By all appearances, Steve Bannon likes to think that he represents the
soul of the Maga movement. He sees himself as a tireless champion of the common man, fighting their battles against America’s corrupt elites.
It’s not for nothing that his radio show is called War Room and carried
by the Real America’s Voice network. But just like everybody else who
has worked closely with Donald Trump, Bannon is either delusional or
trying to delude. He’s not the everyman – he’s the corrupt elite.
Steve Bannon ‘stole millions of dollars to line his own pocket,’ New
York attorney general says – as it happened
Read more
This was driven home once again on Thursday, when Bannon surrendered
himself to New York prosecutors to face charges of defrauding donors to
We Build the Wall, a non-profit organization that raised over $25m to
build a wall to keep immigrants from crossing America’s southern border. Although donors to the group were assured that 100% of their money would
be used on construction, large sums were siphoned into the pockets of
those running the group. And who as chairman of the board allegedly took
the greatest sum of all? None other than Steve Bannon.
This affair – in which two people have already pleaded guilty – is a
very direct example of a prominent figure in the Maga movement lining
their pockets with the money of unsuspecting marks. But it also stands
as a metaphor for the movement as a whole. Far from standing up for the interests of “ordinary Americans”, Maga exists to funnel money, power
and prestige to a small elite while not lifting a finger to improve the
lives of anyone else.
During his first presidential campaign in 2016, Trump – with Bannon at
his side – tried to present himself as a champion of the downtrodden. He promised to bring jobs back from overseas and help Americans get over
their economic anxiety. But as soon as he got into office, he governed
as a plutocrat. His one significant legislative achievement before the coronavirus pandemic was a 2017 tax bill which forced lower-income
groups to pay more and allowed higher income groups to pay less. And
every year the administration proposed steep cuts to the social programs
used by real ordinary Americans, including a 2021 budget which would
have cut $1.2tn from Medicaid, food stamps and elsewhere.
In office, Trump continued to benefit from the economic recovery which
had begun under Barack Obama, allowing him to tout high employment and
wage levels. But just as the Biden administration is largely powerless
to fight inflation right now, this economic performance had precious
little to do with Trump. When he did intervene – for instance by
launching a trade war with China – it was in ways which harmed manufacturers and cost American jobs. But for Trump and the Maga
movement it’s posturing for their nationalist base, not the real effect
on real people, which matters.
But Trump and Bannon have done something even more pernicious than this.
For they have also tried to exclude a large part of the population from
even being considered as “ordinary Americans” at all. Theirs is an
agenda not for the racially diverse working and middle classes that
actually exist in America, but for a narrow white subset of it. They
have made a mythic folk hero out of the white male worker, promising to return the country to an era like the 1950s, in which such people
reigned supreme. That they then have actually done little to help even
white workers should not obscure the fact that they have also poured
hatred and vitriol on the immigrants and people of color who do so much
of America’s actual work.
All of which brings us neatly back to Bannon and the wall. It’s no coincidence that when Bannon left office, he dedicated himself to
building the wall rather than building working-class communities. The
border wall has endured as the ultimate symbol of Trumpism because the
soul of his movement is racism and exclusion, not charity and
assistance. It is through the stoking of hatred and division that Maga
elites keep the punters engaged and happy to open their wallets. It’s
also how they keep themselves rich and – through blocking any attempt to actually help working people – ensure the poor stay poor.
This, the true driving force of Trumpism, makes a mockery of
conservatives who pretend that the Republican party can become a “multiethnic, multiracial, working-class party”. The proposition is absurd not only because the party is in hock to a movement built on
racial hate but also because the same movement has never evinced any
interest in actually helping “ordinary Americans”. Its leading figures will eventually depart from life leaving wealthy heirs but no record of
ever having helped the people they supposedly stand for. In the end,
Maga is nothing but a scam with hate in its heart and other people’s
money in its pockets. Just ask Steve Bannon.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2022/sep/09/steve-bannon-fraud-donald-trump-truth
By all appearances, Steve Bannon likes to think that he represents the
soul of the Maga movement. He sees himself as a tireless champion of the common man, fighting their battles against America’s corrupt elites. It’s not for nothing that his radio show is called War Room and carried
by the Real America’s Voice network. But just like everybody else who
has worked closely with Donald Trump, Bannon is either delusional or
trying to delude. He’s not the everyman – he’s the corrupt elite.
Steve Bannon ‘stole millions of dollars to line his own pocket,’ New York attorney general says – as it happened
Read more
This was driven home once again on Thursday, when Bannon surrendered
himself to New York prosecutors to face charges of defrauding donors to
We Build the Wall, a non-profit organization that raised over $25m to
build a wall to keep immigrants from crossing America’s southern border. Although donors to the group were assured that 100% of their money would
be used on construction, large sums were siphoned into the pockets of
those running the group. And who as chairman of the board allegedly took
the greatest sum of all? None other than Steve Bannon.
This affair – in which two people have already pleaded guilty – is a very direct example of a prominent figure in the Maga movement lining
their pockets with the money of unsuspecting marks. But it also stands
as a metaphor for the movement as a whole. Far from standing up for the interests of “ordinary Americans”, Maga exists to funnel money, power and prestige to a small elite while not lifting a finger to improve the lives of anyone else.
During his first presidential campaign in 2016, Trump – with Bannon at
his side – tried to present himself as a champion of the downtrodden. He promised to bring jobs back from overseas and help Americans get over
their economic anxiety. But as soon as he got into office, he governed
as a plutocrat. His one significant legislative achievement before the coronavirus pandemic was a 2017 tax bill which forced lower-income
groups to pay more and allowed higher income groups to pay less. And
every year the administration proposed steep cuts to the social programs used by real ordinary Americans, including a 2021 budget which would
have cut $1.2tn from Medicaid, food stamps and elsewhere.
In office, Trump continued to benefit from the economic recovery which
had begun under Barack Obama, allowing him to tout high employment and
wage levels. But just as the Biden administration is largely powerless
to fight inflation right now, this economic performance had precious
little to do with Trump. When he did intervene – for instance by
launching a trade war with China – it was in ways which harmed manufacturers and cost American jobs. But for Trump and the Maga
movement it’s posturing for their nationalist base, not the real effect
on real people, which matters.
But Trump and Bannon have done something even more pernicious than this.
For they have also tried to exclude a large part of the population from
even being considered as “ordinary Americans” at all. Theirs is an agenda not for the racially diverse working and middle classes that
actually exist in America, but for a narrow white subset of it. They
have made a mythic folk hero out of the white male worker, promising to return the country to an era like the 1950s, in which such people
reigned supreme. That they then have actually done little to help even
white workers should not obscure the fact that they have also poured
hatred and vitriol on the immigrants and people of color who do so much
of America’s actual work.
All of which brings us neatly back to Bannon and the wall. It’s no coincidence that when Bannon left office, he dedicated himself to
building the wall rather than building working-class communities. The
border wall has endured as the ultimate symbol of Trumpism because the
soul of his movement is racism and exclusion, not charity and
assistance. It is through the stoking of hatred and division that Maga elites keep the punters engaged and happy to open their wallets. It’s
also how they keep themselves rich and – through blocking any attempt to actually help working people – ensure the poor stay poor.
This, the true driving force of Trumpism, makes a mockery of
conservatives who pretend that the Republican party can become a “multiethnic, multiracial, working-class party”. The proposition is absurd not only because the party is in hock to a movement built on
racial hate but also because the same movement has never evinced any interest in actually helping “ordinary Americans”. Its leading figures will eventually depart from life leaving wealthy heirs but no record of
ever having helped the people they supposedly stand for. In the end,
Maga is nothing but a scam with hate in its heart and other people’s
money in its pockets. Just ask Steve Bannon.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2022/sep/09/steve-bannon-fraud-donald-trump-truth
On Friday, September 9, 2022 at 6:22:48 PM UTC-7, kmiller wrote:the scammed townsfolk, from "Huckleberry Finn"...
By all appearances, Steve Bannon likes to think that he represents the
soul of the Maga movement. He sees himself as a tireless champion of the
common man, fighting their battles against America’s corrupt elites.
It’s not for nothing that his radio show is called War Room and carried
by the Real America’s Voice network. But just like everybody else who
has worked closely with Donald Trump, Bannon is either delusional or
trying to delude. He’s not the everyman – he’s the corrupt elite.
Steve Bannon ‘stole millions of dollars to line his own pocket,’ New
York attorney general says – as it happened
Read more
This was driven home once again on Thursday, when Bannon surrendered
himself to New York prosecutors to face charges of defrauding donors to
We Build the Wall, a non-profit organization that raised over $25m to
build a wall to keep immigrants from crossing America’s southern border. >> Although donors to the group were assured that 100% of their money would
be used on construction, large sums were siphoned into the pockets of
those running the group. And who as chairman of the board allegedly took
the greatest sum of all? None other than Steve Bannon.
This affair – in which two people have already pleaded guilty – is a
very direct example of a prominent figure in the Maga movement lining
their pockets with the money of unsuspecting marks. But it also stands
as a metaphor for the movement as a whole. Far from standing up for the
interests of “ordinary Americans”, Maga exists to funnel money, power
and prestige to a small elite while not lifting a finger to improve the
lives of anyone else.
During his first presidential campaign in 2016, Trump – with Bannon at
his side – tried to present himself as a champion of the downtrodden. He >> promised to bring jobs back from overseas and help Americans get over
their economic anxiety. But as soon as he got into office, he governed
as a plutocrat. His one significant legislative achievement before the
coronavirus pandemic was a 2017 tax bill which forced lower-income
groups to pay more and allowed higher income groups to pay less. And
every year the administration proposed steep cuts to the social programs
used by real ordinary Americans, including a 2021 budget which would
have cut $1.2tn from Medicaid, food stamps and elsewhere.
In office, Trump continued to benefit from the economic recovery which
had begun under Barack Obama, allowing him to tout high employment and
wage levels. But just as the Biden administration is largely powerless
to fight inflation right now, this economic performance had precious
little to do with Trump. When he did intervene – for instance by
launching a trade war with China – it was in ways which harmed
manufacturers and cost American jobs. But for Trump and the Maga
movement it’s posturing for their nationalist base, not the real effect
on real people, which matters.
But Trump and Bannon have done something even more pernicious than this.
For they have also tried to exclude a large part of the population from
even being considered as “ordinary Americans” at all. Theirs is an
agenda not for the racially diverse working and middle classes that
actually exist in America, but for a narrow white subset of it. They
have made a mythic folk hero out of the white male worker, promising to
return the country to an era like the 1950s, in which such people
reigned supreme. That they then have actually done little to help even
white workers should not obscure the fact that they have also poured
hatred and vitriol on the immigrants and people of color who do so much
of America’s actual work.
All of which brings us neatly back to Bannon and the wall. It’s no
coincidence that when Bannon left office, he dedicated himself to
building the wall rather than building working-class communities. The
border wall has endured as the ultimate symbol of Trumpism because the
soul of his movement is racism and exclusion, not charity and
assistance. It is through the stoking of hatred and division that Maga
elites keep the punters engaged and happy to open their wallets. It’s
also how they keep themselves rich and – through blocking any attempt to >> actually help working people – ensure the poor stay poor.
This, the true driving force of Trumpism, makes a mockery of
conservatives who pretend that the Republican party can become a
“multiethnic, multiracial, working-class party”. The proposition is
absurd not only because the party is in hock to a movement built on
racial hate but also because the same movement has never evinced any
interest in actually helping “ordinary Americans”. Its leading figures >> will eventually depart from life leaving wealthy heirs but no record of
ever having helped the people they supposedly stand for. In the end,
Maga is nothing but a scam with hate in its heart and other people’s
money in its pockets. Just ask Steve Bannon.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2022/sep/09/steve-bannon-fraud-donald-trump-truth
Your C&P was so beautiful I nearly wept! What I still can't understand, is how otherwise sensible people, just can't realize they're getting worked, when there's nothing to show for it, except for a smug feeling, I guess? They sort of remind me of
Dear Abby Jr.
On 9/9/2022 9:34 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Friday, September 9, 2022 at 6:22:48 PM UTC-7, kmiller wrote:
By all appearances, Steve Bannon likes to think that he represents the
soul of the Maga movement. He sees himself as a tireless champion of the >>> common man, fighting their battles against America’s corrupt elites.
It’s not for nothing that his radio show is called War Room and carried >>> by the Real America’s Voice network. But just like everybody else who
has worked closely with Donald Trump, Bannon is either delusional or
trying to delude. He’s not the everyman – he’s the corrupt elite.
Steve Bannon ‘stole millions of dollars to line his own pocket,’ New >>> York attorney general says – as it happened
Read more
This was driven home once again on Thursday, when Bannon surrendered
himself to New York prosecutors to face charges of defrauding donors to
We Build the Wall, a non-profit organization that raised over $25m to
build a wall to keep immigrants from crossing America’s southern border. >>> Although donors to the group were assured that 100% of their money would >>> be used on construction, large sums were siphoned into the pockets of
those running the group. And who as chairman of the board allegedly took >>> the greatest sum of all? None other than Steve Bannon.
This affair – in which two people have already pleaded guilty – is a >>> very direct example of a prominent figure in the Maga movement lining
their pockets with the money of unsuspecting marks. But it also stands
as a metaphor for the movement as a whole. Far from standing up for the
interests of “ordinary Americans”, Maga exists to funnel money, power >>> and prestige to a small elite while not lifting a finger to improve the
lives of anyone else.
During his first presidential campaign in 2016, Trump – with Bannon at >>> his side – tried to present himself as a champion of the downtrodden. He >>> promised to bring jobs back from overseas and help Americans get over
their economic anxiety. But as soon as he got into office, he governed
as a plutocrat. His one significant legislative achievement before the
coronavirus pandemic was a 2017 tax bill which forced lower-income
groups to pay more and allowed higher income groups to pay less. And
every year the administration proposed steep cuts to the social programs >>> used by real ordinary Americans, including a 2021 budget which would
have cut $1.2tn from Medicaid, food stamps and elsewhere.
In office, Trump continued to benefit from the economic recovery which
had begun under Barack Obama, allowing him to tout high employment and
wage levels. But just as the Biden administration is largely powerless
to fight inflation right now, this economic performance had precious
little to do with Trump. When he did intervene – for instance by
launching a trade war with China – it was in ways which harmed
manufacturers and cost American jobs. But for Trump and the Maga
movement it’s posturing for their nationalist base, not the real effect >>> on real people, which matters.
But Trump and Bannon have done something even more pernicious than this. >>> For they have also tried to exclude a large part of the population from
even being considered as “ordinary Americans” at all. Theirs is an
agenda not for the racially diverse working and middle classes that
actually exist in America, but for a narrow white subset of it. They
have made a mythic folk hero out of the white male worker, promising to
return the country to an era like the 1950s, in which such people
reigned supreme. That they then have actually done little to help even
white workers should not obscure the fact that they have also poured
hatred and vitriol on the immigrants and people of color who do so much
of America’s actual work.
All of which brings us neatly back to Bannon and the wall. It’s no
coincidence that when Bannon left office, he dedicated himself to
building the wall rather than building working-class communities. The
border wall has endured as the ultimate symbol of Trumpism because the
soul of his movement is racism and exclusion, not charity and
assistance. It is through the stoking of hatred and division that Maga
elites keep the punters engaged and happy to open their wallets. It’s
also how they keep themselves rich and – through blocking any attempt to >>> actually help working people – ensure the poor stay poor.
This, the true driving force of Trumpism, makes a mockery of
conservatives who pretend that the Republican party can become a
“multiethnic, multiracial, working-class party”. The proposition is
absurd not only because the party is in hock to a movement built on
racial hate but also because the same movement has never evinced any
interest in actually helping “ordinary Americans”. Its leading figures >>> will eventually depart from life leaving wealthy heirs but no record of
ever having helped the people they supposedly stand for. In the end,
Maga is nothing but a scam with hate in its heart and other people’s
money in its pockets. Just ask Steve Bannon.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2022/sep/09/steve-bannon-fraud-donald-trump-truth
Your C&P was so beautiful I nearly wept! What I still can't
understand, is how otherwise sensible people, just can't realize
they're getting worked, when there's nothing to show for it, except
for a smug feeling, I guess? They sort of remind me of the scammed
townsfolk, from "Huckleberry Finn"...
Dear Abby Jr.
People want to believe the bullshit because they think they're on the path to the promised land. All they need is a little faith.
"In Matthew 10, we read about the power that Jesus gave his disciples to
cast out demons, raise the dead, and heal the sick. They did it many
times until we see them in Matthew 17. They failed to cast the demon out
of a young boy. After Jesus did what they could not do, they came to him privately to ask why. His reply to them is found in verse 20: “because
you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small
as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you” (NIV)."
https://www.liberty.edu/casas/parents/blog/mustard-seeds-and-faith/#:~:text=Truly%20I%20tell%20you%2C%20if,verse%20because%20of%20its%20encouragement.
Our jive ass idiot proclaiming his faith is a good example of this.
The power of faith is so strong that when #45 pardoned Steve
Bannon for ripping off the faithful it didn't have any impact on the
cult. It also doesn't seem to bother them that #45 did not pardon a
single one of the faithful who came to worship him in DC on 1/6. "It's
God's will." "He has a plan for us." "The worship service just got a
little out of hand."
You can join them too. All you need is a little faith. lol
TB
On 9/9/2022 9:34 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Friday, September 9, 2022 at 6:22:48 PM UTC-7, kmiller wrote:
By all appearances, Steve Bannon likes to think that he represents the
soul of the Maga movement. He sees himself as a tireless champion of the >>> common man, fighting their battles against America’s corrupt elites.
It’s not for nothing that his radio show is called War Room and carried >>> by the Real America’s Voice network. But just like everybody else who
has worked closely with Donald Trump, Bannon is either delusional or
trying to delude. He’s not the everyman – he’s the corrupt elite.
Steve Bannon ‘stole millions of dollars to line his own pocket,’ New >>> York attorney general says – as it happened
Read more
This was driven home once again on Thursday, when Bannon surrendered
himself to New York prosecutors to face charges of defrauding donors to
We Build the Wall, a non-profit organization that raised over $25m to
build a wall to keep immigrants from crossing America’s southern border. >>> Although donors to the group were assured that 100% of their money would >>> be used on construction, large sums were siphoned into the pockets of
those running the group. And who as chairman of the board allegedly took >>> the greatest sum of all? None other than Steve Bannon.
This affair – in which two people have already pleaded guilty – is a >>> very direct example of a prominent figure in the Maga movement lining
their pockets with the money of unsuspecting marks. But it also stands
as a metaphor for the movement as a whole. Far from standing up for the
interests of “ordinary Americans”, Maga exists to funnel money, power >>> and prestige to a small elite while not lifting a finger to improve the
lives of anyone else.
During his first presidential campaign in 2016, Trump – with Bannon at >>> his side – tried to present himself as a champion of the downtrodden. He >>> promised to bring jobs back from overseas and help Americans get over
their economic anxiety. But as soon as he got into office, he governed
as a plutocrat. His one significant legislative achievement before the
coronavirus pandemic was a 2017 tax bill which forced lower-income
groups to pay more and allowed higher income groups to pay less. And
every year the administration proposed steep cuts to the social programs >>> used by real ordinary Americans, including a 2021 budget which would
have cut $1.2tn from Medicaid, food stamps and elsewhere.
In office, Trump continued to benefit from the economic recovery which
had begun under Barack Obama, allowing him to tout high employment and
wage levels. But just as the Biden administration is largely powerless
to fight inflation right now, this economic performance had precious
little to do with Trump. When he did intervene – for instance by
launching a trade war with China – it was in ways which harmed
manufacturers and cost American jobs. But for Trump and the Maga
movement it’s posturing for their nationalist base, not the real effect >>> on real people, which matters.
But Trump and Bannon have done something even more pernicious than this. >>> For they have also tried to exclude a large part of the population from
even being considered as “ordinary Americans” at all. Theirs is an
agenda not for the racially diverse working and middle classes that
actually exist in America, but for a narrow white subset of it. They
have made a mythic folk hero out of the white male worker, promising to
return the country to an era like the 1950s, in which such people
reigned supreme. That they then have actually done little to help even
white workers should not obscure the fact that they have also poured
hatred and vitriol on the immigrants and people of color who do so much
of America’s actual work.
All of which brings us neatly back to Bannon and the wall. It’s no
coincidence that when Bannon left office, he dedicated himself to
building the wall rather than building working-class communities. The
border wall has endured as the ultimate symbol of Trumpism because the
soul of his movement is racism and exclusion, not charity and
assistance. It is through the stoking of hatred and division that Maga
elites keep the punters engaged and happy to open their wallets. It’s
also how they keep themselves rich and – through blocking any attempt to >>> actually help working people – ensure the poor stay poor.
This, the true driving force of Trumpism, makes a mockery of
conservatives who pretend that the Republican party can become a
“multiethnic, multiracial, working-class party”. The proposition is
absurd not only because the party is in hock to a movement built on
racial hate but also because the same movement has never evinced any
interest in actually helping “ordinary Americans”. Its leading figures >>> will eventually depart from life leaving wealthy heirs but no record of
ever having helped the people they supposedly stand for. In the end,
Maga is nothing but a scam with hate in its heart and other people’s
money in its pockets. Just ask Steve Bannon.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2022/sep/09/steve-bannon-fraud-donald-trump-truth
Your C&P was so beautiful I nearly wept! What I still can't
understand, is how otherwise sensible people, just can't realize
they're getting worked, when there's nothing to show for it, except
for a smug feeling, I guess? They sort of remind me of the scammed
townsfolk, from "Huckleberry Finn"...
Dear Abby Jr.
People want to believe the bullshit because they think they're on the path to the promised land. All they need is a little faith.
"In Matthew 10, we read about the power that Jesus gave his disciples to
cast out demons, raise the dead, and heal the sick. They did it many
times until we see them in Matthew 17. They failed to cast the demon out
of a young boy. After Jesus did what they could not do, they came to him privately to ask why. His reply to them is found in verse 20: “because
you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small
as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you” (NIV)."
https://www.liberty.edu/casas/parents/blog/mustard-seeds-and-faith/#:~:text=Truly%20I%20tell%20you%2C%20if,verse%20because%20of%20its%20encouragement.
Our jive ass idiot proclaiming his faith is a good example of this.
The power of faith is so strong that when #45 pardoned Steve
Bannon for ripping off the faithful it didn't have any impact on the
cult. It also doesn't seem to bother them that #45 did not pardon a
single one of the faithful who came to worship him in DC on 1/6. "It's
God's will." "He has a plan for us." "The worship service just got a
little out of hand."
You can join them too. All you need is a little faith. lol
TB
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