So far TPM is the only place I've seen clear-eyed analysis of the Arlington cemetery incident. Read the whole thing. It's spot-on. - ThreadSky

clofsnitville.bsky.social • 239 days ago

So far TPM is the only place I've seen clear-eyed analysis of the Arlington cemetery incident. Read the whole thing. It's spot-on.

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ralphhhenson.bsky.social•239 days ago

But in his new, yet-to-be-published book he threatens Zuckereurg with life in prison.

So not all bad, right?

Right?

sniffit.bsky.social•239 days ago

Fully agree. TPM is fantastic. EVERYONE should be there hehe

trixienorton.bsky.social•239 days ago

But it is not the staffers decision to press charges in a criminal case. Assault is a violent crime. Law enforcement needs to do the right thing here.

dwinx49r.bsky.social•239 days ago

The thread that runs through Trump's career is summed up in this quote from the article:

gravelinfluencer.bsky.social•239 days ago

This is the kind of reporting that needs to be read by those who claim we're already in a fascist regime.

ruckus.bsky.social•239 days ago

gangster.

carlnyberg312.bsky.social•239 days ago

The Democrats failed to disqualify Trump using the Insurrection Clause. The Biden administration failed to prosecute Trump. And Biden & the Democrats expanded the police.

carlnyberg312.bsky.social•239 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/carlnyberg312.bsky.social/post/3l2ualtvyph26

cardsoundjeff.bsky.social•239 days ago

Maga, want it renamed after the famous military draft dodger

mightyapollo.bsky.social•239 days ago

Josh’s observations at TPM are good as well. I can’t blame the Army for permitting the visit and setting rules. It’s rolling over after Trump ignored the rules and used dead soldiers as campaign props that has me furious.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trumps-arlington-cemetery-campaign-event

mutable.bsky.social•239 days ago

yeah he’s just about figured out Dignity Battalions.

hugothepinkcat.bsky.social•239 days ago

Trump is straight up acting as a Mafia don at this point.

Demanding things he's not entitled to and threatening extreme violence if he doesn't get his way.

lauramarie.bsky.social•239 days ago

I would argue he always has. It's just that actual Mafia dons never ran for president

beefreeferlives.bsky.social•239 days ago

Mafia dons are generally a lot more subtle and restrained than tRump and his goons.

richardmiller.bsky.social•239 days ago

Even the ARMY is terrified of this asshole.

donbaldwin.bsky.social•239 days ago

The employee who was roughed up declined to press charges because she feared backlash. The Army is not so accepting. https://bsky.app/profile/cnn.com/post/3l2ukkoaswd27

calyxworks.com•239 days ago

That’s not nothing, but per the first story “… some of the reporting suggests the staffer on the ground was effectively if inadvertently set up by higher-ups who themselves wanted to avoid a confrontation with Trump”

calyxworks.com•239 days ago

It just fits neatly into the larger pattern of “authority” figures just letting this jackass do whatever he wants.

Fair play to the brass for releasing that statement, which is more than most have done!

donbaldwin.bsky.social•239 days ago

This is like the Nazi bar analogy. Rather than the Army releasing a statement I'd prefer to see something directing from the Secretary of the Army or SECDEF addressing this. This bullying behavior - call it what it is - needs to be addressed directly.

movievigilante.com•239 days ago

It's not the only time he's pushed his way past somebody.

h1llbilies.bsky.social•239 days ago

Trump is utterly uncaring about rules of any kind and if elected he has organised for himself to have immunity under the law. Any free courageous American must vote for Harris. This Trump nonsense is how countries fall into dictatorships and fighting.