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Biden pre-emptively pardons Jan 6 Investigative Committee members, Dr. Fauci, etc. $rump reacts predictably.
I really dislike the idea of pre-emptive pardons. It's a gross admission that just accusing someone is enough to ruin their lives. It shouldn't be this way.
Hair Furor is already attempting to discard the constitution in favor of one-man rule.
Old bully-boy figures he can get away with anything unless someone is strong enough to stop him. The twice-impeached, 34-time felon seems to be on a path to become the first president daring us to prosecute him for treason.
Fitting, somehow that this would happen today:https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/breaking-former-planned-parenthood-president-cecile-richards-has-died-229755461908
Very sad.
And speaking of pardons … last Friday, NPR updated its database on the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. They promise to follow any further action, including any pardons or commutations Trump may issue.
And my calculations: pleaded or found guilty 1287, conviction rate in completed trials 99.69%. Cases dismissed include 10 where those at any stage in the process died before sentencing.
We, the United States, are going to be mocked. Our foreign policy will lead us to be taken advantage of. Corporate entities will rip out our valuables while political fiends will rip apart our values. We will dump money down the toilet with tax cuts adding to the debt, while spending on an immigration policy based on fantasy. Food cost will spiral, tariffs will increase prices. We are all going to have to cheer or face punishment.
May whatever God or being you believe in have mercy on your soul.
Not to be complacent, but $rump can't do as much damage as he wants to do. In spite of his "Shock and Awe" Executive Orders today, He's not gonna be able to change the constitution to revoke 14th amendment birthright citizenship. Tariffs on Chinese imports? Don't think Mr. Musk will care for that much. Same thing with ending the electric vehicle tax credits. Anything that would cut into Tesla's profit margins is probably not gonna go over well.
But the rest of your grim predictions are probably going to come true. Food prices are going up, including meat and dairy because of the 90% undocumented immigrant workforce in those industries. The most powerless and vulnerable among us are going to be victimized and the real challenge for those of us with privilege of skin or income is whether or not we stand up for those folks. Will you?
We need to organize close to the ground. Literally. Grow community gardens, including people that you normally would not associate with. Plant bee- friendly plants. join a civil conversation group at your local library More community organization. Stand up against book banning. Call a transgender person by their preferred pronoun, and don't let other people give them shit.
I like the idea of organizing and being active locally. I have no chance of affecting hateful idiots in another state, but I have a better chance to make my community close to me a better place.
"We need to organize close to the ground. Literally. Grow community gardens, including people that you normally would not associate with. Plant bee- friendly plants. join a civil conversation group at your local library More community organization. Stand up against book banning. Call a transgender person by their preferred pronoun, and don't let other people give them shit."
I had actually hoped that some degree, of common sense would be captured in the PolCats comments. But noooooooooo. The same old group think since 2015. Trump change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America……I like that. I think I'll change the name of the Progress Now to Progress Dead-enders.
I dub thee powerless prune. Enjoy being a lickspittle
Probably no big deal:
Gotta be intentional. He's too arrogant to care about optics. The first time I saw it, I was thinking, "Oh, it's just a "dap", but his other arm isn't doing the dap. It's clearly a Nazi salute.
Report I read said it happened twice.
Are you shocked, 2jung? I'm not even surprised. The Screaming Yam has his own tendencies in that direction, but the people he's trafficking with (Bannon, Musk, etc.) will pull him as far right as they can before a Democratic Congress calls them on the carpet to explain themselves. I think that once they start actually instituting their policies, many of the "what's the worst that can happen" crowd who voted for him will be horrified at the answer.
That was more publicly blatant than I expected, cook. Not really surprised though, if only because he's been expressing support for AfD in Germany.
"That was more publicly blatant than I expected"
Yeah, because of years of denying retweets of Pro-Nazi tweets count, because years of coming up with outs and excuses… They are Nazis, they have always been Nazis. You knew it and thought well as long as it isn't blatant and if it is ill excuse the behavior. That's what we all did.
Not all did.
The Republican Party has given us the first administration that is a true crime syndicate. Many of “us” have been warning of the Nazi takeover of the United States…for a long time.
We told you what would happen if he returned to the White House..
PS…Don’t worry though, Kevin Priola and CHB are about to lead an army of moderate Republicans to keep Trump from winning the elec…what? Oh…snap.
Yep, it's one of those times when it's exceedingly sad and profoundly frightening to be correct.
Josh Marshall:
Too bad the Dems have only been working on their "appease" muscles.
From Marshall Zelinger via Bluesky:
The Trump Executive Order Page.
Hoping there will be a way to track Trump’s Executive Orders and the court cases bound to follow many of them.
Jennifer Rubin, writing at The Contrarian, insists I should be more precise with language.