45th President of the United States, Donald Trump (Vol. 12)
Discussion
Breadvan72 said:
anonymous said:
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That only gets about 3/10 on the "I'm not a Trump supporter but ..." index.The boring reality is that Trump outrages people who possess principles whether left or right of centre because of his outrageous words and outrageous acts and outrageous omissions to act. No identity politics are required to find Trump to be one of the most immoral and dangerous figures to hold a major public office in recent history. Charles Dickens said of Henry VIII: "The plain truth is that he was a most intolerable ruffian, a disgrace to human nature, and a blot of blood and grease upon the History of England", and those words can be adapted for Trump and the USA.
Meredith Lee
@meralee727
As we count down, let’s remember Trump’s greatest moments as President:
1. That time he saved the lives of a million imaginary friends during the Bowling Green Massacre
2. When he fought so hard to find a cure for Windmill Cancer, a deadly disease that kills 0 Americans a year
3. When he learned about a deadly virus eventually named COVID back in January 2020 and decided to blatantly ignore it, telling people it would just disappear and making fun of people for taking it seriously. 400,000 people dead as of today.
4. Refused to condemn white supremacy
5. Refused to condemn any violence that was done in his honor
6. Incited an insurrection at the Capitol which led to 5 deaths and hundreds of arrests
7. Had a weird infatuation with water pressure
8. Refused to accept the results of a fair election and still won’t concede
9. Called himself the Chosen One
10. Tried to convince people there were airplanes during the Revolutionary War
11. Would take to Twitter to attack & bully anyone who dared to disagree with him
12. Loved hamberders & covfefe
13. Enjoyed a close relationships with dictators
14. Refused to acknowledge Puerto Rico was even part of the U.S. and provided aid by throwing paper towels at peoples heads
15. Said a black man murdered by cops would be proud of the country
16. Tear gassed citizens at a peaceful protest for a photo opp at a church
17. Pardoned criminals for crimes he’d be too afraid to go to prison for
18. Complained incessantly about how no President had been treated as badly as him while ignoring the fact that four past presidents were assassinated while in office
19. Refused to condemn Nazis
20. Played the victim and blamed others anytime something went wrong
21. Had a weird and creepy obsession with Obama
22. Called himself a stable genius&stared directly into an eclipse
23. Said people were in the streets attacking each other with cans of soup and tuna fish
24. Flat out refused to provide aid to any states that didn’t vote for him
25. Blamed California for our seasonal wildfires by telling us we needed to rake our forests
26. Told people that the cure for COVID was to inject yourself with bleach while shining a UV ray up your ass
27. Got COVID and told people to not let it affect their lives while ignoring the fact that most people do not have the same access to medical care that he does
28. Had a weird and creepy infatuation with Hunter Biden
29. Called fallen soldiers “suckers” and “losers”
30. Separated children from their parents at the border. Put the children in cages and subsequently lost their parents
31. That time he tried to buy Greenland
32. The only President in history to be impeached twice
33. The only living President to be banned from using any social media platform because he was using his platform to incite and violence
34. The time he humped an American flag
35. His weird train obsession
36. His endless hate rallies where he’d attack people who disagreed with him
37. Walked out of an interview with Lesley Stahl because she was mean to him.
38. Seemed to enjoy bullying reporters and seemed to especially enjoy attacking strong women who stood up to him
39. When he saw himself as Rambo
40. When countless musicians (both living and dead), television and movie creators had to ask Trump to stop using their stuff without permission
41. When he said Frederick Douglass was still alive
42. When asked about John McCain, he said he preferred soldiers who hadn’t been captured
43. When he threw a temper tantrum after being cut out of Home Alone 2
44. When he trashed Parasite for winning Best Picture at the Oscars because it wasn’t an American film
45. When he fat shamed one of his own supporters who he thought was heckling him
46. Kept trying to convince people he was the most healthiest man alive while only eating McDonald’s
47. His weird thing about Sharpies
48. When he pardoned Susan B. Anthony
49. When he took to Twitter to attack Gretchen Whitaker after she’d been the victim of a horrific kidnapping plot
50. When he attacked a mall for dropping Ivanka’s clothes
51. Trump said he had received a Michigan Man of the Year award. No such award exists.
52. Took to Twitter to make fun of then 16, 17 year old climate change activist Greta Thunberg by saying she had an anger management problem.
So no - it's not politics, it was morals, always his lack of morals, and if you can't see that then that speaks volumes about you.
28. Had a weird and creepy infatuation with Hunter Biden
29. Called fallen soldiers “suckers” and “losers”
30. Separated children from their parents at the border. Put the children in cages and subsequently lost their parents
31. That time he tried to buy Greenland
32. The only President in history to be impeached twice
33. The only living President to be banned from using any social media platform because he was using his platform to incite and violence
34. The time he humped an American flag
35. His weird train obsession
36. His endless hate rallies where he’d attack people who disagreed with him
37. Walked out of an interview with Lesley Stahl because she was mean to him.
38. Seemed to enjoy bullying reporters and seemed to especially enjoy attacking strong women who stood up to him
39. When he saw himself as Rambo
40. When countless musicians (both living and dead), television and movie creators had to ask Trump to stop using their stuff without permission
41. When he said Frederick Douglass was still alive
42. When asked about John McCain, he said he preferred soldiers who hadn’t been captured
43. When he threw a temper tantrum after being cut out of Home Alone 2
44. When he trashed Parasite for winning Best Picture at the Oscars because it wasn’t an American film
45. When he fat shamed one of his own supporters who he thought was heckling him
46. Kept trying to convince people he was the most healthiest man alive while only eating McDonald’s
47. His weird thing about Sharpies
48. When he pardoned Susan B. Anthony
49. When he took to Twitter to attack Gretchen Whitaker after she’d been the victim of a horrific kidnapping plot
50. When he attacked a mall for dropping Ivanka’s clothes
51. Trump said he had received a Michigan Man of the Year award. No such award exists.
52. Took to Twitter to make fun of then 16, 17 year old climate change activist Greta Thunberg by saying she had an anger management problem.
So no - it's not politics, it was morals, always his lack of morals, and if you can't see that then that speaks volumes about you.
Edited by Byker28i on Wednesday 20th January 06:02
GOP attorney Sidney Powell withdrew her lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court challenging Georgia’s election results Tuesday, her second to be voluntarily dismissed, as the legal campaign to overturn President Donald Trump’s election loss has petered out in the waning days of his term.
Powell and the other attorneys on the case submitted a stipulation of dismissal to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying the plaintiffs “respectfully request that this case be dismissed.”
The lawsuit sought to overturn Georgia’s election results and made baseless claims about election fraud involving Dominion voting machines; it was struck down in district court for lack of standing and being brought too late.
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It was one of eight GOP post-election cases the Supreme Court declined to expedite consideration of, effectively killing the cases by ensuring they would not be decided before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
Powell’s case in Michigan was voluntarily dismissed in federal district court but appears to still be pending before the Supreme Court, though it also was not expedited ahead of the inauguration.
Powell also filed lawsuits in Arizona and Wisconsin, which were rejected by the lower courts.
The Trump campaign also voluntarily withdrew its own post-election lawsuit in Georgia on Jan. 7, though the campaign cited an “out of court settlement agreement” that Georgia officials said in their response was “demonstrably false” and does not exist.
Big Number
64. That’s how many post-election lawsuits the Trump and GOP lost or withdrew in its campaign to overturn the election results, according to a tally kept by Democratic Party attorney Marc Elias. They only netted one minor win, which struck down an extended deadline to correct mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania that were missing proof of identification and did not have a substantial impact on the election results.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/01/...
Looks like the Dominion suit sueing her for defamation might be having an effect?
Powell and the other attorneys on the case submitted a stipulation of dismissal to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying the plaintiffs “respectfully request that this case be dismissed.”
The lawsuit sought to overturn Georgia’s election results and made baseless claims about election fraud involving Dominion voting machines; it was struck down in district court for lack of standing and being brought too late.
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It was one of eight GOP post-election cases the Supreme Court declined to expedite consideration of, effectively killing the cases by ensuring they would not be decided before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
Powell’s case in Michigan was voluntarily dismissed in federal district court but appears to still be pending before the Supreme Court, though it also was not expedited ahead of the inauguration.
Powell also filed lawsuits in Arizona and Wisconsin, which were rejected by the lower courts.
The Trump campaign also voluntarily withdrew its own post-election lawsuit in Georgia on Jan. 7, though the campaign cited an “out of court settlement agreement” that Georgia officials said in their response was “demonstrably false” and does not exist.
Big Number
64. That’s how many post-election lawsuits the Trump and GOP lost or withdrew in its campaign to overturn the election results, according to a tally kept by Democratic Party attorney Marc Elias. They only netted one minor win, which struck down an extended deadline to correct mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania that were missing proof of identification and did not have a substantial impact on the election results.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/01/...
Looks like the Dominion suit sueing her for defamation might be having an effect?
A Queens, N.Y. man who allegedly made repeated threats to murder Democratic members of Congress on social media, including threats to murder them at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, was arrested Tuesday morning by FBI agents and NYPD officers.
Brendan Hunt of Ridgewood, Queens, a former Occupy Wall Street activist and part-time filmmaker and actor, was charged with knowingly making threats to murder U.S. officials based on posts he allegedly made in December and January on Facebook, b
hute and Parler, sometimes under the alias “X-Ray Ultra."
The son of a retired Queens family court judge, Hunt has worked for the New York state Office of Court Administration since 2016 as an assistant court analyst, according to a spokesperson for the office. He was suspended without pay following his arrest Tuesday. Blog posts on his website from 2011 feature articles and photos of the Occupy Wall Street protests, in which Hunt identified himself as a member of the drum circle in several photos. Nearly a decade later, he called President-elect Joe Biden a communist on social media while inciting others to take up arms during the inauguration, according to the FBI.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/man...
Brendan Hunt of Ridgewood, Queens, a former Occupy Wall Street activist and part-time filmmaker and actor, was charged with knowingly making threats to murder U.S. officials based on posts he allegedly made in December and January on Facebook, b
hute and Parler, sometimes under the alias “X-Ray Ultra."The son of a retired Queens family court judge, Hunt has worked for the New York state Office of Court Administration since 2016 as an assistant court analyst, according to a spokesperson for the office. He was suspended without pay following his arrest Tuesday. Blog posts on his website from 2011 feature articles and photos of the Occupy Wall Street protests, in which Hunt identified himself as a member of the drum circle in several photos. Nearly a decade later, he called President-elect Joe Biden a communist on social media while inciting others to take up arms during the inauguration, according to the FBI.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/man...
Pelosi: "When we talk about, 'did any of our colleagues collaborate,' that remains to be seen. We have to get the evidence of that. If they did, they would be accessories to the crime. The crime, in some cases, was murder. The president is an accessory to that crime."
Several Republicans involved in the January 6th rally that preceded the Capitol riot have sought clemency from Trump before he leaves office, but after meeting with his legal advisers, Trump is not expected to help them.
Lol what did they expect?
Trump was warned that pardons for Republican lawmakers who had sought them for their role in the Capitol insurrection would anger the very Senate Republicans who will determine his fate in an upcoming impeachment trial.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/trump-...
Make it about trump to ensure you get the result youwant from him
Several Republicans involved in the January 6th rally that preceded the Capitol riot have sought clemency from Trump before he leaves office, but after meeting with his legal advisers, Trump is not expected to help them.
Lol what did they expect?
Trump was warned that pardons for Republican lawmakers who had sought them for their role in the Capitol insurrection would anger the very Senate Republicans who will determine his fate in an upcoming impeachment trial.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/trump-...
Make it about trump to ensure you get the result youwant from him
Byker28i said:
Breadvan72 said:
Byker28i said:
27.
So no - it's not politics, it was morales, always his lack of morales, and if you can't see that then that speaks volumes about you.
Do you mean Morales the famous Mexican philosopher? So no - it's not politics, it was morales, always his lack of morales, and if you can't see that then that speaks volumes about you.
WP opinion piece by George Conway:
I believe Donald Trump is an enemy of truth. I believe he’s a con man, a pathological liar — now the most prodigiously documented liar in American history, if not the history of the world. I believe he doesn’t care about, and may not even fully comprehend, the difference between truth and lies, between honesty and mendacity. I believe he has always said what he wants to believe, what he wants others to believe, and what he thinks he can get away with, and always will.
I believe that, as president, Trump was a danger to democracy and the rule of law, precisely because he was a danger to truth. But I believe his lies weren’t necessarily the most damaging ones to our country. Equally harmful, if not more so, were the lies that allowed him to flourish — not just others’ repetition of his lies, but also lies that many told themselves and others to justify not contradicting him — that you can’t take him literally, that you need to look at what he does or that his policies justified it all.
I believe many people didn’t know any better than to believe Trump’s lies, and still don’t. But I believe that the ignorance, intellectual indolence or hatred of those who don’t know better can’t excuse the failures of those who do, who could have said something, but didn’t because they felt it too inconvenient, unpleasant or politically perilous to do so. I believe it’s good, and I’m grateful, that some who were politically aligned with him are speaking out against him now. But I believe the country could have been saved great anguish had they done so before.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/19...
I believe Donald Trump is an enemy of truth. I believe he’s a con man, a pathological liar — now the most prodigiously documented liar in American history, if not the history of the world. I believe he doesn’t care about, and may not even fully comprehend, the difference between truth and lies, between honesty and mendacity. I believe he has always said what he wants to believe, what he wants others to believe, and what he thinks he can get away with, and always will.
I believe that, as president, Trump was a danger to democracy and the rule of law, precisely because he was a danger to truth. But I believe his lies weren’t necessarily the most damaging ones to our country. Equally harmful, if not more so, were the lies that allowed him to flourish — not just others’ repetition of his lies, but also lies that many told themselves and others to justify not contradicting him — that you can’t take him literally, that you need to look at what he does or that his policies justified it all.
I believe many people didn’t know any better than to believe Trump’s lies, and still don’t. But I believe that the ignorance, intellectual indolence or hatred of those who don’t know better can’t excuse the failures of those who do, who could have said something, but didn’t because they felt it too inconvenient, unpleasant or politically perilous to do so. I believe it’s good, and I’m grateful, that some who were politically aligned with him are speaking out against him now. But I believe the country could have been saved great anguish had they done so before.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/19...
Well said.
If the GOP Senators had convicted Trump last year, as on the evidence they should have, it is a reasonable assumption that Pence as President would have done more about C19 than he did when acting under the instructions of Trump. The Dems would probably have won the election, and there would not have been months of division and crowd stoking about the outcome.
If the GOP Senators had convicted Trump last year, as on the evidence they should have, it is a reasonable assumption that Pence as President would have done more about C19 than he did when acting under the instructions of Trump. The Dems would probably have won the election, and there would not have been months of division and crowd stoking about the outcome.
ThunderSpook said:
So where's this list of pardons then?
Its reported he has pardoned former senior adviser Steve Bannon but not his 3 co-conspirators charged with him. Not only was Bannon charged with fraud over the build trumps wall fund, but along with Flynn was involved in organising the 6 Jan rally and coup tempt,so the last minute attempt to get back into trumps good books worked well for him.Trump pardoning Steve Bannon for treating The Wall as a grift is the perfect sum-up for trump’s presidency
Others pardoned, according to Reuters, were Elliott Broidy, a leading former fundraiser for Trump who has admitted illegally lobbying the US government to drop its inquiry into the Malaysia 1MDB corruption scandal and to deport an exiled Chinese billionaire. Cohen paid off a woman for him over an alleged abortion. remember he was RNC deputy finance chair along with Cohen.
Paul Erikson - boyfriend of Maria Butina who facilitated the russian money pumped into the NRA that was then spent on trumps 2016 election.
Full list here
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/st...
Note how far down trumps lackeys are, trying to hide them?
Claudia Conway posted two video compilations tonight that appear to show her mother, Kellyanne Conway, verbally abusing her.
"What the fk is wrong with you?"
"You can't get coronavirus from the president."
"You're lucky your mother is pro-life."
https://t.co/UxT1e2j1cw?amp=1
The video compilation continues in a second Tik Tok post, which Claudia says shows her mother "hitting" her. It is not clear what is happening at that moment in the video, though.
In a series of later Tik Tok posts, Claudia says she is not posting these videos "to bring down" or harm her mother. But says she is "extremely scared" about what will happen now that she has shared them.
https://twitter.com/liamstack/status/1351725679356...
"What the f
k is wrong with you?""You can't get coronavirus from the president."
"You're lucky your mother is pro-life."
https://t.co/UxT1e2j1cw?amp=1
The video compilation continues in a second Tik Tok post, which Claudia says shows her mother "hitting" her. It is not clear what is happening at that moment in the video, though.
In a series of later Tik Tok posts, Claudia says she is not posting these videos "to bring down" or harm her mother. But says she is "extremely scared" about what will happen now that she has shared them.
https://twitter.com/liamstack/status/1351725679356...
Byker28i said:
Its reported he has pardoned former senior adviser Steve Bannon but not his 3 co-conspirators charged with him. Not only was Bannon charged with fraud over the build trumps wall fund, but along with Flynn was involved in organising the 6 Jan rally and coup tempt,so the last minute attempt to get back into trumps good books worked well for him.
Trump pardoning Steve Bannon for treating The Wall as a grift is the perfect sum-up for trump’s presidency
Others pardoned, according to Reuters, were Elliott Broidy, a leading former fundraiser for Trump who has admitted illegally lobbying the US government to drop its inquiry into the Malaysia 1MDB corruption scandal and to deport an exiled Chinese billionaire. Cohen paid off a woman for him over an alleged abortion. remember he was RNC deputy finance chair along with Cohen.
Paul Erikson - boyfriend of Maria Butina who facilitated the russian money pumped into the NRA that was then spent on trumps 2016 election.
Full list here
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/st...
Note how far down trumps lackeys are
It's the most bizarre system. Trump pardoning Steve Bannon for treating The Wall as a grift is the perfect sum-up for trump’s presidency
Others pardoned, according to Reuters, were Elliott Broidy, a leading former fundraiser for Trump who has admitted illegally lobbying the US government to drop its inquiry into the Malaysia 1MDB corruption scandal and to deport an exiled Chinese billionaire. Cohen paid off a woman for him over an alleged abortion. remember he was RNC deputy finance chair along with Cohen.
Paul Erikson - boyfriend of Maria Butina who facilitated the russian money pumped into the NRA that was then spent on trumps 2016 election.
Full list here
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/st...
Note how far down trumps lackeys are
Byker28i said:
WP opinion piece by George Conway:
I believe Donald Trump is an enemy of truth. I believe he’s a con man, a pathological liar — now the most prodigiously documented liar in American history, if not the history of the world. I believe he doesn’t care about, and may not even fully comprehend, the difference between truth and lies, between honesty and mendacity. I believe he has always said what he wants to believe, what he wants others to believe, and what he thinks he can get away with, and always will.
I believe that, as president, Trump was a danger to democracy and the rule of law, precisely because he was a danger to truth. But I believe his lies weren’t necessarily the most damaging ones to our country. Equally harmful, if not more so, were the lies that allowed him to flourish — not just others’ repetition of his lies, but also lies that many told themselves and others to justify not contradicting him — that you can’t take him literally, that you need to look at what he does or that his policies justified it all.
I believe many people didn’t know any better than to believe Trump’s lies, and still don’t. But I believe that the ignorance, intellectual indolence or hatred of those who don’t know better can’t excuse the failures of those who do, who could have said something, but didn’t because they felt it too inconvenient, unpleasant or politically perilous to do so. I believe it’s good, and I’m grateful, that some who were politically aligned with him are speaking out against him now. But I believe the country could have been saved great anguish had they done so before.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/19...
Well said. But yet he is bizarrely married to...I believe Donald Trump is an enemy of truth. I believe he’s a con man, a pathological liar — now the most prodigiously documented liar in American history, if not the history of the world. I believe he doesn’t care about, and may not even fully comprehend, the difference between truth and lies, between honesty and mendacity. I believe he has always said what he wants to believe, what he wants others to believe, and what he thinks he can get away with, and always will.
I believe that, as president, Trump was a danger to democracy and the rule of law, precisely because he was a danger to truth. But I believe his lies weren’t necessarily the most damaging ones to our country. Equally harmful, if not more so, were the lies that allowed him to flourish — not just others’ repetition of his lies, but also lies that many told themselves and others to justify not contradicting him — that you can’t take him literally, that you need to look at what he does or that his policies justified it all.
I believe many people didn’t know any better than to believe Trump’s lies, and still don’t. But I believe that the ignorance, intellectual indolence or hatred of those who don’t know better can’t excuse the failures of those who do, who could have said something, but didn’t because they felt it too inconvenient, unpleasant or politically perilous to do so. I believe it’s good, and I’m grateful, that some who were politically aligned with him are speaking out against him now. But I believe the country could have been saved great anguish had they done so before.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/19...
Gotta get a few witch hunt references in there.
‘ Paul Erickson – President Trump has issued a full pardon to Paul Erikson. This pardon is supported by Kellyanne Conway. Mr. Erickson’s conviction was based off the Russian collusion hoax. After finding no grounds to charge him with any crimes with respect to connections with Russia, he was charged with a minor financial crime. Although the Department of Justice sought a lesser sentence, Mr. Erickson was sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment—nearly double the Department of Justice’s recommended maximum sentence. This pardon helps right the wrongs of what has been revealed to be perhaps the greatest witch hunt in American History.’
‘ Paul Erickson – President Trump has issued a full pardon to Paul Erikson. This pardon is supported by Kellyanne Conway. Mr. Erickson’s conviction was based off the Russian collusion hoax. After finding no grounds to charge him with any crimes with respect to connections with Russia, he was charged with a minor financial crime. Although the Department of Justice sought a lesser sentence, Mr. Erickson was sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment—nearly double the Department of Justice’s recommended maximum sentence. This pardon helps right the wrongs of what has been revealed to be perhaps the greatest witch hunt in American History.’
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