Musk may have money and ambition, but Trump controls the levers of real power: Congress, the military, media, and mob. This isn’t a rivalry. It’s a reckoning.
Absolutely. Does Musk have an Ace or 2 up his sleeve such as the Epstein files or election tampering ? And if he does, is he smart enough on how to play them to try & get 🍊felon to cave to him? Unfortunately I have my doubts on Musk’s ability to play any sort of card game besides Go Fish.
"Offer him a deal"? Who would do that; Trump's DOJ? Or maybe Trump's SCOTUS, his FBI, his US Marshalls, his Intelligence Community? The SCOTUS has already stolen much of the power of the lower courts in order to protect Trump, so who would offer this deal?
I don’t know. I was thinking perhaps if there were some decent and honest Democrats and Independents in Congress it could be a possibility. Just trying to come up with a way out of this, short of revolution or civil war.
How much more can "Taco Tits" ...lie ...cheat ...steal ...rape ...pillage.... riip off...harrass...bully.....seduce.....molest.....degrade.....humiliate.....discust......gorge.....
.......before he gives planet earth a month to celebrate and finally has a final fatal heart attack.
Let’s not kid ourselves. This is a full-throttle, pedal to the metal implementation of P2025, the project trump had never heard of. Unfortunately there’s no simple, easy way out of this. In fact my concern is, like Michael and others have said, there are already plans in place for the midterm elections, either being suspended or rigged in MAGA’s favor. Trump is actually testing the use of militarizing national guard and or his own pardoned proud boy militia (and potentially Eric Prince private Academi militia (previously Blackwater) in California and other places. It could get really ugly, really fast…
Michael, in fact , you're putting a trump on a pedestal. If sheer sounds to me like you're sucking up to the evil one. Late. you've you been treating trump like a godly deity. Let Fox do that. Please get back to exposing the sleazy white trash yes POS. it appears that you do not want to alienate your former boss.
I agree. I appreciate Michael speaking up but I don’t find his tone or his comment that no one can ever beat Trump helpful. It just sounds defeatist. I understand that Trump has a lot of cards but he’s still not King of the World.
I’ve never said he is King of the World. What I am saying is democrats have no idea how to contend with him and the fact he doesn’t follow rules or the law. My tone, is alarmist because it needs to be.
So then outline what can be done instead of just sounding alarmist. If you say democrats don’t know how to contend with him then tell us how. We are already plenty alarmed.
With respect, If Cohen had a resistance plan beyond what he’s done (a lot), I expect we would have heard it already. Unfair to criticize someone for not doing more than that person can do, or for our reactions. Resistance is not a one-person show.
(Never in my life did I expect to be standing up for Trump’s former lawyer, but here all are - on the same side, from different perspectives.)
I tend to agree that Michael is making Trump seem invincible in this piece - so powerful that he is untouchable. This doesn’t motivate folks to fight - it makes it seem like nothing they do will matter. Not a motivating message. Please Michael, if you plan to write stuff like this, outline ways to fight back. If Democrats cannot contend with him, what should they be doing differently? What should WE be doing or doing differently? If you can’t offer any hope or guidance please stop writing stuff like this. We are all alarmed and sickened by what is happening in our country under Trump. We don’t need to hear how he is King Kong.
Actually, from MY vantage point, it’s not the democrats, but it’s the REPUBLICANS who don’t know how to deal with Trump.
(I posted this above in response to Michael’s comment. Sorry about the replication to all who receive this twice…)
“ Well, quite frankly, I’m sick and tired of hearing that democrats are to blame. They actually followed the appropriate laws/rules of engagement by impeaching Trump TWICE. If my memory serves me correctly, it’s the FRIGGING REPUBLICANS who didn’t and still don’t know how to deal with Trump.
First many republicans actually condemned Trump for his active involvement in starting, then escalating and fueling a full scale insurrection on 1/6. Then these same republicans refused to honor their own oaths and their legal obligations to hold him accountable by indicting him, removing him from office and preventing him from ever running for POTUS or any other political position as outlined in amendment 14 which states:
“The Supreme Court's decision centers on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. The provision disqualifies former government officials from holding office if they took an oath to support the Constitution but then betrayed it by engaging in an insurrection.”
And the REPUBLICANS have been genuflecting and kissing Trump’s ass since then. Then the actually RE-ELECTED TRUMP! And they’re supporting his policies even though they KNOW their constituents will be harmed by the OBBB.
So please tell me again who actually hasn’t done their share?!?!?
Should democrats break the law like Trump and his corrupt gang of thugs do?
The world is watching and Trump has made the US a laughing stock. And he’s spit in the face and made a mockery of democracy.
Yes, your tone should be alarmist, because people are still suffering from a massive case of cognitive dissonance concerning how bad this actually is. But it’s funny how some people in the government knew how to “contend with” leaders of color who they perceived and deemed a “threat to national security” but they have absolutely no idea of how to take care of things when it comes to a real, ACTUAL threat to national security. This is what happens when a country has been so focused on turning harmless people who they see as “the other” into boogie men that they can’t see the existential treat posed by those that they think are their own kind. The real reckoning for this country has finally come...people are going to learn real soon that wealth, whiteness and maleness doesn’t automatically equate to competence, intelligence, integrity, morality, etc. This country is being destroyed from the inside by terrorist criminals.
Michael, I love you man. But I do have a second criticism. the democrats are quite aware that fat ass does not follow the law. The democratic leadership knows how to deal with trump, they just don't have the collectively drive, will fortitude, or the fucking spine. I say again, please quit writing about trump as though fat ass is some sort of inconvincible spiritual deity.
Do court judges "have the collective drive, will fortitude, or spine"??
It's a harder road to follow the legal path (law, order, Constitution) that the opponent doesn't acknowledge.
I don't agree with all the language that DT > EM (As EM seems to have slightly more cognitive ability). Both severely lack emotional control. (On plenty of days "Wall St" lacks it too)
That is why my 1st read of the essay, was PUTIN > DT or EM
Well, quite frankly, I’m sick and tired of hearing that democrats are to blame. They actually followed the appropriate laws/rules of engagement by impeaching Trump TWICE. If my memory serves me correctly, it’s the FRIGGING REPUBLICANS who didn’t and still don’t know how to deal with Trump.
First many republicans actually condemned Trump for his active involvement in starting, then escalating and fueling a full scale insurrection on 1/6. Then these same republicans refused to honor their own oaths, their legal obligations to hold him accountable by indicting him, removing him from office and preventing him from ever running for POTUS or any other political position as outlined in amendment 14 which states:
“The Supreme Court's decision centers on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. The provision disqualifies former government officials from holding office if they took an oath to support the Constitution but then betrayed it by engaging in an insurrection.”
And the REPUBLICANS have been genuflecting and kissing Trump’s ass since then.
So please tell me who actually hasn’t done their share.
Should democrats break the law like Trump and his corrupt gang of thugs do?
The world is watching and Trump has made the US a laughing stock and he’s spit in the face and made a mockery of democracy.
I agree with you. Because the Dems do what sane people do and expect it of others. In order to deal with him you really have to have a deeper understanding of his personality.
In case you haven't noticed, we no longer have a democracy or the rule of law, so yeah. Time to fight fire with fire. Dems have always brought a butterknife to a gunfight. Who is "the law"...the supreme court? Good luck with that. We're in the Thunderdome now.
We have an administration that isn’t operating under the rule of law and we have an Extreme Court who is willfully misinterpreting the law, but we do in fact still HAVE a rule of law. They are breaking it every day and they won’t be in power forever. People like these always always fail.
Look at your own strengths and availability. Everybody can do something. Then look at resistance efforts in your community/area of expertise. Contact those who seem best match. Ask them how your strengths/time can best contribute. Pick best match(es) and do. (Not so different than any kind of volunteering, really.)
not exactly saying you are wrong Michael but right now things can shift quickly.
It sounds like you're being extremely pessimistic probably because of your history with this individual he is only holding the power right this second not forever.
I agree. I’ve always been registered as an independent. But I voted straight democrat in 2024. And, quite frankly, I’m sick and tired of hearing that democrats are to blame because they don’t know how to handle Trump. I call BS. The Dems actually followed the appropriate laws/rules of engagement by impeaching Trump TWICE. Trump is a now CONVICTED FELON because of progressives and the Democrats.
So if my memory serves me correctly, it’s the FRIGGING REPUBLICANS who didn’t and still don’t know how to deal with Trump.
First many republicans actually condemned Trump for his active involvement in starting, then escalating and fueling a full scale insurrection on 1/6. Then these same republicans flipped by refusing to honor their own oaths by upholding their legal obligations to hold him accountable by indicting him, removing him from office and preventing him from ever running for POTUS or any other political position as outlined in amendment 14 which states:
“The Supreme Court's decision centers on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. The provision disqualifies former government officials from holding office if they took an oath to support the Constitution but then betrayed it by engaging in an insurrection.”
And these same REPUBLICANS have been genuflecting and kissing Trump’s ass since then. THEY ACTUALLY RE-ELECTED HIM!!! And they’re supporting all his policies even though their ow constituents will be harmed by the OBBB.
So please tell me again who actually hasn’t done their share.
Should democrats break the law like Trump and his corrupt gang of thugs do?
The world is watching and Trump has made the US a laughing stock. And he’s spit in the face and made a mockery of democracy.
Declaring bankruptcy six times sounds like failure to most; it will be the accountant bean counters that will eventually take him down combined and plunging ratings, just like in The Apprentice. When the wheel turns it will happen quickly and with little forewarning. Bush after his re-election in 2004 was an abject failure after Hurricane Katrina, there was no way to sugar coat the incompetence of his appointments, and the indifference of a coordinated response.
Actually, he isn’t. He’s naming the points of pain that Dear Leader can inflict. If naming those sounds “kingly,” it is what it is — f-ing scary. And happening very fast.
mmmm I don't think so. He's right about the power Trump wields, not because he is Trump but because he has the cryptocracy behind him. Trump is just the front man shilling for those guys; he doesn't even understand what he is doing but he does understand the ego rush that power gives him. So Miller and the gang get Trump to push their agenda and his minions praise him and tell him the world adores him. I don't think that puts him on a pedestal; I think it shows that when two egos clash the winner is always the guy with the most power.
Musk may not be a genius but he’s not stupid. He knows he playing with fire. Trump seems all powerful but only because he has sycophantic criminals at his disposal. Trump is not that smart. Musk, I would think, would not go into this battle unarmed. He’s already made threats and Trump has not once said he’ll sue for defamation. And we know he sues everybody. That leads me to believe, and this is only opinion, Musk has some cannon fire. Still, best to stay away from 4th floor windows.
Actually if,and I'm specifying that as a theoretical if,Musk has purchased the Epstein Files in an unredacted format this would be a Rosetta stone for toppling the entire Trump administration. I have to use an educated guess that Musk has this item to protect his investments and the outside chance Trump tries to deport him. The way to use this against Trump would be in an emergency to release single pages to various media outlets as a warning shot to the administration. I can't prove he had these pages but wouldn't one think if you have 150 billion dollars the odds might be fairly decent these are in Musk's possession?
You bring up a great point,and this takes us to the possibility of Epstein being a Mossad agent.If Epstein is Mossed could we then think up that Ghislaine being an asset of the same kind of caliber. With the both of them they have gathered an enormous amount of information on the dirty people they come in contact with. It is possible Epstein talked or said something specifically to get him killed and Ghislaine has not. The US and Israel work closely together on so many situations some for common purposes and others to keep tabs on each other. You can only image the damage these files will cause to world leaders,countries and other assets which might become exposed when this comes to light. I truly have no idea whose asset that Ghislaine actually belongs to. There are also spots of information showing an Israeli connection with 9/11 which you can look into with an ABC news special produced in 2001 called "dancing Israelis" where a policeman from the Meadowlands is called to investigate a group of individuals on the top of a moving van with video equipment set up pointing at the twin towers. There were several intelligence agencies investigating at the time a disproportionate among of Mossad agents in NYC at the time around 9/11 and people can look this up online as well.
Epstein was/is definitely an evil man who raped and trafficked young girls to many many men in very high places, ie politicians, corporate CEO, celebrities, and executives who control everything. But Epstein isn’t/ wasn’t stupid. In fact he was very methodical in keeping documentation, records, photo, videotapes of everyone who came and went, on his private jet, to his private island and how/with whom they engaged with others.
My instincts tell me that Epstein turned over all of that documentation- either to/ thru Gislaine or his private attorney - for safekeeping in the event something happened to him. And I also suspect that he didn’t commit suicide but his identity was changed and he was moved to either his island or another location where he’s alive and well.
(His suicide was during trump’s first administration so given what we now know about Trump, does anyone think that Trump wouldn’t be able to have Epstein moved? There’s actually a lapse in the videotape that was supposedly recording Epstein 24/7 but no one has an explanation for that lapse…js)
We also know that trump’s name was definitely on that list, multiple timed. He knows he’d be implicated if evidence, tapes, etc, were ever released. But now DOJ is suddenly saying “There is no investigation, theirs no evidence, nothing. Case dismissed… !?!? Who does that make sense to? This is a monumental cover-up.
Several years ago I did extensive research on all this, beginning with the Miami Herald which did an amazing job reporting it. Then I dug deeper, followed links to Bill Barr’s father who hired Epstein to teach at a private school in upper Manhattan although he had no formal training. And then the shenanigans began. From there the rabbit hole runs very deep and very wide. It’s all out there.
And if this evidence was released, DC would immediately implode...
I agree this is being covered up to protect agencies and wealthy people who were molesting women and abusing young girls. My comments on why you're on Epsteins plane,it's not to score pretty mini umbrellas for you're Margaritas!
Or Elon could get his ass deported for lying about not working before he got his green card. It’s not a good idea to get on television and boast that you worked illegally, and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to deduce that he did when, as Elon himself has said, he left a PhD program after one day to go found the company that became PayPal.
He wouldn’t be kidnapped by ice, he would get his day on immigration court at Trump’s request, and surely
loose. Trump won’t even have dirt on his hands from it.
Well, the way I see it, be it naive perhaps, but I see it as a way to split the republican party. We really don't know who is backing Musk, ( maybe just his hundreds of billions) but I do know that that party is split between the far right christians, the tech bros, and the conservatives..
Pretty this standoff will not be. Both need a spanking and to be sent upstairs. Sadly, all of us all over the world will suffer for years to come because two men are fighting to save their egos.
Yes I agree with you it's egos that are the reasons these two are fighting. Now as Michael said it's power over money and ego versus ego and he said power will ultimately win. He should know. He was a scape goat for Trump, went to jail and lost his Law License , his life as he knew it for a man who is systematically destroying your democracy, destroying medical privileges to so many people who rely on it. I'm Canadian and support the American people in this fight. In Canada medical support is free to all Canadians. We as a country are very lucky and we certainly appreciate it. Take care of yourself and continue the fight!
Nazi-Musk with DOGE destroyed our Federal government departments , stole our data in 128 days. From those actions, Nazi-Musk with DOGE became a on going killer by proxy from destroying USAID.
Now The horrific tragic Floods of Kerr County, Texas - Nazi-Musk (along with many others in this 47Git Regime) is complicit
in the chain of events that allowed the lack of notification that contributed to this tragedy .
Remember Nazi Musk is a international Fascist provacutuer: in the UK , Germany and France. His goal is to destroy democracy anywhere he can.
Any dam Political party created by Nazi-Musk will be chock full of Techno Nazi Fascist shite from Theil, Curtis Yarvin and Nazi Musk himself.
Nazi- Musk is a Malific psychopath that will use his vast wealth for many underhanded fascist- anachy schemes. If Nazi-Musk is kept out of Political endeavors in this country- the better off we all will be.
I really think you should rethink that you forget that Elon was in the computer systems of all branches of the government. He could have the nuclear codes he could have the IRS code he could have the branch code he could have the military code. He can have the FBI code. He can have the best codes forever in computers and snatch the whole living crap out of the worldso I think the brains overbeat the orange clown.
Elon has lots of money, lots of data on the election (remember Trump's "he helped us out a lot in Pennsylvania") and he knows where the bodies are buried. I wouldn't rule him out without some damage as he is much smarter than Trump and Trump is a TACO.
Musk purchased T's seat. Musk also now has the back door to all this country's info, thanks to the stupidity of T and his cronies so he definitely has more than tweets. Let's be real and not start sucking up and giving the dumpster any real credit. He has only the power he's being allowed by the hands feeding him. His completely incompetency and ignorance of any real knowledge of anything is why he's been the perfect puppet... Just like he was for the muskrat until he got a little full of himself and thought he could cut his puppet strings off from puppeteer who put him in the oval office. I think he just got tired of sharing the spotlight. Petty jealousy ended the bromance, if you ask me.
In this case MUSK holds the cards -- the MONEY. Enough money to buy loyalty. He can buy some of the disgrunteled minions around Trump. Shit even Eric would go with him. Proud Boys? roger stone? Steve Bannon? Money can buy a COUP. All Musk has to do is BUY the tapes of Trump. They exist. He has the money to find them and find that former 14 year old that Trump raped. MONEY especially a few hundred BILLION. I think that Trump should watch out. All his insider deals, his partnerships with MBS, etc were all revealed to ELON in one of their "I bought you the Presidency let's talk" moment. You'll see. It couldn't happen to a nicer ORANGE man
After the DOGE bloodbaths, I would never trust Musk again. Trump proved that money doesn't make you intelligent. Musk is guilty of treason for DOGE! DOGE is the FRAUD! DOGE is Gestapo.
I told you all that Trump is holding something over the GOP and probably many others on the Epstein pervert list , they should all just shoot themselves, all these white Christian Nationalists like Mike Johnson, Mr. Non Honorable Speaker of the house, they are all sweating it out, to see if the Pam Bondi dumb head will spill it!
What if Musk has the Epstein list? How would that play in? He tweeted that Bannon’s on the Epstein list!🙋🏼♀️💙🫶🏻💪🏻
Absolutely. Does Musk have an Ace or 2 up his sleeve such as the Epstein files or election tampering ? And if he does, is he smart enough on how to play them to try & get 🍊felon to cave to him? Unfortunately I have my doubts on Musk’s ability to play any sort of card game besides Go Fish.
I wish someone would offer him a deal if he comes clean about rigging the election.
Actually that is the one thing that might work.
SPAMMER TROLL. My ‘report’ doesn’t work.
"Offer him a deal"? Who would do that; Trump's DOJ? Or maybe Trump's SCOTUS, his FBI, his US Marshalls, his Intelligence Community? The SCOTUS has already stolen much of the power of the lower courts in order to protect Trump, so who would offer this deal?
I don’t know. I was thinking perhaps if there were some decent and honest Democrats and Independents in Congress it could be a possibility. Just trying to come up with a way out of this, short of revolution or civil war.
he's all show (big ideas) and no "go".
Hopefully, Musk is as smart as he brags and says he is! 🤨 🤔
Doubtful!🥴
I never thought about Musk having the list, but I bet he does, or at least a copy.
That would definitely give musk some real juice
How much more can "Taco Tits" ...lie ...cheat ...steal ...rape ...pillage.... riip off...harrass...bully.....seduce.....molest.....degrade.....humiliate.....discust......gorge.....
.......before he gives planet earth a month to celebrate and finally has a final fatal heart attack.
But then Vance and Johnson would step right in and take over. Then what?
Let’s not kid ourselves. This is a full-throttle, pedal to the metal implementation of P2025, the project trump had never heard of. Unfortunately there’s no simple, easy way out of this. In fact my concern is, like Michael and others have said, there are already plans in place for the midterm elections, either being suspended or rigged in MAGA’s favor. Trump is actually testing the use of militarizing national guard and or his own pardoned proud boy militia (and potentially Eric Prince private Academi militia (previously Blackwater) in California and other places. It could get really ugly, really fast…
And we need to be ready for that. We need to protest loud and clear.
Like we say when sculling… “Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! Stroke!”
I want him confined, breathing, eyes open but unable to communicate.
I have been counting on that. 🙂
It kind of goes without saying g that a man of Bannon’s caliber would be in “the list.”
Interesting question/point. Hadn't thought about that. (Maybe I'm not the only one?)
Michael, in fact , you're putting a trump on a pedestal. If sheer sounds to me like you're sucking up to the evil one. Late. you've you been treating trump like a godly deity. Let Fox do that. Please get back to exposing the sleazy white trash yes POS. it appears that you do not want to alienate your former boss.
I agree. I appreciate Michael speaking up but I don’t find his tone or his comment that no one can ever beat Trump helpful. It just sounds defeatist. I understand that Trump has a lot of cards but he’s still not King of the World.
I’ve never said he is King of the World. What I am saying is democrats have no idea how to contend with him and the fact he doesn’t follow rules or the law. My tone, is alarmist because it needs to be.
So then outline what can be done instead of just sounding alarmist. If you say democrats don’t know how to contend with him then tell us how. We are already plenty alarmed.
With respect, If Cohen had a resistance plan beyond what he’s done (a lot), I expect we would have heard it already. Unfair to criticize someone for not doing more than that person can do, or for our reactions. Resistance is not a one-person show.
(Never in my life did I expect to be standing up for Trump’s former lawyer, but here all are - on the same side, from different perspectives.)
Yes, I'd like the same thing. Exactly WHAT can WE do--and I mean NOW? November 2026 is probably going to be too late.
Look at your own strengths and avail
I tend to agree that Michael is making Trump seem invincible in this piece - so powerful that he is untouchable. This doesn’t motivate folks to fight - it makes it seem like nothing they do will matter. Not a motivating message. Please Michael, if you plan to write stuff like this, outline ways to fight back. If Democrats cannot contend with him, what should they be doing differently? What should WE be doing or doing differently? If you can’t offer any hope or guidance please stop writing stuff like this. We are all alarmed and sickened by what is happening in our country under Trump. We don’t need to hear how he is King Kong.
Absolutely right and totally agree, Tracy.
Actually, from MY vantage point, it’s not the democrats, but it’s the REPUBLICANS who don’t know how to deal with Trump.
(I posted this above in response to Michael’s comment. Sorry about the replication to all who receive this twice…)
“ Well, quite frankly, I’m sick and tired of hearing that democrats are to blame. They actually followed the appropriate laws/rules of engagement by impeaching Trump TWICE. If my memory serves me correctly, it’s the FRIGGING REPUBLICANS who didn’t and still don’t know how to deal with Trump.
First many republicans actually condemned Trump for his active involvement in starting, then escalating and fueling a full scale insurrection on 1/6. Then these same republicans refused to honor their own oaths and their legal obligations to hold him accountable by indicting him, removing him from office and preventing him from ever running for POTUS or any other political position as outlined in amendment 14 which states:
“The Supreme Court's decision centers on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. The provision disqualifies former government officials from holding office if they took an oath to support the Constitution but then betrayed it by engaging in an insurrection.”
And the REPUBLICANS have been genuflecting and kissing Trump’s ass since then. Then the actually RE-ELECTED TRUMP! And they’re supporting his policies even though they KNOW their constituents will be harmed by the OBBB.
So please tell me again who actually hasn’t done their share?!?!?
Should democrats break the law like Trump and his corrupt gang of thugs do?
The world is watching and Trump has made the US a laughing stock. And he’s spit in the face and made a mockery of democracy.
Yes, your tone should be alarmist, because people are still suffering from a massive case of cognitive dissonance concerning how bad this actually is. But it’s funny how some people in the government knew how to “contend with” leaders of color who they perceived and deemed a “threat to national security” but they have absolutely no idea of how to take care of things when it comes to a real, ACTUAL threat to national security. This is what happens when a country has been so focused on turning harmless people who they see as “the other” into boogie men that they can’t see the existential treat posed by those that they think are their own kind. The real reckoning for this country has finally come...people are going to learn real soon that wealth, whiteness and maleness doesn’t automatically equate to competence, intelligence, integrity, morality, etc. This country is being destroyed from the inside by terrorist criminals.
Michael, I love you man. But I do have a second criticism. the democrats are quite aware that fat ass does not follow the law. The democratic leadership knows how to deal with trump, they just don't have the collectively drive, will fortitude, or the fucking spine. I say again, please quit writing about trump as though fat ass is some sort of inconvincible spiritual deity.
Do court judges "have the collective drive, will fortitude, or spine"??
It's a harder road to follow the legal path (law, order, Constitution) that the opponent doesn't acknowledge.
I don't agree with all the language that DT > EM (As EM seems to have slightly more cognitive ability). Both severely lack emotional control. (On plenty of days "Wall St" lacks it too)
That is why my 1st read of the essay, was PUTIN > DT or EM
Well, quite frankly, I’m sick and tired of hearing that democrats are to blame. They actually followed the appropriate laws/rules of engagement by impeaching Trump TWICE. If my memory serves me correctly, it’s the FRIGGING REPUBLICANS who didn’t and still don’t know how to deal with Trump.
First many republicans actually condemned Trump for his active involvement in starting, then escalating and fueling a full scale insurrection on 1/6. Then these same republicans refused to honor their own oaths, their legal obligations to hold him accountable by indicting him, removing him from office and preventing him from ever running for POTUS or any other political position as outlined in amendment 14 which states:
“The Supreme Court's decision centers on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. The provision disqualifies former government officials from holding office if they took an oath to support the Constitution but then betrayed it by engaging in an insurrection.”
And the REPUBLICANS have been genuflecting and kissing Trump’s ass since then.
So please tell me who actually hasn’t done their share.
Should democrats break the law like Trump and his corrupt gang of thugs do?
The world is watching and Trump has made the US a laughing stock and he’s spit in the face and made a mockery of democracy.
I agree with you. Because the Dems do what sane people do and expect it of others. In order to deal with him you really have to have a deeper understanding of his personality.
I agree--especially since he has all those wealthy, incredibly rich republiCRAP friends.
The Democrats are trying to operate within the framework of a democracy. You want them to break the law, too?
In case you haven't noticed, we no longer have a democracy or the rule of law, so yeah. Time to fight fire with fire. Dems have always brought a butterknife to a gunfight. Who is "the law"...the supreme court? Good luck with that. We're in the Thunderdome now.
We have an administration that isn’t operating under the rule of law and we have an Extreme Court who is willfully misinterpreting the law, but we do in fact still HAVE a rule of law. They are breaking it every day and they won’t be in power forever. People like these always always fail.
Yeah, Hitler eventually failed, but look at how much carnage and chaos he created in the time he was in power.
Look at your own strengths and availability. Everybody can do something. Then look at resistance efforts in your community/area of expertise. Contact those who seem best match. Ask them how your strengths/time can best contribute. Pick best match(es) and do. (Not so different than any kind of volunteering, really.)
not exactly saying you are wrong Michael but right now things can shift quickly.
It sounds like you're being extremely pessimistic probably because of your history with this individual he is only holding the power right this second not forever.
I agree. That last sentence about nobody being able to “trump Trump” made me feel very defeated.
I agree. I’ve always been registered as an independent. But I voted straight democrat in 2024. And, quite frankly, I’m sick and tired of hearing that democrats are to blame because they don’t know how to handle Trump. I call BS. The Dems actually followed the appropriate laws/rules of engagement by impeaching Trump TWICE. Trump is a now CONVICTED FELON because of progressives and the Democrats.
So if my memory serves me correctly, it’s the FRIGGING REPUBLICANS who didn’t and still don’t know how to deal with Trump.
First many republicans actually condemned Trump for his active involvement in starting, then escalating and fueling a full scale insurrection on 1/6. Then these same republicans flipped by refusing to honor their own oaths by upholding their legal obligations to hold him accountable by indicting him, removing him from office and preventing him from ever running for POTUS or any other political position as outlined in amendment 14 which states:
“The Supreme Court's decision centers on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. The provision disqualifies former government officials from holding office if they took an oath to support the Constitution but then betrayed it by engaging in an insurrection.”
And these same REPUBLICANS have been genuflecting and kissing Trump’s ass since then. THEY ACTUALLY RE-ELECTED HIM!!! And they’re supporting all his policies even though their ow constituents will be harmed by the OBBB.
So please tell me again who actually hasn’t done their share.
Should democrats break the law like Trump and his corrupt gang of thugs do?
The world is watching and Trump has made the US a laughing stock. And he’s spit in the face and made a mockery of democracy.
Declaring bankruptcy six times sounds like failure to most; it will be the accountant bean counters that will eventually take him down combined and plunging ratings, just like in The Apprentice. When the wheel turns it will happen quickly and with little forewarning. Bush after his re-election in 2004 was an abject failure after Hurricane Katrina, there was no way to sugar coat the incompetence of his appointments, and the indifference of a coordinated response.
Actually, he isn’t. He’s naming the points of pain that Dear Leader can inflict. If naming those sounds “kingly,” it is what it is — f-ing scary. And happening very fast.
mmmm I don't think so. He's right about the power Trump wields, not because he is Trump but because he has the cryptocracy behind him. Trump is just the front man shilling for those guys; he doesn't even understand what he is doing but he does understand the ego rush that power gives him. So Miller and the gang get Trump to push their agenda and his minions praise him and tell him the world adores him. I don't think that puts him on a pedestal; I think it shows that when two egos clash the winner is always the guy with the most power.
Agreed.
Well, Michael announced he now has Canadian citizenship so what do YOU think is going on? I’d like to know. Should we all be scrambling too?
This Canuck certainly thinks you should be. 🇨🇦
Musk may not be a genius but he’s not stupid. He knows he playing with fire. Trump seems all powerful but only because he has sycophantic criminals at his disposal. Trump is not that smart. Musk, I would think, would not go into this battle unarmed. He’s already made threats and Trump has not once said he’ll sue for defamation. And we know he sues everybody. That leads me to believe, and this is only opinion, Musk has some cannon fire. Still, best to stay away from 4th floor windows.
Actually if,and I'm specifying that as a theoretical if,Musk has purchased the Epstein Files in an unredacted format this would be a Rosetta stone for toppling the entire Trump administration. I have to use an educated guess that Musk has this item to protect his investments and the outside chance Trump tries to deport him. The way to use this against Trump would be in an emergency to release single pages to various media outlets as a warning shot to the administration. I can't prove he had these pages but wouldn't one think if you have 150 billion dollars the odds might be fairly decent these are in Musk's possession?
Will Ghislaine Maxwell be "disappeared" too? She must know the truth about "the list".
You bring up a great point,and this takes us to the possibility of Epstein being a Mossad agent.If Epstein is Mossed could we then think up that Ghislaine being an asset of the same kind of caliber. With the both of them they have gathered an enormous amount of information on the dirty people they come in contact with. It is possible Epstein talked or said something specifically to get him killed and Ghislaine has not. The US and Israel work closely together on so many situations some for common purposes and others to keep tabs on each other. You can only image the damage these files will cause to world leaders,countries and other assets which might become exposed when this comes to light. I truly have no idea whose asset that Ghislaine actually belongs to. There are also spots of information showing an Israeli connection with 9/11 which you can look into with an ABC news special produced in 2001 called "dancing Israelis" where a policeman from the Meadowlands is called to investigate a group of individuals on the top of a moving van with video equipment set up pointing at the twin towers. There were several intelligence agencies investigating at the time a disproportionate among of Mossad agents in NYC at the time around 9/11 and people can look this up online as well.
Epstein was/is definitely an evil man who raped and trafficked young girls to many many men in very high places, ie politicians, corporate CEO, celebrities, and executives who control everything. But Epstein isn’t/ wasn’t stupid. In fact he was very methodical in keeping documentation, records, photo, videotapes of everyone who came and went, on his private jet, to his private island and how/with whom they engaged with others.
My instincts tell me that Epstein turned over all of that documentation- either to/ thru Gislaine or his private attorney - for safekeeping in the event something happened to him. And I also suspect that he didn’t commit suicide but his identity was changed and he was moved to either his island or another location where he’s alive and well.
(His suicide was during trump’s first administration so given what we now know about Trump, does anyone think that Trump wouldn’t be able to have Epstein moved? There’s actually a lapse in the videotape that was supposedly recording Epstein 24/7 but no one has an explanation for that lapse…js)
We also know that trump’s name was definitely on that list, multiple timed. He knows he’d be implicated if evidence, tapes, etc, were ever released. But now DOJ is suddenly saying “There is no investigation, theirs no evidence, nothing. Case dismissed… !?!? Who does that make sense to? This is a monumental cover-up.
Several years ago I did extensive research on all this, beginning with the Miami Herald which did an amazing job reporting it. Then I dug deeper, followed links to Bill Barr’s father who hired Epstein to teach at a private school in upper Manhattan although he had no formal training. And then the shenanigans began. From there the rabbit hole runs very deep and very wide. It’s all out there.
And if this evidence was released, DC would immediately implode...
I agree this is being covered up to protect agencies and wealthy people who were molesting women and abusing young girls. My comments on why you're on Epsteins plane,it's not to score pretty mini umbrellas for you're Margaritas!
this has occurred to me, too
If we were in the Musk shoes we probably would employ people thinking up strategies to protect our interests much like a foundation or think tank.
Elon better be careful. He's going to find himself a victim of one of those Russian like 'accidents'.
Or Elon could get his ass deported for lying about not working before he got his green card. It’s not a good idea to get on television and boast that you worked illegally, and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to deduce that he did when, as Elon himself has said, he left a PhD program after one day to go found the company that became PayPal.
He wouldn’t be kidnapped by ice, he would get his day on immigration court at Trump’s request, and surely
loose. Trump won’t even have dirt on his hands from it.
I'm not sure Elon would care too much if he was deported. He can go anywhere he wants.
Could end up being an appetizer in the swamps of Alligator Alcatraz.....
I pity the poor gator that snacks on Elon!
Well, the way I see it, be it naive perhaps, but I see it as a way to split the republican party. We really don't know who is backing Musk, ( maybe just his hundreds of billions) but I do know that that party is split between the far right christians, the tech bros, and the conservatives..
Pretty this standoff will not be. Both need a spanking and to be sent upstairs. Sadly, all of us all over the world will suffer for years to come because two men are fighting to save their egos.
Yes I agree with you it's egos that are the reasons these two are fighting. Now as Michael said it's power over money and ego versus ego and he said power will ultimately win. He should know. He was a scape goat for Trump, went to jail and lost his Law License , his life as he knew it for a man who is systematically destroying your democracy, destroying medical privileges to so many people who rely on it. I'm Canadian and support the American people in this fight. In Canada medical support is free to all Canadians. We as a country are very lucky and we certainly appreciate it. Take care of yourself and continue the fight!
Thank you so much for your support. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Thank you Michael. I love your writing, and your insights.
Nazi-Musk with DOGE destroyed our Federal government departments , stole our data in 128 days. From those actions, Nazi-Musk with DOGE became a on going killer by proxy from destroying USAID.
Now The horrific tragic Floods of Kerr County, Texas - Nazi-Musk (along with many others in this 47Git Regime) is complicit
in the chain of events that allowed the lack of notification that contributed to this tragedy .
Remember Nazi Musk is a international Fascist provacutuer: in the UK , Germany and France. His goal is to destroy democracy anywhere he can.
Any dam Political party created by Nazi-Musk will be chock full of Techno Nazi Fascist shite from Theil, Curtis Yarvin and Nazi Musk himself.
Nazi- Musk is a Malific psychopath that will use his vast wealth for many underhanded fascist- anachy schemes. If Nazi-Musk is kept out of Political endeavors in this country- the better off we all will be.
I really think you should rethink that you forget that Elon was in the computer systems of all branches of the government. He could have the nuclear codes he could have the IRS code he could have the branch code he could have the military code. He can have the FBI code. He can have the best codes forever in computers and snatch the whole living crap out of the worldso I think the brains overbeat the orange clown.
Elon has lots of money, lots of data on the election (remember Trump's "he helped us out a lot in Pennsylvania") and he knows where the bodies are buried. I wouldn't rule him out without some damage as he is much smarter than Trump and Trump is a TACO.
Musk purchased T's seat. Musk also now has the back door to all this country's info, thanks to the stupidity of T and his cronies so he definitely has more than tweets. Let's be real and not start sucking up and giving the dumpster any real credit. He has only the power he's being allowed by the hands feeding him. His completely incompetency and ignorance of any real knowledge of anything is why he's been the perfect puppet... Just like he was for the muskrat until he got a little full of himself and thought he could cut his puppet strings off from puppeteer who put him in the oval office. I think he just got tired of sharing the spotlight. Petty jealousy ended the bromance, if you ask me.
In this case MUSK holds the cards -- the MONEY. Enough money to buy loyalty. He can buy some of the disgrunteled minions around Trump. Shit even Eric would go with him. Proud Boys? roger stone? Steve Bannon? Money can buy a COUP. All Musk has to do is BUY the tapes of Trump. They exist. He has the money to find them and find that former 14 year old that Trump raped. MONEY especially a few hundred BILLION. I think that Trump should watch out. All his insider deals, his partnerships with MBS, etc were all revealed to ELON in one of their "I bought you the Presidency let's talk" moment. You'll see. It couldn't happen to a nicer ORANGE man
After the DOGE bloodbaths, I would never trust Musk again. Trump proved that money doesn't make you intelligent. Musk is guilty of treason for DOGE! DOGE is the FRAUD! DOGE is Gestapo.
I told you all that Trump is holding something over the GOP and probably many others on the Epstein pervert list , they should all just shoot themselves, all these white Christian Nationalists like Mike Johnson, Mr. Non Honorable Speaker of the house, they are all sweating it out, to see if the Pam Bondi dumb head will spill it!
Very well put, Michael.