Donald Trump

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Takes about 20 minutes to read but this is hands down one of the best pieces of political writing (and non-fiction) that I have ever read. O'Hagan is also a superb prose stylist.

When I clicked on the link, I wasn't confronted with a Paywall. So hopefully, it will also work for others.

Apologies if someone has already drawn attention to it. I haven't checked back.

Andrew O’Hagan · The Hard Zone: At the Republican National Convention

The violent culture Trump promoted is now beatifying him as its most famous victim. The iconography of his fist-pump...

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Excellent but terrifying at the same time. A nuclear button is bad enough but one presided over by the will of God should have us all panicking!
Lots of resonance as well with some of the people in this country who persuade the working class to vote against their own interests, and have done for years, as well…

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

The spineless cunts never pick him up on his bullshit.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

The spineless cunts never pick him up on his bullshit.

Laura "Jawohl" Ingraham isn't a journalist nor a reporter; she's an entertainer. Her audience doesn't want him challenged. Fox makes money either way -- either he wins and they get to spend the next four years platforming him, or he loses, and they spend the next four years castigating and denigrating the new President every minute of every hour of every day to their slobbering audience.

Quite the business model.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Laura "Jawohl" Ingraham isn't a journalist nor a reporter; she's an entertainer.

She’s still a ****, though.

 

[mosssideblue]

Please tell me he will lose in Nov

 

[BlueHammer85]

Please tell me he will lose in Nov

Hard to predict.
Odds still have him as favorite.

 

[Vienna_70]

He’s fucking unbelievable.

It’s a mystery why so many Americans can’t see that he’s a perpetual liar.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

He’s fucking unbelievable.

It’s a mystery why so many Americans can’t see that he’s a perpetual liar.

They know he is.

But because "all politicians lie", this cancels his pathology out.

The both-sides-ism and whataboutery his supporters traffic in excuses every single last one of his sins in their eyes.

 

[bluethrunthru]

He’s fucking unbelievable.

It’s a mystery why so many Americans can’t see that he’s a perpetual liar.

also a coward

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

also a coward

Not sure I can believe a single word out of his mouth. Has he actually got a huge lead in all the polls and swing states?