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SHAKE IT FOR TRUMP
Shake It For Trump
Donald Trump is the boy who cried, “Infrastructure Week” as in, he never had any intention of working on infrastructure with Speaker Nancy Pelosi or Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
The Democrats went to the White House to work with Trump on infrastructure, something claims he’d be very good at because he lives in a structure, but instead, he used it as a ploy to explode over Congressional investigations.
Trump is refusing to work with Democrats on infrastructure or any bipartisan measures until they “get these phony investigations over with,” as he said in a Rose Garden tempter tantrum complete with pre-planned props.
Trump claims he was planning on a legitimate meeting with his Democratic colleagues until Pelosi accused him of engaging in a cover-up. He then said he “doesn’t do coverups,” as he has refused to release his taxes and continues to fight subpoenas and order underlings not to testify before Congress. Don’t get me started on that dead ferret on his head.
Donald Trump does not do infrastructure. Donald Trump does coverups.
Do you remember when Obama held the nation hostage and refused to do his job when Republicans conducted one investigation after another on Benghazi? How about when Bill Clinton was investigated repeatedly from the day he walked into the Oval Office? Donald Trump doesn’t multitask. Trump can’t even walk and chew gum at the same time.
The president is supposed to do his job, not hold the nation hostage because he’s butthurt. If you don’t want to be investigated, then don’t be a crook. Trump is upset because the Justice Department reached a deal with Congress to provide some secret material related to the Mueller Report, and a second federal judge ruled against Trump’s efforts to block Congress from gaining access to his financial information.
In Britain, protesters have decided to throw milkshakes at conservative lawmakers. It’s gotten so bad, the police have asked some McDonalds to stop selling them when conservative assholes are nearby.
If you don’t want to be investigated or covered in delicious milkshakes, don’t be a conservative asshole.
Shake It For Trump
Donald Trump is the boy who cried, “Infrastructure Week” as in, he never had any intention of working on infrastructure with Speaker Nancy Pelosi or Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
The Democrats went to the White House to work with Trump on infrastructure, something claims he’d be very good at because he lives in a structure, but instead, he used it as a ploy to explode over Congressional investigations.
Trump is refusing to work with Democrats on infrastructure or any bipartisan measures until they “get these phony investigations over with,” as he said in a Rose Garden tempter tantrum complete with pre-planned props.
Trump claims he was planning on a legitimate meeting with his Democratic colleagues until Pelosi accused him of engaging in a cover-up. He then said he “doesn’t do coverups,” as he has refused to release his taxes and continues to fight subpoenas and order underlings not to testify before Congress. Don’t get me started on that dead ferret on his head.
Donald Trump does not do infrastructure. Donald Trump does coverups.
Do you remember when Obama held the nation hostage and refused to do his job when Republicans conducted one investigation after another on Benghazi? How about when Bill Clinton was investigated repeatedly from the day he walked into the Oval Office? Donald Trump doesn’t multitask. Trump can’t even walk and chew gum at the same time.
The president is supposed to do his job, not hold the nation hostage because he’s butthurt. If you don’t want to be investigated, then don’t be a crook. Trump is upset because the Justice Department reached a deal with Congress to provide some secret material related to the Mueller Report, and a second federal judge ruled against Trump’s efforts to block Congress from gaining access to his financial information.
In Britain, protesters have decided to throw milkshakes at conservative lawmakers. It’s gotten so bad, the police have asked some McDonalds to stop selling them when conservative assholes are nearby.
If you don’t want to be investigated or covered in delicious milkshakes, don’t be a conservative asshole.
President Trump looks to be set on the idea of https://taskandpurpose.com/trump-gallagher-golsteyn-marines-pardon as a perverse sort of Memorial Day gift.
He recently issued a pardon for a soldier convicted of the unlawful execution of a suspected al Qaeda fighter in Iraq, and he now seems to be gearing up for a preemptive pardon of former Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who was turned in by his fellow SEALs, who accused him of wantonly and indiscriminately murdering unarmed civilians. President Trump has already ordered Gallagher’s pre-trial conditions to be improved “in honor of his past service.” So that gives you an idea of his attitude toward the case.
Does all this talk about pardons constitute a considered judgment on Trump’s part that summary executions and terrorizing civilians are acceptable policies? Or that the actions of these specific defendants were justified? I doubt it. It looks more likely that these are simply the sort of people he feels he is expected to defend, the type whose side he is expected to take, without the need to look too closely at the details.
President Trump’s fascination with, and awe of, the military—despite or perhaps because of the fact that he himself avoided service—is well-documented. Remember all the generals he used to have in his administration? He likes people he sees as “tough” and wants to be accepted by them. So you can see how this would be his way of sending the message that he supports the troops.
This also provides us with a little perspective on Trump’s weakness for the “very fine people” of the racist “alt-right.” When I analyzed Trump’s comments praising these “very fine people” at the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville in 2017, I got a lot of angry responses accusing me of trying to “read minds” to figure out the intentions in Donald Trump’s head. In fact, I was focused only on the objective meaning of his words.
But I think we can make some good guesses at his motive and state of mind. We cannot directly introspect into someone else’s psyche, but can make reasonable inferences from his words and actions.
So let’s start by noting that we have a pattern. It’s not just one stray comment from 2017 that we’re talking about. ...
This is my Grand Unified Theory of Deplorability.
In both cases, Trump has been acting from a kind of tribalist sense of loyalty: These are my people and I must defend them, right or wrong.
And the more wrong they are, the more compelled he is to defend them, because that’s what he sees as his job: Standing up for the people the “elites” see as deplorable. It’s the behavior we would expect from someone who substitutes tribal loyalty for ideas and principles.
Does it matter that much why he gives aid and comfort to racists? Does it matter if he he does it because he’s a secret Klansman, or if he just does it because he thinks he’s getting back at the “Fake News” media?
Does it matter if he pardons an accused war criminal because he likes “tough measures” that include indiscriminate slaughter, rather than simply because he’s in awe of men in uniform and wants to be seen as standing on their side?
Not really.
The damage to the country and the corruption of our culture are the same either way.
I’m sure that in his own mind, in his self-image, Donald Trump is just standing up for decent, regular folks against the forces of Political Correctness. But this would not be the first time there is a big gap between Trump’s self-image and reality.
In the end, his subjective motives and rationalizations don’t matter. What matters is the objective reality of his actions.
LOW IQ DOTARD
Low IQ Dotard
While in Japan, Donald Trump reminded us of two of the many reasons he doesn’t have the character required of an American president.
First, he engaged in politics against a political rival on foreign soil. That’s always been a no-no in American politics. You don’t go on foreign soil and attack Americans. When you go on a trip, you leave your dirty laundry at home. It’s petty, but then again, Trump is a petty human being.
This week, North Korea’s state-run media (something Trump dreams of having in the U.S. other than just Fox News), attacked Joe Biden and said he was a “fool of low IQ.” The DPRK was upset that Biden referred to Kim Jong Un as a tyrant, something Trump refuses to acknowledge anymore about a dictator who starves his own people, runs gulags, murders those he considers disloyal like his own brother, and shoots anyone who makes a run for the border. Instead of agreeing with Joe Biden that Kim is a tyrant, Trmp agreed with the tyrant that Biden has a low IQ.
It took Trump two tweets because he couldn’t figure out how to spell “Biden,” but he eventually agreed with Kim that “Swampman Joe Biden has a low IQ.” He also questioned if Kim was sending him a signal. What sort of signal is he talking about? An endorsement from a dictator? Hey, it wouldn’t be his first.
For all the partisan politics of his time, Ronald Reagan never sided with Leonid Brezhnev over Walter Monday.
While playing petty politics and yukking it up with a dictator over a political opponent is crass and pathetic, it’s not as horrifying as the second reason he gave us that he doesn’t have the temperament, brains, or loyalty required to be president. It involves a much more serious issue in which he took Kim’s word over his own national intelligence.
Last week, North Korea fired off a few ballistic missiles, an act that violates United Nations’ resolutions and even a promise Kim made to Trump. Trump’s own National Security Adviser, Captain Mustache John Bolton said he had no doubts North Korea violated UN resolutions with the missile launches. Trump didn’t just disagree with the Bolton on the violations, he disagreed that Kim fired ballistic missiles. Trump, the 10,000-liar, is claiming something didn’t happen that happened.
For months, Trump has said everything was cool between him and Kim as long as he didn’t fire any missiles or test nukes. Now that Kim is firing missiles again, the narcissism in Trump can’t admit he was wrong or that he made a mistake in trusting Kim. He would rather gaslight his own nation, disagree with his own national intelligence, and U.S. allies just to protect his ego.
In the same tweet that attacked Biden, Trump said, “North Korea fired off some small weapons which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me.” In the same sentence, he went from Kim firing off missiles to attacking Joe Biden. Trump was more interested in attacking a political opponent than protecting American interests.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders went to Japan with Trump. While not winning the Sumo trophy, she did go on Meet the Press to defend Trump’s disloyalty to his nation, our allies, and even to his own intelligence. She said, “The president’s focus in all of this process is on continuing the very good relationship that he has with Chairman Kim. And he feels good that the chairman will stay firm with the commitment that he made to the president and move towards denuclearization.”
This is more gaslighting as North Korea has not made a commitment of any sort to denuclearize. The one agreement they signed doesn’t have any specifics.
Sanders argued against criticism that both summits Trump had with Kim weren’t fruitless. She said, “For a significant period of time there was no missile testing. We got hostages back home to the United States and remains of American war heroes. I don’t know how you can say that that’s nothing.” Eleven prisoners were released by North Korea during the Obama presidency without bullshit summits or ransom payments, unlike how Trump got three prisoners released. And in case, Sanders hasn’t noticed, they’re firing missiles again. That would be like defending the Nazis by arguing for a significant period of time, they didn’t invade Poland.
Trump often agrees with enemies of the United States and starts to use their language and arguments. He and Vladimir Putin have the same “no collusion” stance. They both use the term “fake news.” Recently, Trump repeated Russian state propaganda that they had the right to invade Afghanistan because of terrorists attacks (which isn’t true).
Kim was testing Trump by firing ballistic missiles. Trump’s reaction tells Kim that he can do anything he wants. Why would he denuclearize if the American president won’t hold him accountable or even acknowledge his transgressions? Trump went from calling Kim “Rocket Man” to being unable to acknowledge there are any rockets.
Trump loves tyrants and dictators. He hopes to become one himself someday. Even before his kissy summit with Kim, he referred to him as a “smart cookie” for his ability to threaten and murder people to gain and retain power. He believes we should listen to Kim’s wisdom when he insults Joe Biden. He probably wants us to forget, and if you’re a Trump cultist then you have forgotten, that Kim once referred to Donald Trump as a “dotard.” That does not mean “stable genius.”
What Donald Trump did in Japan was remind us that no dotard should be president of the United States.
Low IQ Dotard
While in Japan, Donald Trump reminded us of two of the many reasons he doesn’t have the character required of an American president.
First, he engaged in politics against a political rival on foreign soil. That’s always been a no-no in American politics. You don’t go on foreign soil and attack Americans. When you go on a trip, you leave your dirty laundry at home. It’s petty, but then again, Trump is a petty human being.
This week, North Korea’s state-run media (something Trump dreams of having in the U.S. other than just Fox News), attacked Joe Biden and said he was a “fool of low IQ.” The DPRK was upset that Biden referred to Kim Jong Un as a tyrant, something Trump refuses to acknowledge anymore about a dictator who starves his own people, runs gulags, murders those he considers disloyal like his own brother, and shoots anyone who makes a run for the border. Instead of agreeing with Joe Biden that Kim is a tyrant, Trmp agreed with the tyrant that Biden has a low IQ.
It took Trump two tweets because he couldn’t figure out how to spell “Biden,” but he eventually agreed with Kim that “Swampman Joe Biden has a low IQ.” He also questioned if Kim was sending him a signal. What sort of signal is he talking about? An endorsement from a dictator? Hey, it wouldn’t be his first.
For all the partisan politics of his time, Ronald Reagan never sided with Leonid Brezhnev over Walter Monday.
While playing petty politics and yukking it up with a dictator over a political opponent is crass and pathetic, it’s not as horrifying as the second reason he gave us that he doesn’t have the temperament, brains, or loyalty required to be president. It involves a much more serious issue in which he took Kim’s word over his own national intelligence.
Last week, North Korea fired off a few ballistic missiles, an act that violates United Nations’ resolutions and even a promise Kim made to Trump. Trump’s own National Security Adviser, Captain Mustache John Bolton said he had no doubts North Korea violated UN resolutions with the missile launches. Trump didn’t just disagree with the Bolton on the violations, he disagreed that Kim fired ballistic missiles. Trump, the 10,000-liar, is claiming something didn’t happen that happened.
For months, Trump has said everything was cool between him and Kim as long as he didn’t fire any missiles or test nukes. Now that Kim is firing missiles again, the narcissism in Trump can’t admit he was wrong or that he made a mistake in trusting Kim. He would rather gaslight his own nation, disagree with his own national intelligence, and U.S. allies just to protect his ego.
In the same tweet that attacked Biden, Trump said, “North Korea fired off some small weapons which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me.” In the same sentence, he went from Kim firing off missiles to attacking Joe Biden. Trump was more interested in attacking a political opponent than protecting American interests.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders went to Japan with Trump. While not winning the Sumo trophy, she did go on Meet the Press to defend Trump’s disloyalty to his nation, our allies, and even to his own intelligence. She said, “The president’s focus in all of this process is on continuing the very good relationship that he has with Chairman Kim. And he feels good that the chairman will stay firm with the commitment that he made to the president and move towards denuclearization.”
This is more gaslighting as North Korea has not made a commitment of any sort to denuclearize. The one agreement they signed doesn’t have any specifics.
Sanders argued against criticism that both summits Trump had with Kim weren’t fruitless. She said, “For a significant period of time there was no missile testing. We got hostages back home to the United States and remains of American war heroes. I don’t know how you can say that that’s nothing.” Eleven prisoners were released by North Korea during the Obama presidency without bullshit summits or ransom payments, unlike how Trump got three prisoners released. And in case, Sanders hasn’t noticed, they’re firing missiles again. That would be like defending the Nazis by arguing for a significant period of time, they didn’t invade Poland.
Trump often agrees with enemies of the United States and starts to use their language and arguments. He and Vladimir Putin have the same “no collusion” stance. They both use the term “fake news.” Recently, Trump repeated Russian state propaganda that they had the right to invade Afghanistan because of terrorists attacks (which isn’t true).
Kim was testing Trump by firing ballistic missiles. Trump’s reaction tells Kim that he can do anything he wants. Why would he denuclearize if the American president won’t hold him accountable or even acknowledge his transgressions? Trump went from calling Kim “Rocket Man” to being unable to acknowledge there are any rockets.
Trump loves tyrants and dictators. He hopes to become one himself someday. Even before his kissy summit with Kim, he referred to him as a “smart cookie” for his ability to threaten and murder people to gain and retain power. He believes we should listen to Kim’s wisdom when he insults Joe Biden. He probably wants us to forget, and if you’re a Trump cultist then you have forgotten, that Kim once referred to Donald Trump as a “dotard.” That does not mean “stable genius.”
What Donald Trump did in Japan was remind us that no dotard should be president of the United States.
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court upheld an Indiana law Tuesday that required the burial or cremation of fetal remains following an abortion, but the justices refused to consider the state's effort to ban abortions based on sex, race or disability.
The abortion law, hailed by Gov. Mike Pence in 2016 before he became vice president as a "comprehensive pro-life measure that affirms the value of all human life," had been challenged successfully by Planned Parenthood.
The Indiana law is among many challenging the timing, methods and providers of abortion that are headed toward the high court at a time when Chief Justice John Roberts and his colleagues are seeking a lower profile.
In February, the court temporarily blocked abortion restrictions in Louisiana that critics complained were virtually identical to Texas limits struck down by the justices in 2016. Roberts sided with four liberal justices in taking that action, which makes it likely the court will hear the state's appeal in the fall or early next year.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit last year struck down the Indiana law based on individual privacy rights. "Nothing in the 14th Amendment or Supreme Court precedent allows the state to invade this privacy realm to examine the underlying basis for a woman’s decision to terminate her pregnancy,” the court said.
In its petition to the Supreme Court, the state argued that the provisions "protect the inherent dignity of every human being, born and unborn, before and after death, without infringing on a woman’s constitutional right to decide whether to bear or beget a child.
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in favor of a Pennsylvania high school policy that allows transgender students to use locker rooms and restrooms that match their gender identity.
Why it matters: The decision to leave the school district's policy intact runs counter to the Trump administration's removal of Title IX protections for transgender youth, which ensured they had access to bathrooms and facilities of their choice.
The big picture: Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed eliminating protections for transgender people established under the Affordable Care Act — one of the administration's latest moves to restrict LGBTQ protections.
They do not all look the same. But group them together and they clearly form a political family: Orbán, Erdoğan, Kaczyński, Trump, Modi, perhaps Netanyahu, Bolsonaro for sure. It would be a mistake to homogenise what are, after all, fundamentally different national trajectories: the causes of the rise of right-wing populism are not identical in every case. But there is a trend which it is important to understand: right-wing populists have developed a common strategy and what might even be called a shared authoritarian-populist art of governance – it’s this that produces the family resemblance.
The populist art of governance is based on nationalism (often with racist overtones), on hijacking the state for the ends of partisan loyalists and, less obviously, on weaponising the economy to secure political power: a combination of culture war, patronage and mass clientelism. The specificity of these characteristics tends to be missed by those who equate contemporary right-wing populism with fascism, or see populism as a new ideology, or assume that ‘ordinary people’ brought all this on themselves with their craving for authoritarianism. The spread of the populist technique of governance also puts paid to the post-Cold War illusion that only democracies can learn from their own mistakes and from one another’s experiences. Authoritarians, it used to be said, couldn’t innovate or adapt to changing environments; they were fated to end as the Soviet Union did. The new Populist International – whose members borrow, try out and refine techniques of populist rule – should disturb that complacent liberal-democratic notion.
