I Have One Question for the Republican members of Congress who have sworn an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.
Since becoming a member of Congress have you taken the Q-anon oath?(WWG1WGA)
Because it sure seems like you have. It reminds me of Jonestown. An American cult under the leadership of Jim Jones. You remember that one don’t you? Over 900 people perished, all but two from apparent cyanide poisoning, under his leadership!
The Only difference is, this shepherd’s name is Donald John Trump! Seems you will do anything he tells you to do like bringing on an Impeachment Inquiry against President Biden without a sniff of evidence! Or when you protect people in your party who you know are anti democratic.
Doesn’t it bother you when you go on Faux News
or other legacy media outlets and completely humiliate yourself in front of the public with outrageous lies that are easily fact checked? Or how about the lies you tell about the leading nominee of your party for president who is nothing more than a charismatic bully ?
Hey, it’s your Legacy!
Remember this little narcissistic outburst, “I know more than the generals.“ Or when he said, “I could end the war in Ukraine within 24 hrs. “ Just a couple of the ridiculous things that he has boasted.
The same guy who said: “I ALONE CAN FIX IT”
What part of “ALONE” don’t you understand?
He believes that he doesn’t need your help or anyone else’s, and when you come right down to it, really doesn’t want your help. He’s playing all of you like a fiddle! He wants an Autocratic government, period!! As long as you are completely loyal and smother him with compliments you will survive for the short term. That is what is called, living on the edge!
Or is it that you have sold your soul to the billionaires club to a point where you will turn against your own country? Your party can’t even elect a Speaker of the House worthy of the position!
“The point is this: Whether named Netanyahu, Trump, or Putin, when authoritarian leaders gain power by dividing the public, spreading baseless conspiracy theories, and accusing opponents of being “deep state” traitors, they weaken a society’s capacities to protect itself from all sorts of threats. “---Robert Reich
This is what authoritarian, fascist populists do. They turn democracies into authoritarian kakistocracies. Gone is the administrative state, replaced with incompetent and corrupt sycophants.
Israel is experiencing the consequences of such an authoritarian kleptocrat. America got a taste during COVID.
It’s China’s fault. It’s a Kong Fu Flu. It’s a democratic hoax. Masks are the devil. Drink bleach. Fire and hang all the scientists, etc....
Yet, 1.5 million Americans died. More than 500k died, who could have survived, but refused the vaccines.
Bottom line: thank god Trump isn’t president now, because authoritarian kleptocrats are unprepared to lead in crisis, and do more damage than good. If Trump were president today, we’d probably be at war.
Yet, half of Americans think Trump is stronger on National Defense than Biden, and is he going to become the next republican nominee for president.
My only question is, when will Americans learn their lesson and wake up? Because no one could be this stupid; or could they?
people forget that Israel has treated Oalestnians in Gaza very nearly like Hitler treated Jews not gassed them but not far off since its creation.Another mess the western powers created and have failed to hold Israel to account but instead even today are doubling down to support Israel. There is little difference between Western powers and Russia!
We say it is wrong for Putin to try and grab land and dominate the Ukrainians yet we are happy to support Israel for doing the the same to palestinians!!
You can oppress people so far that they have nothing left to lose!
It is not Jews who are responsible for what Israel's treatment of palestinians but the Zionists and the failure of the Western powers failure to hold Israel to account!
Israel should be sanctioned and treated like North Korea.
By no means do I condone what Hamas has done but can understand why.
I worry and fear we'll learn after the fact that some strategic plan or capability will be defeated because ESG (Extremely Stable Genius) sold it to someone for personal gain. That would be treason. What dis ESG say about traitors?
We are getting to the entropy phase of human civilization. The worst attributes have festered in many key leaders, with greed, hatred, and callousness rising to the fore. Yet as the American population explodes, the generation coming soon to voting age will not be blind to these dangerous flaws. Between facing our climate challenges, valuing individuality, and pushing back against wealth inequality, those rising now have the energy, intellect, and interconnectedness to turn back #RepubloFascism here and despots elsewhere.
There will always be more of us than than the haters, cheats, and dullards. Bluster has had its run, and the grownups - as in the woke youth - are not going to stand for today’s GOP any longer. All the way up and down the ballot in 2024, Democrats will make gains that won’t be turned back for a generation.
We’ll get things done. Doubters will no longer have traction. The MAGA anomaly will soon be purged, mark my words.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Who said that? True, for all Emperors and Chancellors, Prime Ministers and Presidents. Always has been, always will be, when we do nothing.
Here's a must-read from Thom Hartmann, titled, "Did Hamas Somehow Get Inside Information About Israel’s Defenses from a Trump Leak?"
From the article:
“Donald Trump’s sharing of alleged classified intelligence to Russian officials in the White House has come under scrutiny amid a large-scale attack by the Hamas Islamist military group against Israel."
"Trump ‘revealed more information to the Russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies.’”
“I get great intel. I have people brief me on great intel every day.” ~Donald J Trump
I will dare to say something dangerous here. I fully agree that Putin, Trump, Netanyahu, Modi, Erdogan, and a number of others are all self-obsessed populist leaders with no real concern for their own people let alone those in other countries. (The real point always comes after the but - so I will try not to use it!) At the same time each rose in a historical context that included a lot of power concentration, double-dealing, othering (creating enemies out of ethnicities, gender differences, skin color, language, or religion) for no justifiable reason. Our own CIA, supposedly an information gathering agency, has participated in coups, "nation building" for multinational corporations, and general skullduggery to keep the US in a dominant global position since the end of WWII. We are not innocent in any of the wars happening right now. Hamas has no justification for its violence. Israel has none either when you take this long term perspective. Populists never take a long term perspective, therefore populists like the above only work to secure and enhance their own power. The oppressed in such a situation will bite back. That is what we are seeing now. No one wins in these conflicts. Good politics will work to end the violence without using violence lest the whole world end up "blind and toothless". In the end, I fear, throwing weapons to participants in these conflagrations only makes the situation worse. Our failure was allowing the conditions that lead to these conflicts to persist in the first place.
We now desperately need a vetting committee as part of each state’s election board, made up of six citizens savvy to human character who will grill each applicant before they can be allowed to run. See “Assessing the Character of Candidates for National Political Office” on Amazon.
Comparing the butchery of humans in Israel/Gaza to similar actions against American schoolchildren by US gunman, I'm left with little else other than sorrow. Yichh.
The sitch in Palestine is not dissimilar to that of Native Americans in the 19th and early 20th centuries; what's happening is consequently no surprise.
Many of us wonder if the hostilities can ever be solved by the parties involved in Israel. Decades have passed. For now, for many of us, hope is all we have. Closer to home, many wonder why neither the Democrats or the Republicans are willing to somehow lock themselves away and resolve the issues at hand, again, many of us can only keep hope alive as seemingly little or none of what is posted in forums like this reach the ears, hearts, and minds of the legislative branch we’re dependent on to actually run a functioning government of some degree of efficiency and effectiveness. Legislators like Mr. Scalise should not be entertained with becoming the third in line to the commander in Chief if he cannot differentiate between what did and did not happen with the 2020 vote. Trying to win the backing of other election deniers is a non-starter to Democrats so in the meanwhile many of us must put up with this charade until when? Scalise, Jordan, and McCarthy, like other election denying losers (based on all the factual certified evidence provided by official committees), are just wasting the time of many of us wondering if our own future will ever be free of such nonsense. In agreement with today’s message, many of us wonder what our own country’s home-based extremist underbelly is up to while the legislative branch flounders. Thanks, RR for today’s warnings.
I Have One Question for the Republican members of Congress who have sworn an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.
Since becoming a member of Congress have you taken the Q-anon oath?(WWG1WGA)
Because it sure seems like you have. It reminds me of Jonestown. An American cult under the leadership of Jim Jones. You remember that one don’t you? Over 900 people perished, all but two from apparent cyanide poisoning, under his leadership!
The Only difference is, this shepherd’s name is Donald John Trump! Seems you will do anything he tells you to do like bringing on an Impeachment Inquiry against President Biden without a sniff of evidence! Or when you protect people in your party who you know are anti democratic.
Doesn’t it bother you when you go on Faux News
or other legacy media outlets and completely humiliate yourself in front of the public with outrageous lies that are easily fact checked? Or how about the lies you tell about the leading nominee of your party for president who is nothing more than a charismatic bully ?
Hey, it’s your Legacy!
Remember this little narcissistic outburst, “I know more than the generals.“ Or when he said, “I could end the war in Ukraine within 24 hrs. “ Just a couple of the ridiculous things that he has boasted.
The same guy who said: “I ALONE CAN FIX IT”
What part of “ALONE” don’t you understand?
He believes that he doesn’t need your help or anyone else’s, and when you come right down to it, really doesn’t want your help. He’s playing all of you like a fiddle! He wants an Autocratic government, period!! As long as you are completely loyal and smother him with compliments you will survive for the short term. That is what is called, living on the edge!
Or is it that you have sold your soul to the billionaires club to a point where you will turn against your own country? Your party can’t even elect a Speaker of the House worthy of the position!
Netanyahu has been putting the screws to the Palestinians. When you oppress a people you get terrorists.
“The point is this: Whether named Netanyahu, Trump, or Putin, when authoritarian leaders gain power by dividing the public, spreading baseless conspiracy theories, and accusing opponents of being “deep state” traitors, they weaken a society’s capacities to protect itself from all sorts of threats. “---Robert Reich
This is what authoritarian, fascist populists do. They turn democracies into authoritarian kakistocracies. Gone is the administrative state, replaced with incompetent and corrupt sycophants.
Israel is experiencing the consequences of such an authoritarian kleptocrat. America got a taste during COVID.
It’s China’s fault. It’s a Kong Fu Flu. It’s a democratic hoax. Masks are the devil. Drink bleach. Fire and hang all the scientists, etc....
Yet, 1.5 million Americans died. More than 500k died, who could have survived, but refused the vaccines.
Bottom line: thank god Trump isn’t president now, because authoritarian kleptocrats are unprepared to lead in crisis, and do more damage than good. If Trump were president today, we’d probably be at war.
Yet, half of Americans think Trump is stronger on National Defense than Biden, and is he going to become the next republican nominee for president.
My only question is, when will Americans learn their lesson and wake up? Because no one could be this stupid; or could they?
I think it’s time we give men a break and let them be house husbands for two years while the women take over and clean up men’s messes
Netanyahu is Trump with more finesse. He is completely responsible for this horror and he knows it. His place in history will not be good.
people forget that Israel has treated Oalestnians in Gaza very nearly like Hitler treated Jews not gassed them but not far off since its creation.Another mess the western powers created and have failed to hold Israel to account but instead even today are doubling down to support Israel. There is little difference between Western powers and Russia!
We say it is wrong for Putin to try and grab land and dominate the Ukrainians yet we are happy to support Israel for doing the the same to palestinians!!
You can oppress people so far that they have nothing left to lose!
It is not Jews who are responsible for what Israel's treatment of palestinians but the Zionists and the failure of the Western powers failure to hold Israel to account!
Israel should be sanctioned and treated like North Korea.
By no means do I condone what Hamas has done but can understand why.
I worry and fear we'll learn after the fact that some strategic plan or capability will be defeated because ESG (Extremely Stable Genius) sold it to someone for personal gain. That would be treason. What dis ESG say about traitors?
We are getting to the entropy phase of human civilization. The worst attributes have festered in many key leaders, with greed, hatred, and callousness rising to the fore. Yet as the American population explodes, the generation coming soon to voting age will not be blind to these dangerous flaws. Between facing our climate challenges, valuing individuality, and pushing back against wealth inequality, those rising now have the energy, intellect, and interconnectedness to turn back #RepubloFascism here and despots elsewhere.
There will always be more of us than than the haters, cheats, and dullards. Bluster has had its run, and the grownups - as in the woke youth - are not going to stand for today’s GOP any longer. All the way up and down the ballot in 2024, Democrats will make gains that won’t be turned back for a generation.
We’ll get things done. Doubters will no longer have traction. The MAGA anomaly will soon be purged, mark my words.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Who said that? True, for all Emperors and Chancellors, Prime Ministers and Presidents. Always has been, always will be, when we do nothing.
Here's a must-read from Thom Hartmann, titled, "Did Hamas Somehow Get Inside Information About Israel’s Defenses from a Trump Leak?"
From the article:
“Donald Trump’s sharing of alleged classified intelligence to Russian officials in the White House has come under scrutiny amid a large-scale attack by the Hamas Islamist military group against Israel."
"Trump ‘revealed more information to the Russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies.’”
“I get great intel. I have people brief me on great intel every day.” ~Donald J Trump
.
https://hartmannreport.com/p/did-hamas-somehow-get-inside-information-23e
We are in the age of "double speak". "Truth ,social" is anything but truthful and it is anti social
Remember anything trump says about others is projection
This time is sad horrible and very exhausting but hopefully will end
I will dare to say something dangerous here. I fully agree that Putin, Trump, Netanyahu, Modi, Erdogan, and a number of others are all self-obsessed populist leaders with no real concern for their own people let alone those in other countries. (The real point always comes after the but - so I will try not to use it!) At the same time each rose in a historical context that included a lot of power concentration, double-dealing, othering (creating enemies out of ethnicities, gender differences, skin color, language, or religion) for no justifiable reason. Our own CIA, supposedly an information gathering agency, has participated in coups, "nation building" for multinational corporations, and general skullduggery to keep the US in a dominant global position since the end of WWII. We are not innocent in any of the wars happening right now. Hamas has no justification for its violence. Israel has none either when you take this long term perspective. Populists never take a long term perspective, therefore populists like the above only work to secure and enhance their own power. The oppressed in such a situation will bite back. That is what we are seeing now. No one wins in these conflicts. Good politics will work to end the violence without using violence lest the whole world end up "blind and toothless". In the end, I fear, throwing weapons to participants in these conflagrations only makes the situation worse. Our failure was allowing the conditions that lead to these conflicts to persist in the first place.
We now desperately need a vetting committee as part of each state’s election board, made up of six citizens savvy to human character who will grill each applicant before they can be allowed to run. See “Assessing the Character of Candidates for National Political Office” on Amazon.
Comparing the butchery of humans in Israel/Gaza to similar actions against American schoolchildren by US gunman, I'm left with little else other than sorrow. Yichh.
The sitch in Palestine is not dissimilar to that of Native Americans in the 19th and early 20th centuries; what's happening is consequently no surprise.
Many of us wonder if the hostilities can ever be solved by the parties involved in Israel. Decades have passed. For now, for many of us, hope is all we have. Closer to home, many wonder why neither the Democrats or the Republicans are willing to somehow lock themselves away and resolve the issues at hand, again, many of us can only keep hope alive as seemingly little or none of what is posted in forums like this reach the ears, hearts, and minds of the legislative branch we’re dependent on to actually run a functioning government of some degree of efficiency and effectiveness. Legislators like Mr. Scalise should not be entertained with becoming the third in line to the commander in Chief if he cannot differentiate between what did and did not happen with the 2020 vote. Trying to win the backing of other election deniers is a non-starter to Democrats so in the meanwhile many of us must put up with this charade until when? Scalise, Jordan, and McCarthy, like other election denying losers (based on all the factual certified evidence provided by official committees), are just wasting the time of many of us wondering if our own future will ever be free of such nonsense. In agreement with today’s message, many of us wonder what our own country’s home-based extremist underbelly is up to while the legislative branch flounders. Thanks, RR for today’s warnings.