American Politics from 2019 on

[Brian Peacock]

[L'Emmerdeur]

Heh, all that does is remind me that 'Don't Stop' was Clinton's campaign song in '92.





JD Vance, that goon haunting the uncanny valley, decided to use 'Don't Stop' for his walk-off music at the Republican National Convention last year. That showed 'em.

[L'Emmerdeur]

Speaking of, Vance isn't quite ready to openly support AfD like Musk, but apparently he thinks it's not a bad idea. Taking a cue from the nascent plutocrat, he says it's 'interesting.' Not to forget that there's a good chance Vance will be president some time in the next four years.

'JD Vance Schooled by German Ambassador Over Defense of Far-Right "Nazi-Lite" Party'

[Vance] wrote: “I’m not endorsing a party in the German elections, as it’s not my country and we hope to have good relations with all Germans. But this [Musk's pro-AfD editorial titled 'Only the AfD Can Save Germany'] is an interesting piece. Also interesting; American media slanders AfD as Nazi-lite, But AfD is most popular in the same areas of Germany that were most resistant to the Nazis.”

...

Germany’s Ambassador to the U.S., Andreas Michaelis, politely schooled the right-wing American Senator slated to be sworn in as Vice President in just weeks.

“Interesting observation, Senator JD Vance,” Ambassador Michaelis wrote. “Historical context can be tricky – while some areas you are referring to resisted the Nazi party early on, others did not, or later became strongholds of the regime. Germany’s history reminds us how important it is to challenge extremism in all its forms.”

[Tero]

jamie_gray
2h2 hours ago
Raise the Social Security cap to the first $1 million. Then when rich people complain how much it will cost them, explain how much they saved by not raising it to the first $10 million. If that doesn't convince them what a deal they're getting, ask them if they'd rather pay on their entire income.
Taking care of our seniors should NOT be optional for the richest Americans.

[Tero]

stonekettle
3m3 minutes ago
James Madison: Constitution, rough draft! Done. Whatdayathink?
Alexander Hamilton: <reading> uh huh uh huh, good, good ... um, maybe we need to flesh out the requirements for elected office a bit more? Especially president?
John Jay: Like how exactly?
Ham: Say the president can't be, you know, like a convicted FELON?
Gourverneur Morris: Oh come on!
Ham: What?
Madison: You're basically calling our descendants morons!
Jay: No one would vote for that!
Morris: Dick!
Ham: Ok. Ok. Forget it.
https://www.threads.net/@stonekettle/po ... lVsTYw2WwQ

[Tero]

Will Carter get an airplane just himself? If not, will he get frequent flier miles? Will Trump be allowed to speak?

The official six-day state funeral was due to begin on Saturday as Carter’s remains travel by motorcade through his home town of Plains, Georgia, stopping at the farm where he grew up. The National Park Service will ring the historic farm bell 39 times because Carter was the 39th president.

Carter’s body will then be carried to Atlanta, where he will lie in repose at the Carter Presidential Center until Tuesday morning. He will be flown to Washington, where he will lie in state in the rotunda of the US Capitol, a tradition dating back to Abraham Lincoln.

After the cathedral service on Thursday, Carter will be flown back to Georgia and the family will hold a private funeral and interment. He will be buried in a plot next to his wife, Rosalynn Carter, on the grounds of their longtime home in Plains.

Admirers of Carter hope that the tributes will encourage appreciation not only of the way he reinvented the post-presidency, winning the Nobel peace prize, but of his accomplishments in office. They also welcome the happenstance that it falls to Biden to deliver the defining eulogy.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... rump-biden

[pErvinalia]

Won't he be a bit smelly after 6 days?

[Tero]

They take the blood out and put formaldehyde in. Or some equivalent. It kept Lenin for decades.

[pErvinalia]

They should mummify him.

[Brian Peacock]

Clone him a million times. Make America Trump Again.

[Svartalf]

They take the blood out and put formaldehyde in. Or some equivalent. It kept Lenin for decades.

they do that to most everybody these days, but lenin got a special treatment, and he's maintained like billionaire's garden... else he'd still be falling to pieces

[Tero]

Hilalry got a Medal of Freedom.

At the end of his term 2, if he lives that long, Trump will give HIMSLELF the medal of freedom.

[Tero]

https://www.threads.net/@ronaldfilipkow ... CE3GArcJrw
Josh Hawley will probably get fewer steps in today than he did 4 years ago.
(He starts second 6 yr term)

[Tero]

‪Larry Tenney‬ ‪@larrytenney.bsky.social‬
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37m
Jimmy Carter founded the dept of education, returned Panama Canal to Panama, doubled the size of our national parks and trailblazed environmental protections

Trump plans to dismantle dept of ed, use military to take back the canal, sell off national park lands & to hell with the environment

[Tyrannical]

‪Larry Tenney‬ ‪@larrytenney.bsky.social‬
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37m
Jimmy Carter founded the dept of education, returned Panama Canal to Panama, doubled the size of our national parks and trailblazed environmental protections

Trump plans to dismantle dept of ed, use military to take back the canal, sell off national park lands & to hell with the environment

I think Trump could 'offer' Panama US territory status similar to Puerto Rica, which includes US citizenship in a time we will be deporting....

Then the Gulf of America can be even more larger huge bigger. and the bestest.