Sloppy Steve needed some attention. He learned that in prison. Not even the sexual predators in the clink wanted a piece of those sloppy cheeks.
Matt Schlapp is meeting with anyone interested in the men's room at the end of the CPAC front hall.
Is there some kind of pattern? I do admit Bannon's is pretty half-assed here, but that could be for plausible deniability reasons.
And if he were anyone other than Bannon, I might entertain the notion. But given that it IS Bannon, yeah, I believe this was a calculated maneuver.
But a French far-right leader agreed. The ADL agreed.
Steve Bannon is accused of doing a straight-arm Nazi salute at CPAC but says it was just 'a wave'
Steve Bannon has been accused of making a Nazi salute at a conservative gathering where President Donald Trump is slated to speak this weekend, but says the gesture was merely “a wave.”apnews.com
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White nationalist by accident? That will be the next excuseI have never managed to wave like that nor seen anyone accidentally wave like that. He’s a nazi and it’s a nazi salute. Nazis are only good for target practice.
Steve Bannon is a Roman Catholic Irishman ... a nationalist and populist ... a self-described Christian-Zionist ... a man who denounces racism and demands greater representation of African-Americans at tech companies ... and a man who lazily initiates a Hitler GruB just before saying ‘Amen,’”
“The Manson Family had a more coherent ideology than MAGA. And the liberal criticism that American "fascism" is merely a personality cult around Trump seems justified,” he added. “At least Elon—an atheist eugenicist obsessed with rockets—seems to have really meant it!”
It's a variety of Tourette's actually.The really special kind that causes you to throw Nazi salutes.
I have never managed to wave like that nor seen anyone accidentally wave like that. He’s a nazi and it’s a nazi salute. Nazis are only good for target practice.
I have some faith that no one man can turn the USA into a monarchy no matter who, and Trump's pretty stupid and lame. His stupidity is part of his strength, oddly enough. He doesn't know history, doesn't understand the structure of the government. He doesn't know how to solve problems so he tries throwing shit at the wall to see what will stick when he doesn't like his situation.
Problem is there are tons of Americans including some on the SCOTUS who aren't very smart. However there are a lot of Americans who are not stupid, which we will see.
In the future, adjustments have to be made to protect the country from a scoundrel in the White House. The ones we have are clearly insufficient. A highly partisan congress makes the impeachment process as currently formulated useless (2/3 of Senate needed for confirmation). A foolish Supreme Court cannot be allowed to make partisan decisions that blemish or negate the intentions laid down in the constitution.
Do you think the military is going to oppose him? Short of that he is king. The congress and judiciary have ceded power to him so the executive is all that's left. Which makes it a monarchy.I have some faith that no one man can turn the USA into a monarchy no matter who, and Trump's pretty stupid and lame.
Well if we're doing "fantasy Constitutional Amendments", it seems to me the most important thing would be to change the way senators, congresspeople, and EC votes are distributed.
Because at the moment all of those massively-over represent old white people, because of the stupid way they are allocated (a bias that demographic trends are only going to make worse, unless at some point a tipping point is reached where things flip to the opposite?). That's why the legislature is deadlocked to the point of irrelevance, allowing an imperial Presidency to grab autocratic power in its place.
Though the excessive power of the Supreme Court is another problem.
In any case there seems to be no way of fixing any of it, because the Constitution was badly designed, so as to be near-impossible to amend to keep up with changing circumstances.
The fix is relatively easy but politically impossible in this current climate, even without Trump. Until voters start continuously voting out republicans we’ll be stuck in this mess for a while.
The fix:
Increase the total number of House representatives. At least double but preferably triple the amount. This will give everyone better representation and mellow out the extremists.
Revamp the judicial system/branch. The number of judges across the board need to increase, including at the Supreme Court. How cases are brought up at the various levels needs to be changed to eliminate judge shopping. Besides expanding the Supreme Court, cases need to be handled by random assignment to smaller factions of SC judges (something like 5 judges per case).
Lastly, there needs to be campaign finance reform and the overturning of citizens United. I personally don’t have the knowledge to recommend what kind of charges are needed so anyone has ideas or knows of any particular proposals, please chime in.
I don't see that. The SC decided in a vote that presidents are immune from prosecution for crimes committed by virtue of actions made in the service of their duties. That's not the same as ceding power. The judiciary can declare an EO unconstitutional. Trump said he'd go along with judge's decisions. We know everything he says is a lie, but he's at least pretending he'll honor the courts directives. Some of the things he's trying to do will meet intense backlash. He's bound to be upset at falling polls. That could have an effect. And this:Do you think the military is going to oppose him? Short of that he is king. The congress and judiciary have ceded power to him so the executive is all that's left. Which makes it a monarchy.
I have become fully drowned in pessimism. Its difficult to imagine any way out of this horror short of years of sustained unimaginably horrible eruptions of violence, death, destruction, andchaos, on a scale not seen since the 1940s. I really hope i'm just losing my mind. I am secure here for now, but, i worry about Ukraine, I worry about all the LGBTQ folks, i worry about all the workers who can barely survive, i worry about all the retirees who are going to suffer worse due to loss of benefits. I worry about total economic collapse. I don't know how to turn off the worry. I just save some cash, and consider getting in some range time and arming myself a bit more, maybe getting the wife used to firing a gun as well. I hope for peace, but, it just feels hopeless right now.I don't see that. The SC decided in a vote that presidents are immune from prosecution for crimes committed by virtue of actions made in the service of their duties. That's not the same as ceding power. The judiciary can declare an EO unconstitutional. Trump said he'd go along with judge's decisions. We know everything he says is a lie, but he's at least pretending he'll honor the courts directives. Some of the things he's trying to do will meet intense backlash. He's bound to be upset at falling polls. That could have an effect. And this:
I don't take solace in any of those things Reich writes, it's pure cope and ignoring the fact we now live in an outright fascist dictatorship. Trump's and Elon's shock and awe campaign is succeeding. His poll numbers mean jack shit when he can steal the election by killing the watchdogs and taking over the USPS. Demonstrations are meaningless until they're in DC at his doorstep and literally threatening his power, at which point the army rank and file deployed to the streets will choose the victor. It's why Trump is purging the military leadership right now, same as Hitler, same as Stalin. You gotta stop being in such denial about where we're at as a nation.I don't see that. The SC decided in a vote that presidents are immune from prosecution for crimes committed by virtue of actions made in the service of their duties. That's not the same as ceding power. The judiciary can declare an EO unconstitutional. Trump said he'd go along with judge's decisions. We know everything he says is a lie, but he's at least pretending he'll honor the courts directives. Some of the things he's trying to do will meet intense backlash. He's bound to be upset at falling polls. That could have an effect. And this:
Yeah. Been there since the 2020 election results. 2024 has not helped.I have become fully drowned in pessimism.
The people who think we're not effectively in 1930's Germany are the same ones who bought the toxic positivity of the Democrats leading up to the election and then were shocked when Harris lost. You gotta be nuts to not be scared shitless.I have become fully drowned in pessimism. Its difficult to imagine any way out of this horror short of years of sustained unimaginably horrible eruptions of violence, death, destruction, andchaos, on a scale not seen since the 1940s. I really hope i'm just losing my mind. I am secure here for now, but, i worry about Ukraine, I worry about all the LGBTQ folks, i worry about all the workers who can barely survive, i worry about all the retirees who are going to suffer worse due to loss of benefits. I worry about total economic collapse. I don't know how to turn off the worry. I just save some cash, and consider getting in some range time and arming myself a bit more, maybe getting the wife used to firing a gun as well. I hope for peace, but, it just feels hopeless right now.
I don't see that. The SC decided in a vote that presidents are immune from prosecution for crimes committed by virtue of actions made in the service of their duties. That's not the same as ceding power.
The fix is relatively easy but politically impossible in this current climate, even without Trump. Until voters start continuously voting out republicans we’ll be stuck in this mess for a while.
While it is not uncommon that small subnational units in federal systems receive some extra voting power in the national legislature, this population ratio for states with equal voting power in the Senate is extraordinary, creating a significant democratic deficit. Senators from states with a substantial majority of the national population can be a minority in the Senate; in early 2017, for example, the 52 Republican Senators represented states with about 144 million Americans, while the 48 Democratic-caucusing Senators represented states with 178 million. The smaller- population states’ undue influence in the Senate affects everything from federal legislation (including spending, which skews to the smaller-population states) to presidential elections, where the total number of electoral votes by state is determined by the total number of members of Congress that each state has — senators and House members. The Senate’s composition also affects voting to confirm or reject nominees to federal judgeships or other important positions and voting on whether to ratify treaties.
The fix:
Increase the total number of House representatives. At least double but preferably triple the amount. This will give everyone better representation and mellow out the extremists.
Revamp the judicial system/branch. The number of judges across the board need to increase, including at the Supreme Court. How cases are brought up at the various levels needs to be changed to eliminate judge shopping. Besides expanding the Supreme Court, cases need to be handled by random assignment to smaller factions of SC judges (something like 5 judges per case).
Lastly, there needs to be campaign finance reform and the overturning of citizens United. I personally don’t have the knowledge to recommend what kind of charges are needed so anyone has ideas or knows of any particular proposals, please chime in.
In the future, adjustments have to be made to protect the country from a scoundrel in the White House. The ones we have are clearly insufficient.
Accelerationism is real, you are experiencing the effects. We have real life Bond villains enacting their evil plans. Drax, Blofeld, Greene, and Goldfinger have little use for most of us; we're ants. Why do you think Bezos has his own Navy? Or Zuckerbot is building a secure compound on an island? If shit goes really sideways/off the rails, they will ride it out.I have become fully drowned in pessimism. Its difficult to imagine any way out of this horror short of years of sustained unimaginably horrible eruptions of violence, death, destruction, andchaos, on a scale not seen since the 1940s. I really hope i'm just losing my mind. I am secure here for now, but, i worry about Ukraine, I worry about all the LGBTQ folks, i worry about all the workers who can barely survive, i worry about all the retirees who are going to suffer worse due to loss of benefits. I worry about total economic collapse. I don't know how to turn off the worry. I just save some cash, and consider getting in some range time and arming myself a bit more, maybe getting the wife used to firing a gun as well. I hope for peace, but, it just feels hopeless right now.
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.