prtty weird, as in outside the mainstream. None of them are psychopaths. I worry this word could backfire on those of us who are diabled, trans, overweight, loudly vocal, introverted or otherwise not seen as "normal". Weird, too me is harmless; these fascist psychopaths are quite the opposite.
I suppose the politicians know what they are doing, and winning this is critical. But the toxification of this word scares me.
Joel, I think you have a good point here. Among my group of close friends, 'weird' is rather a term of affection. For Trumpet and the MAGAts, I think 'creepy' is much more appropriate--certainly descriptive and not likely to be seen in any sort of positive light.
Agreed. Honestly, I believe everyone is weird in one way or another-unique, individual, one of a kind. And that’s what diversity is all about-celebrating the differences. Creepy is better-it’s got the tone of sinister, harmful, sneaky, and malicious that is wishing ill on someone else. To me, creepy is the appropriate vibe. Just my opinion.
Which I strongly agree with! I take “weird” (especially from mindless people) as a compliment. Too nice for a couple of misogynistic liars with no moral compass.
Well, (adopting John Lewis’s useful model) there’s good weird, often someone who’s a bit quirky or a good lateral thinker in problem solving (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_thinking).
Bad weird is choosing completely fallacious thinking to try to find solutions and therefore often ending up with foolish non-solutions to problems or foolish solutions to non- problems.
“Actress Jennifer Aniston, who has spoken about her own fertility struggles, wrote on social media that she hopes Vance’s daughter is lucky enough to bear children one day.
“”I hope she will not need to turn to IVF as a second option,” Aniston wrote. “Because you are trying to take that away from her, too.”
“Vance slammed Aniston’s remarks in an appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show on SiriusXM on Friday, saying they were “disgusting because my daughter is 2 years old” and that even if she did have fertility problems down the road, “I would try everything I could do try to help her because I believe families and babies are a good thing.””
I find it more than a little creepy-weird that if Vance’s now two-year-old has fertility problems he would “help her all he can.” Doesn’t sound like he’s planning to raise her to be a thinking woman who would want to make her own decisions. To me, this is as icky as Trump saying he’d probably date Ivanka if she weren’t his daughter
And I'm not concerned with what Mary says here, so much as the Democrats' use of the word to describe Republicans. The American Heritage Dictionary agrees with them, that the word often denotes something "Strikingly odd or unusual, especially in an unsettling way".
Nonetheless, most people I know use the word to mean someone or something that's just a bit odd, but often in a likable way. Maybe the people I know are not representative of Americans in general (they almost certainly are not, in some ways).
Much though I hate the Republican candidates, I think it is reasonable to be concerned about otherizing those who are different from what's considered "normal". I wrote separately that it is important for us "to question the rhetorical toxification of otherness. To those of us who’ve ever been bullied, those weirdos are our people and we must stand with them."
I agree. In my circle, it's a badge of honor to be called weird because it's outside the norm, it's creative, it's authentic, it's original, it's freeing, it's quirky, ..
The Republican candidates are creepy and psychotic. Not sure how either of those would work as sound bites.🤷♀️
Thanks for the elucidation Joel. Makes a lot of sense. Today's world is polarising twixt hatred and compassion. Most of us yoyo, it's nature's way to reach resolution.... Peace, Maurice
While that is true in the normal world, the Magas are determined to present themselves as the only normal available. They treat everyone who isn't in their cult as being weird. So I like using the term for them because it is the kind of thing that gets under their skin and stays there, festering, itching, becoming more than they can bear. And we all know that the term 'weird' is harmless. But they think it is horrific. Just think about how Katie Britt speaks: we know she is scary weird, like some demonic robot, but magas think she is the epitome of perfection. Magas think, How dare you call her weird! Katie is perfect. But we know Katie is seriously unwell.
I understand what you’re saying. If it helps just think about our collective attention span for things of this nature. This strategy, effective as it sounds, may not make through a couple of press cycles before we are chasing the next shiny objects.
Let’s forget about semantic nit picking such as redefining “weird” as some adjective that refers to friends with idiosyncrasies.
The point is to pin the an undesirable label on Donald et al. that sticks. Weird will stick. So will creepy. Yes he’s a psychopath. Use whatever you like. He is weak and he is weird.
The difference this election is that Trump does not control the DoJ. Those who work to illegally undermine the election are going to be in a world of hurt, as long as WE keep the faith and all do the work to elect Vice President Harris as well as Democrats up and down the ballot.
Since Kamala Harris is giving our voices back we need to remember that we are a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
Our voices must be heard again so we can let all those dirty, weird creeps are not going to take our Democracy away; that we are demanding Life in Prison for all those traitors, including Justices who have abandoned the Rule of Law, all those who will allow the Christian Nationalists to trash our Constitution and rewrite to suit their ideals, the entire of the Heritage Foundation, and all the near 1,000 hate groups that would be a part of Donald's hand picked army. Project 2025 is the only document to be trashed.
I asked this very question on a Lincoln Party town hall. Rick Wilson said they’re prepared for this and one of the ways to combat it was to elect VP Harris in such overwhelming numbers that contesting the results would be laughable.
A lot voted like he'll to elect Hillary yet the election was stolen. We need to know how our government is preparing to prevent Trump from stealing the election again.
Yes, as per Rachel Maddow tonight, he is repeatedly telling his supporters that he doesn't need their votes, not to bother voting. He is planning to steal the election. This needs serious attention and publicity.
As I see it, if he tells people not to vote, maybe they won't and that would make a democratic win that much more of a landslide. It seems to me that if one didn't have many votes it would be much more difficult to steal the election, especially since all the voter suppression laws are made by republicans against democrats.
I saw Rachel talk about that, too. Elizabeth Warren says that the solution is to have so overwhelmingly many voters vote that their efforst won't be enough to overturn the results, or refuse to certify them.
Well, the supreme court just gave POTUS many immunities. If Biden would play dirty, he could use one of those immunities and have Trump locked up or assassinated. We all know Trump will take advantage of any loopholes if he is re-elected, and will make himself a king! Hell at this point, Biden could call off the election.
They won’t because they will choose what Biden can do and what can’t which will be different than with Trump. SC has already broken the law by manipulating the constitution. I’m not sure why they are getting off free which that immunity ruling.
Because there are no checks on the SJC. The while system of checks and balances we were taught as children would safeguard our democracy was unfortunately built on an honor system.
What can we do? Sink to his level (never thought I'd think like that) and ridicule, let the world know how unhinged and ignorant he is. He'll HATE the ridicule and over-react: More and more on-the-fencers will therefore realise how unsuitable he is to be in charge of ANYTHING.
Mary makes the point that millions more voted for Biden than DJT in 2020. But what really frightens me is that so many millions voted for DJT. They have to be shown what they voted for. Them's my views.
There are a LOT of republicans jumping ship and will be voting for Harris. The only people voting for tRump are his cult and the millionaires. He's not picking up any new voters, quite the opposite, but Kamala and the Democrats sure are!
And who knew "childless cat ladies" would become a constituency to be reckoned with? Speaking as one myself. We have a Facebook group of many thousands, who come up with some deliciously wicked memes.
MSNBC showed a vid set to the Bee Gee's 'Stayin: Alive" with 3 cats coming from under the Resolute Desk marching in sync across the Presidential Seal in the Oval. So cool! 😻😻😻
Yes. Just watched Rachel. I will be looking to hear what Mark Elias has to say, as well as Brian Tyler Cohen. I also just emailed Texas Paul about this, I am sure he will address. This is a mess for sure, but my mind veers towards DOJ and Secs of State. Very glad Rachel addressed this problem on a large forum. It's out there now.
I agree that these dishonest people have great plans to not certify the election or rig the results if Trump loses. His latest comments directed at Christian’s not needing to vote means there is some plan afoot. I sure hope the Dems also have a plan. Otherwise Biden:Harris can have a boatload of votes and they won’t be worth a tinker’s dam.
Are there regulations? I don't know? Remember when they tried to do this before and they all signed the paper-and the one police officer wouldn't let the others inside. It was a crime in real time. It was a close call and they are working out the bugs
Indeed, that is dangerous but the bigger the Harris win the harder that move becomes. I still think they are mainly cowards and the cold light of day, maybe not willing to act in an illegal way.
Americans are not aligned with Republicans. That's the keynote headline. When a party becomes a cult of personality, things are looking down for that party. If only shame was something TrumpVance understood.
“I can tell you based on the research I've had to do and another still-frame of the bullet in motion that what injured Trump was the air displacement of the bullet.
If he'd been struck anywhere on the ear by the actual round fired from an AR-15 - even just clipped - it would have torn most of his ear completely off and possibly part of his face or scalp. AR-15s inflict their signature devastating degree of damage to living tissue because they fire small rounds at unbelievable velocity.”
@thejackhopkins on X laid out how a "2 cm" wound (per Ronny Jackson) is the size of a nickel. Pete Souza's pic post "attempt" showed a normal Turd ear.
Yes, MAGATS are weird but more importantly , they are on the WRONG side of EVERY issue, EVERY issue. It’s easy to campaign when you’re on the RIGHT side of every issue. Keep it simple, KH.
In a way, 2020 was a,practice run in terms of stealing the election. Some of the swing states had principled Republican officials like Georgia’s Raffensberger who refused to go along with it. Trump’s backers have spent the last four years replacing them wherever possible.
Assuming Harris wins, Americans need to change the system. Get an independent organisation like our Electoral Commission in overall charge of ensuring a free and fair system, and use non-partisan local officials to oversee them. Scrap the Electoral College and end the political appointment of judges.
The opposition doesn’t care about the vote and instead will have 70 election deniers across all the electoral college swing states and take it to SCOTUS for the win!
Trump has 70 election deniers in the 7 swing states to block the state certification process and kick it either to the House or to SCOTUS for a win. He’s been telling his base to not vote, he doesn’t need ‘em!
Yep, I figured that would happen since the Jan.6th insurrection, tRump should have been arrested and charged right away for that! Let's hope there's something in place to stop it this time!
Yes, for three years the GOP state houses have been playing dirty tricks with rule changes and new laws. This cabal wants power and is working on destroying democracy. Project 2025 didn't just get written, the Koch groups like the Heritage Foundation have been working at this; first corrupt and change the Republican party and next the country.
Ain’t it wonderful to be on offense, taking the fight to the weirdos and liars and cultists? Let them defend their indefensible record. Let them defend their feeble, old, degenerate lying liar candidate. Let them worry about their creepy VP pick, Jim D Vance (or whatever the hell name he is currently using), being an albatross and dragging what’s left of their cult right down the drain. I was dreading November. Now I can’t wait.
Yes, it's important to show clearly that so much of their accusations and blames against others are actually flipping the narrative and projection, things that they are actually doing themselves. This is so frequent, it seem to be their go-to strategery!
So true, John. I’ve been seeing a campaign ad produced by the MAGAs, attacking Kamala Harris for lying. If they really want to make the election about who lies the most, holy crap, I’ll take that action every day of the week. It shows they’re covered with the stink of desperation.
Yes, look at most of their accusations and you will see, if you look, that Donnie and Co. are the ones doing it. Most of thew rest of it are just lies and baseless demeaning.
He's dangerous because he's a deeply weak, deeply insecure man who's bolstered at every turn by people who thirst for power and see him as the quickest way to get it.
⭐️ This IS the quote I wanted to point out because trump probably thinks it’s cool he is called dangerous. But, he’s dangerous because he’s weak and ignorant!!
Weird in the worst ways.. like the clammy hand, wet mouthed elder at church who everyone respects & reveres - except young kids who still have sharp senses they haven’t learned to ignore. Then time passes and reveals they were right to be creeped out by this strange smelling creep.
IMO there's nothing weirder than Q-Anon. How anyone can have anything to do with that craziness is beyond me.
Speaking of mocking, I've been wondering something. Does he know that people make fun of his orangeness? It seems impossible that he doesn't, but if he does, why doesn't he do something about it?
It does! Just google < Trump makeup collar 2024 > , and you’ll see a few pics from his NYC trial which look as if he was in a rush with his trowel…or maybe lousy lighting in his gilded bathroom at Trump Tower is to blame.
If he doesn't it's because he doesn't pay attention to anything. Remember that his attorney in the election interference/hush money case, referred to him repeatedly as "the orange turd", during a cross examination.
Thank you, Mary, for pointing out (indirectly) that the entire MAGA cult from Donald Trump all the way down to the voters who support him are ABNORMAL. It is not normal for an adult Homo sapiens to long for "daddy" to tell them what to do and what to think. It is not normal to agree to GIVE yourself into slave labor because that's what "daddy" tells them is good for them. It is not normal to worship wealth above and beyond all other "prizes". Nor is it normal in the United States to be so uneducated you don't understand the difference between freedom, and enslavement and be willing to die for that "privilege"
As a person who is weird (in a not-creepy way I hope!) and who believes in the value of weirdness, I’m sad this is the word they’ve chosen. I get why it’s working — not only is it simpler than the litany, but also many people (and most conservatives?) have negative rather than positive associations with the word.
Another word for weird is psychopathic…..
I don't agree. Most of my friends are
prtty weird, as in outside the mainstream. None of them are psychopaths. I worry this word could backfire on those of us who are diabled, trans, overweight, loudly vocal, introverted or otherwise not seen as "normal". Weird, too me is harmless; these fascist psychopaths are quite the opposite.
I suppose the politicians know what they are doing, and winning this is critical. But the toxification of this word scares me.
Joel, I think you have a good point here. Among my group of close friends, 'weird' is rather a term of affection. For Trumpet and the MAGAts, I think 'creepy' is much more appropriate--certainly descriptive and not likely to be seen in any sort of positive light.
Agreed. Honestly, I believe everyone is weird in one way or another-unique, individual, one of a kind. And that’s what diversity is all about-celebrating the differences. Creepy is better-it’s got the tone of sinister, harmful, sneaky, and malicious that is wishing ill on someone else. To me, creepy is the appropriate vibe. Just my opinion.
Which I strongly agree with! I take “weird” (especially from mindless people) as a compliment. Too nice for a couple of misogynistic liars with no moral compass.
Agree. Weird, weirdo can be affectionate, even complimentary. I vote for creepy. There is no mistaking that for anything good.
Well, (adopting John Lewis’s useful model) there’s good weird, often someone who’s a bit quirky or a good lateral thinker in problem solving (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_thinking).
Bad weird is choosing completely fallacious thinking to try to find solutions and therefore often ending up with foolish non-solutions to problems or foolish solutions to non- problems.
Speaking of creepy weird. From NPR:
“Actress Jennifer Aniston, who has spoken about her own fertility struggles, wrote on social media that she hopes Vance’s daughter is lucky enough to bear children one day.
“”I hope she will not need to turn to IVF as a second option,” Aniston wrote. “Because you are trying to take that away from her, too.”
“Vance slammed Aniston’s remarks in an appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show on SiriusXM on Friday, saying they were “disgusting because my daughter is 2 years old” and that even if she did have fertility problems down the road, “I would try everything I could do try to help her because I believe families and babies are a good thing.””
I find it more than a little creepy-weird that if Vance’s now two-year-old has fertility problems he would “help her all he can.” Doesn’t sound like he’s planning to raise her to be a thinking woman who would want to make her own decisions. To me, this is as icky as Trump saying he’d probably date Ivanka if she weren’t his daughter
Joel ! reread Mary's clarification of her use of the word "Weird"..... Please
I did.
And I'm not concerned with what Mary says here, so much as the Democrats' use of the word to describe Republicans. The American Heritage Dictionary agrees with them, that the word often denotes something "Strikingly odd or unusual, especially in an unsettling way".
Nonetheless, most people I know use the word to mean someone or something that's just a bit odd, but often in a likable way. Maybe the people I know are not representative of Americans in general (they almost certainly are not, in some ways).
Much though I hate the Republican candidates, I think it is reasonable to be concerned about otherizing those who are different from what's considered "normal". I wrote separately that it is important for us "to question the rhetorical toxification of otherness. To those of us who’ve ever been bullied, those weirdos are our people and we must stand with them."
I agree. In my circle, it's a badge of honor to be called weird because it's outside the norm, it's creative, it's authentic, it's original, it's freeing, it's quirky, ..
The Republican candidates are creepy and psychotic. Not sure how either of those would work as sound bites.🤷♀️
Thanks for the elucidation Joel. Makes a lot of sense. Today's world is polarising twixt hatred and compassion. Most of us yoyo, it's nature's way to reach resolution.... Peace, Maurice
I agree. It seems like a very juvenile expression and does not convey that these guys are very dangerous.
We’re dealing with Weird x10. See George Conway’s @paychoPAC24
While that is true in the normal world, the Magas are determined to present themselves as the only normal available. They treat everyone who isn't in their cult as being weird. So I like using the term for them because it is the kind of thing that gets under their skin and stays there, festering, itching, becoming more than they can bear. And we all know that the term 'weird' is harmless. But they think it is horrific. Just think about how Katie Britt speaks: we know she is scary weird, like some demonic robot, but magas think she is the epitome of perfection. Magas think, How dare you call her weird! Katie is perfect. But we know Katie is seriously unwell.
I understand what you’re saying. If it helps just think about our collective attention span for things of this nature. This strategy, effective as it sounds, may not make through a couple of press cycles before we are chasing the next shiny objects.
Haha, you could be right about that!
I'm just pleased that people are at least thinking critically about it.
Let’s forget about semantic nit picking such as redefining “weird” as some adjective that refers to friends with idiosyncrasies.
The point is to pin the an undesirable label on Donald et al. that sticks. Weird will stick. So will creepy. Yes he’s a psychopath. Use whatever you like. He is weak and he is weird.
The word that came to mind was perverse.
Trump has 70 election deniers in place to “certify” the election. He is planning the steal again.
What can we do?
The difference this election is that Trump does not control the DoJ. Those who work to illegally undermine the election are going to be in a world of hurt, as long as WE keep the faith and all do the work to elect Vice President Harris as well as Democrats up and down the ballot.
“We must VOTE like hell or we’re not going to have a country.”
Since Kamala Harris is giving our voices back we need to remember that we are a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
Our voices must be heard again so we can let all those dirty, weird creeps are not going to take our Democracy away; that we are demanding Life in Prison for all those traitors, including Justices who have abandoned the Rule of Law, all those who will allow the Christian Nationalists to trash our Constitution and rewrite to suit their ideals, the entire of the Heritage Foundation, and all the near 1,000 hate groups that would be a part of Donald's hand picked army. Project 2025 is the only document to be trashed.
Richard La France
I asked this very question on a Lincoln Party town hall. Rick Wilson said they’re prepared for this and one of the ways to combat it was to elect VP Harris in such overwhelming numbers that contesting the results would be laughable.
A lot voted like he'll to elect Hillary yet the election was stolen. We need to know how our government is preparing to prevent Trump from stealing the election again.
Yes, as per Rachel Maddow tonight, he is repeatedly telling his supporters that he doesn't need their votes, not to bother voting. He is planning to steal the election. This needs serious attention and publicity.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show
Thank you for the link!
As I see it, if he tells people not to vote, maybe they won't and that would make a democratic win that much more of a landslide. It seems to me that if one didn't have many votes it would be much more difficult to steal the election, especially since all the voter suppression laws are made by republicans against democrats.
Put him in a cage and cut off his media access.
I saw Rachel talk about that, too. Elizabeth Warren says that the solution is to have so overwhelmingly many voters vote that their efforst won't be enough to overturn the results, or refuse to certify them.
Well, the supreme court just gave POTUS many immunities. If Biden would play dirty, he could use one of those immunities and have Trump locked up or assassinated. We all know Trump will take advantage of any loopholes if he is re-elected, and will make himself a king! Hell at this point, Biden could call off the election.
They won’t because they will choose what Biden can do and what can’t which will be different than with Trump. SC has already broken the law by manipulating the constitution. I’m not sure why they are getting off free which that immunity ruling.
Because there are no checks on the SJC. The while system of checks and balances we were taught as children would safeguard our democracy was unfortunately built on an honor system.
He could just lock them up before they can rule on anything.
Maybe Joe just spoils Weird Donald’s plans by taking away those illegal electors.
I think he should and tie the whole thing up in court. The rule is quite vague.
Arrest him immediately on the spot! He needs jail time!
What can we do? Sink to his level (never thought I'd think like that) and ridicule, let the world know how unhinged and ignorant he is. He'll HATE the ridicule and over-react: More and more on-the-fencers will therefore realise how unsuitable he is to be in charge of ANYTHING.
Mary makes the point that millions more voted for Biden than DJT in 2020. But what really frightens me is that so many millions voted for DJT. They have to be shown what they voted for. Them's my views.
There are a LOT of republicans jumping ship and will be voting for Harris. The only people voting for tRump are his cult and the millionaires. He's not picking up any new voters, quite the opposite, but Kamala and the Democrats sure are!
And who knew "childless cat ladies" would become a constituency to be reckoned with? Speaking as one myself. We have a Facebook group of many thousands, who come up with some deliciously wicked memes.
MSNBC showed a vid set to the Bee Gee's 'Stayin: Alive" with 3 cats coming from under the Resolute Desk marching in sync across the Presidential Seal in the Oval. So cool! 😻😻😻
I saw an amazing video.. The Cats are coming out to vote.. or something like that. I normally don't like AI, but every once in a while... :D
“We must VOTE like hell or we’re not going to have a country.”
Yes. Just watched Rachel. I will be looking to hear what Mark Elias has to say, as well as Brian Tyler Cohen. I also just emailed Texas Paul about this, I am sure he will address. This is a mess for sure, but my mind veers towards DOJ and Secs of State. Very glad Rachel addressed this problem on a large forum. It's out there now.
I agree that these dishonest people have great plans to not certify the election or rig the results if Trump loses. His latest comments directed at Christian’s not needing to vote means there is some plan afoot. I sure hope the Dems also have a plan. Otherwise Biden:Harris can have a boatload of votes and they won’t be worth a tinker’s dam.
VOTE
We need to pay closer attention to local races and vet the candidates carefully.
Are there regulations? I don't know? Remember when they tried to do this before and they all signed the paper-and the one police officer wouldn't let the others inside. It was a crime in real time. It was a close call and they are working out the bugs
Make sure that every qualified person in your radius is registered and gets their ass to the polls in November. The clock is ticking.
Indeed, that is dangerous but the bigger the Harris win the harder that move becomes. I still think they are mainly cowards and the cold light of day, maybe not willing to act in an illegal way.
Good question. Which agencies are tasked with making sure the election is not stolen.
Americans are not aligned with Republicans. That's the keynote headline. When a party becomes a cult of personality, things are looking down for that party. If only shame was something TrumpVance understood.
Then there's Pete Souza's photo of Trump's perfect ear. So what actually happened there?
Leah LaSalla posted this opinion:
“I can tell you based on the research I've had to do and another still-frame of the bullet in motion that what injured Trump was the air displacement of the bullet.
If he'd been struck anywhere on the ear by the actual round fired from an AR-15 - even just clipped - it would have torn most of his ear completely off and possibly part of his face or scalp. AR-15s inflict their signature devastating degree of damage to living tissue because they fire small rounds at unbelievable velocity.”
And those rounds tumble, unlike a standard "rifled" firearm. It would have chewed his ear off. I'm thinking blood packet ala WWE.
I’m not a Guns Guy, but I’m pretty sure AR-15s are rifled. Shotguns are basically the only smoothbore firearms nowadays.
I should have researched the topic of rifle bore a little more(that rhymes)! You are righr.
Do you know anything about the wounds to spectators?
Do you know anything about the wounds to spectators?
What I've heard is that he was hit by a piece of shrapnel, and the blood was real. Being hit by the bullet wasn't what happened.
I wondered if that blood splat was what he felt and if THAT was from one of the other victims; the man that died or?
Stolen valor of another kind - Corey Comperatore’s blood? The irony there would be deafening. Corey’s blood on Trump.
That is what I believe is possible.
I love Pete, have his book of photos & tweets called Shade! Highly recommend it.
That is a GREAT book!
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/pete-souza/shade/9780316421836/?lens=little-brown
@thejackhopkins on X laid out how a "2 cm" wound (per Ronny Jackson) is the size of a nickel. Pete Souza's pic post "attempt" showed a normal Turd ear.
Yes, MAGATS are weird but more importantly , they are on the WRONG side of EVERY issue, EVERY issue. It’s easy to campaign when you’re on the RIGHT side of every issue. Keep it simple, KH.
Maybe Kamala should let others wield weird.
Do you think Rachel Maddow was right about his subterfuge in the swing states tonight? Effing scary!
In a way, 2020 was a,practice run in terms of stealing the election. Some of the swing states had principled Republican officials like Georgia’s Raffensberger who refused to go along with it. Trump’s backers have spent the last four years replacing them wherever possible.
Assuming Harris wins, Americans need to change the system. Get an independent organisation like our Electoral Commission in overall charge of ensuring a free and fair system, and use non-partisan local officials to oversee them. Scrap the Electoral College and end the political appointment of judges.
I missed Rachel Maddow tonight since I was sleeping. I will have to rewatch her at 11pm CDT.
Thank you, Mary. 💙
What did she say?
The opposition doesn’t care about the vote and instead will have 70 election deniers across all the electoral college swing states and take it to SCOTUS for the win!
I missed that, what did she say?
Trump has 70 election deniers in the 7 swing states to block the state certification process and kick it either to the House or to SCOTUS for a win. He’s been telling his base to not vote, he doesn’t need ‘em!
Yep, I figured that would happen since the Jan.6th insurrection, tRump should have been arrested and charged right away for that! Let's hope there's something in place to stop it this time!
Yes, for three years the GOP state houses have been playing dirty tricks with rule changes and new laws. This cabal wants power and is working on destroying democracy. Project 2025 didn't just get written, the Koch groups like the Heritage Foundation have been working at this; first corrupt and change the Republican party and next the country.
This 'Heritage Cult' Thang, when will this stop? It's beginning to stress me tha'eff out man!!
Yes
I’m glad you threw in a fair share of “creepy” into your essay. Cuz these guys aren’t weird they’re creepy creeps.
Ain’t it wonderful to be on offense, taking the fight to the weirdos and liars and cultists? Let them defend their indefensible record. Let them defend their feeble, old, degenerate lying liar candidate. Let them worry about their creepy VP pick, Jim D Vance (or whatever the hell name he is currently using), being an albatross and dragging what’s left of their cult right down the drain. I was dreading November. Now I can’t wait.
Yes, it's important to show clearly that so much of their accusations and blames against others are actually flipping the narrative and projection, things that they are actually doing themselves. This is so frequent, it seem to be their go-to strategery!
So true, John. I’ve been seeing a campaign ad produced by the MAGAs, attacking Kamala Harris for lying. If they really want to make the election about who lies the most, holy crap, I’ll take that action every day of the week. It shows they’re covered with the stink of desperation.
Every right-wing accusation is a confession.
Couldn’t agree more, Relish.
Yes, look at most of their accusations and you will see, if you look, that Donnie and Co. are the ones doing it. Most of thew rest of it are just lies and baseless demeaning.
I think it should be mandatory that he is always referred to as DON-OLD… every single time….
"...Ron DeSantis, from his odd choice of footwear to his inability to smile like a human..." So funny and so true! It is SO weird!
along with repulsive and disgusting and disturbing.
I think the MAGA has some kind of conspiracy about lizard people. If ever there was one.. Lol
He's dangerous because he's a deeply weak, deeply insecure man who's bolstered at every turn by people who thirst for power and see him as the quickest way to get it.
Thanks. I needed to know that.
⭐️ This IS the quote I wanted to point out because trump probably thinks it’s cool he is called dangerous. But, he’s dangerous because he’s weak and ignorant!!
He IS a puppet to many forces the american people have rejected from the founding to the present day.
He openly sells himself and our government direction
$1B for our energy policy
$25M for lunch with him.
He is such a narcissist he doesn’t realize these forces are also using him- he thinks he is using them.
In fact it’s a sick and sickening mutually parasitic relationship.
Weird in the worst ways.. like the clammy hand, wet mouthed elder at church who everyone respects & reveres - except young kids who still have sharp senses they haven’t learned to ignore. Then time passes and reveals they were right to be creeped out by this strange smelling creep.
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Sorry :)
IMO there's nothing weirder than Q-Anon. How anyone can have anything to do with that craziness is beyond me.
Speaking of mocking, I've been wondering something. Does he know that people make fun of his orangeness? It seems impossible that he doesn't, but if he does, why doesn't he do something about it?
Why doesn't that orange sh*t get all over his collar?
Permanent orange paint?
Or dye…
It does! Just google < Trump makeup collar 2024 > , and you’ll see a few pics from his NYC trial which look as if he was in a rush with his trowel…or maybe lousy lighting in his gilded bathroom at Trump Tower is to blame.
And don't forget that hair.....it's kind hair...the kind you find on an orangutans ass!
And don't forget that hair.....it's kind hair...the kind you find on an orangutans ass!
Crazy🤯
Ah he’s Weird DonOld.
If he doesn't it's because he doesn't pay attention to anything. Remember that his attorney in the election interference/hush money case, referred to him repeatedly as "the orange turd", during a cross examination.
🔨 nailed it!
Thank you, Mary, for pointing out (indirectly) that the entire MAGA cult from Donald Trump all the way down to the voters who support him are ABNORMAL. It is not normal for an adult Homo sapiens to long for "daddy" to tell them what to do and what to think. It is not normal to agree to GIVE yourself into slave labor because that's what "daddy" tells them is good for them. It is not normal to worship wealth above and beyond all other "prizes". Nor is it normal in the United States to be so uneducated you don't understand the difference between freedom, and enslavement and be willing to die for that "privilege"
Its more than just weird. Its evil.
Yes evil is very very weird
As a person who is weird (in a not-creepy way I hope!) and who believes in the value of weirdness, I’m sad this is the word they’ve chosen. I get why it’s working — not only is it simpler than the litany, but also many people (and most conservatives?) have negative rather than positive associations with the word.
I still wish they’d gone with creepy.
You are nowhere near weird like maga, so don't worry dear.
YES I already put in my vote for “creepy” not weird! 🤗
I think the phrase ‘creepy weird’ is more descriptive of the cult than just using the word ‘weird’.