The Republican Agenda 2021 and Forward

[Chew Toy McCoy]

I absolutely believe this. And this sector of republicans make up roughly 30 percent of the country or so.

But that’s still a minority. The question is, how do we galvanize democrats and what moderate republicans and independents are left? The loudest people in the room aren’t the majority of the room. It’s easy to see Trump rallies and things like January 6 as an insurmountable obstacle, but I don’t believe it is. There needs to be a domino effect of shaming Trump and his sycophants. Once that happens, the group will break off, some of them waking up to the fact they were in a cult, some of them may just go back to being moderate or traditional conservatives, and the remain blowhards won’t really matter.

I think the Justice Department indicting and convicting some of these goons like Giuliani, Bannon and any members of congress who actively participated in the events leading up to January 6 could be a good start.


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A major issue is the left-wing establishment media keeps telling Democrat politicians they don’t need to do what actually needs to be done because they are just as corrupt as the politicians, if not more so. The media doesn't get voted in and out of office.

“But Machin and Sinema!”. Just stop. Next time they dare to show their face in an interview they need to be slapped with “Here’s a mountain of polls showing your constituents support what you are blocking. Here’s a mountain of reports on your corruption, including with members of your family. This has nothing to do with you being a Democrat or Republican. This has to do with you being one of the most blatantly corrupt and undemocratic members of Congress. You’ve betrayed the party and the country, and as the polls show, your constituents. Please respond with one of your preloaded word salad deflections fed to you by your donors.”

Or some shit.

 

[JayMysteri0]

Despite the inevitable "both sides iz badd" arguments, one thing is indisputable. There exists an act / rule / law because of the acts of a previously corrupt president, that those afterwards could follow or violated on the smallest scale. THIS former 2X impeached president that has demonstrated consistently corrupt behavior, took home stuff that belongs to the American people. A fact this president has demonstrated he will NOT grasp, that the office is for the people NOT the individual. The office isn't a gift shop. Classified stuff is supposed to be classified for a reason, and stays. Not shuttled off because again an individual 1 can't grasp the office of the President isn't a business position where questionable behavior can be hidden from investors with a short walk to the shredder.

The issue remains, the act exists because of previous corruption. If an act so SPECIFIC can't be enforced on the SPECIFIC persons it's for, what does that tell the next psychopath that slides into office? Better yet, we hold those in lower positions to even higher standard. How the 'F' does that makes sense?

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1492417090657021956/
https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1492417095992152066/

Archives threatened to go to Congress and Justice Department to get Trump to turn over records

Worried that a trove of White House records that had been brought to Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate contained classified material, a top official in the former President's orbit warned his aides last fall: Do not touch those boxes.

www.cnn.com

 

[ronntaylor]

Despite the inevitable "both sides iz badd" arguments,

Especially coming from so-called progressives. Their heads must hurt as they perform mental gymnastics to avert reality. 48/50 (96%) of Dems in the Senate are trying to pass legislation already passed by a vast majority of/unanimous vote by Dems in the House. Yet all they can do is whine, whine, whine... </end rant>

 

[JayMysteri0]

Da Fuq?!

 

[JayMysteri0]

Not the biggest fan of Lawrence, but have to admit I chuckled watching the first 3 minutes.

 

[Alli]

Not the biggest fan of Lawrence, but have to admit I chuckled watching the first 3 minutes.

I love Lawrence. “Stunning displays of stupidity.”

 

[Thomas Veil]

Man, are people having fun with this.

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[JayMysteri0]

Not to gum up the Super Bowl thread, but some of the further right wing are crushing pearls in their clutches because of the half time show.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1493247285286686720/

You need some laughs look to see why Kid Rock is trending.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1493247949039710209/

Or, Mike Pence

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1493057746542993416/

That commercial with the guys from Community about mixed nuts, really is us in this day & age.

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

Joe Walsh on what lies ahead: Trump is "sowing a race war" — and his followers love it | Salon.com

I’ve been following Joe’s podcasts for about a year and a half and this is one of the reasons why, a fully repentant former Tea Party representative who takes responsibility and wants to help undo the damage he has done.

"How do we locate Barack Obama's presidency, relative to the rise of Trumpism and neofascism?

I say this as a white guy: Right now in America we are going through a big old course correction in how we look at and talk about our history. I say this as a white guy: I believe that white people need to feel uncomfortable. That does not work with the Republican Party base.

When it comes to Obama, it's a combination of a lot of things. The Tea Party began before Obama. The Tea Party formally began with George W. Bush and all the bailouts and the government spending. But I'm telling you what, Chauncey, because I was right there. This was when I ran for office and I was talking to thousands of those people every day: The election of Barack Obama was pouring gas on the fire that was already there. It was like their final straw. A guy named "Barack Obama" became president. A Black man became president. A guy who seems to love Muslim countries more than America became president. A guy who is a socialist became president. A guy who wants to take over our entire health care system became president. So his election inflamed my base.

To clarify, none of what you are saying about Obama is true. You are repeating what others said and believed.

One hundred percent. I've had to apologize for how I inflamed those fears, instead of trying to ease some of these fears.

What does it mean for you to apologize?

It means that I'm still young enough that I want to do something about it. There isn't anything more humbling than going on with George Stephanopoulos, on national television, and apologizing for things you said about Obama or things you said about Democrats or apologizing for helping to elect Trump, that bigoted, authoritarian traitor. To go on national TV, as I did night after night, and apologize for my role in all this is very humbling. An apology does not mean a thing unless you do something about it. Whenever I apologize — and I apologize a lot, by the way — it's a call to action. I helped divide the country, now I want to do something to try to bring people together."

 

[JayMysteri0]

Hey kids, 'r's finally found a 'no fly' list they DON'T like.

I wonder why?

Cruz, other GOP senators oppose no-fly list for convicted unruly passengers

They say it would be wrong to treat those opposed to wearing masks like terrorists.

abcnews.go.com

A group of Republican senators sent a letter to the Justice Department on Tuesday to express "strong opposition" to creating a federal no-fly list for unruly passengers, claiming "the majority of recent infractions on airplanes has been in relation to the mask mandate."

Sens. Mike Lee of Utah, Marco Rubio and Rick Scott of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas were among those who signed a letter opposing Delta Airlines' CEO Ed Bastian's, request earlier this month that the DOJ create a "no-fly" list for passengers convicted of federal offenses relating to on-board disruptions.

2021 saw a major spike in unruly passengers, with more than 5,981 reported cases, according to the FAA. The agency notes, of those cases, 4290 were mask-related.

"Creating a federal 'no-fly' list for unruly passengers who are skeptical of this mandate would seemingly equate them to terrorists who seek to actively take the lives of Americans and perpetrate attacks on the homeland," the GOP senators' letter said. "The [Transportation Security Administration] was created in the wake of 9/11 to protect Americans from future horrific attacks, not to regulate human behavior onboard flights."

Oh.

The senators argued airlines could create their own no-fly lists and refuse services to unruly passengers, but that it would be an overreach for the federal government to do so.

The senators argued airlines could create their own no-fly lists and refuse services to unruly passengers, but that it would be an overreach for the federal government to do so.

Yes, the airlines could create & their own lists ( which they do ), but isn't that just the airlines being mean to people who are in their feelings about supposed masks?

Also aren't we ignoring that some of those nutters have caused physical harm? That's a red line full stop right there! These are NUTTERS, ignore the pandering of protecting the base still in their feelings. These are people doing harm to others or trying ON A FRIKKIN' FLIGHT!!

Man tries to open door during Delta flight from SLC to spread his anti-vaccine views

A man is arrested after he tried to open the door on a Delta flight from SLC to Portland. He said he was trying to spread his anti-COVID vaccine views.

www.sltrib.com

These nuts should NOT be on a plane EVER again!

FFS

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

Hey kids, 'r's finally found a 'no fly' list they DON'T like.

I wonder why?




Oh.


Yes, the airlines could create & their own lists ( which they do ), but isn't that just the airlines being mean to people who are in their feelings about supposed masks?

Also aren't we ignoring that some of those nutters have caused physical harm? That's a red line full stop right there! These are NUTTERS, ignore the pandering of protecting the base still in their feelings. These are people doing harm to others or trying ON A FRIKKIN' FLIGHT!!



These nuts should NOT be on a plane EVER again!

FFS

When nutters are your entire base and platform you gotta do your best to protect them.

 

[SuperMatt]

Hey kids, 'r's finally found a 'no fly' list they DON'T like.

They are doing this the same day that they chastised a judicial nominee for not being tough on crime because she worked to get innocent people out of jail?

 

[SuperMatt]

This candidate cuts right to the chase:

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1494332545218928642/

Seldom has somebody been so genius at distilling the Republican platform into so few words. #NailedIt

 

[fooferdoggie]

This candidate cuts right to the chase:

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1494332545218928642/

Seldom has somebody been so genius at distilling the Republican platform into so few words. #NailedIt

I think the order may be wrong.

 

[SuperMatt]

I think the order may be wrong.

The Holy Trinity of the Republican Party…

 

[Thomas Veil]

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1494332545218928642/

We can all go home now. Parody is dead.

 

[Yoused]

I think the order may be wrong.

Maybe not, though – somebody has to pick the lettuce.

 

[fooferdoggie]

Maybe not, though – somebody has to pick the lettuce.

guns should have been first.

 

[SuperMatt]

guns should have been first.

Those guns won’t shoot by themselves. Jesus?

 

[fooferdoggie]

Those guns won’t shoot by themselves. Jesus?

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but you need the guns to find Jesus. then shoot him on the boarder.