Michael, This is the best thing you have ever written. And you have written some amazing and wonderful pieces. This, however, is of the magnitude that it should be read at 4th of July celebrations, on Flag Day, of course on January 6th, and should be placed on the cork boards of every history teacher's and every law professor's classroom. There are many more places it should be read and displayed, but others will come up with those ideas. Right now, I am just going to close and reflect, to paraphrase Elton John, on how fortunate I am that you are in my world.
It should be read every January 6th. A moment of silence at the Capitol for when we came close to almost losing it all (I hope). We have much to do and our path lies at our feet.
I think you hit the nail on the head with this one. I would like to see this piece appear in national newspapers for all to read. Especially publications read by Trump followers
They'll never watch, they've been brainwashed to not see/hear the truth and facts for decades now. They act like spoiled rotten little brats who have their fingers plugging their ears and their eyes closed, braying "I can't hear you" at the top of their lungs.
Someone on Heather Cox Richardson’s “Letters From An American” Substack comments posted this link to join in Adam Schiff (& company)’s argument for televised proceedings. One can sign without donating.
Wow, thanks for sharing that! So glad that these Congressional members stepped up to advocate for transparency in one of the most, if not THE most, important trial this country will ever experience.
Well, there is that, but knowing them, they'll watch it on Faux and Faux will cherrypick what they'll televise and I'm sure have their moronic TV personalities (because let's face it, no one in their right mind would call them reporters or journalists) "explain" to their viewers what to think and how to feel about what's going on. Logic, facts, and critical thinking seem to be beyond this crowd 🙄
And when they watch . . . Per tRumps lawyer Lauro (aka Lowgo), one defense to tRump's attempt to steal the election will be that tRump really thought he won, so his efforts were trying to right a wrong. That is, his sychophants will essentially hear that their idol tRump's defense is that is a madman. Great. So let's put him in a psych facility. Given malignant narcissism is basically impossible to cure, it should be a lifetime sentence. I could go for that.
True believers "know" that it is all fixed to keep him out of the WH. Anyone with the slightest open mind can see that he is a criminal and belongs in prison.
A lot of the Trump supporters are fed a steady diet of Fox news. Fox didn't cover the January 6 committee hearings. They have never heard the truth. If they see the trial for themselves, it will be harder for Fox and others to spin the truth. For that reason alone, it needs to be televised.
Cult members only wake up when their leader does something that negatively affects them. They are all in on the KoolAid until they see their buds start dropping dead.
I wonder if Trump is really out of the running for the next Presidency, in fact. His numbers seem to keep going up, as does his funding, the more that he is convicted. And I'm sure by now he sees the Presidency as a get out of jail free card, which it just could be. My fear is that if anything happens to Biden, Harris will just be too unpopular to beat Trump and we'll have that monster back for another 4 years, and who knows how many coup attempts. I just watched you, Michael, on Bill Maher's anniversary special and it reminded me that the two of you were the main people warning America of what might happen with regard to Trump and I belived you then, though it gave me chills. Are you at all concerned now that Trump has an endless supply of funds, a death grip on the Republican party, and that half the country seems to think of him as some kind of martyr the more he gets convicted of crimes?
My hope is that 45 will be held accountable for his crimes to the fullest extent of the law. I hope he is convicted of every charge for which he is indicted and that he gets the maximum sentence for each of those crimes ti be served consecutively. He has caused the loss of life of so many people from overseas intelligence assets to COVID victims. He has caused so much grief, loss, suffering, damaging, and destruction. He has set loose the wicked people who have delighted in trying to destroy our government and social institutions.
He is a cancer on this nation. This morning I heard him on NPR saying how "sick" Jack Smith - Jack smith, for heaven's sake! - is. There is only one sicko in the house - and that is Donald. J. Trump .
He, trump projects his qualities onto others routinely. He speaks the truth in its exact opposite. Jack Smith is not sick he is. JS is not sick but healthy.
So very well put! He is so lucky to be an American. He almost destroyed an amazing country that is still in progress of reaching it full potential as a true democracy. We won’t hang him or end his selfish pursuits with a firing squad. He will, however, get the justice he deserves for all those lives he has hurt, black families, brown families, red families, white families, families of various religions and sexual orientations, mixed racial families, including the women he disgraced with his unwelcome sexual assaults. He will be incarcerated : stopped from continuing his mad destruction of this beautiful country. This is a good and hopeful outcome. Now move forward America! Become what was started by our forefathers, what many have given their lives for, what we truly can become if we all work together for the good of all.
Trumpypants has always been yapping about killing offenders that cross him or his America (it’s the Trumpist America). May he go far, far away. And never be heard from again. Buh bye!
The Justice Dept. is wringing its hands over what to do about Trump. They told him not to threaten any jurors, potential witnesses, etc., or they'd "hold" him, and yet that's virtually all he's done over the last three days ("IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I'M COMING AFTER YOU!"). So, they should lock him up as promised, right? And yet, all they're talking about is a "protective order", which I'm sure he and his lawyers are laughing at.
Just one question: if a Black bank robber or drug dealer were out on bail, and he tweeted "IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I'M COMING AFTER YOU", you wanna tell me how long it would take the Justice Department to lock him up?! Never mind: it happened before you got to the end of that sentence!
Thank you again, Michael. I sincerely hope that hat your and my faith in the American justice system finally holds. And I hope against hope that the smallness of Trump’s base is finally shrunken enough to turn some Republicans towards the truth
I agree with you 100% Mike. The funny part about all the maga cult followers is they only know him from being a pretend president. I’ve read about him for years, that’s why I never watched the Apprentice… I knew he was a jerk, conman and bully way before he got in the lime light and screwed up our country. He’s the epitome of white privilege I’m really afraid for us in 2024! Su…
Michael, This is the best thing you have ever written. And you have written some amazing and wonderful pieces. This, however, is of the magnitude that it should be read at 4th of July celebrations, on Flag Day, of course on January 6th, and should be placed on the cork boards of every history teacher's and every law professor's classroom. There are many more places it should be read and displayed, but others will come up with those ideas. Right now, I am just going to close and reflect, to paraphrase Elton John, on how fortunate I am that you are in my world.
And, it should be read aloud over the sound systems at Mar a Lago, Trump Tower and the club at Bedminster.
It should be read every January 6th. A moment of silence at the Capitol for when we came close to almost losing it all (I hope). We have much to do and our path lies at our feet.
I think you hit the nail on the head with this one. I would like to see this piece appear in national newspapers for all to read. Especially publications read by Trump followers
My greatest desire is that the trials are televised on television for all to see!
The trial really needs to be televised, not for us, but for those who still believe in Trump.
They'll never watch, they've been brainwashed to not see/hear the truth and facts for decades now. They act like spoiled rotten little brats who have their fingers plugging their ears and their eyes closed, braying "I can't hear you" at the top of their lungs.
Someone on Heather Cox Richardson’s “Letters From An American” Substack comments posted this link to join in Adam Schiff (& company)’s argument for televised proceedings. One can sign without donating.
https://schiff.house.gov/imo/media/doc/trump_trial_transparency_letter.pdf
Wow, thanks for sharing that! So glad that these Congressional members stepped up to advocate for transparency in one of the most, if not THE most, important trial this country will ever experience.
Trump will be there, how could they miss it?
Well, there is that, but knowing them, they'll watch it on Faux and Faux will cherrypick what they'll televise and I'm sure have their moronic TV personalities (because let's face it, no one in their right mind would call them reporters or journalists) "explain" to their viewers what to think and how to feel about what's going on. Logic, facts, and critical thinking seem to be beyond this crowd 🙄
And when they watch . . . Per tRumps lawyer Lauro (aka Lowgo), one defense to tRump's attempt to steal the election will be that tRump really thought he won, so his efforts were trying to right a wrong. That is, his sychophants will essentially hear that their idol tRump's defense is that is a madman. Great. So let's put him in a psych facility. Given malignant narcissism is basically impossible to cure, it should be a lifetime sentence. I could go for that.
True believers "know" that it is all fixed to keep him out of the WH. Anyone with the slightest open mind can see that he is a criminal and belongs in prison.
A lot of the Trump supporters are fed a steady diet of Fox news. Fox didn't cover the January 6 committee hearings. They have never heard the truth. If they see the trial for themselves, it will be harder for Fox and others to spin the truth. For that reason alone, it needs to be televised.
YES!! For me it will be entertainment but hopefully an education/ wake-up for the cult.
Cult members only wake up when their leader does something that negatively affects them. They are all in on the KoolAid until they see their buds start dropping dead.
I wonder if Trump is really out of the running for the next Presidency, in fact. His numbers seem to keep going up, as does his funding, the more that he is convicted. And I'm sure by now he sees the Presidency as a get out of jail free card, which it just could be. My fear is that if anything happens to Biden, Harris will just be too unpopular to beat Trump and we'll have that monster back for another 4 years, and who knows how many coup attempts. I just watched you, Michael, on Bill Maher's anniversary special and it reminded me that the two of you were the main people warning America of what might happen with regard to Trump and I belived you then, though it gave me chills. Are you at all concerned now that Trump has an endless supply of funds, a death grip on the Republican party, and that half the country seems to think of him as some kind of martyr the more he gets convicted of crimes?
My hope is that 45 will be held accountable for his crimes to the fullest extent of the law. I hope he is convicted of every charge for which he is indicted and that he gets the maximum sentence for each of those crimes ti be served consecutively. He has caused the loss of life of so many people from overseas intelligence assets to COVID victims. He has caused so much grief, loss, suffering, damaging, and destruction. He has set loose the wicked people who have delighted in trying to destroy our government and social institutions.
I agree with you. The world needs to see it unfiltered, so everyone understands.
And let us hope he is NEVER PARDONED.
He is a cancer on this nation. This morning I heard him on NPR saying how "sick" Jack Smith - Jack smith, for heaven's sake! - is. There is only one sicko in the house - and that is Donald. J. Trump .
Yes, him and his SICKOphants!
And Useful Idiots
He, trump projects his qualities onto others routinely. He speaks the truth in its exact opposite. Jack Smith is not sick he is. JS is not sick but healthy.
Exactly! The failed presidunce accuses others of doing what he does.
Yep. That's narcissistic behavior 101.
EVERYTHING he accuses other of IS PROJECTION. That is part of his madness.
For sure that is what he does. That is. What a narcissist does and that is what he is.
Michael, after all these years, we love you still.
And we are lucky to have such an American as you in our lives.
So lucky and I am so grateful
So very well put! He is so lucky to be an American. He almost destroyed an amazing country that is still in progress of reaching it full potential as a true democracy. We won’t hang him or end his selfish pursuits with a firing squad. He will, however, get the justice he deserves for all those lives he has hurt, black families, brown families, red families, white families, families of various religions and sexual orientations, mixed racial families, including the women he disgraced with his unwelcome sexual assaults. He will be incarcerated : stopped from continuing his mad destruction of this beautiful country. This is a good and hopeful outcome. Now move forward America! Become what was started by our forefathers, what many have given their lives for, what we truly can become if we all work together for the good of all.
Absolutely …
- we hope
Re "we won't hang him": geez, I don't know; that's what TRUMP is suggesting we do to him: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/09/trump-suggests-whistle-blower-be-punished-like-a-traitor.html
We’ll said!
Trumpypants has always been yapping about killing offenders that cross him or his America (it’s the Trumpist America). May he go far, far away. And never be heard from again. Buh bye!
Guantanamo!
Right on Michael! I can't wait til that schmuck hears that steel door go CLANK!
The Justice Dept. is wringing its hands over what to do about Trump. They told him not to threaten any jurors, potential witnesses, etc., or they'd "hold" him, and yet that's virtually all he's done over the last three days ("IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I'M COMING AFTER YOU!"). So, they should lock him up as promised, right? And yet, all they're talking about is a "protective order", which I'm sure he and his lawyers are laughing at.
Just one question: if a Black bank robber or drug dealer were out on bail, and he tweeted "IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I'M COMING AFTER YOU", you wanna tell me how long it would take the Justice Department to lock him up?! Never mind: it happened before you got to the end of that sentence!
Yes, it IS a fullfilment of his rights to be tried by a jury of his peers!
Amen
Thank you again, Michael. I sincerely hope that hat your and my faith in the American justice system finally holds. And I hope against hope that the smallness of Trump’s base is finally shrunken enough to turn some Republicans towards the truth
Thank you, Michael! This is perfect! You always give me hope for this country!
As always, Michael, a verbal treat that skewers and stings the intended target! Brilliant!!
YES!!!!!
I agree with you 100% Mike. The funny part about all the maga cult followers is they only know him from being a pretend president. I’ve read about him for years, that’s why I never watched the Apprentice… I knew he was a jerk, conman and bully way before he got in the lime light and screwed up our country. He’s the epitome of white privilege I’m really afraid for us in 2024! Su…
But we have the hope of RFK jr.