Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Santti]

Not anymore, he won't.

He'll make a better twitter! With underage girls, big macs and diet coke! In fact, forget the Twitter.

[Kaleredar]

Oh jeez. And I can't imagine people are sprinting over there to take their places.

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Oh, I agree.

But the people in that school district will still know, and hopefully act accordingly. If enough red school districts buck the anti-mandate, the blue ones will be allowed to as well.

I’m not sure they will either. They’re the ones who elected desantis and are probably cheering him saying schools came mandate masks.

I mean the republicans, both politicians and electorate, are already mocking masks and vaccines despite the fact that they’re the ones getting sick and dying in the greatest number. These are people who don’t see the light until they’re on their deathbeds about it, and by then it’a a bit too late.

The only thing that will even begin to get these people to comply is the rule of law. If precedent exists to coerce them into following mask mandates, then it should be leveraged. The months it takes for the case to get to the Supreme Court, even if whatever precedent that is is overturned, could mean the lives of tens of thousands of people are saved. And not just the dumb idiot trumpkins who don’t want to get vaccinated, but the lives of children and people who can’t be as well.

[PhaelixWW]

He'll make a better twitter! With underage girls, big macs and diet coke! In fact, forget the Twitter.

Or maybe just a taco bowl and a picture of his ex-wife in a bikini?



Never mind, she was 21 in that photo.

But don't forget, Trump loves Hispanics!

[jonnysensible]

is there some sort of street fighting violence planned for the 21st or 22nd? proud boys going to portland or something?

[DarkTZeratul]

Uh...if Lindell does have all the election data that'd be like, super duper mega ultra illegal.

In related news, apparently one of the attendees at Mike Lindell's Symposium of Lies was found to have illegally accessed the voting machines in Mesa County, Colorado, which now have to be decommissioned and replaced and cannot be used for their elections this fall:
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/12/10272...hines-are-bann

Colorado officials said Thursday that a local county clerk allowed an unauthorized person into a secure facility during an annual upgrade to the county's election equipment software, compromising the equipment.

The Mesa County clerk, Tina Peters, could be in legal trouble. She's currently at a conference led by a prominent election conspiracy theorist.

That security breach means Mesa County, in the far western part of the state, will not be able to use the equipment for its fall election. While the unauthorized access did not create an imminent, direct security risk to Colorado's elections, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said her office's investigation confirmed that the unauthorized person did release the passwords for the underlying voting machine software online.

"We know that that information was posted by an extreme conspiracy theorist last week," Griswold said, referring to the Gateway Pundit, a conservative news site that traffics in election conspiracy theories.

She has prohibited Mesa County from using the current Dominion Voting equipment for the next election. The county can replace it and install new equipment in the next few weeks or do a hand count this November.

...At a press conference Thursday, Griswold said her investigators found that an unauthorized person's name was entered into the log of people who were present for a secure software update conducted by Dominion employees at the county election division in late May.

Griswold said the person's presence violated the rules for several reasons. "He is not an employee — you have to be an employee to attend these. You also have to be background checked and the County Clerk's office specifically misled my office saying that he did comply with the rules."

Videos and photos from that update were later shared online by Ron Watkins, an influential member of the QAnon conspiracy movement.

Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein has assigned an investigator to look into the security breach, which could potentially lead to criminal charges.

[Kaleredar]

In related news, apparently one of the attendees at Mike Lindell's Symposium of Lies was found to have illegally accessed the voting machines in Mesa County, Colorado, which now have to be decommissioned and replaced and cannot be used for their elections this fall:
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/12/10272...hines-are-bann

So what I’m hearing is that attempted election security breaches and potential voter compromises DO happen!

…it just so happens to be that the republicans are the ones doing it. Funny, that.

[Gorsameth]

In related news, apparently one of the attendees at Mike Lindell's Symposium of Lies was found to have illegally accessed the voting machines in Mesa County, Colorado, which now have to be decommissioned and replaced and cannot be used for their elections this fall:
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/12/10272...hines-are-bann

not just being there when they were not supposed to but also lying about it.

Throw the book at them.

[Edge-]

Republicans: GET OFF GOVERNMENT AIDE AND GET YOUR LAZY ASSES BACK TO WORK! NO UNEMPLOYMENT!

Also Republicans: "We'll pay you if you get fired because you're more interested in spreading an avoidable virus, just only if you're fired for that reason!"

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkbw...ccinated-covid

Wisconsin Republicans are fuckin nutty.

[omerome]

Republicans: GET OFF GOVERNMENT AIDE AND GET YOUR LAZY ASSES BACK TO WORK! NO UNEMPLOYMENT!

Also Republicans: "We'll pay you if you get fired because you're more interested in spreading an avoidable virus, just only if you're fired for that reason!"

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkbw...ccinated-covid

Wisconsin Republicans are fuckin nutty.

And then you have POS like Laura Ingraham:

"What if we just cut off the unemployment? Hunger is a pretty powerful thing."

https://twitter.com/i/status/1426017141724270597

I think we finally found something that's greater than infinity, how evil and heartless she is.

[Breccia]

Uh...if Lindell does have all the election data that'd be like, super duper mega ultra illegal.

It's why Merritt and such are saying "it fell off a truck in China". They're pretending they're returning stolen property.

They aren't, of course. People don't steal garbage.

Once again, it's time to play Guess the Speaker!

Thanks, Joe Buck :P

is there some sort of street fighting violence planned for the 21st or 22nd? proud boys going to portland or something?

Proud Boys Are Back to Brawling on America’s Streets

Elsewhere at the event, acting as “security” for the religious gathering, was Jeff Grace, a Washington man currently facing charges for breaking into the U.S. Capitol. Grace has admitted to entering the Capitol (“yes, it was illegal,” he told KGW News, though he denied wrongdoing) and admitted in a Facebook video to attending the weekend event in Portland.

“People say you can’t fight antifa. You can’t fight the evil with these,” Grace said in the Facebook video, holding up his fists. “Guess what? You can. As long as He’s the lead [he pointed toward the sky], you can use this [holding up fists].”

A now-viral picture by photojournalist Nathan Howard shows Grace leaving Portland on Saturday in the back of a pickup truck with seven other men, who are holding bats, a shield, and what appears to be mace. Grace appears to be holding a baton. He did not return a request for comment.

On Tuesday, prosecutors in Grace's Capitol riot case entered a new filing that seeks to bar Grace from owning weapons or destructive devices ahead of his trial. “This modification is necessary in light of Grace’s escalating behavior and his willingness to bring his firearm and other weapons to engage in pre-planned conflicts,” the filing reads.

In his Facebook video, Grace (like other attendees) blamed the day’s violence on the left. Reporter Sergio Olmos filmed the two sides in a brief Saturday dispute, during which a person on the left fired pepper spray and at least one person on the right fired a paintball gun, all while a police car sat nearby, sounding its siren but otherwise appearing inactive. (Two of the far-right crowd aimed firearms at the left, although it was unclear whether both were paintball guns.)

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Wasn't Trump supposed to be President again today?

It's been postponed to "you still donate money so why change things" o'clock.

[PhaelixWW]

Wasn't Trump supposed to be President again today? What's up with that?

www.istrumppresident.com

[Themius]

Looking back a few pages it's kind of funny when this argument over Trump and racism comes up...

Here's Trump country:

[BronzeCondor]

Recent social media post made by President Trump:



Here are my personal thoughts:

• The mess in Afghanistan was unavoidable, similar to Iraq
• The border is broken, as admitted so by Homeland Security head. This issue should have been receiving more coverage over the past year. That's a failure on behalf of the media. Calls for his resignation are now here:
  https://azgovernor.gov/governor/news...as-resignation
• Defund the police efforts are now biting back at those politicians in major cities that thought decreasing police funding would produce positive results for the community.
• Inflation was inevitable. As we continue to decouple from the Authoritarian State of China, we are going to feel our pockets pinched.

[Breccia]

Thanks, you both made me laugh on a bad day

My goal in life is to entertain. Hopefully tomorrow is better.

[postman1782]

Recent social media post made by President Trump:



Here are my personal thoughts:

• The mess in Afghanistan was unavoidable, similar to Iraq
• The border is broken, as admitted so by Homeland Security head. This issue should have been receiving more coverage over the past year. That's a failure on behalf of the media. Calls for his resignation are now here:
  https://azgovernor.gov/governor/news...as-resignation
• Defund the police efforts are now biting back at those politicians in major cities that thought decreasing police funding would produce positive results for the community.
• Inflation was inevitable. As we continue to decouple from the Authoritarian State of China, we are going to feel our pockets pinched.

Yeah, this isn't a win for Trump, almost all of them are his fault.

[Shadowferal]

Recent social media post made by President Trump

Who be dat?

[Hollycakes]

I thought you guys were kidding about the tacos and girls lol silly me.

/tinyhandsclap

[Benggaul]

Abbott literally tweeted a picture of himself fiddling. I can't even with all of the Nero comparisons in my head right now.

Also, found out what the fuck is up with Florida's death numbers.

Florida changed how it reports COVID-19 statistics. The result? The pandemic appears to look less severe, with fewer recent deaths

Just as a highly contagious new delta variant sent Florida into a vicious COVID-19 surge, the state Department of Health changed the way it reports cases and deaths attributed to the virus.

The result: Florida no longer provides a real-time picture of how COVID is impacting the state.

The most dramatic example is that Florida’s daily death count had been trending upward since the end of June, but with the recent adjustments made by the state Department of Health, the number of deaths due to COVID appeared to decline dramatically over the past week. At least on paper.

Experts say the downward trend is not at all what’s really happening with COVID deaths in a state that continues to set records for the growing number of daily COVID cases and hospitalizations.

Deaths in Florida are increasing but still below the large numbers seen during the summer spikes in 2020, experts say. A COVID tracker created by The New York Times shows as of Tuesday, Florida recorded a seven-day average of 141 deaths from the virus, a figure larger than 32 other states.

In contrast, according to the information available on the website maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention using the information provided by the state Department of Health, Florida’s seven-day average as of Tuesday is only about third of that — 58 deaths.

“For Florida to move to a new system of reporting is technically correct, but in actuality, it is problematic because it distorts data,” said Bill Ku, a data scientist and former researcher at Columbia University who now runs covid19odds.com. “Deaths are not going down, and a lot of people are going to jump to the wrong conclusion about how they should carry on with their life.”

Florida changed its COVID reporting method Tuesday and now reports when cases or deaths actually occurred rather than when they were communicated to the state — allowing health officials to assign cases or deaths to days in the past rather than the present.

Health officials not only adjusted recent information but revised all numbers going back to the start of the pandemic in March 2020. Since Tuesday, Florida continued to revise its information based on the actual dates of cases or deaths, even adjusting some record-breaking daily case counts downward.

Regardless of the new process, the cumulative numbers for Florida remain high.

There's more to the article, but the bottom line is fuck DeathSantis, fuck Florida and fuck their shady-ass reporting.

[Breccia]

Also, found out what the fuck is up with Florida's death numbers.

Ah, the old "only 4 people died in the hurricane" number lying. Of course there's no magic medicine that only Florida has. It's just outright deceit.

[s_bushido]

"Do you miss me yet?"

Someone should tell him that his cult won't be too happy to be reminded that he hasn't actually been president the whole time.