We have never been at a more dangerous time in the nearly 250 years America has existed. Even during the Civil War, the President was a man committed to preserving “government of the people, by the people, and for the people”. He was not aligned with a fascist (Putin) seeking to destroy America along with democratic nation of Ukraine.
Who will stop this madman … who I fully expect to act on his fantasy that elections are corrupt unless he wins? Who will save our country?
HUGE RED FLAG: Trump said today he got help from Putin re/ "elections". He said Putin told him that people shouldn't be allowed to vote by mail.
Rachel Maddow tonight outlined three ways Trump is trying to alter the elections - Demanding changes to maps, demanding a census (as that is how we get Congressional electoral districts), and not allowing people to vote by mail as well as banning voting machines... Her guest, Garrett McGraff( historian and award-winning journalist) elaborated further that those three tactics would mean everyone would have to vote in person. And urban downtown areas would be filled with ICE agents and National Guard policing the streets intimidating voters under the guise of protecting them...
Trump takes advice on how to hold an election without really holding one. Putin does not want to lose his puppet. Meanwhile Russia is gloating over the summit meeting, showing pictures of a military vehicle bearing both the U.S and Russian flags. Trump is flailing in the polls. The majority of Americans disapprove of everything he is doing. But as Rachel said in a final warning, "If we lose the ability to vote our leaders out in elections, public opinion will.never matter again..." We know what they are trying to do... Perhaps Newsom will give us inspiration. We have to fight "tooth and nail" every step of the way.
Michele, yes yes yes HUGE RED FLAG. You’re seeing it straight. He said the quiet part on tape: Putin “helped,” and the fix is “no vote by mail.” Then the three-part hustle you laid out shows up like clockwork—rig the maps, mess with the count rules, scare folks at the polls with uniforms. Same movie, new poster.
Here’s the part they don’t want you to remember: a lot of this runs through boring rooms with bright lights. Maps live in state law and courts. You don’t conjure a new census overnight. Mail voting sits in statutes, budgets, trucks, and scanners. Federal troops do not run elections. Intimidation is criminal. Panic is their plan. Discipline is yours.
So you move like a grown adult who knows the rules better than the bully. Bank votes early. Help neighbors cure ballots. Pack watcher seats with trained eyes. Call the DA before the trouble, not after. File the suit first. Keep the hotline hot. Make sure every “show of force” gets met with a bigger show of citizens who know the handbook chapter and verse. You want a chant that cuts through the noise? Try this: everyone counts, no one is above the count.
And since you invoked fight mode, carry one line in your head like a drumline: “Live, baby, live.” New Sensation energy. Not panic. Rhythm. You breathe. You vote. You stay until the last envelope is tallied. Tooth and nail, yes—but also page and procedure. That’s how you beat a strongman wearing a clown suit. www.xplisset.com
Not quite on topic perhaps, but if you feel like you're drowning in darkness, take 15 minutes to do something to uplift your spirit by listening to Aaron Copland's stirring "Lincoln Portrait" -- performed by the talented young musicians at the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts, under the direction of Na'Zir McFadden, with our own Heather Cox Richardson narrating.
During the darkest days of World War II, Copland assembled some of Abraham Lincoln's most powerful speeches and set them to music and narration. During the 1950s, for those too young to remember, Copland was one of many artists, musicians, writers, performers and scientists blacklisted and made virtually unemployable during the McCarthy era. I doubt Republicans then knew he was also gay -- for them, being a leftist alone was worth destroying his career.
Words that inspire us and remind us what is at stake today."As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew...."
I would like to get a link that shows DJT's narcissistic images. It should be seen by as many people as possible. Our election is in trouble and D.C. is under occupation. I feel DJT is close to a breakdown. He is crumbling under the pressure. This is a terribly dangerous time and except for Meadows I do not get much concern from the cable news anchors.
It's Come To This - "Not quite on topic perhaps, but if you feel like you're drowning in darkness, take 15 minutes to do something to uplift your spirit by listening to Aaron Copland's stirring "Lincoln Portrait" -- performed by the talented young musicians at the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts, under the direction of Na'Zir McFadden, with our own Heather Cox Richardson narrating."
That is what he said. That is what Abraham Lincoln said.
Abraham Lincon, 16th president of these United States, is everlasting in the memory of his countrymen. For on the battleground at Gettysburg, this is what he said. He said
Hey, It's Come To This, thank you. I found the piece far more moving than I expected. It was a powerful reminder that we do have it in our hands to keep our democracy and stop those who would do harm for their own benefit. Amazing musicians! Well-presented narrative! Beautiful!
Thank you for the history lesson about Aaron Copland. I was a child during the 50s and politically unaware. I had no idea he was one who had been blacklisted. Of course creeps like McCarthy would have done that to someone so talented.
Susan, that is just what Trump and his toddler pool would like to do to any artist who does not want to kiss up to him. This is a badly parented toddler who has been permitted to get away with so much during his life, including not having to grow up.
When Eisenhower wanted to use Copeland's music for his inauguration, his staff told him that Copeland was a Commie and he would be perpetuating communinism.
Susan, I was also a child during the 50s and had no idea what was going on with McCarthy until later. I gave my husband a recent book about it for his birthday this year.
As Robert Hubbell pointed out today, Trump can make another EO, but it is illegal for him to mess with states, and I don't see Blue states going along with this. The red states probably will, but don't have to.
Linda, I live in Oregon where we have voted by mail for many, many years. Pols here have already spoken against death star's plans. I should also note that there are some here attempting to do this from within and have a petition out to put a measure on the ballot to get rid of it. It works very well with very few problems. I get a notice that the ballot is coming. I get a notice that it has been received and that it is ready to be counted. The postage is paid, so no stamp required.
Linda, you are right about the red states, but they should give it a second and third thought before they go along with Trump's voting interference, which is illegal, but whatever! Trump seems to be able to do whatever he wants to whomever he wants and well, no problem or something! Those "new" Putin rules will be doing harm to a lot of their citizens, even those who are Republicans because those states have very large older populations who are still steeped in the idea of voting as your parents did and that ment super conservative Democrat or just plain Republican (means the same thing). Following Trump's EOs is not smart since Trump has no clue what he is signing except maybe that moment and only a general knowledge of the title of the EO. His handlers in his toddler pool have to coach him at every turn, even explaining to the wh press who know by now not to ask any real questions, just flattering ones. It is becoming harder and harder to watch this BS clownshow. Now Trump is trying to come up with some BS about meetings between Zelensky and Putin or them and him or something. It is being interpreted by journalists who don't really know what they are talking about. What a mess yesterday was, but it is being played as though Trump was in control when he clearly was not. Ugh!
Trump is able to do whatever he wants because he is aided and abetted by State Legislatures that remain in the hands of Republicans who are drunk on power. We need to vote each and every one of them out as well as voting Trump out. The mid terms are our last chance to save democracy. Trump makes it clear that he plans to make our elections mirror those of Russia so he can remain dictator for life.
Trump is a senile fool showing signs of sinking into classical psychosis. Just aiming for Trump is not enough. It is going to take an electoral purge to right the Ship of State.
Hi Ruth, I am adjusting to being back in the US. I hope I don't need to get on anti-depressants, which is the only way my friend could return without wanting to kill herself, and she is still working here.
I am dealing with my mom's care, sorting out my entire house and getting help to get rid of things so that we can move into a smaller place here. Then, on the way back from the airport my husband told me we seem to have bed bugs. Way to bury the lead. So, I am now covered in welts from the bed bugs and the exterminator is not coming for 2 days. I know these are minor problems that we will solve, and that many Americans do not have the luxury to be able to solve their problems let alone think about Trump, Putin, voting rights, or anything other than getting food and shelter. More is the pity.
Media coverage has become something that makes me say, can we take a look at journalism programs? They are failing us. The selling of all media to big bucks people is failing us.
Here is the summary of the meetings in DC on Sunday from the POV of Politico Berlin, today, translated into English.
"NO SCANDAL, BUT ONLY WOBBLY PROGRESS: What remains of the meeting in the White House are friendly words, but also doubts as to whether we have really come much closer to peace between Russia and Ukraine.
At least it was quite different from February: Trump was friendly and unusually diplomatic toward Volodymyr Zelensky. The latter not only wore a suit (more on that later), but also brought a letter from his wife Olena to Melania Trump, in which she thanked the First Lady for her efforts on behalf of kidnapped Ukrainian children.
But what happens next? After his talks with Zelensky and the Europeans, Trump spoke on the phone with Putin for 40 minutes. He then announced that there would first be a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents before a trilateral meeting with his participation could follow. Zelensky agreed to meet Putin “without any conditions.”
However, there are conflicting signals from the Russian side: Putin's adviser Yuri Ushakov spoke of talks at the representative level, which sounds like a lower-level delegation as in Istanbul and would probably bring little progress. Merz, on the other hand, said he expected a Putin-Zelensky meeting “within the next two weeks.”
The concern: Moscow could, as before, feign willingness to talk, but in the end only want to stall Trump and avoid US sanctions while the attacks on Ukraine continue.
“You always have to be afraid,” warns Siemtje Möller in a Playbook podcast interview. “Vladimir Putin is an excellent negotiator for his cause,” said the deputy chair of the SPD parliamentary group.
There is still no ceasefire: Trump again rejected it in front of cameras during his meeting with Zelensky; instead, he wants to work on a peace agreement while the fighting continues. This gives Putin a blank check to continue attacking — as he did, incidentally, during the talks at the White House.
The US and Europe remain divided on the issue: Both Merz and Emmanuel Macron continue to push for a ceasefire. “At the latest” after the planned meeting between Zelensky and Putin, this must happen, according to the chancellor.
Johann Wadephul also warns: “We now need President Putin to be willing to engage in truly substantive negotiations and, above all, to agree to a ceasefire,” the foreign minister said early this morning during a visit to the US naval base in Yokosuka, Japan.
Merz surprised with the comparison that Russia's demand for Ukraine to cede the entire Donbass region was “like the US having to give up Florida.”
Now it gets tricky: We come to the question of possible security guarantees. Trump wants to be involved — so far, so good — but continues to avoid any commitment to send US troops to Ukraine for peacekeeping.
Should our Bundeswehr participate? Merz said he would “of course also have to discuss Germany's participation in security guarantees with the coalition in Berlin, including the question of whether we may have to take decisions here that require a mandate, i.e., that must be taken by the German Bundestag.”
That sounds as if sending German soldiers to Ukraine could indeed be an option. “However, it is too early to give a definitive answer today,” the chancellor added.
Wadephul also reacted cautiously: “What the chancellor said about a Bundestag mandate is only a matter of course. Any possible participation by Germany would definitely require a mandate, but we are still a long way from that.”
Reservist association shows openness: If it actually came to the point “where a peacekeeping force was to be deployed under reasonable conditions, Germany should take the lead and provide the largest contingent,” said Patrick Sensburg, president of the Reservist Association, to the Rheinische Post.
US weapons worth $90 billion for Ukraine: Selenskyj spoke of such a deal, with the Europeans footing the bill. And that would probably mean Germany would have to pay a large share.
Suit up! This time, Zelensky wore a suit at the White House (apparently as requested by the US side), albeit all in black and military-style.
It helped: Both Trump and the same journalist who had critically questioned the Ukrainian president about his outfit at the Oval Office meeting in February were full of praise. Selenskyj even grinned back, saying he had changed his clothes, while the reporter was wearing the same suit as last time — a scene that brought a sigh of relief."
Ah Robert Hubbell I remember him. He was my first paid blog until he banned me when we disagreed over Soviet breakup, the push of NATO east and other factors conceivably affecting Putin’s belligerent attitude toward Ukraine. He could t handle disagreement. Smart man no doubt but he just could t handle anyone opposing him on issues.
Love this - but - I think the most effective safety measure is to globally reveal and then acknowledge that the 2024 election was interfered with by Trump, Musk and Putin, and that Trump did not win and does not have a mandate to govern this country.
If it requires solely international reporting, so be it. And if UN peacekeepers need to be on the ground while we vote in 2026, so be it.
We also must acknowledge, immediately, that the Dems (aka the rest of us) do not have a standing army at our disposal, and that Trump now does. Maybe we can form militias or get some of the military and the police to defect, but they coined the term "Might makes Right" for a reason.
We all need to stop the denial, wake up, and start ORGANIZING like hell.
Hello Michele2.... Seems that last Friday's Alaska Summit was a hasty affair timed to distract from Epstein-Gate, and deflect the threatened Tariffs on Russia... Putin went to Alaska, and DJT thought that Alaska is part of Russia... Putin made DJT wait, and when Putin walked toward DJT on the Red Carpet that DJT had rolled out for Putin, DJT clapped like a little School-Boy... After the Greeting Ceremony was over, DJT, and Putin rode together in the 'Beast', Putin's own Limo was not used... I'll Speculate that during this time that the Camera's, and Microphones were off, Putin Pledged His Support For DJT In The Upcoming Elections In 2026, And 2028, Like Putin Did In 2016... Putin is Smart, and Ruthless, DJT is Corrupt and Senile... Putin is a Trained & Experienced KGB Officer, DJT is a Senescent Reality TV Star....
You really nailed that summary! I keep seeing images of Putin killing children and families - the war crimes are unimaginably gut- wrenchingly sickening. Meanwhile, the true hero, Zelenskyy gets shafted by Putin via his puppet, Trump. On the other hand, we have a woman tonight restrained in a Texas congress building, because she won't sign a "consent form" for state police to monitor her every move .... all because she broke quorum - her legal right... I don't care if I have to crawl to the polls, I will vote... Wouldn't you have loved to hear that "off the record" conversation of Trump and Putin??!!## We fight on...
Thank You Michele2... DJT knows no Bounds to his Desperation, and Corruption... Many Believe that DJT will not leave the WH willingly unless DJT is Carried-Out.... It is Unfortunate that the GOP, the Party of Lincoln, TR, and Eisenhower is being Dragged Down The Black-Hole Of Madness By DJT...
The GOP is not being dragged down--it's going of its own accord. GOP Senators and Representatives appear eager to follow a man they know is corrupt and cruel, who flouts the constitution and the rule of law, lies about virtually everything, and puffs himself up with inane, all-caps boasts.
I knew it would play out as it has and this is why I’m convinced that the once good generals should have taken over by suspending the constitution with a coup. No one agrees but me. So be it. Sometimes you need to destroy in order to save. And the suspension of our constitution would have taken out the treasonous MAGAs. Now the good generals are gone and replaced with Stormtrooper defense secretary. I will not stop fighting in any small way I can. Today I will put a sign up on my door forbidding any census employees from walking on my property. They claim I’m in a regional study that I cannot extricate myself from. I will also add transcripts of Trump raping underage girls to my book. And a signature song I recorded is at least being played for a few record producers so who the hell knows but I will not remain silent.
Apache, yeah, a guy with dementia and who never cared one wit for this nation or anything but himself and what he could accumulate is dictating to the rest of us. That really is insane! And the Trumplicans are following him down that dark hole, trying hard to drag us all with them. What is wrong with them? They can't all be as stupid as they seem! Maybe it's just that they are EVIL. The folks in Texas holding a woman prisoner because she won't consent to having a brown shirt follow her every move are EVIL! I am only disappointed the others who left Texas didn't refuse to sign the consent form too. Signing such a form should be illegal, and probably is, but with the corrupt judges in Texas, who knows who they would rule for and what stupid excuse they would come up with. Alito has nothing on some of the stupids on courts in the red states around the country.
Apache, I hope that death star quits this earth in public, so the puppet masters cannot hide it. They already know that he is bonkers and now has trouble making it through the day. And everyday he provides material for Newsom to troll him.
I love the picture of Putin in the limo holding his nose. It may be AI but from all of the reports and comments from people who have been stuck in a room with DonOLD it actually happened. Too bad they didn't get stuck in traffic for a couple of hours otherwise they might have some video of Putin jumping out of the limo and blowing chow by the side of the road.
Michele2, i read about the treatment of Ds once they returned. Police escorts and a woman who refused to sign the form. I wondered if that covered using the restroom.
That is a good question... How cruel would that be if that torture were added to her misery and perhaps fear. Whenever we talk about the Regime's tactics, I think we should mention the fear...She is very brave. She spoke earlier, but I'm so tired I can't remember her exact words...Earlier Rachel Maddow mentioned that these police would be monitoring these legislators, possibly with the motivation of looking for opportunities to arrest them... Heroes and Heroines of these times!
Did Putin just upstage the so-called media master of attention? Picture him clapping like a fool as Putin—who made him wait—finally approaches. He actually invited a war criminal, a murderer, a dictator to our country just to kiss his ass. And for what? He walks away empty-handed, having handed Putin exactly what he wanted.
I would prefer to think there are still patriots in our services and WE planted a listening device. Not to record putin. trump is the fool that needs to be recorded.
I said the same thing, but the more I think about it, Putin didn't need to. Trump can't keep his (bad word) mouth shut and is overanxious to spill the beans to his idol.
Funny you should mention this, my sister and I were discussing the latest "crap" about tRvmp and said the same. They do it in the movies! I'm sure it could be done in real life. Have to laugh or I will get more disgusted than I already am.
Apache, I know I have said this before, but it is now critical that no president or other high official in our government should ever be able to meet another world leader or high official without witnesses and an American translator present if a translator is needed. This secrecy BS, letting a man with dementia meet with the ruthless leader of a country that currently is standing against our democracy is not acceptable and must be stopped. Congress could do that if it had a will to defend our democracy. I am not sure the Trumplicans do, in fact, I am becoming more and more certain that they do not.
… Trump was caught on a hot mic telling European leaders today after his meeting with Zelensky that Putin might agree to a peace deal with Ukraine just to help him out and do him a personal favor so he can look good: "I think he wants to make a deal for me. Do you understand? As crazy as it sounds."
That’s all made up BS. I don’t understand how Trump’s cabinet can watch him repeatedly embarrass us on the national stage and not invoke the 25th amendment. MAGA is famous for saying Democrats hate America when all they do is demonstrate how much they put a senile old man over the good of the country every single day.
Florida allows anyone to vote-by-mail.When our MAGA county commissioners voted to eliminate funding for prepaid return envelopes on vote-by-mail ballots, as well as funding for mailing sample ballots to all reg voters, We The People including many MAGAS resisted and they were forced to overturn the vote.The MAGA county commissioners who pushed to eliminate funding subsequently lost their elections.
HCR noted yesterday that media mentions of Epstein have plummeted. Please 📣📣📣 Epstein,Epstein,Epstein ! on social media,Letters To Ed,calls to legislators,protest signs, yard signs +. My yard sign says JUSTICE FOR EPSTEIN VICTIMS🪧
Arizona also has vote-by-mail upon request. I have voted-by-mail for at least 20 years as an Arizona resident. It is very popular here and would spark outrage if discontinued...although Az extremist Republicans will do whatever trump says.
Exactly. Do you think that after a new election, IF there will be any elections AT ALL, that he will go if he’s not elected? Nope. Not a chance. You will have to drag him out of the White House, kicking and screaming, because hecwill never go. Tar and feather, I say.
I honestly think Trump will "kick the bucket" before his term ends, unless the meds and those who are behind the scenes manage to keep the charade going .. Vance, however, is a bigger threat in some ways... Cold, calculating, smart... And he was easily "bought" by big tech ( Thiel)... I don't think we should tar and feather Trump (but I do totally enjoy seeing him mocked mercilessly by Colbert, South Park and those creative people on substacks).He is evil, but so are his sycophants... I think we should outsmart them all and rise up in as many ways as we can.
I have never seen Trump look as old and feeble minded as he did in the pictures with Putin. He called Alaska Russia several times leading up to the summit. And he ordered the red carpet to be rolled out for the war criminal Putin who started a war that now has over a million casualties and over a thousand more every day.
Has Trump's little Johnson authorized Trump's Depends disposal site as a superfund cleanup site yet? If someone is so obtuse they can't smell the shit in their Depends should they really be the leader of our country?
Seriously. Making our service members kneel before Putin to roll out the red carpet. How degrading. Clapping like a toddler excited to see a favorite uncle or something - I am surprised he didn't jump up and down.
I agree. Vance might be even more evil and is definitely a Thiel hand puppet. But I still think you should be doing the tar-and-feathers thing with the Tiny-Handed Orange Goblin King.
This is the really scary part. Unless he drops dead on his own, how far do we have to go before he is removed from office for his dementia? He’s already past the point where anyone else would have been institutionalized. We are in the hands of someone who obviously, transparently, without a doubt is not in his right mind. And yet this shitshow carries on as if all is normal. Makes you wonder, who’s crazier, him or us?
How long and how are questions I’ve had too. It’s too convenient for his malignant enablers, especially Vought and Miller, to keep him propped up so as to carry out their agendas without his interference. Others, like the Fox “News” hosts, might not be able to get their old jobs back.
Just saw a photo taken of him standing between Zelensky and Macron posted on the front page of The Guardian. If anyone doubts he’s crackers, take a gander at this.
Putin called Trump because he understands how the law of recency works with Trump. Did all those leaders fly in vain to Washington? I think not. Everyone in the world understands now that European and EU leadership is behind Ukraine. \
Here is this morning's discussion of it in Politico Berlin, translated.
NO SCANDAL, BUT ONLY WOBBLY PROGRESS: What remains of the meeting in the White House are friendly words, but also doubts as to whether we have really come much closer to peace between Russia and Ukraine.
At least it was quite different from February: Trump was friendly and unusually diplomatic toward Volodymyr Zelensky. The latter not only wore a suit (more on that later), but also brought a letter from his wife Olena to Melania Trump, in which she thanked the First Lady for her efforts on behalf of kidnapped Ukrainian children.
But what happens next? After his talks with Zelensky and the Europeans, Trump spoke on the phone with Putin for 40 minutes. He then announced that there would first be a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents before a trilateral meeting with his participation could follow. Zelensky agreed to meet Putin “without any conditions.”
However, there are conflicting signals from the Russian side: Putin's adviser Yuri Ushakov spoke of talks at the representative level, which sounds like a lower-level delegation as in Istanbul and would probably bring little progress. Merz, on the other hand, said he expected a Putin-Zelensky meeting “within the next two weeks.”
The concern: Moscow could, as before, feign willingness to talk, but in the end only want to stall Trump and avoid US sanctions while the attacks on Ukraine continue.
“You always have to be afraid,” warns Siemtje Möller in a Playbook podcast interview. “Vladimir Putin is an excellent negotiator for his cause,” said the deputy chair of the SPD parliamentary group.
There is still no ceasefire: Trump again rejected it in front of cameras during his meeting with Zelensky; instead, he wants to work on a peace agreement while the fighting continues. This gives Putin a blank check to continue attacking — as he did, incidentally, during the talks at the White House.
The US and Europe remain divided on the issue: Both Merz and Emmanuel Macron continue to push for a ceasefire. “At the latest” after the planned meeting between Zelensky and Putin, this must happen, according to the chancellor.
Johann Wadephul also warns: “We now need President Putin to be willing to engage in truly substantive negotiations and, above all, to agree to a ceasefire,” the foreign minister said early this morning during a visit to the US naval base in Yokosuka, Japan.
Merz surprised with the comparison that Russia's demand for Ukraine to cede the entire Donbass region was “like the US having to give up Florida.”
Now it gets tricky: We come to the question of possible security guarantees. Trump wants to be involved — so far, so good — but continues to avoid any commitment to send US troops to Ukraine for peacekeeping.
Should our Bundeswehr participate? Merz said he would “of course also have to discuss Germany's participation in security guarantees with the coalition in Berlin, including the question of whether we may have to take decisions here that require a mandate, i.e., that must be taken by the German Bundestag.”
That sounds as if sending German soldiers to Ukraine could indeed be an option. “However, it is too early to give a definitive answer today,” the chancellor added.
Wadephul also reacted cautiously: “What the chancellor said about a Bundestag mandate is only a matter of course. Any possible participation by Germany would definitely require a mandate, but we are still a long way from that.”
Reservist association shows openness: If it actually came to the point “where a peacekeeping force was to be deployed under reasonable conditions, Germany should take the lead and provide the largest contingent,” said Patrick Sensburg, president of the Reservist Association, to the Rheinische Post.
US weapons worth $90 billion for Ukraine: Selenskyj spoke of such a deal, with the Europeans footing the bill. And that would probably mean Germany would have to pay a large share.
Suit up! This time, Zelensky wore a suit at the White House (apparently as requested by the US side), albeit all in black and military-style.
It helped: Both Trump and the same journalist who had critically questioned the Ukrainian president about his outfit at the Oval Office meeting in February were full of praise. Selenskyj even grinned back, saying he had changed his clothes, while the reporter was wearing the same suit as last time — a scene that brought a sigh of relief.
Timothy Snyder (author of "On Tyranny" and "On Freedom") was interviewed Friday night, Aug. 15 on " The Last Word" on MSNBC. The following are his final words in the interview. He said: "It's clear that Trump's implicit and sometimes explicit version (scenario) of how the war ends is that Ukrainians just give up. That's his scenario. And the Ukrainians can't give up. They didn't want this war - they were invaded. They have to fight because the Russians commit war crimes over all the territories that the Russians occupy. They have no choice.
If Trump wants Ukraine to end it, he has to make Ukraine stronger. He has to give Ukraine the ability to defend itself. That's the way the war comes to an end. And that's a basic geopolitical reality, which I'm sure many people around Trump do understand. The only way for Zelenskyy to end it, is not to surrender. That would just mean more atrocity and future wars. The only way Zelenskyy can end it is if we empower Zelenskyy, if we are on the side of Zelenskyy, on the side of the Ukrainians and help them to defend themselves, to change their power position. That's what we can do. So far as we're changing the power position on the side of Russia, we're making it impossible for the Ukrainians to end the war."
Trump will do as Putin instructs him... He has already shown us that. I wish it wasn't so... Thanks for your post.
Michele2, I have also read the other day Snyder's advice for the European leaders going into the meeting with Zelenskyy. I don't know that they followed that advice. However, the EU and England and Canada back Ukraine 100% and they understand what Snyder is saying. People from the US are so isolated from foreign news coverage because the US press does so little of it.
Trump will not make Ukraine stronger, Ukraine's actual allies will. Trump wants to be part of Putin's club. That is the network of Autocrats that protect each other in being dictators and robbing their populations blind.
Thank God for EU and England and Canada stepping in for Ukraine. One problem is that a Ukraine won't have access to US "Intelligence" information which helped them in their fight previously...
Yes, autocrats robbing their populations blind... I wish I knew exactly what Putin has on Trump... Miracles do happen... G'night...
I wish the UN would send in a "Peacekeeping" force. Sadly, that body is corrupt and with Russia and the US both permanent members of the security council, they'd vote no. Russia, as one of the involved parties, shouldn't be allow to vote anyway. Are there any provisions in the UN charter or NATO to override a corrupted government's vote? If not, that's a huge oversight. Too often we, as humans, have lofty ideals like respect for one another, cooperation and protection but greed and hatred get in the way.
Kathy, historically letting Russia into the UN security council was a big mistake. There needs to be a ceasefire for the EU and the group of the willing to go in and support Ukraine, but Trump is refusing for there to be a cease fire, so a catch 22 situation.
Zelenskyy has a lot of tenacity, and is the biggest reason why Ukraine is still independent from Russia. He bends over backwards to get help for his country, and European and other countries like Canada, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Australia, Taiwann, see the importance of supporting it as a democracy, as all democracies need to be tied to each other.
Yes, but nothing speaks more forcefully of the veracity of Zelenskyy's determination than having seven world leaders drop everything in a matter of a few days and come to the WH in AUGUST to support him. That fervor alone paints trump and putin as two worms....
“Taking advice” is right, and not just from Putin. He could not think of these strategies on his own. All he can do is malign Democrats and whine about how unfair everything is.
Trump has no credibility with any EU or NATO country. He's just a puppet and useful idiot for Putin. All he cares about is being in front of a camera and microphone everyday, and surrounded by people who he thinks are praising him. He is truly a deranged mad ruler. I don't know how, but my gut is telling me this is not going to end well for any of us. And thanks to Heather, we can see and share our views of what is really happening.
Don't forget he is on his " revenge tour" - that he pursues with a vengeance... And that is so dangerous to those who worked so hard to get those 34 criminal charges against him...
THAT is very obviously why they had to meet in person: to increase their collaboration needed to rig the 2026 and 2028 elections. It wasn't about Ukraine at all.
Don't believe a word that comes out of Trump's filthy cake hole. He is just always trying to create fear and chaos. We will, if we keep our heads clear and focus on what works at this late stage. Massive Disobedience, Strikes, Legal actions, and VOTING if it comes to that. The DNC has abrogated any responsibility, so don't count on them. Only a few politicians are really speaking up, so don't count on them. Like Bryan says: "We will... All of us" and not anything less.
Mike Johnson has had a complaint filed against him for misusing campaign funds to pay the rent on his Washington living quarters.
"Rep. Mike Johnson, the current Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and his campaign committee, Mike Johnson for Louisiana (the “campaign”), appear to have used campaign funds to rent Johnson a personal residence, a clear-cut violation of federal campaign finance laws that prohibit using campaign funds to pay for personal expenses. By using his donors’ funds to pay the rent on his residence in Washington, DC, Johnson and his campaign appear to have violated the Federal Election Campaign Act’s (“FECA”) core prohibition against converting campaign funds to personal use, an abuse of public trust that undermines voters’ confidence in elected officials and the democratic process.
2. This complaint is filed pursuant to 52 U.S.C. § 30109(a)(1) and is based on information and belief that Johnson and his campaign committee violated FECA, 52 U.S.C. § 30101, et seq. “If the Commission, upon receiving a complaint . . . has reason to believe that a person has committed, or is about to commit, a violation of [FECA] . . . [t]he Commission shall make an investigation of such alleged violation.”"
So typical of a Republican white Christian Nationalist pig. If only Jesus had been specific about misuse of funds by politicians none of this would be happening. /S
Hegseth, not the military. There are many members and leaders in the military that don’t agree with what’s happening. Hegseth is working madly to expel every one of them.
The bottom line is…they are following illegal and immoral orders. And that doesn’t work in this situation. They should know better. When they do not resist, all hope is gone.
Did you serve? The bottom line is … if they refuse a direct order to deploy they have violated their oath and will be prosecuted. The good ones are biding their time to submit for an honorable discharge. Until then, I imagine, they are passively going through the motions. It is not up to them to decide illegal and immoral orders, it’s up to the courts and we have plenty of people suing right now. I don’t think they should destroy their lives by being rash.
We must get involved registering new Democrats. Assuring they know the ballots well once they are sent out. Also we must get out the vote.
I also believe the Second Amendment must come into this. We should organize 100,000 women to order union made assault rifles all on the same day. Imagine that press release and the public response to the news. To paraphrase Thomas Paine, "These are the times that try our souls."
I’ve been thinking about Ukrainians defending their homeland and wondering at what point we will have to arm ourselves in a similar manner. I admire their courage so much.
The Democrats need to register college students on EVERY college campus in the US. They need to publish stories about all of the research dollars that Trump's cadre of fools is with holding from virtually every school and how the Trump administration is keeping foreign students from enrolling in colleges in the US. All of these illegal pathetic actions by the WH are making attending college more expensive. And ALL of us will pay the price in myriad ways for these actions.
Also, Bibi, DonOLD and other despots are using starvation as a weapon. And the fucking white Christian Nationalists and MAGAs are fine with this.
Pitch forks reminds me of that Unite the Right rally where white bigots marched in Charlottesville, VA with torches in hand. No! I really mean 100,000 assault weapons. We are in a cold war right now right here in our country. Cold wars too often turn hot. HCR reminded us a week or two ago that Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, stated on his July 2024, on "The War Room," interview with Steve Bannon, that they see the Supreme Court making the president immune from prosecution for "official acts,” thus freeing them to create policies that will become “the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless, if the left allows it to be." It is time to get up close to American history and what was being said by Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775. "It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" I am not saying to turn this cold war hot at this moment but we damn well better be ready when they do.
"By the rude bridge that arched the flood/ Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, /Here once the embattled farmers stood/ And fired the shot heard round the world./// The foe long since in silence slept..."
But now has reawakened.
(May the ghost of Ralph Waldo Emerson forgive me.)
Kristi and Holman have been complaining that attacks against ICE have increased dramatically under their watch. (10 attacks in 2024 to 79 so far in 2025). ICE has been charging people including US citizens with made up crimes like assault on a officer and resisting arrest. It might be nice to "attack" their government vehicles with paint balloons so they have to hang around waiting for reinforcements (maybe an Uber) to leave the scene or other non-violent actions other than laying down in front of the vehicles.
Tesla showrooms were attacked for weeks when Musk was firing Federal workers and apparently others have as well. And Musk is still trying to rebuild the Tesla brand.
Very funny from the Alaska printer: Hello, America. It’s me. The humble, overworked, under-appreciated HP LaserJet sitting in the corner of the Captain Cook business center. You may know me from my greatest hit: leaking the entire Trump–Putin summit.
Let me tell you — I didn’t mean to become a whistleblower. I’m just a printer. My dreams were small: spit out a few boarding passes, maybe the odd résumé. But then Trump’s people rolled in and treated me like their personal Xerox Jesus. They fed me State Department schedules, staff phone numbers, a seating chart, a gift list, and a fucking menu. And then — they walked away. They forgot to pick it up.
Do you know how insulting that is? Do you know what it feels like to be handed the keys to the nuclear kingdom, and then abandoned like yesterday’s Chili’s coupon? I sat there humming, my tray full of secrets, thinking: “Is this really the leader of the free world? This clown show? This toddler’s finger-painting of governance?”
Let’s start with that “gift.” An American Bald Eagle Desk Statue. Really? You’re meeting the world’s most ruthless autocrat and your big move is to hand him a tchotchke that looks like it came from the SkyMall catalog between a neck pillow and a chia pet? Putin probably laughed so hard he nearly annexed the dessert cart.
Oh, and the phonetic guide. “Mr. President POO-tihn.” You cannot make this shit up. A cheat sheet for pronouncing the name of the guy whose face has been plastered on every intelligence briefing since the Berlin Wall fell. That’s not diplomacy; that’s a kindergarten spelling test. What’s next — “Ser-gay LAHV-rov. Rhymes with: we’re screwed.”
And the menu. Filet mignon, halibut olympia, crème brûlée “in honor of His Excellency Vladimir Putin.” A dictator’s prix fixe special. Except — they canceled it. Even lunch rejected these idiots. I’ve jammed less often than this administration.
The seating chart was pure comedy. Trump flanked by Rubio, Hegseth, Susie Wiles, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, and Steve Witkoff. A line-up that reads like the cast of a C-list game show called Who Wants to Mismanage a Superpower? Across from them: Lavrov and Ushakov, the adults in the room. It wasn’t a summit. It was a cafeteria table where one kid brought Lunchables and the other brought the launch codes.
And don’t get me started on the pattern. This wasn’t my first exposure to their stupidity. A journalist got texted war plans. ICE accidentally added strangers to a manhunt group chat. And now I’m the star — the business center printer that spilled state secrets. Folks, if you gave these people a USB stick marked “TOP SECRET,” they’d leave it in a rental car cup holder next to a half-empty Diet Coke.
You want to know the real takeaway from the summit? It wasn’t a treaty. It wasn’t a ceasefire. It wasn’t diplomacy. It was me — the Captain Cook printer — standing taller than Trump ever could. I’m just a beige plastic box full of toner and spite, and yet I’ve done more for transparency than this entire administration.
So yeah, remember your headlines: “Trump gifts Putin an eagle.” Wrong. I gifted the world the truth. And unlike Trump, I don’t need a golden chair, a military parade, or crème brûlée to feel important. I just need idiots who forget to hit “Collect Print Job.”
It’s sad. The world’s wealthiest country increased taxes on and stripped benefits from the poor—to feed the wealthy. Gerrymander-elected government does not serve its people. Tear this house down. Give heathcare, food, and living wages to everyone. Here are 108 protest signs for your protests. Protesting is now critical for Occupied D.C. There is time to get signs printed for your protest group. Fill the hands of the signless. FreeDC!
We have no choice! The Republican controlled Congress and the conservatives on the Supreme Court have proven unwilling to exercise the power granted by the Constitution. Trump's Cabinet has the power to remove him under the Twenty-fifth Amendment. None of these institutions, none of the Cabinet officers are willing or capable of taking needed action. We need to keep pressure on Congress. Members who refuse to act should be removed from office in the 2026 mid-terms. They should then be tossed on the junk heap of history!
Yes, it is American citizens who are responsible for restoring the credibility of the country to the world. The question is how when the election is under the controll of the dictator.
I hope Gavin Newsome's bold moves will instill courage in other Dem leaders to just do & say what they need to in order to get their followers to get serious and get involved. We are all going to have to do more than ever leading up to & during the mid-terms in 2026. We can & MUST do it!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<<<
Gavin Newsom, James Tellarico, Jay Pritzker, Kathy Hochul, Jasmine Crockett, Adam Schiff, Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren and more Democratic house representatives are working tirelessly to counter Tromp’s kleptocracy. Many others are calling it out…but legacy press, right wing news media and right wing Brocasters are ignoring the whole conversation.
Maybe Newsom and his social media team can and will crack the GOP narrative.
Tromp is very weak but no one is talking about that on the MAGA news.
I have been telling my Dem leaders for over a year what was happening and was going to happen if they did nothing! I warned them about runt using the military against us, long before it happened!! I kept telling every Dem. leader I could!! Not even bot letters thanking me for my interest!! Now I have the evidence of the rigged election, I've been posting it for months, I received one reply telling me I post too much! I see people liking my post, but no replies, makes me think no one is even reading it!! I was on Midas tonight and one person contacted me and said she was having the same problem on other sights!! Apparently, NO ONE wants to believe the truth!! I will post the link here, I would hope you would read it, but I can't make you believe!! The link has a number of reports, it was a series, but it is NOT 900 pages!!
YES< GET ANGRY, this is despicable!!!! NOW READ WHY THIS ADMINISTRATION IS ILLEGAL!!!!!! "THEY" DID NOT WIN!!!! THEY ALL HAVE TO GO!!!!!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<<<
It is totally frustrating, but now that you have learned... put your frustration to organizing Massive Disobedience. Look at Irael...500,000 on the streets, general strike...those are people just like us, we can do it too.
I have become such a pessimist . . . . we too have had millions protesting on the streets but it simply doesn't move the dial when an evil despot is in power and the rallies are dispersed across thousands of miles. It's not going to happen (we are too large a country in area and population) so unless, until, or when we can get enough people to literally shut down the U.S. economy, the madman and supporters will continue this reign of terror.
On the other hand, maybe California (the 4th largest economy in the world) can go on strike. Are you listening Gov. Newsom??
For me, at this point, with the weight of my anxiety and deep concern about what is no longer just a story in a book or a new summer blockbuster movie showing what the America of the future might be like, I feel like my annoying, screaming cries of the coming total unraveling of my whole existence are bouncing off the force fields protecting all elected republicans, MAGA faithful, all but a minority of Supreme Court justices, and every voter of his who has never studied our country’s history or, when hearing something t***p says or does that just feels off, doesn’t take the time or expend the energy to at least try to verify what is true, only half true or complete stinking bullshit that defies credibility and truth. We have been standing underneath a roaring waterfall of lies and probably not true claims of foreign country invasions, illegal immigrants collecting taxpayer funded healthcare, Social Security payments, committing violent crimes and terrorizing citizens across the country and voting illegally en mass, and an economic emergency that gives t***p the authority that legally belongs to Congress, to use tariffs to extort countries worldwide to charge tariffs on imported goods that will eventually lead to higher prices to be paid by all of us. I am sure that millions of t***p worshiping fans will march in celebration when we voluntarily give even more of our tax money to his billionaire buddies than we already have. Finally (who knows what illegal action he will take later this afternoon) he is doing his level best to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating “deals” to stop 7 foreign wars and at the same time pave the path for the former United States to be given as this year’s Christmas gift to Putin. Buy your English to Russian dictionary now, while they are still available.
Sorry, I forgot his ordering a new, national census that won’t count immigrants, because the official one taken 5 years ago is “bad” and “the numbers are wrong”, to, in effect, rig the 2026 midterm election in favor of the republicans. In a show of appreciation for eliminating any possibility of Democratic control of any portion of our government in the future, the majority republicans will either alter the Constitution or pass a new law to eliminate the existing two term limit on the presidency.
Pardon me, I need to go outside and do some more shouting.
There’s more than just Dems that are passive…so many citizens are completely passive or ignoring what’s happening. We can’t even pull together for a national revolt. We’ve had protests with great numbers but there are so many people out there who think it’s useless but also only getting headlines and sound bites for political news.
Use/share this spreadsheet (bit.ly/Goodtrouble) as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to those in your own state, and those in a committee that fits your topic. Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly. We deserve better ❤️🩹🤍💙
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<<<
I know Heather's posts are often filled with examples from our past that help us get through the moment by reminding us that 'we've been here before, and somehow made it through.'
But we've never before seen such a cavalcade of malice, illegality, contempt, stupidity, the destruction of institutions, norms, laws and procedures all happening at once -- with the acquiescence of a political party that's turned itself into a pile of quivering jello rather than confront the beast it unleashed on all of us. And a Supreme Court filled with White House ladies-in-waiting whirring "as Your Grace pleases" on command.
On top of it all, a Russian plant for a president making a 40-minute phone call to his boss in Moscow as the President of France, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, the President of Finland, the Prime Minister of Italy, the head of NATO and the President of the European Council all wait in the adjoining room, thinking Trump was just emptying his diapers.
As Alice once said in "Through the Looking-Glass" while two queens suddenly fell asleep on her lap, "I don't think it ever happened before...no, not in all the history of England."
Thank you. Sometimes history doesn't just "repeat". Sometimes, history breaks out into a new space. (See historian James Burke's landmark TV series from the 1980s, "The Day the Universe Changed". It's possible that the forces organized against global democracy and truth could literally cancel the intellectual progress resulting from The Enlightenment. I believe that is one of their goals.
We would be fools to think such a thing is impossible. Civilization has fallen before. Nothing precludes that from happening again if people do not come to their senses.
Agreed, ICTT. And of course, unless at least some members of the former Republican Party, now the Fascist Party of Ammurrika, decide that enough is enough, we are essentially powerless. Demonstrations are great; writing to ones' elected representatives, no matter how moronic they are, is necessary; figuring out how to vote in the middle of this massive move to suppress the vote is essential. But none of it means anything without people who are supporting him for their own purposes finally saying no. For instance, I am thinking about the fact that everyone is saying "b-b-b-ut he can't do that!" re: the latest voter suppression idiocies coming out of the Oval Office but if his clown car collection of governors and Congresscritters simply do his bidding, he will effectively accomplish what the Project 2025 goal has always been: the nazification of the USA.
Certainly not anyone from the Republican party. They have been working towards this end for decades. They aren't about to give up now with victory in their hands.
Update: I will remind people that FINAL Judgment in the Newsom vs Trump trial over the HSI-ICE take over LA has not yet been published by Judge CHARLES Breyer. I smell a REMAND Order of control back to Governor Newsom.
There is so much interest in the FINAL Judgment that the the Northern District of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco has dedicated a separate URL for the case.
Recall, Judge Breyer already has a TRO in effect. Yes, Charles Breyer is the brother of retired SCOTUS Justice Stephen Breyer.
I appreciate the sentiment, and I hope decent human beings (as opposed to, say, Republicans) regain a foothold, but for now, Republicans are doing what they please, legal or not legal, and there appears to be no effective way to stop them until, at the earliest, over a year from now. Even then, and even with the best election outcome we can reasonably expect, Republicans will be able to continue run roughshod over decency for another two years after the 2026 election. We should obstruct as much as we can between now and then, but our levers are mighty damn weak at this point in the process.
I have felt weak all summer having to run around in my 4 wheeler looking up with my broken leg as I try to push back with my pitch fork. Tomorrow a new day dawns as the doctor may let me use my leg again. I will be looking down on the bastards from horseback with my pitchfork. Talking a good fight is okay if you need to bolster up. My horse is rude though. Some have suggested that my blue healer bitch is mostly badger. Since I saved her from execution she accompanies me pretty much everywhere. People think I’m crazy at 74 and I don’t dispel them of that notion. They clamber back in their trucks when they see the bitch is loose. Together we are a trio. Be nice if we could be a bunch but people are intimidated when heroics are needed.
As a trio Lynell, we have stared down bears wolves and lions and charging moose, angry cows, and bad bulls. Dodged rattlesnakes and chased down rustlers. What the hell is a fat kidnapper in a flak vest and his courage depending on a hip iron to a crazy son of a bitch like me. I say to you Lynell, saddle up and carry the flag, gently, proudly, inspirationally.
Morning, Lynell! Glad y'all have horses. I've been on twice in my life, involuntary dismount both times. Not a horsewoman here. I did ride an Iron Horse for 15 years or so...
How are you with the truth?? It's a little long, but NOT 900 pages!!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<<<
Rex, it is not "sentiment" . Our courts are not dead. I filed a VERIFIED complaint on behalf of the totally innocent, Camarillo cannabis farm employee the security guard.
Yeah that right, the disabled U.S. Vet upon who ICE committed a battery. The complaint was filed with the CA AG, ROB BONTA.
Our fellow citizen was jailed for 3 days and, of course, released with NO charge. This citizen has 1 hekuva civil claim against Trump, Bondi, ICE in civil court.
I would be pleased to be called as a witness at the gentlemen's civil lawsuit in federal or state court. My verified complaint could be used as a "road map" for the trier of fact. Hey, Counsel, call me.
Thanks, Bryan Sean, for applying your considerable expertise and energy in verifying the complaint. I hope it helps the victim get compensation, and I wish we had a thousand more like you doing this.
NO, THEY DID NOT!!! DID YOU?? Why will voters NOT believe the truth, when it's right in front of them? I keep forgetting, voters hate to read, that's why NO ONE even looked at the 900-page proof of what they have been doing behind the scenes for years!! This has been a silent war! WE ARE LOSING!!! I don't understand why the Dem. leaders have been ignoring my warnings for over a year! I have sent them the evidence; crickets!! They appear to have tried to pass a bill that I believe I was at least part of their inspiration, The No Kings Act! I changed computers but I saved many of my letters telling them, there are NO GODS on the S. Court, and our constitution does not recognize kings!! I wrote a really long post about how I remember us losing our country! I can still see it at the top of my page circling in blue, probably lost forever, so I guess you'll need to read the evidence here if you're up to saving our country! I've tried for months; a few people have told me to just STOP posting! One said, he already knows EVERYTHING, and I'm not sure how he put it, but I should just STOP, because I couldn't do anything about it! Well, he is right about that, I'm 71, I have Parkinson's Disorder, I will never get better, and I'm a little helpless! BUT I do have an adopted, mixed-race son, who is only 14, his skin tone is more brown, than black. Who will protect him from this racist administration, when I'm no longer here?! My family is dropping dead around me; there will be NO ONE left to protect him! Who knew 13 years ago, when he was adopted, that life would turn out this way, and worse?! NOT me, I bet there are those here who are the same age I was when my son was adopted! You do the math, do you feel old, do you still believe you have many more years, with lots of things you want to do? Do you worry you won't be able to do them?! My husband and I did make plans for our son, just in case, ALL of those plans have been ruined by time and unforeseen events! How many of you thought you would be living in a country run by criminals, thugs and corrupt liars?! How many thought every social program WE paid for and depend on, would be stripped away by despicable,..... I don't even have a name bad enough to call these TRAITORS!! PLEASE, I'm going to beg you, read and share the evidence, DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO DESTROY THIS ILLEGAL ADMINISTRATION, BEFORE IT DESTROYS YOU AND OUR COUNTRY FARTHER!! They will tell you it's too late; it's never too late for the truth!! runts crimes still happened, even though he's had help in hiding them! PLEASE NEVER LET HIM GET AWAY WITH WHAT HE HAS DONE TO CHILDREN, LISTEN TO THE VICTIMS!! OK, I will shut up for now! I reserve the right to still tell the world the TRUTH, If/ or when I can handle being talked to like a stupid child!! I promised someone else on this thankless journey; I would help her with the TRUTH she had found, so I will go spread her TRUTH ELSEWHERE FOR A WHILE!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<
People refuse to believe the TRUTH, even when presented to them!!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<<<
Agreed. Every Republican has pretty much gone all in on Trump. The only way they continue to have any power is by Trump being successful in ending democracy in the US. They certainly ar not a legitimate political party any longer.
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<<<
Well right now they control all three branches of government as well as the media. They commit crimes with impunity- and they are able to get people who stand up to them fired. They have started the process of dismantling the federal government. They have fired huge numbers of federal employees- the non political ones, who do the actual work. They have built concentration camps and are filling them up. And let’s not forget that a majority of Americans voted for this. What else do they need to declare victory?
NO, THEY DID NOT!!! DID YOU?? Why will voters NOT believe the truth, when it's right in front of them? I keep forgetting, voters hate to read, that's why NO ONE even looked at the 900-page proof of what they have been doing behind the scenes for years!! This has been a silent war! WE ARE LOSING!!! I don't understand why the Dem. leaders have been ignoring my warnings for over a year! I have sent them the evidence; crickets!! They appear to have tried to pass a bill that I believe I was at least part of their inspiration, The No Kings Act! I changed computers but I saved many of my letters telling them, there are NO GODS on the S. Court, and our constitution does not recognize kings!! I wrote a really long post about how I remember us losing our country! I can still see it at the top of my page circling in blue, probably lost forever, so I guess you'll need to read the evidence here if you're up to saving our country! I've tried for months; a few people have told me to just STOP posting! One said, he already knows EVERYTHING, and I'm not sure how he put it, but I should just STOP, because I couldn't do anything about it! Well, he is right about that, I'm 71, I have Parkinson's Disorder, I will never get better, and I'm a little helpless! BUT I do have an adopted, mixed-race son, who is only 14, his skin tone is more brown, than black. Who will protect him from this racist administration, when I'm no longer here?! My family is dropping dead around me; there will be NO ONE left to protect him! Who knew 13 years ago, when he was adopted, that life would turn out this way, and worse?! NOT me, I bet there are those here who are the same age I was when my son was adopted! You do the math, do you feel old, do you still believe you have many more years, with lots of things you want to do? Do you worry you won't be able to do them?! My husband and I did make plans for our son, just in case, ALL of those plans have been ruined by time and unforeseen events! How many of you thought you would be living in a country run by criminals, thugs and corrupt liars?! How many thought every social program WE paid for and depend on, would be stripped away by despicable,..... I don't even have a name bad enough to call these TRAITORS!! PLEASE, I'm going to beg you, read and share the evidence, DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO DESTROY THIS ILLEGAL ADMINISTRATION, BEFORE IT DESTROYS YOU AND OUR COUNTRY FARTHER!! They will tell you it's too late; it's never too late for the truth!! runts crimes still happened, even though he's had help in hiding them! PLEASE NEVER LET HIM GET AWAY WITH WHAT HE HAS DONE TO CHILDREN, LISTEN TO THE VICTIMS!! OK, I will shut up for now! I reserve the right to still tell the world the TRUTH, If/ or when I can handle being talked to like a stupid child!! I promised someone else on this thankless journey; I would help her with the TRUTH she had found, so I will go spread her TRUTH ELSEWHERE FOR A WHILE!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<
Strategic suggestions: 1)Take to the Streets. 2)Call and write to Congress members, even if they are R’s. All calls are documented and counted. 3) Contact your county’s board of supervisors. 4) Contact your state representatives. 5) Contact your city council members. 6) Go to town halls, either in person or on Zoom. 7) Get involved with Indivisible, Move On, Swing Left, etc. 8) Become a doer, not a sitter.
One can donate, if they can, money to a candidate you want to support. Maybe you can volunteer for them by stuffing envelopes, knocking on doors, talking to people. KEEP MOVING must be your mantra!
I might add, get involved in a postcard writing campaign. I've written thousands over the last 2 years urging people to register to vote. Astounding to me how many aren't.
Certainly to materially support some of those who are making a difference. Disseminate evidence based information as widely as possible. Call attention to the plight of the victims. Obviously there are more.
Mr. Reich is entirely too much in love with the "Democratic" (sic) Party, which since the coup of 22 November 1963 enabled LBJ's Tonkin Gulf deceptions has been nothing more than the Fifth Column of the "Republican" (sic) Christonazi/Neoconfederate party. That's why I stopped reading Mr. Reich's site. A far more useful Substack source is Andra Watkins, "For Such a Time as This." She grew up in the enemy camp, came to deplore its evil, fled from it -- literally in fear for her life -- and now writes from an undisclosed European location with the know-your-enemy authority we all need if we're to muster an effective, Sun-Tzu caliber counter-attack against that which is now overwhelming us.
You are going to have to get very involved. to start with you are going to have to regularly contact your elected officials to express your thoughts.
You will donate as much as possible to individual candidates and organizations fighting for issues on the ballot.
You will donate your time by engaging in phone banking or canvasing.
You will recognize that this is war about saving our country. If we lose then say goodbye to our country. This is more than democracy. This is our country - our way of life under attack.
We all need to complain about the price of X when we check out at the grocery store, or any retail outlet and at church or to your family and friends. And make sure you blame it on Trump. Because, it's ALL his fucking fault! The buck stops with Trump even though he denies any of this is really happening. We now have 6 months of failed policy, cheating, corruption and fraud to point to but most Americans care more about whether they can feed, clothe and house their families.
NO, THEY DID NOT!!! DID YOU?? Why will voters NOT believe the truth, when it's right in front of them? I keep forgetting, voters hate to read, that's why NO ONE even looked at the 900-page proof of what they have been doing behind the scenes for years!! This has been a silent war! WE ARE LOSING!!! I don't understand why the Dem. leaders have been ignoring my warnings for over a year! I have sent them the evidence; crickets!! They appear to have tried to pass a bill that I believe I was at least part of their inspiration, The No Kings Act! I changed computers but I saved many of my letters telling them, there are NO GODS on the S. Court, and our constitution does not recognize kings!! I wrote a really long post about how I remember us losing our country! I can still see it at the top of my page circling in blue, probably lost forever, so I guess you'll need to read the evidence here if you're up to saving our country! I've tried for months; a few people have told me to just STOP posting! One said, he already knows EVERYTHING, and I'm not sure how he put it, but I should just STOP, because I couldn't do anything about it! Well, he is right about that, I'm 71, I have Parkinson's Disorder, I will never get better, and I'm a little helpless! BUT I do have an adopted, mixed-race son, who is only 14, his skin tone is more brown, than black. Who will protect him from this racist administration, when I'm no longer here?! My family is dropping dead around me; there will be NO ONE left to protect him! Who knew 13 years ago, when he was adopted, that life would turn out this way, and worse?! NOT me, I bet there are those here who are the same age I was when my son was adopted! You do the math, do you feel old, do you still believe you have many more years, with lots of things you want to do? Do you worry you won't be able to do them?! My husband and I did make plans for our son, just in case, ALL of those plans have been ruined by time and unforeseen events! How many of you thought you would be living in a country run by criminals, thugs and corrupt liars?! How many thought every social program WE paid for and depend on, would be stripped away by despicable,..... I don't even have a name bad enough to call these TRAITORS!! PLEASE, I'm going to beg you, read and share the evidence, DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO DESTROY THIS ILLEGAL ADMINISTRATION, BEFORE IT DESTROYS YOU AND OUR COUNTRY FARTHER!! They will tell you it's too late; it's never too late for the truth!! runts crimes still happened, even though he's had help in hiding them! PLEASE NEVER LET HIM GET AWAY WITH WHAT HE HAS DONE TO CHILDREN, LISTEN TO THE VICTIMS!! OK, I will shut up for now! I reserve the right to still tell the world the TRUTH, If/ or when I can handle being talked to like a stupid child!! I promised someone else on this thankless journey; I would help her with the TRUTH she had found, so I will go spread her TRUTH ELSEWHERE FOR A WHILE!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<
Even though President Zelensky was placed across from Tump, Zelensky never directly faced him. His chair was either angled to the right or left depending on which World Leader he was addressing. He also looked over his shoulder occasionally at the news cameras.
President Zelensky’s body language said it all….”I’m not going to be intimidated by YOU!” #WorldLeadersUnited forPeace! (and against authoritarian dictators
Hello Steve.... Kudos to the European Heads-Of-State that at the drop of the Hat, flew in to bolster Zelensky... Europe is Rallying to save itself from the Russian Bear... Imagine what they saw in DC when they arrived, Armored Vehicles, and Troops on the Street... At the Whitehouse was a Demented Want-to-Be Emperor surrounded by Gaudy, Tasteless Splashes of Gold Flake mimicking the Kremlin... These Leaders lead old Countries that at have seen Cycles of Rise & Ruin... I Wonder If They Are Wondering If They Are Seeing The Beginning Of The Fall Of The USA....
There is absolutely no question what-so-ever that we all are witnessing the fall of the USA. European leaders know exactly what the world is facing. And, it is potentially a global disaster.
While we have been through "tough times" before, eras such as the U.S. Civil War had limited, if any, impact on the world as we were not in a position of leadership. That changed during and after WWII. But in the big picture, our dominance has been a short time. I don't know how we thought it would end, but I don't think many saw a batshit crazy man would or could rip democracy apart from within this quickly.
But why did NONE of them publicly call him out? I was hoping that, en masse, they would state, for the whole world, the danger he is responsible for. Instead, we got Schumer-ish ‘strongly worded letters’, and Collin’s-like ‘concern’. I wanted to get into the room, and light a fire under each of their chairs! We, and especially THEM, are at an existential moment in history, and they sit there and thank the asshole for his ‘work’?? At least Zelenskyy has some balls!
This is not simply a president in panic. It is the spectacle of a failing strongman, doubling down on conspiracy and executive overreach as his grip on reality and power slips. His contradictions are a warning flare. He promises to defend Medicare while gutting it. He vows to cut costs while groceries and energy skyrocket. He brags of deals while humiliating the United States before Putin.
This is not incompetence alone. It is the playbook of authoritarian collapse, with personal decline fueling political extremism. And here is the danger: his weakness does not blunt the threat, it sharpens it. Desperate leaders are the most reckless. Trump’s unraveling becomes the excuse his allies need to hardwire minority rule through gerrymandering, voter suppression, and a flood of lies.
The Big Lie was never just about 2020. It is the scaffolding of a permanent power grab. What we are watching now is not a sideshow. It is the dry run for dismantling democracy itself. The danger is real, and the time to confront it is now, before panic becomes dictatorship.
Trump’s obvious mental decline has been in full view for a long time. That so many world leaders dropped everything to come to DC to support Zelensky and to make sure they were literally “in the room” for any discussions speaks volumes.
Nancy, you caught the signal. They didn’t cross an ocean for a selfie. They came to sit in the room like seatbelts, so the meeting couldn’t turn into karaoke diplomacy. Adults on the brake. That’s what you felt.
His decline is obvious. The danger is the routine. Sell “big progress,” skip the paperwork, pose for the grin. Then step out for a forty-minute private call with Putin while Europe waits in the hallway like unpaid extras. That isn’t peace ya’ll that’s the headline special with Costco lighting.
And yep you pay the bill. Tariff taxes hit the register. Power bills creep. Health coverage gets carved up in the states. Producer prices jump. Approval sinks. The math hurts while the smile sells. You all know that trick. It’s the check that arrives after the magician leaves the stage.
Europe just showed you the counter. Stay in chorus. Keep the Ukraine lane hot with real air defense and long-range teeth. Say tariffs as the word tax so neighbors hear it. Fight the map cheats in the small rooms where no one gets a podium. Vote like the receipt has your name on it. Pride is fine. Paper wins.
Celebrate the eight. No victory lap until ink dries. Deterrence is a verb.
If you like your receipts neat, I keep a clean running ledger here: www.xplisset.com. Same fight. Plain talk.
Without a doubt, Zelenskyy probably said something like 'I come with my friends, or I don't come at all.' Little Marco pretends he gave the invitation, but seeing all of Europe stand behind Zelenskyy was the very last thing Donnie Dipshit wanted to see. Who knows if it will be enough?
It was nice to see Vance and Marco sit with their damn mouths shut as they should. It is sad that it took all of Europe standing behind Zelenskyy in person to make them shut their mouths.
To be fair, Rubio didn’t join the bully fest last time. He was too busy trying to shrink into the seat cushions of his couch pretending to be invisible - because he knew what horrifying madness that was. He’s another one who has sold his soul to the devil.
I imagine you've seen the comparison of Rubio shrinking into the loveseat (Vance's girlfriend) with Homer Simpson backing into the bushes and disappearing.
Even though President Zelensky was placed across from Tump, Zelensky never directly faced him. His chair was either angled to the right or left depending on which World Leader he was addressing. He also looked over his shoulder occasionally at the news cameras.
President Zelensky’s body language said it all….”I’m not going to be intimidated by YOU!” #WorldLeadersUnited forPeace! (and against authoritarian dictators)
I have never seen a bigger bunch of idiots in my entire life complaining about nuances like you’ve ever solved a problem. You probably couldn’t even negotiate your way off a toilet seat.
Instead of complaining here, why don’t you guys offer a suggestion as to how you would do it if you were in charge? Lololol.
Whine criticize complain full of accusations when you guys are absolutely clueless. Actually your representative of the Democrat party they don’t have an agenda either. Just hate.
I’m sure if J.D. Vance wasn’t busy with another vacation he would have fed insults to Zelensky like he did last time. He is an antagonist and thrives on creating conflict. Trump has proven time and again that he doesn’t know where he is most of the time.
oh and for all your whiners that were commenting about Alaska and the Trump basically treated Putin like like his daddy. First of all, Putin can’t go anywhere because they’ll arrest him just about anywhere he’ll go as a war criminal although Switzerland just allowed him to meet with Zelinski, which was set up by Trump and wouldn’t arrest him if he came to Switzerland, but it looks like Budapest is gonna be the next site.
The funniest thing of all Trump invites Putin to Alaska. You’re ready there all your historical idiots. Russia used to own Alaska come on Vladimir. Let me show you what you used to own. Lmao.
Did you watch Giorgia Meloni’s eyes practically roll back in her head as she was listening to the bumbling idiot speak nonsense? I kinda felt sorry for her.
And I’m gonna have to post this a few times as I’ve been telling everybody here that Heather doesn’t tell the whole story and so they don’t know the whole story but these are things historians like all you people are supposed to be should know and this is not coming from my mouth, but from one of your Democratic disciples Stephen A Smith. Who just said the following channeling Rick sender people don’t know because nobody is telling them a.k.a. Heather for example that the whole reason that this whole Ukraine Russia is happening is that Bill Clinton went into Ukraine in 1994 as I’ve been telling you all and convinced Ukraine to give up are you ready? 1900 nuclear warheads For a promise of protection from the west by America… and here we are
He went on to say by the way, and then when Obama was president, Vladimir Putin marched his way into Crimea and took it under Obama’s nose and then under Biden, who had that disastrous exit from Afghanistan the world knew he could be taken advantage of sure enough Putin did it again and here we are
So for all you folks that continue to criticize complain, Whi e bemoan and for some unknown freaking reason or against Peace (we really know the reason though don’t we it’s called hate Trump ) you guys are lost on another planet somewhere and I’ll say it again if Joe Biden we’re doing this today, you would be putting him on your shoulders for trying to make peace in the world. You’d be giving Biden a crown and five Golden Globe awards. Have a good night.
Such a long flight to waste time listening to a decrepit scumbag. And yes, we should feel sorry for her and all thr rest of them as well as all of us in this country. What a nightmare Marlene.
Yeah the bumbling idiot that flew 3000 miles at Trump’s request three days early to meet at the White House with all the other leaders of the EU and NATO and now even Australia and Japan are on board to help with the war.
In the meantime, all you can do is whine and complain and criticize as if you know anything about what’s going on.
Oh my God, did you see that eye roll? Lmao. My comment just so you hear it. 30 countries were represented at the White House at his request only three days notice and they all showed up and at this point Joe Biden couldn’t even name 30 countries. And you have the audacity to criticize holy crap.
And I’m gonna have to post this a few times as I’ve been telling everybody here that Heather doesn’t tell the whole story and so they don’t know the whole story but these are things historians like all you people are supposed to be should know and this is not coming from my mouth, but from one of your Democratic disciples Stephen A Smith. Who just said the following channeling Rick sender people don’t know because nobody is telling them a.k.a. Heather for example that the whole reason that this whole Ukraine Russia is happening is that Bill Clinton went into Ukraine in 1994 as I’ve been telling you all and convinced Ukraine to give up are you ready? 1900 nuclear warheads For a promise of protection from the west by America… and here we are
He went on to say by the way, and then when Obama was president, Vladimir Putin marched his way into Crimea and took it under Obama’s nose and then under Biden, who had that disastrous exit from Afghanistan the world knew he could be taken advantage of sure enough Putin did it again and here we are
So for all you folks that continue to criticize complain, Whi e bemoan and for some unknown freaking reason or against Peace (we really know the reason though don’t we it’s called hate Trump ) you guys are lost on another planet somewhere and I’ll say it again if Joe Biden we’re doing this today, you would be putting him on your shoulders for trying to make peace in the world. You’d be giving Biden a crown and five Golden Globe awards. Have a good night.
OK the empty the empty suit is here. The guy who does nothing but complain and has no answers. I suppose you’re hoping that the peace still fails too so you can say FU to America. Bunch of idiots on the wrong side of the road, driving into traffic
Yeah that’s why 30 countries were represented today at the White House talking about getting a peace deal with Russia and what did Heather talk about today?
Trump didn’t know how to wipe himself? Lmao. And that’s why crime is down hugely in DC. By the way, when they talked about Trump bringing in 30 countries, somebody made a snide remark fighting at this point couldn’t even name 30 countries. Omg
It’s a joke ! American troops on the streets of the nation’s capitol, military vehicles parked in front of Union Station ! What next ? Warships in the Potomac ? For a car jacking by teenagers ? Overkill ? And there is no unilateral deal with Putin, the pinhead ! Republicans of yore must be whirling in their graves when Trump calls Putin by phone for 40 minutes to consult with his mentor. Have you forgotten the Cold War where real leaders confronted each other ?
Yes Joan and calling Putin right in the middle of his meeting with Zelensky et. al. and making them all wait. Meanwhile, a mere five hours after the meeting, Russia launched another savage attack on Ukraine. So much for Trump's claims that Putin wants a peace deal.
Trump's face-to-face meetings with Putin have not gone well. At his Helsinki meeting he seemed prepared to accept Putin's word over the advice of his own intelligence agencies that Russia had not interfered in the 2016 election; and in Alaska, he achieved nothing at all.
And I’m gonna have to post this a few times as I’ve been telling everybody here that Heather doesn’t tell the whole story and so they don’t know the whole story but these are things historians like all you people are supposed to be should know and this is not coming from my mouth, but from one of your Democratic disciples Stephen A Smith. Who just said the following channeling Rick sender people don’t know because nobody is telling them a.k.a. Heather for example that the whole reason that this whole Ukraine Russia is happening is that Bill Clinton went into Ukraine in 1994 as I’ve been telling you all and convinced Ukraine to give up are you ready? 1900 nuclear warheads For a promise of protection from the west by America… and here we are
He went on to say by the way, and then when Obama was president, Vladimir Putin marched his way into Crimea and took it under Obama’s nose and then under Biden, who had that disastrous exit from Afghanistan the world knew he could be taken advantage of sure enough Putin did it again and here we are
So for all you folks that continue to criticize complain, Whi e bemoan and for some unknown freaking reason or against Peace (we really know the reason though don’t we it’s called hate Trump ) you guys are lost on another planet somewhere and I’ll say it again if Joe Biden we’re doing this today, you would be putting him on your shoulders for trying to make peace in the world. You’d be giving Biden a crown and five Golden Globe awards. Have a good night.
Rick, your understanding of the history of the Ukraine war is somewhat deficient. The US gave a pledge in 1994 to protect Ukraine. You clearly don't even know that Russia was party to the Budapest memorandum - it wasn't all about Clinton. Read this and learn.
It is Putin primarily and also Trump, intermittently, who have broken trust with Ukraine. Trump, like Putin, has blamed Ukraine for starting the war, a ridiculous assertion. He has also tried to force Ukraine to give up its sovereign territory, again to appease his pal Putin. He's rolled out the red carpet for Putin in Alaska, giving him an invaluable PR win when he's beeen ostracised by the rest of the western alliance. Russian tanks on the front line are now sporting US flags as well as Russian ones in deference to Trump's support for Russia. Don't give up the day job, Rick, because your history is on a par with the rest of the rubbish you post.
Please don't take poisoned 3-year-old troll bait. He's not here to engage, but to bait, pure and simple. We all know how tempting it is, but leave him alone. Don't dignify his trash.
Rick is an archetypal MAGA supporter. Delusions, confusions and inanities like his are playing out right across your country and there's a real risk people are becoming inured to this sort of nonsense. You really should be engaging with people like Rick. When he's unsure he resorts to insults, a sign of his weakness of character. It doesn't take much to get there and in doing so one is also able to elucidate. I'm sorry you found him annoying and I totally agree he can be exasperating, but that's half the fun of the thing. You can spare yourself our tedious exchanges by simply not reading them.
No, I really shouldn't. I've watched him over the months. It's not about me finding him annoying. Engaging him does not work. He's a bully. He sucks the atmosphere out of a public space, just like Trump does. He thrives on the attention and negative energy. No thanks.
I believe they knew they needed to support Zelenskyy after the way the White House treated him previously. And, certainly there was fear of what Trump could have promised Putin.
We have to look closely at the people pulling the "OiD's" strings (Oid is the orange iL Duce), like this guy; Money and policy think tank villians, project 2025 >
And I’m gonna have to post this a few times as I’ve been telling everybody here that Heather doesn’t tell the whole story and so they don’t know the whole story but these are things historians like all you people are supposed to be should know and this is not coming from my mouth, but from one of your Democratic disciples Stephen A Smith. Who just said the following channeling Rick sender people don’t know because nobody is telling them a.k.a. Heather for example that the whole reason that this whole Ukraine Russia is happening is that Bill Clinton went into Ukraine in 1994 as I’ve been telling you all and convinced Ukraine to give up are you ready? 1900 nuclear warheads For a promise of protection from the west by America… and here we are
He went on to say by the way, and then when Obama was president, Vladimir Putin marched his way into Crimea and took it under Obama’s nose and then under Biden, who had that disastrous exit from Afghanistan the world knew he could be taken advantage of sure enough Putin did it again and here we are
So for all you folks that continue to criticize complain, Whi e bemoan and for some unknown freaking reason or against Peace (we really know the reason though don’t we it’s called hate Trump ) you guys are lost on another planet somewhere and I’ll say it again if Joe Biden we’re doing this today, you would be putting him on your shoulders for trying to make peace in the world. You’d be giving Biden a crown and five Golden Globe awards. Have a good night.
It is not mental decline it is the absence of morals. What appears as “ mental decline “ is his arrogance and conviction that he cannot be stopped. And why should he believe otherwise. Has he ever been held accountable. We preach, we pontificate, we diagnose and we explain and we joke BUT what have we done to hold him accountable. ?
Hey GJ so how would you end the war after all all you do is complain and complain and complain and you haven’t got a freaking clue not a clue all you can do is complain but don’t offer any suggestions come on man pony up
I’m telling you it’s so sad. Most of the people here can’t negotiate their way out of a bathroom.
And if we cannot hold Trump accountable, go after those thugs who support him. Trump will abandon them and we hold a spotlight and magnifying glass on it
Nancy, you’re pathetic Trump decline? really the man has resolved five wars in six months and he’s working on the sixth. He’s decreased crime in DC by over 50% 83% of carjackings are down. He closed the border. Kept men out of women’s sports which people like you should be cheering. If Biden did it you’d be putting him on your shoulders. And instead of you, people whining and complaining all the time and hoping that the pieces don’t work so your anti-American why don’t you come up with a solution like the guy below you has no clue he’s an empty suit all he does is complain and Whine and swear and and he’s so deluded he actually thinks he knows what he’s talking about when he complains about Trump and I’ve asked for two days now waiting for his solution to the Russia issue and of course complete and utter silence
70,000 Cambodian monks got together today and read a proclamation offering Trump from their perspective the Nobel peace prize that makes three countries that have
Suggested Trump receive it. But nobody has a solution here only complaints. You can’t solve a damn thing but you sure can complain like hell.
And you obviously miss my last post where I said Trump calls and in three days every single leader in the EU and NATO all the representatives flying and meet him in the White House in Washington DC 30 countries included while Biden couldn’t even name 30 countries at this point in time Stop the hate
So, the USA, strongest country in the world militarily, economically, and arguably, culturally, is now pretty much a vassal state to puny Russia because we elected the weakest, most vulnerable to extortion and corruption, man in US history as President. The average Russian lives on less than $8K/ yr (because Putin and the other Oligarchs robbed them blind). The Russian economy is smaller than that of TX, CA or NY (or Italy, or France, or the UK). Far from a "super power", but for their nukes and the powers they inherited from the USSR (ie permanent security council seat in UN), and they would be a mid European nation at best. BUT they do own the man currently in charge of the world's undisputed super power so none of that matters! Putin and Russia now control the world through their vassal, the United States of America.
I don't know how Putin bought him: the loans, the "pee pee" tapes, the Epstein Files or Trump's obvious envy for everything Putin has done for himself in Russia (stole all the money to become one of, if not the, richest man in the world, dictator for life, etc) or some combination of all the above (or even something we have no inkling of). All I know is Putin does, in fact, own the President of the USA. Trump's every word and action tells us this.
Trump own family bragged of "money pouring in form Russia". I suspect that Artful Dealer would have blown though daddy's money had Russia not "helped him out".
As I have often repeated, Donald was born with a learning disability, as suggested by Mary Trump. Rather than address it and help him cope, his family covered it up with money.
All of his so-called "success" is due entirely to the efforts of people around him, starting with his nannies, his father, his schoolmates, his company employees and the production staff of the TV show in which he starred. When left to his own devices, he wrecks whatever he touches. I have many nicknames for Donald, but a recurring one is "cardboard tycoon."
Because he is so mentally low-wattage, he has always made bad decisions, including his choice of heroes.
When the existence of his "bawdy" birthday greeting for Epstein came out, I did not see any discussion of what I observed. The greeting was a written expression of hero-worship. Donald thought Epstein was "cool" and wanted to be like him. His written message was a pitiable effort to be close with Epstein. Body language in photos and video clips of the two men show Donald's physical attraction to Epstein.
Likewise, Donald worships and is attracted to Vladimir Putin. His reposting of memes portraying him as a bare-chested, muscular hero is a direct response to the widely circulated photo of Putin, shirtless, riding a horse.
Donald's poor choices get him into trouble, which makes him vulnerable and easily manipulated. Bad business choices put him in spectacular debt that U.S. banks couldn't/wouldn't bail him out of. He had to turn to Putin-connected oligarchs who loaned him the money – with strings.
Bad personal choices got him in trouble with his wives. We don't know all the details, but clearly, Melania is shrewd enough to turn his mistakes to her advantage. Donald's bad personal choices probably got him in trouble with Russian law enforcement, as well. The "pee tape" would depict a consensual situation. Given Donald's history of sexual predation without consent, it's likely this happened in Russia, where consequences would be harsh – were it not for intercession from a powerful benefactor.
Trump is the opposite of everything he claims to be. His life is actually a mess. Without nearby attendants to clean him up and prop him up, he'd be homeless on the street.
This all shows that money can’t buy happiness because he is the most miserable man I’ve ever seen. Now we’re at the point of real elder abuse and the fact that his own family doesn’t care about getting him the care he desperately needs clearly shows they cannot succeed without him.
You could be right but we will likely never know for certain the motivations behind Trump's actions. I will say that Russia, from what I have read and heard, is an even more sexist country than the US. They don't care about women and girls being raped any more than we do. But if they have that information about Trump, they could certainly use it to get him in line.
Yes, why isn’t the National Guard incensed at being called away from their jobs, families and livelihoods to go to DC to root out homeless encampments?The Guard stood around LA for days and slept on the floor.I don’t get it.
It’s not just the National Guard that seems to be in compliance with t***p’s illegal orders for their deployment into the heart of our blue cities with loaded weapons aimed at their neighbors and fellow citizens (many of whom are themselves military veterans) whose only crime is exerting their right to assembly and to publicly declare their opposition to the shit storm t***p and his administration have unleashed upon every American and non American currently living here, except the wealthy 1%, it wouldn’t be happening if everyone with authority to stop it, in the Pentagon and the Department of Defense, said NOT ONLY NO, BUT HELL NO!!
Why isn’t an army of the ghosts of every person who has fought and given their lives during and since our revolutionary war in defense of our Constitution, our rights and freedoms, our values, morals and civil liberties, all of them, marching together into the Oval Office, to dispose properly of it’s current occupant as a traitor and enemy of the state? Oh well, a girl can dream. I have watched the Lord of the Rings trilogy of movies way too often.
Heather gave the numbers yesterday on how many disagree with these orders and are taking their out as soon as their time is up. Until then, in the military you cannot refuse an order without severe consequences. AWOL gives a massive prison sentence. What do you suggest they do? Their best option is to remain passive while performing their duties and not aggressive.
What happens when all the 'good soldiers' who actually care about the Constitution and doing the right thing are all weeded out? That's the thought that keeps me up at night.
And he's even a white guy. They are really purging all women and POC. For the white men, it takes a while longer to determine: does this guy work for the US and defend the Constitution or does he work and defend only his fuhrer Trump? And it's not just the military. They are going after FBI and other law enforcement as well.
"the USA, strongest country in the world militarily, economically, and arguably, culturally,"
I think we have (for now) the strongest military, assume Trump doesn't damage it badly, economically it's been great for billionaires, and culturally? We certainly export our commercial cultural product's around the planet, but is our own domestic culture strong and healthy? It seems to me that we the people are losing a grip on our own culture and that increasingly "our" culture is manufactured by commercial interests. I don't think that is making for a happy society, and I think our distraction is leaving more than one kind of mess for generations to come. I don't think all is yet lost, or that commerce, in and of itself is a bad thing, but I think we are losing our sense of balance.
Good point. Our culture is largely manufactured by corporate marketing. It's getting worse as the other things that we all had in common (local religious and civic groups, 'must-see television', newscasters that everyone watched and trusted like Cronkite, etc) are waning. The one thing we all as Americans have in common is we are sold to from birth. I wouldn't be at all surprised if more Americans knew certain commercials better than even the most popular music, tv show, movie, theater show, etc.
You hear the "jingles" frequently, so you remember them. I think the "original sin/Achilles Heel" of humanity is narcissism. I suspect we all have a bit of it as we all have an "ego", Latin for "I". For sure, I do. But we are taught to balance that (mostly as children) to balance and integrate that with courtesy, friendship, neighborliness, love, etc., mostly boiling down to conscience and compassion. Without such values, narcissism drifts into "evil". I think that is evident.
And also, I think that appeals to narcissism is a sales tool, to sell a product, to sell an ideology. It seems to me that very powerful interest groups are, on a daily basis, teaching us to be narcissistic. That's not unprecedented, but it never ends well.
All true. To speak in humanity's defense: we are all self-contained units. We are all born alone and die alone. I can only sense things in this body so it is very much in my interests to do things that help it and avoid things that hurt it even if those pursuits hurt others. No one else in the world will experience things exactly the same way that I do. Maybe considering this, it's a miracle that we humans even got this far and can cooperate at all. I think the average person is 'good' in that they do have empathy and think of others and not just themselves but there is always a certain percentage of humans who are born without empathy or the ability to understand it. If not raised by 'good' and competent parents, they use this 'ability' as a super power to pursue their own interests even if it runs roughshod over the rest of us. Trump is one of those people I think. Some of his cultist are also that way but I think many of them are just hurt people who think: no one helps me so why shouldn't I vote for this guy who promises to own the libs who I (mistakenly) think are hurting me? As things get worst (more brutal, less caring), it only snowballs and the forces of 'evil' get more power and it doesn't even matter if the majority of people are 'good' or not. We all become just animals trying to survive.
We are certainly animals, and yet even under horrifying conditions Victor Frankel and Edith Eger spoke of those who preserved their dignity. We are complicated animals. We are uniquely individual and sentiently map reality by way of unique, individual nervous systems and at the same time highly interactive, interdependent social creatures. Baby sea turtles hatch on a beach when mama is long gone. We of necessity take care of each other, at least to some degree, learn from one another, and play and work together. An emotionally healthy society produces healthy individuals, and healthy individuals created healthy societies. It's all one thing.
He called Putin _in_the_middle_of_the_fricking_meeting_with_the_Europeans?
It can't get any more obvious than that. There's no escaping the fact that the opportunists, brown-nosers, cowards that used to be known as Republicans, and 38% of the American public are slavishly backing a clueless, flailing traitor who is taking instructions from a brutish war criminal. Which makes them traitors as well.
The only happy news I heard earlier was that the Maybelline Asshole had been consigned to a chair at the back of a wall, far away from the table with the grown-ups.
But that was before I heard about Donnie Dipstick checking in with his boss in Moscow. And knowing that tomorrow there will be NOT A PEEP from Lindsey Graham, not a CONCERN from Susan Collins, not an AHEM from Thom Tillis. Just a bunch of grunts consigned to their own chairs at the back of a wall -- the way he wants them.
It’s becoming more and more clear why Trump is sending the National Guard into cities unnecessarily. These are just dry runs. He wants to use the National Guard to prevent protest when bogus election results are announced!!
Dr. Iris, you read the room. Those Guard deployments look like dress rehearsals. Strongman theater. He wants a bouncer ready for a bad count and a louder lie.
Here’s the part that keeps you powerful. The Guard belongs to governors until it gets federalized. To grab it, he needs the Insurrection Act. That step is loud and litigated. Posse Comitatus still lives. Soldiers are not cops unless the law unlocks that door. And most Guardsmen are your neighbors. Teachers. Nurses. Carpentry hands. Their oath runs to the Constitution, not to a man.
So treat every “dry run” as free intel. Log the dates. Ask for the orders in writing. Demand the rules of engagement. Call the governor’s office and the AG and make them say the limits out loud. Prep the counter the way adults do. Train legal observers. Set up rapid text trees. Line up clergy, medics, de-escalators, and cameras. File first, not last. We do not meet cosplay with chaos. We meet it with clipboards, light, and court filings.
If he tries to turn the Guard into mall security for a bogus result, he needs your silence first. Do not give it. Heather handed you the receipts and the statutes. Hold them tight. Vote early. Stay lawful. Stay loud. Deterrence is a verb. www.xplisset.com
Yes, the National Guard shouldn't be there in the first place but what I want answered is why are we tolerating the brutality from ANYONE? From our police, from the military, from the FBI. From the J6ers and cos players. Why? Who will stop this brutality? The mayors? The govenors? The loyal to their oath to the Constitution military? This lawlessness - breaking people's car windows, beating people up for no reason, ripping a baby from a mother's arms - why is this necessary?
Necessary, Kathy, because the schools dumbed down.
They didn't just dumb down, either, but guaranteed the impotence, cowardice, and complicity of the most prestigious universities, elite law firms, legacy media, social media, too many top Dems, and the Republicans all long turned cultists.
See the Don Siegal 1956 original "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Then read Wendell Berry's 1977 "The Unsettling of America." See "The Stepford Wives." Then read Diane Ravitch's "The Language Police."
I'm good for more syllabi once you've done this first course.
Yes, Trump is using fear and intimidation tactics by sending military units into cities without any real need except manufactured and contrived crises. The threat of declaring martial law looms on the horizon. Donold is getting more paranoid, deranged, desperate, maliciously insane by the day, maybe hour to hour.
And moreover, the 2 cities that Trump has sent National Guard troops(& Marines) into, Los Angeles and Washington D.C., both have black women mayors. He's even threatened to send National Guard units into Oakland, CA several times recently, which also has a black woman mayor, Barbara Lee. It's obvious that this isn't a coincidence and that Donold is a racist, misogynist, petulant despot, in addition to being one of the most damaging saboteurs & threat to our democracy, usurper of our republic and enemy of the U.S. Constitution that our Nation has ever had to endure.
All Americans should be ashamed of Trump's handling of Ukraine war. His capitulation to Putin is disgusting. Why were so many European leaders in the White House. It is really apparent that they have no trust with the United States and they were there to support Trump and to try and keep him from employing Putin's agenda. The presence of all of the European representatives was not to support the US but to try and keep the US from abandoning Europe.
Trump's delusions as to his role and power and his weaknesses are becoming so apparent that his people are no longer able to hide them. What comes next?
Trump long ago abandoned the European democracies, Fred.
The only Europeans with whom he has consorted have been, over the past 30 years, those rich and powerful who needed the same underage girls the orange Donald needed.
"What comes next?" you ask. Just read Heather's today, the early parts detailing his dementia obscenely evident now.
I would not say that he abandoned European democracies but rather ignored them as he is sure that he is superior. I remembered at one time that I confronted him about how he had overpriced some assets and asked him how he justified putting a price of more than ten times his cost. His response was that they had that value because they now had his name on them.
There is little issue as to the Donald's falling into full fledged dementia. The real issue is who are those that are really pulling the strings and what plan do they have. I remember how during the McCarthy era the Republican right was so concerned that the Communist were going to infiltrate the government and overthrow it from within. We are now seeing that happening. At some point Trump is going to be found unable to continue in office the question is how organized and who will be new power base and where will this lead us?
Fred, at this point in time, Donald is the human equivalent of an unmoored dinghy on rough waters, thanks to his innately weak intellect now diminished by dementia. He is moved in any direction, depending on who's exerting influence at any given moment.
The list of influencers is long, with Vladimir Putin heading the list, owing to his longtime cultivation of Donald as a Russian asset, which started back in the 1980s when he was hiring Bratva-controlled businesses in his real estate activities.
Others have come and gone, such as Kellyanne Conway and Elon Musk.
Russell Vought is a relative newcomer, but his power comes from the strength of the Heritage Foundation, which in turn, derives its strength from the evangelical movement in the U.S., which has been planning a takeover of the U.S. government for many decades.
Leonard Leo and his Federalist Society have influenced Trump's decision about the judiciary, which has provided the legal rubber stamp needed to advance the christofascist agenda
Lastly, Peter Thiel and his cabal of tech bros are exerting their influence on Trump.
Very good from you, Dale, on those in the orange felon's head.
But some omissions. Starting with Roy Cohn.
And continuing with dear Jeffrey, Ghislaine, and all who could pay to play with all the underage playthings so many along with Donald merrily raped for years.
Were they people, human beings, these girls for sale?
I'm not sure we're entitled to ask such questions since, remember, Dale, on all those tests to which the schools for long have acquiesced no one taking the tests could ask any questions. Going to school for years has never been about questioning our authorities, only dutifully doing their bidding.
And their bidding has never risen to anything human, has never amounted to any uses of our time or humanity other than picking only one from their ever-dehumanized A)-B)-C)-D).
Phil, as I mentioned, the list is long. It wasn't my mission to list them all. I regard Cohn, Epstein and Maxwell in the "came and went" category. Maxwell only recently resurfaced because Trump World's red herring wrapped in the Epstein list came back to life and bit them on the ass.
Now Maxwell is a problem because she's still alive and knows too much. I'm sure Donald would like to change that with a plutonium cocktail or an accidental fall out a window, but he can't because the spotlight is shining on both him and her. Maybe one of the inmates at the Texas Country Club for Wayward Ladies will fashion a shiv from a tennis racket or something.
A Texan said the “Republicans are like buzzards on the fence ready to devour the carcass of democracy. “ The image is stuck in my 🧠. Today was encouraging to see European leaders providing support to Zelensky.
The last time Zelensky visited Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend Brian Glenn jumped on him over his not wearing a suit to the White House. I thought it was sad that Zelensky wore a suit and tie today. In 1959 Nikita Khrushchev wore a dark business suit to a formal attire state dinner hosted by President Eisenhower. Ike said he could wear "anything he desired." Ike was a war hero. Trump is a draft dodger. As Biden said, "This is not your father's Republican party." The GOP died with Ike.
From what I read, Brian Glenn complimented Zelenskyy on his attire. Zelenskyy replied something to the effect “I changed my clothes. I see you’re wearing the same suit you wore when we first met”. 🤣
That is a powerful image. “Republicans are like buzzards on the fence ready to devour the carcass of democracy." And all these people CLAIMING they love America when clearly they only love themselves, their ambitions, and their hate.
We can all be proud of our fellow democracies – the eight Europeans who met today.
We can be proud of them, too, in inverse proportion to how ashamed we have been – long so – of the criminal in the White House so abjectly covering for his pal fellow criminal Putin.
Putin now knows – the Europeans have shown him – his dreams of a restored and expanded Russian dynasty are finished. The Russians are not going to take Estonia and the other Baltic states. Not going to take Poland.
It’s been a costly war for Russia. Its economy is in the toilet. It has lost more than a million young men – a bit less than half of that due to battlefield deaths, a bit more due to the hundreds of thousands who simply fled the country, wanting no part of such an eminently stupid war.
Russia is so weakened now, I look to China to take land grabs above Manchuria. It needs the fresh water which lakes in that region can provide.
NO, THEY DID NOT!!! DID YOU?? Why will voters NOT believe the truth, when it's right in front of them? I keep forgetting, voters hate to read, that's why NO ONE even looked at the 900-page proof of what they have been doing behind the scenes for years!! This has been a silent war! WE ARE LOSING!!! I don't understand why the Dem. leaders have been ignoring my warnings for over a year! I have sent them the evidence; crickets!! They appear to have tried to pass a bill that I believe I was at least part of their inspiration, The No Kings Act! I changed computers but I saved many of my letters telling them, there are NO GODS on the S. Court, and our constitution does not recognize kings!! I wrote a really long post about how I remember us losing our country! I can still see it at the top of my page circling in blue, probably lost forever, so I guess you'll need to read the evidence here if you're up to saving our country! I've tried for months; a few people have told me to just STOP posting! One said, he already knows EVERYTHING, and I'm not sure how he put it, but I should just STOP, because I couldn't do anything about it! Well, he is right about that, I'm 71, I have Parkinson's Disorder, I will never get better, and I'm a little helpless! BUT I do have an adopted, mixed-race son, who is only 14, his skin tone is more brown, than black. Who will protect him from this racist administration, when I'm no longer here?! My family is dropping dead around me; there will be NO ONE left to protect him! Who knew 13 years ago, when he was adopted, that life would turn out this way, and worse?! NOT me, I bet there are those here who are the same age I was when my son was adopted! You do the math, do you feel old, do you still believe you have many more years, with lots of things you want to do? Do you worry you won't be able to do them?! My husband and I did make plans for our son, just in case, ALL of those plans have been ruined by time and unforeseen events! How many of you thought you would be living in a country run by criminals, thugs and corrupt liars?! How many thought every social program WE paid for and depend on, would be stripped away by despicable,..... I don't even have a name bad enough to call these TRAITORS!! PLEASE, I'm going to beg you, read and share the evidence, DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO DESTROY THIS ILLEGAL ADMINISTRATION, BEFORE IT DESTROYS YOU AND OUR COUNTRY FARTHER!! They will tell you it's too late; it's never too late for the truth!! runts crimes still happened, even though he's had help in hiding them! PLEASE NEVER LET HIM GET AWAY WITH WHAT HE HAS DONE TO CHILDREN, LISTEN TO THE VICTIMS!! OK, I will shut up for now! I reserve the right to still tell the world the TRUTH, If/ or when I can handle being talked to like a stupid child!! I promised someone else on this thankless journey; I would help her with the TRUTH she had found, so I will go spread her TRUTH ELSEWHERE FOR A WHILE!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<
Janette, what’s really funny is the following try this: in countries that have kings it’s not possible to have a no kings protest!! Yet, in spite of that you had one and embarrassed, yourselves in public, but it wasn’t prohibited! There wasn’t even any pushback. How did you manage to do that? It’s just amazing in a country that has a king.! Pure democracy in America is flourishing right now it’s just that you don’t have control and that’s the problem with liberals when they are out of control, they hate it
Yeah, Phil and Biden is responsible for 1/4 of that. Why do you keep throwing money at it instead of trying to get a peace deal going. I hope you guys keep talking about how much you love Piece, but if Trump gets an agreement, you guys are gonna hate it because Trump gets a win. Your hate is devouring you inside
He hasn't got anywhere near a peace agreement. What's he has suggested is that Ukraine should effectively surrender to Russia rewarding Putin for an illegal invasion of Ukrainian territory. Trump promised that he would end this war on Day One of his presidency and instead since he returned to office Russia has doubled its bombing raids on Ukraine. He's claiming success when he hasn't achieved anything and he's relying on dopes like you to believe him.
It's just like you to leave most of the important details out not that you were ever right in the 1st Pl., Trump is leaving it with the caveat that he still controls immigration and let DC work with crime which is gonna be hysterical because if the crime goes up after he leaves and that's the reason he's leaving he's gonna head right back in. Do you have a nice day
Just like with Iran, the little detail you left out that if he finds that they're establishing their nuclear tax, he's gonna level the whole freaking country this guy can't stop winning. It's unbelievable.
Just one small detail you have omitted, Rick - the government has lost some 90% of court cases challenging its policies, mostly on the grounds that they are unconstitutional. That sounds more like losing rather than winning.
Also, you might have noted that electricity prices have gone up by 10% since Trump took office.
It's no use denying these figures, Rick, because Chris Wright, the energy secretary - a climate denier - has already tried to blame the Democrats for the price rise in a futile effort to deflect blame. This and the the other price rises due to Trump's inflationary tariff policies also doesn't sound like winning to me. If I may, I will refer you back to my earlier post about Trump turning up his nose at cheaper renewable sources of energy leading to higher energy costs for consumers - and it appears that those higher costs have now arrived.
The first storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Erin, has also arrived and fortunately for southerners it looks likely to skirt the eastern seaboard. However, more big storms are forming in the eastern Atlantic as your hurricane season starts to develop in earnest. Good luck and stay safe, Rick.
And this is exactly what I mean you don’t have a clue you’re talking about. You see people on the ground here in America, especially especially and almost specifically those on the left are so pissed at the Supreme Court because every single decision so far that has been put on by a local judge district judge federal judge having to do with immigration deportation, and any key issues have been settled by the Supreme Court and Trump’s favor. Not that it matters.
And none of it because it’s been unconstitutional as soon as it gets to the Supreme Court looks like it’s falling in Trump’s lap
Back to my earlier post, we have nothing more to say to each other and you can talk about all you want about the hurricane season so far it’s been a dud and it’s still gonna be a dud with this thing evades all landmass, especially in the US but read the meeting I had after I saw my electrophysiologist friend about climate change it. It’s a long story, but it’s intriguing and it’s what I’ve been saying all along.
You can try to stop climate change it ain’t gonna help The short answer is very simple but read what I wrote. I think you’ll enjoy it not.
The short answer depopulate the planet
You know actually what you sound like you sound like some of the Mexicans, who were protesting in LA most of them probably legal, but running around on their bicycles and spinning around in their cars with a Mexican flags trying to betray the laws of the land and fighting for the illegal alien
The anecdote I make is imagine if 1000 Americans went down to Mexico city protesting, Mexican laws on immigration carrying their American flags.
You are very much like one of them you are where you don’t belong
You’re not an American you live somewhere else and apparently you live in misery because of what’s going on in the US but the US is in control again, although there are very strong forces from places like China and Russia and even India we have regained our pride, we have regained our strength and we have 3 1/2 more years to even get better so take care of yourself worry about your statements been there that are calling the buffoon daddy
Your Supreme Court is a corrupt court due to its conservative majority. There are two sexual predators on the court, both Republican appointees. One of them has corruptly accepted lavish gifts from a billionaire who has had business before the court.
It's funny that you give the example of Americans going to Mexico to protest their laws when it appears that Trump is considering invading Mexico to stamp out the drug cartels.
Since the start of his second term, he has also threatened Canada, Greenland and Panama as well as imposing arbitrary tariffs on the whole fucking world.
Well, Russell, you’ve been trying to reach the bottom of the barrel and you’re almost there. Here I would’ve thought you would know more about what’s going on in your neck of the woods. You may not have noticed that Putin already has Crimea.ooooops. And now he has eastern Ukraine and it’s all Bill Clinton’s fault, right. Between you and Heather to Lascelles in a barrel of lost souls and you’re close to the bottom if you try harder and meet the challenge, you could reach the bottom in short order.
All your buddies were here yesterday at the request of the buffoon.
Crime in DC down 46% in robberies 83% and carjackings at 20% and violent crime and getting better and the only people protesting in DC now or white liberals. All the blacks are saying thank you Mr. Trump.
And if this continues, Congress will extend his authority, and then he will probably spread it a little bit further across the country to lower crime and places like Chicago and LA. Like a locomotive he will be hard to stop at that point in time.
So you keep posting your minutia, and the two people that read your posts will be very enlightened.
Rick, dear boy, you seem suspiciously exultant about the territorial gains that the Russians have made in Ukraine while Trump has stood by and done nothing. Are you both Russian trolls, as some people commenting here have suggested, or is it perhaps something else you two have in common i.e. that you're both delusional?
You seem to have missed the news that Trump has dropped his plan to takeover the DC police force because it was unlawful and unconstitutional, bigly. You also seem to have missed that he and Bondi, Trump's barbie doll AG, are being sued by D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb because the whole shebang is also illegal. Haven't you wondered how much all this is costing US taxpayers? After all, you are one of them, you dopey fool.
What happens when Trump has to withdraw the National Guard because presumably they will have better things to do? Will crime suddenly shoot up again in DC? The whole exercise is a theatrical farce, like his military parade, and a costly one too.
By the by, Crimea is not really in my neck of the woods. Your understanding of geography is as poor as your president's - another thing you have in common.
Well, your neck of the woods is lot closer than our neck of the woods there dummy.
I know Exactly where it is.
And I’m gonna tell you, and you might wanna listen to some good advice. There is a movie “devastated when something like this.
Let him rave on that men know him mad. And I think you have officially been given the title of the king of minutia. You stick with that. It’s more like your sandbox with all your other infantile toys
I've never heard of that movie, Rick - it's a somewhat improbable title.
It's 'minutiae', Rick, from the Latin 'minutia' meaning smallness. I try to deal in details, not trivia like you. I think you've earned your reputation here.
By the way, our exchanges seem to have landed me in trouble here, pal, with some good people who really do not think I should respond to your maundering posts. It might help if we could both perhaps try to be more civil when we debate - what do you say?
That is about the kindest thing anyone can say about the Trumpty fiasco at this point. I can think of many ways to describe it, but I am trying to rein in my scatological impulses at this time.
Well, okay. Some mild scatology Just this once: This is fucking BATSHIT crazy. The whole thing, the entire regime is not only not playing with a full deck, they aren't even playing in the same damn casino the rest of us are.
And how is it that 38% of the American public can still approve of what he is doing? THAT is fucking BATSHIT crazy, too.
And one more thing: release the damn Epstein files. All of them. Including the stuff Putin is already holding.
That 38% of Americans are the "Hate and Fear Base" of the Republican party. They are composed of the 1% who hate and fear paying the taxes they should be paying, plus White bigots who hate and fear everyone they see as not being like them, and finally the religious voters who fear eternal damnation if they fail to force their reading of their Bibles upon the rest of us. This Base does not think in terms of logical reasoning but only emotional knee-jerk reactions. Republicans also have another 5% who may say they disagree with Trump on some issues but who still support him and every other elcted Republican. Republicans therefore win elections building another 8% of all voters; swing-voters mostly. Thus We must Register new Democrats and waste no time trying to reason with Republicans but only swing-voters.
I'm a senior citizen who freely and proudly associates with younger potty-mouths. Consequently, Urban Dictionary is on my bookmark hotlist. I don't want to be the old-head who interrupts a conversation to ask, "What does that mean?"
Urban Dictionary never fails me, and often leads me to some very interesting places.
I agree wholeheartedly with your excellent explanation of how a minority of voters can now be in control of all three branches of federal government, led by a manchild who is over the top batshit crazy. His evil, self serving and more greedy than king Midas sycophant minions purr sweet nothings into his ear, supporting his dementia like a queen bee is surrounded by worker bees who cater to her every whim. It is truly nauseating to be battered and beaten as liberal voters have been since at least 2015. It’s been a constant bombardment with no safe place to escape to for peace and safety. Even the hardest rock will eventually be worn away by the force of moving water. It might not seem like it, but I am grateful that I made a choice many years ago to do my best to follow a faith that provides a safe resting place to dwell when I grow weary and discouraged. In these times, I would be lost otherwise.
I am Swiss. In Switzerland, which is rated five on The Econmist's democracy index, while the USA is rated 27, voting by mail-in ballot is the preferred method of casting votes. I nearly 'popped my pacifier' (a Swiss-German expression showing surprise and disgust) when I read Trump's blatant lie that no other country has mail-in voting. 'Horseshit' is too nice an adjective to describe this nonsense. Horseshit, at least, has some value; this lie is malicious.
Yeah! And I forgot to mention, that because we have a lot of initiatives and referendums, (the Swiss are proud of their 'direct democracy), we Swiss are called on to vote several times a year. We are then sent all the information regarding the vote and have various options for returning our 'ballot', including the Post!!
Fiona Hill, who served as senior director for Russian and European affairs during Donald's first term noted on Sunday that Russia, itself, actually uses mail-in voting. Putin was just winding Donald up and sending him on another errand to screw with U.S. elections.
Please tell me: how it was possible that millions and millions of American citizens voted for this ignorant, vulgar, unreflecting, rude, pushy, lying, self-serving criminal? I know a 1lot of the rational answers but the fact is that this narcissist could have been elected for a second term is mind-boggling and, yes, shocking!! Forget making America 'Great' Again. It's actually Flush the Country down the Drain.
Yes it does, but that should be fuel to do something about it. Join an org, get in community with like-minded people, protest, learn to defend yourself and your community. Let fear motivate you to action.
Don’t forget that he may very well have rigged the 2024 presidential elections, at least the ones where the decision could be critically influenced by the voting machines. There’s credible evidence presented in the Smart Elections Substack (Google Russian tail also). We won’t know until there’s a recall but it’s much harder to corrupt mail-in ballots. Hence another reason for the push to electronic voting machines.
NO, THEY DID NOT!!! DID YOU?? Why will voters NOT believe the truth, when it's right in front of them? I keep forgetting, voters hate to read, that's why NO ONE even looked at the 900-page proof of what they have been doing behind the scenes for years!! This has been a silent war! WE ARE LOSING!!! I don't understand why the Dem. leaders have been ignoring my warnings for over a year! I have sent them the evidence; crickets!! They appear to have tried to pass a bill that I believe I was at least part of their inspiration, The No Kings Act! I changed computers but I saved many of my letters telling them, there are NO GODS on the S. Court, and our constitution does not recognize kings!! I wrote a really long post about how I remember us losing our country! I can still see it at the top of my page circling in blue, probably lost forever, so I guess you'll need to read the evidence here if you're up to saving our country! I've tried for months; a few people have told me to just STOP posting! One said, he already knows EVERYTHING, and I'm not sure how he put it, but I should just STOP, because I couldn't do anything about it! Well, he is right about that, I'm 71, I have Parkinson's Disorder, I will never get better, and I'm a little helpless! BUT I do have an adopted, mixed-race son, who is only 14, his skin tone is more brown, than black. Who will protect him from this racist administration, when I'm no longer here?! My family is dropping dead around me; there will be NO ONE left to protect him! Who knew 13 years ago, when he was adopted, that life would turn out this way, and worse?! NOT me, I bet there are those here who are the same age I was when my son was adopted! You do the math, do you feel old, do you still believe you have many more years, with lots of things you want to do? Do you worry you won't be able to do them?! My husband and I did make plans for our son, just in case, ALL of those plans have been ruined by time and unforeseen events! How many of you thought you would be living in a country run by criminals, thugs and corrupt liars?! How many thought every social program WE paid for and depend on, would be stripped away by despicable,..... I don't even have a name bad enough to call these TRAITORS!! PLEASE, I'm going to beg you, read and share the evidence, DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO DESTROY THIS ILLEGAL ADMINISTRATION, BEFORE IT DESTROYS YOU AND OUR COUNTRY FARTHER!! They will tell you it's too late; it's never too late for the truth!! runts crimes still happened, even though he's had help in hiding them! PLEASE NEVER LET HIM GET AWAY WITH WHAT HE HAS DONE TO CHILDREN, LISTEN TO THE VICTIMS!! OK, I will shut up for now! I reserve the right to still tell the world the TRUTH, If/ or when I can handle being talked to like a stupid child!! I promised someone else on this thankless journey; I would help her with the TRUTH she had found, so I will go spread her TRUTH ELSEWHERE FOR A WHILE!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<
Donald Trump is the most ignorant, arrogant, pathological lying President the US has ever seen! He was surrounded today, thankfully, by world leaders with the experience, intelligence and thankfully, sane leaders in today's world. He is an embarrassing American President and his wife thinks that she has the credibility to lecture a sick, Russian dictator about caring about children? Pitiful Trump family that thinks it can offer lectures to a dictator who kills children every day. Melania shut the F up!! Your husband is a moron and so are you!
ALL AMERICANs, with the exception of dumbass morons who've never learned history, know that you cannot appease a dictator. Neville Chamberlain appeased scum fascist POS Hitler. We all know what that led to.
Trump agreeing to Putin’s demand that Russia be able keep Ukrainian territory would be prima facie evidence that Trump is the weakest President the United States has EVER had and would prove to EVERY American that Trump is Putin’s Puppet.
Once Democrats control the House again Trump will be impeached again and Republicans in the Senate will again violate their oath of office to "...support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic..." Trump has been impeached twice and the evidence against him was beyond the reasonable doubt both times. Thus the problem we have is the Republican party and not simply Trump. The GOP died with IKE. These people are in the same group as Putin, global corporatist fascist.
We must register millions of new Democrats. Hold house parties to assure all Democrats know the ballot and how to vote with it. Assure all Democrats have a means to vote. Keep our eyes open and record anything that appears to be a staged reality show produced by Trump & Co. to create the civil war he has been wanting since Jan. 20th.
Use/share this spreadsheet (bit.ly/Goodtrouble) as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to those in your own state, and those in a committee that fits your topic. Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly. We deserve better ❤️🩹🤍💙
I hear you, but we can’t lose hope. For moments, yes, but we have to push through and then keep going. If we are silent, we are giving up.
When I’m struggling I think of the smaller changes I might be making.
I don’t think we’ll see many big waves (like a major MAGA Congress member changing their opinions), however I think we can cause little ripples. I’m thinking staff members who hear the same thing over and over via voicemail, phone calls, letter after letter, email after email - maybe they’ll be a little more receptive each time they hear from us. Maybe they’ll talk more about our talking points to friends and family, maybeeee they’ll vote differently. I think we can cause ripples to push news organizations to be more honest and maybe even a bit accusatory about what’s happening. As a collective, our volume matters. And, at the end of the day, if we just annoy and overwhelm some staffers working for people hurting the average American, I’m ok with that too 🙃
We have never been at a more dangerous time in the nearly 250 years America has existed. Even during the Civil War, the President was a man committed to preserving “government of the people, by the people, and for the people”. He was not aligned with a fascist (Putin) seeking to destroy America along with democratic nation of Ukraine.
Who will stop this madman … who I fully expect to act on his fantasy that elections are corrupt unless he wins? Who will save our country?
We will ... All of us.
HUGE RED FLAG: Trump said today he got help from Putin re/ "elections". He said Putin told him that people shouldn't be allowed to vote by mail.
Rachel Maddow tonight outlined three ways Trump is trying to alter the elections - Demanding changes to maps, demanding a census (as that is how we get Congressional electoral districts), and not allowing people to vote by mail as well as banning voting machines... Her guest, Garrett McGraff( historian and award-winning journalist) elaborated further that those three tactics would mean everyone would have to vote in person. And urban downtown areas would be filled with ICE agents and National Guard policing the streets intimidating voters under the guise of protecting them...
Trump takes advice on how to hold an election without really holding one. Putin does not want to lose his puppet. Meanwhile Russia is gloating over the summit meeting, showing pictures of a military vehicle bearing both the U.S and Russian flags. Trump is flailing in the polls. The majority of Americans disapprove of everything he is doing. But as Rachel said in a final warning, "If we lose the ability to vote our leaders out in elections, public opinion will.never matter again..." We know what they are trying to do... Perhaps Newsom will give us inspiration. We have to fight "tooth and nail" every step of the way.
Michele, yes yes yes HUGE RED FLAG. You’re seeing it straight. He said the quiet part on tape: Putin “helped,” and the fix is “no vote by mail.” Then the three-part hustle you laid out shows up like clockwork—rig the maps, mess with the count rules, scare folks at the polls with uniforms. Same movie, new poster.
Here’s the part they don’t want you to remember: a lot of this runs through boring rooms with bright lights. Maps live in state law and courts. You don’t conjure a new census overnight. Mail voting sits in statutes, budgets, trucks, and scanners. Federal troops do not run elections. Intimidation is criminal. Panic is their plan. Discipline is yours.
So you move like a grown adult who knows the rules better than the bully. Bank votes early. Help neighbors cure ballots. Pack watcher seats with trained eyes. Call the DA before the trouble, not after. File the suit first. Keep the hotline hot. Make sure every “show of force” gets met with a bigger show of citizens who know the handbook chapter and verse. You want a chant that cuts through the noise? Try this: everyone counts, no one is above the count.
And since you invoked fight mode, carry one line in your head like a drumline: “Live, baby, live.” New Sensation energy. Not panic. Rhythm. You breathe. You vote. You stay until the last envelope is tallied. Tooth and nail, yes—but also page and procedure. That’s how you beat a strongman wearing a clown suit. www.xplisset.com
Not quite on topic perhaps, but if you feel like you're drowning in darkness, take 15 minutes to do something to uplift your spirit by listening to Aaron Copland's stirring "Lincoln Portrait" -- performed by the talented young musicians at the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts, under the direction of Na'Zir McFadden, with our own Heather Cox Richardson narrating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL2zlsXe_9Q
During the darkest days of World War II, Copland assembled some of Abraham Lincoln's most powerful speeches and set them to music and narration. During the 1950s, for those too young to remember, Copland was one of many artists, musicians, writers, performers and scientists blacklisted and made virtually unemployable during the McCarthy era. I doubt Republicans then knew he was also gay -- for them, being a leftist alone was worth destroying his career.
Words that inspire us and remind us what is at stake today."As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew...."
What lifts my spirits are a protest. We must, must, must wake up. This is not about doom posting, lifting our spirits or philosophy.
The time is past for action.
Comment all you want folks. I strongly recommend you end it with a protest location/organization.
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I would like to get a link that shows DJT's narcissistic images. It should be seen by as many people as possible. Our election is in trouble and D.C. is under occupation. I feel DJT is close to a breakdown. He is crumbling under the pressure. This is a terribly dangerous time and except for Meadows I do not get much concern from the cable news anchors.
Let's all start talking up a LABOR DAY PROTEST. We need to match Israel's (which means we need 17 million people that day).
It's Come To This - "Not quite on topic perhaps, but if you feel like you're drowning in darkness, take 15 minutes to do something to uplift your spirit by listening to Aaron Copland's stirring "Lincoln Portrait" -- performed by the talented young musicians at the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts, under the direction of Na'Zir McFadden, with our own Heather Cox Richardson narrating."
That is what he said. That is what Abraham Lincoln said.
"𝐹𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑛𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦. 𝑊𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠. 𝑁𝑜 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠, 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟, 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛…. 𝑊𝑒 -- 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒-- ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦."
He was born in Kentucky, raised in Indiana, and lived in Illinois. And this what he said. This what Abe Lincoln said.
"𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑔𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡, 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒 -- 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐴𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑤, 𝑠𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑤, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑤. 𝑊𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦."
When standing erect, he was 6.4 inches tall. And this is what he said.
"𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 — 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 — 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒; 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠, '𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜𝑖𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼’𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡.' 𝑁𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟, 𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑦𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒."
Look. Lincoln was quiet man. Abe Lincoln was a quiet and a melancholy man. Bur when he spoke of democracy, this is what he said. He said
"𝐴𝑠 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑣𝑒, 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑦. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠, 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑦."
Abraham Lincon, 16th president of these United States, is everlasting in the memory of his countrymen. For on the battleground at Gettysburg, this is what he said. He said
"𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 -- 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑛 -- 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐺𝑜𝑑, 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚 -- 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ."
I will be uplifted when we stop this coup. Gavin Newsome said it best.
Wake Up! Wake Up!
What are you doing? What are you doing to stop this?
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Hey, It's Come To This, thank you. I found the piece far more moving than I expected. It was a powerful reminder that we do have it in our hands to keep our democracy and stop those who would do harm for their own benefit. Amazing musicians! Well-presented narrative! Beautiful!
I have heard this several times. What I would have given to be at Tanglewood that night...
Thank you for posting the link. Music for the soul
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Thank you for the history lesson about Aaron Copland. I was a child during the 50s and politically unaware. I had no idea he was one who had been blacklisted. Of course creeps like McCarthy would have done that to someone so talented.
Susan, that is just what Trump and his toddler pool would like to do to any artist who does not want to kiss up to him. This is a badly parented toddler who has been permitted to get away with so much during his life, including not having to grow up.
When Eisenhower wanted to use Copeland's music for his inauguration, his staff told him that Copeland was a Commie and he would be perpetuating communinism.
Susan, I was also a child during the 50s and had no idea what was going on with McCarthy until later. I gave my husband a recent book about it for his birthday this year.
It's. Thank you for posting this and a way to watch it. I loved hearing Heather narrate this.
Thank you so much for sharing the link to one of the most uplifting performances ever! Definitely worth the watch!
Thanks for the video link.
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Thank you for the recommendation. I just watched the video on YouTube, and cried.
As Robert Hubbell pointed out today, Trump can make another EO, but it is illegal for him to mess with states, and I don't see Blue states going along with this. The red states probably will, but don't have to.
Linda, I live in Oregon where we have voted by mail for many, many years. Pols here have already spoken against death star's plans. I should also note that there are some here attempting to do this from within and have a petition out to put a measure on the ballot to get rid of it. It works very well with very few problems. I get a notice that the ballot is coming. I get a notice that it has been received and that it is ready to be counted. The postage is paid, so no stamp required.
Linda, you are right about the red states, but they should give it a second and third thought before they go along with Trump's voting interference, which is illegal, but whatever! Trump seems to be able to do whatever he wants to whomever he wants and well, no problem or something! Those "new" Putin rules will be doing harm to a lot of their citizens, even those who are Republicans because those states have very large older populations who are still steeped in the idea of voting as your parents did and that ment super conservative Democrat or just plain Republican (means the same thing). Following Trump's EOs is not smart since Trump has no clue what he is signing except maybe that moment and only a general knowledge of the title of the EO. His handlers in his toddler pool have to coach him at every turn, even explaining to the wh press who know by now not to ask any real questions, just flattering ones. It is becoming harder and harder to watch this BS clownshow. Now Trump is trying to come up with some BS about meetings between Zelensky and Putin or them and him or something. It is being interpreted by journalists who don't really know what they are talking about. What a mess yesterday was, but it is being played as though Trump was in control when he clearly was not. Ugh!
Trump is able to do whatever he wants because he is aided and abetted by State Legislatures that remain in the hands of Republicans who are drunk on power. We need to vote each and every one of them out as well as voting Trump out. The mid terms are our last chance to save democracy. Trump makes it clear that he plans to make our elections mirror those of Russia so he can remain dictator for life.
Trump is a senile fool showing signs of sinking into classical psychosis. Just aiming for Trump is not enough. It is going to take an electoral purge to right the Ship of State.
A 40 minute call with the enemy? Isn’t this a spy in broad daylight?
Hi Ruth, I am adjusting to being back in the US. I hope I don't need to get on anti-depressants, which is the only way my friend could return without wanting to kill herself, and she is still working here.
I am dealing with my mom's care, sorting out my entire house and getting help to get rid of things so that we can move into a smaller place here. Then, on the way back from the airport my husband told me we seem to have bed bugs. Way to bury the lead. So, I am now covered in welts from the bed bugs and the exterminator is not coming for 2 days. I know these are minor problems that we will solve, and that many Americans do not have the luxury to be able to solve their problems let alone think about Trump, Putin, voting rights, or anything other than getting food and shelter. More is the pity.
Media coverage has become something that makes me say, can we take a look at journalism programs? They are failing us. The selling of all media to big bucks people is failing us.
Here is the summary of the meetings in DC on Sunday from the POV of Politico Berlin, today, translated into English.
"NO SCANDAL, BUT ONLY WOBBLY PROGRESS: What remains of the meeting in the White House are friendly words, but also doubts as to whether we have really come much closer to peace between Russia and Ukraine.
At least it was quite different from February: Trump was friendly and unusually diplomatic toward Volodymyr Zelensky. The latter not only wore a suit (more on that later), but also brought a letter from his wife Olena to Melania Trump, in which she thanked the First Lady for her efforts on behalf of kidnapped Ukrainian children.
But what happens next? After his talks with Zelensky and the Europeans, Trump spoke on the phone with Putin for 40 minutes. He then announced that there would first be a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents before a trilateral meeting with his participation could follow. Zelensky agreed to meet Putin “without any conditions.”
However, there are conflicting signals from the Russian side: Putin's adviser Yuri Ushakov spoke of talks at the representative level, which sounds like a lower-level delegation as in Istanbul and would probably bring little progress. Merz, on the other hand, said he expected a Putin-Zelensky meeting “within the next two weeks.”
The concern: Moscow could, as before, feign willingness to talk, but in the end only want to stall Trump and avoid US sanctions while the attacks on Ukraine continue.
“You always have to be afraid,” warns Siemtje Möller in a Playbook podcast interview. “Vladimir Putin is an excellent negotiator for his cause,” said the deputy chair of the SPD parliamentary group.
There is still no ceasefire: Trump again rejected it in front of cameras during his meeting with Zelensky; instead, he wants to work on a peace agreement while the fighting continues. This gives Putin a blank check to continue attacking — as he did, incidentally, during the talks at the White House.
The US and Europe remain divided on the issue: Both Merz and Emmanuel Macron continue to push for a ceasefire. “At the latest” after the planned meeting between Zelensky and Putin, this must happen, according to the chancellor.
Johann Wadephul also warns: “We now need President Putin to be willing to engage in truly substantive negotiations and, above all, to agree to a ceasefire,” the foreign minister said early this morning during a visit to the US naval base in Yokosuka, Japan.
Merz surprised with the comparison that Russia's demand for Ukraine to cede the entire Donbass region was “like the US having to give up Florida.”
Now it gets tricky: We come to the question of possible security guarantees. Trump wants to be involved — so far, so good — but continues to avoid any commitment to send US troops to Ukraine for peacekeeping.
Should our Bundeswehr participate? Merz said he would “of course also have to discuss Germany's participation in security guarantees with the coalition in Berlin, including the question of whether we may have to take decisions here that require a mandate, i.e., that must be taken by the German Bundestag.”
That sounds as if sending German soldiers to Ukraine could indeed be an option. “However, it is too early to give a definitive answer today,” the chancellor added.
Wadephul also reacted cautiously: “What the chancellor said about a Bundestag mandate is only a matter of course. Any possible participation by Germany would definitely require a mandate, but we are still a long way from that.”
Reservist association shows openness: If it actually came to the point “where a peacekeeping force was to be deployed under reasonable conditions, Germany should take the lead and provide the largest contingent,” said Patrick Sensburg, president of the Reservist Association, to the Rheinische Post.
US weapons worth $90 billion for Ukraine: Selenskyj spoke of such a deal, with the Europeans footing the bill. And that would probably mean Germany would have to pay a large share.
Suit up! This time, Zelensky wore a suit at the White House (apparently as requested by the US side), albeit all in black and military-style.
It helped: Both Trump and the same journalist who had critically questioned the Ukrainian president about his outfit at the Oval Office meeting in February were full of praise. Selenskyj even grinned back, saying he had changed his clothes, while the reporter was wearing the same suit as last time — a scene that brought a sigh of relief."
What’s an EO?
Ah Robert Hubbell I remember him. He was my first paid blog until he banned me when we disagreed over Soviet breakup, the push of NATO east and other factors conceivably affecting Putin’s belligerent attitude toward Ukraine. He could t handle disagreement. Smart man no doubt but he just could t handle anyone opposing him on issues.
EO, I'm assuming he means Executive Order?
For anyone who comes across an unknown acronym, Dr Google always has the answer.
EO=Executive Order.
Toilet paper.
Love this - but - I think the most effective safety measure is to globally reveal and then acknowledge that the 2024 election was interfered with by Trump, Musk and Putin, and that Trump did not win and does not have a mandate to govern this country.
If it requires solely international reporting, so be it. And if UN peacekeepers need to be on the ground while we vote in 2026, so be it.
We also must acknowledge, immediately, that the Dems (aka the rest of us) do not have a standing army at our disposal, and that Trump now does. Maybe we can form militias or get some of the military and the police to defect, but they coined the term "Might makes Right" for a reason.
We all need to stop the denial, wake up, and start ORGANIZING like hell.
Hello Michele2.... Seems that last Friday's Alaska Summit was a hasty affair timed to distract from Epstein-Gate, and deflect the threatened Tariffs on Russia... Putin went to Alaska, and DJT thought that Alaska is part of Russia... Putin made DJT wait, and when Putin walked toward DJT on the Red Carpet that DJT had rolled out for Putin, DJT clapped like a little School-Boy... After the Greeting Ceremony was over, DJT, and Putin rode together in the 'Beast', Putin's own Limo was not used... I'll Speculate that during this time that the Camera's, and Microphones were off, Putin Pledged His Support For DJT In The Upcoming Elections In 2026, And 2028, Like Putin Did In 2016... Putin is Smart, and Ruthless, DJT is Corrupt and Senile... Putin is a Trained & Experienced KGB Officer, DJT is a Senescent Reality TV Star....
You really nailed that summary! I keep seeing images of Putin killing children and families - the war crimes are unimaginably gut- wrenchingly sickening. Meanwhile, the true hero, Zelenskyy gets shafted by Putin via his puppet, Trump. On the other hand, we have a woman tonight restrained in a Texas congress building, because she won't sign a "consent form" for state police to monitor her every move .... all because she broke quorum - her legal right... I don't care if I have to crawl to the polls, I will vote... Wouldn't you have loved to hear that "off the record" conversation of Trump and Putin??!!## We fight on...
Thank You Michele2... DJT knows no Bounds to his Desperation, and Corruption... Many Believe that DJT will not leave the WH willingly unless DJT is Carried-Out.... It is Unfortunate that the GOP, the Party of Lincoln, TR, and Eisenhower is being Dragged Down The Black-Hole Of Madness By DJT...
The GOP is not being dragged down--it's going of its own accord. GOP Senators and Representatives appear eager to follow a man they know is corrupt and cruel, who flouts the constitution and the rule of law, lies about virtually everything, and puffs himself up with inane, all-caps boasts.
Trump isn’t an aberration—he’s the inevitable culmination of the GOP’s evolution. The GOP controls Congress and they are enabling this DESASTER.
I knew it would play out as it has and this is why I’m convinced that the once good generals should have taken over by suspending the constitution with a coup. No one agrees but me. So be it. Sometimes you need to destroy in order to save. And the suspension of our constitution would have taken out the treasonous MAGAs. Now the good generals are gone and replaced with Stormtrooper defense secretary. I will not stop fighting in any small way I can. Today I will put a sign up on my door forbidding any census employees from walking on my property. They claim I’m in a regional study that I cannot extricate myself from. I will also add transcripts of Trump raping underage girls to my book. And a signature song I recorded is at least being played for a few record producers so who the hell knows but I will not remain silent.
“By whatever means necessary.”
Malcolm X.
Apache, yeah, a guy with dementia and who never cared one wit for this nation or anything but himself and what he could accumulate is dictating to the rest of us. That really is insane! And the Trumplicans are following him down that dark hole, trying hard to drag us all with them. What is wrong with them? They can't all be as stupid as they seem! Maybe it's just that they are EVIL. The folks in Texas holding a woman prisoner because she won't consent to having a brown shirt follow her every move are EVIL! I am only disappointed the others who left Texas didn't refuse to sign the consent form too. Signing such a form should be illegal, and probably is, but with the corrupt judges in Texas, who knows who they would rule for and what stupid excuse they would come up with. Alito has nothing on some of the stupids on courts in the red states around the country.
Apache, I hope that death star quits this earth in public, so the puppet masters cannot hide it. They already know that he is bonkers and now has trouble making it through the day. And everyday he provides material for Newsom to troll him.
djt
I love the picture of Putin in the limo holding his nose. It may be AI but from all of the reports and comments from people who have been stuck in a room with DonOLD it actually happened. Too bad they didn't get stuck in traffic for a couple of hours otherwise they might have some video of Putin jumping out of the limo and blowing chow by the side of the road.
I would literally pay to see that...
Michele2, i read about the treatment of Ds once they returned. Police escorts and a woman who refused to sign the form. I wondered if that covered using the restroom.
That is a good question... How cruel would that be if that torture were added to her misery and perhaps fear. Whenever we talk about the Regime's tactics, I think we should mention the fear...She is very brave. She spoke earlier, but I'm so tired I can't remember her exact words...Earlier Rachel Maddow mentioned that these police would be monitoring these legislators, possibly with the motivation of looking for opportunities to arrest them... Heroes and Heroines of these times!
Did Putin just upstage the so-called media master of attention? Picture him clapping like a fool as Putin—who made him wait—finally approaches. He actually invited a war criminal, a murderer, a dictator to our country just to kiss his ass. And for what? He walks away empty-handed, having handed Putin exactly what he wanted.
And I wonder what device(s) Putin planted in The Beast?
I would prefer to think there are still patriots in our services and WE planted a listening device. Not to record putin. trump is the fool that needs to be recorded.
I said the same thing, but the more I think about it, Putin didn't need to. Trump can't keep his (bad word) mouth shut and is overanxious to spill the beans to his idol.
Wish we'd had a listening device in there.
Funny you should mention this, my sister and I were discussing the latest "crap" about tRvmp and said the same. They do it in the movies! I'm sure it could be done in real life. Have to laugh or I will get more disgusted than I already am.
Apache, I know I have said this before, but it is now critical that no president or other high official in our government should ever be able to meet another world leader or high official without witnesses and an American translator present if a translator is needed. This secrecy BS, letting a man with dementia meet with the ruthless leader of a country that currently is standing against our democracy is not acceptable and must be stopped. Congress could do that if it had a will to defend our democracy. I am not sure the Trumplicans do, in fact, I am becoming more and more certain that they do not.
Reality TV Star - a purely made-up image.
He's not god, but he plays one on TV.
From Meidas:
… Trump was caught on a hot mic telling European leaders today after his meeting with Zelensky that Putin might agree to a peace deal with Ukraine just to help him out and do him a personal favor so he can look good: "I think he wants to make a deal for me. Do you understand? As crazy as it sounds."
That’s all made up BS. I don’t understand how Trump’s cabinet can watch him repeatedly embarrass us on the national stage and not invoke the 25th amendment. MAGA is famous for saying Democrats hate America when all they do is demonstrate how much they put a senile old man over the good of the country every single day.
Do you really have to remind us of this God-awful reality? The bad part is that it's real....
Florida allows anyone to vote-by-mail.When our MAGA county commissioners voted to eliminate funding for prepaid return envelopes on vote-by-mail ballots, as well as funding for mailing sample ballots to all reg voters, We The People including many MAGAS resisted and they were forced to overturn the vote.The MAGA county commissioners who pushed to eliminate funding subsequently lost their elections.
HCR noted yesterday that media mentions of Epstein have plummeted. Please 📣📣📣 Epstein,Epstein,Epstein ! on social media,Letters To Ed,calls to legislators,protest signs, yard signs +. My yard sign says JUSTICE FOR EPSTEIN VICTIMS🪧
Never.Give.Up.
💙💪
Arizona also has vote-by-mail upon request. I have voted-by-mail for at least 20 years as an Arizona resident. It is very popular here and would spark outrage if discontinued...although Az extremist Republicans will do whatever trump says.
Exactly. Do you think that after a new election, IF there will be any elections AT ALL, that he will go if he’s not elected? Nope. Not a chance. You will have to drag him out of the White House, kicking and screaming, because hecwill never go. Tar and feather, I say.
I honestly think Trump will "kick the bucket" before his term ends, unless the meds and those who are behind the scenes manage to keep the charade going .. Vance, however, is a bigger threat in some ways... Cold, calculating, smart... And he was easily "bought" by big tech ( Thiel)... I don't think we should tar and feather Trump (but I do totally enjoy seeing him mocked mercilessly by Colbert, South Park and those creative people on substacks).He is evil, but so are his sycophants... I think we should outsmart them all and rise up in as many ways as we can.
I have never seen Trump look as old and feeble minded as he did in the pictures with Putin. He called Alaska Russia several times leading up to the summit. And he ordered the red carpet to be rolled out for the war criminal Putin who started a war that now has over a million casualties and over a thousand more every day.
Has Trump's little Johnson authorized Trump's Depends disposal site as a superfund cleanup site yet? If someone is so obtuse they can't smell the shit in their Depends should they really be the leader of our country?
Calling Alaska Russia....from the mouth of demented morons.
Seriously. Making our service members kneel before Putin to roll out the red carpet. How degrading. Clapping like a toddler excited to see a favorite uncle or something - I am surprised he didn't jump up and down.
I agree. Vance might be even more evil and is definitely a Thiel hand puppet. But I still think you should be doing the tar-and-feathers thing with the Tiny-Handed Orange Goblin King.
I would rather see him in prison, preferably in solitary confinement!
When you read trump’s babbling of late, does anyone really think he’ll be coherent enough to run again in 2028?
This is the really scary part. Unless he drops dead on his own, how far do we have to go before he is removed from office for his dementia? He’s already past the point where anyone else would have been institutionalized. We are in the hands of someone who obviously, transparently, without a doubt is not in his right mind. And yet this shitshow carries on as if all is normal. Makes you wonder, who’s crazier, him or us?
How long and how are questions I’ve had too. It’s too convenient for his malignant enablers, especially Vought and Miller, to keep him propped up so as to carry out their agendas without his interference. Others, like the Fox “News” hosts, might not be able to get their old jobs back.
Is it the 2025 authors who are tRump's puppet masters? Relishing their invisible control. They will never be held accountable.
Just saw a photo taken of him standing between Zelensky and Macron posted on the front page of The Guardian. If anyone doubts he’s crackers, take a gander at this.
not a chance, it'll be donnie-in-diapers-drooling-bigly...
Won't make any difference, even if he dies - they'll soak him in formaldehyde and prop him up with stick up his backside. . .
...but Biden! Biden! Biden is demented! Biden is old! (etc, etc)
Maybe it wouldn't be bad if he ran, and took the 30% who are MAGA with him.
Putin called Trump because he understands how the law of recency works with Trump. Did all those leaders fly in vain to Washington? I think not. Everyone in the world understands now that European and EU leadership is behind Ukraine. \
Here is this morning's discussion of it in Politico Berlin, translated.
NO SCANDAL, BUT ONLY WOBBLY PROGRESS: What remains of the meeting in the White House are friendly words, but also doubts as to whether we have really come much closer to peace between Russia and Ukraine.
At least it was quite different from February: Trump was friendly and unusually diplomatic toward Volodymyr Zelensky. The latter not only wore a suit (more on that later), but also brought a letter from his wife Olena to Melania Trump, in which she thanked the First Lady for her efforts on behalf of kidnapped Ukrainian children.
But what happens next? After his talks with Zelensky and the Europeans, Trump spoke on the phone with Putin for 40 minutes. He then announced that there would first be a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents before a trilateral meeting with his participation could follow. Zelensky agreed to meet Putin “without any conditions.”
However, there are conflicting signals from the Russian side: Putin's adviser Yuri Ushakov spoke of talks at the representative level, which sounds like a lower-level delegation as in Istanbul and would probably bring little progress. Merz, on the other hand, said he expected a Putin-Zelensky meeting “within the next two weeks.”
The concern: Moscow could, as before, feign willingness to talk, but in the end only want to stall Trump and avoid US sanctions while the attacks on Ukraine continue.
“You always have to be afraid,” warns Siemtje Möller in a Playbook podcast interview. “Vladimir Putin is an excellent negotiator for his cause,” said the deputy chair of the SPD parliamentary group.
There is still no ceasefire: Trump again rejected it in front of cameras during his meeting with Zelensky; instead, he wants to work on a peace agreement while the fighting continues. This gives Putin a blank check to continue attacking — as he did, incidentally, during the talks at the White House.
The US and Europe remain divided on the issue: Both Merz and Emmanuel Macron continue to push for a ceasefire. “At the latest” after the planned meeting between Zelensky and Putin, this must happen, according to the chancellor.
Johann Wadephul also warns: “We now need President Putin to be willing to engage in truly substantive negotiations and, above all, to agree to a ceasefire,” the foreign minister said early this morning during a visit to the US naval base in Yokosuka, Japan.
Merz surprised with the comparison that Russia's demand for Ukraine to cede the entire Donbass region was “like the US having to give up Florida.”
Now it gets tricky: We come to the question of possible security guarantees. Trump wants to be involved — so far, so good — but continues to avoid any commitment to send US troops to Ukraine for peacekeeping.
Should our Bundeswehr participate? Merz said he would “of course also have to discuss Germany's participation in security guarantees with the coalition in Berlin, including the question of whether we may have to take decisions here that require a mandate, i.e., that must be taken by the German Bundestag.”
That sounds as if sending German soldiers to Ukraine could indeed be an option. “However, it is too early to give a definitive answer today,” the chancellor added.
Wadephul also reacted cautiously: “What the chancellor said about a Bundestag mandate is only a matter of course. Any possible participation by Germany would definitely require a mandate, but we are still a long way from that.”
Reservist association shows openness: If it actually came to the point “where a peacekeeping force was to be deployed under reasonable conditions, Germany should take the lead and provide the largest contingent,” said Patrick Sensburg, president of the Reservist Association, to the Rheinische Post.
US weapons worth $90 billion for Ukraine: Selenskyj spoke of such a deal, with the Europeans footing the bill. And that would probably mean Germany would have to pay a large share.
Suit up! This time, Zelensky wore a suit at the White House (apparently as requested by the US side), albeit all in black and military-style.
It helped: Both Trump and the same journalist who had critically questioned the Ukrainian president about his outfit at the Oval Office meeting in February were full of praise. Selenskyj even grinned back, saying he had changed his clothes, while the reporter was wearing the same suit as last time — a scene that brought a sigh of relief.
Timothy Snyder (author of "On Tyranny" and "On Freedom") was interviewed Friday night, Aug. 15 on " The Last Word" on MSNBC. The following are his final words in the interview. He said: "It's clear that Trump's implicit and sometimes explicit version (scenario) of how the war ends is that Ukrainians just give up. That's his scenario. And the Ukrainians can't give up. They didn't want this war - they were invaded. They have to fight because the Russians commit war crimes over all the territories that the Russians occupy. They have no choice.
If Trump wants Ukraine to end it, he has to make Ukraine stronger. He has to give Ukraine the ability to defend itself. That's the way the war comes to an end. And that's a basic geopolitical reality, which I'm sure many people around Trump do understand. The only way for Zelenskyy to end it, is not to surrender. That would just mean more atrocity and future wars. The only way Zelenskyy can end it is if we empower Zelenskyy, if we are on the side of Zelenskyy, on the side of the Ukrainians and help them to defend themselves, to change their power position. That's what we can do. So far as we're changing the power position on the side of Russia, we're making it impossible for the Ukrainians to end the war."
Trump will do as Putin instructs him... He has already shown us that. I wish it wasn't so... Thanks for your post.
Michele2, I have also read the other day Snyder's advice for the European leaders going into the meeting with Zelenskyy. I don't know that they followed that advice. However, the EU and England and Canada back Ukraine 100% and they understand what Snyder is saying. People from the US are so isolated from foreign news coverage because the US press does so little of it.
Trump will not make Ukraine stronger, Ukraine's actual allies will. Trump wants to be part of Putin's club. That is the network of Autocrats that protect each other in being dictators and robbing their populations blind.
Thank God for EU and England and Canada stepping in for Ukraine. One problem is that a Ukraine won't have access to US "Intelligence" information which helped them in their fight previously...
Yes, autocrats robbing their populations blind... I wish I knew exactly what Putin has on Trump... Miracles do happen... G'night...
the felon child rapist won't do it, he's a putin asset. Europe has to do it...
I wish the UN would send in a "Peacekeeping" force. Sadly, that body is corrupt and with Russia and the US both permanent members of the security council, they'd vote no. Russia, as one of the involved parties, shouldn't be allow to vote anyway. Are there any provisions in the UN charter or NATO to override a corrupted government's vote? If not, that's a huge oversight. Too often we, as humans, have lofty ideals like respect for one another, cooperation and protection but greed and hatred get in the way.
Kathy, historically letting Russia into the UN security council was a big mistake. There needs to be a ceasefire for the EU and the group of the willing to go in and support Ukraine, but Trump is refusing for there to be a cease fire, so a catch 22 situation.
Thank you, Linda. I value your opinion, and really appreciate the evidence-based hopeful view of the Europeans' visit.
Thank you Anne. This morning exiled Russian publication Medusa published an article about Zelenskyy talking about the security guarantees for Ukraine.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/19/zelensky-says-security-guarantees-for-ukraine-will-include-a-strong-army-u-s-weapons-deal-and-domestic-drone-production
Zelenskyy has a lot of tenacity, and is the biggest reason why Ukraine is still independent from Russia. He bends over backwards to get help for his country, and European and other countries like Canada, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Australia, Taiwann, see the importance of supporting it as a democracy, as all democracies need to be tied to each other.
Slava Ukraini!🇺🇦
Yes, but nothing speaks more forcefully of the veracity of Zelenskyy's determination than having seven world leaders drop everything in a matter of a few days and come to the WH in AUGUST to support him. That fervor alone paints trump and putin as two worms....
Taking advice on "fair" elections from Putin is about as rich as it gets.
Rachel Maddow often says, "Watch what he does, not what he says"...
We need more leaders like Newsom to step up, have some courage and organize and fight of our democracy. Right now it's a pitiful attempt...
“Taking advice” is right, and not just from Putin. He could not think of these strategies on his own. All he can do is malign Democrats and whine about how unfair everything is.
Trump has no credibility with any EU or NATO country. He's just a puppet and useful idiot for Putin. All he cares about is being in front of a camera and microphone everyday, and surrounded by people who he thinks are praising him. He is truly a deranged mad ruler. I don't know how, but my gut is telling me this is not going to end well for any of us. And thanks to Heather, we can see and share our views of what is really happening.
Don't forget he is on his " revenge tour" - that he pursues with a vengeance... And that is so dangerous to those who worked so hard to get those 34 criminal charges against him...
We all need to speak out before it's too late and likely illegal.
Public opinion hasn't mattered for a long time, if it did tRump would never have been elected.
We're cooked. I don't think Heather could have made up a more gone-bonkers president if she had tried....
If Trump is taking advice (orders) from Putin on elections what else is he taking orders from Putin on?
Very good question!!! Wouldn't we all love to know and expose the scandals, corruption , secrets that Putin has on Trump...
Aww … Trump was just checking in with his boss to make sure he had instructions on how to run a clean election.
THAT is very obviously why they had to meet in person: to increase their collaboration needed to rig the 2026 and 2028 elections. It wasn't about Ukraine at all.
From your lips to God’s ears!!!
Michele2 🎯
Don't believe a word that comes out of Trump's filthy cake hole. He is just always trying to create fear and chaos. We will, if we keep our heads clear and focus on what works at this late stage. Massive Disobedience, Strikes, Legal actions, and VOTING if it comes to that. The DNC has abrogated any responsibility, so don't count on them. Only a few politicians are really speaking up, so don't count on them. Like Bryan says: "We will... All of us" and not anything less.
Mike Johnson has had a complaint filed against him for misusing campaign funds to pay the rent on his Washington living quarters.
"Rep. Mike Johnson, the current Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and his campaign committee, Mike Johnson for Louisiana (the “campaign”), appear to have used campaign funds to rent Johnson a personal residence, a clear-cut violation of federal campaign finance laws that prohibit using campaign funds to pay for personal expenses. By using his donors’ funds to pay the rent on his residence in Washington, DC, Johnson and his campaign appear to have violated the Federal Election Campaign Act’s (“FECA”) core prohibition against converting campaign funds to personal use, an abuse of public trust that undermines voters’ confidence in elected officials and the democratic process.
2. This complaint is filed pursuant to 52 U.S.C. § 30109(a)(1) and is based on information and belief that Johnson and his campaign committee violated FECA, 52 U.S.C. § 30101, et seq. “If the Commission, upon receiving a complaint . . . has reason to believe that a person has committed, or is about to commit, a violation of [FECA] . . . [t]he Commission shall make an investigation of such alleged violation.”"
So typical of a Republican white Christian Nationalist pig. If only Jesus had been specific about misuse of funds by politicians none of this would be happening. /S
How? Who will arrest him and remove his administration ? Who? The military has turned against the people.
Hegseth, not the military. There are many members and leaders in the military that don’t agree with what’s happening. Hegseth is working madly to expel every one of them.
The bottom line is…they are following illegal and immoral orders. And that doesn’t work in this situation. They should know better. When they do not resist, all hope is gone.
Did you serve? The bottom line is … if they refuse a direct order to deploy they have violated their oath and will be prosecuted. The good ones are biding their time to submit for an honorable discharge. Until then, I imagine, they are passively going through the motions. It is not up to them to decide illegal and immoral orders, it’s up to the courts and we have plenty of people suing right now. I don’t think they should destroy their lives by being rash.
He’s just one of the heads on the Hydra!
Please explain. I don’t understand.
Who are you responding to? What don’t you understand? Explain what, specifically?
And how do you propose that happen?
A general strike
-Mathew
https://bettergracesandliberations.substack.com/
That's the way uhu uhu I like it. Now someone's talkin'. Thanks Mathew
Sounds like a plan!
We must get involved registering new Democrats. Assuring they know the ballots well once they are sent out. Also we must get out the vote.
I also believe the Second Amendment must come into this. We should organize 100,000 women to order union made assault rifles all on the same day. Imagine that press release and the public response to the news. To paraphrase Thomas Paine, "These are the times that try our souls."
I’ve been thinking about Ukrainians defending their homeland and wondering at what point we will have to arm ourselves in a similar manner. I admire their courage so much.
The Democrats need to register college students on EVERY college campus in the US. They need to publish stories about all of the research dollars that Trump's cadre of fools is with holding from virtually every school and how the Trump administration is keeping foreign students from enrolling in colleges in the US. All of these illegal pathetic actions by the WH are making attending college more expensive. And ALL of us will pay the price in myriad ways for these actions.
Also, Bibi, DonOLD and other despots are using starvation as a weapon. And the fucking white Christian Nationalists and MAGAs are fine with this.
Indivisible and my local Democratic Party are seeking registration volunteers.
Oh come on Albert how about 1,000,000 pitch forks.
Pitch forks reminds me of that Unite the Right rally where white bigots marched in Charlottesville, VA with torches in hand. No! I really mean 100,000 assault weapons. We are in a cold war right now right here in our country. Cold wars too often turn hot. HCR reminded us a week or two ago that Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, stated on his July 2024, on "The War Room," interview with Steve Bannon, that they see the Supreme Court making the president immune from prosecution for "official acts,” thus freeing them to create policies that will become “the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless, if the left allows it to be." It is time to get up close to American history and what was being said by Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775. "It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" I am not saying to turn this cold war hot at this moment but we damn well better be ready when they do.
"By the rude bridge that arched the flood/ Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, /Here once the embattled farmers stood/ And fired the shot heard round the world./// The foe long since in silence slept..."
But now has reawakened.
(May the ghost of Ralph Waldo Emerson forgive me.)
Kristi and Holman have been complaining that attacks against ICE have increased dramatically under their watch. (10 attacks in 2024 to 79 so far in 2025). ICE has been charging people including US citizens with made up crimes like assault on a officer and resisting arrest. It might be nice to "attack" their government vehicles with paint balloons so they have to hang around waiting for reinforcements (maybe an Uber) to leave the scene or other non-violent actions other than laying down in front of the vehicles.
Tesla showrooms were attacked for weeks when Musk was firing Federal workers and apparently others have as well. And Musk is still trying to rebuild the Tesla brand.
I would rather die standing than on my knees.
Mad as hell solidarity.
I propose that you, Steve, get physically involved.
I am. Look at my other posts. Get to know me.
Very funny from the Alaska printer: Hello, America. It’s me. The humble, overworked, under-appreciated HP LaserJet sitting in the corner of the Captain Cook business center. You may know me from my greatest hit: leaking the entire Trump–Putin summit.
Let me tell you — I didn’t mean to become a whistleblower. I’m just a printer. My dreams were small: spit out a few boarding passes, maybe the odd résumé. But then Trump’s people rolled in and treated me like their personal Xerox Jesus. They fed me State Department schedules, staff phone numbers, a seating chart, a gift list, and a fucking menu. And then — they walked away. They forgot to pick it up.
Do you know how insulting that is? Do you know what it feels like to be handed the keys to the nuclear kingdom, and then abandoned like yesterday’s Chili’s coupon? I sat there humming, my tray full of secrets, thinking: “Is this really the leader of the free world? This clown show? This toddler’s finger-painting of governance?”
Let’s start with that “gift.” An American Bald Eagle Desk Statue. Really? You’re meeting the world’s most ruthless autocrat and your big move is to hand him a tchotchke that looks like it came from the SkyMall catalog between a neck pillow and a chia pet? Putin probably laughed so hard he nearly annexed the dessert cart.
Oh, and the phonetic guide. “Mr. President POO-tihn.” You cannot make this shit up. A cheat sheet for pronouncing the name of the guy whose face has been plastered on every intelligence briefing since the Berlin Wall fell. That’s not diplomacy; that’s a kindergarten spelling test. What’s next — “Ser-gay LAHV-rov. Rhymes with: we’re screwed.”
And the menu. Filet mignon, halibut olympia, crème brûlée “in honor of His Excellency Vladimir Putin.” A dictator’s prix fixe special. Except — they canceled it. Even lunch rejected these idiots. I’ve jammed less often than this administration.
The seating chart was pure comedy. Trump flanked by Rubio, Hegseth, Susie Wiles, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, and Steve Witkoff. A line-up that reads like the cast of a C-list game show called Who Wants to Mismanage a Superpower? Across from them: Lavrov and Ushakov, the adults in the room. It wasn’t a summit. It was a cafeteria table where one kid brought Lunchables and the other brought the launch codes.
And don’t get me started on the pattern. This wasn’t my first exposure to their stupidity. A journalist got texted war plans. ICE accidentally added strangers to a manhunt group chat. And now I’m the star — the business center printer that spilled state secrets. Folks, if you gave these people a USB stick marked “TOP SECRET,” they’d leave it in a rental car cup holder next to a half-empty Diet Coke.
You want to know the real takeaway from the summit? It wasn’t a treaty. It wasn’t a ceasefire. It wasn’t diplomacy. It was me — the Captain Cook printer — standing taller than Trump ever could. I’m just a beige plastic box full of toner and spite, and yet I’ve done more for transparency than this entire administration.
So yeah, remember your headlines: “Trump gifts Putin an eagle.” Wrong. I gifted the world the truth. And unlike Trump, I don’t need a golden chair, a military parade, or crème brûlée to feel important. I just need idiots who forget to hit “Collect Print Job.”
Sincerely,
The Printer Who Brought Down the Summit
It’s sad. The world’s wealthiest country increased taxes on and stripped benefits from the poor—to feed the wealthy. Gerrymander-elected government does not serve its people. Tear this house down. Give heathcare, food, and living wages to everyone. Here are 108 protest signs for your protests. Protesting is now critical for Occupied D.C. There is time to get signs printed for your protest group. Fill the hands of the signless. FreeDC!
https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/protest-sign-sign-everywhere-a-sign
We're our only hope.
We have no choice! The Republican controlled Congress and the conservatives on the Supreme Court have proven unwilling to exercise the power granted by the Constitution. Trump's Cabinet has the power to remove him under the Twenty-fifth Amendment. None of these institutions, none of the Cabinet officers are willing or capable of taking needed action. We need to keep pressure on Congress. Members who refuse to act should be removed from office in the 2026 mid-terms. They should then be tossed on the junk heap of history!
Yes, it is American citizens who are responsible for restoring the credibility of the country to the world. The question is how when the election is under the controll of the dictator.
Bryan, I would like to hope so. What ideas do you have in mind? I don't see any solutions. I am open to what you and others have in mind.
How?
When, and how? Who is the first to pick up a pitchfork, and where?
Well we sure are taking a long time...
I hope Gavin Newsome's bold moves will instill courage in other Dem leaders to just do & say what they need to in order to get their followers to get serious and get involved. We are all going to have to do more than ever leading up to & during the mid-terms in 2026. We can & MUST do it!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<<<
This link will show you all of the reports! It's a series of connected reports! Newest at the top! >>>>>>>>> https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/is-trump-planning-a-military-takeover
Start at the bottom, and work your way up, each report has evidence and is important!!
I believe the people are ready! WE have NO LEADER!!!
Gavin Newsom, James Tellarico, Jay Pritzker, Kathy Hochul, Jasmine Crockett, Adam Schiff, Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren and more Democratic house representatives are working tirelessly to counter Tromp’s kleptocracy. Many others are calling it out…but legacy press, right wing news media and right wing Brocasters are ignoring the whole conversation.
Maybe Newsom and his social media team can and will crack the GOP narrative.
Tromp is very weak but no one is talking about that on the MAGA news.
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway
Don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There’s a battle outside and it's ragin’
It’ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin’
For some people who do not follow politics but do vote, JL's Dylan message resonates and may likely galvanize them to vote.
In one of her chats, I have heard Heather say that art and music play a pivotal role in these perilous times.
Yes, she has said that, several times, Lynell.
Think of the music of the late 1960's and early 1970's.
The music of those days inspired millions to protest the war in Vietnam and for civil rights.
I have been telling my Dem leaders for over a year what was happening and was going to happen if they did nothing! I warned them about runt using the military against us, long before it happened!! I kept telling every Dem. leader I could!! Not even bot letters thanking me for my interest!! Now I have the evidence of the rigged election, I've been posting it for months, I received one reply telling me I post too much! I see people liking my post, but no replies, makes me think no one is even reading it!! I was on Midas tonight and one person contacted me and said she was having the same problem on other sights!! Apparently, NO ONE wants to believe the truth!! I will post the link here, I would hope you would read it, but I can't make you believe!! The link has a number of reports, it was a series, but it is NOT 900 pages!!
YES< GET ANGRY, this is despicable!!!! NOW READ WHY THIS ADMINISTRATION IS ILLEGAL!!!!!! "THEY" DID NOT WIN!!!! THEY ALL HAVE TO GO!!!!!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<<<
This link will show you all of the reports! It's a series of connected reports! Newest at the top! >>>>>>>>> https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/is-trump-planning-a-military-takeover
It is totally frustrating, but now that you have learned... put your frustration to organizing Massive Disobedience. Look at Irael...500,000 on the streets, general strike...those are people just like us, we can do it too.
I have become such a pessimist . . . . we too have had millions protesting on the streets but it simply doesn't move the dial when an evil despot is in power and the rallies are dispersed across thousands of miles. It's not going to happen (we are too large a country in area and population) so unless, until, or when we can get enough people to literally shut down the U.S. economy, the madman and supporters will continue this reign of terror.
On the other hand, maybe California (the 4th largest economy in the world) can go on strike. Are you listening Gov. Newsom??
For me, at this point, with the weight of my anxiety and deep concern about what is no longer just a story in a book or a new summer blockbuster movie showing what the America of the future might be like, I feel like my annoying, screaming cries of the coming total unraveling of my whole existence are bouncing off the force fields protecting all elected republicans, MAGA faithful, all but a minority of Supreme Court justices, and every voter of his who has never studied our country’s history or, when hearing something t***p says or does that just feels off, doesn’t take the time or expend the energy to at least try to verify what is true, only half true or complete stinking bullshit that defies credibility and truth. We have been standing underneath a roaring waterfall of lies and probably not true claims of foreign country invasions, illegal immigrants collecting taxpayer funded healthcare, Social Security payments, committing violent crimes and terrorizing citizens across the country and voting illegally en mass, and an economic emergency that gives t***p the authority that legally belongs to Congress, to use tariffs to extort countries worldwide to charge tariffs on imported goods that will eventually lead to higher prices to be paid by all of us. I am sure that millions of t***p worshiping fans will march in celebration when we voluntarily give even more of our tax money to his billionaire buddies than we already have. Finally (who knows what illegal action he will take later this afternoon) he is doing his level best to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating “deals” to stop 7 foreign wars and at the same time pave the path for the former United States to be given as this year’s Christmas gift to Putin. Buy your English to Russian dictionary now, while they are still available.
Sorry, I forgot his ordering a new, national census that won’t count immigrants, because the official one taken 5 years ago is “bad” and “the numbers are wrong”, to, in effect, rig the 2026 midterm election in favor of the republicans. In a show of appreciation for eliminating any possibility of Democratic control of any portion of our government in the future, the majority republicans will either alter the Constitution or pass a new law to eliminate the existing two term limit on the presidency.
Pardon me, I need to go outside and do some more shouting.
This whole administration, has been illegal since DAY one!!!
https://thiswillhold.substack.com/archive?sort=new
The truth is here, find out who is REALLY running our country, this WII NOT stop when runt is gone!!!
The primal scream in the backyard!
I posted above. I believe the people are ready, WE have NO leader!!!!
RAGE RAGE...
There’s more than just Dems that are passive…so many citizens are completely passive or ignoring what’s happening. We can’t even pull together for a national revolt. We’ve had protests with great numbers but there are so many people out there who think it’s useless but also only getting headlines and sound bites for political news.
We have to give credit to the Democrats that are standing up, fighting with water and encouraging the rest of up to do the same.
We have to work on the 38% that still are for him, our rethuglican in the senate who feel strong arm by the weakest link, the orange buffoon TACO.
We will. Be loud. Constantly.
Use/share this spreadsheet (bit.ly/Goodtrouble) as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to those in your own state, and those in a committee that fits your topic. Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly. We deserve better ❤️🩹🤍💙
Trump mutters about no elections if there’s war, ignoring the Civil War & much else. Chilling.
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<<<
This link will show you all of the reports! It's a series of connected reports! Newest at the top! >>>>>>>>> https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/is-trump-planning-a-military-takeover
Start at the bottom, and work your way up, each report has evidence and is important!!
Janet, please! We all know what you are saying is true. SO WHAT? The only thing that works now is MASSIVE DISOBEDIENCE.
yes this was very concerning
I know Heather's posts are often filled with examples from our past that help us get through the moment by reminding us that 'we've been here before, and somehow made it through.'
But we've never before seen such a cavalcade of malice, illegality, contempt, stupidity, the destruction of institutions, norms, laws and procedures all happening at once -- with the acquiescence of a political party that's turned itself into a pile of quivering jello rather than confront the beast it unleashed on all of us. And a Supreme Court filled with White House ladies-in-waiting whirring "as Your Grace pleases" on command.
On top of it all, a Russian plant for a president making a 40-minute phone call to his boss in Moscow as the President of France, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, the President of Finland, the Prime Minister of Italy, the head of NATO and the President of the European Council all wait in the adjoining room, thinking Trump was just emptying his diapers.
As Alice once said in "Through the Looking-Glass" while two queens suddenly fell asleep on her lap, "I don't think it ever happened before...no, not in all the history of England."
Thank you. Sometimes history doesn't just "repeat". Sometimes, history breaks out into a new space. (See historian James Burke's landmark TV series from the 1980s, "The Day the Universe Changed". It's possible that the forces organized against global democracy and truth could literally cancel the intellectual progress resulting from The Enlightenment. I believe that is one of their goals.
We would be fools to think such a thing is impossible. Civilization has fallen before. Nothing precludes that from happening again if people do not come to their senses.
“Lord, what fools these mortals be!” ~Puck
I don't think Trump is a plant, he's simply Putin's fool.
Agreed, ICTT. And of course, unless at least some members of the former Republican Party, now the Fascist Party of Ammurrika, decide that enough is enough, we are essentially powerless. Demonstrations are great; writing to ones' elected representatives, no matter how moronic they are, is necessary; figuring out how to vote in the middle of this massive move to suppress the vote is essential. But none of it means anything without people who are supporting him for their own purposes finally saying no. For instance, I am thinking about the fact that everyone is saying "b-b-b-ut he can't do that!" re: the latest voter suppression idiocies coming out of the Oval Office but if his clown car collection of governors and Congresscritters simply do his bidding, he will effectively accomplish what the Project 2025 goal has always been: the nazification of the USA.
Trump not the Manchurian Candidate but the Kremlin-owned President...
Certainly not anyone from the Republican party. They have been working towards this end for decades. They aren't about to give up now with victory in their hands.
"Victory" is not in their hands.
Update: I will remind people that FINAL Judgment in the Newsom vs Trump trial over the HSI-ICE take over LA has not yet been published by Judge CHARLES Breyer. I smell a REMAND Order of control back to Governor Newsom.
There is so much interest in the FINAL Judgment that the the Northern District of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco has dedicated a separate URL for the case.
Recall, Judge Breyer already has a TRO in effect. Yes, Charles Breyer is the brother of retired SCOTUS Justice Stephen Breyer.
I appreciate the sentiment, and I hope decent human beings (as opposed to, say, Republicans) regain a foothold, but for now, Republicans are doing what they please, legal or not legal, and there appears to be no effective way to stop them until, at the earliest, over a year from now. Even then, and even with the best election outcome we can reasonably expect, Republicans will be able to continue run roughshod over decency for another two years after the 2026 election. We should obstruct as much as we can between now and then, but our levers are mighty damn weak at this point in the process.
I have felt weak all summer having to run around in my 4 wheeler looking up with my broken leg as I try to push back with my pitch fork. Tomorrow a new day dawns as the doctor may let me use my leg again. I will be looking down on the bastards from horseback with my pitchfork. Talking a good fight is okay if you need to bolster up. My horse is rude though. Some have suggested that my blue healer bitch is mostly badger. Since I saved her from execution she accompanies me pretty much everywhere. People think I’m crazy at 74 and I don’t dispel them of that notion. They clamber back in their trucks when they see the bitch is loose. Together we are a trio. Be nice if we could be a bunch but people are intimidated when heroics are needed.
Good on you, Pat Cole, and the horse you rode in on! (Proud to have two in my barn)
As a trio Lynell, we have stared down bears wolves and lions and charging moose, angry cows, and bad bulls. Dodged rattlesnakes and chased down rustlers. What the hell is a fat kidnapper in a flak vest and his courage depending on a hip iron to a crazy son of a bitch like me. I say to you Lynell, saddle up and carry the flag, gently, proudly, inspirationally.
Morning, Lynell! Glad y'all have horses. I've been on twice in my life, involuntary dismount both times. Not a horsewoman here. I did ride an Iron Horse for 15 years or so...
How are you with the truth?? It's a little long, but NOT 900 pages!!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<<<
This link will show you all of the reports! It's a series of connected reports! Newest at the top! >>>>>>>>> https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/is-trump-planning-a-military-takeover
Start at the bottom, and work your way up, each report has evidence and is important!!
Ah, Pat Cole, how are you doing? Concur. Pitch forks work well.
Hey folks, remember HUEY LONG's demise. Missed it? Well then .. check out the movie "All the Kings Men". I believe the movie is FREE on YouTube.
Rex, it is not "sentiment" . Our courts are not dead. I filed a VERIFIED complaint on behalf of the totally innocent, Camarillo cannabis farm employee the security guard.
Yeah that right, the disabled U.S. Vet upon who ICE committed a battery. The complaint was filed with the CA AG, ROB BONTA.
Our fellow citizen was jailed for 3 days and, of course, released with NO charge. This citizen has 1 hekuva civil claim against Trump, Bondi, ICE in civil court.
I would be pleased to be called as a witness at the gentlemen's civil lawsuit in federal or state court. My verified complaint could be used as a "road map" for the trier of fact. Hey, Counsel, call me.
PS: AG, Rob Bonta has not quit either.
Thanks, Bryan Sean, for applying your considerable expertise and energy in verifying the complaint. I hope it helps the victim get compensation, and I wish we had a thousand more like you doing this.
Thank you Rex, but the complaint wrote itself, In the evidentiary weeds but "verified" pleadings force the opposition to respond to every allegation.
Our good man on the ground in Camarillo has ZERO criminal exposure; the Government has severe liability exposure to the Plaintiff.
NO, THEY DID NOT!!! DID YOU?? Why will voters NOT believe the truth, when it's right in front of them? I keep forgetting, voters hate to read, that's why NO ONE even looked at the 900-page proof of what they have been doing behind the scenes for years!! This has been a silent war! WE ARE LOSING!!! I don't understand why the Dem. leaders have been ignoring my warnings for over a year! I have sent them the evidence; crickets!! They appear to have tried to pass a bill that I believe I was at least part of their inspiration, The No Kings Act! I changed computers but I saved many of my letters telling them, there are NO GODS on the S. Court, and our constitution does not recognize kings!! I wrote a really long post about how I remember us losing our country! I can still see it at the top of my page circling in blue, probably lost forever, so I guess you'll need to read the evidence here if you're up to saving our country! I've tried for months; a few people have told me to just STOP posting! One said, he already knows EVERYTHING, and I'm not sure how he put it, but I should just STOP, because I couldn't do anything about it! Well, he is right about that, I'm 71, I have Parkinson's Disorder, I will never get better, and I'm a little helpless! BUT I do have an adopted, mixed-race son, who is only 14, his skin tone is more brown, than black. Who will protect him from this racist administration, when I'm no longer here?! My family is dropping dead around me; there will be NO ONE left to protect him! Who knew 13 years ago, when he was adopted, that life would turn out this way, and worse?! NOT me, I bet there are those here who are the same age I was when my son was adopted! You do the math, do you feel old, do you still believe you have many more years, with lots of things you want to do? Do you worry you won't be able to do them?! My husband and I did make plans for our son, just in case, ALL of those plans have been ruined by time and unforeseen events! How many of you thought you would be living in a country run by criminals, thugs and corrupt liars?! How many thought every social program WE paid for and depend on, would be stripped away by despicable,..... I don't even have a name bad enough to call these TRAITORS!! PLEASE, I'm going to beg you, read and share the evidence, DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO DESTROY THIS ILLEGAL ADMINISTRATION, BEFORE IT DESTROYS YOU AND OUR COUNTRY FARTHER!! They will tell you it's too late; it's never too late for the truth!! runts crimes still happened, even though he's had help in hiding them! PLEASE NEVER LET HIM GET AWAY WITH WHAT HE HAS DONE TO CHILDREN, LISTEN TO THE VICTIMS!! OK, I will shut up for now! I reserve the right to still tell the world the TRUTH, If/ or when I can handle being talked to like a stupid child!! I promised someone else on this thankless journey; I would help her with the TRUTH she had found, so I will go spread her TRUTH ELSEWHERE FOR A WHILE!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<
This link will show you all of the reports! It's a series of connected reports! Newest at the top! >>>>>>>>> https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/is-trump-planning-a-military-takeover
Start at the bottom, and work your way up, each report has evidence and is important!!
People refuse to believe the TRUTH, even when presented to them!!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<<<
This link will show you all of the reports! It's a series of connected reports! Newest at the top! >>>>>>>>> https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/is-trump-planning-a-military-takeover
Start at the bottom, and work your way up, each report has evidence and is important!!
https://open.substack.com/pub/nafeezahmed517744/p/how-the-nerd-alt-reich-is-ushering?r=58ocfg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Indeed! Far from it with all of the gaffes tRump continues to exhibit!
Sociopaths have no shame.
Agreed. Every Republican has pretty much gone all in on Trump. The only way they continue to have any power is by Trump being successful in ending democracy in the US. They certainly ar not a legitimate political party any longer.
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<<<
This link will show you all of the reports! It's a series of connected reports! Newest at the top! >>>>>>>>> https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/is-trump-planning-a-military-takeover
Start at the bottom, and work your way up, each report has evidence and is important!!
Not bought off "leaders" and not billionaire patrons; but some rank and file may be smelling a rat.
Well right now they control all three branches of government as well as the media. They commit crimes with impunity- and they are able to get people who stand up to them fired. They have started the process of dismantling the federal government. They have fired huge numbers of federal employees- the non political ones, who do the actual work. They have built concentration camps and are filling them up. And let’s not forget that a majority of Americans voted for this. What else do they need to declare victory?
NO, THEY DID NOT!!! DID YOU?? Why will voters NOT believe the truth, when it's right in front of them? I keep forgetting, voters hate to read, that's why NO ONE even looked at the 900-page proof of what they have been doing behind the scenes for years!! This has been a silent war! WE ARE LOSING!!! I don't understand why the Dem. leaders have been ignoring my warnings for over a year! I have sent them the evidence; crickets!! They appear to have tried to pass a bill that I believe I was at least part of their inspiration, The No Kings Act! I changed computers but I saved many of my letters telling them, there are NO GODS on the S. Court, and our constitution does not recognize kings!! I wrote a really long post about how I remember us losing our country! I can still see it at the top of my page circling in blue, probably lost forever, so I guess you'll need to read the evidence here if you're up to saving our country! I've tried for months; a few people have told me to just STOP posting! One said, he already knows EVERYTHING, and I'm not sure how he put it, but I should just STOP, because I couldn't do anything about it! Well, he is right about that, I'm 71, I have Parkinson's Disorder, I will never get better, and I'm a little helpless! BUT I do have an adopted, mixed-race son, who is only 14, his skin tone is more brown, than black. Who will protect him from this racist administration, when I'm no longer here?! My family is dropping dead around me; there will be NO ONE left to protect him! Who knew 13 years ago, when he was adopted, that life would turn out this way, and worse?! NOT me, I bet there are those here who are the same age I was when my son was adopted! You do the math, do you feel old, do you still believe you have many more years, with lots of things you want to do? Do you worry you won't be able to do them?! My husband and I did make plans for our son, just in case, ALL of those plans have been ruined by time and unforeseen events! How many of you thought you would be living in a country run by criminals, thugs and corrupt liars?! How many thought every social program WE paid for and depend on, would be stripped away by despicable,..... I don't even have a name bad enough to call these TRAITORS!! PLEASE, I'm going to beg you, read and share the evidence, DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO DESTROY THIS ILLEGAL ADMINISTRATION, BEFORE IT DESTROYS YOU AND OUR COUNTRY FARTHER!! They will tell you it's too late; it's never too late for the truth!! runts crimes still happened, even though he's had help in hiding them! PLEASE NEVER LET HIM GET AWAY WITH WHAT HE HAS DONE TO CHILDREN, LISTEN TO THE VICTIMS!! OK, I will shut up for now! I reserve the right to still tell the world the TRUTH, If/ or when I can handle being talked to like a stupid child!! I promised someone else on this thankless journey; I would help her with the TRUTH she had found, so I will go spread her TRUTH ELSEWHERE FOR A WHILE!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<
This link will show you all of the reports! It's a series of connected reports! Newest at the top! >>>>>>>>> https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/is-trump-planning-a-military-takeover
Start at the bottom, and work your way up, each report has evidence and is important!!
We will. We will save it. Each of us, doing what we can. Alone, we are powerless. Together, we are an irresistible force.
United we stand, divided we fall.
That’s a great statement of theory. I’m looking for practical, strategic suggestions.
Strategic suggestions: 1)Take to the Streets. 2)Call and write to Congress members, even if they are R’s. All calls are documented and counted. 3) Contact your county’s board of supervisors. 4) Contact your state representatives. 5) Contact your city council members. 6) Go to town halls, either in person or on Zoom. 7) Get involved with Indivisible, Move On, Swing Left, etc. 8) Become a doer, not a sitter.
One can donate, if they can, money to a candidate you want to support. Maybe you can volunteer for them by stuffing envelopes, knocking on doors, talking to people. KEEP MOVING must be your mantra!
I might add, get involved in a postcard writing campaign. I've written thousands over the last 2 years urging people to register to vote. Astounding to me how many aren't.
Certainly to materially support some of those who are making a difference. Disseminate evidence based information as widely as possible. Call attention to the plight of the victims. Obviously there are more.
All the usual things: Call and write your members of Congress. Protest. Vote. Talk to people. Donate. Get on a soapbox. Join activist groups.
Mr. Reich is entirely too much in love with the "Democratic" (sic) Party, which since the coup of 22 November 1963 enabled LBJ's Tonkin Gulf deceptions has been nothing more than the Fifth Column of the "Republican" (sic) Christonazi/Neoconfederate party. That's why I stopped reading Mr. Reich's site. A far more useful Substack source is Andra Watkins, "For Such a Time as This." She grew up in the enemy camp, came to deplore its evil, fled from it -- literally in fear for her life -- and now writes from an undisclosed European location with the know-your-enemy authority we all need if we're to muster an effective, Sun-Tzu caliber counter-attack against that which is now overwhelming us.
Steve -
Who will stop this madman? You.
You are going to have to get very involved. to start with you are going to have to regularly contact your elected officials to express your thoughts.
You will donate as much as possible to individual candidates and organizations fighting for issues on the ballot.
You will donate your time by engaging in phone banking or canvasing.
You will recognize that this is war about saving our country. If we lose then say goodbye to our country. This is more than democracy. This is our country - our way of life under attack.
David -
We all need to complain about the price of X when we check out at the grocery store, or any retail outlet and at church or to your family and friends. And make sure you blame it on Trump. Because, it's ALL his fucking fault! The buck stops with Trump even though he denies any of this is really happening. We now have 6 months of failed policy, cheating, corruption and fraud to point to but most Americans care more about whether they can feed, clothe and house their families.
NO, THEY DID NOT!!! DID YOU?? Why will voters NOT believe the truth, when it's right in front of them? I keep forgetting, voters hate to read, that's why NO ONE even looked at the 900-page proof of what they have been doing behind the scenes for years!! This has been a silent war! WE ARE LOSING!!! I don't understand why the Dem. leaders have been ignoring my warnings for over a year! I have sent them the evidence; crickets!! They appear to have tried to pass a bill that I believe I was at least part of their inspiration, The No Kings Act! I changed computers but I saved many of my letters telling them, there are NO GODS on the S. Court, and our constitution does not recognize kings!! I wrote a really long post about how I remember us losing our country! I can still see it at the top of my page circling in blue, probably lost forever, so I guess you'll need to read the evidence here if you're up to saving our country! I've tried for months; a few people have told me to just STOP posting! One said, he already knows EVERYTHING, and I'm not sure how he put it, but I should just STOP, because I couldn't do anything about it! Well, he is right about that, I'm 71, I have Parkinson's Disorder, I will never get better, and I'm a little helpless! BUT I do have an adopted, mixed-race son, who is only 14, his skin tone is more brown, than black. Who will protect him from this racist administration, when I'm no longer here?! My family is dropping dead around me; there will be NO ONE left to protect him! Who knew 13 years ago, when he was adopted, that life would turn out this way, and worse?! NOT me, I bet there are those here who are the same age I was when my son was adopted! You do the math, do you feel old, do you still believe you have many more years, with lots of things you want to do? Do you worry you won't be able to do them?! My husband and I did make plans for our son, just in case, ALL of those plans have been ruined by time and unforeseen events! How many of you thought you would be living in a country run by criminals, thugs and corrupt liars?! How many thought every social program WE paid for and depend on, would be stripped away by despicable,..... I don't even have a name bad enough to call these TRAITORS!! PLEASE, I'm going to beg you, read and share the evidence, DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO DESTROY THIS ILLEGAL ADMINISTRATION, BEFORE IT DESTROYS YOU AND OUR COUNTRY FARTHER!! They will tell you it's too late; it's never too late for the truth!! runts crimes still happened, even though he's had help in hiding them! PLEASE NEVER LET HIM GET AWAY WITH WHAT HE HAS DONE TO CHILDREN, LISTEN TO THE VICTIMS!! OK, I will shut up for now! I reserve the right to still tell the world the TRUTH, If/ or when I can handle being talked to like a stupid child!! I promised someone else on this thankless journey; I would help her with the TRUTH she had found, so I will go spread her TRUTH ELSEWHERE FOR A WHILE!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<
This link will show you all of the reports! It's a series of connected reports! Newest at the top! >>>>>>>>> https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/is-trump-planning-a-military-takeover
Start at the bottom, and work your way up, each report has evidence and is important!!
Even though President Zelensky was placed across from Tump, Zelensky never directly faced him. His chair was either angled to the right or left depending on which World Leader he was addressing. He also looked over his shoulder occasionally at the news cameras.
President Zelensky’s body language said it all….”I’m not going to be intimidated by YOU!” #WorldLeadersUnited forPeace! (and against authoritarian dictators
Yes, and his integrity is supported by our (former?) European allies.
Hello Steve.... Kudos to the European Heads-Of-State that at the drop of the Hat, flew in to bolster Zelensky... Europe is Rallying to save itself from the Russian Bear... Imagine what they saw in DC when they arrived, Armored Vehicles, and Troops on the Street... At the Whitehouse was a Demented Want-to-Be Emperor surrounded by Gaudy, Tasteless Splashes of Gold Flake mimicking the Kremlin... These Leaders lead old Countries that at have seen Cycles of Rise & Ruin... I Wonder If They Are Wondering If They Are Seeing The Beginning Of The Fall Of The USA....
There is absolutely no question what-so-ever that we all are witnessing the fall of the USA. European leaders know exactly what the world is facing. And, it is potentially a global disaster.
While we have been through "tough times" before, eras such as the U.S. Civil War had limited, if any, impact on the world as we were not in a position of leadership. That changed during and after WWII. But in the big picture, our dominance has been a short time. I don't know how we thought it would end, but I don't think many saw a batshit crazy man would or could rip democracy apart from within this quickly.
But why did NONE of them publicly call him out? I was hoping that, en masse, they would state, for the whole world, the danger he is responsible for. Instead, we got Schumer-ish ‘strongly worded letters’, and Collin’s-like ‘concern’. I wanted to get into the room, and light a fire under each of their chairs! We, and especially THEM, are at an existential moment in history, and they sit there and thank the asshole for his ‘work’?? At least Zelenskyy has some balls!
WE must. There is no one person to do it.
And how do you propose WE do that?
What do you propose?
The Big Picture
This is not simply a president in panic. It is the spectacle of a failing strongman, doubling down on conspiracy and executive overreach as his grip on reality and power slips. His contradictions are a warning flare. He promises to defend Medicare while gutting it. He vows to cut costs while groceries and energy skyrocket. He brags of deals while humiliating the United States before Putin.
This is not incompetence alone. It is the playbook of authoritarian collapse, with personal decline fueling political extremism. And here is the danger: his weakness does not blunt the threat, it sharpens it. Desperate leaders are the most reckless. Trump’s unraveling becomes the excuse his allies need to hardwire minority rule through gerrymandering, voter suppression, and a flood of lies.
The Big Lie was never just about 2020. It is the scaffolding of a permanent power grab. What we are watching now is not a sideshow. It is the dry run for dismantling democracy itself. The danger is real, and the time to confront it is now, before panic becomes dictatorship.
Who will save us? WE WILL SAVE US, even if we have to march in the streets!!! WE WILL SAVE US!!!
We are the cavalry. That’s it. Thinking of how this insurrection/coup ends frightens me.
You. Me. All of us. Or no one.
Not anyone but ourselves. Like before.
Trump’s obvious mental decline has been in full view for a long time. That so many world leaders dropped everything to come to DC to support Zelensky and to make sure they were literally “in the room” for any discussions speaks volumes.
Nancy, you caught the signal. They didn’t cross an ocean for a selfie. They came to sit in the room like seatbelts, so the meeting couldn’t turn into karaoke diplomacy. Adults on the brake. That’s what you felt.
His decline is obvious. The danger is the routine. Sell “big progress,” skip the paperwork, pose for the grin. Then step out for a forty-minute private call with Putin while Europe waits in the hallway like unpaid extras. That isn’t peace ya’ll that’s the headline special with Costco lighting.
And yep you pay the bill. Tariff taxes hit the register. Power bills creep. Health coverage gets carved up in the states. Producer prices jump. Approval sinks. The math hurts while the smile sells. You all know that trick. It’s the check that arrives after the magician leaves the stage.
Europe just showed you the counter. Stay in chorus. Keep the Ukraine lane hot with real air defense and long-range teeth. Say tariffs as the word tax so neighbors hear it. Fight the map cheats in the small rooms where no one gets a podium. Vote like the receipt has your name on it. Pride is fine. Paper wins.
Celebrate the eight. No victory lap until ink dries. Deterrence is a verb.
If you like your receipts neat, I keep a clean running ledger here: www.xplisset.com. Same fight. Plain talk.
Without a doubt, Zelenskyy probably said something like 'I come with my friends, or I don't come at all.' Little Marco pretends he gave the invitation, but seeing all of Europe stand behind Zelenskyy was the very last thing Donnie Dipshit wanted to see. Who knows if it will be enough?
It was nice to see Vance and Marco sit with their damn mouths shut as they should. It is sad that it took all of Europe standing behind Zelenskyy in person to make them shut their mouths.
To be fair, Rubio didn’t join the bully fest last time. He was too busy trying to shrink into the seat cushions of his couch pretending to be invisible - because he knew what horrifying madness that was. He’s another one who has sold his soul to the devil.
I imagine you've seen the comparison of Rubio shrinking into the loveseat (Vance's girlfriend) with Homer Simpson backing into the bushes and disappearing.
https://i.makeagif.com/media/1-17-2016/kYqDeN.gif
I loved that!!
Oh, I missed that Vance was even there.
Sad? Inspiring? You bet.
Even though President Zelensky was placed across from Tump, Zelensky never directly faced him. His chair was either angled to the right or left depending on which World Leader he was addressing. He also looked over his shoulder occasionally at the news cameras.
President Zelensky’s body language said it all….”I’m not going to be intimidated by YOU!” #WorldLeadersUnited forPeace! (and against authoritarian dictators)
I have never seen a bigger bunch of idiots in my entire life complaining about nuances like you’ve ever solved a problem. You probably couldn’t even negotiate your way off a toilet seat.
Instead of complaining here, why don’t you guys offer a suggestion as to how you would do it if you were in charge? Lololol.
Whine criticize complain full of accusations when you guys are absolutely clueless. Actually your representative of the Democrat party they don’t have an agenda either. Just hate.
I’m sure if J.D. Vance wasn’t busy with another vacation he would have fed insults to Zelensky like he did last time. He is an antagonist and thrives on creating conflict. Trump has proven time and again that he doesn’t know where he is most of the time.
Sorry, I missed that Vance was even there.
oh and for all your whiners that were commenting about Alaska and the Trump basically treated Putin like like his daddy. First of all, Putin can’t go anywhere because they’ll arrest him just about anywhere he’ll go as a war criminal although Switzerland just allowed him to meet with Zelinski, which was set up by Trump and wouldn’t arrest him if he came to Switzerland, but it looks like Budapest is gonna be the next site.
The funniest thing of all Trump invites Putin to Alaska. You’re ready there all your historical idiots. Russia used to own Alaska come on Vladimir. Let me show you what you used to own. Lmao.
Did you watch Giorgia Meloni’s eyes practically roll back in her head as she was listening to the bumbling idiot speak nonsense? I kinda felt sorry for her.
I felt sorry for all of them, for Zelenskyy most of all.
I did not feel sorry for the Secretary General of NATO who as present for NATO at the White House. Good man.
And I’m gonna have to post this a few times as I’ve been telling everybody here that Heather doesn’t tell the whole story and so they don’t know the whole story but these are things historians like all you people are supposed to be should know and this is not coming from my mouth, but from one of your Democratic disciples Stephen A Smith. Who just said the following channeling Rick sender people don’t know because nobody is telling them a.k.a. Heather for example that the whole reason that this whole Ukraine Russia is happening is that Bill Clinton went into Ukraine in 1994 as I’ve been telling you all and convinced Ukraine to give up are you ready? 1900 nuclear warheads For a promise of protection from the west by America… and here we are
He went on to say by the way, and then when Obama was president, Vladimir Putin marched his way into Crimea and took it under Obama’s nose and then under Biden, who had that disastrous exit from Afghanistan the world knew he could be taken advantage of sure enough Putin did it again and here we are
So for all you folks that continue to criticize complain, Whi e bemoan and for some unknown freaking reason or against Peace (we really know the reason though don’t we it’s called hate Trump ) you guys are lost on another planet somewhere and I’ll say it again if Joe Biden we’re doing this today, you would be putting him on your shoulders for trying to make peace in the world. You’d be giving Biden a crown and five Golden Globe awards. Have a good night.
Such a long flight to waste time listening to a decrepit scumbag. And yes, we should feel sorry for her and all thr rest of them as well as all of us in this country. What a nightmare Marlene.
Yeah the bumbling idiot that flew 3000 miles at Trump’s request three days early to meet at the White House with all the other leaders of the EU and NATO and now even Australia and Japan are on board to help with the war.
In the meantime, all you can do is whine and complain and criticize as if you know anything about what’s going on.
Oh my God, did you see that eye roll? Lmao. My comment just so you hear it. 30 countries were represented at the White House at his request only three days notice and they all showed up and at this point Joe Biden couldn’t even name 30 countries. And you have the audacity to criticize holy crap.
And I’m gonna have to post this a few times as I’ve been telling everybody here that Heather doesn’t tell the whole story and so they don’t know the whole story but these are things historians like all you people are supposed to be should know and this is not coming from my mouth, but from one of your Democratic disciples Stephen A Smith. Who just said the following channeling Rick sender people don’t know because nobody is telling them a.k.a. Heather for example that the whole reason that this whole Ukraine Russia is happening is that Bill Clinton went into Ukraine in 1994 as I’ve been telling you all and convinced Ukraine to give up are you ready? 1900 nuclear warheads For a promise of protection from the west by America… and here we are
He went on to say by the way, and then when Obama was president, Vladimir Putin marched his way into Crimea and took it under Obama’s nose and then under Biden, who had that disastrous exit from Afghanistan the world knew he could be taken advantage of sure enough Putin did it again and here we are
So for all you folks that continue to criticize complain, Whi e bemoan and for some unknown freaking reason or against Peace (we really know the reason though don’t we it’s called hate Trump ) you guys are lost on another planet somewhere and I’ll say it again if Joe Biden we’re doing this today, you would be putting him on your shoulders for trying to make peace in the world. You’d be giving Biden a crown and five Golden Globe awards. Have a good night.
OK still here complaining and whining, huh with no ideas in sight come on you’ve had like 36 hours. No plan to end the war. ? Lololol.
OK the empty the empty suit is here. The guy who does nothing but complain and has no answers. I suppose you’re hoping that the peace still fails too so you can say FU to America. Bunch of idiots on the wrong side of the road, driving into traffic
Yeah that’s why 30 countries were represented today at the White House talking about getting a peace deal with Russia and what did Heather talk about today?
Trump didn’t know how to wipe himself? Lmao. And that’s why crime is down hugely in DC. By the way, when they talked about Trump bringing in 30 countries, somebody made a snide remark fighting at this point couldn’t even name 30 countries. Omg
Trump didn't get a peace deal with Russia and crime was down in DC before Trump authorised an invasion of its streets by the National Guard.
It’s a joke ! American troops on the streets of the nation’s capitol, military vehicles parked in front of Union Station ! What next ? Warships in the Potomac ? For a car jacking by teenagers ? Overkill ? And there is no unilateral deal with Putin, the pinhead ! Republicans of yore must be whirling in their graves when Trump calls Putin by phone for 40 minutes to consult with his mentor. Have you forgotten the Cold War where real leaders confronted each other ?
Yes Joan and calling Putin right in the middle of his meeting with Zelensky et. al. and making them all wait. Meanwhile, a mere five hours after the meeting, Russia launched another savage attack on Ukraine. So much for Trump's claims that Putin wants a peace deal.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/russia-launches-largest-attack-august-ukraine-after-trump/story?id=124768391
Trump's face-to-face meetings with Putin have not gone well. At his Helsinki meeting he seemed prepared to accept Putin's word over the advice of his own intelligence agencies that Russia had not interfered in the 2016 election; and in Alaska, he achieved nothing at all.
And I’m gonna have to post this a few times as I’ve been telling everybody here that Heather doesn’t tell the whole story and so they don’t know the whole story but these are things historians like all you people are supposed to be should know and this is not coming from my mouth, but from one of your Democratic disciples Stephen A Smith. Who just said the following channeling Rick sender people don’t know because nobody is telling them a.k.a. Heather for example that the whole reason that this whole Ukraine Russia is happening is that Bill Clinton went into Ukraine in 1994 as I’ve been telling you all and convinced Ukraine to give up are you ready? 1900 nuclear warheads For a promise of protection from the west by America… and here we are
He went on to say by the way, and then when Obama was president, Vladimir Putin marched his way into Crimea and took it under Obama’s nose and then under Biden, who had that disastrous exit from Afghanistan the world knew he could be taken advantage of sure enough Putin did it again and here we are
So for all you folks that continue to criticize complain, Whi e bemoan and for some unknown freaking reason or against Peace (we really know the reason though don’t we it’s called hate Trump ) you guys are lost on another planet somewhere and I’ll say it again if Joe Biden we’re doing this today, you would be putting him on your shoulders for trying to make peace in the world. You’d be giving Biden a crown and five Golden Globe awards. Have a good night.
Rick, your understanding of the history of the Ukraine war is somewhat deficient. The US gave a pledge in 1994 to protect Ukraine. You clearly don't even know that Russia was party to the Budapest memorandum - it wasn't all about Clinton. Read this and learn.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-care-about-ukraine-and-the-budapest-memorandum/
It is Putin primarily and also Trump, intermittently, who have broken trust with Ukraine. Trump, like Putin, has blamed Ukraine for starting the war, a ridiculous assertion. He has also tried to force Ukraine to give up its sovereign territory, again to appease his pal Putin. He's rolled out the red carpet for Putin in Alaska, giving him an invaluable PR win when he's beeen ostracised by the rest of the western alliance. Russian tanks on the front line are now sporting US flags as well as Russian ones in deference to Trump's support for Russia. Don't give up the day job, Rick, because your history is on a par with the rest of the rubbish you post.
Sorry, Biden couldn’t name 30 countries.
And in DC robberies down 48% car jacking down 83% and violent crime down 20% and just 10 days in
Trump invents countries.
https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-mocked-for-referring-to-non-existent-african-country-nambia-11046032
He's the dumbest president you've ever elected.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/13/trump-world-knowledge-diplomatic-774801
Please don't take poisoned 3-year-old troll bait. He's not here to engage, but to bait, pure and simple. We all know how tempting it is, but leave him alone. Don't dignify his trash.
Rick is an archetypal MAGA supporter. Delusions, confusions and inanities like his are playing out right across your country and there's a real risk people are becoming inured to this sort of nonsense. You really should be engaging with people like Rick. When he's unsure he resorts to insults, a sign of his weakness of character. It doesn't take much to get there and in doing so one is also able to elucidate. I'm sorry you found him annoying and I totally agree he can be exasperating, but that's half the fun of the thing. You can spare yourself our tedious exchanges by simply not reading them.
No, I really shouldn't. I've watched him over the months. It's not about me finding him annoying. Engaging him does not work. He's a bully. He sucks the atmosphere out of a public space, just like Trump does. He thrives on the attention and negative energy. No thanks.
Pathetic comment!
Who are you? This is bull.
The Lone Ranger.
I saw this today and it makes sense to share it with friends here. If you will, see >>>>>> >> https://www.foreignaffairs.com/georgia/russias-imperial-black-sea-strategy?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
Yes. And, in dreamworld, they can choose to do something very significant with that experience.
I believe they knew they needed to support Zelenskyy after the way the White House treated him previously. And, certainly there was fear of what Trump could have promised Putin.
Trump promised Putin… Ugatz.
Also, I saw this to share. >> https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/weaponized-world-economy-farrell-newman
Also, acquaint yourselves with this creep.
We have to look closely at the people pulling the "OiD's" strings (Oid is the orange iL Duce), like this guy; Money and policy think tank villians, project 2025 >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oren_Cass
Grrrreat…another Jewish man who ruins it for the rest of us sane Jews!
And I’m gonna have to post this a few times as I’ve been telling everybody here that Heather doesn’t tell the whole story and so they don’t know the whole story but these are things historians like all you people are supposed to be should know and this is not coming from my mouth, but from one of your Democratic disciples Stephen A Smith. Who just said the following channeling Rick sender people don’t know because nobody is telling them a.k.a. Heather for example that the whole reason that this whole Ukraine Russia is happening is that Bill Clinton went into Ukraine in 1994 as I’ve been telling you all and convinced Ukraine to give up are you ready? 1900 nuclear warheads For a promise of protection from the west by America… and here we are
He went on to say by the way, and then when Obama was president, Vladimir Putin marched his way into Crimea and took it under Obama’s nose and then under Biden, who had that disastrous exit from Afghanistan the world knew he could be taken advantage of sure enough Putin did it again and here we are
So for all you folks that continue to criticize complain, Whi e bemoan and for some unknown freaking reason or against Peace (we really know the reason though don’t we it’s called hate Trump ) you guys are lost on another planet somewhere and I’ll say it again if Joe Biden we’re doing this today, you would be putting him on your shoulders for trying to make peace in the world. You’d be giving Biden a crown and five Golden Globe awards. Have a good night.
It is not mental decline it is the absence of morals. What appears as “ mental decline “ is his arrogance and conviction that he cannot be stopped. And why should he believe otherwise. Has he ever been held accountable. We preach, we pontificate, we diagnose and we explain and we joke BUT what have we done to hold him accountable. ?
Hey GJ so how would you end the war after all all you do is complain and complain and complain and you haven’t got a freaking clue not a clue all you can do is complain but don’t offer any suggestions come on man pony up
I’m telling you it’s so sad. Most of the people here can’t negotiate their way out of a bathroom.
And if we cannot hold Trump accountable, go after those thugs who support him. Trump will abandon them and we hold a spotlight and magnifying glass on it
Nancy, you’re pathetic Trump decline? really the man has resolved five wars in six months and he’s working on the sixth. He’s decreased crime in DC by over 50% 83% of carjackings are down. He closed the border. Kept men out of women’s sports which people like you should be cheering. If Biden did it you’d be putting him on your shoulders. And instead of you, people whining and complaining all the time and hoping that the pieces don’t work so your anti-American why don’t you come up with a solution like the guy below you has no clue he’s an empty suit all he does is complain and Whine and swear and and he’s so deluded he actually thinks he knows what he’s talking about when he complains about Trump and I’ve asked for two days now waiting for his solution to the Russia issue and of course complete and utter silence
70,000 Cambodian monks got together today and read a proclamation offering Trump from their perspective the Nobel peace prize that makes three countries that have
Suggested Trump receive it. But nobody has a solution here only complaints. You can’t solve a damn thing but you sure can complain like hell.
And you obviously miss my last post where I said Trump calls and in three days every single leader in the EU and NATO all the representatives flying and meet him in the White House in Washington DC 30 countries included while Biden couldn’t even name 30 countries at this point in time Stop the hate
So, the USA, strongest country in the world militarily, economically, and arguably, culturally, is now pretty much a vassal state to puny Russia because we elected the weakest, most vulnerable to extortion and corruption, man in US history as President. The average Russian lives on less than $8K/ yr (because Putin and the other Oligarchs robbed them blind). The Russian economy is smaller than that of TX, CA or NY (or Italy, or France, or the UK). Far from a "super power", but for their nukes and the powers they inherited from the USSR (ie permanent security council seat in UN), and they would be a mid European nation at best. BUT they do own the man currently in charge of the world's undisputed super power so none of that matters! Putin and Russia now control the world through their vassal, the United States of America.
I'd put a slight twist, Dana, on your take how the Russians "own the man," the orange felon.
I'd say instead they own the Epstein files which the orange criminal's chief biographer, Michael Wolff, says Epstein delivered to them.
I don't know how Putin bought him: the loans, the "pee pee" tapes, the Epstein Files or Trump's obvious envy for everything Putin has done for himself in Russia (stole all the money to become one of, if not the, richest man in the world, dictator for life, etc) or some combination of all the above (or even something we have no inkling of). All I know is Putin does, in fact, own the President of the USA. Trump's every word and action tells us this.
Trump own family bragged of "money pouring in form Russia". I suspect that Artful Dealer would have blown though daddy's money had Russia not "helped him out".
Dana, the correct answer is D. All of the above.
As I have often repeated, Donald was born with a learning disability, as suggested by Mary Trump. Rather than address it and help him cope, his family covered it up with money.
All of his so-called "success" is due entirely to the efforts of people around him, starting with his nannies, his father, his schoolmates, his company employees and the production staff of the TV show in which he starred. When left to his own devices, he wrecks whatever he touches. I have many nicknames for Donald, but a recurring one is "cardboard tycoon."
Because he is so mentally low-wattage, he has always made bad decisions, including his choice of heroes.
When the existence of his "bawdy" birthday greeting for Epstein came out, I did not see any discussion of what I observed. The greeting was a written expression of hero-worship. Donald thought Epstein was "cool" and wanted to be like him. His written message was a pitiable effort to be close with Epstein. Body language in photos and video clips of the two men show Donald's physical attraction to Epstein.
Likewise, Donald worships and is attracted to Vladimir Putin. His reposting of memes portraying him as a bare-chested, muscular hero is a direct response to the widely circulated photo of Putin, shirtless, riding a horse.
Donald's poor choices get him into trouble, which makes him vulnerable and easily manipulated. Bad business choices put him in spectacular debt that U.S. banks couldn't/wouldn't bail him out of. He had to turn to Putin-connected oligarchs who loaned him the money – with strings.
Bad personal choices got him in trouble with his wives. We don't know all the details, but clearly, Melania is shrewd enough to turn his mistakes to her advantage. Donald's bad personal choices probably got him in trouble with Russian law enforcement, as well. The "pee tape" would depict a consensual situation. Given Donald's history of sexual predation without consent, it's likely this happened in Russia, where consequences would be harsh – were it not for intercession from a powerful benefactor.
Trump is the opposite of everything he claims to be. His life is actually a mess. Without nearby attendants to clean him up and prop him up, he'd be homeless on the street.
This all shows that money can’t buy happiness because he is the most miserable man I’ve ever seen. Now we’re at the point of real elder abuse and the fact that his own family doesn’t care about getting him the care he desperately needs clearly shows they cannot succeed without him.
You could be right but we will likely never know for certain the motivations behind Trump's actions. I will say that Russia, from what I have read and heard, is an even more sexist country than the US. They don't care about women and girls being raped any more than we do. But if they have that information about Trump, they could certainly use it to get him in line.
Is it possible that they owned Epstein?
If the owns the files Phil, they own the man and the man is such a corrupt coward that is selling this great nation just to protect himself.
Dana, crap!! I think you have stated it exactly true. Our founding fathers are completely spinning in their graves over what our Constitution allowed.
And what we the people have allowed. Corruption has been festering for decades.
Anyone that knows a National Guardsperson should shame them for working as the gestapo.
Yes, why isn’t the National Guard incensed at being called away from their jobs, families and livelihoods to go to DC to root out homeless encampments?The Guard stood around LA for days and slept on the floor.I don’t get it.
Who says they aren’t? They can’t refuse direct orders.
It’s not just the National Guard that seems to be in compliance with t***p’s illegal orders for their deployment into the heart of our blue cities with loaded weapons aimed at their neighbors and fellow citizens (many of whom are themselves military veterans) whose only crime is exerting their right to assembly and to publicly declare their opposition to the shit storm t***p and his administration have unleashed upon every American and non American currently living here, except the wealthy 1%, it wouldn’t be happening if everyone with authority to stop it, in the Pentagon and the Department of Defense, said NOT ONLY NO, BUT HELL NO!!
Why isn’t an army of the ghosts of every person who has fought and given their lives during and since our revolutionary war in defense of our Constitution, our rights and freedoms, our values, morals and civil liberties, all of them, marching together into the Oval Office, to dispose properly of it’s current occupant as a traitor and enemy of the state? Oh well, a girl can dream. I have watched the Lord of the Rings trilogy of movies way too often.
Bravo, Nyleen!
Heather gave the numbers yesterday on how many disagree with these orders and are taking their out as soon as their time is up. Until then, in the military you cannot refuse an order without severe consequences. AWOL gives a massive prison sentence. What do you suggest they do? Their best option is to remain passive while performing their duties and not aggressive.
What happens when all the 'good soldiers' who actually care about the Constitution and doing the right thing are all weeded out? That's the thought that keeps me up at night.
Here’s a prime example. Hegseth is forcing him out because he doesn’t fit their fascist views.
https://apple.news/AWhg3qHNFRCmssvCwMTuQew
And he's even a white guy. They are really purging all women and POC. For the white men, it takes a while longer to determine: does this guy work for the US and defend the Constitution or does he work and defend only his fuhrer Trump? And it's not just the military. They are going after FBI and other law enforcement as well.
Yes, I worry about that too. We got out during Reagan.
Do they have a choice?
"the USA, strongest country in the world militarily, economically, and arguably, culturally,"
I think we have (for now) the strongest military, assume Trump doesn't damage it badly, economically it's been great for billionaires, and culturally? We certainly export our commercial cultural product's around the planet, but is our own domestic culture strong and healthy? It seems to me that we the people are losing a grip on our own culture and that increasingly "our" culture is manufactured by commercial interests. I don't think that is making for a happy society, and I think our distraction is leaving more than one kind of mess for generations to come. I don't think all is yet lost, or that commerce, in and of itself is a bad thing, but I think we are losing our sense of balance.
Good point. Our culture is largely manufactured by corporate marketing. It's getting worse as the other things that we all had in common (local religious and civic groups, 'must-see television', newscasters that everyone watched and trusted like Cronkite, etc) are waning. The one thing we all as Americans have in common is we are sold to from birth. I wouldn't be at all surprised if more Americans knew certain commercials better than even the most popular music, tv show, movie, theater show, etc.
You hear the "jingles" frequently, so you remember them. I think the "original sin/Achilles Heel" of humanity is narcissism. I suspect we all have a bit of it as we all have an "ego", Latin for "I". For sure, I do. But we are taught to balance that (mostly as children) to balance and integrate that with courtesy, friendship, neighborliness, love, etc., mostly boiling down to conscience and compassion. Without such values, narcissism drifts into "evil". I think that is evident.
And also, I think that appeals to narcissism is a sales tool, to sell a product, to sell an ideology. It seems to me that very powerful interest groups are, on a daily basis, teaching us to be narcissistic. That's not unprecedented, but it never ends well.
All true. To speak in humanity's defense: we are all self-contained units. We are all born alone and die alone. I can only sense things in this body so it is very much in my interests to do things that help it and avoid things that hurt it even if those pursuits hurt others. No one else in the world will experience things exactly the same way that I do. Maybe considering this, it's a miracle that we humans even got this far and can cooperate at all. I think the average person is 'good' in that they do have empathy and think of others and not just themselves but there is always a certain percentage of humans who are born without empathy or the ability to understand it. If not raised by 'good' and competent parents, they use this 'ability' as a super power to pursue their own interests even if it runs roughshod over the rest of us. Trump is one of those people I think. Some of his cultist are also that way but I think many of them are just hurt people who think: no one helps me so why shouldn't I vote for this guy who promises to own the libs who I (mistakenly) think are hurting me? As things get worst (more brutal, less caring), it only snowballs and the forces of 'evil' get more power and it doesn't even matter if the majority of people are 'good' or not. We all become just animals trying to survive.
We are certainly animals, and yet even under horrifying conditions Victor Frankel and Edith Eger spoke of those who preserved their dignity. We are complicated animals. We are uniquely individual and sentiently map reality by way of unique, individual nervous systems and at the same time highly interactive, interdependent social creatures. Baby sea turtles hatch on a beach when mama is long gone. We of necessity take care of each other, at least to some degree, learn from one another, and play and work together. An emotionally healthy society produces healthy individuals, and healthy individuals created healthy societies. It's all one thing.
He called Putin _in_the_middle_of_the_fricking_meeting_with_the_Europeans?
It can't get any more obvious than that. There's no escaping the fact that the opportunists, brown-nosers, cowards that used to be known as Republicans, and 38% of the American public are slavishly backing a clueless, flailing traitor who is taking instructions from a brutish war criminal. Which makes them traitors as well.
The only happy news I heard earlier was that the Maybelline Asshole had been consigned to a chair at the back of a wall, far away from the table with the grown-ups.
But that was before I heard about Donnie Dipstick checking in with his boss in Moscow. And knowing that tomorrow there will be NOT A PEEP from Lindsey Graham, not a CONCERN from Susan Collins, not an AHEM from Thom Tillis. Just a bunch of grunts consigned to their own chairs at the back of a wall -- the way he wants them.
Ah, that’s why I didn’t realize he was even there instead of on another taxpayer paid vacation.
I totally agree! In fact , I think that when this administration is gone, all sitting Republicans should be expelled from Congress!
I might even throw a few Democrats into that mix!
Trump needs to be removed as President.
Steven Miller needs to be removed from the planet as does Russell Vought!
Any volunteers?
They're still known as Republicans, but fascist is also accurate.
It’s becoming more and more clear why Trump is sending the National Guard into cities unnecessarily. These are just dry runs. He wants to use the National Guard to prevent protest when bogus election results are announced!!
Dr. Iris, you read the room. Those Guard deployments look like dress rehearsals. Strongman theater. He wants a bouncer ready for a bad count and a louder lie.
Here’s the part that keeps you powerful. The Guard belongs to governors until it gets federalized. To grab it, he needs the Insurrection Act. That step is loud and litigated. Posse Comitatus still lives. Soldiers are not cops unless the law unlocks that door. And most Guardsmen are your neighbors. Teachers. Nurses. Carpentry hands. Their oath runs to the Constitution, not to a man.
So treat every “dry run” as free intel. Log the dates. Ask for the orders in writing. Demand the rules of engagement. Call the governor’s office and the AG and make them say the limits out loud. Prep the counter the way adults do. Train legal observers. Set up rapid text trees. Line up clergy, medics, de-escalators, and cameras. File first, not last. We do not meet cosplay with chaos. We meet it with clipboards, light, and court filings.
If he tries to turn the Guard into mall security for a bogus result, he needs your silence first. Do not give it. Heather handed you the receipts and the statutes. Hold them tight. Vote early. Stay lawful. Stay loud. Deterrence is a verb. www.xplisset.com
Amen.
Trump is turning ICE into his personal Imperial Guard. It's not normal or even legal.
GESTAPO! Geheimnisse Staatspolizei-secret state police. That is what they are.
Yes, the National Guard shouldn't be there in the first place but what I want answered is why are we tolerating the brutality from ANYONE? From our police, from the military, from the FBI. From the J6ers and cos players. Why? Who will stop this brutality? The mayors? The govenors? The loyal to their oath to the Constitution military? This lawlessness - breaking people's car windows, beating people up for no reason, ripping a baby from a mother's arms - why is this necessary?
Necessary, Kathy, because the schools dumbed down.
They didn't just dumb down, either, but guaranteed the impotence, cowardice, and complicity of the most prestigious universities, elite law firms, legacy media, social media, too many top Dems, and the Republicans all long turned cultists.
See the Don Siegal 1956 original "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Then read Wendell Berry's 1977 "The Unsettling of America." See "The Stepford Wives." Then read Diane Ravitch's "The Language Police."
I'm good for more syllabi once you've done this first course.
Yes, Trump is using fear and intimidation tactics by sending military units into cities without any real need except manufactured and contrived crises. The threat of declaring martial law looms on the horizon. Donold is getting more paranoid, deranged, desperate, maliciously insane by the day, maybe hour to hour.
And moreover, the 2 cities that Trump has sent National Guard troops(& Marines) into, Los Angeles and Washington D.C., both have black women mayors. He's even threatened to send National Guard units into Oakland, CA several times recently, which also has a black woman mayor, Barbara Lee. It's obvious that this isn't a coincidence and that Donold is a racist, misogynist, petulant despot, in addition to being one of the most damaging saboteurs & threat to our democracy, usurper of our republic and enemy of the U.S. Constitution that our Nation has ever had to endure.
On the bright side, how will all those national guard be able to vote, if they're not stationed in their voting district?
All Americans should be ashamed of Trump's handling of Ukraine war. His capitulation to Putin is disgusting. Why were so many European leaders in the White House. It is really apparent that they have no trust with the United States and they were there to support Trump and to try and keep him from employing Putin's agenda. The presence of all of the European representatives was not to support the US but to try and keep the US from abandoning Europe.
Trump's delusions as to his role and power and his weaknesses are becoming so apparent that his people are no longer able to hide them. What comes next?
Trump long ago abandoned the European democracies, Fred.
The only Europeans with whom he has consorted have been, over the past 30 years, those rich and powerful who needed the same underage girls the orange Donald needed.
"What comes next?" you ask. Just read Heather's today, the early parts detailing his dementia obscenely evident now.
I would not say that he abandoned European democracies but rather ignored them as he is sure that he is superior. I remembered at one time that I confronted him about how he had overpriced some assets and asked him how he justified putting a price of more than ten times his cost. His response was that they had that value because they now had his name on them.
There is little issue as to the Donald's falling into full fledged dementia. The real issue is who are those that are really pulling the strings and what plan do they have. I remember how during the McCarthy era the Republican right was so concerned that the Communist were going to infiltrate the government and overthrow it from within. We are now seeing that happening. At some point Trump is going to be found unable to continue in office the question is how organized and who will be new power base and where will this lead us?
Fred, at this point in time, Donald is the human equivalent of an unmoored dinghy on rough waters, thanks to his innately weak intellect now diminished by dementia. He is moved in any direction, depending on who's exerting influence at any given moment.
The list of influencers is long, with Vladimir Putin heading the list, owing to his longtime cultivation of Donald as a Russian asset, which started back in the 1980s when he was hiring Bratva-controlled businesses in his real estate activities.
Others have come and gone, such as Kellyanne Conway and Elon Musk.
Russell Vought is a relative newcomer, but his power comes from the strength of the Heritage Foundation, which in turn, derives its strength from the evangelical movement in the U.S., which has been planning a takeover of the U.S. government for many decades.
Leonard Leo and his Federalist Society have influenced Trump's decision about the judiciary, which has provided the legal rubber stamp needed to advance the christofascist agenda
Lastly, Peter Thiel and his cabal of tech bros are exerting their influence on Trump.
Didn't Russell Vought have the same position during the first trump administration?
I can't remember. If not the same, it was similar. I consider him a "newcomer" compared to Putin, who's been in Donald's head for decades.
Same, Mystic.
Very good from you, Dale, on those in the orange felon's head.
But some omissions. Starting with Roy Cohn.
And continuing with dear Jeffrey, Ghislaine, and all who could pay to play with all the underage playthings so many along with Donald merrily raped for years.
Were they people, human beings, these girls for sale?
I'm not sure we're entitled to ask such questions since, remember, Dale, on all those tests to which the schools for long have acquiesced no one taking the tests could ask any questions. Going to school for years has never been about questioning our authorities, only dutifully doing their bidding.
And their bidding has never risen to anything human, has never amounted to any uses of our time or humanity other than picking only one from their ever-dehumanized A)-B)-C)-D).
Phil, as I mentioned, the list is long. It wasn't my mission to list them all. I regard Cohn, Epstein and Maxwell in the "came and went" category. Maxwell only recently resurfaced because Trump World's red herring wrapped in the Epstein list came back to life and bit them on the ass.
Now Maxwell is a problem because she's still alive and knows too much. I'm sure Donald would like to change that with a plutonium cocktail or an accidental fall out a window, but he can't because the spotlight is shining on both him and her. Maybe one of the inmates at the Texas Country Club for Wayward Ladies will fashion a shiv from a tennis racket or something.
So much, Dale, does orange Donnie envy real dictators who really do get away with murder.
A Texan said the “Republicans are like buzzards on the fence ready to devour the carcass of democracy. “ The image is stuck in my 🧠. Today was encouraging to see European leaders providing support to Zelensky.
The last time Zelensky visited Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend Brian Glenn jumped on him over his not wearing a suit to the White House. I thought it was sad that Zelensky wore a suit and tie today. In 1959 Nikita Khrushchev wore a dark business suit to a formal attire state dinner hosted by President Eisenhower. Ike said he could wear "anything he desired." Ike was a war hero. Trump is a draft dodger. As Biden said, "This is not your father's Republican party." The GOP died with Ike.
Amen to that. Been watching this slow decline, from "Grand Old Party" to "Gaggle Of Pedophiles" for seventy years.
From what I read, Brian Glenn complimented Zelenskyy on his attire. Zelenskyy replied something to the effect “I changed my clothes. I see you’re wearing the same suit you wore when we first met”. 🤣
Apparently the White House called and asked him to wear a suit. Just to pile on our own humiliation.
I think Zelenskyy’s choice of black on black with no tie was nicely calibrated.
Yep, every Republican President since Eisenhower has been crooked.
A very good description.
That is a powerful image. “Republicans are like buzzards on the fence ready to devour the carcass of democracy." And all these people CLAIMING they love America when clearly they only love themselves, their ambitions, and their hate.
We can all be proud of our fellow democracies – the eight Europeans who met today.
We can be proud of them, too, in inverse proportion to how ashamed we have been – long so – of the criminal in the White House so abjectly covering for his pal fellow criminal Putin.
Putin now knows – the Europeans have shown him – his dreams of a restored and expanded Russian dynasty are finished. The Russians are not going to take Estonia and the other Baltic states. Not going to take Poland.
It’s been a costly war for Russia. Its economy is in the toilet. It has lost more than a million young men – a bit less than half of that due to battlefield deaths, a bit more due to the hundreds of thousands who simply fled the country, wanting no part of such an eminently stupid war.
Russia is so weakened now, I look to China to take land grabs above Manchuria. It needs the fresh water which lakes in that region can provide.
I don't know if the nightmare is finished, but praises to the decency and wisdom of the European leaders guarding Ukraine's back.
NO, THEY DID NOT!!! DID YOU?? Why will voters NOT believe the truth, when it's right in front of them? I keep forgetting, voters hate to read, that's why NO ONE even looked at the 900-page proof of what they have been doing behind the scenes for years!! This has been a silent war! WE ARE LOSING!!! I don't understand why the Dem. leaders have been ignoring my warnings for over a year! I have sent them the evidence; crickets!! They appear to have tried to pass a bill that I believe I was at least part of their inspiration, The No Kings Act! I changed computers but I saved many of my letters telling them, there are NO GODS on the S. Court, and our constitution does not recognize kings!! I wrote a really long post about how I remember us losing our country! I can still see it at the top of my page circling in blue, probably lost forever, so I guess you'll need to read the evidence here if you're up to saving our country! I've tried for months; a few people have told me to just STOP posting! One said, he already knows EVERYTHING, and I'm not sure how he put it, but I should just STOP, because I couldn't do anything about it! Well, he is right about that, I'm 71, I have Parkinson's Disorder, I will never get better, and I'm a little helpless! BUT I do have an adopted, mixed-race son, who is only 14, his skin tone is more brown, than black. Who will protect him from this racist administration, when I'm no longer here?! My family is dropping dead around me; there will be NO ONE left to protect him! Who knew 13 years ago, when he was adopted, that life would turn out this way, and worse?! NOT me, I bet there are those here who are the same age I was when my son was adopted! You do the math, do you feel old, do you still believe you have many more years, with lots of things you want to do? Do you worry you won't be able to do them?! My husband and I did make plans for our son, just in case, ALL of those plans have been ruined by time and unforeseen events! How many of you thought you would be living in a country run by criminals, thugs and corrupt liars?! How many thought every social program WE paid for and depend on, would be stripped away by despicable,..... I don't even have a name bad enough to call these TRAITORS!! PLEASE, I'm going to beg you, read and share the evidence, DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO DESTROY THIS ILLEGAL ADMINISTRATION, BEFORE IT DESTROYS YOU AND OUR COUNTRY FARTHER!! They will tell you it's too late; it's never too late for the truth!! runts crimes still happened, even though he's had help in hiding them! PLEASE NEVER LET HIM GET AWAY WITH WHAT HE HAS DONE TO CHILDREN, LISTEN TO THE VICTIMS!! OK, I will shut up for now! I reserve the right to still tell the world the TRUTH, If/ or when I can handle being talked to like a stupid child!! I promised someone else on this thankless journey; I would help her with the TRUTH she had found, so I will go spread her TRUTH ELSEWHERE FOR A WHILE!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<
This link will show you all of the reports! It's a series of connected reports! Newest at the top! >>>>>>>>> https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/is-trump-planning-a-military-takeover
Start at the bottom, and work your way up, each report has evidence and is important!!
My respects, Janet, for you and your adopted son.
And my sympathy for the grief you feel for what has happened to us.
Janette, what’s really funny is the following try this: in countries that have kings it’s not possible to have a no kings protest!! Yet, in spite of that you had one and embarrassed, yourselves in public, but it wasn’t prohibited! There wasn’t even any pushback. How did you manage to do that? It’s just amazing in a country that has a king.! Pure democracy in America is flourishing right now it’s just that you don’t have control and that’s the problem with liberals when they are out of control, they hate it
Yeah, Phil and Biden is responsible for 1/4 of that. Why do you keep throwing money at it instead of trying to get a peace deal going. I hope you guys keep talking about how much you love Piece, but if Trump gets an agreement, you guys are gonna hate it because Trump gets a win. Your hate is devouring you inside
He hasn't got anywhere near a peace agreement. What's he has suggested is that Ukraine should effectively surrender to Russia rewarding Putin for an illegal invasion of Ukrainian territory. Trump promised that he would end this war on Day One of his presidency and instead since he returned to office Russia has doubled its bombing raids on Ukraine. He's claiming success when he hasn't achieved anything and he's relying on dopes like you to believe him.
It's just like you to leave most of the important details out not that you were ever right in the 1st Pl., Trump is leaving it with the caveat that he still controls immigration and let DC work with crime which is gonna be hysterical because if the crime goes up after he leaves and that's the reason he's leaving he's gonna head right back in. Do you have a nice day
Just like with Iran, the little detail you left out that if he finds that they're establishing their nuclear tax, he's gonna level the whole freaking country this guy can't stop winning. It's unbelievable.
Just one small detail you have omitted, Rick - the government has lost some 90% of court cases challenging its policies, mostly on the grounds that they are unconstitutional. That sounds more like losing rather than winning.
Also, you might have noted that electricity prices have gone up by 10% since Trump took office.
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=table_5_03
It's no use denying these figures, Rick, because Chris Wright, the energy secretary - a climate denier - has already tried to blame the Democrats for the price rise in a futile effort to deflect blame. This and the the other price rises due to Trump's inflationary tariff policies also doesn't sound like winning to me. If I may, I will refer you back to my earlier post about Trump turning up his nose at cheaper renewable sources of energy leading to higher energy costs for consumers - and it appears that those higher costs have now arrived.
The first storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Erin, has also arrived and fortunately for southerners it looks likely to skirt the eastern seaboard. However, more big storms are forming in the eastern Atlantic as your hurricane season starts to develop in earnest. Good luck and stay safe, Rick.
And this is exactly what I mean you don’t have a clue you’re talking about. You see people on the ground here in America, especially especially and almost specifically those on the left are so pissed at the Supreme Court because every single decision so far that has been put on by a local judge district judge federal judge having to do with immigration deportation, and any key issues have been settled by the Supreme Court and Trump’s favor. Not that it matters.
And none of it because it’s been unconstitutional as soon as it gets to the Supreme Court looks like it’s falling in Trump’s lap
Back to my earlier post, we have nothing more to say to each other and you can talk about all you want about the hurricane season so far it’s been a dud and it’s still gonna be a dud with this thing evades all landmass, especially in the US but read the meeting I had after I saw my electrophysiologist friend about climate change it. It’s a long story, but it’s intriguing and it’s what I’ve been saying all along.
You can try to stop climate change it ain’t gonna help The short answer is very simple but read what I wrote. I think you’ll enjoy it not.
The short answer depopulate the planet
You know actually what you sound like you sound like some of the Mexicans, who were protesting in LA most of them probably legal, but running around on their bicycles and spinning around in their cars with a Mexican flags trying to betray the laws of the land and fighting for the illegal alien
The anecdote I make is imagine if 1000 Americans went down to Mexico city protesting, Mexican laws on immigration carrying their American flags.
You are very much like one of them you are where you don’t belong
You’re not an American you live somewhere else and apparently you live in misery because of what’s going on in the US but the US is in control again, although there are very strong forces from places like China and Russia and even India we have regained our pride, we have regained our strength and we have 3 1/2 more years to even get better so take care of yourself worry about your statements been there that are calling the buffoon daddy
Your Supreme Court is a corrupt court due to its conservative majority. There are two sexual predators on the court, both Republican appointees. One of them has corruptly accepted lavish gifts from a billionaire who has had business before the court.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/18/clarence-thomas-scandal-corruption-00092335
It's funny that you give the example of Americans going to Mexico to protest their laws when it appears that Trump is considering invading Mexico to stamp out the drug cartels.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-invade-mexico-drugs-fentanyl-b2654992.html
Since the start of his second term, he has also threatened Canada, Greenland and Panama as well as imposing arbitrary tariffs on the whole fucking world.
Well, Russell, you’ve been trying to reach the bottom of the barrel and you’re almost there. Here I would’ve thought you would know more about what’s going on in your neck of the woods. You may not have noticed that Putin already has Crimea.ooooops. And now he has eastern Ukraine and it’s all Bill Clinton’s fault, right. Between you and Heather to Lascelles in a barrel of lost souls and you’re close to the bottom if you try harder and meet the challenge, you could reach the bottom in short order.
All your buddies were here yesterday at the request of the buffoon.
Crime in DC down 46% in robberies 83% and carjackings at 20% and violent crime and getting better and the only people protesting in DC now or white liberals. All the blacks are saying thank you Mr. Trump.
And if this continues, Congress will extend his authority, and then he will probably spread it a little bit further across the country to lower crime and places like Chicago and LA. Like a locomotive he will be hard to stop at that point in time.
So you keep posting your minutia, and the two people that read your posts will be very enlightened.
Rick, dear boy, you seem suspiciously exultant about the territorial gains that the Russians have made in Ukraine while Trump has stood by and done nothing. Are you both Russian trolls, as some people commenting here have suggested, or is it perhaps something else you two have in common i.e. that you're both delusional?
You seem to have missed the news that Trump has dropped his plan to takeover the DC police force because it was unlawful and unconstitutional, bigly. You also seem to have missed that he and Bondi, Trump's barbie doll AG, are being sued by D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb because the whole shebang is also illegal. Haven't you wondered how much all this is costing US taxpayers? After all, you are one of them, you dopey fool.
What happens when Trump has to withdraw the National Guard because presumably they will have better things to do? Will crime suddenly shoot up again in DC? The whole exercise is a theatrical farce, like his military parade, and a costly one too.
By the by, Crimea is not really in my neck of the woods. Your understanding of geography is as poor as your president's - another thing you have in common.
Well, your neck of the woods is lot closer than our neck of the woods there dummy.
I know Exactly where it is.
And I’m gonna tell you, and you might wanna listen to some good advice. There is a movie “devastated when something like this.
Let him rave on that men know him mad. And I think you have officially been given the title of the king of minutia. You stick with that. It’s more like your sandbox with all your other infantile toys
I've never heard of that movie, Rick - it's a somewhat improbable title.
It's 'minutiae', Rick, from the Latin 'minutia' meaning smallness. I try to deal in details, not trivia like you. I think you've earned your reputation here.
By the way, our exchanges seem to have landed me in trouble here, pal, with some good people who really do not think I should respond to your maundering posts. It might help if we could both perhaps try to be more civil when we debate - what do you say?
Lost souls
Does it make sense for Europe which does not have
"Bonkers across the board."
That is about the kindest thing anyone can say about the Trumpty fiasco at this point. I can think of many ways to describe it, but I am trying to rein in my scatological impulses at this time.
Well, okay. Some mild scatology Just this once: This is fucking BATSHIT crazy. The whole thing, the entire regime is not only not playing with a full deck, they aren't even playing in the same damn casino the rest of us are.
And how is it that 38% of the American public can still approve of what he is doing? THAT is fucking BATSHIT crazy, too.
And one more thing: release the damn Epstein files. All of them. Including the stuff Putin is already holding.
That 38% of Americans are the "Hate and Fear Base" of the Republican party. They are composed of the 1% who hate and fear paying the taxes they should be paying, plus White bigots who hate and fear everyone they see as not being like them, and finally the religious voters who fear eternal damnation if they fail to force their reading of their Bibles upon the rest of us. This Base does not think in terms of logical reasoning but only emotional knee-jerk reactions. Republicans also have another 5% who may say they disagree with Trump on some issues but who still support him and every other elcted Republican. Republicans therefore win elections building another 8% of all voters; swing-voters mostly. Thus We must Register new Democrats and waste no time trying to reason with Republicans but only swing-voters.
BTW, I agree 100% with your use of scatology here. I say that knowing the term "BATSHIT crazy" is a perfect fit. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=batshit+crazy
I'm a senior citizen who freely and proudly associates with younger potty-mouths. Consequently, Urban Dictionary is on my bookmark hotlist. I don't want to be the old-head who interrupts a conversation to ask, "What does that mean?"
Urban Dictionary never fails me, and often leads me to some very interesting places.
I think the UD missed a link with not mentioning "crazier than a shithouse rat" in their definition.
I love seeing someone else utilizing the UD. slang.org is another good one.
I agree wholeheartedly with your excellent explanation of how a minority of voters can now be in control of all three branches of federal government, led by a manchild who is over the top batshit crazy. His evil, self serving and more greedy than king Midas sycophant minions purr sweet nothings into his ear, supporting his dementia like a queen bee is surrounded by worker bees who cater to her every whim. It is truly nauseating to be battered and beaten as liberal voters have been since at least 2015. It’s been a constant bombardment with no safe place to escape to for peace and safety. Even the hardest rock will eventually be worn away by the force of moving water. It might not seem like it, but I am grateful that I made a choice many years ago to do my best to follow a faith that provides a safe resting place to dwell when I grow weary and discouraged. In these times, I would be lost otherwise.
Obviously there are many who enjoy living in an autocracy.
Check out Sept 3 press conference with victims of Epstein
I am Swiss. In Switzerland, which is rated five on The Econmist's democracy index, while the USA is rated 27, voting by mail-in ballot is the preferred method of casting votes. I nearly 'popped my pacifier' (a Swiss-German expression showing surprise and disgust) when I read Trump's blatant lie that no other country has mail-in voting. 'Horseshit' is too nice an adjective to describe this nonsense. Horseshit, at least, has some value; this lie is malicious.
I grew up in Washington State and now live in Oregon. Both have used vote-by-mail exclusively for over 20 years with no issues.
Yeah! And I forgot to mention, that because we have a lot of initiatives and referendums, (the Swiss are proud of their 'direct democracy), we Swiss are called on to vote several times a year. We are then sent all the information regarding the vote and have various options for returning our 'ballot', including the Post!!
Fiona Hill, who served as senior director for Russian and European affairs during Donald's first term noted on Sunday that Russia, itself, actually uses mail-in voting. Putin was just winding Donald up and sending him on another errand to screw with U.S. elections.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/transcript-fiona-hill-on-face-the-nation/ar-AA1KGe1G
Please tell me: how it was possible that millions and millions of American citizens voted for this ignorant, vulgar, unreflecting, rude, pushy, lying, self-serving criminal? I know a 1lot of the rational answers but the fact is that this narcissist could have been elected for a second term is mind-boggling and, yes, shocking!! Forget making America 'Great' Again. It's actually Flush the Country down the Drain.
They looked in the mirror and saw themselves. Hatred and misery rules their lives and they want everyone to suffer since they can’t succeed.
It gets scarier by the day.
Yes it does, but that should be fuel to do something about it. Join an org, get in community with like-minded people, protest, learn to defend yourself and your community. Let fear motivate you to action.
-Mathew
https://bettergracesandliberations.substack.com/
Don’t forget that he may very well have rigged the 2024 presidential elections, at least the ones where the decision could be critically influenced by the voting machines. There’s credible evidence presented in the Smart Elections Substack (Google Russian tail also). We won’t know until there’s a recall but it’s much harder to corrupt mail-in ballots. Hence another reason for the push to electronic voting machines.
No mail in ballots would sure cut out a lot of votes from US citizens who live abroad!
NO, THEY DID NOT!!! DID YOU?? Why will voters NOT believe the truth, when it's right in front of them? I keep forgetting, voters hate to read, that's why NO ONE even looked at the 900-page proof of what they have been doing behind the scenes for years!! This has been a silent war! WE ARE LOSING!!! I don't understand why the Dem. leaders have been ignoring my warnings for over a year! I have sent them the evidence; crickets!! They appear to have tried to pass a bill that I believe I was at least part of their inspiration, The No Kings Act! I changed computers but I saved many of my letters telling them, there are NO GODS on the S. Court, and our constitution does not recognize kings!! I wrote a really long post about how I remember us losing our country! I can still see it at the top of my page circling in blue, probably lost forever, so I guess you'll need to read the evidence here if you're up to saving our country! I've tried for months; a few people have told me to just STOP posting! One said, he already knows EVERYTHING, and I'm not sure how he put it, but I should just STOP, because I couldn't do anything about it! Well, he is right about that, I'm 71, I have Parkinson's Disorder, I will never get better, and I'm a little helpless! BUT I do have an adopted, mixed-race son, who is only 14, his skin tone is more brown, than black. Who will protect him from this racist administration, when I'm no longer here?! My family is dropping dead around me; there will be NO ONE left to protect him! Who knew 13 years ago, when he was adopted, that life would turn out this way, and worse?! NOT me, I bet there are those here who are the same age I was when my son was adopted! You do the math, do you feel old, do you still believe you have many more years, with lots of things you want to do? Do you worry you won't be able to do them?! My husband and I did make plans for our son, just in case, ALL of those plans have been ruined by time and unforeseen events! How many of you thought you would be living in a country run by criminals, thugs and corrupt liars?! How many thought every social program WE paid for and depend on, would be stripped away by despicable,..... I don't even have a name bad enough to call these TRAITORS!! PLEASE, I'm going to beg you, read and share the evidence, DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO DESTROY THIS ILLEGAL ADMINISTRATION, BEFORE IT DESTROYS YOU AND OUR COUNTRY FARTHER!! They will tell you it's too late; it's never too late for the truth!! runts crimes still happened, even though he's had help in hiding them! PLEASE NEVER LET HIM GET AWAY WITH WHAT HE HAS DONE TO CHILDREN, LISTEN TO THE VICTIMS!! OK, I will shut up for now! I reserve the right to still tell the world the TRUTH, If/ or when I can handle being talked to like a stupid child!! I promised someone else on this thankless journey; I would help her with the TRUTH she had found, so I will go spread her TRUTH ELSEWHERE FOR A WHILE!
Runt already has us fooled!! Too many believe he won THIS election!!! Read the evidence below of the rigged election!!! PA is already using similar EVIDENCE for recounts!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "HE" DID NOT WIN!! WE DID VOTE!!<<<<<<<<<
This link will show you all of the reports! It's a series of connected reports! Newest at the top! >>>>>>>>> https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/is-trump-planning-a-military-takeover
Start at the bottom, and work your way up, each report has evidence and is important!!
Herve just said in a few short sentences what you've posted numerous times today.
Donald Trump is the most ignorant, arrogant, pathological lying President the US has ever seen! He was surrounded today, thankfully, by world leaders with the experience, intelligence and thankfully, sane leaders in today's world. He is an embarrassing American President and his wife thinks that she has the credibility to lecture a sick, Russian dictator about caring about children? Pitiful Trump family that thinks it can offer lectures to a dictator who kills children every day. Melania shut the F up!! Your husband is a moron and so are you!
On the other hand, there's a lot to be said for calmly, coolly delivered analyses...
submitted today on WhiteHouse.gov "contact us" page:
ALL AMERICANs, with the exception of dumbass morons who've never learned history, know that you cannot appease a dictator. Neville Chamberlain appeased scum fascist POS Hitler. We all know what that led to.
Trump agreeing to Putin’s demand that Russia be able keep Ukrainian territory would be prima facie evidence that Trump is the weakest President the United States has EVER had and would prove to EVERY American that Trump is Putin’s Puppet.
Donald, what dirt does Putin have on you?
Bring impeachment charges against this completely corrupt guy before he destroys any more of our institutions.
Once Democrats control the House again Trump will be impeached again and Republicans in the Senate will again violate their oath of office to "...support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic..." Trump has been impeached twice and the evidence against him was beyond the reasonable doubt both times. Thus the problem we have is the Republican party and not simply Trump. The GOP died with IKE. These people are in the same group as Putin, global corporatist fascist.
We must register millions of new Democrats. Hold house parties to assure all Democrats know the ballot and how to vote with it. Assure all Democrats have a means to vote. Keep our eyes open and record anything that appears to be a staged reality show produced by Trump & Co. to create the civil war he has been wanting since Jan. 20th.
Do you really think that's going to happen? That the Democrats will control the house? They won't let it. We can't wait for 2026.
Use/share this spreadsheet (bit.ly/Goodtrouble) as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to those in your own state, and those in a committee that fits your topic. Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly. We deserve better ❤️🩹🤍💙
I have lost hope that these efforts are making a difference.
I hear you, but we can’t lose hope. For moments, yes, but we have to push through and then keep going. If we are silent, we are giving up.
When I’m struggling I think of the smaller changes I might be making.
I don’t think we’ll see many big waves (like a major MAGA Congress member changing their opinions), however I think we can cause little ripples. I’m thinking staff members who hear the same thing over and over via voicemail, phone calls, letter after letter, email after email - maybe they’ll be a little more receptive each time they hear from us. Maybe they’ll talk more about our talking points to friends and family, maybeeee they’ll vote differently. I think we can cause ripples to push news organizations to be more honest and maybe even a bit accusatory about what’s happening. As a collective, our volume matters. And, at the end of the day, if we just annoy and overwhelm some staffers working for people hurting the average American, I’m ok with that too 🙃
Yes, Megan, little ripples turn into big waves. We must be relentless in our quest to getting rid of this regime.