For all the talk about "facts over feelings" from many Trump defenders I see the vast majority of them demonstrating values opposing this saying. JMO.
I understand the desire, but not understanding how Shafer and Latham will make a case to justify the move. Well, we'll find out soon enough.
My own take - knowing of Trump for years, is that this approach has been very strategic and designed to illicit just what you describe. I think those in power are very well aware, but how do you actually pinpoint it constructively and effectively counter it. HIs followers imo generally ( altho there are alot of subsets imo)are the" anti touchy feely" and have no use for the voodoo psychology types. They are def not open to understanding how they are being manipulated lol. If only there were an algorythm to unscramble the hearts and minds of his followers lol! A deprogramming.Right. If we “amateur historians” can see the red flags, why isn’t it obvious to the professional politicians and journalists who deal with Trump using tactics you’d use with a normal opponent. I’m not saying I know what they could do differently except to point out to the public exactly who he is and why he is so dangerous. And then be accused of hysteria and overreaction. But it beats focusing solely on his indictments and his previous term in office. However, Trump has this “superpower” that makes him dangerous and very hard to beat. Unfortunately, as with Hitler, his adoring base and sycophants will follow him to hell and do despicable things to remain in his favor.
In 2019/2020 a bipartisan group worked secretly for months behind the scenes to make sure Trump didn’t steal the election. I wonder if they’re at it again.
The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election
For more than a year, a loosely organized coalition of operatives scrambled to shore up America’s institutionstime.com
Excellent, very lengthy and in-depth interview with 5 of the Special Gand Jurors. From their selections, delibertions and through to their recommendations ... 8 Months worth ... (bits BBM) ...
Very interesting! Thank you.Excellent, very lengthy and in-depth interview with 5 of the Special Gand Jurors. From their selections, delibertions and through to their recommendations ... 8 Months worth ... (bits BBM) ...
Behind the scenes of Trump grand jury in Georgia; jurors hear 3rd leaked Trump call
Five of the special grand jurors investigating interference in Georgia’s 2020 elections spoke to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, including details of a previously unreported Trump call, this one asking then Speaker David Ralston asking him to convene a special session of the Legislature to...www.ajc.com
Some points and quotes:
- “One of the most important things we’ll be a part of in our life was this eight month process that we did,” one juror told the AJC. It was “incredibly important to get it right.”
- For months, they were unable to talk to friends, family members and co-workers about what they were doing. They said the overall panel was diverse, with different races, economic backgrounds and political viewpoints represented.
- After their work that day was done, jurors were silently led through tunnels to the courthouse basement, walking past a SWAT team stationed in the hallways to armored vans that took them to their off-site cars. “It was the haunted house of SWAT,” one juror said. For others, that’s when the gravity of their assignment hit home. “We knew it was big, but as they were leading us out, then that’s when it hit. I was like, holy moly,” one said.
- The first set, who they questioned early on, were generally forthcoming. The second was witnesses who needed to receive subpoenas but were willing to talk. The third was people who clearly did not want to be there and had fought their summons. They were the last witnesses jurors heard from, and many had at least at one point been close to Trump. “It was like night and day when that second group finished and we got to the third,” the juror said. “The tone in the room
completely changed, like overnight.”
- One grand juror recalled U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s testimony about Trump’s state of mind in the months after the 2020 election. “He said that during that time, if somebody had told Trump that aliens came down and stole Trump ballots, that Trump would’ve believed it,” the juror said.
- A notable moment came as prosecutors were questioning a witness who said he possessed additional evidence of election fraud at his office. “‘I mentioned something like, ‘oh, I’d like to see that.’ One of the DA’s team stood up immediately, left, came back in and he handed a subpoena to the witness still sitting there,” a juror recounted, declining to disclose who the witness was.
- Another indicated he had grown more jaded after it became clear that some witnesses were telling the grand jury one thing about the election under oath and then casting doubt on the system when they returned to the campaign trail, sometimes hours later.
- The group said they had no idea what Willis planned to do in response to their recommendations. But many described an increased regard for the elections system and the people who run it.
- Said another juror: “I tell my wife if every person in America knew every single word of information we knew, this country would not be divided as it is right now.” The grand jurors said they understand why the public release of their full final report needs to wait until Willis makes indictment decisions.
- “A lot’s gonna come out sooner or later,” one of the jurors said. “And it’s gonna be massive. It’s gonna be massive.”
Thanks for posting this @TootsieFootsie! I could not open the link so I attach another below. Also a snippet from the article - JMO
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I had to look up The Canadian Press.
I read the AP version of this article and irs quite frankly horrifying.
Wow; sounds like this "Coffee Table" book is the prequel for The Handmaid's Tale.Thanks for posting this @TootsieFootsie! I could not open the link so I attach another below. Also a snippet from the article - JMO
Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the US government and replace it with Trump’s vision
With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump.
The ideas contained in Heritage’s coffee table-ready book are both ambitious and parochial, a mix of longstanding conservative policies and stark, head-turning proposals that gained prominence in the Trump era.
There’s a “top to bottom overhaul” of the Department of Justice, particularly curbing its independence and ending FBI efforts to combat the spread of misinformation. It calls for stepped-up prosecution of anyone providing or distributing abortion pills by mail.
There are proposals to have the Pentagon “abolish” its recent diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, what the project calls the “woke” agenda, and reinstate service members discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine.
Chapter by chapter, the pages offer a how-to manual for the next president, similar to one Heritage produced 50 years ago, ahead of the Ronald Reagan administration. Authored by some of today’s most prominent thinkers in the conservative movement, it’s often sprinkled with apocalyptic language.”
Indeed; straight back to a certain 1920s and 1930s nation in Europe and the playbook used there by you-know-who.
Chilling.Thanks for posting this @TootsieFootsie! I could not open the link so I attach another below. Also a snippet from the article - JMO
Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the US government and replace it with Trump’s vision
With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump.
The ideas contained in Heritage’s coffee table-ready book are both ambitious and parochial, a mix of longstanding conservative policies and stark, head-turning proposals that gained prominence in the Trump era.
There’s a “top to bottom overhaul” of the Department of Justice, particularly curbing its independence and ending FBI efforts to combat the spread of misinformation. It calls for stepped-up prosecution of anyone providing or distributing abortion pills by mail.
There are proposals to have the Pentagon “abolish” its recent diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, what the project calls the “woke” agenda, and reinstate service members discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine.
Chapter by chapter, the pages offer a how-to manual for the next president, similar to one Heritage produced 50 years ago, ahead of the Ronald Reagan administration. Authored by some of today’s most prominent thinkers in the conservative movement, it’s often sprinkled with apocalyptic language.”
