doug-ie.bsky.social
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Just like this. youtu.be/5oQLf65N-AU?... He is mentally lazy and thinks there are simple solutions to complex problems and will walk away if he actually has to do the real work to solve them.
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With the retribution Trump and his people have inflicted on anyone in law enforcement who even was assigned to work on a case related to his crimes, anyone working for a new admin will be really reluctant to prosecute. Thats part of the strategy.
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Everyone else does
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Absolutely! It’s like it was written for his tyranny!
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Honestly a lot of what is in the Declaration describes the tyranny he is currently trying to establish.
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But he can hug the flag, so that means he really loves America, despite not knowing the Declaration, the principles underlying the constitution, or anything that has actually made America great.
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“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
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Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
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There will be no President Vance. If Trump can’t find a way to do a third term himself Don Jr. will be the nominee in 2028. That way Trump can both establish a dynasty and remain the ultimate power. Don Jr. will be a figurehead but all power will still belong to Donald.
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Worse than that. It had to be like the Jan. 6 pardons. They started trying to figure out exactly how much each country charges us in tariffs and found that it’s not that straightforward, ran out of time and said “fuck it”, and asked ChatGPT to come up with a formula to apply to all countries fast.
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I assume they felt they had to do this because if people saw what the real tariff rates are for each country it would make the fuss that Trump had made about how we are being ripped off look ridiculous.
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In the beginning Mrs. Dalloway created the heavens and the earth.
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Is this just part of Trump trying to erase EVERYTHING that happened while Biden was president?
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The economy depends on the rule of legitimate law created with the consent of the governed through their elected representatives, who can make and change it only within the bounds of the constitution. Democracy doesn’t mean each new president or congress can do whatever they want.
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They kind of go hand in hand
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In the All In podcast interview with Lutnick he describes how the cabinet was selected. The ability to talk shit on TV was the main skill they sought.
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That’s not the scenario I expect. Assuming Trump lives to the end of his term, and no constitutional amendment is passed to allow him to run again, he will make sure that the Republicans nominate Don Jr. in 2028. That way he effectively stays in power, and starts a dynasty as his legacy.
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I agree, but Trump won’t care about that. He will throw them all under the bus and the MAGA people will turn against them.
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It won’t be Vance. Don Jr. is next in line I guarantee. If he doesn’t find a way to stay in power himself he will try to start a dynasty, as autocrats always do.
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Reading the article it’s amazing what a dope this guy is. He can’t answer fundamental questions about how his vision of executive power doesn’t line up with the constitution, whether Trump/Musk’s claims about USAID are factual, etc.
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…and the people
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This is why he was picked as DefSec. He aggressively argued for pardoning duly tried and convicted war criminals on Fox. It’s part of Trump’s consistent message that he, the police, the military, should not be limited by the law or due process constraints.
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This is why he was picked as DefSec. He aggressively argued for pardoning duly tried and convicted war criminals on Fox. It’s part of Trump’s consistent message that he, the police, the military, should not be limited by the law or due process constraints.
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Cherry pick all the ways they have stupidly misunderstood things they thought sounded “woke” and then highlight the lives ruined based on their stupidity.
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This really needs to be Democrats consistent message. “These people are idiots!”
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He doesn’t know he is. He thinks he and Putin have bonded over Russian interference in the 2016 election. It is clear he asked Putin about it and Putin said “No, but you know who really interfered? Ukraine for Clinton!”. Trump’s ego can’t accept the truth, so he embraced this story. Idiot!
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They don’t tell the truth. They tell stories. Stories people want to believe.
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Thank you Kai. We can’t let America end just because a demagogue fascinated half the country for a few years.
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Unfortunately MAGA thinks this song represents them.
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Hegseth’s advocacy for US war criminals is one of the main reasons Trump picked him. Trump doesn’t want the rule of law to stop him from anything he wants to do. Getting rid of JAGs is consistent with getting rid of IGs, saying he won’t prosecute corruption laws, etc.
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It’s strange he’s inviting people to save the country by getting rid of him with no legal consequences. But don’t take him up on it.
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That’s exactly what we can do if they won’t respect the courts. No violence. Just stop everything.
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He didn’t “decide” anything. They aren’t looking at details to understand the consequences and optimize results. Musk’s objective is to get rid of agencies that regulate his businesses. Trump’s objective is retribution. The rest they will burn just to watch it die. Sociopaths.
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Exactly!
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This was always about defunding the white collar crime police.
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I’m so sorry you ended up in the line of fire of these idiots, carelessly ruining people’s lives.
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Thanks for saying this. Few people realize transparent economic data, trust in the professionalism of the government and the rule of law are a major reason for our economic success. If we lose that reputation we risk the $ status as reserve currency and the US as a safe haven for capital.
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He knows. But he’s learned from Trump that if you keep repeating a lie eventually lots of people will believe.
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How is Bad Company not already in?!
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What people say and what the do are different. If they ignore courts there are lots of ways to stop them short of violence. If you start with violence you give them an excuse to use it and people will think it’s justified. Don’t give it to them the moral high ground.
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Don’t play their game. There are plenty of non-violent, but also non-passive options, starting with courts through shutting everything down, physically stopping all economic activity. The increased sympathy Trump got from the assassination attempt is probably why he won. Don’t let them play victims.
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No it wasn’t. Going down that path makes you are no better than them.
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It isn’t Musk who should be held accountable. It’s Trump! Musk wouldn’t be doing anything if Trump weren’t letting and encouraging him.
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So everyone stop talking like it is real and stop talking like this is about Musk! Focus on Trump! Everything Musk or “DOGE” is doing is being done by Trump. And if Trump doesn’t have the authority to do it then it isn’t real. The only thing that can make it real is if people accept it.
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This is exactly right! They will loot the place, shut down/destroy anything they don’t understand, and leave a debt ridden shell. Kind of like any time barbarians take over throughout history.
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Like the Jan. 6 pardons it was apparently too much work to think through the consequences of this action in advance, so they just stopped everything. In their defense thinking and understanding can be hard…
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The idea that just because the cost to produce something goes down it’s price would also go down is a fallacy. Producers try to reduce costs to increase profits and only reduce prices in response to reduced demand.
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Those used to be conservative values too…
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I feel like we are in that Twilight Zone episode where the kid wishes people into the cornfield.