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Not American citizens how?

I used to listen to this "the South will rise again" talk while I was in the Air Force and I would always say. "Yes, that is why all the strategic air command bases are in the North" (which isn't technically true but the ICBMs are).

The guy who will be cleaning out all the qualifying people from federal service cannot get a security clearance

so, we are about to get to position player pitching

I remember saying at the time when Jim Clyburn endorsed Joe Biden that the most conservative force in the country were middle-class African Americans (especially, women). They know the stakes. I just hope they continue to know the stakes.

Being a baptist kid in the Detroit suburbs was weird. I always felt like I was at a disadvantage talking to all the kids who had "communions" and "cattykism" and all the kids at my church were from down south. Even so, being a northern Baptist was suspect to those folks when i went and visited my in-laws in North Carolina. I made my dog tags in the military say "Protestant No Pref" just so I could maintain my distance with all the in-crowd catholics of my youth and those doctrinaire weirdo snake handlers and megachurchers in the protestant churches i'd encountered. The single best sermon of my life was the Black chaplain whose service i attended in basic training who friggin knocked it out of the park because he spoke to what to me at the time felt like being "oppressed" as a kid in that basic training life cauldron and gave great inspiration when I was ready to have that. I don't think I've ever listened to a sermon since that had that effect on me. So, yeah, white evangelical culture: not a fan. Black evangelical culture: I get why it has great value.

Southern military culture holds a lot of power over many.

Can't wait to have these conversations with people after all this stuff is fully reported to the American public. How many of our racist uncles will sheepishly apologize to us that they didn't know that mafia curious, pro-Russia failed casino owners who employed Roy Cohn and whose father was arrested at a KKK rally, and whose favorite book is the picture version of Mein Kampf. might be dictator wannabe.

Taxes, not just for the middle class

These people need an education

True, and the people who want to accumulate all that power are tech bros and oligarchs who have accumulated wealth and are used to getting their way.

Right here is the key point Eliminating the merit-based bureaucracy in favor of loyalty to the person of Trump. No longer a nation of laws but a nation of single person rule. NO THANKS! Particularly when he starts ordering those newly enfranchised government goons to go out and punish Trump's enemies.

Here is some eye opening stuff about it https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025 These are the people involved Right there are the people who need to answer for all this.

No way Yes way

We need a thread on Project Autocracy

Apparently there were plenty of people at the public meetings registering their opposition to the moves. I keep chiding the people at work about the schools in Loudon County who had all their school named after principles or properties (e.g. Liberty, Freedom, Heritage): because they couldn't agree on names since the big bad woke crowd took away their ability to name Eva Hitler (nee Braun) Elementary or Charles Manson Middle School.

She’s a feminist

a good development Steve Bannon is heading to JAIL as appeals court upholds his conviction for defying the January 6 committee subpoena | Daily Mail Online

Yes, good point

One thing about big trials is that the "legal faces" all come out and have opinions about the tactics, techniques and procedures that make grist for television. Lost is the importance of Trump being held to account for these various crimes and not able to beat the wrap like some anti-Christ that his craven follower believe in their hearts that he is.

Stormy Daniels walked all over that cross examination...holy crap.

DA is not bringing Karen McDougal in to confirm that Trump is having affairs. They must feel they have enough at this point to prove Trump's team felt they needed to do catch and kill and then the illegal financing.

Westerhout says Trump typically liked to read things before signing them Madeleine Westerhout confirmed that in her experience Donald Trump typically liked to read things before signing them.