I’ve never been so ashamed of this country than I am now. This administration is the most corrupt in our history. I do have to add that I have never been so proud of the way people are fighting for our freedoms and democracy. The world is watching and I pray this nightmare ends soon.
Same here, and, having come of political age during the Vietnam War, I've rarely been *proud* of my country. Proud of some of its people for sure, but the whole country? No. And the more history I learned, the more ambivalent I became. What's happening now is the worst of the all the worse I've seen in my lifetime. Corrupt, racist, misogynist, incompetent . . . I hope we've hit bottom, but, as the great, late Malvina Reynolds sang decades ago, "You think you've hit bottom? / There's a bottom below."
Only ignorant people and bourgeois politicians both love and support the United States empire and its military. Furthermore. Veterans and military personnel are nothing but people who have fallen for lies, there's NOTHING honorable about choosing to be pawns for the military industrial complex in service to the bourgeoisie.
I have basically left the USA. I am living back and forth between two countries. I wrote these pieces last November and December and they still seem relevant.
This first one is called "A 'Plan B' for Catastrophe."
I was in the US in August and September packing up to sell our house and move my mother to assisted living. I was very dependent on immigrants and here are some pieces I wrote about my experiences in Chicago as ICE really hit the city.
And so scary! In this country! I can’t believe that several million people voted for that man. They are complicit in causing the suffering and misery being experienced by so many.
what is really shameful, is that people still comment online that they people are only getting what they deserve. they snuck into the country therefore they ARE criminals and deserve to be treated like criminals.
If they've just crossed the border, yes, send them back. But if they've lived here 5,10, 20 years, married, had children, worked and saved, paid taxes and invested in America, they are not criminals, they are Americans. There needs to be a clear, easy-to-implement path for these people to become citizens. And Trump has no right to take away the citizenship of someone who has committed no crime. what a bunch of worthless, soul-less pieces of crap that man and his dicksuckers are.
The citizens of the United States likely had family immigrate to the U.S. I constantly hear about something called an anchor family. If they want to get rid of immigrants, let’s start with t/rump, whose grandfather immigrated to the U.S, when the grandfather was dodging the draft in his native country. If there is a just God, the bastards in the t/rump regime, will roast in hell someday.
The GOP has taken up the backing of the Christian Nationalists, who believe that this is meant to be a "White Christian Nation." I don't know where they get this from, but Christians they are not. I don't subscribe to the Christian faith, but I do know that's not what Jesus taught. So these people need to have a kick in the ass back into their church, then lock the door and never let them out. These people make me so sick to my stomach; there are no words to cover it. I have a daughter adopted from Asia. She's been a citizen since she was two. This is the country she knows. When Reagan did the amnesty, I helped a friend do that, and he went on to get his citizenship. He's from El Salvador. Do I have to worry now about that being taken away? He works both a full and part-time job; he's never had any government help. I've seen plenty of our lazy white people on welfare, and more so, I do know the difference. We need these immigrants, but that stupid man and the sycophants who back him and voted for him are just too stupid to get it.
I blame EVERYONE that voted for that piece of shit! His traits were well known. I was certain that after the Access Hollywood thing would nail him and here we are. I’m so embarrassed by my country.
A Clear Violation Of The Constitution And What THIS Country Was Found On !!!😮 Trump's Family No Founders Of This Country !!! Nor Christy Noem !! Let's Strip ! ALL ! Of Them Of Their Citizenship Status And Send Them To A South Africa Country Were They Kill Christian's !! Let's See How Well They Do !!!....🤔🤔🤔🤔
Paid Killers plain and simple. Show me the faces, ID’s and documents of those that have gone MISSING? Proof of life is only the beginning. Now you should take their places for a while just to add some reality to your actions. Show them now or be accused of murder. No more accepted excuses allowed. No normalization allowed here. SHOW THEM DAMN IT!
Thank you. Incredibly important essay this season. I am so ashamed of what this nation has become and how those in charge have unleashed a crop of masked Nazis with a Napoleon complex on American communities. No wonder so many Republican politicians are fleeing their political careers. Some of them actually want to preserve what little is left of their dignity.
I disagree with your thought that they want to preserve what little is left of their dignity. All of them lost all their dignity long ago. I think they are just tired of the hassle from their constituents who now hate them and they miss that praise they used to get all the time.
The lesser of two evils is what led to Trump taking power, both times. Poorly informed and propagandized individuals support the corrupt bourgeois power structure, as well as that of the United States empire in general.
To repeat Ben Meisalas’s assessment, trump, Noem, and the other Regime sycophants who are involved in this atrocity are simply EVIL: may there be justice for the misery they are inflicting sooner rather than later. 🙏🏼
Jews were also encouraged to "self-deport". Those who did found themselves hunted down and hauled away anyway.
I have no reason to believe this will be any different if things continue on this current path. If you think Greenland and Canada are the only two new stars these shitheads want to add to the flag, I got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell ya.
This is absolutely spot on! Fantastic writing and explanation for the sadness we are bringing to families this Christmas that believed in the Dream. A sad chapter is being written.
Thank you for sharing. The pain of loss sits heavy in my heart. And in yours. I am sorry for the loss of so many that fled or were taken. Our lives were richer with them.
This is the reality of Brown People in America. It breaks my heart and infuriates me that Regime 47 has brought us to this, Constitution be damned. Until January 20, 2025, I have never been so ashamed of this country.
The plaque at the State of Liberty about give me you tired and poor and those yearning to be free, needs to be removed. It no longer has any meaning under the t/rump regime.
I’ve never been so ashamed of this country than I am now. This administration is the most corrupt in our history. I do have to add that I have never been so proud of the way people are fighting for our freedoms and democracy. The world is watching and I pray this nightmare ends soon.
I agree with everything you say, Lisa. I am so sad for all whose lives have been ripped apart by this administration.
I feel the same way. There are no words adequately describe the corruptness of this criminal clown car administration and its junk drawer cabinet
Same here, and, having come of political age during the Vietnam War, I've rarely been *proud* of my country. Proud of some of its people for sure, but the whole country? No. And the more history I learned, the more ambivalent I became. What's happening now is the worst of the all the worse I've seen in my lifetime. Corrupt, racist, misogynist, incompetent . . . I hope we've hit bottom, but, as the great, late Malvina Reynolds sang decades ago, "You think you've hit bottom? / There's a bottom below."
Susanna, I agree with all you said. We must be close to the same age.
B. 1951, still in pretty good shape. Singing (along with Sweet Honey) "B'lieve I'll Run On, See What the End's Gonna Be." <g>
Only ignorant people and bourgeois politicians both love and support the United States empire and its military. Furthermore. Veterans and military personnel are nothing but people who have fallen for lies, there's NOTHING honorable about choosing to be pawns for the military industrial complex in service to the bourgeoisie.
I have basically left the USA. I am living back and forth between two countries. I wrote these pieces last November and December and they still seem relevant.
This first one is called "A 'Plan B' for Catastrophe."
https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/a-plan-b-for-catastrophe?r=f0qfn
This one is called "Why I Chose Germany."
https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/why-i-choose-germany?r=f0qfn
I was in the US in August and September packing up to sell our house and move my mother to assisted living. I was very dependent on immigrants and here are some pieces I wrote about my experiences in Chicago as ICE really hit the city.
https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/view-from-chicago-no-ice-no-fear?r=f0qfn
https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/view-from-chicago-life-with-ice-is?r=f0qfn
https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/the-view-from-chicago-why-bad-bunny?r=f0qfn
I feel the exact same way. It has to stop, somehow, some way.
And now they have quotas to denaturalize and deport CITIZENS. This is so crazy.
And so scary! In this country! I can’t believe that several million people voted for that man. They are complicit in causing the suffering and misery being experienced by so many.
what is really shameful, is that people still comment online that they people are only getting what they deserve. they snuck into the country therefore they ARE criminals and deserve to be treated like criminals.
If they've just crossed the border, yes, send them back. But if they've lived here 5,10, 20 years, married, had children, worked and saved, paid taxes and invested in America, they are not criminals, they are Americans. There needs to be a clear, easy-to-implement path for these people to become citizens. And Trump has no right to take away the citizenship of someone who has committed no crime. what a bunch of worthless, soul-less pieces of crap that man and his dicksuckers are.
The citizens of the United States likely had family immigrate to the U.S. I constantly hear about something called an anchor family. If they want to get rid of immigrants, let’s start with t/rump, whose grandfather immigrated to the U.S, when the grandfather was dodging the draft in his native country. If there is a just God, the bastards in the t/rump regime, will roast in hell someday.
I believe that is a guarantee.
As well as the ancestors of that Hitler wanna be Stephen Miller.
What, you don't think those $15.00 donations are enough to get him to heaven?
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-heaven-donations-2123679
That’s the horrible jest of it while they call themselves Christian’s.
Yes. Trump and his evil idiots want to get rid of all people of color.
The GOP has taken up the backing of the Christian Nationalists, who believe that this is meant to be a "White Christian Nation." I don't know where they get this from, but Christians they are not. I don't subscribe to the Christian faith, but I do know that's not what Jesus taught. So these people need to have a kick in the ass back into their church, then lock the door and never let them out. These people make me so sick to my stomach; there are no words to cover it. I have a daughter adopted from Asia. She's been a citizen since she was two. This is the country she knows. When Reagan did the amnesty, I helped a friend do that, and he went on to get his citizenship. He's from El Salvador. Do I have to worry now about that being taken away? He works both a full and part-time job; he's never had any government help. I've seen plenty of our lazy white people on welfare, and more so, I do know the difference. We need these immigrants, but that stupid man and the sycophants who back him and voted for him are just too stupid to get it.
I blame EVERYONE that voted for that piece of shit! His traits were well known. I was certain that after the Access Hollywood thing would nail him and here we are. I’m so embarrassed by my country.
I also blame the 1/3 of the eligible voters who did not go to the polls.
And then there is that! The first to complain are always the ones that take NO responsibility at all.
I’m going to share your post, hope that’s ok
And so many of them are still so ignorant of what all he has actually done!! They aren't paying attention!
ty
And let's figure out a way to let all citizens know that the entire GOP Congress supports this. It's not just trump.
You HAVE a way!!!!! NOKINGS III!!! Start to organize NOW......make it a 24/7 project.
Shut down your computers Americans and get the "F" out there.
Support the hero videographers that are filming ICE.....
We Canadians are totally mobalized and fighting TacoTits from coast to coast.
Well said, totally agree.
A Clear Violation Of The Constitution And What THIS Country Was Found On !!!😮 Trump's Family No Founders Of This Country !!! Nor Christy Noem !! Let's Strip ! ALL ! Of Them Of Their Citizenship Status And Send Them To A South Africa Country Were They Kill Christian's !! Let's See How Well They Do !!!....🤔🤔🤔🤔
ty
Paid Killers plain and simple. Show me the faces, ID’s and documents of those that have gone MISSING? Proof of life is only the beginning. Now you should take their places for a while just to add some reality to your actions. Show them now or be accused of murder. No more accepted excuses allowed. No normalization allowed here. SHOW THEM DAMN IT!
Thank you. Incredibly important essay this season. I am so ashamed of what this nation has become and how those in charge have unleashed a crop of masked Nazis with a Napoleon complex on American communities. No wonder so many Republican politicians are fleeing their political careers. Some of them actually want to preserve what little is left of their dignity.
I disagree with your thought that they want to preserve what little is left of their dignity. All of them lost all their dignity long ago. I think they are just tired of the hassle from their constituents who now hate them and they miss that praise they used to get all the time.
They have no dignity left!
ty
I am SO ashamed of our government now. I just want to vomit.
You're not informed if you're only upset now.
I've stood in the cold, the wet, the heat with my protest signs since March. Yep, I don't know anything.
If you support the Democratic Party then you indeed don't know much of anything in relation to politics.
There is no viable alternative right now-if we don't coalesce behind one group we will go on with what we have now. No thank you!
The lesser of two evils is what led to Trump taking power, both times. Poorly informed and propagandized individuals support the corrupt bourgeois power structure, as well as that of the United States empire in general.
To repeat Ben Meisalas’s assessment, trump, Noem, and the other Regime sycophants who are involved in this atrocity are simply EVIL: may there be justice for the misery they are inflicting sooner rather than later. 🙏🏼
hopefully
There are too many empty chairs in this country. Thank you for shining more light on this serious problem.
ty
This is a repeat of Nazi Germany when the Jews fled Germany and every other European country. If they waited too long, the death camps awaited them.
true. love from germany
Jews were also encouraged to "self-deport". Those who did found themselves hunted down and hauled away anyway.
I have no reason to believe this will be any different if things continue on this current path. If you think Greenland and Canada are the only two new stars these shitheads want to add to the flag, I got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell ya.
This is absolutely spot on! Fantastic writing and explanation for the sadness we are bringing to families this Christmas that believed in the Dream. A sad chapter is being written.
ty
Beautifully written with love, respect, wisdom and warnings. ☮️🙏🏻💟
I agree
Thank you for sharing. The pain of loss sits heavy in my heart. And in yours. I am sorry for the loss of so many that fled or were taken. Our lives were richer with them.
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This is the reality of Brown People in America. It breaks my heart and infuriates me that Regime 47 has brought us to this, Constitution be damned. Until January 20, 2025, I have never been so ashamed of this country.
ty
To be honest, some people does not understand the impact of this administration on our society and mental health… thank you so much!
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Just wait till the Sleazy Six on the Supreme Court overturn the Wong Kim Ark decision and nullify birthright citizenship...
I think that will be the end of what we know as America.
ty
I am so sorry this happened to your friend. How awful! Please let him know that there are people who care.
ty
The plaque at the State of Liberty about give me you tired and poor and those yearning to be free, needs to be removed. It no longer has any meaning under the t/rump regime.
Rob Jones Temporarily. Hopefully.
Trump’s actions and those of his willing toadies shame us before the world.