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“Trump agreed in writing years ago to change the use of the Mar-a-Lago property from a single-family residence to a private club owned by a corporation he controls... The distinction is significant. The property is taxed as a private club — not as a residence, according to Palm Beach County property appraiser records. Trump’s own attorney assured local officials in Palm Beach before they voted to approve the club in 1993 that he would not live there.
“It’s one or the other — it’s a club or it’s your home,” Reginald Stambaugh, an attorney who represents a neighbor opposed to Trump’s dock plan, said in a recent interview. “You can’t have it both ways.”
Yet he voted from the Mar-a-Lago property address. Election Fraud!
I may be wrong, of course, but I don't think that's the main reason behind the phenomenon of people not believing that COVID is real. The tribalism to which you refer is, I think, a much more significant factor - as is a collapse in electorates' trust in their governments and authority figures in general.
There's something more subtle at work here too. While it's dangerous to overgeneralise, of course, typically the people most ferociously rejecting the reality of COVID-19 are comparatively poorly educated; I believe part of what's going on stems from long-held resentments felt towards their better-educated peers, and a reaction which I'll try to sum up as follows:
objective measurements and "facts" say that you are more intelligent and academically successful than I am, but my ego does not allow me to accept that I am in any way inferior to anyone else; therefore I reject the very concept of "facts" and instead embrace a paradigm in which my assertions become my objective reality - backed up in the end by force, because these people genuinely might not be able to add two plus two, but they can certainly envision stamping on someone's face until they break and agree that the answer is five, because that's the kind of bullying they used to carry out at school.
This is what Trump seized on so successfully: not only do those in the section of society he talks to not require facts, they actively reject them. All he needs to do is echo their assertions and promise them that their side has the biggest, nastiest sticks and that if the other lot don't shut up with their (fake) facts it'll soon be time to start swinging them.
• The Pentagon is apparently attempting to dissolve "Stars and Stripes," a popular military newspaper that has been published using taxpayer dollars since the Civil War. The House is working to counteract the memo and associated budgetary change that would shutter the paper, but the Senate has not yet taken action. September, 2020. [USA Today]
• The president reportedly called John McCain and George H. W. Bush "losers" when addressing his staff due to McCain being a POW and Bush getting shot down during WWII. Additionally, sources claim he was absent from a ceremony in a French military cemetery in 2018 because "he did not believe it important to honor American war dead," and separately referred to 1800 Marine war casualties as "suckers" for getting killed. Reported September, 2020. [The Atlantic]
• After staffing the VA with campaign doners, VA officials removed the 48-hour review of changes to veterans' claims which veterans' groups and 42 Attorneys General argue is critical to ensuring accuracy of the claims process. July, 2020. [Stripes]
• Trump promised to veto Defense Spending Bill, suspending military pay, if Congress introduces amendment to change names of military bases. The amendment passed both houses of Congress intact. July, 2020. [Reuters]
• Intelligence was incorporated into the PDB around March 2020 that Russia paid bounties to kill American troops. Since then, Trump has petitioned world leaders to bring Russia back into the G8, and has dismissed the intelligence reports as non-credible. June, 2020. [Reuters]
• The White House attempted to end National Guard deployments one day before they could claim benefits. May, 2020. [Politico] The deployments were extended after the story broke, but it's unclear if it was because of the story, since some of those deployments were later extended again. [The Hill]
• The Trump adminstration seized 5 million masks intended for VA hospitals. April, 2020. [Huffpost] Jared Kushner allegedly created a middleman between government agencies and the National Stockpile by distributing equipment to private companies for a fee, and contacting those companies to sell the equipment to various agencies, states, and localities. [Politico]
• Brett Crozier, the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, was relieved of command by the acting Secretary of the Navy after warning superiors that a COVID19 outbreak would likely sideline the aircraft carrier. The virus subsequently spread amongst the crew. March, 2020. [USNI Timeline] Historically, COs have been relieved of command by the Commodore of their squadron, the Chief of Naval Personnel, or the Chief of Naval Operations. This relief was conducted by the Secretary, who is appointed by the President, meaning it is highly likely that the President had a hand in making the decision. [Business Insider]
• The Trump adminstration suddenly removed 9,500 servicemembers from Germany, purportedly without consulting the German Foreign Ministry or NATO. March, 2020 [Reuters]
• After Iran's retaliatory strike, 109 US troops suffered brain injuries. Trump dismissed these as "headaches." February, 2020. [Reuters]
• Trump has pardoned multiple war criminals, despite recommendations from military officials. He also intervened often on the Eddie Gallagher case, getting him removed from solitary confinement, stopping an internal community review that would have stripped Gallagher of his warfare device, demanding on Twitter that he not lose rank, and firing then SecNav Richard Spencer when Spencer pushed back. November, 2019. [AP Gallagher Timeline] [Spencer WashPo OpEd] [Politico]
• Trump removed Lt. Col. Vindman and his brother from their positions in the White House when Vindman agreed to testify as part of the Ukraine debacle. Trump also criticized Vindman for asserting his rank and wearing his uniform while giving testimony. Vindman's promotion to O-6 was reportedly contested by the President, and Vindman opted to retire shortly thereafter. November, 2019, June, 2020. [Reuters] [Military Times]
• Trump abruptly withdrew support from America's allies in Syria after a phone call with Turkey's president. October, 2019. [Reuters]
• The Trump administration sent American troops to defend the oil assets of the country that perpetrated 9/11. September, 2019. [Reuters]
• Trump tweeted a photo of an Iranian launch site from a potentially classified source. August, 2019. [NPR]
• Trump illegally diverted approved funding for schools on military bases, military housing, and daycare facilities to help pay for the border wall. August, 2019. [NPR $3.6B, 2019] [NPR, $3.8B, 2020]
• Trump appointed three of his Mar-a-Lago pals to run the VA. They were later accused of "meddling" by other VA staff. August, 2019. [Huffpost]
• Veterans graves may be displaced due to border wall construction. August, 2019. [Video from local NBC affiliate]
• Trump ordered the Navy rescind medals given to Eddie Gallagher's prosecution team. July, 2019. [Reuters]
• Trump sent troops to the border to assist with logistics, provide security, and paint the fence for a better "aesthetic appearance." June, 2019. [Military Times]
• Trump made his 2nd wife, Marla Maples, sign a prenup that would have cut off all child support if Tiffany joined the military, got a full time job, or joined the Peace Corps. Reported June, 2019. [Vanity Fair]
• Trump turned away US servicemembers from his Memorial Day speech because they were from the destroyer USS John S. McCain. May, 2019. [Business Insider]
• White House staffers reportedly discussed moving or covering the USS John McCain during the president's visit to Japan. A later report explains that the ship's name was covered by a tarp for topside preservation, but the tarp was removed while the president was still in Japan. May, 2019. [Navy Times]
• The Trump adminstration purged 200,000 healthcare applications submitted to the VA. Reported May, 2019. [Military.com Blog]
Trump's America is that shitty bombed out house on the block. His base doesn't care about clean floors, or efficient windows, or well tended landscaping. They want a place where they feel at home, and important. That's literally all. If you go in there and try to talk to them about it, you're going to get weird looks, and judgement. When you say "Dude, the carpet is a mess" you'll get called a pussy for caring. Only pussies care about the carpet. Watch me throw his half-full beer can against the wall to try to get it to stick in the hole it makes. Yeah, there's a pandemic. Yeah, there's racism. Yeah, there's unemployment, and fires, and pollution, and riots, and everyone hates everyone. Who cares, pussy, grab me a beer.
They are fine with Trump's Mess, because it's THEIR MESS. Trump isn't running on fixing it. He's running on preventing actual responsible adults from fixing it.
Here is an extremely important, actionable list of ways we can protect the integrity of our election:
Apply ASAP to vote by mail AND send it in anytime UNTIL OCTOBER 22nd. After that, DROP IT OFF YOURSELF at a secure drop off box! I personally will ONLY use the drop off box.
If you vote in person, bring your ID and your completed sample ballot to speed up the process
If you vote in person, request to vote with a ball point pen, ie, a #HandMarkedPaperBallot
If you must use a touchscreen, compare the human readable text on the paper printout (if any) to your completed sample ballot to ensure the machine didn’t drop or flip your votes as reflected in the text.
(And 6) VOTE in down ballot races since state lawmakers will vote in 2021 on the new maps that will impact control of the US House of Representatives.
Confirm your voter registration several times between now and the election. Save a screenshot of the registration confirmation as proof.
If you have questions or encounter problems voting, contact the voters protection hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE. SAVE THIS NUMBER IN YOUR PHONES TODAY!
Report problems to poll workers, the local media, and social media. The author also encourages you to tag her ( @jennycohn1 ) on twitter. BTW, I highly encourage following her on Twitter to stay up to date on voting and elections protection!
Volunteer as a poll worker. WE NEED POLL WORKERS. Republicans would love to shut down polling stations due to lack of workers.
(And 12) Volunteer as a poll observer. Learn how at protectourvotes.com. You can register as a worker or watcher through your state or local political party.
Donate PPE for poll workers!
Contact county election officials & demand backup #PaperPollBooks for in person voting on Election Day because electronic pollbooks often connect to WiFi or blue tooth & are prone to failure & hacking.
Demand that county election officials give all in person voters the option to vote with #HandMarkedPaperBallot
Demand backup paper everything.
Vocally oppose “voters can vote at any county center.
RAISE EVERLIVING HELL about cellular modems installed in voting machines in Florida, Wisconsin, and Michigan!!!!
RAISE HELL about ballot images being destroyed in Florida and Michigan! Consider supporting the lawsuit against this at auditelectionsusa.com.
Volunteer to photograph precinct totals. This is hugely important, as precinct totals have been seen to change between precinct totals and county totals, which would trigger an election challenge. Learn how to volunteer at protectourvotes.com
Screenshot results as they come in on Election Night. do this at the Secretary of State or County websites. Your evidence could help save an election
Demand transparency about unexpected election losses. Encourage candidates to fight for transparency and not roll over!
Again, I highly recommend following @jennycohn1 on Twitter. She’s an election integrity attorney who is fighting for our elections daily, and shining light on all the crap going on!
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Trump's record on the military, veterans, and military families:
• Pardoned multiple war criminals, which stomped on long standing military values, discipline, and command. Trump has no military experience (May&Nov, 2019)
• Trump mocked Lt. Col. Vindman for his rank and uniform. He threatened said purple heart officer, resulting in the Army providing him protection
• Trump’s Chief of Staff worked—in secret—to deny comprehensive health coverage to Vietnam Vets who have suffered from Agent Orange.
• There is a facility in Tijuana for US veterans that Trump deported. Wounded war vet, Sen Duckworth (D) marked Veterans Day 2019 by visiting this facility
• Russia took control of the main U.S. military facility in Syria abandoned on Trump’s orders. Russia now owns the airstrip we built
• On Oct 7, 2019, Trump abruptly withdrew support from America's allies in Syria after a phone call with Turkey's president (Erdogan). Turkey subsequently bombed US Special Forces.
• Trump sent thousands of American troops to defend the oil assets of the country that perpetrated 9/11
• In Sept 2019, he made an Air Force cargo crew, flying from the U.S. to Kuwait stop in Scotland (where there's no U.S. base) to refuel at a commercial airport (where it costs more), so they could stay overnight at a Trump property (which isn't close to the airport). Trump’s golf courses are losing money, so he's forcing the military to pay for 5-star nights there.
• In Sept, 2019, Pentagon pulled funds for military schools, daycare to pay for Trump's border wall.
• In Aug, 2019, emails revealed that three of Trump's Mar-a-Lago pals, who are now running Veterans Affairs, are rampant with meddling. "They had no experience in veterans affairs (none of them even served in the military) nor underwent any kind of approval process to serve as de facto managers. Yet, with Trump’s approval, they directed actions and criticized operations without any oversight. They wasted valuable staff time in hundreds of pages of communications and meetings, emails show. Emails reveal disdainful attitudes within the department to the trio’s meddling."
• Veterans graves will be "dug up" for the border wall, after Trump instructed aides to seize private property. Trump told officials he would pardon them if they break the law by illegally seizing property
• Children of deployed US troops will no longer get automatic American citizenship if born overseas during deployment. This includes US troops posted abroad for years at a time (August 28, 2019)
• On August 2, 2019, Trump requisitioned military retirement funds towards border wall
• On July 31, 2019, Trump ordered the Navy rescind medals to prosecutors who were prosecuted war criminals
• Trump denied a U.S. Marine of 6 years entry into the United States for his scheduled citizenship interview (Reported July 17, 2019)
• Trump made the U.S. Navy Blue Angels violate ethics rules by having them fly at his July 4th political campaign event (July 4, 2019)
• Trump demanded US military chiefs stand next to him at 4th of July parade (reported July 2, 2019)
• In June, 2019, Trump sent troops to the border to paint the fence for a better "aesthetic appearance"
• Trump used his D-Day interview at a cemetery commemorating fallen US soldiers to attack a Vietnam veteran (June 6, 2019)
• Trump started his D-Day commemoration speech by attacking a private citizen (Bette Midler, of all people) (reported on June 4th, 2019)
• Trump made his 2nd wife, Marla Maples, sign a prenup that would have cut off all child support if Tiffany joined the military (reported June 4th, 2019)
• On May 27, 2019, Trump turned away US military from his Memorial Day speech because they were from the destroyer USS John S. McCain
• Trump ordered the USS John McCain out of sight during his visit to Japan (May 15, 2019). The ship's name was subsequently covered. (May 27, 2019)
• Trump purged 200,000 veterans healthcare applications (due to known administrative errors within VA’s enrollment system) (reported on May 13, 2019)
• Trump deported a spouse of fallen Army soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving their daughter parentless (April 16, 2019)
• On March 20, 2019, Trump complained that a deceased war hero didn't thank him for his funeral
• On Feb 25, 2019, Trump diverted military housing funds to pay for his border wall. A judge subsequently denied this. In July 2019, SCOTUS ruled that Trump could in fact divert military housing funds to pay for his wall.
• Between 12/22/2018, and 1/25/2019, Trump refused to sign his party's funding bill, which shut down the government, forcing the Coast Guard to go without pay, which made service members rely on food pantries. However, his appointees got a $10,000 pay raise
• He banned service members from serving based on gender identity (1/22/2019)
• He denied female troops access to birth control to limit sexual activity (on-going. Published Jan 18, 2019)
• He tried to deport a marine vet who is a U.S.-born citizen (Jan 16, 2019)
• When a man was caught swindling veterans pensions for high-interest “cash advances," Trump's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined him $1. As a reminder, the Trump administration's goal was to dismantle the CFPB, installing Mick Mulvaney as the director, who publicly stated the bureau should be disbanded. (Jan 26, 2019)
• He called a retired general a 'dog' with a 'big, dumb mouth' (Jan 1, 2019)
• He increased privatization of the VA, leading to longer waits and higher taxpayer cost (2018)
• He finally visited troops 2 years after taking office, but only after 154 vacation days at his properties (Dec 26, 2018)
• He revealed a covert Seal Team 5 deployment, including names and faces, on Twitter during his visit to Iraq (Dec 26, 2018)
• Trump lied to deployed troops that he gave them a 10% raise (12/26/2018). He tried giving the military a raise that was lower than the standard living adjustment. Congress told him that idea wasn't going to work. Then after giving them the raise that Congress made him, he lied about it pretending that it was larger than Obama's. It wasn't.
• He fired service members living with HIV just before the 2018 holidays (Dec 19, 2018-present)
• He tried to slash disability and unemployment benefits for Veterans to $0, and eliminate the unemployability extrascheduler rating (Dec 17, 2018)
• He called troops on Thanksgiving and told them he's most thankful for himself (Thanksgiving, 2018)
• He urged Florida to not count deployed military votes (Nov 12, 2018)
• He canceled an Arlington Cemetery visit on Veterans Day due to light rain (Nov 12, 2018)
• While in Europe commemorating the end of WWI, he didn't attend the ceremony at a US cemetery due to the rain -- other world leaders went anyway (Nov 10, 2018)
• He used troops as a political prop by sending them on a phantom mission to the border and made them miss Thanksgiving with their families (Oct-Dec, 2018)
• He stopped using troops as a political prop immediately after the election. However, the troops remained in muddy camps on the border (Nov 7, 2018)
• Trump changed the GI Bill through his Forever GI Act, causing the VA to miss veteran benefits, including housing allowances. This caused many veterans to run out of food and rent. (reported October 7, 2018)
• Trump doubled the rejection rate for veterans requesting family deportation protections (July 5, 2018)
• Trump deported active-duty spouses (11,800 military families face this problem as of April 2018)
• He forgot a fallen soldier's name (below) during a call to his pregnant widow, then attacked her the next day (Oct 23-24, 2017)
• He sent commandos into an ambush due to a lack of intel, and sends contractors to pick them up, resulting in a commando being left behind, tortured, and executed. (Trump approved the mission because Bannon told him Obama didn't have the guts to do it) (Oct 4, 2017)
• He blocked a veteran group on Twitter (June 2017)
• He ordered the discharge of active-duty immigrant troops with good records (2017-present)
• He deported veterans (2017-present)
• He said he knows more about ISIS than American generals (Oct 2016)
• On October 3, 2016, Trump said vets get PTSD because they aren't strong (note: yes, he said it's 'because they aren't strong.' He didn't say it's 'because they're weak.' This distinction is important because of Snopes)
• Trump accepted a Purple Heart from a fan at one of his rallies and said: “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.” (Aug 2, 2016)
• Trump attacks Gold Star families - Myeshia Johnson--gold star widow, Khan family--gold star parents, etc. (2016-present)
• Trump sent funds raised from a January 2016 veterans benefit to the Donald J Trump Foundation instead of veterans charities (the foundation has since been ordered shut because of fraud) (Jan, 2016)
• Trump said he has "more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military" because he went to a military-style academy (2015 biography)
• Trump said he doesn't consider POWs heroes because they were caught. He said he prefers people who were not caught (July 18, 2015)
• Trump said having unprotected sex was his own personal Vietnam (1998)
• For a decade, Trump sought to kick veterans off of Fifth Avenue because he found them unsightly nuisances outside of Trump Tower. “While disabled veterans should be given every opportunity to earn a living, is it fair to do so to the detriment of the city as a whole or its tax paying citizens and businesses?” - 1991
• Trump dodged the draft 5 times by having a doctor diagnose him with bone spurs.
• No Trump in America has ever served in the military; this spans 5 generations, and every branch of the family tree. In fact, the reason his grandfather immigrated to America was to avoid military service
**Will Provide Primary Sources**
Liberals love America just as much as conservatives do. But in a different way. You see, they love America like a 4-year-old loves his mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. To a 4-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad. Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.
"Party of Lincoln!", yet they're the party pushing racist, fascist, clearly anti-American bullshit from the deep South.
"Party of state's rights!", unless you're a blue state doing something they don't like!
"Pro-Life!", but really only pro-birth and pro-misogyny.
"Party of fiscal responsibility!", which has, in the past 20 years alone, decimated the American economy -- twice -- while exploding the debt and deficit with profligate tax breaks and wars of profit that both benefit their ultra wealthy donors and absolutely no one else.
"Party of personal responsibility!", except when they do something wrong, then it's "different".
"Party of Law and Order!", unless they're the ones breaking the law.
"Party of family values!", which elected a thrice-married, womanizing, lying, conman AFTER they heard him brag and joke about sexually assaulting women.
"Party of religious freedom!", unless you're one of those icky other religions, or want to be free of religion altogether.
Honestly, is there fucking ANYTHING that the GOP supposedly "stands for" that isn't total fucking bullshit? The answer is "no" because the GOP is a fascist party that communicates only in doublespeak. Fuck the GOP.
They replaced the US postal department head with a trump donor the second people started talking about mail in voting becoming the norm.
They already fired not one two or three but five oversight department heads that used to make sure he doesn’t fuck with things further and replaced them with his loyalists.
Source 03. T Moves to Replace Watchdog Who Identified Critical Medical Shortages
Source 04. T Is Attacking the Final Safeguard Against Executive Abuses
They are doing loyalty tests on military leadership in the pentagon.
Source 05. T Taps Point Man to Remove Pentagon Officials Seen as Disloyal
They are replacing judges with fresh out of college republican leaning judges.
And now The fucking president tweeted "when the looting starts, the shooting starts."
I mean are we looking at the same america? People think the person who freed a Traitor to the United States who ADMITTED guilt twice, but because he is a trump loyalist, his case was thrown out by Trumps personal Consigliere. Do people think that that AG is gonna be lawfully neutral? That republicans are going to suddenly become moral and act in good faith?
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We are being manipulated by big companies on the concept of social pressure. Because we see real people we think this is a "movement." This is being covered as the headline of every TV broadcast but it might as well have a "paid for by the GOP" banner in back. This isn't a movement, this is the GOP using their wealth to control the narrative via a guerilla social media movement and the social media companies don't require disclosure allowing us to see the fakery, nor does traditional media do the necessary editorial work to expose the fakery and deplatform the nonsense. This is how they steal the 2020 election without changing a ballot by manipulating the media and social media to turn reality on its head.
