Trump has been Putin's useful idiot for years, and too many Americans don't seem to know or care. We're at this point due to the many missed opportunities over decades at every level of the justice system to hold Trump accountable for cheating, lying, grifting, conning, etc- he's a veritable thesaurus of disgusting behavior. Let's stay v…
Trump has been Putin's useful idiot for years, and too many Americans don't seem to know or care. We're at this point due to the many missed opportunities over decades at every level of the justice system to hold Trump accountable for cheating, lying, grifting, conning, etc- he's a veritable thesaurus of disgusting behavior. Let's stay vigilant and salute everyone who ensures the rule of law endures.
Y'all seen those T-shirts that say "I'd rather be a Russian than a Democrat!"? I always think "Okay! Great! MOVE THERE, THEN!"
Considering how often these Denizens of Derp Dynasty list the threat of "communism" as the reason Democrats are so icky, advertising their preference for Russia - the actual poster child of murderous communist regimes - just illustrates so, SO clearly that either one or both of the following is true: 1) They are not thinking this through by a long shot, and/or 2) their gripes are not actually about the dangers of any economic philosophy and more simply about the presence of non-white people. Hmmm...
They are responding to the "socialist" dog whistle and cannot distinguish between socialism and communism, or between legitimate protest and a seditious insurrection to prevent the peaceful transfer of power. Plus, they are racist as heck.
I often wonder how many MAGA’s suffered with learning disability’s all thru their public education and now seeth with vengeance (for having never felt smart enough) at the “librul” elites. It really seems they need an enemy to direct their angst towards. Mind blowing they would align with Putin just to hate on being informed with truth.
That meme of those two old geezers in those t-shirts reminded me that only 32 years ago these same guys were probably ranting about 'Reds, Commies, Pinkos' and probably spent a week chest pounding and bumping that the USSR was crumbling! But now they are good with them? They like an authoritarian Strongman and his Oligarchs better?
It has been my daily mantra since 2016. How someone who made fun of a person with a disability became president of the United States of America stunned. Then received so many votes the second time. Knowing that there is so much willful ignorance in a country that so many around the world see as shocking for the adoration of a dangerous con artist is constantly playing somewhere in the windmill of my mind. What happened? Have there always been this many angry, resentful, hate-filled Americans? Even more complacent Americans? Is this a reason there are so many mass shootings in America? Why American children have to learn to hide from possible slaughter? How someone from Texas (Cruz) representing his constituency can say publicly that there just needs to be more police in American schools and no one questions this??? WTF. I could not 'adjust' to it. I had to leave.
Agreed. "Don't confuse me with facts; my mind is made up". (Note, punctuation mine; never theirs because they have no command of proper usage and grammar)
We have failed to hold more than just ex-Pres Trump accountable. Nixon was inappropriately pardoned for his Watergate crimes. Reagan/Bush Sr. were inappropriately excused for their Iran/Contra crimes. Bush Jr./Cheney were inappropriately excused for their Iraq war crimes. Hopefully we are finally breaking this pattern with Trump.
Agree. The three rivers that brought us here were making money, making war, and political lack of fortitude.
American citizens have mindless lionized the office of the military and the Presidency in thousands of ways, most induced by propaganda. Think flyovers, presentations of the colors, pledges of allegiance, Hails to the Chief ad nauseam. The result has been to inculcate Presidents with an aura of invincibility, begging for hubris to burrow its way into their souls, giving them a sense of almost papal infallibility and a will to use the military. I date this orgy of dialed up reverence to around the time of the Iran hostage crisis. In all likelihood, it seems that Reagan brokered a deal to have the hostages held until his first day of office (that one has the odor of Roger Stone), and spent his Presidency painting America in warm muted colors, to bring along an unsuspecting population.
People, desperate for succor from the scabs of Vietnam, jumped aboard, and America became a temple of the military and the Presidency. Unsurprisingly, Congress plunged out of favor (13% favorability) ratings and defaulted most significant decisions to the President. Equally unsurprising, American presidents ensnarled upon wars and threats of war. A document called Project for a New American Century (advocating almost casual world dominance through regime change attracted the the eyes of Bush II and the country began its descent into reckless, violent shows of hegemony.
My point is this. This indictment of Trump has an aura of virtue beginning to re-establish itself. Trump’s behavior, pre-Presidency, was tawdry, immoral and deeply offensive to good people. When he became President, it worsened by orders of magnitude.
Presidents should be the zenith of probity. If there is a desire in the American psyche to elevate the office to one of truly high standing, then electing people who ooze offensive personal characteristics is not the best way to go about accomplishing.
For Karen McDougal, E. Jean Carroll, Summer Zervos, Stephanie Clifford and all the honest contractors Trump stiffed along the way, this is a worthy indictment and trial.
I don’t care that is the “least of the charges@. I was offended when a *left* wing media reporter characterized it as a “nothing burger”., compared to Georgia and the DOJ.
For God’s sake America, get behind this in a full throated way. Run this rat ragged.
AMEN to all that. His arraignment will likely be muted, but I would surely like to see him doing the standard perp walk in handcuffs. I am still angry at his treatment of the steelworkers: for that alone, I would have him up on charges. There's no forgiving that.
You may be right about that. But I don't think so. NYC is not Washington: the police force is prepared, and the National Guard is probably going to be on standby. So any shenanigans those MAGATs try will be properly snuffed out, in short order. No worries there. Did you see the dwindling size of the crowds at his rallies? He couldn't even draw a decent audience in Waco. I say, bring it on, Repugnant Republicans. Let the s**t show begin. If the chart I saw on MSNBC tonight is correct, T**** is facing eight major legal problems. And most of them have irrefutable, incontrovertible evidence. Problem is, even if he's convicted, sentenced, even incarcerated, he can still be the candidate. Aye, there's the rub. If we can't disqualify him somehow, then we have to continue to make him look ridiculous and insane. That shouldn't be too hard; we've got plenty of clips of him that can be used against him, with proper editing, and appropriate background music.
Couldn’t agree more. He’s on his way out into the darkness of historical infamy. But his movement is coherent, engaged, and anxious to flex its muscle. This is one case where the inmates really have taken over the asylum. They don’t need Trump now.
Or you could flip the dice again and ask what would happen if Hillary had won in 2016. But I'm not sure where all this time travel think tank stuff really gets us.
I did my residency in Family Practice in Michigan in the early Eighties. I grew up in the Mountain West, so that was my first real experience with Mid-westerners. The people I met and worked with seemed like the real salt of the earth types: steadfast, trustworthy, well-thought-out, genuine. I don't know what has happened there since, but I remember thinking in 2016 when Trump won, how all those salt-of-the-earth mid-western white men would feel when they found out that they just elected the Kremlin to the White House. Seems like most of them still either don't know or don't give a sh!t. Still surprises me.
Trump has been Putin's useful idiot for years, and too many Americans don't seem to know or care. We're at this point due to the many missed opportunities over decades at every level of the justice system to hold Trump accountable for cheating, lying, grifting, conning, etc- he's a veritable thesaurus of disgusting behavior. Let's stay vigilant and salute everyone who ensures the rule of law endures.
This `too many Americans don't seem to know or care' is the tragic motherlode.
Y'all seen those T-shirts that say "I'd rather be a Russian than a Democrat!"? I always think "Okay! Great! MOVE THERE, THEN!"
Considering how often these Denizens of Derp Dynasty list the threat of "communism" as the reason Democrats are so icky, advertising their preference for Russia - the actual poster child of murderous communist regimes - just illustrates so, SO clearly that either one or both of the following is true: 1) They are not thinking this through by a long shot, and/or 2) their gripes are not actually about the dangers of any economic philosophy and more simply about the presence of non-white people. Hmmm...
They are responding to the "socialist" dog whistle and cannot distinguish between socialism and communism, or between legitimate protest and a seditious insurrection to prevent the peaceful transfer of power. Plus, they are racist as heck.
I often wonder how many MAGA’s suffered with learning disability’s all thru their public education and now seeth with vengeance (for having never felt smart enough) at the “librul” elites. It really seems they need an enemy to direct their angst towards. Mind blowing they would align with Putin just to hate on being informed with truth.
That meme of those two old geezers in those t-shirts reminded me that only 32 years ago these same guys were probably ranting about 'Reds, Commies, Pinkos' and probably spent a week chest pounding and bumping that the USSR was crumbling! But now they are good with them? They like an authoritarian Strongman and his Oligarchs better?
Indeed. That has been the real horror story for me personally.
I'm adjusting to that knowledge now, finally, but at first it was utterly nightmarish to realize.
It has been my daily mantra since 2016. How someone who made fun of a person with a disability became president of the United States of America stunned. Then received so many votes the second time. Knowing that there is so much willful ignorance in a country that so many around the world see as shocking for the adoration of a dangerous con artist is constantly playing somewhere in the windmill of my mind. What happened? Have there always been this many angry, resentful, hate-filled Americans? Even more complacent Americans? Is this a reason there are so many mass shootings in America? Why American children have to learn to hide from possible slaughter? How someone from Texas (Cruz) representing his constituency can say publicly that there just needs to be more police in American schools and no one questions this??? WTF. I could not 'adjust' to it. I had to leave.
Yep. And you can say that about almost anything.
Agreed. "Don't confuse me with facts; my mind is made up". (Note, punctuation mine; never theirs because they have no command of proper usage and grammar)
We have failed to hold more than just ex-Pres Trump accountable. Nixon was inappropriately pardoned for his Watergate crimes. Reagan/Bush Sr. were inappropriately excused for their Iran/Contra crimes. Bush Jr./Cheney were inappropriately excused for their Iraq war crimes. Hopefully we are finally breaking this pattern with Trump.
Agree. The three rivers that brought us here were making money, making war, and political lack of fortitude.
American citizens have mindless lionized the office of the military and the Presidency in thousands of ways, most induced by propaganda. Think flyovers, presentations of the colors, pledges of allegiance, Hails to the Chief ad nauseam. The result has been to inculcate Presidents with an aura of invincibility, begging for hubris to burrow its way into their souls, giving them a sense of almost papal infallibility and a will to use the military. I date this orgy of dialed up reverence to around the time of the Iran hostage crisis. In all likelihood, it seems that Reagan brokered a deal to have the hostages held until his first day of office (that one has the odor of Roger Stone), and spent his Presidency painting America in warm muted colors, to bring along an unsuspecting population.
People, desperate for succor from the scabs of Vietnam, jumped aboard, and America became a temple of the military and the Presidency. Unsurprisingly, Congress plunged out of favor (13% favorability) ratings and defaulted most significant decisions to the President. Equally unsurprising, American presidents ensnarled upon wars and threats of war. A document called Project for a New American Century (advocating almost casual world dominance through regime change attracted the the eyes of Bush II and the country began its descent into reckless, violent shows of hegemony.
My point is this. This indictment of Trump has an aura of virtue beginning to re-establish itself. Trump’s behavior, pre-Presidency, was tawdry, immoral and deeply offensive to good people. When he became President, it worsened by orders of magnitude.
Presidents should be the zenith of probity. If there is a desire in the American psyche to elevate the office to one of truly high standing, then electing people who ooze offensive personal characteristics is not the best way to go about accomplishing.
For Karen McDougal, E. Jean Carroll, Summer Zervos, Stephanie Clifford and all the honest contractors Trump stiffed along the way, this is a worthy indictment and trial.
I don’t care that is the “least of the charges@. I was offended when a *left* wing media reporter characterized it as a “nothing burger”., compared to Georgia and the DOJ.
For God’s sake America, get behind this in a full throated way. Run this rat ragged.
AMEN to all that. His arraignment will likely be muted, but I would surely like to see him doing the standard perp walk in handcuffs. I am still angry at his treatment of the steelworkers: for that alone, I would have him up on charges. There's no forgiving that.
You may be right about that. But I don't think so. NYC is not Washington: the police force is prepared, and the National Guard is probably going to be on standby. So any shenanigans those MAGATs try will be properly snuffed out, in short order. No worries there. Did you see the dwindling size of the crowds at his rallies? He couldn't even draw a decent audience in Waco. I say, bring it on, Repugnant Republicans. Let the s**t show begin. If the chart I saw on MSNBC tonight is correct, T**** is facing eight major legal problems. And most of them have irrefutable, incontrovertible evidence. Problem is, even if he's convicted, sentenced, even incarcerated, he can still be the candidate. Aye, there's the rub. If we can't disqualify him somehow, then we have to continue to make him look ridiculous and insane. That shouldn't be too hard; we've got plenty of clips of him that can be used against him, with proper editing, and appropriate background music.
Couldn’t agree more. He’s on his way out into the darkness of historical infamy. But his movement is coherent, engaged, and anxious to flex its muscle. This is one case where the inmates really have taken over the asylum. They don’t need Trump now.
Very dangerous.
I agree with everything you say here. Nice summary!
So incredibly stated. Thank you.
Really good point. What would have happened if Obama had allowed prosecution of war criminals Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bush?
Reva, the flip side of that of course is what would have happened if Trump had actually won in 2020, as the crazies actually believe happened?
Or you could flip the dice again and ask what would happen if Hillary had won in 2016. But I'm not sure where all this time travel think tank stuff really gets us.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/24Bs3BwkqKEOC2C7dMf2Pm?si=3AEdYmrgSleyU6XMF2jAdw
Nazis in THE USA from 1930 to present
He was taught by Roy Cohn so be prepared for lots of distraction. Keep telling the same lie until it's mainstream and thought of as the truth.
Yes! The scuz of the scum
I did my residency in Family Practice in Michigan in the early Eighties. I grew up in the Mountain West, so that was my first real experience with Mid-westerners. The people I met and worked with seemed like the real salt of the earth types: steadfast, trustworthy, well-thought-out, genuine. I don't know what has happened there since, but I remember thinking in 2016 when Trump won, how all those salt-of-the-earth mid-western white men would feel when they found out that they just elected the Kremlin to the White House. Seems like most of them still either don't know or don't give a sh!t. Still surprises me.