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joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheIntellectualist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntellectualist</span></a></p><p>Saturday, March 15, 2025, may have seemed unremarkable to most Americans. But in time, history will remember it as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackSaturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackSaturday</span></a>—the moment the United States ceased to function as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalDemocracy</span></a></p><p>For the 1st time in modern American history, a sitting president openly defied a direct fed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CourtOrder</span></a>—&amp; nothing happened. No intervention. No enforcement. No consequences. A legal ruling was issued, &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> simply ignored it</p><p><a href="https://theintellectualist.com/black-saturday-us-constitutional-crisis-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintellectualist.com/black-s</span><span class="invisible">aturday-us-constitutional-crisis-2025/</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheIntellectualist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntellectualist</span></a> @ 9:37pm EDT on Oct 25, 2024</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarkCuban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkCuban</span></a>: "People think he's this great businessman. If the job of the presidency was investing in real estate, picking curtains and fixtures, he'd probably be the most qualified. But it's not. </p><p>He's not a business person. He's failed early and often."<br>__________</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpIsAFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsAFailure</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheIntellectualist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntellectualist</span></a> @ 1:11pm EDT on Oct 22, 2024</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KasieHunt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KasieHunt</span></a>: Over the summer you said, “There’s no <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that?</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKjr</span></a>: “I never said that.”</p><p>KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.”</p><p>RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.”</p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheIntellectualist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntellectualist</span></a> </p><p>In 1st term, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> regulrly displayd <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> impulses, expressing, behind closd doors, desire 4 violent retribution, reportdly discussng execution of criminals thru firing squads &amp; gallows. fantasies→part of broader vision of control, shaped by infamous call 2 end “American carnage.” As per rprt by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RollingStone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RollingStone</span></a>, scenarios didn’t come 2 fruition due 2 checks by advisers, but w/ 2024election coming, threat of unchecked Trump looms large</p><p><a href="https://theintellectualist.com/trump-2024-election-consequences/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintellectualist.com/trump-2</span><span class="invisible">024-election-consequences/</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheIntellectualist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntellectualist</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AaronRupar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AaronRupar</span></a>, and <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThisWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisWeek</span></a> with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeorgeStephanopoulos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeStephanopoulos</span></a> @ 1:32pm EDT on Aug11, 2024</p><p>VANCE: What the American people don't want to talk about is weird juries in NYC.</p><p>STEPHANOPOULOS: So juries are not legitimate when they find someone liable for sexual defamation and assault?</p><p>VANCE: Absolutely.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Weird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weird</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheIntellectualist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntellectualist</span></a></p><p>Video dated May 2021</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a>: “We need to be really ruthless when it comes to the exercise of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> ... Unless we overthrow them in some way, we’re going to keep losing.” </p><p>Video courtesy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AccountableGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AccountableGOP</span></a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RepublicanVotersAgainstTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanVotersAgainstTrump</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Yeah right, so not <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/weird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weird</span></a></p><p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheIntellectualist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntellectualist</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> candidate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HungCao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HungCao</span></a>: I am running for the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virginia</span></a> because <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wiccans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wiccans</span></a> have taken over parts of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> and now there is "a lot of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/witchcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witchcraft</span></a>" and "we can't let that happen in Virginia."</p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheIntellectualist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntellectualist</span></a></p><p>President Biden: I keep seeing all of those stories about I'm too old. Let me say something. I wasn't too old to create over 15 million new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a>. To make sure 21 million Americans are insured under the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AffordableCareAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffordableCareAct</span></a>, to beat <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigPharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigPharma</span></a>..</p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheIntellectualist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntellectualist</span></a> </p><p>Father of deceased <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CapitolPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitolPolice</span></a> Officer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrianSicknick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrianSicknick</span></a>:</p><p>" <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> makes sure he gets his face out there. The guy’s a criminal. He’s the reason my son is dead—because of the riot at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Capitol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitol</span></a>…He’s a publicity hound. There’s nothing good about that man "</p><p>Video courtesy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MSNBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSNBC</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheIntellectualist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntellectualist</span></a></p><p>“When you see <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>, as I have on a few occassions, he’s like the 12-year old boy that goes to high school and meets the captain of the football team. ‘My hero!’ It’s really creepy.”</p><p>- <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MalcolmTurnbulk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MalcolmTurnbulk</span></a>, 29th Prime Minister of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DumbassesInc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DumbassesInc</span></a></p><p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheIntellectualist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntellectualist</span></a></p><p>On <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardStern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardStern</span></a>, Wharton graduates <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ivanka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ivanka</span></a> and Don Jr. couldn't calculate 17*6. </p><p>This happened after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Don" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Don</span></a> Jr. said he got into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Wharton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wharton</span></a> on his own merit.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dumbass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dumbass</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DJTJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJTJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p>Video courtesy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BetoMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetoMedia</span></a>.</p>
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