I have been thinking about the events of the past week. And how close we have come (and we are still close) to losing our Republic.
A trip.
One week ago, Trump called and threatened the Georgia Secretary of State to find votes enough to give Trump those electoral votes. 1/
@mkraju Can you ask: "How long did it take to count all of the legally cast votes in your last election? How long did it take to count all legally cast votes in Louisiana in 2024?"
So let me get this straight.
Jake Tapper is focused on attacking my Mom.
Jared and Ivanka are building a private island paradise on Albanian protected land.
Don Jr married the daughter of Epstein’s banker, and a startup his fund backs just got a record $620M Pentagon loan.
Eric is taking an Israeli drone company public for $1.5B in the middle of a war with Iran that nobody wanted.
And I know: “But what about your paintings, Hunter?”
Please.
Trump hasn’t made a public appearance in 8 days. This after an unscheduled visit to the hospital- because he “likes getting check ups.” Thank God Jake Tapper (or as I like to call him- the Brick Tamland of his generation) is on the case hunting down clues in a book about my mom’s experience as First Lady four years ago.
WTF timeline are we on. Someone called me the MAGA whisperer and I’ll gladly take the title. Left, right, D or R we all want the same things. We’re being divided on purpose by the Epstein Elite Oligarch class because as long as we’re at each other’s throats, they get fat and rich off of our misery. The second we figure out we agree on more than we disagree, they’re done. Love your neighbor. Be yourself. Radical honesty. No fucks given, no fucks taken. Everything else is just noise. (But still fuck Jake “Brick Tamland” Tapper on any time line)
@HDouglas83@FreddieandHD one way to reduce the impact of raiding mid-majors is a 3 year contract (4th school option, with escalators) that an other school has to buy them out of. Think the transfer market in European football.
You want the QB, that is 6 figures to buy him out.
@espn@evco@ChrisCanty99@msmallmon
The future for NCAA players are 3 year contracts with a 4th year option for the school. If Duke wants your star, they will have to buy them out. Much like the transfer market in soccer. Small schools need to be paid for their development.
@YoureSt53075040 @MARichardson18 @benwikler Remains that 2020 was not an ideal year. Your comments reinforce that. So "were you better off 4 years ago" would be a "no" for you.
@YoureSt53075040 @MARichardson18 @benwikler That was the inference I took. Still, you had to leave your state to be happy. Clearly, 2020 wasn't some paradise. You couldn't do things where you lived, so you changed locations to do so.
@YoureSt53075040 @MARichardson18 @benwikler You are the one who said you had to move because of the conditions in 2020. That doesn't sound like it was the preferred course of action. Otherwise you would have moved earlier.
Clearly 2020 was not the ideal. You prove my point that some don't recall how bad it was under Trump.
@YoureSt53075040 @MARichardson18 @benwikler Apparently, things were so bad for you that you had to move. Doesn't sound like 4 years ago was so good for you. Sure you want to have to move to do the things you want again?
@YoureSt53075040 @MARichardson18 @benwikler Not "could you afford", could you physically go to the game or restaurant? I know in my area, games were very strictly limited to family, and restaurants were carryout only, or eating outside.
So I know that you have a make-believe recollection of 4 years ago.
@AGoldenStardust @MARichardson18 @benwikler I edited my response after reading yours more closely. It was initially directed at you, but realized you were agreeing. 🤣
You did not “balance” it out. Trump couldn’t be bothered to participate, and you did his work for him because god forbid he actually do the work to earn people’s votes.
@AGoldenStardust @MARichardson18 @benwikler Yes, and his actions (compared to Canada) likely added about 400k more deaths than we should have had.
When one asks "are you better off now than 4 years ago?" then they need to be clear when recalling conditions from 4 years ago, not some make-believe where everything was great.