The Disunited States of Trump (Trump Thread #104)

[TheNorthWestPawsage]

Trump used manipulation and race-baiting four years ago. He’s at it again. We are weary and worried but we shall persist.

Cartoon by Chris Riddell.

Previous thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3983600-Less-than-100-days-and-counting-Trump-thread-103?msgid=99566209#99566209

My quote runs across the bottom of the screen in the clip where he is talking about drugs.

I've just discovered it's a preview clip of an interview which will be aired tomorrow.

We have not been bored.

Reality tv.

@AcrossthePond55

'unfair' has only one 'r'. I need to adjust the sensitivity on my keyboard.

I prefer unfairrrrrrrr

Trump needs to explain how actively decrying the use of masks squares with his "avoiding panic"

There's lies, big lies and Trump lies.

The Laura Ingraham interview:

"Ingraham at several points interjected, apparently in an attempt to save Trump from himself, telling him that the media would jump all over his remarks and that it sounded like he was pushing conspiracy theories."

He just can't help it.

www.businessinsider.com/trump-ingraham-fox-news-interview-went-off-the-rails-2020-9

Other claims about built car plants may also have been somewhat exaggerated, from zero (0).

Seeing HoldMyLobster posting made me think of this I saw this morning...

popculture.com/trending/news/mcconnell-slammed-bringing-national-lobster-day-resolution-senate-floor-americans-beg-stimulus-checks/

As the comments say...
'The economy is collapsing, but the most important thing today for these senators is to have a National Lobster Day.
Fabulous!'
'Hey, who needs another Coronavirus relief bill? We’re doing okay ignoring it until it magically goes away, am I right? Instead, let’s sign a bill for National Lobster Day!
Yay! That’s exactly what we need right now. Thank you, Senate Republicans'
'Of ALL the bills languishing on his desk, he chose to pull this one out?'

Not as much dumb as dangerous.

It's all a bit reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland isn't it? GOP creating legal loopholes to suit their purposes. “No, no!” said the Queen. “Sentence first—verdict afterwards.”

Federal court rules Florida felons must pay off debts to state before voting.
Appeals court says state does not have to say how much is owed in decision that could bar hundreds of thousands from polls.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/11/florida-felons-vote-debts-ruling-election?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Florida can require people with felony convictions to repay all outstanding debts before they are eligible to vote again, but it does not have to tell them how much they owe, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. The hugely consequential decision will probably shut out hundreds of thousands of voters in the key battleground state in this fall’s presidential election.

The 6-4 ruling from the US court of appeals for the 11th circuit came in a lawsuit challenging a 2019 Republican-backed law imposing the restrictions. After Florida voters overwhelmingly approved a 2018 measure – often called Amendment 4 – to automatically restore voting rights to people once they complete their criminal sentences, Republicans authored a new law requiring repayment of all fines, fees and court costs before those people could vote again. An estimated 774,000 people with felonies in Florida have outstanding debts, which many cannot afford to pay, and the challengers in the case argued the state was essentially conditioning the right to vote on a tax, which is unconstitutional.

It's a shame all Trump's many bankruptcies were corporate rather than personal....

We can certainly go with the Carroll theme.

There is a lobster in Alice's Adventures. There is a song called the 'Lobster Quadrille' and a dance to go with it. The song, which turns out to not make sense as a quadrille is sung by Mitch McConnell the Mock Turtle.

Back to the present there is this from a couple of days ago.

edition.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/jared-kushner-trump-rage-book/index.html

'Washington (CNN)Jared Kushner gives surprising insight into his father-in-law in legendary journalist Bob Woodward's new book "Rage." Kushner says one of the best ways to understand President Donald Trump is to study the Cheshire Cat from "Alice in Wonderland."

Woodward quotes Kushner paraphrasing the Cheshire Cat as a way of making sense of Trump's chaotic style of management, saying, "If you don't know where you're going, any path will get you there."'

But the last word should not go to any of the Trumpers:

E. Jean Carroll

9 Sep
'TO DONALD J. TRUMP

Sir, I and my attorney Robbie Kaplan, are ready! So is every woman who has ever been silenced! So is every American citizen who has been trampled by Bill Barr and the DOJ!

BRING IT!'

www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/nyregion/donald-trump-jean-carroll-lawsuit-rape.html

Weird signs everywhere ...

Before you even get to Humpty Trumpty.

lion
Also... Tweedledum and Tweedledummer (they even have MAGA hats)

Oh yes, how could I forget?

Way, way down the rabbit hole, for sure.

time.com/5888513/north-south-dakotas-covid19/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=u.s._&linkId=99464832

'(SIOUX FALLS, S.D.) — Coronavirus infections in the Dakotas are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation, fueling impassioned debates over masks and personal freedom after months in which the two states avoided the worst of the pandemic.

The argument over masks raged this week in Brookings, South Dakota, as the city council considered requiring face coverings in businesses. The city was forced to move its meeting to a local arena to accommodate intense interest, with many citizens speaking against it, before the mask requirement ultimately passed.'

The refuseniks really ought to get a Darwin Award for all the ones who have not yet bred. The gene pool would be improved, I suspect.

Love that post of yours Lion, the lobster theme prevails...

Trump in a nutshell
Woodward quoted Dan Coats, Trump’s former director of national intelligence, saying: “To him, a lie is not a lie. It’s just what he thinks. He doesn’t know the difference between the truth and a lie"
It explains why he gets so offended and angry when challenged about his inaccuracies, his opinion is fact.

I think this might be catastrophic for Trump

twitter.com/AVindman/status/1304843811802222594

Lt. Col. Vindman who was bullied and ousted from his job and career because he gave evidence and testified against Trump at the impeachment hearings.

Alexander S. Vindman
@AVindman
On Monday I will break my silence in an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt. I hope you are able to tune in.

I hope so.

There is this too:

www.rawstory.com/2020/09/downright-criminal-revelation-that-racist-trump-stooge-tried-to-censor-cdc-reports-rocks-experts-and-critics/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

You know Trump projects a lot all the time, so this is as good as an admission of doing it.

www.businessinsider.com/trump-baselessly-accuses-biden-of-taking-performance-enhancing-drugs-2020-9

Lweji, I agree, it is now official that trump uses performance enhancing drugs!

So, Scrotus is coming to No Cal on Monday to 'view the fires'. He won't go anywhere near the fires, he's too much of a coward.

I feel sorry for poor Gavin. He's going to have to do that same tightrope walk he did when Scrotus 'viewed' the Camp Fire. I still remember the struggle he had to keep a 'neutral' expression during Scrotus' asinine remarks and the way he kept manoeuvering himself away from Scrotus during the walkabout in the devastated area.