• Adkml [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Democrats could win every election of the next 40 years by asking Joe Scarborough what the smart thing to do was and then do the exact opposite of it.

    He is to electoral politics what Jim Kramer is to investing.

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    lol, the follow up to this election is like after the end of a play when all the actors come back out and cheer for each other for how well they got the audience to purchase tickets, suspend disbelief, and buy in to the drama of the “good” and “bad” guys for the duration of the show

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      I want Rachel Maddow to make her entire show a livestream of her meeting Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Not only would it make the libs insane with anger - it would be good for the left. Some libs would finally realize that bread and circuses accomplish nothing and that the performers are only in it for the money.

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        In this interview we will only throw softballs and also completely avoid discussing some of his biggest stances on the most important issues. Our viewers will think this is a scathing expose that will surely tear him down once and for all

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          Joe: “President Trump - How many people do you plan on arresting next year?”

          President Trump: "Not people. Enemies. 3 or 4 million. 5 million? Gonna go fast. Very fast. We’re gonna use that Latin thing - Posse Comi - so I can use military. Military will get the enemies of America. Enemies can’t hide or run away. Then the camps and deport. Gone. But deport is slow. After I make Alito and Thomas retire - I can get more of my judges in the supreme court. And then the judges will okay fastest solution. Then in 2026 more enemies gone.

          Mika jumps in afraid of how much a downer things are getting: “What was the name of that lovely cocktail we had last night?”

          President Trump: “BandS. Full name - Blood and Soil.”

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    they all know they are safe they just want that $

    Trump will go after a few token bureaucrats but he ain’t touching the ruling class that’s why they are making this so smooth and easy for him

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      Well, he did win. Every election now is a Republican vs a rude Republican. The fact that he was pushing for that as a former GOP congressmember on a liberal network makes it even more of a win for him personally.

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      It’s now their fault? Wasn’t it those against genocide? Wait no black males? Wait no Latinos.

      Oh wait is it Gen X?

      It’s just gonna be a revolving door until next election they win

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    Trump Mocks Mika Brzezinski; Says She Was ‘Bleeding Badly From a Face-Lift’

    By Glenn Thrush and Maggie Haberman June 29, 2017

    WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out Thursday at the appearance and intellect of Mika Brzezinski, a co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” drawing condemnation from his fellow Republicans and reigniting the controversy over his attitudes toward women that nearly derailed his candidacy last year. Mr. Trump’s invective threatened to further erode his support from Republican women and independents, both among voters and on Capitol Hill, where he needs negotiating leverage for the stalled Senate health care bill.

    The president described Ms. Brzezinski as “low I.Q. Crazy Mika” and claimed in a series of Twitter posts that she had been “bleeding badly from a face-lift” during a social gathering at Mr. Trump’s resort in Florida around New Year’s Eve. The White House did not explain what had prompted the outburst, but a spokeswoman said Ms. Brzezinski deserved a rebuke because of her show’s harsh stance on Mr. Trump.

    The tweets ended five months of relative silence from the president on the volatile subject of gender, reintroducing a political vulnerability: his history of demeaning women for their age, appearance and mental capacity.

    Good times

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      By the way they regularly had him on their show and even let him call in and ramble but then he insulted Joe’s affair partners plastic surgery and that was when he was suddenly an unacceptable vulgarian.

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        Still waiting for the day for someone to call out Mika on camera and said “Your dad literally caused 911” (fact check: true)

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              Apparently it’s one thing to know intellectually that all these people are the relatives of the bloodthirsty child-murderers who run the world generally, and quite another to have it pointed out in specific cases. I don’t know why I’m always shocked.

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                Shit like this is why I don’t really argue against any spreading conspiracy theories about the Illuminati

                Even if it isn’t technically true, there’s a sort of truth to it in that the ruling class operates like that to the point that the propagandists on TV are more often than not literal family to the wealthy and powerful