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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe 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.
MaryMagdaline
(7,926 posts)Tesha
(20,987 posts)Baitball Blogger
(48,668 posts)to offset the spin the right-wing media will try to do.
OC_Lars
(40 posts)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
GPV
(73,093 posts)proud patriot
(101,240 posts)LiberalLoner
(10,228 posts)NEOBuckeye
(2,842 posts)Paul Krugman wrote about it:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/opinion/trump-musk-mike-johnson.html
ShazzieB
(19,052 posts)Baitball Blogger
(48,668 posts)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 Peoples Faces Party.
Its 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 youll be unaffected by a second Trump presidency because you arent undocumented or Puerto Rican or a Democratic politician, I encourage you to reassess. But Ill get to that next week. Today I want to talk about more prosaic economic issues.
Many analysts have pointed out that Trumps 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 wont hurt American consumers. But, as The Washington Post reports, corporations are already getting ready to raise prices.
Beckett
(13 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,219 posts)Rub their stinking noses in it at every opportunity.
ancianita
(39,039 posts)Let's keep it dated and sourced, as well.
ralps
(78,936 posts)F around and find out!!
Frank D. Lincoln
(700 posts)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.
StarryNite
(11,004 posts)WiVoter
(1,159 posts)Love the idea 👍
Frank D. Lincoln
(700 posts)Davis spoke after James, who won a $355 million civil verdict against Trumps 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.
Baitball Blogger
(48,668 posts)Brings up an interesting constitutional crisis. State's Right vs a newly appointed American King.
radical noodle
(8,876 posts)One person can't do it alone. I tried with a personal journal in 2016 and was quickly overwhelmed.