My goodness me! I did a preliminary search on the terms “Trump” and “mob” to find a cache of goodies I could steal from and — all I could find is links between Donald James Trump and the Mafia kind of mob! That is not what I meant at all, even if Trump Towers in NYC might be made of 100% Mafia cement.
I might actually have to get creative and write out my own individual thoughts and beliefs on the Trump Mob, which I deem to be the maddened mass of persons who follow Trump on Twitter and TV and at various Trump Thank You Campaign appearances, not to mention the people who actually voted for him and are proud of it.
These people are Pied Piper rat follower totally loyal to The Donald. He can do no wrong. He is the Absolute King of All, if not God Almighty Himself from on high.
As for Donald and that Other Mob, a deal is a deal is a deal is a business deal and it’s business as usual for Donald Trump.
And my country is in utter chaos.
On the one hand, you have the maddened Trump Mob who are ready to kill and maim at his royal command — and you’ve got the damned DNC, the Third Way, the shards of the DLC (the Democratic Leadership Council), and the New Democrats who want to remain within the clutches of the Clintons.
Now, happily, I can steal to my heart’s content — first from the eloquent Van Jones:
Washington (CNN)The Clinton family's grip on the Democratic Party has come to an end and it's time for a new generation of leadership to lead the party, CNN political commentator Van Jones said.
"You have to understand, I think that the Clinton days are over," Jones told CNN's Jake Tapper in an interview that aired Sunday on "State of the Union." "This idea that we're going to be this moderate party that's going to move in this direction, that's going to throw blacks under the bus for criminal justice reform, and for prison expansion, that's going to throw workers under the bus for NAFTA, those days are over."
Then, there is the death of Howard Dean’s 50 State strategy:
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Democrats around the country are demanding change from a national committee they say has focused too heavily on the White House at the expense of governorships, legislatures and state party operations.
"It's got to be helping us organize in our states to be able to build that power at the state legislative level," Michigan Democratic Party Chair Brandon Dillon said of the Democratic National Committee, currently searching for a new leader. "We've lost governorships and state legislatures at a rate that is pretty astounding."
DNC members gather in February to elect a new chairman, with five candidates running so far, each pledging to rebuild from the ground up. Money from the DNC to state parties has been inconsistent during President Barack Obama's tenure and, in most states, less than it was under former chairman Howard Dean. Party chairs say that's resulted in fewer staff members and training programs, a change felt particularly in Republican-leaning states. State leaders also say Obama's grassroots group Organizing for Action has functioned more like competition than a partner.
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Ahem, the DLC, Democratic Leadership Council:
The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) was a non-profit 501(c)(4) corporation founded in 1985 that, upon its formation, argued the United States Democratic Party should shift away from the leftward turn it took in the late 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The DLC hailed President Bill Clinton as proof of the viability of Third Way politicians and as a DLC success story.
The DLC's affiliated think tank is the Progressive Policy Institute. Democrats who adhere to the DLC's philosophy often call themselves New Democrats. This term is also used by other groups who have similar views on where the party should go in the future, like NDN and Third Way.
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The Third Way:
In politics, the Third Way is a position akin to centrism that tries to reconcile right-wing and left-wing politics by advocating a varying synthesis of right-wing economic and left-wing social policies. The Third Way was created as a serious re-evaluation of political policies within various centre-left progressive movements in response to international doubt regarding the economic viability of the state; economic interventionist policies that had previously been popularized by Keynesianism and contrasted with the corresponding rise of popularity for economic liberalism and the New Right. The Third Way is promoted by some social democratic and social liberal movements.
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Hmm, so-called Centrism. Neoliberalism. Globalization. Doesn’t it all boil down to Corporate Capitalism?
Corporate capitalism is a term used in social science and economics to describe a capitalist marketplace characterized by the dominance of hierarchical, bureaucratic corporations.
A large proportion of the economy of the United States and its labour market falls within corporate control.[1] In the developed world, corporations dominate the marketplace, comprising 50% or more of all businesses. Those businesses which are not corporations contain the same bureaucratic structure of corporations, but there is usually a sole owner or group of owners who are liable to bankruptcy and criminal charges relating to their business. Corporations have limited liability and remain less regulated and accountable than sole proprietorships.
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Limited liability. Unregulated. Unaccountable.
And now, a word or two about the New Democrats:
New Democrats, also called Centrist Democrats, Clinton Democrats or Moderate Democrats, are a relatively conservative ideological faction within the Democratic Party that emerged after the victory of Republican George H. W. Bush in the 1988 presidential election. Describing themselves as "centrist", they are an economically conservative and "Third Way" faction which dominated the party for around 20 years, starting in the late 1980s after the US populace turned much further to the political right. They are represented by organizations such as the New Democrat Network and the New Democrat Coalition.
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Mob Rule vs the complex triangulations of the DNC and its various “centrist” entities.
Onward to Bernie Sanders, Our Revolution and — people vs the corporations.
And plain, truthful speaking.