He relies on mostly malignant intellects by surrounding himself with lickspittle yes-men. Remember that Roy Cohn was probably more of a father figure to him than his own father.
The Republican Southern Strategy transformed the Party of Lincoln into a GOP driven by the blood heirs and ideological heirs of the Confederacy. When Reagan jumped in bed with Ralph Reed - movement conservatism with the religious right - all manner of economic favoritism and social bigotry became the party platform. The main planks being voter suppression and contempt for the law. The hollowing out of the three pillars of our democracy - equality before the law, equal representation and separation of church and state.
Before D J Trump and his MiniMe Yap Dog J D Vance, "claimed the right to determine which government policies he considers legal" - the 'constitutional sheriffs' movement declared they not the Supreme Court were the arbiters of constitutional law. And they are the ones Republicans will deploy to round up deportees. Trump says local authorities know exactly who to round up. Just think about *that* for a moment. Hint: the Portage Ohio Republican sheriff instructing people to record the addresses of homes with Harris Walz signs.* see link below
Although we have the modern technology to overcome racist and political gerrymandering, it is being used in exactly the opposite way. Here is Library of Congress cartographer John Hessler explaining mapping the electoral demographics of the United States - a tutorial in how to draw fair lines vs hi tech 'stacking and cracking'
I believe you've hit the nail on the head, Lin. "When Reagan jumped in bed with Ralph Reed - movement conservatism with the religious right - all manner of economic favoritism and social bigotry became the party platform. The main planks being voter suppression and contempt for the law. The hollowing out of the three pillars of our democracy - equality before the law, equal representation and separation of church and state." This brings me back to Reagan's repeated statement concerning his belief of what government really is: in his inaugural address and even before, he claimed that "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." For him to provide wealth for his cronies, he would have to isolate and degrade, or as you say, "hollow out",
those three pillars of democracy. In Robert Caro's book, Master of the Senate, he eloquently points out the ever-changing philosophies of democrats and republicans. One will remember that in the 1860's, the republicans were...well, somewhat, at least, more socially aware and receptive to social and human concerns; it was the democrats who were all over the map in human trafficking. As years went by, and up to the early 1940's with the arrival of folks like Hubert Humphrey, the two parties essentially switched on the important issue concerning human freedoms. Republicans would hold onto that term "human freedom", but it was the democrats who actually walked the walk while republicans talked the talk. Lyndon Johnson, who at one time was part of the Southern Strategy Senate cabal, somehow, saw the writing on the wall, Richard Russell from Georgia died a democrat; had he lived longer, he would have switched parties much like many of his Southern based senator friends did. It was Talmage, from Georgia, who ultimately, was one, who rejected the democratic party and went to the republican side, and who eventually called LBJ a "traitor" to the cause. This red herring that republicans often use to remind democrats that they were the party of segregation is just that: a red herring. Since the early part of the century, republicans have been manipulating people, economy, and the future of this nation to the point of wanton self-destructiveness. And now, it's upon us. Just this morning, I got a blanket text from Preston Nouri who is running for Congress in PA. He quotes Trump in saying that "internment camps" will be brought back when he is once again President. One needs to really think about what is now happening. This is just another red flag concerning Trump/Vance. It appears that he no longer gives a wit about the judiciary, even though he is singularly responsible for creating 1/3 of it to his liking. One of my favorite lines from Walt Kelly's comic strip Pogo: "We have met the enemy, and he is us."
There is a precedent for GOP internment camps for Hispanic people. For 24 years from the 1990s to 2017, GOP Sheriff Joe Arpaio ran what he called a 'concentration camp.' In 2017 Pres. Donald Trump pardoned Arpaio of criminal contempt.
"On August 25, 2017, President Donald Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio for criminal contempt of court, a misdemeanor.[1] Arpaio had been convicted of the crime two months earlier for disobeying a federal judge's order to stop racial profiling in detaining "individuals suspected of being in the U.S. illegally".[2][3] The pardon covered Arpaio's conviction and "any other offenses under Chapter 21 of Title 18, United States Code that might arise, or be charged, in connection with Melendres v. Arpaio."[4] The official White House statement announcing the grant of clemency described Arpaio as a "worthy candidate" having served the nation for more than fifty years "protecting the public from the scourges of crime and illegal immigration."[2][5][6]
"Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio routinely pointed to the notorious, outdoor Tent City Jail he opened in the 1990s as a symbol of his "tough on crime" stance. Inmates live in tents through the sweltering Arizona summer heat and are issued old-fashioned striped prison jumpsuits and pink underwear..."This facility is not a crime deterrent, it is not cost efficient, and it is not tough on criminals," newly-elected Sheriff Paul Penzone told reporters at a news conference Tuesday."
Joe Arpaio, who erected the facility in 1993, his first year in office, and held it up as an inexpensive solution to overcrowded jails. Penzone defeated Arpaio in last year's general election, ending his 24-year span as sheriff."
"Maricopa County sheriff, Joe Arpaio, called this outdoor jail close to downtown Phoenix – his own tough-on-crime creation – a “concentration camp” in a speech to political supporters at his local Italian-American club."
Herman Talmadge died a Democrat, defeated by Republican Mack Mattingly after "Hummun's" financial cheating with his second divorce was revealed. Both Russell and Talmadge were fine with the Democratic platform except for its insistence on racial equality.
As a Georgian, I was keenly aware. Let's not forget that the Dems stuck with the war in Vietnam for a very long time. And, of course, Nixon and Kissinger prolonged it.
Very true. LBJ, according to the White House tapes book titled Taking Charge, reported by Michael Beschloss, Johnson felt that he was stuck on the SEATO treaty and refused to abandon the war. My own suspicion is that had Kennedy lived or survived the assassination, the beginning days in Vietnam may well have been a footnote in history. Of course, we will never know; however, that is my feeling on this subject.
That video was very informative. I had no idea how difficult it is to draw voting district maps. I need to lok at the rules for Saskatchewan. There has been a tendency to include rural areas and parts of urban areas to dilute urban votes which tend to be NDP
This is it exactly! The support for Trump has almost nothing to do with the economy. The Groper-in-Chief's promise to Make America White Again is the tie that binds.
Dan Sadly I must agree with you. And carrying the banner at the head of these modern Crusaders are the white Christian evangelicals! Pope Donald of Orange has thus declared it!
Actually, no. Though I loathe Trump, he is technically not a convicted criminal until the judge says he is… at sentencing. That occurs after the election.
When he loses, he will get three years in Rikers (??). That should finish him. But the MAGAts will not go away. There are 70 million of them. Decent Americans will be fighting them forever. Even if they crawl back under their rocks they are still there.
I’m no lawyer, but I think people become convicted criminals as soon as the jury delivers a guilty verdict. I guess the status would revert to non-criminal if the conviction were overturned.
It’s also my impression that convicted criminals are usually remanded to prison when the guilty verdict comes down and begin serving their sentence even though the length of the sentence isn’t yet known. Or maybe that’s only if the criminals are black. I’m not clear on the details.
People have such short memories also, Trump couldn’t even manage a pandemic and disdains experts.
He relies on mostly malignant intellects by surrounding himself with lickspittle yes-men. Remember that Roy Cohn was probably more of a father figure to him than his own father.
The "economy" like all other campaign issues are pretexts for the fact that Trump and the Republican Party are RACIST.
The Republican Southern Strategy transformed the Party of Lincoln into a GOP driven by the blood heirs and ideological heirs of the Confederacy. When Reagan jumped in bed with Ralph Reed - movement conservatism with the religious right - all manner of economic favoritism and social bigotry became the party platform. The main planks being voter suppression and contempt for the law. The hollowing out of the three pillars of our democracy - equality before the law, equal representation and separation of church and state.
Before D J Trump and his MiniMe Yap Dog J D Vance, "claimed the right to determine which government policies he considers legal" - the 'constitutional sheriffs' movement declared they not the Supreme Court were the arbiters of constitutional law. And they are the ones Republicans will deploy to round up deportees. Trump says local authorities know exactly who to round up. Just think about *that* for a moment. Hint: the Portage Ohio Republican sheriff instructing people to record the addresses of homes with Harris Walz signs.* see link below
Although we have the modern technology to overcome racist and political gerrymandering, it is being used in exactly the opposite way. Here is Library of Congress cartographer John Hessler explaining mapping the electoral demographics of the United States - a tutorial in how to draw fair lines vs hi tech 'stacking and cracking'
https://youtu.be/l3iexp_pVxc?si=pAiBrW-aPzLadije
*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/16/ohio-harris-walz-political-sign/
I believe you've hit the nail on the head, Lin. "When Reagan jumped in bed with Ralph Reed - movement conservatism with the religious right - all manner of economic favoritism and social bigotry became the party platform. The main planks being voter suppression and contempt for the law. The hollowing out of the three pillars of our democracy - equality before the law, equal representation and separation of church and state." This brings me back to Reagan's repeated statement concerning his belief of what government really is: in his inaugural address and even before, he claimed that "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." For him to provide wealth for his cronies, he would have to isolate and degrade, or as you say, "hollow out",
those three pillars of democracy. In Robert Caro's book, Master of the Senate, he eloquently points out the ever-changing philosophies of democrats and republicans. One will remember that in the 1860's, the republicans were...well, somewhat, at least, more socially aware and receptive to social and human concerns; it was the democrats who were all over the map in human trafficking. As years went by, and up to the early 1940's with the arrival of folks like Hubert Humphrey, the two parties essentially switched on the important issue concerning human freedoms. Republicans would hold onto that term "human freedom", but it was the democrats who actually walked the walk while republicans talked the talk. Lyndon Johnson, who at one time was part of the Southern Strategy Senate cabal, somehow, saw the writing on the wall, Richard Russell from Georgia died a democrat; had he lived longer, he would have switched parties much like many of his Southern based senator friends did. It was Talmage, from Georgia, who ultimately, was one, who rejected the democratic party and went to the republican side, and who eventually called LBJ a "traitor" to the cause. This red herring that republicans often use to remind democrats that they were the party of segregation is just that: a red herring. Since the early part of the century, republicans have been manipulating people, economy, and the future of this nation to the point of wanton self-destructiveness. And now, it's upon us. Just this morning, I got a blanket text from Preston Nouri who is running for Congress in PA. He quotes Trump in saying that "internment camps" will be brought back when he is once again President. One needs to really think about what is now happening. This is just another red flag concerning Trump/Vance. It appears that he no longer gives a wit about the judiciary, even though he is singularly responsible for creating 1/3 of it to his liking. One of my favorite lines from Walt Kelly's comic strip Pogo: "We have met the enemy, and he is us."
There is a precedent for GOP internment camps for Hispanic people. For 24 years from the 1990s to 2017, GOP Sheriff Joe Arpaio ran what he called a 'concentration camp.' In 2017 Pres. Donald Trump pardoned Arpaio of criminal contempt.
"On August 25, 2017, President Donald Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio for criminal contempt of court, a misdemeanor.[1] Arpaio had been convicted of the crime two months earlier for disobeying a federal judge's order to stop racial profiling in detaining "individuals suspected of being in the U.S. illegally".[2][3] The pardon covered Arpaio's conviction and "any other offenses under Chapter 21 of Title 18, United States Code that might arise, or be charged, in connection with Melendres v. Arpaio."[4] The official White House statement announcing the grant of clemency described Arpaio as a "worthy candidate" having served the nation for more than fifty years "protecting the public from the scourges of crime and illegal immigration."[2][5][6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_Joe_Arpaio
"Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio routinely pointed to the notorious, outdoor Tent City Jail he opened in the 1990s as a symbol of his "tough on crime" stance. Inmates live in tents through the sweltering Arizona summer heat and are issued old-fashioned striped prison jumpsuits and pink underwear..."This facility is not a crime deterrent, it is not cost efficient, and it is not tough on criminals," newly-elected Sheriff Paul Penzone told reporters at a news conference Tuesday."
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/05/522707158/joe-arpaios-infamous-tent-city-jail-in-maricopa-county-will-shut-down
"The tents served as a prominent symbol of
Joe Arpaio, who erected the facility in 1993, his first year in office, and held it up as an inexpensive solution to overcrowded jails. Penzone defeated Arpaio in last year's general election, ending his 24-year span as sheriff."
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2017/04/04/maricopa-county-sheriff-paul-penzone-tent-city-closing/100023562/
"Maricopa County sheriff, Joe Arpaio, called this outdoor jail close to downtown Phoenix – his own tough-on-crime creation – a “concentration camp” in a speech to political supporters at his local Italian-American club."
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/aug/21/arizona-phoenix-concentration-camp-tent-city-jail-joe-arpaio-immigration
Herman Talmadge died a Democrat, defeated by Republican Mack Mattingly after "Hummun's" financial cheating with his second divorce was revealed. Both Russell and Talmadge were fine with the Democratic platform except for its insistence on racial equality.
My mistake: it was Strom Thurmond from South Carolina who went to the republicans. Thank you for the correction.
As a Georgian, I was keenly aware. Let's not forget that the Dems stuck with the war in Vietnam for a very long time. And, of course, Nixon and Kissinger prolonged it.
Very true. LBJ, according to the White House tapes book titled Taking Charge, reported by Michael Beschloss, Johnson felt that he was stuck on the SEATO treaty and refused to abandon the war. My own suspicion is that had Kennedy lived or survived the assassination, the beginning days in Vietnam may well have been a footnote in history. Of course, we will never know; however, that is my feeling on this subject.
Thank you for demonstrating that the Republican Party holds no legitimate claim to being "the party of Lincoln."
Gotta love “mini me yapdog.”
Your first paragraph is a great summation, •lin. Your last paragraph is spot on; I'm booking some time this afternoon to watch that video.
Thank you!
I listened while writing postcards to voters ; )
Great idea!!! I was planning on watering my yard whilst listening. (It takes almost an hour, and I usually garner 3-4 K steps doing so.)
Excellent as always, lin*.
And wife Nancy was helping RR with her astronomers.
They were astrologers, not astronomers. Let’s not confuse science with the hogwash most Americans believe.
Thank you! Hadn’t had my coffee yet?
Thank you!!!
Lin, thanks for the Hessler link. Doesn't he speak well? And, I feel slightly less dumb now.
Hessler also has an interesting talk on the history and science of pandemics in the Americas.
John Hopkins talk
https://youtu.be/I17K46_X4A0?si=D-ShkXmYTU9Ldtbq
That video was very informative. I had no idea how difficult it is to draw voting district maps. I need to lok at the rules for Saskatchewan. There has been a tendency to include rural areas and parts of urban areas to dilute urban votes which tend to be NDP
Same in Canada as in the US, then. More or less. Probably less. Could hardly be more.
Excellent insight, as always. TY.
This is it exactly! The support for Trump has almost nothing to do with the economy. The Groper-in-Chief's promise to Make America White Again is the tie that binds.
And the insistence that he won the election is the lie that binds.
The lie that binds. How true
“All men are created equal”
Most disputed words in the English language
Dan Sadly I must agree with you. And carrying the banner at the head of these modern Crusaders are the white Christian evangelicals! Pope Donald of Orange has thus declared it!
Exactly right, Mr. Solomon.
He said often “Where is my Roy Cohn.” Just look in the mirror chump. You will see him oozing Out of every pore.
And likely had his way with him so who cares, right?
Over a million of our friends and neighbors died while he fiddled with horse wormer. He’s a proven, adjudicated criminal!
Actually, no. Though I loathe Trump, he is technically not a convicted criminal until the judge says he is… at sentencing. That occurs after the election.
When he loses, he will get three years in Rikers (??). That should finish him. But the MAGAts will not go away. There are 70 million of them. Decent Americans will be fighting them forever. Even if they crawl back under their rocks they are still there.
I’m no lawyer, but I think people become convicted criminals as soon as the jury delivers a guilty verdict. I guess the status would revert to non-criminal if the conviction were overturned.
It’s also my impression that convicted criminals are usually remanded to prison when the guilty verdict comes down and begin serving their sentence even though the length of the sentence isn’t yet known. Or maybe that’s only if the criminals are black. I’m not clear on the details.
That is my impression, too. I read CFDT= Convicted Felon Donald Trump.
Thanks. But I’ve watched him commit crimes on tv. I stand corrected and appreciate you, Tom.
Let's hope that Covid-fighting equipment that Trump sent to Putin when we could have used it gets lots of play.