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========== The GOP identity crisis is nothing new - https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/opinions/gop-house-majority-midterm-election-2022-dent/index.html and it defeated Cantor, Boehner, and Ryan. GOP "is now more populist, working class and performative, thanks to Trump’s shattering of its internationalist, corporate legacy". At least in public. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/politics/republican-party-2024-identity-crisis-analysis/index.html But the money talks in private - "some big GOP donors are already voting with their wallets" - toward traditional megadonor goals. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop And if Murdoch has moved on, https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/new-york-post-trump-2024-announcement/index.html how much of the Trump base will he bring with him? At least Trump will still have Newsmax and OAN and RT and Truth Social. More about political scrapbook - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1trump ===== comments 26 impact 8506 impactrate 4 likeimpress 34 negative 0 posted 2022-11-17 ratio 2 react 886 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 824 title The GOP identity crisis is nothing new - topic trump wordrate 0 words 96 audclicks 824 audreach 649 bimpress 3748 blikeimpress 1 blikeusers 1 breach 2258 commentsimpress 26 commentsusers 16 engaged 700 ID 1805942789750232 impress 3794 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 34 likeuimpress 5 likeusers 33 likeuusers 5 matchedlinkclicks 252 matchedotherclicks 572 oimpress 46 oreach 40 posted "11/17/2022 07:59:13 AM" postlinkclicks 223 postotherclicks 500 reach 2288 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1805942789750232 ========== Trying to beat the rap again! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-2024-updates-cd5339d48064a149527e8f9a1aa7614e Trump hopes that by announcing now he won't be indicted. But it's been two years since he has been president and at least two years before he can be president again - plenty of time for indictment, trial, conviction, and sentencing. And of course, he wants to beat his rivals to the media attention and the donors. Boosting Trump is more important to Trump than boosting the GOP by shutting up until after the runoffs - because he IS the GOP! With winners like Andy Biggs and Rick Scott on his team, how can he lose? According to Fox, Democrats say "bring him on!" https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-cheer-trump-run-cheered-trump-backed-candidates-lost == More about political scrapbook - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1trump ===== comments 27 impact 5054 impactrate 2 likeimpress 36 negative 0 posted 2022-11-15 ratio 3 react 432 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 367 title Trying to beat the rap again! topic trump wordrate 0 words 117 audclicks 367 audreach 262 bimpress 2593 blikeimpress 3 blikeusers 1 breach 1418 commentsimpress 27 commentsusers 19 engaged 335 ID 1804701569874354 impress 2625 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 36 likeuimpress 8 likeusers 35 likeuusers 4 matchedlinkclicks 106 matchedotherclicks 261 oimpress 32 oreach 27 posted "11/15/2022 11:52:00 PM" postlinkclicks 92 postotherclicks 201 reach 1446 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1804701569874354 ========== "a true leader knows when they have become a liability to the mission" For Trump, the mission IS Trump! "Republicans are asking why he insisted on holding a rally in Pennsylvania and teasing his own 2024 campaign announcement, putting the focus on him in the race’s final days" Why? Because it's all about Trump, all the time! That's what a cult of personality is. All those who vocally or silently enabled a cult share blame for the consequences in the election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/11/trump-criticism-midterms-republicans/ == 'Of a truly great leader, the people say "we did it ourselves"'. That was Lao Tzu, not Trump! or any other cult personality. == More about political scrapbook - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1trump ===== comments 20 impact 7862 impactrate 4 likeimpress 26 negative 0 posted 2022-11-13 ratio 1 react 702 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 654 title "a true leader knows when they have become a liability topic trump wordrate 0 words 112 audclicks 654 audreach 498 bimpress 2306 blikeimpress 2 blikeusers 2 breach 1273 commentsimpress 20 commentsusers 14 engaged 516 ID 1802834346727743 impress 2355 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 26 likeuimpress 9 likeusers 26 likeuusers 9 matchedlinkclicks 209 matchedotherclicks 445 oimpress 49 oreach 44 posted "11/13/2022 01:41:33 PM" postlinkclicks 180 postotherclicks 380 reach 1318 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1802834346727743 ========== Reactionary Supreme Court does its duty to protect minority rule. https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-donald-trump-business-john-roberts-congress-1b2241b1ddae3c9bbc7af28f372fe8a0 Trump's tax dirt, if it ever comes out at all, will be after the 2022 election, if not 2024. That gives a GOP Congress time to try to repeal the law that allows Congress to examine tax returns. Another win for Trump's run-down-the-clock delay tactics to avoid justice. #PS1trump ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-11-02 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Reactionary Supreme Court does its duty to protect topic trump wordrate 0 words 59 ID 1794093907601787 impress 18 likeuimpress 6 likeuusers 6 oimpress 18 oreach 15 posted "11/02/2022 07:20:19 AM" reach 15 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1794093907601787 ========== Lots of Trump pals sought pardons. https://reuters.com/world/us/trump-pressure-us-justice-department-be-focus-jan-6-hearing-2022-06-23/ https://news.yahoo.com/trump-ally-dozens-associates-sought-211221826.html They must have done a lot of criminal acts! But they learned that loyalty is a one-way street with Trump. #PS1trump ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-29 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Lots of Trump pals sought pardons. topic trump wordrate 0 words 27 ID 1790919944585850 impress 19 likeuimpress 7 likeuusers 7 oimpress 19 oreach 19 posted "10/29/2022 05:27:03 AM" reach 19 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1790919944585850 ========== Pence is helping Trumpists who were election deniers in the primary, pretend to be more centrist and rational in the general. Who knows what any of them REALLY believe, beyond believing that they should be elected? What's more Trumpist than that? https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-campaigns-presidential-election-2020-497f7d79a175c4a7ade6fc0b8a1d2adf There was no such thing as a "Trump-Pence agenda". There was just Trump's agenda - promoting Trump - which Pence faithfully upheld as long as he could. == Meanwhile, Ryan predicts Trump won't be GOP nominee in 2024. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/paul-ryan-predicts-trump-not-2024-republican-nominee He is correct that GOP leaders believe in herd mentality - once a critical few reject Trump in 2024, the dam will break and the trickle will be converted overnight into a torrent. But as far as Trump and his base are concerned, the Republican Party IS Trump's Trumpist Dixiecrat America-First fake-populist kleptocratic personality cult. And if the Republican Party betrays him by not nominating him, he'll find or found a party that will nominate him, to better take revenge. == Mozart conveniently wrote an aria for Trump, La Vendetta - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va6EVm5dZfc Tutta Mar-Lago conosce The Donald, il birbo Paul Ryan vinto sarà! ... il birbo Michael Pence vinto sarà! ... il birbo DeSantis vinto sarà! And speaking of trickles turning into torrents, Rossini wrote a suitable Trump aria too - La Calunnia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efVWXvxkKB0 With all his problems with unauthorized use of copyrighted music at his rallies, Trump should consider mining some of these gems from the public domain. More about political scrapbook - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1trump https://news.yahoo.com/paul-ryan-trump-unelectability-palpable-175626015.html ===== comments 38 impact 37413 impactrate 14 likeimpress 44 negative 0 posted 2022-10-16 ratio 2 react 1546 reactrate 1 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1459 title Pence is helping Trumpists who were election deniers in topic trump wordrate 0 words 242 audclicks 1459 audreach 1301 bimpress 5018 blikeimpress 5 blikeusers 3 breach 3672 commentsimpress 38 commentsusers 24 engaged 1345 ID 1780416955636149 impress 5293 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 44 likeuimpress 17 likeusers 42 likeuusers 14 matchedlinkclicks 264 matchedotherclicks 1195 oimpress 275 oreach 255 posted "10/16/2022 10:56:38 AM" postlinkclicks 250 postotherclicks 1140 reach 3948 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 5 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1780416955636149 ========== “Where’s my Roy Cohn?” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn "Cohn was disbarred weeks before he died of AIDS, abandoned by Trump, who knew the score on being heartless" https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/10/03/confidence-man-maggie-haberman-review-trump/ "none of it would have been possible but for a social, cultural, political, media and moral breakdown that overtook New York beginning in the 1970s, a fiasco of trusted institutions that, having allowed the Trumpian virus to grow, failed at every step to contain its spread, then profited from, aided and even cheered its devastation." #PS1trump ===== impact 16 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-10-08 ratio 8 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title “Where’s my Roy Cohn?” topic trump wordrate 0 words 79 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 2 ID 1774006019610576 impress 18 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 8 likeuusers 8 matchedlinkclicks 2 oimpress 18 oreach 16 posted "10/08/2022 11:43:18 PM" postlinkclicks 2 reach 16 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1774006019610576 ========== Six newspapers wanted change. They got change. At least one didn't like the change. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/28/trump-supporter-disappointment/ But Trump never changed. He was a self-serving opportunist in 2004 and 2014, and intends to do the same in 2024. Trump didn't blow an opportunity for public service - that was never his goal. He exploited an opportunity for self service, which is what he wanted, about as successfully as his competence would allow - just as in his previous business and entertainment careers. What did change during the Trump administration is that he normalized politics as 24x7 reality-TV self-serving cult of personality, completely rejecting the Enlightenment ideals of America's founders, with no concern about observing precedents from the past or setting precedents for the future. Trump's ignorance and incompetence meant that he didn't do as much harm as he might have - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/28/trump-book-white-house-bomb-mexico/ but his normalization means that the next abler, bolder Trumpist will accomplish much worse. Trump never understood that he was just another link in the chain joining his predecessors and successors - and so perhaps the weakest link of all in a chain that might yet break. Trump didn't blow his chance. He got elected and mostly did what he wanted, and he did it his way. Trump's supporters that wanted change blew their chance to address their legitimate grievances - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/trump.html#First%20Trump%20Constituency by letting Trump conflate them with all the worst impulses of America's lunatic fringes - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/trump.html#Second%20Trump%20Constituency who DID get what they wanted. And thus they all neatly served the needs of the megadonor ruling class minority rule - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html by trading the chance to objectively improve their lives for a chance to joust at windmills. They voted for a reality-TV image of politics and got a reality-TV image of results - but no change of reality. They could have chosen somebody like Mike Pence, reactionary enough to suit the megadonor class and sign off on McConnell's program of billionaire tax relief, deregulation, and stacking the judiciary - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop without all the gratuitous drama, incompetence, corruption, violence, and security breaches. Instead they got "Hang Mike Pence!" "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, but in the land of the insane, the half-wit is hanged." - Walt Kelly, Pogo, 1960's. Prescient! Trump's sycophants flattered him by saying he belongs on Mt Rushmore. But he really belongs on Stone Mountain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Mountain beside the others who betrayed America's ideals. == More about political scrapbook https://www.political-scrapbook.net/about.html #PS1trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/28/trump-supporter-disappointment/ ===== comments 597 hide 1 impact 305081 impactrate 87 likeimpress 203 negative 1 posted 2022-09-28 ratio 1 react 7608 reactrate 2 shares 40 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6767 title Six newspapers wanted change. They got change. topic trump wordrate 0 words 401 audclicks 6767 audreach 5542 bimpress 22436 blikeimpress 16 blikeusers 9 breach 14406 commentsimpress 597 commentsusers 221 engaged 5720 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 ID 1765161303828381 impress 23334 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 203 likeuimpress 31 likeusers 197 likeuusers 19 matchedlinkclicks 1373 matchedotherclicks 5394 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 898 oreach 823 posted "09/28/2022 10:24:18 PM" postlinkclicks 1212 postotherclicks 4704 reach 15141 sharesimpress 40 sharesusers 37 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1765161303828381 ========== Too bad Trump never learned leadership from Rickover - https://govleaders.org/rickover.htm One of a leader's most important tasks is dealing with subordinates who are not succeeding at their job. The leader must either find a way to help them master it, or move them to a job they can master. It's not easy, and Trump apparently didn't bother having those difficult conversations in reality - only in Reality-TV. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/28/politics/donald-trump-firing-twitter/index.html For all the bluster, he's a big chicken (or turkey). That's why it was so easy for foreign dictators to manipulate him. #PS1trump ===== impact 9 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-09-28 ratio 12 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Too bad Trump never learned leadership from Rickover - topic trump wordrate 0 words 89 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1764946783849833 impress 14 likeuimpress 6 likeuusers 6 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 14 oreach 12 posted "09/28/2022 03:58:05 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 12 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1764946783849833 ========== For the many wannabes, Trumpism is better without Trump. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#revisionist But Trump will run again, even if he's broke and in jail. If the GOP won't have him, he'll form a third party for revenge. The big question is when he'll make a formal announcement - and become subject to campaign finance laws. Of course, he could just ignore them like other laws he doesn't like. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-south-carolina-nikki-haley-government-and-politics-eeeaef5b13a8a68361bd64bb8d9713f6 So what are the wannabes going to do about it? #PS1trump ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-06-17 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title For the many wannabes, Trumpism is better without Trump. topic trump wordrate 0 words 76 ID 1688838821460630 impress 13 likeuimpress 6 likeuusers 6 oimpress 13 oreach 11 posted "06/17/2022 12:39:13 PM" reach 11 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1688838821460630 ========== "To complaints of a job poorly done, one often hears the excuse, “I am not responsible.” I believe that is literally correct. The man who takes such a stand in fact is not responsible; he is irresponsible. While he may not be legally liable, or the work may not have been specifically assigned to him, no one involved in a job can divest himself of responsibility for its successful completion." https://govleaders.org/rickover.htm Thus Putin is not responsible for any shortcomings of the Russian military - https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/14/europe/ukraine-war-russia-trucks-logistics-intl-hnk-ml/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/14/europe/russia-navy-cruiser-moskva-fire-abandoned-intl-hnk-ml/index.html And if the shoe fits - https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/14/politics/mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-scapegoat/index.html #PS1trump ===== impact 9 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-04-14 ratio 6 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title "To complaints of a job poorly done, one often hears topic trump wordrate 0 words 90 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1642700836074429 impress 8 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 3 likeuusers 3 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 8 oreach 6 posted "04/14/2022 04:50:23 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 6 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1642700836074429 ========== No Ukraine invasion if Trump were president! He would have called Putin immediately, asked if Putin were invading Ukraine, and Putin would say no, and then Trump would ask if Putin needed any help, while mentioning how much Trump would appreciate any dirt Putin could "find" on Hillary or Hunter. https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-statement-ukraine-crisis-would-never-have-happened-if-president-2022-2 #PS1trump ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-03-01 ratio 6 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title No Ukraine invasion if Trump were president! He would topic trump wordrate 0 words 51 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 ID 1612002932477553 impress 8 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 3 likeuusers 3 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 8 oreach 6 posted "03/01/2022 11:21:07 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 6 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1612002932477553 ========== Feeling like Groundhog Day? As long as Trump is able, every election is going to be about the 2020 election that he won and the Jan 6 legitimate political discourse. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/politics/trump-mcconnell-mccarthy-republicans-2022-midterms/index.html Supposedly many GOP leaders are appalled, but only McConnell has the self-confidence to say so. But even he says he will vote for Trump if he is the GOP nominee. That's because McConnell only views Trump as a threat to the GOP and McConnell's majority, rather than as a threat to the Constitution. #PS1trump ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-02-09 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Feeling like Groundhog Day? As long as Trump is able, topic trump wordrate 0 words 84 ID 1597756673902179 impress 5 likeuimpress 3 likeuusers 3 oimpress 5 oreach 4 posted "02/09/2022 06:36:33 AM" reach 4 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1597756673902179 ========== Iranian university students reconstructed numerous confidential American documents that were shredded just before the fall of the embassy in Iran. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16036967 So what kind of idiot would tear up incriminating material so carelessly that it could be reconstructed? https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/31/trump-ripped-up-documents/ At least he wasn't the kind of idiot that would preserve records that incriminate him for much bigger matters than violating the Presidential Records Act. #PS1trump ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2022-01-31 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Iranian university students reconstructed numerous topic trump wordrate 0 words 63 ID 1591856724492174 impress 7 likeuimpress 5 likeuusers 4 oimpress 7 oreach 6 posted "01/31/2022 03:54:38 PM" reach 6 type Link URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1591856724492174