May Hope and History Rhyme (Trump#116)

[lionheart]

With thanks to Seamus Heaney for inspiring the President Elect.

"History says, don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme."

I did not know this about Jackie Speier:

www.thedailybeast.com/this-california-representative-survived-jonestown-and-says-trumpers-have-definitely-drunk-the-kool-aid?ref=scroll

Back at the end of the last thread Roussette linked to this:

www.rawstory.com/2020/12/why-the-numbers-behind-mitch-mcconnells-re-election-dont-add-up/#.X907IhFnmXY.twitter

This seems to me to be something I have known since at least three elections ago, when a Republican won a usually-Democrat county and more votes were cast in that particular election that there were people living in that county. The fact about voter-numbers got lost in debate about whether the new-fangled voting machines had switched Democrat votes to the Republican candidate, and nobody in the media seemed to have noticed the actual numbers because they were busy chasing the percentages, but I did. I may have forgotten the name of the county but I do remember that: it shocked me rigid at the time, me being a nice innocent Briton who expects elections to be conducted with at least a modicum of accuracy about the number of people eligible to vote in any given ward.

[quote lionheart]I did not know this about Jackie Speier:

www.thedailybeast.com/this-california-representative-survived-jonestown-and-says-trumpers-have-definitely-drunk-the-kool-aid?ref=scroll[/quote]
Parents got some 300 children to consume the poison

It's hard not to cry at at that. Terrible, terrible shades of the fate of the Goebbels children - murdered with poisoned milk. The eldest daughter twigged what was happening, apparently, but kept calm herself to keep the other 5 children calm.

Knowing stories like that make it very hard to #bekind to fascists and the scum that enable them.

Yes, indeed.

www.cbsnews.com/news/holiday-travel-coronavirus-cases/

'More than 84.5 million Americans are expected to travel this holiday season, in spite of COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines. But non-essential travel could spell disaster for COVID-19 rates, as infections and hospitalizations from Thanksgiving still surge across the country. '

'True the Vote.'

www.newsweek.com/pro-trump-group-challenge-364k-voter-registrations-georgia-ahead-runoff-election-1556093

At what point do these threads become Biden ## rather than Trump ##?

Never? Biden will be extremely boring. And who wants to keep Trump in their minds?

At least after SS removes him from the WH.

Thanks for the thread.

@lionheart

www.cbsnews.com/news/holiday-travel-coronavirus-cases/

'More than 84.5 million Americans are expected to travel this holiday season, in spite of COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines. But non-essential travel could spell disaster for COVID-19 rates, as infections and hospitalizations from Thanksgiving still surge across the country. '

It's just NUTS!

California has 5 designated Covid 'regions'. Only one region (far No Calif, very rural) is not under lockdown. Two of the four locked down Covid regions in CA have no ICU beds available.

San Francisco has instituted a 10 day quarantine for ANYBODY traveling into or out of the Bay Area. That means that technically if we were to drive into the City for the weekend, because of the new rules we would check into our hotel, sit there for the weekend, then drive home.

It started last night and runs til 4 Jan. I don't blame them one bit for wanting to keep people out of the area. SF is overrun with tourists this time of year.

Thanks for the new thread. I agree with someone upthread who said the first Biden thread should be started on 20 Jan. Imagine the positivity and light humour of those threads as opposed to the negativity and dark humour of the Scrotus threads!

The fact that the President Elect adds a verse from his favourite poet to his twitter feed is light enough for now.

I like this from MSNBC “where is Donald Trump?”
<a class="break-all" href="https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp-video/mmvo98050629949#click=t.co/SE1qIzUlqV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp-video/mmvo98050629949#click=t.co/SE1qIzUlqV

Also Trump’s term in numbers:
twitter.com/anillicitwriter/status/1339679181521772544?s=21

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-cybersecurity-fbi-russian-hackers-b1776007.html

'A former FBI deputy has alleged that President Trump has been diverting money from cybersecurity resources to build a wall at a time when the “nation is under attack”.'

Pmk

Thanks for new thread and title from my compatriot!

Trump still hasn't acknowledged the recent government hack.
Too busy tweeting about non existent voting hacks.

I agree about satire - the seemingly unbelievable is often true!
I try not to quote anything without doing a tiny bit of checking.
It's really hard to tell the real twitter nut jobs from the pretend ones.

Can anyone spot the Freudian slip in this latest lawsuit filing?

slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/trump-betting-markets-sportsbooks-offshore-2020-election-gambling.html

How Offshore Oddsmakers Made a Killing off Gullible Trump Supporters

@BruceAndNosh

Can anyone spot the Freudian slip in this latest lawsuit filing?

I had to read it three times before I saw it, then I burst out laughing.

Is this real????

(Like the 'Mar-a-nauguration' announcement, you just can't trust what you're seeing)

Placemarking

$$$

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/19/trump-raised-200m-from-false-election-claims-what-happens-to-the-money-now

[quote lionheart]$$$

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/19/trump-raised-200m-from-false-election-claims-what-happens-to-the-money-now[/quote]
From what I've been seeing/hearing on cable news, at least 60% of it will legally go right in his & his progeny's fucking pockets.

It's infuriating that people are so fucking stupid and blind. But hey, it's not my money so if they want to throw it away, let them. What really disgusts me is the number of vulnerable people who have probably given money they can't afford. He's as low as a fucking televangelist.

twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/1340392519499198465?s=21

Worrying tweet And article here from the lovely Jonathan swan at Axios:

I’ve been covering Donald Trump for a while. I can’t recall hearing more intense concern from senior officials who are actually Trump people. The Sidney Powell / Michael Flynn ideas are finding an enthusiastic audience at the top.

There is some real weirdness in his tweets tonight - I am feeling nervous

In what way? His tweets could rarely be called normal......

It's awful Across.

I see the 25th Amendment is trending again.