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“It should be clear to any fair-minded observer that none of the above qualities are part of America’s so-called “conservative” Grand Old Party anymore, and they are unlikely to ever come back, because along with the right-wing media industrial complex led by Fox, they have been grooming general viewers, Republican supporters and fair-minded conservatives with narcissism for decades. This is done by grooming, gaslighting and triggering their fears, dislikes and traumas, which in turn causes them more fears, traumas and hate, which primes them to embrace authoritarianism, fascism, and other made up realities.”

Showing my age again, but this kind of political behavior always reminds me of this guy's thoughts on the subject:

“If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.” - President Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Nov 3, 2023·edited Nov 3, 2023Liked by Sam Ray

✨𝔼𝕩𝕔𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕, 𝕞𝕪 𝔽𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕 ! 𝕎𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕖 ! ✨

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Thanks so much Harry! Always appreciate positive reinforcement.

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Nov 3, 2023Liked by Sam Ray

The, Raskin actually said the ousting would be better timed after either the courts found Santos guilty, or the ethics committee released a negative report on Santos. That's the precedent he's protecting.

I actually think there also might be more Democratic political hay to be made with Santos in Congress than not.

He's a blessing for satirist, too. And so ridiculous that I doubt he actually has the ability to do much harm before his unavoidable ouster by ethics, by courts, or by voters.

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We generally agree but I see a lot of suspicious unknowns that can change several equations. I also know that lawyers, the law and the courts are mostly blind to pathological narcissism in action because they think in a legal way, and frankly few politicians or media people really get it either.

Santos can in fact do a lot of harm with all the information and people he has access to. Hopefully it has changed but he was not cut off from classified material and certainly gets advanced warning of gov spending so the nefarious forces who corruptly pay to play and enrich themselves with info he gets for them.

Sure some of that has been mostly made legal for Congresspeople to do but someone with no conscience can do more damage than you can imagine unless you really understand and the psych. It is getting better but public psychological knowledge is still mostly kept in the shadows by the APA for bad reasons that keep society ignorant, including our best like Raskin. I once thought I knew a lot about it too but then learned I knew nothing when I studied how to rescue a friend from a sociopath's web. https://samray.substack.com/p/psychiatry-and-psychology-are-failing

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Aloha🌺It’s so unbelievable and totally incredulous for dems to vote against expulsion of serial fraudster who is republican when they’ve ousted dems for way LESS!! I’ve just lost respect and i’m inclined to not bother w/trying so hard for dems in election! What does mean?!?! They actually support and WANT Putin to take over america?!?! WTH?!?! I thought that America is supposedly acting mightily to boot Putin lovers from harmful legislative capability?!?! UNACCEPTABLE!! It’s all suspect.. it’s totally mind boggling. You mean we’re spinning our wheels POR NADA?!?! Are they secret Russian assets? They’ve lost their freaking MINDS!! 😢

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Aloha Joanne. I didn't mean to get you frustrated. It was more of a call to arms for everyone to better see the psych used against us bc too many are naive to it.

There is some smart strategy behind leaving Santos front and center for the Dems to point to in Congress and they certainly need all the help they can get from us with all the fascist and other nefarious forces sabotaging them at every turn. Our choice is pretty simple in 2024. Dems or nazis, and like Indiana Jones, "I hate those guys."

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Nov 3, 2023Liked by Sam Ray

I honestly believe it would be more effective for the voters of his district to defeat Santos at the polls, which seems very likely to happen. Given all the publicity, the odds of Santos running a play on anyone else would be very small.

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He would definitely lose and is the most likely outcome. Indeed there are pluses and minuses to every option. What triggered me was saying he needs more due process.

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Mahalo so much. I’m ok. I’ll have to have time I guess for it to digest. It’s hard to believe that is anything possibly good for dems to do that. I could never be a politician. They do things that I can’t understand sometimes. Thank you for explaining. I just know that we stand to lose democracy here. I’ll continue to take heed of your expert psych info. I appreciate that you can usually break it down in an understandable way for us. And if you can have some hope, I guess i can a little, too. I totally respect & appreciate all your content. We’re lucky to have your unique take on things and for being an amazing truther here. Thank you so much. 🥰

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"No one can convince me the Founding Fathers wanted the Constitution interpreted to say serial liars should be left in Congress until found guilty in court..."

Republicans take pride in lying. They know lying (and getting away with it) is a "power" thing. That's why Chump is so upset about his NY fraud case. He's been getting away with fraud for so long and they're taking away his "power" by shutting down his sleazy, two bit mom and pop faud operation. Trump & Company isn't even in the Top 10 Real Estate firms, much less in America or the world. His entire image is based on fraud. 😄

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You just crashed and burned. Santos just got kicked out.

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Your view crashes and burns again because GOP leadership voted to keep him.

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You started off crashing and burning with stupidity and BS. One more word and I will just delete your comments and block you so take your narcissistic stupidity elsewhere. buh bye.

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