Politics

Have you seen this anywhere? A right-wing form of government that opposes liberal democracy, Marxism, socialism, and anarchism, and attempts to forge national unity under an autocratic leader with a totalitarian program advocating stability, law and order, and more and more centralized power, claiming all of this is necessary in order to defend the homeland from internal as well as external enemies, and to respond effectively to economic instability. The mobilization of a mass base through deliberately constructed fear and hatred as preparation for armed conflict and permanent war. An appeal to patriotic nationalism. The supremacy of military and police power, a…

Trump loves brands, and Woodward has been the gold standard for 50 years of investigative journalism around the presidency, so it's the same reason why he likes the Gray Lady, he likes The New York Times. It's the paper of record traditionally in his hometown, so even though both excoriate him, he's attracted to them the way a low-IQ small moth would be to a flame,” said Anthony Scaramucci, who briefly served as White House communications director under Trump. “Trump is always convinced that if he talks to the person, he is going to elucidate and enlighten that person and get them to like him.” https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/09/trump-bob-woodward-book-411225

Not just Senator John McCain or President George H. W. Bush. And especially soldiers who are killed in wars. The president is outraged at the suggestion, but his great dislike for McCain is in the public record.

https://theweek.com/speedreads/935516/nate-silvers-analysis-bidens-electoral-college-chances-renews-calls-repeal-altogether

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Heh heh heh. This is how to do politics. 2020 ELECTIONS Kennedy scrambles to close gap in Massachusetts Trailing in the polls, the young congressman needs to turn things around quickly in his primary bid against Sen. Ed Markey. Rep. Joe Kennedy's focus in the final days of the race will be to turn out a diverse coalition of voters who will vote in person. | Jessica Bradley/WPRI-TV via AP By STEPHANIE MURRAY 08/30/2020 06:44 AM EDT Facebook …

Thanks to C-SPAN, the March was broadcast live. How fitting the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I had a dream" speech took place only hours after the Trump event at the White House.. in contrast, the March provided a very affirmative view of Black Lives Matter. Jacob Blake's dad was on the first guest. He brilliantly set the tone of anger and hope. (later yesterday his son's leg was no longer shakeled to his hospital bed in Wisconsin.). Reverend Al gathered family members of other Black heros who are no longer with us. So many! I had a summer factory job in 1963 the year of King March. I don't remember watching the news that day and w…

President Trump’s campaign is focusing on suburban housewives with a race-baiting message that includes trying to convince them that if Democratic candidate Joe Biden and his running mate, Harris, are elected, they will be “bringing who knows into your suburbs, so your communities will be unsafe and your housing values will go down.” NYDailyNews

Excellent. Just now Trump called Senator Harris "nasty" in her questions to Brett Kavanugh. What was expecting Susan Collins or Lindsey Graham?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTuawY8Qnz8&feature=emb_rel_end

Repost, IIR: Nikki Haley: Tillerson and Kelly tried to block Trump to 'save country' https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/10/nikki-haley-book-tillerson-kelly-trump

Look at me, opening a thread about Brazil in the Politics forum. I thought it was appropriate in order to have a different kind of conversation about our beloved sex paradise. I wanted to share this article written by Eric Nepomuceno and published in Argentina: Brasil: rumbo al fondo del pozo It is published in Spanish but very well written, I think Google Translate will do well for those who don't read Cervantes' language. If the author is right, we will have topics to discuss others than Covid 19 and the GPs. I hope @likeohmygod comes bock from his auto exile, it would be great to have a reporter residing in the middle of the events. He is the only one wh…

Georgia on my mind. [Moving this theme out of the Quebec topic]. Three 1st day examples for the state. The superintendent of the school with the crowded hallway photo wrote that kinks need to be ironed out and that masks cannot be enforced. He quoted that the public health guidelines stipulated that close contact of a 15-minute duration was required for transmission, so he concluded that brief breaches of distancing should be of little consequence at point of transfer pinch-points.

This: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/07/17/black-anti-vaccine-coronavirus-tuskegee-syphilis/

Why would anyone believe him? More than Lyndon Johnson or Barack Obama, or Bill Clinton? I wish Sergeant General Adams had been there, although he may not have spoken up - neither would have Doctor Brix. I do respect Adams.

“I HAD TO TAKE DONALD DOWN”: IN MARY TRUMP’S NEW BOOK, A CONCLUSIVE DIAGNOSIS OF DONALD TRUMP’S PSYCHOPATHOLOGY https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/a-conclusive-diagnosis-of-donald-trumps-psychopathology?itm_content=footer-recirc

Trump decided a few weeks ago that he could help his prospects for re-election if he could get schools across the nation to reopen fully, regardless of the state of the pandemic in their community, regardless of the risks to students and staff. He has threatened to cut off federal funding to schools that refuse to reopen fully, and he proclaimed that he and Pence were pressuring the CDC to weaken its guidelines. At first, the CDC held firm, urging schools to practice social distancing, to require personal protective equipment, and not to reopen unless all safety precautions were in place. No longer. It changed the tone of its guidance, now stressing the necessit…

Why would anyone believe President Trump? Certainly not African Americans. More than Lyndon Johnson or Barack Obama, or Bill Clinton? I wish Sergeant General Adams had been there, although he may not have spoken up - neither would have Doctor Brix. I do respect Adams.

Bernice is the daughter of Coretta. Scott King and Martin Luther King. She met with John Lewis a few days ago. He was still fighting for justice. Ms. King Remembers that President Johnson passed and signed a civil rights housing law in the months after her dad was assassinated. Bernice loved and cherished Rep. Lewis. And considered him an uncle.

Russians are paying Afghans to kill Americans, and Trump does nothing: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/27/russia-offered-bounties-afghanistan-militants-killing-us-soldiers-report-outrage. "Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, who was Hillary Clinton’s running mate in 2016, said: “Trump was cozying up to Putin and inviting him to the G7 all while his administration reportedly knew Russia was trying to kill US troops in Afghanistan and derail peace talks with the Taliban.”" "Another of Kristol’s warnings is about foreign interference. Special Counsel Robert Mueller identified 272 contacts between Trump’s 2016 campaign team and Russia-linked operatives, in…

CNN: Trump's sister, Marianne, referred to Donald as a "clown" in a conversation with Mary Trump during the 2016 campaign. Marianne believed his campaign was only to get publicity, never thought he would actually win.

I hadn't thought about this perspective:

Let me count the ways! It's truly troubling. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/27/trump-election-biden-polls-2020