You've heard her on my podcast. She is that rare political scientist from the working class. And she has her finger squarely on the pulse of this country.
I'm sitting here in my pajamas at 11pm. I've been in free fall all day, going downstairs to find some food, stay hydrated, come back and basically watch or read whatever gets my attention. All day. Took a nap ~3pm. If that sounds depressing, well personally I'm not prone to freak-outs. I'm pretty mellow. It's like I'm watching myself weather the storm. The feelings come up like waves and they go back down again. What I loved about a day like today though is how close I feel to others who are in the same boat. I write some comments, mostly with no response, but putting these words out there feels important. It moves me to listen to others articulate their fear, push back at nonsense and lies. I believe you are right, Mike. There are more of us.
Still the same. Just factoring in daylight saving time and end of life as we know it scenario. 🫣 But I heck of still have my God damn sense of humor. So suck it.
"Sneer at the White voters all you want but you should know there is one group of White Americans who actually like multicultural, pluralistic democracy..."
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!
I am a college educated white retired professional, and I am SO TIRED of my cohorts being lumped in with retrograde white assholes. Yes, we DO! like multiculturalism, diversity, equal treatment of all sexes, and most importantly, JUSTICE FOR ALL, especially a certain orange cretin and his Nazi-riffic enablers.
Let's get Dems elected, and then we can put Merrick Garland's feet to the fire and DEMAND JUSTICE!!
In any event, my call was based on years of work as a shrink downriver (Wyandotte). There was enough rage, much justified, that the appeal of Trump was clearly going to be overwhelming. And so it was. We have a lot of work to do re those voters. But I agree that Kamala will win on Tuesay, but I also anticipate a season of Trumpist mayhem to follow. The only question is how bad and how long.
There is an Arabic saying that loosely translates to “Trust in God and tie your camel.” In this instance, my variation of that is “Trust Michael Moore and Rachel Bitecofer, and HELP VOTERS IN SWING STATES ELECT HARRIS BY PHONING AND TEXTING THEM!”
Get on board, folks. Phonebanking and more is happening right up to and including November Fifth. I UPDATED THIS LIST 10/29 BASED ON THOSE GROUPS I KNOW CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE AND NEED VOLUNTEERS.
If you would like to work with a non-profit or other groups that want to elect Harris and are not funded by the Democratic Party, there are many organizations that are working hard to help swing states get Harris elected. SEVERAL OF THESE ORGS. FOCUS ON CONTACTING NON-VOTERS. Please help, no matter where in the world you live. I welcome you to copy and share this list with others. Thank you.
PHONEBANKING and DONATIONS are the primary options, with some CANVASSING and TEXTING also possible. PHONEBANKING is done without revealing your phone number. I do not know how that works with Texting.
Experts who study these things have seen that such simple actions as personal phone calls or texts to specifically identified voters can and do make a difference. The organizations below are either the experts or are groups that partner with the experts. Some of these organizations promote who to vote for, while others just encourage infrequent voters to vote, knowing that the people they contact typically vote Democratic. All of these groups can benefit from your time and/or your donations (some of which can be tax-deductible).
PHONEBANKING and CANVASSING: The ENVIRONMENTAL VOTER PROJECT identifies millions of non-voting environmentalists and turns them into consistent voters. I have done canvassing and phonebanks with them. https://www.environmentalvoter.org/
PHONEBANKING and TEXTING: THIRD ACT primarily recruits Seniors as volunteers, but all are welcome. https://thirdact.org/
PHONEBANKING and CANVASSING: Programs with ACTIVATE AMERICA have Volunteers contact voters via Phonebanking, and Canvassing. https://www.activateamerica.vote/
PHONEBANKING and CANVASSING: SEED THE VOTE pays travel/lodging to canvass in Swing States and also teams up with organizations like SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE (SURJ) with phonebanking campaigns of volunteers calling voters in Swing States.
Even if Trump only gets 40% of the vote, I feel we have lost America! Americans choosing dictatorship over democracy. I would expect a person like Trump to get maybe one and a half percent of the vote. That may be how much he would have got without the help from all the billionaires?
If Kamala does become president, she needs to stop the immigration on the border and ports! The environmentalists and the racist both agree on that! There is a list of about 20 things that the Democrats and Republicans both agree on, she needs to unite the country! She needs to address other issues than gay rights and abortion only!
I give Biden an A for creating 17 million jobs and an F for protecting democracy and not firing Garland for not prosecuting the insurrectionists and handing them the Congress, with which they still might try to steal the election, with the help of the corrupt Supreme Court of the United States as well!
Mr. Johnson, I submit you have not been paying attention to what Garland and Biden have been doing. Garland is on the lookout for those who would disrupt our elections. He announced this in a press conference. Perhaps you missed it. Going after people for their political predilections is a dangerous, double-edged sword. Garland is walking on a razor's edge. I give Biden an F for participating in the deranged Zionist's genocide.
Mr dobbertin, actions speak louder than words! Americans would have preferred the leaders of the insurrection to be arrested, not necessarily the mob! If our government does not have that capability, then we are already a dictatorship! Hopefully these votes will count! A lot of effort has been put into it by the believers in democracy!
Nate Silver's gut biome is bad. He eats too much processed cheese data. He got lucky once, but now he shills fir Peter Theil. Bye, Nate, welcome to Obscurity!
Wrong again Michael, as you have been cheerleading for Joe Biden and then even moreso for Kamala Harris. Trying to sweep the amorality and lack of conscience of an inept and detached political party that has abandoned the poor, the working class and what's left of the middle class under the rug has resulted in the same disaster as in 2016. You are part of the problem for compromising your ethics and conscience for the sake of a party that defied democracy by anointing an unqualified, unpopular self-serving supercop who is unable to answer a question directly as their candidate because they were covering up (for years with your help) the Parkison's Disease of their incumbent. You and all neoliberals need to look in the mirror and consider why your party loses twice in three election cycles to a narcissistic American pig. You cannot deceive and defy the working class, and propagate Islamaphobia and genocide, while you pretend to protect women's rights. It's not Putin or China or progressives or Jill Stein. None of that. Start being real and stop pretending that your warmongering, elitist and inauthentic candidates are saviors. And stop being "proud" of endorsements by Dick Cheney. https://barryjkaufmando.substack.com/p/if-kamala-harris-loses-dont-blame
Media consolidation and elimination of independent journalism:
There is an old story: “A Russian is on an airliner heading to the US, and the American in the seat next to him asks, “So what brings you to the US?” The Russian replies, “I’m studying the American approach to propaganda.” The American says, “What propaganda?” The Russian says, “That’s what I mean
Thank you for sharing this. I am also calling Harris by a large number, and I was right in 2016 and 2020. It's not just Trump that people should be afraid of - it's is baggage handlers:
Should he lose, Trump is threatening to use his compromised Supreme Court Judges to put him back into the White House.
Legal voters are being blocked from voting.
The Supreme Court just ruled to allow the state of Virginia to continue to block voters from voting.
They say that they are only blocking illegal voters, but many LEGAL VOTERS are ALSO being blocked.
This is exactly why President Biden must weaponize his new powers of immunity now against those moronic six justices and their Chief on the Supreme Court who are in collusion against democracy either through bribery or fear of retribution from the Trump camp.
PLEASE URGE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO INITIATE A PURGE AND REMOVE THEM FROM THE BENCH FOR TREASON IMMEDIATELY BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
Spineless Joe Biden and Merrick Garland will get right on that. After Joe puts down the liquor or it gets over his dementia! Garbage! He couldn't keep his mouth shut for 5 more days! Never did think he was on democracy side anyway.
Go ahead and vote for Harris--she is the lesser of two evils. But you should know that you are still voting for evil and nothing is going to change until we demand an end to system of legalized bribery that is OBVIOUSLY the cause of all the pain and suffering here in America and the rest of 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 is posted on the Supreme Court’s website at www.supremecourt.gov and can be accessed by typing in the following case number: Martin v. Living Essentials (Case No. 17-8352)
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, for goodness sake, 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.
Mr. Moore. The average American has no idea what the main weakness of surveys is. To understand how survey research works it is necessary to have an understanding of mathematics at a fairly sophisticated level, combined with graduate-school-level training in how to create stratified, random samples. Those people who do understand the weakness of survey research also understand that voters make their choice of Presidential candidate based upon past performance of the political parties involved. Campaigning has almost no effect on how voters make their choice. It is the policies of the parties that matter. We have only two real parties. So the matter is really simple. The party's performance (when they were in power) is what matters. Notice please, I am referring to presidential elections, not congressional or local ones. The game is perhaps more complicated there.
Tip O'Neal is crediting with having said "All politics is local politics." I do not know if he actually said this. But it is wrong. All politics are overwhelmed by national politics; by our two party system. Party identification counts more than anything else.
Apparently America's right wingers have forgot that Trump borrowed 7.8 trillion dollars and lost about four times more soldiers in Afghanistan than Biden did, and did not create any jobs, in fact he lost some, his border wall was cut to pieces, he had no great healthcare plan, he tried to overthrow the government and he probably sold our military secrets to the highest bidder! Voters obviously don't vote on performance but on what they want to believe and a chronic liar has a distinct advantage over a truth teller.
By the way, I do not expect anything out of Garland or Biden. They had their chance and did nothing and I expect them to do it again! If they by chance do decide to protect democracy, I will give them credit this time. Biden's comment on garbage people was a lot like Hillary's comment on deplorables! Did more harm than good! Don't blame me when this whole thing goes to a fascist theocracy! Blame the insane, sadistic, narcissistic, greedy religious cult!
Mr. Johnson, On the basis of Trump's performance, which you accurately described in your first paragraph, Trump lost the next election to a weak candidate: Biden. This time around Harris will win because of Biden's surprisingly good domestic policies. They were not her policies. But she will be the beneficiary of their appeal to the voters now that the obviously diminished Biden has dropped out.
Please reread Biden's comment about garbage. He did not call Americans garbage. What he said was that the only garbage was Trump's views. The incorrect version of Biden's words was trumpeted by the conservative American press which is always on the lookout for a "gotchya" which will attract the public's eye to their columns.
As for dishonesty, I agree that in a democracy which guarantees freedom of speech, even if it is dishonest speech; the liar has an advantage.
What on earth gave you the idea that I was "blaming" you for anything?
I'm sitting here in my pajamas at 11pm. I've been in free fall all day, going downstairs to find some food, stay hydrated, come back and basically watch or read whatever gets my attention. All day. Took a nap ~3pm. If that sounds depressing, well personally I'm not prone to freak-outs. I'm pretty mellow. It's like I'm watching myself weather the storm. The feelings come up like waves and they go back down again. What I loved about a day like today though is how close I feel to others who are in the same boat. I write some comments, mostly with no response, but putting these words out there feels important. It moves me to listen to others articulate their fear, push back at nonsense and lies. I believe you are right, Mike. There are more of us.
Definitely.
Still the same. Just factoring in daylight saving time and end of life as we know it scenario. 🫣 But I heck of still have my God damn sense of humor. So suck it.
"Sneer at the White voters all you want but you should know there is one group of White Americans who actually like multicultural, pluralistic democracy..."
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!
I am a college educated white retired professional, and I am SO TIRED of my cohorts being lumped in with retrograde white assholes. Yes, we DO! like multiculturalism, diversity, equal treatment of all sexes, and most importantly, JUSTICE FOR ALL, especially a certain orange cretin and his Nazi-riffic enablers.
Let's get Dems elected, and then we can put Merrick Garland's feet to the fire and DEMAND JUSTICE!!
For whatever worth, I also called Trump winning in 2016 as documented in a public blog that I assume won't "take" here. But I'll try. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-nations-destroy-themselves/
In any event, my call was based on years of work as a shrink downriver (Wyandotte). There was enough rage, much justified, that the appeal of Trump was clearly going to be overwhelming. And so it was. We have a lot of work to do re those voters. But I agree that Kamala will win on Tuesay, but I also anticipate a season of Trumpist mayhem to follow. The only question is how bad and how long.
Cogent commentary. And I worry about this, because these people are SO deluded that they can't see the firest for the trees.
We need a solid strategy to rid ourselves of the right-wing lie and propaganda machine.
Great interview on MSNBC tonight!
There is an Arabic saying that loosely translates to “Trust in God and tie your camel.” In this instance, my variation of that is “Trust Michael Moore and Rachel Bitecofer, and HELP VOTERS IN SWING STATES ELECT HARRIS BY PHONING AND TEXTING THEM!”
Get on board, folks. Phonebanking and more is happening right up to and including November Fifth. I UPDATED THIS LIST 10/29 BASED ON THOSE GROUPS I KNOW CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE AND NEED VOLUNTEERS.
If you would like to work with a non-profit or other groups that want to elect Harris and are not funded by the Democratic Party, there are many organizations that are working hard to help swing states get Harris elected. SEVERAL OF THESE ORGS. FOCUS ON CONTACTING NON-VOTERS. Please help, no matter where in the world you live. I welcome you to copy and share this list with others. Thank you.
PHONEBANKING and DONATIONS are the primary options, with some CANVASSING and TEXTING also possible. PHONEBANKING is done without revealing your phone number. I do not know how that works with Texting.
Experts who study these things have seen that such simple actions as personal phone calls or texts to specifically identified voters can and do make a difference. The organizations below are either the experts or are groups that partner with the experts. Some of these organizations promote who to vote for, while others just encourage infrequent voters to vote, knowing that the people they contact typically vote Democratic. All of these groups can benefit from your time and/or your donations (some of which can be tax-deductible).
PHONEBANKING and CANVASSING: The ENVIRONMENTAL VOTER PROJECT identifies millions of non-voting environmentalists and turns them into consistent voters. I have done canvassing and phonebanks with them. https://www.environmentalvoter.org/
PHONEBANKING and TEXTING: THIRD ACT primarily recruits Seniors as volunteers, but all are welcome. https://thirdact.org/
PHONEBANKING and CANVASSING: Programs with ACTIVATE AMERICA have Volunteers contact voters via Phonebanking, and Canvassing. https://www.activateamerica.vote/
PHONEBANKING and CANVASSING: SWING LEFT is coordinating or has information about both: https://swingleft.org/take-action
PHONEBANKING: The PENNSYLVANIA RELIGIOUS ACTION CENTER are phonebanking to get Pennsylvanians voting. https://rac.org/take-action/rac-your-state/rac-pa
PHONEBANKING and CANVASSING: SEED THE VOTE pays travel/lodging to canvass in Swing States and also teams up with organizations like SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE (SURJ) with phonebanking campaigns of volunteers calling voters in Swing States.
https://seedthevote.org/get-involved/#door-knock
https://seedthevote.org/get-involved/#phone-bank
https://www.mobilize.us/surj/event/653094/?utm_source=website_cc
https://surj.org/
TEXTING and PHONEBANKING: VOTERIDERS is currently mobilizing folks to phonebank and textbank.
https://www.mobilize.us/voteriders/event/673365/
https://www.mobilize.us/voteriders/event/697271/
https://www.voteriders.org/
PHONEBANKING: VOTE SAVE AMERICA is a clearinghouse of opportunities to phonebank with various organizations.
https://www.mobilize.us/west/?is_high_priority=true&utm_source=&source=&refcode=
https://www.mobilize.us/east/?is_high_priority=true&utm_source=&source=&refcode=
TEXTING and PHONEBANKING: KEEP ARIZONA BLUE mobilizes young voters in Arizona to elect Democrats. https://www.keepazblue.org/volunteer
PHONEBANKING: CALLS FOR CLIMATE is phonebanking to elect climate champions.
https://www.callsforclimate.com/make-calls/
https://www.mobilize.us/climatehawksvote/event/668120/
PHONEBANKING: The CENTER FOR COMMON GROUND is a grassroots, primarily volunteer-run campaign that focuses on increasing BIPOC voter turnout. https://www.centerforcommonground.org/reclaim-our-vote
Even if Trump only gets 40% of the vote, I feel we have lost America! Americans choosing dictatorship over democracy. I would expect a person like Trump to get maybe one and a half percent of the vote. That may be how much he would have got without the help from all the billionaires?
If Kamala does become president, she needs to stop the immigration on the border and ports! The environmentalists and the racist both agree on that! There is a list of about 20 things that the Democrats and Republicans both agree on, she needs to unite the country! She needs to address other issues than gay rights and abortion only!
I give Biden an A for creating 17 million jobs and an F for protecting democracy and not firing Garland for not prosecuting the insurrectionists and handing them the Congress, with which they still might try to steal the election, with the help of the corrupt Supreme Court of the United States as well!
Mr. Johnson, I submit you have not been paying attention to what Garland and Biden have been doing. Garland is on the lookout for those who would disrupt our elections. He announced this in a press conference. Perhaps you missed it. Going after people for their political predilections is a dangerous, double-edged sword. Garland is walking on a razor's edge. I give Biden an F for participating in the deranged Zionist's genocide.
Mr dobbertin, actions speak louder than words! Americans would have preferred the leaders of the insurrection to be arrested, not necessarily the mob! If our government does not have that capability, then we are already a dictatorship! Hopefully these votes will count! A lot of effort has been put into it by the believers in democracy!
Tim Walz has made a difference that can't be underestimated. He is the "common man", helping neighbours, football coach, teacher, small town father.
Nate Silver's gut biome is bad. He eats too much processed cheese data. He got lucky once, but now he shills fir Peter Theil. Bye, Nate, welcome to Obscurity!
Wrong again Michael, as you have been cheerleading for Joe Biden and then even moreso for Kamala Harris. Trying to sweep the amorality and lack of conscience of an inept and detached political party that has abandoned the poor, the working class and what's left of the middle class under the rug has resulted in the same disaster as in 2016. You are part of the problem for compromising your ethics and conscience for the sake of a party that defied democracy by anointing an unqualified, unpopular self-serving supercop who is unable to answer a question directly as their candidate because they were covering up (for years with your help) the Parkison's Disease of their incumbent. You and all neoliberals need to look in the mirror and consider why your party loses twice in three election cycles to a narcissistic American pig. You cannot deceive and defy the working class, and propagate Islamaphobia and genocide, while you pretend to protect women's rights. It's not Putin or China or progressives or Jill Stein. None of that. Start being real and stop pretending that your warmongering, elitist and inauthentic candidates are saviors. And stop being "proud" of endorsements by Dick Cheney. https://barryjkaufmando.substack.com/p/if-kamala-harris-loses-dont-blame
Media consolidation and elimination of independent journalism:
There is an old story: “A Russian is on an airliner heading to the US, and the American in the seat next to him asks, “So what brings you to the US?” The Russian replies, “I’m studying the American approach to propaganda.” The American says, “What propaganda?” The Russian says, “That’s what I mean
Thank you for sharing this. I am also calling Harris by a large number, and I was right in 2016 and 2020. It's not just Trump that people should be afraid of - it's is baggage handlers:
https://barrygander.substack.com/p/elon-musks-destruction-of-twitter
Should he lose, Trump is threatening to use his compromised Supreme Court Judges to put him back into the White House.
Legal voters are being blocked from voting.
The Supreme Court just ruled to allow the state of Virginia to continue to block voters from voting.
They say that they are only blocking illegal voters, but many LEGAL VOTERS are ALSO being blocked.
This is exactly why President Biden must weaponize his new powers of immunity now against those moronic six justices and their Chief on the Supreme Court who are in collusion against democracy either through bribery or fear of retribution from the Trump camp.
PLEASE URGE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO INITIATE A PURGE AND REMOVE THEM FROM THE BENCH FOR TREASON IMMEDIATELY BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
Help save our country.
(Please re--post)
The Supreme Court is one of our biggest problems since dt added his three
Spineless Joe Biden and Merrick Garland will get right on that. After Joe puts down the liquor or it gets over his dementia! Garbage! He couldn't keep his mouth shut for 5 more days! Never did think he was on democracy side anyway.
I love you Michael Moore! We owe you such gratitude! xx's
p.s. i just signed up for Rachel's substack! xx's
Mr. Moore,
Go ahead and vote for Harris--she is the lesser of two evils. But you should know that you are still voting for evil and nothing is going to change until we demand an end to system of legalized bribery that is OBVIOUSLY the cause of all the pain and suffering here in America and the rest of 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 is posted on the Supreme Court’s website at www.supremecourt.gov and can be accessed by typing in the following case number: Martin v. Living Essentials (Case No. 17-8352)
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, for goodness sake, 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.
Yes, Nate's gut gives ME gas.. ;-)
Mr. Moore. The average American has no idea what the main weakness of surveys is. To understand how survey research works it is necessary to have an understanding of mathematics at a fairly sophisticated level, combined with graduate-school-level training in how to create stratified, random samples. Those people who do understand the weakness of survey research also understand that voters make their choice of Presidential candidate based upon past performance of the political parties involved. Campaigning has almost no effect on how voters make their choice. It is the policies of the parties that matter. We have only two real parties. So the matter is really simple. The party's performance (when they were in power) is what matters. Notice please, I am referring to presidential elections, not congressional or local ones. The game is perhaps more complicated there.
Tip O'Neal is crediting with having said "All politics is local politics." I do not know if he actually said this. But it is wrong. All politics are overwhelmed by national politics; by our two party system. Party identification counts more than anything else.
Apparently America's right wingers have forgot that Trump borrowed 7.8 trillion dollars and lost about four times more soldiers in Afghanistan than Biden did, and did not create any jobs, in fact he lost some, his border wall was cut to pieces, he had no great healthcare plan, he tried to overthrow the government and he probably sold our military secrets to the highest bidder! Voters obviously don't vote on performance but on what they want to believe and a chronic liar has a distinct advantage over a truth teller.
By the way, I do not expect anything out of Garland or Biden. They had their chance and did nothing and I expect them to do it again! If they by chance do decide to protect democracy, I will give them credit this time. Biden's comment on garbage people was a lot like Hillary's comment on deplorables! Did more harm than good! Don't blame me when this whole thing goes to a fascist theocracy! Blame the insane, sadistic, narcissistic, greedy religious cult!
Mr. Johnson, On the basis of Trump's performance, which you accurately described in your first paragraph, Trump lost the next election to a weak candidate: Biden. This time around Harris will win because of Biden's surprisingly good domestic policies. They were not her policies. But she will be the beneficiary of their appeal to the voters now that the obviously diminished Biden has dropped out.
Please reread Biden's comment about garbage. He did not call Americans garbage. What he said was that the only garbage was Trump's views. The incorrect version of Biden's words was trumpeted by the conservative American press which is always on the lookout for a "gotchya" which will attract the public's eye to their columns.
As for dishonesty, I agree that in a democracy which guarantees freedom of speech, even if it is dishonest speech; the liar has an advantage.
What on earth gave you the idea that I was "blaming" you for anything?