It is disturbing that most of the media does not refer to the current Trump trial as being about election interference; instead they say it’s about hush-money. it is about illegality, rather than simply having sex with a porn star. Shame on the media for failing to brand the trial accurately. It’s about criminality, not immorality. The press is supporting Trump’s whining about being a victim when headlines blare “hush-money.”
I think Trump's current campaign is not so much to het himself elected, but to justify his rejection of the results of the next election and to stir an uprising. He is writing the conspiracy storyline now of longterm persecution, 'witch hunts', political corruption by Biden, and the 'hidden state' that secretly controls everything. Sadly in America, conspiracy theories are mainstream, so I wouldn't underestimate the impact of such a campaign.
Trump is putting everything on the line now. His options are to take the Presidency by any means, and pardon himself and his followers, and hold onto power for the rest of his life. Or to end up disgraced, bankrupted and in jail, not least because I'm absolutely confident that there are many more frauds, rapes, treasonous acts, and other skeletons in cupboards just waiting to hit the headlines.
As I've said before, if the polls or election forecasts aren't going Trump's way, I think he will push the insurrection button even before the election gets underway. This time he'll be much better prepared, and his supporters include wealthy donors, military and police tacticians that would be more committed and better organised next time around.
I hope I'm wrong about this, but I think Biden needs to be very prepared for what might happen from October onwards.
As long as the BIG LIE persists, we are stuck in a "doom loop" that keeps spinning.
The bad actors behind the "Stop the Steal campaign" and the January 6th insurrection - Stone, Flynn, Bannon (the Flynnstones) and many other criminals - received pardons in exchange for their loyalty to DJT. They continue to be key operatives in the 2024 election campaign.
In addition, the PROMISE of pardons also has been abused to give bad actors, like those involved in the insurrection, the motivation to take action, including violent acts, in exchange for protection from prosecution and incarceration.
I remeber the Nixon years and have always believed that Gerald Ford's pardoning of Richard Nixon set the stage for the abuse of executive power by putting Nixon above the rule of law.
With the election deniers in Congress currently controlling the levers of government, democracy is broken and, if not repaired, dead and done.
Do not listen to what the Trumplican's say, watch what they do 😳
Commenting feels dirty to me. All the great orange mistake wants is attention. In that he is very successful, distracting us from the real problems of the nation and the planet. Yet, in order to attend to the reality of our world, we have to focus on that misbehaving time warp of a human that adds nothing but chaos to our social discourse. Never have I wanted a human to just disappear as much as this addled ex-president. (Oh, and take MTG with you when you go, please!)
Regarding Trump's criminality: If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck, repels water, leaves duck-like droppings, has webbed feet, and finally, answers to the name Donald, it is most certainly an f-ing duck!
He's not the only treasonous traitor. We have an abundance. State legislatures and Congress are stocked full of R ones. And there are judges, big donors and Media screamers. Every single one of them ignores and chides the common good, treats Democracy and their fellow citizens with contempt and spits on The Constitution. And tens of millions of people applaud them. Insanity is rampant.
The challenge is for the sane to stay sane and not get sucked into their vortex and become insane (unconscious) too. Helping each other steer clear is important.
Looking at the ongoing charade that is Trump I am staggered that the USA is even considering him as a candidate in the run for President. How can you possibly allow a criminal run a country as important on the world stage as America. Surely in your constitution there is a cast iron law?
What if Al Gore, who had real reason due to malfunctioning voting machines and the electoral changes in the key state of Florida that preceded his 2000 bid for the presidency, had contested the Supreme Court's dubious judgement on the outcome in awarding it to Bush?
He accepted the judgement precisely because he placed preserving US democracy above fairness and personal interest. What would the MAGA republicans be saying now if he had refused to concede and roused half the country to "stop the steal"?
Thank you, Robert, always, for all of your hard work. Yes to your final question - and the one prior in 2016, which Trump won with the help of Cambridge Analytica, as well as gFacebook giving 75 million accounts to Cambridge and their Russian computer science engineers to furnish data to Trump that helped him win in 2016. How could Robert Mueller possibly have missed this ‘help from Cambridge Analytica (speaking of treason)?
Wouldn’t it be ironic, if the endless days in the courthouse cause his demise? They already are questioning his bond. New York will get his property and in 2054, his years of chaos will be summarized in a paragraph. Elected because of reality show, taken down by porn star.
My 11 month old grandson took his first steps yesterday and in doing so demonstrated far more stability, social maturity, and sincere curiosity than our former absolutely corrupt, sociopathic president. Much love to all the young parents whose children represent our hope for a more perfect union.
It is disturbing that most of the media does not refer to the current Trump trial as being about election interference; instead they say it’s about hush-money. it is about illegality, rather than simply having sex with a porn star. Shame on the media for failing to brand the trial accurately. It’s about criminality, not immorality. The press is supporting Trump’s whining about being a victim when headlines blare “hush-money.”
Does any of Trump’s reactions sound like the words of an innocent person?
I think Trump's current campaign is not so much to het himself elected, but to justify his rejection of the results of the next election and to stir an uprising. He is writing the conspiracy storyline now of longterm persecution, 'witch hunts', political corruption by Biden, and the 'hidden state' that secretly controls everything. Sadly in America, conspiracy theories are mainstream, so I wouldn't underestimate the impact of such a campaign.
Trump is putting everything on the line now. His options are to take the Presidency by any means, and pardon himself and his followers, and hold onto power for the rest of his life. Or to end up disgraced, bankrupted and in jail, not least because I'm absolutely confident that there are many more frauds, rapes, treasonous acts, and other skeletons in cupboards just waiting to hit the headlines.
As I've said before, if the polls or election forecasts aren't going Trump's way, I think he will push the insurrection button even before the election gets underway. This time he'll be much better prepared, and his supporters include wealthy donors, military and police tacticians that would be more committed and better organised next time around.
I hope I'm wrong about this, but I think Biden needs to be very prepared for what might happen from October onwards.
"The judges handling these cases are doing their best to uphold the Constitution and maintain the principle that no individual is above the law."
Not SCOTUS, rather the opposite in fact. These judges are actually going to debate whether or not an orange douchebag from Queens IS above the law.
And yes, the charges against Trump should be amended to include treason.
Is the penalty still death?
As long as the BIG LIE persists, we are stuck in a "doom loop" that keeps spinning.
The bad actors behind the "Stop the Steal campaign" and the January 6th insurrection - Stone, Flynn, Bannon (the Flynnstones) and many other criminals - received pardons in exchange for their loyalty to DJT. They continue to be key operatives in the 2024 election campaign.
In addition, the PROMISE of pardons also has been abused to give bad actors, like those involved in the insurrection, the motivation to take action, including violent acts, in exchange for protection from prosecution and incarceration.
I remeber the Nixon years and have always believed that Gerald Ford's pardoning of Richard Nixon set the stage for the abuse of executive power by putting Nixon above the rule of law.
With the election deniers in Congress currently controlling the levers of government, democracy is broken and, if not repaired, dead and done.
Do not listen to what the Trumplican's say, watch what they do 😳
Commenting feels dirty to me. All the great orange mistake wants is attention. In that he is very successful, distracting us from the real problems of the nation and the planet. Yet, in order to attend to the reality of our world, we have to focus on that misbehaving time warp of a human that adds nothing but chaos to our social discourse. Never have I wanted a human to just disappear as much as this addled ex-president. (Oh, and take MTG with you when you go, please!)
Regarding Trump's criminality: If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck, repels water, leaves duck-like droppings, has webbed feet, and finally, answers to the name Donald, it is most certainly an f-ing duck!
Pesident Abraham Lincoln anticipated Donald trump a long, long time ago. Lincoln said:
"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time", but you
can't fool ALL of the peopLe ALL of the .time LINCOLN WOULD SAY that Trump's ardent supporters are some of the people you can fool ALLL OF THE TIME.
He's not the only treasonous traitor. We have an abundance. State legislatures and Congress are stocked full of R ones. And there are judges, big donors and Media screamers. Every single one of them ignores and chides the common good, treats Democracy and their fellow citizens with contempt and spits on The Constitution. And tens of millions of people applaud them. Insanity is rampant.
The challenge is for the sane to stay sane and not get sucked into their vortex and become insane (unconscious) too. Helping each other steer clear is important.
Looking at the ongoing charade that is Trump I am staggered that the USA is even considering him as a candidate in the run for President. How can you possibly allow a criminal run a country as important on the world stage as America. Surely in your constitution there is a cast iron law?
What if Al Gore, who had real reason due to malfunctioning voting machines and the electoral changes in the key state of Florida that preceded his 2000 bid for the presidency, had contested the Supreme Court's dubious judgement on the outcome in awarding it to Bush?
He accepted the judgement precisely because he placed preserving US democracy above fairness and personal interest. What would the MAGA republicans be saying now if he had refused to concede and roused half the country to "stop the steal"?
Without Fox news he would be nowhere.
Thank you, Robert, always, for all of your hard work. Yes to your final question - and the one prior in 2016, which Trump won with the help of Cambridge Analytica, as well as gFacebook giving 75 million accounts to Cambridge and their Russian computer science engineers to furnish data to Trump that helped him win in 2016. How could Robert Mueller possibly have missed this ‘help from Cambridge Analytica (speaking of treason)?
Wouldn’t it be ironic, if the endless days in the courthouse cause his demise? They already are questioning his bond. New York will get his property and in 2054, his years of chaos will be summarized in a paragraph. Elected because of reality show, taken down by porn star.
I still cannot get over the fact that he's even allowed to run.
He is more treasonous than he is idiotic.
My 11 month old grandson took his first steps yesterday and in doing so demonstrated far more stability, social maturity, and sincere curiosity than our former absolutely corrupt, sociopathic president. Much love to all the young parents whose children represent our hope for a more perfect union.