I just emailed a bunch of my never-Trumper-former-FedSoc-lawyer-type friends that I’m suing the Times because @michellegoldberg.bsky.social clearly wrote this after reading either our texts or our minds - ThreadSky

gtconway.bsky.social • 107 days ago

I just emailed a bunch of my never-Trumper-former-FedSoc-lawyer-type friends that I’m suing the Times because @michellegoldberg.bsky.social clearly wrote this after reading either our texts or our minds

Reposted from Michelle Goldberg

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/o...

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nananancy.bsky.social•107 days ago

Speaking of horses, sounds like there might be a role for Lara Trump in this administration.

edwinmix.bsky.social•107 days ago

She will be thw new senator from Florida to replace Marco.

ddrae.bsky.social•107 days ago

She’s gonna be Vance’s veep
When they pull the felon

hangincurve.bsky.social•107 days ago

There are so many crazy things about the Gaetz pick it’s difficult to keep them all straight, but don’t sleep on his would-be oversight of the FBI and Kash Patel’s promise to turn it into a modern day Stasi to hunt Trump’s opponents…

A reminder of who Patel is:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/10/kash-patel-trump-national-security-council/679566/

ddrae.bsky.social•107 days ago

Cripes he Better NOT be CIA OR
FBI

agentcurieuse.bsky.social•107 days ago

Ken Paxton is already endorsing this POS for D/FBI.

ddrae.bsky.social•107 days ago

For sure. Only his best….

cyndilou.bsky.social•107 days ago

Why in the world would she do such a thing? So ridiculous and shady.

renerefski.bsky.social•107 days ago

good

mooselambresist.bsky.social•107 days ago

Michelle is class

canavesegirl.bsky.social•107 days ago

Incitatus would be a far better choice than Gaetz...meaning even Caligula was a better leader than Trump

gsds.bsky.social•107 days ago

I don't understand. Why sue NYT because of this article?
I am no fan of NYT but this article doesn't seem to merit a lawsuit.

bullmoose.bsky.social•107 days ago

But will it matter beyond Gaetz, if even then?

tea-and-roses.bsky.social•107 days ago

Are we predicting mass resignations every time DT orders a prosecution of one of his enemies?

manhasnoname.bsky.social•107 days ago

For the record, Caligula never tried. He threatened to make Incitatus Consul to both show it was powerless and humiliate the Senate because he hated them.

Trump is Commodus. Rewarding shady friends.

utoo73.bsky.social•107 days ago

That is the perfect description of what Trump is doing he is appointing his horses at key positions. Caligulous horse. I think that really ought to become a meme

docmartincohen.bsky.social•107 days ago

Yes Albeit the horse belong to Caligula.

plinytheelder-t.bsky.social•107 days ago

"the good borrow..."?

bigg95973.bsky.social•107 days ago

“Put them in trauma”

jenchantress.bsky.social•107 days ago

"Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out."
-Claudius the God, Robert Graves

harmonicalpha.bsky.social•107 days ago

How about the clearance problem , they are ignoring executive order 13536, national security act of 1847 , Intel reform act 2004 .. class cipa, sec clearance reform oversight act .. 🤦

harmonicalpha.bsky.social•107 days ago

Friend, someone like you w chutzpah , is what we need ..
Look, I have no bias ..I used to defend trump, till serial con gave me all reasons not to ..

Unfortunately, I have disability and can't sponsor you .. but can't you do a do a donation cow somewhere , to sue fed gov? And Trump admin ?

retiredvetusn.bsky.social•107 days ago

Bad times make strong men.
Strong men make good times.
Good times make weak men.
Weak men make bad times.
rinse and repeat.

graceful24.bsky.social•107 days ago

🤣

garrettepps.bsky.social•107 days ago

The locus classicus, as has been pointed out elsewhere, seems to be from Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov, the father of Russian Marxism.

sweetooth1.bsky.social•107 days ago

Pre-Bolshevik, Lenin supposedly said, “the worse, the better.” He meant the worse things got, under the czar or during the chaos following the czar’s toppling, the greater the chance ordinary Russians would turn to Lenin's brand of Marxist revolution. So, Gaetz is good for whom? Ambiguous crap!

haeleefull.bsky.social•107 days ago

It’s not over until the fat orange clown sing sings on 1/20/2025. Fight strategically, fight smart. Trump’s mask is off-disaffected Magalites abound. Help them on their disillusionment, bring them into the Pro-Democracy coalition.Make it a super majority to drown out the tyrannical minority. 🌊💙LFG!

owizeone.bsky.social•106 days ago

What kind of threats might he and his be directing at the moderate Republicans in Congress … enough that they would not vote their consciences?
What will it take for a yes vs no on these glaringly bad gop appointees?

patrick-bo-batrick.bsky.social•107 days ago

Nobody deserves his own company more than Trump.

cbloom57.bsky.social•107 days ago

She clearly plagiarized you. Who does she think she is, Melania Trump!

cbloom57.bsky.social•107 days ago

Our only hope is that his awful diet wreaks its consequences.

docmartincohen.bsky.social•107 days ago

Going to be hard to write anything if we have to avoid accusations of producing things after "reading people's minds"…

vampolo.bsky.social•107 days ago

It didn't end up well for Caligula...

He came to power in 37 AD and was assassinated in 41 AD.

renakorb.bsky.social•107 days ago

The cruelty and depravity in Caligula made it unwatchable for me. It’s gonna be a long two years until midterms …

john-of-arc.bsky.social•107 days ago

Nothing Trump loves more than to make his own supporters eat his shit.

onemorecatlady.bsky.social•107 days ago

Thank you for the link to BlueSky, George. And stay safe.

kleinhaeschen.bsky.social•107 days ago

Does Trump own a horse? And if so, can he name it Transportation Secretary like some latter-day Caligula? And if he does, would we even laugh?

ddrae.bsky.social•107 days ago

Ah it’s gonna be a
Donkey

kleinhaeschen.bsky.social•107 days ago

OK, I laughed.

ddrae.bsky.social•107 days ago

anhos.bsky.social•107 days ago

The house would be better than any so called human he’s going to pick

anhos.bsky.social•107 days ago

Horse

kleinhaeschen.bsky.social•107 days ago

Word

jocktamsonsbairn.bsky.social•107 days ago

They will get what the voted for then blame it on someone else. Maybe the orange dumpster is being controlled by democrats?

jrswin1.bsky.social•107 days ago

That is, scarily, so spot on.

kevincasey.bsky.social•107 days ago

I think of all comparisons I’ve read, the Caligula reference has been the most ubiquitous.

ngobody.bsky.social•107 days ago

That is delicious.

cassandra-h41.bsky.social•107 days ago

One of the fake blonde Senators is floating the idea of selling off Federal Reserve gold and buying bitCoin. Can someone stop this?

isaco-1.bsky.social•107 days ago

George , the fight is more important then ever… Godspeed find out what they did!

frenchie24.bsky.social•107 days ago

It's also taking a lot of attention off the other nominees who are just as dangerous.

artimparato.bsky.social•106 days ago

The ability of demagogues & autocrats to surprise, to create a new scandal every day, is their superpower. It diminishes attention to the previous day's transgressions & normalizes them. It slowly numbs the senses, including outrage. Values are the only defense. Hold them dear.

lordsedgwick.bsky.social•107 days ago

“Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.”

dandavisdemocrat.bsky.social•107 days ago

citing Caligula? This is going to get really bad

lindafly.bsky.social•106 days ago

She got that right!

newchris.bsky.social•107 days ago

Are you serious? This seems like it could be parallel thinking.

flansolo.bsky.social•107 days ago

Every news show should have this chyron on permanently:

"WHO APPOINTED GAETZ? DONALD TRUMP DID"

All the time. While they're reporting on sports, health, dead squirrels, live squirrels, anything.

freedom4all61.bsky.social•107 days ago

EVERY SINGLE thing that’s happening with these criminals and thugs are Dems fault for not taking their gloves off and fighting viciously. It’s like they live in a dream world. Repugs have gotten away with murder. And just wait until they destroy us.
I’m over it. 🤬

charkeigs.bsky.social•107 days ago

Good for you

unicornbubbles.bsky.social•107 days ago

So far my coping method to understand this upcoming Administration is simply Trump making the Federal Government into Trump Org. Instead of resorts & property the product is revenge, retaliation and destruction. But the leadership model, loyalty and corrupt supporters is the same. ETTD.

naenae61.bsky.social•107 days ago

And he'll take the national debt as a tax deduction

rushfan3.bsky.social•107 days ago

Wow. Plagiarism? Why am I not surprised with this? Especially with NYT and WAPO?

This is one of many reasons why your own words matter. If something like this happens, you come back with you own it. Plus if you're wordy, you'll know paraphrasing and can claim your original thought.

prizscisurf.bsky.social•107 days ago

You can’t sue someone who refers to Incitatus!

endeavorja.bsky.social•107 days ago

We have the government for which they voted.

blooms616.bsky.social•107 days ago

Catastrophically chaotic, vengeful, and corrupt sounds about right.

mazehaze.bsky.social•107 days ago

Biden should have the mother of all pardon lists that neuter Trump & the Congress Oversight Committee (Covid in particular) from retribution.

dicools.bsky.social•106 days ago

“It’s Caligula trying to make a horse his consul.” Brilliant

williamkkelly.bsky.social•107 days ago

Spot on.

mjk4mj.bsky.social•107 days ago

Gaetz's pal, convicted felon Roger Stone, lived with a woman who ran a prostitution ring in Manhattan. Gaetz loves the nose candy (and thus supports drug trafficking). Law and order, family values, what a joke the Republican Party is.
https://www.businessinsider.com/manhattan-madam-kristin-davis-age-bio-photos-2018-7

mjk4mj.bsky.social•107 days ago

The Putin playbook, bogus charges against political opponents and the annihilation of the free press and control of the media. Trump's going to do it.

mjk4mj.bsky.social•107 days ago

Habba should be disbarred in New York (if she is admitted there). She is saying that Trump will go after Jack Smith (based on noting). She is a disgrace to the practice of law.

galeng52.bsky.social•107 days ago

I see it as an effort to not only destroy government institutions, but to demean and desecrate them, like when Stalin tore down ancient, beloved churches and cathedrals. But that wasn't enough. So he built public toilets on the sites where the churches had been. Gaetz as AG is the public toilet.

thinkingsabrecat.bsky.social•107 days ago

Actually I think your all guilty of plagiarism of 2000ad https://britishcomics.fandom.com/wiki/Judge_Caligula

thinkingsabrecat.bsky.social•107 days ago

Trumps even got the ridiculous hair

alynstar.bsky.social•107 days ago

Ya'll better move your asses and "do something". Ya gunna let this narcissist ruin America?

markdyer.bsky.social•107 days ago

It's also worth reminding people that Trump now controls all three branches of government and SCOTUS so things are going to get a lot worse before they get better.

rockwils1.bsky.social•107 days ago

mirihawk.bsky.social•107 days ago

You knew I was a snake when you let me in...he said after the 2016 election

wiese2154.bsky.social•107 days ago

The fight against Trump begins with realizing he is a lame duck and that due process still exists. And damn if are very slow. Any tyrant will have to have good lawyers to make his case. One thing we know about Republican lawyers: they suck at understanding Constitutional law.

noninjaskillz.bsky.social•107 days ago

This would be great if it weren't basically akin to snubbing our noses at what will be the destruction of the American Republic and Constitution, and the beginning of the American Empire

leebot.bsky.social•107 days ago

Caligula met a rather unfortunate end, too. 🤞

happysnarkygal.bsky.social•106 days ago

Pretty sure it was your minds.

lifesabeach.bsky.social•107 days ago

Time to work on the 2026 Republican Senators up for re-election

zeempokadunku.bsky.social•107 days ago

Wait. Was this lifted from your podcast with Sarah Longwell? Sure sounds like it.

futuremonkey.bsky.social•107 days ago

Every single one of them will bend the knee to Trump.

"Sigh, I just can't support a democrat".

nataliakerr.bsky.social•106 days ago

Why?
Is POLICY more important than America's democracy safety and respectability among nations?
Trump is turning my country into a clown-show.

haeleefull.bsky.social•107 days ago

jeanjaures.bsky.social•107 days ago

That has to be the strategy. In two years, his mismanagement will be hitting people. The stock market already gave back gains. Big Capital is concerned. It’s an anti-fascist coalition. We ally with those opposed to fascism, no matter their class origin, etc.

haeleefull.bsky.social•107 days ago

Try to speed it up. It’s easier to do prior to Fascism consolidating. We have until Jan 20, 2025. Go seek and hunt for hesitating panic magalites from your friends and family and shove their heads into the brutal ground based reality of MAGA and Trump.

haeleefull.bsky.social•107 days ago

When the majority of “we the people” become immune to and from Trump’s pied-piper siren song and reject him/Maga virulently- this is how we change the outcome of our future and save Democracy. We have a short window 1/20/2025. So go “magalite” hunting.

haeleefull.bsky.social•107 days ago

They will already start seeking new info outside of their normal mis/dis information silos. Help them punch themselves out. That is how you “demagafy”. We are still under a democracy and every person holds great power and collectively we can change our manifest destinies to our desired outcome.

sfmisfit.bsky.social•107 days ago

Or just get them as pissed off as we are and let them do the fighting. They won’t take kindly to being made fools of by the man they subjugated all their self respect to.

haeleefull.bsky.social•107 days ago

No one likes to find out they been played for a damn fool. 😂

futuremonkey.bsky.social•107 days ago

It's much easier to fool someone than it is to convince someone that they have been fooled.

madbee16.bsky.social•106 days ago

Is there factual reported evidence that people who voted for trump are already disillusioned? I haven’t seen it and would like to.

naenae61.bsky.social•107 days ago

*we're not ready for a woman

northsidejo.bsky.social•107 days ago

This is the second time today I’ve heard him compared to Caligula.

cc2023.bsky.social•107 days ago

Since the walking forehead is front and center in all of our lives now... Can you just give the poor girl he violated a megaphone to let the word know her story?🙏

ddbetty.bsky.social•107 days ago

The GOP is the party of the Denial.
There are no facts to substantiate the Denial.
There were no facts to substantiate the Denial.
The Denial is a manufactured lie.
Not one denier can present any fact, study, data, logic to support the denial. That is a known known as Rummy said.
Deny=Lie=GOP.

johnadds.bsky.social•107 days ago

I still say we can’t go around Trumpism, we have to go through it. So bring it. If that makes me a nihilist, so be it, but if it can shorten realization of what his administration intends to do it may be worth it.

sp7482.bsky.social•107 days ago

Unfortunately I agree
The worse it is
The more people hurt
The faster this era in America gets pushed aside

tollertwins.bsky.social•107 days ago

NOW they’re willing to say shit like this? GMAFB!

jtinfl.bsky.social•107 days ago

How can this be good

anhos.bsky.social•107 days ago

You need to copyright your posts!

miketonge.bsky.social•107 days ago

Our insanity is universal.

susanintiburon.bsky.social•107 days ago

I really wish DJT liked animals as much as Caligula — he could appoint the dogs, appoint the cats, appoint the pets of the people who live here

sandybeaches21.bsky.social•107 days ago

If you said it on Twitter X then its their property, thats the new legal terms by Musk users have to agree to, and also one of the reasons i left X forever.

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