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The Secret Papers of Lee Atwater, Who Invented the Scurrilous Tactics That Trump Normalized
An infamous Republican political operative’s unpublished memoir shows how the Party came to embrace lies, racial fearmongering, and winning at any cost.
By Jane Mayer
May 6, 2021

The Secret Papers of Lee Atwater, Who Invented the Scurrilous Tactics That Trump Normalized

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"Atwater died before he could finish his memoir. What remains of it are hunks of yellowing typewritten pages, held together by rusting staples and paper clips. But the seven surviving chapters suggest that, far from dying along with him, the nihilism, cynicism, and scurrilous tactics that Atwater brought into national politics live on. In many ways, his memoir suggests that Atwater’s tactics were a bridge between the old Republican Party of the Nixon era, when dirty tricks were considered a scandal, and the new Republican Party of Donald Trump, in which lies, racial fearmongering, and winning at any cost have become normalized. Chapter 5 of Atwater’s memoir in particular serves as a Trumpian precursor. In it, Atwater, who worked in the Office of Political Affairs in the Reagan White House, and managed George H. W. Bush’s 1988 Presidential campaign before becoming the Republican Party’s chairman at the age of thirty-seven, admits outright that he only cared about winning, not governing. “I’ve always thought running for office is a bunch of bullshit. Being in a office is even more bullshit. It really is bullshit,” he wrote. “I’m proud of the fact that I understand how much BS it is.”"


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Manafort, Stone, and Atwater

 

Trump pardoned two of them.

 

Atwater died in 1991. He missed the opportunity of being convicted like Manafort and Stone and pardoned by Trump.

 

Sen. Susan Collins, who has received death threats and had a window smashed at her home, said she 'wouldn't be surprised' if a member of Congress was murdered

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"Sen. Susan Collins said violent threats against members of Congress could cross over into actual physical violence.

"I wouldn't be surprised if a senator or House member were killed," Collins, a Republican from Maine, told The New York Times. "What started with abusive phone calls is now translating into active threats of violence and real violence."

Lawmakers of both parties have faced a surge of violent threats in recent years. Threats against members of Congress rose drastically from 2017 to 2022, according to data from the Capitol Police, who investigated nearly 10,000 threats last year alone."

 

They already did on Jan. 6, 2021.

 

Former Trump secretary of state Tillerson to be called as witness in trial of Trump cohort Barrack.


Rex Tillerson to be called as witness in trial of Trump confidant Thomas Barrack, defense says

 

Public approval of the Supreme Court has dropped significantly, seemingly because of the effects finally being felt of Trump's three appointments.


Kagan warns the Supreme Court must 'act like a court' to keep Americans' faith

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"Only 28% of Americans have a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in the Supreme Court, down from 39% two years ago, according to a Marquette Law School poll in July. That poll found that approval of the court had fallen to 38% compared with 66% in 2020."

 

Rex Tillerson: I never said trump was an idiot. I said he was a fucking idiot.

 

Trump twice in one day endorses Tropical Trump.


Donald Trump endorses Brazil's right-wing conspiracy theorist President Jair Bolsonaro

excerpt:

"While Lula is leading in the polls and expected to win, Bolsonaro has vowed to challenge the results of the contest if he loses, much as Trump did after he was defeated by President Joe Biden in 2020.Speaking from aboard his personal aircraft, Trump echoed his self-congratulatory rhetoric, including the idea that Bolsonaro should remain in power past his constitutionally-limited two consecutive terms:"

 

Trump does grievance speech in Warren, MI that lasted one hour and forty-five minutes.


Trump paints himself as persecuted, rails at 'sinister' Democrats

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"Describing Democrats as "cruel and vindictive left-wing tyrants" and calling them "sinister" and "venomous," the former president called on his followers to elect a slate of Republicans he has endorsed to office on Nov. 8, warning that a failure to do so could have dire results.

"These are dangerous people who are willing to burn every American institution to the ground," Trump said at one point in the speech to about 5,000 people at the Macomb County Community College Sports and Expo Center."

 

Trump introduced Mike Lindell at his rally in Warren, MI.

Trump also did his QAnon-like theme music at the end as he rambled on.

 

During the speech in Warren, Trump claimed he took $420 billion from China using his tariff war.

U.S. businesses paid that money and passed the costs to the U.S. consumer.

 

District Of Columbia Attorneys Struggling To Find ICED EARTH’s JON SCHAFFER
By Reeder
October 2, 2022

https://metaladdicts.com/district-of-columbia-attorneys-struggling-to-find-iced-earths-jon-schaffer/

excerpt:

"“The District now believes that Schaffer is hiding from process servers in a mobile home in Auburndale, Florida,” according to court filings. “Since locating that address, the District has attempted service there at least five times, yet Schaffer refuses to answer the door — thereby preventing effective service absent further relief from the court.”

In April last year, Schaffer agreed to plead guilty for his role in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. As part of the plea deal, he is expected to enter into a cooperation agreement with the government.

The two charges he pled guilty to were obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress and trespassing on restricted grounds of the Capitol while armed with a deadly or dangerous weapon. The first charge is punishable by up to 20 years in prison, while the second carries up to a 10-year prison term."

 

Article from April 2021.


Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer pleads guilty in storming US Capitol

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"A heavy metal guitarist from Columbus, Indiana who was armed with bear mace and wore a tactical vest as he joined a mob storming the U.S. Capitol building Jan. 6 has pleaded guilty in federal court.

Jon Schaffer, 52, admitted in Washington DC District Court to obstructing an official proceeding and entering a restricted building with a weapon when he tried to forcibly stop Congress' certification of the U.S. presidential election results."

 

Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer pleads guilty in storming US Capitol

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"After the rally, Schaffer joined a large crowd that marched to the U.S. Capitol and forced entry into the building.

"At approximately 2:40 p.m., Schaffer positioned himself at the front of a crowd that broke open a set of doors being guarded by four U.S. Capitol Police officers wearing riot gear," reads the press release. "Schaffer admitted to being among the first individuals to push past the damaged doors and into the Capitol building, forcing officers to retreat."

Schaffer was one of the first people to be hit in the face with a chemical irritant sprayed by officers.

If convicted Schaffer could face up to 30 years in federal prison."

 

The funny thing here is that Republicans want ruin nearly every government agency andd its services to the public. Michael Flynn just last week said he wants to shut down %90 of all federal agencies. Additionally, it's a well known agenda of the Republicans who have wanted state rights so they can deny services and equality to the poor. With restrictions to voter rights, Trump and his psycho pals will have their right wing dictatorship in gear.

 

Columbus Indiana is a big KKK stronghold and hometown of Mike Pence.

 

Trump — who ran his own airline into the ground — used his big rally finale to bash the industry in a bizarre rant: 'They don't know what the hell they're doing'

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"Former President Donald Trump bashed the airline industry at a campaign rally in Michigan on Saturday.

Trump visited Macomb county to support Republican candidates, including Tudor Dixon, who is running against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Dixon, a Trump-backed candidate, is currently trailing Whitmer in the latest polling.

During the hourlong speech, Trump covered his usual list of grievances and also thanked conservative activist Ginni Thomas for telling the January 6 House Select Committee that she believed the 2020 election was stolen from him.

During the close of his speech, Trump attempted a dramatic reading over a piece of music tenuously linked to QAnon. After spending a few minutes talking about violent crime, he took an abrupt detour to single out airlines and airports, saying those working in commercial aviation have no idea when flights will arrive on time.

"We are a nation whose once-revered airports are a dirty, crowded mess where you sit and wait for hours and then are notified that the plane won't leave," Trump said."

 

Polls show Trump's pick for governor of MI, Dixon, trailing Whitmer by a margin between 11% and 16%.


Michigan GOP gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon mocks 2020 kidnapping plot against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

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"In a newly-released EPIC-MRA poll, Whitmer led Dixon by 16-percentage points (55%-39%)."