Global: Total confirmed cases: ~6,446,000; deaths: ~383,000; recoveries: ~2,771,000. (Johns Hopkins University)
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2020/06/03/day-1231/
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2020/06/03/day-1231/
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James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution
âDonald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American peopleâdoes not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us,â Mattis writes. âWe are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children.â
He goes on to contrast the American ethos of unity with Nazi ideology. âInstructions given by the military departments to our troops before the Normandy invasion reminded soldiers that âThe Nazi slogan for destroying us ⌠was âDivide and Conquer.â Our American answer is âIn Union there is Strength.ââ We must summon that unity to surmount this crisisâconfident that we are better than our politics.â
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That is the âcliffâs notesâ version of @mattâs entire blog. This is the established fact pattern. Everyday is a new special hell of wedge issues, some of which wouldnât even be issues if the grifter entertainment conservative media system didnât make them up on a daily basis. Itâs a lack of media literacy and brain washing. These people are micro targeted by ads and fed garbage all day long. On an average day a person can witness up wards of 200+ advertisements just on their phone alone. Most people catch maybe spoon fed clips of some political bullshit that seems too crazy to be true and think their team has won the day,
The people who love Trump donât understand policy or government at all.
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âInserting this cartoon which depicts the blind loyalty his followers have for him - heâs a reality TV star, he likes to kick dirt in peopleâs faces - reporters, women, people who ask him hard questions or are smarter than him. Heâs their cult leader, heâs charismatic to only them.â
Well yes, those are the hardcore whackadoos that one sees at Trump rallies, but I donât think thatâs a fair representation of a typical Trump supporter. I mean, we ARE talking about 61+ Million people.
So, Letâs see, including those, and one more I came up with in addition to my previous list brings us to, Hardcore Whackadoo, and/or they donât understand policy or government at all, and/or they donât care that the planet is burning, the country is going broke, and their only interest is maximizing profit, and/or theyâre just drawn by his cavalier attitude aboutâŚpretty much EVERYTHING, and/or theyâve always voted Republican and Trumpâs the Republican nominee. (I have a real issue with that LAST one, because for me itâs REALLY hard to use the words âTrumpâ and âConservativeâ in the same sentence.)
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âI think itâs more that they not care because they donât understand. Most peopleâs priorities revolve around kitchen table issues. If it doesnât directly affect them why care at all? Itâs the mindset of scarcity. All theyâve known is not enoughâthey canât even imagine there might be more.â
You DO make a good point there. What I donât get though, is that this guy is just so âOut There,â and out of the Status Quo. (This, I think was Bernie Sandersâ problem, only in the other direction. I LIKE the guy and worked as a delegate for him in 2016, but his numbers just werenât showing that he had a good enough chance of winning this time either.)
Trumpâs just more âNazi-ish,â than âConservative.â I guess thatâs why there ARE some loyalist Republicans whoâve split off and formed, âRepublicans for Biden.â
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Hard to characterize the all the reasons whyâŚbut @anon95374541 you did a good job of adding to the attributes. And like you say it is many things including âF all Dems/Libs/Pearl-necklace-chluchers/tree-huggers etc.â Liberals like to say T followers are low-information voters and all-or-nothing-Trumpers, but defiancy does characterize both sides.
I hope the right loses all confidence in himâŚand weâve never had any,
Thanks @james98188
YesâŚthat is a LOT of voters, still less than 1/2 of the voting population. And we have through this unfortunate national tragedy ignited part the Democratic base, who also have huge grievances towards justice and the system.
Thankfully some big leaders - Obama, GW Bush, Prime Minister Trudeau, Gen Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Milley have all stuck their necks outâŚand said ENOUGH of Trump.
VOTE.
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Another pitiful example of police brutalityâŚwtF
A black man who called out âI canât breatheâ before dying in police custody in Tacoma, Wash., was killed as a result of oxygen deprivation and the physical restraint that was used on him, according to details of a medical examinerâs report released on Wednesday.
The Pierce County Medical Examinerâs Office concluded that the death of the man, Manuel Ellis, 33, was a homicide. Investigators with the Pierce County Sheriffâs Department were in the process of preparing a report about the March death, which occurred shortly after an arrest by officers from the Tacoma Police Department, said the sheriffâs spokesman, Ed Troyer.
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âYesâŚthat is a LOT of voters, still less than 1/2 of the voting population.â
And, then thereâs the Electoral College, with which a simple majority doesnât always work. itâs going to come down to the Swing States again, And while Biden DID have a healthy margin in most of them this time, for some reason that marginâs shrinking. 
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Let it be said that she is making wavesâŚ
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Matt Kiser](https://talk.whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/u/matt)Leader
So glad you are ok, despite an unexpected visit to a hospital today. I had you on a WTFJHT mission to your own Seattle protestâŚor even worse, arrested for peacefully protesting . 
Thx for the video of the Seattle march and for getting out the newsletter tonight.
You are a total champ 
and so glad that you are returned home in one piece.
Big thanks 
Peace out @matt. 
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Agreed, I was wondering when I didnât see things updated and a bit worried for you. Glad youâre okay and on the mend there.
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And, hereâs what puzzles me: âDividing usâ is apparently his intentional strategy, he just used the National Guard to clear peaceful protesters from around the White House, with at least one serious injury being inflicted, all for a stupid-ass Photo Op with him holding a a BIBLE of all things (He must REALLY be into the Old Testament stuff), and yetâŚrecent polls are showing his Swing State deficit is shrinking; and in some cases, is gone. How CAN people actually LIKE this guy?
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I think itâs more that they not care because they donât understand. Most peopleâs priorities revolve around kitchen table issues. If it doesnât directly affect them why care at all? Itâs the mindset of scarcity. All theyâve known is not enoughâthey canât even imagine there might be more.
A big part of this is identity politics, they feel like you have attacked their identity and not just some policy or comment made by their party. For some itâs very personal, my uncle lashes out in defense every time I make any comment on FB about any news topic. Doesnât even have to be political. My former co-worker who attended my wedding, wouldnât even talk to me after the first Womenâs March, still wonât. So defensive all the time. I canât figure it out either but we need to be able to talk to these people. Help them at least but I have to say, Iâm sick of the grievance politics of the right. Itâs exhausting.
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Read: Former defense secretary Jim Mattisâs full statement criticizing Trump
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By my count, 428 people have now been fired from the Trump Administration, or resigned. Thatâs 43 percent.
By his 365th day as president, 34 percent of Trumpâs most senior staffers had quit, switched roles or were forced out. Thatâs more than double every other administration since 1981. By comparison, Barack Obama had lost 9 percent of his most senior staffers by the end of his first year and George W. Bush 6 percent. Ronald Reagan set the previous record at 17 percent.
Canât we just give him a 'Time Out," and make him sit in the corner forâŚohâŚsay until inauguration day, for âNot Playing Nice With Others?â
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Thing is, âThe people who love Trumpâ now constitutes roughly about 40% of the voting public. With THAT many people, itâs really pretty hard to make that kind of generalization. My mother likes him, but she doesnât even have web access. Iâm not sure where she gets her information. My old college roommate likes him; but he was raised in a right-leaning part of the state and works in the oil business.
So, hereâs my take: Itâs like you said, they donât understand policy or government at all, and/or they donât care that the planet is burning, the country is going broke, and their only interest is maximizing profit, and/or theyâre just drawn by his cavalier attitude aboutâŚpretty much EVERYTHING.
MeanwhileâŚscientists tell us with the current rate of environmental degradation, much of the planet will be unlivable in just about fifty years, at least without air-conditioning, and where is our time and effort being spent? Counting our presidentâs lies.
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