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Leon Sumbitches: Mar 27, 2010; Dr. Leon Adoso Sumbitches (prounounced soom-'beh-cheh) (born January 21, 1935) is heir to the legendary Adoso family oil fortune.

Google Jeb Bush posted:

we can be reasonably certain that he has had sex with men

whether that means he's gay or bi or whatever is as much a mystery as anything else about his real identity

Is there even a real identity with someone like this? What would that even entail? If he spends X% of his life lying, what makes the time he's "really himself" more real than the lie?

# ? Jan 19, 2023 02:33

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 00:19

SidneyIsTheKiller: Jul 16, 2019; I did fall asleep reading a particularly erotic chapter
in my grandmother's journal.

She wrote very detailed descriptions of her experiences...

FlamingLiberal posted:

Is Santos actually gay or not? I thought it previously came up that he was gay, but like with everything else that may not be accurate.

Yes, he's gay or bi. George Santos is really not all that baffling if you just keep in mind that he's a gay republican. Being a gay republican incentivizes you to be in the closet. Being in the closet incentivizes you to lie about yourself. Getting people to question whether he's actually gay or not may even be one of his primary motivations.

I don't want to stigmatize closeted gay people or even gay republicans as potential sociopathic con artists but looking at his situation it's what makes the most sense.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 02:46

Leon Trotsky 2012: Aug 27, 2009; YOU CAN TRUST ME!*

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Dapper_Swindler posted:

is it because they are realizing their leadership screwed them in the midterms?

Unfortunately, no.

Like so much NYS state politics, it is partially about turf wars between different political groups, partially because a bunch of more liberal state senators replaced the members of the "Independent Democratic Caucus" of conservative Dems, and partly because a lot of major Democratic interest groups want a different candidate (the left-wing caucus and Working Families Party endorsed 3 of the 7 people on the list the independent committee sent to Hochul) and this is the first big fight of Hochul's new term, so it is higher profile.

Some of these Senators have their eye on the Governorship as well and they don't want to look bad for the interest groups they will need in the primary and also want their own person as court administrator and not a Hochul loyalist holdover that LaSalle has promised to appoint.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 02:52

Twincityhacker: Feb 18, 2011

Amazon just cancled their Amazon Smile program, where you donated .5% of the items price to a charity of your choice.

The reason given was that the "donations were spread too thin, so the program had less of an impact than they hoped."

So instead of a small amount of money, the charities will get zero money. Makes sense.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 03:19

Name Change: Oct 9, 2005

SidneyIsTheKiller posted:

Yes, he's gay or bi. George Santos is really not all that baffling if you just keep in mind that he's a gay republican. Being a gay republican incentivizes you to be in the closet. Being in the closet incentivizes you to lie about yourself. Getting people to question whether he's actually gay or not may even be one of his primary motivations.

I don't want to stigmatize closeted gay people or even gay republicans as potential sociopathic con artists but looking at his situation it's what makes the most sense.

Nobody becomes a career conman because they became confused by living a seeming political contradiction. Generally they had extremely negative/no role models growing up and/or are just sociopaths who navigate the world by these interactions that are strange to us. Even this is speculation and it's impossible to "diagnose" this guy.

No need to round up the log cabin Republicans and other closeted conservatives.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 03:21

lobster shirt: Jun 14, 2021

Twincityhacker posted:

Amazon just cancled their Amazon Smile program, where you donated .5% of the items price to a charity of your choice.

The reason given was that the "donations were spread too thin, so the program had less of an impact than they hoped."

So instead of a small amount of money, the charities will get zero money. Makes sense.

probably the cost of admin exceeded the tax savings they were getting from charitable donations? i don't know.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 03:24

nine-gear crow: Aug 10, 2013

Twincityhacker posted:

Amazon just cancled their Amazon Smile program, where you donated .5% of the items price to a charity of your choice.

The reason given was that the "donations were spread too thin, so the program had less of an impact than they hoped."

So instead of a small amount of money, the charities will get zero money. Makes sense.

Billionaires don't just want some of the money, they want ALL of the money.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 03:26

small butter: Oct 8, 2011

I remember reading that there was research that said it's likely that programs like Amazon Smile did more harm than good in that they made people feel "I've done my part already," which resulted in typically much less donations than if they were to actually donate.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 03:39

Discendo Vox: Mar 21, 2013; This does not make sense when, again, aggregate indicia also indicate improvements. The belief that things are worse is false. It remains false.

Amazon smile was always remarkably badly integrated into the platform, operating as a quasi-parallel storefront. This may have been partially motivated by a preview of the cost of proper integration and/or upkeep, when the company's certainly got other ways to maximize its charitable deductions.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 03:41

mawarannahr: May 21, 2019

quote:

Your chosen charity, Democratic Socialists of America Fund Inc, recently received a quarterly donation of $1,270.50 from AmazonSmile. To date, Amazon has donated a total of:
* $17,877.96 to Democratic Socialists of America Fund Inc
* Over $400 million to all US charities

Not a lot but enough for some things. I�m curious how much DSA National makes from donations.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 03:42

-Blackadder-: Jan 2, 2007; Game....Blouses.

Well this should be interesting, some Dem states seemed to have formed a little cabal to go after the rich.

Looks like they're announcing it tomorrow morning.

Not sure how well it's going to work, but either way someone needs to do something soon.

That billionaire hedge fund manager who caused a budget shortfall in New Jersey just because he decided to pack up and move to the sunny capital of Chudlandia does not bode well for the future given current wealth distribution trends.

https://twitter.com/commondreams/status/1615781808485842961

quote:

Frustrated with federal inaction in the face of soaring inequality, Democratic lawmakers in seven states across the U.S. are teaming up this week to simultaneously introduce wealth tax bills targeting the fortunes of billionaires and other rich individuals who have seen their net worth explode in recent years.

Officially launching on Thursday, the first-of-its-kind effort is led by state lawmakers in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, and Washington�collectively home to around 60% of the country's wealth.

"If the federal government won't act, we the states will," said Alex Lee, a California assemblymember who will join several other state lawmakers at a press conference on Thursday.

According to TheWashington Post, which got an early look at the text of the coming legislation, "some of the state bills resemble the 'wealth tax' that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pitched during her 2020 presidential candidacy."

Emmanuel Saez, a prominent Berkeley economist who helped craft Warren's plan, had a hand in the wealth tax proposals that will be unveiled this week by lawmakers in California, New York, and Washington who are taking aim at the assets�not just the incomes�of the mega-rich.

"In four states�the three that drafted bills with Saez�s involvement, along with Illinois�lawmakers say they will float versions of a tax on wealthy people's holdings, or so-called 'mark-to-market' taxes on their unrealized capital gains," the Post reported Tuesday. "Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, and New York lawmakers, meanwhile, are proposing a change based on some Democrats' frustration with national tax policy. The federal government taxes capital gains�the income that a person makes from selling a stock or similar asset�at a separate rate from other income."

"The highest earners pay a 20% tax on capital gains while paying a 37% tax on wages�a disparity that some Democrats want to close," the Post continued. "If federal rates on capital gains are lower, state rates on capital gains should be higher, these lawmakers argue."

The slate of bills set to be introduced Thursday also includes proposed changes to state-level estate taxes, including a Maryland plan to lower the exemption cutoff from the current level of $5 million to $1 million.

An analysis released Tuesday by the Patriotic Millionaires and other progressive advocacy groups found that there are nearly 1.5 million individuals in the U.S. with a net worth of $5 million or more.

"Their total wealth is equal to $28.02 trillion," the analysis shows. "This also includes 64,500 individuals with $50 million or more with combined wealth of $12.5 trillion and 728 billionaires. For every $100 of wealth created in the United States over the past decade, $37.4 has gone to the top 1%, while the bottom 50% received only $2."

The groups estimated that a federal "wealth tax of 2% on millionaires with wealth over $5 million, 3% on those with wealth above $50 million, and 5% on American billionaires would raise $583.5 billion annually," enough revenue to "increase education spending by 47.3%."

In a tweet on Wednesday, Warren wrote that "the majority of Americans agree: it's time for a wealth tax on the ultra-rich in America."

"States are stepping up to make billionaires pay their fair share, and it's time for Congress to take action too," Warren added.

The state lawmakers' wealth tax campaign was coordinated by SiX Action�an arm of the State Innovation Exchange�and the State Revenue Alliance. In a press release on Wednesday, the coalition said the new initiative "demonstrates that state legislatures are leading the charge in enacting transformational policies on key issues of the day, including tax justice�particularly in light of a split Congress."

But the Democratic lawmakers' approach stands in marked contrast to the tax policies that Republican legislators are currently pursuing�and have already enacted�at both the state and federal levels.

As researchers at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) wrote Tuesday, "one-third of the 41 states with income taxes have opted for a flat rate," a regressive tax structure that "guarantees that wealthy families' total state and local tax bill will be a lower share of their income than that paid by families of more modest means."

Republicans in the U.S. House, meanwhile, are pushing extreme legislation that would abolish the Internal Revenue Service and replace federal income taxes with a highly regressive national consumption tax.

"The bill is a tax cut for the wealthy and a tax hike on working people," the progressive advocacy group Americans for Tax Fairness said Wednesday. "MAGA Republicans don't have the power to make this law now, but they�re playing the long game for a tax code that tilts even more in favor of the rich and corporations. Their far-right tactics show us their attacks on working people won't stop, they'll only get more aggressive."

-Blackadder- fucked around with this message at 04:53 on Jan 19, 2023

# ? Jan 19, 2023 04:51

Main Paineframe: Oct 27, 2010

FlamingLiberal posted:

Is Santos actually gay or not? I thought it previously came up that he was gay, but like with everything else that may not be accurate.

Whether or not he's actually gay isn't really something we can judge.

The thing that was doubtful that he claimed to have long been openly gay, out and proud for a decade and completely confident in his sexual identity the entire time.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 04:59

Staluigi: Jun 22, 2021

Ok Andy Kaufman u got us

# ? Jan 19, 2023 05:20

Rigel: Nov 11, 2016

-Blackadder- posted:

Well this should be interesting, some Dem states seemed to have formed a little cabal to go after the rich.

Looks like they're announcing it tomorrow morning.

Not sure how well it's going to work, but either way someone needs to do something soon.

That billionaire hedge fund manager who caused a budget shortfall in New Jersey just because he decided to pack up and move to the sunny capital of Chudlandia does not bode well for the future given current wealth distribution trends.

https://twitter.com/commondreams/status/1615781808485842961

To be fair to the Feds, it is pretty much established outside of a small academic dissent that a wealth tax is unconstitutional on the Federal level, but it actually might work at the state level. I hadn't ever heard whether the ban on direct taxes (with some well-known exceptions) also applied to the states. I think they probably can, since the Feds similarly can't impose property taxes while states routinely do.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 05:29

FCKGW: May 21, 2006

Twincityhacker posted:

Amazon just cancled their Amazon Smile program, where you donated .5% of the items price to a charity of your choice.

The reason given was that the "donations were spread too thin, so the program had less of an impact than they hoped."

So instead of a small amount of money, the charities will get zero money. Makes sense.

Same day they announced they�re cutting 18k jobs. Must really be struggling over there, hope they make it.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 07:02

Cranappleberry: Jan 27, 2009

Amazon is spending a billion dollars a year to have Thursday night football on Prime. Just the license to air it.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 15:06

Leon Trotsky 2012: Aug 27, 2009; YOU CAN TRUST ME!*

_{*Israeli Government-affiliated poster}

Trump's deposition in his rape defamation has been released and it is the usual combination of hilarious, horrifying, sad, monstrous, and borderline parody that seems to be Trump's signature brand.

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1616012353929154562

Some other highlights:

quote:

�7� � � � Q.� � I want to focus on the very last
�8� �sentence, which says:� "Now, like everyone else, she
�9� �gets paid by a radical, left-leaning publisher to
10� �say bad and untrue things."

11� � � � A.� � Yeah.

12� � � � Q.� � Do you know who her publisher was?

13� � � � A.� � No.� I just heard it was a publisher that
14� �did some very bad books on us.

15� � � � Q.� � I'll represent to you her publisher was
16� �Harper Collins.

17� � � � A.� � Yeah.� And they haven't been great.

18� � � � Q.� � Do you know who published your
19� �son-in-law, Jared Kushner's book?

20� � � � A.� � Could be, but they published some very
21� �bad ones too.

quote:

Q: And as of today, you have approximately four million followers on Truth Social?

�6� � � � A.� � I don't know the number.� I know
�7� �Truth Social is doing very well.� I think it was
�8� �number one ahead of TikTok, number one ahead of
�9� �Twitter, number one ahead of Instagram and everyone
10� �else for the last number of days.� I just noticed
11� �that.� Somebody put it on my desk.� They have the
12� �ratings, and they said Truth Social is hot.

quote:

14� �The woman -- there's something wrong with her in my
15� �opinion.� Okay.� But it's a false accusation.� Never
16� �happened, never would happen.� And I posted and I
17� �will continue to post until such time as -- and then
18� �I will sue her after this is over, and that's the
19� �thing I really look forward to doing.� And I'll sue
20� �you too because this is -- how many cases do you
21� �have?� Many, many cases, and I know the statements
22� �that were made -- that you made.� Keep Trump busy
23� �because this is the way you defeat him, to keep him
24� �busy with litigation.� So I will be suing you also,
25� �but I'll be suing her very strongly as soon as this case ends.� But I'll be suing you also.

�3� � � � Q.� � Are you done?

�4� � � � A.� � Yeah.

quote:

Q.� � So you wrote the statement and someone in your office gave you the picture?

�4� � � � A.� � They pasted it.� They -- it's called
�5� �pasting.� You put it onto a statement.� This was a
�6� �Save America statement, which is very interesting
�7� �actually because it is saving America, stopping
�8� �people from doing things like this, trying to
�9� �save -- it's one big part of saving America.

quote:

Q.� � Okay.� You say in this post -- you use a
�5� �strange word, which I want to ask you about.� You
�6� �say she completely made up a story that I met her at
�7� �the doors of this crowded New York City department
�8� �store and within minutes swooned her.� Do you see
�9� �that?

10� � � � A.� � Yeah.

11� � � � Q.� � What does "swooned her" mean?

12� � � � A.� � That would be a word, maybe accurate or
13� �not, having do with talking to her and talking
14� �her -- to do an act that she said happened, which
15� �didn't happen.� And it's a nicer word than the word
16� �that starts with an F.

quote:

Q.� � Okay.� I was curious when I read this.
So I looked up the word "swoon" in the dictionary,
and under the dictionary, it means "to faint with
extreme emotion."� That's not what you meant here?

A� � Well, sort of that's what she said I did to her.� She fainted with great emotion.� She actually indicated that she loved
�3� � � � it.� Okay?� She loved it until commercial
�4� � � � break.� In fact, I think she said it was sexy,
�5� � � � didn't she?� She said it was very sexy to be
�6� � � � raped.� Didn't she say that?

quote:

Q.� � So, sir, I just want to confirm:� It's
�9� �your testimony that E. Jean Carroll said that she
10� �loved being sexually assaulted by you?

quote:

Q.� � And so the question I'm asking you is did
18� �she say in that interview that she loved being
19� �sexually assaulted by you?

20� � � � A.� � Well, she said something to that effect.

quote:

Q.� � The point of saying she's not my type is
18� �to persuade people that you didn't rape her because
19� �she wasn't attractive enough; correct?

A � �When I say she's not my
23� � � � type, I say she is not a woman I would ever be
24� � � � attracted to.� There is no reason for me to be
25� � � � attracted to her.� I just -- it's not even meant to be an insult.� There's no way I would ever be attracted to her.� Now, some people would be attracted to her perhaps.� I would never be attracted to her.

quote:

Q.� � Do you know what "sexual harassment"
23� �means?

24� � � � A.� � Yeah, pretty much.

quote:

Q.� � Have you ever touched a woman on her
11� �breast or her buttocks or any other sexual part
12� �without her consent?

A.� � Well, I will tell you no,
15� � � � but you may have some people like your client
16� � � � that lie.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 15:29

CmdrRiker: Apr 8, 2016; You dismally untalented little creep!

Great. Trump is going to be able to evade trial due to people finally recognizing his onset of dementia.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 15:38

Crows Turn Off: Jan 7, 2008

That's unfair... TO TRUMP!

You really expect him to remember every woman he's assaulted or raped?! Impossible and unfair, and it should be stricken from the record!

# ? Jan 19, 2023 15:41

BDawg: May 19, 2004; In Full Stereo Symphony

She wanted me to sexually assault her, so what I did was wanted. Except that I didn't do it.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 15:42

BDawg: May 19, 2004; In Full Stereo Symphony

Also, the part where he thought Carroll... the person who is suing him... was his ex-wife, Marla Maples.

https://twitter.com/TEARIS_Hall/status/1616047943026343938?s=20

quote:

"That's Marla, yeah. That's my wife," Trump said, referring to Maples."
"Trump lawyer Alina Habba corrected the mistake, saying, "No, that's Carroll."

# ? Jan 19, 2023 15:44

Zapf Dingbat: Jan 9, 2001

So is this what prion disease sounds like?

# ? Jan 19, 2023 15:53

Staluigi: Jun 22, 2021

my You Gotta Hand It To Trump is that he was such a skilled and practiced conman / salesman orator that he has been able to carry on his persuasive personality techniques and general "functionalities" and charismatic appeal even through an extended process of cognitive decline, keeping him relevant if insane to watch

Like it hinders him and causes problems but he's able to keep on with the grift, it's so hardcoded into him

# ? Jan 19, 2023 15:59

Failed Imagineer: Sep 22, 2018

Not even "ex-wife" just "wife".

# ? Jan 19, 2023 16:31

Leon Trotsky 2012: Aug 27, 2009; YOU CAN TRUST ME!*

_{*Israeli Government-affiliated poster}

Alec Baldwin to be charged with manslaughter over the shooting incident on set from late last year.

The production's armorer will also face manslaughter charges.

https://twitter.com/seungminkim/status/1616105946182258689

# ? Jan 19, 2023 17:13

nine-gear crow: Aug 10, 2013

BDawg posted:

Also, the part where he thought Carroll... the person who is suing him... was his ex-wife, Marla Maples.

https://twitter.com/TEARIS_Hall/status/1616047943026343938?s=20

So this just means that Trump, at some point in their marriage, raped Marla Maples like he raped Ivana, and this is just him accidentally confessing to it because his goo brain has become unstuck in time, right?

# ? Jan 19, 2023 17:22

BDawg: May 19, 2004; In Full Stereo Symphony

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

Alec Baldwin to be charged with manslaughter over the shooting incident on set from late last year.

The production's armorer will also face manslaughter charges.

https://twitter.com/seungminkim/status/1616105946182258689

That seems crazy because the news lawyer this morning said manslaughter requires criminal intent and there most likely isn't that for Baldwin.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 17:27

Leon Trotsky 2012: Aug 27, 2009; YOU CAN TRUST ME!*

_{*Israeli Government-affiliated poster}

BDawg posted:

That seems crazy because the news lawyer this morning said manslaughter requires criminal intent and there most likely isn't that for Baldwin.

Involuntary manslaughter does not require intent to kill. It just requires them to prove that he acted in a criminally negligent way that resulted in a death.

As the producer and person who fired the gun, they are alleging that the safety protocols were knowingly disregarded to save time.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 17:30

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

BDawg posted:

That seems crazy because the news lawyer this morning said manslaughter requires criminal intent and there most likely isn't that for Baldwin.

Involuntary manslaughter is typically for incidents like this

# ? Jan 19, 2023 17:31

AtomikKrab: Jul 17, 2010; Keep on GOP rolling rolling rolling rolling.

BDawg posted:

That seems crazy because the news lawyer this morning said manslaughter requires criminal intent and there most likely isn't that for Baldwin.

Involuntary doesn't require criminal intent but rather "you drat well should have known and done better than you did."

# ? Jan 19, 2023 17:32

Gerund: Sep 12, 2007; He push a man

BDawg posted:

That seems crazy because the news lawyer this morning said manslaughter requires criminal intent and there most likely isn't that for Baldwin.

Purposefully disregarding safety rules for speed / look reasons is, I argue, a form of criminal intent.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 17:40

BDawg: May 19, 2004; In Full Stereo Symphony

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

Involuntary manslaughter does not require intent to kill. It just requires them to prove that he acted in a criminally negligent way that resulted in a death.

As the producer and person who fired the gun, they are alleging that the safety protocols were knowingly disregarded to save time.

Sorry, negligence, not intent. Baldwin had every reason to believe the gun was a prop and not capable of firing a live round.

Guess the prosecution thinks they can prove that.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 17:41

Leon Trotsky 2012: Aug 27, 2009; YOU CAN TRUST ME!*

_{*Israeli Government-affiliated poster}

BDawg posted:

Sorry, negligence, not intent. Baldwin had every reason to believe the gun was a prop and not capable of firing a live round.

Guess the prosecution thinks they can prove that.

The alleged sequence of events that resulted in them charging Baldwin (and the director and armorer) were this:

- This was a small low-budget movie that Baldwin was producing and funding.

- The original armorer and team had a day rate, but kept complaining that Baldwin was asking them to prepare too quickly between takes. Baldwin said that they needed to finish this specific scene today and the armorer can stay late to finish (but, not get paid more because it was a day rate).

- The armorer said no and left.

- A person from the props department was promoted to armorer. They were technically qualified to do it, but they were also 24, this was their first time ever doing it, and they were also working their other job in props.

- Things seem to go fine for a while.

- According to the safety rules, the armorer is supposed to check the gun and make sure it is only loaded with blanks before handing it to the director.

- The armorer did not and said it was good to go.

- The armorer is also supposed to verify and hand the gun to the director, but instead she had three guns laying on her table (at least one of which was loaded with dummy rounds instead of blanks) and asked someone else to pick up the gun and take it to the director instead of doing it herself. It's not clear if the gun that person took was supposed to be the one taken or not.

- According to the safety rules, the director is supposed to verify that the gun is empty or has blanks before handing it to the actor.

- The director did not. Instead, he just took the crew member's word for it that it was good to go and did not ask for the armorer to be the one to hand it to him.

- The gun actually had "dummy" bullets that are not "real" metal bullets, but are dense rubber bullets used for shooting things from a distance safely.

- The dummy bullets are "safe" bullets, but only supposed to be used for shooting objects at longer range. Shooting a person with them point blank in the face or chest can still cause serious injuries (and death, as was the case here).

- A week earlier, they had another incident with a gun where two live rounds were fired after someone told Baldwin that it just had blanks. But, nobody was harmed and nobody changed anything in response because they chalked it up to a one-time mistake.

- The director already entered a guilty plea in a plea deal admitting that he took the crewmember's word for it and was negligent in both not checking the gun himself and accepting the gun from someone who wasn't the armorer.

- Baldwin and the armorer are being charged with manslaughter because the armorer was supposed to verify the safety of the gun, but failed to do so and told the director (who told Baldwin) that it was good to go.

- Baldwin, as the producer of the movie, was responsible for the staffing and was negligent in disregarding safety rules, letting the original armorer leave, putting the novice armorer (who also had other full-time duties to do in addition to the armorer position), and not ensuring that his director and armorer were following the safety rules. In addition, Baldwin pulled the trigger that eventually killed the cinematographer.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 17:57

Madkal: Feb 11, 2008; Fallen Rib

BDawg posted:

Also, the part where he thought Carroll... the person who is suing him... was his ex-wife, Marla Maples.

https://twitter.com/TEARIS_Hall/status/1616047943026343938?s=20

Yes that's my wife, a person I do not find attractive and am not attracted to.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 18:09

Byzantine: Sep 1, 2007

Staluigi posted:

my You Gotta Hand It To Trump is that he was such a skilled and practiced conman / salesman orator that he has been able to carry on his persuasive personality techniques and general "functionalities" and charismatic appeal even through an extended process of cognitive decline, keeping him relevant if insane to watch

Like it hinders him and causes problems but he's able to keep on with the grift, it's so hardcoded into him

A longstanding question in the Fallout community has been settled - we finally know what high Charisma/low Speech sounds like.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 18:22