OK, so if I understand what he's saying correctly, it wasn't that he is intending to set up a dictatorship and abolish elections, it's that he just wants to be elected this time so he can rig everything in his favour and then he doesn't care if anyone votes in the 2028 election because he won't...
I've just realised that the reason Vance doesn't wear an eyepatch like I was expecting is I was mistaking him for Dan Crenshaw.
But, I mean:
Dan Crenshaw does look like JD Vance with an eyepatch, so I feel like that was an honest mistake to make.
Jack Smith's filed notice to appeal Judge Cannon throwing the case out:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/17/trump-classified-documents-dismissal-appeal
Personally, if I was running the Republican party, I would be very concerned that the party's choices have resulted in registered republicans taking up arms against their own candidate. That would make me a think a significant number of Republicans would not be happy voting for Trump.
I can't believe it was staged simply because it would have been so easy for something to go wrong and for Trump to actually be taken out. That would have been counter-productive.
It's good. It's like someone is actually trying to do something instead of sitting around saying "well, the Supreme Court is against us and several of its members are blatantly corrupt. There's nothing to be done."
It tells people that something can be done, if the Democrats are given enough power.
To summarize some of what's on his Wikipedia page, he was in the top 100 stars according to Gallup polls in 1941/1942, but post WWII didn't quite have the same star power and started doing westerns (I vaguely recall they were what he was mainly known for when he ran for president). Given...
I feel like that is not going to succeed purely on the fact that it was something he did before he became president and therefore it could not be an official act he did while president.
But what do I know? I'm not a supreme court justice paid off by the rich.
Similar things have been said in NZ. One politician actually said "nobody wants house prices to fall." Investments usually come with risk, but because the people who are in charge of things tend to be property investors and want to eliminate the risk, the people who actually just want a house to...
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.