Jeff Botsworthy

It’s what makes Newsome’s social media approach effective - he’s holding up a mirror to America and saying “this is what you think a tough guy sounds like?” Trump wants us to be afraid of him. He doesn’t want us disgusted with him and siding with a woman losing her husband. That’s a losing narrative

It’s my belief that understanding that Trump relies on kayfabe as the model for his administration is key to defeating him. People are swept up in the ideas and version of reality he’s presenting, and you have to show the country his manipulations in order to defeat him politically.

People are being maimed and killed by ICE. Inflation is picking up. Free speech is being slowly constricted. Criminality is becoming the norm. I understand very clearly the danger we face for who we are or who we love. I am sorry if it seemed like I was minimizing any of it. I’m not.

So because they are more focused on managing public opinion uber alles (feels appropriate to use German in talking about maga), performance of the act is always secondary. The most important part is the talk, not the walk, in kayfabe. I am loathe to diminish or ignore the very real harm happening.

He made the administration look bad so he has to be publicly embarrassed, because the things that can most undermine a face’s relationship with the crowd are things that evoke either derision (Jimmy Kimmel) or disgust (the attack against this innocent woman). Kayfabe is 💯 about reaction management.

This is a no-no in Trumpland. You can either be a lech or a prude but you can’t be outwardly violent towards women. And so we get this:

Trump wants his administration to be seen as a face - handsome, righteous, just, strong, virtuous - while acting like a heel - narcissistic, conniving, manipulative, erratic. This clip shows ICE acting like the heel - instead of ignoring the woman he loses control and attacks her violently.

It’s not dismissing it to call it kayfabe. Calling it kayfabe accurately describing the approach this administration takes in carrying out its fucked mission. Kayfabe is about manipulating the audience and their reactions. It’s also about maintaining your public image, whether as face or heel.

It 100% is. They’re not real cops enforcing any real immigration laws. They are acting on a stage and provoking an emotional response. And then you’re going to dismiss me because I’m not taking you seriously enough. This is how it works. Being scared is imbuing them w power they can never have.

You’re ignoring the kayfabe foundation of this administration.

The problem with alarmists like this is that they take the administration’s actions at face value instead of applying the rules of kayfabe. This is all a show.

It’s so abundantly clear that this is not final and their place isn’t settled. This is the world’s most insecure, Pollyanna-ish government.

Is it hard to be this much of a fucktard?

The problem with people like this is that they will never understand that their punishment is directly related to their behavior. When this man is ultimately punished for his inhumanity, he will cry and claim his humanity is being ignored. We must remember to close our ears to their cries.

The Apocolocyntosis was written 2000 years too soon.

Trump Cancels Meeting With Democrats as Shutdown Nears

Dems should take this as a blessing. Let the GOP have what they want. Let the nation’s borders go unprotected. Let the nation’s skies be unguarded. Let the GOP have the government they want.

Was it really unwitting?

Nah man the thumbnail needs to have sad Trump what are you even doing, social team at the Hollywood reporter

Boooooooooooooooo Disney sucks cox and dix

Cry more the tears of billionaires are lift giving

There is no leadership in this country, none, at least among the rich and powerful. Leadership requires compassion, understanding, salesmanship, joy, commitment, courage, respect, integrity, self-control, etc etc etc. These are not traits that large companies select for when finding management.

Until he sent her to boarding school. She has been deeply traumatized in her life. This isn’t to say we should feel bad for her any more than we would any stranger who experienced the same thing. This is to say who these people are and that they have obvious weaknesses that can be exploited.

I think the common thread among MAGAts is that they’ve all suffered some sort of trauma (real or imagined). Loomer, for example, grew up with a schizophrenic brother who attacked her repeatedly. Her mother then abandoned her family (probably the right move tbh), so loomer was raised by her dad

This is straight out of the NSDAP playbook. It’s an attempt to push those deemed “racially desirable” to unite in an orgy of violence against any perceived enemy, including those on the right that refuse to accept their bloodlust. There will be a night of the long guns soon enough. I weep for us.

It’s through this sort of act, which is itself a betrayal of the highest order (killing your allies and blaming your neighbors), that the accelerationist right will then create partnerships with normie conservatives and push them to commit violence against their perceived enemies.

We also know that there is an accelerationist element to the far right in this country, and that they’re willing to do whatever it takes to foment the widespread violence they so desire, including killing their ideological allies in order to push those on the right to the far right.

The issue with Stancil’s take on the whole Utah Event is that he’s taking the word of bad actors in good faith. We all know there is a massive push in conservative circles to frame anyone that doesn’t agree with them as violent, and that they’re willing to commit violence against opponents.

“I am now introducing a motion to name Brendan Carr then next contestant on ‘The Running Man’, Thursdays on NBC.”

So the funny thing is that yes, it’s state funded, but it’s not the prosecutor and police department and judge paying for and appointing my attorney. It’s an independent office over which none of the opposing parties in the matter have any influence. I’m sorry for not being more clear.

Also the CBA says nothing about dealing with appeals before an announcement is made. All that is stated is that the player has a right to appeal, and lays out the appeals process. It seems like kind of a big deal that the MLS and players union are not abiding by the terms of their agreements.