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13 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Man I wish Republicans had a little more bite, but in reality they insist on playing by Marquess of Queensberry Rules while Democrats deploy every dirty trick in the book only to be met with soundbites like "heh that's unconstitutional"
*tpusa video of ted cruz OWNING the libs*
"you're gonna put me in a gulag? heh that's immoral"
"you're gonna disarm me and confiscate my property? heh those are my alienable rights"

not to dunk on my natty right frens, but i am at the point where i believe there are no rights but those for which you are willing to fight

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Pedro L. Gonzalez Profile picture
16 Nov
This is correct, whether people want to admit it or not. It is perfectly fitting that Lil Pump was not even registered to vote. The whole GOP pandering project was the product of white guilt, neuroses, and fantasies by another name. amgreatness.com/2020/11/13/for… Image
Real policies and real solutions are hard things that require bright minds, generally above and beyond what grifters are capable of producing. The problem is, we have grifters running the Domestic Policy Council and creating policy in the Office of American Innovation.
This raises another question: while the new nationalist coalition will be largely white working-class, it seems difficult to find enough educated white elites who aren't on some level tainted, even unconsciously, by white guilt and its attendant neurotic impulses.
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12 Nov
Thread:

1. Trump did pretty well with Latinos.

2. Demographic trends still favor the Democratic Party.

Here are some polls to that second point. UCLA Hispanic stats tend to be the most well investigated on Latino voting patterns. These are not lame mainstream polls. 1/
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11 Nov
The project some of us need to undertake right now is hammering nationalist populism free of the dross, defending it from internal distortions and from people who want to return to "business conservatism" and the neoliberal orthodoxy. "Who are we?" is the question we must ask
There are enough people writing and talking about the election. I think more of us need to examine this "movement" and consider some of its contradictions
Too many of the people writing about populism or the realignment, I think, are just hoping that now the GOP can't so easily be called racist because more nonwhites joined the coalition. In other words, they aren't serious
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9 Nov
Some people are wondering why Trump underperformed with white voters, including white working class men. One explanation is that the focus on pandering over economic populism pushed them away. amgreatness.com/2020/10/02/pan…
Two camps: people who realize Trumpism was corrupted from about 2017 onward, with a brief but high profile reversal in mid 2020, and the those who will embrace Trumpism 2.0 (mixture of Goldman Sachs, Kushner, Koch policies). At some point, they'll have to hash this out.
Here are some examples of Trumpism 2.0: Ja'Ron Smith, one of the leading proponents of criminal justice reform, got what he wanted and is jumping ship
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8 Nov
Mexico's leader stands with Trump; Israel's leader abandons him. This timeline, man.
Cristeros War II U.S.-Mexico vs the world when
For reference
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8 Nov
1. I heard this from America First people in the admin today, with the additional note that Ivanka also asked Trump to concede. She wants to run in 2024. AF people are livid.

2. This should not demoralize people. It should make them demand a better team.
Here is the problem: Accepting this is true might seem like a black pill, I don't think it is, but some people do. However... how are you supposed to reverse the course of this election when Trump's kids, senior advisors, are asking him to concede? This is a contradiction.
So you have really smart, really good people fighting for the cause because they believe in the mandate, and Javanka, on the other hand, looking for a way out.
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