Project 2025 needs more public exposure. Use trump's image and voice repeating over and over what he wants to do on Day One. It will reach the independents and the rest of the fence-sitters if democracy is worth saving. Everyone freedoms are at stake now.
Project 2025 is and has always been the Republican party’s dream of what to do to remove all public assistance programs from Americans. That includes Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Snap, Obama Care, and you name it.
If it helps ordinary or people less than them, they want to get rid of it. Now about that tax give away to the rich, that must not sunset. While they are at it, strip all the protections that government employees have to make them immune to the whims of changing administrations.
What could go wrong could be catastrophic given the latest “supreme” ruling that presidents are above the law?
I've gotten so many high-fives wearing this anti-Trump shirt and people asking where to get it.
What also needs more exposure is that the media (which is in collective cognitive decline) pushes narratives; even major papers like the NYT and WaPo push false narratives at times.
If the media were more self-aware, they’d publish an article on the fact that Hillary Clinton was claimed to have Parkinson’s and various other neuro-degenerative diseases and various other health issues.
That, along with constant articles on her emails (which included many recipes! I actually read through them) was what helped, in part, get Trump elected.
The corporate media was complicit then, and is now. Many of the owners are Trump donors.
G.M, JP; I have been Goggling & Goggling for a download able E version of Project 2025; All I get is the heritage foundation pages, offering the book & job applications.
Would you PU- LEASE give the the correct location?
I have been asking for weeks,can' t even get a reply. To my requesting.
I just can' t fathom giving them my $€ for their book.
I think his mind has aged. And from what I'm hearing he's a screamer.. acting out..a brat. He grew up in Glendale, So. Cal. A right wing community. His father was a John Bircher... extreme right wing. He love stirring things and hates when people aren't in front of him applauding. Hates when people are not focused on him. I think we should give him more of what he hates and focus on Biden, the Dems and life affirming change. Focus and constantly commenting on Trump is robbing us of what we could be doing to take America to the next level.
Too bad he has America's youth in his hip pocket. I should clarify; white boys raised on video games, neglected, unloved, iin an outrageous inflationary economy where increased per hr wages still fall far short of meeting financial responsibillities. Every single Democrat including undecided must form a wall to repel the devastation and destruction of America by a Trump occupation and dictatorship.
I don't believe in absolutes, or generalizing when speaking about others.. I know a large number of Gen Z and millennials who are are not always on video games. They are loved, and supported. Smart. Some of them are working in the alternative energy field. Many are eco activists. They are NOT followers of Trump! In fact, they made a public announcement that they were going to be active in the eco movement, taking a stand for change. The press is often misleading. Pumping out sensationalism. You need to check your sources. Who finances the papers you read. What are those owners political affiliations. My favorite news source, among others, is The Guardian. I began reading it after a famous eco activist, a feminist and best selling American author published an article with them. We're FB friends. The Guardian is a. publication that's out of London, but has numerous award winning American reporters writing for them. Yes, there are uneducated youth in the States, whose parents don't believe in education. I believe their numbers are growing. Their parents aren't helping. And YES, Trump is a threat. He's not that educated vis a vis what is happening. According to him climate change is a hoax. He's tapped into Americans who, for the most part are uneducated and angry. I'm in touch with a long time friend who worked at the highest levels of the US govt. When he finally left, he began writing books. He has a blog. we both read The Guardian. It's a British paper that reports on the US. The NY Times has some very good, honest writers who are NOT writing sensationalism. Vox.com is another. Ezra Klein writes for them. He's amazing! Nicolas Kristoff is another journalist. His wife is also a writer. They're well traveled and have a non profit for women and children.
Rebecca Solnit is someone to read. Google her. A feminist who's written best selling books and a climate change activist. Bill McKibben the famous eco activist is someone to read. Google their names and find links to their writing. Another is Robert Reich, an award winning journalist. Not into sensationalism! None of the above are. Google and you'll lead them to news sources that can be trusted. Gen Z is the biggest group of young people coming of age in the next couple of months. They announced their intention to work on Climate Change. Many of the news outlets are publishing b.s. I'm not saying that many young people are suffering. They are as afraid as their parents are.
He has always been like that but men who were already nasty young will most likely get nastier and combine that with dementia or alzheimer's in the later stages...yikes.
I am sure health care workers- doctors, nurses , retirement home workers and the wives of such men could write a book on that.
You know Melania already has her escape hatch planned. Has she not squeezed enough money from him yet? Below her to even go to the store to buy the Depends.
I think most women could write all about senior men. Not all of them are troublesome. Some are the real thing. Caring, liberals. Great grandpas. But there’s other energy at work in these times. The Women’s March on WA surprised a lot of men and frankly, I believe a lot of the violence we today from men is due to their lingering feeling a loss of power. They won’t admit it, don’t undertand the intricacies of what they’re feeling. But for thousands of years In Mongolia, there were women warriors.. in fact there are stll women who hunt on horseback with eagles. But in the West men tend to be in charge. Or are making an effort to hang on to what was. Granted that’s all changing with the younger generations, for which I’ve very grateful.
Trump? Nope He grew up in a small So. California in a community of extreme right wing gun toters. A few short miles from where I grew up. The group he as associate with, as was. his father, was called the John Birch Society. In Glendale, CA. Google it.. The Birdhers were extreme right wing and gun supporter. Scary people.
He did not put in the work needed to age, had he done so, his entire head toupee ,would be wispy. He never does a nything physical except walk from a golf cart to a tee .💯💙💙💙💙
Thankfully, France just went to the liberal side instead of electing lepoop and the UK went liberal too. Unfortunately, the world over looks like it wants the Nazi movement. I don't understand wanting fassists in control. I don't understand wanting Nazis in control. But that's just me.
Lauren, that is part of that memory problem too. In addition to forgetting what it was like 4+ years ago, people can't remember WWII and how many people died to stop an insane fascist whose toddler instincts wanted him to get everything he could get, and at the same time, destroying everyone he thought had done him (or someone) harm. And, like Trump, Hitler surrounded himself with sycophants who gained his trust and were able to do whatever they wanted as long as it was to do harm to everyone considered enemies and that was a whole lot of people. Stalin and Mao were also men people have forgotten, men who killed nearly incessantly because some people "just need killing" as Lt. Gov. Robinson of NC just informed folks. We certainly have permitted the crazies to get power in this country and unless we vote them all out, we are in serious trouble.
Many liberals haven't forgotten. And how does 1 forget/deny the events around the Holocaust? Her uncle wants a new Holocaust. I don't say that lightly.
It feels like there’s been a huge increase in suicides, murder-suicides, family annihilators, random shootings…yes, these things have always existed, but it seems like it’s become exponentially more violent in this country.
Is it any wonder, given the way the republicans do everything they can to get more guns into the hands of people who shouldn't have them? I really think that trump has encouraged this.
Some of us are already suicidal. I'm only still here for my children, they're going to be going through enough in the coming years without the pain of losing me too.
I believe as a liberal who believes in governance that supports and affirms well being, we should focus more on drawing that into reality. Creating and growing plans and groups to birth non violent collective.
Or homicidal? How many political leaders finally pushed their people to violence? Funny in the US only good leaders seem to be assassinated or attempts made.
After all if a powerful person who dislikes a political rival hires a a professional and makes sure you have all your tracks covered....
Trying to remember when was the last time a Republican president or politician was assassinated? After Lincoln. Things that make you go hmmmmmm.
Oh right someone did try to kill Reagan, I did not agree with all of Reagan's policies but had more respect for him than Rumpy. I lost respect for Trump long before he entered politics. Especially when i found out about his Russian Mafia friends. Too bad Republican voters don't pay attention.
Very interesting thinking, and I agree with you. I wouldn't wish assassination against anyone, but I have to say that as one who was living in California when Reagan was governor, I have never liked him. I also never liked the fact that he jumped on the trickle-down economics bandwagon. That said, at least he wasn't a criminal, and was definitely better than trump.
He took things that we never thought could be taken. He rubbed this country’s face in the mud, and speaking personally, his reign made me into a bitter old man, and I blame him. Neither half of the country feels it can trust the other. His bottomless need destroyed so much. And now he’s back.
You've put that very well. I just wish this weren't true. I want so much for us to go back to being a country where everyone values American democracy above party or demagogues.
Funny you should say that, Richard. I have decided I will not visit a red state for any reason ever until they elect a better government and return rights to their citizens. I don't imagine that happening any time soon, so I guess I'll be staying around here. I wish other people would stop visiting the anti-American states too. They say money counts for everything, so maybe that would get people's attention and get them to act more like part of a democracy that ends up spending a lot of money to help their states' people, more than they contribute.
My daughter-in-law often plans family vacations for us and I have gotten Ben her a list no go states so far Idaho, Arizona, Florida, Georgia. Those are the ones I think she might pick. So if sh mentions others I may have to enlarge the list…
Yes!!! We are in very sad times these days. I hope we can rebuild our ability to be respectful of one another and engage in civil discourse even when we don't share the same political party or opinions.
I live in the midwest. Always have. I've always had clinical Depression. donald made things worse. Not just Depression but severe CPTSD and Anxiety. I'm safer in the Chicago area with good government than many. But I refuse to visit a red state. (Can drive through/fill up with gas in red, etc. Actually tour a red state? No.)
I completely agree. But remember, trump could not have continued his mobbed-up con unless he had help, and plenty of it. Any Republican that has stood up to him has left the party or their elected office and has been vilified by him.
They still don't seem to give a damn. Felony convictions, sexual assaults on woman and children, treason, lies by the thousands and never a plan in place but the proposed, horrific Project 2025 that would give him even more power and control. First term was a disaster, a second term would be an epic catastrophe. Wake TFU America. There's nothing good about this for anyone.
All my shows i like cobert and some others making fun of him and acting like his dead. Then politicians acting like he had ti do more and more. But they don't do much whats going on i get mad at the tv my mom does too. Wake up its your kids future!!!
The Democrats are their own worst enemy. They will achieve a self-fulfilled prophecy if they undermine confidence in enough people who won't vote, or write in someone they know. They'll blame them President instead of realizing it was all their fault.
I assume that Democrats who are saying "what about Biden?" are expressing concern that he will lose, not that they are considering not voting for him if he runs. The way to get Democrats to stop worrying that he will lose and to stop saying "what about Biden?" is for him to step down, preferably now, thereby making Harris the incumbent president. That will remove the attention from Biden -- and from Trump -- as the media will focus on the Democrats.
If democrats are worried about Biden losing, they need to pay more attention to what he is doing and what he has done. IMO. Starting off with a new candidate this late in the game is, to me, suicidal, a sure fire path to losing. What democrats need is unity, and willingness to do whatever it takes to vote Blue. I know we have the ability to do that.
Biden isn’t going anywhere. It feels like maybe some Democrats are waking up. “It’s the media, Stupid!” Yup. It’s NYT, WaPo, most networks that are given their talking points from their mega-owners. An excellent YouTube video points this out. I saw it last night. I’m sorry I don’t remember where it was posted. It also included shaming the idiotic Dems telling them to basically get their crap together. Hopefully someone else can post the info. Sorry.
That was awesome…thank you for posting the link. I used to trust MSNBC as well but no more. Sadly, it seems to be all about the $$$ for most if not all the media. Vote BLUE!
This is so good! I posted it on Facebook and fsuniverse Political forum. My concern is that because of its length some people may not watch the whole video. She takes a long time to get the point and that could lose a few viewers but it is worth watching.
Instead of asking Biden to step down it is much better to start telling people what Trump really is, why he is dangerous and ask people to vote for the Democratic nominee no matter who it is. People need to stop thinking about who the Democratic nominee is or will be. They need to focus on defeating Trump. They have the key. They have the power.
You are right, at least where I am concerned. I know that Biden can do the job, and we'll, for another 4 years. I do have concerns as to whether or not he cam win, with the yellow press doing it's hatchet job. But I would have worse fears about Harris winning, as she has been all but invisible these last 3.5 years. So I'll stick with Joe, and do a lot of sending energy to the universe that somehow we can redeem this.
I'm sorry, but you don't know that he can do the job for the next four years. He couldn't do the job at the debate, and, in the ordinary course of events, he will get worse during the next four years. But that's not why I want him to step down, as I'd vote for him over Trump if he were dead. I want him to step down because I think that another Democrat would excite people and likely have a better chance of winning.
You can’t be serious. He did a great job for 3.5 years and you judge him based on 90 minutes of a debate where moderators had no control over the verbal assault of lies by Trump? It is dangerous to act based on knee jerk reactions and lies.
There is never a guarantee that an elected president will/can do the job for four years. That is why there's a VP. Why dont you doubt Trump's ability to do the job for four years?
That is a recipe for failure. You don’t replace an incumbent four months before the election. You put your efforts into getting voter turnout, telling people why they should vote for your candidate. The grass is greener on the other side.
And now I’m seeing people saying “Project 2025 is already here” implying that it doesn’t matter who the president is, and I just … how do you forget how much of a shambles 2017-2021 was? How do you ignore the fallout from it?
No, I have absolutely seen people declaring that they will vote for one 3rd-party candidate or another because they “can’t bear” to vote for Biden, even to stop a Trump
reelection. That no 3rd party candidate can possibly get a majority at this point doesn’t seem to matter. They would rather risk a Trump presidency as long as their own conscience is clean, I guess. Would they vote for a different Democratic candidate? I don’t know.
That is insane! Such stupid people. They could not possibily have followed politics the last 10+ years or else they would know the Joe Biden that most of us know. He is not new to politics, for God's sake! Look at what he all did the last 3.5 years! He did not have a good debate but Trump was just as bad spewing all of his lies and was not called out by the moderaters. And then George Stephanopoulus' interview was beyond insane. Stupid questions that he was required to say to get Biden to leave. No respect for NYT, WaPo, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN. People that say those kind of things, would be best to stay home if they think Trump is better. Did they not pay attention to him and the idiotic things he has said, not to mention P2025 or Trump47. Scary stuff! OMG!!
This is reminiscent of what they did in 2016, because they couldn't stand Hillary - for whatever reason. They elected Trump and see where we were before Biden rescued us. Now they want to give power to Trump who is 10x more dangerous than he was in 2016. Are these people crazy? It's going to take away their rights but they don't care?
Historically we are told the Dems have shot themselves in the foot. Are they going to do it again? How do we show the folly of their ways besides throwing money in the kitty and voting? We are the true silent majority waiting in the wings for November. Meanwhile public voices are scaring us to death even Bennet and Pelosi. STOP IT!
Well, I try to check many sources. I no longer put my trust in just MSNBC. They all have talking points and not all are true or accurate or current. I don't listen to cable news much anymore; but I can see I will have to take the remote away from my husband or scrape him off the ceiling! My God, the world has their trust in Biden and scared to death of a Trump presidency... again! Like many have said they will vote for whoever the Dem nominee is before they would for Trump. Now, that is sane!
It’s like Hillary’s emails. They found nothing criminal in those. Trump’s Access Hollywood tape came out but they were still talking about Hillary’s emails.
People have very short memories 😕! I think of a line from the Joni Mitchell song 🎵 " they paved Paradise and turned into a parking lot" You don't know what you have u til it's GONE!!!!
If that's their only defense, doesn't that mean they are terrified of being exposed themselves ? Which in turn means they do care - about themselves - pretending not to care is posturing - and that's the weakness of cowards and bullies
Of course America is in cognitive decline. Idiocracy wasn't a comedy film, but a documentary. People are pig ignorant and proud of being breathtakingly stupid. Most Americans read far below even a 12th grade level, cannot name their congressman, cannot name the three branches of government, and do not understand the basics of civics. Yet I can guarantee many of them can quote the most recent Taylor Swift song verbatim. When a society reaches a stage of apathy and decadence the civilization declines. We are at this stage. Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. Thus is the cycle. The most compelling evidence of cognitive decline are the tens of millions of abject morons who support your retarded fucking uncle. They admire him precisely for his stupidity, as it is a mirror. Mencken said it almost a century ago. God help us all.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. The singer has a huge fan base, and right now we need all the help we can get. Mary is in the best position to contact someone famous.
Why not use DMB? Why is everyone only thinking of Taylor? Think outside the box. Think Carole King, James Taylor. DMB. Eddie Vedder. Go to other artists. Not everything needs to be taylortaylortaylor 24/7/365 the way her fans want it to be. That’s all.
Absolutely -ANYONE!!! I know Jackson Browne registers people to vote at his concerts. At this point, we have to do ANYTHING/ SOMETHING. I’m already writing postcards for Wisconsin.
Taylor connects with today’s young people. She could easily encourage fans ( who are old enough) to vote. DSM, Tic Toc , and other Social Media are tools we need to utilize and reach younger voters since MSM is not reporting accurately.
When the sportsball players and the singers and rappers are more glorified than the doctors and scientists and engineers, you have more evidence of a society rotting from within. Taylor is a good example of this. When one person can become a billionaire making music while teachers of our children earn $30,000 a year and barely survive, you have a broken country in cognitive decline.
Your right but it's not Taylors fault it's society. It never made sense to me why bankers and office workers usually had better benefits for healthcare than men and women out there breaking there backs. The garbage man or womaln picking up our trash that doesn't get respect because of what they do. There are many about things that need change. Including politicians lying why is there a double standard. We are trying to teach our children not to lie, still or cheat and this is what Republicans /MAGA want back in the white house. Trump is a liar, a cheat, a thief and a Bully that is just at the top of my head there's so much more. This man is not a good religious man that they praise him to be.. Absolutely makes no sense to me.
Taylor Swift gets paid to do Taylor Swift stuff. She’s the only one who can do Taylor Swift stuff. People like her stuff. So, they pay for it. She’s the only one who can do it. Teachers - they are more ample in numbers. Athletes do athletic stuff. They’re more of them than Taylor. But less than teachers. Taylor and athletes provide a ‘good’. Which is entertaining. It’s economics. Supply and demand. Plain and simple.
If you think entertainers playing sportsball and singing being compensated ludicrous compensation in the millions and billions is perfectly acceptable by simply citing basic economic principles is acceptable, that is your prerogative, and a wrong one. Capitalism isn't always correct Sam. The fact is clowns can use a platform to spew garbage about drug dealing and guns and women and make millions because their is a market for it. Clowns like Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian can also peddle their wares and make billions. Alex Jones and Joe Rogan peddle lies and bullshit and got rich. Look at Trump. The society in cognitive decline prefers this superficial nonsense, and doesn't revere knowledge and important disciplines like chemistry or physics or civics or agriculture the same.
I hate autocorrect. lol. But the affinity and worship of entertainers and these people making billions for superficial nonsense is a symptom of that larger problem of cognitive decline. Thanks
It's not the Taylor fans it's the Kardashian fans and most reality TV. That's all most citiZens seem to like anymore that is including Trump because he's entertaining, as they say. You might not like Taylor and that's fine that's America but she is speaking up in positive good ways not like the Bully that is trying to become president again. Donald and his family do not belong in the white house they all should be in prison.
It's beyond the government institutions Antonia. The American electorate is mostly comprised of willfully ignorant and brain damaged people. Many of your neighbors believe the Earth is flat, the moon landing was faked, lizard people live in subterranean lairs, Democrats are harvesting adrenochrome from the blood of children in pedophile pizza parlors, JFK Jr is alive and collaborating with Trump, and that Donny Dumbfuck himself is an honest man comparable to Christ who should again serve as President. The people put the politicians into these positions of power. Any sane society would not nominate Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Lauren Boebert, and James Comer to lead our nation.
Taylor Swift is a beautiful princess, and if she chooses she can save the republic. I find her music goes in one ear and out the other, but then I prefer Devi
She makes huge money doing what she does, but she gives a lot of money to charity. That is the hallmark of a decent person, So while I don't consider her special for her music and hardly know what she sings, I do admire her generosity & conscious help to those without! Thank you Taylor!
What? There is nothing wrong with her values and it so happens Travis Kelce leans left as does his family, I won't speak for Patrick Mahomes. I know they defended their stupid teammate. I'm pretty sure they don't agree with him; I have a good idea how they feel about the significant others.
Thank you Jason. Well spoken. This country is the dumbest place I’ve ever lived. Wish I’d stayed in Britain. I can’t help but feel if America had LOST the revolutionary war, we might’ve been better off. (At least better educated.)
You would be better educated. I’m in Canada where the king remained and we are an educated country, for sure. We definitely remember the four years of Trump and are stuck in perpetual anxiety about the US.
Unfortunately, Canada has its own mini-Trump lurking in the limelight. He’d do what he can to reduce education and longevity in order to pay the rich. He’s nothing but a sloganeer, stomping for corporations.
You’re absolutely correct. And as a result our Trudeau is suffering a similar knee jerk reaction that Biden is…calls for his resignation. It’s got to be a global initiative.
I agree with you. Sadly, education is not a priority in the US. My hope is that the Biden administration can change it. And as far as your perpetual anxiety, I have already asked my doctor to up my dose of the anxiety medication until after the election. 🙄
The Republicans want to do away with the Dept of Education. Check out Project2025 to see what their plans are. It's not the Dems or lack of education except for what is put in place say by the... Repubican Governors
You know, I remember in my 9th grade Civics class thinking that we as a country were going the way of the Roman Empire. That was back in 1958-59, when I was totally naive and out of it. These days it seems prescient…
Good insight Billsburg! The moral decline, the apathy, the bias medias spouting what they want Americans to believe instead of just communicating the facts, it’s all contributed to where we are as a nation today, and what is unfolding tomorrow. This is the silence before the storm. I hope to God the Biden Administration is prepared & ready when Civil War breaks out.
The Christian Nationalist movement needs Trump to get their programs in place so their judges have protected them as far as they can. When they are finished with him, they will just find some other charismatic charlatan.
As a Wisconsinite, I can tell you that any poll saying he’s ahead is pure nonsense. And for the most part, we don’t want him or the RNC anywhere near this state. Many of us here are working very diligently to get the word out about Trump, SCOTUS, Project 2025, etc. We finally got a liberal majority in the Supreme Court, and we’re just getting started!! 💙🌊
The GOP needs to control education because the more and more that critical thinking skills, including media literacy, are coached in public education, the fascist right is screwed … and they know it. The dumbing down of our youth is key to their advancement.
"The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past." - Robertson Davies. This is what MAGA is about. Plus the cruelty.
And that “nostalgia” was what Brexit was all about here in the UK. I’ve always seen the connection between MAGA and Brexit, including that both were enabled in no small way by Putin.
All of the above, Mary. Those of us with a brain who don’t watch Fox agree and remember. I still think these people are aliens and I keep looking for the pods. No nationalism and patriotism anymore. I’m stumped. I will, however, keep supporting President Biden. Vote blue!!💙💙
I saw a lot of patriotism on July 4th. We can’t let the media define who we are and what we value. I refuse to be manipulated by the greedy corporate rich. Remember when CEO of CBS said they loved the lucrative time during election season?
Mary, thank you for this bracing reminder for anyone who has forgotten the chaos and misery wrought by Trump and his Republican lackeys. I am terrified for our beloved country at this point in time. May we all find the courage to call out this asshole for what he is…a brainless, power-hungry narcissist bent on destroying all that is good in us and our country and send him packing to prison where he can meet any number of his homies. Bend over, Donnie!
Mary, I was really pleased today when Nicolle Wallace started her show off talking to Michael Cohen, who was his usual articulate, insistent self. He was talking about what your uncle did to him and how he will do that to a very long list of others if given the opportunity. It was such a relief to hear about what I thought needed saying, instead of the nonsense about Biden having Parkinson's disease, and Biden being the reason for the neurologist who showed up at the White House 8 times in the last year. I had also watched last night's edition of The Last Word, and it was equally good in talking about the things that matter.
For the record, when you undergo severe trauma, you don't forget it. Instead, you repress it, so it stays in your brain and continues to affect the way you live, even if you don't remember the trauma. I know this from my life experience. I'm hoping that people who were traumatized by your uncle can hear the good stuff out there, the truth, and let it be their guide.
And while they may not mention Project 2025 at the convention, you can listen to an audio recording of the book "Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise". It's worse than you think. I could not find an audio version of it, so my boyfriend (an audio engineer) and I made our own. https://oxfordcommamedia.substack.com/podcast.
It's a labor of love for our Progressive, Democrat, Independent, or sane Republican friends. It will always be free, no paywall.
The right might be in cognitive decline or perhaps they are all just corrupt. Trump is in cognitive decline but that is what the rich want. Someone who can be easily manipulated. Sorry, I know he is your Uncle but he is the worst thing for our Country!
Bleaching our groceries. Missing every birthday, holiday, social event, theater performance, and milestone in the lives of our young adults, many of whom may never recover because therapy is so expensive and we can’t even train enough people to handle all the trauma. His dismissive attitude about Covid. Drinking bleach! Piping sunshine inside the body! Horse paste! We all had to unwillingly sacrifice a giant chunk of our lives at the altar of his narcissism and ignorance.
Did Puerto Rico ever recover? Paper towels and unproven little electric company assigned to do the repairs were all Trump had to offer. Add this dereliction of duty to the list.
I’m never forgetting the trauma those 8 years wrought on me. Not now. Not ever again. #BidenHarris2024
Project 2025 needs more public exposure. Use trump's image and voice repeating over and over what he wants to do on Day One. It will reach the independents and the rest of the fence-sitters if democracy is worth saving. Everyone freedoms are at stake now.
Project 2025 is and has always been the Republican party’s dream of what to do to remove all public assistance programs from Americans. That includes Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Snap, Obama Care, and you name it.
If it helps ordinary or people less than them, they want to get rid of it. Now about that tax give away to the rich, that must not sunset. While they are at it, strip all the protections that government employees have to make them immune to the whims of changing administrations.
What could go wrong could be catastrophic given the latest “supreme” ruling that presidents are above the law?
I've gotten so many high-fives wearing this anti-Trump shirt and people asking where to get it.
I got it from here 👇
libtees-2.creator-spring.com/listing/byedon24
Go, JP! Boots on the ground and tee shirts...
😉
What also needs more exposure is that the media (which is in collective cognitive decline) pushes narratives; even major papers like the NYT and WaPo push false narratives at times.
If the media were more self-aware, they’d publish an article on the fact that Hillary Clinton was claimed to have Parkinson’s and various other neuro-degenerative diseases and various other health issues.
That, along with constant articles on her emails (which included many recipes! I actually read through them) was what helped, in part, get Trump elected.
The corporate media was complicit then, and is now. Many of the owners are Trump donors.
An excellent deep dive into Project 2025 can be found at Thomas Zimmer's multi part series in his substack Democracy Americana, beginning here:
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/project-2025-promises-revenge-oppression
G.M, JP; I have been Goggling & Goggling for a download able E version of Project 2025; All I get is the heritage foundation pages, offering the book & job applications.
Would you PU- LEASE give the the correct location?
I have been asking for weeks,can' t even get a reply. To my requesting.
I just can' t fathom giving them my $€ for their book.
😟😟😟😟😟😟💯💙💙💙💙💙💙 HELP ME OUT HERE. THANKS
https://ia800209.us.archive.org/35/items/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
Thank you, thank you, Joanne; so much appreciated. I plan on pulling it up on my PC and printing the entire thing.
Then I am going to Will it to a Future grandchild; this Lunacy must be available for OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
" Learn from the Past or Repeat it. 😲🎱⏳⌛😡🔥💯🌊🌊🌊💙
😡🔥
People need to be told about what the Heritage Foundation is. I would bet a lot of ordinary Americans have no idea.
Are there no prisons, are there no workhouses?
I ‘Like’ this comment. My like button doesn’t work.
The only president that could make 4 years feel like 8!!
Or 20!
I think his mind has aged. And from what I'm hearing he's a screamer.. acting out..a brat. He grew up in Glendale, So. Cal. A right wing community. His father was a John Bircher... extreme right wing. He love stirring things and hates when people aren't in front of him applauding. Hates when people are not focused on him. I think we should give him more of what he hates and focus on Biden, the Dems and life affirming change. Focus and constantly commenting on Trump is robbing us of what we could be doing to take America to the next level.
Too bad he has America's youth in his hip pocket. I should clarify; white boys raised on video games, neglected, unloved, iin an outrageous inflationary economy where increased per hr wages still fall far short of meeting financial responsibillities. Every single Democrat including undecided must form a wall to repel the devastation and destruction of America by a Trump occupation and dictatorship.
I don't believe in absolutes, or generalizing when speaking about others.. I know a large number of Gen Z and millennials who are are not always on video games. They are loved, and supported. Smart. Some of them are working in the alternative energy field. Many are eco activists. They are NOT followers of Trump! In fact, they made a public announcement that they were going to be active in the eco movement, taking a stand for change. The press is often misleading. Pumping out sensationalism. You need to check your sources. Who finances the papers you read. What are those owners political affiliations. My favorite news source, among others, is The Guardian. I began reading it after a famous eco activist, a feminist and best selling American author published an article with them. We're FB friends. The Guardian is a. publication that's out of London, but has numerous award winning American reporters writing for them. Yes, there are uneducated youth in the States, whose parents don't believe in education. I believe their numbers are growing. Their parents aren't helping. And YES, Trump is a threat. He's not that educated vis a vis what is happening. According to him climate change is a hoax. He's tapped into Americans who, for the most part are uneducated and angry. I'm in touch with a long time friend who worked at the highest levels of the US govt. When he finally left, he began writing books. He has a blog. we both read The Guardian. It's a British paper that reports on the US. The NY Times has some very good, honest writers who are NOT writing sensationalism. Vox.com is another. Ezra Klein writes for them. He's amazing! Nicolas Kristoff is another journalist. His wife is also a writer. They're well traveled and have a non profit for women and children.
Rebecca Solnit is someone to read. Google her. A feminist who's written best selling books and a climate change activist. Bill McKibben the famous eco activist is someone to read. Google their names and find links to their writing. Another is Robert Reich, an award winning journalist. Not into sensationalism! None of the above are. Google and you'll lead them to news sources that can be trusted. Gen Z is the biggest group of young people coming of age in the next couple of months. They announced their intention to work on Climate Change. Many of the news outlets are publishing b.s. I'm not saying that many young people are suffering. They are as afraid as their parents are.
Yes. Keep calm and vote for Biden.
He has always been like that but men who were already nasty young will most likely get nastier and combine that with dementia or alzheimer's in the later stages...yikes.
I am sure health care workers- doctors, nurses , retirement home workers and the wives of such men could write a book on that.
You know Melania already has her escape hatch planned. Has she not squeezed enough money from him yet? Below her to even go to the store to buy the Depends.
I think most women could write all about senior men. Not all of them are troublesome. Some are the real thing. Caring, liberals. Great grandpas. But there’s other energy at work in these times. The Women’s March on WA surprised a lot of men and frankly, I believe a lot of the violence we today from men is due to their lingering feeling a loss of power. They won’t admit it, don’t undertand the intricacies of what they’re feeling. But for thousands of years In Mongolia, there were women warriors.. in fact there are stll women who hunt on horseback with eagles. But in the West men tend to be in charge. Or are making an effort to hang on to what was. Granted that’s all changing with the younger generations, for which I’ve very grateful.
Trump? Nope He grew up in a small So. California in a community of extreme right wing gun toters. A few short miles from where I grew up. The group he as associate with, as was. his father, was called the John Birch Society. In Glendale, CA. Google it.. The Birdhers were extreme right wing and gun supporter. Scary people.
Trump grew up in Jamaica Estates , Queens, N.Y. He was born in Jamaica Hospital.
Where you get t hat Cally crap from?
He did not put in the work needed to age, had he done so, his entire head toupee ,would be wispy. He never does a nything physical except walk from a golf cart to a tee .💯💙💙💙💙
Hah! That is so obvious when you look at him.
I won't forget, either. And I fear that another 4 years, or perhaps forever, will make a lot of people suicidal.
Suicidal? Sure. Leave the country? Sure. Too bad some from the UK and France can't move here in time to vote blue....
Be careful what you ask for. Blue and red are interchanged in the UK. Blue equals Conservative!
Thankfully, France just went to the liberal side instead of electing lepoop and the UK went liberal too. Unfortunately, the world over looks like it wants the Nazi movement. I don't understand wanting fassists in control. I don't understand wanting Nazis in control. But that's just me.
Lauren, that is part of that memory problem too. In addition to forgetting what it was like 4+ years ago, people can't remember WWII and how many people died to stop an insane fascist whose toddler instincts wanted him to get everything he could get, and at the same time, destroying everyone he thought had done him (or someone) harm. And, like Trump, Hitler surrounded himself with sycophants who gained his trust and were able to do whatever they wanted as long as it was to do harm to everyone considered enemies and that was a whole lot of people. Stalin and Mao were also men people have forgotten, men who killed nearly incessantly because some people "just need killing" as Lt. Gov. Robinson of NC just informed folks. We certainly have permitted the crazies to get power in this country and unless we vote them all out, we are in serious trouble.
I'm afraid we've already passed the tipping point for voting them all out, unfortunately
Many liberals haven't forgotten. And how does 1 forget/deny the events around the Holocaust? Her uncle wants a new Holocaust. I don't say that lightly.
Canada too.
Richard, thank you. I'm glad the UK went to the liberal side. Over here, I think of blue for trust. Blue for clean skies. Red for well...violence.
I hope that Lauren reads your comment
You hope I read what comment?
We can't move in time Susan, but we can promote global political change to Heal Our World....
It feels like there’s been a huge increase in suicides, murder-suicides, family annihilators, random shootings…yes, these things have always existed, but it seems like it’s become exponentially more violent in this country.
Is it any wonder, given the way the republicans do everything they can to get more guns into the hands of people who shouldn't have them? I really think that trump has encouraged this.
Violent crime is down. Pls google👍
Maybe it is less reported, who controls the media ?
I get the feeling this malaise is becoming global.
it has by the scientific numbers; not just your imagination.
perhaps it “feels” like that, but it is demonstrably and statically false. Someone is lying to you & it isn’t Joe Biden.
That's a legitimate concern.
Some of us are already suicidal. I'm only still here for my children, they're going to be going through enough in the coming years without the pain of losing me too.
I guess I have more faith in human potential.
I believe as a liberal who believes in governance that supports and affirms well being, we should focus more on drawing that into reality. Creating and growing plans and groups to birth non violent collective.
Or homicidal? How many political leaders finally pushed their people to violence? Funny in the US only good leaders seem to be assassinated or attempts made.
After all if a powerful person who dislikes a political rival hires a a professional and makes sure you have all your tracks covered....
Trying to remember when was the last time a Republican president or politician was assassinated? After Lincoln. Things that make you go hmmmmmm.
Oh right someone did try to kill Reagan, I did not agree with all of Reagan's policies but had more respect for him than Rumpy. I lost respect for Trump long before he entered politics. Especially when i found out about his Russian Mafia friends. Too bad Republican voters don't pay attention.
Very interesting thinking, and I agree with you. I wouldn't wish assassination against anyone, but I have to say that as one who was living in California when Reagan was governor, I have never liked him. I also never liked the fact that he jumped on the trickle-down economics bandwagon. That said, at least he wasn't a criminal, and was definitely better than trump.
Yes, I've truly had trauma from this, too.
He took things that we never thought could be taken. He rubbed this country’s face in the mud, and speaking personally, his reign made me into a bitter old man, and I blame him. Neither half of the country feels it can trust the other. His bottomless need destroyed so much. And now he’s back.
You've put that very well. I just wish this weren't true. I want so much for us to go back to being a country where everyone values American democracy above party or demagogues.
Remember what it was like to feel happiness in visiting the south or the Midwest?
Funny you should say that, Richard. I have decided I will not visit a red state for any reason ever until they elect a better government and return rights to their citizens. I don't imagine that happening any time soon, so I guess I'll be staying around here. I wish other people would stop visiting the anti-American states too. They say money counts for everything, so maybe that would get people's attention and get them to act more like part of a democracy that ends up spending a lot of money to help their states' people, more than they contribute.
My daughter-in-law often plans family vacations for us and I have gotten Ben her a list no go states so far Idaho, Arizona, Florida, Georgia. Those are the ones I think she might pick. So if sh mentions others I may have to enlarge the list…
Yes!!! We are in very sad times these days. I hope we can rebuild our ability to be respectful of one another and engage in civil discourse even when we don't share the same political party or opinions.
I live in the midwest. Always have. I've always had clinical Depression. donald made things worse. Not just Depression but severe CPTSD and Anxiety. I'm safer in the Chicago area with good government than many. But I refuse to visit a red state. (Can drive through/fill up with gas in red, etc. Actually tour a red state? No.)
They aren’t half of the country. We need to get out the vote.
Absolutely, Europeans are waking up, and encouraging Americans to vote for freedom
I completely agree. But remember, trump could not have continued his mobbed-up con unless he had help, and plenty of it. Any Republican that has stood up to him has left the party or their elected office and has been vilified by him.
I could not despise him more if I tried.
Perhaps those that have been ejected will now vote against him ?
Like Adam Kinzinger
He needed a lot of help to be where he is… sadly.
THAT MAKES 81,000,000 OF US!
probably more by now.
Praying our fellow Americans have had ENOUGH.
8 years, 11 months, 24 days since the escalator descent. Let's make it stop.
Brainwashed. He’s on Epstein’s flight logs 7 times and they don’t care. All they do is say “what about biden”
They still don't seem to give a damn. Felony convictions, sexual assaults on woman and children, treason, lies by the thousands and never a plan in place but the proposed, horrific Project 2025 that would give him even more power and control. First term was a disaster, a second term would be an epic catastrophe. Wake TFU America. There's nothing good about this for anyone.
I agree, Rick.
Mary's scary quote is:
"Ironically, forgetting how bad things were is leading to nostalgia for the worst four years of my lifetime."
Thank you, Mary, for your column tonight. 💙
Mary continues to knock it out of the park. She is very much appreciated.
The thing that bugs me most is how many democrats are saying "what about Biden?"
That is The most disgusting thing. Democrats are digging their own grave.
Right on! I don't understand why they can't see what they are doing.
All my shows i like cobert and some others making fun of him and acting like his dead. Then politicians acting like he had ti do more and more. But they don't do much whats going on i get mad at the tv my mom does too. Wake up its your kids future!!!
The Democrats are their own worst enemy. They will achieve a self-fulfilled prophecy if they undermine confidence in enough people who won't vote, or write in someone they know. They'll blame them President instead of realizing it was all their fault.
Exactly
Its treason
It is enough to make you scream.
And, not want to watch the news.
I assume that Democrats who are saying "what about Biden?" are expressing concern that he will lose, not that they are considering not voting for him if he runs. The way to get Democrats to stop worrying that he will lose and to stop saying "what about Biden?" is for him to step down, preferably now, thereby making Harris the incumbent president. That will remove the attention from Biden -- and from Trump -- as the media will focus on the Democrats.
If democrats are worried about Biden losing, they need to pay more attention to what he is doing and what he has done. IMO. Starting off with a new candidate this late in the game is, to me, suicidal, a sure fire path to losing. What democrats need is unity, and willingness to do whatever it takes to vote Blue. I know we have the ability to do that.
Biden isn’t going anywhere. It feels like maybe some Democrats are waking up. “It’s the media, Stupid!” Yup. It’s NYT, WaPo, most networks that are given their talking points from their mega-owners. An excellent YouTube video points this out. I saw it last night. I’m sorry I don’t remember where it was posted. It also included shaming the idiotic Dems telling them to basically get their crap together. Hopefully someone else can post the info. Sorry.
I'm glad Biden isn't going anywhere. And the "idiot Dems" definitely need to get their act together if they want us to win.
Here's the link I couldn't find. It's by Dr. Tracy Pearson. Please share often and a lot! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2acbmSjSvvI
That was awesome…thank you for posting the link. I used to trust MSNBC as well but no more. Sadly, it seems to be all about the $$$ for most if not all the media. Vote BLUE!
Thank you for this. She expressed My feelings.
This is so good! I posted it on Facebook and fsuniverse Political forum. My concern is that because of its length some people may not watch the whole video. She takes a long time to get the point and that could lose a few viewers but it is worth watching.
Yes. A new candidate is such a stupid idea. And—-who????
Exactly!
You spoke my mind.
Great minds…
Instead of asking Biden to step down it is much better to start telling people what Trump really is, why he is dangerous and ask people to vote for the Democratic nominee no matter who it is. People need to stop thinking about who the Democratic nominee is or will be. They need to focus on defeating Trump. They have the key. They have the power.
It's also much better to remind them of how much President Biden has been helping them & will continue to do.
You are right, at least where I am concerned. I know that Biden can do the job, and we'll, for another 4 years. I do have concerns as to whether or not he cam win, with the yellow press doing it's hatchet job. But I would have worse fears about Harris winning, as she has been all but invisible these last 3.5 years. So I'll stick with Joe, and do a lot of sending energy to the universe that somehow we can redeem this.
I'm sorry, but you don't know that he can do the job for the next four years. He couldn't do the job at the debate, and, in the ordinary course of events, he will get worse during the next four years. But that's not why I want him to step down, as I'd vote for him over Trump if he were dead. I want him to step down because I think that another Democrat would excite people and likely have a better chance of winning.
You can’t be serious. He did a great job for 3.5 years and you judge him based on 90 minutes of a debate where moderators had no control over the verbal assault of lies by Trump? It is dangerous to act based on knee jerk reactions and lies.
There is never a guarantee that an elected president will/can do the job for four years. That is why there's a VP. Why dont you doubt Trump's ability to do the job for four years?
That is a recipe for failure. You don’t replace an incumbent four months before the election. You put your efforts into getting voter turnout, telling people why they should vote for your candidate. The grass is greener on the other side.
Thats nit going do it that is making orange balloon win
And now I’m seeing people saying “Project 2025 is already here” implying that it doesn’t matter who the president is, and I just … how do you forget how much of a shambles 2017-2021 was? How do you ignore the fallout from it?
No, I have absolutely seen people declaring that they will vote for one 3rd-party candidate or another because they “can’t bear” to vote for Biden, even to stop a Trump
reelection. That no 3rd party candidate can possibly get a majority at this point doesn’t seem to matter. They would rather risk a Trump presidency as long as their own conscience is clean, I guess. Would they vote for a different Democratic candidate? I don’t know.
That is insane! Such stupid people. They could not possibily have followed politics the last 10+ years or else they would know the Joe Biden that most of us know. He is not new to politics, for God's sake! Look at what he all did the last 3.5 years! He did not have a good debate but Trump was just as bad spewing all of his lies and was not called out by the moderaters. And then George Stephanopoulus' interview was beyond insane. Stupid questions that he was required to say to get Biden to leave. No respect for NYT, WaPo, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN. People that say those kind of things, would be best to stay home if they think Trump is better. Did they not pay attention to him and the idiotic things he has said, not to mention P2025 or Trump47. Scary stuff! OMG!!
If they want to risk a Trump presidency despite knowing the facts and the danger he poses to the country, it means they have no conscience.
This is reminiscent of what they did in 2016, because they couldn't stand Hillary - for whatever reason. They elected Trump and see where we were before Biden rescued us. Now they want to give power to Trump who is 10x more dangerous than he was in 2016. Are these people crazy? It's going to take away their rights but they don't care?
Hell no!
Historically we are told the Dems have shot themselves in the foot. Are they going to do it again? How do we show the folly of their ways besides throwing money in the kitty and voting? We are the true silent majority waiting in the wings for November. Meanwhile public voices are scaring us to death even Bennet and Pelosi. STOP IT!
Well, I try to check many sources. I no longer put my trust in just MSNBC. They all have talking points and not all are true or accurate or current. I don't listen to cable news much anymore; but I can see I will have to take the remote away from my husband or scrape him off the ceiling! My God, the world has their trust in Biden and scared to death of a Trump presidency... again! Like many have said they will vote for whoever the Dem nominee is before they would for Trump. Now, that is sane!
PLEASE STOP IT!!!
Sick!!!
It’s like Hillary’s emails. They found nothing criminal in those. Trump’s Access Hollywood tape came out but they were still talking about Hillary’s emails.
And MSM was talking about her health, as if she had all kinds of health issues – which she did not.
Right wing Media even claimed she had Parkinson’s. Sound familiar?
Seven!!! I believe it's a heck of a lot more than that!!!
People have very short memories 😕! I think of a line from the Joni Mitchell song 🎵 " they paved Paradise and turned into a parking lot" You don't know what you have u til it's GONE!!!!
If that's their only defense, doesn't that mean they are terrified of being exposed themselves ? Which in turn means they do care - about themselves - pretending not to care is posturing - and that's the weakness of cowards and bullies
Perhaps you can send them a message?
Of course America is in cognitive decline. Idiocracy wasn't a comedy film, but a documentary. People are pig ignorant and proud of being breathtakingly stupid. Most Americans read far below even a 12th grade level, cannot name their congressman, cannot name the three branches of government, and do not understand the basics of civics. Yet I can guarantee many of them can quote the most recent Taylor Swift song verbatim. When a society reaches a stage of apathy and decadence the civilization declines. We are at this stage. Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. Thus is the cycle. The most compelling evidence of cognitive decline are the tens of millions of abject morons who support your retarded fucking uncle. They admire him precisely for his stupidity, as it is a mirror. Mencken said it almost a century ago. God help us all.
Loved your post but please keep Taylor Swift out of this. Her fans alone can swing this election in Biden’s favor.
Mary - please contact Taylor - she can help us!!
This may shock you but not everyone in the world loves Taylor. Mary may not actually have Taylor's contact information.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. The singer has a huge fan base, and right now we need all the help we can get. Mary is in the best position to contact someone famous.
Why not use DMB? Why is everyone only thinking of Taylor? Think outside the box. Think Carole King, James Taylor. DMB. Eddie Vedder. Go to other artists. Not everything needs to be taylortaylortaylor 24/7/365 the way her fans want it to be. That’s all.
Absolutely -ANYONE!!! I know Jackson Browne registers people to vote at his concerts. At this point, we have to do ANYTHING/ SOMETHING. I’m already writing postcards for Wisconsin.
Thanks for not attacking me for this position. Some are just sick of this taylor everything/everywhere be all end all station that is the media.
Taylor connects with today’s young people. She could easily encourage fans ( who are old enough) to vote. DSM, Tic Toc , and other Social Media are tools we need to utilize and reach younger voters since MSM is not reporting accurately.
I can say whatever I like about Taylor Swift. Thanks.
When the sportsball players and the singers and rappers are more glorified than the doctors and scientists and engineers, you have more evidence of a society rotting from within. Taylor is a good example of this. When one person can become a billionaire making music while teachers of our children earn $30,000 a year and barely survive, you have a broken country in cognitive decline.
Amen. I taught in college - English, writing, literature - and I couldn’t survive on the pathetic “salary” an adjunct made.
Your right but it's not Taylors fault it's society. It never made sense to me why bankers and office workers usually had better benefits for healthcare than men and women out there breaking there backs. The garbage man or womaln picking up our trash that doesn't get respect because of what they do. There are many about things that need change. Including politicians lying why is there a double standard. We are trying to teach our children not to lie, still or cheat and this is what Republicans /MAGA want back in the white house. Trump is a liar, a cheat, a thief and a Bully that is just at the top of my head there's so much more. This man is not a good religious man that they praise him to be.. Absolutely makes no sense to me.
Just so you know, I have great respect for our trash collectors, and even had a nice conversation recently with the recycle truck driver. Good people.
Taylor Swift gets paid to do Taylor Swift stuff. She’s the only one who can do Taylor Swift stuff. People like her stuff. So, they pay for it. She’s the only one who can do it. Teachers - they are more ample in numbers. Athletes do athletic stuff. They’re more of them than Taylor. But less than teachers. Taylor and athletes provide a ‘good’. Which is entertaining. It’s economics. Supply and demand. Plain and simple.
If you think entertainers playing sportsball and singing being compensated ludicrous compensation in the millions and billions is perfectly acceptable by simply citing basic economic principles is acceptable, that is your prerogative, and a wrong one. Capitalism isn't always correct Sam. The fact is clowns can use a platform to spew garbage about drug dealing and guns and women and make millions because their is a market for it. Clowns like Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian can also peddle their wares and make billions. Alex Jones and Joe Rogan peddle lies and bullshit and got rich. Look at Trump. The society in cognitive decline prefers this superficial nonsense, and doesn't revere knowledge and important disciplines like chemistry or physics or civics or agriculture the same.
I hate autocorrect. lol. But the affinity and worship of entertainers and these people making billions for superficial nonsense is a symptom of that larger problem of cognitive decline. Thanks
Kim K - a joke, clown! Taylor S- Humanitarian, and kind. These two don't even belong in the same sentence !
It's not the Taylor fans it's the Kardashian fans and most reality TV. That's all most citiZens seem to like anymore that is including Trump because he's entertaining, as they say. You might not like Taylor and that's fine that's America but she is speaking up in positive good ways not like the Bully that is trying to become president again. Donald and his family do not belong in the white house they all should be in prison.
It's beyond the government institutions Antonia. The American electorate is mostly comprised of willfully ignorant and brain damaged people. Many of your neighbors believe the Earth is flat, the moon landing was faked, lizard people live in subterranean lairs, Democrats are harvesting adrenochrome from the blood of children in pedophile pizza parlors, JFK Jr is alive and collaborating with Trump, and that Donny Dumbfuck himself is an honest man comparable to Christ who should again serve as President. The people put the politicians into these positions of power. Any sane society would not nominate Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Lauren Boebert, and James Comer to lead our nation.
Get a Life!
Plant a seed.
Jason Scott you are correct, but you blame the wrong ppl.
It starts and ends in our 3 government institutions.
Executive, Legislative, and the Judiciary. They control this country.
The Rule of Law is supposed to be fair and balanced and checked by the people.
Citizens United is the Wealthy superpacs that controls our Congress at this time.
End Citizens United, bring back fair elections.
Drop the chip off your shoulder, you don't have to be defensive, or rude you made your point.
We are all Americans who believe in our Democracy!
Why should we argue with each other, the Wealthy are high fiving their win to divide us. This race war on Americans is utter baloney.
I'm old and I'm not hating on my american people. Dude, it's so idiotic.
I read daily, the last 9 years, I am not going easy. The fight for Democracy is not an easy one with so much propaganda swirling around us.
Seek out the truths always.
I do.
Have a good evening.
Taylor Swift is a beautiful princess, and if she chooses she can save the republic. I find her music goes in one ear and out the other, but then I prefer Devi
She makes huge money doing what she does, but she gives a lot of money to charity. That is the hallmark of a decent person, So while I don't consider her special for her music and hardly know what she sings, I do admire her generosity & conscious help to those without! Thank you Taylor!
Devo!
Its never a question of ‘can’. Its a question of ‘should’.
I'll be more clear. Fuck Taylor Swift.
It’s not her fault what teachers get paid. Cmon man!
Absolutely! I thought the exact same thing.
Swooft is in love with Kelce. Her values are in decline just as every other Republican. Or did she come out again Butker’s infamous speech?!
What? There is nothing wrong with her values and it so happens Travis Kelce leans left as does his family, I won't speak for Patrick Mahomes. I know they defended their stupid teammate. I'm pretty sure they don't agree with him; I have a good idea how they feel about the significant others.
Thank you Jason. Well spoken. This country is the dumbest place I’ve ever lived. Wish I’d stayed in Britain. I can’t help but feel if America had LOST the revolutionary war, we might’ve been better off. (At least better educated.)
You would be better educated. I’m in Canada where the king remained and we are an educated country, for sure. We definitely remember the four years of Trump and are stuck in perpetual anxiety about the US.
Unfortunately, Canada has its own mini-Trump lurking in the limelight. He’d do what he can to reduce education and longevity in order to pay the rich. He’s nothing but a sloganeer, stomping for corporations.
You’re absolutely correct. And as a result our Trudeau is suffering a similar knee jerk reaction that Biden is…calls for his resignation. It’s got to be a global initiative.
I agree with you. Sadly, education is not a priority in the US. My hope is that the Biden administration can change it. And as far as your perpetual anxiety, I have already asked my doctor to up my dose of the anxiety medication until after the election. 🙄
The Republicans want to do away with the Dept of Education. Check out Project2025 to see what their plans are. It's not the Dems or lack of education except for what is put in place say by the... Repubican Governors
We’re bad neighbors.
They did vote for brexit. But last week’s vote there is a sign of improvement.
You know, I remember in my 9th grade Civics class thinking that we as a country were going the way of the Roman Empire. That was back in 1958-59, when I was totally naive and out of it. These days it seems prescient…
The fact that your uncle hasn't been tarred, feathered and run out of town never to be heard from again proves we're in cognitive & moral decline.
Yes, and that is incredibly sad & troublesome!
Also gobsmacking, mind boggling depressing. I don’t even understand or recognize most ppl now.
Spot on man!
Good insight Billsburg! The moral decline, the apathy, the bias medias spouting what they want Americans to believe instead of just communicating the facts, it’s all contributed to where we are as a nation today, and what is unfolding tomorrow. This is the silence before the storm. I hope to God the Biden Administration is prepared & ready when Civil War breaks out.
The Christian Nationalist movement needs Trump to get their programs in place so their judges have protected them as far as they can. When they are finished with him, they will just find some other charismatic charlatan.
Mary, thank you for this fierce post. It should be an ad. Brought me to tears.
As a Wisconsinite, I can tell you that any poll saying he’s ahead is pure nonsense. And for the most part, we don’t want him or the RNC anywhere near this state. Many of us here are working very diligently to get the word out about Trump, SCOTUS, Project 2025, etc. We finally got a liberal majority in the Supreme Court, and we’re just getting started!! 💙🌊
Yay Alissa!
The GOP needs to control education because the more and more that critical thinking skills, including media literacy, are coached in public education, the fascist right is screwed … and they know it. The dumbing down of our youth is key to their advancement.
Unfortunately Frank it’s already well along. Thank Reagan.
"The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past." - Robertson Davies. This is what MAGA is about. Plus the cruelty.
And that “nostalgia” was what Brexit was all about here in the UK. I’ve always seen the connection between MAGA and Brexit, including that both were enabled in no small way by Putin.
SPOT ON.
All of the above, Mary. Those of us with a brain who don’t watch Fox agree and remember. I still think these people are aliens and I keep looking for the pods. No nationalism and patriotism anymore. I’m stumped. I will, however, keep supporting President Biden. Vote blue!!💙💙
I’ve totally been saying that. It’s like invasion of the body snatchers and MAGA will scream and point at non MAGA to be locked up
Laura - I have been calling them "zombies" for years. Truly the walking dead. No brains.
I saw a lot of patriotism on July 4th. We can’t let the media define who we are and what we value. I refuse to be manipulated by the greedy corporate rich. Remember when CEO of CBS said they loved the lucrative time during election season?
Mary, thank you for this bracing reminder for anyone who has forgotten the chaos and misery wrought by Trump and his Republican lackeys. I am terrified for our beloved country at this point in time. May we all find the courage to call out this asshole for what he is…a brainless, power-hungry narcissist bent on destroying all that is good in us and our country and send him packing to prison where he can meet any number of his homies. Bend over, Donnie!
By extension I am terrified for the rest of the world.
James, yes, millions of our brothers and sisters around the world are just waiting to see what he’ll do this time…and it will be terrible!
There isn’t going to be a “next time”. BUCK UP FOR CHRIST’S SAKE!
I wish I could forget how he separated children from their migrant parents' and didn't even have a system for keeping track of them.
It was deliberate. You can also thank Stephen Miller for that.
Mary, I was really pleased today when Nicolle Wallace started her show off talking to Michael Cohen, who was his usual articulate, insistent self. He was talking about what your uncle did to him and how he will do that to a very long list of others if given the opportunity. It was such a relief to hear about what I thought needed saying, instead of the nonsense about Biden having Parkinson's disease, and Biden being the reason for the neurologist who showed up at the White House 8 times in the last year. I had also watched last night's edition of The Last Word, and it was equally good in talking about the things that matter.
For the record, when you undergo severe trauma, you don't forget it. Instead, you repress it, so it stays in your brain and continues to affect the way you live, even if you don't remember the trauma. I know this from my life experience. I'm hoping that people who were traumatized by your uncle can hear the good stuff out there, the truth, and let it be their guide.
And while they may not mention Project 2025 at the convention, you can listen to an audio recording of the book "Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise". It's worse than you think. I could not find an audio version of it, so my boyfriend (an audio engineer) and I made our own. https://oxfordcommamedia.substack.com/podcast.
It's a labor of love for our Progressive, Democrat, Independent, or sane Republican friends. It will always be free, no paywall.
Thank you so much! I am sharing your link on Indivisible Oklahoma. I suggest others share it as well, for people who need it.
Huge labor of love, indeed! Thank you!
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Profound Mary, as you always are. Thank you. You are a lighthouse in this darkest of troubled times
The right might be in cognitive decline or perhaps they are all just corrupt. Trump is in cognitive decline but that is what the rich want. Someone who can be easily manipulated. Sorry, I know he is your Uncle but he is the worst thing for our Country!
Sadly even the democrats are in a cognitive decline.
I’m sure she doesn’t expect an apology. She knows and it’s good for us.
Are you sure corporations are supporting Trump as his meeting with them wasn’t that great.
Bleaching our groceries. Missing every birthday, holiday, social event, theater performance, and milestone in the lives of our young adults, many of whom may never recover because therapy is so expensive and we can’t even train enough people to handle all the trauma. His dismissive attitude about Covid. Drinking bleach! Piping sunshine inside the body! Horse paste! We all had to unwillingly sacrifice a giant chunk of our lives at the altar of his narcissism and ignorance.
Did Puerto Rico ever recover? Paper towels and unproven little electric company assigned to do the repairs were all Trump had to offer. Add this dereliction of duty to the list.