The Very Real Scenario Where Trump Loses and Takes Power Anyway

[yankees60]

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/ ... n-00184103

The Very Real Scenario Where Trump Loses and Takes Power Anyway


Four years ago, a sitting president — rejected by American voters — attempted to seize a second term anyway, plunging the nation into confusion, conflict and, in its last gasp, violence.

Now, Donald Trump’s political comeback has revived a sense of dread among the officials and institutions who stood in his way last time: Could it happen again?

Dozens of interviews with people deeply familiar or involved with the election process point to a clear consensus: Not only could Trump make a second attempt at overturning an election he loses, he and his allies are already laying the groundwork.

[boglerdude]

" Could it happen again?"

Could what happen again. Trump plays golf while states use martial law to wipe out small business and close schools and gyms? Walmart stays open with reduced hours so everyone has to pack in?

CDC today recommends a jab every 6 months so we're at about 8 total. ngl its a flex that the word "cold" has been replaced by "covid-19" will be interesting to see how long that lasts.

[Jack Jones]

https://brownstone.org/articles/the-70- ... the-world/

It seems to me that the covid lockdowns were announced right in front of him. Perhaps he should have been paying more attention?

[yankees60]

" Could it happen again?"

Could what happen again. Trump plays golf while states use martial law to wipe out small business and close schools and gyms? Walmart stays open with reduced hours so everyone has to pack in?

CDC today recommends a jab every 6 months so we're at about 8 total. ngl its a flex that the word "cold" has been replaced by "covid-19" will be interesting to see how long that lasts.

I have received every single one of my possible shots.

However, when I went through my recent two, three week not feeling well during August / September ... not once did it cross my mind that it was Covid. Dismissed as just a "cold". Therefore, was quite surprised to find out three weeks later that the test I'd taken in the middle of it showed that I was suffering from Covid.

[I Shrugged]

If the topic is migrating to COVID,

I've had some breathing issues that started after both vaccination three years ago and having had COVID two years ago. I've had a flare up and was at the pulmonologist yesterday. I asked him if there was any merit to my thought that maybe it was from COVID.

He said yes, absolutely, they've seen a lot of that, anecdotally. Then he lowered his voice and said, "I don't want to start anything, but now there is a study suggesting higher asthma rates in children who were vaccinated." Great.

At this point, having had 2 plus the first booster, you couldn't pay me enough to have another one. I wish I had never gotten one. And I got COVID anyway. Currently, even in the senior crowd I hang with, COVID is just something you get and recover from. Adverse results from the vaccinations are still showing up and probably will for years. No thank you.

[yankees60]

If the topic is migrating to COVID,

I've had some breathing issues that started after both vaccination three years ago and having had COVID two years ago. I've had a flare up and was at the pulmonologist yesterday. I asked him if there was any merit to my thought that maybe it was from COVID.

He said yes, absolutely, they've seen a lot of that, anecdotally. Then he lowered his voice and said, "I don't want to start anything, but now there is a study suggesting higher asthma rates in children who were vaccinated." Great.

At this point, having had 2 plus the first booster, you couldn't pay me enough to have another one. I wish I had never gotten one. And I got COVID anyway. Currently, even in the senior crowd I hang with, COVID is just something you get and recover from. Adverse results from the vaccinations are still showing up and probably will for years. No thank you.

I got my last Covid shot 5 days after I (unknowingly) had tested positive for it.

The doctor told me that contracting Covid is a form of immunization in itself so that that Covid shot offered me no additional protection. That it's recommended to wait two months before getting the shot after having had it. I asked if I should get another one after those two months had passed. He said I could but it'd be fine to wait for the next one, which I'm under the impression is every year, not twice a year.

I 100% trust my doctor. In addition to being my doctor he is also the president of the four location medical group. He only believes in treating things if symptoms are present. Not doing a lot of testing to find something that reveals the possibility of something going on if you are otherwise experiencing no symptoms of anything.

[Jack Jones]

I 100% trust my doctor. In addition to being my doctor he is also the president of the four location medical group. He only believes in treating things if symptoms are present. Not doing a lot of testing to find something that reveals the possibility of something going on if you are otherwise experiencing no symptoms of anything.

Your doctor is operating in a system where the incentives are not in your favor. For example, there is a system that pays doctors according to patient outcomes. Okay, sounds great so far. However, the goal posts are all wrong. Take asthma for instance. The outcome being measured is proportion of patients actively taking their inhaler medication. This is how the doctor succeeds at his job, not by reducing or eliminating asthma altogether.

Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome.

The outcome is chronic disease. The incentive is left as an exercise for the reader.