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Trump Is Going Ballistic Because the Walls Are Closing In
Is our system ready for a president who wants to burn it down?
From the day Donald Trump assumed the presidency, it’s been clear that he planned to burn it down. Not the office itself, but the system on which it is built: the credibility of the electoral system by which that formidable power is attained. The norms, customs, and processes that constrain it. And, perhaps most importantly, the idea that the people who bestow that power are entitled to know how it is being used.
The impeachment fight goes to the heart of this last point—the same point that’s also the core of what we are about as journalists, and what you are about as people engaged with our democracy. So we wanted to take a step back and look at the big picture of what this scandal means, and how we at Mother Jones should think about our work in this context.
Politicians who lie, obfuscate, or dodge the rules for strategic reasons are nothing new for us, or for you. (Our Washington bureau chief, David Corn, literally wrote the book—okay, a book—on this.) But Trump is a different story. Not only does he crash through the guardrails of law and common sense, he may no longer understand what they are. As David pointed out recently, the most telling part of the infamous call with the Ukrainian president came when Trump demanded that Volodymyr Zelensky look into an utterly bizarre conspiracy theory that holds that Russia did not hack the DNC’s servers. David wrote:
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Uh...no?Originally Posted by signalmankenneth
“The Communist party must control the guns.”
― Mao Tse-tung
“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.”-Generally attributed to Uncle Joe Stalin
“Everything under heaven is in utter choas; the situation is excellent.”
― mao tse-tung
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Mother Jones ffs.
Bigdog (10-20-2019), Callinectes (10-20-2019)
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Just following SCOTUS standing from Bicentennial fabricated misnomer immaculate drug conceptions where those Bush's 9/11 burnings from Catholic Church pedophilia business with Arab "death to the infidels" master plan of Christians baptize thine eyes by urinations & Islam lynching enforcement scapegoating dhimmitude servitude victims as homosexual.
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You idiots have been saying that since before Trump even swore in. Like, yawn or something.
Every life matters
Bigdog (10-20-2019), Darth Omar (10-20-2019), Sailor (10-20-2019)
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The Christian Right USA Christian Nation national religion after 2000 years of baptizing thine eyes of those that don't "serve the Pope or die" diatribe sermons on "death to the infidels" more perfect union with Islam homosexual lynching enforcement ought to quit the preying.
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Get professional help psycho.
Every life matters
Gestapo Joe is a China Ho
You idiots have been saying that since before Trump even swore in. Like, yawn or something.
You idiots have been saying that since before Trump even swore in. Like, yawn or something.
You idiots have been saying that since before Trump even swore in. Like, yawn or something.
You idiots have been saying that since before Trump even swore in. Like, yawn or something.
You idiots have been saying that since before Trump even swore in. Like, yawn or something.
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
— Joe Biden on Obama.
Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.
D.C. has become a Guild System with an hierarchy and line of accession much like the Royal Court or priestly classes.
Private citizens are perfectly able of doing a better job without "apprenticing".
countryboy (10-20-2019), Darth Omar (10-20-2019)
Gestapo Joe is a China Ho
DNC experimental A.I. bot.
You can tell because it's more intelligent than actual human libs.
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
— Joe Biden on Obama.
Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.
D.C. has become a Guild System with an hierarchy and line of accession much like the Royal Court or priestly classes.
Private citizens are perfectly able of doing a better job without "apprenticing".
countryboy (10-20-2019), Darth Omar (10-20-2019)
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trump is a crooked moron mob neanderthal. His supporters are inbred white trash cro-magnon knuckle-draggers.
eternal
little wonder, check this shit out
Trump's Downward Slide Is Accelerating
Slip #1: Nancy Pelosi begins impeachment investigations in the House, and some of Trump's minions are defying his orders and showing up to testify. The downward slide begins. We learn more and more about Trump's illegal acts as President on a daily basis. Polls show that a majority of the U.S. population favors impeachment and a trial in the Senate.
Slip #2: In an effort to distract from the bad news on impeachment, Trump tries a classic "wag the dog" trick in Syria. He remembered that he promised to "get the troops out of the Middle East," so he listens to Vladimir Putin and Erdogan and gets the troops out of northern Syria, where they are working with the Kurds, our allies in the fight against ISIS. Since Turkey hates the Kurds, and would like to see them all dead, Erdogan sees this as permission to carry out an ethnic cleansing of northern Syria, a territory that does not belong to Turkey. Hundreds of thousands of Kurds are evacuating, but have no place to go. The news does not sit well with anyone. Trump has made a critical error in judgment. Even Republicans in Congress are horrified and are saying so in public. His downhill slide continues to pick up speed.
Slip #3: Since the Turkey/Syria/Kurd thing is not going well, Trump decides he'll announce that the G7 Summit will be held at one of his own properties in Florida. Unfortunately, this idea is received poorly by one and all, who see that he is trying to provide an economic boost to his own property and fatten his own wallet. Trump tries to bluster his way through this poor decision, but is forced to retreat, probably because someone pointed out that he could be impeached on Emoluments Clause grounds, as well. So, he pulls back from his announcement, and will probably hold the G7 at Camp David, a place he abhors. Of course, he tries to blame the media and Democrats for his decision. The slide gets steeper and faster.
Slip #4: In a classic Trumpian faux pas, Trump directly disses Nancy Pelosi in a gathering with administration officials and congressional leaders. He calls the Speaker of the House names, leading her to stand up and point at him with a sharp, intelligent retort. She then walks out on the meeting, taking her congressional delegation with her. Trump, in his idiotic lack of wisdom, posts an official White House photo of the confrontation, which Pelosi immediately makes the banner graphic for her Twitter feed. The photo gets national and even international press coverage, embarrassing Trump, since everyone agrees that Pelosi got the upper hand. Trump forgets that she is running the impeachment inquiry and oversteps his mythical authority, and the slide picks up even more speed.
Slip #5: Who knows? Trump, no doubt, feels that he must regain his composure and retake control of the situation. So, he is very likely to execute some other venture shortly. However, he is now on a steep slope with uncertain footing. A misstep could send him tumbling down the side of Mt. Disaster, head over heels, in an irrecoverable, out of control descent.
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That's about as close to yet another Rehnquist fabricated misnomer immaculate drug conception to give SCOTUS standing to Christiananality Mengele baptize thine eyes by urinations defamations pedophilia as it gets; like a reincarnation of that Bicentennial national religion crusade of thieving US Constitution - old glory - old testament - absentee voting ballot arsonists suicidal super ego homicidal sociopsychopathilogical Islamidiotocracy human farming.
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