Trump's inferno of hate is intensifying
The Atlantic
Opinion by Peter Wehner
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None of this should be surprising. In 2015, Trump, a draft dodger, said that Republican Senator John McCain, a decorated Navy pilot who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for more than five years, was “not a war hero.” Trump said McCain was only considered a hero “because he was captured,” adding, “I like people that weren’t captured.” He kept criticizing McCain even after the Arizona senator died. And during a political rally in 2019, he suggested that the late John Dingell, a Democrat who was the longest-serving member of Congress in American history, was looking up from hell. (Trump held a grudge against Dingell’s widow, Debbie, who succeeded her husband in the House.) He has made hundreds, maybe even thousands, of similar comments over the past decade. But if anything, Trump’s barbarity is getting worse, not better. As he ages, his inferno of hate intensifies.
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At this stage, more than 10 years after Trump first descended a gold-rimmed escalator into the political scene, there is a temptation to dismiss his comments because they have become commonplace. Don’t let Trump live rent-free in your head, some on the right advise. Don’t waste time chasing his foolish and cruel comments, some of his critics warn. It’s oxygen to him. His defenders insist he’s the P. T. Barnum of American politics, a brilliant self-promoter and showman, and that it’s a mistake to pay too much attention to his words.
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Heraclitus taught that character is destiny. In Trump’s case, his sociopathy is destiny. His narcissism; his lack of conscience, remorse, or empathy; his pathological lying and grandiosity; his sense of entitlement, impulsivity, and aggression; his cruelty, predatory behavior, and sadism—these are the forces that drive him. If we don’t understand that, we understand almost nothing of importance about him. And beware: When a man with Trump’s personality feels caged in, when he feels besieged and abandoned and begins to lose control of events, he becomes more desperate and more dangerous.
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Trump sets the pace, and his apparatchiks follow. Many of them have gained power and made money dumping toxic sewage into our civic water supply. But their devotion comes at a personal cost. Those who relish cruelty, who take special delight in dehumanizing others, are engaging in self-harm of a certain kind. “When we desecrate the divinity of others,” the author Brené Brown wrote, “we desecrate our own, and we betray our humanity.”
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So grateful this is getting out there more and More So People who aren't as aware will figure it out.
Mahalo, she
Slobby muzt be filling his diapers quickly.
Is it open testimony or behind closed doors.
I am shocked that they won't allow cameras. 
"Republicans don't want to go along with it because they want to get him into a backroom and then cherry-pick statements, distort them, leak them, spin them," Raskin added.
When asked whether there was a reason why the DOJ shouldn’t publish Smith’s full work, Republicans pointed to the order that had originally blocked Volume II, as well as ongoing adjudication over its release.
They will cover it up and as the article states, they will cherry pick what can be released. BS!
I am so sick of repuke bs! 
Jack wanted testimony to be public, but oh gawd no...
But they can't let the truth get out, as usual. 
That's the reason Smith wanted to testify publicly and I'm betting he'll somehow get the truth out there. 
He is not only articulate, knows his stuff and speaks well, but he's also willing to speak out! And we've seen that coming from him over and over, especially now. We've heard him calling for the Epstein files to be released as well as Jack Smith's final report.
And so I'm sure hoping that you're right, that Jack Smith's report will finally be made public. He is also extremely capable and I have no doubt that he did a complete job. Certainly the public deserves to see his report which was the point of his efforts and we know that he asked to speak publicly but was stymied by Republican Trump loyalists. It would be ideal if it came out before November 2026, but then it sure might help Democrats sweep the midterms. *fingers crossed* 
They certainly can't "lock him up" and he was anxious to testify publicly to let the nation know everything.
And eps filerel date deadline 12/19.
