Between the lies about presidential records on display at the actual White House, the official White House website yesterday lying about 1/6, and the complete fabrication of events today, as if video and the god damned internet don't even exist, it's bcoming more and more obvious that not only do these people intend to never leave office, they also plan on their version of events being the only one left when the dust settles. They are whitewashing history as it happens because they know they are going to erase the actual history. It's terrifying to think what these people are capable of in the next few years.
Yes, policing in this country is a problem, but that is a separate issue from this one. A lot of these cops are clearly frustrated with this ICE bullshit.
This is infuriating. God dammit, man. I wonder what all these real cops think of these "ICE agents" and the shitstorm they just brought to the community they have to police. Fuck all of this.
So, um, we seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic this morning? And another tanker in the Caribbean. So, yeah, we're playing pirate with nuclear nations now. So cool. BBC NewsUS says it has seized second tanker after boarding Russia...The US head of homeland security says the Coast Guard conducted "back-to-back" boarding of two "ghost fleet" tankers.
Yep. People keep talking about who needs to run and what the platform needs to be. A lot of people still don't understand what happened last fall. There is no way to win it back when the other side has all the power and they're willing to cheat. These people do not intend to leave power, ever.
I agree with most of this, but I think this is going to play very well for Republicans with the segment of voters who aren't lockstep with either party and who don't look at this stuff any deeper than the headlines. The Republicans are going to shout, "See, all the Democrats do is accuse us of foul play, and we always walk away from it unscathed, because it's always a nothingburger witch hunt. Meanwhile, look at them cheating behind closed doors at the same time." Whether it's a huge deal or not, the Republicans are going to get a lot of mileage out of this.
I mean, we have to actually hope that there is a next administration and a NATO left at that point. What if China really wants to run the world? What if they know America will stand aside and profit from whatever happens? China takes Taiwan (and Taiwan Semiconductor), then it's Russia/China/North Korea vs Europe and Japan. America sells arms to everybody and waits quietly to rebuild Europe. China rebuilds Japan and takes over their market share, and Europe's, for pretty much everything. New cold war, and we're not the most powerful country in the world anymore. And Trump's family wealth increases exponentially. I'm not saying I think this is going to happen. But it sounds way, way too plausible.
I think there is a non-zero chance that this is the angle to leave NATO and make it NATO's fault. I don't think shots will be fired over it or anything. But this can turn into irreconcilable differences very quickly. Then we can leave NATO and stand aside as Putin starts WWIII with Europe. Hell, we'll probably sell weapons to the bad guys.