DuWayne R. Sayles

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

Cops cheering for the man who pardoned the people who beat their fellow officers bloody. Tribalism just beat loyalty. That’s not backing the blue, that’s betraying it.

They’re celebrating a rapist, felon and pedophile. It’s disgusting.

[Canada Hates Trump @AntiTrumpCanada]

“You can’t let lunatics have nuclear weapons.”
— Donald Trump, a raving fucking lunatic with nuclear weapons.

[Canada Hates Trump @AntiTrumpCanada]

Listen up, Fuckface. Every time you open your fucking mouth, another truckload of bullshit spills out. The world is exhausted from listening to your endless fucking lies. Go fuck yourself with your fake victories you delusional sack of shit.

[Stan Kastrava, MSW, LCSW (Ret.) 🏃‍♂️ @stantherunner]

@atrupar @WildWestShow4 @RepLisaMcClain
#Unhinged #UnfitForOffice
#TrumpBootlicker

[Lawrence O'Donnell @Lawrence]

He is the 1st President of the United States in history to sit in the Supreme Court of the United States to watch his Solicitor General, who used to be his criminal defense appeals lawyer, deliver the stupidest Supreme Court argument of the 21st century. He knows he lost.

[DuWayne R. Sayles @TuiSayles]

@SkipjackStevens @highbrow_nobrow He is known as the DeeJiT!

[Captain Mark Kelly @CaptMarkKelly]

Donald Trump is probably the only President who would give an overtly partisan speech at an event like this. He's only interested in dividing people, and our country is worse off for it.

[Steve Schmidt @SteveSchmidtSES]

“Let the whole country share the warmth of our collective contempt for Trump, a domestic enemy of the US Constitution, and a threat to world peace and our children’s future.”

https://t.co/MBnYjiAJ8D

[DuWayne R. Sayles @TuiSayles]

@TAPeters222 @atrupar That’s why he is called the DeeJiT!

[DuWayne R. Sayles @TuiSayles]

Authoritarians never outrun history. The DeeJiT, its regime, and every enabler will be Mussolinied by the record.

— “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana

[David Frum @davidfrum]

Don't say, "The most corrupt administration in American history." There is no comparison between Trump, on the one hand, and eg Grant, Harding, or Nixon on the other. Nixon's worst day in office was 100x better than Trump's best day. The relevant comparisons are to non-American presidents in authoritarian societies with unfree media. Trump's scale of stealing and bribe-taking has never been remotely paralleled in any democratic country ever before.

[Steven Beschloss @StevenBeschloss]

I don’t know about you, but—during this 250th anniversary year—I’m not going to stay quiet while Trump and his regime lies, steals, cheats, abuses, commits crimes, ignores the needs of everyone but the richest among us, trashes our Constitution and imagines their cruelty and hate in any way represent America. This is the year to stand up for American principles and values. I’m betting millions and millions feel the same.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Stephen Miller is the architect of the greatest and most systematic violation of the civil rights and constitutional liberties of Americans in our era.

This country isn’t safe until he’s held accountable and punished to the fullest extent of the law for his crimes.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

The common thread with this administration is elite impunity.

The Epstein class who raped working class girls face no consequences.

Fraudsters being granted pardons for political contributions.

Now, rogue ICE agents are killing working class Americans with impunity.

The lack of accountability is destroying the trust that is the fabric of our republic.

The Democratic Party must unify to hold this administration accountable.

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

This is the rot people can feel even when they can’t name it.

When the well-connected get indulgence, delays, and excuses, while everyone else gets the full weight of the system, the law stops being a promise and becomes a weapon.

Call the pattern what it is: elite impunity. Different rules for different people. And every time it happens, the public learns that accountability is optional if you have enough money, enough access, or the right allies.

That is how trust dies. Not all at once, but in a thousand exemptions.

A democracy cannot run on “believe us” and “move on.” It needs receipts, oversight, and consequences that actually land, even when the guilty are useful, rich, or protected.

If the law only applies downward, it is not law.

It is permission to abuse.

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

I do not believe a single word that comes out of @Sec_Noem's lying mouth. IMO she is a serial liar who would find any excuse in the world to be on camera. A narcissist on a level I've never seen except for Donald Trump. A gross, incompetent person with extraordinary power.

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

Let me say this as clearly as possible, because people keep getting it wrong.

Republican lawmakers didn’t stick with Trump because they were hypnotized...terrified...or somehow helpless.

They stuck with him because he’s one of them.

Trump didn’t corrupt a moral party. He exposed a corrupt one.

If Trump were merely embarrassing...reckless...or rude... they would have dumped him years ago. Politicians abandon liabilities fast. What they don’t abandon...are mutual liabilities.

Trump normalized behavior that many of them were already guilty of: ethical shortcuts...financial murkiness... abuse of power...contempt for oversight... lying as policy.

He didn’t invent the rot...he gave it cover.

And here’s the part people don’t like to hear:

For a lot of Republicans in Congress, Trump isn’t the risk.

Accountability is.

Trump absorbs attention like a sponge. While everyone is watching his circus...others operate quietly in the shadows. He’s not a distraction...he’s a shield. A very useful one.

Once they crossed certain lines together...election lies, January 6th...obstruction...weaponization of government ...there was no clean exit.

Loyalty became self-preservation. Defection meant subpoenas...investigations...and career death.

That’s why the so-called “good Republicans” vanished.

They weren’t persuaded. They were purged. Retired. Primaried. Marginalized. What you’re seeing now isn’t universal agreement...it’s selection pressure.

Only those comfortable with ethical decay remain.

This is how systems rot. Not with villains twirling mustaches...but with people who decide, one compromise at a time, that survival matters more than principle.

Trump didn’t take over the GOP.
The GOP recognized itself in Trump.

And that’s why expecting them to “come to their senses” is a fantasy.

You can’t ask people to enforce standards that would incriminate them.

The alliance holds...because it has to.

That’s not psychology.
That’s incentive structure.

And until people stop confusing fear...with complicity... they’ll keep being shocked by behavior that was always predictable.

[Steven Beschloss @StevenBeschloss]

It’s hard to believe one lawless man—enabled by an entire party—can cause so much stress and fear, so much pain and suffering…a man who took an oath to protect our Constitution. This man, who is inciting terror across our land, should be removed from office. In a sane world, it would happen now.

[DuWayne R. Sayles @TuiSayles]

@keith_oswin @Acyn Eejit is standard colloquial Scottish as well as Irish English.