I currently have 268 tabs open on a browser. Um, yeah. Time to reduce that.
So how about I grab all the tabs about Donald Trump?
An gender-flip experiment suggests that Hillary Clinton didn't lose because she was a woman; she lost because Donald Trump was a clear, simple, dominant communicator, and she wasn't.
This communications strategy continued after the election, with Trump and his minions micro-managing how the federal government refers to practically every issue in order to push a reactionary agenda. And the media's eagerness to give him an eternal loudspeaker doesn't help. In fact, it's had lethal consequences.
Why did Trump side with Saudi Arabia against our long-term ally Qatar? Money.
Trump and his followers routinely use dehumanization tactics so Americans will cheer when the ICE breaks up immigrant families and puts children into concentration camps.
Trump's bigotry is so overt and over-the-top that his administration is now challenging the citizenship of people BORN IN THE UNITED STATES. He's moving to block legal residency status for any immigrant who seeks public assistance. And he even threatens to cut aid to the countries immigrants are fleeing, because Trump believes other countries serve no other purpose than to be prisons for inferior races.
It may appear that Trump is an inept negotiator... but that's because Trump doesn't negotiate. He believes that all deals have a winner or a sucker... which means if the other guy is happy, then you're the sucker. That's why he's quite happy to blow up any pre-existing deal and break any promise if he thinks he can extort a better one. In the short-term, he's right, as the tweaked NAFTA demonstrates. But he wins these victories at the cost of making all our long-term allies into enemies. What happens when the US needs something we can't extort?
It's always worth the reminder: Donald Trump cares about nothing, absolutely nothing, other than himself. And he'll break anything, destroy anything, if it advances his own agenda.
Multiple studies have shown it: the more conservative you are, the more likely you are to support sexism, white supremacy and authoritarianism. If you want evidence, look who they elect or nominate. (Especially look at Steve King of Iowa, who narrowly won re-election this year despite all of this.) That is particularly true of Trump's supporters, who actively reject democracy if they aren't the ones on top. They don't mind Trump's evil because they believe that evil is the proper way of things. And no, you can't separate white supremacy from conservatism- as Roseanne Barr demonstrated.
And Trump knows who his people are- appointing racists and white nationalists whenever he gets the chance.
Even when he's not appointing overt racists, his appointments to the federal bench will leave a lasting and destructive legacy.
A historian compares Trump to a certain other incurious, narcissistic, insecure dictator.
And, finally, more examples of Trump's corruption and criminal activity.
Showing posts with label ICE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ICE. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 1, 2019
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Link Bundle #7
Hadn't done one of these for a while after a computer crash wiped out all my old tabs, but the browser's getting overfull again. So...
The ICE is inherently corrupt, part n+1.
CHP is spelled KKK.
And they have good friends, if not members, in the White County, TN sheriff's department.
And certain Alabama sheriffs may or may not be working with the alt-right, but they're deliberately looting the funds appropriated for their prisoners so they can get rich.
Trump wants the poor to eat less healthy. Which is a problem, because the poor generally are too poor to eat anything but cheap junk anyway- especially since food is the one pleasure they're still allowed.
White supremacists are recruiting openly, and nobody seems to be able to counter it effectively. Part of this is an attempt to indoctrinate young people into the cause, but more of it is a simple attack against the very idea of higher education.
In fact, the alt-right is so petty that they attacked a trio of black women science students in an attempt to get them thrown out of a NASA contest.
This is the kind of people Trump brings to Washington: an EPA "science advisor" who thinks pollution is GOOD for you. A financial industry watchdog who thinks 950% interest is perfectly fine, but students getting back fraudulently spent loan money is wasteful. A cabinet secretary who demotes and fires underlings for not being willing to spend enough taxpayer money on the secretary's personal luxury. A person in charge of the Bureau of Indian Affairs who harrassed women and native Americans in the employ of the government. A son in law so openly on the take it's ridiculous. And, of course, the president himself, who uses his 2020 re-election campaign as a personal revenue source and who sends goons to steal medical records from his doctor in broad daylight..
A reminder that five months ago, Trump and his loyal Republican ass-kissers were doing everything in their power to undermine good government, defend their leader, and protect Russia.
A worthy read about how the NRA became a vehicle of big business to turn Americans away from government and civic involvement... and against each other.
Our Revolution, the organization created by Bernie Sanders, endorsed Dennis Kucinich for US Senate in Ohio. It's not the first time they've endorsed an obvious crackpot (who thankfully lost)- or gone against Sanders's express wishes. It appears "Our Revolution" is not going to be a force for good, which makes me wonder who's really in charge of it anymore. It certainly isn't Sanders.
Oh, and remember the tax cuts Republicans enact which were going to lead to new jobs and investment? Nope! They're going straight into the pockets of the wealthy and staying there. Of course, when the biggest beneficiaries of the tax cuts are those who needed it the least, that's how it was designed to work in the first place, lies about new jobs notwithstanding.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party did its best to surrender unconditionally on guns when confronted with yet another mass murder. They endorsed (and boosted to the nomination) a white male anti-abortion, anti-gay, pro-gun candidate over a liberal black woman.
Fun times. Still plenty of tabs, but that'll do it for now.
The ICE is inherently corrupt, part n+1.
CHP is spelled KKK.
And they have good friends, if not members, in the White County, TN sheriff's department.
And certain Alabama sheriffs may or may not be working with the alt-right, but they're deliberately looting the funds appropriated for their prisoners so they can get rich.
Trump wants the poor to eat less healthy. Which is a problem, because the poor generally are too poor to eat anything but cheap junk anyway- especially since food is the one pleasure they're still allowed.
White supremacists are recruiting openly, and nobody seems to be able to counter it effectively. Part of this is an attempt to indoctrinate young people into the cause, but more of it is a simple attack against the very idea of higher education.
In fact, the alt-right is so petty that they attacked a trio of black women science students in an attempt to get them thrown out of a NASA contest.
This is the kind of people Trump brings to Washington: an EPA "science advisor" who thinks pollution is GOOD for you. A financial industry watchdog who thinks 950% interest is perfectly fine, but students getting back fraudulently spent loan money is wasteful. A cabinet secretary who demotes and fires underlings for not being willing to spend enough taxpayer money on the secretary's personal luxury. A person in charge of the Bureau of Indian Affairs who harrassed women and native Americans in the employ of the government. A son in law so openly on the take it's ridiculous. And, of course, the president himself, who uses his 2020 re-election campaign as a personal revenue source and who sends goons to steal medical records from his doctor in broad daylight..
A reminder that five months ago, Trump and his loyal Republican ass-kissers were doing everything in their power to undermine good government, defend their leader, and protect Russia.
A worthy read about how the NRA became a vehicle of big business to turn Americans away from government and civic involvement... and against each other.
Our Revolution, the organization created by Bernie Sanders, endorsed Dennis Kucinich for US Senate in Ohio. It's not the first time they've endorsed an obvious crackpot (who thankfully lost)- or gone against Sanders's express wishes. It appears "Our Revolution" is not going to be a force for good, which makes me wonder who's really in charge of it anymore. It certainly isn't Sanders.
Oh, and remember the tax cuts Republicans enact which were going to lead to new jobs and investment? Nope! They're going straight into the pockets of the wealthy and staying there. Of course, when the biggest beneficiaries of the tax cuts are those who needed it the least, that's how it was designed to work in the first place, lies about new jobs notwithstanding.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party did its best to surrender unconditionally on guns when confronted with yet another mass murder. They endorsed (and boosted to the nomination) a white male anti-abortion, anti-gay, pro-gun candidate over a liberal black woman.
Fun times. Still plenty of tabs, but that'll do it for now.
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