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Hellscape 2021: Why a Second Loss to Trump Could Produce an Existential Crisis for Democrats
New York ^ | March 24, 2019 | Ed Kilgore

Posted on 03/25/2019 12:55:59 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Now that it appears Donald Trump may escape any immediate legal consequences from the Mueller investigation, it’s time to take a fresh look at the trajectory of his presidency.

Before November 2016, there wasn’t a lot of agonized writing from the left of center about the consequences of a Trump victory, for the obvious reason that few observers thought it was a plausible scenario, even after his improbable Republican nomination. Yes, Hillary Clinton’s camp and progressive (and many conservative) journalists bashed Trump’s character, worldview, and sinister appeals to racism and sexism regularly. But nobody saw much of a need for game-planning his administration in any detail.

We certainly know It Can Indeed Happen Here, and those who assumed Mueller would bring Trump down prematurely should check their premises. It’s time as to consider what a second Trump term might be like. Here are some educated guesses of what it could entail:

1. The Courts Shift Radically to the Right

Trump has already had a profound effect on the present and future shape of the federal judiciary — which in turn shapes constitutional, statutory, and common law — thanks to a highly ideological judicial vetting and selection process and the willingness of a Republican-controlled Senate to rubber-stamp most nominees. Bloomberg Law notes the scorecard:

President Donald Trump has filled 20 percent of the nation’s federal appeals seats in his swift bid to reshape the judiciary with strong conservatives, and the emphasis could soon shift to accelerating district court confirmations.

Trump has appointed about twice as many appeals court judges as either of his two predecessors did at a similar point in their presidencies. He’s benefited from changes in the process that speed confirmations....

(Excerpt) Read more at nymag.com ...


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1 posted on 03/25/2019 12:55:59 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
journalists bashed Trump’s character, worldview, and sinister appeals to racism and sexism regularly.

Yes, still doing it obviously even in this article. They can't help themselves.

2 posted on 03/25/2019 1:02:10 AM PDT by CptnObvious (Question her now.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why don’t they try another rape hoax, maybe that will work for them.


3 posted on 03/25/2019 1:06:09 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Nobody is coming to save the day)
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Deranged Democrat Al Green Still Pushing for Impeachment Despite President Trump Being Fully Exonerated

"#MuellersReport did NOT investigate bigotry emanating from the Presidency harming our country. The findings do NOT negate the President’s bigotry," Green tweeted Sunday evening. "As long as bigotry influences the President’s policies, I will continue to seek his impeachment."

beat it, al

4 posted on 03/25/2019 1:12:42 AM PDT by chief lee runamok (expect nothing)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

2020 is going to be hard. With the economy etc. humming along, reelection should be a cinch, but I’m expecting massive voter fraud by the Dems in key states. Trump had the element of surprise in ‘16. They badly underestimated him. That won’t happen again. They’ll pull out all the stops this time.


5 posted on 03/25/2019 1:15:51 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Kilgore is so full of crap that a truckload of Ex-Lax wouldn’t make a dent in his load.

Half the stuff he talks about leaves out any context that Trump and the Republicans were only USING tactics that the Democrats insisted be used for legislation and nominees (Garland nomination hold was a Democrat created tactic).

Not all Trump appointments are lobbyists. Others are professional veterans in their areas of expertise.

Trump isn’t about to go out and willy-nilly start wars but he will take action where he feels it is in the best interest of the US unlike Obama who took no real action for anything in the best interest of the U.S. which he hated.

Anti-poverty funding will be cut or eliminated - Hell’s bells, Trumps economic policies are creating jobs which go to the unemployed, new high school and college graduates, and others reentering the workforce.

THIS REDUCES THE NEED OF MANY FOR SUCH PROGRAMS, something Democrats/Liberals/Marxist/socialists never look at or even acknowledge is a cause for the rise out of poverty for many, and a corresponding reduction in “anti-poverty” programs.

Logic is not Kilgore’s mental strength. Neither is common sense. The poor guy, like Bernie and Beetlejuice and Occasionally Conscious Cortex, needs a major reality check, and soon.

Couldn’t stomach another piece of crappy writing like this article.


6 posted on 03/25/2019 1:22:02 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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Massive voter fraud in all states that have large SocDem controlled cities. SocDem experimentation in 2016 and 18 proved to them that there is no penalty for such fraud and that no votes will be thrown out. All the phoney votes will be counted as if they were good votes even in the cities that will produce votes far in excess of possible voters.


7 posted on 03/25/2019 1:27:07 AM PDT by arthurus (fedddddnhy)
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It's not all sunshine and roses. We lost the House, and I don't see us getting it back right in 2020.

Too much vote fraud (that we can't seem to even expose, much less stop), and too many states lost GOP Congressmen in high tax states because of the tax bill's capping and limiting of deductions.

8 posted on 03/25/2019 3:16:17 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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The 2020 election the Democrats will stop at nothing short of having Trump 6 feet under


9 posted on 03/25/2019 3:34:44 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Trump has appointed about twice as many appeals court judges as either of his two predecessors did at a similar point in their presidencies. He’s benefited from changes in the process that speed confirmations...”

THANK YOU SHORT SIGHTED DEMORATS. Laughing all the way to the Bank!


10 posted on 03/25/2019 3:50:02 AM PDT by wetgundog (CNN is FAKE NEWS ...Just added NBC.)
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To: chief lee runamok

Says the bigot.


11 posted on 03/25/2019 3:50:48 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yes, Hillary Clinton’s camp and progressive (and many conservative) journalists bashed Trump’s character, worldview, and sinister appeals to racism and sexism regularly.

Indeed. I know that Trump is a racist sexist would-be dictator only because the media keeps repeating it. Certainly, I have never seen the evidence in the President's tweets, speeches, or pressers. The media is, as Goebbels said, repeating the lie over and over to make people accept it as true. I only hope that the voices of reason are able to prevail.

12 posted on 03/25/2019 4:05:29 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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Kilgore needs a safe room to hide in. The swamps will fill up? Really? Trump is draining the swamp you, moron...

Who is Kilgore? A trained monkey hitting a keyboard?

13 posted on 03/25/2019 5:42:17 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I fervently hope every single thing they project as a “nightmare” comes to pass - and more.

Let me add:

Trump replaces more than one of the Gang of Four on the Supreme Court

Trump flips one or two Circuit Courts to a strict Constructionist majority....INCLUDING THE 9TH!!!!!!

Gun Hrabbing states are FORCED to respect Americans’ constitutional right to KEEP and BEAR arms by successive Supreme Court rulings that strike down their unconstitutional infringements on the 2nd Amendment.

America achieves complete energy independence (or nearly so with the balance easily met by Canada and Mexico) due to the Gaia Worshipers being checked

The Wall gets built and the border defended

Now Energy Independent, America shuts down many foreign bases, withdraws from NATO, brings the boys home and tells leeches around the world that they’ll have to start paying for their own defense.

Tariffs either rein in China’s unfair trade practices or simply severely prune imports from China resulting in a continuing restoration of the manufacturing sector in America.

Commiefornia, Illinois, New Jersey and New York are given NO FEDERAL BAILOUT when they inevitably go bankrupt.


14 posted on 03/25/2019 11:44:18 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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