“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:interesting report on Trump voters

What really distinguishes a Trump-supporting white voter from one who doesn’t isn’t education or even gender, it's whether or not that voter is evangelical.

momadance wrote:He's accusing Lester Holt of doctoring the tape of the interview where he admitted to firing Comey because of Russia lol.

traderdave wrote:

momadance wrote:He's accusing Lester Holt of doctoring the tape of the interview where he admitted to firing Comey because of Russia lol.

@realDonaldTrump
What’s going on at @CNN is happening, to different degrees, at other networks - with @NBCNews being the worst. The good news is that Andy Lack(y) is about to be fired(?) for incompetence, and much worse. When Lester Holt got caught fudging my tape on Russia, they were hurt badly!

4:02 AM - 30 Aug 2018

Was just coming to post this tweet and saw Moma's post. For God's sake, is nobody who can do something about it concerned that our president has lost his grip on reality? His tweets and public comments seem to be getting more and more volatile and fantasy-based.

06hawkalum wrote:

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:interesting report on Trump voters

What really distinguishes a Trump-supporting white voter from one who doesn’t isn’t education or even gender, it's whether or not that voter is evangelical.

Out of respect for the good folks here who are people of faith I will resist the urge to post something super snarky in response to this information.

Uncle Milty wrote:Someone define an evangelical for me.

momadance wrote:Not pay raises for federal employees next year so Trump can “put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course.” Thanks tax cuts!

thephan wrote:

06hawkalum wrote:

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:interesting report on Trump voters

What really distinguishes a Trump-supporting white voter from one who doesn’t isn’t education or even gender, it's whether or not that voter is evangelical.

Out of respect for the good folks here who are people of faith I will resist the urge to post something super snarky in response to this information.

Uncle Milty wrote:Someone define an evangelical for me.

To Milty's point, and sort of backing of the blur that 06 recognizes, I am not sure. Evangelicals are their own thing now. Some ultra pious, narrow focused, political thing. I think that there is a small byut noisy subset of Christians who view themselves as Evangelicals. I have always though of this as "the born again crowd", which to me were people that picked a time/date that they 'accepted Christ'. I also always felt that coming late to the party, in my eyes, made people somehow feel superior. It is also something that as it becomes more radical, I reject as right thinking. Most of "us" are not hateful IMO, nor are we superior. So I am not helping with a definition, but sort of extricating the masses from being cast with that lot.

Uncle Milty wrote:Part of the question from the linked article is they counted those who self-identified as evangelical. Think that muddies it.

thephan wrote:I've ranted about this before, but it is unconscionable how federal employees are pawns.

06hawkalum wrote:If Trump eliminates locality pay he will cut the average federal employee's salary by 25%.

702 wrote:

thephan wrote:I've ranted about this before, but it is unconscionable how federal employees are pawns.

I am one and the feeling isnt great.

06hawkalum wrote:If Trump eliminates locality pay he will cut the average federal employee's salary by 25%.

This would be devastating.

“I have determined that for 2019, both across‑the‑board pay increases and locality pay increases will be set at zero,” he wrote. “These alternative pay plan decisions will not materially affect our ability to attract and retain a well‑qualified Federal workforce,” Trump added.