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It's insane that everyone is still treating Donald Trump like a legitimate president. Every day this happens further underlines the extent to which our system has no real check on the ability of powerful rich white men to protect other powerful rich white men.
I want to return to this bullshit because it underscores the point.
Everything has to be made normal.
Everything has to be made normal.
The framing of this article is: on the one hand, maybe denuclearization with North Korea! [fanfare] On the other, accusations. [sad trombone].
Which covers the fact that Trump's efforts in North Korea are a shitshow disaster.
AND as a result downplays the Cohen testimony.
Which covers the fact that Trump's efforts in North Korea are a shitshow disaster.
AND as a result downplays the Cohen testimony.
Michael Cohen was a decades-long internal counsel for the Trump Org at an executive level.
AND he was the finance chair for the Republican Party.
AND he's convicted of federal crimes.
AND—under oath, before Congress—he just testified that Donald Trump committed federal crimes.
AND he was the finance chair for the Republican Party.
AND he's convicted of federal crimes.
AND—under oath, before Congress—he just testified that Donald Trump committed federal crimes.
And the GOP House spent the day attacking him in nakedly corrupt defense of a nakedly corrupt president, who has corrupt dealings with a hostile foreign power, and is currently representing us in talks with a different hostile foreign power.
So our government is in free-fall.
So our government is in free-fall.
Meanwhile the president has spend the last two years sandblasting all the treaties that kept nuclear armament in check for DECADES, and spent yesterday offering concessions to the North Koreans before talks even began.
So he's putting us all in massive danger.
So he's putting us all in massive danger.
The Wall Street Journal decided to publish an article that treated one of those things as good, and the other as kind of bad.
Because everything has to be normal.
Because we have no check on white rich guys defending other white rich guys.
The game is exposed.
Because everything has to be normal.
Because we have no check on white rich guys defending other white rich guys.
The game is exposed.
Anyone still voting for or supporting Republicans—any Republicans, on any level—should be prepared. People are going to know you for what you are.
They're going to treat you like you're the sort of person who supports such things.
They probably won't care about your reasons.
They're going to treat you like you're the sort of person who supports such things.
They probably won't care about your reasons.
This isn't a mixed bag.
And sure, it is normal. But normal isn't all right. It has to change.
The game is exposed and it's ugly.
And sure, it is normal. But normal isn't all right. It has to change.
The game is exposed and it's ugly.
There's no thought to national security.
There's no thought to the constitution.
Nothing of decency or decorums or 'norms.'
No interest in equality.
Or a free press.
Or freedom of religion.
Nothing of economic stability.
It's not a discourse—it's a heist, a grab.
There's no thought to the constitution.
Nothing of decency or decorums or 'norms.'
No interest in equality.
Or a free press.
Or freedom of religion.
Nothing of economic stability.
It's not a discourse—it's a heist, a grab.
When you slice down to the bone, all you have is a bunch of burglars protecting the right of other burglars.
The only freedom they care about is the freedom to keep their boot on as many necks as they can.
Of course they'd gravitate toward authoritarian strongmen. They're fans.
The only freedom they care about is the freedom to keep their boot on as many necks as they can.
Of course they'd gravitate toward authoritarian strongmen. They're fans.
These days it makes it pretty easy to spot those who'd like to pretend otherwise.
An elephant makes a pretty big turd, and there's more coming every day.
If you're selling it as a sundae, eventually you run out of whipped cream.
An elephant makes a pretty big turd, and there's more coming every day.
If you're selling it as a sundae, eventually you run out of whipped cream.
He is absolutely not trying to do that.
To the extent he knows what he's doing, that's not his priority. That much is obvious.
To the extent he knows what he's doing, that's not his priority. That much is obvious.
I actually AM a white people, Stewart Patriotism.
Equating demands for accountability with hatred is the language of enablement.
But thank's.
Equating demands for accountability with hatred is the language of enablement.
But thank's.
At least Stewart Patriotism is honest.
The realist part of the movie A FEW GOOD MEN is when the colonel believes he will be allowed to walk out of the courtoom a free man after confessing to a crime, and that there will never be any repercussions for it.
The fantasy is that he was wrong about that.
The fantasy is that he was wrong about that.
The argument that powerful people are having right now – and which therefore our media is treating as a normal debate – is whether or not a president can be indicted.
In other words, for Trump, does the law even exist?
“no” is an acceptable answer apparently
there’s your proof
In other words, for Trump, does the law even exist?
“no” is an acceptable answer apparently
there’s your proof
Anyone who will entertain that debate will also entertain the debate: “can the president detain a journalist?” Or “can the president lie under oath?” Or “can the president refuse to accept the results of an election?” Or “can the president order troops to fire on US citizens?”
