It’s written by someone identified by the editorial staff only as “a senior Trump official whose identity is known to us.” It was published anonymously at the author’s request.
The author has written this op-ed, it appears, because he (I mean I don’t KNOW it’s a he but…I’m 99% morally certain) just wants everyone to know that “there are adults in the room,” even though the author would also like to inform us that the actual President of the United States is an impulsive, amoral, “anti-democratic,” train wreck whose “leadership style” is “impetuous, adversarial, petty, and ineffective.” It’s OK, though, because he and his fellow “resistance” appointees are working to make sure that Buttercup doesn’t actually wreck the entire country before– “one way or another–it’s over.”
Clearly the author sees himself as an unsung hero, and he would like for us to do some singing about his great and mighty deeds, which have saved the Republic from its greatest threat. After all, thanks to him and his buddies, we have not ACTUALLY entered into a world war, but we DO have the shining SUCCESSES of Buttercup’s presidency, viz.: “effective deregulation, historic tax reform, a more robust military, and more.”
OK, one: these are not “successes.” They are going to fry the planet, supercharge economic inequality, and continue to bloat our international enforcement machine at the expense of the domestic reforms we all desperately need. So I already don’t like you, anonymous op-ed man. Or, wait–can I call you Creon? Yes. Yes, I think I will. Anyway, Creon, in recompense for whatever atoms of courage you scraped together with which to do this, I have some difficult truths I need to tell you. So meet me at Camera Three.
MSNBC’s Katy Tur detailed the violent death threats reporters are receiving because of Donald Trump’s rhetoric: “And in case you want to argue this has nothing to do with the president, the most recent note I got ended with MAGA.”
“But then Ocasio-Cortez spoke, followed by Bush, and I saw something
truly terrifying. I saw just how easy it would be, were I less involved
and less certain of our nation’s founding and its history, to fall for
the populist lines they were shouting from that stage.
I saw how easy it would be, as a parent, to accept the idea that my children deserve healthcare and education.
I
saw how easy it would be, as someone who has struggled to make ends
meet, to accept the idea that a “living wage” was a human right.
Above
all, I saw how easy it would be to accept the notion that it was the
government’s job to make sure that those things were provided.”
You guys, the Daily Caller just published the funniest thing I have ever read in my entire life. It is literally an article where a conservative is just terrified to death that they nearly felt empathy and love.
This article is like the biggest proof I have ever read that conservatives are just pathologically afraid of kindness.
There’s… not even a punchline. Like, the article concludes just a few lines after the quoted section, with no suggestion for why anyone SHOULDN’T support things like universal healthcare. Not even a token “but, you know, the money,” or “but you have to EARN it.” It just ends.
I guess the audience is expected to fill in the blanks? Like “gosh, I almost cared about an unrelated human being, but CLEARLY the very concept is absurd.” Which is… pretty sad, honestly.
I’m telling you, at least according to this article, it is literally just terrifying to think that your kids deserve healthcare and education.
That’s literally it. There isn’t anything else.
“I saw how easy it would be, as a parent, to accept the idea that my children deserve healthcare and education“ is one fucking hell of a sentence, really.
Reminder that this is coming from the former CIA Director. The former CIA Director thinks the current sitting president has committed treason. Not some blogger. Not an analyst. Not an anchor. The former CIA Director.
Rabbis, pastors, and other faith leaders were arrested while protesting Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ visit to Los Angeles. (Full text article)
In the article there’s a quote from one of the police officers that he hated having to arrest religious leaders. He said that “arresting faith leaders wasn’t easy” for him.
Like… good. Maybe consider that, when your job involves arresting clergy who feel morally compelled to peacefully protest racist immigration policies, you MIGHT just be on the wrong side of justice.
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