CW: Eye contact selfie
Feeling better about myself today. Bruising is almost entirely gone. 💜
"Me, a white trans woman. I have purple hair, wearing a lavender and white sweater. Also, pale pink skinny jeans, though you can only see me from about the knees up."
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For making "Reading Rainbow" and supporting all its cast:
Happy Birthday, LeVar...!
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when I was a kid, i was speachlessly watching roots
#llap to you both. I met Levar at #yegexo Indeed, aging well both of you.are.
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Opinion | Trans Visibility Is Nice. Safety Is Even Better. - The New York TimesPolitical posturing about trans people in public spaces was never about protecting children, as so many proponents of these bills claim. While the trans community and our allies can and should celebrate trans people on the red carpet and on our favorite TV shows, we can’t lose sight of the fact that each bill contributes to a political movement that imagines a world without us.
#trans #transgender #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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While chaosfem was down yesterday, I logged into my 8pt account in case I needed to get my fedi fix from there. While there I found a bookmark to my original "Trans Joy" thread on tech, and realized it's been a year since then.
So on this Valentine's day, let's get another round of #transgender positivity:
I'd love to hear people's favorite positive responses to their coming out from friends/family/etc.
Here's the original post for any who want to see the responses there:
https://tech.lgbt/@TonyaMarie/109616833257260847
Tonya Marie 🏳️⚧️ (@TonyaMarie@tech.lgbt)
I think we can all use some #transgender positivity: I'd love to hear people's favorite positive responses to their coming out from friends/family/etc. Mine came from a (cis male) friend I've had for decades.LGBTQIA+ and Tech
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Reposting my own:
My number 1 favorite came from a (cis male) friend I've had for decades. He paused and then said "You'll forgive me if I am not surprised." 😄
My own wife, a few days after I came out, got this look on her face and said "You know, if you had had this realization a few months ago before we bought a new car, we would have known to buy a Subaru." ❤️
my own Subie story is that we got an Outback a while back, and a little while later our kid told us they were lesbian. Then I figured out I was trans and nonbinary. And then my partner determined that, in that case, bi (or something like it) really did apply to her. Subarus turn you gay.
Beginning of last summer I was at a con, eating lunch with a handful of college friends, and at a lull I told them I was nonbinary, on HRT. One of my friends looked at me and said she'd kinda guessed from the oblique things I'd said on FB. And another pulled me aside later to ask me quietly if I would mind talking with them about my HRT experiences, since they were also considering it (we haven't ever managed to have that chat, though).
I kinda came out in slow motion, so it came as a surprise to very few people. But I have had lovely things said to me. This, from my bestie, typifies them:
"It didn't even register that this was your first time out in a dress. My mind tells me you were always like this, because you're just more you now."
Hm, i don't have any single good story, but in aggregate everyone i came out to so far have been accepting and supportive. Which is, summarily, a good story.
(secret being that i had no friends before cracking, and got to carefully pick ones afterwards)
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“You can’t really be serious about fighting fascism if you don’t nominate [insert my preferred younger candidate here].”
One week later:
Joe Biden withdraws his name from nomination in favor of [your preferred younger candidate].
“Not like that.”
Trump is the burn it (USA) down candidate. How many millions are currently rooting for this, even if they are too stupid to know it? 🤔
This.
(Side note: Biden will be the candidate and I'm on board. Yes, last time, he was my last choice, but, in the end, I'm on board with the Dem, and he's done well (not perfect, but well). As long as the Republicans are the party of racists, I will be this way.)
Works for me.
The fascists demand the time, the place, the style, the moderator, the context and the content of the 'debate', as they feel is their due. And then, they will insist that winning is their due, as well. Small question that they want to force us to debate such things by their same rules: it positions them as the arbiters of our conversations. More power, more control.
The old saw about wrestling a pig in mud comes to mind, and I'll have no part in it. Fascist turns up on my feed, it's a block-report-and-move-on, and from here on I'm certainly going to be asking myself more who benefits from such arguments, at such times, in such places.
Better to focus attention on the fact that we don't just elect a president but an entire team of experts and decision makers.
In his term so far, Biden has shown himself to be a good judge of ability and character, and the result is an effective executive branch that works hard for America and allies.
Compare to Trump's term, marked by incompetence, drama and high turnover as Trump surrounded himself with enablers and yes men.
He has. Her name is Kamala Harris, & she's been firing up the youth vote. Just as Joe was integrally involved in many of Obama's successes, Harris has been part of Biden's wins.
@Nazani @Healthcarer Exactly. The succession is built in. If Joe has decided that duty requires him to die in office, he's allowed to do that. Presidents have made that decision before, even.
He's currently doing one of the best jobs there's been done. Judge him on that, not a hypothetical.
That's because one has to go to a 2nd or 3rd-tier media source to learn about it.
https://www.deseret.com/2023/9/8/23863563/vp-harris-woke-tour-of-college-campuses-ramaswamy-desantis
VP Harris goes on embrace-the-woke tour of college campuses
The White House is sending Harris on a ‘Fight for Our Freedoms College Tour’ as the administration tries to energize young supportersGitanjali Poonia (Deseret News)
I don't believe his ego would cause him to be unlealistic about his competence. Also, he has a wife that genuinely cares about him & will tell him if he's 'losing it.'
Girl Scout cookies and #trans girls
And you can buy your cookies from a #transgender Girl Scout.
2024 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/2024-trans-girl-scouts-to-order-cookies
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@AT-AT Assault :verifiedtrans: @David August
That's even more useful for a tactical officer.
Empty Words from an Empty Head
Klingon therapist: the battle against mental illness cannot be won decisively. It is a long campaign against an enemy who never tires, whose forces swell to twice their size whenever you look away....asimovsideburns (Tumblr)
Martok: "there is no greater enemy than one's own fears"
Worf: "it takes a brave man to face them"
It’s canon that Klingons see mental health as a battle worthy of the greatest warriors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onnBmZQk-q0
#HouseOfMartok #HouseOfRozhenko #DurasFamily #ChamomileTea
I Am Worf Son Of Mogh - Star Trek Picard Season 3 Episode 3
Wolf Interduces Himself To Raffi #picard #picardseason3 #startrekYouTube
americans sure love their war metaphors
tactical therapy for real men, camo tissue box at the ready
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This famous thread always reminds me of @coachgowron, who is always super encouraging and awesome.
Unfortunately, the TNG writers became obsessed with the low-hanging fruit instead of pushing the boundaries when it came to their aliens.
Was chatting with someone earlier about the disservice they did to Michael Dorn when it came to his portrayal of fathering Worf's son. They made Worf a dead-beat dad, which just makes me shake my head. That relationship could have been something to admire, but instead they fell into stereotypes. It's just sad.
In the TNG episode “Redemption II”, Commander Hobson calls the idea of an android captain absurd, akin to a Klingon therapist.
Doesn't seem so absurd now.
Hiiiii friend!!! *waves excitedly*
I'm wrapping you up in a thought-hug right now!! I hope you can feel it.
I'm also sending you so many well-wishes for your day. I hope you have magical moments and pleasant experiences awaiting you!!
Please let me know if I can help you today in any way. I'm happy to help my dear friend however I can!!
*A pretty blue glow surrounds you before gently fading away*
I just sent you some love and luck!!
Now you're SURE to have a good day!!
Hehe don't forget to say hi, if you want! I'd love a chance to give you a more personal greeting!
Have a great one! You deserve it for being a ROCKSTAR!! 🤘
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@ThatGeekZen *plays with your waggy fluffy tail and giggles as they hug you close and warm into their own floof* :3
Thank you so much, awww! Your message gave me such a big smile! You are such a delight, Zen!! And you're so very welcome :D 💙💙💙
I never forget to say hi. Sometimes randomly in conversations as well xD
So: Hi 👋👋👋👋
It is *at minimum* at the waist level
Hello and good day to you. *waves back*
Sometimes, I find your energetic posts here, and this time, I wanted to wish you a great day because...why not?
Stay well too! c:
This Is Fine - by Doc Impossible - Stained Glass Woman#trans #transgender #transphobia #MentalHealth
This Is Fine
Completing the stress response cycle during a legislative reign of terrorDoc Impossible (Stained Glass Woman)
Texas asks Georgia clinic for transgender youths’ records | The Texas TribuneKaren Loewy, a lawyer with Lambda Legal representing organizations and Texas families of transgender youth trying to block SB 14 in court, said there is “zero authorization” in the law for Paxton’s requests to clinics outside of Texas.
“It’s hard not to see this as part and parcel of the AG’s scorched-earth approach to persecuting trans kids and their parents who are being forced to undertake travel outside of Texas to get their kids the medically necessary care they need,” Loewy said.
#trans
#transgender
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#Texas
#GOP
#fascismTexas asks Georgia clinic for transgender youths’ records
This is at least the second time Ken Paxton’s office has sought such records from an out-of-state provider since Texas banned transition-related care for kids.Madaleine Rubin (The Texas Tribune)
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Don't clap. Pay.
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@Homeboy Sapiens Africanus Comments to https://farside.link/nitter/CBSNews/status/1192139651684978688 are on point, and I am particularly fond of the term "perseverance porn".
On another network there is a tag group "Dystopian late-stage capitalism horrors repackaged as heartwarming", but that's less punchy.
Domestic Violence
"In case you haven’t heard, here’s the headline. I was assaulted by my (now ex) roommate this past Friday. She was arrested and is currently residing in the local jail. I am recovering physically."
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https://janetannelogan.wordpress.com/2024/01/23/domestic-violence/
#Abuse #DomesticViolence #trans #transgender #ActuallyAutistic #spoonie
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Who Fani fucks has not a goddamn thing to do with trump making the decision to fucking overthrow the goddamn government.
Jesus fucking christ people get a goddamned grip.
I'm about to quit this whole fucking place because there's a whole bunch of you fuckers who can't tell the difference between actual news and sensationalist bullshit that literally does exactly THIS.
It's all stupid and you're all fucking swallowing it.
Hook, line & sinker
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Make and sell a T-shirt: "I don't care whom Fani fucks"
Make money. Pay off the mortgage.
The fact that ANYONE is giving this bullshit any oxygen at all tells me this place is just as fucking stupid as Twitter. "Debating" this as if they were serious legal scholars and not unserious wankers who treat the national enquirer as news.
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The internet. Lol. Human kind. The universe.
I am so tired of watching otherwise intelligent people fall for this shit. It's like, if you need intrigue or something, take up spy novels, or soap operas. Something. Anything.
But if a piece of "news" immediately raises indignation or anger, CHECK YOURSELF.
IT WAS PROBABLY DESIGNED TO DO EXACTLY THAT.
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I moved instances and followed you here. The other one is still up on .social, I just got tired of the reply guy stupidity and was not keen on the threads thing. At Beige Party now.
1) Two lawyers who are on the same side of a case and become friends/lovers/married are NOT a confict of interest, according to legal ethics.
2) The Georgia Bureau of Investigation put out a statement on the 19th saying Willis is definitely NOT being investigated.
3) Fuck these people who claim otherwise. Just block 'em.
4) You're not going to get a better deal on the other sites. But it wouldn't hurt to take a break.
Domestic assault
Yesterday, I was the victim of a domestic assault. My roommate is in jail, and is likely going to be there for a good long while. She faces up to 20 years for aggravated battery, as I read Georgia law. I'm posting from My Friendica account because sharing a photo is easier.
CW: The image isn't pretty. I like purple more than the average girl, but this is definitely over the top.
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It is incredibly difficult to be a woman. We are beautiful and smart. We are never found to be good enough, no matter what we do. We can be extraordinary, but some man always tells us we are doing it wrong!
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Just a reminder that 2024 is the year in which the Bell Riots happen.
Kind of an important historical event there, as its brief erasure from the timeline led to the Federation never existing...
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-hosts-slam-stars-wars-for-being-too-woke-feminist-thats-why-im-a-trekkie/
Fox News Host Stars Wars Over New 'Woke' Female Director
Fox News hosts on Outnumbered bashed Disney for adding the first female and person of color director to lead a Stars Wars movie.Phillip Nieto (Mediaite)
This appeared in my FB memories from 2016.
"I got the wrong model"
"No returns or exchanges"
"Aftermarket modifications"
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Antivaxxers Gain Ground in State Legislatures
In The Politics of Autism , I analyze the discredited notion that vaccines cause autism . This bogus idea can hurt people...www.autismpolicyblog.com
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This is the fancier version of my Still Coviders Venn Diagram
#StillCoviding #covid #LongCOVID #LongCovidKids #WearAMask #virtual #Shelter
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Did Trump hide Russian interference in 2016 election?
A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, raising alarms among intelligence officials that some of the most closely guarded national security secrets from the US and its allies could be exposed, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.Its disappearance, which has not been previously reported, was so concerning that intelligence officials briefed Senate Intelligence Committee leaders last year about the missing materials and the government’s efforts to retrieve them, the sources said.
Trans Lifeline facing cuts due to falling corporate donations
#trans #transgender #MentalHealth #TransLifeline
The nation’s only mental health hotline designed specifically for — and almost entirely staffed by — transgender people will pause operations for the last two weeks of the year, and will decrease its hours of operation when it returns in 2024. As corporate donations have fallen, the Trans Lifeline has faced a major budget shortfall, leaders at the nonprofit said.
Trans kids are *not* "just gay"
Fact Check: WSJ Publishes False Article Claiming Trans Kids Are "Actually Just Gay"
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/fact-check-wsj-publishes-false-article?r=2i91i2
WSJ editorial completely ignores the existence of #trans lesbians and gay trans men.
Lightning in a Bottle - Eli Lieb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y9QVdudDFM
#LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Trans #Queer #lgbtqiaplus #MoodMusic
Eli Lieb - Lightning In A Bottle
Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications so you never miss a release! (Ring the bell icon after subscribe) ➜ https://www.youtube.com/user/elilieb?...YouTube
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Results of Cardiac CT
I spoke to my cardiologist a little while ago about the results of my cardiac CT on Monday.
https://janetannelogan.wordpress.com/2023/12/13/results-of-cardiac-ct/
Via Zoe Tillman:
Hello from the DC federal courthouse, where #RudyGiuliani is waiting to get through security as jury selection is set to begin this a.m. to determine how much in damages he'll owe two #Georgia election workers who sued him for defamation.
And jury selection is just getting underway in Rudy Giuliani's damages trial -- Judge Beryl Howell, who was not amused that Giuliani was not in the courtroom at 9am when they were supposed to begin, is presiding #legal 1/…
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2/ 🤣HAHAHAHA! Oh man.😂
Via Ryan Reilly:
Giuliani finally got through security.
His belt was still undone, hanging at his waist.
Someone just told him.
He fixed it in the elevator.
He’s now entering court, late, after he failed to show up to a pretrial hearing last week that he was required to attend.
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3/ Via Andrew Weissmann:
The day of (civil) reckoning for Rudy for his actions against plaintiffs Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss. The sole issue for the jury is the amount of damages, including punitive damages
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4/ Like Trump was going to testify? 🙄 If he does, same potentially disastrous result.
Via Reilly:
Judge Howell tells potential jurors that Giuliani was already found to have defamed the election workers, and that the only question for jury members is how much he's going to have to fork over.
Rudy Giuliani's attorney just told potential jurors that he plans to testify.
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5/ Via Zoe Tillman:
Some of the case-specific questions that the prospective jurors are being asked ahead of individual questioning, incl. whether they believe Biden's 2020 election was illegitimate and if they've ever used the phrase "Let's Go Brandon"
6/ Via Ryan Reilly:
In the middle of his defamation trial, Rudy Giuliani’s X account just posted link to the far-right conspiracy website Gateway Pundit.
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7/ Via Reilly:
Another potential juror is a journalist with Al Jazeera English who covered Giuliani's lies and followed him on this platform.
Says she has some "pretty strong feelings" about what happened on Jan. 6 and some of the characters involved, but she'd do her best.
She's excused
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8/ Via Kyle Cheney:
Minimal eye contact between Giuliani and anyone else in the courtroom, including Moss/Freeman and Judge Howell. Notably, Rudy remained seated when the courtroom deputy asked everyone to rise for the judge as they took break.
Process is moving briskly. At least 6 of 1st 8 jury candidates have been qualified. Magic number 14, decent chance to get there before lunch.
Not sure if Rudy is relieved or offended none have expressed strong feelings about him so far.
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9/ Cheney contd:
A man has engaged Giuliani in the hall to describe some videos on Rumble that appear to relate to Giuliani’s false claims about Freeman/Moss. Giuliani didn’t appear to have any notable reaction
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If there were any justice in this world, he would be charged with stochastic terrorism.
At the very least as an accessory to insurrection.
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Rudy getting hanged wouldn't even be enough justice for the crimes he's committed imo, but in relation to court, I expect he's so drugged up that he wouldn't react to a naked young girl in front of him today.
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10/ Via Reilly:
A jury has been seated in Rudy Giuliani's defamation trial. They'll be instructed at 1:30 p.m. and then they'll get to it.
11/ Via Reilly:
Giuliani is liable not just for the harm caused by his own actions, but also for the actions of his co-conspirators, the judge tells jurors. Jurors will be required to assume certain facts in calculating damages.
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12/ Via Kyle Cheney:
The trial of Ruby Freeman v. Rudy Giuliani is underway.
It begins with the plaintiffs airing for jurors a long string of graphic threats and racist voice mails Freeman and Moss received.
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"Howell emphasized that the panel must assume that Giuliani failed to cooperate with his discovery requirements in the case in an effort to "artificially deflate" his net worth, and that jurors must understand that Giuliani benefitted financially from his defamatory comments about Freeman and Moss."
ouch.
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via @ryanjreilly
Rudy Giuliani’s lawyer just told a DC jury in his defamation trial that the Georgia election workers he defamed are asking for the “civil equivalent of the death penalty” and that if the jury imposes damages high enough, “It would be the end of Mr. Giuliani.”
Rudy's defamation caused #RubyFreeman & Moss great harm. They had to flee their homes because of the threats. Their lives were ruined. They deserve compensation.
This is NOT about what happens to Rudy next.
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Giuliani’s lawyers are saying he’ll kill himself? Because otherwise they are saying this is worse than if he were put in prison for the rest of his life.
The phrase "civil equivalent of the death penalty” here is beyond offensive. It’s repulsive and revolting, and those words aren’t strong enough either 😡
Wow. He won't be merely toast, he'll be a cloud of superheated vapor and a pair of smoking boots.
Fine with me.
If I was I was in the pool of potential jurors and was asked if I had any strong feelings, I would have had to reply that I may in the past have forwarded memes about a certain press conference that the defendant held at a landscaping company.
I wonder if that would disqualify me. 🤔
@gnu2 https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/111562429256352746
4/ Like Trump was going to testify? 🙄 If he does, same potentially disastrous result.Via Reilly:
Judge Howell tells potential jurors that Giuliani was already found to have defamed the election workers, and that the only question for jury members is how much he's going to have to fork over.
Rudy Giuliani's attorney just told potential jurors that he plans to testify.
Guess Guliani is going for the Vinnie, the Chin defense
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-dec-20-me-gigante20-story.html
Vincent 'The Chin' Gigante, 77; Mob Chief Faked Mental Illness in Bid to Avoid Prison
Vincent "The Chin" Gigante, the powerful New York mob boss who avoided prison for decades by wandering Greenwich Village's streets in a ratty bathrobe and slippers as part of an elaborate feigned mental illness, died Monday in prison, federal officia…Richard Pyle (Los Angeles Times)
> Judge Beryl Howell, who was not amused that Giuliani was not in the courtroom at 9am when they were supposed to begin, is presiding
If the judge wanted him on time, all she had to do was put a pitcher of bloody marys on the defense table.
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Yes, please do.
I'm not convinced you'll do it with Biden though. Surely there must be a more suitable Democrat Party candidate.
The tendency of both parties to repeatedly select old white men must be making younger voters feel really disenfranchised with politics in your country.
@MarkAB @waggers5 Joe Biden is a great person with a good heart. But he’ll be 86 at the end of his presidency. This is just too old for being what is still pretty much the leader of the free world.
(Still, if I were US American I would HAPPILY vote for him, given the alternative(s) from the party formerly known as GOP)
@Mastokarl @MarkAB @waggers5
I'd vote for Biden's cat, if the alternative was Trump.
Now, if Trump isn't the nominee, and it's another one of the Republicans running, I'd have to modify that statement. I'd vote for Biden's dog, if the alternative is another Republican. The cat might be an over-reaction, in that case.
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Simmering Tensions After Pro-Trump Riots; Twitter Suspends Account - Live Analysis
Some lawmakers called for Trump to be removed from office, after a pro-Trump mob forced its way into Congress.Andrew Restuccia (The Wall Street Journal)
Bullsiht!!!
It surprised me that he left in 2021 but on reflection, it didn’t. Here’s why: Trump NEVER does his own dirty work (though he perseverates verbally about the result he expects). Because he’s a coward he needed others to create a veil of legitimacy that would allow him to stay, but he failed to talk the various bureaucracies into going along. With his stated plan to trumpify the Federal bureaucracy, he’d be impossible to remove if he gets in.
How much, one wonders, is a ticket to this magical-thinking fantasyland wherein lives this mythical Trump who will “concede gracefully?”
There has never been seen a soupçon of “grace” in ANYTHING this stupid, oafish, vulgar lump has said or done in all the years he’s paraded his gauche life before the world.
39,000 documented lies, family separations at our border without reunification plans, the Muslim travel ban, brandishing a Bible in support of violence, and conspiring to overturn an election with violence ARE NOT GRACEFUL ACTS.
Does Mulvaney think his First Amendment rights will survive Trump’s fascism?
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He'd keep elections going, maybe even yearly since he really loves the campaigning more than anything.
Except it does sound sickeningly like he's understanding exactly how limitless he will become with a victory, and is shifting into a truly dictatorial frame of mind now.
When a conservative's lips don't match the words, it's not because it's subtitles. It's because the lies are bigger than any words they can use to cover them up.
My prediction, if Trump runs...
If he loses, there will be immediate riots.
If he wins, the riots will begin as his policies are put in place.
If Trump is even in the election, there will be blood.
Perhaps more importantly, the #WSJ is a tool of the GOP and in many ways more influential than #FOXnews
WSJ
3,749,000 news *subscribers*
FOX News
1,200,000 *viewers* in a day
1,700,000 in prime time
(That makes my head hurt)
EVENING NEWS
ABC: 8,098,000
NBC: 6,742,000
CBS: 4,439,000
So WHY do political reporters emphasize the minority audience that is FOXNews?
the fact the article was written suggests that there was a strong suspicion he would not concede gracefully.
And he didn’t.
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Still for sheer brevity, you can't beat the WSJ's own one-word headline, the day after Colin Powell's speech at the UN, about Iraqi mobile anthrax laboratories, that he spent the rest of his life apologizing for, practically every day, every speech:
"IRREFUTABLE"
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