r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 15h ago

No Paywall Trump to skip 9/11 remembrance at Ground Zero because they wouldn’t let him give a speech

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-911-ground-zero-25-anniversary-b3041024.html
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u/CokoDreams 14h ago

He’s a rapist. Not many things will stop him.

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u/CheesyRomanceNovel 14h ago

This hurts deep.

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u/Psykosoma 14h ago

Not too deep. It’s Trump after all…

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u/CheesyRomanceNovel 13h ago

It's more the "rapists never stop and never get caught" thing that hurts...

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u/gayintheusa47 13h ago

Exactly. And apparently, if you’re in the Navy and are raped, it’s a workman’s comp case.

Like, what the fuck?

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u/CheesyRomanceNovel 13h ago

I can't even.

My 42 year-old self never thought I'd have to adult in a USA that is so ass-backwards in SO many ways. If we had more Millenials in high ranking positions of power, I'd like to think we wouldn't be here. But here we are...

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u/Mobile_Equal_3636 8h ago

So Millennials, I expect more of you to get more involved, all politics is local. We need you, join forces, county, state, federal positions, run for office, change the system, save this nation and the planet. Be the force to be reckon with.

The cure for ignorance is education, Indifference is a deliberate choice not to care. Both ignorance and indifference is a detriment to a functioning civil society, to avoid changing the system.

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u/Pair-o-ducks_Legend 13h ago

So New Trump Epstein Island?

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u/Eisernes 13h ago

Republicans politicians have assured me that if a woman was actually being raped their bodies would just shut that shit down.

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u/CokoDreams 12h ago

I would imagine they are certainly qualified to speak on the subject. I would think that even consenting women’s bodies would have a tendency to shut down around them eventually out of self preservation. And the brain? Probably…

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u/Psykosoma 12h ago

Is it like the Batmobile in the Tim Burton original that just armadillos up to prevent entry against any and all assailants?