Agree on many things, but “river to the sea” will never fly in American politics. Sorry.

Same could be said for President of the United States.

I mean, we’ve had some dumb ones before, but not anything like this.

Can someone explain how these will get released?

Ok it passes the house. Then needs 60 to pass the senate. Then … has to be signed by Trump?

Even if Trump’s not in the loop: what if DOJ just refuses to release? There’s no one to MAKE them do it …

I agree that Trump is not the 1st to favor the unitary executive theory

Nor do I dispute we’ve been gravitating toward that for decades, including *but not limited to* when Cheney was VP

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clearly learned his lesson and would not make that mistake again — surrounding himself with sycophants wholly dependent on HIM

In Trump 2.0, it would not have mattered ONE WIT whether Cheney had been VP or if Joe Lieberman had been VP from 2000-2008. We would still be right where we are now

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… a narcissistic ignoramus, oblivious to laws, norms, the “unitary executive” theory, or any other constraint

What he learned he learned not from Cheney, but rather from Trump 1.0 — where his most sinister impulses were squelched by better men who he had surrounded himself with

He …

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I think this wildly misses the mark by somehow tracing Trump back to a road paved by Cheney

The premise itself suggests that Trump cares or is even aware of what is allowed, not allowed, etc, and this pushed his way through some crack Cheney opened up

Ridiculous. Trump is ..

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No, I have simply learned that when it comes to controversial topics, asking ppl on one side to *describe* what ppl on the other side are saying is not reliable

“They compared us to David Duke!”

“Jimmy Kimmel blamed Kirk for his own death!”

“The FBI admitted 274 undercover agents on J6!”

Etc

Beginning and end are accurate

But way off base to say the only thing Trump could “fear” from Cheney was losing the election

Trump is TERRIFIED of looking weak or having others get the best of him. He knew that would happen in a 1:1 with Dick Cheney.

Ya THINK??

I don’t think Trump’s fear of Cheney had anything to do with incriminating evidence

Like all schoolyard bullies, Trump is a coward. Trump knew Cheney could hit back hard, and that his usual attack line (left wing communist socialist liberal) wouldn’t work on the GOP’s Darth Vader

That’s because only the Republican Party has an industrial media complex to push its message, and because mainstream media feels compelled to follow RWM bc it’s afraid of being called biased

Stop living in 2015 …

What you and other states need to do is make sure you have state criminal laws that cover everything Trump might pardon himself and his cronies for doing.

"Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will."

-- Joseph Goebbels, born #OTD 1897

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"If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself."

-- Joseph Goebbels, born #OTD 1897

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This is naïve and ahistorical

There are many places on earth where people have never in modern history had this type of freedom

Assuming that “the arc of history” always bends in the right direction is foolish, and leads to complacency at best, utter collapse at worst.

Stupidity abounds, true

But much of the stupidity is the result of direct misinformation by ppl who profit from peddling it.

Kinda surprising that the GOP hasn’t tried to recruit him since this came out.

We’ve ALWAYS had a (significant) portion of the population who lack critical thinking skills, but i agree their susceptibility to manipulation is a bigger threat in the age of weaponized disinformation through so many avenues (linear TV, pods, TikToks, Twitter algorithms etc)

Solution = 🤷‍♂️

Don’t underestimate the “Fox News misinformation” component of this

Remember: Trump was comfortably ahead even before Kamala became the nominee (Biden was losing even BEFORE the debate)

I actually think disinformation was a bigger factor than racism, but that’s just a theory.

You may not get everything you want w/the filibuster in place

But if you can manage a majority in the senate you can STOP further damage by republicans

Half a loaf is better than no loaf.

Honest Q: if you had seen that skull tattoo 6 months ago, would YOU have known it related to some Nazi unit 80 yrs ago?

If not, do you think it’s plausible that he didn’t know when he and his marine buddies all got drunk and said they wanted mean-looking tattoos?

Not a YR-type open Naziism IMO

The question isn’t whether anyone on this chat* wants to get rid of the filibuster, the question is do the VOTERS IN MAINE (Rs, Ds, and Is) want to get rid of the filibuster

If the answer is no, a majority do not want that, then Mills is perfect on this issue.

(* unless someone here is in ME)

The problem is that almost any issue or fact-related poll is largely a proxy for “do you ❤️ 😡 or 🤷‍♂️ Trump”

Besides, with the paucity of violence (and keffiyehs), The Right had to instead attack the protesters as … geezers (?!).

Bezos doesn’t care. WaPo was a sacrificial lamb, offered to the Trump administration, to protect his infinitely larger business interests elsewhere.

As much as I would like to be optimistic and think she was suddenly overcome with rational thought, I too suspect she may be laying the groundwork for a post-Trump populism in which she plans to thrive. Recall Trump too USED to claim he would protect entitlements/etc (then he won, and whoops!)

And their faces.

No wonder the most vile people are drawn to religion and the GOP

Remember his “Phase I” physical in Trump 1.0?