Why is it easier for dems to say that trump has dementia than to say the administration is unconstitutionally abusing its power violating their oaths?
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They want to place all the blame for the problems in America on the shoulders of this one hapless clown because it spares them from reckoning with the deep systemic problems that led to us having this syphilis petri dish in the highest seat of power of the nation with the most powerful military in human history.
Fucking poetic.
Fact. But do the voters understand it enough to vote for an alternative to mainstream Democrats (that actually know how to fix stuff)? Like, the foundational issues are lack of term / age limits, how campaigns / candidates are funded, and lobbying. You canot fix healthcare, for example, without fixing the system that allowed our current state. Having any discussion before the foundations are fixed is an act of futility.
Are you saying they’re not saying that? Because i’m pretty sure they are.
We won’t hear about it of course, but that should be expected. I guess we'd have to define what you mean by “dems”, but I’m pretty sure we can find more than a couple.
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He’s 80. His dad died of Alzheimer’s. Odds are in favor of it. While syphilis is on the rise lately, it’s also cured with antibiotics. I think there’s lower odds of the syphilis, granted, until the last year or two, it wasn’t a common test run on anyone, so, maybe.
What’s interesting is China just came out with new nanotech which has effectively reduces the causes of Alzheimer’s in animal models. Meanwhile, Trump has both alienated China and chased many scientists from our country to theirs.
His dad, his grandad, and his sister all died of it. Of COURSE he has it, we’ve been screaming it since the first time this demented rapist was illegally placed in power.
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I see your point, however my point is that his entire regime (administration) should be removed from power.
Bondi should be disbarred, Miller imprisoned, for starters.
For starters, absolutely.
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Because they don't want fingers pointed at them, just in case they want to do it too.
The US desperately needs a grass-roots movement that lies low and makes do with harm reduction so the ones in power do not see it coming, and then suddenly switches their vote together all at once when they know they have enough numbers for a third party to surpass the other two, and be able to pass constitutional amendments, fix the electoral system, and other changes to start undoing the damage of McCarthyism.
I would also like a pony.
Fun fact, did you know that the word radical means grass roots?
Not specifically grass, just roots. It can be grass roots, but it can also be a square root.
Ahh, thank you for pointing that out
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Cynical view: neoliberals are in bed with republicans, gotta follow the money and lobbyists.
A kinder take: The dems definitely have a messaging problem.
Bernie and AOC will tell it to you straight.
Cynical view: neoliberals are in bed with republicans, gotta follow the money and lobbyists.
A kinder take: The dems definitely have a messaging problem.
Realistic view: Neoliberals are almost as corrupt as Republicans, a lot of their owner donors are the same ones who own the Republican party, and that's most of the reason why they absolutely suck at messaging.
When you're trying to defeat the fascists who came into power using moneyed interests to abuse a broken system, the moneyed interests who own and benefit from the system is your ACTUAL main source of income and most of the people you're pretending to appeal to absolutely loathe both billionaires and the system, your messaging is GONNA suck big, floppy donkey dick.
As fraudulent and infantile as the fascist messaging is, it's still clear and forceful, which makes it much more effective than the empty and vague promises and threats of Neoliberals.
Exactly right, comrade. I wish more Lemmings were fans of George Carlin.
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Because most things that are "unconstitutional"... aren't. At best they are a grey area that (arguably) clearly goes against the spirit of the document but... the spirit of the document is also that white men are all that matters.
So a claim of "that is unconstitutional" would need a nuanced discussion (and nuance is for Barren Women And The Gays!!!) and would lead to actual lawyers saying "uhm... it technically isn't?". And said nuance would lead room for a bad faith interpretation by the SCOTUS to "clarify" things in law.
Cue: "The SCOTUS will not go that far because steven universe taught me the power of friendship and we are totally going to have fair elections in 2028!" idiots.
Whereas "he is both mentally and physically unfit" is something that speaks to both sides. Just look at Kamala's campaign (which was mostly "Hey guys... I am not Biden")
Also... republicans are going to push a LOT harder on the illegal shit angle because they can be implicated in that. Whereas this will let them say "We were just following orders" and "I didn't do anything wrong"
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JFC, Science says 50% of people over 65 have some form of cognitive decline. The average age of government is 65.
And does it matter? People blamed Biden for every time he said Umm, but yet Trump did much worse and nobody in the media has even hinted at his dementia.
You know who owns the media, right?
Because they’re afraid. Self regulating. Between the litigation and the FCC Trump has them under control.
It's because Fox et al are unabashed propaganda machines to attack dems and protect GOP. The rest are still bound to the truth, or in this case burden of proof.
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I don't get why you guys say stuff like this. I've seen dozens of articles that do more than hint at a possibility that Trump has dementia. So have you. I'd be willing to bet that your belief that he has dementia came from one of those articles. Why then are you saying no one has mentioned it?
No, he's just dumb. He's always been this way. His whole nepo baby life just revolved around people telling him "yes"
He has always been this way but he's more this way now. I was always skeptical about the "Trump's losing it" stories because Trump has always been an idiot and a narcissist who can't distinguish between his fantasies and reality. But now it's undeniable that he seems more confused, out of touch and unpredictable.
I'm still not seeing any difference to anything since his escalator ride in 2015. At most, you can tell when he's not on drugs like that one UN speech.
No. Just look at an interview from, say, 2010. He’s coherent. An idiot, a rapist, sure, but he’s not the babbling demented mess he is now. He’s not just dumb, his neurons are peacing out.
If you don't see signs of his dementia, then you too need to be checked for it. Yes, he's not the brightest, but his latest spews have been particularly bad and getting worse.
He can say "man, woman, person, camera, TV." What more could you possibly want from the person leading the biggest military in the history of the world?
A respectable golf game and a toilet made of solid gold.
"Respectable golf game"? Don't you know that Dear Orange Asshole once shot a 17? Impossible you say? The ball bounced out of the hole and rolled all the way to the next hole, thereby beating Kim Jong Il's record of 18 holes in one in a row.
There’s even a book about it.
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rick-reilly/commander-in-cheat/9780316528030/
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They have Feinstein on their track record, so it’s small consolation.
If you watch the Schiff updates, a lot of this is squarely on the backs of Republicans, and they’re complacent. Schiff shows a vid of Lindsey Graham, of all people, asking Bondi how many illegal immigrants are in Chicago right now, he pushes the question too. She can’t answer. I was shocked that Graham even asked. It will take men like Graham to be willing to state Trumps infirmity out loud.
But I don’t think they will because they haven’t solidified anything yet, separate from Trump. I think that’s why they’re rolling out national guard and moving faster, Trump looks like he’s dying on his feet.
As an aside, re the national guard. There’s a YouTube channel called The Dangerous Ones. I don’t know how I ended up there, but it certainly seems like the symbol of liberal that is Portland is going to be a center point both now and moving forward. We should all keep an eye on that city. Check out the troll action happening over there. Look at how Portland is protesting. This is something that was not possible in 1935, this wide open media outside of places like CNN and the WaPo. These YT channels and substacks are communication & documentation. The trolling focus of The Dangerous Ones gave me hope.
Even if it's true, do we really want a vance as an alt?
We'll deal with step 2 after step 1.
Business climate would be better under Vance, at least he won't throw tariff tantrums and we know what to expect. Companies might actually start hiring again. Trump is so volatile that companies are hesitant to do anything right now, its just low hire, low fire wait it out for the next 3 years.
Edit: I would be surprised if Trump gets removed under the 25th amendment or impeached. The rules state the VP and majority of the cabinet would need to declare him unfit, then President could challenge, then you need a super-majority of two-thirds votes in both houses for it to stand. Very unlikely sequence of events. Unless something drastically changes in the midterm elections, I think its more likely for Trump to stay on as a puppet if he really has dementia or mental decline.
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Exactly. Vance definitely doesn’t have the cult of personality that Trump does. It will create a power vacuum.
Cannot be worse, as Vance can't rile up the fascist voter base and the whole maga bullshit would lose steam.
Dude can't even order a donut properly, he won't motivate a gang of thugs to Jan. 6th anything ever. Charlie Kirk was likely being groomed to replace Trump, in my opinion.