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Kay Bradley

Opinion | Trump and His Party Made the Storming of the Capitol Possible - The New York ... - 0 views

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    "For years, there has been a mantra that Republicans have recited to comfort themselves about President Trump - both about the things he says and the support they offer him. Trump, they'd say, should be taken seriously, not literally. The coinage comes from a 2016 article in The Atlantic by Salena Zito, in which she complained that the press took Trump "literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally." For Republican elites, this was a helpful two-step. "
sebastiansalazar

How Giuliani Led Trump to the Brink of Impeachment - 3 views

I feel like this article gives too much credit to Rudy. I feel like Trump carries the blame for a lot of what they're throwing at Rudy. Not that Rudy is innocent. He isn't. But I feel like this art...

artemisiam2021

In Visiting a Charred California, Trump Confronts a Scientific Reality He Denies - The ... - 1 views

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    Trump has come to California today to take inventory of the wildfires currently scorching the state. He has been firmly denying the existence of climate change while promoting the usage of fossil fuels throughout his campaign and presidency, even though climate change is at least partially responsible for the level of devastation the California fires have caused.
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    This is a super interesting article. I didn't realize how directly responsible Trump is for much of the current climate crisis and that his decisions in the past 4 years have had a global impact
cole_reynolds

Trump Wanted to Send Troops Into Mexico to Hunt Drug Cartels: Report - 0 views

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    Trump wanted to send in Troops to fight cartels. This is obviously reminiscent of the US invasion of Afghanistan, The Mexican president thanks Trump for his desire to help but stressed the need for Mexico's independent handling of the situation
trinityballa

Nambia: Trump praises nonexistent African country - CNN - 1 views

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    Trump pronounces "Namibia" incorrectly and people find it hilariously disappointing.
akirabowler

Trump Gifts From Saudi Arabia: Tiger Fur Robes and Chiffon Dresses - The New York Times - 0 views

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    The gifts of Trump
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    Nyuck, nyuck. GIfts, of, for, . . . .
Kay Bradley

Trump Declares Afghan Peace Talks With Taliban 'Dead' - The New York Times - 1 views

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    Yet another spectacular decision by our president who continues to show us how amazing he is at diplomacy and foreign relations. I simply don't understand how he can disregard the life of an American Soldier. I would give a "have you seen," but I'm sure you have seen some other comments Trump has made since his campaign.
jmilani99

Critics Fear Trump's Attacks on Iran Could Backfire - The New York Times - 0 views

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    An article analyzing the way that Trump's UN speech could impact peoples' view of Iran. The demeanors of both presidents (Trump and President Rouhani of Iran) are compared. The legitimacy of Rouhani's "facts" are also called into question. 
Kay Bradley

Opinion | How Trumpism May Endure - The New York Times - 0 views

  • The story demands a religious loyalty.
  • Mr. Trump’s Lost Cause takes its fuel from conspiratorial myths of all kinds, rehearsed for years on Trump media and social media platforms. Its guiding theories include: Christianity under duress and attack; large corrupt cities full of Black and brown people manipulated by liberal elites; Barack Obama as alien; a socialist movement determined to tax you into subservience to “big government”; liberal media out to crush family and conservative values; universities and schools teaching the young a history that hates America; resentment of nonwhite immigrants who threaten a particular national vision; and whatever hideous new version of a civil religion QAnon represents.
  • The Confederate Lost Cause is one of the most deeply ingrained mythologies in American history. It emerged first as a mood of traumatized defeat in the 1860s, but grew into an array of arguments, organizations and rituals in search of a story that could win hearts and minds and regain power in the Southern states. It was initially a psychological response to the trauma of collective loss among former Confederates. It gained traction in violent groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and in the re-emergence of the Democratic Party’s resistance to Reconstruction.
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  • Crucially, the Lost Cause argued that the Confederacy never fought to preserve slavery, and that it was never truly defeated on battlefields.
  • Confederate Lost Cause ideology
  • All Lost Causes find their lifeblood in lies, big and small, lies born of beliefs in search of a history that can be forged into a story and mobilize masses of people to act politically, violently, and in the name of ideology.
  • By the 1890s, the Lost Cause was no longer a story of loss, but one of victory: the defeat of Reconstruction. Southerners — whether run-of-the-mill local politicians, famous former generals or women who forged the culture of monument building — portrayed white supremacy and home rule for the South as the nation’s victory over radicalism and Negro rule.
  • glory of America
  • But it does seem to be tonic for those who fear long-term social change;
  • liberalism; taxation; what it perceives as big government; nonwhite immigrants who drain the homeland’s resources; government regulation imposed on individuals and businesses; foreign entanglements and wars that require America to be too generous to strange peoples in faraway places; any hint of gun control; feminism in high places; the nation’s inevitable ethnic and racial pluralism; and the infinite array of practices or ideas it calls “political correctness.”
  • border walls; ever-growing stock portfolios; access to the environment and hunting land without limits; coal they can burn at will; the “liberty” to reject masks; history that tastes of the sweetness of progress and not the bitterness of national sins.
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    "Mr. Trump's Lost Cause takes its fuel from conspiratorial myths of all kinds, rehearsed for years on Trump media and social media platforms. Its guiding theories include: Christianity under duress and attack; large corrupt cities full of Black and brown people manipulated by liberal elites; Barack Obama as alien; a socialist movement determined to tax you into subservience to "big government"; liberal media out to crush family and conservative values; universities and schools teaching the young a history that hates America; resentment of nonwhite immigrants who threaten a particular national vision; and whatever hideous new version of a civil religion QAnon represents."
anyak2021

China mocks US 'double standards' over Capitol chaos vs Hong Kong | South China Morning... - 1 views

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    China mocked the protests at the US Capitol yesterday, comparing them to the Hong Kong protests in 2019 which the US supported. They considered this an example of failing democracy and even equated twitter blocking Donald Trump to "having no freedom of speech."
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    I disagree with the idea that blocking Donald Trump from Twitter is an example of "having no freedom of speech" because Twitter is a private company with guidelines and rules that Trump agreed to when he first made his account. He has since broken those rules, so it is completely fair that he is being kicked off the platform.
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    I agree with Maya's comment. The idea that preventing the further instigation of violence is somehow turning our country into a 1984 dystopia that is run by "Big Tech".
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    I also agree with Maya as Twitter is a private company and no one is banning Trump from speaking to the press or any other form of public media.
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    This seems like such a poor argument by the CCP I'm not sure why they would even make it, seeing as Twitter is literally banned in China.
Kay Bradley

Opinion | An Article of Impeachment Against Donald J. Trump - The New York Times - 0 views

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    "The evidence is now quite strong that Donald Trump committed obstruction of justice. Many legal scholars believe a sitting president cannot be charged with a crime. So the proper remedy for a president credibly accused of obstructing justice is impeachment."
Kay Bradley

Opinion | Running Out the Clock on Trump Is Cowardly and Dangerous - The New York Times - 0 views

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    "This particular mob successfully breached the Capitol in an effort, however inchoate, to install Donald Trump as president for a second time, against the will of the majority of voters and their electors. The mob failed to change the outcome of the election, but it showed the world what was possible. If the mob and its enablers - the president and his allies - walk away unpunished, then the mob will return." Jamelle Bouie Comparison to white redemption in New Orleans in the 1870s
theos2022

Comment des dizaines de manifestants pro-Trump ont accédé au cœur du Capitole - 0 views

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    This french article from Le Monde offers a detailed hour-by-hour description of how the trump supporters were able to make their way into the capitol building. The article has mapped out videos and nice photos as well.
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    This is a great article that gives a concise and clear timeline of the events yesterday.
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    This article does a good job of laying out all the facts about the January 6th pro-Trump riot.
mayas2021

Trump impeachment: Democrats prepare to act over Capitol riot - 1 views

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    This article from the BBC talks about how many Democrats are calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump just days before he is officially out of office. Trump has not been able to make any public statements yet because he has been suspended from Twitter and many other platforms.
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    It will be interesting to see if house democrats wait until after Biden's first 100 days to impeach Trump or will they be voting on it before the inauguration. Nonetheless, I don't believe the Senate will vote until after it.
artemisiam2021

Trump Announces Barrett as Supreme Court Nominee, Describing Her as Heir to Scalia - Th... - 1 views

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    Trump nominates conservative Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court and starts the race to get her confirmed before the November election, which is a mere 36 days away. In a process that typically takes 10 weeks, Trump wants to halve that time. There are concerns that her religious views and philosophy will interfere with her court decisions and Democrats plan on grilling her on her views of healthcare and abortion.
julianp22

Biden administration makes second attempt to end "Remain in Mexico" border program - CB... - 0 views

  • The Biden administration on Friday announced its second attempt to end a Trump-era border program that forced migrants to wait in Mexico for their U.S. asylum hearings, issuing a new termination memo it hopes will pass legal muster.
  • "I recognize that MPP likely contributed to reduced migratory flows. But it did so by imposing substantial and unjustifiable human costs on the individuals who were exposed to harm while waiting in Mexico,"
  • Lawyers representing the government, as well as Texas and Missouri, which filed the lawsuit against the termination of the Remain in Mexico policy, are set to convene on Tuesday to hold oral arguments before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is hearing the administration's appeal of the August ruling. 
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  • The Trump administration used the MPP to return 70,000 migrants to Mexico,
  • The modifications include expanding migrants' access to lawyers; striving to complete court cases within 180 days; and creating a policy exception for at-risk asylum-seekers, including migrants who identify as members of the LGBTQI community and those whose age or medical conditions make them too vulnerable to be returned to Mexico, DHS officials said.
  • Kacsmaryk also determined the reversal of the Trump-era border policy led the Biden administration to violate a section of U.S. immigration law that mandates the detention of certain asylum-seekers, since there's currently not enough detention capacity to detain all of them.
Kay Bradley

America Has Never Been So Ripe for Tyranny -- NYMag - 0 views

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    Trump, Plato, fear. . . interesting piece from Axel. Thanks, Axel!
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