October 27, 20205 yr 45 minutes ago, Alpha_TATEr said: replace him ? Yeah. In crazy Trump world, somehow the USA and taxpayers are responsible if Trump slanders someone, because he is POTUS. Unsurprisingly this argument didn't hold up in court.
October 28, 20205 yr https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-michigan-2020-election-b1377654.html%3famp Trump says plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer was ‘maybe a problem, maybe it wasn’t’ The crowd chanted "lock her up."
October 28, 20205 yr Fascists gonna fascist... Quote Republicans closely resemble autocratic parties in Hungary and Turkey – study Swedish university finds ‘dramatic shift’ in GOP under Trump, shunning democratic norms and encouraging violence The Republican party has become dramatically more illiberal in the past two decades and now more closely resembles ruling parties in autocratic societies than its former centre-right equivalents in Europe, according to a new international study. In a significant shift since 2000, the GOP has taken to demonising and encouraging violence against its opponents, adopting attitudes and tactics comparable to ruling nationalist parties in Hungary, India, Poland and Turkey. The shift has both led to and been driven by the rise of Donald Trump. By contrast the Democratic party has changed little in its attachment to democratic norms, and in that regard has remained similar to centre-right and centre-left parties in western Europe. Their principal difference is the approach to the economy. The new study, the largest ever of its kind, was carried out by the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, using newly developed methods to measure and quantify the health of the world’s democracies at a time when authoritarianism is on the rise. Anna Lührmann, V-Dem’s deputy director, said the Republican transformation had been "certainly the most dramatic shift in an established democracy”. V-Dem’s "illiberalism index” gauges the extent of commitment to democratic norms a party exhibits before an election. The institute calls it "the first comparative measure of the ‘litmus test’ for the loyalty to democracy”. The study, published on Monday, shows the party has followed a similar trajectory to Fidesz, which under Viktor Orbán has evolved from a liberal youth movement into an authoritarian party that has made Hungary the first non-democracy in the European Union. India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been transformed in similar ways under Narendra Modi, as has the Justice and Development party (AKP) in Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Law and Justice party in Poland. Trump and his administration have sought to cultivate close ties to the leadership of those countries. The Republican party has remained relatively committed to pluralism, but it has gone a long way towards abandoning other democratic norms, becoming much more prone to disrespecting opponents and encouraging violence. "We’ve seen similar shifts in parties in other countries where the quality of democracy has declined in recent years, where democracy has been eroding,” Lührmann said. "It fits very well into the pattern of parties that erode democracy once they’re in power.” "The demonisation of opponents – that’s clearly a factor that has shifted a lot when it comes to the Republican party, as well as the encouragement of political violence,” she said, adding that the change has been driven in large part from the top. The study, published on Monday, shows the party has followed a similar trajectory to Fidesz, which under Viktor Orbán has evolved from a liberal youth movement into an authoritarian party that has made Hungary the first non-democracy in the European Union. India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been transformed in similar ways under Narendra Modi, as has the Justice and Development party (AKP) in Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Law and Justice party in Poland. Trump and his administration have sought to cultivate close ties to the leadership of those countries. The Republican party has remained relatively committed to pluralism, but it has gone a long way towards abandoning other democratic norms, becoming much more prone to disrespecting opponents and encouraging violence. "We’ve seen similar shifts in parties in other countries where the quality of democracy has declined in recent years, where democracy has been eroding,” Lührmann said. "It fits very well into the pattern of parties that erode democracy once they’re in power.” "The demonisation of opponents – that’s clearly a factor that has shifted a lot when it comes to the Republican party, as well as the encouragement of political violence,” she said, adding that the change has been driven in large part from the top.
October 28, 20205 yr Author Quote In a taped interview on April 18, Kushner told legendary journalist Bob Woodward that Trump was "getting the country back from the doctors" in what he called a "negotiated settlement." Kushner also proclaimed that the US was moving swiftly through the "panic phase" and "pain phase" of the pandemic and that the country was at the "beginning of the comeback phase." "That doesn't mean there's not still a lot of pain and there won't be pain for a while, but that basically was, we've now put out rules to get back to work," Kushner said. "Trump's now back in charge. It's not the doctors." 🤡🌎
October 28, 20205 yr Chump in charge who later actually caught the virus. He's lucky Dr's are ethical people and he got treated.
October 28, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, DiPros said: Chump in charge who later actually caught the virus. He's lucky Dr's are ethical people and he got treated. That's even worse than putting bobeph in charge of weight watchers.
October 28, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: That's even worse than putting bobeph in charge of weight watchers. 😄 I actually use chimphole now
October 28, 20205 yr 16 minutes ago, mr_hunt said: 🤡🌎 Quote Kushner was also dismissive of party politics, calling the Republican Party, "a collection of a bunch of tribes" and describing the GOP platform as "a document meant to, like, piss people off, basically." Kushner went on to tell Woodward that Trump did a "full hostile takeover" of the Republican Party when he became its presidential nominee. I'll see your 🤡🌎 and raise you three more 🤡🌎 🤡🌎 🤡🌎
October 29, 20205 yr 23 hours ago, NOTW said: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-michigan-2020-election-b1377654.html%3famp Trump says plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer was ‘maybe a problem, maybe it wasn’t’ The crowd chanted "lock her up." He suggested last night that Harris will be president after Biden is assassinated. You know, just trollin' the libs. no biggie.
October 29, 20205 yr 15 minutes ago, Dave Moss said: @mr_hunt 925% Activated!! Oh man, we're so close I can almost taste it!
October 29, 20205 yr 23 minutes ago, Dave Moss said: @mr_hunt 925% Activated!! They almost have to do the 1000% match on the last weekend at this point. Don’t let me down Trump. 925% is a strange number to go with. Did they think it would sound more believable if they stayed under the 1000?
October 29, 20205 yr So what are the rules for candidates with leftover campaign cash? We are like 5 days out. Can’t imagine he won’t end up with at least some left in the account. Especially when you consider that he likely won’t pay any of the campaign debts.
October 29, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, Jsvand12 said: So what are the rules for candidates with leftover campaign cash? We are like 5 days out. Can’t imagine he won’t end up with at least some left in the account. Especially when you consider that he likely won’t pay any of the campaign debts. Legal defense fund?
October 29, 20205 yr 7 hours ago, SPIDER-MAN said: Who would you rather hate bang: Ivanka or Melania? It would probably anger trump more that someone else got to bang his daughter... But I bet melania would be more appreciative of getting a good poke for once, that would make it more enjoyable. Strange times we live in...
October 29, 20205 yr 23 hours ago, SPIDER-MAN said: Who would you rather hate bang: Ivanka or Melania? They're not blood relatives so, 3some.
October 29, 20205 yr 16 hours ago, Gannan said: He suggested last night that Harris will be president after Biden is assassinated. You know, just trollin' the libs. no biggie. they're just words by some rando.
October 29, 20205 yr Just now, Alpha_TATEr said: they're just words by some rando. I’m assuming the meant shot as in shot mentally. Still a dumb thing to say.
October 29, 20205 yr Mile Taylor said last night on national TV that Trump asked DHS if they could "shoot or gas migrants at the border." Donnie is sounding more and more like American Hitler every day.
October 29, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said: Mile Taylor said last night on national TV that Trump asked DHS if they could "shoot or gas migrants at the border." Donnie is sounding more and more like American Hitler every day. Leaked footage of TEW when he heard Trump asked that:
October 29, 20205 yr 16 hours ago, MidMoFo said: It would probably anger trump more that someone else got to bang his daughter... But I bet melania would be more appreciative of getting a good poke for once, that would make it more enjoyable. Strange times we live in... When you buy your Trump bang on Amazon When you buy your Trump bang on Wish
October 29, 20205 yr 20 hours ago, Gannan said: He suggested last night that Harris will be president after Biden is assassinated. You know, just trollin' the libs. no biggie. When they play some of Trump's rally footage, he literally sounds like a bad comedian.
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