Trump, Musk, and the broligarchy are dismantling our democracy and selling our country for parts to the highest bidder. Democrats are feckless. It will be up to the rest of us to save us.
Thank you for saying this: “However, this is America, a self-destructive country addicted to white supremacy that chose to elect a violent, criminal rapist who incited an insurrection because they couldn’t bear a female President who is Black and Indian.”
Everyone, including Substack writers either unaffiliated or no longer with the corporate media wants to talk about egg prices and poor disaffected white boys worried about their future while listening to Joe Rogen three hours a day. No one wants to admit that this is a country that’s never confronted its racism and that has always been susceptible to someone like Trump. Infectious whitewashing of the shame of the 2024 election permeates nearly everything that is written and is the script that the corporate media has sold very well since November.
Shared in FB your comment with the article. I don't think anyone in the corporate press has remarked that this is the least diverse administration since Reagan. The only Black appointee is, naturally, Herschel Walker, the damaged rx-NFL player, ex-nominee for Senate from Georgia.
So well said. We must unite, oppose and fight for our democracy and rights. We must rebuild and build up our country with freedom and prosperity for all.
I'm definitely in what's been accurately called "political distress." Traumatized by this whole freak show of incompetent asses parading around as though they had two brain cells to rub together, the whole lot of them combined. The spineless Dems infuriate me even more than the Rethugs, which we've known were the TRUE "enemies of the state." There is zero integrity amongst all the Rethug invertebrates in Congress and the Senate who, like obedient sheep, follow President Musk and his sidekick, Trump, all the way to the United States of Hell.
You get what you "paid for" with Republicans. They are all in with the Faustian deal. There's no line they won't cross. No low they won't go to. And they're staying loyal to the "cause" no matter how fucked up it gets.
But Democrats. WTF? Censoring one of your own for having the balls to show some dissent. They deserve less respect than Republicans. They are the true traitors in this story. Despicable, disgraceful cowards, who need to be removed from office at the first opportunity.
Great post. Depressing but true. These days I am whip sawed between anger and depression. Nevertheless I was steeling myself to continue writing and phoning my representatives and senators daily. It got so the people on the switchboard knew all my contact information.
Then the Zelensky meeting happened. That nearly did me in. I know Trump is a POS, but I didn’t see that coming. Trump and Vance are Russian operatives. I expected at least a few Republicans to stand up. Other than Lisa Murkowski, nobody said anything. Some like Miss Graham even piled on.
After that I realized we are in a long drawn out fight that I hope we can win. I am not certain now. Even if we come out of this nightmare, it will take a decade or more to pick up the pieces.
My hope comes from knowing that project 2025 is deeply unpopular. But we won’t reach critical mass until everyone feels the pain. One thing I am certain of is that the pain is coming soon.
Veterans will feel the hurt soon. As a veteran I already know about the delays at the VA. Cutting 60,000 more workers will make visiting the VA hospitals excruciating. Vets will complain and the republicans will say the care is poor, we need to privatize the VA.
It will be the same for Social Security and Medicare. After all this is now a country by the billionaires and for the billionaires. That is what the knuckle dragging MAGA idiots voted for.
The "Enola Gay" thing is so emblematic for this (self-) destructive regime. They're not only ignorant and incompetent, no, they're also lazy. Searching some database for the word "gay" and then hitting "delete all". They are rewriting history, but can't even do it properly. Watching this shit show from Europe I'm tempted by Schadenfreude, but it's all way too dangerous and harmful for that. Europe will remember this for decades and the world will literally burn for all of us due to the rampant and accelerating Climate & Biodiversity breakdown (or hoax as the Mump regime is calling it).
All empires must die and billionaires cannot exist, if we want to survive this century.
WA, the Dems have to pick their game up! And Quickly! The criminals in control are in a do as much damage as quick as you can mode. What even makes it worse is that they are very stupid! However, even a dumb sh-t can break something. They realize even the idiots that backed them will be devastated, but they don’t care! That is a problem for the idiots & a bigger problem for the rest of us. Numbers or quantity do matter in certain situations. We have to fight everyday, there is no other choice!!!
Thank you for saying this: “However, this is America, a self-destructive country addicted to white supremacy that chose to elect a violent, criminal rapist who incited an insurrection because they couldn’t bear a female President who is Black and Indian.”
Everyone, including Substack writers either unaffiliated or no longer with the corporate media wants to talk about egg prices and poor disaffected white boys worried about their future while listening to Joe Rogen three hours a day. No one wants to admit that this is a country that’s never confronted its racism and that has always been susceptible to someone like Trump. Infectious whitewashing of the shame of the 2024 election permeates nearly everything that is written and is the script that the corporate media has sold very well since November.
Shared in FB your comment with the article. I don't think anyone in the corporate press has remarked that this is the least diverse administration since Reagan. The only Black appointee is, naturally, Herschel Walker, the damaged rx-NFL player, ex-nominee for Senate from Georgia.
Oh! Don’t forget about the compliant Republicans who are just as culpable!
They’re all culpable through silence motivated by their own blood lust for money & power. History repeating itself as always….
So well said. We must unite, oppose and fight for our democracy and rights. We must rebuild and build up our country with freedom and prosperity for all.
There is none so blind as he who will not see. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. This is where we are.
I'm definitely in what's been accurately called "political distress." Traumatized by this whole freak show of incompetent asses parading around as though they had two brain cells to rub together, the whole lot of them combined. The spineless Dems infuriate me even more than the Rethugs, which we've known were the TRUE "enemies of the state." There is zero integrity amongst all the Rethug invertebrates in Congress and the Senate who, like obedient sheep, follow President Musk and his sidekick, Trump, all the way to the United States of Hell.
WITH PTSD
You get what you "paid for" with Republicans. They are all in with the Faustian deal. There's no line they won't cross. No low they won't go to. And they're staying loyal to the "cause" no matter how fucked up it gets.
But Democrats. WTF? Censoring one of your own for having the balls to show some dissent. They deserve less respect than Republicans. They are the true traitors in this story. Despicable, disgraceful cowards, who need to be removed from office at the first opportunity.
Great post. Depressing but true. These days I am whip sawed between anger and depression. Nevertheless I was steeling myself to continue writing and phoning my representatives and senators daily. It got so the people on the switchboard knew all my contact information.
Then the Zelensky meeting happened. That nearly did me in. I know Trump is a POS, but I didn’t see that coming. Trump and Vance are Russian operatives. I expected at least a few Republicans to stand up. Other than Lisa Murkowski, nobody said anything. Some like Miss Graham even piled on.
After that I realized we are in a long drawn out fight that I hope we can win. I am not certain now. Even if we come out of this nightmare, it will take a decade or more to pick up the pieces.
My hope comes from knowing that project 2025 is deeply unpopular. But we won’t reach critical mass until everyone feels the pain. One thing I am certain of is that the pain is coming soon.
Veterans will feel the hurt soon. As a veteran I already know about the delays at the VA. Cutting 60,000 more workers will make visiting the VA hospitals excruciating. Vets will complain and the republicans will say the care is poor, we need to privatize the VA.
It will be the same for Social Security and Medicare. After all this is now a country by the billionaires and for the billionaires. That is what the knuckle dragging MAGA idiots voted for.
The "Enola Gay" thing is so emblematic for this (self-) destructive regime. They're not only ignorant and incompetent, no, they're also lazy. Searching some database for the word "gay" and then hitting "delete all". They are rewriting history, but can't even do it properly. Watching this shit show from Europe I'm tempted by Schadenfreude, but it's all way too dangerous and harmful for that. Europe will remember this for decades and the world will literally burn for all of us due to the rampant and accelerating Climate & Biodiversity breakdown (or hoax as the Mump regime is calling it).
All empires must die and billionaires cannot exist, if we want to survive this century.
Oh, so right on. Reposting everywhere I can.
TRUMP IS A WASHOUTTTTTTT
I am FEMALE.
So am I. And I probably have PTSD. I’m 81.
Elon is actually a wiener. And he likes it too.
Making me sick to my stomach, fam.
Is treason classified as a high crime or misdemeanor?
WA, the Dems have to pick their game up! And Quickly! The criminals in control are in a do as much damage as quick as you can mode. What even makes it worse is that they are very stupid! However, even a dumb sh-t can break something. They realize even the idiots that backed them will be devastated, but they don’t care! That is a problem for the idiots & a bigger problem for the rest of us. Numbers or quantity do matter in certain situations. We have to fight everyday, there is no other choice!!!