The irony of Donald Trump's assertion that he would seek to have dictatorial powers for the first day of his presidency is that he was supposed to be saying he had no authoritarian inclinations at all. Hannity aired clips of observers offering warnings about Trump's embrace of authoritarian rhetoric and offered Trump a chance to tamp down any such concerns. But Trump did not want to.
On Wednesday, UMass Amherst released the results of a poll conducted by YouGov in which respondents were asked about the concept. A third of Republicans said it was "definitely good" with three-quarters saying it was "probably" good.
Republicans have a sick fascination with dictators and being ruled by a "strong daddy" figure. Why so many of them freely wedge themselves up Putin's asscrack.
Key Figure in Fake Electors Plot Hid Evidence from Investigators
Kenneth Chesebro, the right-wing attorney who helped devise the Trump campaign's fake electors plot in 2020, concealed a secret Twitter account from Michigan prosecutors, hiding dozens of damning posts that undercut his statements to investigators about his role in the election subversion scheme.
Chesebro denied using X, or having any "alternate IDs" when directly asked by Michigan investigators last year during his cooperation session.
But Chesebro has been linked to a secret account based on numerous matching details—including biographical information regarding his work, family, travels, and investments. The anonymous account, BadgerPundit, also showed a keen interest in the Electoral College process, and lined up with Chesebro's private activities at the time.
The X posts reveal that even before the 2020 election, and then just two days after polls closed, Chesebro promoted a far more aggressive election subversion strategy than he later let on in his Michigan interview.
Since Chesebro intentionally misled investigators, he is now facing legal jeopardy.
"Chesebro appears to have pursued a legally perilous path in his dealings with Michigan authorities," said Ryan Goodman, a law professor at New York University, who reviewed the posts. "The X posts strongly suggest Chesebro committed the crime of making false statements to investigators. His entire cooperation agreement may now fall apart."
It appears Chesebro "hid highly-important evidence in the form of these social media posts from the investigators," Goodman said, adding that it could put Chesebro "at great legal risk."
An Indiana man pleaded guilty today to sending a communication that included a threat of violence to an election worker in Michigan.
"Andrew Nickels threatened that he and millions of so-called 'patriots' would kill an election worker in Michigan. Among other threats, he said the local public official deserved a 'throat to the knife' for saying that there were no irregularities in the election," said Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Department's Criminal Division.
"Election officials and workers play a critical role in safeguarding free and fair elections. The Criminal Division will continue to aggressively investigate and prosecute individuals who seek to undermine this core tenet of our democracy by threatening election officials with violence."
According to court documents, on or about November 10th 2020, Andrew Nickels, 37, of Carmel called the clerk of a local municipality and left a voicemail threatening to kill the local official.
As part of the message, Nickels stated, "We're watching your mouth talk about how you think that there's no irregularities. You frauded out America of a real election."
Nickels then told the clerk that "you’re gonna pay for it," and described how "ten million plus patriots will surround you when you least expect it."
He continued, "We'll ****ing kill you. You will ****ing pay for your ****ing lying ass remarks. We will ****ing take you out. **** your family, **** your life, and you deserve a ****ing throat to the knife. Watch your ****ing back. Watch your ****ing back."
POLL: 20% Say Violence May Be Necessary to Fix USA
One in 5 U.S. adults believe Americans may have to resort to violence to get the country back on track, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, an attitude that experts say puts the nation in "an incredibly dangerous place" in the months before the 2024 presidential election.
Republicans were more likely than Democrats or independents—and more likely than the population overall—to say force may be needed to course-correct.
Donald Trump has questioned the humanity of immigrants, referred to a much debated "blood bath for the country" if he does not get reelected, and describes people who have been convicted for January 6th criminal offenses as "hostages."
Once again, this percentage is consistent with the number of Evangelicals and Republicans in the U.S.
Good thing all the guns are with those same people then, nice job disarming all the progressives lol 😆
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Don't forget these are also the supposed lovers of the Constitution and rule of law. Unless of course they need to implement their warped ideology. Democracy opposes their ideology, so it's got to go.
Democracy was a bad idea and needs to be abolished.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Rightist love to be dominated and told what to do, why they always gravitate to the 'strong-man-strong-daddy' types, or perceived to be that way types.
Wisconsin's attorney general filed charges Tuesday against an aide and two attorneys who advised Donald Trump over a meeting of Republicans who claimed to be the state's 2020 presidential electors even though Trump had lost the state.
The charges are the first in Wisconsin related to the meeting of electors. Prosecutors have separately charged Republicans who were involved in similar efforts in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, and Nevada.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul charged Trump campaign aide Michael Roman and attorneys Kenneth Chesebro and James Troupis with one felony county of forgery each, according to online court records.
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