{"id":38674,"date":"2016-12-14T13:21:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T20:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=38674"},"modified":"2016-12-14T13:21:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T20:21:56","slug":"russia-tillerson-never-trump-real-world-emoluments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/12\/russia-tillerson-never-trump-real-world-emoluments.html","title":{"rendered":"Russia, Tillerson, “Never Trump,” the Real World, and “Emoluments”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I\u2019m rather fond of this quaint old document, and wish more people (especially\u00a0politicians) were acquainted with it. \u00a0(Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Despite having been recently forbidden by one of my readers ever to post on political subjects again, I\u2019m going to plunge\u00a0ahead and do it nonetheless.<\/p>\n

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Two items from David French on the Trump administration\u2019s orientation toward Vladimir Putin and Russia:<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow Russia Wins\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Trouble with Tillerson\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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And, since I\u2019ve been asked how \u201cNever Trump\u201d people like me are intending to respond to the ascendancy of Trumpism, I share this:<\/p>\n

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\u201cNo, Trump\u2019s Conservative Critics Have Not Been \u2018Destroyed\u2019 or Silenced\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Which, in turn, cites this:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Parochial Progressive Obsession with Ayn Rand\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Another item: \u00a0I\u2019m not a regular MSNBC viewer, nor do MSNBC\u2019s Rachel Maddow and I see eye to eye on\u00a0most political issues. \u00a0But this nearly-fourteen-minute video on the seemingly large\u00a0gap between many Trump supporters and . . . well, reality<\/em> is absolutely fascinating<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow\/watch\/poll-shows-trump-voter-gap-with-facts-rest-of-americans-s-views-828697155531<\/a><\/p>\n

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And, last but not least I\u00a0mention to you as a final bonus the so-called \u201cineligibility clause\u201d or \u201cemoluments clause\u201d<\/a> (Article 1, Section 6, Clause 2) of the Constitution of the United States of America, which, as we begin to learn more about Mr. Trump\u2019s business interests and business partners in such nations as Turkey and the Philippines, may become a matter of controversy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 Despite having been recently forbidden by one of my readers ever to post on political subjects again, I\u2019m going to plunge\u00a0ahead and do it nonetheless. \u00a0 Two items from David French on the Trump administration\u2019s orientation toward Vladimir Putin and Russia: \u00a0 \u201cHow Russia Wins\u201d \u00a0 \u201cThe Trouble with Tillerson\u201d \u00a0 And, since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nRussia, Tillerson, "Never Trump," the Real World, and "Emoluments"<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"    Despite having been recently forbidden by one of my readers ever to post on political subjects again, I'm going to plunge\u00a0ahead and do it\" 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