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5th September 2020, 07:26 AM | #521 |
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Not any more! Quote Tweet Ian Miles Cheong @stillgray Critical race theory is the greatest threat to western civilization and it’s made its way into the US federal government, the military, and the justice system. |
5th September 2020, 07:31 AM | #522 |
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Emerald Robinson @EmeraldRobinson Trump Tells Federal Government to Stop Anti-American Training on Critical Race Theory! You're welcome, America. Karlyn Borysenko @DrKarlynB Seriously this is so incredibly important. As an I/O psychologist, I’ve seen the results of these trainings. Not only are they harmful to the individual, but they are also incredibly harmful to team collaboration and cohesion. Just say no to critical race theory. It does not work Miranda Devine @mirandadevine Bravo! Trump Bans Federal Money From Funding Far-Left Anti-American ‘Critical Race Theory’ Colin Wright @SwipeWright WHITE HOUSE: "The divisive, false, and demeaning propaganda of the critical race theory movement is contrary to all we stand for as Americans and should have no place in the Federal government." Tom Ascol @tomascol WOW. @realDonaldTrump has ordered all federal agencies to “cease and desist” any government training programs that include any reference to “critical race theory” or “white privilege." Thank you, Mr. President. Rogan O’Handley @DC_Draino The tides are finally turning against critical race theory Ian Miles Cheong @stillgray Trump is banning Critical Race Theory in the federal government. No more of this garbage, especially not on taxpayer dollars. The Daily Wire @realDailyWire BREAKING: Trump Bans Federal Money From Funding Far-Left Anti-American ‘Critical Race Theory’ http://dlvr.it/Rg11gR General Halley HelicopterRose @HalleyBorderCol omg, Trump is halting all government critical race theory training! This is amazing. https://whitehouse.gov/wp-content/up...09/M-20-34.pdf |
5th September 2020, 07:33 AM | #523 |
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Glenn Beck @glennbeck Yet another very important difference between @realDonaldTrump and #BeijingBiden. Thank you mr president for understanding the destructive power of Critical Race Theory. It is another poison from the demonic mind of Karl Marx. Schools next? Marina Medvin Flag of United States @MarinaMedvin Trump’s administration cracks down on racist teachings in various executive branch agencies: “divisive, false, and demeaning propaganda of the critical race theory movement is contrary to all we stand for as Americans and should have no place in the Federal government” Christopher F. Rufo @realchrisrufo On Tuesday, I called on the President to abolish critical race theory in the federal government. Tonight, he delivered. This executive action is the first successful counterattack against critical race theory in American history. Tonight, we celebrate; tomorrow, back to war. The Columbia Bugle @ColumbiaBugle Sorry liberals! How to be Anti-White 101 is permanently cancelled! |
5th September 2020, 07:34 AM | #524 |
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You work so hard for the military, from completely rebuilding a depleted mess that was left by OBiden, to fixing a broken V.A. and fighting for large scale military pay raises, and then a slimeball reporter, maybe working with disgruntled people, makes up such a horrible charge.. ....This reminds me of the Dirty Dossier, which was pushed hard by John McCain, & then with a thud turned out to be a total fraud. So many other scams also. The Radical Far Left is VICIOUS, they will do or say anything to win. But they won’t, we will WIN, & have four great years! |
5th September 2020, 07:54 AM | #525 |
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Is he losing it ? Because if he kept his cool, this could just pass by. His true fans would never believe fake media. But if the big D. himself loses it, it might be different.
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5th September 2020, 08:21 AM | #526 |
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Not so fast. According to Jennifer Griffin, national security correspondent for Fox News:
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5th September 2020, 08:28 AM | #527 |
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Could this troops thing be the thing that sinks him? This apparent, slow turning of Fox puts me in mind of Murdoch in the early days of the UK 97 General Election when they slowly started to turn their support to the Labour Government of Tony Blair.
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5th September 2020, 08:37 AM | #529 |
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It's possible. Being seen as unsupportive of "the troops" used to be a cardinal sin for any US politician, regardless of party affiliation.
Shooting someone in the middle of 5th Avenue is one thing. Disrespecting the troops, especially those who died in service to their country, is quite another. Even if most of his base are willing to excuse any sin Trump commits, he can't afford to lose even a couple percent of those votes come November. It's not like he's going to make it up with converted Democrats. |
5th September 2020, 08:37 AM | #530 |
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John Kelly's silence speaks volumes.
It would be better though if he would get off his servile ass and say something. |
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5th September 2020, 08:58 AM | #533 |
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Trump mentioned the Veterans Choice health care program on Thursday as evidence of his support for the troops and how much he has done.
2 problems. It signed into law by Obama in 2014 and it was McCain's bill. |
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5th September 2020, 09:24 AM | #535 |
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Gunter Haas, the 'leading British expert,' was a graphologist who advised couples, based on their handwriting characteristics, if they were compatible for marriage. I would submit that couples idiotic enough to do this are probably quite suitable for each other. It's nice when stupid people find love. - Ludovic Kennedy |
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5th September 2020, 09:55 AM | #537 |
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5th September 2020, 10:03 AM | #538 |
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Everyone condemning Trump for his comments is in the wrong.
They should instead point their anger at Republicans, which have been certain to have had the Military in their ears about Trump's behavior for the last years. Republicans have abandoned the Military to their Dear Leader to play and break. If you support the Troops, you don't vote GOP. |
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5th September 2020, 10:22 AM | #540 |
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5th September 2020, 10:59 AM | #541 |
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Mmm. I partially disagree. If they're ONLY condemning Trump, there's a case to be made, but condemning Trump AND his enablers eliminates that case.
To understand my perspective on this comment, it might be worth poking at the overall perspective differences in evidence. The right-wing/Republicans effectively treats our military as a weapon to be used for their benefit in practice and their actions largely follow from that. The left-wing/Democrats far more regard our military as people working to serve and protect the country and their actions largely follow from that. The duty that the different groups tends to feel towards them in return for their service ends up being qualitatively different in nature in the end. If you support the troops themselves, vote Democrat. If you support shows of force without really caring about the troops, vote Republican. This has been true since long before Trump. Trump's just much more obvious about it and given permission for many of the others to shed their pretense even more. I think that you might be misunderstanding what he's doing here. It's not about being mentally unwell so much as creating and feeding into a mythical alternative narrative. It's similar tactics as what the Nazis used. Yes, he is vile. Yes, this is evidence that he's ethically unwell. This isn't evidence that he's mentally unwell, though. |
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I know many of you don't click on YouTube videos . . .
Trump ‘Doesn’t Deserve To Be Commander-In-Chief’ Says Sen. Tammy Duckworth | Deadline | MSNBC Listen at the 5:40 mark when Duckworth describes her comrades risking their lives to retrieve her, even though they thought her dead. Then try and imagine Donald Trump making a sacrifice anywhere close to this. Can't do it, can you. |
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5th September 2020, 11:21 AM | #543 |
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1. He'd never do that. 2. Okay but he's not currently doing it. 3. Okay but he's not currently technically doing it. 4. Okay but everyone does it. 5. He's doing it, we can't stop him, no point in complaining about it. 6. We all knew he was going to do it which... makes it okay somehow. 7. It's perfectly fine that's he's doing it. |
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I completely agree with what you say here. I would say that I'm not misunderstanding, but rather I unintentially understated what is going is going. Ethically unwell? Sure, no problem with that. Everything he has done in the lat so many years since his birtherism bullcrap shows that. That said, I really do think he is also mentallly unwell. I think he demonstarted that to enth degree as well. Again, the man is an awful person in ALL ways possible. |
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5th September 2020, 12:02 PM | #549 |
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For what it's worth, I'm not going to argue against the mentally unwell label. It's just that that particular thing isn't good evidence in that direction, in and of itself, and in general, is only of tangential relevance to mental state concerns. Add a lot more of the rest and malignant narcissism seems to be almost certainly the case, of course.
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5th September 2020, 12:16 PM | #550 |
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I agree that this country has so much racism and division and I know it's not going to go away any time soon. It's too ingrained. It runs too deep. We're only fooling ourselves if we think otherwise. That's become apparent with the rise of Trump when it's crawled out from the shadows and Trump is only stoking the fires for his own interests.
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5th September 2020, 12:31 PM | #554 |
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He may be between a rock and a hard place. He probably does not want to politicize his son's death. If he confirms it, he can expect vicious statements not just about himself but his son as well. Anyone who did that would be attacking a Gold Star family, but that's OK with Trump's fans.
Of course, he's being attacked by Trump now anyway, presumably for not denying it. But if the likes of Kelly, Mattis and current or former intelligence figures aren't privately alerting individual Republican senators about the threat Trump poses to national security I'd be disappointed. They don't necessarily have a duty to stand on a soap box publicly denouncing Trump, but if they think he's a threat to the country, I don't think they should just be playing golf or puttering around the house. |
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Mattis has spoken out publicly.
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5th September 2020, 01:14 PM | #558 |
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Multiple boats are in distress and sinking on Lake Travis for the "Trump Boat Parade"
At this time, there is not a confirmed amount of boats that are experiencing issues on the lake. https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/mul...on-lake-travis |
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5th September 2020, 01:18 PM | #560 |
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Sometimes I get curious who these people are.
Rutland Young Professionals is hosting a four-week professional development series...
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