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Laffy
Laffy • mastodon (AP)
Um…

🚨Via Kyle Griffin:

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#Trump's plea to voters last night: "Get out and vote just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, it will be fixed. It'll be fine. You won't have to vote anymore ... In four years, you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote."
#Trump
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Laffy
Laffy • mastodon (AP)
2/ Via Ruth Ben-Ghiat:

Media: this should be *the* A1 story. I have studied dictatorship for decades and this is it-"you won't have to vote anymore." Trump will never leave office if he wins in November.

#Trump: You have to get out and vote. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four years, it will be fixed, it will be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore.. In four years, you won’t have to vote again.
#Trump
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RiaResists
RiaResists • mastodon (AP)
the right has been acting like they’re in charge for a few months. Blatantly.
With Biden at the helm I feel pretty confident that whatever scheme they’ve already initiated will be foiled.
Everyone has to vote. And vote for the party that encourages you to vote.
Last week (I think) Trump said his crowd doesn’t have to vote. They’ve got plenty of votes.
Someone in camp Nazi might’ve just come up w another way to steal our vote.
#WeAreNotGoingBack
#Vote #voteblue
#vote #VoteBlue #wearenotgoingback
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JonChevreau
JonChevreau • mastodon (AP)
@RiaResists If GOP sees evidence Kamala will win I have no doubt Plan B is to steal the election. No real downside for 45 since otherwise he spends his last few years in prison. That’s the problem with letting a desperate former insurrectionist run again.
@RiaResists
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Laffy
Laffy • mastodon (AP)
@JonChevreau Plan A is to steal the election. @RiaResists
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M.S. Bellows, Jr.
M.S. Bellows, Jr. • mastodon (AP)
Yup. Why they're freaking out now is that with Biden, it would have been close enough to steal, and the constant media drumbeat of "Biden can't beat Trump" meant most citizens would believe it. Now? Not so much.
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Laffy
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@msbellows Good point. @JonChevreau @RiaResists
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Pamela
Pamela • mastodon (AP)
@msbellows @JonChevreau @RiaResists How do you steal a Blue Wave Tsunami...you can't!
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Extinction Studies
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@msbellows @JonChevreau @RiaResists

I keep having to make the point that we have to deliver the victory to the Dems even if they sabotage themselves. It's up to us. We have to do everything we can. And I have to say, every time I've made that point, it's been to a white woman who's already stressed out and pretty much incapacitated from deep political activity. So I feel hopeless sometimes. But VP Harris can win if we each commit to that victory in our own acts!
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Nazani
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@JonChevreau @RiaResists
It will be hell for election workers. 😞 Seriously, if you are under 50 & have stamina, consider becoming a poll worker. The kind of disruptions GOP "watchers" cause mean dangerous stress & lack of sleep for the seniors who usually take these jobs.
@JonChevreau @RiaResists
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zemsgram
zemsgram • mastodon (AP)
@Nazani @JonChevreau @RiaResists Be a poll worker, not a poll watcher, no matter how old you are. It’s a long day but you learn so much and the poll workers are great to work with.
@JonChevreau @RiaResists @Nazani
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Nazani
Nazani • mastodon (AP)
@zemsgram @JonChevreau @RiaResists
In "normal" times, that's true. Go back & review foortage of the Maricopa Co. "seige" of election workers. How long can you stay awake & healthy with "protestors" screaming at you? Know your limits.
@JonChevreau @zemsgram @RiaResists
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Barbara Monaco
Barbara Monaco • mastodon (AP)
@Nazani @JonChevreau @RiaResists
There are poll watchers for democracy. I've done it, working for state Democratic party, observing what goes on inside and outside polling places. We were trained to learn what to look for. There was a team of
lawyers on call across the state to answer questions, to advise, and to take immediate action when irregularities occurred. It was incredibly rewarding being on the front line, protecting voting rights.
It's a very long day. Stamina required
@JonChevreau @RiaResists @Nazani
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Barbara Monaco
Barbara Monaco • mastodon (AP)
@Nazani @JonChevreau @RiaResists
https://events.democrats.org/event/652761/

100 Days to Victory with Voter Protection

The Harris for President/Coordinated Campaign Voter Protection & Access team invites you to a volunteer kick-off event.
Mobilize
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Elizabeth Winter
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@Barbramon1 @Nazani @JonChevreau @RiaResists It’s also helpful to sign up as a poll worker. It’s a very long day and it doesn’t pay a lot. I highly recommend it. Like being on a jury, it’s part of citizenship
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Ross of Ottawa
Ross of Ottawa • mastodon (AP)
it needs to be clearly, loudly pointed out that "you won't have to vote anymore" is functionally equivalent to "you won't be able to vote anymore."
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Micro Rust • mastodon (AP)
Fortunately it seems like the Harris campaign actually has a messaging team that is ready to push back and say "No, seriously, this weirdo freak really is saying all this, and also please recall that he attempted to retain power through insurrection and is a criminal trying to stay out of jail."
Press Release from the Harris for President campaign. For immediate release July 27, 2024. Statement on Trump's Promise to End Democracy Statement on Trump's Promise to End Democracy Donald Trump has previously said if he didn't win there would be " bloodbath" and claimed, "I'm not sure that you'll ever have another election in this country. He has called for the "termination" of our Constitution and bragged "a lot of people like" his calls to be a "dictator on day one WATCH: Last night, Trump again yowed to end democracy if he did win: "You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what - it will be fixed, it will be fine. You won't have to vote anymore Statement from Harris for President Spokesperson James Singer on Trump's vow to end democracy: "When Vice President Harris says this election is about freedom she means it. Our democracy is under assault by criminal Donald Trump: After the last election Trump lost, he sent a mob to overturn the results. This campaign, he has promised violence if he loses, the end of our elections if he wins, and the termination of the Constitution to empower him to be a dictator to enact his dangerous Project 2025 agenda on America Donald Trump wants to take America backward, to a politics of hate, chaos, and fear - this November America will unite around Vice President Kamala Harris to stop him.
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Danetteb 🌹#Harris2024
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saying the quiet part out loud and it’s not headlines at the NYT… 🫤
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Laffy
Laffy • mastodon (AP)
@Danetteb

Via Emptywheel:

Here's the glaring top of the page headline from NYT about Trump telling Christians they won't have to vote anymore in four years.
NYT headline: “At the Believers Summit in Florida, former Pres Trump honed his attacks on VP Kamala Harris and called her a “bum”
@Danetteb 🌹#Harris2024
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Laffy
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@xs4me2 https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112858761922323495

Laffy

2024-07-27 13:47:22


@Danetteb

Via Emptywheel:

Here's the glaring top of the page headline from NYT about Trump telling Christians they won't have to vote anymore in four years.
NYT headline: “At the Believers Summit in Florida, former Pres Trump honed his attacks on VP Kamala Harris and called her a “bum”

@xs4me2
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BFSMan01
BFSMan01 • mastodon (AP)
@xs4me2 “Honed” his attacks? To hone means to sharpen. I guess his previous attacks were more blunt than “bum.” It makes me wonder — who’s duller? Him or the people writing about him?

Then again, I may be giving too much credit to the people anxious to read about him…
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Kevin Leecaster
Kevin Leecaster • mastodon (AP)
@lumpenpro @JonChevreau @Wileymiller @PandaChronicle
Plus, Joe Biden nor any Democratic POTUS has NOT won any kind of immunity from this corrupt SCOTUS. Chief Justice Roberts clearly ruled that only Republicans are above the law.
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Wiley Miller
Wiley Miller • mastodon (AP)
Everything Trump says is either projection or a confession.

This would be a good question to ask Trump about in the debate...if there is a debate. But I'm sure whoever the moderator is will be too chickenshit to ask, not wanting to "appear biased".
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@Wileymiller
not to mention he won’t answer this question or make up some bullshit that he didn’t mean it the way we took it, but he actually means it.
that he is saying it out loud is one more indication he has lost his mind.
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Wiley Miller
Wiley Miller • mastodon (AP)
@PandaChronicle
Yeah, but what else could it possibly mean? I'd love hear what ANY republican has to say about it. And I hope the Harris campaign is going to make an ad centered on it. They don't need to interpret anything, all they have to do is show clips on what Trump actually says.

@GottaLaff
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M. Grégoire
M. Grégoire • mastodon (AP)
I'm not an R — I'm not even American — but here's a plausible alternative meaning:

"Hey, you Christians. This country's got a lot of problems. But vote for me in 2024, and with another four years, I'll get them all fixed. Then in 2028, you won't even have to vote, you'll be able to sit out the grubbiness of politics, since the problems will be all fixed."

1/2

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@JonChevreau

#uspol
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M. Grégoire
M. Grégoire • mastodon (AP)
@Wileymiller
Now, I think that's nonsense — Did he fix any problems in his first term? Any at all? — But it doesn't seem likely to me that he's boasting about his plans to eliminate American democracy. Curtis Yarvin wants that, maybe a handful of other Americans, but it's just not a promise that will win him any significant number of votes.

If he really planned to cancel elections in 2028, he wouldn't say so.

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Wiley Miller
Wiley Miller • mastodon (AP)
@mpjgregoire

"But it doesn't seem likely to me that he's boasting about his plans to eliminate American democracy."

Seriously? There's quite literally no other way to read his statement. None. He always tells us exactly what he plans to do and people (like you?) just blow it off as "Trump being hyperbolic".

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Laffy
Laffy • mastodon (AP)
@Wileymiller Exactly what Wiley said. Are you guys seriously not understanding, after 2016 forward, how he operates?

@mpjgregoire @PandaChronicle @JonChevreau
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Wiley Miller
Wiley Miller • mastodon (AP)
@mpjgregoire @PandaChronicle @JonChevreau

It's what we heard from media, republicans in Congress and voters alike throughout his vile campaign in 2016... "Oh, he doesn't really mean that...".

YES HE DOES MEAN EXACTLY WHAT HE SAYS!
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OtownKim • mastodon (AP)
@Wileymiller @mpjgregoire @PandaChronicle @JonChevreau Absofuckinglutly!!! 💯!
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Laffy
Laffy • mastodon (AP)
@Wileymiller Yep. Take him seriously. @mpjgregoire @PandaChronicle @JonChevreau
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Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor
Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor • mastodon (AP)
@Wileymiller @mpjgregoire @PandaChronicle @JonChevreau The Convicted Felon™️ plainly wanted to declare martial law and stay in office on Jan 6. If he gets back this time he’ll never leave. Ever. He’s been telegraphing this for YEARS and the corporate media and a large part of the public poo-poos it as “Oh, he didn’t really mean that” or “That won’t ever happen in America.” Wake up, people.
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JonChevreau
JonChevreau • mastodon (AP)
So he might die in office but with his weight and eating and exercise habits how long does he realistically have? He’d be lucky to finish a second legitimate term.
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Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor
Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor • mastodon (AP)
The entire R party has been subsumed by TFG. It is now a cult of personality/white nationalism/Dominionism advocating for a Christian theocratic, fascist dictatorship. Traditional conservatives have been drummed out. Once Rs have power this time that's it. Nepotism (his kids) or another influential figure will take power.

This is what the plans outlined in #Project2025 will enable. Find a resource here: https://www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/the-big-list-of-resources-about-project
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Sozan
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It is unbelievable - is there no legal way to stop him?
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M.S. Bellows, Jr.
M.S. Bellows, Jr. • mastodon (AP)
@GRA3432
Yes, there is a legal way to stop Trump.

Volunteer, work, donate, and finally vote in such a way that he can neither win nor steal the election.
@Sozan
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sandywb14
sandywb14 • mastodon (AP)
@msbellows @GRA3432 TFG is going to try and steal it, but voting in numbers too large to refute the results is necessary.
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acm
acm • mastodon (AP)
@msbellows @GRA3432 how do I vote that way? is it a stance, or an elbow wiggle?
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M.S. Bellows, Jr.
M.S. Bellows, Jr. • mastodon (AP)
@acm_redfox @GRA3432 Activism, protest, forcing systemic change, etc. are tricky, but the "how to vote" part is easy:

Vote your principles in the primary, then vote Democrat in the general election.

Period. In our current system, no other voting approach is effective.
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acm
acm • mastodon (AP)
@msbellows yeah, thanks, it was a joke.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr.
M.S. Bellows, Jr. • mastodon (AP)
@acm_redfox Sorry, and thanks for clarifying.
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Kid Mania
Kid Mania • mastodon (AP)
"... It is unbelievable - is there no legal way to stop him?"
🙈 🙉 🙊
Stop him...?!?!? 😂 No, no. They made it so that if he retakes the White House he'll be a king. On July 1st, at around 8pm...they rigged it so all presidential acts have immunity.

Remember...?
45 stares out smug from a black and white photo. Bold white words overtop: IT"S NOT ILLEGAL IN NO ONE PUNISHES ME.
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Old Man in the Shoe
Old Man in the Shoe • mastodon (AP)
@clintruin @GRA3432
Pretty simple. Don't let him retake the White House. Instead of wringing our hands in despair we can win.
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Kid Mania
Kid Mania • mastodon (AP)
It would seem a no-brainer. Like, literally the survival of American democracy.

And even if Harris wins...it's still there, Waiting. Waiting four more years, Accruing money. Consolidating power.

Someone on here told me, "Rust never sleeps."
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Bruce Sigmon
Bruce Sigmon • mastodon (AP)
@clintruin @jenzi @GRA3432
Correct, it never ends. As WWI hero Alvin York said:

"By our victory in the last war [WWI], we won a lease on liberty, not a deed to it. Now after 23 years, Adolf Hitler tells us that lease is expiring, and after the manner of all leases, we have the privilege of renewing it, or letting it go by default ... "

#Harris2024
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Kyle
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@GRA3432 Only 1. Elect Kamala Harris.
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birdpoof
birdpoof • mastodon (AP)
@theogrin

I think this goes way beyond malpractice, which is just in the realm of negligence. This is pure malice; words have meaning and they exercise them with intentional effect because they want a certain outcome. A straight line from 2016 coverage.
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Barry Schwartz 🫖
Barry Schwartz 🫖 • mastodon (AP)
@birdpoof @theogrin

There is an alternative interpretation, which is that Trump will make things so good that these Christians can go into voting apathy. And he is so narcissistic that he may actually have meant that.

But, if this is the hangup journalists have, that there are these two interpretations and possibly more, THEN SAY SO! Do not pretend you are mere cuts of beef liver, which is what journalists actually do.
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Karen Strickholm
Karen Strickholm • mastodon (AP)
Beef liver UGH!!!
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Jennifer Kayla | Theogrin 🦊
Jennifer Kayla | Theogrin 🦊 • mastodon (AP)
@KarenStrickholm @chemoelectric @birdpoof
Beef liver is perfectly fine -- so long as it's sourced appropriately, and cooked correctly. You can't just cook on low and let it sit there for a while, you have to cook a proper liver on medium-high. after soaking it in milk (possibly buttermilk!) to soften it, and then serve with mushrooms and onions which have also been cooked on high. That's if you're not breading it, of course, which has its own method of prep.

WAY too many people turn their liver into boot leather and then complain that it's inedible!
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Old Man in the Shoe
Old Man in the Shoe • mastodon (AP)
@clintruin We're all scared. We just have to not pre-submit.
@Kid Mania
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Old Man in the Shoe
Old Man in the Shoe • mastodon (AP)
@clintruin We've recovered from worse. Notice the surge in donations and volunteer efforts going against Trump. These things come in cycles here and they go. Even Nazism was eventually defeated.
@Kid Mania
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Kid Mania • mastodon (AP)
@jenzi
I hope you are right.
I'm terrified you are wrong.
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Karen Strickholm
Karen Strickholm • mastodon (AP)
@theogrin @chemoelectric @birdpoof No no no no no a million times no!!! Even the smell of it... Which is odd, bc I love paté. Go figure. But thanks for those interesting prep tips. I know it is madly nutritious.
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Jennifer Kayla | Theogrin 🦊 • mastodon (AP)
@KarenStrickholm @chemoelectric @birdpoof
Of course, if you just don't like the taste or texture, there's nothing I can do for you.

You'll just have to suffer with foods you *enjoy.* Weirdo.
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Karen Strickholm • mastodon (AP)
@theogrin @chemoelectric @birdpoof
Ha! I love oysters, wh gross out a lot of people. Raw, fried, in a pasta cream sauce, included in Thanksgiving turkey cornbread stuffing, in soup... as long as they are super-fresh. You can have my share of liver!
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PandaChronicle 4 Harris &Walz • mastodon (AP)
@Wileymiller @nosmaharba @HotTubMemeMachine @PamelaBarroway @JonChevreau @mpjgregoire
And once he’s gone they will seamlessly move in to fill the void, because that’s how this is being set up. They are PLANNING on him being gone, once they have used his magnetism with the MAGA base.
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Wiley Miller
Wiley Miller • mastodon (AP)
@nosmaharba
Yep. Trump didn't get where he is on his own. The real danger is, and has been, those who propped him up.

@HotTubMemeMachine @PamelaBarroway @JonChevreau @GottaLaff @mpjgregoire @PandaChronicle
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abracadabra holmes • mastodon (AP)
@HotTubMemeMachine @PamelaBarroway @JonChevreau @Wileymiller @mpjgregoire @PandaChronicle I'm with you that he's a danger, but he's not THE danger. BibleThumping Fascists are the root.
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abracadabra holmes
abracadabra holmes • mastodon (AP)
@HotTubMemeMachine @PamelaBarroway @JonChevreau @Wileymiller @mpjgregoire @PandaChronicle nah. He is unable to think that far ahead. It's about staying out of prison.
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CynBlogger™️-47NotMyPrez • mastodon (AP)
@PandaChronicle @Wileymiller @nosmaharba @HotTubMemeMachine @PamelaBarroway @JonChevreau @mpjgregoire

Realistically, given his age, mental & physical infirmities, he can’t be around long. The evil puppet masters are waiting in the wings.
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Spocko
Spocko • mastodon (AP)
"He got there with people who thought they could control him, and many, such as McConnell, learned that he was unmanageable. I'm not sure that others would keep the same control."

Said @CStamp
Yes, also, McConnell thought the Democrats would do the "dirty work" & prosecute Trump after #Jan6th. But they didn't move fast enough, & Republicans didn't help them. They want the benefits of power, but none of the responsibilities.
@Wileymiller
#Jan6th @Carolyn @Wiley Miller
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@mglo @calsnoboarder @cherold @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust
Laffy gets that Trump is a populist in contrast to a politician, " He also tests a phrase (whether accidentally or intentionally) and if it resonates, he repeats and expands on it."

That sure was clear imo when he floated Hunter Biden's name at last night's rally. He's desperately looking for attacks that will resonate and gain traction with his supporters that will also help drive media's narrative as well is sure seems.
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Morten Juhl-Johansen • mastodon (AP)
@davidaugust put up the video here:
https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust/112856209036162409

David August

2024-07-27 02:58:08


Tonight, trump suggested people have to vote this year and then in 2028 and beyond they won’t have to vote because “It’ll be fixed.”

#Project2025 #trump #election #elections #politics #political #USpol #democracy #autocracy

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aburtch
aburtch • mastodon (AP)
@mjj @davidaugust This clip is way more indicative of his incoherent, word-salad, stream of consciousness speaking style than it is of any premeditated plan to become a dictator and end elections. (Not that he wouldn’t do that, just that most of what comes out of his mouth is accidental.)
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Charles Herold
Charles Herold • mastodon (AP)
@aburtch @mjj @davidaugust People make the mistake of thinking of what Trump does as incoherent rambling. It's really more like stream-of-consciousness riffing. He's got themes in his head and he embroiders them and mixes them up, but one of his themes is that he is going to completely take over government in a way that can't be undone, and he says it in dozens of different ways. Ignore the nonsense words - listen to the themes. Because he has consistently acted on his themes.
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calsnoboarder
calsnoboarder • mastodon (AP)
@cherold @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust you give him way too much credit. He has no idea what he means. He says things that he believes his audience will respond to. He has no intent beyond that. Just trying to get laughs and play to the crowd.
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Laffy
Laffy • mastodon (AP)
@calsnoboarder
Like when he summoned them on Jan 6? Yes, he knows what he means, overall, despite the wordslaw.

@cherold @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust
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calsnoboarder
calsnoboarder • mastodon (AP)
@cherold @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust possibly true. I don’t think he thinks about what he is saying before he says it is my belief. Things pop into his head and he says them. The intent is simply to get a rise from the crowd and whatever happens is a by product. Even with Jan 6 he listened to his advisors and riffs along with their idea not really understanding where those ideas lead to. I do t think he is that smart. He reminds me of Peter Sellers character in “Being There” in so much as he is a dumb shit and the people try to give his words the weight to turn him into a thoughtful person. I just don’t think he is that deep.
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Laffy
Laffy • mastodon (AP)
@calsnoboarder He’s savvy, not smart. And I agree with that. But I’m saying that, in addition, he knows exactly what he’s doing to incite his crowds. He also tests a phrase (whether accidentally or intentionally) and if it resonates, he repeats and expands on it. But his message is clear and consistent. @cherold @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust
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Nomdeb WILL RESIST
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@calsnoboarder @cherold @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust Exactly so. You can actually see, with our own eyes, his tiny brain whirring around when he says something and there's a reaction. The expression on his face makes it obvious. Then you'll note that he'll repeat that phrase again and again.
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Carolyn Ebbo
Carolyn Ebbo • mastodon (AP)
@calsnoboarder @cherold @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust In "Mein Kampf" (1925), Adolf Hitler detailed how he would try different things in his lengthy speeches at the beer halls. He would keep in what worked, and eliminate what didn't, in subsequent speeches. He said this practice helped him both perfect his speaking style, but also to test content approval. I remember this every time I hear Trump speak.
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Charles Herold
Charles Herold • mastodon (AP)
@calsnoboarder @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust It's like you've been watching a guy surf a huge, treacherous wave for 2 hours and you're saying, oh, I don't think he can surf at all, he's just wobbling on the board in a way that's accidentally causing him to stay up.

You're claiming Trump has completely taken over the GOP, almost overthrown the government, created a dangerous fascist movement, all by accident?
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zenkat
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@cherold @calsnoboarder @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust

100% this. Dude is crazy like a fox. There's one thing he knows, one thing he is expert at: Gaining power. That's everything to him.

Sure, he fumbles through world salad telling the audience what they want to hear. But that's entirely in service of gaining more power. He knows those crowds help him get the rest of the party to toe the line.

And you better be sure that if he ever gets in the oval office again, he will never leave. EVER. He's prepared this time. "Dictator from Day One."
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And Human (it/its)
And Human (it/its) • mastodon (AP)
@calsnoboarder @cherold @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust

In my experience you can pick up on the underlying beliefs and intents of anyone if you pay attention long enough.

Even people that might be labeled as "delusional".

It's pretty clear that Trump wants to be a dictator and intends to continue to do whatever he can to accomplish that.

What shocking is that anyone is shocked. His actions and words over many many years have asserted this repeatedly.
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OtownKim
OtownKim • mastodon (AP)
@calsnoboarder @cherold @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust bullshit! He's in the stage of Dementia when they say everything out loud because they cannot keep it in! He's saying the actual plan and secrets out loud! Period
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Charles Herold
Charles Herold • mastodon (AP)
@otownKim @calsnoboarder @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust He's always told people the plan. It just took years for them to realize none of it was figurative.
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Gminks
Gminks • mastodon (AP)
@GreenFire @mglo @calsnoboarder @cherold @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust ya he's doing his own "research".
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Grandpa Don RIP World
Grandpa Don RIP World • mastodon (AP)
@GreenFire @mglo @calsnoboarder @cherold @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust

i hope he stays obsessed with Hunter. Mix in a few overflowing toilets, sharks, windmills and he's got a lock on the under-75 IQ vote.
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Nicole Parsons
Nicole Parsons • mastodon (AP)
@GreenFire @mglo @calsnoboarder @cherold@zirk.us @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust

JD Vance is also test marketing phrases.

The "childless cat lady" phrase is a dog whistle to evangelicals who associate cats with witchcraft.

It resonates with them & their misogynistic belief that "women are nothing without a man".

The Salem witch trials were really about farmland border disputes intended to dispossess the old or the widowed of their land.

This time it's about disenfranchising women & LGBTQ.
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mmalc
mmalc • mastodon (AP)
@dbc3 @GreenFire @mglo @calsnoboarder @cherold @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust

And of course he's already claimed the vital human-flesh-eating demographic. All in all, certainly an electoral force to be reckoned with.
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Nicole Parsons
Nicole Parsons • mastodon (AP)
@calsnoboarder @michaelgemar @GreenFire @mglo @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust

The word "Nihilistic" isn't enough to describe voters who'd rather burn it down rather than share.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/564989/the-sum-of-us-by-heather-mcghee/

McGhee ...tallying what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm—the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others. ...she meets white people who confide in her about losing their homes, ... their shot at better jobs to the toxic mix of American racism & greed
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calsnoboarder
calsnoboarder • mastodon (AP)
@michaelgemar @Npars01 @GreenFire @mglo @aburtch @mjj @davidaugust I am still gobsmacked when I see his rallies and nearly half are women... and a good portion of those women are of child bearing age... It boggles the mind to see so many people voting against their own interests.
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