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Their growing discernment of the President's attributes is worthy of praise, but how will they know when they have fully discovered who Donald Trump is? It seems that there are many levels yet to be uncovered.

I think Bill Maher has prior art on that epithet: He was calling Trump a "whiny little bitch" before 2016.

I can hear Rod Serling saying "... a man who has never taken responsibility for anything, ever."

More like "built in greed". Check out Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine" since we're living through it.

It feels odd that every day, apparently the "steaming pile..." comment draws closer and closer to literal reality.

IT'S COMING ...
FASCISM IS IN CONTROL ...
JUST LIKE PUTIN ...

tRUMPSTEIN WILL GIVE HIMSELF 95% OF OUR VOTES ... 🤬🤬🤬

SO WHAT'S THE PLAN???

The pensive thinking raptor; the Philosoraptor.

- If the judicial system interprets the law, why is the enforcement of the law (i.e. the Justice Department) not in the judicial branch of government?
- If Congress has the power of the purse, why is the purse (i.e. the Treasury department and the IRS) not in the legislative branch of government?

Of course, this raises the uncomfortable question: Who _does_ control the federal government? [2/2]

I seem to recall seeing an article that indicated that, for many decades, the actions and policies the government pursues were generally in opposition to what the public wants about 98% of the time. So yes, the people indeed do not control the federal government. [1/2]

Ah, well. It's nice to see what kind of defective merchandise your taxpayer dollars are being used to purchase. Probably is an avid pull-the-wings-off-of-flies hobbyist. Perhaps in need of professional help?

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This is a bit of a stretch by the Russians: I would not rank him very high on a list of "responsible persons".

"World War H" by FX Holden

He thinks he's still on the set of "The Apprentice"

Poor widdle Lindsey, clutching after his retirement plan. Spent his whole career singing for his supper, didn't matter to who, didn't matter what the song was. As ever, a turncoat.

I've always thought that any state that was approached by the DoJ for voter files should promptly provide them, following current cybersecurity best practices and removing all personally identifiable information (PPI) before doing so.

the value of their information in monetary terms, but they never actually convert the information into dollars or pesos. Why do they need dollars, if they can get what they want with information?"

Yuval Harari. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (p. 281) [2/2]

Think misinformation is a theoretical problem?

"A person or corporation with little money in the bank but a huge data bank of information could be the wealthiest, or most powerful, entity in the country. In theory, it might be possible to quantify [1/2]

I've been saying for years that if we had a third party, the shenanigans and general f*ckery that have been going on would be astronomically more difficult to pull off.

Haven't any of these people heard of the Nuremberg trials? "I was just following orders." didn't hold up too well.

I regret missing it, but there was a podcast some years ago, where the guest was the CEO of Comcast. He predicted then, that TV would be over by 2030. Ms. Weiss is just impatient.

This seems to bring into sharp focus the crux of the problem: We, collectively, have lost our ability to call someone out. To say to their face "You sir/madam, are utterly full of sh*t.".
To fail to do this just perpetuates the insanity and desensitizes us to the bullsh*t.

"Focus on the economy" is just doublespeak for figuring out another scam to rip someone off.

This sums it up.

Yep, seems like the whole 2nd amendment scam was just that, perpetrated by sleazy arms dealers.

a.k.a. The American Taliban. Who knew it was contagious when we went to Afghanistan?

"Trump is either stupid or a Russian agent.", or D. All of the above.

"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it."

Ah, but his boss in Moscow can imagine a lot more.

I'll assume you mean the southern, south of the Mason-Dixon line, pre-reconstruction version of the word "Folks".