The Isolated Politics Blurt Thread I: A New Beginning

September 4, 2021

The 2020 presidential election was over, eight months ago.
Joe Biden won decisively by more than seven million votes.
 
Let's all go into denial, about the bad influence Trump has had, on everyone.

This is not the united America, that celebrated the election of Barack Obama.

- bodysong

Augut 1, 2020

The Cruelty Is the Point

- Adam Serwer

via The Atlantic

President Trump and his supporters find community by rejoicing in the suffering
of those they hate and fear.

Oct 3, 2018

The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

author - Adam Serwer

June 27, 2021

September 8, 2021

"They believe cruelty is their birthright."

- John Pavlovitz.

https://johnpavlovitz.com/2021/09/08/this-cruelty-is-the-trump-effect-on-america/

For so many people here, it is no longer just about a sharing a difference of opinion
on an issue or about voicing opposing political ideologies or even about the expression
of personal or religious freedom—it is about inflicting as much pain as I can to people
who I know nothing about and who have done me no direct wrong.

This is the Trump Effect on America.

These open acts of viciousness can be traced directly back to November 8th, 2016.

"...(they) have been empowered to revel in the worst of themselves. "
 
September 16, 2021 at 12:26 pm

Pennsylvania Republicans voted Wednesday to subpoena Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration
for records of every registered voter in the state, including personal information
like the last four digits of their Social Security numbers.

- Crooks and Liars

Republicans are seeking the names, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers,
last four digits of Social Security numbers, addresses and methods of voting
for millions of people who cast ballots in the May primary and the November
general election.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/15/pennsylvania-gop-election-probe-subpoena-trump/
 
From the formerly-Republicans, that scream about fiscal responsibility -

8 trillion dollars of debt of Trump, dumped in the laps of Americans.

¯\_('/')_/¯

Where did all of that money, go ?

Ask Rep. Kevin McCarthy about Trump's scam.
 
Maggie Haberman ✓
Twitter › maggieNYT

A former president sent a letter to a secretary of state asking him to decertify the election,
a slow escalation from the reinstatement talk of a few months ago, and everyone wants
to avert their gaze. Maybe someone will get a sponge.

10 hours ago
 
https://www.rawstory.com/jair-bolsonaro-vaccine/

gotta love NYC! a nyc pizzeria refused to allow brazilian president to eat his pizza inside...he refused to provide proof of vaccination. In NYC for a big UN meeting, the UN, however, was unable to refuse him his seat at their table despite it being protocol for all attendees to be vaccinated
 
A book confirms what has been said, and the existence of a memo is revealed


the memo contained a backup plan for Pence to say that no candidate had reached 270
electoral votes, so the election should be turned over to the House of Representatives

via CNN

see Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb


John Eastman (a member of TFG#45 legal team) told CNN that the memo
was only a preliminary draft.


"The real problem is we have one of the two legacy parties
that is completely bought into this and doesn't want to hear
anything else but a confirmation of that untruth that has been told
and that, I think, is the most dangerous thing facing our democracy."

- Matthew Dowd, a former strategist for ex-President George W. Bush
via CNN's

see - Erin Burnett
 
Raw Story ✓
Twitter › RawStory

Idaho man threatened to shoot nurse if she didn't treat his son-in-law's COVID-19
infection with ivermectin: report

1 hour ago
 
Raw Story ✓
Twitter › RawStory

Idaho man threatened to shoot nurse if she didn't treat his son-in-law's COVID-19
infection with ivermectin: report

1 hour ago
wow! what happened? i can only hope security jumped him and he's currently being processed in jail :(
 
Karen Got A Gun

September 23, 2021

A customer became angry that a Philadelphia Chipotle was closing early,
pulled a gun and demanded that “somebody better give me my food,”
police said Wednesday.

The terrifying confrontation unfolded just before 5 p.m. Saturday
at the chain's location inside the Roosevelt Mall on Cottman Avenue,
according to a statement from the Philadelphia Police Department.

The store was closing its in-person service early because of staffing issues,
but told customers it would still take online orders, police said.

Surveillance video showed the woman, in a gray top and pink pants, reach
into her purse, pull a gun and gesture toward workers behind the counter.

The woman demanded to speak to the store's manager as a button was pushed
to bring mall security to the scene, according to the police statement.

An employee complied and made the woman's order "in an effort to have her leave," police said.

Even after completing the order, the woman pulled her gun again, police said.
That is when she made her demand, took the meal and left, officials said.

(video)

- NY Daily Ne

Chipotle customer pulls gun on workers in Philadelphia: video
-NY

Daily News 8 hours ago

New York Daily News ✓
Twitter › NYDailyNews

Chipotle has added smoked brisket to the menu for a limited time only.

(link)

9 minutes ago
 
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