"Trump’s demand for recess appointments is a way of breaking the Senate early on.

William Lindsey :toad:

@Dodo_sipping I think that's what Berlatsky is saying, that these racial purity ideas echo Nazi ones.

William Lindsey :toad:

@sasyecat I wondered about his diet when I saw the photo of him and Trump's team and son chowing down on McDonald's fast food a day or so ago.

Camerondotca

@wdlindsy all these "pure" "master race" dudes look so... inbred and fucked up.

CharJTF :a11y: (she/her)

@wdlindsy I read her newsletter this morning, and this is part of what terrifies me. They let him get away with this, and the Constitution is dead. I'm not sure how we recover from it.

CharJTF :a11y: (she/her)

@wdlindsy The photo I saw made a point of saying that RFK Jr. doesn't eat processed food. As he was holding a Big Mac.

@sasyecat

Teach Honest History

@wdlindsy I forget now, was the code to recall the B52s in "Dr. Strangelove" Purity of Essence or Essence of Purity? As an aside, Dr. Strangelove was an absurdist parody in it's time, but now it just seems like a plausible alternative timeline.

William Lindsey :toad:

@Cliftographer I can't tell you, unfortunately. If I saw that film, I've long since forgotten it.

William Lindsey :toad:

@CharJTF @sasyecat Big eyeroll. One day, he's attacking children's breakfast cereals for having additives. Next day he's photographed with McDonald's fries which could not be more full of additives and chemicals.

William Lindsey :toad:

@CharJTF I think we are entering into a very dark era in our history, and I wonder if we'll emerge from that tunnel anytime soon if ever.

William Lindsey :toad:

@camerondotca Don't they, though? Master race, indeed.

CharJTF :a11y: (she/her)

@wdlindsy I agree...it's going to be brutal.

I'm not sure many of us will survive. I can't afford to go back to health insurance costing $2500 a month (pre-existing conditions and now I have more). Kid is expecting twins in May...they'll need mandated vaccines. Meds will cost more. Prices of most staples are going to go up.

And, of course, the incoming administration is going to shred the Constitution. While the Rs watch and cheer.

William Lindsey :toad:

@CharJTF I'm trying not to anticipate the worst though also aware that the worst very well may happen. I think survival may be a matter of building strong ties with networks of like-minded people, being vigilant and having foresight to prepare. But I also think that things can get very bad very quickly when — as they promise — they begin implementing their cruel agenda, crashing the economy, gutting government, placing the military under control of the president, and so on.

CharJTF :a11y: (she/her)

@wdlindsy Yeah, someone told me last week not to anticipate bad stuff. It's a bit difficult, though.

It will be tough but, as long as we don't lose the house, I think we'll be OK. It's the cruelness that's coming that's a concern, especially with my transplant/cancer diagnosis, hubby's and my ages, and babies coming next year.

Teach Honest History

@wdlindsy I would argue that Doctor Strangelove is director Stanley Kubrick’s greatest masterpiece. Many memorable scenes and quotable lines.

Christo. London, England

@wdlindsy
He looks like he isn't long for this world

William Lindsey :toad:

"The wheels are coming off the bus. Keep in mind, no president has used this constitutional authority before…."

~ Sarah Binder

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
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THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

Listen to Greg Sargent's THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent podcast with Greg Sargent on Apple Podcasts.

Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

""Matt Gaetz, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Pete Hegseth, and Tulsi Gabbard are a wrecking crew. …

The nominations, taken as a whole, are enormously significant and newsworthy for what they say about what is to come. And that is too important a message to be lost in incremental coverage, weak language, and insufficient shorthand."

~ Dan Froomkin

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
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Searching for the right words to describe Trump’s destructive nominees

Matt Gaetz, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Pete Hegseth, and Tulsi Gabbard are a wrecking crew.

(criticalread.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

“Authoritarianism is the conversion of rule of law into rule by the lawless.

Gaetz embodies this."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Jay Kuo adds,

"One of the most frightening goals of Trumpism is that the world somehow needs to be destroyed and the people suffer great pain before the 'good' part comes to them in the name of a new order, in this case under Trump.:"

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
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Lessons in Fascism

Prof. Ben-Ghiat has been laying out brutal truths on why Trump is a fascist

(thinkbigpicture.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

Trump's nephew Fred Trump tells Mehdi Hasan that Trump’s “;purpose right now' is 'definitely' to get revenge on his enemies.

He also says that Trump said about Fred Trump’s disabled son that he "should just die."

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
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'Disabled People Should Just Die’: Trump’s Nephew Recounts Shocking Conversations with His Uncle

Fred Trump III shares with Mehdi his deep knowledge of the president-elect, including the possibility of four years of revenge.

(zeteo.com)

Arqtec

@wdlindsy
When this shit gets overwhelming ?
The Middle Class, kids in school, average Joe ? Is not going to get much relief
The Folks with a few dollars rolling around in their pockets will find another place to spend them ?
This sort of Migration ?
Takes money away from the economy and invests it elsewhere
Trump is a numbskull !
Can't run a Business
But he can Grift !
A Sociopath that thinks Rich People will always be O.K.
Only Maybe they will find their O.K. ?
Somewheres away from Him