Trump is the leader of the most powerful nation in the world and could use the carrot and stick approach to negotiate with nations. Primarily I think multilateral deals would be best, as a single deal is painstakingly hard to do. We are better off doing with multiple allies to strengthen our alliances.
Trump is the leader of the most powerful nation in the world and could use the carrot and stick approach to negotiate with nations. Primarily I think multilateral deals would be best, as a single deal is painstakingly hard to do. We are better off doing with multiple allies to strengthen our alliances.
And thank you Ben for covering everything that CBS ABC and NBC refuse to do. They cover this for a few minutes and not in depth at all. And they don’t show the bat shit crazy stuff Trump says, they water it down. The rest of the world is laughing at us for real now because of this idiot. Stay strong Meidas Mighty.
I do catch Rachel most of the time, but usually ready for bed when Lawrence is on and catch some of the clips on YouTube the next day. I will miss her show when she goes back to 1 day a week.
I have YouTube TV so these shows are recorded daily and I can watch any time, then fast forward through the ads, which is half the show! Thus, can watch both in 1 hr. There are many options for these technologies.
Rachel and Lawrence are great, as is The MeidasTouch. But I think it’s a bit of a stretch saying that corporate media isn’t covering the economy. I’ve been reading quite a bit about what’s happening with the trump economy in both the NYT and WSJ.
But how many ordinary, local diner-type citizens read the NYT or WSJ? They get their "news" elsewhere, through the very media that aren't covering this adequately, if at all.
Last summer, when it truly mattered, you only found the most relevant facts about the economy systematically in... the op-ed section. In the meantime, the newsroom posted "objective" articles that prioritized POLLS ABOUT the economy instead of facts, and then wrote clickbait headlines about those polls, without mentioning that this was people's (false) PERCEPTION of the economy.
Only today are they finally waking up and writing about it a little more. Still, the NYT censors its journalists and pundits so much that Paul Krugman had to leave and start his own Substack...
The legacy media bears a huge part of the responsibility for the shit show we're now experiencing! They completely normalized dump and made probably the most successful POTUS in my rather long lifetime look like a dottering fool and do nothing. I'm glad that the media is FINALLY waking up, but how much and for how long? They bowed down and kissed the ring (and ass). It's only so long before dump tries to shut them up, and down
They follow the money simple as that! You could start a satanic party and it would get more attention than anyone with a story of good, truth or humanity.☮💙
Exactly! And then there was the horrible AGEISM. The only thing that interested them was Biden's age, which they used to constantly suggest that he may have reduced cognitive abilities, whereas on the one hand, he had PHYSICAL disabilities (spinal arthritis and his speech impairment was back, in part), and on the other hand, his entire record proved that he was VERY capable of truly governing as an intelligent, hard-working president with a moral spine of steel.
And unfortunately, quite some progressives are now into ageism too... imagining that all the highly experienced, older Reps and Senators and leaders (whose experience we VITALLY need in times like these) would somehow be no longer needed, only because of their age...
The ageism was even more ridiculous because dump is only 4 years younger and absolutely has and had mental decline. He was never able to speak or write a complete sentence even as a younger man. Now, he's ceded his presidency to Musk the Nazi so that they can make big bucks from our tax dollars! Donnie is off playing golf! Remember when he trashed Obama for a couple of golf games.
Well, I'm a boomer myself. I haven't been physically protesting because I'm disabled and am not ready to put my body on the front lines....yet. But I will if I have to. Friends who have gone to protests have reported the same. The thing is, our generation is on our way out. If younger folks don't wake up and give a damn, they won't have anything left. Honestly, that's on them. My daughter is not having children. I don't have to protect a legacy. I'll find ways to fight however I can. But younger folks will get what they deserve. And it looks like it will not be pretty
Too bad VP Vance visited the Pope. In one shot you could see the Pope's eyes bulging out of his head while Vance was talking to him. They should have checked his blood pressure after. Poor old guy died from a stroke.
I don't see much of O'Donnel but I do watch Maddow clips on youtube and I think she is great. Humor is different for everyone....things I find humorous others don't and vice versa but I love her sense of humor. I still smile at her comments regarding the Sec of Dept of Ed and A One. Now I think there are lots of younger viewers who may not have ever used A One but it was a staple in my house growing up...one of those products imitations never matched.
A.1. Sauce is a brand of brown sauce produced by Brand & co, a subsidiary of Premier Foods in the United Kingdom and in North America by Kraft Heinz. Sold from 1831 as a condiment for "fish, meat, fowl and game" dishes in the United Kingdom, the makers introduced the product to Canada, and later to the U.S. where it was later marketed as a steak sauce. Wikipedia
AI Artificial Intelligence vs A.1(One). Steak sauce
As Pat said, A.1. was my favorite steak sauce. However, here in No CA since steak is $10.00 or more a pound not much need for any brand of steak sauce as I'm not buying steak. :-(
I remember when rib steak was the cheapest cut one could buy. I really liked it and now just as or more expensive than any other cut.
A bit too left wing for me; I want to hear a little less “indignation” from mainstream talking heads. Less smirking and eye rolling … Tucker Carlson did that too
We would be better off without tRump. We are no longer the most powerfu nation in the world. We were until tRump came along and ruined it for everyone. Not just here, but world-wide.
@ Judy Cross -- He's an idiot. He's mentally ill. He is perverse. He is profane. We can't blame Trump for being stupid. We [can] blame the suck-ups who wore diapers to his rallies and laughed at his nonsensical jokes and name-calling.
We as a nation had an opportunity to stop him following JAN6. We didn't, so we "have the government we deserve." He is a dunce. He is an illiterate with an IQ of 2. Nope, don't blame him. Blame the bigots who thought he was going to be the new "Great White Hope."
trump supporters come in two categories ONLY. 1. Stupid/ignorant 2. Greedy. A lot fall into both. In stupid/ignorant we have all the racists, bigots, misogynists, and some really scary evangelicals. I'm not religious but doesn't it say in the Bible that "the meek shall inherit the earth." I'm convinced they don't read anything including the Bible.
My last ever visit to America will have been to the Florida time share that my family has sold. My travelling will require a flight anywhere other than the USA......Being detained and sleeping on a cement floor.....strip searched.....and humiliated is not my idea of a vacation. Looking forward to spending my remaining years discovering my "home and native land".
Can’t even sugarcoat it that visiting here is good idea or going international and coming back is a good idea. They have plundered our good name and reputation in short order. Florida tourism is dead, because Canadians are going elsewhere. And who can blame them when our own citizens are being detained.
Good luck with Texas. Greg Abbot is not going to help. But my Governor, Kathy Hochul is fighting against Trump on numerous issues including congestion pricing. If you travel into lower Manhattan you pay a toll and the money is to go to our transit system. The Biden administration approved it and a judge gave it the ok. The Trump regime with Road Rules challenge contestant Sean Duffy are trying to force them to get rid of it and she is ignoring them. They keep pushing back the cease and desist date. Hoping to keep this area blue, but it is getting too close for comfort in the numbers the last few elections.
The last opposition are the big states now: Texas, California, New York, Washington... They are strong enough, if they build an alliance against the dictator.
Not anymore and that is not what his goal is. His primary goal is to get vengeance on everybody he thought might have ever harmed him. That makes him very dangerous because he does not care about the outcome.
Quoting James Wilson "Trump is the leader of the most powerful nation in the world and could use the carrot and stick approach to negotiate with nations. Primarily I think multilateral deals would be best, as a single deal is painstakingly hard to do. We are better off doing with multiple allies to strengthen our alliances." (unquote)
- you still haven't really processed what evil tRumputin is?? If you did, you wouldn't have given him benefits of doubt as you still seem to do.....
Trust I am entirely anti-Trump and give him no benefit of the doubt whatsoever. Voted against him all 3 times, donated to every Democratic nominee since 2000, and an avid viewer of MTN. If at any point I misspoke and sounded like someone who liked or condoned Trump or thought he could be trusted to the right thing I sincerely apologize. I want him and his regime sent to El Salvador for crimes against humanity and destruction of America’s values and good name.
Agreed Angelo, there will be trade imbalances with many countries. Nothing will change that simple fact when my country has one of the highest populations. We will need more products, simple fact. I’m a free trade advocate with our allies especially the two countries that we are next to. Their strength is our strength and a shared responsibility for everything.
Not to mention we have a deficit with every country we trade with because we can't get enough of anything in the USA, whether we can afford it or not. It's Drumphs gameplay get credit, max it out and stiff the lenders. Maybe hes trying to clean the slate to start his own personal greatest fall ever??
Trump is the leader of the most powerful nation in the world and could use the carrot and stick approach to negotiate with nations. Primarily I think multilateral deals would be best, as a single deal is painstakingly hard to do. We are better off doing with multiple allies to strengthen our alliances.
And thank you Ben for covering everything that CBS ABC and NBC refuse to do. They cover this for a few minutes and not in depth at all. And they don’t show the bat shit crazy stuff Trump says, they water it down. The rest of the world is laughing at us for real now because of this idiot. Stay strong Meidas Mighty.
Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell are doing amazing coverage on MSNBC.
I do catch Rachel most of the time, but usually ready for bed when Lawrence is on and catch some of the clips on YouTube the next day. I will miss her show when she goes back to 1 day a week.
Same here but even Lawrence’s first 10 minutes is gratifying. He calls it! And yes, will miss RM’s nightly.
I have YouTube TV so these shows are recorded daily and I can watch any time, then fast forward through the ads, which is half the show! Thus, can watch both in 1 hr. There are many options for these technologies.
Yeah i should dvr them. Only appointment tv for me Meidas and Legal AF
I listen to Lawrence's full audio version on YouTube the next day. It's always great. Solid, evidence-based reporting with a strong moral spine.
Lawrence is legit. He doesn't flip flop with the times. Integrity in his values & reporting. A rare commodity these days.☮💙
Rachel and Lawrence are great, as is The MeidasTouch. But I think it’s a bit of a stretch saying that corporate media isn’t covering the economy. I’ve been reading quite a bit about what’s happening with the trump economy in both the NYT and WSJ.
But how many ordinary, local diner-type citizens read the NYT or WSJ? They get their "news" elsewhere, through the very media that aren't covering this adequately, if at all.
Yours is the important point; of course there is some coverage but it’s not where average Jane goes for it.
Last summer, when it truly mattered, you only found the most relevant facts about the economy systematically in... the op-ed section. In the meantime, the newsroom posted "objective" articles that prioritized POLLS ABOUT the economy instead of facts, and then wrote clickbait headlines about those polls, without mentioning that this was people's (false) PERCEPTION of the economy.
Only today are they finally waking up and writing about it a little more. Still, the NYT censors its journalists and pundits so much that Paul Krugman had to leave and start his own Substack...
The legacy media bears a huge part of the responsibility for the shit show we're now experiencing! They completely normalized dump and made probably the most successful POTUS in my rather long lifetime look like a dottering fool and do nothing. I'm glad that the media is FINALLY waking up, but how much and for how long? They bowed down and kissed the ring (and ass). It's only so long before dump tries to shut them up, and down
They follow the money simple as that! You could start a satanic party and it would get more attention than anyone with a story of good, truth or humanity.☮💙
Exactly! And then there was the horrible AGEISM. The only thing that interested them was Biden's age, which they used to constantly suggest that he may have reduced cognitive abilities, whereas on the one hand, he had PHYSICAL disabilities (spinal arthritis and his speech impairment was back, in part), and on the other hand, his entire record proved that he was VERY capable of truly governing as an intelligent, hard-working president with a moral spine of steel.
And unfortunately, quite some progressives are now into ageism too... imagining that all the highly experienced, older Reps and Senators and leaders (whose experience we VITALLY need in times like these) would somehow be no longer needed, only because of their age...
The ageism was even more ridiculous because dump is only 4 years younger and absolutely has and had mental decline. He was never able to speak or write a complete sentence even as a younger man. Now, he's ceded his presidency to Musk the Nazi so that they can make big bucks from our tax dollars! Donnie is off playing golf! Remember when he trashed Obama for a couple of golf games.
Oh, my friend, now you got me started! 😂
Speaking of ageism, did you see who is doing the marching lately? Looks like half of the folks are over 50 easy. OK BOOMERS!
Well, I'm a boomer myself. I haven't been physically protesting because I'm disabled and am not ready to put my body on the front lines....yet. But I will if I have to. Friends who have gone to protests have reported the same. The thing is, our generation is on our way out. If younger folks don't wake up and give a damn, they won't have anything left. Honestly, that's on them. My daughter is not having children. I don't have to protect a legacy. I'll find ways to fight however I can. But younger folks will get what they deserve. And it looks like it will not be pretty
Exactly... . And look at Pope Francis: he was 88 and still working, and he too had a strong moral spine. Age, in and of itself, doesn't mean anything.
Too bad VP Vance visited the Pope. In one shot you could see the Pope's eyes bulging out of his head while Vance was talking to him. They should have checked his blood pressure after. Poor old guy died from a stroke.
I don't see much of O'Donnel but I do watch Maddow clips on youtube and I think she is great. Humor is different for everyone....things I find humorous others don't and vice versa but I love her sense of humor. I still smile at her comments regarding the Sec of Dept of Ed and A One. Now I think there are lots of younger viewers who may not have ever used A One but it was a staple in my house growing up...one of those products imitations never matched.
Well, I am 89 and don’t know what “A 0ne” is, which you refer to as an old product. Please enlighten us.
A.1. Sauce is a brand of brown sauce produced by Brand & co, a subsidiary of Premier Foods in the United Kingdom and in North America by Kraft Heinz. Sold from 1831 as a condiment for "fish, meat, fowl and game" dishes in the United Kingdom, the makers introduced the product to Canada, and later to the U.S. where it was later marketed as a steak sauce. Wikipedia
AI Artificial Intelligence vs A.1(One). Steak sauce
Duh! I recall now. Funny, clever comparison! Thanks for enlightenment.
As Pat said, A.1. was my favorite steak sauce. However, here in No CA since steak is $10.00 or more a pound not much need for any brand of steak sauce as I'm not buying steak. :-(
I remember when rib steak was the cheapest cut one could buy. I really liked it and now just as or more expensive than any other cut.
Interesting bit of history.
Looks like it came from trump's diaper.
They'll be on Substack soon enough if not already!
A bit too left wing for me; I want to hear a little less “indignation” from mainstream talking heads. Less smirking and eye rolling … Tucker Carlson did that too
Sorry, but I have to call your comment a BS.
Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell are centrist the way centrist should be.
Ok !
Understandable from an American perspective
?? Still wondering which "perspective" calls Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell "too left wing".........
We would be better off without tRump. We are no longer the most powerfu nation in the world. We were until tRump came along and ruined it for everyone. Not just here, but world-wide.
@ Judy Cross -- He's an idiot. He's mentally ill. He is perverse. He is profane. We can't blame Trump for being stupid. We [can] blame the suck-ups who wore diapers to his rallies and laughed at his nonsensical jokes and name-calling.
We as a nation had an opportunity to stop him following JAN6. We didn't, so we "have the government we deserve." He is a dunce. He is an illiterate with an IQ of 2. Nope, don't blame him. Blame the bigots who thought he was going to be the new "Great White Hope."
trump supporters come in two categories ONLY. 1. Stupid/ignorant 2. Greedy. A lot fall into both. In stupid/ignorant we have all the racists, bigots, misogynists, and some really scary evangelicals. I'm not religious but doesn't it say in the Bible that "the meek shall inherit the earth." I'm convinced they don't read anything including the Bible.
Dumb, Dumber, and Dumest.
Agree! They also fit another category of foolishness—we call them Sheeple.
worse. they're evil.
One might call them biggiots Ed!
LOL 😂
My last ever visit to America will have been to the Florida time share that my family has sold. My travelling will require a flight anywhere other than the USA......Being detained and sleeping on a cement floor.....strip searched.....and humiliated is not my idea of a vacation. Looking forward to spending my remaining years discovering my "home and native land".
Can’t even sugarcoat it that visiting here is good idea or going international and coming back is a good idea. They have plundered our good name and reputation in short order. Florida tourism is dead, because Canadians are going elsewhere. And who can blame them when our own citizens are being detained.
Good luck with Texas. Greg Abbot is not going to help. But my Governor, Kathy Hochul is fighting against Trump on numerous issues including congestion pricing. If you travel into lower Manhattan you pay a toll and the money is to go to our transit system. The Biden administration approved it and a judge gave it the ok. The Trump regime with Road Rules challenge contestant Sean Duffy are trying to force them to get rid of it and she is ignoring them. They keep pushing back the cease and desist date. Hoping to keep this area blue, but it is getting too close for comfort in the numbers the last few elections.
The last opposition are the big states now: Texas, California, New York, Washington... They are strong enough, if they build an alliance against the dictator.
Not anymore and that is not what his goal is. His primary goal is to get vengeance on everybody he thought might have ever harmed him. That makes him very dangerous because he does not care about the outcome.
Quoting James Wilson "Trump is the leader of the most powerful nation in the world and could use the carrot and stick approach to negotiate with nations. Primarily I think multilateral deals would be best, as a single deal is painstakingly hard to do. We are better off doing with multiple allies to strengthen our alliances." (unquote)
- you still haven't really processed what evil tRumputin is?? If you did, you wouldn't have given him benefits of doubt as you still seem to do.....
Trust I am entirely anti-Trump and give him no benefit of the doubt whatsoever. Voted against him all 3 times, donated to every Democratic nominee since 2000, and an avid viewer of MTN. If at any point I misspoke and sounded like someone who liked or condoned Trump or thought he could be trusted to the right thing I sincerely apologize. I want him and his regime sent to El Salvador for crimes against humanity and destruction of America’s values and good name.
Well, even a turd has a couple of good qualities.
Agreed Angelo, there will be trade imbalances with many countries. Nothing will change that simple fact when my country has one of the highest populations. We will need more products, simple fact. I’m a free trade advocate with our allies especially the two countries that we are next to. Their strength is our strength and a shared responsibility for everything.
That's too apparently true for Trump to comprehend, let alone accept .
You said it so well. Thank you, Elbows up
Not to mention we have a deficit with every country we trade with because we can't get enough of anything in the USA, whether we can afford it or not. It's Drumphs gameplay get credit, max it out and stiff the lenders. Maybe hes trying to clean the slate to start his own personal greatest fall ever??