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Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Actually, I’m pretty sure Bannon is Palps and Trump is Anakin.

No, Trump is most definitely Palps.

No, Bannon is the one pulling the strings and using Trump.

I don’t think anyone pulls Trump’s strings but Trump.

Also there was always a little good in Anakin, the emperor was never able to drive it out of him completely. Do you see any good in Trump?

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Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Actually, I’m pretty sure Bannon is Palps and Trump is Anakin.

No, Trump is most definitely Palps.

No, Bannon is the one pulling the strings and using Trump.

I don’t think anyone pulls Trump’s strings but Trump.

http://www.vox.com/2016/8/29/12691276/trump-believe-flop-flop

This throwaway line in a Washington Post article by Robert Costa about the latest split within the Donald Trump campaign over whether to flip-flop on immigration is one of the more terrifying things I’ve ever seen people inside a campaign admit about their candidate:

“Trump tends to echo the words of whomever last spoke to him, making direct access to him even more valuable, the people said, requesting anonymity to talk about internal campaign discussions.”

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Warbler said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Actually, I’m pretty sure Bannon is Palps and Trump is Anakin.

No, Trump is most definitely Palps.

No, Bannon is the one pulling the strings and using Trump.

I don’t think anyone pulls Trump’s strings but Trump.

Also there was always a little good in Anakin, the emperor was never able to drive it out of him completely. Do you see any good in Trump?

There’s no such thing as a perfect analogy.

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Jetrell Fo said:

In the Trump administration, they call it alternative facts

Everyone else calls it bull****

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TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Actually, I’m pretty sure Bannon is Palps and Trump is Anakin.

No, Trump is most definitely Palps.

No, Bannon is the one pulling the strings and using Trump.

I don’t think anyone pulls Trump’s strings but Trump.

http://www.vox.com/2016/8/29/12691276/trump-believe-flop-flop

This throwaway line in a Washington Post article by Robert Costa about the latest split within the Donald Trump campaign over whether to flip-flop on immigration is one of the more terrifying things I’ve ever seen people inside a campaign admit about their candidate:

“Trump tends to echo the words of whomever last spoke to him, making direct access to him even more valuable, the people said, requesting anonymity to talk about internal campaign discussions.”

My friend has a Twitter list of the 41 accounts that Trump follows and opening it is basically seeing what Trump sees, and you can see the twisted worldview he gets from it and where he plucks his talking points from.

Keep Circulating the Tapes.

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Tyrphanax said:

darth_ender said:

Trump is exactly the kind of disaster the Democrats need to win big in future years. Conservatism will go very out of fashion in the next four years. This is why I would have rather had Hillary win, no matter her broken moral compass or my disagreement with her political views. I see a midterm election transition in both houses back to the Democrats, a loss of the presidency to the Democrats in four years, and a huge slide to the Left in the nation’s policies over the next several years. How can rank and file Republicans stand for this man, who clearly is not a conservative, whose bigotry stands exactly in contrast to freedom, both in the policies he is initiating and in the trends he is setting.

Executive orders were never written into the Constitution but were instead inferred by the president’s executive function and the necessity of clarifying that which is not specified by Congressional legislation. I feel it should be used sparingly and is generally overstepping those limits defined by the Constitution. I was a critic of Obama using executive orders in the manner he did, which is clearly a very dictatorial act. But Trump has put Obama to shame in such a short time. His authoritarian leadership is completely out of bounds, and I cannot sanction it, even when I agree with the policy change.

Let me put it this way: virtually everyone who knows me on this site knows that I am very opposed to elective abortions in most cases. I abhor them. They represent a severe dysfunction of our society’s morals, in my opinion. It breaks my heart to know that so many children are sent to premature deaths simply for being unwanted. And if Trump were to write an executive order that aligned abortion laws exactly with my perspective, I would condemn him for it. Beyond the good of those lives that would be spared would be the wellbeing of all Americans. Redefining a president’s authority in this way is extremely dangerous to the most powerful democracy in the world, and endangers everyone’s liberties and lives. I don’t think I’m being hyperbolic when I say that even if Trump does no serious harm in the long-term now, the precedents he is setting, if not checked, will allow for further violations by future administrations that could completely destabilize our precious nation. I pray that the judicial branch will show they have some gonads and trump Trump, and/or the Republicans will show some spine and help impeach the loser.

Donald Trump, regardless of your affiliation or your agreement with those things he aspires to accomplish, is a disaster for our nation and for the Conservative cause, and I will never support the man. At best, he will destroy the perception of Conservatism and marginalize the causes I believe in. At worst, he will have grown the power of the executive branch to dangerous levels and alter the nature of the U.S. presidency for years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw8etotz3TI

Great post. I agree with Frink.

Fuck you.

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Warbler said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Actually, I’m pretty sure Bannon is Palps and Trump is Anakin.

No, Trump is most definitely Palps.

No, Bannon is the one pulling the strings and using Trump.

I don’t think anyone pulls Trump’s strings but Trump.

Also there was always a little good in Anakin, the emperor was never able to drive it out of him completely. Do you see any good in Trump?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehumanization

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Jeebus said:

Warbler said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Actually, I’m pretty sure Bannon is Palps and Trump is Anakin.

No, Trump is most definitely Palps.

No, Bannon is the one pulling the strings and using Trump.

I don’t think anyone pulls Trump’s strings but Trump.

Also there was always a little good in Anakin, the emperor was never able to drive it out of him completely. Do you see any good in Trump?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehumanization

So you think I’ve dehumanized Trump? Whatever I don’t care. I’m too pissed about what is going my country right now to care.

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Trump ceased to be human when that alien parasite which vaguely resembles hair attached itself to his scalp and took control of his brain.

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Warbler said:

Jetrell Fo said:

In the Trump administration, they call it alternative facts

Everyone else calls it bull****

“Everyone else” is an exagerration at best unless you speak for everyone else including yourself.

😉

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Jetrell Fo said:

The only “news” that’s really propaganda is Fox which seems to have no qualms justifying Trump turning the country into a totalitarian regime.

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Source. This article actually has MUCH more comprehensive data and graphs, I suggest a full read.

I feel like they should put “America” on the list too, just to make it complete. =P

So basically, either the ban is totally arbitrary and based on nothing (except maybe religion), or Trump and his advisors are morons.

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It’s based on his business interests.

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TV’s Frink said:

It’s based on his business interests.

Oops, I meant to put that in there. Thanks.

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Jetrell Fo said:

Comparing our free press to Russian media is laughable at best. Anyone who even makes a joke at Putin’s expense probably has to watch their back.

Where were you in '77?

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generalfrevious said:

DominicCobb said:

This is a fun read: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/how-to-build-an-autocracy/513872/

Thanks a lot asshole. Now I feel like slitting my wrists, and I won’t get a good nights sleep.

Frevious has been doomsaying since before there was any reason to. Now that there is… damn.

I wish I could tell you everything’s going to be okay. I guess I can just say that if things are really as bad as you think, at least we won’t be around much longer to worry about them.

But seriously though, I hope you’re not serious. Get help if you really need it.

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Jetrell Fo said:

Warbler said:

Jetrell Fo said:

In the Trump administration, they call it alternative facts

Everyone else calls it bull****

“Everyone else” is an exagerration at best unless you speak for everyone else including yourself.

😉

bull****

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Oh man, we’re going to have to seriously reevaluate the prequels now? Bad enough one of the Trumpy minions on CNN unknowingly quoted Rogue One over the weekend. 😉

Where were you in '77?