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

I can't believe Pence is going to debate KH.

Poor man.

Leaving the ship:

www.politico.com/news/2020/09/17/devos-aide-joins-anti-trump-group-417234

edition.cnn.com/2020/09/17/politics/former-pence-aide-coronvirus-task-force-slams-trump/index.html

The Donald rages at his FBI Chief about election interference from Russia, because of course. Would Obama have done this? Bush? Anyone? No President would, as it's an overstep. A tricky, possibly illegal overstep.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 10min

But Chris, you don’t see any activity from China, even though it is a FAR greater threat than Russia, Russia, Russia. They will both, plus others, be able to interfere in our 2020 Election with our totally vulnerable Unsolicited (Counterfeit?) Ballot Scam. Check it out!

Re: the below tweet:

CSPAN @cspan 9hr

FBI Director Wray: "We certainly have seen very active, very active efforts by the Russians to influence our election in 2020...to both sow divisiveness and discord and...to denigrate Vice President Biden."

Full video here: cs.pn/3kpryMJ

Lou Dobbs on FOX has become more fanatical as the election approaches, as the language in his tweets reflect. They also reflect a saddening reality for the future of the US if Trump is re-elected.

Lou Dobbs @LouDobbs 3hr

Draining the Swamp: @SebGorka & @SaraCarterDC call for the cleaning out of never-Trumpers and deep state officials in the White House who resist President @realDonaldTrump. #AmericaFirst #MAGA #Dobbs

twitter.com/loudobbs/status/1306718213451976706?s=21

How on earth is Trumpy still allowed to hold Rallies or as it says in this tweet Superspreader Events?
And all paid for by the taxpayer as they're dressed up as something else...

twitter.com/atrupar/status/1306761716416614400

Biden is going to ban energy, guns and religion he says.

And this gem...
Trump: "They had something called specialty milk. It's a small little grouping of milks. Specialty milk. But this was the final straw. And I met some people. And Canada finally did it to them like they did it to everyone else."

He sounds exhausted, really slurring his words badly, and has to prop himself up against the lectern. All he is doing is talking about taking the blue states out, and slagging off everyone from Kamala, Lock Her up Hillary chants, and awful slurs against Elizabeth Warren and others.

November can't come soon enough.....

I expect the reason that China is not obviously trying to influence the presidential election in the USA is that they don't really care who wins: Trump destroying the US economy would be to their advantage, but his vendetta against them wouldn't be, and his climate change denial combined with blaming climate change on China is against him from their point of view.

Russia on the other hand is pro-Trump because they are concentrated on the advantages of him taking America down the drain and obviously in favour of his vendetta being against China; they don't seem to care particularly about climate change

He sounds exhausted, really slurring his words badly, and has to prop himself up
But won't his die-hard fans will see this and feel even more sympathetic and protective towards him? 😕

I don't think they see what we see, he was still shouting out his soundbites!

www.rawstory.com/2020/09/unprecedented-corruption-washington-post-warns-about-trump-2nd-term-horrors-in-scathing-editorial/#.X2SV_Nb3Bb8.twitter

www.rawstory.com/2020/09/kushners-indifference-toward-19-suffering-flabbergasted-meeting-attendees-basically-an-out-of-body-experience/

www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/09/16/why-donald-trump-is-losing-support-from-whites-without-college-degrees

Trump is very fond of using the pronoun "They" without giving the slightest clue who They are.
As far as I can see, They are a mythical group of people who always seem to reinforce Trump's twisted view of reality.

But I was very amused / appalled that the "some people" who don't think Masks are Good are apparently those medical experts called Waiters

'they' are most likely imaginary friends or subpersonalities?

DH and DC's absentee ballots have arrived! It's all done via email for them so they're not at the mercy of any postal shenanigans. And even better because the ballot is alphabetical Biden and Harris are no.1 on the list and Trump and Pence are at the bottom

Like the look of that NorthW !

So NYT are reporting that the administration are banning Tiktok fro american app stores. Am I missing something? Other than it being a Chinese company, how are they any more dangerous than any other social media platform. This is about revenge for that rally, I forget where, that was over subscribed but no one turned up.

This will have a huge negative impact with many younger voters and not just tween and teens.

'Trump said Covid-19 may be good as it would stop him from shaking hands with disgusting people'

www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/trump-said-covid-19-may-be-good-as-it-would-stop-him-from-shaking-hands-with-disgusting-people-889236.html

Revenge for the rally, sure, that's part of it. I think Scrotus is seeing this as a test of what he can get away with as far as censoring the internet.

What next? A ban on CNN or MSNBC? This is the start of a very slippery slope.

Love the fact that even the alphabet favours Biden and Harris.

Barr:

www.rawstory.com/2020/09/house-dems-request-emergency-investigation-into-bill-barrs-russiagate-probe/

'Four of the most powerful Democratic lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Friday requested that Department of Justice inspector general Michael Horowitz launch an “emergency investigation” into Attorney General Bill Barr’s probe of the actions American intelligence officials took during the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.'

The Mooch says

'when the time is right a cadre of people' [will speak out] 'a coalition of willing Americans'

haha the MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH.

him and Jeb Bush are two people I never thought Id grow to really like.

Purses being opened.

Cash-strapped Trump campaign awaits a bailout from big donors
Preserve America, a new super PAC backing the president, is planning another $25 million ad blitz attacking Joe Biden.
www.politico.com/news/2020/09/17/gop-donors-rush-to-rescue-trump-417364

The outside group, which is expected to draw funding from prolific GOP givers including Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, is rushing to fill the void. Starting late this week, the super PAC will begin airing ads in seven states, including some where Trump is being badly outspent.
With Trump’s once-formidable cash advantage over Biden erased, the president’s advisers remain deeply concerned about the air war. While Preserve America has dished out $55 million this month alone — already making it one of the highest-spending outside groups this election year — the sum pales in comparison to the $100 million, pro-Biden assault that billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is prepping in just Florida alone. And in August, the Biden campaign and affiliated committees outraised Trump by $154 million.

“If the Democrat message drowns out all the Republican message on TV that could make a huge difference,” said Club for Growth President David McIntosh, whose group has been running TV ads bolstering Trump. “You have to stay in the game at least.”
...
The super PAC is steered by Chris LaCivita, a Republican strategist who orchestrated the 2004 Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attack ad campaign against John Kerry. Like the Swift Boat commercials, the Preserve America spots feature scorching attacks delivered in the form of direct-to-camera testimonials. Rather than propping up Trump, they are focused squarely on tearing down Biden.
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Trump is also getting support from the America First Action super PAC, which recently announced plans to invest $40 million on advertising, an amount that officials say will increase as the election draws closer.

Nathan Klein, a top America First Action official who is overseeing the spending, said the organization was looking to invest in states where the Trump campaign was absent, thereby allowing the reelection effort to focus elsewhere. He pointed to Pennsylvania, where Trump was off the air in August but where the super PAC invested millions of dollars.

Oh no no no no!!!! Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died.

Rest in Peace, Good Lady. We'll carry on the fight.

I just couldn't put this in the same post as my other post about her death. It just seemed too crass.

But this is a BAD thing for judicial balance in the SCOTUS. Even though Senate Repugs blocked Obama from appointing a SCJ because '9 months is too close to an election', I know they're going to allow Scrotus to ram one through with less than 2 months to go.