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peter baker’s blow-by-blow chronicle of trump’s, what — sins?, misdeeds?, crimes? — in the ny times. 

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ny times chronicles trump misdeeds 

It doesn't come up as a gift link for me.

As a Gen X-er, I think there is nothing more Gen-Z than all the posts on Threads about people with Harris/Walz signs in their yard or wearing a Harris tee-shirt to the supermarket.

Not only are the Gen-Z-ers humblebragging about their 'fearless' endorsement of the VP, but they also seem amazed/disappointed that nobody is arguing with them about their bold decision.  Firstly, you live in a primarily democratic district while shopping at Whole Foods, and second people IRL just aren't that rude.  It is as if they expect people to react like people do online, rather than how actual humans respond.  I would argue most people don't take the time to look at your tee-shirt or read your sign.

I'm happy that they are involved in the race, but their virtue signaling is amusing.  To me, it is like those guys at their first Gay Pride Parade who engage the five people from religious groups there to show opposition.  Because it feels like the youth is so acclimated to the way the media covers protests, that it is not an experience for them unless they face conflict.

Edited October 20, 20241 yr by j swift

sorry — here’s the gift link

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/politics/trump-scandals.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Tk4.XqF2.hyG0Q8YjPpjB&smid=url-share

Thanks!

It's made ABC:

 

one canadian’s thoughts on trump’s scandals. can’t tell if he’s trying to be ironic or sarcastic — or, maybe he’s serious. either way, grateful he won’t be voting.

Alain Lambert

Vancouver, Canada12m ago

As a Canadian who has lived in the US, and who follows US politics very closely, I am fascinated by the fact that tens of millions of Americans hate Trump and about the same number of people love Trump. I personally think that Trump is the most honest, most qualified, smartest and certainly most entertaining president in generations. He loves America more than anything. He works harder than any of his competitors. His policies are grounded in common sense and are designed to better the life of all Americans. One of Trump's most important agenda items is to depoliticize government agencies, starting with the FBI, the intelligence community and the IRS. These great institutions need to go back to being being independent agencies without a political agenda. Also, four more years of a Trump administration would help put an end to the Ukrainian/Russian conflict and bring peace to the Middle East by advancing the Abraham accords with many more Arab nations.

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5 minutes ago, wonderwoman1951 said:

One of Trump's most important agenda items is to depoliticize government agencies, starting with the FBI, the intelligence community and the IRS. These great institutions need to go back to being being independent agencies without a political agenda.

What the what now?

1 hour ago, wonderwoman1951 said:

one canadian’s thoughts on trump’s scandals. can’t tell if he’s trying to be ironic or sarcastic — or, maybe he’s serious. either way, grateful he won’t be voting.

Alain Lambert

Vancouver, Canada12m ago

As a Canadian who has lived in the US, and who follows US politics very closely, I am fascinated by the fact that tens of millions of Americans hate Trump and about the same number of people love Trump. I personally think that Trump is the most honest, most qualified, smartest and certainly most entertaining president in generations. He loves America more than anything. He works harder than any of his competitors. His policies are grounded in common sense and are designed to better the life of all Americans. One of Trump's most important agenda items is to depoliticize government agencies, starting with the FBI, the intelligence community and the IRS. These great institutions need to go back to being being independent agencies without a political agenda. Also, four more years of a Trump administration would help put an end to the Ukrainian/Russian conflict and bring peace to the Middle East by advancing the Abraham accords with many more Arab nations.

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Canada is taking a right turn and more than likely next PM will be Russian backed Trump  Clone.

Canadian dead-end leftists on Twitter often have the most wretched takes. I guess at least this bozo genuinely supports Trump instead of doing it ironically.

Speaking of bozos - you will not be surprised to learn how many are eating this empty stunt up. I have seen some on the left chastising Harris for not working at McDonald's as well to rebut his lies and stunt. They don't seem to realize that she would be completely humiliated in the media and public if she ever tried.

 

18 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Canadian dead-end leftists on Twitter often have the most wretched takes. I guess at least this bozo genuinely supports Trump instead of doing it ironically.

Looked him up and Alain Lambert is an entrepreneur and is affiliated with Prager U, so definitely a genuine supporter. Unclear if he honestly believes what he says about what makes Trump good.

 

 

On 10/19/2024 at 6:26 PM, DRW50 said:

It's some of the early voting numbers that are concerning me (Virginia, NC, among others). Hopefully it's just going back to normal when so many Republicans didn't vote early in 2020, rather than a real sign of a shift to Trump that various polls have indicated. 

An NYT article on the Arab-Americans who are pushing for Trump. One person in this who was co-head of the "Abandon Biden" group (later Harris) even has a selfie on her Twitter smiling with Trump. Just absolute scum.

https://t.co/pocsopBPWF

Some reports that the door-knocking group funded by Elon is partly fradulent.

Exclusive: Trump ground game in key states flagged as potentially fake | Donald Trump | The Guardian

I have to believe this is just a subset of people who want to burn everything down. Trump seems to really hate Arabs, even more than he hates everyone else. Muslims are the only ones he actually banned. I won't be surprised if he tried to do it again. He maybe losing his mind, but he's holding pretty tight to all the hate.

I do feel hopeful about Kamala's chances, but I am astounded by how many people are sticking with Trump. This should not be a close race. I just cannot wait until we can all put that man in our rear view mirror once and for all.