No doubt that the 2024 Election was stolen, by more than algorithms, but what can we do about a fait acompli? Can we have a do over and depose the grifter in chief? Does this knowledge help us in the next elections? How?
The fascists have the guns and the courts.
A federal judge yesterday ruled that the federal government does not have to return the 2020 election ballots from Georgia’s Fulton County that were seized by the FBI from a warehouse near Atlanta. Kate Brumback reports for AP News.
The 5th in Louisiana and 8th in Missouri always rule in favor of Trump
Trump's nominated judges on appellate courts have been highly supportive, voting in his favor in 97% of administrative stays, 88% of stays pending appeal, and 100% of final rulings.Specific Rulings: In a 2-1 decision in December 2025, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Trump administration regarding the firing of independent agency heads, marking a significant victory.Setbacks: Conversely, the same court ruled unanimously in February 2024 that Trump did not have broad immunity from federal prosecution, a major legal setback
Appellate courts, including the 11th Circuit, ruled in favor of Donald Trump's administration approximately 51% of the time in 2025, with success rates rising to 92% when his appointees were on the panel. Judges appointed by Trump to appellate courts voted in his favor 133 times and against him only 12 times in 2025.
And then there is SCOTUS I don't intend to be negative or defeatist, but I do need to see a plan, something in reality, not pie in the sky.
Capital has been allowed to concentrate in so few hands that a van-load of ultra-billionaires can grab control of all the major methods of communication and poison democracy by enticing voters to accept a line of candidates (and their line of bullshit) which is ultimately self-defeating for us and self-serving for the billionaires.
Democracy is the only vehicle that can serve our needs, but it is so very fragile. It will always be attacked by those who think they are our betters, so we will always have to defend it.
This wildfire of perversity is like a tsunami consuming all in its path. When I heard a very strange item the other day about young republican married males drugging their wives and raping them it truly felt that WHITE MALE PERVERSITY reigns supreme. Where are all you non republican males - haven't heard any righteous indignation and push back on this?
For several years now what I hear, but mostly thankfully can't remember, is we "should" do this, the Dems need a plan,...when will the Dems start..., why can't we organize ... etc - ALL real questions aimed at the nebulus somewhere in the distance future of voting our side back in and where all our dreams will come true. What about the here and now?
WHY HASN'T THIS HAPPENED? Why is there NO plan of action? Why is the average Joe and Josephine left dangling on their own while all of the article above is illuminating the constant pounding and grinding of us into the ground with social media followed by a no recourse judicial body, or any governing body of any kind.
I don't doubt the veracity of this report, Thom, but without the gift to the GOP of Biden's dotage and his pathological need to deny and obscure it because of his selfish refusal to admit his inadequacy for the job, we would have had a robust primary that could have overwhelmed the digital stacked deck.
Ah... You must be from Pennsylvania where a massive ruse of media "propaganda" propelled Lurch Fetterman. Ashamed of fiscally-supporting his campaign and voting for him, I could kick myself in the behind if I were double-jointed. On the other hand, the Republican Mehmet Oz?
No doubt that the 2024 Election was stolen, by more than algorithms, but what can we do about a fait acompli? Can we have a do over and depose the grifter in chief? Does this knowledge help us in the next elections? How?
The fascists have the guns and the courts.
A federal judge yesterday ruled that the federal government does not have to return the 2020 election ballots from Georgia’s Fulton County that were seized by the FBI from a warehouse near Atlanta. Kate Brumback reports for AP News.
The 5th in Louisiana and 8th in Missouri always rule in favor of Trump
Trump's nominated judges on appellate courts have been highly supportive, voting in his favor in 97% of administrative stays, 88% of stays pending appeal, and 100% of final rulings.Specific Rulings: In a 2-1 decision in December 2025, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Trump administration regarding the firing of independent agency heads, marking a significant victory.Setbacks: Conversely, the same court ruled unanimously in February 2024 that Trump did not have broad immunity from federal prosecution, a major legal setback
Appellate courts, including the 11th Circuit, ruled in favor of Donald Trump's administration approximately 51% of the time in 2025, with success rates rising to 92% when his appointees were on the panel. Judges appointed by Trump to appellate courts voted in his favor 133 times and against him only 12 times in 2025.
And then there is SCOTUS I don't intend to be negative or defeatist, but I do need to see a plan, something in reality, not pie in the sky.
Capital has been allowed to concentrate in so few hands that a van-load of ultra-billionaires can grab control of all the major methods of communication and poison democracy by enticing voters to accept a line of candidates (and their line of bullshit) which is ultimately self-defeating for us and self-serving for the billionaires.
Democracy is the only vehicle that can serve our needs, but it is so very fragile. It will always be attacked by those who think they are our betters, so we will always have to defend it.
This wildfire of perversity is like a tsunami consuming all in its path. When I heard a very strange item the other day about young republican married males drugging their wives and raping them it truly felt that WHITE MALE PERVERSITY reigns supreme. Where are all you non republican males - haven't heard any righteous indignation and push back on this?
For several years now what I hear, but mostly thankfully can't remember, is we "should" do this, the Dems need a plan,...when will the Dems start..., why can't we organize ... etc - ALL real questions aimed at the nebulus somewhere in the distance future of voting our side back in and where all our dreams will come true. What about the here and now?
WHY HASN'T THIS HAPPENED? Why is there NO plan of action? Why is the average Joe and Josephine left dangling on their own while all of the article above is illuminating the constant pounding and grinding of us into the ground with social media followed by a no recourse judicial body, or any governing body of any kind.
Inquiring minds want to know.
Very good questions. It's past time to get the answers and pursue solutions before the midterms.
I don't doubt the veracity of this report, Thom, but without the gift to the GOP of Biden's dotage and his pathological need to deny and obscure it because of his selfish refusal to admit his inadequacy for the job, we would have had a robust primary that could have overwhelmed the digital stacked deck.
Unfortunately, my two Republican Senators are both beneficiaries of social media and likely are in office because of them.
Ah... You must be from Pennsylvania where a massive ruse of media "propaganda" propelled Lurch Fetterman. Ashamed of fiscally-supporting his campaign and voting for him, I could kick myself in the behind if I were double-jointed. On the other hand, the Republican Mehmet Oz?
This is incredibly important to know -- and we must act by taking the effort to share this and to contact legislators.