"We have such sights to show you."
Plenty of people saying it looks like a movie poster for a remake of The Omen.
—Patrick
Horseshoe Theory and Zealotry of the Convert.
Guys he did it, Trump actually did it, he got his wall!
It's just around the White House now to keep out all those dirty Americans.
It's just around the White House now to keep out all those dirty Americans.
I think she’s been drugged....
I choose to think of it like a Zoo exhibit.
"Come and throw peanuts at the orange shitgibbon!"
--Patrick
It makes me so angry. She says she agree with Mattis 100%, that his words are true and "long overdue", then has the audacity, the AUDACITY, to say she is "struggling" about whether to vote for him in 2020. There should be no struggle, Lisa, if you agree what he is doing is terrible and divisive.
Political parties need to die. When the best you can get out of a GOP senator is that she "might" not vote for the guy that beat and gassed American's for a photo op that she publicly agrees was terrible, then you are voting for party interests, not the Constitution, and you fucking know it.
Political parties need to die. When the best you can get out of a GOP senator is that she "might" not vote for the guy that beat and gassed American's for a photo op that she publicly agrees was terrible, then you are voting for party interests, not the Constitution, and you fucking know it.
I am so angry with him I can barely form coherent arguments right now. He is a coward. A spineless, witless, fucking toady firmly attached to Trump's asshole. I have voted against him every time I have been given a chance, but I think at the next election for him I will be donating my time to help any and all opposition.
Hes running this november. This is his opponent. I cant say I know much about him, but I can tell he's not Lindsay Graham so he's an improvement.
I feel this way about Ken Buck, but I feel so powerless to get rid of him because of the makeup of my district.
figmentPez
Staff member
Mattis, a General in the US Armed Forces, who has commanded troops around the globe, and witnessed Trump's leadership first hand, was mislead by news reports? Mattis, who has access to classified reports, intelligence information that no news report will ever show, and is surrounded by a network of information gathering officers whose job it is to filter out fact from fiction, and minimize bias, was duped by the "liberal media"? Are you fucking kidding me?
Just how stupid do you have to be to believe Lindsey Graham right now?
*sigh* There's going to be a lot of people who believe him, aren't there?
All of us who have relatives reposting Fox News and Prager U bullshit to Facebook, it is time to facepalm in solidarity.
There's no such thing as the perfect twe....
I've said it before, but it would not surprise me if they have to literally drag Trump kicking and screaming out of the White House. Every day, that looks more like a legitimate possibility.
I hope it's televised from multiple angles because it will be GLORIOUS.
I hope it's televised from multiple angles because it will be GLORIOUS.
Found an article today that is a bit hard to read but seems to go into the history of how people like Lindsey Graham happen.
For all the articles I've seen saying he really can't, and isn't allowed to, and legally isn't able to, and the Constitution says.... I still expect him to do it, for Republicans to support him doing it, and for the media to wring their hands and then move on to the next news cycle.
Here's another regarding a study from 2003. The synopsis is that a person tends to vote for what they personally believe unless they belong to a political party, in which case they will instead tend to vote for whatever position the PARTY is promoting even when the party's position runs counter to that person's individual beliefs.
--Patrick
It's likely he can try, but luckily for us, the Constitution does have protections versus this. First, election days are handled by Congress, not the President. This is specifically written in the Constitution.
“The Congress may determine the Time of choosing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.”
Now let's say he somehow get's around this, and does it by tricking Congress into postponing the election for him, he now has to deal with The 20th Amendment.
“the terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January.”
In simple terms, this means the President becomes a civilian at noon on the 20th of January at the end of his four year term, unless he has won an election. Should the 20th of January come, once noon rolls around Trump would once again be a civilian by law and would be escorted off the White House property.
This is why it's so important that (a, democrats own the house, since that means they have great control over election postponement, and b) the military isn't backing Trump over the Constitution. Trump would need the military to basically keep him in office in defiance of the Constitution, otherwise January 20th they would escort him out of the White House, and a interim president along the "lines of succession" would be sworn in until an election can be held. It all comes down to what is most important, the Constitution or the President himself, and we will see how that turns out this year.
Tribalism. Our values are only as strong as our need to feel we belong. It's why Cults form in the first place, because more then anything the Cultists want to feel they are a part of something even when it turns out that something involves ritual sacrifice and mass suicide.
I mentioned before that many Republican's don't care about Trump's policies, values, or actions. They only care that they win the game, and assure their status on the eternal hierarchy.
Honestly if you want what I feel is a fair take on the different ways Liberals and Conservatives see the world, I would watch this video. It's a fun series from awhile ago and feels even more relevant now through all the polarization. There are other videos that go more into the "tribalism" aspects of it all, but this one I feel is the most fair to the right as a viewpoint.
figmentPez
Staff member
It's because there's only two real parties, and they've demonized each other the point that switching over seems like it's a greater evil. "Yeah, there are some things I don't like about ____, but at least they're not a ______."
figmentPez
Staff member
Bishop who criticized Trump gets blocked from accessing her church — thanks to new White House border wall
So much for Trump ensuring that churches stay open.
So much for Trump ensuring that churches stay open.
Another retired Marine Corps General goes on the record against Trump:
A Moment of National Shame and Peril—and Hope
A Moment of National Shame and Peril—and Hope
So, I don't know enough about American politics to know the sure, but...is a military coup within the realm of possibility?