Election 2020
john eden
male pale and stale
Blaming it on Antifa will work for hardcore Republicans and Trumpists but it’s clear that a bunch of the insurgents had white supremacists tattoos and links with far right stuff. So I doubt that will have wider resonance.
what happens next? I guess Trump will have the option of pardoning these people on his last day. If he does then that will be the green light to ongoing fashy nastiness for many years to come.
If not, these people are armed and still too invested in this worldview to go anywhere else. Followers looking for a leader. Lone wolves. The armed wing of the divorced Dads.
what happens next? I guess Trump will have the option of pardoning these people on his last day. If he does then that will be the green light to ongoing fashy nastiness for many years to come.
If not, these people are armed and still too invested in this worldview to go anywhere else. Followers looking for a leader. Lone wolves. The armed wing of the divorced Dads.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
I sort of want to take a Dan-like position and disapprove here, but at the same time, I can't help but agree.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Better yet, it's a Fisher Price 'activity set' of some sort. There's a big red button, but pushing it merely causes a small plastic clown to pop up with an amusing 'honk' noise.
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luka
Well-known member
I think that was the play. I think that's why the mob was allowed to have their fun.
But this
is more troubling.
A kind of couch potato Taliban. Why? To what end? Some kind of low camp strategy of tension?
luka
Well-known member
Fijian prime minister Frank Bainimarama, who instigated a coup in his country in 2006, said the American protests were “an affront to democracies around the globe”, and expressed his confidence that “the USA will soon close this ugly chapter once and for all”
luka
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Actor Jake Angeli turns up regularly in costume at pro-Trump events, baring his tattoos which include depictions of the president’s Mexico border wall, and sometimes carrying a sign saying “Q Sent Me”.
He has shouted at passers-by “You all know who Q is?” and explained Q “was a government agent who wanted to ‘take the country back’ from paedophiles and globalists.”
On a since deleted performance profile of Angeli on backstage.com, he is described as skilled in singing, screenwriting, public speaking and accents
john eden
male pale and stale
Well Trump is invested only in his own greatness. So his next move will be to protect his legacy. But also to perpetuate the myth of "the steal". (Because how COULD he have lost if he is the greatest President America has ever seen?)
He can do this in a bunch of different ways, but if it suits his interests to promote the idea that insurgents need to save America from itself he will continue to do that - it's not like there will be any serious consequences for him if he words things ambiguously.
When the post-pandemic economic shockwave hits there are going to be a lot of pissed off people in America and Trump is uniquely placed to lead that charge and there is already an alternative media set up to hang on his coat tails.
john eden
male pale and stale
There is talk of invoking the 25th amendment to get rid of him early and also various prosecutions when he is no longer in power. I can't see any of this happening to be honest, there is too much respect for the office of the President over there.
If he does new mad stuff when out of office that might be a different matter though.