I agree with the sentiment, but using the word “Democrat” instead of “Democratic” is a Republican tactic to show distain for Democrats. You can say “Vote for Democrats” or you can say “S/he is a Democrat” but the party is the Democratic Party.
Sorry to sound like a schoolmarm but it really annoys me when people pick up republican nonsense.
How did Stefanik get thru Harvard? More and more Harvard grads are not representing the Law school and other disciplines very well are they. It is sad and disgusting.
Add Stefanik to the long list of Harvard grads that prove two things - 1) once in it's impossible to flunk out and 2) a Harvard diploma is not proof of an education, or frankly of learning anything at all.
In the first election in 2016, there was a report that 53% of white females voted for TFG. I was astonished by this 8 years ago. What about now, after the tragic overturn of Roe v. Wade? Anyone voting for him now should know exactly what they are getting.
It's stunning that he is apparently picking up support from the very people who he and all the MAGA's seem to hate. I will never, ever understand why women and anyone who isn't an older, white male would think this guy is going to do anything for them. There are people who apparently think he's going to show up at their home, ask them what he can do for them (like build a wall around their island so it won't keep sinking into the Chesapeake Bay) and he will deliver. He didn't do it between 2016-2020. Why do they think he's going to do it now or even cares about them? It's a rhetorical question but my brain is constantly boggled about it.
And if our country elects DJT? We'll be in the same boat at Germany and Italy. His voters don't care and we will be paying the price for their ignorance.
I don't think he's going to get elected. The major media are beginning to talk about all the good things Biden has done, and Trump's dementia is becoming quite evident.
Good Day. I was born in 1952. The Cold War, Vietnam (i'm a Nam Veteran) and more and more. I've never seen America so utterly bent on it's own destruction. In the past, All the Politicians worked together to share "Their Power" and to line their pockets. No More.
Hearing more than once ( women usually say this) dt
1) was the best president since Reagan.
2) I like that we had no wars.
3) he isn’t going to take any bullying.
4) our economy is good.
5) hrs a chriastian.
6) there was fraud in 2020.
Etc, etc.
this is what the truth really is:
1) I can’t tell u what his policies were. He grand standard mostly.
2) wars?( we’re not in war now)
3) He is the bully
4) economy?( he made the rich richer.
5) He said 2 Chronicles. ( it’s pronounced 2nd Chronicle)( anyone who studied the Bible doesn’t ever say it this way. / he also said he doesn’t pray for forgiveness. Huh? Really?
6)he lies about our election and will face this in due time: but he is directly and indirectly responsible for J6( this was a criminal act that will be felt for yrs to come and hopefully be correctly recorded in history.
Same here, part of the problem is that the Biden successes don’t get much ballyhoo. The border problem is hurting JB. People vote with emotions, not rational thought.
Yet, No one ponders to think, exactly how many DECADES have we been talking about the border "crisis"? Not a crisis if it hasn't been fixed in over 40 yrs ....
Why are people who don’t live in a southern border state so passionate about the border? I live in Oregon and I hear the Trump voters yelling about it. When you ask them how it impacts their lives they don’t have a rational response. They just yell louder and think their performance somehow justifies it. BS!
The Latin American immigrants work in farms milking cows and field work and meat packing plants etc. jobs that no US citizen wants to do. They don’t take jobs from US citizens. They work and get their kids educated so they will have a better life. A guest worker visa program of some sort would be an option for all of us to consider.
And just like that, 45 tells the GOP to NOT do anything about the border (and they stop). Because it's interfering on his campaigne talking points. AND, he doesn't want to give Biden a win..... again, NOT A CRISIS .... SMH
Stockholm Syndrome? I don't get it either. A form of very deep sleep to the extent you are a danger to members of your own gender. It's been a long, historical patriarchal construct, mainly brain-washing women via religion.
They should know, but lots of them don't. They believe what they want to believe and are amazingly good at filtering out any facts that conflict with their beliefs.
Yes she is worse. MTG is an uneducated, ridiculous buffoon. E-lies Stefanik on the other hand, is a Harvard educated harpy who sold her soul to the devil. I have despised her since her screeching, lying duo with Jim Jordan at the first impeachment hearing. I immediately started sending money to her incredible opponent, Tedra Cobb. But New York’s 21st district is 90% poor, FOX addicted oafs who would vote for a three peckered goat with an R next to its name. Trump would never select her as his VP - let’s face it - “she’s not his type”
I’ll be honest. I’m most disgusted by Trump’s attorney who had a fever after being with her COVID positive parents and not only didn’t disclose to the court but also protected NOBODY whom she dealt with even remotely - by wearing a mask … when she should have been isolating. Disgust and zero empathy or respect for fellow human beings. The juror had more integrity than this ‘lawyer’ of his (whom I’ve noticed has put in the requisite highlights in her hair that Cassidy H & other of Trump’s former female staffers have said on record he demands of the women around him … even telling them which hairdresser to go to to get the ‘right kind’.
I firmly believe that the 20ish hard right sycophant Trump supporters love him because they want his cruelty and racism in the White House. He use to have a firm 30ish following but I believe it’s in the 20’s now. He can’t win without independents and I don’t think he’ll get them. But we have to fight Donald Trump until Election Day and probably beyond. He will again claim the election was stolen.
I think his dementia is more likely to end his campaign than death. His father lived to be 95, and his mother made it beyond 90 if I remember correctly.
David -- I agree, but I would give anything to have Mary Trump say what she KNOWS is happening. I'm sure there are levels of senility and/or dementia. I'm 89 and think my mind is clear, but every now and then I can't think of a word or someone's name . . .
You don't have any dementia. It's pretty normal at a much younger age to have trouble thinking of a name or a word. I have trouble fairly regularly with both, at 20 years younger than you, but I can discuss or argue issues quite competently, coming up with good observations, which I think is much more relevant to the state of the brain. Just the fact that you're frequenting a commentary like we get here is indicative of a working mind. My father had a stroke late in his life, and one of the symptoms of the damage to his mind was that he quit reading the NYT, which he'd been devoted to probably throughout his healthy adult life (he'd published op-eds there as well).
David -- thank you. Like your Dad, I, too, read the NYT every day (I live in Arizona) because I am a retired journalist and I appreciate good research and good writing.
I recently heard of a McDonalds hamburger that had been left in a coat pocket for 14 years and when they opened it up it looked exactly the same as the day it was made. Preservatives! That being said I think Donald won't die soon with all of the preservatives he eats daily.
Every day in every way . . . and thank gawd we have Mary Trump in our daily lives. I've been a subscriber for about a month and it has changed me from being downright scared to saying what's on my mind and knowing whoever reads it in this comment group may not agree, but will understand. that it is my thoughts and that's okay.
For me, the key phrase in Mary’s post is "Here’s the truth… because truth still matters”. THIS is how I am able to hang on to a shred of sanity while the orange shitstorm swirls around us. I have to believe that truth still matters. And that the truth will eventually free us from this nightmare.
Norm -- you just put my feelings into words everyone can read. I am so glad I subscribed to this "substack" because Mary makes so much sense ! And I am grateful to all you commenters for what you share. I trust you with my comments and I honor yours.
“If Donald Trump is the nominee, the election will revolve around all these legal issues — his trials, perhaps convictions if he goes to trial and loses there, and about things like Jan. 6,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. “We’re going to lose if that’s the decision voters are making based on that. We don’t want it to be a referendum on those issues,” added DeSantis.
---Huffington Post
For once in my life I have to say I agree with DeSantis.
Unfortunately Trump and his followers are not th best and brightest. Vote Democrat!!!
Nancy you're preaching to a GINORMOUS CHOIR !
I agree with the sentiment, but using the word “Democrat” instead of “Democratic” is a Republican tactic to show distain for Democrats. You can say “Vote for Democrats” or you can say “S/he is a Democrat” but the party is the Democratic Party.
Sorry to sound like a schoolmarm but it really annoys me when people pick up republican nonsense.
Right there with you; it really grates
Democratic!
How did Stefanik get thru Harvard? More and more Harvard grads are not representing the Law school and other disciplines very well are they. It is sad and disgusting.
Add Stefanik to the long list of Harvard grads that prove two things - 1) once in it's impossible to flunk out and 2) a Harvard diploma is not proof of an education, or frankly of learning anything at all.
There are exceptions. Meredith Salenger for one.
There is always an exception that proves the rule.
Can you say LEGACY ADMISSIONS !!!!
Do we know if she had relatives who attended ....?
Legacy admission
In the first election in 2016, there was a report that 53% of white females voted for TFG. I was astonished by this 8 years ago. What about now, after the tragic overturn of Roe v. Wade? Anyone voting for him now should know exactly what they are getting.
It's stunning that he is apparently picking up support from the very people who he and all the MAGA's seem to hate. I will never, ever understand why women and anyone who isn't an older, white male would think this guy is going to do anything for them. There are people who apparently think he's going to show up at their home, ask them what he can do for them (like build a wall around their island so it won't keep sinking into the Chesapeake Bay) and he will deliver. He didn't do it between 2016-2020. Why do they think he's going to do it now or even cares about them? It's a rhetorical question but my brain is constantly boggled about it.
Hitler and Mussolini were wildly popular at first. Both said “Repeat a lie often enough and it will become the truth”.
Later the people that supported them found out! It was too late!
And if our country elects DJT? We'll be in the same boat at Germany and Italy. His voters don't care and we will be paying the price for their ignorance.
I don't think he's going to get elected. The major media are beginning to talk about all the good things Biden has done, and Trump's dementia is becoming quite evident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGTJy1Ij4Qk&t=1s
But waaay too many people don’t care. They like him and seem to identify him or something. I hope you’re right but all the guardrails are gone.
I think enough will care that if he's in the running in November he'll definitely lose enough votes to lose the election.
Good Day. I was born in 1952. The Cold War, Vietnam (i'm a Nam Veteran) and more and more. I've never seen America so utterly bent on it's own destruction. In the past, All the Politicians worked together to share "Their Power" and to line their pockets. No More.
Insanity Is The Rule Of The Day...
However, His Voters will eventually be "Paying The Same Price", Too...
Will they notice they’ve been had?
Good Point. Eventually, I think? It's hard to place bets on insanity, and even more difficult to place odds on stupidity.
Best Regards
Hearing more than once ( women usually say this) dt
1) was the best president since Reagan.
2) I like that we had no wars.
3) he isn’t going to take any bullying.
4) our economy is good.
5) hrs a chriastian.
6) there was fraud in 2020.
Etc, etc.
this is what the truth really is:
1) I can’t tell u what his policies were. He grand standard mostly.
2) wars?( we’re not in war now)
3) He is the bully
4) economy?( he made the rich richer.
5) He said 2 Chronicles. ( it’s pronounced 2nd Chronicle)( anyone who studied the Bible doesn’t ever say it this way. / he also said he doesn’t pray for forgiveness. Huh? Really?
6)he lies about our election and will face this in due time: but he is directly and indirectly responsible for J6( this was a criminal act that will be felt for yrs to come and hopefully be correctly recorded in history.
His only policy is to keep out of jail and his cult (formerly known as the GOP’s policy is “whatever the orange one wants”.
H. sapiens have these big, complicated brains, and a lot of them never learn how to use them effectively. They don't come with an owner's manual.
Same here, part of the problem is that the Biden successes don’t get much ballyhoo. The border problem is hurting JB. People vote with emotions, not rational thought.
Yet, No one ponders to think, exactly how many DECADES have we been talking about the border "crisis"? Not a crisis if it hasn't been fixed in over 40 yrs ....
Why are people who don’t live in a southern border state so passionate about the border? I live in Oregon and I hear the Trump voters yelling about it. When you ask them how it impacts their lives they don’t have a rational response. They just yell louder and think their performance somehow justifies it. BS!
No 1 immigrant has ever taken a job from me. I've been working since I was 13yrs old, I'm 57 now...IJS
The Latin American immigrants work in farms milking cows and field work and meat packing plants etc. jobs that no US citizen wants to do. They don’t take jobs from US citizens. They work and get their kids educated so they will have a better life. A guest worker visa program of some sort would be an option for all of us to consider.
Well, to be fair, they usually don’t have a response, rational or otherwise, when they are asked very basic, common sense questions about anything.
And just like that, 45 tells the GOP to NOT do anything about the border (and they stop). Because it's interfering on his campaigne talking points. AND, he doesn't want to give Biden a win..... again, NOT A CRISIS .... SMH
DJT had better P.R. even if he didn't pay them, or paid them in bouncing rubber checks !
It's the abused child syndrome: they wish to appease the Devil
Stockholm Syndrome? I don't get it either. A form of very deep sleep to the extent you are a danger to members of your own gender. It's been a long, historical patriarchal construct, mainly brain-washing women via religion.
Well said SR!!! Very concise!!
Yet, "They" will still vote for tRump. Deluded by their husbands, or their churches, OR,
Just Plain Stupid...
Or they just have unbelievably crappy judgement. Even fairly intelligent people can have bad judgement or dodgy taste.
They should know, but lots of them don't. They believe what they want to believe and are amazingly good at filtering out any facts that conflict with their beliefs.
What does “TFG” refer to?
The Former Guy, that is the failed, twice impeached , four times indicted, defendant.
Is she worse than MTG? Because I thought no one was worse than MTG.
She is much smarter than MTG. (Harvard degree). But she is nakedly ambitious and has sold whatever passed for her soul to the devil.
Being “smarter than MTG” doesn’t strike me as such a high bar...
You make a very good point! Elise Stefanik had more respect in her district before her move to the dark side.
A bag of PENCIL SHAVINGS is smarter than an MTG or Boebert. Or a shelf fungus.....
MTG is in a class by herself or being terrible.
Yes she is worse. MTG is an uneducated, ridiculous buffoon. E-lies Stefanik on the other hand, is a Harvard educated harpy who sold her soul to the devil. I have despised her since her screeching, lying duo with Jim Jordan at the first impeachment hearing. I immediately started sending money to her incredible opponent, Tedra Cobb. But New York’s 21st district is 90% poor, FOX addicted oafs who would vote for a three peckered goat with an R next to its name. Trump would never select her as his VP - let’s face it - “she’s not his type”
She maybe suffered from bullying as a child and is now inflicting vengeance. As they say, Power corrupts.
MTG is mean and cruel. So far, I haven't noticed that Stefanik has those qualities. She's just ambitious as all get out.
And a pathetic MAGAt who has sold her soul to the devil.
MTG is like Regan, the girl rom The Exorcist. She doesn't puke green goop & her head doesn't spin on her neck. She probably idolized Charles Manson.
Did not notice Elise Stefanik being particularly kind to some beleaguered university presidents a short while back.
MTG has bats in her belfry, multiple generations worth. She's Norman Bates psycho.
She seems mean to me. Hateful.
You obviously did not watch her bitch on steroids performance with Jim Jordan at the first trump impeachment trial.
Have to admit I missed that one. I do know she can be pretty snarky.
No, but she's working on it. MTG sets a low bar to slither under.
Yes she is.
I’ll be honest. I’m most disgusted by Trump’s attorney who had a fever after being with her COVID positive parents and not only didn’t disclose to the court but also protected NOBODY whom she dealt with even remotely - by wearing a mask … when she should have been isolating. Disgust and zero empathy or respect for fellow human beings. The juror had more integrity than this ‘lawyer’ of his (whom I’ve noticed has put in the requisite highlights in her hair that Cassidy H & other of Trump’s former female staffers have said on record he demands of the women around him … even telling them which hairdresser to go to to get the ‘right kind’.
Habba is also a narcissist & a fraud who cares nothing for others.
Modern day little typhoid mary..
We can only hope that she spread it to those sitting next to her, rather than innocent people.
Gawd
she slipped up in a MAJOR LEAGUE way. I can't say that I'm SORRY for her.
I firmly believe that the 20ish hard right sycophant Trump supporters love him because they want his cruelty and racism in the White House. He use to have a firm 30ish following but I believe it’s in the 20’s now. He can’t win without independents and I don’t think he’ll get them. But we have to fight Donald Trump until Election Day and probably beyond. He will again claim the election was stolen.
Unless he dies first, which we can hope for
I think his dementia is more likely to end his campaign than death. His father lived to be 95, and his mother made it beyond 90 if I remember correctly.
But his dementia is looking worse every week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGTJy1Ij4Qk&t=1s
David -- I agree, but I would give anything to have Mary Trump say what she KNOWS is happening. I'm sure there are levels of senility and/or dementia. I'm 89 and think my mind is clear, but every now and then I can't think of a word or someone's name . . .
You don't have any dementia. It's pretty normal at a much younger age to have trouble thinking of a name or a word. I have trouble fairly regularly with both, at 20 years younger than you, but I can discuss or argue issues quite competently, coming up with good observations, which I think is much more relevant to the state of the brain. Just the fact that you're frequenting a commentary like we get here is indicative of a working mind. My father had a stroke late in his life, and one of the symptoms of the damage to his mind was that he quit reading the NYT, which he'd been devoted to probably throughout his healthy adult life (he'd published op-eds there as well).
David -- thank you. Like your Dad, I, too, read the NYT every day (I live in Arizona) because I am a retired journalist and I appreciate good research and good writing.
I'm sure you're doing fine, Barbara! One must have an excellent brain to appreciate the NYT.
I think even with dementia he won’t drop out. Just a gut instinct.
Didn't stop Reagan from staying in office with dementia.
Mary Trump is going on an anti Trump information campaign around the US!
I recently heard of a McDonalds hamburger that had been left in a coat pocket for 14 years and when they opened it up it looked exactly the same as the day it was made. Preservatives! That being said I think Donald won't die soon with all of the preservatives he eats daily.
What happened to the dangers of cholesterol?? I mean when is it gonna finally end this shit already!!
Having to fight for democracy every election is exhausting.
Every day in every way . . . and thank gawd we have Mary Trump in our daily lives. I've been a subscriber for about a month and it has changed me from being downright scared to saying what's on my mind and knowing whoever reads it in this comment group may not agree, but will understand. that it is my thoughts and that's okay.
Mary Trump -- I am indebted to you !!
Mary should run for President ❤️
A safer place than X, that is for sure.
Yeah, and it’s not just during election season that we need to fight. The enemies of democracy never seem to take a day off
Except when the national budget needs a vote to keep the government open.
"Eternal vigilance is the cost of freedom."
I hope you let us know your tour schedule, Mary. If you make it to Spokane, WA I’ll be there!
Yes, Mary, please link to your tour schedule! Another Washington state resident here
For me, the key phrase in Mary’s post is "Here’s the truth… because truth still matters”. THIS is how I am able to hang on to a shred of sanity while the orange shitstorm swirls around us. I have to believe that truth still matters. And that the truth will eventually free us from this nightmare.
Norm -- you just put my feelings into words everyone can read. I am so glad I subscribed to this "substack" because Mary makes so much sense ! And I am grateful to all you commenters for what you share. I trust you with my comments and I honor yours.
Thank you, Barbara A, Tidyman. I believe truth breeds trust and honor. Can’t let the liars win.
Elise Stefanik is a political whore.
Couldn't have said it better
Elise Stefanik in my mind is really stupid. Vote Democrat! I sure am.
Maybe the lawyer gave him covid. What a lack of respect, even if he doesn’t deserve any.
Can I subscribe more than once to support you in your efforts to show off upir Uncle in his true colors: Pink and Yellow? WEAK colors I think!
She has sold her soul in pursuit of a lost opportunity! Thanks, as always Mary for your invaluable reporting.
The GOP sold their souls even BEFORE The Abomination of desolation.
“If Donald Trump is the nominee, the election will revolve around all these legal issues — his trials, perhaps convictions if he goes to trial and loses there, and about things like Jan. 6,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. “We’re going to lose if that’s the decision voters are making based on that. We don’t want it to be a referendum on those issues,” added DeSantis.
---Huffington Post
For once in my life I have to say I agree with DeSantis.
And yet, DeSatan is backing drumpf...and said so last night.
Opportunistic of him. Sadly party over country. Thank you.
More like cult over country