Yeah, let's not try put words in my mouth. Just like I don't have the vast majority of people on ignore, I don't consider the majority of posts 'drivel.' Just a few.
I thought the whole thing in 2015-2016 was that he was an unknown and not beholden to the “Deep State”? That he was independently wealthy and so wouldn’t be easily influenced?
He's a buffoon; so what? Some of the people voting for him are doing so because "expected effects of another Trump administration vs a Harris administration" > "he's a buffoon". His buffoonery is an irritation mainly to self-important people whose existence is irrelevant or even annoying to many voters.
Forgot to add: In 2016 one of the arguments was that the “checks and balances” feature of the US system would prevent anyone from too much harm. The last 8 years would prove otherwise.
Good thing there's no mandate for equal buffoonery per candidate.
Contrarily, the successful pushback against Trump during the Trump administration from Congress, courts, military, media, etc suggest that formal, statutory and informal, non-statutory checks and balances are powerful and well-regulated.
I suppose Milley at least shat his credibility with some Americans by communicating with the Chinese over his own imaginary fears. It's OK for people to posit Chicken Little scenarios and wonder aloud at their "safety concerns"; they shouldn't act unilaterally or even in limited concert on them.
It's doesn't actually matter. In fact, I find some of his buffoonery quite charming. His little wiggle dance is very humanizing. The only reason we've been talking about his buffoonery so much is simply because someone made a categorical and hyperbolic comparison, and I refused to back down.
Yes, she is.
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Following up: DOJ has apparently warned Musk’s America PAC that this scheme may in fact be illegal.
US warns Elon Musk that his $1m voter giveaway may be illegal - BBC News
The Department of Justice is probing whether the prizes violate laws against paying people to vote.
Not sure if they’ve ceased and desisted or not. If so, this may go away; I highly doubt DOJ would do anything public before the election. If not, there could be some trouble for someone after the election, unless a reelected a Trump were to have an investigation shit down in January.
Who can turn down a gold MAGA hat?!
Anyone with a membership to buy toilet paper at Costco?Who can turn down a gold MAGA hat?!
I could get it and put it behind bars…
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A Harris presidency means 4 years of an administration trying to enact social and economic policies that the GOP does not support. It means 4 years of politicking, where the GOP legislature (whether or not they control it) works to soften or outright curtail the agenda of the Harris presidency. The end result is some good policies getting through, and some bad ones getting through (in either case, policies are either good or bad based on both objective and subjective criteria). You can choose to believe that Harris' presidency would "destroy America" (as Musk is shouting all over Twitter) but both critical thinking and an analysis of history would show that no to be True. By and large, Democratic presidencies over the past 30 years have done more to grow America than Republican ones, and no Presidency has ever "destroyed" America. There are too many checks and balances, and if nothing else, Harris and Walz have shown that first and foremost they will operate within the "American System".
