I do believe that underneath it all, he does want to make America a great nation.
I gave W that credit. I don’t believe it’s true for Trump, outside of the fully narcissistic version.
It appears his first priority is pleasing Putin. His second is getting a small number of people to applaud him. He doesn’t give a single fuck about America or Americans as a whole.
But look over here! Gaza plays well to your audience.
The plan comes from Moscow.
the life he wanted
Maybe, maybe not. If you offered me the presidency right now, I would take it.
It’s not the life I want. I’m not qualified. But I’d do it for my country. After all, the bar on qualifications is absudly low right now.
It’s entirely likely Al Franken was doing the same.
What is the purpose of this comment?
Is this real or is this just cynicism?
You have to wonder if those million dollar checks recipients even voted R. Secret ballot and all.
He’s doing most of those things. This is still impressive.
People don’t seem to understand that they don’t have much actual power until a few Republicans decide to stand up for their country.
If I had to pick one person (other than Putin) who is the most responsible for all of this, I’d say Robert Mueller.
He had the best chance to put him down, and he bitched out.
People have decided the issue is about which team you pick. Apparently it’s a sport where “your team” is good and the other guys are bad.
Who needs nuance when you can just rail against your perceived enemies (anyone who disagrees with you even slightly).
Give Israel to Iran?
I do think the US in particular should have pulled the leash on Netanyahu. Sure felt like they had a different understanding of who has the power in that relationship. (Thanks, AIPAC.)
However, regardless of the US stance, I think s genocide happens there no matter what. Even so, slowly and constantly over 30 years is better than devastation over 30 months.
It’s not a black and white situation.
… You want shipping through the Suez.
Couldn’t find a SCIF in Moscow.
While in Moscow.
Moscow is not a SCIF.
This is the start of bullshit arguments intended to drown out any real conversation. It just gets worse from here.
We still need people to perform basic functions, and capitalism is a way to do that. “Renting humans” as it were. I think we can certainly raise the minimum a fair bit. Higher minimum wage works being everyone up. I think we could and should get the working week down from 40 hours to 35. That takes covering a full seven day week from 4.2 shifts to 4.8 (or five with a bit of overlap).
Agree on the estate tax. It used to be a thing. Republicans had ground it down over the years, and just recently finished it off.
Universal healthcare does a ton for freedom and entrepreneurship.
When you spread the money thin, it does run out quickly. But I think we can still afford those things if we just actually tax billionaires and corporations. And stop taxing payroll more than capital investment. Usury is a sin. Anything that makes money from having money needs a big leash.
And of course money nearly all the way out of politics.
I’m not looking for a radical change from what we had before.
Democratic socialism with a heavy fucking leash on Capitalism is likely the best system.
Braces for tomatoes
Apparently not. A group of intelligent people would never pick Trump.
That smoke filled room of Republicans talked about the Overton Window 30 years ago. They decided that they could move that window just by pretending to be much farther right than they really were. The thing about pretending is that if you do it for long enough it’s not pretending anymore. Thirty years later they realized they’ve lost control of what they started. A quarter of the elected officials are now true believers, another half are under Russian blackmail. And anyone who speaks up (Liz- Dick Cheney, a list of others) loses their seat.