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Hugo Stiglitz

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  1. That’s the paradox, even exposing such a thing is itself a conspiracy theory.
  2. I think what is hard to comprehend for most folks is how the ongoing active measures campaigns on social media worked elusively on a grassroots level to mobilize something like a January 6th. There was a reaffirming feedback loop between Trump’s rhetoric, Fox News, Congressional Trumpublicans, and people on Facebook you might otherwise respect and consider their opinion valuable. This loop was ongoing throughout the Trump administration and arguably before. Trump himself spent most of his time as President watching Fox News and tweeting conspiracy theories, his supporters followed his lead and the consequences were predictable.
  3. Reminds me of Randy Newman’s “Rednecks”
  4. So Mike Johnson is my Congressman. He came to office in 2016 and wasn’t all in right away with Trumpism but he came around when Fox News started giving him more air time. Mike’s district here is solid red. Ironically, thanks to the Warren amendment, the military base in his district was recently renamed Fort Johnson after a WWI hero with the nickname Black Death.
  5. RIP Austin Scott Jordan is likely DOA on Congress floor
  6. Dropping in to wholeheartedly condemn all forms of genocide and child murder. Also, retaliating with wholesale slaughter is not “self-defense.”
  7. That baby will have one hell of a story when it grows up.
  8. Austin Scott is a good fall guy. Loves him some defense spending, not too Trumpy, and not too obnoxious. Falling on the sword like a good soldier from a safe district.
  9. “For you who are about to die, I salute you.”
  10. Jordan as speaker would basically become the Executive Producer for Fox News. He would put as many democrats on public trial as possible. Biden impeachment proceedings would be cranked up to eleven and he’d probably put the FBI on trial again. He’d be a complete disaster legislatively but so would anyone else.
  11. The fatal flaw of the fascist is they are ultimately self destructive. However the timeline and body counts may vary.
  12. I would describe it as a fascist movement which I loosely define as a violent anti-democratic destructive force built on lies, hate, and the absence of any core beliefs except the lust for power and domination. I know not all Republicans consider themselves part of this but that’s where their party has been headed, more so since January 6th, 2021. I mean, they are about to nominate Donald Trump for a THIRD straight time and all the Chris Christies, Mike Pences, and Chris Sununus of the party will fall right in line, again. It’s a fascist movement/political party.
  13. The current Republican Party’s guiding and foundational ideology is their opposition to democrats, which isn’t really an ideology but more of an opposition to one. Yes, they are internally divided on issues like election denying and Trump fealty but their collective opposition to democrats is the only thing holding the R party together.
  14. Leadership and accountability isn’t in their skill set anymore. These are mostly career performance artists performing for an audience that has been conditioned to despise government in general.
  15. The Jeffries idea is so incredibly far fetched. It reminds of the delusions from 2017 to attempt to get a few GOP senators to caucus with the Democrats. The democrats are correctly going to continue to push for this idea but it’s all just a backhanded way to highlight the GOP’s incompetence. To put it another way, the Republicans would first try to secede from the Union before elevating a Democrat to Speaker of the House.
  16. He sold this country out way before Trump and the tea party came to town.
  17. Mitch got his judges and tax cuts. Say what you will about his methods but the guy has been among the most competent republicans in office.
  18. Nope, not a chance. They need to come up with another patsy or bring McCarthy back. The Jeffries talk is cute but not going to happen, at least not anytime soon.
  19. Incredible but not surprising.
  20. This movement is so incredibly dangerous and will be the cause of significant harm for decades to come. That’s the worst part of this, we’re all going to have to live with this shit for a long time because it’s near impossible to deprogram a blind fanaticism that merges religion and politics into a significant fundamentalist movement.
  21. Perhaps our reality/shared existence is built on an insurmountable foundation of bullshit that fertilizes the ground for gullible people to buy into seductive conspiracy theories.
  22. So the government is probably shutting down in 5 weeks again.
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