Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Edge-]

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/17/polit...law/index.html

Once again a voter ID law, this time in North Carolina, is struck down for...

Drumroll please...

Being racist as fuck and targeting African Americans.

The majority of the three-judge panel said Friday that the law "was motivated at least in part by an unconstitutional intent to target African American voters."

"Other, less restrictive voter ID laws would have sufficed to achieve the legitimate nonracial purposes of implementing the constitutional amendment requiring voter ID, deterring fraud, or enhancing voter confidence," Superior Court Judges Michael O'Foghludha and Vince Rozier wrote in their ruling Friday.

[Benggaul]

I am thinking the opposite, the only way for Trump to regain his fortune and be kept safe from any prosecution is to run again and to have the republican party use their new laws them to throw out votes to give him the win. Of course I am a pessimist and think of the worse case scenarios however if I were Trump I would run again unless prosecutors gave me some kind of deal.

A friend of mine is a part-time cam model (times are hard) and she was telling me earlier this week that she just had to spend an entire day banning people from her room because they were all sent by a pro-Trump model to harass her because she's Asian (and, incidentally, was doing better in the rankings than the Trumper model). According to her they were all spamming this new slogan for Trump for 2024 "Take America Back" or some shit, which is kinda funny because that makes the acronym TAB and we all know Trump never pays those.

At any rate, if he does run again I expect there to be much more violence this time around.

[Breccia]

I hope he keeps up the charade right up to the last minute because it'll make it that much more difficult for other GOP candidates to gain traction

The second he announces he's not running, he loses all that skimmable fund raising. This might actually happen.

[Poopymonster]

A friend of mine is a part-time cam model (times are hard) and she was telling me earlier this week that she just had to spend an entire day banning people from her room because they were all sent by a pro-Trump model to harass her because she's Asian (and, incidentally, was doing better in the rankings than the Trumper model). According to her they were all spamming this new slogan for Trump for 2024 "Take America Back" or some shit, which is kinda funny because that makes the acronym TAB and we all know Trump never pays those.

At any rate, if he does run again I expect there to be much more violence this time around.

The first high profile Republican to get shot and killed for defying Trump will be The Last Straw I'd say.
Mitch would drop Chao off at Putin's, wait in the car and when she comes out 10 minutes later he'd kiss her on the mouth if he thought his life might be threatened. They'd jump on Dolan with both boots.

[Fugus]

The first high profile Republican to get shot and killed for defying Trump will be The Last Straw I'd say.
Mitch would drop Chao off at Putin's, wait in the car and when she comes out 10 minutes later he'd kiss her on the mouth if he thought his life might be threatened. They'd jump on Dolan with both boots.

Not entirely sure on that, unless it is UPPER echelon, like McConnell himself or maybe one of the Supreme Court Justices and McConnell sees himself starting to lose control of the courts due to it.

Outside of that, McConnell would have zero issues letting virtually every other Republican around him die to keep power for himself and the group. Those below him will have different breaking points and McConnell would try and work within that, but unless it actually ends up tangibly costing McConnell himself or his influence, I don't really see him having anymore loyalty than Trump does.

As far as the others, what all would they do at that point? They refused do anything up until that point and so left it where the only voters they REALLY have left are the ones who will look the other way or even endorse that violence on them.

If Grassly, or Graham DeSantis, or any of them were attacked by Trumps people, the rest would give a strongly worded condemnation about it but that would be about it because they know THOSE are their voters as well. Without them, they don't get elected, and if they go against them, they get replaced with even more like them. If the Republican's wanted an actual way out that didn't destroy them, they let that boat sail already.

Now, they are stuck on that ship and the only ways off is to either get thrown overboard by their voters or sink the boat themselves.

[PhaelixWW]

The second he announces he's not running, he loses all that skimmable fund raising. This might actually happen.

If you think he'd stop fundraising just because it wouldn't be going into a "campaign" fund...

[Hollycakes]

I think 2 is his lucky number.
2 impeachments.
2 losses of the white house.
2 chins.

Never underestimate this man's ego and how Kanye he is.
Honestly wouldn't be surprised if he asked the chipmunk to be his running mate.

[Hollycakes]

then pull out at the last second… sorry if anyone got a bad mental image due to phrasing.

How.Does.She.Do.It.

I've seen it, I can't unsee it!

[Breccia]

If you think he'd stop fundraising just because it wouldn't be going into a "campaign" fund...

He wouldn't. But people would stop giving to him, at least so much.

[Benggaul]

The second he announces he's not running, he loses all that skimmable fund raising. This might actually happen.

Maybe he'll end up scamming so much from his cult they can't afford transportation to the polls...then they'll know a little more about what voter suppression feels like.

[Fugus]

Maybe he'll end up scamming so much from his cult they can't afford transportation to the polls...then they'll know a little more about what voter suppression feels like.

Dude, I see that as one of the good things about this. The more they give Trump, the less they give the GOP. Too bad company donors aren't doing that too, actually watch the GOP go dry on funds from even the corporate sector because of him. Now THAT would be something, but still probably not enough to get them to actually favor the best interests of the nation or the voters themselves though.

[Benggaul]

Dude, I see that as one of the good things about this. The more they give Trump, the less they give the GOP. Too bad company donors aren't doing that too, actually watch the GOP go dry on funds from even the corporate sector because of him. Now THAT would be something, but still probably not enough to get them to actually favor the best interests of the nation or the voters themselves though.

Naw, of course not. Willful ignorance and confidently voting against your best interests are hallmarks of the Republican voting base.

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An Alabama couple who trashed vaccines on their YouTube channel died from COVID-19 within three weeks of each other



Sorry, really can't dredge up any empathy or sympathy for these people at this point.

[Breccia]

Sorry, really can't dredge up any empathy or sympathy for these people at this point.

We're not talking about people who want the vaccine, but can't get one. We're talking about those who deny its effectiveness. I'm with you on that one.

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Judge blocks Tennessee's opt-out mandate. Schools can now require masks on their students without parents saying "we just don't want to".

[pathora44]

An Alabama couple who trashed vaccines on their YouTube channel died from COVID-19 within three weeks of each other



Sorry, really can't dredge up any empathy or sympathy for these people at this point.

I feel this song is also pretty apropos in this situation

[beanman12345]

Well that dumb bitch Laura Loomer was wishing she got covid just to say how its no big deal. Well she got covid and is crying all over GETTR, the only place she isnt permabanned from about how shitty covid is making her feel. Shes also crying cause no one will give her that animal dewormer, but dont worry shes on other useless meds that could fuck her up hydrochloriquine and azithromycin.

[Edge-]

Well that dumb bitch Laura Loomer was wishing she got covid just to say how its no big deal. Well she got covid and is crying all over GETTR, the only place she isnt permabanned from about how shitty covid is making her feel. Shes also crying cause no one will give her that animal dewormer, but dont worry shes on other useless meds that could fuck her up hydrochloriquine and azithromycin.

I didn't know Jackass recruited new members. Shame they couldn't find someone with a bit more dignity in their suffering, like the rest of them.

"I'm Laura Loomer, and watch me get covid to own the libs."

[Breccia]

Well that dumb bitch Laura Loomer was wishing she got covid just to say how its no big deal. Well she got covid and is crying all over GETTR, the only place she isnt permabanned from about how shitty covid is making her feel. Shes also crying cause no one will give her that animal dewormer, but dont worry shes on other useless meds that could fuck her up hydrochloriquine and azithromycin.

"My whole body feels like it got hit by a bus"

I do like the transition from "I have not taken the COVID-19 vaccine, and I don't plan on ever taking it because it is unsafe and ineffective" to "I wanted to get ivermectin but I couldn't get it. Doctors are really weird about prescribing it, which pisses me off" with zero to negative self-awareness.

She's 28, she'll be fine.

[pathora44]

"My whole body feels like it got hit by a bus"

I do like the transition from "I have not taken the COVID-19 vaccine, and I don't plan on ever taking it because it is unsafe and ineffective" to "I wanted to get ivermectin but I couldn't get it. Doctors are really weird about prescribing it, which pisses me off" with zero to negative self-awareness.

She's 28, she'll be fine.

Don't forget that because she couldn't get Ivermectin she is now taking a cocktail of drugs including hydroxychloroquine because obviously stuffing a cocktail of drugs is much safer then just taking the vaccine that billions of people in the world have taken with little side effects.

[Breccia]

she is now taking a cocktail of drugs

Yes, when she, a 28-year-old in what appears to be in decent health, survives her bout with COVID, she will insist it was the hypetrainchloroquine that saved her life. In a related story, I'm going to drink a cup of coffee, walk outside, and not be hit by an airplane crash, proving the coffee deflects airplane crashes.

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I think we talked about this before: Trump unilaterally moved the Bureau of Land Management to Colorado from DC, a move that caused 87 percent of the 300-ish people there to retire or quit. It was argued at the time that chasing out people who actually wanted to protect the environment, and not just hand out oil leases, was the point. Trump, at the time he was still in the White House, claimed it would save a hundred million dollars but could not show his work.

Anyhow, Biden just reversed it. Of the 41 people at BLM who said they'd move, only 3 have. Maybe some of the quit/retire people will come back, too.

[Nastard]

In a related story, I'm going to drink a cup of coffee, walk outside, and not be hit by an airplane crash, proving the coffee deflects airplane crashes.

Lisa, I wanna buy your rock.