I hate to break up a holiday weekend with a political post, but I want to put down a marker for the record. On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, November 22, former president Trump hosted the antisemitic artist Ye, also known as Kanye West, for dinner at a public table at Mar-a-Lago along with political operative Karen Giorno, who was the Trump campaign’s 2016 state director in Florida. Ye brought with him 24-year-old far-right white supremacist Nick Fuentes. Fuentes attended the August 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and in its wake, he committed to moving the Republican Party farther to the right.
Why on earth does a 24-year old get any political traction whatsoever? For any Congressional or Presidential delegates or aspirants to knuckle to someone whose brain hasn’t even fully developed is nuts.
Let's start right now to fully understand that the real creature vying to be the prince of darkness in 2024 as leader of the GOP is Ron De Santis. The mainstream press has to lay out for the public everything about him , his wife, his close aides and financial backers to show they are not fit to lead the country. De Santis is Trump with brains. There is nothing about him that is praiseworthy. Nor has anyone in the press told me how a creature like Fuentes sprung into the prominence he has. Who spawned him, who shaped him how did a bad seed like this get to where he commands any following. Until they come back with that info they are not doing their job. Going forward no nice words about DeSantis. Trump will take care of his own self-destruction. Sadly there appear to be no electable Republicans who have any idea of how to make this country one in which we can have pride . Right now the only party working toward that end is the democratic party.
Professor Richardson has framed the issues raised by this Trump dinner with scum like Fuentes and Ye better than anyone in the mainstream press.
While Trump seems on the point of self immolation at this point, I'm interested in what we can do about DeSantis, who is much the same, somewhat smarter, as corrupt and possibly a small amount less venal. By all means, let the far righters eat their own young. But they are a distraction in one way from the work we need to do to ensure they are not elected anywhere. Many of the critical federal slots that they won were only won by a few percent. What if we could stop DeSantis (likeliest nominee given the sludgepot at this time) and get out 6% more blue voters in the next two years (oh, and support the lawsuits fighting gerrymandering and voter suppression)? Watching Trump go down the vortex is gratifying, but remember, them eating each other without positive action sticks us with them next go round!
If you are a woman (or a man who supports women) and aren’t upset enough about Fuentes’ antisemitism, be aware that he’s also against women being allowed to vote. The fact that TFG likes someone who spouts this garbage tells us all we need to know about how far he will go to obtain, and keep, power.
Well, as far as the meeting went with Fuentes, who flattered and ego pumped Donald Trump, we’ll be hearing and seeing more of this guy in the near future. He will make Bannon look like an altar boy.
The fascist movement in the United States is closer than it has ever been to completely taking over our government.
MAGA Republicans, including Donald Trump and nearly every member of Congress are attempting to eliminate democracy in the United States and replace it with an autocratic dictatorship. While doing this, they are protesting loudly, that they are the protectors of our democracy, which is in itself a huge lie. if allowed to continue they will take over our country, eliminate democracy as our form of government, and turn America into a tool for the few ultra rich and they will control the country for the foreseeable future.
Americans Who expect them to do wonderful things for the people are going to be sadly disappointed as the only wonderful things that they are going to do will be for themselves and their rich co-conspirators.
With MAGA Republicans now in control of the House of representatives, many good pieces of legislation will be stymied or altogether eliminated and along with it the operation of the January 6 committee. It will cease to exist!
Those Republicans who take control of the House of Representatives will lie and cheat and use everything at their disposal to undo all of the good work that the Biden administration has done in the last two years.
The American people have the opportunity to mitigate the power of the House of Representatives by giving Democrats in the Senate and absolute majority. They must do this by making sure that Reverend Warnock in Georgia is successful in his reelection bid. This will give Democrats in the Senate and absolute majority of 52 votes.
You can help accomplish this by donating anything that you may have available to the Warnock reelection campaign. We must be sure that Herschel Walker never sees the inside of the Senate chamber.
The other thing that Americans can do is to be sure that what we read and believe is the truth and not a contrived bunch of lies put together to distract us from the real issues. There are many ultra right wing, fascist websites out there that are putting out misinformation that must not be believed! It is nothing but a pack of lies.
If you have any money to spare it should be donated to the Warnock reelection fund to protect the United States from a fascist takeover. There will be more to come on this later.
It’s one thing for Republicans to keep silent, it’s another thing for not to call this out for what is is loudly everywhere and repeat it over and over and over…not your normal Saturday night Heather so thank you!
Wow, I guess we’ve got our work cut out for us. This is outrageous and we must announce it from the roof tops to kick all these people out of office for their cowardice and complicity. Thx for the heads up!
The Republicans running for office didn't care who said what. Their one and only goal was to get power. Well, they got the House and we are all in for two years of hell at a time when we need to be safeguarding our country from advances by China. Instead of investigating Chinese influences we'll see investigations of Hunter Biden and his laptop!
Expect absolutely no condemnation of Fuentes, Kanye, Trump etc. Terrible things happen when evil is not called out for what it is. God help us all!
Trump doesn't seem to be mindful of the old adage that says a man is known by the company he keeps. When he realized he should have distanced himself from Ye and Fuentes, it was too late, so of course he had to shift into victim mode. Trump is a jerk, and he has been a jerk for decades. But because he's rich, he's been taken seriously. I've always said that Trump is basically your garden variety jerk, the guy sitting at the end of the bar scarfing peanuts and talking out loud about whatever obnoxious crap pops up in his tiny mind, while everyone mostly ignores him.
What’s old is new again, or that’s how the saying goes but according to Rachael Maddow’s new podcast, ULTRA, what tfg is doing is a rerun of what was done in the ‘30s by Americans who were trying to turn us into Hitler supporters to keep us out of the war. Tfg’s ‘America First’ is old s**t from back then. He’s not even original with his perfidy. So-called strongmen rarely are. Inside they are weak, insecure, little men who only know how to use other peoples’ insecurities to make them feel “big”. What will inevitably rein these bawbags in is the rule of law. With Nazi Germany, it was Nuremberg. With Nixon it was a Republican Party that hadn’t completely lost its soul and with tfg, it’s looking more and more like it will be thanks to a woman by the name of Fani Willis the Atlanta D.A, another woman Leticia James, NY Attorney General, and last but not at all least Mr. Jack Smith, brought to us by U.S.A.G. Merrick Garland. May Lady Justice finally hold her beleaguered head high once again.
Well, Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed because 10 righteous could not be found. Looks like Republicans have the same problem.
Why on earth does a 24-year old get any political traction whatsoever? For any Congressional or Presidential delegates or aspirants to knuckle to someone whose brain hasn’t even fully developed is nuts.
Let's start right now to fully understand that the real creature vying to be the prince of darkness in 2024 as leader of the GOP is Ron De Santis. The mainstream press has to lay out for the public everything about him , his wife, his close aides and financial backers to show they are not fit to lead the country. De Santis is Trump with brains. There is nothing about him that is praiseworthy. Nor has anyone in the press told me how a creature like Fuentes sprung into the prominence he has. Who spawned him, who shaped him how did a bad seed like this get to where he commands any following. Until they come back with that info they are not doing their job. Going forward no nice words about DeSantis. Trump will take care of his own self-destruction. Sadly there appear to be no electable Republicans who have any idea of how to make this country one in which we can have pride . Right now the only party working toward that end is the democratic party.
Professor Richardson has framed the issues raised by this Trump dinner with scum like Fuentes and Ye better than anyone in the mainstream press.
Aren’t there 5 decent Republicans period?
Thanks for the follow up.
While Trump seems on the point of self immolation at this point, I'm interested in what we can do about DeSantis, who is much the same, somewhat smarter, as corrupt and possibly a small amount less venal. By all means, let the far righters eat their own young. But they are a distraction in one way from the work we need to do to ensure they are not elected anywhere. Many of the critical federal slots that they won were only won by a few percent. What if we could stop DeSantis (likeliest nominee given the sludgepot at this time) and get out 6% more blue voters in the next two years (oh, and support the lawsuits fighting gerrymandering and voter suppression)? Watching Trump go down the vortex is gratifying, but remember, them eating each other without positive action sticks us with them next go round!
If you are a woman (or a man who supports women) and aren’t upset enough about Fuentes’ antisemitism, be aware that he’s also against women being allowed to vote. The fact that TFG likes someone who spouts this garbage tells us all we need to know about how far he will go to obtain, and keep, power.
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/men-having-sex-with-women-is-gay-claims-straight-right-wing-podcaster-nick-fuentes/212955
"decent Republicans" is an oxymoron.
Even Kanye isn’t dumb enough to ask Trump for advice. Trump, Kanye, and Fuentes are the dregs of the earth. The GOP is spineless and despicable.
Well, as far as the meeting went with Fuentes, who flattered and ego pumped Donald Trump, we’ll be hearing and seeing more of this guy in the near future. He will make Bannon look like an altar boy.
Leonard Katz
The fascist movement in the United States is closer than it has ever been to completely taking over our government.
MAGA Republicans, including Donald Trump and nearly every member of Congress are attempting to eliminate democracy in the United States and replace it with an autocratic dictatorship. While doing this, they are protesting loudly, that they are the protectors of our democracy, which is in itself a huge lie. if allowed to continue they will take over our country, eliminate democracy as our form of government, and turn America into a tool for the few ultra rich and they will control the country for the foreseeable future.
Americans Who expect them to do wonderful things for the people are going to be sadly disappointed as the only wonderful things that they are going to do will be for themselves and their rich co-conspirators.
With MAGA Republicans now in control of the House of representatives, many good pieces of legislation will be stymied or altogether eliminated and along with it the operation of the January 6 committee. It will cease to exist!
Those Republicans who take control of the House of Representatives will lie and cheat and use everything at their disposal to undo all of the good work that the Biden administration has done in the last two years.
The American people have the opportunity to mitigate the power of the House of Representatives by giving Democrats in the Senate and absolute majority. They must do this by making sure that Reverend Warnock in Georgia is successful in his reelection bid. This will give Democrats in the Senate and absolute majority of 52 votes.
You can help accomplish this by donating anything that you may have available to the Warnock reelection campaign. We must be sure that Herschel Walker never sees the inside of the Senate chamber.
The other thing that Americans can do is to be sure that what we read and believe is the truth and not a contrived bunch of lies put together to distract us from the real issues. There are many ultra right wing, fascist websites out there that are putting out misinformation that must not be believed! It is nothing but a pack of lies.
If you have any money to spare it should be donated to the Warnock reelection fund to protect the United States from a fascist takeover. There will be more to come on this later.
It’s one thing for Republicans to keep silent, it’s another thing for not to call this out for what is is loudly everywhere and repeat it over and over and over…not your normal Saturday night Heather so thank you!
Wow, I guess we’ve got our work cut out for us. This is outrageous and we must announce it from the roof tops to kick all these people out of office for their cowardice and complicity. Thx for the heads up!
No surprise but much disgust: long may they rot.
The Republicans running for office didn't care who said what. Their one and only goal was to get power. Well, they got the House and we are all in for two years of hell at a time when we need to be safeguarding our country from advances by China. Instead of investigating Chinese influences we'll see investigations of Hunter Biden and his laptop!
Expect absolutely no condemnation of Fuentes, Kanye, Trump etc. Terrible things happen when evil is not called out for what it is. God help us all!
Trump doesn't seem to be mindful of the old adage that says a man is known by the company he keeps. When he realized he should have distanced himself from Ye and Fuentes, it was too late, so of course he had to shift into victim mode. Trump is a jerk, and he has been a jerk for decades. But because he's rich, he's been taken seriously. I've always said that Trump is basically your garden variety jerk, the guy sitting at the end of the bar scarfing peanuts and talking out loud about whatever obnoxious crap pops up in his tiny mind, while everyone mostly ignores him.
What’s old is new again, or that’s how the saying goes but according to Rachael Maddow’s new podcast, ULTRA, what tfg is doing is a rerun of what was done in the ‘30s by Americans who were trying to turn us into Hitler supporters to keep us out of the war. Tfg’s ‘America First’ is old s**t from back then. He’s not even original with his perfidy. So-called strongmen rarely are. Inside they are weak, insecure, little men who only know how to use other peoples’ insecurities to make them feel “big”. What will inevitably rein these bawbags in is the rule of law. With Nazi Germany, it was Nuremberg. With Nixon it was a Republican Party that hadn’t completely lost its soul and with tfg, it’s looking more and more like it will be thanks to a woman by the name of Fani Willis the Atlanta D.A, another woman Leticia James, NY Attorney General, and last but not at all least Mr. Jack Smith, brought to us by U.S.A.G. Merrick Garland. May Lady Justice finally hold her beleaguered head high once again.