What has Trump done to this country?

DIY-HP-LED

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My former friend has a patriot party avatar and cover photo :spew:
Seems the split could go a number of ways, Trump walking out with his deplorables to form the patriot party and the more moderate ones who can't take the shit anymore. Since Trump owns the party now, I doubt he will form a third party or take one over, but if the situation should change over the next few years or even months, he would walk away with his base. The big money eschews the crazies and Mitch knows this and if a beefed up HR-1 passes it will cut off the dark money to them too. The establishment republicans serve the rich and con the base and the corps and big donors want nothing to do with the crazies.
 

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Biden terminates Trump emergency order used to construct border wall
President Biden has rescinded the emergency order used by President Trump to justify construction of the border wall, the White House announced Thursday.
“I have determined that the declaration of a national emergency at our southern border was unwarranted,” Biden wrote in a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
“I have also announced that it shall be the policy of my administration that no more American taxpayer dollars be diverted to construct a border wall, and that I am directing a careful review of all resources appropriated or redirected to that end.”
 

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Trump DOJ officials sought to block search of Giuliani records: report
The Trump Justice Department delayed a search warrant for Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s electronic records relating to Ukraine that had been sought by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, according to a report by The New York Times.

Prosecutors were seeking the records in late 2020 as part of a probe into whether Giuliani illegally lobbied the White House on behalf of Ukrainians who sought damaging information on then-presidential candidate Joe Biden.

The New York prosecutors sought the warrant again after the 2020 election, but Trump political appointees again did not sign off on the warrant, citing the fact that Giuliani and Trump were still seeking to overturn the election results in multiple states.
 

DIY-HP-LED

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AEI poll: 40 Percent of Republicans think Political violence could be necessary. (slate.com)

Poll Finds Nearly 40 Percent of Republicans Think Political Violence Is Justifiable and Could Be Necessary

Here’s a troubling development: A survey released Thursday by the conservative American Enterprise Institute (AEI) found that the vast majority of Republicans not only don’t think Joe Biden was legitimately elected, nearly 40 percent of them think political violence is justifiable and could be necessary. Those GOP respondents justifying violence said they agreed with the statement: “If elected leaders will not protect America, the people must do it themselves, even if it requires violent actions.” Republicans gravitating towards violence while explicitly legitimizing it as a political tool is a dangerous precedent for the country. “I think any time you have a significant number of the public saying use of force can be justified in our political system, that’s pretty scary,” Daniel Cox, director of the AEI Survey Center on American Life, told NPR.

When it comes to the election, the divide between what Republicans believe and what everyone else is seeing is stark. Two-thirds of Republicans say the election was not legitimate; that’s in contrast to nearly all Democrats (98 percent) and 73 percent of independents who say the election was on the level. That sense of Republican grievance, razor sharp after four years of Donald Trump, is noticeable everywhere in GOP attitudes about the country and themselves. “Seventy-nine percent of Republicans agree that the political system is stacked against more traditionally minded people,” AEI’s summary of the poll results found. “A majority (55 percent) of Republicans support the use of force as a way to arrest the decline of the traditional American way of life.”

Democrats were not immune to this type of thinking, but significantly fewer (22 percent)—along with 35 percent of independents—said they would support violence “to stop the disappearance of traditional American values and way of life.”
 

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AEI poll: 40 Percent of Republicans think Political violence could be necessary. (slate.com)

Poll Finds Nearly 40 Percent of Republicans Think Political Violence Is Justifiable and Could Be Necessary

Here’s a troubling development: A survey released Thursday by the conservative American Enterprise Institute (AEI) found that the vast majority of Republicans not only don’t think Joe Biden was legitimately elected, nearly 40 percent of them think political violence is justifiable and could be necessary. Those GOP respondents justifying violence said they agreed with the statement: “If elected leaders will not protect America, the people must do it themselves, even if it requires violent actions.” Republicans gravitating towards violence while explicitly legitimizing it as a political tool is a dangerous precedent for the country. “I think any time you have a significant number of the public saying use of force can be justified in our political system, that’s pretty scary,” Daniel Cox, director of the AEI Survey Center on American Life, told NPR.

When it comes to the election, the divide between what Republicans believe and what everyone else is seeing is stark. Two-thirds of Republicans say the election was not legitimate; that’s in contrast to nearly all Democrats (98 percent) and 73 percent of independents who say the election was on the level. That sense of Republican grievance, razor sharp after four years of Donald Trump, is noticeable everywhere in GOP attitudes about the country and themselves. “Seventy-nine percent of Republicans agree that the political system is stacked against more traditionally minded people,” AEI’s summary of the poll results found. “A majority (55 percent) of Republicans support the use of force as a way to arrest the decline of the traditional American way of life.”

Democrats were not immune to this type of thinking, but significantly fewer (22 percent)—along with 35 percent of independents—said they would support violence “to stop the disappearance of traditional American values and way of life.”
With no example I would guess. Is the opposite party getting elected a sign of “to stop the disappearance of traditional American values and way of life.”? Or is Marxists taking over (real ones) a just reason for fighting? If the Chinese came over and started reprogramming people? I would think so. But a government that wants to reign in carbon emisions and you can't run your 451 without going broke? If that taking away your 1960's traditional way of life.
 

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Trump 'flipped' when he was told he'd missed a call from Putin, during an awkward meeting with Theresa May
During a meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May and senior aides, President Donald Trump "flipped" and turned "not orange, but red" when he was told he had missed a call from Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the BBC.

May's chief advisor, Fiona McLeod Hill, told the BBC that Trump then turned "not orange, but red." "He flipped, furious," Hill said. "He said: 'You're telling me that Vladimir Putin called the White House, and you're only telling me now during this lunch?"

Thomas Shannon, who served as Trump's acting secretary of state, told the BBC the president then "looked at the prime minister and said: 'I don't believe this, Vladimir Putin is the only man in the world who can destroy the United States and I didn't take his call.'"

Hill said the mood of the meeting with May became very awkward because of Trump's anger. "He asked Theresa what her position on climate change was, and she was halfway through something about how she was a big ardent fan of conservation and then suddenly he stopped again. And he says to the national security advisor Mike Flynn: 'You're telling me that Vladimir Putin called the White House and you didn't tell me? You didn't tell me.'"

 

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Report: Trump Real Estate Partner Mulls Withholding Cash
Steven Roth’s Vornado Realty Trust co-owns two buildings with the Trump Organization, one in New York City and one in San Francisco. Vornado owns 70% of both these buildings, while Trump owns 30%. However, The Wall Street Journal first reported earlier this week that Roth, the company’s founder and chairman, is weighing whether to keep the cash flow from Trump in an attempt to exit their partnership, which would greatly shrink the Trump Organization’s business but could help them pay off the over $400 million in debt that’s due in the next several years.

NBC notes that withholding income generated by the properties would likely spur litigation, but because of the poor performances from Trump’s other operations, “he isn’t negotiating from a position of strength,” according to the network.

The sound of crumbling...
 

DIY-HP-LED

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Extent Of Trump Pressure Campaign In GA Puts County D.A. In Key Investigative Role

Rachel Maddow explains that Donald Trump's effort to overturn the election results in Georgia involved so many officials that the only person left who isn't implicated, targeted, or otherwise a witness, is Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

GA Probe Of Trump Likely To Look Beyond Raffensperger Call: Fulton's D.A. Willis

Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis talks with Rachel Maddow about how her investigation will look at evidence of Donald Trump's intentions when he interacted with Georgia officials, and how the stages of the investigation will develop.
 

Unclebaldrick

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Don't give Trump all the credit, a lot of what is happening is the fault of Republicans themselves. Why are they so afraid of Trumpists? Because gerrymandering has created hundreds of safe havens for whacko candidates. They can't cross Trump or they will get primaried by far right candidates. In a normal world, these Marjorie Taylor greene idiots will get slaughtered in the general. But not these days. You could appear in an SS uniform and still get elected as long as you have a R next to your name.

Trump has the Republicans by the balls and they are to blame for it long before Trump came along.
 

Wattzzup

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Don't give Trump all the credit, a lot of what is happening is the fault of Republicans themselves. Why are they so afraid of Trumpists? Because gerrymandering has created hundreds of safe havens for whacko candidates. They can't cross Trump or they will get primaried by far right candidates. In a normal world, these Marjorie Taylor greene idiots will get slaughtered in the general. But not these days. You could appear in an SS uniform and still get elected as long as you have a R next to your name.

Trump has the Republicans by the balls and they are to blame for it long before Trump came along.
They have always been a shit party.

People can see it now. People in swing states are registering as Dems after the riot. I love trump. He’s pushing away the middle. Which is exactly what we need to maintain control for years to come.
 

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Graham says he'll meet with Trump to discuss GOP's future
“I'm going to try and convince him that we can't get there without you, but you can't keep the Trump movement going without the GOP united,” Graham said, according to Politico.

“If we come back in 2022, then, it's an affirmation of your policies. But if we lose again in 2022, the narrative is going to continue that not only you lost the White House, but the Republican Party is in a bad spot.”

“Trump's got to work with everybody,” Graham said. “You got to put your best team on the field. If it's about revenge and going after people you don't like, we're going to have a problem. If this is about putting your best team on the field, we've got a decent chance at coming back.”
So don't primary the people that voted against you. Yeah right. Forgive and forget.
 

Herb & Suds

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Graham says he'll meet with Trump to discuss GOP's future
“I'm going to try and convince him that we can't get there without you, but you can't keep the Trump movement going without the GOP united,” Graham said, according to Politico.

“If we come back in 2022, then, it's an affirmation of your policies. But if we lose again in 2022, the narrative is going to continue that not only you lost the White House, but the Republican Party is in a bad spot.”

“Trump's got to work with everybody,” Graham said. “You got to put your best team on the field. If it's about revenge and going after people you don't like, we're going to have a problem. If this is about putting your best team on the field, we've got a decent chance at coming back.”
So don't primary the people that voted against you. Yeah right. Forgive and forget.
Lyndsey now claims Richard Burrs vote has made Laura Trump a lock to take his seat in 2022:x

Edit: we all need whatever drugs Ms Graham is on
 
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