DTomlinson
DTomlinson's JournalWhen you have never faced real consequences before, why worry about a little virus?
Unfortunately for Trump and his enablers, viruses don’t care about that shit. And not wearing a mask because you wanna own the libs - well, who has been owned now?
Karma is catching up to these motherfuckers, if for no other reason than their arrogance, hubris, and sheer stupidity.
Fuck that mean-spirited piece of shit. He should be grateful Joe isn't going after HIS family.
Those who claim "no collusion" between Trump and Russia misrepresent a woefully inadequate report.
Just because Mueller's incomplete, excessively cautious, and actively obstructed investigation did not "establish" (as opposed to "find no evidence" ) that there was a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, doesn't mean that therefore there was "no collusion." When it comes to Trump's conflicts of interest and corruption re: Russia, there was (and is) PLENTY of evidence to suggest that there is a fire to all that smoke, so to speak. It's pretty fucking blatant.
But in terms of what they thought they needed to establish the existence of a criminal conspiracy that would hold up in federal court, Robert Mueller and his team were prevented from finding the full truth from the very people they were investigating - but also weren't willing to risk the investigation, because as their own report (and Trump's own public statements, including his tweets) demonstrates, Trump wanted them gone, and even ordered subordinates to fire Mueller.
The FBI and DOJ don't, as a rule, investigate people based on "nothingburgers" or "witch hunts", although this President and the current Attorney General certainly do - Trump literally got impeached for it, by targeting the man who will hopefully beat him in November (The projection never ends, does it? 
). If federal agents are investigating and even arresting several members of a political campaign, and if some of them get prosecuted, you'd think that everyone would be at the very least suspicious of the candidate associated with that campaign. But no, we have "no collusion", "witch hunt", "greatest hoax ever", etc. 
The Winter of Our Discontent: projecting the 78 harrowing days after the election.
Maybe you think that way about the past three years: the corrupt self-dealing, the fusillade of lies and ignorance, the corporate handover of the regulatory state, the authoritarian repression. The oncoming election may provide you with a crack of hope for America to reverse what many consider a grave mistake.
But while Election Day will signal the end of a campaign, it’s not the end of Donald Trump’s term in office.
The 78 days from November 3 to January 20, known as the transition, have kept me awake at night since I started reporting out this article. The coming interregnum is likely to be one of the most politically, economically, and socially fraught periods in American history, one that could set the trajectory for the nation’s future. “If you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can,” Michelle Obama counseled in her Democratic Convention speech. Trust me on that as well; they will, immediately after the election.
But Trump critics strongly suspect his attention won’t be focused on putting Biden in a position to succeed. “I can’t imagine them cooperating at all,” said Mike Lux, a veteran of both the Clinton and Obama transitions. “Trump has violated pretty much every unwritten norm out there.”
The veil of ignorance could allow Trump and his top officials to “burrow” political appointees into career service positions, keeping them in place after the transition. “They will contaminate the administration throughout unless you ferret them out,” said Wilkerson. “They will implement the previous administration’s policies in your administration.”
Further acts of sabotage range from petty office pranks—messing with computers or phones—to far more consequential options. Trump could authorize bombings or guerrilla actions abroad before the inauguration, similar to George H.W. Bush sending Marines to Somalia in December 1992. He could turn in a final census report early, cementing congressional apportionment data in a way that could undercount communities of color. He could just destroy evidence that might be used in future investigations against him. And he could issue executive orders and change agency regulations, which could all be reversed, but would take time and effort early in Biden’s term.
An uncooperative transition would of course come at the worst possible time. The economy remains severely depressed from the fallout of the pandemic and the continued inability to allow large numbers of people to congregate.T here remains no agreement on another coronavirus relief package, and Trump’s executive actions are already proving next to meaningless. Even if a deal is reached, most of the relief in the current bills extends only to December, leaving weeks with Trump as president and no fiscal support for the economy in place. The combination of economic pain, an uncertain election, and public-health challenges could roil markets, while mass evictions and foreclosures ensue.
https://prospect.org/politics/winter-of-our-discontent-trump-2020-election/
Palestinians rally against Bahrain-Israel normalisation
Source: Al Jazeera
Palestinians in Gaza burned pictures of Israeli, American, Bahraini, and United Arab Emirates leaders on Saturday in protest against the two Gulf countries' moves to normalise ties with Israel.
Bahrain on Friday joined the UAE in agreeing to normalise relations with Israel, a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran but one that could leave the Palestinians further isolated.
Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/palestinians-rally-bahrain-israel-normalisation-200912163206019.html
Found an image of someone trying to "save the children" back in the 1970s.
One of the godmothers of modern American Moral Panics (along with noted sociopath Phyllis Schlafly, of course). Anita B. did a lot of harm in a short period of time.
QAnon: Same shit, different century.
I don't trust a full third or more of this country. And I am horrified by that.
Trump/MAGA, QAnon, all of the endless amounts of racism and conspiracy theories and misogyny and sadistic glee at "when the looting starts, the shooting starts."
The PROUD ignorance and denial of reality and science, and the reveling in cruelty and bigotry.
The sanctimonious "Christianity" that inevitably accompanies the hate.
The authoritarian white nationalism, the contempt for democracy and the rule of law, the admiration for corruption, the endless amount of LYING....
A full third or more of this country is on board with all of the above. This is how fascism comes to America. It is here.
It can't just be Biden and Harris. It has to be both houses of Congress, every state legislature, every court - the Republican Party has to be systematically defeated and destroyed. It is THAT bad.
We can't afford not to. Our children and grandchildren can't afford us not to...
Get this cancer out of this world!
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The core reason for why Donald Trump specifically is so beloved by Republican voters...
...is that he publicly, proudly, shamelessly validates their bigotry, and in a way that is entertaining to Republicans.
This, above all else, distinguished him from the rest of the pack in 2016. He's a total celebrity caricature - who says directly to Republican voters, "You are right to be racist. You are right to be misogynistic. You are right to hate Muslims and immigrants. You should not be ashamed of that - you should EMBRACE that!" The embarrassed bigot no longer needs to be embarrassed.
I'm not saying anything new, of course, but this has to be emphasized: Trump tells them that their hatred is valid and good. That's why they'll never abandon him.
"I am your voice!"
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