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This whole asymmetry is completely out of whack. Dems and anyone from the center to the left twists themselves in knots over Warren's comments. Trump + MAGA bulldoze the vulnerable nonstop. Yay...

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Trump wants to be counted among the Despots. https://open.substack.com/pub/susansommer/p/despots?r=31znat&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

He is not interested in maintaining our democratic republic. He is interested only in holding onto power for as long as he can.

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Ethics? We don't need no stinking ethics!

Warren and dems have to cower over a fact that people can only be pushed so far as trump and his fascist allies brag about the j/6 'hostages' deserving pardons. I am not sure if I am more disgusted with legacy media ignoring trump threats of violence and vengeance, or dems being apologetic for every mistaken word said. Dems continue to bring the casserole to the knife fight. Dems lately can never play offense, they are always playing defense. We are doomed to at least 4 years of hell as dems play patty cake and repubs play gladiator... SAD!

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Why all the truck hate? They slap.

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During the pre-election uproar about WAPO's failure to endorse Kamala, I thought about cancelling my subscription- for about two seconds. Before realizing it's not the paper I was mad at, but Bezos. And he hasn't redeemed himself since. To say the least. But in thinking about alternatives at the time, the LA Times looked OK. Glad I didn't fork over. This owner's heavy handed self censorship only gets worse with every news cycle. Sorry, Times. Please get a new owner! Or better yet, go nonprofit. Billionaires today just don't know how to run a railroad. Or news outfit.

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I had to laugh my ass off when Trump said lowering prices would not be easy. That once prices rise, they never come down. No shit Sherlock. I can't wait to see how his voters react when the price of eggs, milk, produce, etc. continue to rise. Hopefully, with buyers' remorse.

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They will not care. Or blame it on Shifty Schiff and Pelosi.

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Certainly this is true of his cult but many held their noses and voted for him because of inflation. So, let's hope.

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The pain-in-the-pocketbook will surely come to all. But it'll be a real stretch in hell for these MAGA's to have to admit Orange Deity didn't force down the price of eggs. Or gas. Our housing. Or insurance. Or clothing. Or airfares. Or you-name-it.

A cold winter will cometh, to set a table for buyer's remorse.

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I am starting to enjoy the entertainment of you (collectively) pissing into the wind while our democracy lies in the ICU dying.

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Better luck next time, America. If there is a next time

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Describing anything about Trump as "dangerous" is too weak. Something dangerous is recognized to be so and avoided. Driving without seat belts is dangerous so we wear seat belts. There is no inclination with Trump, his voters, his staffing picks, etc to avoid the dangerous. they embrace it. We need a phrase beyond dangerous--maybe "already calamitous. " "Dangerous" no longer cuts the mustard.

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I keep thinking about Truth Social and how Trump's wealth is tied to this platform...Does Truth Social become the platform for the Trump Presidency? If so, who else will follow? What about the crypto? Clearly an easy way to pay-off for protection, right?

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Really interesting expose on Massad Boulos. So he has essentially no source of money, other than his wife’s family? Something’s fishy there. Deserves further scrutiny.

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So it looks like we are becoming a formal nation of Oligarchs. We have the social media oligarch, the East and West Coast print oligarchs, the Electric car and rocket oligarch, another rocket oligarch, The Russian guy, The Saudi guy, the Turkish guy and Orange Transaction man. Now the strongman for the Orange transaction man is threatening the Congress in the open. Meanwhile Transaction man says he can't really do shit about food or gas prices which many of us already knew before the "election". The vaccine guy will stop polio vaccines since the polio germs deserve a chance to live. I imagine it won't be long before it's no longer safe to sign your real name to comments sections in either electronic print or regular print. I'd simply suggest that third story windows in the US are going to be worth avoiding.

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Concerning the piece by Andrew Egger and Gabriel Schoenfeld entitled "I Have a Tower to Sell You—In Saudi Arabia", you made me understand why Trump appointed so many incompetent. It's a diversion so we don't talk about this and other such things.

He might appoint those crazies in addition, but there is nothing we (or the media) can do about this, whereas I think if loads more of attention was put on the money, that might shock people (if only because new as opposed to same old same old).

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I doubt that Trump even understands that those people are incompetent. He just sees them as meeting his own criteria for a servile administration.

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Unfortunately, I think people see no solutions for our health care system mess coming from politicians so the reaction to this murder is what it is. Too many people make too much money to allow any significant, meaningful changes.

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ARE YOU KIDDING? The Felon caring about ethics???? The only reason he ran for office in the first place was to establish a base for better grifting.

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And to stay out of jail (this time, anyway).

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The persons nominated by The Oathbreaking SoB for Cabinet-level positions are...what?

Shocking?

Surprising?

Disappointing?

Insane?

Morally Bankrupt?

After all, the Oathbreaking SoB won the popular vote in November 2024 by a sweeping 1.5%, giving him a mandate to do as he pleases.

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