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Barry Dine's avatar

We've all been frogs in this pot except that some of us frogs didn't die. Robert has a very curious way of looking at things - and I don't mean in a good way. I agree with you that previous presidents have gotten away with "horrible excesses" but I haven't been convinced that Trump is the "end of the world". In fact, it may be that the world has already ended and Trump is the last man standing!? I understand, I'm not going to get everything I want out of an election. You are not going to get everything you want out of an election! The question is, where do we go from here? That's where we are.

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Barry Dine's avatar

Curious how everything you accuse Trump of - whether true or not - is the same thing so-called "President Biden" and his "Administration" did. You're definitely on another one of your projection campaigns.

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Shikha Dalmia's avatar

No previous president, Republican or Democrat, not even FDR, who was not averse to horrible executive excesses, is doing a fraction of what this administration is doing. Holding your opponents to a standard of perfection to excuse actual criminality and worse is not acting in good faith.

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Warden Gulley's avatar

our 5 P categories:

Personal Grift

Political Corruption

Presidential Retribution

Power Consolidation

Policy Illegality

Why is it necessary to choose just one? If you must, there is a simple unitary category to describe the malfeasance of the unitary executive who currently prowls the halls of our government. Project 2025. Pretty simple. Trump is merely the attack dog for the entire corrupt enterprise and once he is gone Project 2025's authors will concoct another abomination to enslave the citizenry. The Dark Ages have arisen.

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Allison Kunze's avatar

Most troubling abuse: Power consolidation

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Harley "Griff" Lofton's avatar

I believe the commemorative coin rumor is a marketing strategy that will build demand for such coin and the Trump & Co. will actually "mint" one that they will sell like the Bible and the Sneakers. MAGA base will buy them because the US Mint (and Congress) refused to issue it and they believe they will have infinite value as collectible memorabilia.

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Lynn W Gardner's avatar

Bobby, you really skipped a lot of political science and history classes apparently. President Nixon was never impeached. Either you were not in class or some left wing goofball teacher was teaching fake history. That was the most blaring of the erroneous information in your post. Maybe for once check out the fact before spouting off false or misleading information. Just a thought

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Harley "Griff" Lofton's avatar

Also, even if he had said that, which he did not, it is pretty clear to anyone alive then (like me) that the only reason that the articles of impeachment were never voted on in the House even though fully drawn up was because of Nixon's preemptive resignation. His impeachment, and likely removal after trial in the Senate was fully expected. In our minds he was as good as impeached and hopefully removed. There weren't enough partisan hacks like Nebraska Senators Roman L. Hruska and Carl T. Curtis to save him.

Ah, the good old days! When Republican Senators would reluctantly see corruption for what it was and not excuse or abet it! And a Supreme Court as interested in defending the interests of legislative branch of Government as in protecting the most corrupt President in American history. Imagine how this court would handle turning over the "smoking gun tapes" that Congress demanded from Nixon. That is why I think even if Mike Johnson fails in stopping the subpoena of the "Epstein Files" I am sure Trump's appeal to the Supreme Court will save him. Once again.

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R Hodsdon's avatar

Well, Lynn, I'm interested in hearing what sort of goofball teaching you received in high school that would make you say snarky things like that?

Not to mention that your snark turned out to be incorrect.

Just sayin'.

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Berny Belvedere's avatar

Rob never said Nixon was impeached, actually.

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Robert Tracinski's avatar

Yeah, I was just looking to see where I said that.

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James Wittekind's avatar

Here’s still hoping you take your radio Chaos Report down the road and stick a mic up The Dons arse…fully loaded with the truth. Mobsters need to be confronted, not just appear in the Saturday morning post, I mean UnPopulist. Resistance is not futile, it is your moral duty. I appreciate your writings as it would be nice to see you take affirmative action. Gotta run on. Peace through superior mental firepower

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