Trump and his supporters must not dissolve our democracy. They must be stopped at the ballot box. Please do research and evaluate the people that are running for key political spots in the states that could empower oligarchs like Donald Trump. They are dangerous and anti America and our hard fought for Constitution. 🇺🇸 A vote against them is a vote for America ..
Trump cannot claim even one grandparent born on this side of the Atlantic. He is an imported disease, and an embarrassment to all that many generations of our ancestors sweated to build and bled to defend. Surely there is a place for him in the reptile house at the National Zoo.
One of my Hispanic friends could not stop giggling when I suggested that drumpf should serve his prison sentence (life w/out parole) picking vegetables in California's central valley alongside his immigrant comrades. Heat, thirst, stoop labor, pesticide exposure, herbicide exposure, heat, 12 hour days, heat, did i mention heat?
Earl, I suspect Bannon has no idea what Medieval living would entail. He likes the torture part and the lording it over others, but he can't imagine what that would be like if he were the lorded over and got exposed to all those diseases he tries to talk people out of getting vaccines for. What a jerk! How he got any recognition anywhere is a good indicator of our warped media that has this crushing need to give both "sides" equal time even though both sides' arguments are not of either equal value or equal evidence. That is not fair media, it is something else but I am not sure what to call it except unfair, rigged, false, and none of those words really describes how wrong it is.
Trump's nature represents a failure of parental guidance and U.S. education, William Leavenworth, not a consequence of ethnicity. As a ninth-generation American whose father was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors, I find your bigotry disgusting.
I am a 10th & 12th generation Yankee WASP, Difny. My great-great grandfather was a Captain in the 9th Vermont, and my father was killed flying night recon missions over Nazi Germany, and lies in an American Military Cemetery in Épinal, France. Earlier ancestors were burned out of their Mohawk Valley farm by Hessians and Redcoats. Still earlier ancestors fished at the Isles of Shoals and then out of Martha's Vineyard. I am bigoted toward those Ellis Island parvenus who show no respect for the centuries of sweating and bleeding that made their citizenship here possible. Trump is such a parasite. He uses our Constitution for toilet paper. He should be hanged at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
At one time in the history of each of us born of non-native-American decent, you could say the same thing. Most of my great-grandparents were 19th-century immigrants who could not claim even one PARENT born on this side of the Atlantic! Are you going to say that all of us are an “imported disease and an embarrassment” … because of that?
We are individuals. We all are descendants of immigrants from one place or another who moved here one way or another for one reason or another. You can’t criticize Trump or his father on THAT basis.
No. Trump is what HE is. He is a seriously deformed personality who believes only in himself and whatever HE wants. How many generations of his ancestors have lived in this country has little to do with it. The fact that he was raised not to believe in the principles this nation is built on has everything to do with it.
If he cannot be stopped and even imprisoned for treason and massive tax evasion, stealing and hiding documents that would have anyone else already UNDER the prison if they did the same, and numerous instances of lying to that American people and defying the courts, then we really are a feckless and doomed society. That’s what ALL of us, left and right and in the middle, should fear at this moment. Do we have a strong nation based on a strong constitution that sets up government of, BY and FOR the People, or do we not? I believe we do, and we shall put down hard any moves to make it otherwise.
Make America Great Again? AMERICA is a DEMOCRACY.
Trump belongs in prison. Really, Not just made up words and slogans by a party wishing to take over this nation and run it for the benefit of the very wealthy. HE.REALLY.IS. A.TRAITOR.
Not because of when his ancestors moved here. Because of what HE has done and is still seeking to do.
I believe the vast majority of American people will see to it that this terrible era in American history will be brought to a halt, and we will find the adjustments needed to fix the weaknesses Trump et al have exploited in their attempt to overcome our principles and democratic institutions.
We don’t have the gravitas to continue to be a world leader and example-setter if we cannot do that.
As I listened to the three Judges that were on TV last week, I was glad to hear them say that Trump had dug a hole that would make it impossible for Trump to become President again. Because Trump tried to over turn the Election for 2020 and the fact that he stole Classified Secret and Top Secret papers and took them to Mar A Lago and left them in a place that was easily accessible to anyone. This is call the “Espionage Act”. They said that Trumps actions would prohibit Trump from ever taking Office again! I was so glad to hear them say this!!! Trump does not ever do anything for the welfare of Our Country, quite the opposite, Trump is a Narcissist, he only does what he thinks is best for himself! I am not the only one who is sick of Trump!!! He is a real Danger to our Democracy. He has done nothing but Lie, steal and fabricate untruths. He needs to be “Pulled Up Short”!!!
Arnold, I simply would note, as part of one’s research, to be particularly aware of battleground states at risk for trifecta control ( Republican control of both state chambers and the Governorship). A comparable risk is a triplex, wherein Republicans within a competitive state hold the positions of Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State.
My state has the GOP trifecta. As often happens, the damage done takes time to manifest. Our Covid death rate was worse than all the surrounding states, our schools have lost standing and are no longer considered among the best in the nation, mental health services were eviscerated, and now provide an opportunity for the administration to focus on snap measures that are touted as an improvement, education at all levels has been starved of funding, our Medicaid was privatized leaving too many without necessary care..... the list goes on. It is heartbreaking. It is frustrating. It is immoral.
Carmen, I am so sorry! Because I don’t know whether your state is a battleground state, I wouldn’t know whether The States Project (which Reich mentioned) has adopted your state and is working, as we speak, to flip one or both of its state houses. Meanwhile, speaking for myself, if I couldn’t change the politics, I imagine I would join up with some folks in my community and do what we could to tackle some of its problems. Of course, if the Dems hold the House and pick up two Senate seats, they probably would pass most, if not all, of Biden’s potentially transformative agenda that could make a truly meaningful difference in people’s lives.
Thanks for your encouragement. I have and do work with others, but Iowa has shifted from purple to red. There is some chance of flipping a seat, a slimmer chance of ousting Grassley. Doing what we can.
Carmen, I am sorry to learn of your state's triple insanity. The red states and red wannabees want the fools of the Trump ilk, but also want the government to help out in disasters while they malign and try to over turn our democracy. Republicans don't want anyone to get government help of any kind, except for the tax breaks and amnesties for them and their rich white corporations. How is it "real Americans" as they would like to be called can't see that. They want to blame Democrats for all their woes, while voting for Republicans who have contributed significantly to causing their woes or leaving them unaddressed. It makes no sense to me.
Barbara Jo, you are right about those triple-threat states: gov, and both houses; Gov., sec. of state, A.?G. We really do need to target those states because the people there have been gerrymandered so much, the people have given up on voting for qualified people who will actually represent them rather than Trump and Kump that thrives only on power and money.
Ruth, Your concerns are spot-on. I simply would add, given this term’s high-stakes Supreme Court case involving gerrymandering (Merrill v. Milligan), that 22 could be our last shot at mitigating one-party rule, particularly in battleground states that unduly affect our national elections.
Cara, My awareness extends mainly to states where I am active. For example, New Hampshire (next-door), while considered a battleground state, is controlled entirely by Republicans. Additionally, gubernatorial races in such swing states as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona are critical because the GOP in those states controls both state houses. Among those states, I believe Michigan has the best shot at flipping at least one of its state houses. Speaking of state houses, because The States Project, which Reich mentioned, provides support for state legislatures the project believes can flip, it likely would be a helpful source.
Regrettably, because I’m not at home and don’t have my notebooks, I hesitate to continue for fear of passing incorrect information. However, as I have done, you can google various battleground states and get the requisite data.
Arnold, I’m thinking that my research is really simple and easy. No Republican will get my vote,period. And I don’t think I’m being cynical, but logical and practical.
Harry, I am with you. No Republican will get my vote for the foreseeable future. None in my judgement will be guaranteed to stand up for our democracy against the insanity of the Trumpers and Trumpettes who have already gotten far too much media coverage when they have so little to offer anyone. The coverage should have been pointing out the ways they are undermining our democracy, even for those "real Americans" in the middle of the country and the racist white folks in the Confederacy. Republicans fulfill those folks' need to fear and hate someone, but do nothing to solve or even attempt to solve the problems those folks constantly whine about: farm prices, no hospitals close by, not enough money to buy necessities, no medical insurance, worn-out land, and on and on. How do we shake that crowd up and get them to see sense and vote with sense?
Ruth, agreed. But as for shaking that crowd up—basically not possible, since they are immune to facts, only pay attention to far-right (I won’t use the term “conservative,” since that hasn’t really applied in years) sources and have adopted that belief system as their identity.
Arnold, I like your phrase that a vote against 'them' is a vote for our democracy." That might catch a few and get them to actually consider their Trump and Kump membership, possibly to reject it.
There is no probability that Trump and his ilk can "dissolve our democracy." What they could do is invalidate fair elections, or submit fraudulent results. That would be very, very serious if it occurred, and it is quite possible that it could occur.
The question then is, what of it if so? If as have the Democrats through the last 40 years the majority in this country simply rolls over and lets themselves be robbed, knowing that elections were stolen, well . . . that would be deserved, then. We face a real problem: with Democrats rightfully condemning insurrectionary attempts to overturn a fair and free American election what would be the appropriate course if such an election WAS succuessfully suborned? Sue? The SCOTUS already stole one election for their preferred candidate, you can figure how that would go---and the Democrats did _nothing_ then. What I am implying is do-notings and doing nothing will not be acceptable courses if Rump's cronies falsify election returns; in any state, or in the nation effectively as a whole result. 'Something' would have to be done, then. Sure, it would be better if Blue wins this election and 2024 outright and implements wide-ranging reforms roughshod over the snarling faces of the Repugnicant Congressional delegations. But what if not? Anyone who cares about democracy should best be thinking seriously about options and objectives in such an event. I mean SERIOUSLY. Not wig wag a flag and then sit at home while fascist acts are implemented similarly roughshod instead.
In 1685, James II Stuart became King of England and also King of Scotland. An absolute monarchist and pro-Catholic, as long known, he moved to implement both policy programs in England and Scotland, as long expected, feared and decried. As sovereign monarch, he had full legal power for most of those initiatives, and major traditional prerogatives for the rest: his actions were, in large effect, lawful. Except perhaps 70% of those nations were in no way accepting of either outcome. What followed was The Glorious Revolution, where the opposing elite of England called in the Dutch and the Dutch army to expel James II and put his wife, James' sister, on the throne. Which they did. There was some fighting in pro-Stuart enclaves, but his partisans---far more organized then than MAGAt America is now---were routed. James Stuart was expelled and removed, and a tacit 'English constitution' of powers and rights was hashed out by the victors, to more liberal parameters. This was a 'revolution from above,' effected not by popular elements or the poor but by the larger faction of the English and Scottish elites, in their own interests certainly but in effect in the national interests as well.
My point is not that a liberal coup be 'the way to go' if Trump claws his way to illegitimate power. But what we should reckon with and by is two fold. A) America in its own revolution and in prior trajectories of English history has a demonstrated tradition of liberal revolution against intolerable impositions, and B) that that revolutionary tradition in both respects was principally 'from above' rather than from below, though of course those initiatives are not mutually exclusive. If we do not intend to accept fascist minority rule in this country, patently against the will and interests of the majority, we had best consider what it may take to secure the continuation of existing rights and processes. Because Rump and the MAGAts, aided and abetted by the rest of the Repugnicants and their anti-Constitutional original lying Gang of Five on the SCOTUS, have demonstrated a will and intent to expunge those rights and pervert those processes. Protest alone may not be enough, voting alone may well not be enough: we may need to look to our historical basics and precedents over the next dozen years.
This is why I'm far from happy with the legalist Democrat focus on 'insurrection' as opposed to the blatantly illegal attempts of falsify the election itself. If you believe that you have rights, refuse to accept them being stolen. The MAGAts say they wuz robbed---but nobody stole _their_ rights or _their_ votes. Rather that jackboot was on the other foot. Should some of them put their boot on the public face going forward, let's not be storming the Capitol, folks. But there is no need to accept MAGAt mobocracy, SCOTUS rule by decree, or Repugnicant misrule by legislation. If you won't accept those, don't accept those, but see too what must follow from such a choice. We didn't get rid of James II or British military police state action by torts and placards or by waiting 80 years of gray misery for a totalitarian apparat to rot out. Trump lost to popular national elections by millions of votes, and would surely lose the next by similar totals if he is legally in a position to run at all. It is past time to STOP accepting that national majority vote being structurally set aside, to the loss of everyone's right. Popular rule or minority misrule: we're going to have to live out our fundamental choices there. Think about what that means for you, personally, is what I say. And it may well mean more than voting.
* TRUE PATRIOTS WOULD NEVER TRY TO DIVIDE OUR COUNTRY
True Patriotic Americans work together to make our country and its citizens stronger.
Yet we have many elected/ appointed leaders in our country that are trying to divide us! Our Patriotic duty is to identify these Dividers and remove them!
It’s not only Government officials either.
We have Dividers in the media, religious denominations, schools, CEOs of major corporations, etc….
The dividers will continue to LIE, deflect, distract and create ridiculous conspiracy theories!
* If we allow these DIVIDERS to continue on, what remains of civilization will crumble!!!
I know the Democrats are not perfect but they are the party that is fighting for our Democratic way of life.
The Republicans want to “take the country back”. How far? Back to the Cave?
This November let’s stop this Downward Spiral and Vote to keep Democracy.
Keith, You are so right about our need to remember that from many we are one. The dividers are truly miserable people who want everyone else to be as miserable as they think they are. They are led by a bunch of criminals who break laws at will and the rest of us are shocked to the point, we don't act against their bad behavior in a timely way. We need to call out the media, boycott the corporations, and vote down the candidates who are working to divide us. We the people can do that if we have the will. I hope we have the will this November.
Jaime, there are a whole lot of dividers in the media, politics, religious organizations, etc., as you say. We Democrats and Independents just can't seem to call them out for their work of division. Why are interviewers not asking Republicans and other dividers why they feel the need to divide us? Ask them for ideas to bring us together as a nation of people who are all one. The problem is, there are rarely follow-up questions after one of those dividers spews some nonsense, and they spew a lot of it!
OFF-TOPIC. In case you haven't been following the news from Britain, Jaime, an unprecedented dispute has erupted between the new PM and the new monarch over his climate activism (as I recall, a concern of yours). It's all causing fits, so be sure to check out the news if you didn't already know.
I saw where she forbade him to attend the next climate summit. I found that appalling & disturbing. So from what I heard, he's not going, but I wish he would defy her. After all, he's supposed to be the king. An embarrassing way to start out your reign, for both of them, although I suppose Truss doesn't feel the shame she should.
You need to do more homework on the British system, Jaime. I won't say more because we're intruding here, totally off-topic. I just wanted to alert you the only way I could think of, not start a discussion.
Complacency is our greatest enemy. Only when democracy starts to crumble do we understand how fragile it is. We need to proactively support candidates at all levels of government who are committed to preserving democracy. And - proactively discuss politics with young people so that they do not fall prey to manipulative slogans that substitute for communication these days.
Judy. You are right about needing to work with young people to help them get past the ridiculous phrases that substitute for actual meaning. We can be more careful of the emojis we choose to use too.
Yes Derek, make your voice heard and take a few folks along with you in the effort. Arkansans need to hear the truth, at least now and then. Every one is not as appalling as the recent governors and the probable upcoming governor. I can't believe there aren't more good folks there who actually care about this nation.
It’s not, it worked for 50+ years until an extremist Supreme Court did away with it. Three of the justices were appointed by a twice impeached treasonous president and another tried to suppress evidence that his wife was part of the attempted coup and has talked about stripping away more rights.
Expanding the Supreme Court is the most prudent action, as is imposing term limits.
Wow shame the entire campaign rests on one issue, roe v wade. States deciding for themselves? Why does anyone really feel so afraid of that? Fear is never a good strategy.
Why are people so afraid of states deciding for themselves? Well that’s because conservative states typically don’t take everyone in their population into account and people (in this case women) would suffer for it.
Republicans love to pass hugely unpopular legislation regardless of how many people suffer.
Birth control fails, and it’s not a life at conception, science proves that. Responsibility matters yes but you fail to account for things like rape or incest, not to mention pregnancies that become dangerous to the mother.
Don’t come back at me if you’re main argument is that it’s a life at conception, it isn’t.
Also a woman’s body is her own, a group made up of mostly old men should not be telling them what to do when it comes to a major life altering decision like this.
Can you get that parasitic vermin DeSantis out of there? He is an embarrassment to our species. As a House Member, he voted against federal assistance to NY/NJ after a hurricane, and now stands with his hand out in Florida.
Yeah, William, DeSantis is a hypocrite par excellance. He gets away with it because he surrounds himself with "yes men" who go along with whatever DeSantis wants. He has a ready-made legislature that will pass whatever BS they are fed and they need to do no checking or thinking because, well, why? DeSantis, now in power in Florida is demanding help from the federal government that he disparages on a regular basis. The Democratic candidates all over the state should make hay with that and his dismissal of the needs of the people of New York and New Jersey. I wonder if he would also dismiss the needs of Ohio, where his family is located if they had a disaster.
Real information for us, thank you Robert! Right now, I choose to focus on knowing my enemies! This is a very helpful tool. I often overlook races in states other than the one in which I live, but I see this is in error, as well. I will take your advice to heart. - L. Kerth, State of Washington
For a European, this is incomprehensable. How can someone be a candidate, when the election result is denied, without any argument. This is the essence of the system.
When you do not accept the results of the election processes, stay out. There must be a way to arrange that, legally?
I live in Florida, so we get the Big Lie 24/7 from DeSantis, Rick Scott and Rubio. I donate to Democratic campaigns, but Republicans will probably win due to an ignorant population of people who just don't want to pay their fair share of taxes.
John, I feel bad you are currently stuck with the big three liars. They seem to have no problem pumping out garbage on a regular basis, 24/7 as you describe. That tax thing is so strange, though, because only the Rich few get the breaks. But the Trumpers and Trumpettes do want a whole lot of stuff for nothing: social security but not having to pay the tax that will get it for them, Medicare when they are retired but again not wanting to pay for it, flood protection without having to pay for the insurance, paved streets and roads with no monetary input from them. It is a very selfish, self-centered view of life instead of being from many, one, they want to be all for me, or as much of it as I can get with paying nothing for it, the ultimate sale. I am not sure how one reaches these people because they think they are entitled, particularly the white ones while they blame people of color for doing exactly what they either are doing or want to do. Amazing!
FL voters, especially, and the entire US needs investigative reporting that shows #45 gave away classified intel that jeopardized Israeli agents (who shared it to help the US!). This has to be why Mossad came to Biden right after the documents were recovered. The Iran deal was just an excuse. Of course, Israel won't say anything about it.
Hi from Paris! FVAP.gov is a great site for signing up, on-line, for Americans who are living overseas - they can still sign up to vote in their own state (the place/state of last residence). The deadlines are coming up so very quickly! Several groups here are trying to sign up all Americans who are in France to get out and vote! But we need to spread the message!! Voting from overseas is not just for the military. All votes WILL help!!
I think Mr. Reich and Michael Moore should discuss their views online in their blogs so readers can try to process why two respected opinions currently differ so greatly. In his Substack "Mike's Midterm Tsunami of Truth" Campaign" blog, Mr. Moore is uncharacteristically optimistic, and not aligned with Mr. Reich's thoughts and opinions, with whom I am in more agreement about the current situation. It would be interesting for readers to "hear" their discussion .
I wholeheartedly agree. Optimism is wonderful -- it motivates us to act -- but let's act in such numbers that no amount of lying can nullify our votes.
I don’t think their views differ on almost anything, except that Michael Moore believes he can rouse his readers with optimism and Bob Reich thinks anxiety works better. Probably anxiety works better for him. They both work for me. Heather Cox Richardson’s kind of optimism—her insistence that Biden is doing a wonderful job—does not, much as I respect her ability to create narratives from a wide range of information.
Given the cysts that the Republican Party has grown in our body politic, I think Biden has done remarkably well. My Republican ancestors, who fought for Lincoln and our National Values, would have hanged this batch of Trump's catamites.
It's a real uphill slog here in Iowa. Trying to share info. Not easy when so many are decided and refuse to acknowledge reality and truth. Truth no longer persuades.
I'm terribly puzzled. Joe Biden's doing a solid B+ job being President. At his worst, he's ho-hum and a bit dull, driving the speed limit and only rarely saying something ridiculous. Compared to Liz Troll in Britain, who's channeling Maggie Thatcher and pounding the British economy into the dirt, he's not so bad. The pound's $1.10 these days, as low as it was, um, under Maggie. The European leaders see him as a bit of a shining star in declaring democratic principles in the Ukrainian war. But he's nowhere as interesting as Donzo was when he was buying up Greenland. Really - is it so bad to be average?
I agree about the possibility of martyrdom, but instead of prison (or in addition to) I'd like to see him deprived of every penny and real estate asset he holds, that would not only be true punishment for him, it would also deprive of him of any attention. A trumpster in poverty would not be newsworthy
Very correct and lets not forget that more than 70 million people voted for Trump and despite all what happened since including his refusal to accept the 2020 results , the Jan6 insurrection and his upfront refusal to accept the 2022 elections, that number potentially could well be higher because of all the GOP candidates who now support MAGA and refuse to denounce Trump....
Alas Trump himself is no longer the problem. It’s authoritarianism. Since Thatcher and Reagan we’ve watched the people of Algeria and the Philippines and Israel and Brazil and Hungary and Italy vote it in, and large numbers in Greece, France, Britain, even Germany leaning towards it…. Why vote to lose your own freedom and dignity? I don’t really understand it. Bolsonaro did better than expected in Brazil’s elections yesterday after killing and emiserating Brazilians for years. Why?
Mary, I am as confused as you are. I honestly don't understand why anyone would vote to lose their freedom. Maybe their lives are so pathetic and their thinking so shallow, they will latch onto anyone and any idea that will let them feel like they are part of something big. How sad for all of us that there are so many would-be robots. I guess the ones who vote for those autocrats think they will be part of the big thing. What they don't know as the 1930s Germans didn't know, those who are orchestrating the autocracy care nothing for those people beyond using them to get more power and money. How is it we never learn?
Hans Flikkema ; I still don't believe the 70 million votes number. tRump was a busy boy, and even with an hour long, arm twisting phone call to the top Georgia election official and all the evidence of the fake elector's (and so many complicit MAGA sycophants), who knows how many questionable things happened that did not surface in the media owned by the 'right'. He and his minions drive a tsunami of crime that officials can't even catch up to ; let alone defend against. The courts are near useless and stacked too.
True. And recent stats show that only about 60% of his voters say that they still accept the big lie.
I think that under cross examination that would shrivel. Many federal judges who supported him during the election, were even appointed by him, rejected the big lie in court challenges.
I agree. With all the Trumpublican challenges of battleground states that only proved the elections were legitimate, why weren't there any Democratic challenges of dubious election results in Republican run states where the Republican candidates did far better than expected, like South Carolina, Kentucky, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, etc.? We might've found out that some of those Senate & House races were in fact won by Democrats, & we might not have had to endure the torture Manchinema put us through. We need to be very vigilant in the upcoming election.
If Trump were charged with repeated attempts at treason, tried, found guilty, and publicly hanged, this country would be much better off. Remember, most of us get some of our earliest national values from our grandparents, and Trump cannot claim even one grandparent born on this side of the Atlantic.
And as long as we have a wholly uneducated electorate, telling us about it is useless. The level of ignorance in this Country is embarrassing. Anti Intellectualism says "my ignorance is as good as your knowledge" THIS is where we are.
VOTE411.org is a great tool. The League of Women Voters (nonpartisan) site includes a copy of your ballot, candidate survey responses and links to candidate forums (debates) conducted. It also includes links to verify your voter registration, track your Vote-By-Mail ballot (Ballottrax) and other pertinent voter info for you.
Trump and his supporters must not dissolve our democracy. They must be stopped at the ballot box. Please do research and evaluate the people that are running for key political spots in the states that could empower oligarchs like Donald Trump. They are dangerous and anti America and our hard fought for Constitution. 🇺🇸 A vote against them is a vote for America ..
Trump cannot claim even one grandparent born on this side of the Atlantic. He is an imported disease, and an embarrassment to all that many generations of our ancestors sweated to build and bled to defend. Surely there is a place for him in the reptile house at the National Zoo.
👍 10 FT UNDER AFTER A SLOW AND TORTUOUS DEATH WOULD MAKE ME FEEL OH SO BETTER
One of my Hispanic friends could not stop giggling when I suggested that drumpf should serve his prison sentence (life w/out parole) picking vegetables in California's central valley alongside his immigrant comrades. Heat, thirst, stoop labor, pesticide exposure, herbicide exposure, heat, 12 hour days, heat, did i mention heat?
and ALL his MAGA idiots . Put Ginni / Clarence, everyone that 💋 his stinkin 💩a**, MTG, GAETZ, BOEFART................
Go back in your hole Trumper
Perhaps Bannon’s idea of “go mid evil “has some merit.
Earl, I suspect Bannon has no idea what Medieval living would entail. He likes the torture part and the lording it over others, but he can't imagine what that would be like if he were the lorded over and got exposed to all those diseases he tries to talk people out of getting vaccines for. What a jerk! How he got any recognition anywhere is a good indicator of our warped media that has this crushing need to give both "sides" equal time even though both sides' arguments are not of either equal value or equal evidence. That is not fair media, it is something else but I am not sure what to call it except unfair, rigged, false, and none of those words really describes how wrong it is.
Trump's nature represents a failure of parental guidance and U.S. education, William Leavenworth, not a consequence of ethnicity. As a ninth-generation American whose father was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors, I find your bigotry disgusting.
I am a 10th & 12th generation Yankee WASP, Difny. My great-great grandfather was a Captain in the 9th Vermont, and my father was killed flying night recon missions over Nazi Germany, and lies in an American Military Cemetery in Épinal, France. Earlier ancestors were burned out of their Mohawk Valley farm by Hessians and Redcoats. Still earlier ancestors fished at the Isles of Shoals and then out of Martha's Vineyard. I am bigoted toward those Ellis Island parvenus who show no respect for the centuries of sweating and bleeding that made their citizenship here possible. Trump is such a parasite. He uses our Constitution for toilet paper. He should be hanged at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
At one time in the history of each of us born of non-native-American decent, you could say the same thing. Most of my great-grandparents were 19th-century immigrants who could not claim even one PARENT born on this side of the Atlantic! Are you going to say that all of us are an “imported disease and an embarrassment” … because of that?
We are individuals. We all are descendants of immigrants from one place or another who moved here one way or another for one reason or another. You can’t criticize Trump or his father on THAT basis.
No. Trump is what HE is. He is a seriously deformed personality who believes only in himself and whatever HE wants. How many generations of his ancestors have lived in this country has little to do with it. The fact that he was raised not to believe in the principles this nation is built on has everything to do with it.
If he cannot be stopped and even imprisoned for treason and massive tax evasion, stealing and hiding documents that would have anyone else already UNDER the prison if they did the same, and numerous instances of lying to that American people and defying the courts, then we really are a feckless and doomed society. That’s what ALL of us, left and right and in the middle, should fear at this moment. Do we have a strong nation based on a strong constitution that sets up government of, BY and FOR the People, or do we not? I believe we do, and we shall put down hard any moves to make it otherwise.
Make America Great Again? AMERICA is a DEMOCRACY.
Trump belongs in prison. Really, Not just made up words and slogans by a party wishing to take over this nation and run it for the benefit of the very wealthy. HE.REALLY.IS. A.TRAITOR.
Not because of when his ancestors moved here. Because of what HE has done and is still seeking to do.
I believe the vast majority of American people will see to it that this terrible era in American history will be brought to a halt, and we will find the adjustments needed to fix the weaknesses Trump et al have exploited in their attempt to overcome our principles and democratic institutions.
We don’t have the gravitas to continue to be a world leader and example-setter if we cannot do that.
As I listened to the three Judges that were on TV last week, I was glad to hear them say that Trump had dug a hole that would make it impossible for Trump to become President again. Because Trump tried to over turn the Election for 2020 and the fact that he stole Classified Secret and Top Secret papers and took them to Mar A Lago and left them in a place that was easily accessible to anyone. This is call the “Espionage Act”. They said that Trumps actions would prohibit Trump from ever taking Office again! I was so glad to hear them say this!!! Trump does not ever do anything for the welfare of Our Country, quite the opposite, Trump is a Narcissist, he only does what he thinks is best for himself! I am not the only one who is sick of Trump!!! He is a real Danger to our Democracy. He has done nothing but Lie, steal and fabricate untruths. He needs to be “Pulled Up Short”!!!
Arnold, I simply would note, as part of one’s research, to be particularly aware of battleground states at risk for trifecta control ( Republican control of both state chambers and the Governorship). A comparable risk is a triplex, wherein Republicans within a competitive state hold the positions of Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State.
My state has the GOP trifecta. As often happens, the damage done takes time to manifest. Our Covid death rate was worse than all the surrounding states, our schools have lost standing and are no longer considered among the best in the nation, mental health services were eviscerated, and now provide an opportunity for the administration to focus on snap measures that are touted as an improvement, education at all levels has been starved of funding, our Medicaid was privatized leaving too many without necessary care..... the list goes on. It is heartbreaking. It is frustrating. It is immoral.
Carmen, I am so sorry! Because I don’t know whether your state is a battleground state, I wouldn’t know whether The States Project (which Reich mentioned) has adopted your state and is working, as we speak, to flip one or both of its state houses. Meanwhile, speaking for myself, if I couldn’t change the politics, I imagine I would join up with some folks in my community and do what we could to tackle some of its problems. Of course, if the Dems hold the House and pick up two Senate seats, they probably would pass most, if not all, of Biden’s potentially transformative agenda that could make a truly meaningful difference in people’s lives.
Thanks for your encouragement. I have and do work with others, but Iowa has shifted from purple to red. There is some chance of flipping a seat, a slimmer chance of ousting Grassley. Doing what we can.
Carmen, I hope I’m right in sensing you have a community that not only does the work but also sustains one another.
Thankfully, yes!
Carmen, I am sorry to learn of your state's triple insanity. The red states and red wannabees want the fools of the Trump ilk, but also want the government to help out in disasters while they malign and try to over turn our democracy. Republicans don't want anyone to get government help of any kind, except for the tax breaks and amnesties for them and their rich white corporations. How is it "real Americans" as they would like to be called can't see that. They want to blame Democrats for all their woes, while voting for Republicans who have contributed significantly to causing their woes or leaving them unaddressed. It makes no sense to me.
Barbara Jo, you are right about those triple-threat states: gov, and both houses; Gov., sec. of state, A.?G. We really do need to target those states because the people there have been gerrymandered so much, the people have given up on voting for qualified people who will actually represent them rather than Trump and Kump that thrives only on power and money.
Ruth, Your concerns are spot-on. I simply would add, given this term’s high-stakes Supreme Court case involving gerrymandering (Merrill v. Milligan), that 22 could be our last shot at mitigating one-party rule, particularly in battleground states that unduly affect our national elections.
Please share which states you refer to
Cara, My awareness extends mainly to states where I am active. For example, New Hampshire (next-door), while considered a battleground state, is controlled entirely by Republicans. Additionally, gubernatorial races in such swing states as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona are critical because the GOP in those states controls both state houses. Among those states, I believe Michigan has the best shot at flipping at least one of its state houses. Speaking of state houses, because The States Project, which Reich mentioned, provides support for state legislatures the project believes can flip, it likely would be a helpful source.
Regrettably, because I’m not at home and don’t have my notebooks, I hesitate to continue for fear of passing incorrect information. However, as I have done, you can google various battleground states and get the requisite data.
Arnold, I’m thinking that my research is really simple and easy. No Republican will get my vote,period. And I don’t think I’m being cynical, but logical and practical.
Harry, I am with you. No Republican will get my vote for the foreseeable future. None in my judgement will be guaranteed to stand up for our democracy against the insanity of the Trumpers and Trumpettes who have already gotten far too much media coverage when they have so little to offer anyone. The coverage should have been pointing out the ways they are undermining our democracy, even for those "real Americans" in the middle of the country and the racist white folks in the Confederacy. Republicans fulfill those folks' need to fear and hate someone, but do nothing to solve or even attempt to solve the problems those folks constantly whine about: farm prices, no hospitals close by, not enough money to buy necessities, no medical insurance, worn-out land, and on and on. How do we shake that crowd up and get them to see sense and vote with sense?
Ruth, agreed. But as for shaking that crowd up—basically not possible, since they are immune to facts, only pay attention to far-right (I won’t use the term “conservative,” since that hasn’t really applied in years) sources and have adopted that belief system as their identity.
Arnold, I like your phrase that a vote against 'them' is a vote for our democracy." That might catch a few and get them to actually consider their Trump and Kump membership, possibly to reject it.
There is no probability that Trump and his ilk can "dissolve our democracy." What they could do is invalidate fair elections, or submit fraudulent results. That would be very, very serious if it occurred, and it is quite possible that it could occur.
The question then is, what of it if so? If as have the Democrats through the last 40 years the majority in this country simply rolls over and lets themselves be robbed, knowing that elections were stolen, well . . . that would be deserved, then. We face a real problem: with Democrats rightfully condemning insurrectionary attempts to overturn a fair and free American election what would be the appropriate course if such an election WAS succuessfully suborned? Sue? The SCOTUS already stole one election for their preferred candidate, you can figure how that would go---and the Democrats did _nothing_ then. What I am implying is do-notings and doing nothing will not be acceptable courses if Rump's cronies falsify election returns; in any state, or in the nation effectively as a whole result. 'Something' would have to be done, then. Sure, it would be better if Blue wins this election and 2024 outright and implements wide-ranging reforms roughshod over the snarling faces of the Repugnicant Congressional delegations. But what if not? Anyone who cares about democracy should best be thinking seriously about options and objectives in such an event. I mean SERIOUSLY. Not wig wag a flag and then sit at home while fascist acts are implemented similarly roughshod instead.
In 1685, James II Stuart became King of England and also King of Scotland. An absolute monarchist and pro-Catholic, as long known, he moved to implement both policy programs in England and Scotland, as long expected, feared and decried. As sovereign monarch, he had full legal power for most of those initiatives, and major traditional prerogatives for the rest: his actions were, in large effect, lawful. Except perhaps 70% of those nations were in no way accepting of either outcome. What followed was The Glorious Revolution, where the opposing elite of England called in the Dutch and the Dutch army to expel James II and put his wife, James' sister, on the throne. Which they did. There was some fighting in pro-Stuart enclaves, but his partisans---far more organized then than MAGAt America is now---were routed. James Stuart was expelled and removed, and a tacit 'English constitution' of powers and rights was hashed out by the victors, to more liberal parameters. This was a 'revolution from above,' effected not by popular elements or the poor but by the larger faction of the English and Scottish elites, in their own interests certainly but in effect in the national interests as well.
My point is not that a liberal coup be 'the way to go' if Trump claws his way to illegitimate power. But what we should reckon with and by is two fold. A) America in its own revolution and in prior trajectories of English history has a demonstrated tradition of liberal revolution against intolerable impositions, and B) that that revolutionary tradition in both respects was principally 'from above' rather than from below, though of course those initiatives are not mutually exclusive. If we do not intend to accept fascist minority rule in this country, patently against the will and interests of the majority, we had best consider what it may take to secure the continuation of existing rights and processes. Because Rump and the MAGAts, aided and abetted by the rest of the Repugnicants and their anti-Constitutional original lying Gang of Five on the SCOTUS, have demonstrated a will and intent to expunge those rights and pervert those processes. Protest alone may not be enough, voting alone may well not be enough: we may need to look to our historical basics and precedents over the next dozen years.
This is why I'm far from happy with the legalist Democrat focus on 'insurrection' as opposed to the blatantly illegal attempts of falsify the election itself. If you believe that you have rights, refuse to accept them being stolen. The MAGAts say they wuz robbed---but nobody stole _their_ rights or _their_ votes. Rather that jackboot was on the other foot. Should some of them put their boot on the public face going forward, let's not be storming the Capitol, folks. But there is no need to accept MAGAt mobocracy, SCOTUS rule by decree, or Repugnicant misrule by legislation. If you won't accept those, don't accept those, but see too what must follow from such a choice. We didn't get rid of James II or British military police state action by torts and placards or by waiting 80 years of gray misery for a totalitarian apparat to rot out. Trump lost to popular national elections by millions of votes, and would surely lose the next by similar totals if he is legally in a position to run at all. It is past time to STOP accepting that national majority vote being structurally set aside, to the loss of everyone's right. Popular rule or minority misrule: we're going to have to live out our fundamental choices there. Think about what that means for you, personally, is what I say. And it may well mean more than voting.
E pluribus unum
Out of many- ONE
50 UNITED states = one country
* TRUE PATRIOTS WOULD NEVER TRY TO DIVIDE OUR COUNTRY
True Patriotic Americans work together to make our country and its citizens stronger.
Yet we have many elected/ appointed leaders in our country that are trying to divide us! Our Patriotic duty is to identify these Dividers and remove them!
It’s not only Government officials either.
We have Dividers in the media, religious denominations, schools, CEOs of major corporations, etc….
The dividers will continue to LIE, deflect, distract and create ridiculous conspiracy theories!
* If we allow these DIVIDERS to continue on, what remains of civilization will crumble!!!
I know the Democrats are not perfect but they are the party that is fighting for our Democratic way of life.
The Republicans want to “take the country back”. How far? Back to the Cave?
This November let’s stop this Downward Spiral and Vote to keep Democracy.
Keith, You are so right about our need to remember that from many we are one. The dividers are truly miserable people who want everyone else to be as miserable as they think they are. They are led by a bunch of criminals who break laws at will and the rest of us are shocked to the point, we don't act against their bad behavior in a timely way. We need to call out the media, boycott the corporations, and vote down the candidates who are working to divide us. We the people can do that if we have the will. I hope we have the will this November.
Lots of dividers in the political, media, religious & corporate realms
Jaime, there are a whole lot of dividers in the media, politics, religious organizations, etc., as you say. We Democrats and Independents just can't seem to call them out for their work of division. Why are interviewers not asking Republicans and other dividers why they feel the need to divide us? Ask them for ideas to bring us together as a nation of people who are all one. The problem is, there are rarely follow-up questions after one of those dividers spews some nonsense, and they spew a lot of it!
OFF-TOPIC. In case you haven't been following the news from Britain, Jaime, an unprecedented dispute has erupted between the new PM and the new monarch over his climate activism (as I recall, a concern of yours). It's all causing fits, so be sure to check out the news if you didn't already know.
I saw where she forbade him to attend the next climate summit. I found that appalling & disturbing. So from what I heard, he's not going, but I wish he would defy her. After all, he's supposed to be the king. An embarrassing way to start out your reign, for both of them, although I suppose Truss doesn't feel the shame she should.
You need to do more homework on the British system, Jaime. I won't say more because we're intruding here, totally off-topic. I just wanted to alert you the only way I could think of, not start a discussion.
We should check out the paintings on the walls of the Republican cave.
Complacency is our greatest enemy. Only when democracy starts to crumble do we understand how fragile it is. We need to proactively support candidates at all levels of government who are committed to preserving democracy. And - proactively discuss politics with young people so that they do not fall prey to manipulative slogans that substitute for communication these days.
Thanks Judy. I agree complacency is our greatest enemy. Many are simply and deliberately ignoring the pending disaster.
Judy. You are right about needing to work with young people to help them get past the ridiculous phrases that substitute for actual meaning. We can be more careful of the emojis we choose to use too.
Democrats either aren’t on the ballot or stand very little chance of winning in my state. But that doesn’t mean I can’t at least make my voice heard.
(It’s Arkansas in case anyone was wondering.)
Yes, very important for you all to show each other that you’re out there!
Yes Derek, make your voice heard and take a few folks along with you in the effort. Arkansans need to hear the truth, at least now and then. Every one is not as appalling as the recent governors and the probable upcoming governor. I can't believe there aren't more good folks there who actually care about this nation.
Most that aren’t explicitly Republican or Trump supporters just don’t pay nearly enough attention unfortunately.
I do think that the overturning of Roe will galvanize more women voters, (as well as more men) not just here, but nationwide.
It seems helpless.
It’s not, it worked for 50+ years until an extremist Supreme Court did away with it. Three of the justices were appointed by a twice impeached treasonous president and another tried to suppress evidence that his wife was part of the attempted coup and has talked about stripping away more rights.
Expanding the Supreme Court is the most prudent action, as is imposing term limits.
Wow shame the entire campaign rests on one issue, roe v wade. States deciding for themselves? Why does anyone really feel so afraid of that? Fear is never a good strategy.
Yes, said just like a man. Unfortunately, it isn't good and almost terrifying if one is female. Old enough to remember.
Why are people so afraid of states deciding for themselves? Well that’s because conservative states typically don’t take everyone in their population into account and people (in this case women) would suffer for it.
Republicans love to pass hugely unpopular legislation regardless of how many people suffer.
You’d think birth control didn’t exist. Oh, and that the value of a life doesn’t either.
Suffer? Here’s something that also no longer seems to exist: responsibility of the individual kind.
Birth control fails, and it’s not a life at conception, science proves that. Responsibility matters yes but you fail to account for things like rape or incest, not to mention pregnancies that become dangerous to the mother.
Don’t come back at me if you’re main argument is that it’s a life at conception, it isn’t.
Also a woman’s body is her own, a group made up of mostly old men should not be telling them what to do when it comes to a major life altering decision like this.
In Florida:
Deadline to register to vote: Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Early Voting: 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., October 24, 2022 through November 6, 2022
Deadline to request that a Vote-by-Mail ballot be mailed to you: 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 29, 2022
Deadline to return your Vote-by-Mail ballot: 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Election Day: 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 8, 2022
_https://www.fieldteam6.org/
Can you get that parasitic vermin DeSantis out of there? He is an embarrassment to our species. As a House Member, he voted against federal assistance to NY/NJ after a hurricane, and now stands with his hand out in Florida.
We need help with unregistered women, who trend 70% Democratic. For database contact Mervis Reissig
merv4peace@gmail.com
DeSantis is on TV 24/7. Free exposure. The area devastated by Ian is 80% Republican. IMHO if we get out women we can win.
Yeah, William, DeSantis is a hypocrite par excellance. He gets away with it because he surrounds himself with "yes men" who go along with whatever DeSantis wants. He has a ready-made legislature that will pass whatever BS they are fed and they need to do no checking or thinking because, well, why? DeSantis, now in power in Florida is demanding help from the federal government that he disparages on a regular basis. The Democratic candidates all over the state should make hay with that and his dismissal of the needs of the people of New York and New Jersey. I wonder if he would also dismiss the needs of Ohio, where his family is located if they had a disaster.
Thanks, good info.
Real information for us, thank you Robert! Right now, I choose to focus on knowing my enemies! This is a very helpful tool. I often overlook races in states other than the one in which I live, but I see this is in error, as well. I will take your advice to heart. - L. Kerth, State of Washington
For a European, this is incomprehensable. How can someone be a candidate, when the election result is denied, without any argument. This is the essence of the system.
When you do not accept the results of the election processes, stay out. There must be a way to arrange that, legally?
I live in Florida, so we get the Big Lie 24/7 from DeSantis, Rick Scott and Rubio. I donate to Democratic campaigns, but Republicans will probably win due to an ignorant population of people who just don't want to pay their fair share of taxes.
John, I feel bad you are currently stuck with the big three liars. They seem to have no problem pumping out garbage on a regular basis, 24/7 as you describe. That tax thing is so strange, though, because only the Rich few get the breaks. But the Trumpers and Trumpettes do want a whole lot of stuff for nothing: social security but not having to pay the tax that will get it for them, Medicare when they are retired but again not wanting to pay for it, flood protection without having to pay for the insurance, paved streets and roads with no monetary input from them. It is a very selfish, self-centered view of life instead of being from many, one, they want to be all for me, or as much of it as I can get with paying nothing for it, the ultimate sale. I am not sure how one reaches these people because they think they are entitled, particularly the white ones while they blame people of color for doing exactly what they either are doing or want to do. Amazing!
FL voters, especially, and the entire US needs investigative reporting that shows #45 gave away classified intel that jeopardized Israeli agents (who shared it to help the US!). This has to be why Mossad came to Biden right after the documents were recovered. The Iran deal was just an excuse. Of course, Israel won't say anything about it.
Hi from Paris! FVAP.gov is a great site for signing up, on-line, for Americans who are living overseas - they can still sign up to vote in their own state (the place/state of last residence). The deadlines are coming up so very quickly! Several groups here are trying to sign up all Americans who are in France to get out and vote! But we need to spread the message!! Voting from overseas is not just for the military. All votes WILL help!!
I think Mr. Reich and Michael Moore should discuss their views online in their blogs so readers can try to process why two respected opinions currently differ so greatly. In his Substack "Mike's Midterm Tsunami of Truth" Campaign" blog, Mr. Moore is uncharacteristically optimistic, and not aligned with Mr. Reich's thoughts and opinions, with whom I am in more agreement about the current situation. It would be interesting for readers to "hear" their discussion .
I wholeheartedly agree. Optimism is wonderful -- it motivates us to act -- but let's act in such numbers that no amount of lying can nullify our votes.
https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/ep-256-rumble-mikes-midterm-tsunami-campaign#details
I read that, & was surprised about his uncharacteristic optimism. He does have a pretty good track record at reading the electorate though.
I don’t think their views differ on almost anything, except that Michael Moore believes he can rouse his readers with optimism and Bob Reich thinks anxiety works better. Probably anxiety works better for him. They both work for me. Heather Cox Richardson’s kind of optimism—her insistence that Biden is doing a wonderful job—does not, much as I respect her ability to create narratives from a wide range of information.
Given the cysts that the Republican Party has grown in our body politic, I think Biden has done remarkably well. My Republican ancestors, who fought for Lincoln and our National Values, would have hanged this batch of Trump's catamites.
Moore alleges that 70% of the electorate nationally are women and minorities, who trend Democratic.
Field Team Six has targeted ten key states. I may be wrong, but we can pick up seats in places like Iowa.
It's a real uphill slog here in Iowa. Trying to share info. Not easy when so many are decided and refuse to acknowledge reality and truth. Truth no longer persuades.
I'm terribly puzzled. Joe Biden's doing a solid B+ job being President. At his worst, he's ho-hum and a bit dull, driving the speed limit and only rarely saying something ridiculous. Compared to Liz Troll in Britain, who's channeling Maggie Thatcher and pounding the British economy into the dirt, he's not so bad. The pound's $1.10 these days, as low as it was, um, under Maggie. The European leaders see him as a bit of a shining star in declaring democratic principles in the Ukrainian war. But he's nowhere as interesting as Donzo was when he was buying up Greenland. Really - is it so bad to be average?
Excellent idea, Melany!
Violence begets violence. We are headed toward another Civil War, and it won't stop until Trump is either dead, or in prison.
Personally, I'd prefer him to be in prison...if he dies, his cult will make a martyr of him.
I agree about the possibility of martyrdom, but instead of prison (or in addition to) I'd like to see him deprived of every penny and real estate asset he holds, that would not only be true punishment for him, it would also deprive of him of any attention. A trumpster in poverty would not be newsworthy
Very correct and lets not forget that more than 70 million people voted for Trump and despite all what happened since including his refusal to accept the 2020 results , the Jan6 insurrection and his upfront refusal to accept the 2022 elections, that number potentially could well be higher because of all the GOP candidates who now support MAGA and refuse to denounce Trump....
Alas Trump himself is no longer the problem. It’s authoritarianism. Since Thatcher and Reagan we’ve watched the people of Algeria and the Philippines and Israel and Brazil and Hungary and Italy vote it in, and large numbers in Greece, France, Britain, even Germany leaning towards it…. Why vote to lose your own freedom and dignity? I don’t really understand it. Bolsonaro did better than expected in Brazil’s elections yesterday after killing and emiserating Brazilians for years. Why?
Mary, I am as confused as you are. I honestly don't understand why anyone would vote to lose their freedom. Maybe their lives are so pathetic and their thinking so shallow, they will latch onto anyone and any idea that will let them feel like they are part of something big. How sad for all of us that there are so many would-be robots. I guess the ones who vote for those autocrats think they will be part of the big thing. What they don't know as the 1930s Germans didn't know, those who are orchestrating the autocracy care nothing for those people beyond using them to get more power and money. How is it we never learn?
Hans Flikkema ; I still don't believe the 70 million votes number. tRump was a busy boy, and even with an hour long, arm twisting phone call to the top Georgia election official and all the evidence of the fake elector's (and so many complicit MAGA sycophants), who knows how many questionable things happened that did not surface in the media owned by the 'right'. He and his minions drive a tsunami of crime that officials can't even catch up to ; let alone defend against. The courts are near useless and stacked too.
True. And recent stats show that only about 60% of his voters say that they still accept the big lie.
I think that under cross examination that would shrivel. Many federal judges who supported him during the election, were even appointed by him, rejected the big lie in court challenges.
Daniel Solomon ; Reassuring, good points!
Thanks for the reminder, Daniel.
I agree. With all the Trumpublican challenges of battleground states that only proved the elections were legitimate, why weren't there any Democratic challenges of dubious election results in Republican run states where the Republican candidates did far better than expected, like South Carolina, Kentucky, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, etc.? We might've found out that some of those Senate & House races were in fact won by Democrats, & we might not have had to endure the torture Manchinema put us through. We need to be very vigilant in the upcoming election.
If Trump were charged with repeated attempts at treason, tried, found guilty, and publicly hanged, this country would be much better off. Remember, most of us get some of our earliest national values from our grandparents, and Trump cannot claim even one grandparent born on this side of the Atlantic.
Thank you for your good work during these scary times. Be well.
Somehow we need to get this to college campuses. Get them registered and informed.
https://democrats.org/cda/
https://twitter.com/CollegeDems?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
And as long as we have a wholly uneducated electorate, telling us about it is useless. The level of ignorance in this Country is embarrassing. Anti Intellectualism says "my ignorance is as good as your knowledge" THIS is where we are.
VOTE411.org is a great tool. The League of Women Voters (nonpartisan) site includes a copy of your ballot, candidate survey responses and links to candidate forums (debates) conducted. It also includes links to verify your voter registration, track your Vote-By-Mail ballot (Ballottrax) and other pertinent voter info for you.
Thanks Fern for your proactive approach.