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steve  ·  2701 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Trump announces ban on transgender people in U.S. military

    I think it's all smoke and mirrors. Trump knows that the left has to focus on this now and it therefore distracts them from his potential criminality.

This is an excellent point. Yesterday while reading the headlines, I thought "since when is twitter the official place to announce governmental policy changes?"

I mean - I know he has tweeted on every other subject - but I feel like people are taking these tweets as already delivered policy... won't this have to march through some official channels and have a chance to be fought over and challenged?

I'd like to be clear - I'm not suggesting that we sit idly by while the naked emperor screams out ridiculousness.... but at the same time - I really don't want to be distracted by the shiny object he's waving 140 characters at a time. He keeps turning up the noise... but I want to put on my noise cancelling headphones and try to focus on what's ACTUALLY happening.