Weekend Open Thread

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1. I believe many of us have gotten to the point where Trump saying something crazy doesn't move the needle much any more, but this one ought to make the courts test if the 25th Amendment can apply to candidates:

   "Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians…I love you Christians. I'm a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote."

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   1. So the Dictator for a Day now thinks he will make it permanent, and get rid of elections entirely?  Did RFK, Jr.'s worm migrate onto Trump when they were whispering sweet nothings in each other's ear?

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymgYEQgSqLI

       

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      1. I couldn't really discern whether the reverend FDFQ was hinting at some sort of Yarvin/Thiel anarcho-techie-meritomonarchy end to American democracy, or going the full Monty and just ordering the Rapture. I guess "both" is also a possibility.

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   2. I saw this on the CNN site with a headline below saying "Analyst on what Trump really meant" and my first thought was "NO! Don't do that!"

      I'm tired of Trump repeatedly saying batshit crazy un-American shit and having "smart" people respond to it with "Well, actually, what he really meant was…" No! The man says what he means to say. That's what his followers say they like about him, isn't it?!

      If Trump's words sound outlandish and/or confusing, no one outside of Trump's campaign should be attempting to explain it for him. We should simply take him at his word and stop doing work for him.

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2. That statement has plausible deniability already built in…

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   1. Thing is, I suspect he envisions a future where plausible deniability won't be necessary anymore.

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3. The more time Trump spends doing things like this, the better.

   Whatever he means, he spent the night with

   Trump was speaking at an event organized by the conservative group Turning Point Action in West Palm Beach, Florida.

   Trump said: "Christians, get out and vote, just this time. "You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians."

   Anyone think Trump is speaking to "new voters" who will expand his coalition?  People interested enough in Turning Point Action are almost certainly lost into the MAGA world.  "Christians" in the crowd are almost certainly from congregations with strong leans into Rightwing Evangelical theology and practice.  I'm pleased to see Trump spending time and speaking to those voters in West Palm Beach, FL, 375 miles from the Georgia state line and the nearest location with an Electoral College outcome in question,

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