Because Trump has the guns literally, the Department of Justice, the Supreme Court, the most important of the appellate courts, and the state and local police (right wing sympathizers and Constitutional Sheriff and Peace Officers Association, and finally control of the Armed Forces. Who is going to stop him?
Ohand there is the Federal Purse, if a state doesn't submit, he signs an executive order and withholds funds. He has the keys to the vault, and if there is one thing that can control humans, it is money.
Pulte used his position to dig out "dirt" on Trump's enemies. Evidently Tulsi didn't want to do that, so she stepped down and Trump is using Pulte for the same job, but this time digging into the national security data base..
Reports indicate that acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte directed staff at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to identify around 300 employees for potential termination. Those that are left will be loyalists eager to do the dirty work of digging into DNI files to identify targets.
The objective is the upcoming mid terms, he knows that the Republicans will lose the house in November and he is hell bent on making sure that doesn't happen.. The mid terms is our last chance to save the country and democracy.
Thoughts and prayers go out to Premier Maloni upon finding out that she isn't a special friend of TRump. Some people just don't know a psychopath when they are working with them.
She gets 10 points for publicly calling him a liar and 100 points for sticking up for Ukraine too. Don't like her politics, but I love her country.
Our allies know we will be back with a president that is not rude, crude, and socially unacceptable. Eventually! It's gonna take some time. See you in the streets.
For oligarchs, science is useful for only two things--advancing their racist ideology (eugenics) or advancing their quest for unlimited wealth (AI). All other science is communism, and must be suppressed.
Mark Warner is praying that Bill Pulte doesn’t screw things up too badly. WOW! That’s right up there with strongly worded letters, man. Meanwhile, POSOTUS is monarchically free to run around DC destroying things, write checks out of the national checkbook, start wars & give away the store to end them, ad. inf. Corporate Democrats confine themselves to limp protestations and campaigns that boldly announce “we’re not as bad as they are”. How compelling. Here’s a thought: How about less compromised Congress men & women band together with like minded governors and assemblies and mayors and council persons, etc., and completely undermine this whole “we’re in the minority” scam. You know, kinda act like a PARTY that has the courage of its claimed convictions. It’s past time to support the talk with action. The establishment has failed miserably while seeking to perpetuate the failure by undermining the most inspiring people in the family (see Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, AOC, Mamdani, Platner, etc., etc.). I’ve no doubt Thom and Christopher Armitage and Mehdi Hasan and so many others stand ready to offer guidance superior to that provided by Faux Noise.
MAGA is all about getting rid of subject matter expertise…and the police. If you fire the traffic cops (or corrupt them), there will be no speeding tickets issued. No tickets must mean there isn’t a speeding problem. DOGE/Trump fired hosts of Inspectors General, whose job it was to police their agencies for waste, fraud and abuses. Investigations vanished, including many into Musk and his companies. Generals and Admirals “retired”. All these subject matter experts replaced by unqualified Trump loyalists. Think of a city where the police have been replaced by mob cronies. The crime statistics “go down”, because it isn’t stopped or reported. MAGA are also modern day Luddites. They don’t believe in science, economics, history….facts. Current mainstream media is a reflection of their censorship. ABC NBC CBS News don’t lie like FoxNews, Newsmax, OANN, etc. They edit and censor. They are very unlikely to broadcast any information that will make Republicans look bad, or Democrats look good. That is what Trump now proposes for any type of research. Let the unqualified right wing Trump loyalists decide what is “real.” Or as Trump’s Kellyanne Conway remarked in 2017….just more “alternative truth.”
As Republican Paul Weyrich announced in 1979: “I don’t want everyone to vote. Our (Republican) leverage increases as the voting populace goes down. We are not traditional conservatives, we are radicals who want to tear down the status quo!” Republicans have been gerrymandering and suppressing votes for decades.
As for Republicans crying “socialism”, perhaps they should examine the reelection campaign platform of Republican President Eisenhower in 1956. He supported unions. As for socialism, what do you call taxpayers subsidizing the oil industry and other industries? What do you call full time WallMart employees on public assistance because the multi-billionaire Walton family pays them so little? If Republicans really want to MAGA, we must go back to the policies, law enforcement (like anti-trust), regulations and tax codes that made it that way in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. FDR, Truman, Nixon, Ford and Carter weren’t “socialists”, nor are current Democrats. However, MAGA is looking more like fascists every day.
Someone please explain “how” one party in power is allowed to grab election ballots and be the arbiters rooting out fraud in an election?
Because Trump has the guns literally, the Department of Justice, the Supreme Court, the most important of the appellate courts, and the state and local police (right wing sympathizers and Constitutional Sheriff and Peace Officers Association, and finally control of the Armed Forces. Who is going to stop him?
Ohand there is the Federal Purse, if a state doesn't submit, he signs an executive order and withholds funds. He has the keys to the vault, and if there is one thing that can control humans, it is money.
We must have enough money to survive.
Pulte used his position to dig out "dirt" on Trump's enemies. Evidently Tulsi didn't want to do that, so she stepped down and Trump is using Pulte for the same job, but this time digging into the national security data base..
Reports indicate that acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte directed staff at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to identify around 300 employees for potential termination. Those that are left will be loyalists eager to do the dirty work of digging into DNI files to identify targets.
The objective is the upcoming mid terms, he knows that the Republicans will lose the house in November and he is hell bent on making sure that doesn't happen.. The mid terms is our last chance to save the country and democracy.
Thoughts and prayers go out to Premier Maloni upon finding out that she isn't a special friend of TRump. Some people just don't know a psychopath when they are working with them.
She gets 10 points for publicly calling him a liar and 100 points for sticking up for Ukraine too. Don't like her politics, but I love her country.
Our allies know we will be back with a president that is not rude, crude, and socially unacceptable. Eventually! It's gonna take some time. See you in the streets.
Thank you Thom for this piece!
For oligarchs, science is useful for only two things--advancing their racist ideology (eugenics) or advancing their quest for unlimited wealth (AI). All other science is communism, and must be suppressed.
Succinct and well said Jeffrey.
Mark Warner is praying that Bill Pulte doesn’t screw things up too badly. WOW! That’s right up there with strongly worded letters, man. Meanwhile, POSOTUS is monarchically free to run around DC destroying things, write checks out of the national checkbook, start wars & give away the store to end them, ad. inf. Corporate Democrats confine themselves to limp protestations and campaigns that boldly announce “we’re not as bad as they are”. How compelling. Here’s a thought: How about less compromised Congress men & women band together with like minded governors and assemblies and mayors and council persons, etc., and completely undermine this whole “we’re in the minority” scam. You know, kinda act like a PARTY that has the courage of its claimed convictions. It’s past time to support the talk with action. The establishment has failed miserably while seeking to perpetuate the failure by undermining the most inspiring people in the family (see Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, AOC, Mamdani, Platner, etc., etc.). I’ve no doubt Thom and Christopher Armitage and Mehdi Hasan and so many others stand ready to offer guidance superior to that provided by Faux Noise.
can you please check out and then inform readers of the existence of www.radicalLeft.site ?
MAGA is all about getting rid of subject matter expertise…and the police. If you fire the traffic cops (or corrupt them), there will be no speeding tickets issued. No tickets must mean there isn’t a speeding problem. DOGE/Trump fired hosts of Inspectors General, whose job it was to police their agencies for waste, fraud and abuses. Investigations vanished, including many into Musk and his companies. Generals and Admirals “retired”. All these subject matter experts replaced by unqualified Trump loyalists. Think of a city where the police have been replaced by mob cronies. The crime statistics “go down”, because it isn’t stopped or reported. MAGA are also modern day Luddites. They don’t believe in science, economics, history….facts. Current mainstream media is a reflection of their censorship. ABC NBC CBS News don’t lie like FoxNews, Newsmax, OANN, etc. They edit and censor. They are very unlikely to broadcast any information that will make Republicans look bad, or Democrats look good. That is what Trump now proposes for any type of research. Let the unqualified right wing Trump loyalists decide what is “real.” Or as Trump’s Kellyanne Conway remarked in 2017….just more “alternative truth.”
As Republican Paul Weyrich announced in 1979: “I don’t want everyone to vote. Our (Republican) leverage increases as the voting populace goes down. We are not traditional conservatives, we are radicals who want to tear down the status quo!” Republicans have been gerrymandering and suppressing votes for decades.
As for Republicans crying “socialism”, perhaps they should examine the reelection campaign platform of Republican President Eisenhower in 1956. He supported unions. As for socialism, what do you call taxpayers subsidizing the oil industry and other industries? What do you call full time WallMart employees on public assistance because the multi-billionaire Walton family pays them so little? If Republicans really want to MAGA, we must go back to the policies, law enforcement (like anti-trust), regulations and tax codes that made it that way in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. FDR, Truman, Nixon, Ford and Carter weren’t “socialists”, nor are current Democrats. However, MAGA is looking more like fascists every day.