As Brian Williams pointed out tonight on "11th Hour" (shouting mine) THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN STATES IN THE UNION WHERE THERE ARE NOT BILLS BEING PUSHED IN LEGISLATURES TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As Joe Biden once said to Barack Obama, "This is a Big Fucking Deal!!!"
As Brian Williams pointed out tonight on "11th Hour" (shouting mine) THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN STATES IN THE UNION WHERE THERE ARE NOT BILLS BEING PUSHED IN LEGISLATURES TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As Joe Biden once said to Barack Obama, "This is a Big Fucking Deal!!!"
Just a couple years ago, no one was paying attention. No one. Now it’s front page news on every news media site. TC is putting it in capital letters with 40 exclamation points. Dr. Heather Cox Richardson is highlighting it today.
Honestly, how far is voter suppression going to go with everybody who doesn’t view Fox News staring it down?
I am feeling rage. I want to use profanity here. Those stupid mofos are trying to pull this off again.
But "fetid" might suggest that they were disintegrating. These people would eat their granny for 2 cents and are alive and well...if not human in the full sense of the word.
Feral could suggest that they were once domesticated and have returned to the wild. I have trouble giving them that sort of romantic dignity. Although I would grant that they imagine themselves far above the "domestication" which might be part of belonging to the human race. Fetid has a singularly unattractive
ring to it which befits them. But ... I'm still searching.
Thanks Ellie, I was thinking, just pissed off. How about rat-fos? Whatever word I come up with is unfit to print. Here we have an entire establishment wanting to return us, yet again, YET AGAIN, to a racist past. Unbelievable. Will this society never learn.
Angry here too, Roland...pissed off to the point that I could let fly with enough profanities to make a crow blush...but I will practice self-restraint. I think what is my main concern in all this is the ****ing apathy that is apparent in such a large percentage of this country's population. Repub-fascists are trying their level best to take over the bloody country and they're just like "meh..." Can't be bothered. I know a LOT of people are struggling with some serious sh*t right now. I get that. But, the world's history also shows this is EXACTLY the kind of situation where fascists and their ilk can make their moves, take advantage of everyone being distracted with their own problems, and come in and take over. We've seen plenty of evidence of how easily it can happen here, and it still easily could. Yes, the Republican party is currently a big hot mess, but there are still enough people in the country right now that will simply vote AGAINST anything smacking of Democrats, liberalism, "socialism", etc. etc. etc. that they will put Republicans into power yet again--aided, of course, by Republicans gerry-rigging everything to ease their path back into power. And, the particularly galling part, is even with Republicans having very few issues they can run on anymore, they are now ONLY an opposition party and people will actually VOTE for that. Republicans only exist to say "no" to any and every Democrat policy initiative. That's all. Well...so much for your "bi-partisan-working-together" horse-sh*t. A look at the recent vote tabulations in the House and Senate for the Covid Relief Aid shows this clear as day...NOT ONE SINGLE Republican vote for. There's your cooperation for ya. The "Party of 'No'".
This voter suppression stuff going on HAS to be brought to everyone's attention, front & centre, and we HAVE to keep hammering it home how vitally important it is that this be fought with all our might! It is nothing more than an attempt by fascists, oligarchs, whatever labels you want to use, to take over the only way they can. Democrats need to really get their mojo back and fight this HARD!! Thank you and have a nice day...*now going to cool off by looking at pics of puppies, kittens, and fluffy bunnies on Facebook*
I agree with everything you've said, and will be blanketing emails to every Repug office holder in Georgia and follow Stacey's FairFight suggestions for other annoyances for the Dark Side. I will then pick up my two cats and force them to be nice to me,😁
Indeed it is a BFD. How did we arrive at a point where most of the country is trying to suppress voting, which is the main thing that make us a democracy. 😡😡
BFD indeed. But it's not most of the country, just a smallish clique spread across the country. These suppression measures will end up in court, perhaps ultimately the Supreme Court; that will take time. Hopefully by then Biden can get SR1 passed; also by then, the ARP's benefits are working their way through the economy; and vaccines are becoming broadly effective. Finally, there's inexorable progress on legal fronts. The state and regional prosecutors are closing in. Best of all: Bulldog Garland grabs sedition by the leg and never lets go. Grind slow yet fine, ye mills of justice.
I know it looks like Dems, the Amer people, and democracy hang by a thread. We can expect quite a near-run thing. But similar to presidential elections, the Dems actually have a straighter path to victory than the GQP. We shall see.
Good morning TPJ and all! I love your optimism; for all our sakes I am hoping it is the aroma of change. But we have some very weird stuff happening these days: in most of the states where voter suppression is being actively engaged by the state legislatures, there are actually more Dem voters than GOP-ers (Wisconsin, Michigan, even Missouri) but they have been gerrymandered behind firewalls so that the Radical Racist Wingnuts can dominate. Add to that the successful strategy of Moscow Mitch of flooding the judiciary with equally radical rightist justices (yes, some of them are more conventional conservatives but some of them are really loony) and the lack of clarity regarding how this current SCOTUS views the revival of Jim Crow and we have a recipe for, if not disaster, the kind of battle that I admit I did not anticipate having to have in 2008. I learned my lesson: racism and sexism are such powerful motivators for scared white men. But golly--we have a huge uphill fight to accomplish and it will take everyone on deck, every ounce of energy, and every progressive organization's legal defense fund to get through.
I mostly agree but, those Wingnuts are attractive to some (around 74 million people) for a reason and it would be in our best interest to continue to work to understand it while we fight it. Name calling is the easiest way to feel better personally (I do it more than I should) but it also creates enemies. If Democrats are to be a real path forward they need to push the messages they are really trying to get out hard and with clarity. They also need to pick popular policies and stick with them to the end. Let some stuff go and actually help people. I believe that our national democratic leaders are doing a pretty good job of staying above the sound bites right now and that they can be a huge part of turning the tide while the lawyers fight in the courts to reverse terrible voter suppression laws. If we do this with large amounts of patience and enough respect democrats could continue to win.
TPJ, good morning. I share your optimism, but I have been disappointed too many times by DEM politicians with cold feet. Joe Lieberman and a DINO senator from Montana whose name I've forgotten come to mind. We are so close to a big change of direction, but there is still plenty of time to screw it up. Gotta keep the pressure on.
Thanks David (and hey Roland); for me it's late night in Boston. You have it right. Lieberman was my family's senator the whole time; we had front row seats as he pontificated his way to the top of the heap. A huge disappointment well before the end. If you refer to John Tester, yes, also frustrating. But we should sympathize (some) with moderate Dems rope-walking across the alligator-filled moats of their red-state politics. Their voters will not replace them with progressive Dems for a good while yet.
Lieberman was different -- he could have been more liberal in almost-blue CT, but he enjoyed being a pompous scold. Tester, a real family farmer, actually tangled with a meat grinder and lost three fingers. Compared to that, Lieberman is a weenie of epic proportions.
Yeah, it can be tough being a DEM senator in the Rocky Mtn. west, and one can - almost - forgive them for waffling on fracking or strict gun controls, but healthcare and voting rights are causes for which DEMs should be willing to risk losing. The honorable way to avoid losing is to spend a lot of time in state educating the voters. And I agree, Joe Lieberman was a monstrous weenie.
I don't remember reading lines that exactly mirrored my opinion as yours about Tester and Lieberman. While my words would be slightly different, our conclusions are exactly the same. I like Tester and always do, frustrated more than angered by some of his votes. Tester is very clear with us about who he is and, he's almost always respectful. Lieberman, you said it, is POMPOUS and I would add scornful of us lesser folks.
And Joe’s son wandered into the same primary Warnock was in and though polling very poorly, wouldn’t drop out. He nearly scuttled the race for Warnock. Must be genetic.
Yeah, forgot about Max Baucus. He was more liberal than Tester but faced similar constraints. My all-time fave pol from MT is Jeannette Rankin, peace advocate extraordinaire, profile in courage.
I also wear the optimist label happily. I do believe I heard March is National Optimism Month. Our job is to keep doing the work to give reason for it to continue. Keep shining light, keep nipping at the heels of Jim Crow wannabe actions any way we can.
An optimist, but not excessively so other than regarding SR1 which is a great idea but, absent some minor miracle, not happening until 2023 and only then if the Democrats get their organizational act together. There are Democratic analogs to Adam Kinzinger who deserve as much respect and support in their areas as he does. Dan Lipinski was one, and it is sad to lose that level of experience to a single issue candidate, especially when the issue is so divisive among voters in general. Ideological primaries don't serve the idea of governance well in either party and it's time that at least one moved in a different direction.
That's exactly their point. As with the Founding Fathers, democracy was for the wealthy white male as that was their definition of "The People". First they are attacking the "ethnic" vote. Now they are attacking virulently a womens right to control her own body. When will they be deciding that unemployment in the economy means thattoo many women are working when they should be at home looking after the children and caring for their husband's home? When will they be deciding that women, as they don't vote sufficiently for them, are insufficiently informed and intelligent to vote?
And when they've got that far Margaret Atwood, George Orwell and Julius Huxley saw it all...we are warned!
Already happening, Stuart. The removal of women from the workplace in 2020 has been hidden by the ways in which unemployment statistics are gathered. The Repugnants are claiming that the official figure of about 6.4% is legit. It does not count the hundreds of thousands of women who are not looking for work because they are prisoners of their home and taking care of children and parents; if they were counted, the unemployment figure would be over 10% (this is being reported consistently and regularly by NPR and PRX). The billions for childcare facilities in the ARA have been especially maligned by the Gormless Ones because they KNOW that if schools can open because teachers and staff get vaccinated and if childcare facilities can get back up and running, all of the women trapped in their homes will be looking for work, which will mean a greater trickle-up economic recovery since two working parents is what is needed these days for socio-economic mobility. However, it will also result in a surge of unemployment figures--artificial but it will be claimed by the Repulsives that this is because the Biden plan is not working--and then the stock market will get all het up. Unless the messaging is consistent, clear, and truthful 2020 is going to be a political s***show.
I’m not sure where to put this link but I did promise Roland and Ally (among others) that I would post here. Stuart, your observation that ‘we are into an all systems change’ scenario is quite correct IMHO. I’ve been mulling this for a while. This blog is a surface summation of a bunch of much deeper work I’m doing. So, without further ado, Walk Backwards Into the Future.
I'm glad you mentioned those authors, Stuart. I wanted to borrow the Handmaid's Tale from my library the day after trump was elected. We live in a small rural Vermont town, I was told there were 42 ahead of me on the list! We have a Republican Gov. who vetoes a bit too much, but our legislature is on red-alert about voting issues. We have two very active senators also as I'm sure you know.
I couldn’t agree more. If America is as strong as Americans like to believe and is truly a leader of nations it will need to offer value to enough people so that it can remain a nation that can continue to be considered a beacon. This is a test and there will always be people and nations that want to tear down democracy from all corners because it calls on a higher self to maintain it. In order for people to believe in democracy our leaders have to offer the people things that help them maintain dignity.
I would, with the Birnam Wood prophecy in mind cast Trump as the first to play Macbeth on the opening night and then have Putin suffer in the second performance.....pride before the fall.
Wouldn't it be amazing if Republicans recognized the Dems as an extended American family whose members are all races, economies and intellects, rather than the static, colorless parasite Dems are demonized to be?
I work with a local chapter of Sister District, a group that help support local progressive candidates in swing states. I have copied a recent post that mentions groups like Stacey Abram's in other states and thought they might be of interest to those who can spare time/money to support keeping our fellow citizens franchised. Sister District is a good group, but you can go straight to the state organizations to see how you can best help.
STATE BRIDGES: HELPING KEY STATES
ACTIVATE PROGRESSIVE VOTERS
You know about Stacey Abrams's success with Fair Fight? Turns out many states have similar organizations working hard to fight voter suppression and get out the vote. Sister District is partnering with New Virginia Majority, Texas Organizing Project, Florida Rising, and similar organizations in our 2021-2022 target states. Raising money now for those groups will help local volunteers in those states reach their friends and neighbors and get out the vote.
One of the problems is that legislation often moves faster than the Court system. These bills can get put in place faster than the lawsuits against them can get filed and heard. Pay attention to Marc Elias.
As Brian Williams pointed out tonight on "11th Hour" (shouting mine) THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN STATES IN THE UNION WHERE THERE ARE NOT BILLS BEING PUSHED IN LEGISLATURES TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As Joe Biden once said to Barack Obama, "This is a Big Fucking Deal!!!"
Here’s the good news:
Just a couple years ago, no one was paying attention. No one. Now it’s front page news on every news media site. TC is putting it in capital letters with 40 exclamation points. Dr. Heather Cox Richardson is highlighting it today.
Honestly, how far is voter suppression going to go with everybody who doesn’t view Fox News staring it down?
I am feeling rage. I want to use profanity here. Those stupid mofos are trying to pull this off again.
Mofos works for me. Confederate mofos to boot.
Mofos as in MOribund Feral OligarchS. Very close to the heart of the matter..accurate political description.
Feral is too dignified. How about: Moribund Fetid Oligarchs?
But "fetid" might suggest that they were disintegrating. These people would eat their granny for 2 cents and are alive and well...if not human in the full sense of the word.
Feral could suggest that they were once domesticated and have returned to the wild. I have trouble giving them that sort of romantic dignity. Although I would grant that they imagine themselves far above the "domestication" which might be part of belonging to the human race. Fetid has a singularly unattractive
ring to it which befits them. But ... I'm still searching.
Come on, guys, show a little feminist enlightenment since when, the 1960s? Unless, of course, you were going for Stuart's Moribund Feral Oligarchs.
🤣 Actually, I consider the term not to be denigrating women but instead condemns abusers. But Moribund Feral Oligarchs works for me.
I love MOribund Feral Oligarchs! Great point Ellie, keep our toes to the flame.
Apologies Ellie, you are right of course.
We can do better, viz:
Moles, mollusks, mottled lizards, mountain goats, mountain lions, mourning doves, Monboddo's Man of the Woods, Moby Dick.
Thanks Ellie, I was thinking, just pissed off. How about rat-fos? Whatever word I come up with is unfit to print. Here we have an entire establishment wanting to return us, yet again, YET AGAIN, to a racist past. Unbelievable. Will this society never learn.
"I wasn't thinking"
All right, how about ratfos.
Angry here too, Roland...pissed off to the point that I could let fly with enough profanities to make a crow blush...but I will practice self-restraint. I think what is my main concern in all this is the ****ing apathy that is apparent in such a large percentage of this country's population. Repub-fascists are trying their level best to take over the bloody country and they're just like "meh..." Can't be bothered. I know a LOT of people are struggling with some serious sh*t right now. I get that. But, the world's history also shows this is EXACTLY the kind of situation where fascists and their ilk can make their moves, take advantage of everyone being distracted with their own problems, and come in and take over. We've seen plenty of evidence of how easily it can happen here, and it still easily could. Yes, the Republican party is currently a big hot mess, but there are still enough people in the country right now that will simply vote AGAINST anything smacking of Democrats, liberalism, "socialism", etc. etc. etc. that they will put Republicans into power yet again--aided, of course, by Republicans gerry-rigging everything to ease their path back into power. And, the particularly galling part, is even with Republicans having very few issues they can run on anymore, they are now ONLY an opposition party and people will actually VOTE for that. Republicans only exist to say "no" to any and every Democrat policy initiative. That's all. Well...so much for your "bi-partisan-working-together" horse-sh*t. A look at the recent vote tabulations in the House and Senate for the Covid Relief Aid shows this clear as day...NOT ONE SINGLE Republican vote for. There's your cooperation for ya. The "Party of 'No'".
This voter suppression stuff going on HAS to be brought to everyone's attention, front & centre, and we HAVE to keep hammering it home how vitally important it is that this be fought with all our might! It is nothing more than an attempt by fascists, oligarchs, whatever labels you want to use, to take over the only way they can. Democrats need to really get their mojo back and fight this HARD!! Thank you and have a nice day...*now going to cool off by looking at pics of puppies, kittens, and fluffy bunnies on Facebook*
I agree with everything you've said, and will be blanketing emails to every Repug office holder in Georgia and follow Stacey's FairFight suggestions for other annoyances for the Dark Side. I will then pick up my two cats and force them to be nice to me,😁
I also am INraged.
I hope you didn't think that they would give up.
Stuart? Who is “they”?
The mofos, man!
I feel Roland’s rage as well!
Mofo is a great word...
Thanks for "the good news," Roland. It's the thread that I'm clinging to after reading all the comments on this page!
Indeed it is a BFD. How did we arrive at a point where most of the country is trying to suppress voting, which is the main thing that make us a democracy. 😡😡
BFD indeed. But it's not most of the country, just a smallish clique spread across the country. These suppression measures will end up in court, perhaps ultimately the Supreme Court; that will take time. Hopefully by then Biden can get SR1 passed; also by then, the ARP's benefits are working their way through the economy; and vaccines are becoming broadly effective. Finally, there's inexorable progress on legal fronts. The state and regional prosecutors are closing in. Best of all: Bulldog Garland grabs sedition by the leg and never lets go. Grind slow yet fine, ye mills of justice.
I know it looks like Dems, the Amer people, and democracy hang by a thread. We can expect quite a near-run thing. But similar to presidential elections, the Dems actually have a straighter path to victory than the GQP. We shall see.
Go ahead, call me an optimist. Guilty as charged.
Good morning TPJ and all! I love your optimism; for all our sakes I am hoping it is the aroma of change. But we have some very weird stuff happening these days: in most of the states where voter suppression is being actively engaged by the state legislatures, there are actually more Dem voters than GOP-ers (Wisconsin, Michigan, even Missouri) but they have been gerrymandered behind firewalls so that the Radical Racist Wingnuts can dominate. Add to that the successful strategy of Moscow Mitch of flooding the judiciary with equally radical rightist justices (yes, some of them are more conventional conservatives but some of them are really loony) and the lack of clarity regarding how this current SCOTUS views the revival of Jim Crow and we have a recipe for, if not disaster, the kind of battle that I admit I did not anticipate having to have in 2008. I learned my lesson: racism and sexism are such powerful motivators for scared white men. But golly--we have a huge uphill fight to accomplish and it will take everyone on deck, every ounce of energy, and every progressive organization's legal defense fund to get through.
I mostly agree but, those Wingnuts are attractive to some (around 74 million people) for a reason and it would be in our best interest to continue to work to understand it while we fight it. Name calling is the easiest way to feel better personally (I do it more than I should) but it also creates enemies. If Democrats are to be a real path forward they need to push the messages they are really trying to get out hard and with clarity. They also need to pick popular policies and stick with them to the end. Let some stuff go and actually help people. I believe that our national democratic leaders are doing a pretty good job of staying above the sound bites right now and that they can be a huge part of turning the tide while the lawyers fight in the courts to reverse terrible voter suppression laws. If we do this with large amounts of patience and enough respect democrats could continue to win.
Robert I totally agree
I hear ya Linda
TPJ, good morning. I share your optimism, but I have been disappointed too many times by DEM politicians with cold feet. Joe Lieberman and a DINO senator from Montana whose name I've forgotten come to mind. We are so close to a big change of direction, but there is still plenty of time to screw it up. Gotta keep the pressure on.
Jon Tester? Really, you think he’s a bomb?
Thanks David (and hey Roland); for me it's late night in Boston. You have it right. Lieberman was my family's senator the whole time; we had front row seats as he pontificated his way to the top of the heap. A huge disappointment well before the end. If you refer to John Tester, yes, also frustrating. But we should sympathize (some) with moderate Dems rope-walking across the alligator-filled moats of their red-state politics. Their voters will not replace them with progressive Dems for a good while yet.
Lieberman was different -- he could have been more liberal in almost-blue CT, but he enjoyed being a pompous scold. Tester, a real family farmer, actually tangled with a meat grinder and lost three fingers. Compared to that, Lieberman is a weenie of epic proportions.
Yeah, it can be tough being a DEM senator in the Rocky Mtn. west, and one can - almost - forgive them for waffling on fracking or strict gun controls, but healthcare and voting rights are causes for which DEMs should be willing to risk losing. The honorable way to avoid losing is to spend a lot of time in state educating the voters. And I agree, Joe Lieberman was a monstrous weenie.
FERN MCBRIDE 6 min ago
I don't remember reading lines that exactly mirrored my opinion as yours about Tester and Lieberman. While my words would be slightly different, our conclusions are exactly the same. I like Tester and always do, frustrated more than angered by some of his votes. Tester is very clear with us about who he is and, he's almost always respectful. Lieberman, you said it, is POMPOUS and I would add scornful of us lesser folks.
And Joe’s son wandered into the same primary Warnock was in and though polling very poorly, wouldn’t drop out. He nearly scuttled the race for Warnock. Must be genetic.
Sleep well TPJ. Take good care of yourself.
No, I'm not sure about Tester, but Max Baucus voted against adding the public option to Obamacare in 2011, along with 4 or 5 other DEM senators.
Yeah, forgot about Max Baucus. He was more liberal than Tester but faced similar constraints. My all-time fave pol from MT is Jeannette Rankin, peace advocate extraordinaire, profile in courage.
Grateful for your optimism, TPJ. Was running a little low this a.m.
Morning Lynell!! Optimism is my metier, raison d'etre, joie de vivre.
I got in the greeting first this time, but then it's late night for me. Soon to bed with an early start Wed morn: must rise before the crack of noon.
I also wear the optimist label happily. I do believe I heard March is National Optimism Month. Our job is to keep doing the work to give reason for it to continue. Keep shining light, keep nipping at the heels of Jim Crow wannabe actions any way we can.
Thanks CM -- never heard of National Optimism Month. Of course, every month is NOM if we wish.
Your optimism get's high marks here. I don't know if a lot more of us would benefit from crossing over to the sunny side of the street.
I'm going to do my best to help the ACLU.
An optimist, but not excessively so other than regarding SR1 which is a great idea but, absent some minor miracle, not happening until 2023 and only then if the Democrats get their organizational act together. There are Democratic analogs to Adam Kinzinger who deserve as much respect and support in their areas as he does. Dan Lipinski was one, and it is sad to lose that level of experience to a single issue candidate, especially when the issue is so divisive among voters in general. Ideological primaries don't serve the idea of governance well in either party and it's time that at least one moved in a different direction.
I feel this is another last ditch effort from a crashing and burning archaic system before it goes down. It’s destroying itself.
A darkest before the dawn moment, Elaine? I sure hope so!
TPJ you are indeed an optimist. 💕
I agree.
If anyone says "There are two kinds of people, optimists and realists," tell them "there are two kinds of people, pessimists and realists."
I’m an optimistic realist.
TPJ you are my dish of tea.
Optimist.
That's exactly their point. As with the Founding Fathers, democracy was for the wealthy white male as that was their definition of "The People". First they are attacking the "ethnic" vote. Now they are attacking virulently a womens right to control her own body. When will they be deciding that unemployment in the economy means thattoo many women are working when they should be at home looking after the children and caring for their husband's home? When will they be deciding that women, as they don't vote sufficiently for them, are insufficiently informed and intelligent to vote?
And when they've got that far Margaret Atwood, George Orwell and Julius Huxley saw it all...we are warned!
Already happening, Stuart. The removal of women from the workplace in 2020 has been hidden by the ways in which unemployment statistics are gathered. The Repugnants are claiming that the official figure of about 6.4% is legit. It does not count the hundreds of thousands of women who are not looking for work because they are prisoners of their home and taking care of children and parents; if they were counted, the unemployment figure would be over 10% (this is being reported consistently and regularly by NPR and PRX). The billions for childcare facilities in the ARA have been especially maligned by the Gormless Ones because they KNOW that if schools can open because teachers and staff get vaccinated and if childcare facilities can get back up and running, all of the women trapped in their homes will be looking for work, which will mean a greater trickle-up economic recovery since two working parents is what is needed these days for socio-economic mobility. However, it will also result in a surge of unemployment figures--artificial but it will be claimed by the Repulsives that this is because the Biden plan is not working--and then the stock market will get all het up. Unless the messaging is consistent, clear, and truthful 2020 is going to be a political s***show.
Whoops! Freudian slip here! 2022 will be a you know what! 🤣
And 2021 too i'm afraid as i think we are into an "all systems change" scenario rather that getting back to where we were!
I’m not sure where to put this link but I did promise Roland and Ally (among others) that I would post here. Stuart, your observation that ‘we are into an all systems change’ scenario is quite correct IMHO. I’ve been mulling this for a while. This blog is a surface summation of a bunch of much deeper work I’m doing. So, without further ado, Walk Backwards Into the Future.
https://media.awakeningtowholeness.net/walking-backwards-into-the-future/
No problemo. We figured it out.
Yep. Happy Women's History Month on the heels of Happy Black History Month.
Ellie yep yep yep
I'm glad you mentioned those authors, Stuart. I wanted to borrow the Handmaid's Tale from my library the day after trump was elected. We live in a small rural Vermont town, I was told there were 42 ahead of me on the list! We have a Republican Gov. who vetoes a bit too much, but our legislature is on red-alert about voting issues. We have two very active senators also as I'm sure you know.
Ah you have anticipated my worries! M. A. G. O. and J. H. Are indeed oracles.
Putin installed his puppet.
But he really didn't have to try too hard. America proved itself perfectly capable of doing it all by itself......once! Now stop it happening again.
I couldn’t agree more. If America is as strong as Americans like to believe and is truly a leader of nations it will need to offer value to enough people so that it can remain a nation that can continue to be considered a beacon. This is a test and there will always be people and nations that want to tear down democracy from all corners because it calls on a higher self to maintain it. In order for people to believe in democracy our leaders have to offer the people things that help them maintain dignity.
Two Macbeth figures.
Putin drank from the cauldron, the Teflon Don bathed in it.
The wind's blowing through Birnam Wood...
I would, with the Birnam Wood prophecy in mind cast Trump as the first to play Macbeth on the opening night and then have Putin suffer in the second performance.....pride before the fall.
Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care
Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are.
Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until
Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill
Shall come against him.
Out of the fog he created, the forest moving in...
Here, stills from Kurosawa's Throne of Blood:
https://thefunambulist.net/cinema/cinema-literature-the-walking-forest-of-throne-of-bloodmacbeth-by-kurosawashakespeare
It will happen but, if he can, he will take many down with him.
Oh! I now see the forest for the trees! Ty.
What did the peasants do?
That's often what really matters, Lynn.
We arrived here as politics are a zero sum game!
The Dems are threatening to win seemingly forever with the oncoming demographic tide. The Republicans are afraid of both drowning and irrelevance.
Wouldn't it be amazing if Republicans recognized the Dems as an extended American family whose members are all races, economies and intellects, rather than the static, colorless parasite Dems are demonized to be?
Substack member Vickie SkellCerf, commented:
I work with a local chapter of Sister District, a group that help support local progressive candidates in swing states. I have copied a recent post that mentions groups like Stacey Abram's in other states and thought they might be of interest to those who can spare time/money to support keeping our fellow citizens franchised. Sister District is a good group, but you can go straight to the state organizations to see how you can best help.
STATE BRIDGES: HELPING KEY STATES
ACTIVATE PROGRESSIVE VOTERS
You know about Stacey Abrams's success with Fair Fight? Turns out many states have similar organizations working hard to fight voter suppression and get out the vote. Sister District is partnering with New Virginia Majority, Texas Organizing Project, Florida Rising, and similar organizations in our 2021-2022 target states. Raising money now for those groups will help local volunteers in those states reach their friends and neighbors and get out the vote.
One of the problems is that legislation often moves faster than the Court system. These bills can get put in place faster than the lawsuits against them can get filed and heard. Pay attention to Marc Elias.