I knew the minute Harris stated she could not think of a single issue she varied from Biden that the game was over. People wanted see a new agenda, and if she had cogently voiced one she might well have won. Instead, she read from a provided script. The country wanted Biden gone. Each day his refusal to step down gave incremental gain sw…
I knew the minute Harris stated she could not think of a single issue she varied from Biden that the game was over. People wanted see a new agenda, and if she had cogently voiced one she might well have won. Instead, she read from a provided script. The country wanted Biden gone. Each day his refusal to step down gave incremental gain sway to Trump. His mind clearly had deteriorated, but his egotism only festered bigger. The maudlin loyalty is unity is loyalty is unity bullshit poisoned her run.
The country wanted change, not more rehashed Biden. Read yesterday that Merrick Garrland was told by Biden to refrain from direct prosecution following Jan 6--remember Garland, a Republican, was appointed by Biden to AG first legal power. Another thing that keeps nagging my mind was the great wounded wailing that the MAGAs reacted to when Biden finally stepped aside. The MAGA elite shouted 'unconstitutional' etc. Trump called it indictable 'treason'. Seemed a bit of over-reaction that they would claim such pain. Could have been just that they knew they could beat Biden, could have been more quid pro, we won't ever know. Everything but popcorn is for sale these days in DC on BOTH sides, and the prices (or grift gains) will now go through the roof. One other thing, everybody on the Left finally began to use the word 'fascism' true to its reality, but since the election, the word seems to have evaporated from the vocabulary by the Left, replaced with words like 'accomodation', 'both sides', 'across the aisle'. Fear, real fear, has already set in.
To the feckless, cowardly punditocracy, greater “influencer” community, and corporate media:
You did this. With very few exceptions, you allowed a group of oligarchs, theocrats and foreign dictators to take over America, leaving hundreds of millions of real human beings vulnerable to a fascist, genocidal dictatorship whose underlying ideology is great replacement theory.
You spent weeks covering Fani Willis’s sex life. You spent months attacking Joe Biden’s mental capacity to lead while you ignored the frothing, demented lunatic literally telling us — through “The Weave” — what he’s going to do. Remember when he told us he was going to do Kristallnacht? Just Trump being Trump, right?
No. It was not. The people around him, infested with literal Russian agents, like Susie Wiles, who it was announced will be Trump’s chief of staff, Peter Thiel’s android JD Vance, who is very likely to become the President, not to mention people like Erik Prince & Mike Flynn, who is openly threatening Barack Obama and hundreds more people on his “Deep State Target List,” will absolutely do everything Trump said. On Day ONE.
The only story is the Fall of America — and what do to about our impending autocracy. Every moment you spend on Democratic finger-pointing is not just fiddling on the Titanic, it’s hypnotizing people into not getting on a life boat. You must be honest about the potential horrors of a man like Donald Trump having the nuclear codes and the legal right, per the theocratic crime cult on SCOTUS, to hunt down anyone he wants and execute them.
You must cover the fact that there are numerous individuals in the crosshairs of violence, arrest, imprisonment and death. You must cover the fact that every vulnerable group will be at the complete mercy of a fascist dictatorship.
Instead of musing about “what went wrong” in the Democratic messaging, imagine for a fucking moment how women, LGBTQ+, brown, Black, Jewish, Native and numerous other vulnerable people are going to die — systematically, intentionally, by a regime of misogynist white supremacists who see women as subservient and anyone not in the ruling class as subhuman.
Here are just a few alternate ideas for what to talk about instead of a fantasy comeback of the Democrats in the “next election” — that will never happen.
How to survive autocracy
Strategies for resistance
Protecting the vulnerable
Personal security against government surveillance and violence
How State governments need to step up to protect people
How this actually happened, psychological warfare, active measures
How the US is being turned into the Western States of Russia
How to protect yourself from indoctrination and brainwashing into the cult that has taken over the government
Historical parallels, what are the potential ways out of this
I know everyone is scared. You have editors, managers, studio heads, whatever. There are so many excuses to chew up the Last Days of America with empty garbage. But I’m begging you to step up, just once.
The Fourth Estate has fallen along with the rest of our formerly protected rights. This is your last chance to show what a “free press” was for.
In 1933, Weimar Germany voluntarily handed over power to Adolf Hitler. Speaking for myself, I feel abandoned by you and my government just as the people of Weimar must have. After 50 years of allegedly fighting for our democracy, you are capitulating to a Fourth Reich. They told us what they are going to do, and you are just letting them do it.
Franz von Papen, Adolf Hitler, 1933; Joe Biden 11/7/24
Are you really going to be the Franz von Papen of the 21st century, Joe?
You had the power to fix this. You should have had the information to understand the threat that we were facing. Instead you treated it like just another Democratic presidency, hoping that if the economy were good enough it would fix the problem with all the “MAGA extremists.”
You were wrong. You didn’t listen to those of us who told you who tried to steal the election from you in 2020. You let your DOJ and FBI drag their feet with the perfect timing to let Donald Trump and his co-conspirators go free. You prosecuted all the foot soldiers and never went after the “generals.” You prioritized “norms” and the “independence” of the DOJ over us. You failed to lead, to demand accountability — from Merrick Garland, Chris Wray and the others who let this happen on your watch.
I hear you talking now about “all that we accomplished” in your “historic administration” as if that will have any impact on the psychopaths who will destroy everything that you have done. You could have been the inflection point to preserve our world and make it better, instead you presided over a transition into an authoritarian global nightmare.
To hear this is just a “setback” is insulting. You are leaving your nation to the wolves and you won’t even be honest about it. I put myself in the crosshairs for this country, Joe Biden, as did many patriots who fought alongside me. Instead of hearing us, you are just letting them pull the trigger.
I have deep respect for you, Joe. I fought hard for you. But in this moment, as you gaslight us that it’s all going to be fine, my loyalty is shattered.
I knew the minute Harris stated she could not think of a single issue she varied from Biden that the game was over. People wanted see a new agenda, and if she had cogently voiced one she might well have won. Instead, she read from a provided script. The country wanted Biden gone. Each day his refusal to step down gave incremental gain sway to Trump. His mind clearly had deteriorated, but his egotism only festered bigger. The maudlin loyalty is unity is loyalty is unity bullshit poisoned her run.
The country wanted change, not more rehashed Biden. Read yesterday that Merrick Garrland was told by Biden to refrain from direct prosecution following Jan 6--remember Garland, a Republican, was appointed by Biden to AG first legal power. Another thing that keeps nagging my mind was the great wounded wailing that the MAGAs reacted to when Biden finally stepped aside. The MAGA elite shouted 'unconstitutional' etc. Trump called it indictable 'treason'. Seemed a bit of over-reaction that they would claim such pain. Could have been just that they knew they could beat Biden, could have been more quid pro, we won't ever know. Everything but popcorn is for sale these days in DC on BOTH sides, and the prices (or grift gains) will now go through the roof. One other thing, everybody on the Left finally began to use the word 'fascism' true to its reality, but since the election, the word seems to have evaporated from the vocabulary by the Left, replaced with words like 'accomodation', 'both sides', 'across the aisle'. Fear, real fear, has already set in.
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https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia/freedom-world/2023
To the feckless, cowardly punditocracy, greater “influencer” community, and corporate media:
You did this. With very few exceptions, you allowed a group of oligarchs, theocrats and foreign dictators to take over America, leaving hundreds of millions of real human beings vulnerable to a fascist, genocidal dictatorship whose underlying ideology is great replacement theory.
You spent weeks covering Fani Willis’s sex life. You spent months attacking Joe Biden’s mental capacity to lead while you ignored the frothing, demented lunatic literally telling us — through “The Weave” — what he’s going to do. Remember when he told us he was going to do Kristallnacht? Just Trump being Trump, right?
No. It was not. The people around him, infested with literal Russian agents, like Susie Wiles, who it was announced will be Trump’s chief of staff, Peter Thiel’s android JD Vance, who is very likely to become the President, not to mention people like Erik Prince & Mike Flynn, who is openly threatening Barack Obama and hundreds more people on his “Deep State Target List,” will absolutely do everything Trump said. On Day ONE.
The only story is the Fall of America — and what do to about our impending autocracy. Every moment you spend on Democratic finger-pointing is not just fiddling on the Titanic, it’s hypnotizing people into not getting on a life boat. You must be honest about the potential horrors of a man like Donald Trump having the nuclear codes and the legal right, per the theocratic crime cult on SCOTUS, to hunt down anyone he wants and execute them.
You must cover the fact that there are numerous individuals in the crosshairs of violence, arrest, imprisonment and death. You must cover the fact that every vulnerable group will be at the complete mercy of a fascist dictatorship.
Instead of musing about “what went wrong” in the Democratic messaging, imagine for a fucking moment how women, LGBTQ+, brown, Black, Jewish, Native and numerous other vulnerable people are going to die — systematically, intentionally, by a regime of misogynist white supremacists who see women as subservient and anyone not in the ruling class as subhuman.
Here are just a few alternate ideas for what to talk about instead of a fantasy comeback of the Democrats in the “next election” — that will never happen.
How to survive autocracy
Strategies for resistance
Protecting the vulnerable
Personal security against government surveillance and violence
How State governments need to step up to protect people
How this actually happened, psychological warfare, active measures
How the US is being turned into the Western States of Russia
How to protect yourself from indoctrination and brainwashing into the cult that has taken over the government
Historical parallels, what are the potential ways out of this
I know everyone is scared. You have editors, managers, studio heads, whatever. There are so many excuses to chew up the Last Days of America with empty garbage. But I’m begging you to step up, just once.
The Fourth Estate has fallen along with the rest of our formerly protected rights. This is your last chance to show what a “free press” was for.
Good letter to an editor.
We share concerns
From Jim Stewardson https://www.mind-war.com/p/abandoned?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=9q8rt&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Mr. President,
In 1933, Weimar Germany voluntarily handed over power to Adolf Hitler. Speaking for myself, I feel abandoned by you and my government just as the people of Weimar must have. After 50 years of allegedly fighting for our democracy, you are capitulating to a Fourth Reich. They told us what they are going to do, and you are just letting them do it.
Franz von Papen, Adolf Hitler, 1933; Joe Biden 11/7/24
Are you really going to be the Franz von Papen of the 21st century, Joe?
You had the power to fix this. You should have had the information to understand the threat that we were facing. Instead you treated it like just another Democratic presidency, hoping that if the economy were good enough it would fix the problem with all the “MAGA extremists.”
You were wrong. You didn’t listen to those of us who told you who tried to steal the election from you in 2020. You let your DOJ and FBI drag their feet with the perfect timing to let Donald Trump and his co-conspirators go free. You prosecuted all the foot soldiers and never went after the “generals.” You prioritized “norms” and the “independence” of the DOJ over us. You failed to lead, to demand accountability — from Merrick Garland, Chris Wray and the others who let this happen on your watch.
I hear you talking now about “all that we accomplished” in your “historic administration” as if that will have any impact on the psychopaths who will destroy everything that you have done. You could have been the inflection point to preserve our world and make it better, instead you presided over a transition into an authoritarian global nightmare.
To hear this is just a “setback” is insulting. You are leaving your nation to the wolves and you won’t even be honest about it. I put myself in the crosshairs for this country, Joe Biden, as did many patriots who fought alongside me. Instead of hearing us, you are just letting them pull the trigger.
I have deep respect for you, Joe. I fought hard for you. But in this moment, as you gaslight us that it’s all going to be fine, my loyalty is shattered.