Good news: Trump is losing. Bad news: He will up the ante on the racism, xenophobia, and hate. The white supremacists will get more desperate. In other words, things will get worse before the election. First, the good news: Here is 538’s approval tracking of Trump over time: Here’s civiq’s: They are roughly the same. …
Max Boot tweeted this: Yes. If the Congressional Republicans performed their constitutional duty and acted as a check on presidential power, he’d be out by now. Instead they shield him while pushing through their agenda. This will prove to be a miscalculation. I meant in the sense that it will backfire on the party shielding …
Today’s episode: Scaramucci (the “Mooch”) turns on Trump after Trump attacked him on Twitter. Yesterday’s episode: Trump pushing conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death. Timothy Snyder explains why we are caught up in the constant drama of a Reality T.V. President. The sources for this thread are Snyder’s book, The Road to Unfreedom, and his YouTube …
Professor Miller-Idriss (sociology and education) explains white supremacy and what drives the shooters in this C-Span interview. Psychologist Karen Stenner (author of the Authoritarian Dynamic) explains how to make them less dangerous. From Miller-Idriss: What we call white supremacy includes the belief that whites face an existential threat. The Great Replacement theory holds that whites …
Responding to nonsense from Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves, and GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel. Response #1: Tate Reeves Tate Reeves said this: [View my response on Twitter] Hi, Tate. I’d like to talk about two parts of your tweet: “enforce our laws,” and “safety of all Americans.” Let’s start with the “safety” part. The 600+ …
What Trump, the modern GOP, and the shooters have in common: They see themselves as victims. E.W. Jackson believes it’s the demonization of white people by liberals, not white supremacy, that is radicalizing mass shooters. It’s definitely counterintuitive that members of the Fox-Trump-GOP view themselves as victims—but they do. Prof. Jason Stanley explains: The dominant …
Freshman Congresswoman Lauren Underwood explains. Her applepodcasts.com/recodedecode interview with Kara Swisher is a must for the “Impeach Now Or Else” crowd. You can listen to it, or, if you prefer Twitter Style Cliff Notes, keep reading. In 2018 Lauren Underwood was elected in a traditionally GOP district. llinois 14 has only elected one Democratic Congressman, …
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“If we decide to report articles of impeachment,” Nadler said Monday, “we could get to that late in the fall. . .” Take out your notebooks. It’s time Impeachment 201, the advanced course. The elementary course is here. The Constitution gives the basics. The House of Representatives . . . shall have the sole power …
From the New York Times: A hate-filled manifesto was posted on line minutes before the El Paso massacre which spoke of a “Hispanic invasion of Texas” and warned that white people were being replaced by foreigners. It’s well known that during slave days, militias were “beefed up to enforce the plantation system.” How did militias …
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This is what a real witch hunt looks like: It’s also how the GOP hopes to play “whatabout,” undermine the Mueller probe, and attack and undermine democratic institutions. Remember all those years of Whitewater, Bengahzi, and “her emails”? Once in a while, the GOP let slip that they knew the investigations were politically motivated and …
