People need to stop saying that #Project2025 was written in #Trump's image. That is not true.
Believe it or not, Trump is a pawn for the conservative far right who wrote the mandate. Trump couldn't care less about Project2025. All he cares about is money and power.
Project2025 will exist with or without Trump. It was written for the NEXT conservative President. That is one of the first sentences in the mandate. Trump's name is mentioned less than a dozen times in all 962 pages. 1/6
Here's another thing to consider: If Trump reaches the office, he will use the Heritage Foundation & Federalist Society, including SCOTUS, until they no longer serve HIS purpose. Then he will discard those who don't meet his needs. The same is true of all the men & women in Congress who are kissing his ass now. What does he need Congress for once in power? All he needs is a way to control the military & the treasury. Once that's done, the rest will be discarded. He may keep some, but not all 2/6
Dictators rule by fear, not legislation. A dictator makes up the laws, not Congress.
Some of his biggest challenges will be assuming control of banks and infrastructure such as airports and other forms of transportation, plus supply chains. Once that's accomplished, it will be truly over for the citizenry. That's where Project2025 comes in. He will use those people to establish control. But once done, he will put his people in place, not theirs. 3/6
You should expect to see people like Jared and Ivanka, Don, Jr, Eric and even Barron. He will set up a dynasty.
Too many people are treating him as though he will just be a bad President, finish 4 years or die, then go away so we can start over again. When we should be thinking more along the lines of North Korea or China where families take control & pass power from one member to the next for generations.
We haven't heard much from Mike Flynn lately. Why do you think that is? 4/6
This was a fun one, so let's do it again. What is something you've learned that seems unlikely, even though you know it's true? Here's one I think about a lot:
Sight, while being something something many people are born with, is not an innate ability, but something we learn to do. People who were born blind or were blind for a long time, who get sight, have to learn to see.
@RickiTarr Babies are born ambidextrous and don't usually show a preference until they are about 18 months old, although, some do so sooner. Caregivers can "push" a child into choosing right vs left.
@realTuckFrumper Criticize her all you want. She's not wrong. The money that gets paid to members of Congress from religious organizations controls much more than anyone is willing to admit. Democrats have controlled the Presidency and both chambers of congress more than once in the last 2 decades, and they did nothing to protect women's rights and the rights of members of the LGBTQ community. Money is power and your representatives and senators and mine like that money.
This is about an hour away from my farm, so this'll be a fun conversation, and yet another great opportunity to tell a lot of people about what a huge problem we have with unregulated commercialization of orbit. (Also I just redid my slides for my public talk next week, this is going in!)
@Nonilex This is the 2nd post like this I've seen. The governor of Louisiana doesn't have authority to classify any drug. That is one function of DEA. There is a procedure to follow to REQUEST a change in drug classification. The headline of the article is misleading as most headlines are.
...Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a PROPOSAL into law Friday that designates two drugs used in reproductive health care as “controlled dangerous substances” in Louisiana...
Fed prosecutors asked judge overseeing #documents case against #Trump to bar TFG from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, & foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” participating in the prosecution.
The request to Judge Cannon follows false claim by Trump that FBI agents who searched his home in Aug 2022 were “authorized to shoot me” & “locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger” #legal https://apnews.com/article/d52b7468d93712dd86cbb8fe304d4b64
This case is from 1993, but shows that a Circuit Court has set precedent for removing a federal judge. It's a lot to read. Granted this was a long time ago & a different political climate & very different defendant
...Third Circuit issued a writ of mandamus pursuant to section
455(a), ordering Judge James McGirr Kelly of the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to disqualify himself...
I don't know who it was that put a Canadian flag and a satellite dish on a roadside beaver house in the middle of nowhere British Colombia... but well done. No notes. #comedy
#TrumpTrial started earlier than I did today. Grabbing coffee, starting THREAD HERE🧵1/… #Trump#legal
Here’s the list of Trump’s allies attending his trial today:
AG Alan Wilson
Rep. Eric Burlison
Rep. Andrew Clyde
Rep. Mary Miller
Rep. Keith Self
John Coale
Alan Dershowitz
Will Scharf
Steve Witkoff
Bernie Kerik
Kash Patel
Vernon Jones
Jerry Kassar
Chuck Zito
@peachfront@GottaLaff I'm not sure if a defendant facing prison nods off. I know I wouldn't. I would want to hear every word spoken and see every facial expression. But that's me. Perhaps Trump thinks he isn't going to be convicted. Maybe he knows something the rest of us don't. Who knows? Whatever the reason, it disrespectful to the jury and the judge.