Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

wonko the sane?

You may test that assumption at your convinience.
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Wonder if they'll burn down Mar-a-Lardo instead of the capitol this time, since the orange shitgibbon is far more likely to be there.
We're canadians. We can burn down a hell of a lot more than one building in a day.

We'll think ahead this time though, and bar the doors before we throw the cocktail party.
 

Corvus

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So, 20 minutes after her interview with Hasan Piker aired, Trump announced his intent to fire FTC chair, Lina Khan.

Khan has been a huge advocate for the American people and has made multiple moves to try to protect American consumers, much to the chagrin of corpratists. She and the FTC were key voices against the Kroger/Albertsons merger, and the Judge in the case eventually sided with the FTC, causing Albertsons to back out.

The enshittification of America under Trump chapter 2 proceeds apace.
 
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Pocket

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Yep, and it's a move that literally any Republican would have made, from DeSantis on down to Romney.
 

Pale Rider

...and Hell followed with him.
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FB friend:
Everyone is saying that Trump can't end birthright citizenship with an executive order, as if Trump cares what the constitution says.

He'll just write the executive order, his CBP Gestapo will start deporting people, it won't be legal, the "radical left" ACLU will sue, the DOJ will fight them, appeals will be tied up in court for years while peoples' lives are destroyed, and SCOTUS will eventually rule in his favour for no conceivable reason while Clarence Thomas laughs all the way to the bank. Legal scholars will assail the ruling and John Roberts will insist that SCOTUS still has integrity.
Tulsi Gabbard asking a Syrian child how she knows the airstrike that left her badly burned was from Russia or Assad rather than ISIS (which has no air force) is a perfect example of how everyone in Trump's camp is simultaneously incredibly stupid and incredibly awful.
The period between now and Trump's inauguration is kind of like watching a plugged toilet slowly overflow. The sh*t just keeps rising and rising until the moment when it spills over the top and there's sh*t everywhere.
 

Tuxedo Prime

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There is still time, though.

Get your shots topped up while you can, get documents In order and make copies, set aside PPE. Lay in stores of rice, dry pulses, and preserved fruits and vegetables -- the last will be hit hard by agricultural disruptions. (Frozen is best for vegetables, canned should be all right for fruit, and jarred for that indecisive tomato....)
 

Rhinox

too old for this
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I'd really like to see the companion to that list, the list of things they'll do for him if he does as they ask.
Considering everything Trump does is transactional, I'm very curious as to what promises have been made to him.
 

Teufel

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So, 20 minutes after her interview with Hasan Piker aired, Trump announced his intent to fire FTC chair, Lina Khan.

Khan has been a huge advocate for the American people and has made multiple moves to try to protect American consumers, much to the chagrin of corpratists. She and the FTC were key voices against the Kroger/Albertsons merger, and the Judge in the case eventually sided with the FTC, causing Albertsons to back out.

The enshittification of America under Trump chapter 2 proceeds apace.

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Wait, wait, wait. Kind of late to this, but why was the FTC chair on with a streamer who has rebroadcast Houthi propaganda videos, interviewed Houthi members, expressed his support for Hezbollah, and expressed his support for the Houthis? The Houthis are a terrorist group that has attacked Americans, its allies, and part of its official slogan is "Death to America, Death to Israel, A curse upon the Jews." Hezbollah murdered hundreds of Americans on a peacekeeping mission. It helped Assad murder his own people. An on and on.
 

Pocket

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Kind of late to this, but why was the FTC chair on with a streamer who has rebroadcast Houthi propaganda videos, interviewed Houthi members, expressed his support for Hezbollah, and expressed his support for the Houthis?
The easy answer would be the same reason prominent figures on both sides of the aisle have appeared on Joe Rogan's show: he's famous, he invited them on, and it's an easy way to get free publicity. Granted, I've never heard of this guy until now, but I am extremely out of the loop when it comes to my own generation's celebrities of choice. But I daresay anyone important enough to get appointed to a major federal office probably is too.
 

NovaSaber

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Media law experts were skeptical the suit could achieve its aims in court but said it could have a chilling effect on the media.

“The odds of success here are slim to none, but winning in court is not likely the real goal of this lawsuit," said Clay Calvert, a media law expert and professor at the University of Florida's Levin College of Law. "The true motivation is to intimidate the press and journalists. I unfortunately suspect this lawsuit is just a harbinger of things to come.”

The suit says “Millions of Americans, including Plaintiff, residents of Iowa, and Iowans who contributed to President Trump’s Campaign and its affiliated entities (the ‘Trump 2024 Campaign’), were deceived by the doctored Harris Poll” and that the “polling ‘miss’ was not an astonishing coincidence — it was intentional.”
 

CoffeeHorse

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Here's the court filing, since NBC and FOX couldn't be bothered. What a great industry. https://www.scribd.com/document/805828796/Trump-v-Selzer-et-al

It is... not the most professionally written lawsuit you'll ever read. The most interesting thing here is the admission that the Trump campaign diverted money to Iowa over this poll, which is how they're claiming to have damages despite this poll obviously not mattering.
 

wonko the sane?

You may test that assumption at your convinience.
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So hey: musk is calling for the continuing resolution to be killed, and sending the government into shutdown until trump is inaugurated. Economists are saying it'll trigger a depression.

So merry ******* christmas folks!
 


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