The Trump Presidency – 2016

[whomario]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

I mean shit, just let 'em die at this point. Fuck it.

The problem is that the danger from them is much larger than the danger to them. Even putting aside age etc each one of them only faces odds once, while if they spread it odds are they spread it to more than one person and start a chain that ends with someone dying or getting seriously ill that they never even met in their lifes.

[MIJB#19]

"It'll start getting cooler. You just... You just watch."

We all saw this coming, but it's still shocking when you hear and see the man say it.

[albionmoonlight]

Laura Ingraham claims antifa arsonists are responsible for California wildfires https://t.co/GSIOI1A3bz

— Media Matters (@mmfa) September 15, 2020

Look at the Chryon.

I'm old enough to remember when the GOP line was that the lockdowns were not necessary and they would go away if Biden won because they were all a librul conspiracy to hurt Trump.

I guess we've always been at war with Eastasia again.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Look at the Chryon.

I'm old enough to remember when the GOP line was that the lockdowns were not necessary and they would go away if Biden won because they were all a librul conspiracy to hurt Trump.

I guess we've always been at war with Eastasia again.

They somehow believe both. They are totally "anything that can stick" campaigning.

[Vegas Vic]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

Meanwhile, this is how the campaign is actually being conducted:

‘This is f---ing crazy’: Florida Latinos swamped by wild conspiracy theories - POLITICO

My appreciation for the effectiveness of this kind of shit, and my resulting depression about the same, just continues to grow. I guess you still put some effort into "normal" stuff like good/popular policy, but at some point why even bother? Lies and propaganda are just a better bang for your buck. smh

The Hispanic vote in Florida tends to be largely Cuban-American, who are more republican leaning that other Hispanic blocks. They tend to be pro law enforcement, oppose illegal immigration and favor a strong work ethic. Hillary Clinton won the Florida Hispanic vote 59% to 36% in 2016; however, an NBC-Marist poll released last week found Latinos in the state about evenly divided between Biden and Trump.

Biden faces worries that Latino support slipping in Florida

[JPhillips]

Not doing any work leaves quite a lot of time for campaigning. Outside of media, rallies, and fundraisers, what does he have to get done?

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by Vegas Vic

The Hispanic vote in Florida tends to be largely Cuban-American, who are more republican leaning that other Hispanic blocks. They tend to be pro law enforcement, oppose illegal immigration and favor a strong work ethic. Hillary Clinton won the Florida Hispanic vote 59% to 36% in 2016; however, an NBC-Marist poll released last week found Latinos in the state about evenly divided between Biden and Trump.

Biden faces worries that Latino support slipping in Florida

But he's polling several points higher among white voters, so he's had a slim lead overall.

[JPhillips]

Trump says that in 2018 he wanted to assassinate Assad, but Mattis didn't want to.

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by whomario

The problem is that the danger from them is much larger than the danger to them. Even putting aside age etc each one of them only faces odds once, while if they spread it odds are they spread it to more than one person and start a chain that ends with someone dying or getting seriously ill that they never even met in their lifes.

Yeah, I know. I'm just angry and fed up with the stupidity and obstinacy. And unfortunately, until these people start seeing people they know die, they're not going to get it. (And even THEN they may not get it.)

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by Vegas Vic

favor a strong work ethic

"As opposed to those OTHER Latino groups, who favor laziness and handouts."

Anyway, I know a Cuban couple who has really eaten this stuff up. They are convinced that if Biden wins it'll be a replay of Castro's Cuba. Good people who have gone totally over the deep end.

[ISiddiqui]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

But he's polling several points higher among white voters, so he's had a slim lead overall.

And it'll be interesting to see how $100mil of Bloomberg money changes things in Florida as well.

[JPhillips]

Yeah, if Bloomberg actually spends that money it could be very well targeted.

What I will never understand is why tons of money doesn't go to an organized voter transport system. Compared to TV advertising, it wouldn't even cost that much.

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

And it'll be interesting to see how $100mil of Bloomberg money changes things in Florida as well.

Judging how he wasted a billion dollars promoting himself for president, probably not much.

[GrantDawg]

This is totally fine. Perfectly normal.
https://www.politico.com/amp/news/20...mpression=true

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[Bee]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

This is totally fine. Perfectly normal.
Trump ad asks people to support the troops. But it uses a picture of Russian jets.

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So we now know which troops Trump believes are "our" troops...

[ISiddiqui]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

Judging how he wasted a billion dollars promoting himself for president, probably not much.

The billion dollars got him in double digits in the polls. Unfortunately (for him) it meant he got on the debate stage.. and he was terrible on that.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

This is totally fine. Perfectly normal.
Trump ad asks people to support the troops. But it uses a picture of Russian jets.

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I often wonder how much of this stuff is purposeful, just to piss off the other side/media. Like the emblem, for instance. A big inside joke, just because.

20+ years ago, I worked for a state agency that was headed by an elected official who had decided to run for Senate. He got maximum political juice out of a particular case we handled - the case was legit, but he inserted himself into it as a fact witness and made the lawyers' lives miserable - and thanks to his "hands on" approach, the routine issuance of orders became a legal battle because it was in doubt who had authority to sign.

When the original orders got thrown out due to a technicality over who signed them, we had to get the governor to appoint someone. So their great idea was to have him appoint the same person who signed the first set of orders as an FU. They just thought that was the funniest thing ever.

This type of stuff reminds me a lot of that.

[sterlingice]

There's like a 80% chance of incompetence with every decision. But there's always just enough of a chance that it's his next troll job to distract from something else.

But, I mean - what do you do? You just let it go and you normalize it. Or you bring it up and get drug into the mud.

SI

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by Atocep

No one other than Law and Crime has picked up the story yet, but if what they're reporting about mass hysterectomies by ICE is true we've reached a new level of fascism.

It's making the rounds.

ICE whistleblower: Nurse alleges 'hysterectomies on immigrant women in US' - BBC News

U.S. Concentration Camp in Georgia Sent Women to Be Sterilized

[sterlingice]

This Gizmodo line is pretty spot on

But saying “we’re not technically as bad as the Nazis” is a pretty low bar, and doesn’t excuse the current abuses being perpetrated against vulnerable communities by the Trump regime. The things we already know about are bad, but if the history of fascism is any guide, it’s almost always worse than you first believed.

"Technically better than the Nazis 2020!"

SI

[Mota]

Originally Posted by Brian Swartz

Yes. I think he cares a great deal about himself, and some about his immediate family. All bets are off beyond that.

He certainly makes sure that everybody in his family are well-employed in his administration.

[GrantDawg]

Don't worry. Covid will go away once we have herd mentality. Our stable genius President said so.

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[Atocep]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Don't worry. Covid will go away once we have herd mentality. Our stable genius President said so.

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Facebook believes it's going to disappear on November 4th.

[JPhillips]

Trump has a good attack against Biden. Biden may talk about a national mask mandate, but why hasn't he done it yet?

[kingfc22]

I can’t tell if you are serious or if this is dripping in sarcasm

[ISiddiqui]

I'm stunned he blamed Biden for not doing a mask mandate that at a town hall. Imagine if he tries that at a debate...

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[albionmoonlight]

Trump is such an outsider candidate that he's running as an outsider even though he's the President.

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

I can’t tell if you are serious or if this is dripping in sarcasm

Oh, it's real and it's spectacular.

[larrymcg421]

There's so much that President Biden should've done. What a disappointment.

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Trump is such an outsider candidate that he's running as an outsider even though he's the President.

This is the exact genesis of Q. Campaigned as an outsider. Won as an outsider. Now on the inside, still on the outside against "The Depp State". Needs "true believers" to understand how deep the state is. Anyone who opposes him is part of it, and only he can succeed against it. Therefore, any opposition to him, i.e. Deep State, he must win, because even though he's the President, he's still the underdog and still the outsider.

Coincidentally, it's also the Lifetime Original Story of Sallie Jessie Raphael.

[Bee]

Why didn't Biden do something about the Coronavirus back in February!

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

Oh, it's real and it's spectacular.

Even more spectacular was Biden's response.

https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1306055202290544640

[Flasch186]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

This is the exact genesis of Q. Campaigned as an outsider. Won as an outsider. Now on the inside, still on the outside against "The Depp State". Needs "true believers" to understand how deep the state is. Anyone who opposes him is part of it, and only he can succeed against it. Therefore, any opposition to him, i.e. Deep State, he must win, because even though he's the President, he's still the underdog and still the outsider.

Coincidentally, it's also the Lifetime Original Story of Sallie Jessie Raphael.

...don't forget that any opposition to Trump is also due to their desire to continue to molest children. Trump is against molestation.

[JPhillips]

A shadowy cabal of global elites kidnapping babies and drinking their blood?

Q is just the blood libel updated for the 21st century.

[NobodyHere]

Kanye West reportedly asked campaign staff to avoid 'fornicating'

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

Kanye West reportedly asked campaign staff to avoid 'fornicating'

Running under the 'Birthday Party' no less and he won't deny he is running to hurt Biden, while thus far has been added to the ballot in Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Tennessee, Utah and Mississippi. You know, states were Trump is in 'danger' of losing to Biden and his presence will really make a difference.

what a fucking Clown

[Ksyrup]

Kentucky too! Followed by these types of articles right after he qualified:

Some feel tricked into signing petition to get Kanye West on Kentucky ballot

[Ksyrup]

The bad news for Trump, assuming he was truly hoping to reach undecideds, is that only 3.8M people watched the town hall. The good news for Trump, given his performance, is that only 3.8M watched. What a ratings loser. Sad!

[Lathum]

This is getting the predicted response

We are deeply saddened to announce that there will be no on-campus early voting location for the 2020 Presidential Election. However, students registered to vote in Athens can still vote early at the board of elections downtown starting October 12! pic.twitter.com/HOXZOWMmHy

— UGA Votes (@UGAvotes) September 16, 2020

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by Lathum

This is getting the predicted response

We are deeply saddened to announce that there will be no on-campus early voting location for the 2020 Presidential Election. However, students registered to vote in Athens can still vote early at the board of elections downtown starting October 12! pic.twitter.com/HOXZOWMmHy

— UGA Votes (@UGAvotes) September 16, 2020

This incremental disenfranchisement of voters is taking forever.

Let's just cut to the chase and pass the "Only White Fox News Viewers in rural Oklahoma get to vote for President" Act and be done with it. It's where the country is going to end up by 2032 anyway, so why not just rip the Band-Aid and do it now?

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Lathum

This is getting the predicted response

People here told me it is very easy to vote.

[RainMaker]

Safe to play and show up to football games. Not safe to vote. Makes sense.

[sterlingice]

Caputo is not fired. Put on a 2 month "leave of absence" for his conspiracy rant (never mind his politicizing of documents at the CDC)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/16/polit...cdc/index.html

SI

[RainMaker]

Sounds like he's going to rehab.

[sterlingice]

At least this little bit of good news hit, too:

HHS said in its statement announcing Caputo's leave of absence that Alexander will be leaving his post at the department.

SI

[Swaggs]

After seeing his full quote, it sounds like he may legitimately be thought disordered. Although I guess it could be substance induced.

[stevew]

Rubio pushing for DST to run thru November of 21 is one of the only times I’ll agree with him.

[Bee]

only the best people

[RainMaker]

He is a huge alcoholic and drunk most of the time.

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by stevew

Rubio pushing for DST to run thru November of 21 is one of the only times I’ll agree with him.

I always get confused.

Which one in the one that keeps it light later in the day?

That's the one I want permanently.