Tag: Donald Trump

Second, his self-absorption was self-destructive: politicians who took the virus seriously were rewarded even when they weren't that successful 2/ pic.twitter.com/U0i4I81iKa— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 1, 2021 Third, a thought: America is being terribly mismanaged, but it would probably be even worse — the vindictiveness would be taking an even bigger toll — if Trump … Continue reading “Trump is a Terrible President Because He’s a Horrible Person”

CNN will rigorously fact check President Biden. It’s just objective and obvious fact that it takes less time to fact check basically everyone in politics than it takes to do Trump, a staggeringly incessant liar. If you choose to call me biased for stating that fact, feel free.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 29, 2020

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Oh nothing to worry about, just an unhinged wannabe dictator summoning the head of his brownshirt paramilitary militia on the day his last hope of holding onto power through legal means dies. https://t.co/xMd5OGzp5k— Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek) December 12, 2020 When your only recourse is the Proud Boys—you're not really interested in making America great … Continue reading “Racist Loser”

Republicans have, of course, done their best to beatify Reagan — mainly on the basis of an economic recovery that he didn't cause and the collapse of Communism, which he also didn't cause. What actually happened on his watch? 2/

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) December 11, 2020

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If you're shocked that only 1 in 10 Congressional Republicans is willing to accept the election results, bear in mind that this is a party that dismissed mass deaths from Covid-19 as fake news 1/ https://t.co/GPUS7I8j6A— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) December 6, 2020 So if you're shocked by what's happening now, you just weren't paying attention. … Continue reading “Denial of reality has been central to modern conservatism for a long time”

One of the witnesses in Sidney Powell’s new Michigan lawsuit says in a declaration he thinks there’s something fishy about election returns in Edison County, MI. Thing is, there is no Edison County in Michigan. pic.twitter.com/yZfDWMAFSP— Jonathan Oosting (@jonathanoosting) November 30, 2020

I once asked a political scientist whether there was a litmus test for democracy, and they said yes: the power of elections to remove incumbents. If that’s gone, it’s not a democracy. It’s just not.— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) November 10, 2020