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A Stunning Time-Lapse Short Film From the Atacama Desert: "NOX ATACAMA"

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Blind Frog Belly White9/04/2017 9:52:45 am PDT

Iā€™m gonna express an unpopular opinion here and say that I think Maggie Haberman is not all bad. I think she simply transmits what people tell her, without comment. She doesnā€™t say ā€œJavanka tried to stop himā€, she says ā€œSources say Javanka tried to stop himā€. That leaves it to you to figure out that the sources are trying to spin.

Last night, she posited that Trump was doing this 6-month thing because he really doesnā€™t want to end DACA. She said ā€œFor much of his life heā€™s been almost ready to file a lawsuit, almost ready to reveal a new plan. Heā€™s buying time.ā€

I donā€™t know whether Trump really wants to end DACA, in the sense of expelling 800,000 Dreamers. He wants to undo something Obama did, and he wants to keep his base loving him. But remember the ACA fight? He doesnā€™t care a fig about actual policy. Itā€™s all appearance to him. If he announces that heā€™s ending DACA in 6 months, and Congress acts to pass the Dream Act before that time, he figures he gets credit from both sides. Heā€™s the guy who ended DACA, but heā€™s NOT the guy who expelled 800,000 hardworking Americans.

Heā€™s a racist, yes, but his narcissism is far more important in understanding his motivations. Donā€™t assume he takes political positions because he wants the outcome he appears to be advocating.