OMG Politics, I'm over it already.

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I think their plan is to simply exasperate people, libs get tired of protesting, right gets emboldened from "getting tired of their shit". They're stoking the fires of civil war IMO.
 
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I think their plan is to simply exasperate people, libs get tired of protesting, right gets emboldened from "getting tired of their shit". They're stoking the fires of civil war IMO.

If you take the 10,000 mile view, they've been pretty furiously ticking off some actions he pledged to do during the campaign...build that wall, gut ACA, keep out the muslims, attack sanctuary cities, withdraw from existing trade agreements, put keystone XL and DAPL back online, appointed a conservative SCJ & froze Federal hiring and contracting. If you're a Trump supporter & backed these actions, you've got to be pretty happy with this so far.

At the same time, he has taken up a very socially conservative agenda to promote specifically christian causes/ideals that we're hinted at during the campaign but I don't think anyone took seriously enough or expected to be so regressive. Not really in character with who DJT has been all these years. If you're in the religious right or alt-right, you've got to be doing backflips.

He isn't locking her up, he's cancelled draining the swamp & instead trading front row seats in the swamp to billionaires in return for support. All those wall street fat cats, that he accused HRC being a puppet for, are now in his administration...which is conveniently de-regulating their industry so they can profit more from main street. No, Mexico ain't paying for that wall; we are. What? you actually benefited from ACA? Sucks to be you. If you're that little guy that thought DJT was in your corner, you might be scratching your head now (if you've been paying attention).

Throw in the WTF deluge of bizarre squabbles & alternative facts that have been playing out all over the media, the administration's war against the media & attempt to control what is perceived as truth, a love of torture & who gives a shit attitude to human rights, whitewashing/rejection of accepted science, twitter attacks on members of the judicial and legislative branches, stressing relationships with long time allies while pulling adversaries like Russia in closer. ...yeah, it's a carnival side show that keeps everyone else on their toes and makes it impossible to focus any criticism or opposition, likely by design.
 
One bright spot for anyone socially liberal/progressive.
Turns out that Ivaka and Jared may be the strongest dissenting voices in the administration's conservative agenda. Who'd have thought.....

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Said to Have Helped Thwart L.G.B.T. Rights Rollback
The two most influential social liberals in President Trump’s inner circle — daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner — helped kill a proposed executive order that would have scrapped Obama-era L.G.B.T. protections, according to people familiar with the issue.

A third, Gary D. Cohn, the chairman of the president’s National Economic Council, a Democrat who was brought to the West Wing by Mr. Kushner and reflects the socially liberal and economically conservative views of many Wall Street power brokers, privately told aides to the president that he was disturbed it was even being considered.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/us/politics/lgbt-rights-ivanka-trump-jared-kushner.html?_r=0
 
thank (fill in whatever diety you worship) SOME agencies STILL abide by what federal judges decide. the order was against our laws, the judges ordered the law to be ignored and not upheld, and the agencies complied. maybe dumpster isn't as IN CHARGE as he thinks.

This isn't as good a thing as it sounds. This is just another row of bricks in the wall that Trump is building around himself and his followers. Trump's supporters will just look at this as more unjust interference with the guy who's working so hard to save the country.
 
Interesting read. I am not saying I agree with everything, or that it is fair, accurate, or correct for people to feel this way. But I think the seemingly illogical feelings need to be addressed for the Dems to be more effective. https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-so-many-people-dont-get-about-the-u-s-working-class

well....if that is really true....then we are truely fucked.

imo.....no one ever got really wealthy without stealing it from someone else or selling a faulty product. they don't play by the rules. they don't pay their taxes. they're swindlers. the uber rich don't create jobs.....they move them to a cheaper country. and asshole dumpster is one of them. and this country will continue to go down the dumper until they realize that the trumps of the world are the ones keeping them down, stealing their government, making sure they don't do TOO well.
 
Interesting read. I am not saying I agree with everything, or that it is fair, accurate, or correct for people to feel this way. But I think the seemingly illogical feelings need to be addressed for the Dems to be more effective. https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-so-many-people-dont-get-about-the-u-s-working-class
And this one goes with it. Similar topic, slightly different approach. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/...ulism-of-donald-trump.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1
 
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