The Trump implosion thread!

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November 24th, 2020 at 10:54:14 AM permalink
Dalex64
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The GSA has ascertained that Biden is the winner, and she said she did so with no outside influence or instruction.

So of course trump later tweets that he recommended that she do so.

He then tweets later more unsubstantiated accusations/conspiracy theories about corrupt elections, fake ballots, and dominion software.
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan
November 24th, 2020 at 11:13:18 AM permalink
rxwine
Member since: Oct 24, 2012
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Quote: Dalex64

He then tweets later more unsubstantiated accusations/conspiracy theories about corrupt elections, fake ballots, and dominion software.


You know, I do think "Dominion" is an awfully bad name for election hardware or software. I think there are multiple sci-fi or dystopian stories using such a name either for some alien or evil entity seeking control of society or the Earth, or the Universe itself! : |
"Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP.
November 24th, 2020 at 1:39:01 PM permalink
kenarman
Member since: Oct 24, 2012
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Quote: rxwine
You know, I do think "Dominion" is an awfully bad name for election hardware or software. I think there are multiple sci-fi or dystopian stories using such a name either for some alien or evil entity seeking control of society or the Earth, or the Universe itself! : |


The meaning of dominion is that you have control over something. If you were to believe the accusations their name can be taken in the literal sense.
"but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin
November 24th, 2020 at 4:37:29 PM permalink
ams288
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One of these turkeys was pardoned today.
“A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman
November 24th, 2020 at 5:42:18 PM permalink
Gandler
Member since: Aug 15, 2019
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I had a dinner tonight with two people who are very big Trump people, and it felt like I was having dinner with certain members here (I am never the one to bring up politics). A lot of people seem to assume that I am a Trump fan because I guess I give off conservative vibes so people like to "talk Trump" with me....

Both were insistent that Trump won the election and that Trump was "playing chess while Biden was playing checkers" and something about some law (which neither could cite) where if the vote was found to be fraudulent the sitting President gets another term "automatically" and then can run again in four years (meaning 3 terms its the one legal way to have three terms). [There is no such law by the way for anyone here who is getting excited] .

I wish I was making this up. I cannot believe that educated and relatively smart people are buying into this nonsense and talking about it in real life...

Also, I was shown videos on TikTok (some social media platform with short video posts, makes me very happy to be social media free) as proof (apparently its the only social media company that is not biased or some nonsense. A quick google search and it is owned by China lol.....) Wow this has been a strange year....
November 24th, 2020 at 6:41:53 PM permalink
rxwine
Member since: Oct 24, 2012
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Quote: Gandler
Trump was "playing chess while Biden was playing checkers" .


Biden only needed a checkers game strategy to beat Trump.
"Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP.
November 24th, 2020 at 6:58:25 PM permalink
rxwine
Member since: Oct 24, 2012
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Quote: Gandler
I had a dinner tonight with two people who are very big Trump people, and it felt like I was having dinner with certain members here (I am never the one to bring up politics). A lot of people seem to assume that I am a Trump fan because I guess I give off conservative vibes so people like to "talk Trump" with me....

Both were insistent that Trump won the election and that Trump was "playing chess while Biden was playing checkers" and something about some law (which neither could cite) where if the vote was found to be fraudulent the sitting President gets another term "automatically" and then can run again in four years (meaning 3 terms its the one legal way to have three terms). [There is no such law by the way for anyone here who is getting excited] .

I wish I was making this up. I cannot believe that educated and relatively smart people are buying into this nonsense and talking about it in real life...

Also, I was shown videos on TikTok (some social media platform with short video posts, makes me very happy to be social media free) as proof (apparently its the only social media company that is not biased or some nonsense. A quick google search and it is owned by China lol.....) Wow this has been a strange year....


Practically every rightwinger I know of confidently states Gov. Cuomo killed a bunch of people in nursing homes. Shouldn't there be well-publicized lawsuits all over rightwing media? I'm sure they announce it's being covered up by left wing news, but where is it on their winger sites?
"Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP.
November 24th, 2020 at 7:05:20 PM permalink
Gandler
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Quote: rxwine
Quote: Gandler
I had a dinner tonight with two people who are very big Trump people, and it felt like I was having dinner with certain members here (I am never the one to bring up politics). A lot of people seem to assume that I am a Trump fan because I guess I give off conservative vibes so people like to "talk Trump" with me....

Both were insistent that Trump won the election and that Trump was "playing chess while Biden was playing checkers" and something about some law (which neither could cite) where if the vote was found to be fraudulent the sitting President gets another term "automatically" and then can run again in four years (meaning 3 terms its the one legal way to have three terms). [There is no such law by the way for anyone here who is getting excited] .

I wish I was making this up. I cannot believe that educated and relatively smart people are buying into this nonsense and talking about it in real life...

Also, I was shown videos on TikTok (some social media platform with short video posts, makes me very happy to be social media free) as proof (apparently its the only social media company that is not biased or some nonsense. A quick google search and it is owned by China lol.....) Wow this has been a strange year....


Practically every rightwinger I know of confidently states Gov. Cuomo killed a bunch of people in nursing homes. Shouldn't there be well-publicized lawsuits all over rightwing media? I'm sure they announce it's being covered up by left wing news, but where is it on their winger sites?



Yup, that exact thing came up as well.

I think there is some crazy conspiracy source that they all get their talking points from (like maybe the President).
November 25th, 2020 at 4:39:47 AM permalink
Tanko
Member since: Aug 15, 2019
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Quote: rxwine
Practically every rightwinger I know of confidently states Gov. Cuomo killed a bunch of people in nursing homes. Shouldn't there be well-publicized lawsuits all over rightwing media?


Expensive and difficult case to prove.

We do know Cuomo’s March directive sent more than 6,300 covid patients into nursing homes. We know he stopped counting nursing home deaths in May. We know he sent dying nursing home patients to hospitals where they were counted as hospital deaths instead of nursing home deaths. We know, because of the coverup, nursing home deaths are undercounted. In Bizarro World, that earns you book deal and an Emmy.
November 26th, 2020 at 8:39:12 AM permalink
Gandler
Member since: Aug 15, 2019
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So Trump pardoned Michael Fly yesterday.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/michael-flynn-trump-pardon-thanksgiving-b1762010.html

How many more pardons before Trump leaves the White House? My prediction is that his monthly pardon rate will skyrocket these next two months.

With investigations of Trump heating up, it is rumored that he may attempt to pardon himself. I would not put anything past him at this point... Unknown if such a pardon would hold, but luckily he cannot pardon himself from state charges (and NY investigations into his fraud, shocking I know, are really heating up). If NY can get some charges that is good news for democracy.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-pardon-himself-1550454

“Could you imagine if I lose? My whole life, what am I going to do? I’m going to say, I lost to the worst candidate in the history of politics. I’m not going to feel so good. Maybe I’ll have to leave the country, I don’t know.”

Now this quote may have more than one meaning. He may be the first President who has to flee the country to avoid prosecution. After all he did not only lose, but get decimated, by the "worst candidate in history"....