97% of Americans believe there are gods watching over them, and about 53% of those either think Trump is godlike or god is Trumplike, and that that’s a good thing.
From today’s “Letters from an American” by Heather Cox Richardson:
This morning, Time magazine published a cover story by Eric Cortellessa about what Trump is planning for a second term. Based on two interviews with Trump and conversations with more than a dozen of his closest advisors, the story lays out Trump’s conviction that he was “too nice” in his first term and that he would not make such a mistake again.
Cortellessa writes that Trump intends to establish “an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world.”
He plans to use the military to round up, put in camps, and deport more than 11 million people. He is willing to permit Republican-dominated states to monitor pregnancies and prosecute people who violate abortion bans. He will shape the laws by refusing to release funds appropriated by Congress (as he did in 2019 to try to get Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky to smear Hunter Biden). He would like to bring the Department of Justice under his own control, pardoning those convicted of attacking the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and ending the U.S. system of an independent judiciary. In a second Trump presidency, the U.S. might not come to the aid of a European or Asian ally that Trump thinks isn’t paying enough for its own defense. Trump would, Cortelessa wrote, “gut the U.S. civil service, deploy the National Guard to American cities as he sees fit, close the White House pandemic-preparedness office, and staff his Administration with acolytes who back his false assertion that the 2020 election was stolen.”
To that list, former political director of the AFL-CIO Michael Podhorzer added on social media that if Trump wins, “he could replace [Supreme Court justices Clarence] Thomas, [Samuel] Alito, and 40+ federal judges over 75 with young zealots.”
“I ask him, Don’t you see why many Americans see such talk of dictatorship as contrary to our most cherished principles?” Cortellessa wrote. No, Trump said. “‘I think a lot of people like it.”
The Letter continues with a history of how the country got to this point and who were the main players in shaping current US politics starting with William F. Buckley Jr. since 1951. It is very enlightening and very worrying at the same time.
It’s more about how people feel than the numbers. Right now, just the ridiculous price of groceries is enough to shove Biden’s approval ratings to the basement.
“Nearly half of American voters say they remember there NOT being war in Ukraine, the Middle East, and pending over Taiwan; they remember not being able to fit $60 worth of groceries in a car’s glove compartment and needing a second mortgage to eat out; they remember gasoline being under $3-5 a gallon; they remember college students supposedly studying and not making fools of themselves supporting actual terrorists in campus protests; they remember a newscast or newspaper without a daily extended article on racial and/or LGBTQIAwhatever issues………….”
braindead Premium Member 7 months ago
“I don’t take responsibility for ANY of it!!”
They don’t remember that, either. Or the million or so American covid deaths.
crosscompiler Premium Member 7 months ago
97% of Americans believe there are gods watching over them, and about 53% of those either think Trump is godlike or god is Trumplike, and that that’s a good thing.
Imagine 7 months ago
From today’s “Letters from an American” by Heather Cox Richardson:
This morning, Time magazine published a cover story by Eric Cortellessa about what Trump is planning for a second term. Based on two interviews with Trump and conversations with more than a dozen of his closest advisors, the story lays out Trump’s conviction that he was “too nice” in his first term and that he would not make such a mistake again.
Cortellessa writes that Trump intends to establish “an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world.”
He plans to use the military to round up, put in camps, and deport more than 11 million people. He is willing to permit Republican-dominated states to monitor pregnancies and prosecute people who violate abortion bans. He will shape the laws by refusing to release funds appropriated by Congress (as he did in 2019 to try to get Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky to smear Hunter Biden). He would like to bring the Department of Justice under his own control, pardoning those convicted of attacking the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and ending the U.S. system of an independent judiciary. In a second Trump presidency, the U.S. might not come to the aid of a European or Asian ally that Trump thinks isn’t paying enough for its own defense. Trump would, Cortelessa wrote, “gut the U.S. civil service, deploy the National Guard to American cities as he sees fit, close the White House pandemic-preparedness office, and staff his Administration with acolytes who back his false assertion that the 2020 election was stolen.”
Continued…
Imagine 7 months ago
Continued from above:
To that list, former political director of the AFL-CIO Michael Podhorzer added on social media that if Trump wins, “he could replace [Supreme Court justices Clarence] Thomas, [Samuel] Alito, and 40+ federal judges over 75 with young zealots.”
“I ask him, Don’t you see why many Americans see such talk of dictatorship as contrary to our most cherished principles?” Cortellessa wrote. No, Trump said. “‘I think a lot of people like it.”
Imagine 7 months ago
The Letter continues with a history of how the country got to this point and who were the main players in shaping current US politics starting with William F. Buckley Jr. since 1951. It is very enlightening and very worrying at the same time.
B UTTONS 7 months ago
Weenus, Biden can’t remember if he should agree or disagree with your assessment of his … what was his issue?
halvincobbes Premium Member 7 months ago
For more depressing news – a recent poll showed over half of Republican men think TFG respects women.
Maybe they have the words respect and rape mixed up in their brains.
marilynnbyerly 7 months ago
It’s more about how people feel than the numbers. Right now, just the ridiculous price of groceries is enough to shove Biden’s approval ratings to the basement.
Mike Baldwin creator 7 months ago
Brilliant. Thanks to short-term memory …. sorry, What was I saying?
LNER4472 Premium Member 7 months ago
There is always another way to spin this:
“Nearly half of American voters say they remember there NOT being war in Ukraine, the Middle East, and pending over Taiwan; they remember not being able to fit $60 worth of groceries in a car’s glove compartment and needing a second mortgage to eat out; they remember gasoline being under $3-5 a gallon; they remember college students supposedly studying and not making fools of themselves supporting actual terrorists in campus protests; they remember a newscast or newspaper without a daily extended article on racial and/or LGBTQIAwhatever issues………….”