People that you've never heard of, people that are in the dark shadows -- US Politics September 2020

my mom has done this in (western) pennsylvania; i'll try to find out what the org was

That seems like a great idea!

republicans and conservatives didn't care at all about his very prominent comments on mccain, the khan family, etc. here's like the first 1/15th of that list i mentioned somehwhere earlier, #onethread

says Americans who died in war are "losers" and "suckers."

“Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers” he said about a U.S. military cemetery

called John McCain “a fucking loser” when asked to lower flags to half staff

called President George H.W. Bush a loser for being shot down during WWII

“That guy is smart. Why did he join the military?” Trump said of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

asked his staff to not include wounded veterans because amputees make him uncomfortable

“I don’t get it. What was in it for them?” Trump said to Gen. John Kelly about dead veterans, while visiting Kelly’s son’s grave at Arlington

Trump knew since Mar 2020 that Russia paid bounties to kill American troops. On July 29, Trump defended Russia arming the Taliban against the US saying the US once did the same thing

In May '20, the White House ended National Guard deployments one day before they could claim benefits

The Trump admin seized 5mil masks intended for VA hospitals. Kushner distributes these masks to private entities for a fee, who then sells the masks to the government

Trump fired the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after he warned superiors that COVID19 was spreading among his crew

After Iran's retaliatory strike, 109 US troops suffered brain injuries. Trump dismissed these as "headaches"

On July 20, 2017, in room 2E924 of the Pentagon, Trump told a room full of Generals, "You’re a bunch of dopes and babies"

Said 26,000 military sexual assaults were to be 'expected' bc America lets women serve

Invited the Taliban to Camp David on the anniversary of 9/11

Claimed that his military budget made up for his lack of military experience

Claimed if a Humvee was hit by an IED, soldiers "go for a little ride upward & they come down."

Pardoned multiple war criminals, which betrayed the men of the 1st Platoon who helped convict him for violating long standing military values, discipline, and command (May&Nov, 2019)

Trump mocked Lt. Col. Vindman for his rank and uniform. He threatened said purple heart officer resulting in the Army providing him pr--------

it goes on and on. after all that, why does him adding another line item to that list make a difference?

what if he said the Confederacy was a bunch of losers

well i saw the tweet yesterday from a Trumper saying that their dear lead was sent by god and many of them believe that, so there really is nothing you can tell them at all that will change their stance on him.

You've got to admit, if a religious person believed Trump was sent to bring about the Rapture, It's hard to argue with that.

Every Hegelian worth their salt knows you can't have Christ without the Antichrist. *taps head*

math checks out

"god used many flawed men to serve his needs throughout the bible"

i heard some true believer say this the other day somewhere

if I were the religious sort I would think that a man who embodies every one of the seven deadly sins would be a sign I should reject that person, but I suppose it can also be a test of faith, a la Job. religion is funny that way.

Like, God is testing me to trust his will by sending the shittiest person in the world to lead us!

"Thou shalt own the libs" is left out of a lot of versions of the Old Testament, but not the good ones.

this is just fucking stupid as fuck these these crackpots are being more legitimized by the day

Here’s the photo she posted: https://t.co/psgZSVV8Tw pic.twitter.com/60bXKMDacP

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) September 4, 2020

My favourite of God's books is The Prince.

In a masterpiece of bad timing, today Stars and Stripes was ordered to cease publication by the end of the month.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/09/04/trump-and-stars-and-stripes-attacking-american-icon-column/5706859002/

.@JoeBiden answering a question on QAnon conspiracy, Biden says: "I’ve been a big supporter of mental health. I’d recommend people who believe it should take advantage of it while it still exists under the Affordable Care Act."

— Karine Jean-Pierre (@K_JeanPierre) September 4, 2020

nice!

a lot of the responses (last night) were along the lines of "unattributed sources? BS."

You don't get to whine about anonymous sources when your whole cult is called "QAnon."

— ben schwartz (@benschwartz_) September 4, 2020

re: Marjorie Greene

AOC should tweet this back:

https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/4cYAAOSwBpteaZ6E/s-l225.jpg

remarkably good answer from Biden there

wau, I didn't expect that kind of A+ acerbic response from him

a good response but presumably one they've had prepped for ages

kind of in line with this one:

Townsend, a 30-year-old from Clio, Mich., asked the candidates if they would protect his “baby” -- the Bushmaster AR-15 semiautomatic rifle he cradled in his arms.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson gave a standard answer about the need to improve screening of gun applicants. But Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, who said that he sponsored an assault weapons ban, was not so sanguine.

“I’ll tell you what, if that’s his baby, he needs help,” Biden said of Townsend. “I don’t know that he is mentally qualified to own that gun. I’m being serious.”

Probably had to pre-tape his responses 10 years ago because of his incurable brain damage.

But tbrr, it's true that Trump's press conferences are more improvised. No studious practice of party talking points for him, no sir!

^^ I remembered that exchange, so, Simon, I tend to think he's kept this sort of thing in his quiver forever because he's Authentic Scranton Joe.

who's gonna be the secretary of qanon de-programming?

The BuzzFeed copy desk just announced that they will no longer call QAnon a "conspiracy theory," instead labeling it a "collective delusion": https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/drumoorhouse/qanon-mass-collective-delusion-buzzfeed-news-copy-desk

lol

They should call it a flaming bag of bullshit, for accuracy's sake

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trumps-law-and-order-message-isnt-resonating-with-most-americans/

But tbrr, it's true that Trump's press conferences are more improvised

I wouldn't pick either of 'em for my trivia squad.

but at least Trump can think for himself

imagine being "Q". Assuming you're not mentally deranged too, how shocking would it be to have so many ppl truly believing the bullshit you spouted on a messageboard, the President being asked about your bullshit and not even dismissing it as bullshit, etc etc

like Lamont Cranston "Q" revels in the power to cloud people's minds.

http://www.writeups.org/wp-content/uploads/Q-Star-Trek-Omnipotent-John-de-Lancie-a.jpg

imagine being "Q". Assuming you're not mentally deranged too, how shocking would it be to have so many ppl truly believing the bullshit you spouted on a messageboard, the President being asked about your bullshit and not even dismissing it as bullshit, etc etc

lol @ the suggestion that Jim Watkins may in fact be mentally sane.

Q is a bit bashful and self-effacing about all the wonderful success he's had

I watched that Biden press conference and was surprised to find his zings at least didn't *seem* canned, he seemed to be forming them in real-time and with feeling

lol the "press conference" was just them denying what he said.

After reading denials of the Atlantic story from one current staffer (Derek Lyons) and one former staffer (Dan Walsh), Kayleigh McEnany leaves the room without taking any questions.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) September 4, 2020

well, that settles it then!

then she dropped the mic and Bananarama's "Cruel Summer" came on over the PA

"Can we play the Pelosi video again?"

Fwiw Biden is now favoured (rather than slightly favoured) to win the election according to 538:

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/

May it remain so.

It changes from favoured to slightly favoured at 70%. It’s been switching between those since it went live a month ago which gives the impression it’s changed a lot but ... it hasn’t.

Ah, I hadn't realized.

What a nightmare of shitty data-viz their model page is, too. Quite a shocking lapse of judgement on their part. And that godawful fox?

interesting if true

Fox News (!!!) confirming the Atlantic story now https://t.co/hIJMZKwtH2

— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) September 4, 2020

The Deep Media has infiltrated Fox News.

@JenGriffinFNC
: This former official heard the President say about American veterans: “’What’s in it for them? They don’t make any money?’ It was a character flaw of the President: he could not understand why someone would die for their country, not worth it.”

trump otm ?

Trump would be wise to start driving his base away from FOX now, so he can hit the ground running with a big audience as OAN majority owner/windbag in January