Michael, can we get a little bit more constructive and positive, rather than constantly bashing the democrats. What would you have them?Do jump on his head!? We have the republicans on one side, telling us, we don't know how to 🙄 message and then on the democrat side we have people criticizing their own party. While I agree we have to be more aggressive. We have a few people in the party that are doing that. Instead of this type of post, which, quite frankly, could have been posted by sarah longwell, or tim miller, maybe you could publish gavin newsom's speech or chris smith, i could name a lot of others
And that leader needs to be replaced by a younger, more clever fighter like Ben Wikler who knows how to move the needle and should have gotten the nod! I quit donating to the DNC because of the same old same old safe, unimaginative campaigners.
Here's something the Dems could do...Support a California Tax Revolt, or better yet, a Donor /blue-state tax revolt...and then convene a Constitutional convention that would change or renew everything based in a truly representative way with at least 51% of women delegates.
Exactly, Michael Cohen. I prefer the blunt to the fake positives. I think too many people are counting on the Democrats to do more. I think it’s gone way beyond this. People need to express much more loudly what their expectations of the Democratic Party are. And the Democrats need to step the fuck up. 🇨🇦
The DNC is complacent as well. They need to embrace the next generation of candidates!
They need to address the OLD guard!
The old guard needs to be afraid of losing their jobs, they did nothing while we lost ours by sitting on their hands all throughout an illegal invasion by fElon.
Why aren’t they saying/doing anything about the 2024 stolen election?!?!
Many of them are spineless and complicit and feeding off AIPAC.
Don’t know what they can do! Besides hi lighting the fing 🍊💩’s treasonous actions! That is screwing the middle class.look at the people who he put in his cabinet!! And the damn republicans!!!
Start calling the 🫏kissing rethuglikkkrussians especially from red states. The red states are really going to suffer!
202 225 3121 or 202 224 3121
Will reach any member of congress !! Just start calling!
I disagree. That us exactly what she is trying to do. She worked waiting tables for a number if years. She knows what it's like to struggle to survive.
Yes, they have to be more aggressive and play his game, and there is a way to do this with audio/video over and over until it reaches even the far corners.
Nothing motivates people more than rage they feel when you point out just how much they and their families were being used for the rich to gain power
Drive them to such a height of anger that forces them to the polls
Our government is not a business and our deficit is not a bargaining chip
Trump has leveraged all his wealth from his debt. This is the way he thinks.
That is why he cuts programs only thinking of his own personal wallet, because you can believe somehow that money goes there
Countries are not going to buy our debt unless they want to leverage us, the citizens.
The only takers in this scenario are our adversaries ☠️
Yes and we need to support these and the others who are going out on the front line to meet with voters in red/purple places and if that means WE need to dig a little deeper in our pockets, well, we need to figure out how to do that. Like everyone else, I have no idea what the DNC is doing and I have sent them notes saying I am not donating to them until I see some real actions, not just talk.
I think he's talking about a coordinated response. The Republicans are great at this. They have their agreed-upon talking points, responses and plans, and everyone buys in. It's repeated on Fox. They also fight dirty, and Dems don't like to do it (or at least get caught). The Dems are in disarray, with this faction fighting that faction, and several would-be future leaders trying to make names for themselves by going their own way.
Yes! Their coordinated response, agreed upon talking points, responses and plans are straight out of the Christian Nationalist Manifesto and everyone who is an average citizen who once enjoyed being an American should be adamantly defending for maintaining our Constitutional rights!
Actually everything in this article is true. There IS way too much complacency. Ppl don’t want to be called out, but these times require bold and fearless honesty. I’m surprised by some of the inane content people post on their social media at this time. Reposting 10 yr old pics of themselves on FB “memories” for example. Is this really what ppl are interested in, in a time of extreme crisis? People need to get off the couch. I’m not afraid to say it and I don’t think sugarcoating things will help us. It is not the hour for “gently, softly, gently.” We have a call to duty, period, and the time is now. NOW
I agree it's true, however wonder if living in a state of constant outrage is going to help any of us?
We can do both.
We won't LIVE to see the end of this if we don't balance our lives and also include the fun things. Stress hormones all the time kills people faster than the regime can. THAT is part of their strategy to destroy us...keep us in that state of fear. We are humans and cannot live in that state of stress 24-7. This is a marathon not a sprint...unfortunately and asking for outrage all the time is not helping anyone.
I don’t think we are talking about the same thing, so respectfully I didn’t need this advice repeated. I wasn’t talking about people who are taking action. These people I’m talking about? For the most part they aren’t doing ANYTHING. They’re not having to strive for balance. They’re simply ignoring the problem, buying their head in the sand. They don’t like what is happening, but they also don’t want to do anything about it. It’s troubling. We can try to reach these people and encourage participation, as much as we can.
It's unfortunate that these people are not here to read...unless they are and we don't see that.
There will always be those people who are quiet. Maybe they are doing things, but nobody hears about what they are doing too. Maybe they don't speak up about it. Some people are quiet about what they do.
There sure are a lot of people showing up at No Kings and other anti-Trump marches. Honestly it's often a matter of media coverage.
I know one woman who writes at least 3 letters a day to different reps. Then she goes about her life. I know she does this, but most people don't. She isn't one brag about it on fb. Others do things on a more local level like volunteer.
I think we all know people who seem to be ignoring things. I'm reluctant to judge them. In the end it's up to me to change me, but I don't have to tell others about what I do.
I'm very glad that you are active. I'm glad there are those like you who do encourage participation. I too have done that. I can't force them, but I do let them know it's important.
Exactly, we have no equivalent to the Heritage Foundation and other 'tools' they have built over the years. We can make ours ethically, but they still have to be made. We need a home, a place to build and agenda. It would be nice if the DNC were to do this, but they are stuck in the old model and unlikely to change. They seem to think only in terms of fundraising and organizing vote getting operations. All that is good and needed, but we NEED more.
I thought we were positive in 2016, I certainly was not smug, as a "Bernie Bro." I was positive in 2020. Biden is an honorable man, but should have been more assertive with AG Garland. As Michael Cohen, I think is asserting, is that "nice guys finish last." But I'm about 98% sure that Musk screwed the nation in the last election and manipulated the results with his cargo pants whiz kids. ( There are several good posts on Substack that should make everybody angry!)
But I really dont know how Democrats can get a voice anymore in mainstream, legacy media. All you hear about is "strongly worded letters." The Democrats need new leadership. Jamie Raskin, Dan Goldman, Jasmine Crockett, someone who knows how to stand up to bullies.
I agree about publishing Newsom's speech and being more aggressive about getting out the word of what we ARE doing. And we need to be out there like Newsom meeting folks face to face and listening to them, asking them what they need, and not paying attention to polls. I do think a big thing we need to do is somehow hold mainstream media accountable for their piss poor reporting. It does seem CBS is just becoming an arm of fox/trump so lets make sure we all boycot that station for ever. I don't know if the owners care about viewership but I think maybe advertisers do and stock holders may care if a station's profits go down and we can make that happen.
PiermontAdvisers … your reply is a perfect example of exactly what Mr Conen is talking about. … Your “please be nicer, more positive” request sums up the point very well. Your examples of Gavin Newsome and Chris Smith point eloquently to the very issue he is talking about - there is no relevant, clear, comprehensive Democratic Party message issuing from the democrats as a united force. The lack of a strong vision which can be shouted from the rooftops, driven home by every democratic governor, senator, congressman/woman as well as those campaigning against Republican incumbents every single time they speak publicly leaves the vacuum, as Mr Conen says, in which Trump and his administration flourish. I’m afraid your rather passive comment here is completely in line with his stated concern of that vacuum remaining.
need to come together. We will not benefit from excluding some ppl, who we feel don’t fit perfectly into a cookie cutter idea of who should be “the face” of the movement. We can’t have a hierarchy of who deserves to be involved. Different voices speak to different people and we can reach more people that way.
They DID all those things but Americans want to be entertained not educated.
Sometime we forget to place the blame where it belongs. Our culture of instant gratification, constant entertainment and lack of serious commitment to truth and understanding.
Trump is our fault. Politics done properly is sort of boring, it is about policies, rule of law and dare I say political compromise between parties.
I agree. If they had put the immigration bill through during those first couple years of Biden for example...not wait until it wouldn't pass, it might have helped. Neither party is FOR the people it seems. They all seem to be out for themselves and making money for their next election cycle. If we are feeling disenfranchised and heartbroken there's good reason.
Lay offs have already begun in our schools. It will only get worse with him dismantling the Board of Education. States can't afford to provide the funding to keep our schools operating at a sufficient level, so unfortunately, our children will pay the price.
The federal government has been helping with education, Healthcare, and food assistance. He just eliminated all of that assistance with the bill that they just passed. I eliminated almost $1,000,000,000 from healthcare and food assistance. He's now attempting to dismantle the Department of Education, which is why schools are already beginning to lay off teachers. Our district is already laying off over 125 teachers. AOC wants to make education and healthcare free for everyone and provide more assistance for food.
If voting machines aren’t looked at after all the data found so far, it won’t even matter. None of it will. He won because they manipulated votes and they will keep doing it.
Exactly. Right now, Trump is working on taking over states voting systems, new voting requirements, abolishing mail in ballots. And they want the voting machines.
If the Trump admin federalizes voting, it won't matter what else we do.
I could not agree more- The Democrats have been week communicators and stratagists- with a few strong voices and no central plans or messaging except- give us money- they are really good at that-. I have been pleading for a Daily Briefing and they started one that was not implemented correctly- We need all the great voices of strong Dems in one place where we can hear them and start stratigising- we need leadership- talking about what is happening and what they are doing about it and what we can do!!!! I am very angry at the limp, ineffectual messaging. Yes- it is the messaging and communication stupid- a place we can all gather to feel a part of something that is really doing something.
FDR had Eleanor. Read her personal, private letters. She was the brain and beating heart behind FDR's far reaching policies and achievements. Eleanor was also behind his appointment of Frances Perkins, which, well... you can search up all the things she has done for the American people. Too many to mention.
I don't feel like we the people are becoming complacent. I feel that we are overwhelmed with all of the different issues thrown at us every day! I am really concerned about the BBB and the impact on so many lives. We need to pound the policies and the fact they are strategically set to begin after the midterms. The democratic party needs to find short clever statements to highlight the most important issues. We cannot cover all of them during campaigning. Focus and drive a unified message. Take a page from the big orange playbook on that. Unfortunately, he has been effective 😕.
I knew this was one of your articles before I even clicked on it. Let’s see… click bait dramatic title, more doom and gloom than most of us can currently handle followed by your book. No thanks man. Let me know when you have something productive to say rather than just more of the same.
I believe that We the People are the greatest hope. Take a look at One Million Rising via No Kings (search it up). It’s when millions of citizens rally and rally consistently so that it becomes a movement can we stop authoritarianism.
It’s a lot of work to push back all the time. The ever increasing corruption is starting to seem normal, and that’s terrifying! I used to not be able to wait to call Congress, and make new signs for every demonstration. I need to remind myself that this is a pivotal time in this country’s history, and it’s our own fault if we don’t, individually and together, do all we can!
Water is not wet. Water wets things. Real cane sugar was negotiated to be used by CocaCola. I presume that evinces real cane sugar was used by Epstein and Trump to make their candy to entice children. Few will come right out and say it. All are dancing around it. I researched why that is. I came up with a lack of transparency fueling an inferno. The truth is coming out. Exactly when that maelstrom lands remains to be seen, but it is coming. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/a-properly-probative-pedophile-president?r=3m1bs
Also the story of Big Sugar (cane) is not just confined to Florida. But more importantly to an ongoing labor (vs mechanized) slavery system in the DR that was began when we sent Marines there ~110 years ago. The 'workers' are Haitians. This story receives only intermittent coverage.
Be Like Water, My Friend. One of many philosophies of Bruce Lee. See the Bruce Lee podcast that has been airing for 9 years with his daughter and a colleague.
It is not complacency. I am a veteran, and a caregiver. I have to work full time, in addition to paying ever increasing utilities, as well as mortgage, property taxes, and home owners insurance, as the states are needing additional funds that the Trump administration is adding on to the state budgets. Every agency is underfunded, understaffed, and I come from a generation that doesn't ask for help. We just roll our sleeves up and get it done, as best as we can. I disagree that the Democrats don't have a clue. We do, and because this line of thinking was shoved in our faces, just as the phony conspiracy theories, we lost ability to do anything in the House or Senate because they do not have the numbers. Yes, we need to be more aggressive, but we need to maintain the values of what this Democracy stands for. We do not steal, cheat, or lie to get power. The Democrats provided the evidence that Republicans testified to, that would have eliminated Trump from any Federal office, and would be in jail, by now. So everyone is paying the price. What is unbelieveable is that it took a pimp, supported by this President, who created a "Deep State" conspiracy about Epstein. That shows just how low this country has gone. A decade ago, Trump would have never even made it through the Primaries. A Republican party that, started with the Tea Party, and Newt Gingrich, Hazzert, and others, took red state residents down the road to conspiracies, and anti-vaccinations. All the while, they, themselves were committing the crimes, keeping their constituents is a poverty level environment, refusing to raise minimum wage. They brought in undocumented immigrants by the semi-truck loads to support their rich donators. They continued to ignore the needs of the veterans, and had no hesitation in denying justified medical claims. Mental patients were pushed out into the streets, by the Reagan administration, and homeless citizens thrust into tents on the streets, as well as families living in cars, to survive. The Democratic Party has been the party of hope, and right now that hope is being fully attacked by the monster that has absolutely "no concept", for anything other than enriching himself. Yes, unfortunately the Founding Fathers never anticipated that anyone like Donald Trump would ever be President of the U.S. And those who do not know the Constitution, nor what this country stands for, listened to the rantings of a snake oil salesman, who has never been successful in any business endeavor. Stop the negative, and let's start bragging about what the Democrats have successfully done in this country since the 1940s.
The radical Republicans gained power by villainizing Democrats, who then created distance with their more progressive elements. What a recipe for fragmentation.
I completely agree. Democrats are not just sitting back. Yes, there are some Democrats, like Schumer, who must take a seat and allow others to take the lead. I absolutely love Jasmine Crockett, and others, who are standng up and saying it like it is. But Democrats have got to stop buying into the Repubican game. We are dedicated to this country and to the values of the People. We need to brag about ourselves more, and do exactly what Jan. 6 did. With EVERYTHING
Blaming the dems is a cheap and lazy strategy and not a good way to get out the vote for them. Many people fought like hell to get Kamala elected. A lot of organizing continues at the neighborhood level, a lot of bravery has been demonstrated by numerous steady workers who may not be in yr field of vision. Given your record and history you have a nerve dissing these hard and tireless individuals.
Michael, can we get a little bit more constructive and positive, rather than constantly bashing the democrats. What would you have them?Do jump on his head!? We have the republicans on one side, telling us, we don't know how to 🙄 message and then on the democrat side we have people criticizing their own party. While I agree we have to be more aggressive. We have a few people in the party that are doing that. Instead of this type of post, which, quite frankly, could have been posted by sarah longwell, or tim miller, maybe you could publish gavin newsom's speech or chris smith, i could name a lot of others
We have an opportunity to push democratic values forward if the DNC would act with a spine. Preaching fake positives is what got us where we are at.
That's true, michael.The d n c seems to be missing. They elected a new leader and then disappeared.
And that leader needs to be replaced by a younger, more clever fighter like Ben Wikler who knows how to move the needle and should have gotten the nod! I quit donating to the DNC because of the same old same old safe, unimaginative campaigners.
Here's something the Dems could do...Support a California Tax Revolt, or better yet, a Donor /blue-state tax revolt...and then convene a Constitutional convention that would change or renew everything based in a truly representative way with at least 51% of women delegates.
Exactly, Michael Cohen. I prefer the blunt to the fake positives. I think too many people are counting on the Democrats to do more. I think it’s gone way beyond this. People need to express much more loudly what their expectations of the Democratic Party are. And the Democrats need to step the fuck up. 🇨🇦
why are we not blaming the spineless Republicans for where we are now?
The DNC is complacent as well. They need to embrace the next generation of candidates!
They need to address the OLD guard!
The old guard needs to be afraid of losing their jobs, they did nothing while we lost ours by sitting on their hands all throughout an illegal invasion by fElon.
Why aren’t they saying/doing anything about the 2024 stolen election?!?!
Many of them are spineless and complicit and feeding off AIPAC.
We need more:
Chris Murphy
Jasmine Crockett
Bernie
Jamie Raskin
Exactly
And AOC.
AOC ROCKS!
So does Jasmine! N I really like Jamie n Chris!
Don’t know what they can do! Besides hi lighting the fing 🍊💩’s treasonous actions! That is screwing the middle class.look at the people who he put in his cabinet!! And the damn republicans!!!
Start calling the 🫏kissing rethuglikkkrussians especially from red states. The red states are really going to suffer!
202 225 3121 or 202 224 3121
Will reach any member of congress !! Just start calling!
I just don’t understand the republicans! wtf!
I disagree. That us exactly what she is trying to do. She worked waiting tables for a number if years. She knows what it's like to struggle to survive.
So true. This is not a golden spoon trust fund baby. She know swhat it is like to to have work for a living.
Are you real? Crockett is amazing
I like her. I like Newsom. I like Raskin. I loved Katie Porter. Being sassy is one thing. Having a plan is another. They need a platform. Now.
Yes, they have to be more aggressive and play his game, and there is a way to do this with audio/video over and over until it reaches even the far corners.
Nothing motivates people more than rage they feel when you point out just how much they and their families were being used for the rich to gain power
Drive them to such a height of anger that forces them to the polls
Our government is not a business and our deficit is not a bargaining chip
Trump has leveraged all his wealth from his debt. This is the way he thinks.
That is why he cuts programs only thinking of his own personal wallet, because you can believe somehow that money goes there
Countries are not going to buy our debt unless they want to leverage us, the citizens.
The only takers in this scenario are our adversaries ☠️
Yes and we need to support these and the others who are going out on the front line to meet with voters in red/purple places and if that means WE need to dig a little deeper in our pockets, well, we need to figure out how to do that. Like everyone else, I have no idea what the DNC is doing and I have sent them notes saying I am not donating to them until I see some real actions, not just talk.
I think he's talking about a coordinated response. The Republicans are great at this. They have their agreed-upon talking points, responses and plans, and everyone buys in. It's repeated on Fox. They also fight dirty, and Dems don't like to do it (or at least get caught). The Dems are in disarray, with this faction fighting that faction, and several would-be future leaders trying to make names for themselves by going their own way.
One Hundred Percent, Shawn!!!
Except the young progressives are fighting the way all of our representatives should IMHO
Yes! Their coordinated response, agreed upon talking points, responses and plans are straight out of the Christian Nationalist Manifesto and everyone who is an average citizen who once enjoyed being an American should be adamantly defending for maintaining our Constitutional rights!
Actually everything in this article is true. There IS way too much complacency. Ppl don’t want to be called out, but these times require bold and fearless honesty. I’m surprised by some of the inane content people post on their social media at this time. Reposting 10 yr old pics of themselves on FB “memories” for example. Is this really what ppl are interested in, in a time of extreme crisis? People need to get off the couch. I’m not afraid to say it and I don’t think sugarcoating things will help us. It is not the hour for “gently, softly, gently.” We have a call to duty, period, and the time is now. NOW
I agree it's true, however wonder if living in a state of constant outrage is going to help any of us?
We can do both.
We won't LIVE to see the end of this if we don't balance our lives and also include the fun things. Stress hormones all the time kills people faster than the regime can. THAT is part of their strategy to destroy us...keep us in that state of fear. We are humans and cannot live in that state of stress 24-7. This is a marathon not a sprint...unfortunately and asking for outrage all the time is not helping anyone.
And taking action can mitigate the sense of fear or powerlessness
True but if my house is burning, I’m not stopping to make a second cup of tea before I act. The first one was enough
Balance. It's a marathon not a sprint. Unless YOUR house is burning. We can do both: take action and live a life.
I don’t think we are talking about the same thing, so respectfully I didn’t need this advice repeated. I wasn’t talking about people who are taking action. These people I’m talking about? For the most part they aren’t doing ANYTHING. They’re not having to strive for balance. They’re simply ignoring the problem, buying their head in the sand. They don’t like what is happening, but they also don’t want to do anything about it. It’s troubling. We can try to reach these people and encourage participation, as much as we can.
It's unfortunate that these people are not here to read...unless they are and we don't see that.
There will always be those people who are quiet. Maybe they are doing things, but nobody hears about what they are doing too. Maybe they don't speak up about it. Some people are quiet about what they do.
There sure are a lot of people showing up at No Kings and other anti-Trump marches. Honestly it's often a matter of media coverage.
I know one woman who writes at least 3 letters a day to different reps. Then she goes about her life. I know she does this, but most people don't. She isn't one brag about it on fb. Others do things on a more local level like volunteer.
I think we all know people who seem to be ignoring things. I'm reluctant to judge them. In the end it's up to me to change me, but I don't have to tell others about what I do.
I'm very glad that you are active. I'm glad there are those like you who do encourage participation. I too have done that. I can't force them, but I do let them know it's important.
Exactly, we have no equivalent to the Heritage Foundation and other 'tools' they have built over the years. We can make ours ethically, but they still have to be made. We need a home, a place to build and agenda. It would be nice if the DNC were to do this, but they are stuck in the old model and unlikely to change. They seem to think only in terms of fundraising and organizing vote getting operations. All that is good and needed, but we NEED more.
Newsom knocked it out of the park
I thought we were positive in 2016, I certainly was not smug, as a "Bernie Bro." I was positive in 2020. Biden is an honorable man, but should have been more assertive with AG Garland. As Michael Cohen, I think is asserting, is that "nice guys finish last." But I'm about 98% sure that Musk screwed the nation in the last election and manipulated the results with his cargo pants whiz kids. ( There are several good posts on Substack that should make everybody angry!)
But I really dont know how Democrats can get a voice anymore in mainstream, legacy media. All you hear about is "strongly worded letters." The Democrats need new leadership. Jamie Raskin, Dan Goldman, Jasmine Crockett, someone who knows how to stand up to bullies.
Maxwell Smart, AOC, Jared Moscowitz,
Adam Smith
I agree about publishing Newsom's speech and being more aggressive about getting out the word of what we ARE doing. And we need to be out there like Newsom meeting folks face to face and listening to them, asking them what they need, and not paying attention to polls. I do think a big thing we need to do is somehow hold mainstream media accountable for their piss poor reporting. It does seem CBS is just becoming an arm of fox/trump so lets make sure we all boycot that station for ever. I don't know if the owners care about viewership but I think maybe advertisers do and stock holders may care if a station's profits go down and we can make that happen.
PiermontAdvisers … your reply is a perfect example of exactly what Mr Conen is talking about. … Your “please be nicer, more positive” request sums up the point very well. Your examples of Gavin Newsome and Chris Smith point eloquently to the very issue he is talking about - there is no relevant, clear, comprehensive Democratic Party message issuing from the democrats as a united force. The lack of a strong vision which can be shouted from the rooftops, driven home by every democratic governor, senator, congressman/woman as well as those campaigning against Republican incumbents every single time they speak publicly leaves the vacuum, as Mr Conen says, in which Trump and his administration flourish. I’m afraid your rather passive comment here is completely in line with his stated concern of that vacuum remaining.
He’s still just a cheap hood. It taints Meidas.
Ppl on the same side in this movement
need to come together. We will not benefit from excluding some ppl, who we feel don’t fit perfectly into a cookie cutter idea of who should be “the face” of the movement. We can’t have a hierarchy of who deserves to be involved. Different voices speak to different people and we can reach more people that way.
Same side 😂
But he's not wrong, though.
and that's your contribution to this article?
If he wants a trophy for it, he can go steal one from FIFA. Not my job to praise Trump’s old pals.
Lay down and do nothing then and walk in the shows of those who let dictatorships keep operating throughout the world.
They DID all those things but Americans want to be entertained not educated.
Sometime we forget to place the blame where it belongs. Our culture of instant gratification, constant entertainment and lack of serious commitment to truth and understanding.
Trump is our fault. Politics done properly is sort of boring, it is about policies, rule of law and dare I say political compromise between parties.
I agree. If they had put the immigration bill through during those first couple years of Biden for example...not wait until it wouldn't pass, it might have helped. Neither party is FOR the people it seems. They all seem to be out for themselves and making money for their next election cycle. If we are feeling disenfranchised and heartbroken there's good reason.
Democrats do more for the middle class than republicans ever have! Look at what they have done with the big fing bill!!
trumps tariff debacle! Groceries are not getting cheaper. Gas is not getting cheaper! But we give tax breaks to oil companies! wtf is up with that!!!
And the republicans just kiss the 🍊🫏! I don’t get it! Look at phony hawley! The red state voters keep voting for the ones that are screwing them!
202 225 3121 or 202 224 3121
Call the 🍊🫏kissing red state congressional members!
CALL. N pass around!
Lay offs have already begun in our schools. It will only get worse with him dismantling the Board of Education. States can't afford to provide the funding to keep our schools operating at a sufficient level, so unfortunately, our children will pay the price.
The federal government has been helping with education, Healthcare, and food assistance. He just eliminated all of that assistance with the bill that they just passed. I eliminated almost $1,000,000,000 from healthcare and food assistance. He's now attempting to dismantle the Department of Education, which is why schools are already beginning to lay off teachers. Our district is already laying off over 125 teachers. AOC wants to make education and healthcare free for everyone and provide more assistance for food.
If voting machines aren’t looked at after all the data found so far, it won’t even matter. None of it will. He won because they manipulated votes and they will keep doing it.
I AGREE! Where’s VP Harris? Why isn’t she doing anything about 2024 Election and protecting future elections?
Totally agree! The data is fierce with its over/under display.
She won. Until they prove she did we are stuck screaming.
Exactly. Right now, Trump is working on taking over states voting systems, new voting requirements, abolishing mail in ballots. And they want the voting machines.
If the Trump admin federalizes voting, it won't matter what else we do.
Always the plan. Everyone is exhausted by the constant stream of outrage and the lack of inaction by the courts and lawmakers
I could not agree more- The Democrats have been week communicators and stratagists- with a few strong voices and no central plans or messaging except- give us money- they are really good at that-. I have been pleading for a Daily Briefing and they started one that was not implemented correctly- We need all the great voices of strong Dems in one place where we can hear them and start stratigising- we need leadership- talking about what is happening and what they are doing about it and what we can do!!!! I am very angry at the limp, ineffectual messaging. Yes- it is the messaging and communication stupid- a place we can all gather to feel a part of something that is really doing something.
Now isn't the time for Dems to become status quo. It's time to Amp things up.
100%, Michael. I expected MUCH MORE from the Dems. Getting behind and elevating the voices of the 'left' of the party should be the very minimum.
Not a hope in hell for beating the Reps if their tepid, middlish, 'let's appeal to the extreme right' is at the center of Dems strategy.
Put some FDR in every message. And yell it loudly every day!
FDR had Eleanor. Read her personal, private letters. She was the brain and beating heart behind FDR's far reaching policies and achievements. Eleanor was also behind his appointment of Frances Perkins, which, well... you can search up all the things she has done for the American people. Too many to mention.
And so many people don't want a female to openly lead the US. Until we change that Karma is going to keep biting us in the butt.
I don't feel like we the people are becoming complacent. I feel that we are overwhelmed with all of the different issues thrown at us every day! I am really concerned about the BBB and the impact on so many lives. We need to pound the policies and the fact they are strategically set to begin after the midterms. The democratic party needs to find short clever statements to highlight the most important issues. We cannot cover all of them during campaigning. Focus and drive a unified message. Take a page from the big orange playbook on that. Unfortunately, he has been effective 😕.
I knew this was one of your articles before I even clicked on it. Let’s see… click bait dramatic title, more doom and gloom than most of us can currently handle followed by your book. No thanks man. Let me know when you have something productive to say rather than just more of the same.
I believe that We the People are the greatest hope. Take a look at One Million Rising via No Kings (search it up). It’s when millions of citizens rally and rally consistently so that it becomes a movement can we stop authoritarianism.
But honestly trying to hock your book is not in the best taste. Just saying. Off to be a marshal at our 50501 NC event.
It’s a lot of work to push back all the time. The ever increasing corruption is starting to seem normal, and that’s terrifying! I used to not be able to wait to call Congress, and make new signs for every demonstration. I need to remind myself that this is a pivotal time in this country’s history, and it’s our own fault if we don’t, individually and together, do all we can!
Complacency is ALL TO REAL!! Wake up America! And I’m not talking MAGAs.
Where are our leaders!??! The ones that are gonna matter!!
A powerful call for “more” is not amiss.
Thank you. My sentiment exactly
Water is not wet. Water wets things. Real cane sugar was negotiated to be used by CocaCola. I presume that evinces real cane sugar was used by Epstein and Trump to make their candy to entice children. Few will come right out and say it. All are dancing around it. I researched why that is. I came up with a lack of transparency fueling an inferno. The truth is coming out. Exactly when that maelstrom lands remains to be seen, but it is coming. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/a-properly-probative-pedophile-president?r=3m1bs
Also the story of Big Sugar (cane) is not just confined to Florida. But more importantly to an ongoing labor (vs mechanized) slavery system in the DR that was began when we sent Marines there ~110 years ago. The 'workers' are Haitians. This story receives only intermittent coverage.
Be Like Water, My Friend. One of many philosophies of Bruce Lee. See the Bruce Lee podcast that has been airing for 9 years with his daughter and a colleague.
It is not complacency. I am a veteran, and a caregiver. I have to work full time, in addition to paying ever increasing utilities, as well as mortgage, property taxes, and home owners insurance, as the states are needing additional funds that the Trump administration is adding on to the state budgets. Every agency is underfunded, understaffed, and I come from a generation that doesn't ask for help. We just roll our sleeves up and get it done, as best as we can. I disagree that the Democrats don't have a clue. We do, and because this line of thinking was shoved in our faces, just as the phony conspiracy theories, we lost ability to do anything in the House or Senate because they do not have the numbers. Yes, we need to be more aggressive, but we need to maintain the values of what this Democracy stands for. We do not steal, cheat, or lie to get power. The Democrats provided the evidence that Republicans testified to, that would have eliminated Trump from any Federal office, and would be in jail, by now. So everyone is paying the price. What is unbelieveable is that it took a pimp, supported by this President, who created a "Deep State" conspiracy about Epstein. That shows just how low this country has gone. A decade ago, Trump would have never even made it through the Primaries. A Republican party that, started with the Tea Party, and Newt Gingrich, Hazzert, and others, took red state residents down the road to conspiracies, and anti-vaccinations. All the while, they, themselves were committing the crimes, keeping their constituents is a poverty level environment, refusing to raise minimum wage. They brought in undocumented immigrants by the semi-truck loads to support their rich donators. They continued to ignore the needs of the veterans, and had no hesitation in denying justified medical claims. Mental patients were pushed out into the streets, by the Reagan administration, and homeless citizens thrust into tents on the streets, as well as families living in cars, to survive. The Democratic Party has been the party of hope, and right now that hope is being fully attacked by the monster that has absolutely "no concept", for anything other than enriching himself. Yes, unfortunately the Founding Fathers never anticipated that anyone like Donald Trump would ever be President of the U.S. And those who do not know the Constitution, nor what this country stands for, listened to the rantings of a snake oil salesman, who has never been successful in any business endeavor. Stop the negative, and let's start bragging about what the Democrats have successfully done in this country since the 1940s.
The radical Republicans gained power by villainizing Democrats, who then created distance with their more progressive elements. What a recipe for fragmentation.
I completely agree. Democrats are not just sitting back. Yes, there are some Democrats, like Schumer, who must take a seat and allow others to take the lead. I absolutely love Jasmine Crockett, and others, who are standng up and saying it like it is. But Democrats have got to stop buying into the Repubican game. We are dedicated to this country and to the values of the People. We need to brag about ourselves more, and do exactly what Jan. 6 did. With EVERYTHING
Blaming the dems is a cheap and lazy strategy and not a good way to get out the vote for them. Many people fought like hell to get Kamala elected. A lot of organizing continues at the neighborhood level, a lot of bravery has been demonstrated by numerous steady workers who may not be in yr field of vision. Given your record and history you have a nerve dissing these hard and tireless individuals.