Keith Olbermann lays out 176 Reasons Donald Trump Shouldn’t Be President; the length of this appalling list is simply mind-boggling. How did we ever get to a point where someone this awful — in every way! — is even close to taking charge of the most powerful office in the world?
Remember when the Republicans warned us that if Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992 the country would be irreversibly damaged? No? Okay, well do you remember when the Republicans warned us that if Barack Obama was elected president in 2008 the country would be irreversibly damaged? No? Okay, well do you remember when Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin warned us that bloodshed would be necessary if Hillary Clinton is elected in 2016?
How did we ever get to a point where someone this awful — in every way! — is even close to taking charge of the most powerful office in the world?
Because the GOP lost control of its rabid wombat shock troops in the Tea Party. Take some solace in the fact that Prince Rebus isn’t any happier than we are.
It is incredibly how low we have fallen. There is much that is seriously wrong that will take generations to repair if is possible to repair.
re: #3 S’latch
It is incredibly how low we have fallen. There is much that is seriously wrong that will take generations to repair if is possible to repair.
Start by redesigning K-8 education, if we can even do that without reaching a working consensus on what “good” is.
Keith, you could only come up with 176?
The difficult part is that list has to keep getting updated damn near every day. I understand that the Press has a difficult job keeping up, but for fucks sake, that’s what they’re getting paid to do.
This is just without even VETTING him as a candidate, this is just shit that he’s said and accepted as a candidate
The fact that the MSM is just along for the ride here is simply astounding, it’s as if they’re operating in their own little gated community and none of the statements issued or proposed policy coming from the GOP camp would ever have any effect on them, or their families or people they know. Their lack of curiosity is telling.
I believe Trump was institutionalized in a mental hospital for a nervous breakdown in 1990, which is why he won’t release medical records.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 13, 2016
My big cover story in @Newsweek that could change the dialogue about this election season will be published online tomorrow.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 13, 2016
re: #3 S’latch
It is incredibly how low we have fallen. There is much that is seriously wrong that will take generations to repair if is possible to repair.
Sometimes I think some people who see us as having fallen are only recognizing now how low things have always been for others. [Not meaning you. You seem pretty clear-eyed.]
I see us as rising, and hitting that glass ceiling damn hard. OW!
Whoa if true. https://t.co/MxC3J3Hs9D @kurteichenwald
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 13, 2016
Pence, asked whether Trump’s campaign is normalizing, elevating and attracting fringe, racist elements: “We live in a free country.”
What?— Ian Sams (@IanSams) September 13, 2016
re: #10 wrenchwench
I thought he was joking at first.
I”ll take anything that might knock down Trump’s share of the vote, but (if true), this really shouldn’t be much of a factor compared to Trump’s yuuge portfolio of show-stoppers.
Trump is a liar, bigot and demagogue. Everything else is pretty much irrelevant.
re: #11 goddamnedfrank
Determined denial of GOP bigotry is how moderate Republicans earn their horns, bat wings, and cloven hooves.
Here’s the check that @realDonaldTrump sent to the IRS, paying penalty for improper gift to @agbpambondi. pic.twitter.com/Ulm33SIpPa
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) September 13, 2016
re: #7 Charles Johnson
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Tom Eagleton saw a psychiatrist once—CEHCKMATE, LIBTARDS!!11!!
re: #9 Charles Johnson
Whoa if true.
[This tweet has apparently been deleted.]
Too much like the RWNJs’ “We’re saved, Hillary is dying of scrofula!!”
re: #9 Charles Johnson
Looks like he took down that tweet.
It wouldn’t surprise me that Trump suffers from a long term mental illness of some form. It wouldn’t surprise me that he’s been high functioning all while suffering from a mental illness.
We have no idea if he’s still being treated for a mental illness, that he’s going unmedicated, or that there’s some other underlying ailment affecting his character/judgment.
His actions and statements over the past year remain disqualifying, regardless of the earlier hospitalization or even consideration of mental illness.
What’s worse is that the GOP has steadfastly opposed health care options for folks, and mental health gets short shrift, even when there’s insurance available. Obamacare expands health care options, including for mental health, but GOP and Trump have opposed Obamacare too.
re: #17 Decatur Deb
Too much like the RWNJs’ “We’re saved, Hillary is dying of scrofula!!”
I refuse to care about normal political issues in connection with Trump.
I also refuse to care about normal political gossip (e.g., health rumors) in connection with Trump.
IMO these are distractions from the indisputable fact that Trump must not become president because he is a liar, a bigot and a dangerous clown with no clue how to be POTUS.
re: #19 EPR-radar
I refuse to care about normal political issues in connection with Trump.
I also refuse to care about normal political gossip (e.g., health rumors) in connection with Trump.
IMO these are distractions from the indisputable fact that Trump must not become president because he is a liar, a bigot and a dangerous clown with no clue how to be POTUS.
We would be in about as much danger, and have to work just as hard, if a ‘normal’ Republican POS like Walker, Kasich, or Pence were the candidate.
re: #20 Decatur Deb
We would be in about as much danger, and have to work just as hard, if a ‘normal’ Republican POS like Walker, Kasich, or Pence were the candidate.
Pretty much, although Trump as POTUS gives rise to a chance of global thermonuclear war that normal Republican candidates don’t.
Most Republicans are dangerous lying bigots, but Trump excels in all three areas, even among his fellow Republicans.
I just came here to post the @kurteichenwald deal.
I am still willing to believe it’s a “whoa if true” story… I guess we’ll find out tomorrow.
Folks: I don’t have story coming out tomorrow that Trump had a breakdown. Order of tweets confused ppl I believe. Topic is other major thing
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 13, 2016
re: #24 A wild WITHAK appeared!
Nope, he tweeted that the story coming out tomorrow isn’t about this - it’s something else. But he’s obviously got some information, so we’ll see what develops.
re: #26 Charles Johnson
Nope, he tweeted that the story coming out tomorrow isn’t about this - it’s something else. But he’s obviously got some information, so we’ll see what develops.
Yup, I gathered that. I just am holding out hope it’s some other kind of bombshell.
re: #27 A wild WITHAK appeared!
Yup, I gathered that. I just am holding out hope it’s some other kind of bombshell.
Short of verified video of Trump engaging in Satanic sacrifices, what would it have to be to get the lamestream media interested?
Funny how profile pictures work. I would never have known that Eichenwald is bald without clicking through to see the whole thing. He also appears to have heterochromia.
(This concludes another episode of Things on Twitter That Are Probably Only Interesting to Me, and Mildly So at That.)
re: #26 Charles Johnson
the scary part is, which of the many threads gets pulled….
a) pay for play via the Trump Foundation w/Abbott and Bioni
b) the old rape case coming back around
c) The Russian/Putin angle
d) What Nationalists R ‘Us
e) hiring of undocumented workers
f) one of the many lawsuits coming to a head
g) Melania angle
the scary part is, it could be none of those and still be something incredibly awful, the man is a buffet of shit, it all is shit, just that the texture, odor and color changes…
How we got here is this: a whole lot of Republicans will vote for the Republican over any Democrat, and the fringe of that party has used this to get Trump close to the White House. They have been helped by the Republicans being in control of so many states that they are able to skew elections in their favor. All of the things that have been set up over the decades, such as state elections occurring in off-presidential years, has allowed them to remain in power for far longer than they should. Some of them realize this, though, and are bending and twisting things to stay in power, even if it means breaking the country. It doesn’t help that a large portion of Democrats haven’t figured out what’s happening.
re: #28 Timothy Watson
Short of verified video of Trump engaging in Satanic sacrifices, what would it have to be to get the lamestream media interested?
Perhaps something still [mental] health-related, if he’s been on the “Was Trump institutionalized?” trail.
A University of Richmond fraternity has been suspended over what the school called a “grossly offensive” email that described a party as one that “makes fathers afraid to send their daughters away to school.”The fraternity’s suspension comes as the school faces scrutiny over its handling of alleged sexual assaults after two female students wrote highly critical essays about the university last week on The Huffington Post.
The university has suspended operations, activities and events of Richmond’s Kappa Alpha chapter, pending an investigation into the email, which was sent to about 100 students, the school said in a statement. The fraternity’s national headquarters said in a statement that it has also suspended the chapter due to actions that are contrary to its value of “gentlemanly conduct.”
How did we ever get to a point where someone this awful — in every way! — is even close to taking charge of the most powerful office in the world?
Richard Nixon and the Southern Strategy is probably as good a place as any to start if you want to find the origin of this.
re: #29 A wild WITHAK appeared!
Funny how profile pictures work. I would never have known that Eichenwald is bald without clicking through to see the whole thing. He also appears to have heterochromia.
(This concludes another episode of Things on Twitter That Are Probably Only Interesting to Me, and Mildly So at That.)
Neat. My kids and my eyes are brown around the pupil and green on the rest of the Iris. I now have a name.
As background to Eichenwald’s tweet, here’s what Trump was doing in 1990 - ruining the career of an honest financial analyst.
Minutes later, when he called the Janney headquarters, he was told to return to the office immediately and was faxed a letter management had received from Donald Trump earlier that morning. In it, Trump expressed “outrage” at Roffman’s disparaging remarks about the Taj and said that he’d long considered Roffman “an unguided missle (sic)” as an analyst. Trump added that he was “planning to institue (sic) a major lawsuit against your firm unless Mr. Roffman makes a major public apology or is dismissed.” Trump has disclaimed any intention of getting Roffman fired and merely wanted him to be more circumspect in communicating his negative views on the Taj.
Upon his return, Roffman was ushered into the office of the firm’s co-chairman Edgar Scott Jr., who, according to Roffman, had shed his usually patrician manner to read Roffman the riot act. Roffman was told that he could no longer talk to the press and was expected to draft and send a letter of apology to Trump the following day.
Afraid of losing his job, the analyst said he complied with the request and the following day dutifully signed the letter to Trump. The tone of the letter was, at once, fawning and groveling. Roffman claimed that “95%” of what he told the WSJ reporter was complimentary of Trump’s casino empire in Atlantic City. In conclusion, Roffman begged Trump, “I do hope that you will let me continue to cover your companies and that you will forgive what has turned out to be a very unfortunate interview on my part.”
Although he claims that he didn’t write the letter, it reflected Roffman’s comments to management. He became especially disturbed when he learned from Trump in a telephone conversation that he planned to publish the letter to make Roffman’s humiliation public. He says Trump even demanded that one sentence in the letter be altered to read “I have every expectation that the Taj will ultimately be very profitable.” In the original Roffman had said he had “every hope.”
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After a sleepless night and a visit to his lawyer, he decided to fax a retraction of his previous day’s letter, directing that the latter missive not be used for any purpose. Trump’s faxed reply to the retraction was direct: “Only a fool, a highly unstable one at that, would send a letter such as your second one negating your original letter. You have proved by these strange and irrational actions to be a great liability to your firm…..I look forward to seeing you and your firm in court.”
Lots more at the link. He was out of control.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
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Could be big, if there is evidence. If not, Trump will deny it and there will be no impact.
.@RandyHauser @JoyAnnReid If that happens & press doesn’t go nuts, slamming 24 hours a day for records, its time to declare journalism dead.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 13, 2016
In related news. the NYT ran a lengthy opinion piece today on how magical balance narratives (which the Times is infamous for) really don’t exist and it is only liberals who hate their super detailed and repetitive reporting on a Clinton charity (which never turned up wrong doing in any event).
re: #39 Scottishdragon
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In related news. the NYT ran a lengthy opinion piece today on how magical balance narratives (which the Times is infamous for) really don’t exist and it is only liberals who hate their super detailed and repetitive reporting on a Clinton charity (which never turned up wrong doing in any event).
But the NYT is a liberal rag hopelessly biased in favor of Clinton, don’tcha know.
re: #11 goddamnedfrank
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He’s okay with normalizing White Supremacy. That’s what.
“Do you mind if I just vent for a second?” -Pres. Obama on the stark difference between @HillaryClinton and Trump. pic.twitter.com/qAnG6SJO6Z
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) September 13, 2016
re: #39 Scottishdragon
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In related news. the NYT ran a lengthy opinion piece today on how magical balance narratives (which the Times is infamous for) really don’t exist and it is only liberals who hate their super detailed and repetitive reporting on a Clinton charity (which never turned up wrong doing in any event).
That was the last straw for Doug J at Balloon Juice:
I just cancelled my online NYT subscription. The public editor’s piece on “The Truth About ‘False Balance’” was the last straw. I can take sneering, and I can take ignorance, but I can’t take ignorant sneering:
Josh Marshall correctly describes the situation at the Times as a crisis.The problem with false balance doctrine is that it masquerades as rational thinking. What the critics really want is for journalists to apply their own moral and ideological judgments to the candidates.
re: #40 Big Beautiful Door
But the NYT is a liberal rag hopelessly biased in favor of Clinton, don’tcha know.
One of the biggest unreported stories of the last 40 years is how the GOP managed to ‘work the ref’ (IE the press) with a non stop barrage of attacks, insults and threats. The complete inability of the press today to critically examine the GOP and various claims on AGW, racism etc are the result of a 4 decade campaign to wire the media for GOP control.
re: #15 lawhawk
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When does Bondi face any repercussions for taking a bribe?
Look who got kicked out of the TN house. Don’t let the bathroom door hit you on the way out. pic.twitter.com/ZxCOjm3qhW
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) September 13, 2016
re: #42 Charles Johnson
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With the polls tightening up to the point where Secretary Clinton is only leading nationally by two points, no one can presume anything. This is a nerve wrecking election.
re: #29 A wild WITHAK appeared!
Funny how profile pictures work. I would never have known that Eichenwald is bald without clicking through to see the whole thing. He also appears to have heterochromia.
(This concludes another episode of Things on Twitter That Are Probably Only Interesting to Me, and Mildly So at That.)
Now I learn that I have homochromia. (Both brown.)
re: #46 Patricia Kayden
When does Bondi face any repercussions for taking a bribe?
Yeah, it’s usually the bribee that takes the rap. In the Teapot Dome Scandal, Secretary Fall was convicted of receiving a bribe that Doheny was acquitted of paying him, IIRC.
re: #44 Scottishdragon
One of the biggest unreported stories of the last 40 years is how the GOP managed to ‘work the ref’ (IE the press) with a non stop barrage of attacks, insults and threats. The complete inability of the press today to critically examine the GOP and various claims on AGW, racism etc are the result of a 4 decade campaign to wire the media for GOP control.
The question remains — and really, it never even gets considered — how is this problem going to get fixed? (I’ve got my own preferred solution, but it usually gets me yelled at about “That’s not what we want to consider” and “That’s not socially acceptable or constructive” and “Who on earth is going to build a meat grinder as large as that?”) But it’s clear that using the right’s methods of working the refs isn’t going to work for liberals, and the press is all too eager to discount and ignore anyone who isn’t a conservative white male. So how is this problem going to get fixed?
Stunning! Absolutely amazing endorsement of basic research by @HillaryClinton in reply to this @SciDebate question. pic.twitter.com/xwV5mIYLSz
— Lenny Teytelman (@lteytelman) September 13, 2016
I believe Trump was institutionalized in a mental hospital for a nervous breakdown in 1990, which is why he won’t release medical records.
— Kurt Eichenwald
Maybe this is why Kellyanne Conway was so cranky today.
In which Baby Whiplash claims that Hillary supporters are just as “deplorable” as Trump supporters because they are pro-choice and think Black people should not be lynched by police.
Media Call Trump Supporters ‘Deplorables.’ If That’s True, So Are Lots of Democrats. https://t.co/nkW7onkYfw pic.twitter.com/c12wKhbmsb
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 13, 2016
69-year-old woman punched in face outside rally by Trump supporter https://t.co/bamP7rHKaP
— Donna NoShock (@NoShock) September 13, 2016
re: #35 Belafon
Neat. My kids and my eyes are brown around the pupil and green on the rest of the Iris. I now have a name.
I met a young lady with eyes that were half brown and half blue, divided on the diagonal. When she met you, she’d hold a gaze until you let go. Accustomed to stares, I guess.
re: #52 Charles Johnson
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Its a bit sad that its stunning that a Presidential candidate would support basic scientific research.
re: #57 Big Beautiful Door
well, not every campaign can attract the best people like Trump does… //////
and ty Samantha Bee:
re: #57 Big Beautiful Door
Its a bit sad that its stunning that a Presidential candidate would support basic scientific research.
Quite controversial in the US these days too.
Truckloads of Horribleshttps://t.co/QuZid77Ubj
— (((gocart mozart))) (@gocartmozart1) September 13, 2016
@Karoli @crooksandliars The beautiful part about this is Trump selling swag with “I’m a deplorable” on it so they all self identify.
— Bradley Goodson (@bradgoodson0) September 13, 2016
MAGA dunce caps and now this.
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re: #63 Stanley Sea
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re: #65 wrenchwench
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re: #58 piratedan
well, not every campaign can attract the best people like Trump does… //////
and ty Samantha Bee:
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Saw some people making a big deal of Samantha calling out Hillary for “tripping over her own dick” and not not being fond of “insulting Americans into voting for her.”
All are in these videos. Bernie fans hang on the negatives.
Sure is a crazy election…it’s like a circular firing squad!
The DNC better give Donna Brazile that job permanently. She went in on Trump, tying him to Putin in a statement about the latest hack.
“The DNC is the victim of a crime—an illegal cyberattack by Russian state-sponsored agents who seek to harm the Democratic Party and progressive groups in an effort to influence the presidential election,” the statement reads. “There’s one person who stands to benefit from these criminal acts, and that’s Donald Trump. Not only has Trump embraced Putin, he publicly encouraged further Russian espionage to help his campaign. Like so many of the words Trump has uttered this election season, his statements encouraging cybercrime are dangerous, divisive, and unprecedented.”
More of this, please.
@gocartmozart1 @edroso #NotAllAssholes
— Susan Texas (@SusanofTexas) September 13, 2016
re: #66 ObserverArt
Don’t know if the full event of President Obama stumping for Hillary today has been posted…but after seeing Charles link a short version I went to see if there was more. Here it ‘tis!
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Heh…at about 9 mins in someone reminds the Pres that gas is $2 a gallon. He says thanks for reminding him and then says “Thanks Obama!”
He is very aware of the tweets and the ‘net comments.
Trump’s physical shows he is as healthy as a 30 year old female athlete. And his pap smear is normal.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) September 13, 2016
How Jill Stein spent 9/11
I had a blast with students and supporters in front of Iowa’s Capitol on 9/11! #CancelStudentDebt #ItsInOurHands pic.twitter.com/96G3fHr95A
— Dr. Jill Stein (@DrJillStein) September 13, 2016
re: #63 Stanley Sea
Maybe this will help—saw it this morning and have been saving for you all day. ;-)
No gods, no masters. pic.twitter.com/Qes4QZ4wfK
— Brian Bucklew (@unormal) August 21, 2016
When Hillary talks about breaking down barriers at every stop on the campaign trail, what do you think she’s talking about?!
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) September 13, 2016
re: #74 CuriousLurker
Maybe this will help—saw it this morning and have been saving for you all day. ;-)
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Ty!!!
re: #74 CuriousLurker
I just finished reading this:
My piece: Challenging conventional wisdom about threat of Shia-Sunni Sectarianism https://t.co/99oabXeYFV @lobelog @barbaraslavin1 @lrozen
— sanam (@sanambna) September 12, 2016
Not trusting my brain (nor my newness to the topics): Is it as good as it looks?
re: #77 wrenchwench
I just finished reading this:
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Not trusting my brain (nor my newness to the topics): Is it as good as it looks?
I only skimmed it, but it looks good. He She nails the real sectarian problem in the second paragraph (I’ve bookmarked it for later, thanks):
Certainly, the threat of sectarianism is growing. But the Shia-Sunni division is not the most urgent problem. Indeed it is convenient straw man that has detracted attention from the spread of extremely strict and intolerant Wahhabi and Salafi sectarian ideology from the fringes of the Sunni world into the mainstream. This sectarianism by stealth has been expanding globally over the past 30 years. […]
re: #78 CuriousLurker
I only skimmed it, but it looks good. He nails the real sectarian problem in the second paragraph (I’ve bookmarked it for later, thanks):
She. I apologize for springing it on you. I feel good and bad at the same time depending on an outside opinion for clarity. (‘Good’ because I have such a good one!)
re: #54 The Vicious Babushka
In which Baby Whiplash claims that Hillary supporters are just as “deplorable” as Trump supporters because they are pro-choice and think Black people should not be lynched by police.
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No polling data at all.
re: #56 wrenchwench
I met a young lady with eyes that were half brown and half blue, divided on the diagonal. When she met you, she’d hold a gaze until you let go. Accustomed to stares, I guess.
My eye color changes from Hazel to Blue to Green depending on humidity or if I’ve been crying or other external forces.
It’s so weird, but it’s been like that all of my life.
MrBWS can always tell when I’m not being truthful when he asks “what’s wrong?” and I say “nothing” and he says “your eyes are very blue, so tell me what’s wrong.”
dammit…he knows.
re: #81 CuriousLurker
Oops, that’s what I get for not looking at the byline. I only looked at the guy in blog’s header.
I looked her up. I couldn’t even tell from the tweet.
re: #83 wrenchwench
I looked her up. I couldn’t even tell from the tweet.
I just now peeked at her wiki page. She seems pretty accomplished.
re: #82 Backwoods_Sleuth
My eye color changes from Hazel to Blue to Green depending on humidity or if I’ve been crying or other external forces.
It’s so weird, but it’s been like that all of my life.
MrBWS can always tell when I’m not being truthful when he asks “what’s wrong?” and I say “nothing” and he says “your eyes are very blue, so tell me what’s wrong.”dammit…he knows.
Actively, revealingly heterochromatic. It’s a curse! But sounds so special.
re: #74 CuriousLurker
Maybe this will help—saw it this morning and have been saving for you all day. ;-)
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needs some goopy poop on that sign, just to make a further point…
re: #85 wrenchwench
Actively, revealingly heterochromatic. It’s a curse! But sounds so special.
really…it’s just too freaky how it happens.
Every. Damned. Time.
I could never be an uncover secret ops spy person.
curses….
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
really…it’s just too freaky how it happens.
Every. Damned. Time.I could never be an uncover secret ops spy person.
curses….
Special contact lenses. Nope, those can be seen.
re: #39 Scottishdragon
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re: #40 Big Beautiful Door
But the NYT is a liberal rag hopelessly biased in favor of Clinton, don’tcha know.
The Old Grey Lady’s been reduced to turning tricks at Trump Tower.
re: #31 Belafon
How we got here is this: a whole lot of Republicans will vote for the Republican over any Democrat, and the fringe of that party has used this to get Trump close to the White House. They have been helped by the Republicans being in control of so many states that they are able to skew elections in their favor. All of the things that have been set up over the decades, such as state elections occurring in off-presidential years, has allowed them to remain in power for far longer than they should. Some of them realize this, though, and are bending and twisting things to stay in power, even if it means breaking the country. It doesn’t help that a large portion of Democrats haven’t figured out what’s happening.
I agree with so much of what Olbermann says, but the main reason why I dislike Olbermann persists. The clip is a great way to highlight the full Trump story but the hyperbole that he inserts into his speech does not make his argument stronger. On the contrary it give his opponents a perch with which to launch fallacious rebuttals. It also weakens his talking points instead of strengthening them by giving the impression that he has to resort to overstatements to make his point.
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
