Burning the Guy

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@BradDuplessis Donkeys leading Lions.

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@atrupar Hoping and praying? You're a fucking Senator. DO YOUR JOB.

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@McFaul Hope you are correct otherwise the next few weeks are going to bring things this country is not remotely prepared for.

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@Acyn "Let them eat Happy Meals!" - Marie Antoiwatters

[AnthroVet50 @spooked75]

I grew up Republican. Still am in many ways. But MAGA pushed the party so far right that I get called a liberal now.

Let me explain the difference:

Traditional Republicans believe in:

• Fiscal responsibility (balanced budgets, not exploding deficits for tax cuts)
• Limited government (actual small government, not big government that punishes your enemies)
• Strong institutions (courts, elections, constitutional norms matter)
• Personal responsibility (your actions have consequences)
• Free markets (not tariffs and trade wars)
• Strong alliances (NATO, international partnerships)
• Rule of law (no one is above it, including the president)
MAGA Republicans believe in:

• Whatever Trump says today (even if it contradicts yesterday)
• Loyalty tests (agree 100% or you're a traitor/RINO)
• Conspiracy theories over facts (stolen election, deep state, QAnon adjacent stuff)
• Grievance politics (owning the libs > actual policy)
• Personality cult (Trump loyalty above party, above country, above truth)
• Performative outrage (culture war theater instead of governance)
• Ends justify means (storm the Capitol, ignore election results, whatever it takes)
I didn't move left. The party moved off a cliff.

I still believe in conservative principles. But when you say "maybe we should respect election results" or "fiscal responsibility matters" or "rule of law applies to everyone," you get called a liberal.

That's not conservatism. That's a cult.

[Lulu NYT @LuluGNavarro]

I’ve covered authoritarian regimes all around the world.

We know how we got here:

1. A Supreme Court that has given the Executive almost unchecked power
2. A broken political party system where the party in power refuses to act as a check on the executive and a leaderless (for now) opposition 3. A federal government that has been gutted of independent levers of power 4. A President who seemingly believes he has total authority to use crushing federal power and is emboldened and enabled by his cabinet.
5. An activated and angry civilian population that has no trust in institutions.
6. The use of federal forces in defiance of the will of states
7. A business and elite class that is largely willing to bear the cost of the chaos.
8. A weakened independent Press and an expanding propaganda network that profits from partisan alliances on the left and right.

[Dan Carlin @dccommonsense]

Those of you who don't know what authoritarianism looks like...this is it. All the gaslighting about previous presidents "what about...!!! Is bullshit. I've been talking about the slide towards NOW for 30+ years. Those earlier concerns were nothing. Now we are HERE.

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@KobeissiLetter So Venezuelan's are Americans now? Like Puerto Rico? This is asinine. By that logic we owned all of western Europe after WWII, most especially Germany and Japan.

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@cmclymer Amazing. And thank you for introducing me to the word 'hygge'.

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@KandissTaylor Agree. If elected, what will you do about it?

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@atrupar "We have hundreds of ideas literally on the table". Wish she would've responded: "Hundreds? Name your top ten".

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@ianbremmer Unfortunately I agree with you and it's really, really depressing.

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@Bubblebathgirl @atrupar Point and laugh as the suffer and bleed out.

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@TUkaTeslamodelY @RyanSterli12325 @LuluGNavarro Bless your heart.

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@whstancil Note: manufacturing job loss about same as government job losses.

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@MJTruthUltra I'll take "Things that aren't going to happen" for $200, Alex.

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@JuliaDavisNews He'll know for sure the same time his healthcare plan comes out.

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@visegrad24 No they're not.

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@dailydirtnap It is astonishing to me that otherwise intelligent people somehow thought the Trump administration was going to tackle the debt problem. Trump is there to feed his bottomless narcissistic need and line his pockets.