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Trump is using a technique called 'The Gish Gallop.'
Obama wanted to pass the ACA and the GOP managed to block it for almost two years because Obama kept talking about that one thing.
Trump is breaking rules left and right; plus screaming about crazy ideas like buying Greenland.
There is so much stuff going on that normal minds just want to shut down to get some peace and quiet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop
I believe they call it "flooding the zone (with shit)" when it's this particular orange flavour
I like using firehose of bullshit, but using their words is probably better.
Elonald Trusk: "Supplies!"
How dare you put Kuni’s lines in Elon’s mouth!
We thought things were bad before the experimental DoD teleporter accident that destroyed the bodies of Trump and Musk. Elonald Trusk and Donlon Mump rose from the ashes. Their greed multiplied. Their lust for power became insatiable, but nothing could trump their carnal, sensual desire for each other's bodies. [Ok, stopping here, I don't like where this is going.]
Me to the dingleberries once they finally realize: "STUPID! YOU SO STUPID!"
Damn, what a great movie.
Aka shock doctrine
Remember, ignorance is compliance.
Yes, and silence is complicity.
Obama increased mass surveillance and US undercover operations significantly. Bush ultimately started it but Obama has a opportunity to stand on the side of freedom but didn't take it. Like all recent presidents he was focused on extending the power of the executive branch. The real answer is checks and balances.
LOL!
Obama couldn't get Gitmo closed. How many of those programs did he originate, and how many were passed by the Congress and he didn't veto them?
He was hamstrung by the GOP and conservative Dems.
The answer is a veto proof progressive Dem majority, not more 'checks and balances.'