The Trump thread: All things Donald

[Jed_]

Actually, I enjoy some Trump ads:

https://lincolnproject.us/

[eater]

'He just thinks about himself'

wow that was a hell of a rant..lois i didnt quote the entire thing to save space..

watch this little news clip lois and tell me again who just thinks about himself--->

[Jed_]

I wonder if we can offer some sort of deprogramming, or 12 step program, whatever works?

[_priapism]

545 kids’ parents can’t be identified by ICE.

Giuliani fondles himself for girl in latest Borat movie.

Trump’s secret bank account in China revealed.

[Jed_]

I saw Obama speak at a rally in PA:  ‘Can you imagine if I had a secret bank account in China what the Republicans would say?  And he probably paid more taxes in China than in the U.S.’

Not sure if I got the words exactly as he said them, but it’s pretty close.

The hypocrisy is just not OK.  When the Democrats take over the presidency and the Senate, I do hope it’s pay back time.  I want them to investigate every criminal act.  I want them to put some teeth into the Hatch Act.  Make all those fuckers pay.  It’s what they tried to do based on nothing, so give it back to them in spades.  Put the fear of God into them for the next generation.

But they probably won’t.  They’ll talk about healing the nation and do nothing.

There can be no healing without justice.

[_priapism]

[Jed_]

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. What could go wrong?

I’m just asking that criminal acts be prosecuted.  Trump is trying to do it in the absence of actual real criminal acts.

[Jed_]

I saw Obama speak at a rally in PA:  ‘Can you imagine if I had a secret bank account in China what the Republicans would say?  And he probably paid more taxes in China than in the U.S.’

Not sure if I got the words exactly as he said them, but it’s pretty close.

The hypocrisy is just not OK.  When the Democrats take over the presidency and the Senate, I do hope it’s pay back time.  I want them to investigate every criminal act.  I want them to put some teeth into the Hatch Act.  Make all those fuckers pay.  It’s what they tried to do based on nothing, so give it back to them in spades.  Put the fear of God into them for the next generation.

But they probably won’t.  They’ll talk about healing the nation and do nothing.

There can be no healing without justice.

[Lois]

I think it's still to early to declare voctory.  When the voting is over any close races could be challeneged if they could lead to a tRump victory.  Should these results be challenged, the courts are packed with ideologically selected justices.  It will not go well.

However, one thing the tRump presidency has shown is the weaknesses in our system. The tRump administration has been able to violate the Hatch Act, ignore congresssional subpoenas and commit other crimes with impunity.  We need to find a way to correct this.

We also need to find a way to prevent folks like Mitch McConnell from not doing his constitutional duty with regards to the appointment of judges. With regards to the Supreme court this has led to the packing of the court with extreme right-wing judges that were vetted for thier ideological positions.

[joan1984]

  Extra Constitutional activity must be stopped, ended, with swift ability to identify and act to stop it, everytime, and everywhere it is found.

  Using the levers of government is what elected legislators, and leaders do, on a regular/daily basis. It is their job, as a practical matter in the course of their work, for their Constituents interests, and in the process of Defending the Consitution as is the OATH each of them takes.

  Abusing levers of government, via ignoring, delaying, obfuscating, all leads to trouble, and may well be technically "legal" activities, and such should be looked at, and the questions I have is WHO is trusted by all for such a task?

  Delay tactics employed via politically activist Judges, in the past 4 years, and likely many more 'recent' years, must be followed up, and a price be enacted, to end such practices by our Courts. It takes so long to correct a unconstitutional action by a Federal Judge, that justice is denied, and this cannot be tolerated by any of us.

  Judges whose decisions are overturned, who have shown clear bias, must be removed from such a trusted position. Whatever is needed, to include Article 5 employment, with a Convention Of States, to bypass the sitting Federal Legislature and propose Ammendments to the U.S. Constitution that fully address the learned, agreed upon language of such a Convention Of States, must be done at the earliest opportunity.

  Such a process, Convention of States, resulting Ammendments being written and agreed upon, and the process of Ammending our U.S. Constitution is a long process, and such a process is sorely needed, in my opinion. There are lots of possible changes which could come from such a process, with only a few likely to withstand the process itself.

I think it's still to early to declare voctory.  When the voting is over any close races could be challeneged if they could lead to a tRump victory.  Should these results be challenged, the courts are packed with ideologically selected justices.  It will not go well.

However, one thing the tRump presidency has shown is the weaknesses in our system. The tRump administration has been able to violate the Hatch Act, ignore congresssional subpoenas and commit other crimes with impunity.  We need to find a way to correct this.

We also need to find a way to prevent folks like Mitch McConnell from not doing his constitutional duty with regards to the appointment of judges. With regards to the Supreme court this has led to the packing of the court with extreme right-wing judges that were vetted for thier ideological positions.

[_priapism]

[Jed_]

Trump didn’t set himself on fire in the last debate, but he still can’t tell the truth about anything and speaks in right-wing/Fox code that only the MAGA cultists know.  I mean I catch most of the references because I read and watch all sorts of news including Fox.  But if you’re one of the cultists, you’ve already made up your mind.  And if you follow all news like I do with an understanding of what is credible and what is horseshit, you’re smart to have already made up your mind as well.

I’m not sure Trump swayed any of the undecided, but then I’m not sure there’s enough of them left to make a difference for him.

AOC+3 was new to me LOL, but the way I consume news I knew what he meant.  Love the way the right completely loses their shit over a handful of freshman congresswomen, especially when the Republicans have their QAnon nutjobs either in congress or running.

[msslave]

[eater]

Trump .... only the MAGA cultists ... if you’re one of the cultists, you’ve already made up your mind.  And if you follow all news like I do with an understanding of what is credible and what is horseshit, you’re smart to have already made up your mind as well.

 

[purpleshoes]

The powers that be in California have ruled that no one entering a polling area can wear clothing with a candidate's name on it.

MAGA hats and shirts, however, are allowed.

[eater]

The powers that be in California have ruled that no one entering a polling area can wear clothing with a candidate's name on it.

MAGA hats and shirts, however, are allowed.

i wonder if  "Never Make America Great" hats are allowed..hmm

or maybe "I Hate Making America Great" hats ?
                         

[_priapism]

October 25, 2020 at 6:51 PM EDT
The presidential campaign was roiled this weekend by a fresh outbreak of the novel coronavirus at the White House that infected at least five aides or advisers to Vice President Pence, a spread that President Trump’s top staffer acknowledged Sunday he had tried to avoid disclosing to the public.

FAILED LEADERSHIP.

The outbreak in the vice president’s office is the third to strike the White House, following a small outbreak in May that included Mr. Pence’s spokeswoman and a larger explosion of infection in late September after a Rose Garden ceremony for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Mr. Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.

The latest one began late last week, when Mr. Obst fell ill. Once that happened, people who had been in contact with him went into quarantine and contact tracing measures were employed, according to a senior administration official. But during that period, two other top aides to Mr. Pence tested positive for the virus. Officials in the vice president’s office did not make it public at the time.

Then on Saturday, both Mr. Short and Zach Bauer, Mr. Pence’s personal aide, tested positive, two senior administration officials said. Two officials familiar with the events said Mr. Short wanted White House doctors to issue a statement about his diagnosis, adding that Mr. Pence had tested negative.

But Mr. Meadows did not want the information becoming public on Saturday, the officials said. He pressed the White House medical office not to release a statement, and urged the vice president’s staff not to publicly reveal the diagnoses, the officials said. Several people said they believed Mr. Meadows was trying to keep the situation from becoming public so close to Election Day. Mr. Meadows has indicated to people that he was doing what the president wanted.

“We’re not going to control the pandemic,” Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday morning, essentially offering a verbal shrug in response to any effort to prevent an outbreak in the top echelon of the nation’s leaders. “We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigations, because it is a contagious virus — just like the flu.”

THROWING UP YOUR HANDS IN DEFEAT.

[eater]

October 25, 2020 at 6:51 PM EDT

“We’re not going to control the pandemic, We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigations, because it is a contagious virus — just like the flu.”

THROWING UP YOUR HANDS IN DEFEAT

“We’re not going to control the virus, We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigations, because it is a contagious virus — just like the flu.”

i don't know if thats 'throwing up hands in defeat' so much as stating the facts.
most virus return yearly to some degree or seasonally(flu) , some just pop out of nowhere every 5-10 years with an outbreak(ebola). we usually do mitigation if we dont have a vaccine or encourage people to get vaccinated if we do have one. most likely corona virus will never be eliminated completely. like pythons in florida its something we need to deal with forever now.
flu virus sickens over 5 million people and kills over 650,000 people every year, and we have a vaccine for that.(one that is continually changing and evolving like the virus itself)

its NEVER GOING TO "GO AWAY." ...so don't wait for it to.

[Jed_]

Trump’s superspreader events aren’t just infectious, he’s putting people in the hospital for hypothermia in Nebraska and hyperthermia in Florida.

[Shiela_M]

Meanwhile in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hackers stole $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party’s account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key battleground state, the party’s chairman told The Associated Press on Thursday.