Trump's vile rants about the LA wildfires remind us that the MAGA project is all about degrading public life and denying our common humanity at every opportunity. On the pod, historian Nicole Hemmer is brilliant in tracing the deeper roots of this on the right: newrepublic.com/article/1900... - ThreadSky

gregsargent.bsky.social • 45 days ago

Trump's vile rants about the LA wildfires remind us that the MAGA project is all about degrading public life and denying our common humanity at every opportunity.

On the pod, historian Nicole Hemmer is brilliant in tracing the deeper roots of this on the right:
https://newrepublic.com/article/190022/trumps-ugly-hateful-eruptions-ca-wildfires-hint-darker-story

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signalfire6.bsky.social•45 days ago

Donnie always looks like he spends all his free time sucking on an Arnold Palmer sized binkie.

oeishik.bsky.social•45 days ago

Newt Gingrich. He's at the root. So is Rush Limbaugh.

palace-1001-rooms.bsky.social•44 days ago

the past doesn't matter at this point. there won't be children to teach if we don't act now.

gregsargent.bsky.social•45 days ago

all of that is discussed

ellinst.bsky.social•44 days ago

If you want to see the worst of humanity, look at the responses of these blue check Musk faithful. It's because of climate change activists, DEI, Democrats in general and Newsom in particular, illegal migrants (of course), jews (of course), George Soros, the gays (of course)... https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1877242914041970764

nctowncrier.bsky.social•45 days ago

Greg I hope you don't mind me putting this here.
It's the truth about the water available for firefighters. People need to hear this. Trump is lying. About everything.
https://youtu.be/GAYqqyxKlmQ?si=8KZRdvnVHToSYPHz

johncryan.bsky.social•45 days ago

Scumbag MAGA just lie constantly that everything bad that ever happens is because of liberals and democrats. It's exhausting and infuriating. When will the public get a clue?

carouzzz.bsky.social•45 days ago

Biden has immunity while still president. He must find a way to be sure LA receives the aid it will need for rebuilding in the years to come. It will not be supported by Trump party. I know this as a former NYer.

ddmcd.bsky.social•45 days ago

Deplorable, sick, evil, demented, cruel. I'm having real difficulty dealing with this.

ggard4.bsky.social•45 days ago

📌

kilocharlie237.bsky.social•45 days ago

Who NEEDED reminding?
Those who voted for him knew who they were voting for.
Those who voted against him knew who they were voting against.

stopburningthings.bsky.social•44 days ago

And everyone voting against him in California knew they were kind of "wasting their vote" because of the electoral college, but I was just "must run up popular vote against Trump , he may win the EC, but we have to make him lose the popular vote massively". And so Harris of course. But *screams*

mrlky.bsky.social•45 days ago

Then sundowning is gonna get worse every day ppl.

Will the press cover it honestly?

mischamouse.bsky.social•45 days ago

I live in Southern California. I hope our Governor is coming up with a plan because we won't be getting federal help in the coming years.😔

mrlky.bsky.social•45 days ago

Then stop sending taxes to DC as a protest

mischamouse.bsky.social•45 days ago

I don't have the power to do so and I don't know what governmental process handles that. I don't know who has the power to withhold them to be honest. Do you?

mavisr.bsky.social•45 days ago

I believed that Newsom has already discussed the possibility of doing just that.

mischamouse.bsky.social•45 days ago

I kinda recall that but my brain is old and full of too many things! I have confidence that he's on task, Newsom doesn't play. If he does, I fully support it.

clwaryas.bsky.social•44 days ago

doggiemama.bsky.social•44 days ago

He didn’t say this about DeSantis in FL Hurricane failures

native61li.bsky.social•45 days ago

Four years of this #FelonTrump bullshit and the media loving it makes sick.

pcrritesgood.bsky.social•44 days ago

Also "denying our common humanity at every opportunity" means setting it up to justify the discrimination or punishing or jailing or worse of the people who are not on "their side" such as women, minorities, LBGT folks, immigrants, etc.

lorilogic.bsky.social•45 days ago

Too bad cutting his hair didn't weaken his tongue and hateful rhetoric. He's a hateful human being. Those chiming in with him are hateful puppets.

yerac1968.bsky.social•45 days ago

Our entire society is geared to sow discontent. Happy people don’t buy enough stuff. THEY need us to always feel like something is missing so that we remain good little consumers. The rich profit from our unhappiness so of course they do what they can to encourage it.

zanello.bsky.social•44 days ago

Trump will always provide a rich source of distraction but the investigation of the causes and consequence of these fires must not be diverted from what might be inconvenient truths, even when those truths point to failures by politicians and policies on "our" side of the divide.

peaceendspoverty.bsky.social•44 days ago

How do I know peace ends poverty? First there are no aggressor Nations only businessman. Story has been told too many times. No people want war today. All people want peace and security. You know the stuff the businessman always promises. War ain't nothing but a way to keep you poor!!
🔄♥️🐾

peaceendspoverty.bsky.social•44 days ago

It's the shunning of the tyrant and every person aligned with them. To do that you've got to love everyone on our side which is nearly everyone people you wouldn't want to know outside of this crisis. But to create peace for everyone and a chance for us all to thrive. Tolerance must be practiced.

peaceendspoverty.bsky.social•44 days ago

Non-compliance is just as painful a path as War and at first just as bloody. But the humanity in soldiers breaks their own lines and put down their guns. Ask any soldier returned from war. They all saw slaughter of human beings and decided to run. Honor is holding the line, morality is walking away

teufelhunden0352.bsky.social•44 days ago

I see in Trump and MAGA a similar process that the military once used to prep troops to fight the communist adversaries. Throughout our training there was no reference to our enemies as being people. Targets were people shaped with red stars, reference were of the red horde or commies. The purpose

teufelhunden0352.bsky.social•44 days ago

was to dehumanize and condition.

This seems to be Trump's and MAGA's goal with how they use dehumanizing terms and constantly attack those and that which doesn't reflect their narcissistic image.

palace-1001-rooms.bsky.social•44 days ago

it works and when they come for you, i'm guessing you'll appeal to their humanity. wake the fuck up.

teufelhunden0352.bsky.social•43 days ago

Oh they won’t come for me bc I look like them! I’m just not like them, that & the fact I’m fully capable of protecting myself & I have plenty of brothers equally capable that will rally around me.

I’m working to helping those who they will go after.

I’m fully awake and my eyes r open, r yours?

palace-1001-rooms.bsky.social•43 days ago

yep

teufelhunden0352.bsky.social•43 days ago

Thanks for your comment.

amontaful.bsky.social•45 days ago

They love to shovel out abuse, then have the audacity to be offended when no one likes them.

gransom-hayes.bsky.social•42 days ago

He likes kicking people while they are down. This is not how a leader acts. This is how a pathetic man-child acts. He does not represent America. Reject Trump on principle. Reject his lies.

stephielynn204.bsky.social•44 days ago

The party of Christianity ladies and gentlemen.

thedavehall.bsky.social•45 days ago

So it’s the Democrats fault that they’re wildfires in California lol. You can’t make this stupid shit up! 😂

mfiq45pos.bsky.social•44 days ago

You Dump Fuck MAGAt Idiot what about help them!

sungal1.bsky.social•45 days ago

So true, Trump is showing the world his ugly soul again.

crkolarz.bsky.social•45 days ago

Angry vile ignorant asshole

kayarudi.bsky.social•45 days ago

What a hateful little dictator! #TrumoisTrash

beckymay74.bsky.social•45 days ago

doggiemama.bsky.social•44 days ago

Hope it burns down!

truebleu.bsky.social•45 days ago

Incompetent person and followers

bluepolitico.bsky.social•45 days ago

It's ironic because the same person who sicced his mob on the US Capitol to overturn the 2020 election, bungled the Covid-19 pandemic that led to the deaths of over one million people. He also told us to inject with bleach. Talk about nerve and delusion.

tommystevens.bsky.social•45 days ago

They are complete imbeciles.

sisu4democracy.bsky.social•45 days ago

I am so sad that the poor kid missed.

pembrokemeg.bsky.social•45 days ago

Trump did the same thing about the devastation from the hurricane. He got people so mad that FEMA had to pause rescue efforts because of the threats. He truly is deplorable.

makeamericasane.bsky.social•45 days ago

I have never hated a public figure more. It’s unhealthy how much I hate him.

palace-1001-rooms.bsky.social•44 days ago

do something about it

dennispt.bsky.social•45 days ago

And I also usually don't wish harm on anyone but he's an exception.

pcrritesgood.bsky.social•44 days ago

I actually do not wish harm on him as much as I wish harm on the many miscreant lowlifes fucks that help him gain and keep power.

sisu4democracy.bsky.social•45 days ago

He and Leon. We know too much about where this is going. History will be a harsh judge that nothing was done to these two psychopaths when we had the chance.

bomakva.bsky.social•45 days ago

So, talking about CA fires is "degrading public life and denying our common humanity", but actually doing nothing to prevent them and failing to protect public life is good? 👍

stopburningthings.bsky.social•44 days ago

Let's talk about them. Let's talk about how dry the vegetation was. Driest I have seen in my life. Do you have natural areas in L.A. you like to go out and observe plants etc. And let's talk about the winds. How bad were they in your part of L.A. because trees were bending, uprooted, split in two.

ramitupurtuper.bsky.social•45 days ago

I'm surprised that he hasn't mentioned using nukes to put the fires out.

farooqm76283011.bsky.social•45 days ago

Who is exactly responsible for these wildfires. I think we should join hands ✋️ together and solve the problem.

stopburningthings.bsky.social•44 days ago

Dry conditions and winds ultimately. Fire conditions were HIGH. When those winds hit it was completely crazy, I hoped houses etc.. weren't crushed by falling trees. When I heard it had sparked wildfires, I KNEW OMG, it's all going to burn, it's lost, it's all lost.

laurieinqueens.bsky.social•45 days ago

He's just the worst person in the world.

rubymcrae.bsky.social•44 days ago

Despicable

maryangelaperna.bsky.social•45 days ago

@pastpunditry.bsky.social ‘s vital book “Messengers of the Right” is an important book. We must understand how we got here.

I study the radical right—political science/history. My area has been a focus to the precursor of the tea party—> now MAGA. Schlafly, Goldwater, Paul Weyrich etc. Buy her book

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