The Trump Presidency, Season 2

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Donald Trump is a modern day fascist: while not having paramilitaric troops at his disposal, he's got quite much in common with Hitler and Mussolini.

He's celebrating a fictitious history, a myth where the own nation was great contrary to modern days being in demise. He's bragging about his masculinity, and promising the working poor they could be winners, too, but just joining him.

Quite similar to European fascism, who blamed the Jews for the own demise, Trump is blaming the system for being manipulated and corrupt. Only a strong leader can rectify this, so well: TRUMP.

Trump is racist and xenophobic. The innovation about him is that he has been utilizing tools, which were developed during WWII to fight a rise of national fascism in the states, in his favor.

Not my words, but from Professor Fred Turner, Stanford University, in 2016.

Left: Mussolini, right: Trump.

https://fredturner.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/sbiybj27111/files/media/file/turner-trump-for-die-zeit-zeit_2016_40_00007.pdf

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern

A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of heightened sensitivity about how the

www.statnews.com

Not entirely his fault... but I think we can stick a fork in "The Information Age" and call it done now. Between AI, alternate facts, 'my ignorant opinion is just as valid!', and greed pushing a narrative that's further and further removed from reality... we're at a point now where it's getting impossible to find any signal in all the noise.

 

[Noodles]

Donald Trump is a modern day fascist: while not having paramilitaric troops at his disposal, he's got quite much in common with Hitler and Mussolini.

He's celebrating a fictitious history, a myth where the own nation was great contrary to modern days being in demise. He's bragging about his masculinity, and promising the working poor they could be winners, too, but just joining him.

America was "Fucking Awesome".

Being "Great" again, is a downgrade.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The Guardian (@theguardian.com)

‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’: here is the sermon that enraged Donald Trump | Mariann Edgar Budde https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/24/bishop-mariann-edgar-budde-sermon-that-enraged-donald-trump?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

bsky.app

 

[Free]

‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’

The same can be said for bitter vengeance.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

I'm half laughing and half pissed/confused at why Donald would waste all of his time and immense power worrying about one little Bishop who asked him to be nice.

This, folks, is the consequence of toxic narcissism - everything's an insult if you're stupid.

 

[Free]

everything's an insult if you're stupid

This is one of those truisms which is profound at the level of "well, of course!"

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The same can be said for bitter vengeance.

 

[Casey Pelous]

Donald Trump is a modern day fascist: while not having paramilitaric troops at his disposal...

Sorry to correct the professor, but the Proud Boys and similar (mostly Idaho based) scum are literally paramilitary troops.

Hitler had his Brown Shirts. We'll probably have our Red Hats ridding the country of "meddlesome priests" of all sorts.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Sorry to correct the professor, but the Proud Boys and similar (mostly Idaho based) scum are literally paramilitary troops.

Hitler had his Brown Shirts. We'll probably have our Red Hats ridding the country of "meddlesome priests" of all sorts.

Well the Professor made this article back in 2016 (!), when Trump had no known or visible connection to the Proud Boys.

 

[Free]

Judge in Seattle blocks Trump order on birthright citizenship nationwide

Judge John Coughenour was blistering in his criticism of President Donald Trump's order to end birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional."

www.seattletimes.com

Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday was blistering in his criticism of Trump’s action as he granted a temporary restraining order that blocks Trump’s executive order from taking effect nationwide.

“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” Coughenour, an appointee of Ronald Reagan, said from the bench. “There are other times in world history where we look back and people of goodwill can say where were the judges, where were the lawyers?”

Coughenour, speaking to a standing-room-only courtroom in downtown Seattle, interrupted before Brett Shumate, a Justice Department attorney, could even complete his first sentence.

“In your opinion is this executive order constitutional?” he asked.

Said Shumate, “It absolutely is.”

“Frankly, I have difficulty understanding how a member of the bar could state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order,” Coughenour said. “It just boggles my mind.”

 

[Free]

Meanwhile, TRUMP IS NOT THE EGGMAN (goo-goo g'joob)

Sam (@samd.bsky.social)

wait why did Donald Trump make egg prices so expensive

bsky.app

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Trump also issued an executive order of declassification of all files related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King jr.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/politics/trump-declassify-jfk-mlk-assassinations.html

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Ahh, sin of empathy and how to properly hate. I see.

 

[Free]

Ahh, sin of empathy and how to properly hate. I see.

I think that's the new 12th Commandment: Thou shalt not empathize. (The 11th is Thou Shalt Not Embarrass Trump.)

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

 

[Free]

More bullshit from the Lazy A-hole in Chief's staff, along with continuing Project 2025 reach arounds.

Trump accused of using AI to compose ‘slip shod’ executive orders

That would explain some of the clunky language, say observers

www.independent.co.uk

Legal experts are blaming Donald Trump’s suspected use of artificial intelligence for the often “slipshod” language of his multitude of executive orders.

Another 16 orders signed the first day of Trump’s term were “ripped straight from the pages” of the right-wing Heritage Foundation Project 2025 plan for the Trump administration, economist Robert Reich claimed in a post on X (Twitter). Trump said throughout his campaign that he knew nothing about Project 2025.

Many of Trump’s orders are difficult to read and understand, marked by errors and stilted language, observers have noted, which could be a problem for Trump if challenged in court, as many of them are likely to be.

 

[WolfEyes]

Ahh, sin of empathy and how to properly hate. I see.

Empathy is not a sin. While it may not use the word empathy, it is in the bible and is not considered a sin but a virtue.

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

His 'new covenant' had -one- rule. How can they call themselves Christians / followers of Christ when they're -running- the opposite direction?

 

[Imnotgoing Sideways]

Well, how about mercy, compassion, unity, equality, dignity, humility, strength, courage, honor... In fact, the bishop NEVER used the word empathy in her homily. I found a longer cut of it and the word is never mentioned:

It's like she used a ton of words they didn't like but they had to pick one she didn't even say to hold against her.

Frighteningly enough, I was able to find articles as far back at 2019 being anti-empathy. And, my partner claims women can't be bishops.