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Yeah, basically.

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In his first term, he forced a shutdown to try and get wall funding and it didn’t work. So he declared a “national emergency” and his allies went along with it despite how increasingly obvious it was that there wasn’t an emergency. He says what he thinks will get him what he wants. Always has.

washingtonpost.comAnalysis | Trump renews his national emergency despite losing the primary rationale for itBut a key secondary rationale — fulfilling his campaign promise — remains.

20/9/26, 1:01 pm22 reposts163 likes

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)

@fisherdanar.bsky.social

20 Sept

What do you think of this new media lockout as a method to call for a national emergency around the election? I’m reading some suggestions about how that might work…

Jeff Fletcher

@bigguyfletch.bsky.social

20 Sept

Saying what you need to say to get what you want is smart. And its worked. It's up to everyone else to actually say no

Philip Bump

@pbump.com

20 Sept

This is pretty cynical! If you lie incessantly to a potential partner to sleep with them, that’s smart? It’s up to them to reject you?

Jeff Fletcher

@bigguyfletch.bsky.social

20 Sept

Well maybe different in that scenario but in terms of a job and getting a job. Potential partners don't have the resources and researchers that employers have to check the claims

seekingjustice.bsky.social

@seekingjustice.bsky.social

20 Sept

He’s a toddler He’s not hard to figure out- meaning how would you good parent a challenging child you’ve let get completely out of control… That’s how you manage him. And yes- I do appreciate most parents don’t have wizards in robes to contend with unless we think of them the evil in-laws…

Riggsveda

@riggsveda.bsky.social

20 Sept

it’s very similar to the way the PNAC freaks of the Bush II administration got the country to go along with the invasion of Iraq. We’ve become a whole nation of Pavlov’s dogs, drooling at the mere mention of national security.