r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 10h ago

Possible Paywall Kimberly Guilfoyle Reportedly Hiding Secret Burn Book on Trump Family - “Kimberly knows where the bodies are buried,” one source said.

https://newrepublic.com/post/216609/kimberly-guilfoyle-hiding-secret-burn-book-trump-family
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u/Sweetwater156 North Carolina 10h ago edited 9h ago

Its all fun to joke about it, and I think Kimberly is a total fucking joke... if our government starts assassinating their diplomats (I dont like it either but that's what she was), then the veil is fully off. If a diplomat (however awful and unqualified for the job) ever gets killed by a fellow American, we are no better than Russia or Syria. Throw in the UAE for the sprinkles on the "this is what you dont do" sundae.

Lots of countries are taking a look at that cake and they want a bite. Most of them realized the cake was full of trumps diaper.

We have completely lost any soft power we had. And as we saw in the late 80s, sometimes that's all you need.

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u/rlinkmanl 9h ago

I mean the veil has been off for 6 years now. Trump very obviously tried to overthrow the government and is now president again.

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u/duvie773 8h ago

Reminder for anybody who forgot, they set up gallows and wanted to hang Mike Pence for not playing ball by refusing to verify the votes

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u/KcirderfSdrawkcab 8h ago

The fate of America came down to Mike Pence of all people having the courage to do what's right. That's not going to happen with Vance. Unless Thiel tells him to.

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u/bakerton Vermont 7h ago

Came down to DAN QUAYLE telling Mike Pence to do the right thing

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u/KcirderfSdrawkcab 7h ago

Wait - Really? I hadn't heard that part.

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u/bakerton Vermont 7h ago

Dan Quayle told Pence firmly that he had no such power. He said, "Mike, you have no flexibility on this. None. Zero. Forget it. Put it away"

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u/True_Paper_3830 7h ago

It came down to a metaphorical choice of potato /potatoe and Quayle served up the right potatoe America needed at the right time. The world does sometimes seem like a Matrix that some bored interstellar teenager is playing with, and he's decided to completely fuck with his Sims settings.

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u/bakerton Vermont 7h ago

Absolutely no one had Dan Quayle redemption arc on their 2021 bingo card.

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u/KcirderfSdrawkcab 7h ago

Wow...

Unfortunately the only other living Republican VP to perform that service for Vance if it comes down to it is... Mike Pence.

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u/bakerton Vermont 6h ago

Oh my god, that's right, Dick Cheney finally died.

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u/lettersvsnumbers 1h ago

Like Vance even calls anyone but Thiel.

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u/KcirderfSdrawkcab 1h ago

And his favorite upholsterer.

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u/I-seddit 1h ago

Dan (Lawful Evil) arguing with Mike (Neutral Evil), saved the day.

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u/GreenStrong 7h ago

Apparently some secret service guys who usually work with Trump asked him to get in a car at a time he wasn't expecting, and he refused. Mike Pence's street smarts saved the fucking country, then Muskrat fucked the voting machines and we're right back here.

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u/kejartho 7h ago

I mean, not really. Mike Pence certifying the election is more of a technicality than a mandatory thing for an election to actually work.

Would it have caused a road block if he chose not to certify the election? Probably but the mob invasion of the capital was way worse than counting the final votes and certifying them.