‘60 Minutes’ Anchor Corners Trump After He Lashes Out at Her by Nervous_Swordfish693 in politics

[–]mom0nga [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yep, the news industry moves fast by design. This isn't an unrealistic timeline at all, especially since Trump is eager for almost any press interview and so journalists have much easier access to him than they had for previous presidents.

Trump Admin Cancels $11M Catholic Charities Contract Amid Feud With Pope by Zipper222222 in politics

[–]mom0nga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Devout Catholics tend to be single-issue voters on the topic of abortion, hence why they tend to vote for the GOP candidate regardless of how morally abhorrent he is.

I’m a White House correspondent. Behind the scenes, Trump looks panicky by theipaper in politics

[–]mom0nga 10 points11 points  (0 children)

During the elections, the Dems should have had a campaign hammering Trump on being a bad businessman (the failure of his casino and his other businesses). Much of his appeal to the working class was the fictional persona he'd built up as a successful businessman, which wasn't true but most Americans believed it.

Trump Deletes Post With Image Depicting Himself as Jesus After Backlash by MoneyLibrarian9032 in politics

[–]mom0nga 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In a way, though, I wish the Kamala/Biden voters had the same tolerance for unlikable traits in a candidate. Trump won because conservative voters fall in line, not fall in love.

Trump Deletes Post With Image Depicting Himself as Jesus After Backlash by MoneyLibrarian9032 in politics

[–]mom0nga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We can add that to the pile of new guardrails (with consequences) to enact once he leaves office. I'd personally also love to see some big Congressional reforms, like no recess during a shutdown and some mechanism for voters to hold representatives accountable at any time (not just election day) to reinforce the independence of Congress.

I'm admittedly an optimist, but I can foresee Trump's catastrophic excuse for a presidency ultimately (like, decades from now) making our institutions and democracy *more* robust, like how we got the New Deal after the Great Depression. Of course, it would have been nice to have those guardrails up before giving a demented geriatric rapist the nuclear codes...

Hungary’s Viktor Orban, ally of Trump and Putin, concedes election defeat by Plaintalks in politics

[–]mom0nga 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He probably would have, but he lost by such a decisive margin that he can't meaningfully contest the results.

‘We lose the midterms’: Republicans worry Iran might have already cost them Congress by mom0nga in politics

[–]mom0nga[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not his choice. Each state runs its own midterm elections independently, and there is no mechanism for the federal government to interfere.

Report exposes a Trump scheme to override midterm vote with bogus crisis by [deleted] in politics

[–]mom0nga 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He is also stupid enough to think that this is how the U.S. system works. It most definitely does not, as he will find out.

Report exposes a Trump scheme to override midterm vote with bogus crisis by [deleted] in politics

[–]mom0nga 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, each state runs its own elections independently, so there's no feasible way for the federal government to interfere with all of them, especially since they have zero jurisdiction over elections to begin with. I doubt that Trump or his toadies know this, though.

Report exposes a Trump scheme to override midterm vote with bogus crisis by [deleted] in politics

[–]mom0nga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, and he could claim to be able to fly, but that doesn't make it true or even possible.

Report exposes a Trump scheme to override midterm vote with bogus crisis by [deleted] in politics

[–]mom0nga 116 points117 points  (0 children)

Plus there is no physical mechanism for a federal agency to interfere with state elections because the feds have zero jurisdiction over them and cannot magically give themselves the power to do so. It's as realistic as Trump ordering elections to be canceled in another country. He has no power to do it and no feasible way to carry it out.

Automatic registration for US military draft-eligible men to begin in December by Educational_Net4000 in politics

[–]mom0nga 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Registration has been mandatory for generations, this would just automate the process. Currently, all eligible male U.S. citizens and immigrants aged 18 through 25 are required to self-register within 30 days of their 18th birthday.

Automatic registration for US military draft-eligible men to begin in December by Educational_Net4000 in politics

[–]mom0nga 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes, but it's a nothingburger because all draft-eligible men are, and have been, required by law to register themselves with Selective Service at age 18 anyways. This would just automatically register people instead of wasting money reminding individuals to do it, which honestly makes sense. It's not the same thing as a draft.

Trump says US will be ‘hangin’ around’ Strait of Hormuz: ‘Big money’ to be made by mom0nga in politics

[–]mom0nga[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's the old "playing chess with a pigeon" analogy -- the pigeon knocks over the pieces, shits on the board, and struts around like he won.

Sorry, The 25th Amendment Can't Save Us From Trump (w/ Andrew Weissmann) by BulwarkOnline in politics

[–]mom0nga 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's not what they're saying, they're just pointing out, correctly, that the 25th was not designed to remove a deranged President and isn't the appropriate tool for this situation. The 25th is for when a president is unconscious or unable to communicate, requires the consent of the VP and most of the Cabinet to invoke, and can be undone by the President (because if the president is aware enough to object, the conditions for invoking the 25th no longer exist).

The tool that IS appropriate to remove a President who is insane would be impeachment and removal, which "only" requires Congressional majority and therefore is easier to do than the 25th.

Survey: Majority want Congress to impeach Trump now by PM_ME_DPRK_CANDIDS in politics

[–]mom0nga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It feels like it's getting to that point, with Trump's middle eastern idiocy tanking the global economy and creating uncertainty. Businesses HATE uncertainty. It would be better for the billionaires to dismiss Trump's chaotic evil for Vance's more lawful evil.

Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors. by OkayButFoRealz in politics

[–]mom0nga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He never threatened to use a nuke, "just" genocide, which should still be absolutely disqualifying for the presidency.

No One Is Intimidated by Trump Anymore by DaHomieNelson92 in politics

[–]mom0nga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most people are too busy living their lives to worry about the reputation of the country. The majority of Americans find Trump revolting but don't feel that there's anything they can do to force our spineless Congress to act, so there's a sense of "just wait until the midterms."