Why does someone pick up a gun, walk
into a movie theater, a cafe, or any other place with a large
gathering of people with the intent to kill as many people as they
can? It's a question that is asked after every new mass shooting.
In some cases the shooters were bullied in school, in others the
shooters are following a hateful ideology of a group they identify
with, or there has been some traumatic incident in their lives that
have pushed them over the edge.
Why do people join a group like ISIS?
In some cases they are
following what they perceive is a greater cause than themselves.
But it is more than that, as they are quite ready to use violence
against innocent people to achieve it, "infidel" or Muslim.
Why is there an addiction crisis,
whether to drugs or alcohol? This doesn't just affect those who
have experienced a serious medical event, but also those who have
experienced a serious mental one.
There may be an underlying connection.
Something that is driving people to act out in ways that are not just
self destroying but harmful to others.
While the vast majority of people do
not act out in the ways mentioned above, there are still those who
may suffer the same malady in silence. I suspect the correlation
between the above behaviors is loneliness. For many the antidote is
to find a place they belong, not always wisely, or to self medicate.
I know it may seem simplistic, but loneliness is a huge problem.
More so than we may realize. Remember all of those virgins offered
to the ISIS fighters?
What is the antidote to loneliness?
So how did one of the happiest countries in the
world get that way? (This video was recorded when they ranked number one, in 2019 they were number two. Finland displaced them.)
I'm guessing that the United States could learn a thing or two from them. No, I didn't put that video up just to spite you know who...who shall remain nameless in this post.
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Perhaps "social media" is the solution to Marcus' overpopulation problem.
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I note that Trump has started the morning out by insisting that "China wants to make a deal with Trump". (I'm guessing this is not true.) I'm thinkin' that Trump has had time to think about the stock market's Monday morning opening (coming soon to a stock market in New York City) during those hours he was hiding in his room from the Iranians roaming the village.
I think he's trying to fend off another day of stock prices dropping. Might work too. The .01%ers are desperate for some good news and they may choose to believe Trump's spin here, in spite of the probabilities.
Judging from the headline I just read a lot of CEO's are running for the exits, moving out of stocks. So I guess that's a tell as to what they really think of Trump's chaotic economic policies.
Perhaps "social media" is the solution to Marcus' overpopulation problem.
It can be good to find a bright side.
More Republicans wanting to support Trump on the Greenland purchase: Senator Tom Cotton (who, like Trump, doesn't seem to understand that Greenland is a self-governing, autonomous country). And then there was Patrick Buchanan (who also seems to not understand that Denmark no longer "owns" Greenland).
None of these self-proclaimed "conservative" Republicans seem to know that the people of Greenland have long been committed to a "Socialist" government, and are likely to remain so for the foreseeable future (a natural result of the native Inuit tribal society).
I noticed that, during his jaunt to Biarritz, France, Trump mentioned that he was opposed to presiding over the loss of corporate "wealth" represented by booked value of fossil fuels still in the ground. USAToday
Of course, this "wealth" is held by international corporations (and Wall Street financiers who've loaned out money against it) not so much by America nor by American citizens.
That's a bit more subtle than can be easily explained to the average dedicated Trumpkin, who's mostly dedicated to Trump's abuse of those "other people" whom the Trumpkin blames for his/her loss of status these past few decades. And that's too bad. It'd be better if they could be made to understand whose side he's really on.
Maybe he won't win, but perhaps he can help Trump lose.
Let's start here: Joe Walsh isn't beating Donald Trump in the 2020 Republican primary.
But just because the former one-term congressman from Illinois isn't going to win doesn't mean he can't have an impact on the coming 2020 campaign -- and on the President's state of mind for the next six months or so. And judging from what Walsh told CNN's Erica Hill on Monday, he's got the right plan to do just that.
None of these self-proclaimed "conservative" Republicans seem to know that the people of Greenland have long been committed to a "Socialist" government, and are likely to remain so for the foreseeable future (a natural result of the native Inuit tribal society).
Doesn't matter, all they see is location. And all the natives of Greenland
and the Danes see are idiots.
The Inuit natives have seen what treatment the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico get from the Republicans (as opposed to Hawaii). It's a fair bet that they'd demand statehood as a minimum concession from Washington. That means two more Democratic Senators and one more Democrat in the House, as well as three loyally Democratic electoral votes.
Soon as that sinks in the Republicans will back off.
It'd be better if they could be made to understand whose side he's really on.
It would have always been better, yet it never comes about. They refuse to wake up. I suppose no one really likes to think they have been hoodwinked.
The Inuit natives have seen what treatment the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico get from the Republicans (as opposed to Hawaii).
Unfortunately they may get a refresher course. It looks like Puerto Rico is in the cross hairs of another storm, possible growing to hurricane size.
That book I'm reading, "The Uninhabitable Earth", uses the aftermath of the hurricane that hit Puerto Rico as an example of what we could expect from climate change in the future as the true costs hit home. Eventually there will not be enough resources to rebuild. There would be a threat of economic collapse, threatening the system we have in place now.
...possible growing to hurricane size.
That should read possibly.
CBS Evening News says that Brazilian President Bolsonaro has given up on his demand that French President Macron apologize to him before he'll accept assistance in putting out the fires in the Amazon.
Boris Johnson has called for a suspension of the British Parliament for a period of five weeks to prevent them from hatching plots against his hatching of plots on the Brexit thing. This greatly heightens the chances that Britain will hit the Brexit deadline with no trade agreement in place between Britain and the E.U. (or anybody else for that matter, outside of whomever still might honor the Commonwealth notion--Canada for one, Australia I presume, etc.).
This seems to have come as a great surprise all across Europe.
I don't get the surprise. Seemed to me weeks ago that Johnson had backed himself into just this corner with no way out, and that he was stubbornly resistant to all efforts to pry him out of this corner.
I'd kinda considered this the most likely scenario for the British exit from the E.U.
I just saw that.
The Queen suspends parliament.
I understand that the Queen was kind of between a rock and a hard place, but if there was any time to defy convention this might have been it.
It's looking like a hard Brexit is more in the cards, unless miracles actually do happen.
It also looks like it is more important than ever to get rid of Trump in 2020.
CBS Evening News says that Brazilian President Bolsonaro has given up on his demand that French President Macron apologize to him before he'll accept assistance in putting out the fires in the Amazon.
Has he actually wised up or what? He has already done a lot of damage with his misguided policies since taking office, kind of like someone else we know.
On another storm front, it looks like Dorian has taken a turn for the worse and is heading directly for the eastern side of Puerto Rico.
"Has he actually wised up or what?"
My first thought was that his supporters found it necessary to remind him that there were foreign funds here to embezzle, and his own person pique was no reason to leave such funds "on the table" as it were.
Don't generally expect Republicans to be this blatant about the interrelationship between the Republican Party and FoxNews as propaganda organ in support of that party (or, at least as supportive of its reactionary right-wing), but this is Trump and blatant is what he's all about:
"The New @FoxNews is letting millions of GREAT people down!
We have to start looking for a new News Outlet. Fox isn’t
working for us anymore!"
Trumptweets
Speaking of FoxNews, I noticed they've got yet another article about how conservatives are subjected to doxxing. This time their example is the threatened publication of the affiliations of undercover conservatives at the University of Texas (Austin).
I find it curious that it's mostly conservatives who fear being identified as conservatives. (There's even been grumbling in the bistros and bars of Washington D.C. from people who work for the Trump administration and are finding it hard to get laid if they admit to the affiliation.) Liberals don't seem to mind being identified as liberals quite so much as conservatives object to being so identified. (Personally, I think this is a bad omen for the Republican Party.)
I suspect that one day Trump will wake up and find his brand isn't quite so lustrous as it used to be.
Working for the President used to be a selling point when trying to hook up with someone. And being a conservative, or liberal, wasn't a nasty word. The fact that working for Trump is a deal breaker should eventually hit home to anyone of the smallest intelligence that there is something not quite right here.
I think your idea this whole mess being a bad oman is right.
"The New @FoxNews is letting millions of GREAT people down!
We have to start looking for a new News Outlet. Fox isn’t
working for us anymore!"
I think he's even started to irritate people at Fox.
"Cry baby president"
He probably has irritated some people at Fox, but they're not going public with any serious criticism (nor even admission of any really serious critical thoughts). Trump's base is their audience. FoxNews is there to make money. Criticizing Trump ain't a profitable look for them. They are now captive of the audience they created. (And the guy in your clip is, crucially, EX-FoxNews.)
Yes, he no longer works for Fox. Makes it easier to say what he thinks.
I see that Trump is floating the idea of discontinuing military aid to Ukraine. That should make him popular with Putin if he follows through.
"That should make him popular with Putin…"
It should improve his standing somewhat.
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The Inspector General's report is out on the internal Justice Department investigation of James Comey. It concludes that Comey did not leak classified material (some of the stuff he leaked was later classified in an attempt to nail him for that). It also drags Comey over the coals for "leaking" the unclassified material. (Turns out the Department of Justice has an internal policy supposedly prohibiting whistle-blowers coming forward--no whistle blowing on the DoJ, and they say Comey breached that policy.)
They did use enough pejorative adjectives in reference to Comey to placate Trump though, that'll be necessary after the finding of no prosecutable offenses by Comey, or Trump'll be all over them too.
Politico has a reasonably short piece on how the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is pissing off the left-wingers by choosing to support moderate candidates against self-styled "progressive" (i.e. left-wing) candidates.
The Republicans (and Marcus) are dedicated to the story that the Democratic Party has gone off the edge on the left side, and some overly optimistic, left-wing Democrats are trying to make it so as well. But the actual facts don't bear out that analysis.
Don't mean it won't become true later, but it ain't where the powers in the Party are now.
Just for fun…
I'd already heard that Trump wanted his Great Wall painted black. More than ‛wanted’, he's issued orders to that effect (whether or not he'll be obeyed on this point remains to be seen). Now it turns out he's also called for spikes on top. TheWeek
I heard about the black paint and spikes. Apparently the black paint will make the metal hotter and the spikes, well, that's obvious. It will also add millions of dollars of cost to the project.
Now I think I'm seeing what the people from his administration who resigned actually did before they resigned. They really did try to keep in check Trump's more weird tendencies.
Looks like we got more shooters running loose in Texas. Police are currently describing a pair of two shooters. Looks like they decided to keep each other company, cut down on that 'lonely' element you were describing in the main page.
There was also a mass shooting in Alabama the yesterday in which 10 victims were shot, but it's getting almost zero press because they all lived and the shooter was taken alive.
I heard about Texas, but you're right, the Alabama incident hasn't been reported on. Or at least not in the media I have been looking at.
Apparently they didn't bleed enough to lead.
Well, you know, it may have been loneliness. Or being bullied. But I'd say the number one proximate cause is ... owning a gun. Anywhere outside the US -- and probably anywhere outside the State concerned -- has really stopped noticing mass shootings with fatalities less than double digits. They're just too commonplace, with 297 as of the end of August. There were 49 in August alone which, being known as the silly season, perhaps offers another reason for the killings -- boredom. While I will always have sympathy for victims, I've no sympathy for the US's terminal stupidity on the matter of gun laws.
I agree with you about the stupidity we indulge in regarding the lack of decent gun laws. If you look at the recent events in Texas and Alabama, those might have been prevented if those people did not have access to guns. The Texas shooter had just been fired and was apparently reacting to that, a traumatic event for him. The shootings in Alabama perhaps had something to do with being bullied. But I also think that if those two individuals had good support networks they may have been able to overcome the events in their lives that were a catalyst for their actions. A lot of people get fired or bullied and manage not to shoot people even with our lax gun laws.
But the other two examples, joining a radical group like ISIS or self medicating are both very self destructive. Killing oneself for some kind of higher purpose, supposedly anyway, happens with or without guns, as radical groups use explosives extensively. Unfortunately the people who are part of radical groups are quite willing to take as many people with them as they can. Granted the fewer guns out there that they can get their hands on the better, but I don't think that will stop them totally.
NBCNews: In a surprise move, the British Parliament has just passed a resolution seizing control of the parliamentary agenda from the Conservative government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This means the "opposition" parties can now propose legislation to request an extension of the Brexit dealine from the E.U. (Ain't at all clear to me that the E.U. will agree, but this is a big deal for Boris Johnson anyway--the equivalent of a "no confidence" vote but without the necessity of scheduling a new election, which might happen anyway.)
All boils down to Boris Johnson just got his powers clipped back.
Carrie Lam, the "Chief Executive" of Hong Kong, has withdrawn the proposal to allow Hong Kong natives to be extradited to Mainland China. (It had previously been "tabled", but not completely withdrawn.) It may not be enough. The protesters have additional demands now, added incrementally as the protests dragged out.
Conservative MP Caroline Spelman has joined the rebellion, voting against her own party in the first stage of the vote on a bill that is seeking to block a no-deal Brexit.
Maybe American legislators, particularly Republicans, can still learn a thing or two from their brethren across the ocean.
Carrie Lam, the "Chief Executive" of Hong Kong, has withdrawn the proposal to allow Hong Kong natives to be extradited to Mainland China.
Score one for the good guys.
The protesters have additional demands now, added incrementally as the protests dragged out.
I don't know what they are, but hopefully they don't overreach. You have to be very careful.
You know, I'm starting to wonder if Americans would have the same kind of nerve and dedication it takes to stand up to anti-democratic forces? The kind it took to write and enforce our Constitution. Maybe we've gone soft.
"Maybe we've gone soft."
I suppose the 2020 elections will go a long way towards answering that question.
Personally, I think that just too many people hadn't yet realized that the Republican Party had opted to abandon democratic government. I think enough people have figured it out now.
I expect Trump's loss in 2020 to be barely short of "catastrophic". The Republicans may even lose the Senate, even though this time 'round has them looking at a "favorable map" from their way of thinking.
Huh! They just rejected Boris Johnson's call for early elections.
The plot thickens...
I think the fall out from this one may very well be amusing: Trump doctored a weather prediction map with a Sharpie™ and brought it with him to the Oval Office to show to the press this afternoon, and now claims to not know who doctored the weather map for him. Buzzfeed
I mean…this one's so pathetic that even the dedicated Trumpkins are gonna be uncomfortable pretending to support it. (They'll almost certainly support it anyway, but it's gonna make them uncomfortable, and that'll be amusing to watch.)
"They just rejected Boris Johnson's call for early elections."
I wonder if he had a backup plan? He strikes me as the kind who'd maybe forget to bring one of those.
Trump, apparently recognizing the potential for merriment at his expense, had his troops do some desperate digging and they seem to have turned up some old maps (late August) showing potential tracks for Dorian that impacted Alabama. Trumptweets
This will be adequate cover for the dedicated Trumpkins (or so they will convince themselves), so it won't be great fun to be had watching their discomfiture after all.
I was sorta lookin' forward to it, but, ain't gonna be a fun show after all. Oh, well….
The Chinese announced new trade talks scheduled with the Trump administration for October, in Washington D.C. Yesterday's stock market (Dow-Jones) was up 350 points. The Dow opened this morning up another 400 points. Perhaps Trump will get the word that his trade war with China is bad for the stock market. But then again, how's he gonna be able to settle it without surrendering?
I wonder if he had a backup plan? He strikes me as the kind who'd maybe forget to bring one of those.
I think it was the "I'll kick out anyone who opposes me" thingy. Didn't work. Some people don't take well to threats.
"Whoever knowingly issues or publishes any counterfeit weather forecast or warning of weather conditions falsely representing such forecast or warning to have been issued or published by the Weather Bureau, United States Signal Service, or other branch of the Government service, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both,” the law states.
ROFL! Oh, impeached over a false weather map. Now that would be funny!
But then again, how's he gonna be able to settle it without surrendering?
Oh he'll just cave and then say he didn't.
"Didn't work."
Whether or not it worked depends on what you figure was his desired outcome. I've read Brits hypothecating that Johnson's goal was to seize firm control of what would be a downsized Conservative Party (something akin to Trump's seizing control of the Republican Party in America), which would still be larger than any single party in the array of the opposition.
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"…he'll just cave and then say he didn't."
Not likely to expand his base of support.
"Now that would be funny!"
I'm waiting to see if any of the House committees take up the question of who gave Trump the faked map. (Edited by a Sharpie™; we kinda already know who actually did that.)
By the way, we got three (3) Trumptweets today about Dorian hitting Alabama.
He can't get over it, even after they found that outdated map. It would have been fun to watch.
By the way, the map Trump's boys finally found for him was apparently the product of the "South Florida Water Management District", a Florida state agency whose purpose is, not surprisingly, to manage the water supplies in south Florida. Trump's boys had to look fairly far afield to find him a map.
Well now, Trump's boys have found another map to support him (also late August). And he's got two more tweets up bragging on his prescience. (This one really bothers him; it would have been so much fun, but, he lucked out.)
Ahhh; I see why Trump's all up in the air about the Dorian/Alabama goof. This goof made it to FoxNews.
I'm waiting to see if any of the House committees take up the question of who gave Trump the faked map. (Edited by a Sharpie™; we kinda already know who actually did that.)
Yes, well, someone is saying right out it was Trump who did the editing. Don't know who that someone was though.
It is a sidebar to the main story of the hurricane and it's aftermath.
It looks like the Bahamas were really hit hard. The areas that took the direct hit are just wiped out. Those poor people are really in a world of hurt.
The Republicans have begun canceling primaries; so far we have four states in which the party will not allow Trump to challenged for the nomination. Politico More will probably follow.
We're well into the morning and Trump has only tweeted once about Dorian hitting Alabama.
Guess it's about lived out its shelf-life.
Politico is running with a story about a previously unreported congressional investigation into the possibility that the Department of Defense has been pumping money into Trump's money losing property at Turnberry, Scotland.
I've been noticing that the Trump administration seems to be having some trouble negotiating a surrender to the Taliban in Afghanistan. Without a formal surrender there can be no photo-op, which Trump needs for his version of a television victory and public celebration of his declaration that the surrender is, instead, a grand victory, a ‛win’ for Trump.
Trump's money grab from the military for his border wall is starting to be noticed by Mitch McConnell who is having a NIMBY moment. Of course, it is still all the Democrat's fault for not funding Trump's boondoggle properly and forcing him to do the snatch and grab thing.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would defend funding for a new middle school in his home state of Kentucky after it was selected as one of the military projects the Trump administration will delay in order to fund border wall construction.
Politico is running with a story about a previously unreported congressional investigation into the possibility that the Department of Defense has been pumping money into Trump's money losing property at Turnberry, Scotland.
Bernie Madoff had nothing on Trump. Trump has just been lining his own pockets in one way or another since taking office. And those who support him are little better. They are turning their backs on rule of law and basic integrity.
I expect Trump to pardon himself after the November elections. He may even resign after that so that President Pence can "confirm" the pardon against the possibility that the Supreme Trumpkins might hold that a ‛self-pardon’ is a nullity. (Also be some hangers-on who'll get pardons, and family, of course.)
…“the Trumps will be a dynasty that lasts for decades.”
Brad Pascall, Campaign Manager--Trump 2020 Presidential Campaign
Politico
In a move I'd not anticipated, Trump is launching his very own "social network" complete with a Trump cell phone app. Politico (I'm guessing that last one's gonna have some broad spectrum tracking capabilities.)
…“the Trumps will be a dynasty that lasts for decades.”
Judging by their rather poor business skills I would hope that they will go the way of other tinpot dictators who have been covering up their incompetence in business by going into public "service".
In a move I'd not anticipated, Trump is launching his very own "social network" complete with a Trump cell phone app.
Sure, the better to reach the foolish and easily led.
(I'm guessing that last one's gonna have some broad spectrum tracking capabilities.)
Indeed, as far as Trump is concerned privacy is only for him and his nearest and dearest(me, myself and I).
Headline in TheNewYorker
"What If We Stopped Pretending?
"The climate apocalypse is coming.
To prepare for it, we need to admit
that we can’t prevent it."
Politico is running with a story about a previously unreported congressional investigation into the possibility that the Department of Defense has been pumping money into Trump's money losing property at Turnberry, Scotland.
Trump today: "I know nothing, nothing".
Of course he knows nothing. He probably never directly told anyone to use the resort. He just skirted around the edges. It's called plausible deniability.
"What If We Stopped Pretending?
That was a good article, Lee.
The real reason to believe that climate change is being exacerbated by human activity is to believe that we can then somehow slow it down or reverse it. It is a belief generated by hope.
No one can know for sure what will happen in the future, but doing our bit, however small, will at least give us some hope that we can live in whatever comes.
He's right to suggest strengthening or communities and social infrastructure will be of help in the future. It's how people who came to America survived. They relied on each other. It is exactly the opposite of what society is doing today, with their reliance on the virtual world as their support system.
You only have to look at the Bahamas today to see what we will be dealing with. Imagine that over a wider expanse.
"I know nothing, nothing."
The Air Force has launched an investigation anyway.
Speaking of the Air Force investigation… (Assuming it's a real investigation and not just a CYA exercise). I seem to be noticing an uptick in leaks about Trump--for instance, there's the "White House" official who gave up the news that Trump himself doctored that hurricane map with his Sharpie™ (although that was never seriously in doubt). And now I read that the head scientist at NOAA is looking into whether or not employees violated the standing "NOAA Administrative Order on Scientific Integrity". Politico Also the Inspector General of the Department of Commerce is investigating whether or not Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross threatened to fire top people at NOAA if there wasn't an immediate declaration of support for Trump's fantasy of a hurricane in Alabama.
And there's more stuff like that coming out these days. The "Deep State" is starting to fight back it would seem.
Well, it's about time someone fought back! We can't let the Brits upstage us.
Seems to be a minor dispute over whether Trump asked for John Bolton's resignation, or whether John Bolton initiated the resignation. (May be that Bolton ain't gonna be quiet about what he perceives to be Trump's failings in the future.)
Whichever it was, John Bolton's out as Nation Security Advisor and the hunt is on for a replacement.
Also, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has announced his intention to annex the West Bank as he says "in coördination with the United States". (Ain't entirely clear what that means, but it appears to mean the Netanyahu expects the eventually revealed "Peace Plan" that's been worked up in secret by First-Son-In-Law Jarod Kushner will provide for the Palestinians to all go jump off the edge of the Earth, or some such thing.)
Headlines are saying Bolton was fired. He wasn't a favorite of mine, but this is just another sign of the haphazard way Trump governs.
I see Trump is already making noises about how we have to be very careful about who we let in from the Bahamas after the devastation there. My guess is that he means anyone from the Mudd.
That would be too bad, there was one young boy, 12 years old, who had the ingenuity to ride out the storm in his family's refrigerator. When he opened the door after the storm there was nothing left. I didn't hear about the rest of his family.
"…ride out the storm in his family's refrigerator."
How'd the kid got back out? Those don't usually have handles on the inside.
Dow Jones went up and the price of oil went down on the news of Bolton's firing/resignation. Probably just a twitch that'll correct itself, wear off by the end of the day probably, but still…
North Carolina Congressional District #9 is holding a repeat special election today. (Repeat because the first special election was tossed out by the North Carolina Elections Board after the Republican winner was found to have committed ballot fraud.) It was close last time, but this time it's off-cycle and that meant that the Trump administration could have Trump, Pence, and the whole crew down there campaigning for the Republican candidate full time this time. There are no other scheduled elections to distract them from campaigning hard in North Carolina, so they been there a lot, workin' it hard.
It's a traditionally Republican district (which is why everybody was surprised that the previous Republican candidate got caught ballot-stuffing, wouldn't have thought he'd have to do that to win in NC-9). In any case, it's close this time, and the White House has been camped out there during the campaign, trying to bring it in Republican.
We should know before the night's up.
Republicans won, 50-48.
I had a thought this morning that should terrify Mitch McConnell. (And Mitt Romney, among others hoping to resurrect the Republican Party.)
Trump loses in 2020. Trump decides to run for reëlection in 2024.
I was wondering whether or not that Republican win in North Carolina's 9th District was good news or bad news for Republicans. At first blush Trump's tweets seemed to indicate that he took it as a victory. But, the margin of the win was only 2%, this in a district Trump had won by 12% back in 2016. Then I discovered that the vote count was down 33% from the 2018 vote count. NBCNews, which was, of course, lower than the 2016 vote count (off year elections never match presidential elections for turnout, not even in rural North Carolina.)
Vote count was way down even with the Trump administration virtually camping out in the district these last few days, and even though Republicans are almost always helped by lower vote counts (due to their higher ‛loyalty’ participation rate), and they still fell off 10% in their margin of the win. This is not good news for Trump going forward.
More scorched earth Republican politics in North Carolina. NBCNews
How'd the kid got back out? Those don't usually have handles on the inside.
I must admit I was kind of wondering that myself. There must have been more to that story than we heard.
Republicans won, 50-48.
Sad, very sad.
Trump loses in 2020. Trump decides to run for reëlection in 2024.
*shudder*
God forbid. If we get rid of him, he needs to stay got rid of.
Besides, maybe the dementia will be even more debilitating by then.
More scorched earth Republican politics in North Carolina.
I saw that. If you want to learn how to give yourself a bad name just watch how the Republicans are behaving.
On the other hand if you want to see how a real rule of law country acts, notice how the courts in Scotland have ruled that the suspension of parliament was illegal.
"…just watch how the Republicans are behaving…"
I've said many times that I don't expect the Republican Party to survive Trump. (For what it's worth, I can name several ex-Republicans who've said the same thing--George Will is a notable example.)
The ones still in power are thinking the same thing.
Time to grab for all they can as fast as they can, 'cause this is their last chance to grab at it. (Unless, of course, their pending anti-democratic coup is successful, which they don't really believe is gonna work either--won't keep 'em from trying it when the time comes, but they don't really believe in it either.)
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