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ed243421

dankind said:

Unlawful entry at our governor’s house in town today while his wife and daughter were home, and the rally folk plan on camping out in front of his residence tonight. So glad to be his neighbor these days. 

He’s a republican, BTW. Just not a Trump republican. 

Good people. 

Trash night??

dankind

OnWis97 said:

dankind said:

Unlawful entry at our governor’s house in town today while his wife and daughter were home, and the rally folk plan on camping out in front of his residence tonight. So glad to be his neighbor these days. 

He’s a republican, BTW. Just not a Trump republican. 

Good people. 

Massachusetts?

Yep. 

ed243421 said:

dankind said:

Unlawful entry at our governor’s house in town today while his wife and daughter were home, and the rally folk plan on camping out in front of his residence tonight. So glad to be his neighbor these days. 

He’s a republican, BTW. Just not a Trump republican. 

Good people. 

Trash night??

Yep. 

OnWis97

This probably won’t be long remembered but it’s really one of the worst things I’ve ever seen. He is in Iowa complaining that the news was talking about Iowa floods in crops rather than his Nobel prize nomination. What a sad sad man.

https://mobile.twitter.com/meiselasb/status/1316553831887454209

Gern Blansten

I've said it somewhere on here before, but I cannot stress enough how you should watch The Comey Rule on Showtime before the election.

Bentleyspop

OnWis97 said:

This probably won’t be long remembered but it’s really one of the worst things I’ve ever seen. He is in Iowa complaining that the news was talking about Iowa floods in crops rather than his Nobel prize nomination. What a sad sad man.

https://mobile.twitter.com/meiselasb/status/1316553831887454209

 But what's sadder?

The sad man?

Or


The supporters/voters who agree with him?

stuckinline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Y-lS1trhw

DewieCox

OnWis97 said:

This probably won’t be long remembered but it’s really one of the worst things I’ve ever seen. He is in Iowa complaining that the news was talking about Iowa floods in crops rather than his Nobel prize nomination. What a sad sad man.

https://mobile.twitter.com/meiselasb/status/1316553831887454209

Almost had them there. Watch the guy over his left shoulder. 😂😂 you could almost see those gear start turning

HughFreakingDillon

OnWis97 said:

This probably won’t be long remembered but it’s really one of the worst things I’ve ever seen. He is in Iowa complaining that the news was talking about Iowa floods in crops rather than his Nobel prize nomination. What a sad sad man.

https://mobile.twitter.com/meiselasb/status/1316553831887454209

my god. he still thinks getting nominated is the same as actually being awarded. what a fucking moron. 

Gern Blansten

https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1316777785856192512

Kat

Gern Blansten said:

https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1316777785856192512

I'd be surprised to hear of a rule or law they follow.
You can't destroy democracy from within if you're following the laws of our country.

Gern Blansten

Twitter does not fuck around.  I am currently unable to like, retweet, comment, etc. there for some reason.  

Kat

Just came in over my phone that Senate Republicans want to subpoena Twitter's Dorsey over blocked Biden stories. I thought our intel/security people said the documents were forged and being spread by Russia?
Gern, maybe if you log out and then back in?

Halifax2TheMax

Gern Blansten said:

https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1316777785856192512

I learned a new word today and I think it fits the description of every living thing in the White House, currently.

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1a: worthless nonsense

b: trivial or useless articles : JUNKa wagon loaded with household trumpery— Washington Irving

2archaic : tawdry finery

Gern Blansten

Kat said:

Just came in over my phone that Senate Republicans want to subpoena Twitter's Dorsey over blocked Biden stories. I thought our intel/security people said the documents were forged and being spread by Russia?
Gern, maybe if you log out and then back in?

doesn't work...changed my password two different times too

Yeah the Senate was all over twitter but can't do anything to stop Russian interference....which is why twitter is cracking down

Bentleyspop

Gern Blansten said:

Kat said:

Just came in over my phone that Senate Republicans want to subpoena Twitter's Dorsey over blocked Biden stories. I thought our intel/security people said the documents were forged and being spread by Russia?
Gern, maybe if you log out and then back in?

doesn't work...changed my password two different times too

Yeah the Senate was all over twitter but can't do anything to stop Russian interference....which is why twitter is cracking down

Its not so much that the senate CAN'T  do anything about russian interference. 
It's that at least 53 senators DON'T CARE about russian interference. 

Kat

Gern Blansten said:

Kat said:

Just came in over my phone that Senate Republicans want to subpoena Twitter's Dorsey over blocked Biden stories. I thought our intel/security people said the documents were forged and being spread by Russia?
Gern, maybe if you log out and then back in?

doesn't work...changed my password two different times too

Yeah the Senate was all over twitter but can't do anything to stop Russian interference....which is why twitter is cracking down

Did you try clearing your cookies? And I agree, Pop, they don't care. They think it will help them to have foreign interference in our elections...a very sad state of affairs and treasonous as far as I'm concerned. 

Bentleyspop

Kat said:

Gern Blansten said:

Kat said:

Just came in over my phone that Senate Republicans want to subpoena Twitter's Dorsey over blocked Biden stories. I thought our intel/security people said the documents were forged and being spread by Russia?
Gern, maybe if you log out and then back in?

doesn't work...changed my password two different times too

Yeah the Senate was all over twitter but can't do anything to stop Russian interference....which is why twitter is cracking down

Did you try clearing your cookies? And I agree, Pop, they don't care. They think it will help them to have foreign interference in our elections...a very sad state of affairs and treasonous as far as I'm concerned. 

I agree that it is treasonous. 
But....
republican politicians and voters DON'T CARE as long as gods gift continues to claim to be a forced birther and against gun control.

Merkin Baller

Treason seems to be the word of the day. 

https://https://stoehr.substack.com/p/for-gop-the-highest-taboo-is-no-longer

& upwards of 40 percent of the country doesn’t care because they’re too interested in owning libs. 

Gern Blansten

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/521254-doj-veteran-says-hes-quitting-over-barrs-slavish-obedience-to-trump?fbclid=IwAR3TNHy4k5s5l_ydBUaANOqL5YJuw1HVtHurcqA-224qru6Qw7sNLb4hTYc&fbclid=IwAR0J6aq5EVwq_3PCtC22UcRL6jedohxpABHDYZYfP7dtuCg7JvFtTfPUZ0o

Cray cray

Halifax2TheMax

mrussel1 said:

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DewieCox said:

mrussel1 said:

DewieCox said:

Sure reads like they are. From my perspective, we’re riding a snowball towards authoritarianism. The similarities to the Nazi regime aren’t subtle and half the country is complicit or too dense to pick up on it.

I disagree.  The most important factor in Germany's slide into it was the rampant unemployment and run away inflation.  They had massive war reparations as well.  The economic situation isn't even in the ball park. 

Seems like the willingness of a populace to accept that specific demographics are inherently weaker and the cause of a country’s decline  is a pretty important factor. Willingness to weaponize said populace against other citizens. Our economic system is easily dysfunctional enough to encourage upheaval. Blind nationalism and a leader willing to feed it and exploit it..... 

The attack on Jews in Europe had been happening for centuries.  There had been multiple pogroms across the continent.  So blaming the Jews for the loss of the Great War, Versailles and the general woes of the country was easy exploitation.  There is a not a massive, virulent strain of anti-Mexican fervor in this country.  
I see hints of things here and there where one could conclude authoritarianism is coming, but I put it in the same boat as those saying Civil War is imminent.  The economic conditions just simply do not lead to that end.  

You need to factor in wealth disparity, automation of jobs, globalization and the age of social media (among other things). Trying to compare this current possible authoritarianism with past authoritarianism isn't really giving this current threat it's due. 

We have wealth disparity,  but that's not abject poverty.  

What do you consider “abject poverty?” One in five children going hungry everyday? Does the US national debt in this age equate to Germany’s debt/reparations burden as a % of GDP in the lead up to WWII?

Compared to the conditions in Europe in the early 20th century,  world of difference.  There was civil unrest constantly before and after the first war all over the continent.  It was spurred by poverty and Marxism.

Is this not what is "spurring" things today? It may not be September 1, 1939 but the conditions to get there seem to be moving along quite nicely, dontcha think? Replace Marxism with Fascism too. 

Goodbye Middle Class: Half Of All American Workers Made Less Than $34,248.45 Last Year

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/goodbye-middle-class-half-of-all-american-workers-made-less-than-34248-45-last-year

8 Million Have Slipped Into Poverty Since May as Federal Aid Has Dried Up

Two new studies show the effect of the emergency $2 trillion package known as the Cares Act and what happened when the money ran out.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/us/politics/federal-aid-poverty-levels.html

US jobless claims rise to 898,000 with layoffs still high

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABERtoday

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-business-jobless-claims-united-states-economy-f904abdb3bc24f01e757915eb01a377a