N. T. O. & Y.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@randahl/116343140867036990

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Caveat: It's Friday and I'm in a pissy mood, so 🤬️ ahead.

Caveats 2&3. I'm not privy to what's going on in the #TrumpAdministration and I don't want to be the noisy asshole who makes dramatic, fact-free proclamations to trigger the huge reactions for lulz and likes. But ...
🧵️

Apr 3 at 11:52pmWeb
Show threadN. T. O. & Y.Apr 3

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But if ...
✅️ Trump's goals largely revolve around preventing free and fair midterm elections

✅️ he's itching to create secondary problems to distract from his abysmal handling of the economy (and from the #EpsteinFiles)

✅️ he's burned through anyone with competence to temper his impulsivity

then I bet he's weighing the costs and benefits of using nuclear weapons in Iran.

Show threadN. T. O. & Y.Apr 3

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#Hegseth salivates over the idea of unrestrained violence and #Trump likes nothing more than a huge spectacle.

I imagine those two indulging in delusions of world leaders cowed into submission by that imagined shock and awe their predecessors kept looking for.

I imagine Trump fantasizing about being the adored leader, brave enough to take action when his woke predecessors were too afraid to.

Show threadN. T. O. & Y.Apr 3
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Whether or not you find this plausible, it's up to us to put ever more pressure on the few people with influence over Trump that he needs to be removed from power, right fucking now. #GeneralStrike #TaxRevolt
Show threadN. T. O. & Y.Apr 3
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Because, shit, as prices soar while his approval ratings sink and it starts to dawn on him that the current strategy isn't working ... he won't back down. He can't "TACO" his way out of this, and it'll dawn on him and his band of psychopaths that more violence is the answer.
Show threadN. T. O. & Y.Apr 3

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And as he and Hegseth continue replacing competent people with braindead loyalists, there'll be no metaphorical adults in the room left to protect our entire species from his impulses, those impulses will be the goddamn end of us.

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