Trump is in the midst of his inevitable ending -- total narcissistic collapse. He will be at his most dangerous until someone gets him into a psychiatric institution.
Erica Chenoweth illuminates the value of nonviolent resistance in societal conflicts | Harvard Kennedy School
The following is an excerpt about overconfidence in elections.
“People tend to think the way we create change is through elections, and the result is an overconfidence in elections,” she says. “During election cycles, people divert their energies away from community organization and mobilization in a way that makes it hard to sustain a mode of extra-institutional struggle.”
“One challenge to organization, especially in the Western world, Chenoweth says, is that progressive movements full of freethinkers tend to be fragmented and often internally contentious.
Participants in right-wing movements, meanwhile, are easier to organize because they tend to be more ideologically oriented to following authority.
“In emergencies, people in left-leaning or progressive movements can agree on the problem, so progressive movements tend to rally around a key moment or an emergency,” she says. “But this means they are often reacting to crises rather than taking the initiative or proposing a consensus-based solution to the problem.”
Complicating things further, she says, there is often less agreement in democracies about what exactly constitutes a crisis, and the energy around mobilization for change gets pushed into election cycles.”
From The Peaceful Solution:
Those of us in The Resistance must think beyond the midterms, about how to stop and reverse the fascist takeover of the country.
Please: Resist. Stop cooperating. Stop spending, except on essentials. Stop the fascist takeover.
For more information on how to accomplish this, visit my profile page. Or:
Agree, 100% Unfortunately the spending is a very real addiction. It's people attempting to fill the emptiness, having lost the ability to do the soul searching required to get to the inner person and discover real needs, and the wants that don't balance out from the initial thrill of the find to the sugar low, one's sense of uneasiness urging for the next fix within hours of the purchase. It's going to take a long time to turn that tide around. But it is absolutely the best and simplest solution, if only everyone, or even a small majority would do it. Besides the addiction, a lot of people have a false sense of security now, not realizing how much work we have to do to dig out of the maga rut.
They should interview Don Leonard, the Congressman-elect from Ohio who spilled the beans about being bullied by Dem leadership to try to get him to vote for Jeffries.
We have signed every petition against Schumer and Jeffries. We signed another petition asking that Senator Chris Van Hollen run for Majority Leader. Then we contacted our Senators and Congressman.
I don’t understand what happens to these petitions.
My goosebumps had goosebumps last night watching this wonderful man, with a very encompassing vision, win over that woman who couldn’t take her precious time to actually work for her constituents. She was just window dressing for the job and a rubber stamp for all things the Felon wanted passed.
Senator-elect Scott Colom has a very nice ring to it🙌🏾💪🏾
As co-chair of the Mass. chapter of Writers for Democratic Action (WDA), I am grateful for your channel, especially for these past two years. You broke through the walls of lies. You showed the clips of marches nationwide (when the legacy channels minimized the numbers). Thank you for your tremendous, outstanding, exceptional work.
There's not enough hyperbole to describe this victory. 150 years speaks to the incredible desire of a system to hold people down, and deprive them of even a modicum of power and control over their destinies. Now it's time to use that strength with wisdom.
Hey Ben. I am already a subscriber and have been for some time. Thank you for your top notch work for truth. I am writing to ask you to interview members of the house and senate to oust Jeffries and Schumer. This is the moment we need new leadership not aipac funded!
I appreciate everything that you do, however, I did not see the appropriate outrage or reporting on the Democrats inability to show up For the impeachment vote. I understand that regardless they didn't have the votes in the Senate to go forward, however, Eight of the people who missed the vote were at a PAC Meeting affiliated with AIPAC & chaired by the house whip. Nancy Pelosi was off getting a little award for veterans service when this vote was a vote for veterans. One of the Illinois Democrats was on the steps of the capitol Filming a vanity project while the vote was taking place and lied on the Don Lemon show about people being stopped in traffic when he was not stopped in traffic he was on the steps of the capitol. I am a lifelong democrat, I march in the streets I carry my banner, I write and phone my Congress people, I donate, I vote – and they couldn't do their job to show up, even if it was symbolic to vote in the interests Of all the people who put them in office? this could have been a message to Donald Trump that the Democrats are not playing around anymore and he possibly would have gone ahead and fired hegseth rather than put him Through a trial in the Senate that would have revealed all the war crimes and crimes against humanity and would've implicated him even more so . Hegseth Is a danger to our country and he must be removed immediately. Now we've got to wait again and again and again, like always – Democrats do everything in incremental steps and instead of decisive decisions For the people. And where is the outrage that AOC is backing Hakeem Jeffries for speaker - The biggest AIPAC RECIPIENT - and Don LEONARD Was threatened by the democratic leadership that if he did not vote for Hakeem Jeffries, his career was in jeopardy . I want you to be the voice of the people, not the voice of the Democrat party. We are not going to standby and allow these games anymore – there are progressive YouTube channels now like TYT & Hasanabi Who are truth tellers – yes they are controversial because they do not hesitate to open the curtains to democrat gameplaying - I expect the same from you.
I’m a left leaning Independent, and was horrified that 11 Democrats failed to show up to vote for Hegseth’s impeachment‼️Democrats need to get their act together IMMEDIATELY and not squander the enormous midterm gift they’ve been given ‼️‼️
Take a look at the Aluminum smelter project in Oklahoma. The trump supported Governor elect was against until trump told him to support it. It is 60%+ owned by an Arab country that has given Kusner $$$$$$$$. They are pushing this highly polluting factory into a red state. We are making baby steps on turning blue.
I've been with you for several years, not sure what year I subscribed. I shared you to my son & partially, because of you, he truly believes I'm not a "political sheep 🐑" & values my political insight & opinion. He's a guy trying to stay away from delving too deep into political rhetoric but he is very savvy to current events.
I share my political views with very few people because I am a native (and also Native) Oklahoman surrounded by Trumpsters. As we know, they are extremely judgmental & many judge personal relationships by political affiliation. Some days my personal sanity is reassured by your posts & conversations.
Thank you for never letting me down by upholding democracy & common sense analysis.
I am proud to be a member of the Meidas Mighty, watching you divulge truth & hope for our severely damaged country.
Now we have to work on Alaska! Mary needs to win. That race is tough. The population is small and the state lare. There are votes from small villages that have to be tabulated. Thanks to the Meidas media for their diligence!
Trump is in the midst of his inevitable ending -- total narcissistic collapse. He will be at his most dangerous until someone gets him into a psychiatric institution.
Overconfidence in Elections
Erica Chenoweth illuminates the value of nonviolent resistance in societal conflicts | Harvard Kennedy School
The following is an excerpt about overconfidence in elections.
“People tend to think the way we create change is through elections, and the result is an overconfidence in elections,” she says. “During election cycles, people divert their energies away from community organization and mobilization in a way that makes it hard to sustain a mode of extra-institutional struggle.”
“One challenge to organization, especially in the Western world, Chenoweth says, is that progressive movements full of freethinkers tend to be fragmented and often internally contentious.
Participants in right-wing movements, meanwhile, are easier to organize because they tend to be more ideologically oriented to following authority.
“In emergencies, people in left-leaning or progressive movements can agree on the problem, so progressive movements tend to rally around a key moment or an emergency,” she says. “But this means they are often reacting to crises rather than taking the initiative or proposing a consensus-based solution to the problem.”
Complicating things further, she says, there is often less agreement in democracies about what exactly constitutes a crisis, and the energy around mobilization for change gets pushed into election cycles.”
From The Peaceful Solution:
Those of us in The Resistance must think beyond the midterms, about how to stop and reverse the fascist takeover of the country.
Please: Resist. Stop cooperating. Stop spending, except on essentials. Stop the fascist takeover.
For more information on how to accomplish this, visit my profile page. Or:
https://rpmcmurphy1.substack.com/p/how-to-stop-his-royal-heinous-7d6?
Thank you for restacking, and sharing, to help Spread the Word!
Agree, 100% Unfortunately the spending is a very real addiction. It's people attempting to fill the emptiness, having lost the ability to do the soul searching required to get to the inner person and discover real needs, and the wants that don't balance out from the initial thrill of the find to the sugar low, one's sense of uneasiness urging for the next fix within hours of the purchase. It's going to take a long time to turn that tide around. But it is absolutely the best and simplest solution, if only everyone, or even a small majority would do it. Besides the addiction, a lot of people have a false sense of security now, not realizing how much work we have to do to dig out of the maga rut.
100%
He should be on 24-7 surveillance.
Been with you since the beginning. The MeidasMighty has kicked ass since day one.
Please interview Rachel Maddow and thoughts on Hakeem and Schumer. We’d all like to hear.
They should interview Don Leonard, the Congressman-elect from Ohio who spilled the beans about being bullied by Dem leadership to try to get him to vote for Jeffries.
It happens all the time, since ages past. That's why they have a "Whip" in the house. To "whip up" votes. If they can't handle it they should't run.
Yes!
Her position is clear....change leadership
I agree. However, I think her stating it on Meidas with carry weight. Jeffries and Schumer better listen.
Time for some Indivisible phone banks to persuade Congress people on the fence that WE the People are watching....reverse election engineering
We have signed every petition against Schumer and Jeffries. We signed another petition asking that Senator Chris Van Hollen run for Majority Leader. Then we contacted our Senators and Congressman.
I don’t understand what happens to these petitions.
There is a circular file in DC....
My goosebumps had goosebumps last night watching this wonderful man, with a very encompassing vision, win over that woman who couldn’t take her precious time to actually work for her constituents. She was just window dressing for the job and a rubber stamp for all things the Felon wanted passed.
Senator-elect Scott Colom has a very nice ring to it🙌🏾💪🏾
As co-chair of the Mass. chapter of Writers for Democratic Action (WDA), I am grateful for your channel, especially for these past two years. You broke through the walls of lies. You showed the clips of marches nationwide (when the legacy channels minimized the numbers). Thank you for your tremendous, outstanding, exceptional work.
The UK stands with you and is so proud to see the results of the midterms. Love you brothers and The Meidas Mighty x
There's not enough hyperbole to describe this victory. 150 years speaks to the incredible desire of a system to hold people down, and deprive them of even a modicum of power and control over their destinies. Now it's time to use that strength with wisdom.
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We love you 💞too, Canada‼️🇨🇦
And we love you!
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Always and forever...
Hey Ben. I am already a subscriber and have been for some time. Thank you for your top notch work for truth. I am writing to ask you to interview members of the house and senate to oust Jeffries and Schumer. This is the moment we need new leadership not aipac funded!
OPEN LETTER TO MEIDAS TOUCH
I appreciate everything that you do, however, I did not see the appropriate outrage or reporting on the Democrats inability to show up For the impeachment vote. I understand that regardless they didn't have the votes in the Senate to go forward, however, Eight of the people who missed the vote were at a PAC Meeting affiliated with AIPAC & chaired by the house whip. Nancy Pelosi was off getting a little award for veterans service when this vote was a vote for veterans. One of the Illinois Democrats was on the steps of the capitol Filming a vanity project while the vote was taking place and lied on the Don Lemon show about people being stopped in traffic when he was not stopped in traffic he was on the steps of the capitol. I am a lifelong democrat, I march in the streets I carry my banner, I write and phone my Congress people, I donate, I vote – and they couldn't do their job to show up, even if it was symbolic to vote in the interests Of all the people who put them in office? this could have been a message to Donald Trump that the Democrats are not playing around anymore and he possibly would have gone ahead and fired hegseth rather than put him Through a trial in the Senate that would have revealed all the war crimes and crimes against humanity and would've implicated him even more so . Hegseth Is a danger to our country and he must be removed immediately. Now we've got to wait again and again and again, like always – Democrats do everything in incremental steps and instead of decisive decisions For the people. And where is the outrage that AOC is backing Hakeem Jeffries for speaker - The biggest AIPAC RECIPIENT - and Don LEONARD Was threatened by the democratic leadership that if he did not vote for Hakeem Jeffries, his career was in jeopardy . I want you to be the voice of the people, not the voice of the Democrat party. We are not going to standby and allow these games anymore – there are progressive YouTube channels now like TYT & Hasanabi Who are truth tellers – yes they are controversial because they do not hesitate to open the curtains to democrat gameplaying - I expect the same from you.
I’m a left leaning Independent, and was horrified that 11 Democrats failed to show up to vote for Hegseth’s impeachment‼️Democrats need to get their act together IMMEDIATELY and not squander the enormous midterm gift they’ve been given ‼️‼️
Y’know.
For some reason MTN has bee letting Jeffries and Schumer off the hook!!!
Have not figured that out yet.
So many other podcasters are hammering Jeffries and Schumer!!!!
Jon Steward even showed a clip Sam on the Damage Report just losing it!!!
They, AIPAC, the 'centrist..corporate' Dems have the power to turn the Blue Wave into puddle of millions of ripped off voters!!!
Congratulations to Scott Colom🎉👏😊💙🌈
Take a look at the Aluminum smelter project in Oklahoma. The trump supported Governor elect was against until trump told him to support it. It is 60%+ owned by an Arab country that has given Kusner $$$$$$$$. They are pushing this highly polluting factory into a red state. We are making baby steps on turning blue.
I hope you guys never stop being a source for news, views, and introducing us to people we should no. You are my lifeline to the truth.
Now is NOT the time to avoid supporting. NOW is the time to support for now and the future!
I've been with you for several years, not sure what year I subscribed. I shared you to my son & partially, because of you, he truly believes I'm not a "political sheep 🐑" & values my political insight & opinion. He's a guy trying to stay away from delving too deep into political rhetoric but he is very savvy to current events.
I share my political views with very few people because I am a native (and also Native) Oklahoman surrounded by Trumpsters. As we know, they are extremely judgmental & many judge personal relationships by political affiliation. Some days my personal sanity is reassured by your posts & conversations.
Thank you for never letting me down by upholding democracy & common sense analysis.
I am proud to be a member of the Meidas Mighty, watching you divulge truth & hope for our severely damaged country.
Keep up the great work for the greater good.
Please cover Louisiana. Will the senate seat the senator elect?
Please interview John (Leghorn Cleghorn) Kennedy. What does he know and when did he know it?
Now we have to work on Alaska! Mary needs to win. That race is tough. The population is small and the state lare. There are votes from small villages that have to be tabulated. Thanks to the Meidas media for their diligence!