#politicsofdestruction — Public Fediverse posts

"I remember thinking when I saw the footage of the workers chiseling the name of the headquarters of USAID from its building that this was a terrible omen. It predicted something frightening: a Donald Trump unleashed from law and order and norms."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #USAID #PoliticsofChaos #PoliticsofDestruction #norms #Constitution #ethics #immunity #SupremeCourt #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom

https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/a-nation-not-of-laws-not-of-men-but

"The ethos of destruction can cause relatively little collateral damage if all you’re destroying is a company. But when you’re destroying the government, the effect on the lives of Americans, and even many people in other countries, will be sweeping and profound. Livelihoods will be ruined, communities will suffer, lives will literally be lost, all on a potentially huge scale."

~ Paul Waldman

#Trump #Musk #DOGE #chaos #PoliticsofChaos #PoliticsofDestruction
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https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/appetite-for-destruction

"These changes hurt the information ecosystem just as much as any threat against a news outlet. An analysis by the NYT found thousands of deleted web pages affecting info about 'vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes and scientific research, among many other topics.'"

#Trump #Republicans #CDC #EPA #ClimateChange #diversity #DEI #ScientificExpertise #healthcare #research #PoliticsofDestruction #PoliticsofChaos #vaccines #veterans #HateCrimes
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"The Atlantic: 'CDC data are disappearing.' NBC: 'Government webpages vanish.' AP: 'Federal agencies begin removing DEI guidance from websites.' NPR: 'Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies.' The Lever: 'Trump’s EPA just deleted climate change.'"

~ Brian Stelter

#Trump #Republicans #CDC #EPA #ClimateChange #diversity #DEI #ScientificExpertise #healthcare #research #PoliticsofDestruction #PoliticsofChaos
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https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1738591916854a25cd9c519ad/raw

"Governing is complicated, messy, and (sometimes) difficult to explain. Spreading falsehoods is simple and lazy.

Still, the media can no longer ignore the GOP trainwreck in Congress and Trump's struggles in the courtroom and on the campaign trail. Nor can the media ignore that President Biden will once again achieve his legislative agenda after months of effort."

#Biden #Republicans #MAGA #extremism #PoliticsofTheater #PoliticsofChaos #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofDestruction
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"There is a growing sense of two competing political universes in America. President Biden and the Democrats are doing the hard work of governing the country while Trump and MAGA extremists are play-acting in the pretend world of performative politics.

Governing is hard. Stoking outrage with lies is easy."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Biden #Republicans #MAGA #extremism #PoliticsofTheater #PoliticsofChaos #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofDestruction
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/sanity-prevails-in-the-senate

What drives Trump supporters, John Pavolvitz asks? His answer: spite:

"MAGA voters would rather give a strident middle finger to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton even at the expense of the air their kids breathe and the schools they attend."

They're happy to tear it all up — for themselves and their own children — as long as they feel they're owning the libs.

#Trump #Republicans #PoliticsofDestruction #PoliticsofChaos

https://johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/destroying-america-to-own-the-libs

"In Republican hands, this is also the least productive House congressional session in a generation."

~ Jay Kuo

#Republicans #House #PoliticsofChaos #PoliticsofDestruction #PoliticsofTheater #obstruction #NoAdultsinRoom

https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/biden-2024-truman-1948-inflation

"The attempt of a Republican minority to impose its will on the majority of Americans appears to be sparking a backlash. In today’s election in New York’s Third Congressional District to replace indicted serial liar George Santos, a loyal Trump Republican, voters chose Democrat Tom Suozzi by about 8 points."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Republicans #NewYork #Santos #Suozzi #border #immigration #NATO #Ukraine #PoliticsofChaos #PoliticsofDestruction
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-13-2024

"The storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, which sent Graham and his peers of both parties running for their lives, was a revolutionary act that declared nothing to be off limits to the pursuit of power."

#Trump #authoritarianism #strongman #amorality #dictator #PoliticsofDestruction
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"So, make up your mind. Do you want to date me, fight me, bite me, or shoot me? It's crazy. We're there for one reason, one reason only: That’s to, you know, tell our side of the story and get some feedback and maybe develop some relationships for the betterment of working people."

#MarkwayneMullin #SeanOBrien #Republicans #ChaosAgents #threats #bullying #intimidation #NoAdultsinRoom #PoliticsofDestruction
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"I’ve never before seen so many Americans who actually hate America enough to support someone so determined to destroy it. It’s like a family watching their home burn inviting the arsonist standing beside them with gasoline and a lighter to run the Neighborhood Watch."

~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #PoliticsofDestruction #ChaosAgents #SelfDestruction

https://kareem.substack.com/p/trump-admits-hell-persecute-enemies

"Even as Americans watch as the mean-spirited, violence-threatening, authoritarian face of the GOP rears itself, they are being taught a valuable lesson that would never have occurred had Democrats simply done the 'nice' thing—the “expected” thing—as they nearly always do, in keeping Rep. Kevin McCarthy afloat."

~ Dartagnan

#Republicans #McCarthy #RepublicansinDisarray #chaos #ChaosAgents #PoliticsofDestruction
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/18/2200161/-The-American-public-needs-to-take-a-good-look-right-now-at-the-Republican-chaos-in-the-House