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Putin has been playing the long game: weaken the liberal Western democracies with divisive politics a la Trump and then remake the world order to favor oligarchs and authoritarianism. Trump was a means to this end.
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Time recently published an article outlining out Jeffrey Sonnenfeld marshalled America’s CEOs to oppose the Republican authoritarian power grab from the Big Lie to the 6 January Insurrection to voter suppression and nullification laws, but their enthusiasm for that opposition has fractured and grown confused just like our electorate’s has.
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Here is some of what we’ve been entertaining ourselves with here at Ye Olde Blogge this week. Perhaps you’ll find it entertaining, too.
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There’s a lot of news in the US, in Cambodia, around the world, and at Ye Olde Blogge this week. We’ve uncovered some fine new blogs, too! There’s lots to check out in this week’s Whaz Up!?!
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There is a substantial minority of Americans who believe the Big Lie and that Trump is going to be reinstated by some bloddy miracle. What is likely to happen? How likely is it that we’ll see another organized insurrection? A disorganized one? Random sporadic lone-wolf violence? The GQP stealing our elections at the state level? Here are some predictions based on application of narcissistic personality disorder.
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Trump’s gross negligence during the #COVID19 pandemic amounts to genocide. Not only has he reduced the average life expectancy of the US by years, the effects on the life expectancy and health of the American people will be felt for years to come.
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You’da thunk that with everyone. — okay all the progressive liberal thinking types — at home most of last year, there’d’ve been no crime to speak of much less murder and mayhem, but no, violence, murder, and gun sales all increased last year. Why? You know why. Trump.
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How likely is it that the Dems are going to hold on to the majorities in Congress? There are lots of reasons to be optimistic that the 2022 election will defy history and leave the Democratic party in charge of Congress, the most prominent one being that Trump isn’t running but he’ll be trying to help the GQP campaigns.
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Politico is shocked to realize that Trump’s narcissism and executive dysfunction continue to dog him even after he’s left office.
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Call your MoC and urge them to either support the Articles of Impeachment and removal for inciting the seditious riot on 6 January. Is anything more needed? Get thee to the phones!
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Help stop the sedition and insurrection! Do your part as an engaged citizen. Support 25th Amendmenting Trump’s dumb sorry ass by contacting (tweeting) the Cabinet officers! Show them they have support!
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While 2020 was an eventful year and one that we should all reflect on, it also marks the end of Trump’s era in our lives. Join me in reflecting on the things we’ve learned and how we’ve changed during Trump’s time in office.
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Can we ever forgive Trump supporters for the needless deaths of 340,000+ deaths, the needless suffering of the #COVID19 pandemic, assaulting our democracy, damaging our national security, and putting us through such hell for four years all for the sake of Trump’s ego? We should forgive anyone who can fulfill the four-parts of an effective apology.
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About all that’s left of Trump is his revenge on the country for his election loss. His revenge will be terrible, too, filled with pain, suffering, misery, and death. It starts with the #COVID19 relief and stimulus bill being gummed up by delay, bad faith negotiations, and the end of the 116th Congress.
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Having an extreme narcissist in office is a double edged sword: he’s easily predicted, so you can predict how he’ll hurt you. It is Mitch McConnell and the Congressional Republican’s turn in the barrel. Enjoy some schadenfruede as Trump puts them over the barrel.
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Isn’t it weird that Trump really defies all conventional conservative wisdom yet still command such support among Congressional Republicans and the rank and vile? How does he do that? As it turns out there are two weird cognitive tricks that help him.
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Don’t waste another minute worrying about an armed insurrection, military coup, or civil war being fought to keep Trump in office. Trump is a narcissist. He is not a visionary, leader, or organizer. He just isn’t capable of doing it.
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I KNOW, TL;DR, right? I guess I didn’t have to include four scenarios to demonstrate diffusion of responsibility, but I did, so sue me, okay? It’s a cute and clever application of the principle to explain the ongoing coup attempt and the lack of violence among MAGAs.
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The similarities between Trump and Hitler don’t end with their use of lying and the Big Lie. It extends to targeting a mutual enemy, keeping people angry and riled up, and sowing chaos whenever possible. The comparison is amazing in how closely it matches. If Trump were capable of planning and executing plans, you’d think he had.
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If we are doomed to repeat the history we don’t know about, then we should know about some history, right? We find ourselves in the biggest Big Lie blizzard of the past four years and it comes straight out of Hitler’s Playbook.
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