The Official Trump is Doing Awesome Thread

**boutons_deux** · 08-21-2020

Unearthed clip shows Stephen Bannon joking about 'Build the Wall' fraud in 2019

master prognosticator or just really dumb?

In an unearthed clip from a 2019 "We Build the Wall" telethon, Stephen Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist, jokingly brags about being on

a "million dollar yacht" with Brian Kol e, who

Bannon quips paid for the yacht with "all that money" from the "Build the Wall" campaign.

Prosecutors now say hundreds of thousands of dollars were "secretly" passed to Kol e to fund his "lavish lifestyle,"

while Bannon allegedly received $1 million, using "hundreds of thousands of dollars" to cover personal expenses.

https://theweek.com/speedreads/932902/unearthed-clip-shows-stephen-bannon-joking-about-build-wall-fraud-2019

**Will Hunting** · 08-21-2020

jesus ing christ, you can't make this up

**ChumpDumper** · 08-21-2020

Originally Posted by Will Hunting

jesus ing christ, you can't make this up

**Will Hunting** · 08-21-2020

**ChumpDumper** · 08-21-2020

A little more on Falwell.

And.

**Will Hunting** · 08-21-2020

Originally Posted by ChumpDumper

A little more on Falwell.

And.

the is a Siberian husky doing in the background at the end of the second video

**spurraider21** · 08-21-2020

Originally Posted by Will Hunting

I don’t disagree with anything boutons just posted, but why is it so god damn hard for black people to just mail their ballot in early or vote early to make sure it gets counted? There’s no reason this needs to be done on CP time where they ballot gets sent in the last round of mail on Election Day. None of the Trump voter suppression tactics would work if Americans weren’t so ing lazy and took voting more seriously.

advice to individuals works for individuals, doesnt really work as a prescriptive claim for a group/population, though. on the other side of that coin, it might be pretty re ed for an individual person to say "yeah my whole life is ruined because racism"... even though there's pretty one-sided data supporting the notion of systemic racism

this concept applies broadly too. its true that poor people in general often times are financially illiterate and dont do themselves any favors, but its also true that they are systemically ed over

**Will Hunting** · 08-21-2020

Originally Posted by spurraider21

advice to individuals works for individuals, doesnt really work as a prescriptive claim for a group/population, though. on the other side of that coin, it might be pretty re ed for an individual person to say "yeah my whole life is ruined because racism"... even though there's pretty one-sided data supporting the notion of systemic racism

this concept applies broadly too. its true that poor people in general often times are financially illiterate and dont do themselves any favors, but its also true that they are systemically ed over

My post wasn't really advice, it was a general comment.

I don't dispute that black people are systemically ed over in many ways, especially when it comes to bureaucratic hurdles being put in place to suppress their vote, but this isn't the post civil war south where black people were beaten or lynched for trying to vote Republican (Party of Lincoln, D'Souzamugshot.jpg, etc.). The really simply solution to this is black community leaders who are aware of what's going on (pastors, politicians, athletes, etc.) organizing a grassroots movement too ensure high black voter turnout. IMO black people (and everyone else) should absolutely be able to roll out of bed on election day without having put any prior thought into making sure they could vote, show up in person, get same day registration done and vote without having to wait in line very long, but that's not how it currently works.

**spurraider21** · 08-21-2020

Originally Posted by Will Hunting

My post wasn't really advice, it was a general comment.

I don't dispute that black people are systemically ed over in many ways, especially when it comes to bureaucratic hurdles being put in place to suppress their vote, but this isn't the post civil war south where black people were beaten or lynched for trying to vote Republican (Party of Lincoln, D'Souzamugshot.jpg, etc.). The really simply solution to this is black community leaders who are aware of what's going on (pastors, politicians, athletes, etc.) organizing a grassroots movement too ensure high black voter turnout. IMO black people (and everyone else) should absolutely be able to roll out of bed on election day without having put any prior thought into making sure they could vote, show up in person, get same day registration done and vote without having to wait in line very long, but that's not how it currently works.

individuals can still act optimally in a ed system. im sure people do try to mobilize and get people registered, etc.

but from a broad perspective, unless your among those individuals, the prescription is systemic change