Enemies of Trump, so maybe 75% Democrats.
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Enemies of Trump, so maybe 75% Democrats.
Sounds like the attorney came in with a list of names to ask about. Wouldn't those be people Trump deems enemies? So it would be democrats and those who has thwarted or embarrassed him. Probably people who were also involved.
Heh - robins aren't kind, but they're quite sane!
as long as she'll agree with the conspiracy of the day. She can't evaluate their words any better than her own. They sound confident!
Also, my aunt would never have qualified as a reasonable person. Her unreasonable nonsense used to relate to schedules, how to plan a wedding, responsibilities, medicine, and decor. But Maga says she's right about all those, even as she changes half through,
I'm following research on helping cult members. So I hadn't been discussing those beliefs. Just staying on okay terms. A respected researcher had new advice, so I plan to use it first chance I get. The researcher says the recent stuff will create a 'crack in the brainwashing'.
After checking which ones experts approve, I got a VPN and one of the services that removes your info from data brokers. Also, tell your phones no ad tracking, and turn off location services. Most of the cross-references use location.
Never agree with Nazis. Just agree with the truth.
Not each and every prosecutor, no. That's a minority of them. Most are prepared to quit if they're ordered to do one of those. Why do you think so many have quit? There have been departments where the order went attorney to attorney as each one resisted, then resigned.
I think you're right. We've been making ad hominem judgements without realizing. I feel better once I remember that truth is truth and lies are lies. That's independent of the one who makes the statement.
She can produce a list of cohorts that only has political opponents. Unlike objective evidence, her statements can be edited into something convenient.
I didn't go look at the more recent one. I did wade through comments on the Jesus one. No, they weren't trying to 'own the libs'. They were fawning. It was really sad.
Quite a number of people thought that while we were watching 'lies', they were watching 'the real story'. If it weren't so dangerous, it would be tragically sad.
Google has a lot more on us than search history. When we agree to their terms, we let them use insane amounts. If I leave certain settings, they can use the info of my favorite stores, my YouTube viewing, some social media exchanges. Under the last set of terms I read, they can use my email!
They have been getting through several court cases with the "reasonable person" standard. They assert that no reasonable person would believe anything they said. The courts often agree. If the Dominion case had gone to trial, I expect they would have tried to sell that to a jury.
Weren't they busy showing cherry-picked clips of J6? They've done a few rounds of that. I thought one of them was timed to compete with the hearings.
I guarantee I haven't read everything on the web. I don't expect my crazy aunt to see it all, either. She sees what Google shows her, and Google wants ad revenue. If she gets all conspiracy-ish, they get more screen time. That goes for every crazy aunt and everyone else in the Maga-sphere.
What are we basing this on? I keep hearing people say it on social media, but their only support is that information is available. No discussion of environment, what information individuals were working with, how much each person was able to apply critical thinking.
Yes.
He has posted (or reposted, I can't remember) memes of himself as Jesus and as a pope. Both were positively received by his followers.
If you look Maga from that angle, it's much worse. The golden statue of Trump has been at CPAC for the last 4 years. The prayer pic was faked, but the real videos aren't much better. I often hear him called a savior. He sold overpriced bibles bound with political material.
They did one in Idaho, where I am familiar with the people and culture. Trump won Idaho by 36 points. Most of it is so conservative, I can't even explain. The arena they used was full to capacity. It would be hard to find that many Progressives in the entire state. Those were former Trump voters.
The establishment Democrats don't know how. You know about the Fighting Oligarchy Tour that Bernie and AOC did this year? They spent most of their time in red districts, yet their events were packed. They talked about topics like oligarchy, corporate lobbying, and Medicare for all.
Most of them never watched The Apprentice. It's sources like Fox, NewsMax, even Google. Did you know search engines give them different results?
Fox "News" will repeat it, too.
They really have no clue. When you hear about 'information silos', they mean this. We're in a different information silo. We get the basic facts of reality right, but we see the opponents as having made an informed decision. Turns out, they believed a con man.
Google shows you what you want to see. Major search engines all do that. MAGA people don't get the same search results as you and me. We're all in information silos. That's why it's so hard to believe that anyone could believe all that nonsense. We have zero exposure to their sources.
A nickname. It appears to originate with the press.
You aren't up on their conspiracy theories? They don't expect Trump to be on them. They think this list is composed of all the Democratic politicians and other powerful 'leftist' figures. There's more - the theory has been evolving over time. Trump's refusal was like ice-water in the face.
Taking over.
They don't trust Wired. They're quite upset, though, and I expect someone in their circle will look at the metadata.
WIRED is being careful not to accuse anyone. So I'll say what they won't. Someone took two clips and told us it's continuous. That's not right. Instead of looking into the discrepancy, investigators are making up stories.
Nothing like that has been released or leaked. Two were released. One is supposed to be raw footage, but the metadata shows a lot of editing. It originated as 2 different clips, and we're being told its one continuous video. The info on the metadata is behind a paywall in a WIRED article.
That about sums it up.
People have tons of emotions on this, which is why they care. Leaders who encourage fear are causing people to freeze. Stoic logic would cause them to disengage and tune out. Outrage is more appropriate here. The situation is dangerous, it's horrible, and we need to stand up and ACT!
I'll acknowledge you're right about Garland. But several departments or Congress could have done something. FBI can investigate without DOJ prompting them. Congress has power to subpoena those files. That's not interfering; it's their job. I'm glad Biden didn't push them. But others had the right.
Thank you for posting this. It's as important as it is horrible.
His uniform has changed over the years. I thought it might be a 30's gymnast's outfit, and I looked up pictures. The shorts look the same, but the male gymnasts don't have tops.
There are a handful of founding principles for that cult, including the conspiracy theory on this topic. They'll spin any direction to keep it. Their leader normally calls the dance steps, and instead he said it's over. I expect he'll lose a few followers. His influencers are badly shaken, too.
It's truly a wild time that the same mutually assured destruction that stopped Clinton and other Dems from using this against him is now what's stopping him from releasing the list. Christine Pelosi is sincerely aligned with QMAGA in this moment.
Yep. That's why it's blowing up. They managed to infuriate their own followers and remind the rest of us.
Why should anyone think that? There's no innocence by association. Rather, there shouldn't be.
It's true that the DOJ was swamped. Redacting some evidence from a completed case, though - that's a quick, routine task for them.
I can't watch it. Does she name the cheeze-powdered orange?
Insightful.
Explain to me how ‘unitary executive’ doesn’t mean the same thing as ‘tyrant’, ‘despot’, or ‘dictator’. Waiting…
I watched videos. They weren't exactly oozing respect. Also, police are (usually) trained to use the amount of force required. Behind-the-back restraints can be extremely painful for someone with physical ailments, and the man was completely compliant. He was unarmed and low-risk.
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I found 2022 numbers, and wow. 97 billion dollars. Until recently, I had *no clue* how many undocumented immigrants are in our workforce. It sucks because we take advantage of them badly. Also, I kinda like farms being able to harvest crops. Because, you know, food.
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Yes, you're right. You're making perfect sense. Ugh - this is horrible.
That's what I thought after Jan 6, 2021. Self-preservation must require action. Instead, many of them cowered.
You are correct. We also had anemic responses to the 2020 attempted kidnapping of Governor Whitmer and the 2022 attempted kidnapping of then-Speaker Pelosi, which nearly killed her husband. After the 2021 attempted murder then-Vice President Pence and much of the Senate, we basically rolled over.
Yowzers. I thought he'd learned what happens when you destroy people's lives with blatant lies.
They are! We can say that about much of Canada, too. Those mild-mannered folk get pretty intense if their wilderness is threatened.
I'm waiting for the sharpie edition.
In all seriousness, it probably relates to differences in wildlife. Perhaps they have more competition in Canada, and they defend every inch that they want. Also, harsh climates seem to always have dangerous wildlife.
Perhaps they heard there were snacks. "Where are the croutons?" "Excuse me, do you know where they put the bread?"
They remembered to keep the protest peaceful. Challenging for one of your geese, I'm sure!
"Protecting" us from knowledge, protection, and thought is now a critical government function.
We all need a mood boost!
Some perspective. Thank you.
I have to ground myself in the here-and-now to relax. There will be time for worrying tomorrow. I check with each of my senses for a few minutes.
It wasn’t loud anymore. The board had been flipped once, maybe twice. Pawns missing, pieces chipped, rules bent. But even in that ruin, the game endured. A steady hand returned to the board, not to restore what was lost, but to make the next move.
They don't look like blackout curtains. They look sheer, and apparently an old (and very annoying) style of curtain. When I was a kid, they were common in houses of Silent Generation grandparents. Pacific Northwest in the United States, but I assume the curtains were in other areas.
For much of the public, it will be. For activists? No. Worrying about everything, though, is overwhelming. I realized that I need to focus on something that truly helps without agonizing where I'm helpless. Others are in this fight, too.
I'd love that, yes. We temporarily lost that opportunity in November. Now, we can work on midterms. But this isn't just entertaining! This is serious infighting within a dysfunctional party. This will weaken the fanatic party core. Never interrupt when your opponent is defeating themselves.
Apparently a billionaire needed the money more.
The good ones, helpful incumbents, up for reelection need our support. The right will be after them!
First we need more congresspeople who are neither crazy nor cowards. There's a severe shortage. I hope that 80% of the midterm candidates are new faces. Know anyone who isn't a politician? 😁
Vance has worse goals and more ability to chase them. His anti-charisma can keep him from winning on his own, thankfully. I never want to see what he'd do with the office.
Their own bugs, I'd think. Qatar isn't siding with anyone. They're securing Switzerland's former role. Usually when someone gets mad at Qatar it's for involvement without taking sides. We were mad they wouldn't arrest terrorists who were there to negotiate with us. We got over it.
The likely possibility is far worse. It would be trivial to hardwire it with spyware.
The word "not." Incomprehensible.
Empires usually fall slowly. But this is definitely a turning point. We're having irreparable losses. If we push back soon enough and hard enough, we can recover as a country. But we won't have the same level of international influence. Ever.
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Yeah, true.
I get the impression that a lot of the envelopes had multiple dimes. People talk about filling cards with dimes before mailing. I've heard of group efforts, too. I don't know whether those were shipped as dimes or whether organizers exchanged them at a bank.
I think it's because he's smiling on the dime. He usually looks serious, sad, or both.
I never realized that FDR's family had 'old money'. I'd assumed he had some exposure to working class. Thanks for posting this!
Correction: Michael Z
Can't be - I'm not old yet! Seems to me, people usually get old when they stop doing life. I had one grandmother decline around age 45 and a great grandmother who slowed down in her late 70s. Even after she went blind, she made multimedia paintings and walked a mile a day.
In addition to Michael B's advice, you might have a static IP address. A reputable VPN may help. Always check security software's reputation!
The smaller split leaned into their version of Christian values. There are other evangelical churches, some without the bigotry that gave MAGA a foothold.
Sort of. The biggest evangelical church split and over half went Christian Nationalist. That group still calls themselves evangelical, but they embrace none of the values.
We don't know because our courts recognize international IP when it's convenient. We buy in ignorance as sellers get rich off foreign trademarks.
I thought about that. Bukele isn't like Trump. His evil is planned and tactical. He's getting $60k/year to hold those men. As long as that's true he will probably keep them alive. The Trump regime has little reason to admit it's possible to bring someone back. That's a huge problem.
I know. Here's the most tragic part. He needs to be the face of those we'll never get back. Because we won't. There's only one abductee with any chance of rescue. The courts are on their own, here. It's good that Trump angered Roberts. Otherwise, they would still be sending people.
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That phrase wasn't used to start small, disorganized boycotts. It was used by local leaders in a list of grievances. It wasn't a bluff, and they weren't overplaying their hand.
Yes. But nobody was complaining until yesterday, so it seems this is a DOGE plan as opposed to recklessness.
I think you're making a similar distinction to the one Adam Kinzinger made. You must not brag or act superior. But you can call out a problem that leads to cruelty. I didn't get that exactly right, did I? I'm having trouble finding the right words.
Good point. If someone owes a lot, they should probably get an accountant who can help without delay. I think H&R already rolled up the sidewalk, but accountants are everywhere.
NBC picked out sensational data. Other articles do the same with bits about AOC or Corey Booker. The trending changes aren't just on the right. We have increasing polarization. Maga is more popular, and Progessive ideas are more popular. And while Maga sells a lie, both sides are about populism.
There are so many ways to stall or avoid. But I think you're basically right - they won't let themselves be deposed.
That's what everyone is wondering, including the fancy lawyers. There's a procedure that federal judges can do. If the DOJ doesn't want to prosecute a criminal case, the judge can appoint an outside attorney to act as prosecutor. So if, say, Kristi Noem ignored a subpoena, there are options.
You're right. But Trump pissed Roberts off with a statement. It sounds like Roberts is cutting back on the freebies. Also, SCOTUS did already rule. DOJ attorney is acting like it doesn't mean anything. What kind of idiot does that when you have other matters before the court?
That's their story. You could make better arguments by throwing darts at words.
They repeat things until listeners believe them. The truth needs to compete! Our rhetoric has been mild and almost academic. Bernie and AOC can communicate just as effectively. The rest of us need to pay attention.