Dangerous and weak is best two words to describe Trump. Because he can issue orders and his sycophants will carry it out or he will find someone who will. And with a shutdown looming, he will be very dangerous this week. Thousands will lose their jobs because he can’t make a deal with the Democrats.
Because he enjoys being the schoolhouse bully. Nothing but a power munger who can’t even take jokes without having a temper tantrum. Karma is a bitch and it WILL come back to him and his administration.
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They are already blaming it on the Democrats. The Dems should agree to it but with just the number votes needed and heavily advertise that they are trying to avoid a shut down and warn the country. When people lose their health care and other services, they will blame Trump.
Schumer and Jeffries took this approach in March to avoid a shutdown. The result was more overt power grabs by emboldened Republicans, further demonization of Democrats, and the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Capitulation to bullies never gets you ahead. It just gets you more bullying. Republicans want nothing more from Democrats than cooperation in making them irrelevant. We have learned that the hard way, many times.
Democratic leadership: Stand your ground. Make your case. Blame the Republicans for the mess they're making, and make it stick. If you can't do that, step aside for someone who can.
Schumer and Jeffries are not the leaders needed at this time. They need to pick up their AIPAC cheques and make an exit through the back door. Youth, fire and energy need to be in the Pedophile Parties faces each day, every day, all day.
It too late to start over again, we have run out of time…We need every Dem in order to stop Trump in continuing the destruction of American lives…Let’s be sensible…
Schumer for sure needs to step aside. CBC in Canada played a sound bite of his- the punch line went something like "this is what Fascism looks like" but Schumer actually sounded embarrassed to say it- very poor execution.
I noted in another substack that my health insurance increased by 81%
Yesterday I told this to two friends.
The young man I told said that his father's health insurance did not go up in cost; but, instead they deleted his eye care. They would now only cover the exam and anything else he needed he would have to pay for himself. If he wanted any other eye health care he would either have to pay $350 or have a $350 deductible. I'm not sure which it was.
The second friends I told. The wife had a totally shocked look on her face. The husband said yes he knew that insurance was going up. Since they are both employed their insurance is being paid for, so I hope they are not effected by it as I know that the wife has some serious health problems.
The increases in healthcare costs are just another example of corporate greed among insurance providers. The CEOs of those companies are all about the money, not the people they pretend to be caring for.
I had to go to town and it's a 10mile trip. Found myself fuming again about the health insurance and thought "I wonder how much of a raise that will give the CEO".
I didn't look yet to see what their excuse is for such a giant hike, almost double.
I think that is a great idea and will help build proof that this President is only out for himself. He wants a shutdown so he can stifle congress from releasing the Epstein files. My question is what the hell is he hiding in those files that he is trying so desperately to cover up??
May well be proof; but, even if there is not I think another motive is his love of money and power. What if he is trying to protect his rich buddies? After all they may know things that he doesn't want them to tell and/or he can extract "donations" from them in exchange for doing the cover up.
Susan, he had 14 year old girls giving him BJ’s and when he owned the Beauty Contest he went into their dressing rooms when they were naked and touch them! He has been a Pedophile his entire life and cheated on every wife as well! Lots of stupid people out there who support him and believe his delusional lies!
Our retirement income comes from government checks.....
I'm also in some financial discussion groups but nobdy wants to address it. We also face a possible financial bubble. AI told me to buy puts....
The pundits say that history shows that if there's a market crash, it will, on average, take 22 months to recover...but we've already recovered....since April, the S&P 500 has risen 30%.
May be paranoia but some folks think Trump is crashing the economy on purpose. Supplicants like Musk, Bezos, Bill Gates, et al are his marks, just like his political contributors. The goal may be to displace currtency with crypto currency, especially his proprietary gelt. There can only be one king of the hill.
AI: During the April 2025 tariff selloff, some of Trump's own economic allies and advisors, including economist Stephen Moore and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, expressed alarm and concerns about the economic impact of his policies.
Insider trading allegations: The timing of Trump's April 2025 comments and a subsequent stock rebound led to insider trading allegations from Democrats, though no wrongdoing has been proven.
Insider trading allegations! These are not allegations. He's been doing this since his 1st term. He tells his cronies and family that they should should take on short positions and the next day he says something that crashes the market and they take their profits. He did it his first term as well. I had to stop trading stock options because the market was too volatile.
It is disgusting that this administration is allowed to commit insider trading and no one is paying attention to these criminal acts. TikTok will be the next social media platform that will be monitored and censored, and will become another platform for the Trump Administration to continue to spread conspiracy theories, dis/misinformation, and continued nonsense that everything he doesn’t like “is a hoax”
Not smart, but cunning and without conscience. It is a dangerous combination when gifted power. The only guarantee is that the power will be used to both abuse and destroy. I really wish I were just feeling gloomy. Sadly, the evidence is in.
Delusional is the only word I can come up with ok money is money what the USA thrives on above all else but morally bankrupt deceitful a criminal a conman what a wonderful president you have but hey as long as your pension is ok who cares
But our pensions won't be okay. His voters have been brainwashed by Fox News and that stupid TV show where he played a smart businessman. He is a carnival barker. He knows how to cheat people. He doesn't care because the people he cheats are people who vote for him. Their Evangelical ministers are on his side because they are also conmen.
The 'recovery' will only happen if normal conditions return. That can't happen. The current president has gutted everything and there is nothing to return to. The $USD was the bedrock of international financial trade after the World Bank and the IMF made it so. Even through the depressions and wars these things remained. They are now almost gone. With the impending shutdown and stagflation, combined with the presidential grift and graft, the $USD is rapidly becoming irrelevant. The world is changing. It can't go back. Watching sadly from Aus. 🌎🇦🇺🇺🇸🌏
The market jumped back up so quickly because billionaires were able to buy cheap. All Trump has ever cared about is power, money and attention. He has the power to control the economy with a comment on social media, anyone that can't see he did this on purpose to enrich his kind are willfully blind. Unfortunately, that's half a Americans. I know we shouldn't blame them, but I do. The Dems, Rhinos, scholars and scientists warned them of the future repercussions of a Trump second term. Hence, 2020. But the messiness of how they handled the Biden thing should haunt the DNC more than what they did to Bernie in 2015.
It’s one of the biggest scandals no one is talking about (besides independent media). He clued them in when he caved on the tariffs and they bought high value stock on the cheap.
And yeah the whole Biden debacle is going to haunt the party for a long time. There was commentary he decided to run again, due to how well they did in 2022 and how he was the only one who stopped Trump.
Him dropping out and leaving Kamala with his entire campaign operation was wrong on so many levels.
Listening to the brainwashed ungrateful people who I thought would definitely vote For Kamala…Some were Hispanic and others were the Black Community and young men, which surprised me…Don’t know how they feel now, but my only hope is that their eyes are open now…
There unfortunately wasn’t enough time and we can’t dwell on it and move on…This is what Trump wants us to dwell on…We pick up ourselves and get going to get our Country back…
Let’s leave the past in the past and learn from it…Wasted time gets us nowhere…We have to concentrate on what we have to do now and that’s to get Dems and Independents back to control House and Senate so no further destruction can continue…We have to fight back and this is the only alternative…
I read a good article this morning in Barron’s on how companies are adjusting to tariffs and uncertainty. We’ve only begun to see effects of tariffs and the service sector is not really affected. I remember stagflation from my youth and I remember the 22 month recovery period. I think he is crashing the economy to get lower interest rates because the wealthy build with borrowed money, not their own.
Just look at private equity companies. They gobble up apartment buildings that are in “disrepair” but where families have lived for over 40 years. They throw those families out into the street because they hike up rents that no one can afford. Then they ‘fix” the properties up and sell them to the highest bidders, mostly wealthy white people. It’s all done legally, yet in my book, unethically.
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We have hope, energy, and numbers. MAGA revel in hate and cruelty, but howl when the regime touches them, and not The Other. Now that MAGA have to pay higher prices and milk their own cows, Trump’s bellicose weakness becomes more obvious, makes him vulnerable “like nobody’s ever seen before.”
But Trump's actions must be heavily advertised. Use his photo on billboards that say we cut Medicare and Medicaid so there would be tax cuts. We can no longer count on the media. Democrats should start a Democratic Fox News. Not with Maddow. Something funny on cable thats under the radar and that exposes Trump's idiocy. They came down hard on Kimmel and Colbert because they know it works.
Highlight the reckless spending they are doing while the rest of us go out of stores grasping a few bags. Does anyone need help these days carrying out groceries? It’s a message that resonates
True. His voters are still being mesmerized by Fox News. They blame everything on Democrats. Rupert Murdoch and his son, Lachlin paid his much more liberal heirs into agreeing to breaking the Trust that split everything among all Rupert's children because, except for Lachlan, they are liberal and wanted to change Fox News into a real unbiased news outlet. Rupert and Lachlan have too much invested in brainwashing millions of Americans.
Dr. Mary has always said that her uncle cannot tolerate ridicule. The Boggarts that terrified Hogwarts were finished by laughter. MAGA and Fox are mystified and annoyed by OUR FAVORITE GOVERNOR, while the true moral majority 2.0 laughs and calls for more.
Yes, we must focus on how Trump has destroyed the economy. How the Epstein cover up is the biggest cover up in history all to protect the rich and famous.
Absolutely, the Constitution provides the path for impeachment of all federal judges. However, it would require the U S Congress to have a majority willing to write and then vote for Articles of Impeachment. And we certainly don’t have that now. If our democracy survives this tyranny, we need to consider amending Article III of the constitution to remove Supreme Court terms being for life. The extremism of the Robert’s Court rulings, such as giving presidents immunity and currently giving approval of presidential policies that clearly violate the Constitution, has shown the danger of lifetime terms for the justices.
But amending the Constitution takes time as it requires two-thirds of both houses of Congress to pass the amendment, and then three- fourths of the states vote to ratify the amendment. The states need time to evaluate if the majority of the voters support the amendment, and they usually do that by putting it as a proposal on the election ballot. The Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress in 1972, and states were given 7 years to ratify it. Even though Congress extended the time by 3 years, in 1982 still only 35 of the states had ratified it when 38 were needed.
When we have an authoritarian regime grabbing more power daily, we don’t have 7 years!!
We needed a Congress and a Supreme Court that would honor their oath and use their equal power to prevent a dictator from destroying our democracy. Clearly that didn’t happen.
This bears repeating that the Dems have to be voted in starting with midterms in order for us to get any relief to dare do things to save our Constitutional rights…Get it done!
Good morning Ben! Love your analogy. It’s the nurse in me. 47 and MAGA are an infection and some infections take a while to treat and cure. We the People will get it done. As Robert Reich reports this week “the tide is turning”, “the sleeping giant (America) is waking up”. Let this be true. See you out at No Kings 2.0 10/18! From small town MA!!! Go Meidas Mighties ❤️
“Whether we view Trump and his regime as the demented hacksaw, a metastasizing cancer, a mutating bacteria, a fungus, or some other analogy…”
Best analogy is a MAGA-retrovirus. HDV; Human Dystopian Virus.
And if we can’t figure out to stop it from integrating into our country’s genome all Americans will suffer the pathological consequences, including the Basket of Deplorables who voted for 47.
The Trump regime is desperate and running because their failures is very constant. Sending troops to "War Ravage Portland" when there's nothing going on or sending 20 billion dollars of our money to bail out another failed idiot Meili and then make deals with other countries. Then illegally indict former FBI director Comey with a lawyer who had no business being an AG, the list goes on and on. If you continue to sit on the fence, you won't survive sitting on the fence. Stand up and fight!
As I've been saying for years, everything Trump does goes back to money.
Somehow, we need some serious people to work out where he stashing it so when the shit really hits the fan, we can freeze the majority of his assets. And once the job is done, we tell him the situation and then he can be the one to stay up all night worrying.
Same goes for his billionaire buddies, as soon as their investments start to crash they will drop him like a hot brick.
All he thinks about is gold and glitter. Reference this lunatic ballroom, he wants to build onto the side of the White House. Bugger off Donald it's not your personal house to do with as you please. It's ours. It belongs to the people of America.
There already is one. I can't remember the details; but, they made him go into it one time and he supposedly didn't want to go. It probably wasn't gold enough to suit him.
No one can run nor hide from God....There are underground bunkers in the w.h already and in other places, in other states. I saw this on ytube a while back.
Which one of the Orange Barbies will step up to be Eva??? You can bet that Satans Trophy Wife will have checked out long ago, with that secret servicing agent down the hall.
She is first in line for sure..........This latest addition to the collection Lindsay Halligan is in the running now. The extensions....Fox makeup job......the complete package.
At first I thought Habba, then thought no Gnome and then I thought all of them would take turns. After sticking with trump for so long Melania would be foolish to give up now. Seems that she pretty much does what she wants, still hob nobs with the rich and famous, has her own income, wears her designer clothes, etc. Why not wait around and get more, surely she will outlive him.
We need to fight back every way possible, on multiple fronts. That includes our work to get Prop 50 passed in California. We had great turnout in San Diego county this weekend and received lots of positive feedback and support. YES on Prop 50!
Thank You Meidas Touch for explaining to those still unsure how unqualified this administration is for our great country. They want to DESTROY Democracy!!
This is so horrifying to watch. And the far right is trying to spread their facism disease to the world. The massively loud boom of SILENCE from almost everone is allowing trump's fascism to flourish. This is beyond insane. The time for EVERYONE to get actively involved is now.. or else there may never be any coming back from this....
Mr. Trump is not only dismantling our democratic institutions he has isolated us from the economic world. His tariffs and whims have caused us to lose the leadership we once had in the world. Other countries now enjoy the economic power and influence we once had. Our allies have form alliances with other counties with stability that can be trusted. All the work farmers and technicians will be compared with other countries offering’s. Look around and see who is trading with whom. While we are distracted by everyday BS ( Epstein) other counties are negotiating deals with our allies. Our country isn’t even ask to participate. We are in major trouble. Wake up!!
As an immigrant, I have 2 questions: Where is the Supreme Court? Where is the GOP? Foxy Hegseth will ORDER the Generals to invade US cities. 100% - TRUMP will be at the meeting. NO KINGS!
Ben: I wonder if you could have some members of the Clergy on and ask why they are not speaking out about what Trump is doing to our immigrants, our peoples and our Country? I would think that with their teachings they would/should have a lot to say. All religions leaders, not just one religion. Most of us have a God that is not living on earth, but one that is in the heavens and that we answer to with our deeds. Trump asked you for $15.00 to help buy his way into heaven - questions could start with that. Just thinking that it might help. Thank you for all that Medias is doing for us and for our Country - the one that we were born into, raised and live in and will die in when it is our time. None of us wants to die under a king's command, we want to be able to take our last breathes as free human beings.
Pope Leo said a few things about Trump, then prayed for him. He has a YouTube channel, and I believe other socials. The most progressive Pope in my 65 years of life. I was raised Catholic until age 18, and traumatized by the church. I would expect the Pope, born and raised in Chicago would be progressive.
I did watch the Pope's comments. I wish he could have gone further with his comments, but understand why he didn't. I am a former Catholic, and still believe in some of the teachings, just not all.
I'm also a former Catholic, who also believes some of the teachings, but 3 that I can recall. I was thrown out of CCD class for asking, "Where in the Bible does it say I have to confess to a middle-man in order to be absolved of my sins by God?" The priest, who didn't answer, threw me out in the hallway. I found out years later that he was "de-collared" for sexual abuse. Like I said, traumatized.
There is good and evil. If you believe in a good ,you should not be shamed for practicing your religion. If it is a bad faith, scam, as this latest Christian Nationalist nonsense, if there's a God he is not happy with you.
I consider myself a Christian because I believe in Jesus Christ, that he is the son of God, and died for our sins. I believe, as it says in the Bible, that he rose from the dead, ascended into heaven, and will return to Earth someday. I believe God is all-loving. I think that's Catholic teaching.
Zero Christian Nationalism here! They're worshipping a demagogue!
Well he won’t touch Red states like Jackson Ms. that are 73% worse in crime than D.C. which was 23%…It’s pretty obvious what he’s doing like a bratty spoiled rich boy who if he doesn’t get his way he gets back at you…It’s pretty immature and a abuse of power like using the National Guard as his play soldiers…It’s totally ridiculous…
When we stand up, they back down. Every time! Let them shut the government down; it shut down in January anyway. Prepare and protect our democracy, our future. A little inconvenience is worth it - and they will capitulate. They are weaker than “we the people”.
I've been saying the same thing about spending since the Kimmel debacle. When millions canceled their subscriptions, the people SPOKE LOUDLY, and the network backed down. WE, THE PEOPLE, have more power than we're led to believe!
That was quite the illustration. We certainly are living in bizzaro world. Make sure you get enough rest too Batman. Boredom and shower thoughts are necessary for mental clarity, creativity, and thought processing.
Dangerous and weak is best two words to describe Trump. Because he can issue orders and his sycophants will carry it out or he will find someone who will. And with a shutdown looming, he will be very dangerous this week. Thousands will lose their jobs because he can’t make a deal with the Democrats.
Correction: He “won’t” make a deal with Democrats.
Because he enjoys being the schoolhouse bully. Nothing but a power munger who can’t even take jokes without having a temper tantrum. Karma is a bitch and it WILL come back to him and his administration.
That what I keep hoping for, Debra!
Debra, hope it’s really really soon!!
Look out making any "deal" with Trump. You are the loser.
hnj is a scammer troll with a fake account. Don’t hit the link it’s Spam. Report and block.
nds is a scammer troll with a fake account. Don’t hit the link it’s Spam. Report and block.
It's all a show
Trump wants the shutdown so that he can rule alone like a King
Agreed! He cancelled the meeting and he’s already blaming the Democrats.
Not going to be much of a kingdom left to reign 👑
Anyone with a working brain knows to blame republicans bcuz they’re the ones in charge of the House, Senate and White House.
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Definitely restaking and printing a few dozen out
Great to hear this. I used a printer at 36” x 24”. Was a little hard to handle with wind. 24 x 18” is the standard yard sign.
Great to know that when it’s time to make them
If there is a shut down, we need to scream it loud and long, it is the Gop's fault because they didn't want to negotiate.
Like a dictator, buy the biggest is keeping out the Epstein files!!
They are already blaming it on the Democrats. The Dems should agree to it but with just the number votes needed and heavily advertise that they are trying to avoid a shut down and warn the country. When people lose their health care and other services, they will blame Trump.
Schumer and Jeffries took this approach in March to avoid a shutdown. The result was more overt power grabs by emboldened Republicans, further demonization of Democrats, and the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Capitulation to bullies never gets you ahead. It just gets you more bullying. Republicans want nothing more from Democrats than cooperation in making them irrelevant. We have learned that the hard way, many times.
Democratic leadership: Stand your ground. Make your case. Blame the Republicans for the mess they're making, and make it stick. If you can't do that, step aside for someone who can.
Trump wants only one party and that’s why he is always bashing the Dems…We have to stand behind the Dems not desert them…
Schumer and Jeffries are not the leaders needed at this time. They need to pick up their AIPAC cheques and make an exit through the back door. Youth, fire and energy need to be in the Pedophile Parties faces each day, every day, all day.
Women are much better, out loud fighters!
"Separation of Church and Hate." John Fugelsangs book just hit the
NYTimes best selller list.( I got a copy just before he went on the Daily Show.....now sold out here)
Chaper 5: Thou Shalt not hate Feminists
Chaper 7 Thou Shalt not hate hate people that have abortions
So true but still often not listened to or taken seriously.
we need some loud mouth ladies to come forward for leaders.
I am 100% sure that you have a few "take no prisoner" firewagon women on your list.
It too late to start over again, we have run out of time…We need every Dem in order to stop Trump in continuing the destruction of American lives…Let’s be sensible…
Schumer for sure needs to step aside. CBC in Canada played a sound bite of his- the punch line went something like "this is what Fascism looks like" but Schumer actually sounded embarrassed to say it- very poor execution.
If you agree you legitimate his authority… if things are as dire as they sound… this is likely your last chance for creating an impasse…
I noted in another substack that my health insurance increased by 81%
Yesterday I told this to two friends.
The young man I told said that his father's health insurance did not go up in cost; but, instead they deleted his eye care. They would now only cover the exam and anything else he needed he would have to pay for himself. If he wanted any other eye health care he would either have to pay $350 or have a $350 deductible. I'm not sure which it was.
The second friends I told. The wife had a totally shocked look on her face. The husband said yes he knew that insurance was going up. Since they are both employed their insurance is being paid for, so I hope they are not effected by it as I know that the wife has some serious health problems.
The increases in healthcare costs are just another example of corporate greed among insurance providers. The CEOs of those companies are all about the money, not the people they pretend to be caring for.
I had to go to town and it's a 10mile trip. Found myself fuming again about the health insurance and thought "I wonder how much of a raise that will give the CEO".
I didn't look yet to see what their excuse is for such a giant hike, almost double.
I think that is a great idea and will help build proof that this President is only out for himself. He wants a shutdown so he can stifle congress from releasing the Epstein files. My question is what the hell is he hiding in those files that he is trying so desperately to cover up??
I'm pretty sure there is proof of his pedophilia.
May well be proof; but, even if there is not I think another motive is his love of money and power. What if he is trying to protect his rich buddies? After all they may know things that he doesn't want them to tell and/or he can extract "donations" from them in exchange for doing the cover up.
Yes, the proof is in the pudding.
Susan, he had 14 year old girls giving him BJ’s and when he owned the Beauty Contest he went into their dressing rooms when they were naked and touch them! He has been a Pedophile his entire life and cheated on every wife as well! Lots of stupid people out there who support him and believe his delusional lies!
Demo rates need to stop backing down period.
If t h e government shuts down that is the fault of republicans they are the majority.
Our retirement income comes from government checks.....
I'm also in some financial discussion groups but nobdy wants to address it. We also face a possible financial bubble. AI told me to buy puts....
The pundits say that history shows that if there's a market crash, it will, on average, take 22 months to recover...but we've already recovered....since April, the S&P 500 has risen 30%.
May be paranoia but some folks think Trump is crashing the economy on purpose. Supplicants like Musk, Bezos, Bill Gates, et al are his marks, just like his political contributors. The goal may be to displace currtency with crypto currency, especially his proprietary gelt. There can only be one king of the hill.
AI: During the April 2025 tariff selloff, some of Trump's own economic allies and advisors, including economist Stephen Moore and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, expressed alarm and concerns about the economic impact of his policies.
Insider trading allegations: The timing of Trump's April 2025 comments and a subsequent stock rebound led to insider trading allegations from Democrats, though no wrongdoing has been proven.
Insider trading allegations! These are not allegations. He's been doing this since his 1st term. He tells his cronies and family that they should should take on short positions and the next day he says something that crashes the market and they take their profits. He did it his first term as well. I had to stop trading stock options because the market was too volatile.
It is disgusting that this administration is allowed to commit insider trading and no one is paying attention to these criminal acts. TikTok will be the next social media platform that will be monitored and censored, and will become another platform for the Trump Administration to continue to spread conspiracy theories, dis/misinformation, and continued nonsense that everything he doesn’t like “is a hoax”
Yes. Trump is not that smart. We need to also include who is manipulating him.
Not smart, but cunning and without conscience. It is a dangerous combination when gifted power. The only guarantee is that the power will be used to both abuse and destroy. I really wish I were just feeling gloomy. Sadly, the evidence is in.
Delusional is the only word I can come up with ok money is money what the USA thrives on above all else but morally bankrupt deceitful a criminal a conman what a wonderful president you have but hey as long as your pension is ok who cares
But our pensions won't be okay. His voters have been brainwashed by Fox News and that stupid TV show where he played a smart businessman. He is a carnival barker. He knows how to cheat people. He doesn't care because the people he cheats are people who vote for him. Their Evangelical ministers are on his side because they are also conmen.
Who in the U.S. has a true pension anymore?
The 'recovery' will only happen if normal conditions return. That can't happen. The current president has gutted everything and there is nothing to return to. The $USD was the bedrock of international financial trade after the World Bank and the IMF made it so. Even through the depressions and wars these things remained. They are now almost gone. With the impending shutdown and stagflation, combined with the presidential grift and graft, the $USD is rapidly becoming irrelevant. The world is changing. It can't go back. Watching sadly from Aus. 🌎🇦🇺🇺🇸🌏
The market jumped back up so quickly because billionaires were able to buy cheap. All Trump has ever cared about is power, money and attention. He has the power to control the economy with a comment on social media, anyone that can't see he did this on purpose to enrich his kind are willfully blind. Unfortunately, that's half a Americans. I know we shouldn't blame them, but I do. The Dems, Rhinos, scholars and scientists warned them of the future repercussions of a Trump second term. Hence, 2020. But the messiness of how they handled the Biden thing should haunt the DNC more than what they did to Bernie in 2015.
It’s one of the biggest scandals no one is talking about (besides independent media). He clued them in when he caved on the tariffs and they bought high value stock on the cheap.
And yeah the whole Biden debacle is going to haunt the party for a long time. There was commentary he decided to run again, due to how well they did in 2022 and how he was the only one who stopped Trump.
Him dropping out and leaving Kamala with his entire campaign operation was wrong on so many levels.
James Wilson, what was really wrong were all the voters who couldn't and wouldn't vote for the Black lady.
Listening to the brainwashed ungrateful people who I thought would definitely vote For Kamala…Some were Hispanic and others were the Black Community and young men, which surprised me…Don’t know how they feel now, but my only hope is that their eyes are open now…
There unfortunately wasn’t enough time and we can’t dwell on it and move on…This is what Trump wants us to dwell on…We pick up ourselves and get going to get our Country back…
Let’s leave the past in the past and learn from it…Wasted time gets us nowhere…We have to concentrate on what we have to do now and that’s to get Dems and Independents back to control House and Senate so no further destruction can continue…We have to fight back and this is the only alternative…
I read a good article this morning in Barron’s on how companies are adjusting to tariffs and uncertainty. We’ve only begun to see effects of tariffs and the service sector is not really affected. I remember stagflation from my youth and I remember the 22 month recovery period. I think he is crashing the economy to get lower interest rates because the wealthy build with borrowed money, not their own.
Just look at private equity companies. They gobble up apartment buildings that are in “disrepair” but where families have lived for over 40 years. They throw those families out into the street because they hike up rents that no one can afford. Then they ‘fix” the properties up and sell them to the highest bidders, mostly wealthy white people. It’s all done legally, yet in my book, unethically.
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And he’s an idiot.
We have hope, energy, and numbers. MAGA revel in hate and cruelty, but howl when the regime touches them, and not The Other. Now that MAGA have to pay higher prices and milk their own cows, Trump’s bellicose weakness becomes more obvious, makes him vulnerable “like nobody’s ever seen before.”
But Trump's actions must be heavily advertised. Use his photo on billboards that say we cut Medicare and Medicaid so there would be tax cuts. We can no longer count on the media. Democrats should start a Democratic Fox News. Not with Maddow. Something funny on cable thats under the radar and that exposes Trump's idiocy. They came down hard on Kimmel and Colbert because they know it works.
Highlight the reckless spending they are doing while the rest of us go out of stores grasping a few bags. Does anyone need help these days carrying out groceries? It’s a message that resonates
True. His voters are still being mesmerized by Fox News. They blame everything on Democrats. Rupert Murdoch and his son, Lachlin paid his much more liberal heirs into agreeing to breaking the Trust that split everything among all Rupert's children because, except for Lachlan, they are liberal and wanted to change Fox News into a real unbiased news outlet. Rupert and Lachlan have too much invested in brainwashing millions of Americans.
Maga does not use their common sense. So sad, some still do no see thru Djudas and his minions, even thru project 2025.
True. They have been brainwashed.
The so called fake MAGA Christians still worship the golden calf who is Trump…They never learn…
Dr. Mary has always said that her uncle cannot tolerate ridicule. The Boggarts that terrified Hogwarts were finished by laughter. MAGA and Fox are mystified and annoyed by OUR FAVORITE GOVERNOR, while the true moral majority 2.0 laughs and calls for more.
You could be on to something- it could be called Faux Fox News.
Yes, we must focus on how Trump has destroyed the economy. How the Epstein cover up is the biggest cover up in history all to protect the rich and famous.
Can we impeach the Supreme Court?
Absolutely, the Constitution provides the path for impeachment of all federal judges. However, it would require the U S Congress to have a majority willing to write and then vote for Articles of Impeachment. And we certainly don’t have that now. If our democracy survives this tyranny, we need to consider amending Article III of the constitution to remove Supreme Court terms being for life. The extremism of the Robert’s Court rulings, such as giving presidents immunity and currently giving approval of presidential policies that clearly violate the Constitution, has shown the danger of lifetime terms for the justices.
But amending the Constitution takes time as it requires two-thirds of both houses of Congress to pass the amendment, and then three- fourths of the states vote to ratify the amendment. The states need time to evaluate if the majority of the voters support the amendment, and they usually do that by putting it as a proposal on the election ballot. The Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress in 1972, and states were given 7 years to ratify it. Even though Congress extended the time by 3 years, in 1982 still only 35 of the states had ratified it when 38 were needed.
When we have an authoritarian regime grabbing more power daily, we don’t have 7 years!!
We needed a Congress and a Supreme Court that would honor their oath and use their equal power to prevent a dictator from destroying our democracy. Clearly that didn’t happen.
This bears repeating that the Dems have to be voted in starting with midterms in order for us to get any relief to dare do things to save our Constitutional rights…Get it done!
Good morning Ben! Love your analogy. It’s the nurse in me. 47 and MAGA are an infection and some infections take a while to treat and cure. We the People will get it done. As Robert Reich reports this week “the tide is turning”, “the sleeping giant (America) is waking up”. Let this be true. See you out at No Kings 2.0 10/18! From small town MA!!! Go Meidas Mighties ❤️
“Whether we view Trump and his regime as the demented hacksaw, a metastasizing cancer, a mutating bacteria, a fungus, or some other analogy…”
Best analogy is a MAGA-retrovirus. HDV; Human Dystopian Virus.
And if we can’t figure out to stop it from integrating into our country’s genome all Americans will suffer the pathological consequences, including the Basket of Deplorables who voted for 47.
Love your analogy (from another nurse in a small town in MA) 😉
The Trump regime is desperate and running because their failures is very constant. Sending troops to "War Ravage Portland" when there's nothing going on or sending 20 billion dollars of our money to bail out another failed idiot Meili and then make deals with other countries. Then illegally indict former FBI director Comey with a lawyer who had no business being an AG, the list goes on and on. If you continue to sit on the fence, you won't survive sitting on the fence. Stand up and fight!
Yes, and spending up to 16 million to go to a golf tournament. :-(
Folks are hungry, losing things and struggling....The dominoes will fall soon, trust me. We all reap what we sew.
As I've been saying for years, everything Trump does goes back to money.
Somehow, we need some serious people to work out where he stashing it so when the shit really hits the fan, we can freeze the majority of his assets. And once the job is done, we tell him the situation and then he can be the one to stay up all night worrying.
Same goes for his billionaire buddies, as soon as their investments start to crash they will drop him like a hot brick.
All he thinks about is gold and glitter. Reference this lunatic ballroom, he wants to build onto the side of the White House. Bugger off Donald it's not your personal house to do with as you please. It's ours. It belongs to the people of America.
There already is one. I can't remember the details; but, they made him go into it one time and he supposedly didn't want to go. It probably wasn't gold enough to suit him.
Yes. A designated safe space. Soon it’ll be the Felon’s Crying/Panic Room.
Yes it is one already. I just commented on this.
If only the bunker were a roach motel...
LOL Given that roaches like to eat feces they'd be in the right spot.
The coward was sent to the bunker in his first failed term when there were protestors in Washington DC.
No one can run nor hide from God....There are underground bunkers in the w.h already and in other places, in other states. I saw this on ytube a while back.
Which one of the Orange Barbies will step up to be Eva??? You can bet that Satans Trophy Wife will have checked out long ago, with that secret servicing agent down the hall.
How about Barbie Bondi? She seems game for what ever Mr. Trump wants.
She is first in line for sure..........This latest addition to the collection Lindsay Halligan is in the running now. The extensions....Fox makeup job......the complete package.
At first I thought Habba, then thought no Gnome and then I thought all of them would take turns. After sticking with trump for so long Melania would be foolish to give up now. Seems that she pretty much does what she wants, still hob nobs with the rich and famous, has her own income, wears her designer clothes, etc. Why not wait around and get more, surely she will outlive him.
We need to fight back every way possible, on multiple fronts. That includes our work to get Prop 50 passed in California. We had great turnout in San Diego county this weekend and received lots of positive feedback and support. YES on Prop 50!
Blue states unite.
I’m from MA and I am supporting Prop 50! Fight fire with fire!🔥
Me too, hope it passes!
Thank you, love this!
Thank You Meidas Touch for explaining to those still unsure how unqualified this administration is for our great country. They want to DESTROY Democracy!!
This is so horrifying to watch. And the far right is trying to spread their facism disease to the world. The massively loud boom of SILENCE from almost everone is allowing trump's fascism to flourish. This is beyond insane. The time for EVERYONE to get actively involved is now.. or else there may never be any coming back from this....
99% are unqualified in the cult. They do not realize it will have a snowball effect on the entire U.S. Only the sane knows this.
Mr. Trump is not only dismantling our democratic institutions he has isolated us from the economic world. His tariffs and whims have caused us to lose the leadership we once had in the world. Other countries now enjoy the economic power and influence we once had. Our allies have form alliances with other counties with stability that can be trusted. All the work farmers and technicians will be compared with other countries offering’s. Look around and see who is trading with whom. While we are distracted by everyday BS ( Epstein) other counties are negotiating deals with our allies. Our country isn’t even ask to participate. We are in major trouble. Wake up!!
Thank you from this 82 senior for a glimmer of hope on this Sunday morning with my cup of coffee! God bless America 🙏🗽🇺🇸
Keep Woke but do self care Bro✊🏾✌🏾
Resist. Resist. Resist. Anyway you can. All the little things matter.
As an immigrant, I have 2 questions: Where is the Supreme Court? Where is the GOP? Foxy Hegseth will ORDER the Generals to invade US cities. 100% - TRUMP will be at the meeting. NO KINGS!
Ben: I wonder if you could have some members of the Clergy on and ask why they are not speaking out about what Trump is doing to our immigrants, our peoples and our Country? I would think that with their teachings they would/should have a lot to say. All religions leaders, not just one religion. Most of us have a God that is not living on earth, but one that is in the heavens and that we answer to with our deeds. Trump asked you for $15.00 to help buy his way into heaven - questions could start with that. Just thinking that it might help. Thank you for all that Medias is doing for us and for our Country - the one that we were born into, raised and live in and will die in when it is our time. None of us wants to die under a king's command, we want to be able to take our last breathes as free human beings.
Pope Leo said a few things about Trump, then prayed for him. He has a YouTube channel, and I believe other socials. The most progressive Pope in my 65 years of life. I was raised Catholic until age 18, and traumatized by the church. I would expect the Pope, born and raised in Chicago would be progressive.
I did watch the Pope's comments. I wish he could have gone further with his comments, but understand why he didn't. I am a former Catholic, and still believe in some of the teachings, just not all.
I'm also a former Catholic, who also believes some of the teachings, but 3 that I can recall. I was thrown out of CCD class for asking, "Where in the Bible does it say I have to confess to a middle-man in order to be absolved of my sins by God?" The priest, who didn't answer, threw me out in the hallway. I found out years later that he was "de-collared" for sexual abuse. Like I said, traumatized.
I'm so sorry that happened to you. There's good and bad people, but, hopefully, the good outnumber the bad.
That's a statement I live by, I believe people are inherently good. I can't explain the "others."
Similar Lisa. I left the church many years ago.
There is good and evil. If you believe in a good ,you should not be shamed for practicing your religion. If it is a bad faith, scam, as this latest Christian Nationalist nonsense, if there's a God he is not happy with you.
I consider myself a Christian because I believe in Jesus Christ, that he is the son of God, and died for our sins. I believe, as it says in the Bible, that he rose from the dead, ascended into heaven, and will return to Earth someday. I believe God is all-loving. I think that's Catholic teaching.
Zero Christian Nationalism here! They're worshipping a demagogue!
I believe it is the teaching of many denominations. As a Lutheran, I know it is what I believe.
I agree. 👍
Do research on The Roman Catholic church and Constantine.
Do research on The Roman Catholic church and Constantine.
I haven't been a practicing Catholic since I was 18 (forced by devout mother). I'm now 65.
I love your medical analogies, they are spot on. Of all the places to invade, Portland?!
The most serene city I’ve ever visited.
Well he won’t touch Red states like Jackson Ms. that are 73% worse in crime than D.C. which was 23%…It’s pretty obvious what he’s doing like a bratty spoiled rich boy who if he doesn’t get his way he gets back at you…It’s pretty immature and a abuse of power like using the National Guard as his play soldiers…It’s totally ridiculous…
When we stand up, they back down. Every time! Let them shut the government down; it shut down in January anyway. Prepare and protect our democracy, our future. A little inconvenience is worth it - and they will capitulate. They are weaker than “we the people”.
I've been saying the same thing about spending since the Kimmel debacle. When millions canceled their subscriptions, the people SPOKE LOUDLY, and the network backed down. WE, THE PEOPLE, have more power than we're led to believe!
The drop in price of shares spoke. Hitting the pocketbook has the greatest effect.
Yes, M'am! I've been SHOUTING this from the rooftops! Stop spending when you can, be frugal when you can't.
That was quite the illustration. We certainly are living in bizzaro world. Make sure you get enough rest too Batman. Boredom and shower thoughts are necessary for mental clarity, creativity, and thought processing.
We also need rest and space to process our thoughts and experiences.