US Politics

Reflecting on today’s news that Trump is whispering the idea that he could start a new political party. I think this could be a good thing.

It could be a good thing if he was a sincere individual who meant well.

Biden is raising the federal minimum wage, off to a good start.

I don't think that actually makes any difference. Only if his own party gains scary majority numbers (which of course it could). But I generally prefer political landscapes where the lunatic fringe have somewhere to congregate and don't create a tractor beam for generically selfish but otherwise not murderous voters. I don't know why - but I prefer my despot's influence to be less than 50% of a superpower.

True, look how well splitting UKIP out worked in the UK.

I'm guessing that's sarcasm - but isn't the Conservative Party's desire to corral the fringe concerns of Ukip what led to the disaster of Brexit? And conversely - couldn't we argue that centrist bet hedging by the opposition led to a lack of argument against it? It's that panic within the two main parties about accommodating the minority ideologies which leads to irrational outcomes?

My point is that there should be space for reasoned detachment from things like Q in the Republican Party - but they fear losing their base. If US politics was multi party the bigger parties wouldn't have to stay silent in opposition of lunatic minorities.

It was a little.

The issue with splitting out the fringe was that the main party worked so hard to recapture them (leading to Brexit) whereas if they hadn't had that outlet it would probably have been less necessary.

But, who knows, the lunatics may have taken over the asylum anyway.

The US doesn't need a new party to the right of the Republicans, it needs a new party to the left of the Democracts...

Dominion sue Guiliani for $1.3 billion in damages;

https://twitter.com/zoetillman/status/1353696881705152512?s=12

Lol

in the documentary on the beeb last night guilliani came across as more bonkers than trump, but no-one came close to as bonkers as trumps spiritual advisor who in a clip was full on talking in tongues and looking batshit crazy

trumps spiritual advisor

Say wut?

State level Republicans going full Q

Fuck everything I said about lunatic fringes.

They are deep deep lunatics too to bottom.

I wish they would be held accountable for such shit

You mean you missed this first time around?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9rOgFHvnVA

This was from their announcement that they had opened a Gab account

Or just cynical dog whistle stuff. I don't think that the person that OKed that is a q believer. Just deeply cynical

This is the best thing I have seen in weeks.

You wonder how a man who led the prosecution of New York mob bosses in his early 40s and went onto bigger things got to this point.

Eeeeeeeeeego

Dementia

Possibly linked already on this thread, there is a video of him blowing his nose and then wiping that hankerchief all over his face. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q52TpXrbOz4

There was also a suggestion of bitterness after a failed presidential bid.

I suspect after the whole mayor of NYC during 9/11 thing he got used to the limelight and this is just another way of staying in it. That said he could be a true believer given his own daughter has publicly criticised him for all this crap.

Is this Keir's new slogan?