I tried to share yesterday’s letter answering my forever question: “Why do people continue to vote against their own best interests” with seven friends. None were able to read it finding that they needed to subscribe for the privilege before the experience could convince them of the value of doing so.
That’s unfortunate! I hope Thom fixes that…but one can subscribe for free, as well. I get frustrated with Democracy Docket, even tho I adore Marc Elias, because when he posts pieces on Bluesky, a pop up emerges immediately asking me to subscribe, even though I’m already a paid subscriber! So frustrating. I hope when I post Thom’s columns on Bluesky that folks can read them!
Donald was an allergen test to see if a majority of us are allergic to racism.
He proved twice that we are not.
77,300,000 [including a fraction of minorities] followed this orange rabbit down a "1984" memory hole. A perverse place where facts became "fake" and the good in half of us disappeared.
We, the sane half, are collateral damage as Donnie and the Pips* give the nation catastrophic Long COVID.
*Pips Short List: Chief Justice Robby the Racist Robot and the 5 Goons, Pooty Poot, Netty Net, Rezzy Rezz [Epstein's Pool Boy], and Elon the Impaler . . . and so many, many more, e.g., the scummy Mitchy Mitch, cosmetic-drenched Petey Pete, Linda Graham [locked in his S.Carolina closet]
It's like being governed by rampaging Toxic Mold. . . . Worst kind.
Trump is a Fascist in the true sense of an Italian racketeer. The only way he knows to get people to do his bidding is extortion. That always leads to resentment and eventual revenge. Just ask Mussolini. Oh, you can't. He was murdered in revenge for his own incompetence by his own countrymen. That is surely going to be Trump's end too, and he must know that. He has tried and tried, unsuccessfully to indemnify himself from justice. But surrounded by an army of incompetent sycophants, they are incapable of saving his criminal ass. Add to that, Trump's obvious advancing dementia, and the biggest concern Americans should have is that our Don Dementiano will take his entire country with him - nuke-nuke.
It would be just like Drumpf to demand a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping a war he started. Next up: demanding a Purple Heart for Butler, Pennsylvania, and putting 94-year-old Raul Castro in prison for being Fidel's brother, I guess. Because America's job is governing every other nation but our own.
So please tell me when WE the people will stop allowing the lying to go on forever! This ain’t normal, Folks. Why does Mr Hartmann have to continue to slap us on both cheeks day after ….ing day?!!! Do we know the meaning of “take it to the streets”!!….not Just once every other month?????
President Donald Trump frequently uses Fridays as a platform to take victory laps and declare successes on major policy fronts, most notably regarding the conclusion of U.S. military operations and ongoing negotiations with Iran. Minutes before he makes these declarations,"someone" makes boys on the oil futures market, then Monday or Tuesday hostilities resume, come Friday , wash, rinse, repeat, meanwhile 20 year old Barron is raking in millioins, worth over $150 million.
Iran and Oman have split the Strait of Hormuz Half is in Oman waters half in Iran's waters. They no longer charge tolls, but fees for service, the service is being allowed to safely transit the SOH.
Under international law, charging a toll violates the Freedom of Navigation, but you can charge a fee for service,.
The key to control is maritime insurance. As long as there is hostilities, then maritime insurers like Lloyds of London, either will refuse to insure or charge rates so exorbitant that there is no profit in transporting anything.
Currently only ships flying Iranian, Pakistani Chinese or Indian flags are transiting the strait of Hormuz
Iran accepts only the yuan, stable coin and Trump coin. Accepting Trump coin is clever, as it gives a financial incentive to Trump to maintain the new status quo.The Trump family financially benefits from the hostilities as does he oil cartel.
BTW, cessation of hostilities and opening the Strait will not lower gas prices.
Prior to the 1973 War, gas was about .$.29 a gallon, then there was the oil embargo, and gas shot up to over $1.00 a gallon, and it never came down.
The new normal will be at least $4 a gallon, except on the West coast were it will be $5 $6 a gallon and I am being optimistic. You can expect gas to go up to European levels by September if not sooner, they pay $8 a gallon if not more
Trump;s blockade only exacerbates the situation. Of course the cartel of oil companies are reaping in record profits.
An aggressive, patriotic Democratic Party would appropriately attach every bit of this rolling fiasco to every sitting Repugnican Senator and Member of Congress. Name names. Specify votes. Expose behaviors, including silence as well as support. Corporate Democrats are demonstrably not up to the challenge, a fact reflected in the Party’s abysmal favorability ratings. Lip service followed by inaction breeds cynicism and resignation. It needn’t, can’t be that way if we are to recover.
Thanks, Thom, for telling us to call our legislators over the oversight we so desperately need re any Iran deal. I doubt whether it will happen, but it’s really important for folks to get used to making these calls regularly. As your guest Rachel Bitecofer said yesterday, it’s only when constituents put pressure on that they do what they need to do.
I feel like when we criticize anything that will end any war, even if it is full of falsities or lame boasting from a horribly dangerous person, it suggests that we care more about being right and making he who shall not be named wrong than we care about the victims of continued violence. I'm happy to accept false claims of victory if it means less suffering. I think we can give "them" a clearly false victory without sacrificing anything of value to our values and political goals.
Malignant narcissists destroy everyone and everything around them. It's their nature.
I tried to share yesterday’s letter answering my forever question: “Why do people continue to vote against their own best interests” with seven friends. None were able to read it finding that they needed to subscribe for the privilege before the experience could convince them of the value of doing so.
That’s unfortunate! I hope Thom fixes that…but one can subscribe for free, as well. I get frustrated with Democracy Docket, even tho I adore Marc Elias, because when he posts pieces on Bluesky, a pop up emerges immediately asking me to subscribe, even though I’m already a paid subscriber! So frustrating. I hope when I post Thom’s columns on Bluesky that folks can read them!
Donald was an allergen test to see if a majority of us are allergic to racism.
He proved twice that we are not.
77,300,000 [including a fraction of minorities] followed this orange rabbit down a "1984" memory hole. A perverse place where facts became "fake" and the good in half of us disappeared.
We, the sane half, are collateral damage as Donnie and the Pips* give the nation catastrophic Long COVID.
*Pips Short List: Chief Justice Robby the Racist Robot and the 5 Goons, Pooty Poot, Netty Net, Rezzy Rezz [Epstein's Pool Boy], and Elon the Impaler . . . and so many, many more, e.g., the scummy Mitchy Mitch, cosmetic-drenched Petey Pete, Linda Graham [locked in his S.Carolina closet]
It's like being governed by rampaging Toxic Mold. . . . Worst kind.
#VOTE or Die # Barron to Boot Camp ASAP
Trump is a Fascist in the true sense of an Italian racketeer. The only way he knows to get people to do his bidding is extortion. That always leads to resentment and eventual revenge. Just ask Mussolini. Oh, you can't. He was murdered in revenge for his own incompetence by his own countrymen. That is surely going to be Trump's end too, and he must know that. He has tried and tried, unsuccessfully to indemnify himself from justice. But surrounded by an army of incompetent sycophants, they are incapable of saving his criminal ass. Add to that, Trump's obvious advancing dementia, and the biggest concern Americans should have is that our Don Dementiano will take his entire country with him - nuke-nuke.
It would be just like Drumpf to demand a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping a war he started. Next up: demanding a Purple Heart for Butler, Pennsylvania, and putting 94-year-old Raul Castro in prison for being Fidel's brother, I guess. Because America's job is governing every other nation but our own.
So please tell me when WE the people will stop allowing the lying to go on forever! This ain’t normal, Folks. Why does Mr Hartmann have to continue to slap us on both cheeks day after ….ing day?!!! Do we know the meaning of “take it to the streets”!!….not Just once every other month?????
President Donald Trump frequently uses Fridays as a platform to take victory laps and declare successes on major policy fronts, most notably regarding the conclusion of U.S. military operations and ongoing negotiations with Iran. Minutes before he makes these declarations,"someone" makes boys on the oil futures market, then Monday or Tuesday hostilities resume, come Friday , wash, rinse, repeat, meanwhile 20 year old Barron is raking in millioins, worth over $150 million.
Iran and Oman have split the Strait of Hormuz Half is in Oman waters half in Iran's waters. They no longer charge tolls, but fees for service, the service is being allowed to safely transit the SOH.
Under international law, charging a toll violates the Freedom of Navigation, but you can charge a fee for service,.
The key to control is maritime insurance. As long as there is hostilities, then maritime insurers like Lloyds of London, either will refuse to insure or charge rates so exorbitant that there is no profit in transporting anything.
Currently only ships flying Iranian, Pakistani Chinese or Indian flags are transiting the strait of Hormuz
Iran accepts only the yuan, stable coin and Trump coin. Accepting Trump coin is clever, as it gives a financial incentive to Trump to maintain the new status quo.The Trump family financially benefits from the hostilities as does he oil cartel.
BTW, cessation of hostilities and opening the Strait will not lower gas prices.
Prior to the 1973 War, gas was about .$.29 a gallon, then there was the oil embargo, and gas shot up to over $1.00 a gallon, and it never came down.
The new normal will be at least $4 a gallon, except on the West coast were it will be $5 $6 a gallon and I am being optimistic. You can expect gas to go up to European levels by September if not sooner, they pay $8 a gallon if not more
Trump;s blockade only exacerbates the situation. Of course the cartel of oil companies are reaping in record profits.
Scarcity, or pretended scarcity, is what makes the capitalistic world go 'round.
An aggressive, patriotic Democratic Party would appropriately attach every bit of this rolling fiasco to every sitting Repugnican Senator and Member of Congress. Name names. Specify votes. Expose behaviors, including silence as well as support. Corporate Democrats are demonstrably not up to the challenge, a fact reflected in the Party’s abysmal favorability ratings. Lip service followed by inaction breeds cynicism and resignation. It needn’t, can’t be that way if we are to recover.
Thanks, Thom, for telling us to call our legislators over the oversight we so desperately need re any Iran deal. I doubt whether it will happen, but it’s really important for folks to get used to making these calls regularly. As your guest Rachel Bitecofer said yesterday, it’s only when constituents put pressure on that they do what they need to do.
I feel like when we criticize anything that will end any war, even if it is full of falsities or lame boasting from a horribly dangerous person, it suggests that we care more about being right and making he who shall not be named wrong than we care about the victims of continued violence. I'm happy to accept false claims of victory if it means less suffering. I think we can give "them" a clearly false victory without sacrificing anything of value to our values and political goals.