is theirs alone to shape. A typical response comes from Rich Lowry of National Review magazine who, in a comment on Twitter directed at Biden’s reluctance to answer a question about court expansion, declared, You can’t be the candidate of norms and refuse to say whether or not you are going to undertake a truly radical attempt to destroy the legitimacy of one of our key governing institutions." So the GOP wants democrats and Biden to obey norms of behavior in the face of their corruption and disavowing every promise. Biden is smart by not responding to the baiting. But an expansion of the SC to undercut the luciferian deal between trump and his base. Is legitimate and warranted.

Touche

trump took America from #16th to #23 on the world corruption index rankings. Not third world yet. But with one more term the US could tie the highest ranking African country(Botswana) for corruption.

QAnon is a Nazi Cult, Rebranded "I have studied and worked to prevent genocide for forty years. Genocide Watch and the Alliance Against Genocide, the first international anti-genocide coalition, see such hate-filled conspiracy theories as early warning signs of deadly genocidal violence. The plot, described above, was the conspiracy “revealed” in the most influential anti-Jewish pamphlet of all time. It was called The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. It was written by Russian anti-Jewish propagandists around 1902. It collected myths about a Jewish plot to take over the world that had existed for hundreds of years. Central to its mythology was the Blood Libel, which claimed that Jews kidnapped and slaughtered Christian children and drained their blood to mix in the dough for matzos consumed on Jewish holidays.... In fact, according to Eric Feinberg, vice president of content moderation at the Coalition for a Safer Web, which aims to combat extremism online, references to the Elders of Zion and to a “Zionist-occupied government” are common on QAnon forums. He said QAnon adherents are latching on to widespread Jewish support for Democrats, especially as the election approaches. “In terms of Elders of Zion, calling out Hollywood, which tends to be Jewish, calling out specific Jewish congresspeople as pedophiles,” said Feinberg, describing antisemitic ideas found in QAnon. “Also, it tends to be that Jewish people align more with Democrats. They use that against us to basically say that Jews are pedophiles.”

I'm not so sure about that. It could easily spawn more groups like the Michigan 13. QAnon Is Thriving in Germany. The Extreme Right Is Delighted. "as thousands of American troops began NATO maneuvers in Germany, Attila Hildmann did a quick YouTube search to see what it was all about. He quickly came across videos posted by German followers of QAnon. In their telling, this was no NATO exercise. It was a covert operation by President Trump to liberate Germany from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government — something they applauded. “The Q movement said these are troops that will free the German people from Merkel,” said Mr. Hildmann, a vegan celebrity cook who had not heard of QAnon before last spring. “I very much hope that Q is real.” Just as crazy as the Michigan group's idea of a "citizens arrest" is. So is the idea that trump will direct a coup in Germany. Yet traction for these ideas grows with those with a detached sense of reality colored by right wing ideology. Below images from Qanon protests Germany.

True republicans not like the charlatans allied with trumpism.

So like a cult or religion then!

Because they laughed at and rejected America's invitation from President trump!

The democratic house, democratic senate and President Biden will be having an announcement to all "centrists" on January 20th. The Trump administration said it would lower the annual cap on refugees further into rock-bottom record territory as President Trump pursues pre-election xenophobic attacks. Anyone who is Non-Norwegian goes to the front of the line.

Just following trumps statements that violence is the ultimate arbitrator in any disagreement or debate.

Makes perfect sense. Putin sends them money to kill American troops.trump calls US service personnel “losers” and “suckers.”

“Abe Lincoln may have freed all men, but Sam Colt keeps white men more free”. I trust you're not that familiar with LE in Michigan. There the law lets militia groups run around the legislature armed with AR-15s. It allows better planning if "citizens arrests" need to take place. Yah know, get familiar with all the doors, hallways, points of ingress and egress. Trump hasn't said a word about his entire affair. He is likely just too happy about how his men are "standing by" for him.

Well trump and his enablers have an answer.

“I’d like to punch him in the face”Trump said this in front of a crowd of supporters, after a protester was removed from one of his rallies in Las Vegas on 23 February 2016. When the "Commander In Chief" speaks people listen.

Nah just a Friday and a willingness to throw some around to see where it sticks.

Imagine President Putin listening to a briefing about Rand Paul's tweet. Trying to make sense of it. Tweets like this, trump's statements this last week, Qanon, the Michigan arrests. Is this what the fall of the Roman empire was like at the start? The gaslighting is beginning to take effect. January 20th...January 20th...January 20th...

FIFY. Nothing about the trump/GOP coalition seem to have common sense as a core starting point anymore. trump's actions and statements in the last 3-4 days seem to indicate powerful steroids at work on his conscious. No republicans dare voice opposition to his baiting and priming of white supremacists. Or his refusal to commit to a recognition of the finality of a democratic ballot outcome. Does anyone here even imagine that Donald trump will suddenly do a 180 after the election and refuse to play the cards he has hidden in his pockets? Refuse to deploy his followers who love guns and hate government. Hate those who trump labels as "monsters", "socialists", "communists", etc.

I believe you. The courts and politicians have treated white collar criminals with velvet gloves for decades. While stupid drug and petty crime warrants years behind bars. Blame judges and politicians.

"Elliott Broidy, a prominent fundraiser for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, has been charged in an illicit lobbying campaign aimed at getting the Trump administration to drop an investigation into the multibillion-dollar looting of a Malaysian state investment fund. Broidy is the latest person accused by the Justice Department of participating in the covert lobbying effort, which also sought to arrange for the return of a Chinese dissident living in the U.S. A consultant, Nickie Lum Davis, pleaded guilty in August federal court in Hawaii for her role in the scheme." "Broidy, who is based in Los Angeles, was a prominent financier and George W. Bush supporter in the 2000s known throughout the Republican Party for the elaborate fundraisers he threw at his Bel-Air mansion. In 2009, then-New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo charged Broidy for effectively bribing the New York State comptroller in exchange for a $250 million investment in Broidy’s private equity fund. Broidy pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and largely disappeared from Republican politics. He resurfaced in the 2016 presidential race with donations to several other GOP contenders before he joined the Trump campaign’s fundraising team."

"Federal agents said Thursday they thwarted a plot to violently overthrow the government and kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that included visits to her home in northern Michigan and training with explosive devices. The alleged plot involved conspirators who met during a Second Amendment rally at the Capitol in Lansing in June and reached out to members of a Michigan militia known as the Wolverine Watchmen for reinforcements, according to state and federal officials." Once again radical right wing extremist militias hide behind the 2nd amendment to plot against law and order. Q and all the other right wing groups plot and scheme with the protection of trump. "The court filing alleges the conspirators twice conducted surveillance at Whitmer's personal vacation home in northern Michigan and discussed kidnapping her to a "secure location" in Wisconsin to stand "trial" for treason prior to the Nov. 3 election. "Several members talked about murdering 'tyrants' or 'taking' a sitting governor," an FBI agent wrote in the affidavit. "The group decided they needed to increase their numbers and encouraged each other to talk to their neighbors and spread their message."