Michael: I agree with you wholeheartedly about Gaza, but, Ukraine is a different situation. Putin started that. He wants to rebuild the Soviet Union. Zelensky wants to win. He's trying to save his country. What would have him do, surrender? Trump likely will pressure him to do just that by surrendering land. That's not a victory. I didn't know about the landmines, and I agree that's a bad thing, but Zelensky is trying to win. He must win, if Putin wins then he won't stop with Ukraine. I agree war is hell, but, Ukraine is in a struggle for it's survival.
NATO intentionally did everything they could to trigger the Ukraine war. Listen to Colonel Douglas MacGregor. Uraine joining NATO was a redline that Putin would not accept.
Yeah - I am also deeply suicidal on behalf of human kind. Because the Russians will take us over even if they are stock in Ukraine. Better dead than red, okay pardon Russia is a corrupt capitalist society as is the US. No dangerous socialism there. Just crazy warmongers which you are familiar with.
Seriously have you ever compared Russia's Military budget to the US Military budget? It's China who Russia is cozying up with and they are the next greatest military power to US. We should probably try and stay on the good side of China.
Even after over two years of war in Ukraine and after a violent militarization of Russian economy, the military budgets in Russia is about 15% of the US military budgets. But even if Russias capabilities are much smaller than US and NATOs - Putin is armed with nuclear weapons and that we ought to take into consideration, whether we like it or not. It is only in Hollywood the heroes will survive a nuclear disaster. And Putin isn’t the only warmonger in the world.
Sure, if you listen to ABC, CBS, NBC, NYT then you would believe that. However, if you listen to people who really know then you would at least be skeptical that you are getting the right info. You should listen to people like Colonel Douglas Macgregor.
Maybe he dreams about being a new Russian Zar. USSR it isn’t. And if he is a threat to USA it is mostly because of US arrogance. Looking at the supreme leaders of the world right now in their planet suicidal endeavors: Everyone belongs in a closed ward in a mental hospital. Not to speak il about sick people. No ordinary people have reasons to hate and fight against each other, but good reason to fight their deranged rulers, East or West!
You are repeating Putin’s propaganda. Ukraine never asked to join NATO, their only crime was wanting to trade with the west and not a bankrupt and failing Russia. BTW, are you registered as a foreign agent!
listen to Matthew Ehret on youtube and Colonel Douglas Macgregor.
Putin only took the most Russian speaking areas of Ukraine - which was his intention. Putin did a fake military push to Kiev and then set up defensive lines after taking a little more than 35% of the country. Russia has been invaded 3 times through Ukraine, the Napoleanic Wars in 1812, WW1 and WW2. NATO has converted 14 countries surrounding Russia to NATO. NATO wants to weaken or destroy Russia using war so that the western oligarchs can make money on Russian natural resources and also so that Russia doesn't interfere in western oligarchs sucking up money from the rest of the world. Putin would not want to be an occupier of Kiev and the western part of Ukraine - that would have meant constant harassment by locals. So Putin took areas of Ukraine that were already mostly pro-Russia. I'm an anti-war democrat that is now independent and supporting RFK and Trump. I did signature gathering for RFK to get him on the presidential ballot and it now looks like my time was worth doing that.
I looked into their credentials. Both are Russian propagandists. The colonel even appeared on Russian state tv. Not surprising you worked for Trump and RFK. Trump owes his presidency to 8yrs of Russian propaganda and RFK in a conspiracy theorist , who , like you, doesn’t care about facts.
try listening to what Matthew Ehret (on youtube) and Colonel Douglas Macgregor say and look up their facts. You will see that they are telling the truth and mainstream media is lying to you. Also, try Jeffrey Sachs explaining the Ukraine War - he is on youtube too. They all say basically the same thing. Independent journalists are the only way to get real information - almost everything on mainsream media is a lie.
Rubbish. They can't win, never could. The whole thing didn't need to happen were it not for Boris interfering on behalf of US to start this war. NATO is an existential threat to Russia on its border and there was agreement to not move further east. This endless blame Russia for everything is getting really lame. Currently the only reason we haven't started WW3 is thanks to Putin - how ironic! Youve been brainwashed over Russia.
That's rich blaming NATO. Putin is not the king of the world. He doesn't get to decide who does and doesn''t join NATO. And yes, Ukraine can win and was winning at least for the first year. Putin expected to capture Kyiv within weeks. Still hasnt happened. You're making Putin out to be some kind of hero which he isn't. Sound like you're the one who's brainwashed to think Putin is a good guy. He started the war under the pretext of ridding Ukraine of Nazis. He said so at the time it had nothing to do with NATO.
I strongly recommend listening to someone like Jeffrey Sachs or John Mearsheimer on Ukraine. You may be surprised. Glenn Greenwald on System Update has done some excellent interviews on the subject with them.
You’re right about nato encroachment. But that doesn’t give Putin any excuse to launch his barbaric war and kill so may innocent people - including those poor Russian conscripts who he treats like dead meat.
Trish, you are so wrong, but then again, you are entitled to your opinion.
Again, maybe it’s me that’s wrong because I am a European . We always thought that we were a team, US AND EUROPE, but we seem to have a huge difference of opinions when it comes to Ukraine and Palestine. How could anyone condone such atrocities. Hundreds and thousands of innocent little children being slaughtered day in day out by an absolute brute who listens to no one. How can anyone sleep in their bed and knowing that the arms are being supplied by Americans.
Jesus Christ was a Jew, I’m just wondering what would he say to those people responsible for these atrocities.
And how would you respond to Hamas (Palestinians) attacking (out of the blue) a concert in Israel,
where people were enjoying themselves - raping and killing dozens of women and murdering babies - then taking innocent people (including Americans) hostage. What would you do, how do you think you would react?? I don’t believe in killing of any sort, but I do believe people have the right to defend themselves.
Yes, what you say is reasonable.but how can you compare 50,000 mostly innocent women and children being slaughtered in their hospital bed plus all the charity workers who risk their lives in the name of God.. These people are no threat to Israel.
I hope when the day of judgement comes that justice will be served to all and I’m fairly confident they Nethenyahoo will be leading the criminals down to meet the fella with the red poker
It has been forgotten at this point that after the reunification of Germany, NATO promised not to move troops and weaponry to Russia's border. And of course they did just that. So like most world wars, there are two sides to the Russia/Ukraine war. Landmines! ICBMs! The Biden/Zelensky gang is escalating into WWIII.Zelensky's administration is said to be rife with corruption. Whether that's so I don't know. But purity of government is hard to find for sure.
Again, you’re repeating Russian propaganda. Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonian, like Finland, Sweden. and Norway, are democracies under direct threat from Russian imperialism.
As usual, Mike, you speak for most of us , only better written. I fear that Mr Biden continues to be quite
Demented with the horrific choices he has made, esp now. Land mines?? How many years have they been banned? Only country not calling for Israeli ceasefire? His choice is obviously genocide so Israel can take all of that land
He’s making the orange lame brain not the only one to fear
The first words that came out of my statistics professor’s mouth were, “Lies, damn lies, and statistics.” He was talking about how some unscrupulous actors would cherry-pick statistical data to manipulate their target audience. He could have just as well been talking about the American political system.
The truth of the matter is that both parties are corrupt. Heck, we don’t even have two political parties. There is just one gigantic ongoing criminal enterprise. Republican or Democrat, they’re always going to do exactly what their biggest “donors” want them to do and this will never change until we collectively demand an end to the system of legalized bribery that is the cause of all the problems in the world.
The Republicans and Democrats are using your tax dollars to fund, arm, and provide political cover for genocide—the worst crime known to man. To add insult to injury, these heinous war criminals say that they support Israel’s right to defend itself—like slaughtering thousands of innocent children could ever be considered self-defense. If this is not enough of a reason to withdraw your support from these two horrifically corrupt political parties—what the hell would be?
What if I told you that I could prove the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to subvert the rule of law? You know, conspiring together to strip away everyone’s constitutional rights--including yours. Would proof of treason be enough of a reason to withdraw your support from these two bought and paid for political parties? Well, I have that proof. I put it in a book. All you have to do is read it. (There is a link for a free digital copy in this post.)
My name is Ted Martin. I have finished writing a book about my first hand encounters with a morbidly corrupt federal judicial system. The book is titled: The Illusion of Justice and contains documented, incontrovertible proof of widespread systemic corruption in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Supreme Court, the Administrative Office of United States Courts, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Supreme Court not only ignored two of the most egregious cases of judicial misconduct imaginable (my cases) but also an amicus brief by former Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner in which he blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Posner’s amicus brief can be found on the Supreme Court’s website at www.supremecourt.gov (Go to CASE DOCUMENTS at the bottom of the web page and click Docket Search. Enter 17-8352 in the box and click SEARCH. When Docket for 17-8352 appears, click it to find Judge Posner’s amicus brief.)
It will be painfully obvious to anyone who reads my book (or Judges Posner’s amicus brief) that the Supreme Court denies certiorari without even bothering to read the petitions submitted by the citizens of the United States. This obscene betrayal of the public trust is a clear-cut violation of every Justice’s judicial oath and a crime under federal law that is commonly referred to as honest services fraud.
In short, my book proves that the leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to pack the courts with corrupt corporate judges who will never side with the American people. This was abundantly clear when Senator Chuck Schumer and the other Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee repeatedly refused to use irrefutable evidence of judicial misconduct by Amy Coney Barrett (a Republican nominee) at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
This bipartisan band of seditious conspirators also refused to address the underlying corruption in clear violation of their oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
The only difference between the two major political parties is the rhetoric. The special interest groups running this country don’t give a damn which bribe taking stooge you vote for or even if you vote at all. They have already successfully rigged every election by controlling “our” choices.
The leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties have been caught red-handed conspiring to pack the courts with corrupt judges who will never side with you. If there was ever a reason to be a one issue voter, this is it. Besides, any politician caught lying about their fidelity to the Constitution and laws of the United States is obviously lying about everything—particularly their agenda.
Republicans push the corrupt corporate agenda. Democrats pretend to be opposed. Together, they sell their offices to the highest bidders. They foment war for the military industrial complex, promote racism for the prison industrial complex, refuse to restrict access to assault weapons for the gun manufactures, permit large quantities of toxic cancer causing chemicals to be dumped into our air, land, and water for the chemical manufactures, deny needed medical care to our country’s citizens for the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, and turn a willful blind eye to the catastrophic effects of global warming for the fossil fuel industries. The list of their greed fueled crimes against humanity goes on and on.
Voting your current elected representatives out of office should be a no brainer. But, to make sure that they are not replaced with another batch of equally corrupt corporate stooges, we’re also going to have to take back both the Republican and Democratic parties and get the money out of politics.
While this may appear to be a daunting task, all we really need is a sound plan. After giving this matter some careful consideration, I have the following proposal: We agree to put aside all of our ideological differences and unite as Americans in support of the Constitution of the United States.
If you read my book, it really won’t be that difficult. You will know who the real enemy is and it certainly isn’t your fellow citizens. We just need to become one issue voters. Ignore their contrived wedge issues, bullshit talking points, and cringe worthy campaign ads. If they are not fighting tooth and nail to get the money out of politics—don’t legitimize them with your vote.
Seriously, if in doubt—throw them out. Besides, any government official who is not forcefully calling for the resignations of the corrupt leaders of their own political party is, by definition, violating their oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
Whether Republican or Democrat, a treasonous corporate criminal is a treasonous corporate criminal, they serve the same master and nothing is going to change until we get the money out of politics.
*You get the money out of politics by publicly funding elections, banning all campaign contributions, and, in exchange for their broadcasting/operating licenses, requiring news organizations to give every candidate for public office an equal amount of free advertising space.
In the future, I may write a book titled: The Illusion of Journalism. But for now, I’m just going to say that the media is not going to help anyone blow the whistle on their partners in crime. In the past four years, I couldn’t find a single news organization that hadn’t sold us out.
All an honest journalist would have to do is read Judge Posner’s amicus brief to know that the courts are irretrievably corrupt. Reading my book will conclusively show that the courts are corrupt by design.
P.S. I blame the Federalist Society for the corruption in the federal judicial system. The six so-called conservative justices on the Supreme Court, Mitch McConnell, and all the Republican Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee are members of the Federalist Society. Donald Trump picked “his” judicial nominees from lists provided by the Federalist Society.
I didn’t know that the Democrats were in on it until I tried to give them proof of judicial misconduct by Amy Coney Barrett at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. If you would like to read about their reprehensible conduct, you can skip ahead to the Postscript on page 221 of my book. But, by all means, read the rest of the book. The courts are more corrupt than you can possibly imagine!
The judges in both of my cases incorporated the defendant’s fraudulent defenses into their opinions even after I pointed out the fraud in every brief that I filed. These “judges” are clearly taking dictation from corporate defense counsel without even reading the plaintiff’s briefs. These black robed grifters obviously fixed both of my cases. But, by far, the worst part of the whole ordeal was knowing that they were systematically violating everyone’s constitutional rights—they just got caught violating mine.
Believe me, I have written to the president twice in the last few weeks, pleading with him to stop sending weapons to a man who has made it clear he doesn't respect our presidentand intends to wipe out an entire population in order to steal their land. Your open letter to him says what I'd like to ssy to his face. He has wiped out the good in his legacy and will be seen in history as a weak, deluded, and shamed man.
Biden is out the door and really does not have to do anything at this point. The people have spoken and wanted Trump which he will back Isreal by liquidating the Palestinians from Gaza and helping Trump make beachfront properties. Lol they got what they deserved by voting in Trump.
"The people" may have voted for Trump; but I do not believe that it was a fully informed decision. They have no idea, due to not having had any sort of decent education on government and international relations, what it was they actually voted for. It was definitely not what they thought it was.
Regrettably, everyone will have to be affected by the consequences of choices made by the "uneducated". This will show us if we care enough and can stand firm enough to get through it with minimal damage.
"We will all go together when we go" - Tom Lehrer. All the world leaders (save two) know that the use of nuclear weapons is planet suicide. Of the two who don't, one was just re-elected; the other is president for life. The rest of us are just collateral damage.
You are saying Trump doesn't know that nuclear weapons are planet suicide? who told you that? MSNBC? For reference, I'm a former democrat turned independent knowing that America's future was bad with democrats. Trump is our hope to get off the forever wars and bring manufacturing back to the USA.
Jeff lay off the coolaid that your drinking. Trump won't do nothing and he did nothing before. Your pretty happy with Trump a felon, a rapist running this country, taking away gay rights, womens rights, peoples rights. You are crazy. Enough said.
America has more problems than Trump's minor crimes that likely were exaggerated to keep him out of power. Namely USA's problems are caused by out of control bankers, ultra rich elites and warmongers. Going with Kamala Harris would have meant no changes to the current (terrible) path. At least with Trump, he says he will change things drastically and so far his nominations to cabinet positions seem that way.
Once again dude Trump is taking away rights under Project 2025. He had tried to installed Matt Gaetz a pedophile to office, he has a Russian spy Gabby into the highest role. Get off your coolaid dude. Kamala Harris has nothing on her right-wing troll. Why you not hanging out on Truth social network where all the crazies are at. No one is entertaining you. Take your delusions elsewhere. Oh yeah and Trump will change things all right. Take away Social security, end ACA, close down department of education (special needs depend on it), have universal ban on any abortions, end gay marriage, deport innocent immigrants, put tarrifs into place to increase prices in stores, force teachers to have prayer in classroom and end tenure. Yeah he is going to change things allright,. luckily I am in a blue state where my govenor will fight all these changes....
Sorry, I did not see your reply earlier. Your disinformation and lies are not what is needed now. Check Project 2025's chapter on nuclear buildup: the Orange Menace would go even farther than Biden and Reagan, who both increased our nuclear stockpile. And he has floated the idea of using nuclear weapons against both North Korea and Iran. That's on record. Stay independent: don't give away your IQ points by promoting his lies. As to him being our hope, for anything good, well, that's just silly. He's nuts, you know?
Project 2025 was written in a way to generate ABC, NBC, CBS, NYT headlines both before and after the election that Trump is a bad person. It is just a document made for manipulating public opinion against Donald Trump. A nice catchy phrase that the average Joe can remember: *Project 2025* blah blah bad blah. It just gives people talking points that are easy to remember - it is manipulation.
So he's not a bad person? Coulda fooled me. I don't think the RWNJs who wrote it did so just to give us talking points. The Orange Menace is just that: a menace to the entire world. I'll go with the bromide of believing people when they tell you who they are: someone who wants to be a 'dictator on day one' is not someone I want in the Oval Office. He's unwise, unworthy, and unfit.
Heard Tom Nichols ( a Russian and international affairs expert) recently on this subject and his fear is that like WW1 the stupidity of the “leaders” will push the world over the cliff to disaster. As for the two you mentioned, perhaps add Kim Jung Un and Joseph “Robineggs” Biden?
Neither of those two have (AFAIK) mentioned actually using nuclear weapons. Kim Jong Un doesn't have access to a huge stockpile while Biden and Putin (and perhaps the Brits) have earth-killing arms at their disposal. And Putin has lowered the threshold for their use. Biden has not. And I think he's wise enough to know of the suicide risk. Trump is altogether another worry. Like I said, he's nuts.
Michael WHY the Hell is Biden doing this? Gaza and land mines. Backing Netanyahu's monstrous killing and savagery. Hurts my stomach and heart. WHY? And why turn his back on women, students, etc? Even if drumpf et al over turns his actions, make them work a little bit for it. Also this might make it clear to some (women, students) the Dems are trying, the Repubs are destroying rights and help.
As an Irish citizen and a person who’s been sickened every day by what is happening in Gaza. ie watching those little kids being slaughtered by Israeli soldiers.
What in the name of God has Israel got on America that they would support or condone such atrocities.
While I love America deeply, I can’t but say you have blood on your hands
It's our politicians that have blood on their hands. AIPAC (The Israeli lobby) is just one of many corporate/special interest groups that they have sold us out to. The American people for the most part have no idea what is going on. (The corporate owned media is to blame.)
If you would like to know what is really going on in the United States, you can go to my Substack and get a free digital copy of my book: The Illusion of Justice
Michael, As usual you presume to be some kind of expert on these complex issues. You have nothing to lose by shooting off your mouth on criticizing Biden when you have no insight as to why these decisions are being made. Ukraine is an entirely different situation than Israel and Gaza, so stop trying to equate the two. Ukraine needs our help and support, as does Europe due to Putin's insane dictatorship.
And pardoning Snoden? You have been SO wrong on this issue and you continue to rally for a this traitor who sold out our country. So let's just put it this way, you have been wrong before, like telling everyone to ignore the polls and that there would be a "women's tsunami of votes" to opposed Trump. As a white woman myself I am appalled that 53% of white women betrayed ALL of us. So let's just say that your track record on getting it right has not been great, and now you are wrong again. So why not just keep your condescending comments about Biden to yourself, and save it for criticizing Trump and his band of incompetent cronies when Trump is in office and dismantling our democracy.
Joe Biden has been an incredible President. He save our country from financial ruin and brought or nation to have a booming economy after the pandemic. He navigated us through horrific pandemic to stop the massive loss of lives of over hundreds of thousands of people thanks to the vaccines developed.
He got all those economic stimulus bills passed despite the GOP opposition. Biden saved us and our country from one of the most devastating times and he deserves a lot more respect from you and all of us. So knock it off and let's hear some productive criticism from you of Trump and his band of unqualified cronies that he is selecting for his "cabinet".
Biden has been bought and sold like the rest of them. The pretense of equality flies out the window. Poverty is at an all time high. I am 79, worked my whole life and still not able to thrive. The Democrats NEVER consider the working class, our workers and the Trumpers lie about it. I mean. People like me still face ever increasing prices, gas, food utilities...things only became worse for the working poor. That's the truth. Poverty rates have soared
Joe is just delivering a final F U to Putin. Not sure about the continued support of Netanyahu but the sneak attack on Israel was perpetrated to destroy a proposed peace plan that had significant support among Arab leadership. So perhaps it was a F U to the Middle East.
As for student loans, my teacher daughter got nearly 100k in loans forgiven about 18 months into his term. Then the Supreme Court rejected his executive orders making further action futile.
He saved us from Covid, funded the recovery, enhanced the affordable care act, and started the infrastructure rebuild that others had only talked about.
Then he stepped aside because he recognized he didn’t have the energy to properly battle the antichrist only to find out the oligarchs wanted his kind out of the White House. We could have easily elected Kamala, but 44% of us didn’t bother to vote…not even all the folks that voted for Joe showed up. He deserved better from US, and we let him down. 71% of the citizens of the former United States did not vote for the antichrist. We need to start building bridges and get over it! Joe is retired WE need to take it from here!
Joe was great on domestic policy —horrible on Gaza and now is going down in flames on Russia. This is why Trump was able to convince people that he would prevent WW3 but Joe would foment it. Joes proving Trump right on his new Russia policy —what if Cuba was firing Russian missiles on Florida? What do you think the US would do? Joe seems to be getting out his anger at the Dems, Trump, whoever by drawing us all into WW3. It’s literally insane.
It's like watching a three train, train wreck happen in slow motion right in front of us. I think I need some anti-anxiety meds! Instead, I am writing and calling and all the things.
Just so everyone knows, Project 2025 under Trump will be the US policy once Orange man gets in office. This policy will get rid of your rights, your benefits, and your freedom. Under the policy that the crazy Republicans will push through, your Social Security will be taken away or cut, gay freedom of marriage equity will be taken away, department of education that helps schools with funding and offers services for special needs will be dead. Parents will have to pay out of pocket if they want to have their disadvantage kids learning from experienced teachers. On top of that school lunches for schools will be reduced or taken away requiring parents to pay out of pocket. Medicare will be cut, veterans benifits will also be cut and taken away. Child care will be reduced into being forced into a voucher program where parents will not be able to afford. Your immigrant friends will be deported, the one you knew from down the street with their small resturant. Tarrifs will raise prices of food, clothing. Trump will try to get rid of elections to stay in power because once he is out of office the courts will charge him again for his felonies. These 2 years will be brutal and prepare for more chaos like the before in 2017. We must unite together and fight these policies. We must ignore the disinformation from the MAGA.
Sounds grim, but I think a lot of the worry is generated by anti-Trump propaganda, particularly MSNBC which vilified Trump for 4 years just to keep a bunch of talking heads in pay and look how that turned out--they actually contributed toward Trump's victory by NEVER inviting an opposing view. So much for Rachel Maddow and her gang ne'er do wells.
Mike,, what a wonderful message! I agree with almost all of it! The only point I question, and I know I have a lot of disagreement there, is against the sending of more powerful weapons to Russia. It just looks as if Russia won't stop attacking Ukraine. If there's a discussion and a deal, Ukraine is likely to have to give up territory, and that's not fair. Well, maybe I'm wrong.
But on the rest of it, Mike, you're spot-on! Yes, free Leonard Peltier and let Edward Snowden come back to the US a free man. He loves his country, and there's hardly anybody who could be a finer patriot than he; he's a lovely person, a hero who deserves a medal. Also, let's free Mumia Abu Jamal. And one of the people who are unjustly jailed for a crime they didn't commit, one I've been writing Oklahoma Governor Stitt many letters about, is Julius Jones, who's NOT GUILTY of murder. He should be freed, too. FREE JULIUS JONES!
Yes, we should get the ERA settled, signed, sealed, and delivered once and for all.
I don't know what's wrong with Biden that he can't stop sending Israel weapons. He doesn't say why. He just keeps sending. What's he afraid of? Is Biden timid?--So timid he can't stop being a warmonger? Whose criticism does he fear? We're supposed to be one of the most powerful nations in the world, and yet we don't stand for what matters. We haven't fought a just war since World War II, and of course Trump is dangerously in danger (yep, that's the phrase) of starting some other stupid and hideous war. I have mixed feelings about thanking veterans for their service, because when you come to the end of the day, the vast majority of them have fought in those unjust wars, and that was a service to nobody--although they may not have known it at the time. They were used. Biden has to stop what he's doing to encourage Israel's brutality. I have written him a few letters about that, and so do other people I know. I've also castigated Schumer and Gillibrand for voting no on Bernie Sanders's bill to stop arming Israel. I encourage everybody to do that. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH BIDEN?
And its these actions by the Democrats is the reason why no one voted for them, and to be honest I'm really disappointed you stuck with them when they are responsible for a genocide! it happened on their watch, not Trump's. They started the rot when they got rid of Bernie and haven't been listening to a good portion of their base since, and now we have Trump back when we could have just finished 2 terms with Bernie. Arrogant, out of touch and now out of office but not before starting WW3. Meanwhile the rest of the world looks on with horror.
Michael next time before you speak your mind. Understand where the focus is now. It is to unite us to fight against Trumps Project 2025 and his cronies. Yet, why you not want to do that Michael? Why you focused on a president that is out the door? My question for you Michael is can you unite the Dems together and we can fight against oppression, bigotry, racism that still plagues this country? Who cares about Gaza now, Palestianians will have to fight for their own like Ukraine will have to since Trump will let Putin invade their country and take all the satelite country they had before Berlin wall. We are close to getting to WW3 and your still on Biden.. WAKE UP DUDE. Biden is a lameduck president and has no power...Time to unite, lets stop the infighting please.
I appreciate your efforts, but Democratic leadership are living in an alternate reality. In fact, it's a reality of privilege because most of them have enough money to avoid the worst impacts of what Trump does. This isn't a real life emergency for them like it is for most of us. Crash the economy? No worries. Get rid of income based payments on student loans? No worries. They can't seem to understand how devastating this stuff will be to the average American. If they did, they'd act like it's the emergency that it is.
Michael: I agree with you wholeheartedly about Gaza, but, Ukraine is a different situation. Putin started that. He wants to rebuild the Soviet Union. Zelensky wants to win. He's trying to save his country. What would have him do, surrender? Trump likely will pressure him to do just that by surrendering land. That's not a victory. I didn't know about the landmines, and I agree that's a bad thing, but Zelensky is trying to win. He must win, if Putin wins then he won't stop with Ukraine. I agree war is hell, but, Ukraine is in a struggle for it's survival.
NATO intentionally did everything they could to trigger the Ukraine war. Listen to Colonel Douglas MacGregor. Uraine joining NATO was a redline that Putin would not accept.
Well, too bad! We need to fight Russia everywhere we find them! We do not need to back down from Russia!
Yeah - I am also deeply suicidal on behalf of human kind. Because the Russians will take us over even if they are stock in Ukraine. Better dead than red, okay pardon Russia is a corrupt capitalist society as is the US. No dangerous socialism there. Just crazy warmongers which you are familiar with.
Seriously have you ever compared Russia's Military budget to the US Military budget? It's China who Russia is cozying up with and they are the next greatest military power to US. We should probably try and stay on the good side of China.
Even after over two years of war in Ukraine and after a violent militarization of Russian economy, the military budgets in Russia is about 15% of the US military budgets. But even if Russias capabilities are much smaller than US and NATOs - Putin is armed with nuclear weapons and that we ought to take into consideration, whether we like it or not. It is only in Hollywood the heroes will survive a nuclear disaster. And Putin isn’t the only warmonger in the world.
BS
Reasoning?
Putin would use any excuse to recreate the USSR. NATO has never, never been a threat to Putin and he F'n knows it.
Sure, if you listen to ABC, CBS, NBC, NYT then you would believe that. However, if you listen to people who really know then you would at least be skeptical that you are getting the right info. You should listen to people like Colonel Douglas Macgregor.
Maybe he dreams about being a new Russian Zar. USSR it isn’t. And if he is a threat to USA it is mostly because of US arrogance. Looking at the supreme leaders of the world right now in their planet suicidal endeavors: Everyone belongs in a closed ward in a mental hospital. Not to speak il about sick people. No ordinary people have reasons to hate and fight against each other, but good reason to fight their deranged rulers, East or West!
You are repeating Putin’s propaganda. Ukraine never asked to join NATO, their only crime was wanting to trade with the west and not a bankrupt and failing Russia. BTW, are you registered as a foreign agent!
listen to Matthew Ehret on youtube and Colonel Douglas Macgregor.
Putin only took the most Russian speaking areas of Ukraine - which was his intention. Putin did a fake military push to Kiev and then set up defensive lines after taking a little more than 35% of the country. Russia has been invaded 3 times through Ukraine, the Napoleanic Wars in 1812, WW1 and WW2. NATO has converted 14 countries surrounding Russia to NATO. NATO wants to weaken or destroy Russia using war so that the western oligarchs can make money on Russian natural resources and also so that Russia doesn't interfere in western oligarchs sucking up money from the rest of the world. Putin would not want to be an occupier of Kiev and the western part of Ukraine - that would have meant constant harassment by locals. So Putin took areas of Ukraine that were already mostly pro-Russia. I'm an anti-war democrat that is now independent and supporting RFK and Trump. I did signature gathering for RFK to get him on the presidential ballot and it now looks like my time was worth doing that.
I looked into their credentials. Both are Russian propagandists. The colonel even appeared on Russian state tv. Not surprising you worked for Trump and RFK. Trump owes his presidency to 8yrs of Russian propaganda and RFK in a conspiracy theorist , who , like you, doesn’t care about facts.
try listening to what Matthew Ehret (on youtube) and Colonel Douglas Macgregor say and look up their facts. You will see that they are telling the truth and mainstream media is lying to you. Also, try Jeffrey Sachs explaining the Ukraine War - he is on youtube too. They all say basically the same thing. Independent journalists are the only way to get real information - almost everything on mainsream media is a lie.
Rubbish. They can't win, never could. The whole thing didn't need to happen were it not for Boris interfering on behalf of US to start this war. NATO is an existential threat to Russia on its border and there was agreement to not move further east. This endless blame Russia for everything is getting really lame. Currently the only reason we haven't started WW3 is thanks to Putin - how ironic! Youve been brainwashed over Russia.
That's rich blaming NATO. Putin is not the king of the world. He doesn't get to decide who does and doesn''t join NATO. And yes, Ukraine can win and was winning at least for the first year. Putin expected to capture Kyiv within weeks. Still hasnt happened. You're making Putin out to be some kind of hero which he isn't. Sound like you're the one who's brainwashed to think Putin is a good guy. He started the war under the pretext of ridding Ukraine of Nazis. He said so at the time it had nothing to do with NATO.
I strongly recommend listening to someone like Jeffrey Sachs or John Mearsheimer on Ukraine. You may be surprised. Glenn Greenwald on System Update has done some excellent interviews on the subject with them.
You’re right about nato encroachment. But that doesn’t give Putin any excuse to launch his barbaric war and kill so may innocent people - including those poor Russian conscripts who he treats like dead meat.
(Two wrongs dont male a right)
Putin was ready to make a deal until they sent Boris Johnson to stop it and force a war. That's my point. It all could have been avoided.
Trish, you are so wrong, but then again, you are entitled to your opinion.
Again, maybe it’s me that’s wrong because I am a European . We always thought that we were a team, US AND EUROPE, but we seem to have a huge difference of opinions when it comes to Ukraine and Palestine. How could anyone condone such atrocities. Hundreds and thousands of innocent little children being slaughtered day in day out by an absolute brute who listens to no one. How can anyone sleep in their bed and knowing that the arms are being supplied by Americans.
Jesus Christ was a Jew, I’m just wondering what would he say to those people responsible for these atrocities.
And how would you respond to Hamas (Palestinians) attacking (out of the blue) a concert in Israel,
where people were enjoying themselves - raping and killing dozens of women and murdering babies - then taking innocent people (including Americans) hostage. What would you do, how do you think you would react?? I don’t believe in killing of any sort, but I do believe people have the right to defend themselves.
Coe on Suellen,
Yes, what you say is reasonable.but how can you compare 50,000 mostly innocent women and children being slaughtered in their hospital bed plus all the charity workers who risk their lives in the name of God.. These people are no threat to Israel.
I hope when the day of judgement comes that justice will be served to all and I’m fairly confident they Nethenyahoo will be leading the criminals down to meet the fella with the red poker
Netanyahu is a criminal who should be in the cell right next to Trump
I agree, I'm only telling you there is more to the narrative than what you are being told. Go to the sources I quoted and look for yourself.
That is a very ignorant thing to say and has absolutely no basis in fact. When facts no longer matter, we have been vanquished.
It has been forgotten at this point that after the reunification of Germany, NATO promised not to move troops and weaponry to Russia's border. And of course they did just that. So like most world wars, there are two sides to the Russia/Ukraine war. Landmines! ICBMs! The Biden/Zelensky gang is escalating into WWIII.Zelensky's administration is said to be rife with corruption. Whether that's so I don't know. But purity of government is hard to find for sure.
Again, you’re repeating Russian propaganda. Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonian, like Finland, Sweden. and Norway, are democracies under direct threat from Russian imperialism.
The Win or Lose paradigm does not enable life on earth. There is a lot of room between these two extremes. It time to put away the checkers.
As usual, Mike, you speak for most of us , only better written. I fear that Mr Biden continues to be quite
Demented with the horrific choices he has made, esp now. Land mines?? How many years have they been banned? Only country not calling for Israeli ceasefire? His choice is obviously genocide so Israel can take all of that land
He’s making the orange lame brain not the only one to fear
Thank you. Trish Dayan
My fellow Americans,
The first words that came out of my statistics professor’s mouth were, “Lies, damn lies, and statistics.” He was talking about how some unscrupulous actors would cherry-pick statistical data to manipulate their target audience. He could have just as well been talking about the American political system.
The truth of the matter is that both parties are corrupt. Heck, we don’t even have two political parties. There is just one gigantic ongoing criminal enterprise. Republican or Democrat, they’re always going to do exactly what their biggest “donors” want them to do and this will never change until we collectively demand an end to the system of legalized bribery that is the cause of all the problems in the world.
The Republicans and Democrats are using your tax dollars to fund, arm, and provide political cover for genocide—the worst crime known to man. To add insult to injury, these heinous war criminals say that they support Israel’s right to defend itself—like slaughtering thousands of innocent children could ever be considered self-defense. If this is not enough of a reason to withdraw your support from these two horrifically corrupt political parties—what the hell would be?
What if I told you that I could prove the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to subvert the rule of law? You know, conspiring together to strip away everyone’s constitutional rights--including yours. Would proof of treason be enough of a reason to withdraw your support from these two bought and paid for political parties? Well, I have that proof. I put it in a book. All you have to do is read it. (There is a link for a free digital copy in this post.)
My name is Ted Martin. I have finished writing a book about my first hand encounters with a morbidly corrupt federal judicial system. The book is titled: The Illusion of Justice and contains documented, incontrovertible proof of widespread systemic corruption in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Supreme Court, the Administrative Office of United States Courts, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Supreme Court not only ignored two of the most egregious cases of judicial misconduct imaginable (my cases) but also an amicus brief by former Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner in which he blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Judge Posner’s amicus brief can be found on the Supreme Court’s website at www.supremecourt.gov (Go to CASE DOCUMENTS at the bottom of the web page and click Docket Search. Enter 17-8352 in the box and click SEARCH. When Docket for 17-8352 appears, click it to find Judge Posner’s amicus brief.)
It will be painfully obvious to anyone who reads my book (or Judges Posner’s amicus brief) that the Supreme Court denies certiorari without even bothering to read the petitions submitted by the citizens of the United States. This obscene betrayal of the public trust is a clear-cut violation of every Justice’s judicial oath and a crime under federal law that is commonly referred to as honest services fraud.
In short, my book proves that the leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to pack the courts with corrupt corporate judges who will never side with the American people. This was abundantly clear when Senator Chuck Schumer and the other Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee repeatedly refused to use irrefutable evidence of judicial misconduct by Amy Coney Barrett (a Republican nominee) at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
This bipartisan band of seditious conspirators also refused to address the underlying corruption in clear violation of their oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
The only difference between the two major political parties is the rhetoric. The special interest groups running this country don’t give a damn which bribe taking stooge you vote for or even if you vote at all. They have already successfully rigged every election by controlling “our” choices.
The leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties have been caught red-handed conspiring to pack the courts with corrupt judges who will never side with you. If there was ever a reason to be a one issue voter, this is it. Besides, any politician caught lying about their fidelity to the Constitution and laws of the United States is obviously lying about everything—particularly their agenda.
Republicans push the corrupt corporate agenda. Democrats pretend to be opposed. Together, they sell their offices to the highest bidders. They foment war for the military industrial complex, promote racism for the prison industrial complex, refuse to restrict access to assault weapons for the gun manufactures, permit large quantities of toxic cancer causing chemicals to be dumped into our air, land, and water for the chemical manufactures, deny needed medical care to our country’s citizens for the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, and turn a willful blind eye to the catastrophic effects of global warming for the fossil fuel industries. The list of their greed fueled crimes against humanity goes on and on.
Voting your current elected representatives out of office should be a no brainer. But, to make sure that they are not replaced with another batch of equally corrupt corporate stooges, we’re also going to have to take back both the Republican and Democratic parties and get the money out of politics.
While this may appear to be a daunting task, all we really need is a sound plan. After giving this matter some careful consideration, I have the following proposal: We agree to put aside all of our ideological differences and unite as Americans in support of the Constitution of the United States.
If you read my book, it really won’t be that difficult. You will know who the real enemy is and it certainly isn’t your fellow citizens. We just need to become one issue voters. Ignore their contrived wedge issues, bullshit talking points, and cringe worthy campaign ads. If they are not fighting tooth and nail to get the money out of politics—don’t legitimize them with your vote.
Seriously, if in doubt—throw them out. Besides, any government official who is not forcefully calling for the resignations of the corrupt leaders of their own political party is, by definition, violating their oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
Whether Republican or Democrat, a treasonous corporate criminal is a treasonous corporate criminal, they serve the same master and nothing is going to change until we get the money out of politics.
*You get the money out of politics by publicly funding elections, banning all campaign contributions, and, in exchange for their broadcasting/operating licenses, requiring news organizations to give every candidate for public office an equal amount of free advertising space.
In the future, I may write a book titled: The Illusion of Journalism. But for now, I’m just going to say that the media is not going to help anyone blow the whistle on their partners in crime. In the past four years, I couldn’t find a single news organization that hadn’t sold us out.
All an honest journalist would have to do is read Judge Posner’s amicus brief to know that the courts are irretrievably corrupt. Reading my book will conclusively show that the courts are corrupt by design.
If you want a government that actually acts in your best interests, I urge you and everyone you know to read my book as soon as possible. You can get a digital copy of my book free of charge at the link below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_vaMH1riLodzOfQn0kI7ow0RDrPM0NqE/view?usp=sharing
P.S. I blame the Federalist Society for the corruption in the federal judicial system. The six so-called conservative justices on the Supreme Court, Mitch McConnell, and all the Republican Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee are members of the Federalist Society. Donald Trump picked “his” judicial nominees from lists provided by the Federalist Society.
I didn’t know that the Democrats were in on it until I tried to give them proof of judicial misconduct by Amy Coney Barrett at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. If you would like to read about their reprehensible conduct, you can skip ahead to the Postscript on page 221 of my book. But, by all means, read the rest of the book. The courts are more corrupt than you can possibly imagine!
The judges in both of my cases incorporated the defendant’s fraudulent defenses into their opinions even after I pointed out the fraud in every brief that I filed. These “judges” are clearly taking dictation from corporate defense counsel without even reading the plaintiff’s briefs. These black robed grifters obviously fixed both of my cases. But, by far, the worst part of the whole ordeal was knowing that they were systematically violating everyone’s constitutional rights—they just got caught violating mine.
Believe me, I have written to the president twice in the last few weeks, pleading with him to stop sending weapons to a man who has made it clear he doesn't respect our presidentand intends to wipe out an entire population in order to steal their land. Your open letter to him says what I'd like to ssy to his face. He has wiped out the good in his legacy and will be seen in history as a weak, deluded, and shamed man.
Biden is out the door and really does not have to do anything at this point. The people have spoken and wanted Trump which he will back Isreal by liquidating the Palestinians from Gaza and helping Trump make beachfront properties. Lol they got what they deserved by voting in Trump.
"The people" may have voted for Trump; but I do not believe that it was a fully informed decision. They have no idea, due to not having had any sort of decent education on government and international relations, what it was they actually voted for. It was definitely not what they thought it was.
Well now, We know that!!! But it’s a little late isn’t it? Maybe they didn’t quite get it- BUT they soon will.
Regrettably, everyone will have to be affected by the consequences of choices made by the "uneducated". This will show us if we care enough and can stand firm enough to get through it with minimal damage.
I was just wondering as an outsider from Ireland, what impact Elon Musk’s million dollar a day had on the election?
Actually that is what he always was, we just sold ourselves a load of “malarkey”.
"We will all go together when we go" - Tom Lehrer. All the world leaders (save two) know that the use of nuclear weapons is planet suicide. Of the two who don't, one was just re-elected; the other is president for life. The rest of us are just collateral damage.
You are saying Trump doesn't know that nuclear weapons are planet suicide? who told you that? MSNBC? For reference, I'm a former democrat turned independent knowing that America's future was bad with democrats. Trump is our hope to get off the forever wars and bring manufacturing back to the USA.
Jeff lay off the coolaid that your drinking. Trump won't do nothing and he did nothing before. Your pretty happy with Trump a felon, a rapist running this country, taking away gay rights, womens rights, peoples rights. You are crazy. Enough said.
America has more problems than Trump's minor crimes that likely were exaggerated to keep him out of power. Namely USA's problems are caused by out of control bankers, ultra rich elites and warmongers. Going with Kamala Harris would have meant no changes to the current (terrible) path. At least with Trump, he says he will change things drastically and so far his nominations to cabinet positions seem that way.
Once again dude Trump is taking away rights under Project 2025. He had tried to installed Matt Gaetz a pedophile to office, he has a Russian spy Gabby into the highest role. Get off your coolaid dude. Kamala Harris has nothing on her right-wing troll. Why you not hanging out on Truth social network where all the crazies are at. No one is entertaining you. Take your delusions elsewhere. Oh yeah and Trump will change things all right. Take away Social security, end ACA, close down department of education (special needs depend on it), have universal ban on any abortions, end gay marriage, deport innocent immigrants, put tarrifs into place to increase prices in stores, force teachers to have prayer in classroom and end tenure. Yeah he is going to change things allright,. luckily I am in a blue state where my govenor will fight all these changes....
you should go deeper into who the deep state is, look at Matthew Ehret's work on youtube and elsewhere,
You should go to hell and back
What ????
Jeff I’ll say a prayer for you.
And I’m looking at it from a neutral position as a European.
The Man is going to sell America down the swanie for his own gain.
Sorry, I did not see your reply earlier. Your disinformation and lies are not what is needed now. Check Project 2025's chapter on nuclear buildup: the Orange Menace would go even farther than Biden and Reagan, who both increased our nuclear stockpile. And he has floated the idea of using nuclear weapons against both North Korea and Iran. That's on record. Stay independent: don't give away your IQ points by promoting his lies. As to him being our hope, for anything good, well, that's just silly. He's nuts, you know?
Project 2025 was written in a way to generate ABC, NBC, CBS, NYT headlines both before and after the election that Trump is a bad person. It is just a document made for manipulating public opinion against Donald Trump. A nice catchy phrase that the average Joe can remember: *Project 2025* blah blah bad blah. It just gives people talking points that are easy to remember - it is manipulation.
So he's not a bad person? Coulda fooled me. I don't think the RWNJs who wrote it did so just to give us talking points. The Orange Menace is just that: a menace to the entire world. I'll go with the bromide of believing people when they tell you who they are: someone who wants to be a 'dictator on day one' is not someone I want in the Oval Office. He's unwise, unworthy, and unfit.
watch the videos of Matthew Ehret on youtube to get a sense of who runs the world
Maybe, Jeff,
And that’s a big maybe, but at what price?
The man is a fraud
I would substitute "don't care" for "don't (know)"; otherwise--perfect.
Heard Tom Nichols ( a Russian and international affairs expert) recently on this subject and his fear is that like WW1 the stupidity of the “leaders” will push the world over the cliff to disaster. As for the two you mentioned, perhaps add Kim Jung Un and Joseph “Robineggs” Biden?
Neither of those two have (AFAIK) mentioned actually using nuclear weapons. Kim Jong Un doesn't have access to a huge stockpile while Biden and Putin (and perhaps the Brits) have earth-killing arms at their disposal. And Putin has lowered the threshold for their use. Biden has not. And I think he's wise enough to know of the suicide risk. Trump is altogether another worry. Like I said, he's nuts.
Michael WHY the Hell is Biden doing this? Gaza and land mines. Backing Netanyahu's monstrous killing and savagery. Hurts my stomach and heart. WHY? And why turn his back on women, students, etc? Even if drumpf et al over turns his actions, make them work a little bit for it. Also this might make it clear to some (women, students) the Dems are trying, the Repubs are destroying rights and help.
WHY do you think he's doing this?
Well, it's really quite simple, Biden is a treasonous bribe taking whore like the rest of them.
As an Irish citizen and a person who’s been sickened every day by what is happening in Gaza. ie watching those little kids being slaughtered by Israeli soldiers.
What in the name of God has Israel got on America that they would support or condone such atrocities.
While I love America deeply, I can’t but say you have blood on your hands
It's our politicians that have blood on their hands. AIPAC (The Israeli lobby) is just one of many corporate/special interest groups that they have sold us out to. The American people for the most part have no idea what is going on. (The corporate owned media is to blame.)
If you would like to know what is really going on in the United States, you can go to my Substack and get a free digital copy of my book: The Illusion of Justice
Michael, As usual you presume to be some kind of expert on these complex issues. You have nothing to lose by shooting off your mouth on criticizing Biden when you have no insight as to why these decisions are being made. Ukraine is an entirely different situation than Israel and Gaza, so stop trying to equate the two. Ukraine needs our help and support, as does Europe due to Putin's insane dictatorship.
And pardoning Snoden? You have been SO wrong on this issue and you continue to rally for a this traitor who sold out our country. So let's just put it this way, you have been wrong before, like telling everyone to ignore the polls and that there would be a "women's tsunami of votes" to opposed Trump. As a white woman myself I am appalled that 53% of white women betrayed ALL of us. So let's just say that your track record on getting it right has not been great, and now you are wrong again. So why not just keep your condescending comments about Biden to yourself, and save it for criticizing Trump and his band of incompetent cronies when Trump is in office and dismantling our democracy.
Joe Biden has been an incredible President. He save our country from financial ruin and brought or nation to have a booming economy after the pandemic. He navigated us through horrific pandemic to stop the massive loss of lives of over hundreds of thousands of people thanks to the vaccines developed.
He got all those economic stimulus bills passed despite the GOP opposition. Biden saved us and our country from one of the most devastating times and he deserves a lot more respect from you and all of us. So knock it off and let's hear some productive criticism from you of Trump and his band of unqualified cronies that he is selecting for his "cabinet".
I think you mean Snowden, and yes, we all need to thank Genocide Joe for bringing us closer to extinction, or The Rapture--I can hardly wait.
Actually, that would be Trump bringing us closer to extinction. As for the Rapture, I am not in any hurry for that.
I was being sarcastic about The Rapture--I don't even believe in such a crazy event.
Biden has been bought and sold like the rest of them. The pretense of equality flies out the window. Poverty is at an all time high. I am 79, worked my whole life and still not able to thrive. The Democrats NEVER consider the working class, our workers and the Trumpers lie about it. I mean. People like me still face ever increasing prices, gas, food utilities...things only became worse for the working poor. That's the truth. Poverty rates have soared
Joe is just delivering a final F U to Putin. Not sure about the continued support of Netanyahu but the sneak attack on Israel was perpetrated to destroy a proposed peace plan that had significant support among Arab leadership. So perhaps it was a F U to the Middle East.
As for student loans, my teacher daughter got nearly 100k in loans forgiven about 18 months into his term. Then the Supreme Court rejected his executive orders making further action futile.
He saved us from Covid, funded the recovery, enhanced the affordable care act, and started the infrastructure rebuild that others had only talked about.
Then he stepped aside because he recognized he didn’t have the energy to properly battle the antichrist only to find out the oligarchs wanted his kind out of the White House. We could have easily elected Kamala, but 44% of us didn’t bother to vote…not even all the folks that voted for Joe showed up. He deserved better from US, and we let him down. 71% of the citizens of the former United States did not vote for the antichrist. We need to start building bridges and get over it! Joe is retired WE need to take it from here!
Joe was great on domestic policy —horrible on Gaza and now is going down in flames on Russia. This is why Trump was able to convince people that he would prevent WW3 but Joe would foment it. Joes proving Trump right on his new Russia policy —what if Cuba was firing Russian missiles on Florida? What do you think the US would do? Joe seems to be getting out his anger at the Dems, Trump, whoever by drawing us all into WW3. It’s literally insane.
Thank you Michael~
I agree, except for Ukraine.
TELL HIM TO RESIGN AND LET KAMALA HARRIS BE THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT IF ONLY FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS!
It's like watching a three train, train wreck happen in slow motion right in front of us. I think I need some anti-anxiety meds! Instead, I am writing and calling and all the things.
Just so everyone knows, Project 2025 under Trump will be the US policy once Orange man gets in office. This policy will get rid of your rights, your benefits, and your freedom. Under the policy that the crazy Republicans will push through, your Social Security will be taken away or cut, gay freedom of marriage equity will be taken away, department of education that helps schools with funding and offers services for special needs will be dead. Parents will have to pay out of pocket if they want to have their disadvantage kids learning from experienced teachers. On top of that school lunches for schools will be reduced or taken away requiring parents to pay out of pocket. Medicare will be cut, veterans benifits will also be cut and taken away. Child care will be reduced into being forced into a voucher program where parents will not be able to afford. Your immigrant friends will be deported, the one you knew from down the street with their small resturant. Tarrifs will raise prices of food, clothing. Trump will try to get rid of elections to stay in power because once he is out of office the courts will charge him again for his felonies. These 2 years will be brutal and prepare for more chaos like the before in 2017. We must unite together and fight these policies. We must ignore the disinformation from the MAGA.
Sounds grim, but I think a lot of the worry is generated by anti-Trump propaganda, particularly MSNBC which vilified Trump for 4 years just to keep a bunch of talking heads in pay and look how that turned out--they actually contributed toward Trump's victory by NEVER inviting an opposing view. So much for Rachel Maddow and her gang ne'er do wells.
Mike,, what a wonderful message! I agree with almost all of it! The only point I question, and I know I have a lot of disagreement there, is against the sending of more powerful weapons to Russia. It just looks as if Russia won't stop attacking Ukraine. If there's a discussion and a deal, Ukraine is likely to have to give up territory, and that's not fair. Well, maybe I'm wrong.
But on the rest of it, Mike, you're spot-on! Yes, free Leonard Peltier and let Edward Snowden come back to the US a free man. He loves his country, and there's hardly anybody who could be a finer patriot than he; he's a lovely person, a hero who deserves a medal. Also, let's free Mumia Abu Jamal. And one of the people who are unjustly jailed for a crime they didn't commit, one I've been writing Oklahoma Governor Stitt many letters about, is Julius Jones, who's NOT GUILTY of murder. He should be freed, too. FREE JULIUS JONES!
Yes, we should get the ERA settled, signed, sealed, and delivered once and for all.
I don't know what's wrong with Biden that he can't stop sending Israel weapons. He doesn't say why. He just keeps sending. What's he afraid of? Is Biden timid?--So timid he can't stop being a warmonger? Whose criticism does he fear? We're supposed to be one of the most powerful nations in the world, and yet we don't stand for what matters. We haven't fought a just war since World War II, and of course Trump is dangerously in danger (yep, that's the phrase) of starting some other stupid and hideous war. I have mixed feelings about thanking veterans for their service, because when you come to the end of the day, the vast majority of them have fought in those unjust wars, and that was a service to nobody--although they may not have known it at the time. They were used. Biden has to stop what he's doing to encourage Israel's brutality. I have written him a few letters about that, and so do other people I know. I've also castigated Schumer and Gillibrand for voting no on Bernie Sanders's bill to stop arming Israel. I encourage everybody to do that. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH BIDEN?
Hamas was paid by Netanyahu to attack Israel; he knew of and welcomed the attack for pretext to raze Gaza.
Absolutely correct. Biden is a partner in genocide.
And its these actions by the Democrats is the reason why no one voted for them, and to be honest I'm really disappointed you stuck with them when they are responsible for a genocide! it happened on their watch, not Trump's. They started the rot when they got rid of Bernie and haven't been listening to a good portion of their base since, and now we have Trump back when we could have just finished 2 terms with Bernie. Arrogant, out of touch and now out of office but not before starting WW3. Meanwhile the rest of the world looks on with horror.
Michael next time before you speak your mind. Understand where the focus is now. It is to unite us to fight against Trumps Project 2025 and his cronies. Yet, why you not want to do that Michael? Why you focused on a president that is out the door? My question for you Michael is can you unite the Dems together and we can fight against oppression, bigotry, racism that still plagues this country? Who cares about Gaza now, Palestianians will have to fight for their own like Ukraine will have to since Trump will let Putin invade their country and take all the satelite country they had before Berlin wall. We are close to getting to WW3 and your still on Biden.. WAKE UP DUDE. Biden is a lameduck president and has no power...Time to unite, lets stop the infighting please.
I appreciate your efforts, but Democratic leadership are living in an alternate reality. In fact, it's a reality of privilege because most of them have enough money to avoid the worst impacts of what Trump does. This isn't a real life emergency for them like it is for most of us. Crash the economy? No worries. Get rid of income based payments on student loans? No worries. They can't seem to understand how devastating this stuff will be to the average American. If they did, they'd act like it's the emergency that it is.