Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Inuyaki]

https://mobile.twitter.com/borzou/st...83595557408771

I can't even...
That's a good one!

So let's see if Trump will now tweet that Hanna is a terrorist and fake news

[Edge-]

https://mobile.twitter.com/borzou/st...83595557408771

So how much money have we blown on this Republican art installation, again?

[Dontrike]

https://mobile.twitter.com/borzou/st...83595557408771

Imagine being one of those people that thought he could build 2,000 miles worth of wall, have a different country pay for it, and that he builds anything well.

[Breccia]

Well once again it's time for Guess the Fat Incompetent Tweeter.

So the Washington Post is running the Reagan Foundation, and RINO Paul Ryan is on the Board of Fox, which has been terrible. We will win anyway, even with the phony FoxNews suppression polls (which have been seriously wrong for 5 years)!

You have to give him some credit, that is an efficien tweet.
1) WaPo
2) the Reagan Foundation, yes, the ones that caught him using Reagan's image without consent, kind of like all those bands that caught him
3) "RINO" Ryan
4) FOX News
5) polls in general

I would say "It must be nice to have so many friends, that you can afford to throw so many away". But Trump doesn't have friends. Trump has allies who put up with him for his money and coattails power. We continue to hear in report after report after book after interview that he's a horrible person -- which people say, once they no longer have access to Trump's money or power.

Incidentally, the RNC's take seems to be

[The Reagan Foundation] just recently hosted the Trump family to raise money for its organization and has not objected to us using President Reagan’s likeness before.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is what a poor message looks like. First of all, a lot's changed in the last few days/weeks/months. Second of all, this isn't just about Trump putting Reagan's face on a video.

I just saw our new Trump-Reagan Commemorative Coin Sets and WOW, these coins are beautiful — I took one look and immediately knew that I wanted YOU to have a set. These aren’t any ordinary coins. They symbolize an important time in our Nation. This year, in addition to being re-elected as YOUR President, it also marks the 40th anniversary of our Nation’s 40th President, Ronald Reagan

-- Trump campaign email

Trump is selling "gold" coins with his face on one side, Reagan on the other, for $45. This isn't "we're in the same party". This is "two seides of the same coin" literally and figuratively.

Think back over the last 3 1/2 years. Focus on the economy. Does that sound like something Ronald Reagan would claim? Or does this sound like a desperate, fat, sad old man watching his base crumble and desperate to literally and figuratively save face?

It has backfired. As reported earlier, the Reagan Foundation has asked Trump and the RNC -- yes, the RNC is lumped in with Trump, think back over 3 1/2 years -- to stop using Reagan's name.

The Republican Party is clearly tired of winning.

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(Humpty Dumpty video)

So...parts are rusting through because they were made of iron and built on a river. Now, parts are falling down in one of the strongest, most dangerous....I'm being told Hanna made landfall as a Cat 1 and is now a tropical storm. Not that those are harmless (unless Trump lets you die, see also "Bat PR") but anything built in Texas that can't even withstand the lowest ranking of hurricane?

Nobody builds walls better than me, believe me

Well, Trump supporters, do you believe him? You the rules. 24 hours to respond, or I respond for you.

[Paranoid Android]

Remember that Florida had the chance to elect Andrew Gilliam just 2 years ago. But apparently the Dems and Republicans are too similar so who the fuck cares who wins an election, amirite?

Yeah was going to state the same and for Georgia, both really close elections. Who would of thought, that elections have consequences.

[Lanrefni]

Yeah was going to state the same and for Georgia, both really close elections. Who would of thought, that elections have consequences.

Georgia was more Kemp using fraud to win,then repeatedly degaussing and then shredding all the hard drives that might have shown it by "accident" after a judge told them they were evidence.

https://apnews.com/877ee1015f1c43f19...ter-suit-filed

[D Luniz]

Hey remember when Trump said he wanted better health coverage for more people for less money? Or, more relevant tot he current situation, this?



How's it going, death panels?

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UPDATE: Trump backs out. Suddenly remembers he's busy Aug 15.

Now, we all know Trump lies all the time about everything. What was the real reason? No crowd to cheer? Suddenly rememebered he's as popular in NYC as...um...Trump in NYC? Being shamed about golfing? Not being able to throw? Place your bets!

gonna agree with Gorsameth
most likely he cant throw, and you cant claim to be the strongest bigliest man if you cant

[cubby]

gonna agree with Gorsameth
most likely he cant throw, and you cant claim to be the strongest bigliest man if you cant

That would be interesting - he probably can't, and video of him trying to do it would be on the next Lincoln Project's ad in a heartbeat.

[Felya]

Heard of Drunk History? Here is Trump History:

[Benggaul]

https://mobile.twitter.com/borzou/st...83595557408771

This might be a misleading video. I'm reading in some places that it's actually video from an Arizona monsoon given the time of day (the hurricane rolled through Texas at night(?)) and other context clues. Still a huge waste of resources given that it IS still Trump's border wall being smashed to bits by weather, but it doesn't appear to be related to the hurricane.

I don't know one way or the other, but I'm going to hold off on this one until we know for certain where and how it's happened. Haven't seen it mentioned in any reputable news sources yet.

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56,130 new cases; about 9k fewer than last Saturday, but there is a helluva lot of areas unaccounted for. More so than usual.

Florida: 9,344 new cases; 77 deaths
California: 6,074 new cases; 26 deaths
Texas: 4,309 new cases; 86 deaths
Louisiana: 3,840 new cases (new record*); 46 deaths (might include yesterdays numbers as well)
Tennessee: 3,140 new cases; 3 deaths
Georgia: 2,765 new cases; 3 deaths
Arizona: 1,973 new cases; 19 deaths
Illinois: 1,541 new cases; 1 death
North Carolina: 1,472 new cases; 10 deaths
Mississippi: 1,207 new cases; 15 deaths
Oklahoma: 1,204 new cases; no deaths reported
South Carolina: 1,191 new cases; 26 deaths
Alabama: 1,164 new cases; 17 deaths
Missouri: 1,069 new cases; 5 deaths
Michigan: 1,039 new cases; no deaths reported
Nevada: 1,027 new cases; 2 deaths

As expected the data is fairly unreliable today--though this is worse than usual. Lots of blank spaces for several counties in several states where high numbers usually come from. Louisiana skipped Saturday again so it's hard to tell if today is actually a new record for them or a combination of two days' worth of data. It might be that testing areas are being overwhelmed at the moment given that the increase showed no signs of slowing down before the weekend and Trump's admin is certainly not delegating any more resources to help with that. I expect this is the calm before the storm--okay, the calm before the storm gets even worse. Florida is now within a couple days of passing New York on the worldometers list for most cases and is less than 40k away from California. I don't expect that to improve in the next few weeks.

451 deaths reported today--higher than the previous Sunday--putting us just under 150k as I expected. No real surprises looking at the numbers, but as I mentioned already the reporting has been especially substandard today so I'm thinking Tuesday is going to be grim once everything catches up.

Tomorrow is also a typically underreported day so there likely won't be any huge revelations in the numbers then either. It'll all come down to Tuesday/Wednesday to show us how things are trending.

Stay safe, folks.

[Breccia]

Thank GOD, Trump supporters are finally wearing masks...

They are now banned from Wal-Mart.

We strive to provide a safe and comfortable shopping environment for all our customers and will not tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment in any aspect of our business.

We are asking everyone to wear face coverings when they enter our stores for their safety and the safety of others and it’s unfortunate that some individuals have taken this pandemic as an opportunity to create a distressing situation for customers and associates in our store

Yes, she was caught screaming “If you vote for Biden, you’re going to be in Nazi Germany. That’s what it’s going to be like,” while wearing a literal brown shirt while Trump's troops out of uniform grabbed civilians off the streets.

[Breccia]

Hoo boy.

Senate Republicans grow weary with White House over stimulus bill

Frustration among many Senate Republicans, not to mention Democrats, toward the White House has hit a fever pitch, with many lawmakers — including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — admitting they could break for the August recess without a stimulus bill.

Now I'm going to pause here and point out Pelosi already said she's be willing to cancel the House break over exactly this issue.

The Senate left for the weekend Thursday evening without even circulating a draft bill that McConnell says will be used as a starting point for negotiations — and many blame the White House.

Multiple GOP Hill aides involved in the stimulus negotiations tell me they feel Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows have undermined the legislative process.

"They came in at the back end with a ton of unrealistic requests, like zeroing out funding for testing and forcing the FBI building into the package," one congressional aide said. (The president initially wanted a line in the bill to build a new FBI headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C. )

Republican leaders privately admit that if negotiations are a failure, the White House and Republicans will take the political hit since they're running the show.

Tired of winning yet?

[Benggaul]

@Benggaul here’s a news report showing the hurricane making landfall. Looks a hell of a lot like the fence video...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hanna-t...ay-2020-07-26/

Thanks. I'll keep watching for the confirmation. Here's a reporter for the Washington Post who says it may be in doubt:

https://twitter.com/NickMiroff/statu...933933056?s=20

Seems to be some conflicting reports and CBP are saying nothing's wrong but...it's the CBP.

[Benggaul]

Yeah. It’s a new video from what the reporter can tell, and he suspected AZ, but everyone is telling him nothing to see here. Move along.

Yeah, New Mexico is also being posited, but so far still no concrete confirmation on where the hell this is. Like I said originally: it's still Trump's wall being knocked down by weather. It's just unclear if this is from the hurricane or some other weather event. The private group that put up a section of wall (that Trump criticized) claims there's nothing wrong with their stretch--which also puts Trump in an awkward spot.

[Elegiac]

Masks off.

And no, until every Republican on this board apologises to Ilhan Omar I will continue to take this as the official party line of the GOP regarding America's past.

In the interview, Cotton said the role of slavery can’t be overlooked.

“We have to study the history of slavery and its role and impact on the development of our country because otherwise we can’t understand our country. As the Founding Fathers said, it was the necessary evil upon which the union was built, but the union was built in a way, as Lincoln said, to put slavery on the course to its ultimate extinction,” he said.

Instead of portraying America as “an irredeemably corrupt, rotten and racist country,” the nation should be viewed “as an imperfect and flawed land, but the greatest and noblest country in the history of mankind,” Cotton said.

The owning of human beings as property was necessary to the foundation of the United States. Which is entirely factual, the real problem is that "Pick Cotton for Senator" seems to think that this makes the US a great country.

[Zan15]

They are now banned from Wal-Mart.



Yes, she was caught screaming “If you vote for Biden, you’re going to be in Nazi Germany. That’s what it’s going to be like,” while wearing a literal brown shirt while Trump's troops out of uniform grabbed civilians off the streets.

as republicans and trumpheads would say "damn cancel culture!!"....

[s_bushido]

These people still don’t understand the difference between democratic socialism and fascism. It’s sad that they can be so easily confused by Nazis having socialist in their party name.

Well, everyone knows that North Korea is a perfectly fine country that has been unfairly maligned by Western propaganda. They have "Democratic" and "Republic" in their name, after all.

[cubby]

Have we talked about this yet?

Jeh Johnson confirmed on MSNBC that DHS 'cops' are 'contractors.' They are mercenaries supplied by Erik Prince, brother of DeVos.

Contracting out fascism - brilliant. No names. No departments. Unmarked vehicles taking people to "secure" locations.
Without. Probable. Cause.

This is the framework for how Trump steals the election.

[Elegiac]

Have we talked about this yet?

Jeh Johnson confirmed on MSNBC that DHS 'cops' are 'contractors.' They are mercenaries supplied by Erik Prince, brother of DeVos.

Contracting out fascism - brilliant. No names. No departments. Unmarked vehicles taking people to "secure" locations.
Without. Probable. Cause.

This is the framework for how Trump steals the election.

But no you see the Republicans on this board are saying it's within the letter of the law therefore it's perfectly fine. /s

I will point out, however, the critical difference between now and then: by and large there does not seem to be a mood for a coup within the Armed Forces, which is why Trump and Barr are having to employ Tiki Torch Boys in army cosplay that have a hard time taking down a middle aged Navy veteran.



Not pictured: Moments before they were all honking their red noses when they piled out of the unmarked rental clown car.

[cubby]

But no you see the Republicans on this board are saying it's within the letter of the law therefore it's perfectly fine. /s

I will point out, however, the critical difference between now and then: by and large there does not seem to be a mood for a coup within the Armed Forces, which is why Trump and Barr are having to employ Tiki Torch Boys in army cosplay that have a hard time taking down a middle aged Navy veteran.

Not pictured: Moments before they were all honking their red noses when they piled out of the unmarked rental clown car.

But that's just...insane...they have no federal limitations, and they can be whisked away out of country if something goes "wrong". I would bet these guys will be all over the country in "hot spots" leading up to, during, and after the election.