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President Elect Donald Trump?
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Trump NFTs have sold out.
Well done, rubes!
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Proud to be an Merican
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It looked like a 50 million grift. I’m wondering how many of the Trumpers don’t actually have the digital wallet and paid with credit card making their purchase worthless. Can’t digitally trade it without a wallet.
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[link=https://nypost.com/2022/12/16/steve-bannon-calls-for-firings-after-trumps-latest-stunt/]New York Post[/link]
[h1][b]Steve Bannon fed up with Trumps latest stunts: I cant do this anymore[/b][/h1]Even Steve Bannon and other key advisers to former President Donald Trump have had enough of his latest stunts demanding everyone behind his [link=https://nypost.com/2022/12/15/donald-trumps-major-announcement-is-a-cringey-ntf-line-of-himself/]wacky NFT collection [/link]be fired today.
I cant do this anymore, an exasperated-sounding Bannon said Thursday on [link=https://americasvoice.news/playlists/the-war-room/]his show, The War Room, [/link]when discussing the [link=https://nypost.com/2022/12/15/dont-give-any-money-to-con-artist-trump/]widely derided collection[/link] the 45th president launched the previous day.
Trumps former key strategist maintained that the man he helped get into the White House was one of the greatest presidents in history, and said he still loves the folks working for him, including his communications team.
But were at war. They oughta be fired today, Bannon stated firmly.
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[h2]Opinion | Say Donald Trumps Name[/h2] [b]The reluctance of Republican critics to call him out directly underscores his lingering grip on the party.
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[link=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/21/republicans-stop-being-scared-trump-00074985]Rich Lowry[/link]:
The man who has spent a lifetime putting his name on everything can still keep it off the lips of people appalled by something he has said or done. Its a GOP taboo that became so deeply ingrained during his presidency and the immediate aftermath that it will only lift slowly, if ever.
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If Republicans were playing by these rules during Watergate, they would have distanced themselves from anyone authorizing a burglary of the opposition partys political headquarters and strongly urged all elected leaders to preserve audio tapes of their conversations in their entirety.
How much does this matter? On the one hand, everyone knows who theyre talking about, especially Donald Trump. On the other, avoiding his name speaks to a continued increment of fear, a reflexive cringe before the political top dog who for years could make the lives of straying Republicans miserable with a tweet or a swipe during a press conference. When this reflex finally gives way, itll be a sign that Trumps grip on the party really has loosened.…
Its certainly true that, at one point, if Republican officeholders had been more forthright about what they really thought about Trump, it would have led to instant and, in many cases, successful primary challenges. A reticence about Trump could be justified as a means of self-preservation and a way to keep the party from becoming even more MAGAfied.Now, this no longer makes sense. Confidence isnt everything in life or in politics, but it is self-reinforcing. If anyone has demonstrated this throughout his business and political career, its Donald Trump. He cant be pleased with his current state, but must consider it a welcome sign of weakness on the part of his critics that some of them still, after everything, wont dare say his name.
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[h2]Opinion | Say Donald Trumps Name[/h2] [b]The reluctance of Republican critics to call him out directly underscores his lingering grip on the party.
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[link=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/21/republicans-stop-being-scared-trump-00074985]Rich Lowry[/link]:Its certainly true that, at one point, if Republican officeholders had been more forthright about what they really thought about Trump, it would have led to instant and, in many cases, successful primary challenges. [b]A reticence about Trump could be justified as a means of self-preservation and a way to keep the party from becoming even more MAGAfied.[/b]
Sad but true. There were a lot of pragmatists.
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[h1][b]Trump Has Barely Left Mar-a-Lago[/b][/h1]
[link=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-running-for-president-2024.html]New York Magazine[/link]: Since then, he has barely set foot outside the perimeter of Mar-a-Lago. For 28 days, in fact, he has not left the state of Florida at all.
He is sensitive about this. He does not like what it suggests. So he does not accept the premise. Sometimes I dont even stay at Mar-a-Lago, he told me. What do you mean you dont stay there, I asked. Where do you stay? I stay here, he said, but I am outside of Mar-a-Lago quite a bit. Im always largely outside of Mar-a-Lago at meetings and various other things and events. Im down in Miami. I go to Miami, I go to different places in Florida.’
What he means when he says Miami is that his SUV rolls down the driveway, past the pristine lawn set for croquet and through the Secret Service checkpoint at the gate, for the two-hour trip to another piece of Trump real estate, the Trump National in Doral, about eight miles from the airport in Miami-Dade County. There, he meets regularly with an impressive, ideologically diverse range of policy wonks, diplomats, and political theorists for conversations about the global economy and military conflicts and constitutional law and Im kidding. He goes there to play golf.
Said one adviser: He just goes, plays golf, comes back, and f*cks off. He has retreated to the golf course and to Mar-a-Lago. His world has gotten much smaller. His world is so, so small.
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[link=https://www.newyorker.com/news/american-chronicles/the-devastating-new-history-of-the-january-sixth-insurrection]David Remnick[/link]: In his career as a New York real-estate shyster and tabloid denizen, then as the forty-fifth President of the United States, Trump has been the most transparent of public figures. He does little to conceal his most distinctive characteristics: his racism, misogyny, dishonesty, narcissism, incompetence, cruelty, instability, and corruption.
And yet what has kept Trump afloat for so long, what has helped him evade ruin and prosecution, is perhaps his most salient quality: he is shameless. That is the never-apologize-never-explain core of him. Trump is hardly the first dishonest President, the first incurious President, the first liar. But he is the most shameless. His contrition is impossible to conceive. He is insensible to disgrace
Experience makes it plain that Trump will just keep going on like this, deflecting, denying, lashing out at his accusers, even if it means that he will end his days howling in a bare and echoing room. It matters little that the report shows that even members of his innermost circle, from his Attorney General to his daughter, know the depths of his vainglorious delusions. He will not repent. He will not change.
But the importance of the committees report has far less to do with the spectacle of Trumps unravelling. Its importance resides in the establishment of a historical record, the depth of its evidence, the story it tells of a deliberate, coordinated assault on American democracy that could easily have ended with the kidnapping or assassination of senior elected officials, the emboldenment of extremist groups and militias, and, above all, a stolen election, a coup.
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[b]Two Views of Christmas[/b][/h1]
President Joe Biden [link=https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1606651412280221696]on Twitter[/link]: There is a certain stillness at the center of the Christmas story: a silent night when all the world goes quiet. And all the clamor, everything that divides us, fades away in the stillness of a winters evening. I wish you that peace this Christmas Eve.
Donald Trump [link=https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/109571188060799356]on Truth Social[/link]: Merry Christmas to EVERYONE, including the Radical Left Marxists that are trying to destroy our Country, the Federal Bureau of Investigation that is illegally coercing & paying Social and LameStream Media to push for a mentally disabled Democrat over the Brilliant, Clairvoyant, and USA LOVING Donald J. Trump, and, of course, The Department of Injustice, which appointed a Special Prosecutor who, together with his wife and family, HATES Trump more than any other person on earth. LOVE TO ALL!
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[link=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-third-party-angry-at-gop_n_63afcfd9e4b0ae9de1b7140f]HuffPost[/link]
[h1][b]Trump Appears To Float Third-Party Threat If GOP Won’t Back Him[/b][/h1]If Republicans lose, it’ll be what they deserve for not supporting Trump, warns The Coming Split” author Dan Gelernter, in the right-wing journal American Greatness
Do I think Trump can win as a third-party candidate? No, he wrote. Would I vote for him as a third-party candidate? Yes. Because Im not interested in propping up this corrupt [GOP] gravy-train any longer.
Gelernter claimed that the Republican machine has no intention of letting us choose Trump again: He is not a uniparty team player. Theyd rather lose an election to the [link=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/democratic-party]Democrats[/link], their brothers in crime, than win with Trump.
He asked: What should we do when a majority of Republicans want Trump, but the [link=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/republican-party]Republican Party[/link] says we cant have him? Do we knuckle under and vote for Ron DeSantis because he would be vastly better than any Democrat? I say no, we dont knuckle under.
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Donald Trump delivers an uplifting New Year’s message:
[link=https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1609406998730182656]https://twitter.com/RonFi…us/1609406998730182656[/link]
(he’s upset because his Mar-a-Lago party didn’t sell out … which he blames on people not being able to fly from NY to Miami)-
Our Norma Desmond President.
[link=https://youtu.be/jMTT0LW0M_Y]https://youtu.be/jMTT0LW0M_Y[/link]
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[h3][link=https://www.businessinsider.com/cable-news-skips-donald-trump-nye-media-availability-offer-maralago-2023-1]Cable News Ignores Trump’s Mar-a-Lago ‘Media Availability'[/link][/h3]
[link=https://www.rawstory.com/trump-new-years-eve-message/]Raw Story[/link][color=”#111111″]-[/color]
Donald Trump invited the media for a moment he called “media availability” at Mar-a-Lago ahead of the country club’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration. When the time came, however, Trump spoke for fewer than five minutes and not one of the cable news stations covered it, including allies like Newsmax and Fox.
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The video appeared on the front page of the conservative hotspot Rumble. At first, even with the top audio levels, Trump could only narrowly be heard.
He began by wishing the media a “Happy New Year,” despite his hate for them. He then asked if there were any questions. He attacked inflation as “destroying our country,” and made an inaudible comment about Ukraine and Russia.
Reporters asked questions like, “Would you support a national abortion ban,” which he refused to answer.
He rambled on about the “disgrace” of the Justice Department and the “weaponizing” of the FBI before he decided to wander into the event. When another asked how the 2024 campaign was going, he claimed it was, “very good,” despite not having any events or rallies of his own around the country after his announcement.
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People paid money to listen to him rant on New Years Eve. Sad.
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[link=https://politicalwire.com/2016/11/05/trump-rushed-offstage-security/]
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[h1][b]Trump Rushed Offstage by Secret Service[/b][/h1]
[link=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/us/politics/donald-trump-rally.html]New York Times[/link]
Donald Trump was rushed offstage by security guards not long after he began speaking on Saturday night at a rally in Reno, Nev., in a startling scene that was not immediately explained.
Two members of Mr. Trumps security detail raced toward Mr. Trump, with one of them grabbing him and forcibly escorting him away from the lectern. Moments before, Mr. Trump had seemed to notice a commotion in the crowd in front of him. As he was led away, video from the event appeared to show people near the stage subduing someone in the audience.
[link=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-escorted-off-stage-by-secret-service-at-reno-rally-230811]Politico[/link]:Two Nevada Republican sources who spoke with multiple attendees who witnessed the incident at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center said a scuffle broke out when a man appeared to raise a sign in protest of Trump.
Moments before, the Republican presidential nominee had predicted he would have tremendous support from Hispanic voters on Election Day when he spotted the protester.
We have one of those guys from the Hillary Clinton campaign, Trump said. How much are you being paid? $1500? Out. Take him out, Trump continued, as the crowed roared.
Less than 30 seconds later, Trump was stopped mid-sentence when two Secret Service agents rushed him off stage to safety behind a curtain. An announcer alerted the crowd that Trump would return soon.
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Yell that the guy with a protest sign has a gun to silence his 1st Amendment rights.
And yet Nevada is a 2nd amendment state, yes? Open carry is legal, yes?
Rights for me but not for thee.
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Trump’s dinner companion waxing eloquent about how Hitler was “really f*cking cool”
[link=https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1615370123442790400]https://twitter.com/Right…us/1615370123442790400[/link]
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Hitler was so adorable!
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Nazis have some really good people.
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[link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmPj5bY4qNs]Trump Nukes Diamond & Silk’s Funeral With Bonkers Eulogy[/link][/h3]zds
After Silk goes on and on about how much she loves Trump and all the great times they had together, Trump gets up and says this: I knew Diamond, but I didnt know Silk at all. I just learned about Silk. Youre fantastic.
Im serious, I thought I knew them both. I didnt. I knew Diamond but I didnt know Silk at all. I just learned about Silk. Youre fantastic, Trump said.
Trump later spoke about the crowd at the memorial service before he used his time on stage to dive into how planning went for the event.
The chapel wouldnt have held the kind of people, the number of people that we have, Trump said.
And were doing it right and thats the way it should be and I did notice a big line of very, very nice vehicles outside. Thats got to be handled properly, right? So were going to handle it properly. Go out in style. She knew that. Go out in style.
and of course ..
Trump concludes his moving eulogy to Diamond by saying the 2020 election was stolen from him, and Republicans have to get a lot tougher so they can swamp the Democrats in 2024 so they can fix the country.
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[link=https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/01/trump-has-completely-lost-his-grip-on-reality/]Trump Has Completely Lost His Grip on Reality
Trumps deterioration is on full display in the Truth Social asylum he built for himself. [/link]
Despite being the only candidate who has officially announced his bid, Trump is already ranting like a deranged hobo in a dilapidated public park. No, dont look at him he might come over here with his sign.
Day in, day out, he rambles about the adventures of Coco Chow and the Old Broken Crow; the dastardly Unselect Committee; the (presumably tasty) Stollen Presidential Election; the travails of the Gestopo; and other unusual characters from Coromandel.
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There was a point in time at which Trumps unusual verbal affect and singular nose for underutilized wedge issues gave him a competitive edge. Now? Now, hes morphing into one of the three witches from Macbeth. To peruse Trumps account on Truth Social is to meet a cast of characters about whom nobody who lives beyond the Trump Extended Universe could possibly care one whit.
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That diamond and silk thing produced some really good comedy. especially that part where silk full on kisses his rear end and then he’s like I didn’t know silk. That hole thing was apex level groveling.
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Want some good comedy? Look up the golf tournament he claimed for himself at his home course….
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Want some good comedy? Look up the golf tournament he claimed for himself at his home course….
It was a number of years ago but Golf Digest (fake news) ran a big article on him. He cheats at golf like he cheats at life. I won the senior club championship over the people who are 25 years younger and hit the ball much farther…
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Want some good comedy? Look up the golf tournament he claimed for himself at his home course….
It was a number of years ago but Golf Digest (fake news) ran a big article on him. He cheats at golf like he cheats at life. I won the senior club championship over the people who are 25 years younger and hit the ball much farther…
That GD article was based on the book: “Commander in Cheat”
I know quite a few people who have played with him. It’s pathetic but people that voted for him would never allow him in their private clubs. Power and money makes many look away.
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[h1][b]Trump Releases Education Policy[/b][/h1]
Donald Trump is unveiling a 2024 education policy plan, one focusing heavily on the culture war components that have animated conservatives, [link=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/26/trump-unveils-education-policy-culture-war-00079784]Politico[/link] reports.
The plan calls for cutting federal funding for any school or program that includes critical race theory, gender ideology, or other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content onto our children.
It also calls for opening civil rights investigations into any school district that has engaged in race-based discrimination, particularly against Asian American students, and promises to keep men out of womens sports._____
Maggie Haberman: “Trump appears to be chasing DeSantis with his campaigns policy rollouts.”
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I reached Maggies conclusion before the third paragraph.
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not quite as off the rails as his Diamond/Silk pseudo-eulogy, but … yeah
[link=https://time.com/6251040/trump-return-campaign-trail-message/]Time[/link]:
[h1][b]Trump’s Return to the Campaign Trail Reveals a Man Unsure of What His Base Wants[/b][/h1]
[b]SALEM, N.H.Well, [i]that[/i] was something.[/b]
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By the time former President Donald Trump left a high school auditorium Saturday afternoonhis [link=https://time.com/6251020/trump-new-hampshire-campaign-trail/]return to the campaign trail[/link] after an unusually sleepy start to his 2024 campaignhe had ricocheted off many of his standbys: indulging conspiracy theories, nursing conservatives fears about race and gender, and offering an alternative reality to his successors record. The hour-long diatribe suggested Joe Biden would have been shrewd to throw his son, Hunter, under the bus, that the Taliban were incapable of fighting at night because they lacked binoculars, and that wind turbines routinely knock planes out of the sky.
It was, in essence, a standard Trump speech, but with a more uneven pacing, and a little weirder and meandering.
For a fragile frontrunner facing criticism for the shaky start to his third bid for the White House, Trumps initial showing did little to calm the skittishness that the candidate himself acknowledged.
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[/QUOTE][h3][link=https://time.com/6251020/trump-new-hampshire-campaign-trail/]Trump Delivers Bitter Speech Filled with Falsehoods in New Hampshire[/link][/h3]
On Saturday, President Donald Trump pushed false claims about his own electoral losses and suggested foreign leaders shared his doubts about the outcome of the 2020 vote during his Saturday drop-by in the first-in-the-nation primary state.
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The events tone and substance suggested the looming two-year campaign is going to matchif not surpassthe toxic tone of his past attempts.
With typical bravado, Trump dismissed any threat to his re-nomination in New Hampshire hours before he was set to lead his first stop in South Carolina, another crucial early-nominating state. I dont think we have competition this time, to be honest, Trump said. We are so far ahead in the polls. Nationally, that may be the case, but it feels plenty flimsy.
When youre Trump, saying something repeatedly is as good as fact. And, judging from his first swing on the 2024 trail, thats going to be central to his strategy once more.[/QUOTE]
