I heard that the DNC was helping extreme candidates win because they thought voters would not vote for them: a risky strategy. We have Trumpy candidates running all over NY who are more extreme than ever before. America has gone mad. I am writing postcards to send out. I hope it helps.
They tried this with Trump and look how that turned out. Have they not learned a damn thing. Most Americans have no idea what a Secretary of State does. Depressed, angry and sad.
It’s risky but I don’t think the strategy was in widespread use. There are some real crazies running for office as Republicans. Can’t imagine that all these nut burgers will be elected or what America will be like if they are.
True, but never give up. Work hard. My wife and I have already written 1000's of postcards and knocked 100+ doors and its only early August. Get help and inspire!
I have been writing about politics for 12 years. There are 14 books in my series called Loving America to Death. ( N. L. Brisson on Amazon) so I have tried very hard also. Keep up the good work. I also have a newsletter on Substack.
What does "you heard" mean??? Was it in the passing wind? Did you overhear someone else's conversation? How is it the you just "heard"? Be exact! You either read it in an article or saw some discussion on TV or the Web. Perhaps you don't want to admit to watching MSNBC or ABC so as to not appear too partisan. You should realize how far the needle has swung that the general "Left Wing Media" now occupies the Middle Rational Ground. You should feel justified consuming that information rather than the Fake Wing Media of which Fox is now a Left wing outlier!! We are teetering because we let out values slip through our fingers, but in history we are hardly alone.
Where do you hear anything in America these days. It was in the media, broadcast media, print media, social media. MSNBC is nothing like Fox. They are certainly not extreme enough to function as a counterbalance. Thank goodness for news that doesn’t make my stomach turn. I also read Politico and WaPo and The Atlantic.
Laurie, I agree. The DNC are part of the problem not the solution. They are a bunch of centrist types using very old school tactics that don’t work today. They always try to “balance” the ticket and turn off multitudes of Democratic voters.
You still should vote for the Democrats if your election is even remotely close. Too many people get turned off and think the parties are the same. No. Democrats did some good things this year. Many are somewhat compromised by donors and lobbyists. They will protect the right to choose—my right to equality in this country—and they will help us younger people with the future of the planet. They turn off voters both ways and they struggle to find a compromise but lots of voters outside major cities or whatever are more conservative Dems or Centrist than we might think and vote on personal fiscal issues.
John terence king. I fully agree that the Republican fascist cult should be expunged from society. They are attacking from within and no less dangerous than any other terrorist, actually, more so.
Well, maybe the Democrats shouldn’t have spent money trying to make sure that this horde of crazies won their respective primaries. They were all-in for Trump to run against HRC and look how that turned out. I agree that they needed to be defeated but part of that is to avoid spending millions upon millions of dollars to help them win primaries.
I'm independent. I voted 2x for Trump in agonized choice because I can't vote for baby killers.
I would love a reasonable, honest candidate who believed in natural law.
I've been voting since 70s. Every general election I apologize to God for having to vote for a filthy person. But only because other choices were far worse.
Damn your Democratic and Republican parties. Utter evil
This person isn't exactly a troll, just an obsessive who should be ignored as if he were a troll. He wins by getting to re-post his vengeful biases every chance he gets to reply. Waste of time!
difny: the Democratic Party has a big tent. Inside are people like Sen. Casey, who opposes abortion but does not believe it should be the only factor for consideration. Abortion is only one wedge issue. Also guns, gays, etc.
I don't know Raymond but based on his comments he's not a hedge fund manager or an entitled heir who is part of the 1% that personally benefitted from Trump.
I bet he doesn't want to attack Social Security, Medicare, VA, Black Lung, etc. like Republican senators promise if they control Congress.
What about people like Rick Scott, Ron Johnson, members of the Republican issues committee who want to tax little guys to support big companies and want to gut SS, Medicare and all other "entitlements"?
Much as I admire all that you post in this forum, Daniel, I prefer not to waste my time and that of readers debating comments posted by the person you defend here.
Difny, you're an intellectual coward. Your posts are a parody of people being afraid of discussing things with people who have different viewpoints. Sorry I stumbled into your protected world
Actually, a troll posts to start and argument, then leaves... Has no stake in the position.
I actually am responding to all replies, I'm staying, I'm nuanced in some of my positions. Many I am passionate about
I've been called a troll before... Attacked On many sides... By Trump supporters in fact.
What is usually true about people who call different opinions work of a troll: shallow, like to be in groups were everyone has passed numerous litmus tests and are "validated" , and they have extremely low opinion of themselves.
Whaddya say difny? Or are ya gonna get me banned? Coward
why don't you research his past? Trump has been in public life for 40 years. if he did I'm sure you could find out. it makes Dems look bad to imply behavior without the research. Trump has faults but his policies and administration did more for black colleges, freedom of choice, law & order and our economy then what were experiencing now.
And if he did, which I don't know, he has committed a grave sin, objectively. I can't judge other2 parts of mortal sin, but if all present and he dies unrepentant:
I don't consider him pro life. Like many Republicans ( if he even is one) he uses the issue, which is a grave evil. Reagan, Bush1, Romney, Trump were all pro baby murder before suddenly realizing some, some value in some babies magically before they become a presidential candidate. Trump used the issue. Filth.
Sorry to tell you that an embryo is not BABY, but a blob of cells the size of a walnut - therefore a non human life form YET so since you have no clue about the medical technical reproductive system or when life actually begins - your Biblical belief I’ll assume is life at conception vs a natural bodily function just like masturbation - all those little Sperm are “potential” LIFE just like the female egg,
So maybe you’d like to learn more from a factual function of a system that is a medical function - nothing to do with a Bible or religious abstract subject.
And funny thing that MEN seem to weigh in on a subject they have zero education in.
The female reproduction system is hers to determine what or how it will function at her will just as a man chooses a vasectomy or not… don’t you find that odd?
Just because we carry a wanted pregnancy OR Choose not to before and sign of life, (think consciousness” not muscles controlled by nervous system that Reacts naturally by mindless reflex only even if a heartbeat or brain function like a knee only (again, think consciousness) which is the only sign of life and why Roe set a timeline BASED ON MEDICAL FACT THAT DETERMINES WHEN LIFE BEGINS - namely when brain consciousness produces a living life form. Before that?
It would mirror a person in a coma where the medical pro tells the family their loved one - an actual live human, is brain dead, a vegetable to be blunt - requires and answer to pull plug - sad but fact.
Then you realize that a fetus is only a “potential” life since many many variables determine a healthy seed and the consult with her doctor will monitor closely to inform for her decision as to whether she wishes to go forward - and then there is the most common risk of all, miscarriages - I know from experience at 13 weeks pregnant, miscarriage happens so it was my potential of having a child NOT a given !! NOT A BABY!! A potential life it has not even made to confirm a LIFE YET!
STOP CALLING PPL BABY KILLERS !
Your ignorance is NOT BLISS!!
You or your Bible thumping extreme religion propaganda have twisted a natural system that protects itself from what a “bad seed” can determine!
And if a woman wishes to have a POTENTIAL baby - IT IS NOT ONE UPON CONCEPTION!!
It is at the time it becomes a life form at approximately 24-25 WEEKS THAT the fetus comes out of vegetable stage and CONSCIOUSNESS KICKS IN - HOPEFULLY - if an unwanted pregnancy it is no diff than a Sperm and egg sitting dormant or either have never joined - so before that window of time closes where there is no life - only a potential - THE DECISION TO GO FORWARD LIES WITH THE FEMALE!!!
As the Supreme Court decision made on medical function that determined WHEN LIFE ACTUALLY BEGINS by EXPERT MEDICAL FACTS NOT MAGIC, (think they were just going to study Willy nilly the social aspect or just consult with a Bible??)
Said :
“Based on facts as to when life begins, per reproductive system function, to force a female into the potential life form stage, is nothing short of slavery!”
And they named the window of time for the host to decide if she wishes to go forward or not BEFORE THE LIFE FORM STAGE!
So take your time to fully educate yourself with the subject at hand medical facts on how the “female reproduction system” WORKS FIRST!
And put your Bible away for another subject cause you are out of your lane altogether with this baby killing falsehood which makes you sound like an uninformed, loco macho jerk only.
Education is your friend - do your homework ALWAYS! And keep it REAL!
Not written on my heart--but then I'm agnostic, and also don't feel chastized . I also believe that women should have full autonomy w/o anyone, particularly men who know nothing of medicine, interfering.
And all the legislator and other office holders at all levels: what abortions have these men paid for in their youth (or not!). I really would love to know what investigative journalist is talking to old girlfriends and making a list.
Your POTENTIAL to go forward until life kicks in ! At brain consciousness only! Not to be confused with brain or heart or KNEE- ALL ARE JUST MUSCLES REMEMBER controlled by your nervous system only - no brain consciousness until 24 or so weeks and why Roe was decided upon how the reproduce system works and what establishes a LIFE formed and when!
The Supreme Court did their homework medically - not by the Bible !
There was no life formed yet when you had an abortion - your right to decide was protected!
The court said in closing on side of Roe:
“To force a female into next stage of “life formed” is nothing short of slavery.”
Medical facts on how your reproductive system actually works has obviously been overshadowed by religious “opinion” that life somehow begins at conception - WRONG!
A fetus in first trimester (and when you are confirmed pregnant when only a blob of cells - we mistaking ASSUME a human formed is really a muscle called a heart reflexing like a knee or even when brain waves are seen - it’s still just a non life form - muscles and no consciousness is like a coma waiting to come out of - into later stage where it awakens essentially and becomes a full blown LIFE FORM and really still just a potential since we know miscarriages happen all the time if not for more risks to address that may not end in a BABY ( which imo is when BORN - not until, since such thing as STILLBORNS TOO, right?
Stop beating yourself up on misinformation the extreme religious who do not do their homework just wave the Bible - like a flag lying to control our body functioning systems without FACTS is disgusting emotional abuse upon women and even men with no clue dare condemn based on ignorance by falsehood!
I had a miscarriage at 13 weeks - asked my doc how it could have happened.
He just said “oh just a bad seed” SEED ! Not baby death!
So why do we not consider males “choosing” to have a vasectomy since Sperm are all little potential baby makers huh?
Millions of potential babies killed daily OMG! Haha
Same with our eggs - we decide if they sit dormant or if a Sperm has ignited what is only a potential LIFE FORM when brain consciousness kicks in- THEN and only then is it a human “Life” formed.. and without complications many women have been risk to their own life or health issues - or most common, miscarriages and most horrible stillborn etc etc the only miracle is that we go through a WANTED pregnancy by moving into that life stage and not a blob of cells the size of a walnut upon conception beyond which decision can be made UNTIL unsafe to the female to abort or POTENTIAL LIFE FORMS - and even then ALL GOES WELL for the most part for most women - IS WHAT IS RHEN - NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE!
And that is only if born, healthy little baby - and even then you do not know if deaf, blind, mute, until they grow into weeks old and many obviously we know, end up with other health issues - some can be life threatening and some die within weeks from a terrible case of a medical problem- a host of things can crop up to complicate or compromise their health or life threatening diseases - it is a gamble we all take - I had one perfect baby - one miscarriage (and I did not grieve a baby - just the potential - sadness I guess) and adopted another as planned for 2.
Was Never going through such birthing again BY CHOICE, and essentially an abortion is the same as a miscarriage - when no life exists - just like a person in a coma is brain dead - no consciousness and doc has to ask family if they wish to pull the plug.
On what is essentially a vegetated state - not expected to come out of it and they do so knowing even if they did there would be no brain consciousness - of course the brain functions by Nerves only by reflex only.. waves that have no communication but to move eyes maybe.
I’m sure there are various levels including no sign of life at all - mostly those survive coma have some damage or may even come out the same but the timeline is usually shorter for those that do come out - best analogy I can express.
Be sorry for your loss of a “potential” only and soon you will realize you did not murder your baby !
I detest the guilt ridden BS made of our bodily function where facts count MEDICAL FACT OF “LIFE” is truth not anything else.
Hope that helps you deal with your unnecessary guilt 💕
Yes, I regretted it for many years. Had a whole new bout of depression over it after I saw a video years later what the actual procedure was . Not the “neat sterile harmless “ way planned parenthood told me it would be. If I had seen that video before, I never would have done it.
I don’t expecti any sympathy for my murderous act. I just know most women don’t like to talk about it. Shame is a big part of it afterwards.
Finally someone! You might even know what a woman is! Shall we nominate you for the Supreme Court, too? You are obviously more knowledgable than the last (accepted) candidate!
"god" has nothing to do with anything, except maybe in your mind, abortion is healthcare, not 'baby killing', and shouldn't you, as a 'god fearing individual', refrain from damning anyone?
John Raymond....you are so full of it. You voted for Trump. You should ask God to forgive you. What the hell is natural law? You think a 10 year old girl who is raped should carry the fetus to term?
Sorry, John, but my reading of the Bible, my sense of God's presence and guidance, and the faith in which I was raised says that your "faith" is blind and false, invented by humans for the purpose of keeping you under their thumb and getting you to do whatever damnable thing they wanted. Evidently in your case, they were successful, but you're clearly worshiping humans and human ideas and ideals, not god.
I'm a Sedevacantist. I broke with apostate Rome. During Great Apostasy.
There are 200k Catholics left. We are extremely independent thinking group.
1.2 billion self professed Catholics, who ain't. They are outside the Ark of Salvation... An extremely dangerous place. They are people who seem to hate the truth. Like many I see everywhere, including this group. So don't feel alone!
Interpretation of the Bible by individuals is extremely dangerous. I think the Bible even says this.
And, Catholic Church is one true faith. How could it not be? Founded by Our Lord ... But it ain't Church headed by apostate Francis... This is great deception
Child molesters deserve death. Wait til we get a true pope. Catholic Church does believe in death penalty. And child rape scandal took place after commies took over Vatican.
All those involved still living Will Die.... Your friendly Catholic
I get irritated by Devote religion being soul /sole motivator, but it was America that I woke up to this morning. There are too many people in this world that don't want to share their space and air with unlike-minded people. It saddens me as I was raised to respect other opinions and get the heck away from them. I was also raised to brush my teeth every time I called someone something I would like to be called. Breathe deep and go wrestle a pig.
Thanks. As my friend Curly said "I don't swear but I know all the words." but I grew up holding the flashlight for dad under the hood of his Oldsmobile , so I do know them and have used them (40 years in a factory). I am not computer literate but I know how rare and precious your 'take-back'is .Bless you for it.
USA is a baby killer. We killed thousands of babies in Iraq due to embargo of medical supplies. We killed many thousands of babies in Vietnam due to Agent Orange. You probably think that was justified, John Raymond. Pray to Jesus that he forgives you for being such a hypocrite.
I simply cannot comprehend the mentality of these Election Deniers regurgitating Trump’s lies to curry favor from the disgraced 45th President. Republicans must lose the November General Election. Democrats, disaffected Republicans should join the Democrats and vote these dipturd s out of office for good. We need stability in this country, NOT the kind of daily chaos we had from Trump’s single term. We Americans must learn not to allow bankrupted candidates from the Private Sector who have personality disorders and a history of evading taxes to ever become the official Party candidate. It is despicable and revolting.
No!! the Hunter Biden thing is a Right wing distraction and distortion!! It's all PROVEN to be fake, made up for you to swallow!! But even if it were true, nothing compares with the conspiracy to rob the USA of it's Democracy, NOTHING!! So stop all the "what aboutisms" and concentrate on eliminating the threat we have to our existence!! We have a party that wants to sink our system and replay the Fascist playbook that precipitated Nazi Germany. The big difference is that in a country this big, that will not be allowed to happen!! Trump tried but he needed too many traitors to make it happen, and that will continue to prevent this from happening, no matter how many traitors are planted within our political structure.
Nope. Hunter may be an incompetent businessman, but he is not directly involved in politics today. I hope DOJ does investigate his culpability, and if he owes income taxes, so be it. Otherwise this is an old conservative talking point that has little relevance now.
Expanding upon my entry from “Office Hours,” I would note, absent any federal voter protection safeguards, barring the severely gutted 1965 Voting Rights Act, that we underplay, at our peril, the ongoing unilateral passage of both voter restriction and voter nullification provisions by GOP controlled State Legislatures.
In my view, we can manage voter suppression by engaging in the numerous turbo-charged voter turnout initiatives underway at the federal, state, and local levels. Conversely, wherein GOP State Legislatures are changing state election rules to change who can be in charge, how votes are counted, and how they’re certified, one understandably worries whether any amount of organizing is going to get us around these obstacles. I find it helpful, while engaged both in combatting voter suppression and voter nullification, repeatedly to recall U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, who once wrote, “Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.” Here I would add, in my experience, that only in retrospect is the true value of persistence in the face of difficulty revealed.
Frankly, I am not surprised or newly alarmed. The insurrectionist/autocratic party nominates insurrectionists and anti democratic candidates? Who would have thunk? What is alarming is if we let them win these elected positions.
Fascists have realized that false equivalency reporting is the cheat code to beat democracy. bothSidesism is journalism 101 objective reporting — I called out that to my journalism professor in 1984. Media sells out democracy for clicks & is entertainment. #EdRMorrowTurnedOver - it’s being framed to support trumpian autocracy
At 65 I'm a senior cit. Been around a while . NYC metro thug . That ANYONE has EVER so blatantly and adamantly questioned an election to this degree, boggles my mind . Not to mention the obviously baseless premise on which those questions are built ! And again, heir trump und zer nazi-fest CPAC ? YOU ARE KIDDING ME, RITE ! ? Civilization indeed crumbles.....
My late father-in-law owned an accounting firm in NYC. He told the family more than 30 years ago Trump was laundering money 4 the Russian mafia. Couldn't stand "that bum."
Exactly . I was a union delegate for Bell Telephone Co. back in Jersey 30 years ago. When lil donnie bought up land in Atlantic City fer cheap. Started building his casino. EVERY quarterly IBEW conflab came down to how bone spur boy was screwing union members . He, in no small way, IS THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT ! !
It's pretty interesting that Wisconsin Republican's would like to restore the authority to the Secretary of State to oversee elections, since they are the party that stripped the current Secretary of State, Doug La Follete - yes, related to 'Fighting' Bob LaFollete - of those responsibilities. I assume they will only like to restore those responsibilities if their "big lie" supporter wins in November.
The young vote is crucial. First time voters are crucial. Work with your high schools -registration days. Under 35 MUST understand this midterm decides their futures for years.
The Republican Party is already well on it's way to turning the U.S. into a one party authoritarian state. The Democrats have been asleep for way to long on the GP's movement towards the extreme right. Does Dr. Reich not remember the Tea Party who never thought of President Obama as a legitimate president. Neither did most of the Republicans in Congress.
Republicans now control the SCOTUS and over a third of the lower federal courts as well as control of 23 states governorships and legislatures. Authoritarianism 101, first take over the courts then work to dismantle the administrative state nationally and locally.
We are well on our way to losing our democratic republic.
Yes, the GOP did achieve their goal to stack the courts against the people, It has served them well on the Supreme Court, but only because Mitch McConnell refused to even allow Merrick Garland's nomination by President Obama to even be considered by the Senate, and then shoved Barrett down our throats a few weeks before the 2020 election. But, in the lower courts, the GOP miscalculated and appointed a few REAL justices who agree with the law. They were among the 60 judges (actually 61) who denied the trumpster's claim to a "rigged or stolen" election. I even read that the judge who approved the warrant to search his Florida home was one the trumpster appointed. So, Jeff, I think we can save our Democracy. We just have to really want it.
Can you name any Liberal equivalent of the Federalist Society? The answer to that is no. Do some research on Leonard Leo who is a far right ideologue and a major player in getting extreme right wingers onto federal courts. He's been working at this for over 20 years. All three of Trump's picks for the SCOTUS, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett were Leo's picks.
Roberts and Alito are members of the Federalist society.
Roberts was confirmed by the Senate as the 17th Chief Justice by a 78–22 vote. 22 of those 78 yea votes were Democrats. Alito's nomination was confirmed by a 58–42 vote in the Senate. This time out 4 Democrats were yea votes. It should have been none.
I know is not popular to voice this idea, but there was a window of opportunity when RBG could have retired and given Obama a better chance to nominate a liberal justice and keep the court more in balance. RBG refused requests to retire twice. The second time, after surviving two bouts with cancer, was that she thought Hillary Clinton was going to win.
Then there is the problem that Democrats and their base have not been focused on the courts over the past 30 years while Republicans were very focused. Now progressive Democrats answer to the SCOTUS extreme right wing shift is "expand the court". That's a fool's errand as it can't be done without clear majorities in both houses of Congress. It's a good sound bite, but is unrealistic. Reality is hard to take sometimes, but in my view some of the blame for the current situation with the SCOTUS and lower federal courts lies at the feet of Democrats for not paying attention or worse, ignoring what the Republicans have been doing for decades to to put extreme right wing judges and justices on federal benches.
Thank you, Jeff. I was aware of the Democrats lack of interest in the Judiciary and it has now come to roost. I hope the Democrats have learned a serious lesson. I also agree, the Democrats need to do more research. They have both paid and volunteer staff working for them, they should have at least one analyst on their staffs as well as better speech writers. Smart people learn from past mistakes, I hope we have more smart ones than greedy ones.
One of many great Hannah Arendt quotes seems relevant:
Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.
your simplified voting guide these days: Let's see...assault weapons, climate change, healthcare, fairer taxation, anti-voter suppression, pro-choice, pro-social support for families forced to birth kids they cannot afford to raise....as an independent, I can conclude...don't vote for any Rs other than Liz Cheney, Murkowski. The GOP has gone crazy.
I'm 72 and a life long democrat, however, I'm losing faith in it. Well, that's not exactly true; I haven't had much faith in the party for a long time. Recently, in TX, the "party," including Pelosi, backed the anti-choice Cuellar over pro-choice Jessica Cisneros. So called "leadership" pumped $ into anti-"Squad" candidates, which has fallen flat on its face. I won't go into the "supporting the 'trumpest' republican candisidates. To these corporate democrats, it's about keeping their power rather than helping people. They have no "message" to stay on. Look at the "concessions" they had to give to get Manchin and Siema to get them to support the recent legislation. However, they try to put roadblocks in the way of progressing measures. I'm often reminded of the words of Will Rogers: "I don't belong to an organized political party - I'm a Democrat."
That doesn't force you to commit political suicide.
The Biden administration, despite internal and external opposition, despite atrocious media coverage, despite a hostile judicial system, has exceeded all expectations.
"Karamo has called the 2020 election “fixed” and claimed without evidence that Dominion voting machine software flipped votes to Biden."
"without evidence" Gods, how I hate that euphemism! Why are Democrats and liberals so afraid of calling Republicans on their shit? Even those, like our esteemed host, who have been clear about their recognizing the threat, stop short of calling lies lies.
"Karamo has called the 2020 election “fixed” and *LIED* that Dominion voting machine software flipped votes to Biden."
Well, that just means we will have to ensure Democratic victories in each of those States. Amy Klobucher will have to actively campaign for, and support every Demicratic Candidate tunning for office. In Minnesota. Pete Buttigeige is another good czmpaigner. Maybe pull in Jill Biden, Barack and Michelle Obama
Heck even get Gavin Newsom out to Nevada and Arizona. Let the rest of the country know we are serious contenders
I heard that the DNC was helping extreme candidates win because they thought voters would not vote for them: a risky strategy. We have Trumpy candidates running all over NY who are more extreme than ever before. America has gone mad. I am writing postcards to send out. I hope it helps.
They tried this with Trump and look how that turned out. Have they not learned a damn thing. Most Americans have no idea what a Secretary of State does. Depressed, angry and sad.
It’s risky but I don’t think the strategy was in widespread use. There are some real crazies running for office as Republicans. Can’t imagine that all these nut burgers will be elected or what America will be like if they are.
A dangerous game to do I think….could easily backfire
In fact that’s what the commentators were saying when they aired this.
I agree. But definitely outside the box.
This is DNC over-thinking and getting twisted in process. Its simple; Get out the D vote!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If it was simple it wouldn’t be so hard to get people to vote in the midterms.
True, but never give up. Work hard. My wife and I have already written 1000's of postcards and knocked 100+ doors and its only early August. Get help and inspire!
I have been writing about politics for 12 years. There are 14 books in my series called Loving America to Death. ( N. L. Brisson on Amazon) so I have tried very hard also. Keep up the good work. I also have a newsletter on Substack.
What does "you heard" mean??? Was it in the passing wind? Did you overhear someone else's conversation? How is it the you just "heard"? Be exact! You either read it in an article or saw some discussion on TV or the Web. Perhaps you don't want to admit to watching MSNBC or ABC so as to not appear too partisan. You should realize how far the needle has swung that the general "Left Wing Media" now occupies the Middle Rational Ground. You should feel justified consuming that information rather than the Fake Wing Media of which Fox is now a Left wing outlier!! We are teetering because we let out values slip through our fingers, but in history we are hardly alone.
Where do you hear anything in America these days. It was in the media, broadcast media, print media, social media. MSNBC is nothing like Fox. They are certainly not extreme enough to function as a counterbalance. Thank goodness for news that doesn’t make my stomach turn. I also read Politico and WaPo and The Atlantic.
That is why I do not trust the DNC. And will not send them anything.
Laurie, I agree. The DNC are part of the problem not the solution. They are a bunch of centrist types using very old school tactics that don’t work today. They always try to “balance” the ticket and turn off multitudes of Democratic voters.
They don't seem to mind selling off 'their' party, either ; kind of like a bad Union.
You still should vote for the Democrats if your election is even remotely close. Too many people get turned off and think the parties are the same. No. Democrats did some good things this year. Many are somewhat compromised by donors and lobbyists. They will protect the right to choose—my right to equality in this country—and they will help us younger people with the future of the planet. They turn off voters both ways and they struggle to find a compromise but lots of voters outside major cities or whatever are more conservative Dems or Centrist than we might think and vote on personal fiscal issues.
Dems are pathetic but what choice do we have?
john terence king ; If Dems are pathetic, what are Repubs?
Insane and part of a cult.
Yep
Repubs are criminal fascists that need to be expunged from society by any means necessary. They would do the same to us if they get the chance.
John terence king. I fully agree that the Republican fascist cult should be expunged from society. They are attacking from within and no less dangerous than any other terrorist, actually, more so.
Thank you for the postcard info. PostcardsToVoters.org is another organization writing postcards. Send email to join@TonyTheDemocrat.org for instructions to become a writer.
Well, maybe the Democrats shouldn’t have spent money trying to make sure that this horde of crazies won their respective primaries. They were all-in for Trump to run against HRC and look how that turned out. I agree that they needed to be defeated but part of that is to avoid spending millions upon millions of dollars to help them win primaries.
Yep! It alarms me that Dems would spend big bucks to defeat a moderate Repub like Peter Meijer in Michigan. What the heck are they thinking??
I agree, and I live in Michigan. I am not in his district.
Diana. Meijer says he now would support Trump!!!
Would like to see that happen. Especially now with Mondays raid ..It’s circling from all directions on Trump. But he created his messes.
I'm independent. I voted 2x for Trump in agonized choice because I can't vote for baby killers.
I would love a reasonable, honest candidate who believed in natural law.
I've been voting since 70s. Every general election I apologize to God for having to vote for a filthy person. But only because other choices were far worse.
Damn your Democratic and Republican parties. Utter evil
Ever wonder how many abortions Trump paid for before he became "pro-life"?
As for natural law--its not everyone's, only those who believe in it.
This person isn't exactly a troll, just an obsessive who should be ignored as if he were a troll. He wins by getting to re-post his vengeful biases every chance he gets to reply. Waste of time!
Thanks for that info. I will do as you suggest.
You're part of the grouo. Good boy Lee
You really called it. He's exactly as you said.
Can't even mention my name, Jaimie. Enjoy being a cult member? Waiting for her to burp you too?
Readers, notice how didn't dehumanizes me by not even addressing me, not naming me
Difny, you need to meet more types of people, new ideas, challenge yourself and your beliefs. Otherwise, you are gonna decay
Go directly to hell and do not pass Go.
difny: the Democratic Party has a big tent. Inside are people like Sen. Casey, who opposes abortion but does not believe it should be the only factor for consideration. Abortion is only one wedge issue. Also guns, gays, etc.
I don't know Raymond but based on his comments he's not a hedge fund manager or an entitled heir who is part of the 1% that personally benefitted from Trump.
I bet he doesn't want to attack Social Security, Medicare, VA, Black Lung, etc. like Republican senators promise if they control Congress.
I call trump a filthy person on trump dominated placed
What about people like Rick Scott, Ron Johnson, members of the Republican issues committee who want to tax little guys to support big companies and want to gut SS, Medicare and all other "entitlements"?
Much as I admire all that you post in this forum, Daniel, I prefer not to waste my time and that of readers debating comments posted by the person you defend here.
Difny, you're an intellectual coward. Your posts are a parody of people being afraid of discussing things with people who have different viewpoints. Sorry I stumbled into your protected world
Actually, a troll posts to start and argument, then leaves... Has no stake in the position.
I actually am responding to all replies, I'm staying, I'm nuanced in some of my positions. Many I am passionate about
I've been called a troll before... Attacked On many sides... By Trump supporters in fact.
What is usually true about people who call different opinions work of a troll: shallow, like to be in groups were everyone has passed numerous litmus tests and are "validated" , and they have extremely low opinion of themselves.
Whaddya say difny? Or are ya gonna get me banned? Coward
why don't you research his past? Trump has been in public life for 40 years. if he did I'm sure you could find out. it makes Dems look bad to imply behavior without the research. Trump has faults but his policies and administration did more for black colleges, freedom of choice, law & order and our economy then what were experiencing now.
What about operation warp speed, Pfizer deathvax... He was pushing it well after it was known to kill and maim in large numbers.
And the military rolling it out? Smart conservatives despise the man. I think he's a deceiver.
Hey Mr. Raymond, if what you refer to (Pfizer “deathvax”) is the Pfizer COVID vaccination, I have had FOUR of them and I ain’t dead yet!
John, please.
Sandy, I am very sorry.
I recommend devotion to Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Also Seven Sorrows of Mary.
You could die anytime.
Troll!
Someone with different views you malign as a troll.
I feel very sorry for you. Shut out different opinions... Not the actions of a person that searches for truth.
Not healthy either. You will miss many warnings from people who have different perspectives and info.
I am very sad for you
People who shout Troll are intellectual cowards
And if he did, which I don't know, he has committed a grave sin, objectively. I can't judge other2 parts of mortal sin, but if all present and he dies unrepentant:
Eternal damnation.
Jesus freak!
I'm Catholic. This term is usually applied to certain protestant groups.
The Catholic Church is eminently reasonable... But you've probably never talked to a Catholic
I imagined he caused many abortions and used artificial birth control.
What about Epstein island? He knew him. Why aren't there any arrests? Because Democrats and Republicans in power deem it so.
Independent outrage is unbelievable. Your parties are absolute filth, cowards.
I don't consider him pro life. Like many Republicans ( if he even is one) he uses the issue, which is a grave evil. Reagan, Bush1, Romney, Trump were all pro baby murder before suddenly realizing some, some value in some babies magically before they become a presidential candidate. Trump used the issue. Filth.
A pro life individual believes in no abortion.
Do you know what I'm referring to on natural law?
John, since you cannot get pregnant this isn’t any of your business.
I bet a lot of people who support abortion also took Pfizer deathvax because of covid scam...
God is allowing this chastisement. Many of these people will be dying off .
All cause death... Read about it. Might have to turn off Lester Holt for a bit
Molly, it's a duty if a Catholic, any decent human being to defend human life.
I believe people that stood silent are committing grave sin, objectively... As well as people who defend this barbaric act.
John Raymond you are a troll.
Sorry to tell you that an embryo is not BABY, but a blob of cells the size of a walnut - therefore a non human life form YET so since you have no clue about the medical technical reproductive system or when life actually begins - your Biblical belief I’ll assume is life at conception vs a natural bodily function just like masturbation - all those little Sperm are “potential” LIFE just like the female egg,
So maybe you’d like to learn more from a factual function of a system that is a medical function - nothing to do with a Bible or religious abstract subject.
And funny thing that MEN seem to weigh in on a subject they have zero education in.
The female reproduction system is hers to determine what or how it will function at her will just as a man chooses a vasectomy or not… don’t you find that odd?
Just because we carry a wanted pregnancy OR Choose not to before and sign of life, (think consciousness” not muscles controlled by nervous system that Reacts naturally by mindless reflex only even if a heartbeat or brain function like a knee only (again, think consciousness) which is the only sign of life and why Roe set a timeline BASED ON MEDICAL FACT THAT DETERMINES WHEN LIFE BEGINS - namely when brain consciousness produces a living life form. Before that?
It would mirror a person in a coma where the medical pro tells the family their loved one - an actual live human, is brain dead, a vegetable to be blunt - requires and answer to pull plug - sad but fact.
Then you realize that a fetus is only a “potential” life since many many variables determine a healthy seed and the consult with her doctor will monitor closely to inform for her decision as to whether she wishes to go forward - and then there is the most common risk of all, miscarriages - I know from experience at 13 weeks pregnant, miscarriage happens so it was my potential of having a child NOT a given !! NOT A BABY!! A potential life it has not even made to confirm a LIFE YET!
STOP CALLING PPL BABY KILLERS !
Your ignorance is NOT BLISS!!
You or your Bible thumping extreme religion propaganda have twisted a natural system that protects itself from what a “bad seed” can determine!
And if a woman wishes to have a POTENTIAL baby - IT IS NOT ONE UPON CONCEPTION!!
It is at the time it becomes a life form at approximately 24-25 WEEKS THAT the fetus comes out of vegetable stage and CONSCIOUSNESS KICKS IN - HOPEFULLY - if an unwanted pregnancy it is no diff than a Sperm and egg sitting dormant or either have never joined - so before that window of time closes where there is no life - only a potential - THE DECISION TO GO FORWARD LIES WITH THE FEMALE!!!
As the Supreme Court decision made on medical function that determined WHEN LIFE ACTUALLY BEGINS by EXPERT MEDICAL FACTS NOT MAGIC, (think they were just going to study Willy nilly the social aspect or just consult with a Bible??)
Said :
“Based on facts as to when life begins, per reproductive system function, to force a female into the potential life form stage, is nothing short of slavery!”
And they named the window of time for the host to decide if she wishes to go forward or not BEFORE THE LIFE FORM STAGE!
So take your time to fully educate yourself with the subject at hand medical facts on how the “female reproduction system” WORKS FIRST!
And put your Bible away for another subject cause you are out of your lane altogether with this baby killing falsehood which makes you sound like an uninformed, loco macho jerk only.
Education is your friend - do your homework ALWAYS! And keep it REAL!
FACTS COUNT!
Have a good day.
Yes--a Catholic dogma.
Natural law is law written on each person's heart.... He doesn't need any religious teaching.
Vast majority ignore it. That is why we ate going through a severe chastisement
Not written on my heart--but then I'm agnostic, and also don't feel chastized . I also believe that women should have full autonomy w/o anyone, particularly men who know nothing of medicine, interfering.
And all the legislator and other office holders at all levels: what abortions have these men paid for in their youth (or not!). I really would love to know what investigative journalist is talking to old girlfriends and making a list.
An abortion doesn’t kill a baby. I’m a nurse and I know the difference between an embryo or a fetus and a baby.
Abortion killed my baby ,before I knew better.
God bless you
I believe Jesus forgave me, yet it’s been a regret for years. Thanks.
You are dear soul
Your POTENTIAL to go forward until life kicks in ! At brain consciousness only! Not to be confused with brain or heart or KNEE- ALL ARE JUST MUSCLES REMEMBER controlled by your nervous system only - no brain consciousness until 24 or so weeks and why Roe was decided upon how the reproduce system works and what establishes a LIFE formed and when!
The Supreme Court did their homework medically - not by the Bible !
There was no life formed yet when you had an abortion - your right to decide was protected!
The court said in closing on side of Roe:
“To force a female into next stage of “life formed” is nothing short of slavery.”
Medical facts on how your reproductive system actually works has obviously been overshadowed by religious “opinion” that life somehow begins at conception - WRONG!
A fetus in first trimester (and when you are confirmed pregnant when only a blob of cells - we mistaking ASSUME a human formed is really a muscle called a heart reflexing like a knee or even when brain waves are seen - it’s still just a non life form - muscles and no consciousness is like a coma waiting to come out of - into later stage where it awakens essentially and becomes a full blown LIFE FORM and really still just a potential since we know miscarriages happen all the time if not for more risks to address that may not end in a BABY ( which imo is when BORN - not until, since such thing as STILLBORNS TOO, right?
Stop beating yourself up on misinformation the extreme religious who do not do their homework just wave the Bible - like a flag lying to control our body functioning systems without FACTS is disgusting emotional abuse upon women and even men with no clue dare condemn based on ignorance by falsehood!
I had a miscarriage at 13 weeks - asked my doc how it could have happened.
He just said “oh just a bad seed” SEED ! Not baby death!
So why do we not consider males “choosing” to have a vasectomy since Sperm are all little potential baby makers huh?
Millions of potential babies killed daily OMG! Haha
Same with our eggs - we decide if they sit dormant or if a Sperm has ignited what is only a potential LIFE FORM when brain consciousness kicks in- THEN and only then is it a human “Life” formed.. and without complications many women have been risk to their own life or health issues - or most common, miscarriages and most horrible stillborn etc etc the only miracle is that we go through a WANTED pregnancy by moving into that life stage and not a blob of cells the size of a walnut upon conception beyond which decision can be made UNTIL unsafe to the female to abort or POTENTIAL LIFE FORMS - and even then ALL GOES WELL for the most part for most women - IS WHAT IS RHEN - NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE!
And that is only if born, healthy little baby - and even then you do not know if deaf, blind, mute, until they grow into weeks old and many obviously we know, end up with other health issues - some can be life threatening and some die within weeks from a terrible case of a medical problem- a host of things can crop up to complicate or compromise their health or life threatening diseases - it is a gamble we all take - I had one perfect baby - one miscarriage (and I did not grieve a baby - just the potential - sadness I guess) and adopted another as planned for 2.
Was Never going through such birthing again BY CHOICE, and essentially an abortion is the same as a miscarriage - when no life exists - just like a person in a coma is brain dead - no consciousness and doc has to ask family if they wish to pull the plug.
On what is essentially a vegetated state - not expected to come out of it and they do so knowing even if they did there would be no brain consciousness - of course the brain functions by Nerves only by reflex only.. waves that have no communication but to move eyes maybe.
I’m sure there are various levels including no sign of life at all - mostly those survive coma have some damage or may even come out the same but the timeline is usually shorter for those that do come out - best analogy I can express.
Be sorry for your loss of a “potential” only and soon you will realize you did not murder your baby !
I detest the guilt ridden BS made of our bodily function where facts count MEDICAL FACT OF “LIFE” is truth not anything else.
Hope that helps you deal with your unnecessary guilt 💕
Thanks for sharing your opinion. The procedure was awful, dismembering limbs with a vacuum, rather violent.
The guilt bothered me for years. Went to counseling & smoked a lot of weed to cope ( not very mature but it’s what I did)
Recently renewed my faith in Jesus & it’s between Him & me now.
That was your choice, so no one forced you to do it. I am sorry that you regret it now.
Yes, I regretted it for many years. Had a whole new bout of depression over it after I saw a video years later what the actual procedure was . Not the “neat sterile harmless “ way planned parenthood told me it would be. If I had seen that video before, I never would have done it.
I don’t expecti any sympathy for my murderous act. I just know most women don’t like to talk about it. Shame is a big part of it afterwards.
Finally someone! You might even know what a woman is! Shall we nominate you for the Supreme Court, too? You are obviously more knowledgable than the last (accepted) candidate!
Thanks but I prefer being an ICU nurse; it’s more difficult.
Communists love to change history and to change vocabulary.
You could land in hell... You should thank communists when you get there
See you in Hell there John Raymond.
No one can judge another's interior disposition. Also conversion could occur. Seven Sorrows of Mary wonderful for this.
I always say might. I never have judged anyone. We can judge an act. Not the person
"god" has nothing to do with anything, except maybe in your mind, abortion is healthcare, not 'baby killing', and shouldn't you, as a 'god fearing individual', refrain from damning anyone?
Enjoy your final judgement.
A child accidentally saw a pictute of an aborted baby: who hurt the baby, momma?
Poignant. Rings down the years
a child doesn't accidentally see an aborted fetus. Stop making stuff up.
I am very sorry.
I wrote too fast. I re edited it.
Pro lifers, some, have pictures of aborted babies.
The child accidentally saw one of these pictures
John Raymond....you are so full of it. You voted for Trump. You should ask God to forgive you. What the hell is natural law? You think a 10 year old girl who is raped should carry the fetus to term?
I voted for Trump because he was less of a baby murderer than Hillary.
It was very painful. All election days are like a funeral to me
Sorry, John, but my reading of the Bible, my sense of God's presence and guidance, and the faith in which I was raised says that your "faith" is blind and false, invented by humans for the purpose of keeping you under their thumb and getting you to do whatever damnable thing they wanted. Evidently in your case, they were successful, but you're clearly worshiping humans and human ideas and ideals, not god.
I'm a Sedevacantist. I broke with apostate Rome. During Great Apostasy.
There are 200k Catholics left. We are extremely independent thinking group.
1.2 billion self professed Catholics, who ain't. They are outside the Ark of Salvation... An extremely dangerous place. They are people who seem to hate the truth. Like many I see everywhere, including this group. So don't feel alone!
Interpretation of the Bible by individuals is extremely dangerous. I think the Bible even says this.
And, Catholic Church is one true faith. How could it not be? Founded by Our Lord ... But it ain't Church headed by apostate Francis... This is great deception
Why was the 10 year old’s Mom dating a pedophile? More important question.
Didn't know this was actual case.
Child molesters deserve death. Wait til we get a true pope. Catholic Church does believe in death penalty. And child rape scandal took place after commies took over Vatican.
All those involved still living Will Die.... Your friendly Catholic
Get the .0000001 case.
Bless you for your faith. Turn OFF the T V and vote your heart.
God bless you. I don't watch tv anymore. I have to find ways to get as many viewpoints as I can.
I love truth.
I have met a lot of pricks in my life but you sir are a cactus.
You don't like to discuss the merits do you, Molly.
Please my pronoun is SILVERBACK.
Don't call me Sir.
Don’t insult gorillas by stealing the male’s name. You are John.
Molly, you actually haven't seen me. Follow the science (tm)... And review.
My wife talked about getting a cage for me.
Here's me as a youngster...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyCjHGVBIwg
MOLLY gets Post of the freaking month.
A righteous post, Molly. I'll smile about it. I'd give you a smile, A thumbs up, I'd pass it on.
Righteous.
But, you're denying my reality. Is that fair? I mean I thought objective reality was a silly little thing killed at Vatican II Robber Council?
I mean you have your reality, I have mine,...
I tried to tell A Silverback I was the New Silverback. After I woke up from 6 day coma....
evolution!
I look at a chimp, I look in mirror, I know evolution is a scam.
It was a commie idea to make man feel like another animal.
I AM tTHE Immaculate Conception an in your face attack on it.
Ask , ill explain. Busy trying to help other post souls
Jesus Christ! Not this self-righteous prick again.
Excellent analysis and argument, TP
I get irritated by Devote religion being soul /sole motivator, but it was America that I woke up to this morning. There are too many people in this world that don't want to share their space and air with unlike-minded people. It saddens me as I was raised to respect other opinions and get the heck away from them. I was also raised to brush my teeth every time I called someone something I would like to be called. Breathe deep and go wrestle a pig.
Thanks Steven, wise words that I’ll try hard to follow. Apologies for my outburst.
Thanks. As my friend Curly said "I don't swear but I know all the words." but I grew up holding the flashlight for dad under the hood of his Oldsmobile , so I do know them and have used them (40 years in a factory). I am not computer literate but I know how rare and precious your 'take-back'is .Bless you for it.
No fanaticism in liberal, Maga etc camps
USA is a baby killer. We killed thousands of babies in Iraq due to embargo of medical supplies. We killed many thousands of babies in Vietnam due to Agent Orange. You probably think that was justified, John Raymond. Pray to Jesus that he forgives you for being such a hypocrite.
Again, you're wrong but you assum and slander.
I don't like any of these wars. New World order wars.
Catholic Church is against NWO
I simply cannot comprehend the mentality of these Election Deniers regurgitating Trump’s lies to curry favor from the disgraced 45th President. Republicans must lose the November General Election. Democrats, disaffected Republicans should join the Democrats and vote these dipturd s out of office for good. We need stability in this country, NOT the kind of daily chaos we had from Trump’s single term. We Americans must learn not to allow bankrupted candidates from the Private Sector who have personality disorders and a history of evading taxes to ever become the official Party candidate. It is despicable and revolting.
Hunter? His connections to China, Ukraine... That doesn't worry you?
And,c trump is pondscum. Agree.
No!! the Hunter Biden thing is a Right wing distraction and distortion!! It's all PROVEN to be fake, made up for you to swallow!! But even if it were true, nothing compares with the conspiracy to rob the USA of it's Democracy, NOTHING!! So stop all the "what aboutisms" and concentrate on eliminating the threat we have to our existence!! We have a party that wants to sink our system and replay the Fascist playbook that precipitated Nazi Germany. The big difference is that in a country this big, that will not be allowed to happen!! Trump tried but he needed too many traitors to make it happen, and that will continue to prevent this from happening, no matter how many traitors are planted within our political structure.
Nope. Hunter may be an incompetent businessman, but he is not directly involved in politics today. I hope DOJ does investigate his culpability, and if he owes income taxes, so be it. Otherwise this is an old conservative talking point that has little relevance now.
It's a huge, growing story...
Except to our failed mainstream media and people who want to be blind
He's being investigated by a US attorney appointed by Trump bit so far, they don't have enough to file charges. He did have to pay back taxes.
Expanding upon my entry from “Office Hours,” I would note, absent any federal voter protection safeguards, barring the severely gutted 1965 Voting Rights Act, that we underplay, at our peril, the ongoing unilateral passage of both voter restriction and voter nullification provisions by GOP controlled State Legislatures.
In my view, we can manage voter suppression by engaging in the numerous turbo-charged voter turnout initiatives underway at the federal, state, and local levels. Conversely, wherein GOP State Legislatures are changing state election rules to change who can be in charge, how votes are counted, and how they’re certified, one understandably worries whether any amount of organizing is going to get us around these obstacles. I find it helpful, while engaged both in combatting voter suppression and voter nullification, repeatedly to recall U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, who once wrote, “Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.” Here I would add, in my experience, that only in retrospect is the true value of persistence in the face of difficulty revealed.
Frankly, I am not surprised or newly alarmed. The insurrectionist/autocratic party nominates insurrectionists and anti democratic candidates? Who would have thunk? What is alarming is if we let them win these elected positions.
Fascists have realized that false equivalency reporting is the cheat code to beat democracy. bothSidesism is journalism 101 objective reporting — I called out that to my journalism professor in 1984. Media sells out democracy for clicks & is entertainment. #EdRMorrowTurnedOver - it’s being framed to support trumpian autocracy
At 65 I'm a senior cit. Been around a while . NYC metro thug . That ANYONE has EVER so blatantly and adamantly questioned an election to this degree, boggles my mind . Not to mention the obviously baseless premise on which those questions are built ! And again, heir trump und zer nazi-fest CPAC ? YOU ARE KIDDING ME, RITE ! ? Civilization indeed crumbles.....
My late father-in-law owned an accounting firm in NYC. He told the family more than 30 years ago Trump was laundering money 4 the Russian mafia. Couldn't stand "that bum."
Exactly . I was a union delegate for Bell Telephone Co. back in Jersey 30 years ago. When lil donnie bought up land in Atlantic City fer cheap. Started building his casino. EVERY quarterly IBEW conflab came down to how bone spur boy was screwing union members . He, in no small way, IS THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT ! !
You're driven to such distraction, Mark, only because as a New Yorker you already were exposed to decades of his BS before he went national. Overload.
It's pretty interesting that Wisconsin Republican's would like to restore the authority to the Secretary of State to oversee elections, since they are the party that stripped the current Secretary of State, Doug La Follete - yes, related to 'Fighting' Bob LaFollete - of those responsibilities. I assume they will only like to restore those responsibilities if their "big lie" supporter wins in November.
The young vote is crucial. First time voters are crucial. Work with your high schools -registration days. Under 35 MUST understand this midterm decides their futures for years.
The Republican Party is already well on it's way to turning the U.S. into a one party authoritarian state. The Democrats have been asleep for way to long on the GP's movement towards the extreme right. Does Dr. Reich not remember the Tea Party who never thought of President Obama as a legitimate president. Neither did most of the Republicans in Congress.
Republicans now control the SCOTUS and over a third of the lower federal courts as well as control of 23 states governorships and legislatures. Authoritarianism 101, first take over the courts then work to dismantle the administrative state nationally and locally.
We are well on our way to losing our democratic republic.
Yes, the GOP did achieve their goal to stack the courts against the people, It has served them well on the Supreme Court, but only because Mitch McConnell refused to even allow Merrick Garland's nomination by President Obama to even be considered by the Senate, and then shoved Barrett down our throats a few weeks before the 2020 election. But, in the lower courts, the GOP miscalculated and appointed a few REAL justices who agree with the law. They were among the 60 judges (actually 61) who denied the trumpster's claim to a "rigged or stolen" election. I even read that the judge who approved the warrant to search his Florida home was one the trumpster appointed. So, Jeff, I think we can save our Democracy. We just have to really want it.
Can you name any Liberal equivalent of the Federalist Society? The answer to that is no. Do some research on Leonard Leo who is a far right ideologue and a major player in getting extreme right wingers onto federal courts. He's been working at this for over 20 years. All three of Trump's picks for the SCOTUS, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett were Leo's picks.
Roberts and Alito are members of the Federalist society.
Roberts was confirmed by the Senate as the 17th Chief Justice by a 78–22 vote. 22 of those 78 yea votes were Democrats. Alito's nomination was confirmed by a 58–42 vote in the Senate. This time out 4 Democrats were yea votes. It should have been none.
I know is not popular to voice this idea, but there was a window of opportunity when RBG could have retired and given Obama a better chance to nominate a liberal justice and keep the court more in balance. RBG refused requests to retire twice. The second time, after surviving two bouts with cancer, was that she thought Hillary Clinton was going to win.
Then there is the problem that Democrats and their base have not been focused on the courts over the past 30 years while Republicans were very focused. Now progressive Democrats answer to the SCOTUS extreme right wing shift is "expand the court". That's a fool's errand as it can't be done without clear majorities in both houses of Congress. It's a good sound bite, but is unrealistic. Reality is hard to take sometimes, but in my view some of the blame for the current situation with the SCOTUS and lower federal courts lies at the feet of Democrats for not paying attention or worse, ignoring what the Republicans have been doing for decades to to put extreme right wing judges and justices on federal benches.
Thank you, Jeff. I was aware of the Democrats lack of interest in the Judiciary and it has now come to roost. I hope the Democrats have learned a serious lesson. I also agree, the Democrats need to do more research. They have both paid and volunteer staff working for them, they should have at least one analyst on their staffs as well as better speech writers. Smart people learn from past mistakes, I hope we have more smart ones than greedy ones.
DCCC is playing a dangerous game supporting Extremists.
Run on Democratic Values, accomplishments and vision forward.
Vote Blue 22
Down Ballot
One of many great Hannah Arendt quotes seems relevant:
Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.
--Hannah Arendt
The Origins of Totalitarianism
your simplified voting guide these days: Let's see...assault weapons, climate change, healthcare, fairer taxation, anti-voter suppression, pro-choice, pro-social support for families forced to birth kids they cannot afford to raise....as an independent, I can conclude...don't vote for any Rs other than Liz Cheney, Murkowski. The GOP has gone crazy.
I'm 72 and a life long democrat, however, I'm losing faith in it. Well, that's not exactly true; I haven't had much faith in the party for a long time. Recently, in TX, the "party," including Pelosi, backed the anti-choice Cuellar over pro-choice Jessica Cisneros. So called "leadership" pumped $ into anti-"Squad" candidates, which has fallen flat on its face. I won't go into the "supporting the 'trumpest' republican candisidates. To these corporate democrats, it's about keeping their power rather than helping people. They have no "message" to stay on. Look at the "concessions" they had to give to get Manchin and Siema to get them to support the recent legislation. However, they try to put roadblocks in the way of progressing measures. I'm often reminded of the words of Will Rogers: "I don't belong to an organized political party - I'm a Democrat."
That doesn't force you to commit political suicide.
The Biden administration, despite internal and external opposition, despite atrocious media coverage, despite a hostile judicial system, has exceeded all expectations.
"Karamo has called the 2020 election “fixed” and claimed without evidence that Dominion voting machine software flipped votes to Biden."
"without evidence" Gods, how I hate that euphemism! Why are Democrats and liberals so afraid of calling Republicans on their shit? Even those, like our esteemed host, who have been clear about their recognizing the threat, stop short of calling lies lies.
"Karamo has called the 2020 election “fixed” and *LIED* that Dominion voting machine software flipped votes to Biden."
Is that really so hard?
Well, that just means we will have to ensure Democratic victories in each of those States. Amy Klobucher will have to actively campaign for, and support every Demicratic Candidate tunning for office. In Minnesota. Pete Buttigeige is another good czmpaigner. Maybe pull in Jill Biden, Barack and Michelle Obama
Heck even get Gavin Newsom out to Nevada and Arizona. Let the rest of the country know we are serious contenders