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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump Jr. and his latest dog whistle tweet:
Link to tweet
Also, I'm sure that 88% is pure coincidence.
lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)in his trumpian mind he believes he also can be president one day if he lies long and hard enough.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,883 posts)he is God's gift to the world. He gets the wierdest looks on his face. He is a scary dude.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)Flynn's son is the same way. Having narrowly escaped indictment with his father, he's constantly calling himself a "proud son" the way Donnie Jr. does. These are grown men with children of their own, and they still worship their fathers?
Maybe there's some authoritarian impulse involved here. In Donnie Jr's case, what's weird is that his father has shown pretty constant contempt for him.
marble falls
(57,869 posts)Maine has been encouraging Somalis to go to Maine because of their strong work ethic and beliefs about getting educated for several decades.
And there's not even enough there to repopulate a small city.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,883 posts)in KC work very hard to help each other get ahead . They try to get Independent as quickly as possible.
They get a lot of community help when they first get here and then they start helping other new people.
marble falls
(57,869 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,400 posts)that when any immigrant comes here, gets educated, gets a good job, makes plenty of money and raises their family in peace, that really pisses the republicans off. They hate seeing anyone but themselves and people who are like them do well.
jcgoldie
(11,674 posts)Instead of people from "shithole countries"... then we could all get along.
marble falls
(57,869 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(18,883 posts)believe it any more.
Stop the merry go round. I want to get off.
malaise
(269,532 posts)I hope so.
jpak
(41,763 posts)and way behind in the polls.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)Republicans have been dog whistling for 50+ years. The Trumps don't dog whistle. They use a bullhorn.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,644 posts)Which one is he, Uday or Qusay? Doesn't matter, still dumb as a trump.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)Absent racism, there is no viable Republican Party.
Our elected officials need to be willing to be blunt about that. Just say it like it is. We aren't dealing with people who simply have a different take on the role of government or tax rates. We're dealing with an epidemic of racist, sexist ignoramuses. We need to emphasize education reform. Make civics, anti-racism, anti-sexism and media literacy mandatory curriculum in every school.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,644 posts)The trumpers I know call it "government indoctrination". If they can eliminate public education, they can ensure they have enough ignorant, hate-filled voters to keep them in power to do more damage to those who do not vote for them.
jcgoldie
(11,674 posts)... to indoctrinate the youth with dangerous insidious ideas like how to find the area of a parallelogram.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,644 posts)Yeah, the trumpers who told me about this indoctrination knew full well my wife taught school for nearly 30 years, my son teaches, and they're all friendly. There is just some kind of barrier to relating political views to reality amongst these folks.
demmiblue
(36,952 posts)jpak
(41,763 posts)yup
oasis
(49,557 posts)spanone
(136,011 posts)ResistantAmerican17
(3,874 posts)Off to jail for you, ivanka the daughter-wife, and your dim bulb brother. Worst. Kids. Ever.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)That's a bullhorn.
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