This post concerns the Dotard/Biden potus debate that occurred on 9/29/2020. When moderator Chris Wallace asked "will you urge your supporters to stay calm during this extended period (while mail-in votes are counted) and not to engage in any civil unrest. And will you pledge tonight that you will not declare victory until the election has been independently certified", Dotard would not.
Earlier in the debate when Dotard was asked to denounce White Supremacist militia groups who are adding to the violence, he refused. He would only rail against "Antifa". When asked who he should denouce and Biden named the Proud Boys (a far-right fascist and neo-fascist male-only organization that promotes and engages in political violence), Dotard instructed his Proud Boy supporters to "stand back and stand by" :(
Outside of the debate, Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs saw Trump's remarks as permission to "fuck up" the group's foes. "Trump basically said to go fuck them up!" Biggs wrote on Parler, an alternative social media network that courts conservatives. "This makes me so happy". ...
Daryl Johnson, a former Department of Homeland Security intelligence analyst who in 2009 warned of the growing threat of far-right militias, told The Daily Beast that "within the context of Trump's statements which insinuate future voter fraud, a rigged election, etc, [it] sounds like a subtle endorsement of future use violence by the Proud Boys. Again, another statement by the president that fans the flames of fear and seems to support violent far right groups, rather than condemn them".
I predict Dotard will declare victory on election night. And I predict that, following Dotard's declaration of victory, we absolutely could see civil unrest in the streets of our cities. The Proud Boys are saying that is what they are standing by for. On orders from their White Supremacist leader :(
By the way, VP Biden's response to the question by Chris Wallace was a straightforward "yes".
As per the video description, "The New York Times obtained President Trump's tax information extending over more than two decades. Reporting reveals that Trump paid 750 dollars in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency and paid zero income taxes in ten of the previous 15 years".
This is not "fake news" as Dotard claims. We have long known that Dotard is a bigly tax cheat. Avoiding taxes is something he learned from his daddy. The NYT reporting also revealed that Dotard owes hundreds of millions and his creditors expect repayment within the next few years. I say that the NY AG should move fast to seize Dotard's assets before Deutsche Bank forcloses on his businesses and properties.
While I want the #TrumpCrimesCommission to nail Dotard on as many of the crimes he has committed in office as possible (stacking up the counts like cordwood until Dotard is assured hundreds of years behind bars), I'd be OK if he ended up penniless and in prison until he died only because of his tax fraud crimes. Three of his 5 kids deserve some time behind bars as well. Fingers crossed that karma will finally catch up to Dotard. It is surely about f*cking time.
Save this tweet: Donald Trump will be the first former U.S. President to ever go to prison.#TrumpTaxReturns
To be clear, "Christian" Conservatives aren't demanding more abortions with their words. With their words they say they want fewer abortions. They say this will be accomplished by getting rid of a woman's right to chose and forcing women to carry their rapist's babies to term. Also women who accidently get pregnant and do not want to go through the expense and danger to their health of a pregnancy. These women should also be subjected to forced pregnancies too.
But with their actions? They are definitely demanding more abortions. Given the fact that countries with stricter abortion laws have higher abortion rates.
Abortion rates have fallen over the past 25 years, even as more countries have made the procedure legal and easier to get, according to a new report... Countries with the most restrictive abortion laws also have the highest rates of abortion, the study by the Guttmacher Institute found. Easier access to birth control drives down abortion rates, the report also finds. ...
Switzerland had the lowest abortion rate at 5 per 1,000 women. The U.S. rate is 13 per 1,000 women, the same as Britain's, the report found. Colombia and Mexico had abortion rates of 34 per 1,000 women. Pakistan’s estimated abortion rate was the highest at 50 per 1,000 women.
The Trump Administration has embraced a conservative-led movement to limit abortion rights in the US. ... And the Trump Health and Human Services Department has reversed Obama era policies that made contraception more freely available and that used evidence-based approaches to fight teen pregnancy ... "Improved contraceptive use, and in turn, declines in unintended pregnancy rates are the likely driver behind the worldwide decline in abortion rates"...
"Highly restrictive laws do not eliminate the practice of abortion, but make those that do occur more likely to be unsafe"...
Religious nutters like Amy Barrett also oppose contaeception, a surefire route to drive up abortion rates. Amy Barret (as per Huffpost) opposed the "birth control mandate in the Affordable Care Act that requires most private health insurance plans to cover birth control without a copay".
If Amy Barret is seated the ACA could be struck down before the end of the year. Had Barrett been on the court the last time republicans tried to get rid of the ACA, "she would have voted with the other Republican-appointed justices and said Obamacare was unconstitutional" (as per the previously linked to Huffpost article). After that she will be part of the 6-3 Conservative majority that will overturn Roe V Wade.
"That will happen, automatically in my opinion", Dotard said back in 2016 as a candidate. He was talking about him appointing just one justice (the appointment stolen from Barack Obama). Now that he has appointed/will appoint 3 justices, the "automatic" overturning of Roe V Wade needs only a case. Which some conservative group will ceratinly seek to get in front of the court ASAP.
As per the pro-Dotard blogger, Minus FJ, after ACB is seated "Roe will be overturned ending America's 62+ million abortions nightmare". But Minus is wrong. The nightmare will begin if/when Roe is overturned. Given that abortion rates will likely increase. As per the study by the Guttmacher Institute.
Quote: "In countries that restrict abortion, the percentage of unintended pregnancies ending in abortion has increased during the past 30 years, from 36% in 1990–1994 to 50% in 2015–2019".
By the way, the US public continues to favor legal abortion and opposes overturning Roe. This is according to an August 2019 Pew poll that says "a majority of Americans (61%) continue to say that abortion should be legal in all (27%) or most (34%) cases [and that] a smaller share of the public (38%) says abortion should be illegal in all (12%) or most cases (26%)".
Yet another example of how the "tyranny of the majority" that Conservatives fear is bullshit. The truth is that Conservatives love imposing their minority views upon the rest of us. The question is just how far the majority can be pushed before they've decided they've had enough. Why, I think, if Joe Biden wins the election and is sworn in a president (and ACB is seated beforehand), he will have no choice but to expand the court.
In order to undo the injustice of imposing minority rule upon the American people. And in order to save women's lives and reduce abortions.
Image: "Why do [religious conservatives] want Coney Barrett? They expect her to be the final vote banning abortions, killing Obamacare, making birth control illegal, outlawing gay marriage, and forcing every woman in the nation to wear a chastity belt" (excerpted from the article Amy's Cult).
Dotard fans like Minus FJ are thrilled, I'm sure. According to him Dotard is an "autocratic outsider". This he said, not as an insult, but as praise. While Minus is a fan of autocracy, most Dotard supporters would deny he is an autocrat. Or a wannbe autocrat. But if Dotard is able to steal a second term -- I definitely think he will go full autocrat.
Dotard is definitely a domestic adversary. This video explains why Dotard and Mitch will push for getting a judge seated ASAP. btw, turnout has been up under Dotard (how we got the blue wave), but will it be high enough to save Democracy? Everyone is on the edge of their seats. According to Thom Hartmann, in 2000 the republican controlled legislature in Florida was considering passing legislation to just give it's electors to gwb (and that Jeb Bush would have signed the bill). But then the SCOTUS ruled the way it did -- so they didn't.
The point is that a state legislature almost gave it's electors to the loser of the popular vote in it's state in 2000 (before the SCOTUS intervened) -- and this scenario could play out in several swing states this year. Meaning Dotard could very clearly lose, but "win" anyway. And, given that it's Constitutional, public outcry is the ONLY thing that might stop legislators in swing states from handing their electors to Dotard. Even if it is the will of the people that they go to Joe Biden. In which case America is screwed [end comment from RN's blog].
I got the "get rid of the ballots" image from the blog Progressive Eruptions (Shaw Kenawe). Dotard really said that we should "get rid" of the ballots. Throw out mail in ballots cast by people legally entitled to vote in response to bogus claims that they are fradulent.
He is trying to use the fact that many people want to vote by mail (in response to the ongoing pandemic) to steal the election. Another reason why he's been downplaying the danger the virus poses. A a result Democrats are more likely to vote by mail this year. Why it might appear as though Dotard has won on election night (before the mail in ballots are counted). Dotard will challange these ballots and try to get as many of them thrown out as he can. On MSNBC they are referring to the probablity that it might look like Dotard is winning on election night as a "red mirage".
What follows is a video of highlights from the 9/23/2020 airing of The Rachel Maddow Show. This was the episode in which she reacts to Dotard's desire to "get rid of the ballots (12:34).
Dotard will not commit to a peaceful transfer of power because he intends to fight to hang onto power no matter what the election results are. Unless (perhaps) the results overwhelmingly favor Joe Biden. And maybe not even then. Certainly (if that is the case) Dotard will complain loudly about how bigly fraud was committed by people who mailed in their ballots.
And he will attempt to push off certification by the states of their election results past December 14 (the safe harbor date). This is the date by which The 1887 Electoral Count Act requires that the states say who their electors will be. If it is unclear (in any particular state) who won -- maybe the state will pass a law that says who their electors will be. As I previously noted, Florida almost passed such legislation in 2000 to say (forget a recount), it's electors would go to George W bush.
Maybe some swing states (with republican legislatures and republican governors) will actually pass such legislation this year? That would "get rid of the ballots" (override the will of the people) and just give a state's electors to Dotard. And the majority Conservative Supreme Court might say, "yes, this is Constitutional". Clearly Dotard is signaling he believes this is what will happen. Then it's goodbye Democracy, hello Dotard -- America's first unelected autocrat.
Like father like son? It would not suprise me at all. Although that Dotard Junior abuses cocaine is speculation. While Noel Cassler confirms that he saw Dotard abusing drugs. If you listen to the Stephanie Miller Happy Hour podcast with Casler, you will get an inside account from him about how Dotard raged, then shit and pissed himself on the set of The Apprentice, causing him to have to call for a break so he could go change his Depends (no control over one's bowels apparently being a side effect of years of stimulant abuse).
I highly recommend following the link and downloading the podcast. According to Stephanie Miller, it is the top most downloaded Happy Hour podcast she has ever done. Casler and Miller also discuss how Dotard uses Vlatrex to treat his Herpes.
Some of the comments on YouTube in reaction to this video include "And now we know he's an adderall fiend", "Trump can't stop sniffing, up wide awake at 3am tweeting, he's definitely a coke head!!!" and "Inside of his nose must have been like Pablo Escobar christmas vacation at the north pole".
Following the comment by "The Absolute Marxist" (a Minus FJ sockpuppet) there is another comment by Cranko Franco in which he fantasizes about me being violently murdered by the State. Obviously he's a fan of fascism (why he selected the name "Franco").
Regarding the MSNBC video, I like Elie Mystal's take very much. Let's hope that Joe Biden changes his mind about court packing. I saw video of him on MSNBC in which he says he is against it. That was before the death of RGB, however. Now, I say the republicans have given us no choice. If Dotard nominates a candidate (who will surely be anti-choice, anti-LGBT and pro-corporate) and that candidate is voted on and seated, we will have no choice but to expand the court.
Provided Joe Biden is our next president and Democrats retake the Senate (while holding the House). Which I think is entirely possible. Do the voters of the United States want to install a fascist? Because you know the power grabs will only get bolder in a (God forbid) second Dotard term. Remember that Dotard has threatened to remain in office for 12 more years, which would certainly mean the end of our democratic republic as we know it.
RT Video: Trump at RNC ~ "If you really want to drive them crazy, you say 12 more years" (0:43).
Joe Conservative: No, Blacks are leaving the Democratic plantation in droves. Get over it. They aren't your slaves anymore, Dervy. They have their OWN minds and dreams to dream. (8/27/2020 at 4:37am).
Dervish Sanders: Dotard's Black support is the same now as in 2016 [less than 10%. Probably around 6-8 percent]. Nobody is leaving the Democratic Party (not "plantation") in "droves" to vote for Dotard. Except in your delusions. (8/27/2020 at 5:24am).
btw, #DemExit and #WalkAway are Twitter hastags used by Russian bots and trolls. aka, that these hashtags are "trending" (proof that Black voters and Progressives are leaving the Democratic Party) is (Russian) bullshit.
Following the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I am positive Joe Biden and his team are mulling who President Biden will select to replace her. As per Ginsberg herself, a Clinton-appointed justice who was cherished by many (and hated by the right, many of whom prayed for her death), a replacement should not be appointed until after the next president has been sworn in.
Ginsburg: "My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed" (dictated in a statement to her granddaughter that was obtained by NPR).
Mitch McConnell, when explaining why he refused to consider a nominee by President Obama to replace Antonin Scalia, said, given the "nearness" of the election, the American people should decide.
CNN Video: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says there will be no Supreme Court nominee confirmed in President Barack Obama's final year in office.
This is an unprecidented moment in our nation's history. A rat bastard like McConnell sets a precident that a precedent should not fill a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year, then ignores that precedent when (instead of 11 months) it is less than 3 months when it happens a second time?
Now that motherf*cker says Dotard and the republican-controlled Senate will act fast to replace Ginsburg.
President #46 Joe Biden says that it is his "hope and expectation" that Ginsburg will not be replaced quickly. Although it may not happen before the election, there is still plenty of time for the Senate to replace her in a lame duck session (after Dotard loses the election).
Which I surely expect them to try to do. And probably succeede in doing, G*ddamn it. Which isn't to say that Democrats should not do everything they can to stop Putin's puppet from selecting a THIRD justice (swinging the court HARD Right for a generation).
Mitch McConnell: The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president. (Feb 2016).
