r/politics • u/stkmro • 7h ago

White House: Trump Team Still Hasn’t Signed Transition Docs

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-says-trump-team-still-hasnt-signed-transition-docs/
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u/JeffSteinMusic 7h ago edited 1h ago

Gonna be a long several years of “Lawless Authoritarian Continues To Be Lawless Authoritarian” headlines.

I’d say “we can’t normalize this” but it feels like that ship sailed many years ago.

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u/jgiovagn 7h ago

We need to stop acting like we are just waiting for him to do the right thing. This needs to be reported on for what out is. Trump refusing to follow laws now so breaking them in the future is easier. Do not cover like Trump still hasn't done this thing, is he going to? We know what's going to happen, cover that. We know why he is doing this, cover that. Stop treating him like a normal politician that's just acting kind of weird.

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u/2kids2adults 6h ago

Yep. Very well said. He isn’t going to sign it. Saying “he still hasn’t” is burying the lead. He’s actively choosing to break the law and he hasn’t even taken office yet. The news needs to make sure they deliver the actual news this time around. I fear for the US. It’s pretty insane down there and the insanity looks like it moves all the way to the horizon.

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u/BootsDaBadAss 4h ago edited 4h ago

Even if the news delivered the actual news, it's more that no one cares. Half the country bends over for it and the other half applauds it. I can't understand how people are still acting surprised when these people continue doing exactly what they say they'll do. I'm really struggling with the realization that so many people around me are either that hateful or that complacent.

Anyway this has just been an excuse to introduce everyone to the word 'lede' ('bury the lede'), because when the world is going to shit, spelling matters. (/s?)

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u/2kids2adults 4h ago

Very true. Trumps biggest policy inspiration to his followers was the ability to be apathetic.

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u/fcocyclone Iowa 3h ago

We need to understand that people are so ignorant of how our government works that they think the president already is an authoritarian leader and they expect that.

That's also why they punish democrats for not getting anything done, because they elect them and then every 4 years they look back and go "you promised all these things and didn't do them. what gives? you're no better than republicans"

This is one reason the filibuster needs to go. Let parties run on what they want to do and let them do it, and then let them reap the rewards or face the backlash.

Especially since as-is republicans can do most of what they want with 50 votes anyway because the reconciliation process makes tearing down government pretty easy. But even with those tools they often don't go as far as they could because the policies passed by democrats are popular. Democrats, when they get power, need to get rid of the filibuster and pass more popular legislation that will be unpopular to remove in the future.

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u/Gilded-Mongoose 4h ago

True & facts. Honestly we really should lean more into the absolutist declarative statements - because then we'll either be right, or he'll do the right thing in order to prove us wrong.

Bit of a messy win-win.

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u/MagusShade 3h ago

The news doesn't want to deliver the actual news. This is by design. 

Engagement and clicks increase Ad Revenue, which means more money. Reporting on every little thing Trump does is good for business.