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Baitball Blogger

(49,121 posts)
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:55 PM Nov 2024

We need a special news Forum called, This is what you voted for Trumper,

and each time Trump passes an objective from Project 2025, with the expected deadly results, we just move in quickly to make sure they own it.

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We need a special news Forum called, This is what you voted for Trumper, (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Nov 2024 OP
Great idea! MaryMagdaline Nov 2024 #1
Yes, one forum to gather all the crap Tesha Nov 2024 #2
We need to get our hands on the information quickly Baitball Blogger Nov 2024 #5
Great idea OC_Lars Nov 2024 #3
A schadenfreude clearing house. GPV Nov 2024 #4
I like the idea proud patriot Nov 2024 #6
Yes!!!! 👍👏👏👏👏 LiberalLoner Nov 2024 #7
Call it "Leopards Ate My Face" NEOBuckeye Nov 2024 #8
No paywall link (for us non-NYT subscribers) ShazzieB Nov 2024 #9
Thank you. Baitball Blogger Nov 2024 #12
The leopards eating faces blog - daily edition Beckett Nov 2024 #10
Yup TheCowsCameHome Nov 2024 #11
Perfect. I love the way you think! ancianita Nov 2024 #13
For sure!! ralps Nov 2024 #14
This is a brilliant idea. Frank D. Lincoln Nov 2024 #15
I like it! StarryNite Nov 2024 #16
Yes, A Project 2025 Tracker WiVoter Nov 2024 #17
Here's a perfect example of what could be put in the suggested forum. Frank D. Lincoln Nov 2024 #18
Oh, that's a good one. Baitball Blogger Nov 2024 #19
I totally agree radical noodle Nov 2024 #20

OC_Lars

(40 posts)
3. Great idea
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 08:02 PM
Nov 2024

My first thought was, "every article in LBN will qualify" lol and I do understand what you mean. Be nice to have a repository of things to send to my in-laws

Baitball Blogger

(49,121 posts)
12. Thank you.
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 09:52 PM
Nov 2024

Do you know this widely cited meme, introduced in a 2015 tweet?

“I never thought leopards would eat MY face,” sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party.

It’s hard to explain why this is perfect, but it is. If Donald Trump wins, there will eventually be a lot of sobbing among people who voted for him.
Some of this will involve the frightening reality of authoritarianism; if you think you’ll be unaffected by a second Trump presidency because you aren’t undocumented or Puerto Rican or a Democratic politician, I encourage you to reassess. But I’ll get to that next week. Today I want to talk about more prosaic economic issues.

Many analysts have pointed out that Trump’s proposed tariffs would hurt most Americans, with only high-income individuals gaining enough from his tax cuts to make up the difference. Trump, of course, insists that taxes on imports — which are, essentially, a sales tax — won’t hurt American consumers. But, as The Washington Post reports, corporations are already getting ready to raise prices.

Frank D. Lincoln

(894 posts)
15. This is a brilliant idea.
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 10:14 PM
Nov 2024

I hope DU implements it.

This could be used as a tool to educate not only the people who voted for Trump but all of those people who, for whatever reason, didn't vote at all. Both groups enabled the terrible things to come via the implementation of Project 2025 and Agenda47.

Frank D. Lincoln

(894 posts)
18. Here's a perfect example of what could be put in the suggested forum.
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 11:37 PM
Nov 2024

[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-legal-allies-set-stage-doj-investigations-adversaries-rcna179089|

“Listen here, sweetheart,” [outspoken conservative lawyer Mike] Davis continued, addressing [N.Y. Attorney General Letitia] James. “We’re not messing around this time, and we will put your fat ass in prison for conspiracy against rights. I promise you that.”

Davis spoke after James, who won a $355 million civil verdict against Trump’s companies, held a news conference and said her office is prepared to “fight back” against policy and regulatory threats from the Trump administration.

Davis posted on X that [special counsel Jack] Smith should “lawyer up,” and said in an appearance on Newsmax that Smith “should go to prison for engaging in a criminal conspiracy against President Trump.”

In an interview, Davis said he made the comments because “I wanted to send a very powerful political message. The American people delivered their verdict on Tuesday and this lawfare must end.”

(Emphasis added)

"Conspiracy against rights" is the kind of meaningless bullshit fascists use to justify their crimes. It's from the same playbook used by the Nazis.

N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James and special counsel Jack Smith are U.S. citizens protected by civil rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, the supreme law of the land. Neither of them have committed any crimes and were merely carrying out their official duties. Donald Trump is the one who violated N.Y. business fraud laws and violated the U.S. Constitution when he attempted an unsuccessful coup against the U.S. government four years ago. That's the person Trump voters are returning to power.

If Trump follows through on his retribution threats, then every person who voted for him is morally responsible.

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