They KEY to the election. Somehow... inexplicably they made Trump "cool".

This won't get the attention it deserves because people are too hung up on other minor reasons for the loss.

The Trump machine somehow took a fat, balding pig with a combover... a former Democrat New Yorker who shits on a golden toilet and turned him into a hero to everyone from the dude at the drive-thru at McDonalds, the dude watching MMA on TV and the loser surfing the internet all day long.

Donald Trump is the antithesis of cool, if cool is defined by the likes of James Dean, George Clooney, Gal Gadot or Denzel Washington...

Gen Z literally... *almost* voted for Donald Trump. An 80 year old guy who couldn't find the on/off switch for an XBOX and probably needs help to set up his cell phone.

IMHO, a significant part of this is the Butler PA attempt on his life. That sparked the whole "Trump is a badass" thing online and probably iced PA for him...

People need to remember... the US President IS NOT chosen by a board of tenured Professors from Yale.

And look at history...

Clinton and Obama (POTUS for 16 of the last 32 years) were undeniably cool.

Any post-mortem that doesn't dig into this is incomplete.

I have a VERY real concern about the weapons in Ukraine when the war ends.

For one thing, Ukraine has a long history of corruption in the Government and specifically the military.

Zelenskyy has already fired some officials

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68120973

There will be an EXTREME amount of explosives in every meter of territory... land mines, artillery shells, Lord knows what.

Add in crooked people and that means illegal arms sales to terrorists.

Don't forget, Ukraine sent it's nukes to Russia (although they never belonged to Ukraine) because the West didn't trust them.

Will Trump still be a "Convicted Felon" if the NY Hush Money trial is dismissed?

Can't believe no one posted this earlier... stunning.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/politics/donald-trump-new-york-hush-money/index.html

Manhattan DA agrees to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in hush money case but opposes dismissal

The Manhattan district attorney’s office said Tuesday it would agree to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case to give prosecutors time to litigate the president-elect’s expected motion to dismiss the case.

In a letter to Judge Juan Merchan, the district attorney’s office also acknowledged that Trump is not likely to be sentenced “until after the end of Defendant’s upcoming presidential term.” But the DA says Trump’s felony conviction should stand.

A source in close to the district attorney’s office said it is open to a four year pause of the case.

I'm pretty damn sure Trump is out in 2026.

My logic:

1) Trump has repeatedly talked about wanting to be POTUS during the BIG 250th July 4 Celebration... with Red Square Style parades and the whol shabang, (July 4, 2026)

2) Midterms, November 2026 the governing Party usually loses seats... may or might not happen in 2026.

3) Age. He'll be 80.

4) I think he'll front-load all his accomplishments. Two (3?) new SCOTUS Judges, tearing down the Fed Gov't... Immigration, deportation, etc...

Prediction...

After November 2026 election but before the new Congress is sworn in, Trump resigns saying "I've done it all" making Vance #48 and an incumbent for 28.

Trump goes back to playing golf and watching re-runs of "The Honeymooners" eating pudding... ice cream and nachos rinsed down by Diet Coke.

EDIT: Or maybe he resigns BEFORE the elections... that way they can steal the oxygen out of the media by covering the Vance transfer/inauguration and resultant VP nomination and vote...

What to understand about Cabinet Positions... they don't matter.

Merrick Garland doesn't research law in the library or assemble indictments... he doesn't speak to Grand Juries or Judges.

The SecDef doesn't order aircraft to FAB and control inventory of jet engine parts.



Cabinet Position leaders set a tone and get a veto on what happens.

For example.

If Matt Gaetz was AG, he'd sit at his desk and play with fidget toys while scanning PornHub and Tinder...

The REAL work at the DoJ is done of the Solicitor General and Deputy AG who are both experienced competent albeit RWNJ choices...

Like I've said before... it's very similar to Caligula appointing his horse to the Roman Senate... (note... expert Mary Beard says this is probably just a myth)

Nominating clowns to Cabinet Positions is just an F-U to the system who opposes Trump.

AG Matt Gaetz?

The Onion, right? Borowitz?

Starlink Conspiracy Theory equals Pedophiles at the Pizzeria. Politifact gives CT "Pants on Fire"

Although I did hear that Kyle's Mom drove him across State lines with a SAW in the trunk and a Starlink dish for the RNC...


https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/nov/12/threads-posts/no-elon-musks-starlink-wasnt-used-to-rig-the-2024/

Federal and state election officials rebutted claims of widespread fraud in the 2024 election, including claims that Elon Musk’s satellite internet provider Starlink manipulated the vote counts. They said there are longstanding systems to ensure votes are fairly and accurately tabulated.

The swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have election security protocols that ensure voting equipment is never connected to the internet during ballot tabulation. And broadly speaking, voting machines are not connected to the internet, experts said.

A Starlink satellite reentered Earth’s atmosphere Nov. 10 and exploded. Experts said such reentries have been happening almost daily for the past few years and are not noteworthy.

Medium: California Isn't Using Starlink to Count Votes -- Stick to the Facts

I’m waiting for confirmation, but I’m almost positive the Tulare County “using Starlink” was for their Electronic Pollbook software, used for processing voters and handling voter registrations. Elections in California have become more complex with same-day registration, and the move from traditional voting precincts to vote centers. The software Tulare County is using, DFM EIMS, requires a real-time connection to the central California voter registration database, necessitating a networked device. I’m not familiar with the software, but it apparently uses a VPN to connect to the county/state. A VPN connection would make it impervious to tampering over an internet connection like Starlink, due to all data being encrypted across the untrusted network (if implemented correctly, with a bunch of caveats, etc). It seems natural that something like Starlink would be an obvious choice to provide temporary internet access to remote locations.

We all expected this... but Stefanik, Zeldin, Homan...

No qualification for the jobs, just loyalists.

I don't like to make over the top historical comparisons to Trump... BUT

Caligula DID once name his horse to be a Senator of Rome... as an insult to the other Senators.

(edit: yes, I know it's just a story and probably never happened)

Trump announces his first salvo...

I watched the video so you don't have to.

Among other "Day 1 " promises....

1) Sign Executive Order to ban any Federal agency or person from colluding with any business or person to censor, impede, curtail or interfere with free speech of American citizens.

2) Ban Federal funds being used to label mis/disinformation.

3) Identify and fire any Federal employee who has previously engaged in domestic censorship, including FBI, DoJ, etc

4) Order DoJ to investigate and prosecute those Federal employees involved in censorship of Americans

5) Asks GOP to immediately send requests to Biden Administration to preserve all records of communications with tech companies, social media companies etc

6) After 1/25 ask GOP Congress to reclassify sec 230 to stop tech companies from censorship (i.e. Google)

7) Executive order stopping Federal funding of Universities engaging in censorship, blacklisting etc

8) 7 year ban of Federal employees taking jobs at big tech with access to US user data.

9) Digital Bill of Rights, meaning Gov't has no access to citizens data without Court warrant



aka... what Elon wants.