robertleroyparker.bsky.social
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Not just lawsuits. Time to get serious - go after the DOGEbags with torches and pitchforks.
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Explains a lot, but too late to do much about it now.
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It’s not a leak - it’s a hijacking. Musk and his geek goons broke into and took over critical government systems they had no legal right to access.
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Not so fast, my friends. This was just a test to gauge response and note where there was effective resistance. Once Trump has all his appointees in place, he’ll try it again and then openly defy the lower court injunctions that immediately follow. Dems really need to start planning for this.
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Again, cruelty is the point. And whether it survives court challenge or not, this EO will also serve to further enrage and engage the MAGAs and whet their appetite for more humiliation, prosecution and punishment of the transgendered.
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They can. They should. They absolutely, positively won’t.
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An omen? More like a mission statement.
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They can’t govern because so many of their members are in Congress only to cripple or destroy the government’s ability to do anything other than protect individual property rights. Not really conducive to a functioning coalition.
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My mistake - I thought we were talking about Donald Trump. Never mind.
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I’ll admit TDS clouds my perception somewhat but a bigger delusion is thinking an unfettered Trump won’t do the vindictive, criminal and downright stupid things he has repeatedly promised - and if he does, you and the ones you care about will be just fine. Dream on.
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Sorry, but I can’t help but be concerned for millions of Americans who the incoming administration plans to persecute, violate and/or just plain rip off. Never mind the collateral damage the criminally incompetent orange man will wreak on everyone else. Things ain’t gonna be fine.
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I thought horrific torture like this was prohibited by the Geneva Convention.
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And they’ll drink the Kool-Aid when he tells them.
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May have something to do with Putin’s dedication to destabilizing and weakening America in order to make his oppressive kleptocracy look better by comparison. Before the MAGA takeover, it fixated a lot of Republicans too.
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Sounds like someone was really unpopular in high school.
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Bingo.
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Long overdue.
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He’s a character, alright.
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CNN’s coverage has evolved from clueless to useless to now dangerous normalization of MAGA madness. Ironically, the beneficiaries of this “balance” neither watch CNN nor give it any credibility whatsoever - while the rest of America shrugs and turns the channel. Pathetic.
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No kidding. Everyone knows he has no friends.
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Trump’s getting ready to embark on the greatest spree of looting and grifting this nation has ever seen. His cabinet picks are specifically chosen to be lookouts, getaway drivers and trigger men for this planned larceny.
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It is also economic illiteracy of the highest order. A bilateral trade deficit is not a subsidy. Not even close.
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A well reasoned recommendation but it overlooks a critical component of the Right’s success, which has been relentlessly juicing their new platforms with lies, sensationalized misinformation and false equivalencies. I doubt most Dems are up for that tactic.
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Of course it will. And there are more than a few historical precedents for this - selective enforcement to spare well connected businesses has been the standard MO in Texas for decades.
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And yet, he will.
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Your reasoning is sound but your estimation of GOP senators (even the tiny non-MAGA minority) is completely at odds with their past behavior. The only thing they’re undecided about is the excuse they’ll give when they eventually vote to confirm Trump’s most horrible choices.
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No. Not a single Fox News viewer will ever be aware of this outcome.
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Nothing secret about it. 50+ GOP senators are going to cave to Trump on every single nomination and perverse whim. Sure, some will wring their hands and express “reservations” before giving in - but that’s it.
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But support among the current Republican majority in the Senate is 2-4%, tops. Not gonna happen.
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Arguably the worst Greek Tragedy yet.
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Pure posturing by R senators. Trump can count on 50+ votes for every one of his nominees, no matter how horrible, unqualified or downright dangerous. That’s the Senate we have now.
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Yes, decades of Fox News has boiled the brains of many but even that can’t explain the how these voters’ views can be so divorced from the reality that has been right in front of their faces for years. Stupid, stupid people.
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To the author’s closing: “It’s possible that neither knows how to distinguish fact from fiction, but to the degree that Trump knows Kennedy is a kook and nominated him as part of a larger project to destroy trust in everything, it’s depraved.” Yes, it is.
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But in better news, we are ahead of schedule.