Anyone else have "This time it's serious for Trump" fatigue? I truly want to believe this time is different, but my god, even if that's true, what a stain on this country's supposed interest in law and justice his reign has been. I fear the damage has already been done, that even some type of eventual punishment will still prove you can live a lavish life of wealth and power up to your mid-70's being a despicable, ruthless, lawless bully as long as you threaten people, pay them off, and make the wealthy even wealthier.
On "wokeness" and evangelicals: I try to keep a close ear on the broadcasts of Christian nationalists and their Christian opponents, which the theocrats call "progressives."
There are convulsions going on now in that world. Increasing millions of young people are staying away from churches, and so the theocrats (Christo-fascists) are targeting more efforts at the schools, ideally to "transform" (destroy) the public education system and replace it with taxpayer-funded religious charter schools. Education is one of the "seven mountains" in the "dominionist" game plan.
Vote Common Good has a great podcast series on "Confronting Christian Nationalism." I view Christian nationalism as the root cause behind the erosion of our democratic principles.
I grew up in an evangelical church. I’ll just say I stopped going and leave it there.
DeSantis banning Romeo and Juliet now? Total insanity there as far as I’m concerned.
Trump is literally incapable of obeying Judge Chutkan or anyone else. He’s proved that over and over. I hope she stays tough and punishes him when he inevitably targets and threatens even more people.
I have presented Shakespeare's sonnets in class, had my students edit the cover of my work " The Sonnet Collection of William Shakespeare: Translated and Analyzed," which they were very excited to be a part of. I also read excerpts from Hamlet, I will never refrain fro teaching the works of the Bard in the Florida education system.
The GOP has already turned toward fascism; in fact ,they are already there. No real challenges to tRump are allowed on the ballot against him. Death threats against those who oppose him have already happened. Once respected Republicans have been forced out, by threats of being primaried . He is a mob boss who will stop at nothing to 'win' . The majority of voters will not vote for him!
Yes, tired of seeing the former President on TV! The media is playing right into his hands!
Inflation is still around as food prices are crazy! Interests rates are high and some people are increasing their debt giving huge profits to the corporations! This must stop! The middle class and poor are hurting! This coming week, he will be indicted in Georgia so # 4 is coming! It’s not a boring summer!
If you strip away the context and just look at the words, the GOP is waging a war on being awake. It makes sense -- you'd have to be asleep to vote for them.
Great economy? For whom? Not the lower 60%. Nothing changes. The wealthy continue to pillage and the income and wealth gap widens. These things could have been done by an administration that cared about we the people:
1. Take the side of unions and workers against pillaging big business consistently
2. Impose a windfall profits tax against big oil and other conglomerates that dominate their industries without competition. This was mentioned, no action.
3. Reverse the tax cuts that Trump created for the Rich and for corporations.
4. Increase inheritance tax and eliminate loopholes for the Rich
5. Re-impose the restrictions on stock buybacks that were eliminated under Reagan.
6. Cut the defense budget in half. 850 billion us defense budget makes no sense when Russia is increasing its budget to 100 billion and china's defense spending will be 223 billion. Pay the 400 billion saved directly to us citizens as checks.
7. Introduce 100% medical/dental/ vision care/prescription drug fully paid healthcare for all for basic care: physicals, Dr visits, first aid. People can buy insurance for more than this. This would be a needed stepping stone towards healthcare for all. Those will lead to Medicare savings down the road.
8. Impose rent controls and build lots of affordable public housing. Don't contract it to corporations; create a public works and create jobs for builders to build without CEOs pillaging.
9. Introduce a maximum wage at 20 x lowest paid worker for any company or corporation that is hired via government contracts. This will help level the playing field.
10. Pay off all student debt. Make student loans interest free and allow students to get out from under debt via bankruptcy. Many so called Rich people are Rich because they escaped debt via bankruptcy. Why not students?
There is more to be done for we the people. Biden's program is window dressing and never helps the lower 60%
Global Climate Disaster. We need to correct our language. We need to NOT fall into using descriptions of the global climate disaster that does not make clear that human lives are being lost, our favorite vacation destinations are being forever ruined, plants and animals are facing widespread extinction and the physics of climate and weather have been ALREADY changed irrevocably. It's a Global Climate Disaster.
The war on "woke" is directed at destroying the development of a thinking mind. The earlier you can feed the mind fat, the quicker the arteries will clog. And than you are left with a sedentary slug who will accept without question even the most dubious of declarations. ((like I really won, like Hunter's laptop is an equal problem to a group of people intent on overthrowing a presidential election even after 60 court defeats, like believing that a few blacks who learned blacksmithing balance out the entirety of slavery, like believing that Romeo and Juliet must be expurgated before it can be seen by a teen ager, that a billionaire needs your money to defend against felonies , etc.
A couple points on climate change. When I come into contact with a right-wing skeptic, I always ask them "Why does our Defense Department now regard climate change as a high-level security threat?"
The other point is the increased incidence of pandemics as decreased habitat pushes species closer together, and the migration of tropical diseases like malaria, dengue fever, etc. to our former "temperate zones."
Micro managing the job of Public Education by parents is damaging the process in my view! That is what the Superintendents & Principal’s are paid for! The School Committees are for overseeing budgets, management performance m, etc! Not micro managing curriculum. Think I’d leave that for the experts!
I thing Smith and the judge are being very smart about Trump's provocations. They're giving him all the rope he needs to hang himself. So when they do mute him, he won't have any legitimate complaint. It must be a shock to him to find he's up against two people who won't let him make a fool of the justice system like he's always done in the past. It's about time!
Anyone else have "This time it's serious for Trump" fatigue? I truly want to believe this time is different, but my god, even if that's true, what a stain on this country's supposed interest in law and justice his reign has been. I fear the damage has already been done, that even some type of eventual punishment will still prove you can live a lavish life of wealth and power up to your mid-70's being a despicable, ruthless, lawless bully as long as you threaten people, pay them off, and make the wealthy even wealthier.
On "wokeness" and evangelicals: I try to keep a close ear on the broadcasts of Christian nationalists and their Christian opponents, which the theocrats call "progressives."
There are convulsions going on now in that world. Increasing millions of young people are staying away from churches, and so the theocrats (Christo-fascists) are targeting more efforts at the schools, ideally to "transform" (destroy) the public education system and replace it with taxpayer-funded religious charter schools. Education is one of the "seven mountains" in the "dominionist" game plan.
Vote Common Good has a great podcast series on "Confronting Christian Nationalism." I view Christian nationalism as the root cause behind the erosion of our democratic principles.
I grew up in an evangelical church. I’ll just say I stopped going and leave it there.
DeSantis banning Romeo and Juliet now? Total insanity there as far as I’m concerned.
Trump is literally incapable of obeying Judge Chutkan or anyone else. He’s proved that over and over. I hope she stays tough and punishes him when he inevitably targets and threatens even more people.
Maybe only 26 minutes but I would rather read it than sit and watch. Can you post transcripts please?
I hope every person who has common sense and is not a fanatic refuses to vote for the crazies that too many Republicans have become.
I have presented Shakespeare's sonnets in class, had my students edit the cover of my work " The Sonnet Collection of William Shakespeare: Translated and Analyzed," which they were very excited to be a part of. I also read excerpts from Hamlet, I will never refrain fro teaching the works of the Bard in the Florida education system.
The GOP has already turned toward fascism; in fact ,they are already there. No real challenges to tRump are allowed on the ballot against him. Death threats against those who oppose him have already happened. Once respected Republicans have been forced out, by threats of being primaried . He is a mob boss who will stop at nothing to 'win' . The majority of voters will not vote for him!
Yes, tired of seeing the former President on TV! The media is playing right into his hands!
Inflation is still around as food prices are crazy! Interests rates are high and some people are increasing their debt giving huge profits to the corporations! This must stop! The middle class and poor are hurting! This coming week, he will be indicted in Georgia so # 4 is coming! It’s not a boring summer!
If you strip away the context and just look at the words, the GOP is waging a war on being awake. It makes sense -- you'd have to be asleep to vote for them.
Great economy? For whom? Not the lower 60%. Nothing changes. The wealthy continue to pillage and the income and wealth gap widens. These things could have been done by an administration that cared about we the people:
1. Take the side of unions and workers against pillaging big business consistently
2. Impose a windfall profits tax against big oil and other conglomerates that dominate their industries without competition. This was mentioned, no action.
3. Reverse the tax cuts that Trump created for the Rich and for corporations.
4. Increase inheritance tax and eliminate loopholes for the Rich
5. Re-impose the restrictions on stock buybacks that were eliminated under Reagan.
6. Cut the defense budget in half. 850 billion us defense budget makes no sense when Russia is increasing its budget to 100 billion and china's defense spending will be 223 billion. Pay the 400 billion saved directly to us citizens as checks.
7. Introduce 100% medical/dental/ vision care/prescription drug fully paid healthcare for all for basic care: physicals, Dr visits, first aid. People can buy insurance for more than this. This would be a needed stepping stone towards healthcare for all. Those will lead to Medicare savings down the road.
8. Impose rent controls and build lots of affordable public housing. Don't contract it to corporations; create a public works and create jobs for builders to build without CEOs pillaging.
9. Introduce a maximum wage at 20 x lowest paid worker for any company or corporation that is hired via government contracts. This will help level the playing field.
10. Pay off all student debt. Make student loans interest free and allow students to get out from under debt via bankruptcy. Many so called Rich people are Rich because they escaped debt via bankruptcy. Why not students?
There is more to be done for we the people. Biden's program is window dressing and never helps the lower 60%
Global Climate Disaster. We need to correct our language. We need to NOT fall into using descriptions of the global climate disaster that does not make clear that human lives are being lost, our favorite vacation destinations are being forever ruined, plants and animals are facing widespread extinction and the physics of climate and weather have been ALREADY changed irrevocably. It's a Global Climate Disaster.
The war on "woke" is directed at destroying the development of a thinking mind. The earlier you can feed the mind fat, the quicker the arteries will clog. And than you are left with a sedentary slug who will accept without question even the most dubious of declarations. ((like I really won, like Hunter's laptop is an equal problem to a group of people intent on overthrowing a presidential election even after 60 court defeats, like believing that a few blacks who learned blacksmithing balance out the entirety of slavery, like believing that Romeo and Juliet must be expurgated before it can be seen by a teen ager, that a billionaire needs your money to defend against felonies , etc.
A couple points on climate change. When I come into contact with a right-wing skeptic, I always ask them "Why does our Defense Department now regard climate change as a high-level security threat?"
The other point is the increased incidence of pandemics as decreased habitat pushes species closer together, and the migration of tropical diseases like malaria, dengue fever, etc. to our former "temperate zones."
Micro managing the job of Public Education by parents is damaging the process in my view! That is what the Superintendents & Principal’s are paid for! The School Committees are for overseeing budgets, management performance m, etc! Not micro managing curriculum. Think I’d leave that for the experts!
Now seven people have "liked" my comment. Robert, are you listening? Transcripts can be gotten free these days.
I thing Smith and the judge are being very smart about Trump's provocations. They're giving him all the rope he needs to hang himself. So when they do mute him, he won't have any legitimate complaint. It must be a shock to him to find he's up against two people who won't let him make a fool of the justice system like he's always done in the past. It's about time!