DTomlinson
DTomlinson's JournalThe difference between liberals and conservatives is that liberals are angry at real injustices
while conservatives are angry at fake ones (Exhibit A: “Democrats stole the election from our God-Emperor Trump! 
).
Pretty basic distinction.
Wouldn't a lot of the Russia stuff be the subject of counterintelligence and thus, classified?
Seems to me that one of the main reasons for keeping Russia-related investigations so secret and "need-to-know" is to protect sources and methods - and not just from Putin and his goons, but from Trump and his goons like the DNI (Radcliffe) and other loyalists he's put in the bureaucracy.
I'm sure a lot more has been kept secret for these and other reasons. We may not know for a long time, because as long as any intelligence is being gleaned from the Kremlin, those assets must be kept secret...
IMO Trump's "superpower", the reason for why his cultists won't desert him...
...is that he's an entertainer.
I don't mean that as a compliment. Trump is an insult comic, a bully, a complete asshole so revolting that even many other assholes think he's beyond the pale. But that doesn't matter to his supporters, because to them, a lot of this is a game. It's part of the show, Trump the Reality TV star, the celebrity, the man on the screen, the character.
That's why no other Republicans - not the Bushes, not Romney, not Cruz, not Hawley, not Cotton, not even Don Jr. - inspire the same level of devotion and fervor. Even a lot of people who don't really like Trump, who will freely admit that he's a bad person, will say "he's entertaining, he 'triggers the libs', and he's fighting the Establishment and making them mad." They love that shit.
It's much easier to justify to yourself degrading, depraved, cruel behavior if you find the perpetrator funny and entertaining. That's, IMHO, what explains so much of why Donald Trump, of all people, can get away with basically anything. Yes, the hardcore racists and misogynists and bigoted assholes will always love him (the deplorables), but I'm afraid there's a much larger group of Americans who admire Trump's entertainment value and share enough of the MAGA prejudices to give him a pass, more or less. That's what's really scary to me.
Biden Must End Forever Wars (article in Foreign Policy magazine)
First, the Biden administration should not pursue global military dominance.
Second, the Biden administration must deliver on its promise to end what are often referred to as the United States’ “forever wars.”
Third, the U.S. military cannot police the Middle East, and Biden should not ask it to try.
Fourth, Biden must resist NATO expansion.
Finally, the next administration must temper U.S. militarism toward China.
.......
By saying no to reckless interventions and commitments, the Biden administration would only be rejecting the false comforts of post-Cold War enthusiasms. For three decades, the United States’ pursuit of armed dominance produced all the pathologies that Trump took further—indefensible wars, strategic overstretch, runaway spending, and a culture fearful of endless threat. Trump unmasked these realities more than he created them. Biden should chart his own course.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/25/say-no-joe/
Important re: Trump pardoning Flynn.
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1331712022229159939On the bright side, can't Flynn be compelled to testify against co-conspirators who lied to the FBI?
The fucking gall of this guy (Rudy content).
https://twitter.com/rudygiuliani/status/1331101258741145601Love Pennsylvania's Lt. Governor.
https://twitter.com/JohnFetterman/status/1326311204923576321Rudy only hates Biden so much because of "a noun, a verb, and 9/11."
Just like how Trump hated Obama so much because of the humiliation of the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Such petty, vain, stupid men. Haters gonna hate!
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