I so appreciate your careful reporting - i cannot do the intolerable news these days except from you in the context of history [which so few people even understand] THANK YOU ....you are a gift to those of us who need just this much to stay informed.
I do hope we see all these crazy antics tied up in the courts for a long while. Just because he is President doesn’t not make the outcome of the actions legal. Unfortunately he will be protected but not the actions. But I would not expect him to understand the difference.
Heather, I truly appreciate your factual reporting amid these very trying times. And, I love how you cast current events in their historical context, where possible. You helped me see our Nation’s history as a Cosmic Tapestry that portrays our struggling and evolving quest for Democracy. I find it comforting to focus more on the “Big Picture” which shows the evolving process, rather than fixate on the “threads” making up today’s events that can often be very discouraging.
No surprise that the criminal has pardoned criminals. The US has elected a gangster for president. He always was a gangster from NYC. He’s just a performative bully politician. His tactics will eventually blow up in his face. There is no loyalty among thieves & violent criminals. They operate in self interest, they operate with total disregard for others & the law. If they get away with it once, they will do it again. It’s interesting that the two people that tried to shoot him were actually found to have republican leanings.
Thanks for your information service & glad you have received a pre-emptive pardon.
What a disgrace. What a disaster. This was boiling in Trump and he unleashed it in an explosion of nasty harmful moves. And we, WE gave this monster .the most powerful position we have in a free and presumably fair election. Shame on us. Shame.
Unfortunately, many Americans have the memory of that consists only of the latest tiktok video. Otherwise, why would so many vote for him after he did so many things people didn't 'like.' Thecult and the legacy, corporate media will normalize, sanewash all of trump's disturbing, demented, deranged actions.
Oh, and I am renaming the White House the Out House, Commander in Chief is now Criminal and Thief, and trump's crypto is now crapto.
The madness begins and will continue until dems find a spine, and republicans are deprogrammed from their facists cult's spell.
Hitler never got a majority either. But Trump is doing about that what the former did: Instrumentalizing brown shirts to manufacture a « majority » who can’t say No with systemic violence.
The dumpster fire has been lit. The irony of a man who campaigned on "making the streets safe again" has just released a slew of violent criminals onto the streets. Now pardoning a convicted drug dealer. The bigger the fire, the more dangerous and unhinged the people who voted for him will see he truly is. They're getting what they voted for, but not what they were promised or want. Great reporting, Heather! Keep fighting the good fight.
Is it not clear already, Trump is beating on a supine Senate and House to cede their lawful powers to him upon his expressed desire for complete dominance of the political space. What will happen when the challenges to his many violations of Federal law move to the US Supreme Court. One can see Trump's blitzkrieg strategy of Executive Disorders: create administrative chaos and choke the courts with cases for years while he destroys the structure of independent civil administration and judicial restraint upon him. The Republican Party has used the phrase law and order as code for reactionary white state power now and always. There is little hope that any of them will demure from meeting the demands of their whore master in the White House. The midterms may be too late scare the public into voting out of office this chaos clown's Congressional enablers.
I so appreciate your careful reporting - i cannot do the intolerable news these days except from you in the context of history [which so few people even understand] THANK YOU ....you are a gift to those of us who need just this much to stay informed.
I do hope we see all these crazy antics tied up in the courts for a long while. Just because he is President doesn’t not make the outcome of the actions legal. Unfortunately he will be protected but not the actions. But I would not expect him to understand the difference.
Strong Clear Voices are heard in many ways.
situational awareness guides them, know the room, understand the atmosphere and know yourself.
Michelle Obama with silence refusing to legitimize a criminal. A clarion call of the SPIRIT
AOC as well.
Mariann Edgar Budde by speaking directly to him with a voice of compassion.
Heather Cox Richardson as always with informed intelligence.
I Stand with these Proud Women and Men who have created platforms that draw
Proud People to gather in Spirit someday to act. Before it is too late like it was for the good
people in 1930's Germany.
Then there are the proud little greedy brats that enjoy the mayhem a Criminal
encourages them to apply as a threat.
Again, well done. The preparation and detail are always impressive.
"Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner."
Aristophanes
Wasn’t he the guy whose mother demanded he get a vegan diet in prison? The irony.
Heather, I truly appreciate your factual reporting amid these very trying times. And, I love how you cast current events in their historical context, where possible. You helped me see our Nation’s history as a Cosmic Tapestry that portrays our struggling and evolving quest for Democracy. I find it comforting to focus more on the “Big Picture” which shows the evolving process, rather than fixate on the “threads” making up today’s events that can often be very discouraging.
No surprise that the criminal has pardoned criminals. The US has elected a gangster for president. He always was a gangster from NYC. He’s just a performative bully politician. His tactics will eventually blow up in his face. There is no loyalty among thieves & violent criminals. They operate in self interest, they operate with total disregard for others & the law. If they get away with it once, they will do it again. It’s interesting that the two people that tried to shoot him were actually found to have republican leanings.
Thanks for your information service & glad you have received a pre-emptive pardon.
What a disgrace. What a disaster. This was boiling in Trump and he unleashed it in an explosion of nasty harmful moves. And we, WE gave this monster .the most powerful position we have in a free and presumably fair election. Shame on us. Shame.
Unfortunately, many Americans have the memory of that consists only of the latest tiktok video. Otherwise, why would so many vote for him after he did so many things people didn't 'like.' Thecult and the legacy, corporate media will normalize, sanewash all of trump's disturbing, demented, deranged actions.
Oh, and I am renaming the White House the Out House, Commander in Chief is now Criminal and Thief, and trump's crypto is now crapto.
The madness begins and will continue until dems find a spine, and republicans are deprogrammed from their facists cult's spell.
Hitler never got a majority either. But Trump is doing about that what the former did: Instrumentalizing brown shirts to manufacture a « majority » who can’t say No with systemic violence.
You are one of the few people I trust to report truthfully!! I am steering away from typical news sources
The dumpster fire has been lit. The irony of a man who campaigned on "making the streets safe again" has just released a slew of violent criminals onto the streets. Now pardoning a convicted drug dealer. The bigger the fire, the more dangerous and unhinged the people who voted for him will see he truly is. They're getting what they voted for, but not what they were promised or want. Great reporting, Heather! Keep fighting the good fight.
Wow. First time I'm hearing about Silk Road.
Is it not clear already, Trump is beating on a supine Senate and House to cede their lawful powers to him upon his expressed desire for complete dominance of the political space. What will happen when the challenges to his many violations of Federal law move to the US Supreme Court. One can see Trump's blitzkrieg strategy of Executive Disorders: create administrative chaos and choke the courts with cases for years while he destroys the structure of independent civil administration and judicial restraint upon him. The Republican Party has used the phrase law and order as code for reactionary white state power now and always. There is little hope that any of them will demure from meeting the demands of their whore master in the White House. The midterms may be too late scare the public into voting out of office this chaos clown's Congressional enablers.
the truth will set you free