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Ongoing US GOP Debacle Thread: Seditious Republicans march toward authoritarianism
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WakeForestRanger
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They did the same thing with the My Lai war criminals a little while back.
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Hm, wondering if this has anything to do with the Lt Governor (who is also running for governor) deciding to issue a random anti mask exec order when the governor was out of town.
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The Conservative Publishing Industry Has a Joe Biden Problem
Neither authors nor publishing houses have figured out how to turn the new president into a compelling villain.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politic...shapiro-trump-conservative-publishing/619052/
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To some in the publishing industry, the apparent lack of appetite is bewildering. “In the past, it’s been like taking candy from a baby to write a book about the Democratic president,” one frustrated conservative editor told me, requesting anonymity to speak candidly about internal business practices. Now? “Nobody is trying.”
To others, though, the apathy makes sense. Eric Nelson, the executive editor at Broadside Books, the conservative imprint of HarperCollins, told me that the right-wing media’s portrayal of Biden as a weak, addled old man is not conducive to book-length takedowns. “Nobody who watches Fox thinks that Joe Biden is in charge of the country,” Nelson said. The popular narrative on the right is that Biden is a kind of figurehead whose White House is actually being run by radical leftists behind the scenes. “If somebody came to me and was like, ‘I have a book on Biden’s secret plan to destroy America,’ I would ask, ‘How many times does the word nap appear in the index?’” Nelson said.
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Putting aside whether the perception of Biden as a bumbling geriatric bears any resemblance to reality, the fact that it’s so firmly embedded in the conservative media means that it will be difficult to dislodge. To gain literary traction on the right, a villain has to generate fear and outrage, not simply ridicule. Consider the past three decades of conservative best sellers. When Bill Clinton was on the cover, the books were laden with prurient (and in many cases dubious) details about his alleged affairs and personal corruption. When it was Barack Obama, the books portrayed him—many in barely veiled racial terms—as a dangerous radical trying to transform America. And though she was never actually elected, the ominous prospect of a Hillary Clinton presidency generated years’ worth of right-wing best sellers. (In 2006, when she was still a senator considering her first presidential bid, journalist Ben Smith wrote that Clinton had already been the subject of about 30 books, with a dozen more in the works, and compared the Hillary-book boomlet to the Da Vinci Code phenomenon.)
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And there’s another problem, Goldberg told me: “Most of the good ammo against Biden—which I’ve deployed in the past—isn’t as effective after four years of Trump. He says crazy things! He doesn’t know what he’s talking about! He has a ridiculous ego and lies about his brilliance and expertise! All of this is true. But all of that has been normalized by Trump.” To a conservative movement that has been “mainlining crazy for five years,” it’s hard to get excited about measured criticism of Biden and his policies.
“The right-wing marketplace has been radicalized,” said Goldberg, who has been a vocal critic of the Trump-era GOP. “Not just by QAnon-type stuff, but by years of anti-Clinton-and-Obama fare.”
Neither authors nor publishing houses have figured out how to turn the new president into a compelling villain.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politic...shapiro-trump-conservative-publishing/619052/
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To some in the publishing industry, the apparent lack of appetite is bewildering. “In the past, it’s been like taking candy from a baby to write a book about the Democratic president,” one frustrated conservative editor told me, requesting anonymity to speak candidly about internal business practices. Now? “Nobody is trying.”
To others, though, the apathy makes sense. Eric Nelson, the executive editor at Broadside Books, the conservative imprint of HarperCollins, told me that the right-wing media’s portrayal of Biden as a weak, addled old man is not conducive to book-length takedowns. “Nobody who watches Fox thinks that Joe Biden is in charge of the country,” Nelson said. The popular narrative on the right is that Biden is a kind of figurehead whose White House is actually being run by radical leftists behind the scenes. “If somebody came to me and was like, ‘I have a book on Biden’s secret plan to destroy America,’ I would ask, ‘How many times does the word nap appear in the index?’” Nelson said.
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Putting aside whether the perception of Biden as a bumbling geriatric bears any resemblance to reality, the fact that it’s so firmly embedded in the conservative media means that it will be difficult to dislodge. To gain literary traction on the right, a villain has to generate fear and outrage, not simply ridicule. Consider the past three decades of conservative best sellers. When Bill Clinton was on the cover, the books were laden with prurient (and in many cases dubious) details about his alleged affairs and personal corruption. When it was Barack Obama, the books portrayed him—many in barely veiled racial terms—as a dangerous radical trying to transform America. And though she was never actually elected, the ominous prospect of a Hillary Clinton presidency generated years’ worth of right-wing best sellers. (In 2006, when she was still a senator considering her first presidential bid, journalist Ben Smith wrote that Clinton had already been the subject of about 30 books, with a dozen more in the works, and compared the Hillary-book boomlet to the Da Vinci Code phenomenon.)
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And there’s another problem, Goldberg told me: “Most of the good ammo against Biden—which I’ve deployed in the past—isn’t as effective after four years of Trump. He says crazy things! He doesn’t know what he’s talking about! He has a ridiculous ego and lies about his brilliance and expertise! All of this is true. But all of that has been normalized by Trump.” To a conservative movement that has been “mainlining crazy for five years,” it’s hard to get excited about measured criticism of Biden and his policies.
“The right-wing marketplace has been radicalized,” said Goldberg, who has been a vocal critic of the Trump-era GOP. “Not just by QAnon-type stuff, but by years of anti-Clinton-and-Obama fare.”
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lol, hurt his feelings...
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Maybe Biden can send a reply and say that he'll be glad to provide her with some answers on that exact date.
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What is specifically in the e-mails that people are objecting to-I see a lot of screaming, but few specifics? At least with Hilary's e-mails. we had spirit cooking.
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I think it’s gotten so bad on the right that it’s just that they exist. Like obtaining these super boring normal emails equals scandal.
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Just typical Republican dishonest bullshit.
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Was hoping for a pasta recipe or something to go along with the risotto recipe we got in the Hillary email dump. With a name like Tony Fauci you know he’s got a good one!
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...rNY4JXMnKoU3UGYs3mZZez8ZnVwJl8sjHfP_i2R-qh6KY
If bamboo ballots signify Chinese interference, what do they look for to determine if Italy hacked our voting machines?
If bamboo ballots signify Chinese interference, what do they look for to determine if Italy hacked our voting machines?
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Trump declares in his speech in NC a few days ago that America isn't really evenly divided - that we're not really a 50/50 nation. Trump "seemed incredulous at the notion that liberal-leaning states would have rejected his conservative platform in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections...[Trump said] "I think a lot of these elections where they [Democrats] always seem to have an advantage … I don't believe it. I can't believe that some of these states are blue. I know those people. They're smart people. They love me because they love what I stand for. They're not into these things. There's something going on and we have to be very, very careful with our election process."
So basically the only reason that states like New York vote Democratic is because the Democrats just steal the elections there all the time, not because the great majority of the people in those states favor liberal solutions and ideas. Which is pretty much what most conservatives seem to think - liberals are really just a small minority of evil Americans who only hold power because they either steal elections or dupe enough people via their control of the wicked news media to win elections. He keeps referring back to defunding the police, although Biden and other leading Democrats in Congress have already said they oppose that policy. They can't possibly be losing elections because GOP ideas aren't all that popular. No way!
Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-democratic-blue-states-elections-2021-6
So basically the only reason that states like New York vote Democratic is because the Democrats just steal the elections there all the time, not because the great majority of the people in those states favor liberal solutions and ideas. Which is pretty much what most conservatives seem to think - liberals are really just a small minority of evil Americans who only hold power because they either steal elections or dupe enough people via their control of the wicked news media to win elections. He keeps referring back to defunding the police, although Biden and other leading Democrats in Congress have already said they oppose that policy. They can't possibly be losing elections because GOP ideas aren't all that popular. No way!
Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-democratic-blue-states-elections-2021-6
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The GOP’s anarchist brothers have some ideas.
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AP has an article on the brewing GOP civil war in Idaho between the establishment Republicans who have run the state now for decades (and according to the article would themselves "be considered far right in many states") but are now being pressured by an even more militant and extremist faction who want Idaho to become a place "where state lawmakers run a sovereign nation-state free of federal oversight. It would be a place where they can outlaw all abortions, dictate what is taught in schools, have complete say over public health rules and gun laws, and take control of federal public lands, which make up more than 60% of the state."
Mainstream Idaho Republicans...have themselves become targets, including protests at lawmakers’ homes. They fear disinformation and intimidation is driving the changes in the rural Western state. “It’s definitely conservatives who are battling against the farther right,” said Jaclyn Kettler, a Boise State University political scientist. “Mainstream traditional Republicans who have a preference for smaller government” and right-wing Republicans who question “whether government should even be involved.”
Some half-dozen recently formed right-wing groups, including antigovernment activist Ammon Bundy's People's Rights, have used coronavirus restrictions as recruiting tools, organizing angry mask-burning protests in a push to disrupt institutional norms ahead of statewide elections next year...The atmosphere is so charged that lawmakers approved extra spending to bring more Idaho State Police troopers to the 100-year-old Statehouse — even when the Legislature isn’t in session. A doorway pane shattered last year when Bundy and others pushed their way into the House gallery that had limited seating due to the pandemic.
McGeachin and other ultra-conservative lawmakers have a stated desire to end federal money coming to Idaho, part of a far-right belief involving state sovereignty. “Defending our state means making difficult decisions when the federal government tries to bribe us into compliance,” she said in announcing her run for governor last month, citing Medicaid in particular. “It means rejecting additional federal money when accepting it would mean we lose the right to manage our own Medicaid programs.” Idaho's $3.7 billion Medicaid budget includes $2.5 billion from the federal government. A far-right lawmaker in the governor's office could veto narrowly passed appropriations bills that include federal money. Idaho's 2022 budget is more than $11.3 billion, with more than $5 billion of that coming from the federal government. Federal money helps pay for schools, health care and roads. Bills that far-right lawmakers were instrumental in killing this year included $40 million in federal money for coronavirus testing in schools and another $6 million in early childhood learning. Republican lawmakers also made a punitive $2.5 million cut to colleges and universities, citing the teaching of critical race theory, which seeks to highlight how historical inequities and racism continue to shape public policy and social conditions today.
When people like Liz Cheney and a hard-right Idaho GOP Governor are being ostracized from their party because they're not militant or far-right enough, maybe your party has a problem. Nah.
Link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/deep-red-idaho-sees-growing-164009613.html
Mainstream Idaho Republicans...have themselves become targets, including protests at lawmakers’ homes. They fear disinformation and intimidation is driving the changes in the rural Western state. “It’s definitely conservatives who are battling against the farther right,” said Jaclyn Kettler, a Boise State University political scientist. “Mainstream traditional Republicans who have a preference for smaller government” and right-wing Republicans who question “whether government should even be involved.”
Some half-dozen recently formed right-wing groups, including antigovernment activist Ammon Bundy's People's Rights, have used coronavirus restrictions as recruiting tools, organizing angry mask-burning protests in a push to disrupt institutional norms ahead of statewide elections next year...The atmosphere is so charged that lawmakers approved extra spending to bring more Idaho State Police troopers to the 100-year-old Statehouse — even when the Legislature isn’t in session. A doorway pane shattered last year when Bundy and others pushed their way into the House gallery that had limited seating due to the pandemic.
McGeachin and other ultra-conservative lawmakers have a stated desire to end federal money coming to Idaho, part of a far-right belief involving state sovereignty. “Defending our state means making difficult decisions when the federal government tries to bribe us into compliance,” she said in announcing her run for governor last month, citing Medicaid in particular. “It means rejecting additional federal money when accepting it would mean we lose the right to manage our own Medicaid programs.” Idaho's $3.7 billion Medicaid budget includes $2.5 billion from the federal government. A far-right lawmaker in the governor's office could veto narrowly passed appropriations bills that include federal money. Idaho's 2022 budget is more than $11.3 billion, with more than $5 billion of that coming from the federal government. Federal money helps pay for schools, health care and roads. Bills that far-right lawmakers were instrumental in killing this year included $40 million in federal money for coronavirus testing in schools and another $6 million in early childhood learning. Republican lawmakers also made a punitive $2.5 million cut to colleges and universities, citing the teaching of critical race theory, which seeks to highlight how historical inequities and racism continue to shape public policy and social conditions today.
When people like Liz Cheney and a hard-right Idaho GOP Governor are being ostracized from their party because they're not militant or far-right enough, maybe your party has a problem. Nah.
Link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/deep-red-idaho-sees-growing-164009613.html