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Bruce Keltie's avatar

We can only hope and I’m a former Republican.

6500003's avatar

It's like half of all journalists think this election will be normal. There is NO way Republicans will let that happen....

FightFascism's avatar

They could impeach him before they all go down the fucking drain

Joan MacLeod's avatar

Thanks David, we all know that Trump and his enablers are going to screw with the election. Vote Blue in huge numbers and make it too big to rig so the Republicans have a harder time saying it's rigged.

L.D.Michaels's avatar

A HERO FOR OUR TIME?

It has been reliably reported that this past July, Donald Trump flew to Ankara, Turkey for NATO meetings in the gold plated jet grifted to him by Qatar. The plan was to then transport Trump after the meetings to England in Trump’s prior presidential jet which would ultimately be replaced by the Qatar jet for Trump’s return flight to Washington. [ The term “Air Force One” only applies to the plane that the President is actually in at that time.]

There was much press coverage and pictures taken as Trump boarded his former jumbo jet in Ankara after the meetings for the flight to England. What was recently revealed, however, was that either shortly before or while Trump and the journalists covering him were on board his plane that was on the tarmac and prepared to fly them to England, the Secret Service came into possession of intelligence that Iranian sponsored terrorists were targeting this plane. The Secret Service then instructed the flight crew to advise all passengers to lower their shades. The Secret Service then hurriedly and clandestinely, and out of view of the journalists on board, snuck Trump off the side of the plane onto the lift of a catering truck, which then transported Trump to a military aircraft that then flew him to England.

The journalists, who believed that Trump was still on board what they thought was Air Force One, were then flown to England without being advised of the threat or that Trump had fled the plane or that their plane may have turned into bait for the terrorists.

BUT THAT’S NOT ALL FOLKS:

Trump’s military plane, with him on it, arrived in England just before Trump’s jumbo jet which the journalists on the plane believed to be Air Force One with Trump still on it. AND HERE’S THE KICKER: The Secret Service then clandestinely smuggled Trump back onto the plane without any journalists knowing that he had ever left it.

When the door to the plane opened, Trump was greeted by the photo press, undoubtedly with his usual smirk, without any journalists knowing that he had deserted them and only returned to the plane when the coast was clear.

Hypothetically, wouldn’t all this have been as if Secret Service in Dallas in 1963 advised JFK at the last minute either not to ride in the open car with Texas Governor John Connolly or to put a dummy in the back seat because they had a confidential informant advising them that there was going to be an assassination attempt on Kennedy’s life? Had Kennedy, who was sitting directly behind Connolly, switched into an undercover car, Connolly would unquestionably have been killed. As it was, Connolly was struck by a bullet, which had apparently first hit Kennedy, causing him to be seriously wounded—suffering injuries to his back/chest, right wrist, and left thigh—but survived.

Behold the American hero of our time, who needlessly and surreptitiously abandoned a plane full of journalists knowing that there was credible intelligence that the plane was targeted for a terrorist attack and leaving the plane, filled with journalists, to serve as a decoy for the attack.

Along with all the statues around the country that Trump is commissioning to glorify his memory, there should be a statue of Trump sneaking out the side door of his aircraft and into a catering van without addressing the safety of the journalists he was abandoning and without so much as a farewell wave to those journalists whom he might have speculated would never see their families again.

andy lockett's avatar

Not sure JD v is up to tying his shoes.

Elizabeth's avatar

I said that when he rode down the escalator.

Deanna Denmead's avatar

Why do they tell The Felon what they are planning? It’s beyond my understanding. They have plenty of time to figure out how to rig the election.

John PC's avatar

Flush them ALL away. Old philosophy: Evil eventually consumes itself. I’ve said this and will continue saying it. Especially when consistently meeting the light from collective universal goodness.

Donovan Marley's avatar

Propaganda spewed by Trump and his enablers cannot coverup the fact that Republicans are using physical violence in a desperate attempt to stay in power. ICE agents are dispatched by Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, Markwayne Mullins, Kash Patel, Tom Homan, and Stephen Miller to crush Americans trying to expose the regime’s criminal acts.

These ICE thugs—without warrants, without trials, and in obvious violation of the Constitution and laws of the USA—have attacked, maimed, kidnapped, incarcerated, and/or deported hundreds of American citizens. They have also murdered both citizens and non-citizens—including Baby Kohen Riley.

ICE Bounty Hunters—encouraged by their treasonous supervisors—routinely employ violence to fill their racist quota of brown-skin-prey. And sometimes, because they know Trump has their backs, they murder—reminding Americans that in a Racist-Trump-Kleptocracy, Republican Fascists believe they are above the law.

Two of every three Americans recognize that convicted criminal Donald Trump is a liar, thief, grifter, fraudster, racist, sexual predator, and war criminal. This supermajority will win the midterm elections by blocking passage of Trump’s viciously racist, (and purposely misogynistic), “Save America Act”—a legislative obscenity specifically drafted to disenfranchise women and People of Color.

sheryl jeffries's avatar

Thanks so much, David. This is really happening. Trump has trashed the Republican Party it's eating itself alive.

Ken brinkley's avatar

May they all enjoy Dante's inferno !

@shamrock1101's avatar

Thanks. Hang in there. There will come a day when this harassment ends.

JM's avatar

Good news, for once.

Lauren's avatar

Taking the republican party with him? I think they willingly got on his sinking boat.