MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Exclusive: Dozens of former Republican officials in talks to form anti-Trump third party
By artappraiser on Wed, 02/10/2021 - 11:50pm |
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-party-exclusive-idUSKBN2AB07P
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related: as it says in the NYTimes I posted on directly below in this section: an intensely fluid period in American politics now underway.
THERE’S NOTHING LEFT’: WHY THOUSANDS OF REPUBLICANS ARE LEAVING THE PARTY
Voting registration data indicates a stronger-than-usual flight from the G.O.P. since the Capitol riot, with an intensely fluid period in American politics now underway.
and it is noted many of them are not registering as Dem, they are unaffiliated so far
by artappraiser on Thu, 02/11/2021 - 12:44am
by artappraiser on Fri, 02/12/2021 - 12:18am
Nikki Haley breaks with Trump: 'We shouldn't have followed him'
@ TheHill.com - 02/12 07:22 AM EST
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/13/2021 - 12:43am
She's so stupid she makes things worse for herself and all Republicans, which makes it hard to do the reasonable thing. Trump only has 1 path and he's followed it/blazed it since forever. "He let us down" means "we're stupid as dogshit and couldn't see the obvious". Which rather than "yes there's enough evidence to compete" it's "holy fuck I'm too stupid to hold office I'm going to get myself to a nunnery And hope they're still accepting idiots". And multiply that across the whole party. I mean, I'd like that, but the reality is they'll just vote against conviction rather than accept an equation that makes them former followers/acolytes deluded by Potato Satan. Unless deprogramming camps can be set up across the US quicker than vaccine stations.
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 02/13/2021 - 2:31am
If you don't know the name it's big stuff like ....Olson successfully represented presidential candidate George W. Bush in the Supreme Court case Bush v. Gore, which effectively ended the recount of the contested 2000 Presidential election...
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/13/2021 - 2:17am
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/13/2021 - 9:18pm
Gorka:
by artappraiser on Sat, 02/13/2021 - 9:29pm
by artappraiser on Sun, 02/14/2021 - 7:28pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 1:16am
Or maybe they've been raising awareness for how messed up the Republicans are, and someone else can step up to figure out this other stuff? Or maybe they'll do it next, after impeachment is more than 3 days behind us and the first wave of insurrection trials get going? I'm pissed at the woman with the mRNA vaccine - what's she done since?
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 1:42am
good last line, hah. Like I said on a Biden post, I've learned not to think that way, I have learned bigotry of low expectations.
another thing: We really got used to "rapid change" only because it seemed like it, but it mostly wasn't real, the rapid news cycle was because Trump was causing chaos every other hour by constantly contradicting himself, his allies, his minions and even his fans. Really, remember how they couldn't ever get him to say anything they planned with him or agreed to? It was only when he was in big trouble then they would get him to stop tweeting and being contradictory on topic and read from a prepared text, and whenever he had to do that, he did it in a sing songy voice like a grade schooler. It became hard to actually focus on what the government really was doing. It mostly didn't involve him! (i.e., how many stories on what Pompeo was up to? Not many!)
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 3:52am
Louise Mensch got popular through "the cavalry/Mueller is coming" to create continual expectations , but as Marcy and others point out, that's not how out justice system works - it will still be exceedingly unlikely that anyone from Trump's family is charged for anything. It takes political capital, will, and a huge amount of time, even as it threatens the career of anyone involved. Easier to catch a few tiny fish and go play golf.
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 6:00am
This really stupid rich guy Fred Eshelman is pissed about the Trumpco grift over the election challenges and is suing to get his $2 million donation back:
(Hot tip: don't invest with Eshelman Ventures, he's really stupid and doesn't research anything about money, probably the only thing he knows to do correctly is to have lawyers on retainer)
Omar has more on the "grifters using the Republican party to grift" angle:
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 12:38pm
^ note that in the article by Chait, if Dems stress the Manichean "us vs. them" (or "blue vs. red" or "good vs. evil" only two sides) division narrative, as if there are no people in the middle or outside the two categories, you help the grifters.
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 12:42pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 1:42pm
She's probably right, has got the polls to back it up:
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 1:52pm
out in the open, grand ole party flaming split:
as per a comment above, now waiting for the whole cause of the split to speak. How will he do it?
(does come to mind, though--this is why the Senate was created! they are supposed to be the elite grownups who keep the rabble of the populist people from having too much power.)
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 3:20pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 8:42pm
Trump rips McConnell in lengthy statement after being acquitted in impeachment trial
By Caroline Kelly and Brian Rokus, CNN Updated 10:39 PM ET, Tue February 16
Trump, in Scorching Attack on McConnell, Urges G.O.P. to Replace Him
The former president, breaking an unusually long silence, called the Senate minority leader a “dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack” and called on Republicans in the chamber to find a new leader.
By Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Martin @ NYTimes.com, Feb. 16, 2021Updated 9:13 p.m. ET
Trump urges ouster of ‘unsmiling political hack’ Mitch McConnell
By Steven Nelson and Ebony Bowden NYPost.com Updated February 16, 2021 | 5:46pm
Trump attacks McConnell in fiery statement
The Senate minority leader publicly soured on the former president after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, breaking four years of loyal support.
By MATTHEW CHOI, MARIANNE LEVINE, MERIDITH MCGRAW and GABBY ORR @ Politico.com, Updated: 02/16/2021 06:02 PM EST
by artappraiser on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 11:02pm
similar shit going on in Israel:
by artappraiser on Wed, 02/17/2021 - 11:43am