so help me get this straight: maga’s don’t think the investigation of, and release of findings against, matt gaetz is pertinent, but are demanding that special counsel jack smith be investigated (and prosecuted) for his tireless work on holding frumpy to task for his many many unlawful actions. my representatives (lindsay graham and nancy mace) are part of this band of hypocrites. and then to turn a blind eye to the appalling misbehaviors of the other unqualified, immoral, and loyalist-at-all-cost nominees???? pot calling the kettle black??? unreal.
Yes it truly shows the hypocrisy is truly monumental by the vacuous followers of that patheic reasoning and is at a level below primitive disgusting primates... But there it is behold the Maga-nificence of brian dead thinking...and at believing it themselves...
We hope in them.... So, but realize are wishes are not all granted even if they are good... But the intent of are goodness will hopefully be noticed... Just don't count on it...
We were carpet-bombed by the right-wing, Putin supported media from every direction. Any TV stations in rural and suburban areas not owned by the right-wing? NOPE.
THIS WAS A MEDIA BLITZ. This was a war on information to the American people. Democrats are blaming Democrats while a felon, fascist, psychopath, seditionist, right-wing media ecosystem once again isn't mentioned. Btw, rural Michigan was plastered with Trump signs.
You are on Target,,, As the Media is pushing that Idea, >>> yet the fact it is close and closer then they want it to be, and they spent a whole wade of their MONEY $$$$$$$$$$$$$ and capatazaion of hate vengeance and outrage and now don't have a lot more money or they don't want the sick hateful outrage they propagated to continue to be used against them... So use the pathetic game of BLAME OTHERS...! Don't fall for it... The Democrats NO matter are on the moral high ground the only thing the etreamist have is they have lies, distortains, and propaganda... That has been their best so far, because it is easier to anger the stupid fools as the patheic nickpoops audience of the dimwitted Fox conded zombies... Then actually deal with them by truth...
And now we have not only a sex predator as President but now he’s choosing his fellow predators to serve on his Cabinet. I’m glad that my parents who came to this country with me to escape Communism did not live to see this. Does anyone believe in miracles, or a silver lining ?
I believe we and particularly the Media are being played for suckers (again). Already the Media Establishment; Cable News, Pundits, and no doubt the Podcasters and Late Night Comedians have immediately internalized the idea that the nominees fall into two groups: The Crazy Extremists and The Establishment. The latter much preferred since they have knowledge of how Govt works, whereas the crazy ones are well, crazy. This results in no one caring too much that Trump Compliant Marco Rubio could be Sec of State and that Interior and Evironment posts will be filled by men who are known to be indifferent to climate change and noisily hostile to the "Green New Scam." BTW maybe Trump having his hands on those who know how gov't works, helps him overcome his main handicap he had last time out.
Sadly the Media will be more intrigued by Matt Geatz Sex Scandal than his unsuitability for the office. Susan Smith, Riley Gaines will provoke their interest in sex crazed crimes and dull our senses to them
They will congratulate themselves if he is defeated and as planned, they won't go hard on the next person Trump puts forward, who maybe be far worse for America's Justice infrastructure. But that's how the game is played.
A few of the much mocked Crazies will be stopped or perhaps given jobs in less legally accountable departments. Like Musk this can save possibly RFK; but most will get through. Just too many of them. This group contains a higher % of Billionaires than the other one, who from time to time are caught chanting "the 80's are back" on social media. It's not the hairstyles and music they miss. It's Friedman's Chicago School visionaries, The Greed is Good crowd, favoring creative destruction and mass layoffs. It was all only slightly unpopular then. G.W. the dumb impressionable one in the club. signed onto this crap.
Finally they are not two groups. It's one. What unites them all is fealty to Trump. Thune mildly disagreed with him, he won't stop him. What they all have in common is they will all follow orders and take them as far as they can.
So is this a Reality TV Show about Hostile Take-overs ... and are we're all inside it?.
EDIT; Found it thanks to Linda Slater here. There's a 'Transcript' link under the video window.
Hi Heather, I'm a paid member and podcasts are all well and good for most people but not for me. My hearing is fine but I cannot get anything from audio books and podcasts because it all sounds like trash to me, I just don't process it. Could you also post the text version on the page?
Thank you. I've taken time off for mourning & I thought I'm ready to rejoin the world but now I'm not so sure. I'll keep hoping & in any way helping to end this insanity.
These are people, this is T going for the jugular. The hate is immense & I don't understand why.
It's a game. Don't get triggered by these guys. Enjoy the time off T-Day to New Year.
Direct your emotions into a House election in 2 years. Trump & Co are sure to step on a few IEDs. There will be lots to run on. Two years after that we do it all over again. It's not that long.
It's not that. It's what he's going to do to this country's democracy in the interim. Two years is a long time to do as much damage as possible. I'm sure it's already happening, but this Clown is and will continue to anger many people if he's not kept on a very short leash. Someone is going to snap. This can come from either side, too.
You answered a question I've been wondering about, Heather. I was very glad to hear in your letter that there will be more GOP Senate seats at risk compared to Democrat seats in 2026, the reverse of 2024. Good news indeed! We need to get started very soon to field good candidates for GOP-held seats and support them enthusiastically. If you could name the GOP seats at risk in a letter soon, I and probably many other of your followers will appreciate that information.
I hope you are right in thinking there may be enough Republican Senators who care about their duty to the Constitution to vote against recessing the Senate so tRump can ram through his ridiculous, dangerous picks.
This is a comment on your short explanation of the economy. I shared it and posted this explanation above the link: Absolute best explanation of this election result. There is a French play named "Les Miserables" written in 1980. Most people know it from its music, such as "I Have a Dream". Please realize that it sings about the mid-1700s French economy which led to the French Revolution of 1789. Guillotines. We just had ours. It is still unfolding. Please note that the English translation of "Les Miserables" might as well be "The Homeless".
They are everywhere now. So is the economic layer one level up.
"Gabbard's ties to Putin and Assad"? What "ties"? You think they're all on a text chain together? Maybe a WhatsApp group? Question her loyalty?
Come on. That's cheap innuendo. It's no better than MAGA conspiracy theories about pedophile rings in pizza restaurants.
The surprising thing about the election is not that Trump won. Anyone with a brain could see the charismatic pig would defeat the empty suit.
The thing that surprised me is the wild conspiracy theories from what I'm now calling Blue MAGA.
This disconnection has led to a pathetic ten days on Substack, reading nonsense from Democrats and liberals who can't believe other people don't believe the Democratic candidate, and might have good reasons for disbelieving. The relentless snobbery against the "misogynist racists" who voted for Trump is revealing. Just read some of the comments on this thread and you'll see it.
The supposedly uniformly misogynist voters of Missouri who voted for Trump also voted for a state constitution amendment to protect the right to an abortion. In fact, this happened in several states. In Missouri and Alaska the voters also approved minimum wage increases and paid sick leave. I guess those Trump voters aren't so right wing after all.
When the Democrats could have raised the minimum wage or passed a paid family leave law in 2021, they chose not to. Later, Biden pushed for and got legislation outlawing a strike by rail workers. One of the things the rail workers wanted was paid sick leave.
As for Matt Gaetz, he's a fan of the best appointee in the Biden administration: Lina Khan. He filed an amicus brief in support of the FTC in a Supreme Court case. Doesn't sound very right wing to me.
Or maybe it means the labels and categories we are using have lost meaning, they are irrelevant to our politics as it is now.
If "conservative" or "reactionary" Trump voters are also voting for "liberal" policies like putting abortion rights in a state constitution, raising minimum wage, and paid family leave, then these categories are useless for talking about and thinking about politics now.
Sure, the Republicans are hypocrites. So are the Democrats. Welcome to America.
I never mentioned a lawn sign, so I don’t know what you’re talking about.
And yes, I do think Harris is as big a liar as Trump. You could say her lies are of omission, not commission. Her biggest whopper was pretending for at least a year Biden wasn’t declining mentally. Every one of the Democrat elites lied to our faces, and when we all saw the truth on live TV they tried for a month to make us disbelieve our lying eyes.
Yeah, Harris and the Democrats lie as much as Republicans. Almost every elite politician is a liar.
Jesus Fucking Christ...I pay you money as you ask, you agree to send your God-damned wonderful historically analectical marvelous essays...and sonofabitch I have to struggle my supine old bod up
to serpent-like wriggle into laboriously painful position and ineffectually attempt to get in readable form what
YOU have promised me...and taken money for...well, here's my note from an older American to you...damn it, why are you making it so damned difficult for me to get and enjoy what you promised?
Seriously? What is wrong with you getting all sweary and ugly with HCR? Have one of your kids help you or someone that is computer savvy to show you the buttons to push. It’s not that hard. As a paid subscriber on Eastern Standard Time, I get the written letter at 2 or 3 in the morning via email because HCR keeps her promise by getting something out to us 7 days a week. I wish she’d take a couple days off and do 5 days. Then usually in the late morning or early afternoon, we get the audible recording via email. Because she probably has to sleep. Check for 2 emails and make sure the first one, the written one does not go to spam. Get some in-person help to show you how to get from the recorded version to the written version.
so help me get this straight: maga’s don’t think the investigation of, and release of findings against, matt gaetz is pertinent, but are demanding that special counsel jack smith be investigated (and prosecuted) for his tireless work on holding frumpy to task for his many many unlawful actions. my representatives (lindsay graham and nancy mace) are part of this band of hypocrites. and then to turn a blind eye to the appalling misbehaviors of the other unqualified, immoral, and loyalist-at-all-cost nominees???? pot calling the kettle black??? unreal.
Yes it truly shows the hypocrisy is truly monumental by the vacuous followers of that patheic reasoning and is at a level below primitive disgusting primates... But there it is behold the Maga-nificence of brian dead thinking...and at believing it themselves...
There is one last hope. Justice Juan Merchan in Trump's State of New York trial. But don't count on him to do the right thing.
Believe in miracles ?
We hope in them.... So, but realize are wishes are not all granted even if they are good... But the intent of are goodness will hopefully be noticed... Just don't count on it...
Overall, yes, I do. Though they may not materialize for this particular situation
We were carpet-bombed by the right-wing, Putin supported media from every direction. Any TV stations in rural and suburban areas not owned by the right-wing? NOPE.
THIS WAS A MEDIA BLITZ. This was a war on information to the American people. Democrats are blaming Democrats while a felon, fascist, psychopath, seditionist, right-wing media ecosystem once again isn't mentioned. Btw, rural Michigan was plastered with Trump signs.
So disgusting !
You are on Target,,, As the Media is pushing that Idea, >>> yet the fact it is close and closer then they want it to be, and they spent a whole wade of their MONEY $$$$$$$$$$$$$ and capatazaion of hate vengeance and outrage and now don't have a lot more money or they don't want the sick hateful outrage they propagated to continue to be used against them... So use the pathetic game of BLAME OTHERS...! Don't fall for it... The Democrats NO matter are on the moral high ground the only thing the etreamist have is they have lies, distortains, and propaganda... That has been their best so far, because it is easier to anger the stupid fools as the patheic nickpoops audience of the dimwitted Fox conded zombies... Then actually deal with them by truth...
And now we have not only a sex predator as President but now he’s choosing his fellow predators to serve on his Cabinet. I’m glad that my parents who came to this country with me to escape Communism did not live to see this. Does anyone believe in miracles, or a silver lining ?
I believe we and particularly the Media are being played for suckers (again). Already the Media Establishment; Cable News, Pundits, and no doubt the Podcasters and Late Night Comedians have immediately internalized the idea that the nominees fall into two groups: The Crazy Extremists and The Establishment. The latter much preferred since they have knowledge of how Govt works, whereas the crazy ones are well, crazy. This results in no one caring too much that Trump Compliant Marco Rubio could be Sec of State and that Interior and Evironment posts will be filled by men who are known to be indifferent to climate change and noisily hostile to the "Green New Scam." BTW maybe Trump having his hands on those who know how gov't works, helps him overcome his main handicap he had last time out.
Sadly the Media will be more intrigued by Matt Geatz Sex Scandal than his unsuitability for the office. Susan Smith, Riley Gaines will provoke their interest in sex crazed crimes and dull our senses to them
They will congratulate themselves if he is defeated and as planned, they won't go hard on the next person Trump puts forward, who maybe be far worse for America's Justice infrastructure. But that's how the game is played.
A few of the much mocked Crazies will be stopped or perhaps given jobs in less legally accountable departments. Like Musk this can save possibly RFK; but most will get through. Just too many of them. This group contains a higher % of Billionaires than the other one, who from time to time are caught chanting "the 80's are back" on social media. It's not the hairstyles and music they miss. It's Friedman's Chicago School visionaries, The Greed is Good crowd, favoring creative destruction and mass layoffs. It was all only slightly unpopular then. G.W. the dumb impressionable one in the club. signed onto this crap.
Finally they are not two groups. It's one. What unites them all is fealty to Trump. Thune mildly disagreed with him, he won't stop him. What they all have in common is they will all follow orders and take them as far as they can.
So is this a Reality TV Show about Hostile Take-overs ... and are we're all inside it?.
EDIT; Found it thanks to Linda Slater here. There's a 'Transcript' link under the video window.
Hi Heather, I'm a paid member and podcasts are all well and good for most people but not for me. My hearing is fine but I cannot get anything from audio books and podcasts because it all sounds like trash to me, I just don't process it. Could you also post the text version on the page?
yes. I also struggle to hear the audio of podcasts since my hearing is much distorted and diminished so appreciate a written version.
Thank you. I've taken time off for mourning & I thought I'm ready to rejoin the world but now I'm not so sure. I'll keep hoping & in any way helping to end this insanity.
These are people, this is T going for the jugular. The hate is immense & I don't understand why.
It's a game. Don't get triggered by these guys. Enjoy the time off T-Day to New Year.
Direct your emotions into a House election in 2 years. Trump & Co are sure to step on a few IEDs. There will be lots to run on. Two years after that we do it all over again. It's not that long.
How many federal employees will be left? Probably not many.
It's not that. It's what he's going to do to this country's democracy in the interim. Two years is a long time to do as much damage as possible. I'm sure it's already happening, but this Clown is and will continue to anger many people if he's not kept on a very short leash. Someone is going to snap. This can come from either side, too.
Don't forget the Senate seats too!
Thank you
He's sick.
You answered a question I've been wondering about, Heather. I was very glad to hear in your letter that there will be more GOP Senate seats at risk compared to Democrat seats in 2026, the reverse of 2024. Good news indeed! We need to get started very soon to field good candidates for GOP-held seats and support them enthusiastically. If you could name the GOP seats at risk in a letter soon, I and probably many other of your followers will appreciate that information.
I hope you are right in thinking there may be enough Republican Senators who care about their duty to the Constitution to vote against recessing the Senate so tRump can ram through his ridiculous, dangerous picks.
Professor Cox Richardson keeps me focused on the historical perspective and limits the noise. To quote somebody, "We need her more than ever."
If you pay attention to the news, she tells t like it is.
I've written my own essay on the Trump nominations. https://open.substack.com/pub/thode/p/wake-up?r=4w4v4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true It's called "Wake Up." Has Donald Trump finally walked out on a bridge too far with the nomination of Matt Gaetz? Wide awake and waiting--again--for Susan Collins to save the republic.
What, if anything is the Biden administration doing to safeguard democracy?
This is a comment on your short explanation of the economy. I shared it and posted this explanation above the link: Absolute best explanation of this election result. There is a French play named "Les Miserables" written in 1980. Most people know it from its music, such as "I Have a Dream". Please realize that it sings about the mid-1700s French economy which led to the French Revolution of 1789. Guillotines. We just had ours. It is still unfolding. Please note that the English translation of "Les Miserables" might as well be "The Homeless".
They are everywhere now. So is the economic layer one level up.
This idea is going around on another Substack post. I'd like people's feedback on it please. The idea has piqued my interest and attention.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thegodpod/p/announcing-project-2029?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1vlron
"Gabbard's ties to Putin and Assad"? What "ties"? You think they're all on a text chain together? Maybe a WhatsApp group? Question her loyalty?
Come on. That's cheap innuendo. It's no better than MAGA conspiracy theories about pedophile rings in pizza restaurants.
The surprising thing about the election is not that Trump won. Anyone with a brain could see the charismatic pig would defeat the empty suit.
The thing that surprised me is the wild conspiracy theories from what I'm now calling Blue MAGA.
This disconnection has led to a pathetic ten days on Substack, reading nonsense from Democrats and liberals who can't believe other people don't believe the Democratic candidate, and might have good reasons for disbelieving. The relentless snobbery against the "misogynist racists" who voted for Trump is revealing. Just read some of the comments on this thread and you'll see it.
The supposedly uniformly misogynist voters of Missouri who voted for Trump also voted for a state constitution amendment to protect the right to an abortion. In fact, this happened in several states. In Missouri and Alaska the voters also approved minimum wage increases and paid sick leave. I guess those Trump voters aren't so right wing after all.
When the Democrats could have raised the minimum wage or passed a paid family leave law in 2021, they chose not to. Later, Biden pushed for and got legislation outlawing a strike by rail workers. One of the things the rail workers wanted was paid sick leave.
As for Matt Gaetz, he's a fan of the best appointee in the Biden administration: Lina Khan. He filed an amicus brief in support of the FTC in a Supreme Court case. Doesn't sound very right wing to me.
Or maybe it means the labels and categories we are using have lost meaning, they are irrelevant to our politics as it is now.
If "conservative" or "reactionary" Trump voters are also voting for "liberal" policies like putting abortion rights in a state constitution, raising minimum wage, and paid family leave, then these categories are useless for talking about and thinking about politics now.
Sure, the Republicans are hypocrites. So are the Democrats. Welcome to America.
And you think Kamala lied as much as Trump because you saw a lawn sign, yeah…fine people on both sides.
I never mentioned a lawn sign, so I don’t know what you’re talking about.
And yes, I do think Harris is as big a liar as Trump. You could say her lies are of omission, not commission. Her biggest whopper was pretending for at least a year Biden wasn’t declining mentally. Every one of the Democrat elites lied to our faces, and when we all saw the truth on live TV they tried for a month to make us disbelieve our lying eyes.
Yeah, Harris and the Democrats lie as much as Republicans. Almost every elite politician is a liar.
You missed her videos defending them both.
Jesus Fucking Christ...I pay you money as you ask, you agree to send your God-damned wonderful historically analectical marvelous essays...and sonofabitch I have to struggle my supine old bod up
to serpent-like wriggle into laboriously painful position and ineffectually attempt to get in readable form what
YOU have promised me...and taken money for...well, here's my note from an older American to you...damn it, why are you making it so damned difficult for me to get and enjoy what you promised?
?
Ok uncle. There is a button you can tap to get a transcript. Try that
Thank you, Linda. Plus uncle didn’t have pay since this is offered for free.
Where?
Right underneath the podcast window
Thank you! I really love Heather's voice. Now I can listen and read along.
Seriously? What is wrong with you getting all sweary and ugly with HCR? Have one of your kids help you or someone that is computer savvy to show you the buttons to push. It’s not that hard. As a paid subscriber on Eastern Standard Time, I get the written letter at 2 or 3 in the morning via email because HCR keeps her promise by getting something out to us 7 days a week. I wish she’d take a couple days off and do 5 days. Then usually in the late morning or early afternoon, we get the audible recording via email. Because she probably has to sleep. Check for 2 emails and make sure the first one, the written one does not go to spam. Get some in-person help to show you how to get from the recorded version to the written version.
Wow, how about some positive suggestions or your unique perspective …