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Jul 15·edited Jul 15

I've run across multiple THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING think pieces since Saturday night. Color me skeptical. For starters, for this race to truly change Donald J. Trump would actually be required to change. The same guy who foments political violence regularly and the guy who, for weeks, mocked the far more life-threatening attack on Paul Pelosi at campaign rallies. To truly "unify" the country, his speech this week would need to truly focus on that — uniting the country around the needs, wellbeing and safety of all Americans. The GOP platform is in direct opposition to that. Does "unifying" mean tearing up Project 2025 and cease vowing vengeance on your enemies? Becoming empathetic? Let's remember, Trump was given a similar golden campaign moment opportunity when a global pandemic was killing millions four years ago and he leaned into promoting conspiracy theories, quackery and division.

The Biden camp was smart to pull its ads and his default setting of consoler-in-chief is an asset in a situation like this. And no one is talking about whether he should get out of the race right now. Let 45 and the GOP have this week. Let's see how truly "unifying" Trump's speech actually is. My guess? As the Gen Zers like to say, Trump will be "back on his bullshit" before the end of this week and just like all of the school kids regularly slaughtered in their classrooms in America, his ear nick will be a distant memory. But for good measure, some enterprising Dem in Congress should introduce new gun control legislation, call it the Donald John Trump Presidential Protection Sensible Gun Reform Act and then force GOPers to publicly explain why they refuse to vote for it.

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Well-said. I believe change happens when I see the evidence. Donald Trumps inflammatory rhetoric that has inspired stochastic terrorism (echoed by many of his admirers, incidentally) will not be overcome overnite, not to mention that defiant fist he flashed following his injury, which opened into the flat hand of a Nazi salute on the way down the steps.

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This: Donald John Trump Presidential Protection Sensible Gun Reform Act. Great idea!

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Exactly.

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All of this.

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Jul 15·edited Jul 15

This newsletter is often one of the first things I read in the morning but these last few issues just make me tired.. "You don’t have to be a Hollywood producer to imagine Trump walking out to thunderous cheers with photos of him bleeding on the big screens behind him." & "Biden has no intention of getting out of the race - even though we all can see that he’s getting old". Perhaps if he looked more like "central casting"  by dying his hair yellow and wearing foundation his chances of getting elected would increase. (That's sarcasm). I plan to vote for a platform and the cabinet that the candidate surrounds themselves with and not the few years that separate these men.

 And I am not sure why all of a sudden people are holding a man with a lifelong speech impediment to a different standard than the other old man who also has consistently well-documented gaffes of his own. It seems like the only Democrats who are calling on Biden to step down are the ones that will have the least to lose under another 4 years of a MAGA administration (check how the minority caucuses are backing Biden). And make no mistake, whether they call it Agenda 47 or Project 2025, even a fraction of that plan making it to reality is devastating to the vast majority of the caucuses that are backing Biden. That should be the story. This is not about the few years that separate these two men. I wish I had never watched The Handmaid's Tale because the speed at which we are walking into a Cristo-Fascist regime is startling. If the next couple of issues are still harping on about how a handful of Dem's are calling for Biden to step down, you need to consider that you need to expand your sources to include a better range of voices in the Democratic party.

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I'm glad you brought that up, all of the above. I could have not said it better. The age issue is getting boring. We all should be encouraged to study and analyze each candidates agenda. Pay attention to who will serve in each administration. The overall media should be more responsible and expose the danger of Project 2025, unless they really believe that under a Cristo-Fascist regime they will survive.

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Thanks for your good observations and well-made points. I agree.

And Jamie, thanks for the AuH2O flashback.

https://anderson-auction.com/Goldwater_AuH20_Our_Next_President_-ITEM136552.aspx

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While we wait for the RNC fireworks, here is an excellent long read by Jared Yates Sexton, tenured professor at Georgia Southern in Savannah. These observations and conclusions are air-tight.

https://www.splinter.com/trumps-hardcore-following-is-ready-for-its-next-stage

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To my GOP friends please be careful

Wisconsin does not restrict the carrying of unconcealed, loaded firearms in public.

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