In my 85 yrs, I have never heard quite the almost gallows humor of today around voting as it was going before Mr. Biden quit. Things like; “I’d vote for a cardboard cutout of Biden before I vote for Trump”, and “ I’d vote for Biden if he was on a ventilator over Trump”. I interpreted this to mean they will vote for the administration, not the man. And, Trump, is only about the man, however loosely organized his brain and morals are…I have believed from the beginning once Roe fell women of the USA would unite and get rid of Trump. I was part of the fight to get abortion care in the l970s, know what it took and how determined we were. I think it no less today. Women will not tolerate Trump.
My comment was that I’d vote for Joe Biden’s mummified remains (or cardboard cutout) before I’d ever vote for those two (Mango Mussolini and his sidekick)! Right there with you Sheila!!
Thanks to yours and my generations (and many before), I truly believe women will reunite NOW to remove this man and his constant stoking of the fire, from the limelight. Thanks, Sheila for the positive vibes!
Cassie, I lost classmates during the days of the " hanger abortions", I was thrilled when Roe is Wade passed(80.8months young now).
I remember when the orange puke came across the Queensboro Bridge and was rejected by the " OLD $ crowd as crass"; I remember walking past the construction site for hitower & seeing the mostly Polish workers, sleeping within the site, in Sleeping Bags, on the concrete, because they were being paid $4-5 $ ph..
He has done a whole lot of damage to OUR Nation's sensibilities, morals & pride.
BUT, I believe the " Stepford WIVES " will still vote against themselves, because hubby said to do so.
Personally, my vote is for the Dem. Ticket, as it has been since 1964.
Thank you for your observation and Thank GOD for Mary L. TRUMP'S CLEAR THOUGHTS AND WORDS TO ALL OF US HERE.
I think white women are going to fool a lot of blacks, who make the same statement you did. My prediction, this time white wives are dragging their husbands to their local DNC HQ to volunteer for Kamala. I saw it yesterday. We are all in this together! The rabid ideas of this Repub party must be quelled. It is existential.
Hi Sandra, I believe lots of white woman/ white men will vote for Kamala; I just don't belive the Strpford wives will bcz they like their perks to much.
"White Dudes for Kamala"
" White women for Kamala"
" Black Women for Kamala"
Asians, Latinos, etc; Fired up & Ready to go Ala 2008 election....may not be in the bag yet, but WE GOT THIS..BIG UPS TO ALL OF " WE THE PEOPLE.🎆🎇🎉🎊🎑🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
Stephanie Miller was saying this morning that Kamala is pulling ahead in the swing states where the stupid electoral collage scam is critical.
Tom Hartmann reported yesterday how Heritage is already financing this group making a list of government employees....recording who is pro or negative Trump. 2025 is being rolled out as we speak.
Not minite to waste........Lets make the Blue Wave into a Blue Tidal Wave
You have witnessed so much, and you deserve to witness a November cleansing of the party that was conservative, and is now an outrageous, angry mob! Blue wave time!
I agree! I met Gloria Stineum(sp) at a book signing in Toledo, Ohio. She was amazing; but now I wonder her opinion of the roe vs Wade debacle & dweeb JD Vance. I burned my bra in 1971, & I do not want to go back!!! Hell NO! We’ve come to far, lived thru discrimination on the job & men who wanted to stick us at home as the, “little wife”. I was in the Air Force & had an account at a shop called, the orchid shop. I was always on time with my payments. I left the military with good credit. I wanted to open credit at a shop in Toledo, I was denied unless my dad co- signed!!!! Then in 1972, I wanted to open a checking acct of my own, but the bank denied my app unless my husband co- signed! We woman have really come too far to put an apron back on & bake! Fuck project 2025, fuck donald & fuck JD Vance!!! Vote, women, vote!!!
Mary, I was born in 1972, and have enjoyed the privileges of being able to have my own bank account and credit card (and basically living my life however I want) without even knowing how recently I couldn't have, if it weren't for women like you. It didn't even fully strike me until this year, how only 15 years separated your experience, with me opening my own account as a teenager in the 1980's. Thank you for paving the way. We can't think "something like that can never happen again," because it can. Look at what happened to women in Iran in 1979. That is where the current GQP is headed if they were to have full control. We can't get complacent.
Mary, I love that Mary T reaches women of all ages and stages. Women are awake and ready to defend the rights that we thought we could count on. Project 2025 and the aspirations of mostly old white males (and young arrogant and/or angry ones) must be stopped NOW. Thank God for Kamala being up to the task! Let's win.
Remember women's march that took place the day after Trump's inauguration? Fat lot of good that did. Trump's like dogshit on the sole of one's shoe - he stinks to high heaven, and has been impossible to get rid of.
Excellent analogy, never have I felt so strongly about a candidate as so dangerous to our country and the world. Today a new analogy came to me: a new version of the classic fairy tale ‘Little Red Riding Hood.’ The red cloaked girl, a symbol of all those avid women in tfg’s party followers, oblivious to the very real danger they’re in. Only today the danger that lurks, is not a wolf in Grandma’s cape + hat.
Now it’s tfg is like a metaphorical, menacing alligator, in the guise of “man,” blondish, orange tan, huckster, saying what they want to hear, like those lurking in lagoons at places like The Villages FL. Far too many are certain “It cannot happen here,” our guy says, he,knows,can fix it, they’ve believed the hype, fantasies on tv. Votes for that
“alligator on a man, in a suit with a red ball cap” will be the bit lethal bite, that takes down their generation and nation. If they don’t get Woke is Exactly what they need to be!
I couldn't stand the Orange Felon when he was ripping off subcontractors (Mob-owned ones were the exception) while building in NYC back in the 1980s/90s. I grew up in the Central NY area, and many of us "Upstaters" hated him as much as NYC did.
Bob Dylan lived in lower Manhattan, Brooklyn and Coney island, along wth many poets of his hey-day. He wrote " Dear Landlord (please don't put a price on my sould) " , for the Elder Trump who wanted to scrape everything off the earth there. His spawn, was hot dipped in the enamel of his father's outlook on life. Dynasty' Suck is my new bumper sticker.
I’m 80 also. I’ve had the feeling during Trump’s. ascendency that we are watching our children let it all go with no understanding of what it took to get here. They were the era of The Apprentice, Trump playing the part of a successful businessman, swapping wives, playboy around town, gold plated, casino baron, shameless boasting on Howard Klein.
I want to scream to the Gen Xers and younger worshipping him— WAKE UP! ITS ALL FAKE!! We’ve gone full circle— unless Harris can crush him so surely that there’s no room to question ballots. My last rodeo—please God!
Polls include people who still answer their phones— definitely not me. I was polled one time several years ago on my cell phone. While I still answered.
Sheila, I have been wearing my Stand Up for Choice T-shirt bought in Washington DC 20 years ago on April 25,2004. (As a younger man, I was to DC twice for Iraq War demos........going to DC again for womens rights was a given) The energy and speeches are still alive in me to this day. The power of women coming togethe is a tidal wave that cannot be stopped. From the depths of my soul I can honestly say that VP Kamala Harris is a gift from the universe to each and every women.
And a gift to the men who have women that they truly love, whether as family, friends, or lovers. Also, often an abortion happens that both partners wanted. My only conception was aborted by strong mutual agreement, and decades later, I'm still grateful for that.
I agree. I protested for Roe back in the day and it blows my mind why the race is so close. Where are the women protesting in the streets every week. This generation is lazy until it happens to them and they can't get an abortion.
I’m 70ish and remember the inception of Roe and being able to get a credit card w/out a male signature. I’m not sure if it’s laziness or ignorance on the part of the younger ones. I’m in a swing state that amended our constitution in 2022 to protect choice. At the time, I had some pretty pointed convos with younger friends that kind of took the right to choose for granted (until Roe was tossed) and reminded them just how recent no choice was. There was a combo of wonder and horror in their voice when they said “Deb, that’s NOT that long ago”… my response? NO SH*T!! Talk to every friend you have about this. The fight is not over and we cannot stop now!! And so the fight continues.
Hi to you too! Remember when Gloria Steinem said she would come to town and run the mimeograph machine for us…and did? We had some amazing women leaders then and all their books contributed so much to my awakening.
I’m 84, and agree with all that you wrote. All four of my children were born before Roe, and I remember praying for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby each time. It was so frightening when friends had serious pregnancy issues, and abortion was not an option. My granddaughters should not have fewer rights than their mothers.
I believe many women secretly vote blue in the privacy of the voting booth. Men do not have the right to determine our reproductive future!
I’m a 76-year-old woman who marched for choice in the late 1960s/early 1970s (and against The War, etc.). I’m furious that safe abortions are once again illegal in many states (and will be illegal throughout this country if the fascists get enough power). I’m terrified of Trump/Vance and the masses who support them. We must win! And our armed forces must be ready for their furious reactions when we win.
Trump can’t tolerate or respect any woman. He doesn’t even have a clue about how to deal with women. He’s screwed! He’s helpless! He’ll keep on trying until his complete surmise. And if that means his death, SO BE IT.
His “pierced” 👂 ear should have a dangling skull ☠️ hanging from it.
At rallies following the incident, he claimed that, "I took a bullet for you."
He also claimed that doctors told him that the ear bleeds more than any other part of the body. I'm sure all of us remember losing a loved one who bled to death after getting their ears pierced.
Gosh, I hope it doesn’t come to that. In one of her books Betty Friedan talked about how we need and love the men n our lives. We do, however, need them to understand and support us, as we do them.
I applaud you for protesting for women’s right to have abortions. I don’t understand why women today aren’t protesting like we did. Do they think their rights will always be there? I am ashamed of women who support Trump.
Does anyone see the possible irony that a Black Ethnic woman will defeat Trump? For those saying a Black Woman cannot win. I heard the same comments when Barack ran in 2008. Trump is a WEAK CANDIDATE. Harris WILL defeat him!
This very much feels like when Obama ran. The joy, the hope. The positive vibes. I cried the night he won and I will probably again when Kamala wins. Our country needs this win.
Kamala Harris is fresh and inspiring — while Trump seems like old news.
Women, Black Americans and Young People are on the Kamala bandwagon wagon. The Anti-Trump movement will crush the GOP. A Blue Tsunami is coming 🌊
This "Kamala removes stubborn orange stains" t-shirt is funny 👇 🤣
Trump needs to get used to being defeated by Black Ethnic women. He's already had a taste of that with Letitia James. And Fani Wilis will get him. Judge Tanya Chutkan will preside over another loss. Kamala Harris has what it takes to win, especially since she's gotten the democrats all fired up. Since trump hates competent, effective Black women, it pleases me no end that so many will get him, and show him who the real winners and losers are.
I agree, but blacks are worse in his mind than whites. I can't forget the women you mentioned. I love what they've done to trump. All they did was be real and competent, something I admire in anyone, male or female.
E Jean Carroll has stepped up to the plate offering to help Stormy Daniels who now could lose everything financially. Actions over just words.......coming together is the beautiful thing
Trump is old news!! We are all tired of his arrogance and whiney bravado. The women of America are going to take him down and put him in his place. His rightful place that is, in jail!
Thanks for the comment. When I hit the expand full comment part, I was automatically redirected to the company selling those shirts and ordered one. I hope to make just as many old guys like me grit their teeth as I did with my FBI fry bread inspector shirt a couple years ago.
I'll have to check if there is an "Old White Republicans" Zoom call for Harris!
Mr Rudy...guess it was the " old guys like me" that caught my old eyes.....your comments really set my funny bone laughing ! There's still plenty of life left in.us
to vote out." Old Orange Julius ". KARMA & KAMALA , an.unbeatable combination.🤗
I sure hope so. I considered that the Republican party was going to a cult of celebrity when Shrub bested John McCain for the nomination in 2000. Proud to say I voted for Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and will vote for Kamala Harris. Ironic that no one is mentioning she is among the most qualified candidates to ever run.
It doesn’t matter what color a woman is that takes him down. E Jean, one of many of my heroes, won the first round along with another of my heroes, Latitia who kicked his disgusting a..s. Stormy an absolutely beautiful 💫 woman. Even his wife got a nice little settlement to keep her mouth closed in protection of her son. Perhaps Kamala will be the one that takes him off of my TV and out of mind. Yes 🙌 i do believe that she will also soon be one of my many heroes. She has a fabulous start! Will it end there? I think not. Fani Willis will do everything in her power to take him to task. Women judges and some that are conservative have put him in his place already and there are many of those left in cases against him that will have their say. Perhaps between all of these beautifully, strong, intelligent women we will be done with him in our political life, and maybe some of those who were forced to participate in his pageants, his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein, and I’m sure many more will finally have some peace and should they choose get their voice heard. His first ex-wife tried. God bless her. I don’t think Melanie is done. I think the Love is blind series is over. It happens to us all. No need to judge. I am so proud of all of these women. They are my biggest heroes. I have a few left that deserve some peace. I hope we can do the same one day for Anita Hill who took so much flack Standing against Supreme Court Justice Thomas and Professor Ford who had incredible courage to Stand up against Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh. Finally let’s not forget the woman who brought us all together on Substack. What amazing courage it takes to stand up against family. She is in a league of her own. Thank you Mary! Thank you women all around the world that in one way or another, have stood up to their abusers, whether it’s Trump and his cronies, a family member, a boss, or another random human. You give me so much hope♥️ I can’t believe we are back in a situation where women do not have rights over our own body. It was this way the first 13 years of my life. Unacceptable!! Let’s take our power back. Forever this time.🙏🙌💙 I have your back and I know you have mine!✨
Yes, then they can try him in DC while he's doing his time in NYS. He can be transported for trial in his prison garb and housed in a DC jail while he's tried for his J6 crimes. Then, once he's done there, maybe Fani Willis will finally be able to try him in GA and he can do the prison transport thing all over again to attend that trial. LOL! He'll be having so much fun!
I just wish they'd allow us to see at least one of those trials on TV! We earned at least that much after all the abuse we citizens of this country have endured from that disgusting, evil POS. I think it's almost criminal that they won't allow us to see those trials via TV. Even if it's delayed so they can make sure the jury isn't seen. Though, there have been thousands of trials shown on TV and the jury is never shown. You'd think those other courts would catch up, ffs.
He will flip out because it is a Strong, Black Woman who CAN lead. He's pitiful, his only goal is how to make money off of us and how to stay out of prison.
No. I don't want any of those. I want him to live to a ripe old age just like his father did. Age 93! That way he can get that full prison experience! Hopefully he'll have to spend years and years in prison paying for all his crimes against this country. I don't care if he's in gen pop or solitary. As long as it's behind bars and he's in a tiny cell alone. That's what he deserves. I also hope NYC confiscates all his properties to pay his debt there too. He has gotten away with criming his whole life. I only want him to end it behind bars for a good long time. Now THAT'S a punishment! I hope they keep him fairly healthy too, so he can last a long time. Death is an easy out for him.
Yes- I too have heard this from many psychics that I deeply respect, Maureen. Today, I heard our time line has accelerated vastly as well, to essentially protect us from our own worst instincts. Thus- the sure ( to me) election win in both the popular and electoral level by Kamala Harris. Buckle your seatbelts, it’s lift off! Away from the despair and darkness Trump has encouraged and embodied, and into the light of joy and hope! 👏🏻❤️
Maureen I have listened to a few astrologers who said they they did not see either Biden or Trump on the ticket in November. They got one right--it will be interesting to see if they are correct about the second. Wishing no harm and for entertainment purposes only (as they all say lol).
Mary, from your perspective not just as a niece, but as a psychologist, do you think it's safe to say if your uncle loses that January 6th will look like child's play?
I think the Repubs are going to be making claims of 'rigging' happening everywhere & who knows what the plot is to try & just take away the results & do whatever it takes for them to allow themselves a 'win'. Point is you know they have plans, we just don't know what those are, but they are desperate now, so if Kamala's numbers are a 'win' there is going to be all hell let loose ! I expect to read about gun battles & violence from armed gangs of those 'watchers' they have trained. I'm just trying to imagine things from their deranged perspective, but I have no idea what they could do, I just know they will be 'up to something'. I hope we at least get to valid counts first. At least the Elections Controllers realize the dangers too, so maybe we do not need to worry !
It's things like this that make me relieved I live on the reservation. No one here can stand him or his ilk. Also, if shit were to start hitting the fan, tribal leaders here would close off this rez so their culty goons can't pull any of their "civil war" crap here.
Thankfully I live in a very blue state and though we have a few weirdo tRumper pockets here, there aren't so many that they'd be able to pull anything much off.
My suggestion to everyone is to vote by mail if at all possible and do it early.
I don't even use the mail for our mail-in ballots here. There is a big ballot receptacle at the Tribal Youth Center up the road from us. People from the WA Elections Office monitor it and every two days come to empty it out and take the ballots to the elections office.
Trump now seems to be announcing the plans: all needed corrupt election officials are now in place to ensure no Democrat victories are certified at Electoral College level. No need even to vote because the results don’t matter. Is there anything that can be done immediately to avert such a disaster?
Heinz will likely have to open up another line devoted to producing/bottling ketchup. And we should expect Diaper Donald not to disappoint us and start flinging lawsuits in every court starting about Nov. 6th.
And, take note Donald: President Biden will NOT wait to call in the calvary should you and your minions attempt to repeat Jan. 6th. We will never forget. And we won't let it happen again.
DJT will REALLY become unhinged and incite another insurrection. However, the federal government and law enforcement will be ready this time. Those who participate will be quickly dealt with, and with President Harris, there will be no get-out-of-jail-free card.
As usual, he was projecting. That's how Repubs win. If it's not voter fraud by voting for their dead relatives, then they're heavily gerrymandering districts to make sure they cannot be voted out once they're in.
The day after the election won't be completely pleasant. Either we'll be demoralized again if he wins- and I'll never forget learning Hillary had not won- or he'll be furious over losing and will bring on his promised next civil war.
I really don't think it will amount to much. The real aggressive pieces of shit are already locked up doing years and years behind bars. Notice how he kept saying if he was indicted there would be chaos. There wasn't. Then he said if they arrest him, there would be chaos. There wasn't. No one showed up at his arrests/arraignments. Maybe four or five people. Then he said if he was tried, there would be chaos and blood shed. There wasn't. Then he said if he was convicted, there would be riots in the streets. Nothing. There were not more than 3-7 MAGA demonstrators at his trials. Sometimes no one. He's not the super star he thinks he is. Look at his sparse rallies. They're getting smaller and smaller, the more unhinged and demented he gets.
I think we all need to be prepared to stop the violence Trump has been preparing for his likely loss (earlier against Biden, now Harris). That includes police, national guard, but also pastors of churches to train their people in non-violence (on both sides).
He will contest the election results and push it to the Supreme Court. This Supreme Court’s shameless six, who just ruled that it’s perfectly fine for Trump to commit murder, WILL rule in his favor, and he WILL become president. Unless we expand the Supreme Court by 4 seats, like yesterday!
This Supreme Court will twist logic any way they have to, and they will make up any bullshit legal theories they have to, in order to declare Don-OLD won the election. Or maybe they’ll even feel emboldened enough to say they don’t care about the evidence proving that Kamala won by a landslide, or any of the legal arguments; they have decided trump should be Prez, therefore he will be.
I know this sounds like a tinfoil hat kind of thing, but we must prepare for it. Don-OLD will stop at nothing.
How can we stop this from happening, and once it does, how will we survive, and how will we fight back?
We know that the Trumpists are already saying, in effect as well as outright, that they’ll accept the election results only if Trump wins. I hope that the Democrats are ready, with police and the National Guard, etc., for any attempted coup that the fascists start.
What I know that feels true for me is that as double minority human who happens to have immense intelligence (sans children), Kamala Harris, is THE most wonderful thing that has ever happened in our government’s history.
Have you seen the tshirts that say “Who would you rather vote for? A Criminal or a Prosecutor?”
I’m delighted by how Kamala presented herself in the most intelligent and upbeat way . She has portrayed herself as a highly dignified woman who is going to drive DT 🤪er than he’s already spoken and behaved.
He and many men in his party and many men in our nation have not a clue about how to deal with a woman in the majority of circumstances. These men have to be so f’n befuddled and what they’ll say and their behaviors will be more atrocious and mean spirited because, and believe, they’re freakin’
living dicks. Can you picture all these various length dicks trying to worm their way about, falling on their HEADS & SCRAPING THEIR DANGLING BALLS across the ground. LITERALLY ‼️
Whaaaaaaaht⁉️ Their entire promotion and behavior will be based on running against a woman- no less than a BLACK woman. Their soft dick heads are wilting & along the way, in these next 99 days, they will have castrated themselves in the shuffle.
Booo hoooooo💥💥
Donald will probably tangle his own tounge and choke himself because he’s an incapable human being who is self entitled a self entitled narcissist who keeps digging himself farther and further into the deep, dark and putrid shit of a man who dwells on bashing his competitors, yelling and initiating personal history issues, false criticism and berating those who somehow continue (as people of our home of the brave) to gracefully and lawfully resist the shit that continues to dwell on f’d up behavior and narrative ‘cause they don’t give two 💩💩’s about what our people basic needs are to survive in this now very fucked up jungle of a country we live in these days.
Those who were born and who learned self-entitlement behaviors from their immediate family and caregivers are so brainwashed they can’t see outside of themselves or even to begin to understand the world around them. Living in glass castles is their only known existence. I would absolutely love to at least crack the glass castle people and rather shatter the glass completely.
The ultimate fears that glass castle people would experience would leave them in total fear of their lives and hopefully allow them the chance of seeking better ways of living- more fulfilling ways of existing in our world. One can only hope and mentor this possibility. I keep following the path of possibilities in desperate hope that we can see our differences and be accepting and open to see our similarities.
Truly, has it been only a week!? It’s mind blowing. The media is still lionizing Donald and telling us what he ‘really meant’ in regards to ‘don’t worry “you won’t have to vote anymore” in 4 years cuz “we’ll have it fixed so good.” What do you think he ‘really meant’ by fixed?
Apparently that '45' document lays it all out - they are planning to just take over everything, remove all the controls in their way, and just keep the dictator they want in that slot. Other countries have done that & that is what they want - hence no need for any more elections & no more annoying Democrats trying to stop their 'big guys' from making all those lovely profits !
If he gets into office and we never again need elections, is he planning to live forever, or to create a dynasty of some sort? Do any of his children have children who would be able to take over?
If elected,Trump will probably become obviously incompetent before his term runs out. Let me guess that JD Vance would not wait long to invoke the 25th amendment, put himself on the throne and cancel elections if Trump hadn’t gotten around to it.
One can only hope that trump cancels/fires Vance before the election. He is truly a disaster, and even more disgusting than anything we know about Ron Desantis.
I didn't know the guys had. Thanks for updating me. They also have an unfortunate environmental influence as well as genetic garbage. The idea of them having children is sickening to me.
If he manages to become King of the USA there will be no more voting, period. He's going to be worse than all the Authoritarians put together. He's going global.
I feel like their plan is to hand the decision to the courts. Thats been their most successful plot so far. Shame on us fo letting them stack the courts.
What is the Biden administration doing to prepare counter measures to the planned violence and chaos of Trump supporters. We all know it's going to happen and it's 99 days, at most, from starting. I hope there is a well-thought out strategy for neutralizing organized, violent fascists. I'm worried that the work on this important, predictable event is not getting the weight it deserves.
I agree, and another thing bothering me is that Trump's pick, Dejoy, is still USPS postmaster. Why hasn't he been replaced? Have people forgotten the mail sorters that went missing prior to the 2016 election? There ate plenty if reasons for replacing him. Apperently there is one member of the board, whi is supposedly a Dem that won't vote him out. Replace this board member and get it done! Then replace the Dejoy picks with union members! Please help!
He won't do that. It has to be the Board of Governors. Although, he has had a majority on that Board for a while now and just added another Governor. He's been dragging his feet because of DeJoy's "commitment" to building and electric fleet. Although I recall, he took some steps to blow up an agreement with a provider very early in his tenure and that has already set the electrified fleet back. He could get it done tomorrow morning without and powers of immunity. I wish he would move forward. What is he waiting for?
I think Biden has done a remarkable job governing. But where he really failed was not dealing with Trump and all he left behind. Trump wasn't prosecuted for anything he did until the last minute, hence his lack of paying for his crimes now. They dealt with everyone around him re Jan. 6 but not him. Big mistake. He'll do it again.
I actually think holding off TFG's prosecution was deliberate and strategic. Since the public's attention span is so short (the Jan. 6 commission is already forgotten), I think the plan was to have his crimes in the public eye right before the election. What the Justice Dept. didn't plan for was Cannon, nor the Supreme Court's immunity decision.
I like the way you're thinking. But as the USPS is specifically in the Constitution would the corrupt MAGA SCOTUS have a legal path to invalidating Biden's removing him? I always thought he should have been charged w destruction of government property aand investigated for interferring with the US Mail immediately after the last election.
The USPS is ruled by an 11 member board of governors, nine of whom who are appointed by the president as their staggered terms expire; the board of governors does the hiring and firing of the postmaster general.
Well, they have 4 months to get him out. Otherwise count on sorters disappearing and ballots being taken out of the mail to be "expedited". If it is so hard to remove him, how did Trump get him installed at the beginning of his term?
This was my question as well -- along with is there a possibility that SCOTUS will get involved if he throws a fit over results?? I'm just not going to relax until mid January 2025!
Yeah, about the only other thing we can do if SCOTUS "elects" Trump 6-3 by some wild interpretation of the Constitution over some rogue lawsuit is mass protests in the streets following the inauguration.
Remember that Biden can't just expand the court unilaterally. He needs Senate approval of his nominees. Manchin is no longer a Dem, and Menendez is going to have to resign. So no guarantee they'd be approved.
John, if the law forces find it necessary to arrest non-violent protesters by the hundreds, then having the news media usually only taking sides against the protesters, the only thing to stop the violence will bring plenty of troops home to protect us and our Democracy provided the Biden administration jumps on that really soon. Perhaps VP Harris could use that suggestion.
After all, we have two fronts to fight strongly against. I started mine against the Christian Nationalists this morning on my Substack. I let all the faiths have it for allowing the beauty of their religions to be twisted by their leaders and turning the meanings into wars against normal human behavior.
I want to call upon my fellow Atheists to really get pissed and stop those morons in their tracks.
I firmly believe the Biden administration has plans to counter any GOP violence. Joe managed to make the transition to Kamala seamless, he will do the same with the GOP threats. Naturally, those plans must remain secret, we won’t know unless and until something happens.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL IMPLEMENT PRECAUTIONARY PROCEDURES AND WITH FULL MILITARY GUARDS INSIDE AND OUT, AND FINGERPRINT STATIONS PLACED EACH WITH VETTED MILITARY GUARDS MANNING THE STATION…READY TO SHOOT ANYBODY ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE CAPITAL LAWN/ WITHOUT FINGERPRINT ACCESS AND CRIMINAL RECORDS OF THOSE THAT WOULD DO HARM AND ANYBODY DISTURBED OR HAVING A VIOLENT RECORD, NOT ADMITTED! THERE COULD BE SEVERAL SUCH STATIONS AT NECESSARY INTERVALS ON ORDERS OF THE CONGRESS AND WHITE HOUSE TO PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION FOR ALL WHO WISH TO ENTER…ANYONE WITH EVEN A HINT OF HIDEOUS INTENT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED INSIDE THE OUTER CIRCLE SEEKING ENTRY! WE WITNESSED THE JAN. 6, INVASION AND TRAGEDIES THAT OCCURED AND NEVER WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN. IT WAS HORRIFIC AND WE MUST NOT LET IT OCCUR AGAIN….ANYONE REFUSING A “PAT DOWN” 👮🏾♂️👮🏾♂️ AND PRINTS, IF ASKED”, NO ACCESS ALOWED BY REFUSING PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO PROTECT! JUST LIKE THE WHITE HOUSE, SCOTUS AND THE CONGRESS!🇺🇸👩🏽🚀👮🏻♀️👮🏾♂️
Biden handing over to Harris yes, momentous. But the outstanding moment for me (I’m Australian currently holidaying in LESVOS, Greece) was Netanyahu being given a platform in the US Congress to vomit a Donaldesque pile of lie after lie while being showered with standing ovations. I’d have thought handcuffs and mug shots would’ve been in order given his relentless butchering Palestinians lives and total destruction of Palestine.
I’ve felt this same thing about time; tge time seems out of joint, as Shakespeare said. It feels as if Harris has been running for weeks, not days. It’s the first time I’ve felt hope in nearly a decade. It’s tempered with the fear that DJT and his cronies will steal it away by trickery or violence.
Lenin put it well in 1917: "Sometimes decades happen in weeks."
What we are experiencing since last Sunday morning has never happened before in American political history. If the word "revolutionary" is defined as "Being or bringing about a big or important change," we are in a revolutionary situation.
What is happening now has never happened before in American political history. I worked in the Obama campaign beginning in 2007, and what I experienced then - which felt like nothing before - is not close to what is going on now.
AOC warned the week before Biden withdrew that those pushing him out also wanted to push out VP Harris. That didn't happen, because the Democratic base - Us! - rose up and said No!
We made sure it would be Kamala, and in the past week, the elites are responding to us. Each of them could say what French politician Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin once said: "There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader."
I really believe this is "the American Spring." Unlike The Arab Spring, or the "democratic revolutions" at the outset of the French and Russian Revolutions - which were overthrown by the "revolutionaries" who couldn't deliver anything but a new tyranny - we have a good chance of success because there is a 100 day time limit. That’s not enough time for the "professionals" to screw up and abort things.
This is a bottom-up movement.
We have Gen Z creators making memes that are playing to young people and activating them.
On Sunday night, 45,000 black women came together and created a movement. The next night, 45,000 black men followed their example, followed each night after by Asian Americans, LGBTQ American, Latino Americans, White American Women.
Next Monday White Dudes for Kamala is meeting, and on Tuesday Women for Harris will come into existence.
Those zoom meetings are our version of the "peoples' assemblies" that brought forth the democratic revolutions in 1789 and 1917 and 2011.
Over 100,000 people have signed up as volunteers to work in the election. Most of them have never done such a thing before.
My politics have remained what they began as 60 years ago: I am a "participatory democracy radical." I think we are in the midst of what I've been hoping for all of those 60 years.
What we have to do to make this happen is PARTICIPATE.
Mary, I don't have a question at this time. I just want to check and see how you and your daughter are and offer you my support. You are so brave and so wonderful and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking on this horrendous fight. I will always be there for you.
I am deeply troubled by a smart and well-loved friend who is “informed” only by Fox , and thus concludes that Biden is hateful, and other dangerous twisted views. I keep using her as a model of those millions who are so led astray and I grieve. I’m an older gal and really this is a major trouble for me, because it’s “on my plate”, so to speak. How to find consolation? is my question. Thanks, Mary 🎶
Adele, I'm sad to say that my husband of 40 years is a Republican. He came from the more "normal" time of that party, but is holding on to the "I don't like Trump, but I like the policies" story. My marriage is strained and communication doesn't seem to work. Hoping to get through this very hard time. Wishing you the best too. THANK YOU, Mary for continuing to support the good and the normal in us.
MS Schindler, have avowed trumpets in my family as well. Not easy to live with, is it? They think he is the end all & be all..Treat his lies as gospel.Suddenly things changed ( was it only a week ago?). President Biden stepped down.and Kamala stepped up! Our optimism soared, our hearts no longer heavy...we felt joy in the new hope she brings to us all. Now...we feel more confident of her abilities to win this fight for democracy. Karma, perhaps???
Lynn, the only positive I can say here is that my husband doesn't think Trump is the end all/be all, but he does only stay at the surface, and doubles-down on the ridiculous sound bites that come from conservative talk radio. My optimism is SOARING and I'm at least feeling lighter than I was ONLY a week ago. Thanks for your support! Here's to Karma and Kamala. Ahhh and Ommm
Lynn, thank you for the wise advice! I'll heed it and of course, will vote my conscious and bring Kamala and that fresh energy into our lives. That should make most of us smile for days and days!
Has he taken a look at the "policies" of the current Republican Party? Project 2025? Do his values and priorities align with what he hears GOP leadership saying in the summer of 2024? He might want to do a little reading on the history of American political parties; the GOP platform has changed dramatically over the course of our nation's history. Is he up to date?
I can't imagine the stress you must be feeling and wish you strength and patience.
Alex, Unfortunately, it appears that when I suggested he take a look at Project 2025 closely, he fell for the denial from Trump that he had anything to do with it. His values are linked to the past, and the present comments he chalks up as "bluster". It's hard for a spouse (at least in our case) to point to the facts. I'm frustrated at the task. My gay daughter+wife and I (a women who strongly advocates for feminine freedoms) are loosing faith in the fact that he will look at the individual issues, and untie from "the party"...which no longer exists. Thanks so much for your sweet and supportive message!
I am so very blessed to have my wonderful daughter and daughter-in-law to remind me what unconditional love is all about. I echo your confidence. I actually see a landslide coming as the momentum builds! Best to you.
Susan, thanks so much. This tension began just before Hillary lost. Truly, my husband and I never really talked much about politics prior to Trump, so it wasn't an issue. When politics started being in our faces every day, I have had to realize just how many of our core beliefs are different. Didn't know it until I knew it. I'm a hardcore Lib girl, and this is a tough ride. I sure appreciate your kindness.
Carrie, you make me realize how lucky I am in my marriage. I was a republican when we got married, but our conversations changed me back to being a liberal. My problem was church influence, but I got out from under that before we got married. We watch news together and talk about politics all the time now. We met on a long cruise, and became friends playing trivia together. We lived a considerable distance apart and had some very long email conversations prior to considering marriage, so we got to know each quite well, including core beliefs. Actually today is our 16th wedding anniversary. I wish I knew a cure for your issue. If you need an ear, I'm available.
I have a fantasy of watching the news together and chatting about what we see. I don't personally know any other "mixed" marriage couples other than us. I'm so happy that you're feeling appreciation for you and your partner's bond. Other than the politics, my husband has been a loyal, hard-working, good provider and father who believes in country and constitution. While this feels HUGE, I have to take myself back (often) and remind myself how lovely life was BEFORE we started focusing on politics and being lead astray (him, not me) by a lying TV personality. Too late. Pandora's box is open. I sure appreciate your support, Susan! Hugs to you from my precarious perch. Cassie
Cassie my husband is like yours. Has plenty of criticism of Biden and now Kamala but if I mention one thing about Trump he’ll say he doesn’t want to talk about it. Is way too persuadable by Fox and One America News. This is one more way I have found our values different from each other. Very difficult communication with me about issues that matter so much to me.
Oh Sally, I found someone in my same shoes. It's amazing that my husband says he doesn't like Trump, but like yours, he will defend him in small ways, and has plenty of comments about Biden and now, Kamala. Some of the issues at hand; gay and women's reproductive rights are SO VERY personal to me. But to him, they are simply a part of the package and he can't parse them out. Good luck to both of us. I find myself having to weigh the good against the not-so-good in the marriage. After all these years, it's a scary thing to do. Sending positive vibes your way, Sally. So happy you shared. Onward and upward
Thankful you spoke up in your post about your husband. I’m with you about weighing good with bad. I like your “Onward and Upward”. Will borrow it if you don’t mind.
Gina, I like the sound of the fairness doctrine. BUT, you know they will call that woke, right? So tired of the name calling and the 12-yr old behavior. Onward and upward.
Can they give you examples of why they believe President Biden is "hateful"? My 90 something aunt who has always voted with her Republican husband has said things during our phone conversations that sound like she is repeating what she hears from her indoctrinated children and the RW radio news (She's blind from macular degeneration.) We try not to discuss politics because my mother's side of the family strayed politically since JFK. I accept that I can't change her at her age, but I can at least gently help her to sort truth from fiction sometimes...When people get together in their bubbles of biases it seems to become more and more ingrained. It frustrates me.
K, I also know women who take on their husband's beliefs as their own. I've always been an independent women, i.e. I'm vegan and my husband is a hunter (I know, crazy!). I believe the bubble that my husband lives in is in some strange way a protection for him. I've resorted to simply avoiding the topic of politics altogether, until my anger reaches a tipping point...then it flies out (usually after a glass of wine). I know this isn't a winning strategy, so I'm grateful to be among women (and people) of like minds whenever I can. In some way, it helps that so many of us are sharing the frustration. Thanks for your note!
Cassie I try to avoid talking politics with mine too. It’s when he brings up something about Dems in negative way that he learned from his news sources that I try to say a truth about Trump that he’ll shut down the conversation. Pisses me off to no end.
I fully expect this time to be worse than November 2020 to January 6. Plus now he knows he has the Supreme Court his back pocket. I am still freaked out about this year……….
Probably. Remember, the Republicans are pretty stupid, but they have legions of ambulance-chasing two-bit lawyers at their beck and call. Trump, a/k/a RNC king, most likely has the junior fraudsters in waiting to strategize as we speak. After all, what else will he do with all that campaign money? Sue, sue, sue. Delay, delay, delay.
How can it be legal? I hope their moves will be as goofy as their current plans to have his legal cases dismissed. These plans look legal on the surface but don’t make sense, is my understanding.
I'm just relieved to know I'm not the only one struggling with time, I thought it was just because I'm 63 and just losing my damned mind. It does seem like Don-OLD is slipping more & more - I can't recall the last time I heard him utter a complete and comprehensible sentence. Is this a sign of aging, dementia, or deteriorating mental illness?
Is it something that could show up in a medical exam?
I’m 83 and reminded of Alice in Wonderland falling down the rabbit hole. I feel like time and reality have been warped by the madman and the acceptance given him by the corporate media.
In this past week I have migrated from the MSM to YouTube and Substack for coverage of events.
Theresa, it's not necessarily a sign of aging. I'm 79 and even though my memory works somewhat differently from what I've been used to, I can still carry on a comprehensible conversation. I think it's probably a combination of dementia and deteriorating mental illness. That kind of thing should show up in an exam by a psychologist or psychiatrist. But when was the last time you knew trump to have an honest doctor????
The time thing is real! You’re not crazy!! (I’m 70ish)
Not to get all woo woo on you guys but when we passed the 2012 marker (which was the end of the Mayan calendar), we moved into a whole new gig. This time was foreseen by the ancients and the rate of change has gone vertical (instead of the gentle curve humans have experienced historically). Check out some of the quantum physics research. It’s quite fascinating. Time has become very malleable and we can truly have an influence on how all of this turns out.
The very palpable excitement does feel like lightning in a bottle a la Obama’s run. The trick is stay focused on the joy, the hope, the excitement, get grounded and do everything possible to get Kamala elected. We will have a ton of work after that but we need her to win first!!
Consider what we've been up against since the Republican Party died with Eisenhower. It's not just Donald we're fighting off. I would welcome the return of the real Republican Party whose conservative balance worked within the safety of our Constitution and with whom we safety we safety celebrated victories in our sports teams, fought together with each other to protect the Democracy of our allies, and the Christians remained separate from politics even though too many fanatics did worm their way into our lawmaking.
There’s a palpable excitement in the air. Definitely shifted from despair to hope. Donald is now getting called out on MSM…finally although his cronies still try to justify him saying no more elections if they vote for him. They need to pay attention to what he says instead of blindly supporting him.
50%? The polls might have you believing it's that high a percentage, but it truly is not! You'd be talking about 160 million men, women, and children being supportive of a total and unredeemable asshole. And he's getting worse by the day, which is causing him to lose support. Even my Texas Republican conservative neighbor is done with his cruelty and lawlessness!
I have a neighbor who always votes for Greg Abbott, so I'm waiting to see if she puts up trump signs, too. She has always been pleasant and seemed nice, but if she truly supports people like trump and Abbott, I don't trust her.
Remember that, at least for the present, our votes are SECRET. So go into the booth, vote for the one you love and respect, and hey, perhaps they'll win and no one will know that it's YOUR VOTE that put them over the top.
The Bad Guys only know how you voted if you tell them
Protest strongly against the Christian Nationalists. They are Donald's Ace in the Hole. There's not been enough brought up about them. They're a huge part of the Project 2025 dream and will be a menace to Jesus.
In my 85 yrs, I have never heard quite the almost gallows humor of today around voting as it was going before Mr. Biden quit. Things like; “I’d vote for a cardboard cutout of Biden before I vote for Trump”, and “ I’d vote for Biden if he was on a ventilator over Trump”. I interpreted this to mean they will vote for the administration, not the man. And, Trump, is only about the man, however loosely organized his brain and morals are…I have believed from the beginning once Roe fell women of the USA would unite and get rid of Trump. I was part of the fight to get abortion care in the l970s, know what it took and how determined we were. I think it no less today. Women will not tolerate Trump.
My comment was that I’d vote for Joe Biden’s mummified remains (or cardboard cutout) before I’d ever vote for those two (Mango Mussolini and his sidekick)! Right there with you Sheila!!
I still tell people I will vote for a mushroom over Donald Trump as long as the mushroom doesn’t belong to Donald Trump.
I’d vote for a pig before I would vote for Trump. Opps, Trump is a pig.
Pigs are intelligent animals. trump is stupid and selfish.
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Thanks to yours and my generations (and many before), I truly believe women will reunite NOW to remove this man and his constant stoking of the fire, from the limelight. Thanks, Sheila for the positive vibes!
Cassie, I lost classmates during the days of the " hanger abortions", I was thrilled when Roe is Wade passed(80.8months young now).
I remember when the orange puke came across the Queensboro Bridge and was rejected by the " OLD $ crowd as crass"; I remember walking past the construction site for hitower & seeing the mostly Polish workers, sleeping within the site, in Sleeping Bags, on the concrete, because they were being paid $4-5 $ ph..
He has done a whole lot of damage to OUR Nation's sensibilities, morals & pride.
BUT, I believe the " Stepford WIVES " will still vote against themselves, because hubby said to do so.
Personally, my vote is for the Dem. Ticket, as it has been since 1964.
Thank you for your observation and Thank GOD for Mary L. TRUMP'S CLEAR THOUGHTS AND WORDS TO ALL OF US HERE.
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I think white women are going to fool a lot of blacks, who make the same statement you did. My prediction, this time white wives are dragging their husbands to their local DNC HQ to volunteer for Kamala. I saw it yesterday. We are all in this together! The rabid ideas of this Repub party must be quelled. It is existential.
Oh, I love that passion, Sandra!
Hi Sandra, I believe lots of white woman/ white men will vote for Kamala; I just don't belive the Strpford wives will bcz they like their perks to much.
"White Dudes for Kamala"
" White women for Kamala"
" Black Women for Kamala"
Asians, Latinos, etc; Fired up & Ready to go Ala 2008 election....may not be in the bag yet, but WE GOT THIS..BIG UPS TO ALL OF " WE THE PEOPLE.🎆🎇🎉🎊🎑🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
Stephanie Miller was saying this morning that Kamala is pulling ahead in the swing states where the stupid electoral collage scam is critical.
Tom Hartmann reported yesterday how Heritage is already financing this group making a list of government employees....recording who is pro or negative Trump. 2025 is being rolled out as we speak.
Not minite to waste........Lets make the Blue Wave into a Blue Tidal Wave
You have witnessed so much, and you deserve to witness a November cleansing of the party that was conservative, and is now an outrageous, angry mob! Blue wave time!
I agree! I met Gloria Stineum(sp) at a book signing in Toledo, Ohio. She was amazing; but now I wonder her opinion of the roe vs Wade debacle & dweeb JD Vance. I burned my bra in 1971, & I do not want to go back!!! Hell NO! We’ve come to far, lived thru discrimination on the job & men who wanted to stick us at home as the, “little wife”. I was in the Air Force & had an account at a shop called, the orchid shop. I was always on time with my payments. I left the military with good credit. I wanted to open credit at a shop in Toledo, I was denied unless my dad co- signed!!!! Then in 1972, I wanted to open a checking acct of my own, but the bank denied my app unless my husband co- signed! We woman have really come too far to put an apron back on & bake! Fuck project 2025, fuck donald & fuck JD Vance!!! Vote, women, vote!!!
Mary, I was born in 1972, and have enjoyed the privileges of being able to have my own bank account and credit card (and basically living my life however I want) without even knowing how recently I couldn't have, if it weren't for women like you. It didn't even fully strike me until this year, how only 15 years separated your experience, with me opening my own account as a teenager in the 1980's. Thank you for paving the way. We can't think "something like that can never happen again," because it can. Look at what happened to women in Iran in 1979. That is where the current GQP is headed if they were to have full control. We can't get complacent.
Get that bracelet because it says it perfectly for ALL OF US WOMEN; CIS OR TRANS, IT SHOULD BE OUR NEW RALLYING CRY, JUST LIKE THE " PUSSY HATS"; IJS!
Mary, I love that Mary T reaches women of all ages and stages. Women are awake and ready to defend the rights that we thought we could count on. Project 2025 and the aspirations of mostly old white males (and young arrogant and/or angry ones) must be stopped NOW. Thank God for Kamala being up to the task! Let's win.
Don't forget, she is rallying a lot of true men to the cause! I for one am so excited for this!
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You’re one of our true heroes, Richard!
Yes, yes, yes!
Right here/ there wit' ya, Mary.
Go to FemThings.com for the " REMEMBER WHO THE FUCK YOU ARE BRACELET"; LADIES IT'S THE TIME TO FLSUNT IT!!!😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
Remember women's march that took place the day after Trump's inauguration? Fat lot of good that did. Trump's like dogshit on the sole of one's shoe - he stinks to high heaven, and has been impossible to get rid of.
Then we need to get out there again before November!
Excellent analogy, never have I felt so strongly about a candidate as so dangerous to our country and the world. Today a new analogy came to me: a new version of the classic fairy tale ‘Little Red Riding Hood.’ The red cloaked girl, a symbol of all those avid women in tfg’s party followers, oblivious to the very real danger they’re in. Only today the danger that lurks, is not a wolf in Grandma’s cape + hat.
Now it’s tfg is like a metaphorical, menacing alligator, in the guise of “man,” blondish, orange tan, huckster, saying what they want to hear, like those lurking in lagoons at places like The Villages FL. Far too many are certain “It cannot happen here,” our guy says, he,knows,can fix it, they’ve believed the hype, fantasies on tv. Votes for that
“alligator on a man, in a suit with a red ball cap” will be the bit lethal bite, that takes down their generation and nation. If they don’t get Woke is Exactly what they need to be!
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My mind keeps screaming " What world, diminsion of Planet have they been occupying since 2016?
I couldn't stand the Orange Felon when he was ripping off subcontractors (Mob-owned ones were the exception) while building in NYC back in the 1980s/90s. I grew up in the Central NY area, and many of us "Upstaters" hated him as much as NYC did.
Yes, and he did the same thing to contractors in Atlantic City.
Bob Dylan lived in lower Manhattan, Brooklyn and Coney island, along wth many poets of his hey-day. He wrote " Dear Landlord (please don't put a price on my sould) " , for the Elder Trump who wanted to scrape everything off the earth there. His spawn, was hot dipped in the enamel of his father's outlook on life. Dynasty' Suck is my new bumper sticker.
Old Man Trump
Woody Guthrie 1954
I suppose that Old Man Trump knows just how much racial hate
He stirred up in that bloodpot of human hearts
When he drawed that color line
Here at his Beach Haven family project
Beach Haven ain't my home!
No, I just can't pay this rent!
My money's down the drain,
And my soul is badly bent!
Beach Haven is Trump’s Tower
Where no black folks come to roam,
No, no, Old Man Trump!
Old Beach Haven ain't my home!
I'm calling out my welcome to you and your man both
Welcoming you here to Beach Haven
To love in any way you please and to have some kind of a decent place
To have your kids raised up in.
Beach Haven ain't my home!
No, I just can't pay this rent!
My money's down the drain,
And my soul is badly bent!
Beach Haven is Trump’s Tower
Where no black folks come to roam,
No, no, Old Man Trump!
Old Beach Haven ain't my home!
Was this ever recorded?
Research it for yourself on Google...etc
Arlo Gurthrie is an Americian musical institurion
There are versions
I learned about this song a few years ago.
I know who he is, I was just unaware of his or any recording of the song.
Another 80 something here - I had written that I’d vote for Joe even if he’d been dead for 2 weeks. I think a lot of that has been going around.
I’m 80 also. I’ve had the feeling during Trump’s. ascendency that we are watching our children let it all go with no understanding of what it took to get here. They were the era of The Apprentice, Trump playing the part of a successful businessman, swapping wives, playboy around town, gold plated, casino baron, shameless boasting on Howard Klein.
I want to scream to the Gen Xers and younger worshipping him— WAKE UP! ITS ALL FAKE!! We’ve gone full circle— unless Harris can crush him so surely that there’s no room to question ballots. My last rodeo—please God!
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Please everyone, got to swamp him so there is no possible room for another 2020 round of BULLSHIT.
Yes.
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I told a pollster today that I'd vote for a jar of peanut butter before I'd vote for anyone with (R) after their name.
I have been voting, in every single election since 1964, and have NEVER BEEN A PARTICIPANT IN ANY OF THE POLLING.
WHY IS THAT?
CHILD OF HARLEM & THE BRONX, HERE.
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I think you answered your own question, sadly. 😒
Me too. Strange, huh.
Polls include people who still answer their phones— definitely not me. I was polled one time several years ago on my cell phone. While I still answered.
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Sheila, I have been wearing my Stand Up for Choice T-shirt bought in Washington DC 20 years ago on April 25,2004. (As a younger man, I was to DC twice for Iraq War demos........going to DC again for womens rights was a given) The energy and speeches are still alive in me to this day. The power of women coming togethe is a tidal wave that cannot be stopped. From the depths of my soul I can honestly say that VP Kamala Harris is a gift from the universe to each and every women.
And a gift to the men who have women that they truly love, whether as family, friends, or lovers. Also, often an abortion happens that both partners wanted. My only conception was aborted by strong mutual agreement, and decades later, I'm still grateful for that.
I agree. I protested for Roe back in the day and it blows my mind why the race is so close. Where are the women protesting in the streets every week. This generation is lazy until it happens to them and they can't get an abortion.
I’m 70ish and remember the inception of Roe and being able to get a credit card w/out a male signature. I’m not sure if it’s laziness or ignorance on the part of the younger ones. I’m in a swing state that amended our constitution in 2022 to protect choice. At the time, I had some pretty pointed convos with younger friends that kind of took the right to choose for granted (until Roe was tossed) and reminded them just how recent no choice was. There was a combo of wonder and horror in their voice when they said “Deb, that’s NOT that long ago”… my response? NO SH*T!! Talk to every friend you have about this. The fight is not over and we cannot stop now!! And so the fight continues.
I hope they don’t recognize what our generation fought for & gave to all woman too late.
(Hi fellow octogenarian)
Hi to you too! Remember when Gloria Steinem said she would come to town and run the mimeograph machine for us…and did? We had some amazing women leaders then and all their books contributed so much to my awakening.
I’m 84, and agree with all that you wrote. All four of my children were born before Roe, and I remember praying for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby each time. It was so frightening when friends had serious pregnancy issues, and abortion was not an option. My granddaughters should not have fewer rights than their mothers.
I believe many women secretly vote blue in the privacy of the voting booth. Men do not have the right to determine our reproductive future!
Or our vote!! Thank you for all you have done for us. You and Shelia are a blessing to all the women who came up behind you.
I remember Consciousness Raising, yes!
I’m a 76-year-old woman who marched for choice in the late 1960s/early 1970s (and against The War, etc.). I’m furious that safe abortions are once again illegal in many states (and will be illegal throughout this country if the fascists get enough power). I’m terrified of Trump/Vance and the masses who support them. We must win! And our armed forces must be ready for their furious reactions when we win.
Thank you Ms. Jeffrey!🫶🏼
Trump can’t tolerate or respect any woman. He doesn’t even have a clue about how to deal with women. He’s screwed! He’s helpless! He’ll keep on trying until his complete surmise. And if that means his death, SO BE IT.
His “pierced” 👂 ear should have a dangling skull ☠️ hanging from it.
At rallies following the incident, he claimed that, "I took a bullet for you."
He also claimed that doctors told him that the ear bleeds more than any other part of the body. I'm sure all of us remember losing a loved one who bled to death after getting their ears pierced.
A Lysistrada moment perhaps?
Gosh, I hope it doesn’t come to that. In one of her books Betty Friedan talked about how we need and love the men n our lives. We do, however, need them to understand and support us, as we do them.
I applaud you for protesting for women’s right to have abortions. I don’t understand why women today aren’t protesting like we did. Do they think their rights will always be there? I am ashamed of women who support Trump.
I'm 76 and this is what I'm afraid of :https://storiesbyjanus.substack.com/p/january-2025-a-cautionary-tale?r=28rbmj
How do you think Donald is going to react when he loses to a black woman?
🍀🙏I hope & pray we all get to see, share & celebrate SOON!!!🙏🍀
Does anyone see the possible irony that a Black Ethnic woman will defeat Trump? For those saying a Black Woman cannot win. I heard the same comments when Barack ran in 2008. Trump is a WEAK CANDIDATE. Harris WILL defeat him!
This very much feels like when Obama ran. The joy, the hope. The positive vibes. I cried the night he won and I will probably again when Kamala wins. Our country needs this win.
Kamala Harris is fresh and inspiring — while Trump seems like old news.
Women, Black Americans and Young People are on the Kamala bandwagon wagon. The Anti-Trump movement will crush the GOP. A Blue Tsunami is coming 🌊
This "Kamala removes stubborn orange stains" t-shirt is funny 👇 🤣
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Make America Laugh Again! Vote Blue down the Ballot! 💙
Trump needs to get used to being defeated by Black Ethnic women. He's already had a taste of that with Letitia James. And Fani Wilis will get him. Judge Tanya Chutkan will preside over another loss. Kamala Harris has what it takes to win, especially since she's gotten the democrats all fired up. Since trump hates competent, effective Black women, it pleases me no end that so many will get him, and show him who the real winners and losers are.
All women, actually- don't forget Stormy Daniels, E. Jean Carroll, and her lawyer Roberta Kaplan.
I agree, but blacks are worse in his mind than whites. I can't forget the women you mentioned. I love what they've done to trump. All they did was be real and competent, something I admire in anyone, male or female.
E Jean Carroll has stepped up to the plate offering to help Stormy Daniels who now could lose everything financially. Actions over just words.......coming together is the beautiful thing
E. Jean is a wonderful human being.
The irony is delicious. 😊
YES!
True
Trump is old news!! We are all tired of his arrogance and whiney bravado. The women of America are going to take him down and put him in his place. His rightful place that is, in jail!
Thanks for the comment. When I hit the expand full comment part, I was automatically redirected to the company selling those shirts and ordered one. I hope to make just as many old guys like me grit their teeth as I did with my FBI fry bread inspector shirt a couple years ago.
I'll have to check if there is an "Old White Republicans" Zoom call for Harris!
Mr Rudy...guess it was the " old guys like me" that caught my old eyes.....your comments really set my funny bone laughing ! There's still plenty of life left in.us
to vote out." Old Orange Julius ". KARMA & KAMALA , an.unbeatable combination.🤗
Be sure, there is and welcome to the side of Hope.
The blathering idiot has sent so many to Kamala.
I sure hope so. I considered that the Republican party was going to a cult of celebrity when Shrub bested John McCain for the nomination in 2000. Proud to say I voted for Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and will vote for Kamala Harris. Ironic that no one is mentioning she is among the most qualified candidates to ever run.
I voted same as you. Kamala Harris has a huge amount of relevant experience! Thanks for pointing that out!
It doesn’t matter what color a woman is that takes him down. E Jean, one of many of my heroes, won the first round along with another of my heroes, Latitia who kicked his disgusting a..s. Stormy an absolutely beautiful 💫 woman. Even his wife got a nice little settlement to keep her mouth closed in protection of her son. Perhaps Kamala will be the one that takes him off of my TV and out of mind. Yes 🙌 i do believe that she will also soon be one of my many heroes. She has a fabulous start! Will it end there? I think not. Fani Willis will do everything in her power to take him to task. Women judges and some that are conservative have put him in his place already and there are many of those left in cases against him that will have their say. Perhaps between all of these beautifully, strong, intelligent women we will be done with him in our political life, and maybe some of those who were forced to participate in his pageants, his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein, and I’m sure many more will finally have some peace and should they choose get their voice heard. His first ex-wife tried. God bless her. I don’t think Melanie is done. I think the Love is blind series is over. It happens to us all. No need to judge. I am so proud of all of these women. They are my biggest heroes. I have a few left that deserve some peace. I hope we can do the same one day for Anita Hill who took so much flack Standing against Supreme Court Justice Thomas and Professor Ford who had incredible courage to Stand up against Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh. Finally let’s not forget the woman who brought us all together on Substack. What amazing courage it takes to stand up against family. She is in a league of her own. Thank you Mary! Thank you women all around the world that in one way or another, have stood up to their abusers, whether it’s Trump and his cronies, a family member, a boss, or another random human. You give me so much hope♥️ I can’t believe we are back in a situation where women do not have rights over our own body. It was this way the first 13 years of my life. Unacceptable!! Let’s take our power back. Forever this time.🙏🙌💙 I have your back and I know you have mine!✨
He’ll do what he always does.. whine, say stupid hateful words, throw a temper tantrum, call the election rigged, just be his normal ugly self.
And then he will get marched of into the first of at least three trials.
Can’t happen soon enough!
It's supposed to happen on September 18. That's two days before my birthday. If justice actually happens, then that'll be a nice birthday present!
Let us pray🛐
Amen
Personally I'm hoping he gets marched straight to prison in NYS.
Yes, then they can try him in DC while he's doing his time in NYS. He can be transported for trial in his prison garb and housed in a DC jail while he's tried for his J6 crimes. Then, once he's done there, maybe Fani Willis will finally be able to try him in GA and he can do the prison transport thing all over again to attend that trial. LOL! He'll be having so much fun!
I just wish they'd allow us to see at least one of those trials on TV! We earned at least that much after all the abuse we citizens of this country have endured from that disgusting, evil POS. I think it's almost criminal that they won't allow us to see those trials via TV. Even if it's delayed so they can make sure the jury isn't seen. Though, there have been thousands of trials shown on TV and the jury is never shown. You'd think those other courts would catch up, ffs.
•Heart Attack
•Stroke
He will flip out because it is a Strong, Black Woman who CAN lead. He's pitiful, his only goal is how to make money off of us and how to stay out of prison.
No. I don't want any of those. I want him to live to a ripe old age just like his father did. Age 93! That way he can get that full prison experience! Hopefully he'll have to spend years and years in prison paying for all his crimes against this country. I don't care if he's in gen pop or solitary. As long as it's behind bars and he's in a tiny cell alone. That's what he deserves. I also hope NYC confiscates all his properties to pay his debt there too. He has gotten away with criming his whole life. I only want him to end it behind bars for a good long time. Now THAT'S a punishment! I hope they keep him fairly healthy too, so he can last a long time. Death is an easy out for him.
It would be satisfying to see him as a drooling, rambling, diapered pile of poop.
A psychic has predicted exactly that- said he wouldn't make it to Nov., suggesting catastrophic event for May (nope, didn't happen) or October.
Yes- I too have heard this from many psychics that I deeply respect, Maureen. Today, I heard our time line has accelerated vastly as well, to essentially protect us from our own worst instincts. Thus- the sure ( to me) election win in both the popular and electoral level by Kamala Harris. Buckle your seatbelts, it’s lift off! Away from the despair and darkness Trump has encouraged and embodied, and into the light of joy and hope! 👏🏻❤️
I do not hope for him to be harmed, but how can someone with his habits live to be 78 and other good men (and women) die long before they should have?
I know the psychic you are speaking of and he has been pretty accurate all along.
Maureen I have listened to a few astrologers who said they they did not see either Biden or Trump on the ticket in November. They got one right--it will be interesting to see if they are correct about the second. Wishing no harm and for entertainment purposes only (as they all say lol).
We mail our Vote postcards to Dems in October!
He'll flip out alright. But I think mainly because there won't be anything standing in the way of jail.
Mary, from your perspective not just as a niece, but as a psychologist, do you think it's safe to say if your uncle loses that January 6th will look like child's play?
I think the Repubs are going to be making claims of 'rigging' happening everywhere & who knows what the plot is to try & just take away the results & do whatever it takes for them to allow themselves a 'win'. Point is you know they have plans, we just don't know what those are, but they are desperate now, so if Kamala's numbers are a 'win' there is going to be all hell let loose ! I expect to read about gun battles & violence from armed gangs of those 'watchers' they have trained. I'm just trying to imagine things from their deranged perspective, but I have no idea what they could do, I just know they will be 'up to something'. I hope we at least get to valid counts first. At least the Elections Controllers realize the dangers too, so maybe we do not need to worry !
Not if we all stick together and stop em! 🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙
It's things like this that make me relieved I live on the reservation. No one here can stand him or his ilk. Also, if shit were to start hitting the fan, tribal leaders here would close off this rez so their culty goons can't pull any of their "civil war" crap here.
Thankfully I live in a very blue state and though we have a few weirdo tRumper pockets here, there aren't so many that they'd be able to pull anything much off.
SCOTUS blessed gun battles during the election season with their approval of bumpstocks.
Lines of voters in large blue cities, be prepared. The voter intimidation's gonna get loud.
My suggestion to everyone is to vote by mail if at all possible and do it early.
I don't even use the mail for our mail-in ballots here. There is a big ballot receptacle at the Tribal Youth Center up the road from us. People from the WA Elections Office monitor it and every two days come to empty it out and take the ballots to the elections office.
TFG has already started with "the election is rigged" comments and it is 99 days out!
In many counties, including mine, MAGAs are running candidates for elections supervisors.
Trump now seems to be announcing the plans: all needed corrupt election officials are now in place to ensure no Democrat victories are certified at Electoral College level. No need even to vote because the results don’t matter. Is there anything that can be done immediately to avert such a disaster?
The only difference will be the fight coming from outside of the incumbency
Heinz will likely have to open up another line devoted to producing/bottling ketchup. And we should expect Diaper Donald not to disappoint us and start flinging lawsuits in every court starting about Nov. 6th.
And, take note Donald: President Biden will NOT wait to call in the calvary should you and your minions attempt to repeat Jan. 6th. We will never forget. And we won't let it happen again.
From the burgh... ? 🤭
DJT will REALLY become unhinged and incite another insurrection. However, the federal government and law enforcement will be ready this time. Those who participate will be quickly dealt with, and with President Harris, there will be no get-out-of-jail-free card.
He will say it's a rigged vote, actually he will say I won.
He already has said Democrats only win when they cheat
As usual, he was projecting. That's how Repubs win. If it's not voter fraud by voting for their dead relatives, then they're heavily gerrymandering districts to make sure they cannot be voted out once they're in.
He will lose his rabbit assed mind. Then here come the MAGA people, armed. There will be violence, but that can be thwarted.
I think this year they will be ready and remember what "rules" the SCOTUS put in place for the President? Well that applies to President Biden now.
Well, technically, Biden’s actions' candidacy for "official acts" ultimately lies with this SCOTUS.
It's going to be a target rich environment.
What happens when a bully loses to a "girl"?
Exactly
The day after the election won't be completely pleasant. Either we'll be demoralized again if he wins- and I'll never forget learning Hillary had not won- or he'll be furious over losing and will bring on his promised next civil war.
I really don't think it will amount to much. The real aggressive pieces of shit are already locked up doing years and years behind bars. Notice how he kept saying if he was indicted there would be chaos. There wasn't. Then he said if they arrest him, there would be chaos. There wasn't. No one showed up at his arrests/arraignments. Maybe four or five people. Then he said if he was tried, there would be chaos and blood shed. There wasn't. Then he said if he was convicted, there would be riots in the streets. Nothing. There were not more than 3-7 MAGA demonstrators at his trials. Sometimes no one. He's not the super star he thinks he is. Look at his sparse rallies. They're getting smaller and smaller, the more unhinged and demented he gets.
I’m sure it won’t be good, but I am ready and willing to witness it and fight against it.
I think we all need to be prepared to stop the violence Trump has been preparing for his likely loss (earlier against Biden, now Harris). That includes police, national guard, but also pastors of churches to train their people in non-violence (on both sides).
Worrisome that the national police association has endorsed Donald.
He will contest the election results and push it to the Supreme Court. This Supreme Court’s shameless six, who just ruled that it’s perfectly fine for Trump to commit murder, WILL rule in his favor, and he WILL become president. Unless we expand the Supreme Court by 4 seats, like yesterday!
This Supreme Court will twist logic any way they have to, and they will make up any bullshit legal theories they have to, in order to declare Don-OLD won the election. Or maybe they’ll even feel emboldened enough to say they don’t care about the evidence proving that Kamala won by a landslide, or any of the legal arguments; they have decided trump should be Prez, therefore he will be.
I know this sounds like a tinfoil hat kind of thing, but we must prepare for it. Don-OLD will stop at nothing.
How can we stop this from happening, and once it does, how will we survive, and how will we fight back?
We know that the Trumpists are already saying, in effect as well as outright, that they’ll accept the election results only if Trump wins. I hope that the Democrats are ready, with police and the National Guard, etc., for any attempted coup that the fascists start.
I'm going to celebrate then batten the hatches if the weirdos around here get ugly
He might take his own life- would he? IDK
What I know that feels true for me is that as double minority human who happens to have immense intelligence (sans children), Kamala Harris, is THE most wonderful thing that has ever happened in our government’s history.
Have you seen the tshirts that say “Who would you rather vote for? A Criminal or a Prosecutor?”
I’m delighted by how Kamala presented herself in the most intelligent and upbeat way . She has portrayed herself as a highly dignified woman who is going to drive DT 🤪er than he’s already spoken and behaved.
He and many men in his party and many men in our nation have not a clue about how to deal with a woman in the majority of circumstances. These men have to be so f’n befuddled and what they’ll say and their behaviors will be more atrocious and mean spirited because, and believe, they’re freakin’
living dicks. Can you picture all these various length dicks trying to worm their way about, falling on their HEADS & SCRAPING THEIR DANGLING BALLS across the ground. LITERALLY ‼️
Whaaaaaaaht⁉️ Their entire promotion and behavior will be based on running against a woman- no less than a BLACK woman. Their soft dick heads are wilting & along the way, in these next 99 days, they will have castrated themselves in the shuffle.
Booo hoooooo💥💥
Donald will probably tangle his own tounge and choke himself because he’s an incapable human being who is self entitled a self entitled narcissist who keeps digging himself farther and further into the deep, dark and putrid shit of a man who dwells on bashing his competitors, yelling and initiating personal history issues, false criticism and berating those who somehow continue (as people of our home of the brave) to gracefully and lawfully resist the shit that continues to dwell on f’d up behavior and narrative ‘cause they don’t give two 💩💩’s about what our people basic needs are to survive in this now very fucked up jungle of a country we live in these days.
Those who were born and who learned self-entitlement behaviors from their immediate family and caregivers are so brainwashed they can’t see outside of themselves or even to begin to understand the world around them. Living in glass castles is their only known existence. I would absolutely love to at least crack the glass castle people and rather shatter the glass completely.
The ultimate fears that glass castle people would experience would leave them in total fear of their lives and hopefully allow them the chance of seeking better ways of living- more fulfilling ways of existing in our world. One can only hope and mentor this possibility. I keep following the path of possibilities in desperate hope that we can see our differences and be accepting and open to see our similarities.
He's a malignant narcissist. He would never take his own life. I guarantee it.
He will never take his own life.
Truly, has it been only a week!? It’s mind blowing. The media is still lionizing Donald and telling us what he ‘really meant’ in regards to ‘don’t worry “you won’t have to vote anymore” in 4 years cuz “we’ll have it fixed so good.” What do you think he ‘really meant’ by fixed?
Apparently that '45' document lays it all out - they are planning to just take over everything, remove all the controls in their way, and just keep the dictator they want in that slot. Other countries have done that & that is what they want - hence no need for any more elections & no more annoying Democrats trying to stop their 'big guys' from making all those lovely profits !
See Anne Applebaum's talk at Politics and Prose on YouTube. About her book Autocracy, Inc.
If he gets into office and we never again need elections, is he planning to live forever, or to create a dynasty of some sort? Do any of his children have children who would be able to take over?
If elected,Trump will probably become obviously incompetent before his term runs out. Let me guess that JD Vance would not wait long to invoke the 25th amendment, put himself on the throne and cancel elections if Trump hadn’t gotten around to it.
One can only hope that trump cancels/fires Vance before the election. He is truly a disaster, and even more disgusting than anything we know about Ron Desantis.
trump’s been showing signs of progressively worsening dementia since before 2020. I think he probably is now closing in on incompetence.
It will probably be Ivanka
Oops, I forgot all about Ivanka. Yes, she could do it.
The first three have all spawned offspring. Unfortunately passing on the genetic garbage.
I didn't know the guys had. Thanks for updating me. They also have an unfortunate environmental influence as well as genetic garbage. The idea of them having children is sickening to me.
It's his version of making sure he would have it rigged so good that our right to vote would end as we know it.
God,
If he manages to become King of the USA there will be no more voting, period. He's going to be worse than all the Authoritarians put together. He's going global.
Richard La France
(I don't believe in God)
I feel like their plan is to hand the decision to the courts. Thats been their most successful plot so far. Shame on us fo letting them stack the courts.
Rigged?
What is the Biden administration doing to prepare counter measures to the planned violence and chaos of Trump supporters. We all know it's going to happen and it's 99 days, at most, from starting. I hope there is a well-thought out strategy for neutralizing organized, violent fascists. I'm worried that the work on this important, predictable event is not getting the weight it deserves.
I agree, and another thing bothering me is that Trump's pick, Dejoy, is still USPS postmaster. Why hasn't he been replaced? Have people forgotten the mail sorters that went missing prior to the 2016 election? There ate plenty if reasons for replacing him. Apperently there is one member of the board, whi is supposedly a Dem that won't vote him out. Replace this board member and get it done! Then replace the Dejoy picks with union members! Please help!
What can we do to get deJoy replaced in time? Could Biden do it unilaterally using his new powers of immunity??!🧐
He won't do that. It has to be the Board of Governors. Although, he has had a majority on that Board for a while now and just added another Governor. He's been dragging his feet because of DeJoy's "commitment" to building and electric fleet. Although I recall, he took some steps to blow up an agreement with a provider very early in his tenure and that has already set the electrified fleet back. He could get it done tomorrow morning without and powers of immunity. I wish he would move forward. What is he waiting for?
I think Biden has done a remarkable job governing. But where he really failed was not dealing with Trump and all he left behind. Trump wasn't prosecuted for anything he did until the last minute, hence his lack of paying for his crimes now. They dealt with everyone around him re Jan. 6 but not him. Big mistake. He'll do it again.
I actually think holding off TFG's prosecution was deliberate and strategic. Since the public's attention span is so short (the Jan. 6 commission is already forgotten), I think the plan was to have his crimes in the public eye right before the election. What the Justice Dept. didn't plan for was Cannon, nor the Supreme Court's immunity decision.
that could definitely be.
So true. Kept DeJoy and Powell. Powell is a lawyer, not an economist.
He didn’t reorganize or restock the criminal Supreme Court
He didn’t put the hammer o criminal Trump
He was and is too nice to Netanyahu.
Below are a couple of women complaint about their conservatives husbands. I say, divorce them. How can one love a conservative?
Okay just kidding.
Maybe 😀😜♐️♐️♊️
No one's perfect
I like the way you're thinking. But as the USPS is specifically in the Constitution would the corrupt MAGA SCOTUS have a legal path to invalidating Biden's removing him? I always thought he should have been charged w destruction of government property aand investigated for interferring with the US Mail immediately after the last election.
Absolutely!
The USPS is ruled by an 11 member board of governors, nine of whom who are appointed by the president as their staggered terms expire; the board of governors does the hiring and firing of the postmaster general.
And Biden just appointed (former US rep) Val Demings!
Biden is on it replacing a board member, but only the board can oust the joyless DeJoy:-(
A new member of the Board of Governors was just appointed. They have to vote him out. It’s taken nearly 4 years to get to this point.
Well, they have 4 months to get him out. Otherwise count on sorters disappearing and ballots being taken out of the mail to be "expedited". If it is so hard to remove him, how did Trump get him installed at the beginning of his term?
This was my question as well -- along with is there a possibility that SCOTUS will get involved if he throws a fit over results?? I'm just not going to relax until mid January 2025!
Yes, SCOTUS will ultimately be involved once Trump's lawsuits reach them.
In 2020, SCOTUS rejected the suits. There's no reason to believe they will reject them in 2024/2025.
Why WOULD they??
They won’t. They will probably reach out and grab them, and they WILL rule in Don-OLD’s favor. He WILL become president. We must prepare for this.
Other than expanding SCOTUS by 4 seats yesterday, I can’t think of anything we can do to stop it from happening.
Yeah, about the only other thing we can do if SCOTUS "elects" Trump 6-3 by some wild interpretation of the Constitution over some rogue lawsuit is mass protests in the streets following the inauguration.
Oh, wait. Trump has a plan for that, too.
Remember that Biden can't just expand the court unilaterally. He needs Senate approval of his nominees. Manchin is no longer a Dem, and Menendez is going to have to resign. So no guarantee they'd be approved.
John, if the law forces find it necessary to arrest non-violent protesters by the hundreds, then having the news media usually only taking sides against the protesters, the only thing to stop the violence will bring plenty of troops home to protect us and our Democracy provided the Biden administration jumps on that really soon. Perhaps VP Harris could use that suggestion.
After all, we have two fronts to fight strongly against. I started mine against the Christian Nationalists this morning on my Substack. I let all the faiths have it for allowing the beauty of their religions to be twisted by their leaders and turning the meanings into wars against normal human behavior.
I want to call upon my fellow Atheists to really get pissed and stop those morons in their tracks.
John, unfortunately, I fear that 1/6 will look like child's play if the don loses.
I don't think so. Most of Mega will realize there's a prison cell waiting for them...
…. In addition to thousands of National Guard troops that Trump refused to call in.
Not if they redo the bunker scene.
When he loses!
I firmly believe the Biden administration has plans to counter any GOP violence. Joe managed to make the transition to Kamala seamless, he will do the same with the GOP threats. Naturally, those plans must remain secret, we won’t know unless and until something happens.
I trust Biden and his administration will not be caught unprepared
HOPEFULLY WE WILL IMPLEMENT PRECAUTIONARY PROCEDURES AND WITH FULL MILITARY GUARDS INSIDE AND OUT, AND FINGERPRINT STATIONS PLACED EACH WITH VETTED MILITARY GUARDS MANNING THE STATION…READY TO SHOOT ANYBODY ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE CAPITAL LAWN/ WITHOUT FINGERPRINT ACCESS AND CRIMINAL RECORDS OF THOSE THAT WOULD DO HARM AND ANYBODY DISTURBED OR HAVING A VIOLENT RECORD, NOT ADMITTED! THERE COULD BE SEVERAL SUCH STATIONS AT NECESSARY INTERVALS ON ORDERS OF THE CONGRESS AND WHITE HOUSE TO PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION FOR ALL WHO WISH TO ENTER…ANYONE WITH EVEN A HINT OF HIDEOUS INTENT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED INSIDE THE OUTER CIRCLE SEEKING ENTRY! WE WITNESSED THE JAN. 6, INVASION AND TRAGEDIES THAT OCCURED AND NEVER WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN. IT WAS HORRIFIC AND WE MUST NOT LET IT OCCUR AGAIN….ANYONE REFUSING A “PAT DOWN” 👮🏾♂️👮🏾♂️ AND PRINTS, IF ASKED”, NO ACCESS ALOWED BY REFUSING PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO PROTECT! JUST LIKE THE WHITE HOUSE, SCOTUS AND THE CONGRESS!🇺🇸👩🏽🚀👮🏻♀️👮🏾♂️
The violence and then Don-OLD contesting the election results all the way to SCOTUS, which absolutely will rule in his favor.
Biden handing over to Harris yes, momentous. But the outstanding moment for me (I’m Australian currently holidaying in LESVOS, Greece) was Netanyahu being given a platform in the US Congress to vomit a Donaldesque pile of lie after lie while being showered with standing ovations. I’d have thought handcuffs and mug shots would’ve been in order given his relentless butchering Palestinians lives and total destruction of Palestine.
Not to mention the criminal conduct he is, like trump, trying to avoid being jailed for.
He’s Israel’s Trump
Exactly.
I would have preferred Yahoo turned over to the international criminal court
I’ve felt this same thing about time; tge time seems out of joint, as Shakespeare said. It feels as if Harris has been running for weeks, not days. It’s the first time I’ve felt hope in nearly a decade. It’s tempered with the fear that DJT and his cronies will steal it away by trickery or violence.
Lenin put it well in 1917: "Sometimes decades happen in weeks."
What we are experiencing since last Sunday morning has never happened before in American political history. If the word "revolutionary" is defined as "Being or bringing about a big or important change," we are in a revolutionary situation.
What is happening now has never happened before in American political history. I worked in the Obama campaign beginning in 2007, and what I experienced then - which felt like nothing before - is not close to what is going on now.
AOC warned the week before Biden withdrew that those pushing him out also wanted to push out VP Harris. That didn't happen, because the Democratic base - Us! - rose up and said No!
We made sure it would be Kamala, and in the past week, the elites are responding to us. Each of them could say what French politician Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin once said: "There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader."
I really believe this is "the American Spring." Unlike The Arab Spring, or the "democratic revolutions" at the outset of the French and Russian Revolutions - which were overthrown by the "revolutionaries" who couldn't deliver anything but a new tyranny - we have a good chance of success because there is a 100 day time limit. That’s not enough time for the "professionals" to screw up and abort things.
This is a bottom-up movement.
We have Gen Z creators making memes that are playing to young people and activating them.
On Sunday night, 45,000 black women came together and created a movement. The next night, 45,000 black men followed their example, followed each night after by Asian Americans, LGBTQ American, Latino Americans, White American Women.
Next Monday White Dudes for Kamala is meeting, and on Tuesday Women for Harris will come into existence.
Those zoom meetings are our version of the "peoples' assemblies" that brought forth the democratic revolutions in 1789 and 1917 and 2011.
Over 100,000 people have signed up as volunteers to work in the election. Most of them have never done such a thing before.
My politics have remained what they began as 60 years ago: I am a "participatory democracy radical." I think we are in the midst of what I've been hoping for all of those 60 years.
What we have to do to make this happen is PARTICIPATE.
TC inLA ....you just made the sun shine for.all of us!.
Thank you for your thought -provoking quote and inspiring words!. Well said!😇
TCinLa I thought there was going to be a zoom call tonight for ALL women but can’t find anything about it now. Do you know?
I think it's Tuesday. White Dudes for Harris is tomorrow. Look up "Women for Harris"
I'm trying to process it as quickly as it happens, with mixed success. What I have absorbed suggests to me that a reckoning is approaching for Donald.
Mary, I don't have a question at this time. I just want to check and see how you and your daughter are and offer you my support. You are so brave and so wonderful and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking on this horrendous fight. I will always be there for you.
I am deeply troubled by a smart and well-loved friend who is “informed” only by Fox , and thus concludes that Biden is hateful, and other dangerous twisted views. I keep using her as a model of those millions who are so led astray and I grieve. I’m an older gal and really this is a major trouble for me, because it’s “on my plate”, so to speak. How to find consolation? is my question. Thanks, Mary 🎶
Adele, I'm sad to say that my husband of 40 years is a Republican. He came from the more "normal" time of that party, but is holding on to the "I don't like Trump, but I like the policies" story. My marriage is strained and communication doesn't seem to work. Hoping to get through this very hard time. Wishing you the best too. THANK YOU, Mary for continuing to support the good and the normal in us.
MS Schindler, have avowed trumpets in my family as well. Not easy to live with, is it? They think he is the end all & be all..Treat his lies as gospel.Suddenly things changed ( was it only a week ago?). President Biden stepped down.and Kamala stepped up! Our optimism soared, our hearts no longer heavy...we felt joy in the new hope she brings to us all. Now...we feel more confident of her abilities to win this fight for democracy. Karma, perhaps???
Karma and Kamala ...an unbeatable combination !🤗
Lynn, the only positive I can say here is that my husband doesn't think Trump is the end all/be all, but he does only stay at the surface, and doubles-down on the ridiculous sound bites that come from conservative talk radio. My optimism is SOARING and I'm at least feeling lighter than I was ONLY a week ago. Thanks for your support! Here's to Karma and Kamala. Ahhh and Ommm
Dear Cassie...if I may. Remember, please that old Welsh truism...
" How you vote in the voting booth stays in the.voting booth"
Vote your conscience and your.heart, m' dear! Shame the devil!
You' all be walking around with.a satisfied smile for days!.
Make people wonder.what you've been up to.🤗
Lynn, thank you for the wise advice! I'll heed it and of course, will vote my conscious and bring Kamala and that fresh energy into our lives. That should make most of us smile for days and days!
Has he taken a look at the "policies" of the current Republican Party? Project 2025? Do his values and priorities align with what he hears GOP leadership saying in the summer of 2024? He might want to do a little reading on the history of American political parties; the GOP platform has changed dramatically over the course of our nation's history. Is he up to date?
I can't imagine the stress you must be feeling and wish you strength and patience.
Alex, Unfortunately, it appears that when I suggested he take a look at Project 2025 closely, he fell for the denial from Trump that he had anything to do with it. His values are linked to the past, and the present comments he chalks up as "bluster". It's hard for a spouse (at least in our case) to point to the facts. I'm frustrated at the task. My gay daughter+wife and I (a women who strongly advocates for feminine freedoms) are loosing faith in the fact that he will look at the individual issues, and untie from "the party"...which no longer exists. Thanks so much for your sweet and supportive message!
At least you have your daughter and daughter-in-law, and their support. 💙🩵Trump will not win this election
I am so very blessed to have my wonderful daughter and daughter-in-law to remind me what unconditional love is all about. I echo your confidence. I actually see a landslide coming as the momentum builds! Best to you.
I feel badly for you, Cassie. I hope the two of you are able to get through this.
Susan, thanks so much. This tension began just before Hillary lost. Truly, my husband and I never really talked much about politics prior to Trump, so it wasn't an issue. When politics started being in our faces every day, I have had to realize just how many of our core beliefs are different. Didn't know it until I knew it. I'm a hardcore Lib girl, and this is a tough ride. I sure appreciate your kindness.
Carrie, you make me realize how lucky I am in my marriage. I was a republican when we got married, but our conversations changed me back to being a liberal. My problem was church influence, but I got out from under that before we got married. We watch news together and talk about politics all the time now. We met on a long cruise, and became friends playing trivia together. We lived a considerable distance apart and had some very long email conversations prior to considering marriage, so we got to know each quite well, including core beliefs. Actually today is our 16th wedding anniversary. I wish I knew a cure for your issue. If you need an ear, I'm available.
I have a fantasy of watching the news together and chatting about what we see. I don't personally know any other "mixed" marriage couples other than us. I'm so happy that you're feeling appreciation for you and your partner's bond. Other than the politics, my husband has been a loyal, hard-working, good provider and father who believes in country and constitution. While this feels HUGE, I have to take myself back (often) and remind myself how lovely life was BEFORE we started focusing on politics and being lead astray (him, not me) by a lying TV personality. Too late. Pandora's box is open. I sure appreciate your support, Susan! Hugs to you from my precarious perch. Cassie
Oops! I got your name wrong. I'm sorry.
That's OK, Susan! I'm just happy to meet you
Cassie my husband is like yours. Has plenty of criticism of Biden and now Kamala but if I mention one thing about Trump he’ll say he doesn’t want to talk about it. Is way too persuadable by Fox and One America News. This is one more way I have found our values different from each other. Very difficult communication with me about issues that matter so much to me.
Oh Sally, I found someone in my same shoes. It's amazing that my husband says he doesn't like Trump, but like yours, he will defend him in small ways, and has plenty of comments about Biden and now, Kamala. Some of the issues at hand; gay and women's reproductive rights are SO VERY personal to me. But to him, they are simply a part of the package and he can't parse them out. Good luck to both of us. I find myself having to weigh the good against the not-so-good in the marriage. After all these years, it's a scary thing to do. Sending positive vibes your way, Sally. So happy you shared. Onward and upward
Thankful you spoke up in your post about your husband. I’m with you about weighing good with bad. I like your “Onward and Upward”. Will borrow it if you don’t mind.
Divorce him.
Divorce him.
crazy that fox can lie and spout propaganda - there needs to be some kind of check on this...something like, oh say, a fairness doctrine
Gina, I like the sound of the fairness doctrine. BUT, you know they will call that woke, right? So tired of the name calling and the 12-yr old behavior. Onward and upward.
Can they give you examples of why they believe President Biden is "hateful"? My 90 something aunt who has always voted with her Republican husband has said things during our phone conversations that sound like she is repeating what she hears from her indoctrinated children and the RW radio news (She's blind from macular degeneration.) We try not to discuss politics because my mother's side of the family strayed politically since JFK. I accept that I can't change her at her age, but I can at least gently help her to sort truth from fiction sometimes...When people get together in their bubbles of biases it seems to become more and more ingrained. It frustrates me.
K, I also know women who take on their husband's beliefs as their own. I've always been an independent women, i.e. I'm vegan and my husband is a hunter (I know, crazy!). I believe the bubble that my husband lives in is in some strange way a protection for him. I've resorted to simply avoiding the topic of politics altogether, until my anger reaches a tipping point...then it flies out (usually after a glass of wine). I know this isn't a winning strategy, so I'm grateful to be among women (and people) of like minds whenever I can. In some way, it helps that so many of us are sharing the frustration. Thanks for your note!
Cassie I try to avoid talking politics with mine too. It’s when he brings up something about Dems in negative way that he learned from his news sources that I try to say a truth about Trump that he’ll shut down the conversation. Pisses me off to no end.
Do you think as Kamala names his crimes, the MSM will become more focused on Trump’s status as a felon?
I hope so
Do you know if the Republicans have a legal strategy to steal the election when Kamela is declared the winner?
I fully expect this time to be worse than November 2020 to January 6. Plus now he knows he has the Supreme Court his back pocket. I am still freaked out about this year……….
Unfortunately, I think you're right.
Let’s please all make a point of spelling Kamala’s name correctly! It’s so easy to remember—ALL “A”s
KAMALA!
see great Lib-tees teeshirt “KAMALA removes stubborn orange stains”
Soon we’ll be calling her POTUS.
,,,, ,,,,,, ,,, ,, , comma
They do. They have an army of lawyers and a strategy. It is serious.
Probably. Remember, the Republicans are pretty stupid, but they have legions of ambulance-chasing two-bit lawyers at their beck and call. Trump, a/k/a RNC king, most likely has the junior fraudsters in waiting to strategize as we speak. After all, what else will he do with all that campaign money? Sue, sue, sue. Delay, delay, delay.
How can it be legal? I hope their moves will be as goofy as their current plans to have his legal cases dismissed. These plans look legal on the surface but don’t make sense, is my understanding.
They've been hiring their own to count the votes.
I'm just relieved to know I'm not the only one struggling with time, I thought it was just because I'm 63 and just losing my damned mind. It does seem like Don-OLD is slipping more & more - I can't recall the last time I heard him utter a complete and comprehensible sentence. Is this a sign of aging, dementia, or deteriorating mental illness?
Is it something that could show up in a medical exam?
I’m 83 and reminded of Alice in Wonderland falling down the rabbit hole. I feel like time and reality have been warped by the madman and the acceptance given him by the corporate media.
In this past week I have migrated from the MSM to YouTube and Substack for coverage of events.
Thank you Mary Trump for keeping it real!
another octo! that's at least 3 of us so far on the chat - well, we got the time
What we have is experience.
Theresa, it's not necessarily a sign of aging. I'm 79 and even though my memory works somewhat differently from what I've been used to, I can still carry on a comprehensible conversation. I think it's probably a combination of dementia and deteriorating mental illness. That kind of thing should show up in an exam by a psychologist or psychiatrist. But when was the last time you knew trump to have an honest doctor????
Many experts say it's dementia.
many people are saying (going up to trump with tears in their eyes saying sir sir you're the greatest case of dementia ever...)
Big strong doctors from central casting.
Probably, but DT has never released the result of any actual medical exam (or any of his tax returns)
Or his college grades
The time thing is real! You’re not crazy!! (I’m 70ish)
Not to get all woo woo on you guys but when we passed the 2012 marker (which was the end of the Mayan calendar), we moved into a whole new gig. This time was foreseen by the ancients and the rate of change has gone vertical (instead of the gentle curve humans have experienced historically). Check out some of the quantum physics research. It’s quite fascinating. Time has become very malleable and we can truly have an influence on how all of this turns out.
The very palpable excitement does feel like lightning in a bottle a la Obama’s run. The trick is stay focused on the joy, the hope, the excitement, get grounded and do everything possible to get Kamala elected. We will have a ton of work after that but we need her to win first!!
Consider what we've been up against since the Republican Party died with Eisenhower. It's not just Donald we're fighting off. I would welcome the return of the real Republican Party whose conservative balance worked within the safety of our Constitution and with whom we safety we safety celebrated victories in our sports teams, fought together with each other to protect the Democracy of our allies, and the Christians remained separate from politics even though too many fanatics did worm their way into our lawmaking.
There’s a palpable excitement in the air. Definitely shifted from despair to hope. Donald is now getting called out on MSM…finally although his cronies still try to justify him saying no more elections if they vote for him. They need to pay attention to what he says instead of blindly supporting him.
Since 50% of the country in under your uncle’s spell - how do we go about unifying our country and break the spell? How does this finally end?
50%? The polls might have you believing it's that high a percentage, but it truly is not! You'd be talking about 160 million men, women, and children being supportive of a total and unredeemable asshole. And he's getting worse by the day, which is causing him to lose support. Even my Texas Republican conservative neighbor is done with his cruelty and lawlessness!
I have a neighbor who always votes for Greg Abbott, so I'm waiting to see if she puts up trump signs, too. She has always been pleasant and seemed nice, but if she truly supports people like trump and Abbott, I don't trust her.
I hope you’re right. 🙏🇺🇸
Remember that, at least for the present, our votes are SECRET. So go into the booth, vote for the one you love and respect, and hey, perhaps they'll win and no one will know that it's YOUR VOTE that put them over the top.
The Bad Guys only know how you voted if you tell them
Protest strongly against the Christian Nationalists. They are Donald's Ace in the Hole. There's not been enough brought up about them. They're a huge part of the Project 2025 dream and will be a menace to Jesus.
Where are the real Christians when we need them?
Love & appreciate absolutely everything you are doing & hope & pray we all get to celebrate with & for you very soon!!!