That figure at the top of your column needs much more publicity than it is getting: Trump's pardons are wiping out huge amounts of restitution to be paid to victims of the crooks being pardoned. So it is not just that the crooks are going free. It's that the people they cheated are not being compensated. It's not just a few (or even a thousand) sleazebags walking the streets. It's many thousands of people whose health care budgets and/or life savings will not be restored to them by the crooks.
One wonders how many of those uncompensated victims voted for Trump...
Excellent reporting, Nina. Blanche has not learned the fate of all those who give away their honor to Trump. He's the weakest "AG" ever and in way over his head.
Indeed, you nailed it. Individuals who buy the foundational principles of Christian nationalism are thoroughly steeped in obedience. More than simply a personality trait under assault, those like Blanche became the ideal MAGA devotee. The Trump machine identified evangelical Christian nationalists as the preferred group to recruit to MAGA. Those raised in the cult, but who grasped what was happening, left and continue to do so. This history of Blanche fits the pattern.
Thank you for referring to Protestantism instead of Christianity. It’s that conservative evangelical/authoritarian/nationalist flavor of Christianity and their faith leaders that’s contributing to such havoc in our country. Mainstream Christian faith leaders, notably Pope Leo, are teaching Jesus’ words.
Love Pope Leo (and Pope Francis) but when will he excommunicate Opis Dei members? He should excommunicate Vance today. Make Excommunication Great Again.
This reinforces my growing belief that throughout the ascendant far right power networks, the driving force is not so much alignment with traditional conservative philosophy, and certainly not any love for Trump or his circle of dunces and drunks, but a fiery loathing of the ‘secular left.’ This loathing is what has driven the Court to abandon all pretense of judicial reasoning in their rulings since Trump 1.0. Blanche fits right into this ethos.
Don’t forget the conservative Catholics. Opus Dei is alive and well in the US federal government. Blanche is a temporary problem. They all are. Trump can’t pardon these people universally. State courts can prosecute as seen with Epstein. Doing Trump’s bidding is making a deal with the devil. The more dirt they absorb, the more likely they’ll face reputational, financial or life supporting damages.
This all fits; Blanche had some type of psychological complex due to how his father was punished for breaking the law, and he twisted it into some sort of "righteous" cause, which it wasn't then kept pushing in his career to be a success which led him into being a cover-up artist for the worst of the worst.
That figure at the top of your column needs much more publicity than it is getting: Trump's pardons are wiping out huge amounts of restitution to be paid to victims of the crooks being pardoned. So it is not just that the crooks are going free. It's that the people they cheated are not being compensated. It's not just a few (or even a thousand) sleazebags walking the streets. It's many thousands of people whose health care budgets and/or life savings will not be restored to them by the crooks.
One wonders how many of those uncompensated victims voted for Trump...
Excellent reporting, Nina. Blanche has not learned the fate of all those who give away their honor to Trump. He's the weakest "AG" ever and in way over his head.
Indeed, you nailed it. Individuals who buy the foundational principles of Christian nationalism are thoroughly steeped in obedience. More than simply a personality trait under assault, those like Blanche became the ideal MAGA devotee. The Trump machine identified evangelical Christian nationalists as the preferred group to recruit to MAGA. Those raised in the cult, but who grasped what was happening, left and continue to do so. This history of Blanche fits the pattern.
Thank you Nina.
Thank you for referring to Protestantism instead of Christianity. It’s that conservative evangelical/authoritarian/nationalist flavor of Christianity and their faith leaders that’s contributing to such havoc in our country. Mainstream Christian faith leaders, notably Pope Leo, are teaching Jesus’ words.
Love Pope Leo (and Pope Francis) but when will he excommunicate Opis Dei members? He should excommunicate Vance today. Make Excommunication Great Again.
Need a big daddy
Badder the better fetish
Ritual trauma
Disneyland nightmare
Nukes & pukes in uniform
General Brylcream
Made it to Big Time
Ready for close up
Loving trauma time
I really, really want to be surprised. But no.
All I have to offer is this song: https://citizen99.substack.com/p/amazing-disgrace-a-song?r=2sauq
This reinforces my growing belief that throughout the ascendant far right power networks, the driving force is not so much alignment with traditional conservative philosophy, and certainly not any love for Trump or his circle of dunces and drunks, but a fiery loathing of the ‘secular left.’ This loathing is what has driven the Court to abandon all pretense of judicial reasoning in their rulings since Trump 1.0. Blanche fits right into this ethos.
Don’t forget the conservative Catholics. Opus Dei is alive and well in the US federal government. Blanche is a temporary problem. They all are. Trump can’t pardon these people universally. State courts can prosecute as seen with Epstein. Doing Trump’s bidding is making a deal with the devil. The more dirt they absorb, the more likely they’ll face reputational, financial or life supporting damages.
This all fits; Blanche had some type of psychological complex due to how his father was punished for breaking the law, and he twisted it into some sort of "righteous" cause, which it wasn't then kept pushing in his career to be a success which led him into being a cover-up artist for the worst of the worst.