US Election 2020

[Tero]

Beer dude tried to "get" crooked Biden in 2010:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/ ... ing-373724

[Tero]

Trump is having a hard time..

...with rallies of any size.

[rainbow]

Trump is having a hard time..
...with rallies of any size.

Irony of ironies, Trump voters on ventilators won't be able to get in their postal votes.

[Scot Dutchy]

America 'staring down the barrel of martial law', Oregon senator warns

Ron Wyden says Portland tactics threaten democracy
Senator Jeff Merkley deplores ‘military-style assault’
Former Ice head: Trump is using agents as his ‘goon squad’


America is “staring down the barrel of martial law” as it approaches the presidential election, a US senator from Oregon has warned as Donald Trump cracks down on protests in Portland, the state’s biggest city.

In interviews with the Guardian, Democrat Ron Wyden said the federal government’s authoritarian tactics in Portland and other cities posed an “enormous” threat to democracy, while his fellow senator Jeff Merkley described it as “an all-out assault in military-style fashion”.

The independent watchdogs for the US justice and homeland security departments said on Thursday they were launching investigations into the use of force by federal agents in Portland, where unidentified officers in camouflage gear have snatched demonstrators off the streets and spirited them away in unmarked vehicles.

But Trump this week announced a “surge” of federal law enforcement to Chicago and Albuquerque, in addition to a contingent already in Kansas City. The move fuelled critics’ suspicions that the president was stressing a “law and order” campaign theme at the expense of civil liberties.

Wyden said in a written statement on Thursday: “The violent tactics deployed by Donald Trump and his paramilitary forces against peaceful protesters are those of a fascist regime, not a democratic nation.”

Why do they keep using the word democracy when it has no relevance in the USA?
This is Trump's version of fascism which will only get worse. He is using Hitler's tactics where the blacks are the new Jews.

[JimC]

This shit is getting deadly serious. Bandying the word "fascist" in the US context used to be considered by most as an absurd over-reaction by the left.

Not any more...

[Svartalf]

Well, that word has effectively described many, if not most, repugs, for the last 40 years.

[JimC]

Well, that word has effectively described many, if not most, repugs, for the last 40 years.

Honestly, Svarty, I think that in most (but not all) cases, it would not have been a useful term to describe Republicans of the past. What I'm saying is that has now changed...

[Svartalf]

remember, reagan was a major auxiliary in the McCarthy with hunt, and it's about the time he was elected that the party showed obvious signs of going crazy... the shrub dynasty has not improved things, and rump is icing on the shit caek.

[Brian Peacock]

Fascism is Capitalism's antibodies.

I keep saying it because it's true.

[laklak]

I only joined The Party for business reasons.

Meh. The Feds been doing this shit for decades. Actually centuries. Y'all just haven't been paying attention. They were already at it in 1791. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion

Seems Big Government is only Good when it's YOUR Big Government, eh?

[Woodbutcher]

I think mafia should register as a political party in the US, they'd be more trustworthy and open than any other party you have. Also, since you have only two parties, there can be no co-operation. It's either 1 or 0. Either for us or against us.

[Svartalf]

I thought it had actually planted agents in both parties so it need not bear direct responsibility for the policies it inspires...

[Joe]

On the lighter side.

[laklak]

Here's the answer. Libertarian Candidate Jo Jorgensen. Better looking, AND plays ice hockey.

[pErvinalia]

Too many rules and regulations in hockey.