This afternoon, Trump held a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House to announce that he had signed into law the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, clearing the way for sanctions on Chinese officials and entities that undermine Hong Kong’s autonomy. As soon as he had made the announcement, he launched into a rambling attack on presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, using the official press conference as he had done the official coronavirus briefings when he held them: as an opportunity for a campaign rally-type speech.
Also missing from Limbaugh's account is the reason the Donner Party was in that horrible position in the first place. They took a "short cut" on the route to California that those in the know told them wasn't a good choice. They took it anyway, which ended up delaying their arrival at the Sierras. So it is a good metaphor for Trump's insistence on taking a short cut of opening schools too early (and virtually all the other short cuts he has taken in dealing or not dealing with the pandemic).
Thank you! As always so insightful! I missed it all today because I did something I’ve never done before. I worked the polling place for the Texas primary. In a church in my neighborhood, I helped from 6am to 8pm, in a large hall with Democrats on one side and Republicans on the other. So moved by the people excited to vote and several for their first time ever at just 18. It was a long day! I had no idea! And as we rushed to set up because the building wasn’t opened on time, and through the day, and in breaking down, we could reach across the”table” and be neighbors with the people working. Helping each other just a bit, especially set up and break down. Share snacks, and hand sanitizer, and laughs. A Republican woman voter came over to use our hand sanitizer and asked if it was okay, we offered a few mints too. She was shocked! Said you’d let me have mints?! Sure, why not! It was a long heartwarming day! I highly recommend it to anyone! Mints are, I assume, way tastier than cannibalism! Really gave me a sense of hope! Highly recommend working the polling place if anyone can! A great day for the democratic process. And in Texas, voting by Democrats is up 296% since 2016! 💪🏽 🇺🇸
I just want to say how appreciative I am of everyone’s comments here. They are well though out. They are informative. They have proper grammar and spelling!!!!, and don’t bash other commenters. Thank you, everyone!
I stopped watching Trump’s public events some time ago, but this morning my neighbor here in Germany sent me a quote from yesterday’s rant - he couldn’t quite believe it.
So, I broke down and read the full remarks, and they kept going and going and going, becoming more unhinged with every sentence.
My early thinking about how nutty this election season might be is out the window – this will be one for the record books.
Professor Richardson, I know you are a historian and not a soothsayer, but does history provide you a window into the types of reforms that might come about as a result of our experience with 45?
It's always interesting when the "forgotten" lies that have been told spiral out of control and come back to bite their instigator. Trump doesn't understand the interconnexion between the different issues that he's using and abusing to enhance his electoral chances: he has no conception of the significance of the "Butterfly theory" in the chaos that he so actively promotes. The case of the "purported China trade deal" is a clear illustration.
However, the Naked Emporer, when laughed at because he has no clothes, will look to take revenge on the "whistle blower". Beware the major universities and 17 states that have brought suites against Trump's foreign student visa barriers as they have won their battle and Trump has been forced to rescind his directive. They are an easy, "elite", communications and propaganda target to hit and further stoke the passions of his core electorate.
Trump has had to cancel the New Hampshire Rally and hisTulsa spectacular was a disaster because of his mis-handling of the Covid-19 epidemic. He had to give up his daily press briefings on dealing with the sanitary crisis as they where hitting the headlines but not producing favorable voter support. Trump is like a fish out of water and is struggling to find oxygen as his "gills" are not adapted to the atmosphere. The Rose Garden is a short-term stop-gap as it assures him some semblance of a "Presidential Posture". It wont work for more than a few "shows". He's running out of "reality" to put on television. The sooner this fish is put in an aquarium to be gauped at by passing tourists passing the better we'll all be.
It’s hard to believe that we’ve reached a time in which the idea of cannibalizing our own citizens for the Republican party’s self interests is a selling point.
I thought it interesting that Limbaugh also says, “Life has to go on. Life is to be lived. It’s not meant to be spent cowering and curled up in the corner in fear. It’s not meant to be spent as a victim. Your life is worth more than simply saying, ‘There's nothing I can do about it, I have an excuse for not even trying.’ But this is exactly where we are — and it’s not who we are.“
Allowing so many people to get sick and at this point, forcing people into situations where they ultimately will get sick, is saying precisely “there’s nothing I can do about it”. Using this idea of we must be tough like people who chose cannibalism over death is supposed to be our excuse for not even trying.
These Letters are the first thing I read every morning. That there are no Republican elected representatives on a federal level who will stand up and say “enough!” Is terrifying and makes me despair. So we are left with some governors and ultimately, local school boards, mayors, county commissioners, college presidents and other individuals of whatever political stripe to bring sanity to bear. If the Donner Party is a good choice of how Americans should act, it’s no wonder our neighbors to the north and the south have sealed their borders to us.
USA TODAY's ready willingness to publish Navarro's hit piece on Fauci is an important reminder that the MSM literally values clicks over democracy. Regardless of how this election proceeds, and whatever atrocities emerge, they will do everything possible to present Trump as a worthwhile, competitive option -- even if this means underreporting misconduct, and overreporting attacks on the opposition. Their SOLE goal is to make this race a nailbiter that keeps their audience clicking and sharing to the very end, and it represents one of the greatest dangers to our country.
There are a couple of things that we can do to help keep things on track . First, avoid sharing/RTing pieces that further enable the administration's misinformation campaign, no matter how outraged they make you feel.
Second, I think people underestimate the value of writing Letters to the Editor. This long lost art not only helps keep the discussion focused on reality, it also helps remind editors that accurate, factual reporting is what readers are really interested in.
I am annoyed by the blatant lies this administration spews. But worse than that, I am appalled by the gullible, ignorant ppl who believe these lies without any critical thinking. The lies are not directed at me or any of the ppl who know the unlikely reality that “the media” (CBS, NBC, ABC, BBC, Reuters, etc) are even capable of conspiratorially broadcasting the same “Fake News” all over the planet. The lies are solely directed at the ignorant cult base and I am disheartened to know how many deluded ppl there are in our population. Before tRump, it was the 900 dead in the Jim Jones cult or the 39 dead in Heaven’s Gate cult that shocked us. But now it seems a third of the ppl around us are in this new Repugnant cult, adoringly following an insane man in the White House. Both mystifying and horrifying to those of us with normal mental faculties.
Reading here about his “speech”, as 45 rambles off into cuckoo land, while understanding the need to document his decline, I am envisioning the press packing up as he is talking and going home. I think “Biden wants to remove all your windows” would have been my cue.
"Embattled"? I'd say maddened, as in driven to madness. Comparing sending children back to school during the current pandemic to "acceptable" cannibalism is even more insane than usual for our fearless nut job.
Also missing from Limbaugh's account is the reason the Donner Party was in that horrible position in the first place. They took a "short cut" on the route to California that those in the know told them wasn't a good choice. They took it anyway, which ended up delaying their arrival at the Sierras. So it is a good metaphor for Trump's insistence on taking a short cut of opening schools too early (and virtually all the other short cuts he has taken in dealing or not dealing with the pandemic).
Thank you! As always so insightful! I missed it all today because I did something I’ve never done before. I worked the polling place for the Texas primary. In a church in my neighborhood, I helped from 6am to 8pm, in a large hall with Democrats on one side and Republicans on the other. So moved by the people excited to vote and several for their first time ever at just 18. It was a long day! I had no idea! And as we rushed to set up because the building wasn’t opened on time, and through the day, and in breaking down, we could reach across the”table” and be neighbors with the people working. Helping each other just a bit, especially set up and break down. Share snacks, and hand sanitizer, and laughs. A Republican woman voter came over to use our hand sanitizer and asked if it was okay, we offered a few mints too. She was shocked! Said you’d let me have mints?! Sure, why not! It was a long heartwarming day! I highly recommend it to anyone! Mints are, I assume, way tastier than cannibalism! Really gave me a sense of hope! Highly recommend working the polling place if anyone can! A great day for the democratic process. And in Texas, voting by Democrats is up 296% since 2016! 💪🏽 🇺🇸
It doesn't occur to them that adaptation might include wearing masks?
I just want to say how appreciative I am of everyone’s comments here. They are well though out. They are informative. They have proper grammar and spelling!!!!, and don’t bash other commenters. Thank you, everyone!
63 minutes spent publicly demonstrating his niece is right.
I stopped watching Trump’s public events some time ago, but this morning my neighbor here in Germany sent me a quote from yesterday’s rant - he couldn’t quite believe it.
So, I broke down and read the full remarks, and they kept going and going and going, becoming more unhinged with every sentence.
My early thinking about how nutty this election season might be is out the window – this will be one for the record books.
Professor Richardson, I know you are a historian and not a soothsayer, but does history provide you a window into the types of reforms that might come about as a result of our experience with 45?
It's always interesting when the "forgotten" lies that have been told spiral out of control and come back to bite their instigator. Trump doesn't understand the interconnexion between the different issues that he's using and abusing to enhance his electoral chances: he has no conception of the significance of the "Butterfly theory" in the chaos that he so actively promotes. The case of the "purported China trade deal" is a clear illustration.
However, the Naked Emporer, when laughed at because he has no clothes, will look to take revenge on the "whistle blower". Beware the major universities and 17 states that have brought suites against Trump's foreign student visa barriers as they have won their battle and Trump has been forced to rescind his directive. They are an easy, "elite", communications and propaganda target to hit and further stoke the passions of his core electorate.
Trump has had to cancel the New Hampshire Rally and hisTulsa spectacular was a disaster because of his mis-handling of the Covid-19 epidemic. He had to give up his daily press briefings on dealing with the sanitary crisis as they where hitting the headlines but not producing favorable voter support. Trump is like a fish out of water and is struggling to find oxygen as his "gills" are not adapted to the atmosphere. The Rose Garden is a short-term stop-gap as it assures him some semblance of a "Presidential Posture". It wont work for more than a few "shows". He's running out of "reality" to put on television. The sooner this fish is put in an aquarium to be gauped at by passing tourists passing the better we'll all be.
It’s hard to believe that we’ve reached a time in which the idea of cannibalizing our own citizens for the Republican party’s self interests is a selling point.
I thought it interesting that Limbaugh also says, “Life has to go on. Life is to be lived. It’s not meant to be spent cowering and curled up in the corner in fear. It’s not meant to be spent as a victim. Your life is worth more than simply saying, ‘There's nothing I can do about it, I have an excuse for not even trying.’ But this is exactly where we are — and it’s not who we are.“
Allowing so many people to get sick and at this point, forcing people into situations where they ultimately will get sick, is saying precisely “there’s nothing I can do about it”. Using this idea of we must be tough like people who chose cannibalism over death is supposed to be our excuse for not even trying.
These Letters are the first thing I read every morning. That there are no Republican elected representatives on a federal level who will stand up and say “enough!” Is terrifying and makes me despair. So we are left with some governors and ultimately, local school boards, mayors, county commissioners, college presidents and other individuals of whatever political stripe to bring sanity to bear. If the Donner Party is a good choice of how Americans should act, it’s no wonder our neighbors to the north and the south have sealed their borders to us.
USA TODAY's ready willingness to publish Navarro's hit piece on Fauci is an important reminder that the MSM literally values clicks over democracy. Regardless of how this election proceeds, and whatever atrocities emerge, they will do everything possible to present Trump as a worthwhile, competitive option -- even if this means underreporting misconduct, and overreporting attacks on the opposition. Their SOLE goal is to make this race a nailbiter that keeps their audience clicking and sharing to the very end, and it represents one of the greatest dangers to our country.
There are a couple of things that we can do to help keep things on track . First, avoid sharing/RTing pieces that further enable the administration's misinformation campaign, no matter how outraged they make you feel.
Second, I think people underestimate the value of writing Letters to the Editor. This long lost art not only helps keep the discussion focused on reality, it also helps remind editors that accurate, factual reporting is what readers are really interested in.
For Bob's sake. Rush thinks we should eat our own? Where do these people come from?
I am annoyed by the blatant lies this administration spews. But worse than that, I am appalled by the gullible, ignorant ppl who believe these lies without any critical thinking. The lies are not directed at me or any of the ppl who know the unlikely reality that “the media” (CBS, NBC, ABC, BBC, Reuters, etc) are even capable of conspiratorially broadcasting the same “Fake News” all over the planet. The lies are solely directed at the ignorant cult base and I am disheartened to know how many deluded ppl there are in our population. Before tRump, it was the 900 dead in the Jim Jones cult or the 39 dead in Heaven’s Gate cult that shocked us. But now it seems a third of the ppl around us are in this new Repugnant cult, adoringly following an insane man in the White House. Both mystifying and horrifying to those of us with normal mental faculties.
Reading here about his “speech”, as 45 rambles off into cuckoo land, while understanding the need to document his decline, I am envisioning the press packing up as he is talking and going home. I think “Biden wants to remove all your windows” would have been my cue.
"Embattled"? I'd say maddened, as in driven to madness. Comparing sending children back to school during the current pandemic to "acceptable" cannibalism is even more insane than usual for our fearless nut job.
Yes people we are there.
How Hitler seized power:
1. Create a crisis.
2. Demonize opponents.
3. Declare a state of emergency.
4. Undermine elections.
5. Make the rule of law irrelevant.
6. Rule by decree.
If America falls it will be because of the people who didn’t pay attention.
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/euro-hist/hitler-nazis/v/hitler-and-the-nazis-come-to-power
Excellent synopsis, thank you! And Rush Limbaugh is insane.....