Roy Cohn was patient zero of a political contagion that has spread from Trump outward to infect this nation and the world. Republicans who once accepted the terms of civility and morality that are prerequisites to participation in a democratic society are now throwing tantrums, sabotaging government, and burying everyone in pointless litigation, all because of Trump, and ultimately Roy Cohn.
“…a lie defended with absolute commitment will usually beat a truth defended halfheartedly.” We need Democratic leadership aware of this fact and dedicated to forcefully advancing the truth. Our current batch of entrenched establishment corporate Democrats is neither interested nor capable.
Tom, unfortunately you are right. Too many democratic politicians are unwilling to embrace real change that gets results. One of the most difficult things for most people is to confront and effectively deal with evil. Time for democrats to grow a spine. Thom supplies the truth and we need to supply the muscle. No excuses anymore.
This is why you see the Democratic Socialists winning primaries against incumbents. As a senior, I will vote against the incumbents for the DS and the Progressives. It's time to kick the old regime to the curb and bring some new blood into the party. Some with backbone and balls. There is more I like about them, but that's good for now.
All true . The kind of BS Trump is always gleeful about is always lies. There was talk of Musk and his “ Doge boys” fooling with voting machines and altering the votes in the 2024 election .
That ,of course ,would not knock us off our feet .
When Donald Trump announces cheating by Democrats it’s always how he and the MAGAS cheated.
I refuse to watch Thursday nights broadcast and encourage others to avoid it , leaving him with paltry ratings. It will all be lies anyway .
Thanks Mr. H -- I've often wondered about the 2024 election given that Musk was trump's best pal and musk had a crew of boy geeks -- the majority of whom could probably do some serious hacking of . . . yes, voting machines or the lines that connect voting precincts w/home offices . . . or however its done. If you tell me that's complete paranoia on my part, I may believe you. But it worries me even more now. That said, you're right - every time in the last 10-15 years I've voted, I fill in bubbles by the people I'm voting for - my name isn't on the ballot, but the forms are saved so that's a plus.
"He understood something that’s become the operating system of Donald Trump’s entire life: the court of public opinion matters more than any court of law, and a lie defended with absolute commitment will usually beat a truth defended halfheartedly."
That statement should be imprinted on our brains and carved in concrete where it can't be ignored in every place possible. The plan as outlined here is exactly what will be carried out and is in full operation already. Forewarned is forearmed. Spread the word and brag about our state voting systems frequently, loudly, and publicly.
Well it is exactly the same thinking as the Iran War. The State and Defense ("War") Departments issue statements about how, "“The United States is holding Iran accountable for recent unjustified aggression". There is no consideration about how Iran was hit with a sneak attack while the U.S. was negotiating for peace, and of course the original sin of the 1953 CIA-backed coup is long down the memory hole. Attack, deny, claim victory, deflect and pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. But at home or abroad there is a limit to how many people can be fooled all of the time.
Any voting machine can probably be hacked, but that is why they are not connected to the internet. I regularly used scanners to turn my organizational questionnaires (like the OPM Federal Workforce Viewpoint Survey my team of senior psychologists developed and validated) into crunchable numbers I could analyze. That's why the machines are under human surveillance 24/7 during voting sessions and counting. Nobody can change my mailed-in vote either - unless they do not put it into the machine to tally it.
What is crystal clear is that Trump knows he is doomed this November, so he knows that like ending the OPM Federal Workforce Viewpoint Surveys, declaring voting to be invalid, avoids being outed as a loser - his #1 fear. The question remains as to whether America will let Trump get away with this, his umpteenth fraud. Or will we declare Democracy a winner by supporting the results?
Trump will not mention all the evidence showing that the counting of votes in the voting machines has been violated by his own Republican cronies - the evidence is now clear for 2020 and 2024. We - see for example ETA an independent invistigating company: ETA =https://electiontruthalliance.org/ and also "This Will Hold" emails about other investigations and needs. These analyses show he definitely LOST the 2024 elections - they cheated in counting the votes in avery frigne state and even in Florida.
There may have been no record of hacking and Puerto Rico, but there is definitely a record.If you dig of hacking in other states. I totally agree with all that you have stated here , but I think there's more to see if only we could do a hand count of 2024 ballots for even a handful of the swing states and counties therein. https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/ex-cia-whistleblower-the-nsa-audited?r=5vogaw&triedRedirect=true
Behind the scenes Israeli Interference In Upcoming Elections
The Israeli government has become active in the upcoming election apart from AIPAC activity. In an interview at Zeteo(bit.ly/3Ri6Kgr) Kai Newkirk, self proclaimed Democratic Socialist who is committed to supporting the working class community, reports that his campaign team has been receiving AI chatbots promoting US-Israeli interconnectedness. The campaign reported this foreign interference to the Arizona AG’s office but has not heard back yet. Cheeto syncophant Brad Parslie seems to be spearheading this effort for the Israeli government.
But it seems this has not only happened in Arizona but also in other states around the country. Of course this is in direct violation of election law but the Nazi Republicans and Cheeto at the federal level have in essence obfuscated the central role of the US government to provide protections against foreign election interference.
WE the People need to spread the word about the many ways the Nazi Republicans are trying to rig the election, not only domestically but also aiding and abetting foreign governments in interfering. Like Putin, if they lose, they know that they will have hell to pay and so it’s pedal to the metal.
The breakdown of civil society is also about technology that enabled fast as light worldwide communication and thus the surveillance state. Data is now is now the lynchpin that creates and supplies the overlords with the fuel for disinformation and control. It is a much deeper problem than just a few amoral and corrupt individuals. There is NO going back. But it can work both ways.The genie is out of the bottle - so protect your children and teach them well. We can't let the algorithms take over. It is past time for a new political party. Fight the illuminati and let's throw all the bums out.
Democrats need to get 100% behind the candidates that won their primaries. Winning in November is all that matters. Dems that are publicly criticizing these winning candidates are helping the other side. they need to shut up and get with the program.
Thom, today’s article is spot on. It cuts through the sheeples cognitive dissonance. I wrote a song about it. Time for a whole lot of people to wake up. Mr. Hartmann, you gave us the facts, time for us to act.
So there it is. Tonight, Trump will essentially cancel the midterms. He'll make a lot of heartfelt promises about how he isn't killing democracy but is saving it. He will assert a threat from China (He has to make it come from abroad in order to warrant more power to suppress it.) And he will do his best to make this threat sound scary so people will fall for it, in some cases even support it. All this has been easily predictable for some time if you follow his sociopath logic: "I cannot be guaranteed of maintaining power after the midterms elections because of my unpopularity and the unpopularity of anyone associated with me. Therefore, there must be no midterm elections, no matter what lie I have to make up to justify canceling them." Now for the rest of the predictions about Trump and the election that I have made: 1) Blue states will refuse to go along with his orders, but Red states will, and that will be enough to disrupt the election. 2) Trump will close the borders on November 4, the day after the midterms were supposed to occur. No one gets in or out. 3) There will be massive protests against this fascist takeover of our democracy. People will cram the streets. But Trump will be ready with tanks in the streets and the Insurrection Act. He will assume that a few bloody encounters will drive people back inside. There may be some troops who refuse to fire on US citizens, but there will be some that will. He can always rely on his brownshirts. 4) Trump will immediately begin arresting people he claims are instigators. He has to begin rounding them up immediately so as to keep the leadership from having time to organize against. him. People should consider getting out of the country now. You cannot speak out against him from a concentration camp, but you can from Canada. He has already provided for the detention centers he will need through a recent building spree. 5) All information will be suppressed in favor of the official line. Six) Means of communication can be closed down, including the internet. Spying will be the rule. It will be assumed that you cannot talk openly on the phone or even in the mails. 7) Fascist governments tend not to last very long. It is hard to maintain control when you do not have a base of support. The US will be united against him. I expect the people to take back control in a few years, but not as the semi democracy we have always been. We will have learned some lessons. We will have gone through fire and brimstone and hopefully be ready for a better future. But, we need to organize now. Setting up communication lines, organizing by neighborhoods so we can take care of each other and exchange information through a network of neighborhoods and communities, etc. Hitler demanded that all Jews wear the Jewish star to identify them. Only in Denmark, where King Christian X is said to have threatened to wear the badge himself if it were imposed on his country’s Jewish population, were the Germans unable to impose such a regulation. So, I am going to put a sign on my door that says "Communist, socialist, anarchist, Democrat, gay trans, undocumented immigrant, and woke. I suggest others do the same. Shea Foote @ Substack.com
Roy Cohn was patient zero of a political contagion that has spread from Trump outward to infect this nation and the world. Republicans who once accepted the terms of civility and morality that are prerequisites to participation in a democratic society are now throwing tantrums, sabotaging government, and burying everyone in pointless litigation, all because of Trump, and ultimately Roy Cohn.
“…a lie defended with absolute commitment will usually beat a truth defended halfheartedly.” We need Democratic leadership aware of this fact and dedicated to forcefully advancing the truth. Our current batch of entrenched establishment corporate Democrats is neither interested nor capable.
Tom, unfortunately you are right. Too many democratic politicians are unwilling to embrace real change that gets results. One of the most difficult things for most people is to confront and effectively deal with evil. Time for democrats to grow a spine. Thom supplies the truth and we need to supply the muscle. No excuses anymore.
This is why you see the Democratic Socialists winning primaries against incumbents. As a senior, I will vote against the incumbents for the DS and the Progressives. It's time to kick the old regime to the curb and bring some new blood into the party. Some with backbone and balls. There is more I like about them, but that's good for now.
All true . The kind of BS Trump is always gleeful about is always lies. There was talk of Musk and his “ Doge boys” fooling with voting machines and altering the votes in the 2024 election .
That ,of course ,would not knock us off our feet .
When Donald Trump announces cheating by Democrats it’s always how he and the MAGAS cheated.
I refuse to watch Thursday nights broadcast and encourage others to avoid it , leaving him with paltry ratings. It will all be lies anyway .
The media news will tell us enough to know what was said. MSNOW will cover it, and from them I get the truth.
Thanks Mr. H -- I've often wondered about the 2024 election given that Musk was trump's best pal and musk had a crew of boy geeks -- the majority of whom could probably do some serious hacking of . . . yes, voting machines or the lines that connect voting precincts w/home offices . . . or however its done. If you tell me that's complete paranoia on my part, I may believe you. But it worries me even more now. That said, you're right - every time in the last 10-15 years I've voted, I fill in bubbles by the people I'm voting for - my name isn't on the ballot, but the forms are saved so that's a plus.
"He understood something that’s become the operating system of Donald Trump’s entire life: the court of public opinion matters more than any court of law, and a lie defended with absolute commitment will usually beat a truth defended halfheartedly."
That statement should be imprinted on our brains and carved in concrete where it can't be ignored in every place possible. The plan as outlined here is exactly what will be carried out and is in full operation already. Forewarned is forearmed. Spread the word and brag about our state voting systems frequently, loudly, and publicly.
Well it is exactly the same thinking as the Iran War. The State and Defense ("War") Departments issue statements about how, "“The United States is holding Iran accountable for recent unjustified aggression". There is no consideration about how Iran was hit with a sneak attack while the U.S. was negotiating for peace, and of course the original sin of the 1953 CIA-backed coup is long down the memory hole. Attack, deny, claim victory, deflect and pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. But at home or abroad there is a limit to how many people can be fooled all of the time.
Any voting machine can probably be hacked, but that is why they are not connected to the internet. I regularly used scanners to turn my organizational questionnaires (like the OPM Federal Workforce Viewpoint Survey my team of senior psychologists developed and validated) into crunchable numbers I could analyze. That's why the machines are under human surveillance 24/7 during voting sessions and counting. Nobody can change my mailed-in vote either - unless they do not put it into the machine to tally it.
What is crystal clear is that Trump knows he is doomed this November, so he knows that like ending the OPM Federal Workforce Viewpoint Surveys, declaring voting to be invalid, avoids being outed as a loser - his #1 fear. The question remains as to whether America will let Trump get away with this, his umpteenth fraud. Or will we declare Democracy a winner by supporting the results?
Trump will not mention all the evidence showing that the counting of votes in the voting machines has been violated by his own Republican cronies - the evidence is now clear for 2020 and 2024. We - see for example ETA an independent invistigating company: ETA =https://electiontruthalliance.org/ and also "This Will Hold" emails about other investigations and needs. These analyses show he definitely LOST the 2024 elections - they cheated in counting the votes in avery frigne state and even in Florida.
There may have been no record of hacking and Puerto Rico, but there is definitely a record.If you dig of hacking in other states. I totally agree with all that you have stated here , but I think there's more to see if only we could do a hand count of 2024 ballots for even a handful of the swing states and counties therein. https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/ex-cia-whistleblower-the-nsa-audited?r=5vogaw&triedRedirect=true
Behind the scenes Israeli Interference In Upcoming Elections
The Israeli government has become active in the upcoming election apart from AIPAC activity. In an interview at Zeteo(bit.ly/3Ri6Kgr) Kai Newkirk, self proclaimed Democratic Socialist who is committed to supporting the working class community, reports that his campaign team has been receiving AI chatbots promoting US-Israeli interconnectedness. The campaign reported this foreign interference to the Arizona AG’s office but has not heard back yet. Cheeto syncophant Brad Parslie seems to be spearheading this effort for the Israeli government.
But it seems this has not only happened in Arizona but also in other states around the country. Of course this is in direct violation of election law but the Nazi Republicans and Cheeto at the federal level have in essence obfuscated the central role of the US government to provide protections against foreign election interference.
WE the People need to spread the word about the many ways the Nazi Republicans are trying to rig the election, not only domestically but also aiding and abetting foreign governments in interfering. Like Putin, if they lose, they know that they will have hell to pay and so it’s pedal to the metal.
The breakdown of civil society is also about technology that enabled fast as light worldwide communication and thus the surveillance state. Data is now is now the lynchpin that creates and supplies the overlords with the fuel for disinformation and control. It is a much deeper problem than just a few amoral and corrupt individuals. There is NO going back. But it can work both ways.The genie is out of the bottle - so protect your children and teach them well. We can't let the algorithms take over. It is past time for a new political party. Fight the illuminati and let's throw all the bums out.
Democrats need to get 100% behind the candidates that won their primaries. Winning in November is all that matters. Dems that are publicly criticizing these winning candidates are helping the other side. they need to shut up and get with the program.
Thom, today’s article is spot on. It cuts through the sheeples cognitive dissonance. I wrote a song about it. Time for a whole lot of people to wake up. Mr. Hartmann, you gave us the facts, time for us to act.
Spotify song link - https://open.spotify.com/track/3VIAZP72rRp1vbVY3GFNlf?si=AZCd_D_CToGbr2UENWl7uw&utm_source=copy-link
So there it is. Tonight, Trump will essentially cancel the midterms. He'll make a lot of heartfelt promises about how he isn't killing democracy but is saving it. He will assert a threat from China (He has to make it come from abroad in order to warrant more power to suppress it.) And he will do his best to make this threat sound scary so people will fall for it, in some cases even support it. All this has been easily predictable for some time if you follow his sociopath logic: "I cannot be guaranteed of maintaining power after the midterms elections because of my unpopularity and the unpopularity of anyone associated with me. Therefore, there must be no midterm elections, no matter what lie I have to make up to justify canceling them." Now for the rest of the predictions about Trump and the election that I have made: 1) Blue states will refuse to go along with his orders, but Red states will, and that will be enough to disrupt the election. 2) Trump will close the borders on November 4, the day after the midterms were supposed to occur. No one gets in or out. 3) There will be massive protests against this fascist takeover of our democracy. People will cram the streets. But Trump will be ready with tanks in the streets and the Insurrection Act. He will assume that a few bloody encounters will drive people back inside. There may be some troops who refuse to fire on US citizens, but there will be some that will. He can always rely on his brownshirts. 4) Trump will immediately begin arresting people he claims are instigators. He has to begin rounding them up immediately so as to keep the leadership from having time to organize against. him. People should consider getting out of the country now. You cannot speak out against him from a concentration camp, but you can from Canada. He has already provided for the detention centers he will need through a recent building spree. 5) All information will be suppressed in favor of the official line. Six) Means of communication can be closed down, including the internet. Spying will be the rule. It will be assumed that you cannot talk openly on the phone or even in the mails. 7) Fascist governments tend not to last very long. It is hard to maintain control when you do not have a base of support. The US will be united against him. I expect the people to take back control in a few years, but not as the semi democracy we have always been. We will have learned some lessons. We will have gone through fire and brimstone and hopefully be ready for a better future. But, we need to organize now. Setting up communication lines, organizing by neighborhoods so we can take care of each other and exchange information through a network of neighborhoods and communities, etc. Hitler demanded that all Jews wear the Jewish star to identify them. Only in Denmark, where King Christian X is said to have threatened to wear the badge himself if it were imposed on his country’s Jewish population, were the Germans unable to impose such a regulation. So, I am going to put a sign on my door that says "Communist, socialist, anarchist, Democrat, gay trans, undocumented immigrant, and woke. I suggest others do the same. Shea Foote @ Substack.com