Politics of Petulance (title renamed to match original post)

[Family 3,988]

30 minutes ago, Pooky said:

Well, they sure buried the remnants of Slim Shady’s rap career. And Obama proved who, out of him and DJT, was the better dancer. 🤣

Edited October 23 by Family
Self edit …to avoid vacation for a popular song

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Jailed reporters, silenced networks: What Trump says he'd do to the media if elected

 

 

He joked that the prospect of prison rape would loosen reporters' lips about their sources.

 

"When this person realizes that he is going to be the bride of another prisoner shortly, he will say, 'I'd very much like to tell you exactly who that was,'" Trump told an appreciative crowd at a Texas rally. And Trump said he wouldn't limit it to the reporters: "The publisher too — or the top editors." He made the same claim two weeks later at an Ohio rally.

 

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/22/nx-s1-5161480/trump-media-threats-abc-cbs-60-minutes-journalists

[Pooky 3,784]

5 hours ago, Family said:

 

Jailed reporters, silenced networks: What Trump says he'd do to the media if elected

 

 

He joked that the prospect of prison rape would loosen reporters' lips about their sources.

 

"When this person realizes that he is going to be the bride of another prisoner shortly, he will say, 'I'd very much like to tell you exactly who that was,'" Trump told an appreciative crowd at a Texas rally. And Trump said he wouldn't limit it to the reporters: "The publisher too — or the top editors." He made the same claim two weeks later at an Ohio rally.

 

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/22/nx-s1-5161480/trump-media-threats-abc-cbs-60-minutes-journalists

And yet the current administration’s DOJ is already persecuting reporters who show signs of independent thought, like Catherine Herridge.

 

https://apnews.com/article/catherine-herridge-journalist-contempt-fox-news-cbs-63f6b2cde67fceae192daebe5d11b1a1

[Dashinka 24,494]

On 10/22/2024 at 10:51 PM, Family said:

 

 

Obama is sounding more and more condescending everyday, and people seem to be noticing that.

[Dashinka 24,494]

18 hours ago, Family said:

 

Jailed reporters, silenced networks: What Trump says he'd do to the media if elected

 

 

He joked that the prospect of prison rape would loosen reporters' lips about their sources.

 

"When this person realizes that he is going to be the bride of another prisoner shortly, he will say, 'I'd very much like to tell you exactly who that was,'" Trump told an appreciative crowd at a Texas rally. And Trump said he wouldn't limit it to the reporters: "The publisher too — or the top editors." He made the same claim two weeks later at an Ohio rally.

 

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/22/nx-s1-5161480/trump-media-threats-abc-cbs-60-minutes-journalists

And you support candidates and a Party/ideology that wants to do away with the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments.  I know, the elite establishment must maintain power in your world even though they treat the people and those that disagree with them as deplorable.  Shades of the DPRK under Kamala and her puppet masters.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a scathing assessment of the modern Republican Party in an upcoming biography, saying the “MAGA movement is completely wrong” and that Ronald Reagan “wouldn’t recognize” the party today

 

The Kentucky Republican did not mince words, calling Trump a “sleazeball,” a “narcissist” and saying that the former president is “stupid as well as being ill-tempered.” He added that Trump is “not very smart, irascible, nasty, just about every quality you would not want somebody to have.”

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/politics/mcconnell-trump-gop-new-book/index.html

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51 minutes ago, Family said:

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a scathing assessment of the modern Republican Party in an upcoming biography, saying the “MAGA movement is completely wrong” and that Ronald Reagan “wouldn’t recognize” the party today

 

The Kentucky Republican did not mince words, calling Trump a “sleazeball,” a “narcissist” and saying that the former president is “stupid as well as being ill-tempered.” He added that Trump is “not very smart, irascible, nasty, just about every quality you would not want somebody to have.”

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/politics/mcconnell-trump-gop-new-book/index.html

The establishment Republicans in the 70's and early 80's also hated Reagan, and then Reagan transformed it bringing a lot of Reagan Democrats.  Of course like any entity, the establishment types adapted and continued to earn their money through the Defense Industry (Reagan helped them a lot there).  Now the GOP is expanding their base bringing in a lot of folks that are fed up with the Identity Politics play by the Democrats, and the establishment doesn't like it.  If cocaine Mitch wants to go back to be the also ran party, fine, but make sure he is clear about it.

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Former GOP Rep. Upton endorses Harris over ‘chaos’ of Trump

"Watching Trump day after day, he's ignored the advice of many senior, respected Republicans to stay on the issues," Upton told The Detroit News.

 

"Instead, he's still talking about the election being stolen, trashing women left and right. He's just totally unhinged,” he said, “We don't need this chaos. We need to move forward, and that's why I'm where I am."

 

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/10/24/2024-elections-live-coverage-updates-analysis/fred-upton-endorses-kamala-harris-michigan-00185282

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[Pooky 3,784]

5 hours ago, Family said:

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a scathing assessment of the modern Republican Party in an upcoming biography, saying the “MAGA movement is completely wrong” and that Ronald Reagan “wouldn’t recognize” the party today

 

The Kentucky Republican did not mince words, calling Trump a “sleazeball,” a “narcissist” and saying that the former president is “stupid as well as being ill-tempered.” He added that Trump is “not very smart, irascible, nasty, just about every quality you would not want somebody to have.”

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/politics/mcconnell-trump-gop-new-book/index.html

Oooh! Oooh! Mitch McMuddle has …

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2 hours ago, Family said:

 

Former GOP Rep. Upton endorses Harris over ‘chaos’ of Trump

"Watching Trump day after day, he's ignored the advice of many senior, respected Republicans to stay on the issues," Upton told The Detroit News.

 

"Instead, he's still talking about the election being stolen, trashing women left and right. He's just totally unhinged,” he said, “We don't need this chaos. We need to move forward, and that's why I'm where I am."

 

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/10/24/2024-elections-live-coverage-updates-analysis/fred-upton-endorses-kamala-harris-michigan-00185282

I am not a Republican, so why should I care what some establishment type former Representative says?

[Pooky 3,784]

What seems funny to me is all the generals stating DJT is a fascist and cannot be trusted with command of the U.S. military, when the warhawks (the Cheneys) are moving from the GOP to support the Harris candidacy, while those wanting us out of conflicts (Tulsi Gabbard) are moving to join the GOP and support the Trump candidacy.

 

This tells me that the military brass, and the military-industrial complex, expect more money and more action with a Harris White House.

 

Puts their motives in a whole different light, one which needs night googles and a few rounds of 120mm APFSDSDU to go with it ☠️

[Ban Hammer 13,336]

55 minutes ago, Pooky said:

 120mm APFSDSDU

when you really want to kill the target.............

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