There were 90 million people who sat on their massive butts, but 458,000 Muslims in the Swing states of Wi, MI, PA either voted for Trump or didn't vote at all because they were in a snit with Biden because he supported Israel over blood thirsty HAMAS.
So I wonder how they like it now.
The corporate media kept trying to tell us it was inflation and the economy, a myth perpetuated by the likes of that troll James Carville, but clearly it was the culture war, identity, and it still is, Musk Trump are getting away with murder because they have the full support of culture warriors at the bottom and the very top of society.
Own the libs and you can commit treason, Which is what they are doing, deconstructing America as they are doing is an act of treason.
Seems illogical right... there were many coercive manipulations of multiple types...but still .... ??????
I can't prove the past but I know one thing for certain....future elections... WILL BE "Russian elections" ... there will no longer be fair and transparent elections...ever. Not unless Trump is ousted and maybe paper ballots take over until a system can be trusted. "Houston..we have a PROBLEM"
Carol. 53 percent of white women voted for the parasites. White women, who are by far the most prevalent population who get abortions, get pre-natal care, get WIC, and get paid maternity leave. Breeding meaning having copulation leading to pregnancy. White women know that they will, if financially able, have abortion available to them. I have watched the female vote for decades, mostly because my first partner was a true feminist and taught me a lifetime of process about what equal women expect and deserve. And that would be ALL women, period. I have two daughters, now grown, who have had their issues with childbirth/pregnancy, as have all three of my ex-wives.
I am no stranger to this. I have always supported the women in my life to manage their bodies, without my interference. Two were angle-saxon white, one Jewish. My very long time partner is Jewish. All of these women had either abortions or miscarriages. All had pre-natal care. All but one had university degrees. All but one were progressive. This is the perplexing dilemma of the white female, and, after all my experiences and pondering, I still do not have an answer for why white women would support a rapist, sexual predator/misogynist. Are most white women actually liberated?
Mick, no, they are not. I am a feminist and helped train my husband on the nuances of societal hypocrisy. He already had strong women in his primary family as examples where women asserted themselves, spoke for themselves, and sought jobs they wanted. Like his father and uncles, the men respected the women in their lives. But these women you describe are infatuated with male power. I think the men they are married to need this type of adulation. These types of women were willing to discount Donald's treatment of women. Or didn't believe it. They want someone who is in charge. However, most women I know would not vote for such an animal. They see him as a rapist, sexual predator/misogynist.
In your experience/observations, how would you describe a 'norm' with women older than15 years? Are they what we might call liberated, or trending toward that behavior, or are they traditional, as Carol states?
Mick, I think Carol made my case. Seems to me many women just want a daddy. That is both stupid and short sighted. I don't hold the "white women" that voted for Trump despite his dispicable behavior toward them in very high esteem. I'm not faulting all women by any means. But my impression is that many women are intellectually lazy. Call me what you will, I really don't care.
I did not/will not call you anything. I asked a question. I received an answer I can understand. As I watch my daughters cope with various feminine issues in their lives, it is obvious to me that the 'murkan female has been and still is under great duress. Much of the male population is misogynist to some degree, often unconsciously, but more often overtly. Women are outrageously manipulated by the propaganda of social expectations delivered by consumerism and competition. Both my kids often repeat one word - testosterone. I cannot disagree, but I wish it were that simple. It is a constant challenge to attempt to be an empathetic and honorable male, even when that might be my natural disposition. Men in 'murka are drastically in need of mature role models. I see few now, whereas in my youth and early adulthood, there were quite a few.
You asked a very basic question about the orange moron masquerading as prez - whether he seeks "...the destruction of the United States of America. Is that his goal?"
First of all, this does not appear to be his actions alone. Rather it is orchestrated by many acting under the drawstrings of Musk, Thiel and certain other morbidly rich ineividuals. They want to go back to the early 1900’s when there were no checks on the robber barons. They crave that power.
So, yes, he wants (and the morbidly rich want) to destroy the US government as we know it and change our country to one that owes fealty to him (and to them). This was all laid out carefully in Project 2025 - and his executive orders follow the litany of mandates from that plan. They said they were going to do it, they are doing it, and so far - they are succeeding with it.
Next step, they are going after the legal system - with the blessing and compliments of cj Feckless john roberts.
So right, Michael, and we told 'em. They voted their pocket-books anyway. Now more money will go to the top in the form of 4.5 trillion in cuts and tax-breaks if they get their way.
There were more SCOTUS memo leaks confirming the fix is in with Roberts. Some poor staff member(s) is/are risking it all. Let's hope we see that sort of bravery in the lower courts.
None dare call it a bribe: Musk's X has agreed to settle a lawsuit Trump brought against Twitter for approximately $10 million, multiple news outlets reported.
"A quarrel in a far away country, between people of whom we know nothing.”
He at least had the excuse of wanting to avoid another horrific conflict with Germany, and even then Churchill knew that he was wrong. Trump does not have that excuse. But then his entire life has been one of betrayal, his contractors, bankers, wives, vice-president and now our entire country and its friends and allies.
′′Minds that seek revenge destroy states, while those that seek reconciliation build nations.”
Here Trump goes again--suing for peace on behalf of an ally, without even including that ally in the discussion--just like he did in Afghanistan. What good is our word to any of our allies in the world, if we just walk out as soon as our commitment becomes an inconvenience?
it is as good as the legal trade agreements, that the US and other countries business's build factories and hire staff and purchase good, relying on it ....it is as good as that
Pre WW1 was the time of Robber Barons and isolation from the rest of the world. We seem to be heading in that direction again. The new barons are actively seeking isolation and are focused on gutting the country, leaving the majority of us to act as serfs to them.
Elizabeth Graham , author of Democracy to Democrazy has been ringing this bell frequently and yet few listened or took it seriously . She worked in Russia for 20 yrs and saw first hand the truth re Putin, Trump and their relationship based on Trumps subservience to Putin. Putin has had Donald over a barrel for years. During this time Donald has been an obedient
charlatan for Putin. Add in Orban who gave the up close teaching of how to become authoritarian to the Trump and Republican Party over a period of a few years.
The Democrats are still stuck in Miss Manners Class on how to get along with Bullies .
How’s that working for you? Schumer?
It ‘s not important how “ nice” you play . It’s important that you scream and shout the truth when necessary . We’re past necessary.
Schumer needs to step down. he cannot speak plainly and lead creatively. He’s stuck in a past that no longer exists. Like the people who sang 60’s protest songs the other day in an era that demands Beyoncé, which Harris understood. Adam Schiff would be far better at leading the charge.
Freda" Forget Schiff, as useless as teats on a boar hog. He runs towards the camera like a moth to a flame. During the 2022 Mid terms, Schiff and Sean Mahoney ran off to Paris junketeering rather than stay at home and fight to retain their seats.
Mahoney got his come uppance, He was Head of the DCCC, whose job was to elect and re elect Democrats to the House. Well he lost his seat and so did three other NY Congress critters, and the House became Republican.
Schiff’s been at work this time around, exposing DT’s inadequate if not downright dangerous Cabinet nominees. The best is Bernie, who should be the head of our shadow Cabinet. YouTube clips are out there for both of them. Any other recommendations?
If Schiff has been at work, he has been invisible. As I said he loves the camera, and stepping front of a camera is not "doing work". it is called publicity.
I’m happy to say, i disagree with you about Schiff right now. I have had him work on issues i care about here in CA. But it’s always good to stay active and alert with our elected reps.
A few years ago, I heard him say on MSNBC, "Where are the Republicans? We need two parties." At the time, I wondered if he needed other actors for the circus they perform for the voters while they make deals for their mutual benefit behind the scenes.
One significant fact about Germany's attempt to stop the Nazis that stood out for me was that their government was so mannered and could not break away from protocol to be effective. Schumer anyone?
YES...this is the exact synopsis that Europe is SEEING and writing about today in Le Monde....everyone see's it...except Fox fead, news deprived (even main stream media now ! ) or illiterate people... working too hard to feed/care for family's to be able to coherently pay attention. Yes...the same thing happened in Germany in 33 days when Hitler overthrew their government, and it took 4 years of WAR to oust them . IMO ! This is not a drill - repeat...this is a real 5 alarm catastrophe that will happen, just as it did in History. Why would it not...injustice is injustice. Just as Europe and the whole world is predicting. It becomes how many people THEY will hurt, before being ousted? That is the math necessary NOT how much money they hope to create for themselves. History is FULL of these very same examples. I feel in my gut this is the plan Putin created and delivered in the "first secret meeting offering...I will get you elected in 2016 " maybe he even recorded it, to future black mail Trump? That would keep Trump on point......I just have a feeling
The proof of his phone calls, meetings, letters, copies of the Mar-A-Lago documents, and the payments are the leverage Putin holds over Trump. It is that simple.
You got it right, Shauna. Hope you keep saying it!
The only way to get their attention is to hold a general strike for more than one day, which would cause the stock market to fall or become unstable. Somebody suggested March 15th, the ides of March, as an appropriate date.
I am with you Gloria, bring the economy to a halt, even if it hurts you personally.
However the only way to collapse a dictatorship is from within, and that will take years as the internal contradictions and the power struggle among the factions takes place, the other way is from without, such as the allies did to the axis in WWII.
Trump and Putin are now the axis, and the only way to defeat them is by isolation, cut off all trade, cut off all trade with America. America can't build weapons without natural resources and foreign made parts.
We can only be saved from a theocratic autocracy by external forces. The same way that the axis was beaten.
It does appear that the people of China enjoy more freedom and quality of life, than will America under the dictatorship of Trump and his co consul Musk.
If you aren't cishet white Christian nationalist there is no place for you in this regime., and then eventually you will be merely a serf.
It wasn't my idea, but it's a good one: Stay home on the Ides of March, don't work, and don't buy anything. In my opinion, staying home for more than one day would be more effective. A problem is that much of the population is already so poor that losing any pay is a disaster. People work when sick or when grieving. Too bad somebody can't distribute the food spoiling in warehouses and on the docks that isn't going to starving people in other countries. I hate to see anything wasted.
Canadian here: Am I going to have to take up arms? Am I heading to the Arctic to defend our border from Putin, or am I running to protect our southern border from our family and friends? Life could not be sadder.
USA veteran here: Stay warm in the winter, cool in the summer and enjoy and protect your environment.
It will be a long slog, but the sane ones of us never left you. We love Canada for standing with us and fighting for what is right. Hope we all get our happy back soon.
Dear Mary, I love Canada and their wonderful sovereign democracy. DEMOCRACY, sovereign. Underline! So many of us are appalled 😱 by these monsters who sidle up to dictators. I don’t simply sit around twiddling my fingers or posting on sites like these. Over my dead body will the orange slime even try to invade Canada. I’m older but NOT WEAKER.
The worst enemy of all is the invisible one. I really don't think Republicans know who or what their enemy is. I think they believe that they are righteous in destroying this country and rebuilding it in accordance with their perception of religion and God. I think they look upon the "others" as heathens and "evil doers". But, at the end of the day, the real enemy, the one they don't want to look at, is inside of them. It is invisible. Yet, the anxiety is real and the fear of loss of control is real. This country is currently being run by 6th graders. There literally are no adults in the room. It is George Orwell''s "Animal Farm" come to life.
Is what they do treason? Yeah, probably. But, as Congressman Jeffries recently said on Jon Steward's Weekly Podcast..."The ship be sinking." The Republicans are stomping on every constitute they previously had......the vets, the farmers, the bankers, the investors, the....pretty much everyone. Trump is going to do massive damage before he leaves. HIs battery of shell game specialist from Reality TV will corrupt their institutions. Food and shelter will continue to rise in price as well as scarcity. Investments will begin to erode. It's ain't going to be pretty. America will bend, but not break. Eventually, no matter who you are or what you believe, at some point you have to deal with the invisible enemy within. And now we all enter into the Dark Night of the Soul to do just that.
Geesus phucking keriste Frank. It is because of god botherers that we are in this mess.
God botherers are trump's base.
If there was a god, there wouldn't be evil. Evil can't be blamed on free will, because hurricanes, volcano's, floods, fires are not caused by free will.
We know what happened, we know what is happening and we can sure extrapolate the present into the future.
What we need to be doing is organizing a resistance, and sabotaging the new world order of the 4th Reich of the Rich.
I am so scared right now!! I can't believe that this septuagenarian, who never contributed a dime to helping anyone, wields this much power!! I cannot believe that no one realized the utter chaos and instability that the world is going to experience as a result of a minority of voters (yes, he did get the electoral college, he did get the popular vote), but he did not get 50% and no one counts the people that were purged from the voter roll, (Greg Palais's proven research) 4.1 million voters purged, could have tipped the scales. This is the scariest time in World History and it could have all been avoided!! Trump and Putin and Kim Jong Un, and maybe even Xi in China are all part of the new world order!! They will take what they want and no one should be safe!!
You are not alone Thom! I feel exactly the same and have no idea what, if anything, is going to turn the tide. Your sharing, yesterday, about how some German's were slowly and imperceptibly hoodwinked into Hitler's agenda was chilling. My impulse is to leave the country while I can but ask myself, to go where? Fascism and Oligarchy are rising up all over the planet. Clearly humanity is being asked to wake up or lose this amazing Earth/Human experiment. We lose it to the Earth herself, as the Kogi tell us beginning in December of this year if we don't change how we live on the planet, or through a World War III. The Dems are pathetic. So weak and disappointing! We are a one party country now with two lunatics running it and everyone pretending all is well in the kingdom. Keep yelling from the rooftop. You are not alone!
Who said AOC and Elizabeth Warren were pathetic? No one, not Thom or anyone else on this thread
In General though the Democratic party has been pathetic, impotent enablers, weak and afraid of their own shadow. Afraid that they might piss off the donor class, My representative is useless, quiet, ineffectual, you never hear his name, he doesn't stand up or stand out, and the only time you hear from him is at election time. The only reason I voted for him is the D in front of his name.
No she’s amazing. I’m referring to the unity, leadership, taking a stand as a unified voice every day, all day long and holding news conferences, going on Fox like Buttigieg did
This is the kind of insanity that 77 million marks voted for. They fell for the world's biggest con job. I hope they're happy. (And most of them are so stupid that they probably think Trump's doing a great job.) I weep for my country.
The most important things, though, were:
- 17M citizens were happy to sit on their massive butts and watch TV instead of voting
- 13% of Black males felt that they would finally become Men if they voted for a hooligan
- 49% of Hispanics felt they'd finally become White by voting Orange
- 60% of White men felt the same as Black men
- 53% of White women felt that breeding was too important to vote Kah-MAH-Lah
Don’t forget to include stealing an election through voter suppression.
Kamala would have comfortably won the popular vote and the electoral college if not for the 3 million stolen/suppressed votes.
This is a fact-watch this:
https://youtu.be/3UiB3xwyfPQ
Wow! I missed this. Thank you for sharing it here. I'm watching his movie now, "Vigilantes Inc."
Hey, Terry!
Thanks for taking the time to watch this!
I am disappointed there isn’t enough discussion of this. Could possibly be unaware…please spread the word. Totally reputable sources.
Think of how different today would be if it wasn’t for disenfranchised voters (+3 million!). 😩
And they try to say it’s a mandate.
Did you hear trump saying he’s already got enough votes, don’t worry about voting for him? This explains it.
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1816482779581775943?s=42
There were 90 million people who sat on their massive butts, but 458,000 Muslims in the Swing states of Wi, MI, PA either voted for Trump or didn't vote at all because they were in a snit with Biden because he supported Israel over blood thirsty HAMAS.
So I wonder how they like it now.
The corporate media kept trying to tell us it was inflation and the economy, a myth perpetuated by the likes of that troll James Carville, but clearly it was the culture war, identity, and it still is, Musk Trump are getting away with murder because they have the full support of culture warriors at the bottom and the very top of society.
Own the libs and you can commit treason, Which is what they are doing, deconstructing America as they are doing is an act of treason.
That's how psy ops works. I remind you of the question "Did Trump admit Musk stole the Pa election?"
Seems illogical right... there were many coercive manipulations of multiple types...but still .... ??????
I can't prove the past but I know one thing for certain....future elections... WILL BE "Russian elections" ... there will no longer be fair and transparent elections...ever. Not unless Trump is ousted and maybe paper ballots take over until a system can be trusted. "Houston..we have a PROBLEM"
Precisely. Although I am not sure what you mean by 53% --- felt breeding was too important.
Carol. 53 percent of white women voted for the parasites. White women, who are by far the most prevalent population who get abortions, get pre-natal care, get WIC, and get paid maternity leave. Breeding meaning having copulation leading to pregnancy. White women know that they will, if financially able, have abortion available to them. I have watched the female vote for decades, mostly because my first partner was a true feminist and taught me a lifetime of process about what equal women expect and deserve. And that would be ALL women, period. I have two daughters, now grown, who have had their issues with childbirth/pregnancy, as have all three of my ex-wives.
I am no stranger to this. I have always supported the women in my life to manage their bodies, without my interference. Two were angle-saxon white, one Jewish. My very long time partner is Jewish. All of these women had either abortions or miscarriages. All had pre-natal care. All but one had university degrees. All but one were progressive. This is the perplexing dilemma of the white female, and, after all my experiences and pondering, I still do not have an answer for why white women would support a rapist, sexual predator/misogynist. Are most white women actually liberated?
Mick, no, they are not. I am a feminist and helped train my husband on the nuances of societal hypocrisy. He already had strong women in his primary family as examples where women asserted themselves, spoke for themselves, and sought jobs they wanted. Like his father and uncles, the men respected the women in their lives. But these women you describe are infatuated with male power. I think the men they are married to need this type of adulation. These types of women were willing to discount Donald's treatment of women. Or didn't believe it. They want someone who is in charge. However, most women I know would not vote for such an animal. They see him as a rapist, sexual predator/misogynist.
Most women you know apparently don't represent the norm.
In your experience/observations, how would you describe a 'norm' with women older than15 years? Are they what we might call liberated, or trending toward that behavior, or are they traditional, as Carol states?
Mick, I think Carol made my case. Seems to me many women just want a daddy. That is both stupid and short sighted. I don't hold the "white women" that voted for Trump despite his dispicable behavior toward them in very high esteem. I'm not faulting all women by any means. But my impression is that many women are intellectually lazy. Call me what you will, I really don't care.
I did not/will not call you anything. I asked a question. I received an answer I can understand. As I watch my daughters cope with various feminine issues in their lives, it is obvious to me that the 'murkan female has been and still is under great duress. Much of the male population is misogynist to some degree, often unconsciously, but more often overtly. Women are outrageously manipulated by the propaganda of social expectations delivered by consumerism and competition. Both my kids often repeat one word - testosterone. I cannot disagree, but I wish it were that simple. It is a constant challenge to attempt to be an empathetic and honorable male, even when that might be my natural disposition. Men in 'murka are drastically in need of mature role models. I see few now, whereas in my youth and early adulthood, there were quite a few.
Gross racism among the MAGA. N. Calif. is rife with it.
Abortion.
You asked a very basic question about the orange moron masquerading as prez - whether he seeks "...the destruction of the United States of America. Is that his goal?"
First of all, this does not appear to be his actions alone. Rather it is orchestrated by many acting under the drawstrings of Musk, Thiel and certain other morbidly rich ineividuals. They want to go back to the early 1900’s when there were no checks on the robber barons. They crave that power.
So, yes, he wants (and the morbidly rich want) to destroy the US government as we know it and change our country to one that owes fealty to him (and to them). This was all laid out carefully in Project 2025 - and his executive orders follow the litany of mandates from that plan. They said they were going to do it, they are doing it, and so far - they are succeeding with it.
Next step, they are going after the legal system - with the blessing and compliments of cj Feckless john roberts.
So much for the common good.
So right, Michael, and we told 'em. They voted their pocket-books anyway. Now more money will go to the top in the form of 4.5 trillion in cuts and tax-breaks if they get their way.
There were more SCOTUS memo leaks confirming the fix is in with Roberts. Some poor staff member(s) is/are risking it all. Let's hope we see that sort of bravery in the lower courts.
None dare call it a bribe: Musk's X has agreed to settle a lawsuit Trump brought against Twitter for approximately $10 million, multiple news outlets reported.
I think that Trump is stupidly single-minded, and without realizing it, he is seeding fertile grounds for WWIII.
I can only add two quotes to what you said.
Chamberlain on betraying Czechoslovakia:
"A quarrel in a far away country, between people of whom we know nothing.”
He at least had the excuse of wanting to avoid another horrific conflict with Germany, and even then Churchill knew that he was wrong. Trump does not have that excuse. But then his entire life has been one of betrayal, his contractors, bankers, wives, vice-president and now our entire country and its friends and allies.
′′Minds that seek revenge destroy states, while those that seek reconciliation build nations.”
Nelson Mandela knew what mattered.
Thank you . . . well said!
Here Trump goes again--suing for peace on behalf of an ally, without even including that ally in the discussion--just like he did in Afghanistan. What good is our word to any of our allies in the world, if we just walk out as soon as our commitment becomes an inconvenience?
Trump the Manchurian candidate or a Lizard person.
it is as good as the legal trade agreements, that the US and other countries business's build factories and hire staff and purchase good, relying on it ....it is as good as that
Pre WW1 was the time of Robber Barons and isolation from the rest of the world. We seem to be heading in that direction again. The new barons are actively seeking isolation and are focused on gutting the country, leaving the majority of us to act as serfs to them.
Elizabeth Graham , author of Democracy to Democrazy has been ringing this bell frequently and yet few listened or took it seriously . She worked in Russia for 20 yrs and saw first hand the truth re Putin, Trump and their relationship based on Trumps subservience to Putin. Putin has had Donald over a barrel for years. During this time Donald has been an obedient
charlatan for Putin. Add in Orban who gave the up close teaching of how to become authoritarian to the Trump and Republican Party over a period of a few years.
The Democrats are still stuck in Miss Manners Class on how to get along with Bullies .
How’s that working for you? Schumer?
It ‘s not important how “ nice” you play . It’s important that you scream and shout the truth when necessary . We’re past necessary.
Schumer needs to step down. he cannot speak plainly and lead creatively. He’s stuck in a past that no longer exists. Like the people who sang 60’s protest songs the other day in an era that demands Beyoncé, which Harris understood. Adam Schiff would be far better at leading the charge.
Freda" Forget Schiff, as useless as teats on a boar hog. He runs towards the camera like a moth to a flame. During the 2022 Mid terms, Schiff and Sean Mahoney ran off to Paris junketeering rather than stay at home and fight to retain their seats.
Mahoney got his come uppance, He was Head of the DCCC, whose job was to elect and re elect Democrats to the House. Well he lost his seat and so did three other NY Congress critters, and the House became Republican.
Schiff’s been at work this time around, exposing DT’s inadequate if not downright dangerous Cabinet nominees. The best is Bernie, who should be the head of our shadow Cabinet. YouTube clips are out there for both of them. Any other recommendations?
If Schiff has been at work, he has been invisible. As I said he loves the camera, and stepping front of a camera is not "doing work". it is called publicity.
Yeah! Spot on about Schiff here from California, William. We all know him, and he will burn.
I’m happy to say, i disagree with you about Schiff right now. I have had him work on issues i care about here in CA. But it’s always good to stay active and alert with our elected reps.
A few years ago, I heard him say on MSNBC, "Where are the Republicans? We need two parties." At the time, I wondered if he needed other actors for the circus they perform for the voters while they make deals for their mutual benefit behind the scenes.
One significant fact about Germany's attempt to stop the Nazis that stood out for me was that their government was so mannered and could not break away from protocol to be effective. Schumer anyone?
Joseph Goebbels: “The big joke on democracy is that it gives its mortal enemies the tools to its own destruction.”
YES...this is the exact synopsis that Europe is SEEING and writing about today in Le Monde....everyone see's it...except Fox fead, news deprived (even main stream media now ! ) or illiterate people... working too hard to feed/care for family's to be able to coherently pay attention. Yes...the same thing happened in Germany in 33 days when Hitler overthrew their government, and it took 4 years of WAR to oust them . IMO ! This is not a drill - repeat...this is a real 5 alarm catastrophe that will happen, just as it did in History. Why would it not...injustice is injustice. Just as Europe and the whole world is predicting. It becomes how many people THEY will hurt, before being ousted? That is the math necessary NOT how much money they hope to create for themselves. History is FULL of these very same examples. I feel in my gut this is the plan Putin created and delivered in the "first secret meeting offering...I will get you elected in 2016 " maybe he even recorded it, to future black mail Trump? That would keep Trump on point......I just have a feeling
The proof of his phone calls, meetings, letters, copies of the Mar-A-Lago documents, and the payments are the leverage Putin holds over Trump. It is that simple.
You got it right, Shauna. Hope you keep saying it!
Not to mention psy ops.
The only way to get their attention is to hold a general strike for more than one day, which would cause the stock market to fall or become unstable. Somebody suggested March 15th, the ides of March, as an appropriate date.
Massive boycott of all retailers on Feb. 28-nationwide
And then continued boycott of corporations that removed DEI practices: Target, Walmart,Amazon and many more which one can research. I'm in
Same here
I'm in too. Carol
I am with you Gloria, bring the economy to a halt, even if it hurts you personally.
However the only way to collapse a dictatorship is from within, and that will take years as the internal contradictions and the power struggle among the factions takes place, the other way is from without, such as the allies did to the axis in WWII.
Trump and Putin are now the axis, and the only way to defeat them is by isolation, cut off all trade, cut off all trade with America. America can't build weapons without natural resources and foreign made parts.
We can only be saved from a theocratic autocracy by external forces. The same way that the axis was beaten.
It does appear that the people of China enjoy more freedom and quality of life, than will America under the dictatorship of Trump and his co consul Musk.
If you aren't cishet white Christian nationalist there is no place for you in this regime., and then eventually you will be merely a serf.
I would like to hear more about this idea, Gloria, and the specifics for how and why we should not strike.
It wasn't my idea, but it's a good one: Stay home on the Ides of March, don't work, and don't buy anything. In my opinion, staying home for more than one day would be more effective. A problem is that much of the population is already so poor that losing any pay is a disaster. People work when sick or when grieving. Too bad somebody can't distribute the food spoiling in warehouses and on the docks that isn't going to starving people in other countries. I hate to see anything wasted.
Canadian here: Am I going to have to take up arms? Am I heading to the Arctic to defend our border from Putin, or am I running to protect our southern border from our family and friends? Life could not be sadder.
Dear, Dear Mary,
USA veteran here: Stay warm in the winter, cool in the summer and enjoy and protect your environment.
It will be a long slog, but the sane ones of us never left you. We love Canada for standing with us and fighting for what is right. Hope we all get our happy back soon.
Dear Mary, I love Canada and their wonderful sovereign democracy. DEMOCRACY, sovereign. Underline! So many of us are appalled 😱 by these monsters who sidle up to dictators. I don’t simply sit around twiddling my fingers or posting on sites like these. Over my dead body will the orange slime even try to invade Canada. I’m older but NOT WEAKER.
Quid pro quo for Russian psy ops.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2024_United_States_elections#:~:text=Russia's%20efforts%20represented%20the%20most,society%20and%20foster%20anti%2DAmericanism.
The worst enemy of all is the invisible one. I really don't think Republicans know who or what their enemy is. I think they believe that they are righteous in destroying this country and rebuilding it in accordance with their perception of religion and God. I think they look upon the "others" as heathens and "evil doers". But, at the end of the day, the real enemy, the one they don't want to look at, is inside of them. It is invisible. Yet, the anxiety is real and the fear of loss of control is real. This country is currently being run by 6th graders. There literally are no adults in the room. It is George Orwell''s "Animal Farm" come to life.
Is what they do treason? Yeah, probably. But, as Congressman Jeffries recently said on Jon Steward's Weekly Podcast..."The ship be sinking." The Republicans are stomping on every constitute they previously had......the vets, the farmers, the bankers, the investors, the....pretty much everyone. Trump is going to do massive damage before he leaves. HIs battery of shell game specialist from Reality TV will corrupt their institutions. Food and shelter will continue to rise in price as well as scarcity. Investments will begin to erode. It's ain't going to be pretty. America will bend, but not break. Eventually, no matter who you are or what you believe, at some point you have to deal with the invisible enemy within. And now we all enter into the Dark Night of the Soul to do just that.
Geesus phucking keriste Frank. It is because of god botherers that we are in this mess.
God botherers are trump's base.
If there was a god, there wouldn't be evil. Evil can't be blamed on free will, because hurricanes, volcano's, floods, fires are not caused by free will.
We know what happened, we know what is happening and we can sure extrapolate the present into the future.
What we need to be doing is organizing a resistance, and sabotaging the new world order of the 4th Reich of the Rich.
Everything wrong without a definite separation of church and state has been exposed in all comments on every article Thom writes.
Geesus phucking keriste is my new phrase to emphasize. I am gaining ideas on this thread to organize resistance.
I am so scared right now!! I can't believe that this septuagenarian, who never contributed a dime to helping anyone, wields this much power!! I cannot believe that no one realized the utter chaos and instability that the world is going to experience as a result of a minority of voters (yes, he did get the electoral college, he did get the popular vote), but he did not get 50% and no one counts the people that were purged from the voter roll, (Greg Palais's proven research) 4.1 million voters purged, could have tipped the scales. This is the scariest time in World History and it could have all been avoided!! Trump and Putin and Kim Jong Un, and maybe even Xi in China are all part of the new world order!! They will take what they want and no one should be safe!!
Oh we realized it. They said it at the convention---Dems read Project 2025 out loud, Paul.
But you got all the rest exactly correct. You have the facts; keep using them. We are all braver than we think, Paul.
Game over.
sad but true and no one will realize it is happening until it happens
You are not alone Thom! I feel exactly the same and have no idea what, if anything, is going to turn the tide. Your sharing, yesterday, about how some German's were slowly and imperceptibly hoodwinked into Hitler's agenda was chilling. My impulse is to leave the country while I can but ask myself, to go where? Fascism and Oligarchy are rising up all over the planet. Clearly humanity is being asked to wake up or lose this amazing Earth/Human experiment. We lose it to the Earth herself, as the Kogi tell us beginning in December of this year if we don't change how we live on the planet, or through a World War III. The Dems are pathetic. So weak and disappointing! We are a one party country now with two lunatics running it and everyone pretending all is well in the kingdom. Keep yelling from the rooftop. You are not alone!
AOC is not pathetic. Neither is Elizabeth Warren.
Who said AOC and Elizabeth Warren were pathetic? No one, not Thom or anyone else on this thread
In General though the Democratic party has been pathetic, impotent enablers, weak and afraid of their own shadow. Afraid that they might piss off the donor class, My representative is useless, quiet, ineffectual, you never hear his name, he doesn't stand up or stand out, and the only time you hear from him is at election time. The only reason I voted for him is the D in front of his name.
No she’s amazing. I’m referring to the unity, leadership, taking a stand as a unified voice every day, all day long and holding news conferences, going on Fox like Buttigieg did
This is the kind of insanity that 77 million marks voted for. They fell for the world's biggest con job. I hope they're happy. (And most of them are so stupid that they probably think Trump's doing a great job.) I weep for my country.
Vanessa, because they are informed by FOX,OAN, Newsmax and social media, all they are hearing is how much fraud and waste DOGE has uncovered.
"Am I the only one in America saying this out loud? Isn’t it obvious?"
No, you aren't the only one in America saying this out loud (but there clearly are not enough of us doing so), and yes, it is obvious!
And yes, it's worse than Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of Hitler. Thank you for speaking the truth!