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Nancy Richardson's avatar

This evil regime is so unbelievably corrupt, but you bring their corruption to the forefront on a daily basis for the world to see. You do an amazing job! Thank you, Ron.

Merry's avatar

And that’s just for starters! Are we pissed-off, seething, stunned, surprised, confused, overwhelmed, banging our heads against a wall, crying hysterically, in a fetal position sucking our thumbs, and/or exhausted yet?

Julie's avatar

Yes. I’m in despair. The US is a failed state. And Trump just keeps on tearing shit up.

Merry's avatar

Yeah, if we weren’t in despair, then we aren’t playing attention, we’re cognitively challenged or part of a cult.

Robin D's avatar

All of the above. I just finished 5 minutes ago.

Merry's avatar

😂 😬😵‍💫😫

Bob's avatar

After January 2029, the only words about Trump and his ilk I want to hear are “asset forfeiture.”

Hound's avatar

His dirty lawyers we’ll figure out a way to circumvent that. There was a better solution in Germany for scumbags like Trump. It was called the Nuremberg trials followed by the Nuremberg executions.

With most of the Nazi DNA purge from the gene pool, we can trust Germany not to do anything stupid.

Nancy Richardson's avatar

I totally agree with you!

Laurie Ross's avatar

that he has to pay back to the tax payers all the money he stole from us

Angela Beresford's avatar

we need to sue the shit out of him

Zana Griffith's avatar

Them! Every republican in office as well.

Eva Marie Chastain's avatar

It's going to be too late. He'll either fight to hang on to power or run to Russia. Maybe both. He won't just hand over power and let someone slap cuffs on him. He's a supervillain. He has an escape plan.

Hound's avatar

Countries that were actual Democratic republics would never have a lot of Trump to get his criminal ass out of New York City in the 1980s. A lawful country would’ve put him in prison back then. We can bitch and bitch and bitch and bitch and bitch about Trump and his scumbag behavior and his filthy self but that’s not gonna get rid of them.

Mark my words, if Trump were to drop dead tomorrow this country will still suck until every billionaire and every corporate criminal is rounded up and given the Nuremberg treatment.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

Thank you for the list, Ron. I'm still reading all this shit! DAMN! It's overwhelming! Please enjoy your long holiday weekend. Try to forget this shit for a few days. We will be here waiting for you Tuesday.

Cheri Fernandez's avatar

I listened to it on my walk. Much easier. But, my gosh we are surrounded by corruption with the Trump Family/Bootlickers. It’s beyond sickening. All of their assets should be frozen while they’re investigated. They have stolen billions 😡

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

That's a good idea, Cheri. I'll listen to it while I'm cleaning house. I absolutely agree with you 💯% 😡

Terri's avatar

Everyone, especially those gullible people in the United States who STILL think that trump is their hero, need to see this list.

Lily's avatar

But those idiots can't read!

CSmith's avatar

Warning: This is something best to read a little at a time! I’ve only read the first 20 and I’m seething and I can feel my blood pressure going up and that I need a drink! 😡🍹 But thank you so much for your hard work on this and everything else you do continuously to keep us informed on all that this MOST CORRUPT in history administration does!!! You deserve to put your feet up and enjoy a few drinks and most definitely have a great long Labor Day weekend!!! Thanks, you rock!!! 🎸😎

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Wayne's avatar

That is just this year & it's not over yet. He is saving the worst for the next 60 days.

The Peaceful Solution-Plan B's avatar

Overconfidence in Elections

Erica Chenoweth illuminates the value of nonviolent resistance in societal conflicts | Harvard Kennedy School

The following is an excerpt about overconfidence in elections.

“People tend to think the way we create change is through elections, and the result is an overconfidence in elections,” she says. “During election cycles, people divert their energies away from community organization and mobilization in a way that makes it hard to sustain a mode of extra-institutional struggle.”

“One challenge to organization, especially in the Western world, Chenoweth says, is that progressive movements full of freethinkers tend to be fragmented and often internally contentious.

Participants in right-wing movements, meanwhile, are easier to organize because they tend to be more ideologically oriented to following authority.

“In emergencies, people in left-leaning or progressive movements can agree on the problem, so progressive movements tend to rally around a key moment or an emergency,” she says. “But this means they are often reacting to crises rather than taking the initiative or proposing a consensus-based solution to the problem.”

Complicating things further, she says, there is often less agreement in democracies about what exactly constitutes a crisis, and the energy around mobilization for change gets pushed into election cycles.”

From the Peaceful Solution:

Please: Resist. Stop cooperating. Stop spending. Stop the fascist takeover.

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Jean Conley's avatar

The reason the Democrats are more divided is because they're FAR MORE OPEN-MINDED and can tolerate differences of opinions, whereas the republiCRAPS are NARROW-MINDED and extremely intolerant with anyone and everyone who doesn't think like they do. Prejudice to the utmost degree.

Janice Darling's avatar

True, but it is hard to pivot quickly and get anything accomplished when one's group is all over the place. Therefore the dull and narrow minded seem to be able to rally the troops and MOVE on an issue, cutting us off at the knees, while we dither and discuss options and vainly think we have time to devise the BEST plan. There are times when one simply needs to get a plan together quickly and make the best of it, so that we have the upper hand and can THEN refine the details.

Wendy Shelley's avatar

Wow, Ron, it must have been awful trying to limit to only 75! But you did a fabulous job, thank you, and now we hope you have an incredible rest of your weekend. There is nothing in the world like time in Maine! You know all the stuff is gonna be here when you come back. And we’ll be looking for the next 75!! 🥰

LHS's avatar

I had to stop reading them in-depth, as it was nauseating. I think the ones that bother me the most are the selling of pardons. People with money and influence get pardons, while everyone else can hold their hands on their butts until they grow roots. (Expression courtesy of my grandmother.) It was just announced today that Johnny "Doc" Dougherty, a Philadelphia union leader sentenced to 6 years in Federal prison for, among other things, embezzlement of union funds, had his sentence commuted by Trump. Dougherty had previously been turned-down for commutation, but his attorney said it was "persistence" that finally paid off. I can guarantee you that that "persistence" consisted of a payment to Trump himself or someone around him who could "suggest" Dougherty's sentence be commuted. 🤬

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

Me too. It infuriates me. I'll take many breaks throughout the weekend to finish it. 😡

Cappy Fann's avatar

Great expression from Grandma. My mind is hearing it with a slightly more colorful word instead of butts.

Laura Hyde's avatar

And it’s only 9 months in

Paul Kaufman's avatar

Actually only 8 months. Four months left in the year including most of September.

Quantum Kitty's avatar

my question is this – are the Democrats planning on clawing back these ill-gotten gains from Trump, his family and his supporters? Or as usual are we just stuck with the same old bullshit grift that goes unpunished every goddamn time a republican president screws us - i.e, Bush, Reagan, Nixon to name a few who broke the law & got away with it because democrats always roll over - sending the signal to Republicans that they can screw us any which way they want and get away with it every time.

Cappy Fann's avatar

You're right.

If Democrats put this issue front and center, and stuck with the message, they could rally the people to join in. They always appear like they're afraid people won't like them if they do something while the GOP doesn't give a damn, and tells people to get the heck out of their way.

Who gives a crap if people don't like them? This is politics. If you want nice, visit Canada. (Maybe not so much these days.)

Karen Q's avatar

“Maybe not so much these days.” To a large extent, US encouraging dissent in Canada

Mary's avatar

I fear there is little difference between the Dems and the GOP. They all take apac money and don't govern for the US Citizens. When you are rolling in dough you forget about the little people who barely make it on a day to day basis.

Mike's avatar

Read the freaking list!! When have you ever seen Democrats do ANYTHING like what is on the list? They are NOT the same!! Vote Blue up and down the ballot. The Republicans have enabled Trump. They are as guilty as he is.

Fred's avatar

This is staggering. Got thru the 1st 9 and need a drink. And I don’t drink. And you’re right in your forward, Republicans just let this all happen. They’ll find that not dong their job will make them need new jobs in January.

CJ Bair's avatar

Exactly… makes me sick to my stomach… literally.

I had to lay it down and get a beer.

It’s good to have this in writing.

Thank you, Ron. Have a great weekend!! 👍🏻

Pat Goshorn's avatar

THIS frightens me above all else....WHERE is the fucking RED LINE for Americans....not even a pedophile in the oval office....not even dead soldiers....WHEN will Americans stand up and protect America.....Americans will sit back and allow an evil regime to take over our country....WHICH they already have.....so ....Americans....you reap what you sew

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Share this everywhere

Laurel Yatsko's avatar

While none of this can come as a surprise to any of us, the sheer depth and breadth of this filthy corruption is stunning by any measure! How anyone could vote GOP/MAGA is equally stunning. It isn't as if this crime family and broligarchy was unexpected. The crime family has never followed any rules: the single exception of 'self-interest foremost and screw everyone else'. The worthless GOP dominated congress agreeing to abide any demand from the titular head of state, we have a nation in precipitous decline.

THANK YOU, Ron Filipkowski and Meidas for your fearless, factual reporting.

WJB Motown's avatar

Great work MTN!!!! Donald Trump has declared war on humanity and Mother Earth.

Thanks for helping the worldwide resistance hold the fort and fight back against the Orange fascist.

Anne R's avatar

Fantastic compilation, great work! Reading with a glass of wine nearby to help with my anger.

Elizabeth Hirst's avatar

Bravo, Ron, for keeping track of all these colossally unethical actions. It makes for infuriating reading, but it’s good to know that somebody has the receipts.