I can only fathom that when you are born into trust fund entitlement that fact in unto itself creates a weird inferiority complex fueled by rabbit ears that pick up every perceived slight of unearned status, that metastasized over a lifetime becomes "I'll show these motherfuckers". Accepting something unearned on the inside is comfort food for Trump. On the outside, it's placating the eternal man baby.
We live in a society where an American dictator's (attempted) secret police investigate the widow of a citizen they murdered for exercising their First Amendment right.
So we've moved passed the phase where the Trump DOJ's stance is charitably "we're trying to comply with the law but are too incompetent" to "and we will fight any effort to have someone who is competent do the job that we have demonstrated is beyond our capabilities"
Update on the Brett Favre/Mississippi Welfare Fraud investigation Alternet.orgTrump gives red state a pass on 'one of the biggest welfa...Donald Trump and his administration have put a massive spotlight on welfare fraud in Minnesota in recent weeks, threatening to pull all federal welfare funds from the blue state, but according to a Th
This is likely a disinformation campaign designed to debunk the entirety of the Epstein files in the minds of those with a vested interest to deny the Pedo Protector's involvement with a convicted sex trafficker and his clients. It's likely a mixture of truth and fabrications that, once revealed as untrue, will sway some to doubt or not believe anything involving Epstein despite being twice convicted.
It's self-sabotage if you're stupid enough to truly believe that Trump puts America First. It makes perfect sense when you acknowledge the obvious- Trump acts on what he believes will benefit him.
"“It could have probably had some less ugliness to it, but it was a demonstration,” added Rep. Roger Williams, a Texas Republican. “I don’t want to stand in [McConnell’s] shoes, he’s a good man. But it’s all how people see it. I was here, and I didn’t see it that way.”" https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/politics/mitch-mcconnell-violent-insurrection Narrator: Jonathan Ross fled his home.
It's less "emotional conflicts with political opposition-aligned citizens" and more asymmetrical GOP "emotional conflicts with perceived team-aligned citizens". You saw it in the 2016 GOP primaries where every Republican candidate was saying the same thing the left was saying about Trump. Then they kissed his ass. You saw widespread condemnation of Trump within the GOP in the immediate aftermath of Jan 6, then within weeks, boink! Alex Jones got his start on Austin Access filming cops and making alleged law enforcement abuse his raison d'etre. On a recent Bulwark podcast, they point out a massive 35 point swing in opinion on getting involved in Venezuela amongst Republicans polled within a 3 week period after Trump took out Maduro (and left the rest of his party in power). There's very little "political" alignment involved. It's just whatever Trump wants today regardless of what he said yesterday. @4:40
Stack cover-up upon cover-up or risk, as Heather Cox Richardson states, simply allowing an authoritarian regime become a totalitarian regime- a regime that doesn't just control people's behavior but their thoughts regardless of what their eyes and ears telling them. Multiple ordinary citizens put their immediate and future well-being at risk to video this murder. If you don't bring charges, that tells people not to bother.
...and the state of Minnesota shouldn't need the fucking FBI to bring charges and convict a crime that has more video angles than a college football playoff game.