Originally published at: Trump Dares SCOTUS To Do Something About His Defiance
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So apparently, the crowd at the Michigan rally enjoyed a song decrying “Rich Men North of Richmond” to support the dismantling of the government by the world’s richest person. And a cabinet of oligarchs.
I’m so old I remember irony.
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Trump Dares SCOTUS To Do Something About His Defiance
And just like Nero… John Roberts rosins up his bow.
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Actually, I’m surprised that he hasn’t named himself Pope yet. Or at least some dumb hack, like Franklin Graham.
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Cats and birds living together. What could happen?
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because they are very-very-bad.
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Is anyone still keeping track of the number of lies Donnie utters?
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Perhaps someone here can interpret for me what Josh Marshall has been saying lately. In his latest edblog, he recounts all the bad things Trump has done, says there is worse to come, and predicts that all this destruction of governmental capacity and rule of law will be very difficult to reverse, if at all. This will happen both in the domestic and foreign spheres. Yet all that somehow buttresses his initial premise, which is that “Trump has already lost.”
Huh?
If Trump’s premise was to destroy the American state in an act of nihilistic revenge, he’s being wildly successful.
Marshall’s previous edblog was in the same vein: “Why is Trump doing things that are unpopular? It makes no sense.” It makes sense if one realizes he’s not a normal politician, he’s a dictator. The point of the tariffs is to inflict punishment, both at home and abroad, to make himself the center of attention, to make himself the sole arbiter of the world economy, to inspire fear, and get both nations and corporations begging him for tariff relief. That’s how dictators roll.
“Being popular” in the normal political sense isn’t part of Trump’s calculus, either because he plans to be in for four years and destroy as much as he can (no doubt per Putin’s instructions), or because his thugs will rig future elections.
Have I got it wrong? Over the last 8 years, there have been a lot of false predictions of Trump’s demise, just as there have been wild overestimates of the American voter’s intelligence and moral character.
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Carville was on Ari and said something I have to agree with. Stop calling them oligarchs. Call them fat cats. It scores better with those we need to reach.
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David makes good a point about the propaganda, but sadly this slice from Aaron Rupar left me with a strong taste of “What did you expect” in my mouth.
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From Morning Memo…
The House GOP quietly blocked an effort by Armed Services Committee Democrats to compel the Trump administration to provide information on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of private Signal group chats, including one involving his wife, who has taken on an outsize role at the Pentagon.
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When did the Senate vote on Hegseth’s wife? Does she have a security clearance?
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The kompromat Kraznov has on Lindsey must be worse than we thought.
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Good leaders can make us better; and bad leaders can make us worse.
Much worse.
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Lots of photos, I bet. Maybe even videos??
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Must have! Where do I get one? 
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Not possible, because he’s lying at numbers no one has ever seen.
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