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Harper Thorpe's avatar

I’m not convinced we’re seeing the end of Trump’s influence on MAGA, Republicans, or the electorate generally; so I’m especially interested in why you think so. But if your premise is accurate, how do we capitalize on the moment to arrest the progress that’s already been made by the fascist far right and close this chapter on the erosion of our democracy and shuttering of the institutions that underpin our freedoms?

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Desiree Carter's avatar

One of my beliefs is that Trump does not want to be remembered as a president of the US, rather as a dictator who decimated a democracy and its citizens. Presidents are remembered more as a ‘whole’, some with remembrances of specific actions, but a dictator lives on and on in our minds and on our lips - our children and their children and so on, will tell their stories of dictators and the atrocities they committed. Do you think it’s possible this assumption could be what Trump wants, needs to fulfill his sick narcissism. His want, his need to live on in the minds of the people throughout the globe?

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Terri's avatar

I think you’re giving him credit for actually thinking. Indeed he is a narcissist and you’re definitely accurate on recognizing that his name will live on in our history books as a vile, disgusting, inhumane person who tried to destroy our democracy and therefore was elected President, but I think he lives from day to day, without a plan for anything and does things because he can. I look forward to “closing the chapter on the erosion of our democracy” and no longer seeing his ugly mug in media.

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Detroit Voter's avatar

It is my understanding that the President cannot fire the Fed Reserve Chairman. Why does dt continue to speak as if he could, and why does msm media print his threats without the additional information that . . .he. . . .cannot. . .do . . .this?

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Raymond Fristrom's avatar

We need to deport all Zionists in our government

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Dave Kauble's avatar

The idiotic aspect of MAGA outrage about Epsteingate is that the anger that drives MAGA about the Rich and Entitled being protected as they crime and disadvantage the ‘LITTLE PEOPLE’ is EXACTLY WHAT TRUMP, THE GOP AND THEIR HAND-PICKED TRIBUNALS ARE PROPAGATING ACROSS THE BOARD WITH ALL PROJECT 2025 POLICIES, DECREES, EDICTS, BUDGET, AND AGENCY MANIPULATIONS.

EVERYTHING THEY DO, IN EVERY WAY, IS TARGETED TOWARDS GIVING ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE AND PROTECTION TO THE RICH AND PRIVILEGED TO DO... AND GET AWAY WITH... ANY AND EVERY VILE, ILLEGAL AND MORALLY-DEPRAVED THING THEY DO, BUT MAGA IS OBLIVIOUS TO ALL THAT EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THIS FOLLOWS THE SAME SATANIC THEME AS THE EPSTEIN SAGA!!!

THEY OUGHT TO BE RANSACKING THE CAPITAL TENFOLD MORE THAN THEY DID ON JANUARY SIXTH, IF THEY HAD ANY BRAINS AT ALL!

Why don't Democrats stomp on this issue at every opportunity?

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Raymond Fristrom's avatar

The truth is beyond the truth. Until we get a total revamp of our government. Congress has does nothing but collect our money. It’s time to swipe the plate clean and do a new democracy. We can do better than the status quo. We need more failsafe’s in our constitution. Trump should be in jail. Not out of spite but legally.

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Carolyn Stewart's avatar

I keep hearing and believing that the only hope of overturning this abomination of an administration is to take over seats in the Senate with people who have not bowed the knee. Whether by revelations from the Epstein files, health reasons or impeachment, let's say that Trump is removed from office before that time and, heaven forbid, Vance becomes the new president, are we still in the same position? And even if Trump leaves office, for whatever reason, how do we get rid of his cabinet and all of his other enablers, if in fact, Vance takes up where Trump left off?

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Lillian Taiz ❌👑's avatar

Todd Blanche and G. Maxwell are transparently cooking up a “squirrel” that they hope will shift the Epstein narrative by pointing to others (“what about Clinton”) and exonerating the 🍊🤡 (“he never went to the island”). I think that the best way to counteract that is to inoculate people quickly about the BS they are likely to trot out. Do you agree? If so what do you think would be the best way to accomplish that?

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