Orlando Sentinel rolling out the red carpet for today.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion ... story.html

Donald Trump is in Orlando to announce the kickoff of his re-election campaign.

We’re here to announce our endorsement for president in 2020, or, at least, who we’re not endorsing: Donald Trump.

Some readers will wonder how we could possibly eliminate a candidate so far before an election, and before knowing the identity of his opponent.

Because there’s no point pretending we would ever recommend that readers vote for Trump.

After 2½ years we’ve seen enough.

Orlando hates him, but the surrounding environs are full of deluded true believers. From Tampa across state to Broward then north east to the STD capital of the US they are mostly all in. I am sure you can color a good bit of the state as Trump friendly.

As Trump’s defense pick withdraws, he addresses violent domestic incidents

Especially with the Post having been in contact with him on these since January, I have no idea how he thought he might get through the confirmation process without this coming to light.

jerseyhoya wrote:As Trump’s defense pick withdraws, he addresses violent domestic incidents

Especially with the Post having been in contact with him on these since January, I have no idea how he thought he might get through the confirmation process without this coming to light.

He probably didn’t. He likes working with acting heads and this kicks the can further down the road.

slugsrbad wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:As Trump’s defense pick withdraws, he addresses violent domestic incidents

Especially with the Post having been in contact with him on these since January, I have no idea how he thought he might get through the confirmation process without this coming to light.

He probably didn’t. He likes working with acting heads and this kicks the can further down the road.

And/or he considered the ruling party utterly subservient.

slugsrbad wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:As Trump’s defense pick withdraws, he addresses violent domestic incidents

Especially with the Post having been in contact with him on these since January, I have no idea how he thought he might get through the confirmation process without this coming to light.

He probably didn’t. He likes working with acting heads and this kicks the can further down the road.

The he in my sentence is Shanahan. Dunno the extent to which Trump or the WH was aware of this (which doesn't speak well of them, as they certainly should have known).

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE





So awesome that we are on war footing with Iran and Trump has made SoD a part-time gig.

JUburton wrote:This is an alarming headline: Trump vows mass migrant arrests starting next week starting next week
In tweets, President Trump appeared to reference a plan in preparation for months that aims to round up thousands of migrant parents and children in a blitz operation across major U.S. cities.

I hesitate to post even this but the degree to which this admin reinforces that it hates (brown and black) immigrants is astounding. My own family's legalization process has been affected. Just an awful, daily nightmare

td11 wrote:

JUburton wrote:This is an alarming headline: Trump vows mass migrant arrests starting next week starting next week
In tweets, President Trump appeared to reference a plan in preparation for months that aims to round up thousands of migrant parents and children in a blitz operation across major U.S. cities.

I hesitate to post even this but the degree to which this admin reinforces that it hates (brown and black) immigrants is astounding. My own family's legalization process has been affected. Just an awful, daily nightmare

Shit man, I'm sorry.

well not one seems to know about this mass purge in the house or senate leadership, and it has been reported that DHS could not possibly manage more then 400K per year if it was fully staffed. That's OK, the people who would take action do not have any idea what this is about either.

So what is this? Simple, it is a barking point for tonight. The retirees want to be sure that no immigrant is taking their job, and the former Cubans hate immigrants.

thephan wrote:well not one seems to know about this mass purge in the house or senate leadership, and it has been reported that DHS could not possibly manage more then 400K per year if it was fully staffed. That's OK, the people who would take action do not have any idea what this is about either.

So what is this? Simple, it is a barking point for tonight. The retirees want to be sure that no immigrant is taking their job, and the former Cubans hate immigrants.

Or it's a real, terrible thing that is being potentially inflated by our gas bag president? Not everything is just a talking point as TD pointed out. Their main goal is to reduce the number of brown and black people that come into this country, legally or illegally. Full stop.

It is about creating fear and inciting hatred.

pacino wrote:It is about creating fear and inciting hatred.

Yep, the "GET 'EM OUT!!!!!!!!" message worked in 2016 so he is going back to the well.

Absolutely and he isn't even hiding it (not that it is a surprise to anyone):

"I'm just telling you I'm going to do it the same way I did it the first time," Trump told ABC News in a recent interview.

Also, that Orlando Sentinal thing above is freakin' awesome. Frankly, that should really be the attitude of anybody who was an "anti-establishment" Trump voter in 2016. Ok, you got your protest vote out of the way. It is time to be the adult at the table now.

Sean Duffy, former Real Worlder turned congressman, just yelling on MSNBC.

Orlando rally feels pretty flat. I like how he walks away from the mic like this is a WWE event.

Some folks are wearing Space Force shirts. Saw a few Blacks for Trump too. It's pretty incredible how dumb this man is. He just rambles so so much none of this makes sense. He's supposed to be launching his campaign that he's been running for two years. Genuinely cannot name one policy thing he has said he will do.

Also I think Trump thinks the election is this fall.

Strategy seems to run against Clinton again. Very creative stuff from his campaign staff.

Ron Desantis got very fat.