The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: retweets WHITE POWER, condemns Black Lives Matter, regrets criminal justice reform

Cactus · June 2, 2020, 4:29am

They can designate a crime domestic terrorism for investigative purposes (which probably gives more leeway to expedite searches without a warrant and so forth), but there is no law making a domestic terrorist act more punitive. And in case you weren’t being facetious about my 2nd point, it’s certainly allowed to not to be a fascist haha

Pauwl · June 2, 2020, 4:30am

This is only true from your relative perspective. The derps on their site would say they believe AOC is calling for the destruction of America and that Trump is the unifying voice. Is it ok for them to say they hope AOC dies?

WichitaDM · June 2, 2020, 4:31am

It’s not illegal to say it but it is reprehensible. We all need to allow but shame that kind of speech every way we can on all platforms.

tabbaker · June 2, 2020, 4:34am

Yes it is.

MrWookie · June 2, 2020, 4:38am

It’s not zero, and the value of Clovis screaming into the void is.

There is one thing that Trump cares about, and that’s Trump. It’s not likely, but it’s an unacceptable risk.

beetlejuice · June 2, 2020, 4:48am

TheHip41 · June 2, 2020, 4:49am

I gave myself a one week timeout on FB

I can post things on my own wall. If someone responds. Just like it. No retort.

Cannot reply to any post not my own. Only like.

I can’t keep going around in circles with people. It’s too stressful.

wheatrich · June 2, 2020, 4:56am

https://twitter.com/ScottWalker/status/1267639017073410048

Even when they’re not in office or running for anything they’re still kissing his ass.

RegretS · June 2, 2020, 5:02am

Ain’t gonna lie, lessor of two evils looks like a pretty considerable upgrade this week and hard to imagine Covid is going to cut dufushead any slack over the next month. Wonder if he can keep his stupid fucking mouth shut until end of June, seems <1% shot if I was a betting man.

wheatrich · June 2, 2020, 5:26am

https://twitter.com/Rob_Flaherty/status/1267642023621857281

Los Angeles nuked, democrats point fingers at Trump

what else is gonna be a NYT headline this year?

d10 · June 2, 2020, 5:45am

First hand account from one of the St John’s people who were ran off from their church. Getting lots of shares on FB, looks legit:

Friends, I am ok, but I am, frankly shaken. I was at St. John’s, Lafayette Square most of the afternoon, with fellow clergy and laypeople - and clergy from some other denominations too. We were passing out water and snacks, and helping the patio area at St. John’s, Lafayette square to be a place of respite and peace. All was well - with a few little tense moments - until about 6:15 or so. By then, I had connected with the Black Lives Matter medic team, which was headed by an EMT. Those people were AMAZING. They had been on the patio all day, and thankfully had not had to use much of the eyewash they had made. Around 6:15 or 6:30, the police started really pushing protestors off of H Street (the street between the church and Lafayette Park, and ultimately, the White House. They started using tear gas and folks were running at us for eyewashes or water or wet paper towels. At this point, Julia, one of our seminarians for next year (who is a trauma nurse) and I looked at each other in disbelief. I was coughing, her eyes were watering, and we were trying to help people as the police - in full riot gear - drove people toward us. Julia and her classmates left and I stayed with the BLM folks trying to help people. Suddenly, around 6:30, there was more tear gas, more concussion grenades, and I think I saw someone hit by a rubber bullet - he was grasping his stomach and there was a mark on his shirt. The police in their riot gear were literally walking onto the St. John’s, Lafayette Square patio with these metal shields, pushing people off the patio and driving them back. People were running at us as the police advanced toward us from the other side of the patio. We had to try to pick up what we could. The BLM medic folks were obviously well practiced. They picked up boxes and ran. I was so stunned I only got a few water bottles and my spray bottle of eyewash. We were literally DRIVEN OFF of the St. John’s, Lafayette Square patio with tear gas and concussion grenades and police in full riot gear. We were pushed back 20 feet, and then eventually - with SO MANY concussion grenades - back to K street. By the time I got back to my car, around 7, I was getting texts from people saying that Trump was outside of St. John’s, Lafayette Square. I literally COULD NOT believe it. WE WERE DRIVEN OFF OF THE PATIO AT ST. JOHN’S - a place of peace and respite and medical care throughout the day - SO THAT MAN COULD HAVE A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH!!! PEOPLE WERE HURT SO THAT HE COULD POSE IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH WITH A BIBLE! HE WOULD HAVE HAD TO STEP OVER THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES WE LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE WE WERE BEING TEAR GASSED!!!

I am deeply shaken. I did not see any protestors throw anything until the tear gas and concussion grenades started, and then it was mostly water bottles. I am shaken, not so much by the taste of tear gas and the bit of a cough I still have, but by the fact that that show of force was for a PHOTO OPPORTUNITY. The patio of St. John’s, Lafayette square had been HOLY GROUND today. A place of respite and laughter and water and granola bars and fruit snacks. But that man turned it into a BATTLE GROUND first, and a cheap political stunt second. I am DEEPLY OFFENDED on behalf of every protestor, every Christian, the people of St. John’s, Lafayette square, every decent person there, and the BLM medics who stayed with just a single box of supplies and a backpack, even when I got too scared and had to leave. I am ok. But I am now a force to be reckoned with.

MichaelDavis · June 2, 2020, 5:55am

This is why you need to get people out on the streets. It’s an incredibly radicalizing experience where you are forced to confront uncomfortable truths that privilege often obfuscates.

Watevs · June 2, 2020, 5:56am

big mistake to put any weight on laws and due process right now

Trolly · June 2, 2020, 5:57am

https://twitter.com/uvwo_d/status/1267659726332080129?s=21

Marksman · June 2, 2020, 6:14am

Because most Christians are full of shit. The small percentage of decent ones will disown him.

beetlejuice · June 2, 2020, 6:15am

WichitaDM · June 2, 2020, 6:18am

5, 3, 1, 6, 2, 4

iron81 · June 2, 2020, 6:18am

Well shit.

MichaelDavis · June 2, 2020, 6:39am

Only 4.

beetlejuice · June 2, 2020, 6:41am