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Lou's avatar

Why is Trump doing this? There are many possibilities. 1 - He's a Russian asset merely carrying out orders by Vladimir Putin. 2 - He's such a complete narcissist that he believes his delusion and that he's an exceptional leader and everything will be just fine. 3 - He's so emotionally damaged that this is revenge to the entire US population for not adoring him. 4 - He's just completely insane, suffering from dementia. 5 - Any or all combinations of the above. The point is and one that you have been hammering as long as I've read your posts going back to Media Matters is where the #$&! is the press in all this? For years now the byline is always "Dems in Disarray". The press was cheerleaders for going into Iraq during W. How'd that work out? Now I see WH press on the front lawn talking about the Administration strategy. Strategy! What strategy? I feel like I'm living on Bizarro World!

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Ed Bigham's avatar

Let's flip the magical thinking of those deep in denial, completely corrupt or incompetent. not doing anything for us. Here goes.

The Universe, Karma, Supreme Being, Q (Star Trek not conspiracy), or some other transcendent spiritual power has decided that we have had enough and deserve some help. This "power" has set out to expose every aspect of the evil we suffer in order to break through the denial of the masses, and trigger whole-scale, systemic change. One bad apple? See the videos. Not abandoning the rule of law? See Bill Barr and whistle blowers. No need for big government? See Covid-19 response. Democratic institutions will hold? See voter suppression, Mike Pompeo and whistle blowers, June 1st protester assaults, the end of the two-party system and impeachment.

OK, I'm kidding. Mostly.

Have a good weekend, and thank you for all your hard work.

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