Does this sort of madness even register on our radar anymore?
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Some radical thoughts about election tampering by way of Emptywheel.
Trump is working with advisers on a plan to curtail the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which is in charge of coordinating the 16-agency U.S. intelligence community, as well as make cutbacks at the CIA headquarters in Virginia...
These three researchers reach the conclusion that racism and sexism explain most of Trump’s weirdly large electoral advantage with non-college-educated white Americans. Too bad that so many people on the left refuse to acknowledge the role this issue play. And since they are demanding we quit PLAYING IDENTITY POLITICS BECAUSE EMAILS and WHITE PEOPLE SUFFER MORE AND THEY AREN'T RACIST OR SEXIST!
Whatever.
Let there be no mistake: this is by no means a criticism of human rights as an ideal to work for. The complete title should be “Open letter to those who invoke human rights selectively in order to justify the Western Powers’ policy of intervention in the internal affairs of other countries.”
Interesting, albeit anecdotal, selection of declarations of what would turn his base against him. Shows where his weaknesses are at, and what betrayals will raise hackles.
You wouldn't carry a jell-o mold to Granny's and shake it around violently inside the container every few minutes or so, would you?
Written - in October - full-court press, gu voting axt, disenfranchise voters in 14 states, ignore results of lawsuits and court orders, 3rd parties who get to challenge voters.
Little wonder why voter "turnout" was less than Obama's: they were thrown off the rolls in much greater numbers.
And few audits of how many votes are spooled and not counted. It's 2017 - Facebook or Twitter can handle a simpke vote and registration better than this, presuming the Russians don't get in.
He comes from the ancient oral tradition - bullshitting. Why deal with letters and characters when the Russians will only hack them anyway?
Israel swings right as America's Jews swing left. 50 years after the 1967 war, Israel's running out of ideas but not chutzpah.
More and more it appears we've been duped. Clemency? Perhaps not. Seems military secrets were more Eric's bag than details of snooping. What'the Glennzilla have to say to that?
Anyone too young to remember HUAC and the destruction the Cold War wrought should study up. We are a few short steps away from both.
Obama could have instructed his DEA to move marijuana off Schedule I - but instead issued some executive directive instead to go easy. Well, Jeff Sessions looks to be next year's Colin Powell of '93. How far back will marijuana be rolled? Will Lindsay Graham, known for his evolution on marijuana, provide a backstop?
Embrace your debt, America. You are already the world's central bank: Your destiny is to be the world's savings bank as well. Expand your production to meet the world's demand for quality savings products. Forget this idea that deficits must be eliminated and debt must be reduced. That is not what the world is saying to you. No, the world is saying, "More! Give us more!"
How bad is it? Bad. I will explain why. Any bright signs? A few.
.....What I understand is that rural Christian white Americans are entrenched in fundamentalist belief systems; don’t trust people outside their tribe; have been force-fed a diet of misinformation and lies for decades; are unwilling to understand their own situations; and truly believe whites are superior to all races. No amount of understanding is going to change these things or what they believe.... No economic policy put forth by someone outside their tribe is going to be listened to no matter how beneficial it would be for them....