Originally published at: The Trump II Destruction Is Already In Full Swing
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. It’s Easier To Break Than To Build We talk a lot about the structural imbalances in American politics, but perhaps the most consequential disparity arises from the Trump right’s fundamental commitment to breaking shit. We’ve…
FRITS!! will edit later. or not
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Edit: ok fine, here’s Mishkin, the dog with only two emotions: distain and WANT. If there is a doggie “spectrum” Mishkin is on it.
Blah blah blah blah.
We know this already.
We knew what a fuck he was in November.
We knew what a fuck he was four years ago.
We knew what a fuck he was on January 6
We knew what a fuck he was in 2016.
We know this already. Constantly restating the problem is fucking pointless. How, when and where do we start pushing back hard on this fucking asshole? Who can we trust to bring him and his fascist mob down? When do we get into the fucking fight? Tell us where to go and we will go.
Please, again dispense with the photos of Foolius Sleazer. It’s too early in the day for that shit, and by too early in the day, I mean at any time at all.
Time to eat the rich.
I continue to read MM because it’s a useful digest of the decline of this country, but I find I’m reading a lot less commentary from other places. I mean, debating or hashing out tcf’s moves is the equivalent of theologians arguing over angels dancing on the heads of pins. It’s all about breaking things, like the toddler he is (and that’s doing a disservice to toddlers).
I feel as helpless as I did on 9/11 and the days after, when we were convinced there would be more terrorist attacks and nobody knew where they’d hit. At least then the attacks were coming from outside the house.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
- H. L. Mencken
The more he tries to dismantle the federal bureacracy the more he ties his own hands.
Soon the dumpster divers will be left with empty declaritive statements that will affect nothing because there will be no one to carry out trump’s whims.
Friday, what shall you bring us?
- Pete Hegseth’s ex-wife has given a new statement to the FBI about his alcohol use, CNN reported: “He drinks more often than he doesn’t.”
“He drinks more often than he doesn’t.” sounds like the name of an old country song. Or as Loretta Lynn sang “Don’t come home a drinking with lovin’ on your mind”.
Remember, about half of the senate seem to be just fine with letting an alcoholic head the DOD and have access to the nuclear codes.
Much like the outbreak of Covid-19, folks would rather embrace conspiracy theories than acknowledge the truth and the facts.
The NYT has a good breakdown of the different categories of “undocumented,” “unauthorized,” or “illegal”: immigrants. There are different and sometimes overlapping categories, some here on temporary legal status.
Of an estimated 11 million people in this group, around 40% have temporary protected status, waiting on immigration court decisions or in special protected groups like asylum seekers from countries like Cuba or Afghanistan. Trump probably can’t wave a magic wand and remove those protections, he may have to wait for the programs to expire. Others he can move on more quickly.
Of course the general public doesn’t understand the distinctions in these different groups, and apparently neither will many ICE and CBP agents making raids. “An illegal is illegal, don’t bother me with distinctions.”
Anyway, this is a good article explaining the different categories. Free gifted link:
And it will be used to encourage those institutions to silence their employees who speak out in favor of such a vision (and, on university campuses, to silence those who speak out on other matters).
I don’t want to hear about “free speech” from these fuckers ever again.
It’s not like there isn’t new information being reported. Yes, everyone knows he’s an asshole, but detailed offenses are what will make some people finally realize they voted for the Leopards Eating Faces Party. As much as it pains me to say, we’re going to need some of those people to be in the fight, too.