Thank you, Heather, for listing the instances in which the MAGA liars are finally getting their comeuppance. I’m especially glad to see the Sandy Hook families finally getting their just compensation for Alex Jones’ scurrilous lies.
Thank you, Heather, for listing the instances in which the MAGA liars are finally getting their comeuppance. I’m especially glad to see the Sandy Hook families finally getting their just compensation for Alex Jones’ scurrilous lies.
Ditto. One of many things I'm grateful for is the broad expanse of news she summarizes for us. For instance, I totally missed that news about the Texas courts actions, an actual real thing that bolsters some faith in the slow grind of justice.
Dear Heather Cox Richardson; Don’t cha know, mainline white folks don’t care about reason and logic in politics anymore. We’ve labeled them deplorables remember?. They ‘er ya’ll, ‘er, we all were blamed for being privileged one too many times. We are peed off Heather. We’re mad as hell and we’re not gonna take it any longer. (Wasn’t that line in a movie?) And yours Truely, the King Kong of Reason and Logic, I’m hereby becoming an honorary MAGA supporter forthwith.
Ok, just joking. Don’t have a heart attack. I am illustrating how damaging the ole Blame Game can be. We have bifurcated our society. We have clustered together on social media in our little mutually-supporting pods of like-minded nincompoops. Add AI and no one will soon be able to tell what is real from what is not.
We can each help by reaching out to friends with Heather's letters and other similar newsletters. They in turn can share with others. It may not seem like a whole lot, but for some of us it is at least SOMETHING we can do.
That’s exactly what I’ve been doing for years. Take out a most moving quote as a teaser to what’s in the letter. There are often several, since HCR covers so much ground.
Bill, there it is, the bothsidesism. We may not consume the same media, but one of the sides has been working on taking over our nation for their own benefit for decades and the other has not. Dems talk about trying to "reach across the aisle" but Republicans care nothing for that, only controlling everything in their line of sight. Democrats may be a mixed bag of people who are often disgruntled and don't always agree, but they do not pump out massive lies, statements designed to incite violence, or spew hate speech to degrade people in this country, as many Republicans have chosen to do.
I apologize up front for getting into another argument with you, Bill, but I disagree with you. Lying about immigrants, crime, disease, and the economy IS deplorable, whether it's politically smart to say so or not. The people who concoct these lies and the ones who buy into and promote them have peeled themselves away from the foundational principles of our country as surely as the states' secession that caused the Civil War. I'm not ready to give them a free pass just to bring them back into the fold, as much as I'd like to see our country united again. It's up to them to denounce their own gaslighting and make their own peace with reality.
There is an Old Saying, 'I've Seen It With My Own Two Eyes'... That is very Helpful... A Salient Problem with Modern Society, is it's Social Isolation... The COVID Shutdowns were very Destructive in that regard... That is why I like to Wander, and Pick-Up Random Conversations... Boomers are better at that then 'Gen Zers'... I believe that National Service is a Good Idea... Better to Fight Forest Fires than Each Other...
Nope I don't think it can work that way. The verdict was against his company and so his personal assets should be sheltered as they should be. You may not like that but it works to protect everyone from government overreach.
If there is a town square in Sandy Hook, Alex Jones ought have his fat pizatts pilloried there for January and February. That will make a Connecticut Yankee out of that whacker cracker.
Apparently billionaire backed thugs, in TX have been kicking in the doors of Hispanics, Blacks and other people of color to try to intimidate people of color from voting.
Of course, no names have been released yet, but with the Senate race in TX so close, we need to make sure that people feel safe in voting.
Hey hey, I’m a nut-megger we used to be called such in Connecticut until the legislature decommissioned nutmeger. But I’m still a proud nutmeger because I am a nut.
I am not sure but I don't think his business actually has any radio licenses (I believe they bought their air time). Without licenses, the business won't be worth much.
Some people, like Jones, deserve 20 years on Rikers Isle. I hope the families receive the settlement and we can put this terrible chapter behind us, along with the one we're in at the moment. Four years ago, America started beginning again. We sure don't need a would-be anarchist and a trophy nude-model riding down Pennsylvania Avenue in a carriage. Out of town on a rail at the end of a pride-parade might be fun to watch though. Enough of the three of them.
Hard to put this behind us while the supreme court is going nuts on gun rights, tying them to musket times for motive to regulate while saying they are not limited to muskets as was the "historical" case. Both sides of the mouth and remember they found that ATF cannot ban bumstocks. Oh brother! Regulating guns is now harder than it was even with new found political will on one side of the aisle.
We need to let the families of Sandy Hook move on to the extent that they can after such naked evil took so many children and teachers away. On the other hand, we need to keep Sandy Hook alive in the abstract finally to make progress on gun control:
> lift the liability exemption for arms manufacturers (for foreseeable mis-use);
> make parents accountable for the murderous children; and,
> ban assault weapons, shot-guns, and rifles in the home with a new crime that possession of one such weapon NOT LOCKED IN A REMOTE GUN CLUB be possession with the intent to use,
Could not agree more. The false-ness that has permeated the airwaves, big screen, along with our daily lives causes any halfway intelligent person to fall for it. Even all the photos Ike took, the fact that most have been kept out-of-our-view, that too is part of our dumbing down. Then we have our government covering up military atrocities. We might just have to come out of the woodwork to stem this next one due in November.
I don’t feel a bit sorry for Alex Jones losing everything, he did it all to himself, and he tried to play lawyer, which failed to do him a bit of good.
His lies are costing him as they should. But just think that his lies made him a lot of money. How? Because there was a large audience that needed to believe his BS. The same audience that needs to believe Trump and et al. BS.
Curb their tongue? Not when there is a hungry audience that needs to hear their BS. And as Roy Cohn told him, "You do not have to believe what you say."
People’s behavior tends to be consistent with who they really are. In trial lawyering we say never do anything inconsistent with the theory of your case.
Yeah.., okay, but, let's just keep an eye on"Jones" who will continue to get his crummy hands on a microphone to further feed his gullible fans, and don't forget his enablers. Very sick people, who exist amongst us. If possible, let's refrain from providing them free air-time, hopefully from their jail-cell.
Ally, not really. But this hits him where it hurts.....in his pocketbook which is a good part of the reason he and others spew their lies and hate. I do sorta like the idea of putting him in stocks in Sandy Hook. People should not throw good food at him, but all things rotten and smelly.
Lol cute but just to remind everyone that stocks and pillories have been outlawed in this country (for good reason) since before the American Revolution (except where they were used against slaves, sigh, which fortunately is no more).
Just a fantasy, Jon. They are doing the best thing, of course, by hitting what really matters to him (and a lot of these people who spread dreck), his assets.
What I think, Ally and Michele, is that it's most important to the re-unification and recuperation of our free society that lies and slander not be tolerated. I'm happy to see this fraudulent business go under and its proceeds go to the community it targeted, but I also don't care who makes how much money, as long as they do it honestly.
Cannot agree more with your comment. The awful suffering imposed on those parents, exacerbated by the slow grinding pace of the legal system, can never EVER be appropriately compensated. I pray there is not yet another loop hole through which the guilty individual(s) can wiggle, once more time!
Thank you, Heather, for listing the instances in which the MAGA liars are finally getting their comeuppance. I’m especially glad to see the Sandy Hook families finally getting their just compensation for Alex Jones’ scurrilous lies.
Ditto. One of many things I'm grateful for is the broad expanse of news she summarizes for us. For instance, I totally missed that news about the Texas courts actions, an actual real thing that bolsters some faith in the slow grind of justice.
Dear Heather Cox Richardson; Don’t cha know, mainline white folks don’t care about reason and logic in politics anymore. We’ve labeled them deplorables remember?. They ‘er ya’ll, ‘er, we all were blamed for being privileged one too many times. We are peed off Heather. We’re mad as hell and we’re not gonna take it any longer. (Wasn’t that line in a movie?) And yours Truely, the King Kong of Reason and Logic, I’m hereby becoming an honorary MAGA supporter forthwith.
Ok, just joking. Don’t have a heart attack. I am illustrating how damaging the ole Blame Game can be. We have bifurcated our society. We have clustered together on social media in our little mutually-supporting pods of like-minded nincompoops. Add AI and no one will soon be able to tell what is real from what is not.
Harris/Walz 2024
We can each help by reaching out to friends with Heather's letters and other similar newsletters. They in turn can share with others. It may not seem like a whole lot, but for some of us it is at least SOMETHING we can do.
That’s exactly what I’ve been doing for years. Take out a most moving quote as a teaser to what’s in the letter. There are often several, since HCR covers so much ground.
Exactly how I've been sharing her letters. :)
Bill, there it is, the bothsidesism. We may not consume the same media, but one of the sides has been working on taking over our nation for their own benefit for decades and the other has not. Dems talk about trying to "reach across the aisle" but Republicans care nothing for that, only controlling everything in their line of sight. Democrats may be a mixed bag of people who are often disgruntled and don't always agree, but they do not pump out massive lies, statements designed to incite violence, or spew hate speech to degrade people in this country, as many Republicans have chosen to do.
I apologize up front for getting into another argument with you, Bill, but I disagree with you. Lying about immigrants, crime, disease, and the economy IS deplorable, whether it's politically smart to say so or not. The people who concoct these lies and the ones who buy into and promote them have peeled themselves away from the foundational principles of our country as surely as the states' secession that caused the Civil War. I'm not ready to give them a free pass just to bring them back into the fold, as much as I'd like to see our country united again. It's up to them to denounce their own gaslighting and make their own peace with reality.
bifurcated? You would never hear that in a trumper interview or in a trump speech.
That's for darn sure. Well.. unless Bill writes there too - Yikes ! (just kidding Bill)
There is an Old Saying, 'I've Seen It With My Own Two Eyes'... That is very Helpful... A Salient Problem with Modern Society, is it's Social Isolation... The COVID Shutdowns were very Destructive in that regard... That is why I like to Wander, and Pick-Up Random Conversations... Boomers are better at that then 'Gen Zers'... I believe that National Service is a Good Idea... Better to Fight Forest Fires than Each Other...
I will truly be happy if I see video of Alex Jones homeless and begging in the streets.
It’s only his business assets that are being auctioned off but perhaps they can come after him personally since the judgement is a billion.
Nope I don't think it can work that way. The verdict was against his company and so his personal assets should be sheltered as they should be. You may not like that but it works to protect everyone from government overreach.
The harms that his exercise of 'free speech' has caused... What price could be put on all that ?
If there is a town square in Sandy Hook, Alex Jones ought have his fat pizatts pilloried there for January and February. That will make a Connecticut Yankee out of that whacker cracker.
Some Democrats with money should be at Alex Jones auction to buy his Infowars business and establish progressive radio in Texas.
Very clever! That would be irony with an iron fist!
Apparently billionaire backed thugs, in TX have been kicking in the doors of Hispanics, Blacks and other people of color to try to intimidate people of color from voting.
Of course, no names have been released yet, but with the Senate race in TX so close, we need to make sure that people feel safe in voting.
I hope they go out in numbers and have their own security in tow.
Hey hey, I’m a nut-megger we used to be called such in Connecticut until the legislature decommissioned nutmeger. But I’m still a proud nutmeger because I am a nut.
I wonder how that nick name came about... Any idea ?
I live in CT for six years. Does that qualify? I would like to explain why I am justified in being a nut! 😉
I wouldn't want to touch his stuff; however, if I were very very rich, I'd buy it at the auction and then burn it all to the ground.
Some Russian-backed nut will probably buy it to continue with the lies.
Definitely!
I am not sure but I don't think his business actually has any radio licenses (I believe they bought their air time). Without licenses, the business won't be worth much.
Ah, “whacker cracker”……the power of alliteration!
I would have preferred assonance for the asinine. 😉
Comeuppance for the Corrupt.
Hear, here! Thank you, Ally; always a pleasure to hear from you. 😊
Thank You Ned and Ally!
😊
Really, there should be public corporal punishment included in legal punishments for certain offences. What Jones did is one of them.
I agree. However, the way you get to a person like that is financially. Next time he better think twice before he opens his mouth with lies.
Justice was finally served.
Wow, love your verbiage
To me or not to me, that is the question. 🤭
If that is directed to me, J.D., thank you. 😊 If not to me, hey, I lived in N.Y.C. long enough to know how to take credit when it is not due! 😉
Oh yes, you are deserving
Well, thank you, Ma'am; I blush with gratitude.
Always a pleasure to peek at your thoughts
I'd second that Ned !
Some people, like Jones, deserve 20 years on Rikers Isle. I hope the families receive the settlement and we can put this terrible chapter behind us, along with the one we're in at the moment. Four years ago, America started beginning again. We sure don't need a would-be anarchist and a trophy nude-model riding down Pennsylvania Avenue in a carriage. Out of town on a rail at the end of a pride-parade might be fun to watch though. Enough of the three of them.
Hard to put this behind us while the supreme court is going nuts on gun rights, tying them to musket times for motive to regulate while saying they are not limited to muskets as was the "historical" case. Both sides of the mouth and remember they found that ATF cannot ban bumstocks. Oh brother! Regulating guns is now harder than it was even with new found political will on one side of the aisle.
We need to let the families of Sandy Hook move on to the extent that they can after such naked evil took so many children and teachers away. On the other hand, we need to keep Sandy Hook alive in the abstract finally to make progress on gun control:
> lift the liability exemption for arms manufacturers (for foreseeable mis-use);
> make parents accountable for the murderous children; and,
> ban assault weapons, shot-guns, and rifles in the home with a new crime that possession of one such weapon NOT LOCKED IN A REMOTE GUN CLUB be possession with the intent to use,
P.S., item #4: regulate the distribution of ammunition.
Could not agree more. The false-ness that has permeated the airwaves, big screen, along with our daily lives causes any halfway intelligent person to fall for it. Even all the photos Ike took, the fact that most have been kept out-of-our-view, that too is part of our dumbing down. Then we have our government covering up military atrocities. We might just have to come out of the woodwork to stem this next one due in November.
Damn! You are a poet!! Great post.
Thank you, Tim. 🤝
Sticks and stones…
I don’t feel a bit sorry for Alex Jones losing everything, he did it all to himself, and he tried to play lawyer, which failed to do him a bit of good.
His lies are costing him as they should. But just think that his lies made him a lot of money. How? Because there was a large audience that needed to believe his BS. The same audience that needs to believe Trump and et al. BS.
And he’s still trying to do it. He, like Trump would be wise to learn to curb his tongue.
Curb their tongue? Not when there is a hungry audience that needs to hear their BS. And as Roy Cohn told him, "You do not have to believe what you say."
If he curbed his tongue he would deflate like a leaky balloon. He is nothing but tongue.
and poisonous tongue at that.
People’s behavior tends to be consistent with who they really are. In trial lawyering we say never do anything inconsistent with the theory of your case.
Yeah.., okay, but, let's just keep an eye on"Jones" who will continue to get his crummy hands on a microphone to further feed his gullible fans, and don't forget his enablers. Very sick people, who exist amongst us. If possible, let's refrain from providing them free air-time, hopefully from their jail-cell.
I don't think he is going to jail. The legal actions against Jones were civil, not criminal.
It is about freaking time for the Sandy Hook families to get just compensation....as if there can be ANY compensation for that horror.
Ally, not really. But this hits him where it hurts.....in his pocketbook which is a good part of the reason he and others spew their lies and hate. I do sorta like the idea of putting him in stocks in Sandy Hook. People should not throw good food at him, but all things rotten and smelly.
Lol cute but just to remind everyone that stocks and pillories have been outlawed in this country (for good reason) since before the American Revolution (except where they were used against slaves, sigh, which fortunately is no more).
Just a fantasy, Jon. They are doing the best thing, of course, by hitting what really matters to him (and a lot of these people who spread dreck), his assets.
What I think, Ally and Michele, is that it's most important to the re-unification and recuperation of our free society that lies and slander not be tolerated. I'm happy to see this fraudulent business go under and its proceeds go to the community it targeted, but I also don't care who makes how much money, as long as they do it honestly.
Mary, me too. And I am delighted the Haitians are suing death star and JD. Anytime these liars are being held accountable is a good day.
Cannot agree more with your comment. The awful suffering imposed on those parents, exacerbated by the slow grinding pace of the legal system, can never EVER be appropriately compensated. I pray there is not yet another loop hole through which the guilty individual(s) can wiggle, once more time!