"He is saying what many are afraid to say, and his cast and writers are on fire, just when we need them the most." - It's so true, I love how outspoken he is and you can tell by the way he delivers his monologues that he really cares.
Hello. I live in Arizona and created the list below and sent it out to friends and family all over the country. I hope it is helpful to you as well.
I welcome your adding to this list and making me aware of any other groups/organizations that have campaigns or mobilization efforts going to prevent Trump from getting elected.
Experts who study these things have seen that such simple actions as personal postcards, 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).
The Environmental Voter Project identifies millions of non-voting environmentalists and turns them into consistent voters. I have done postcards and phonebanks with them.
Third Act and Elders Climate Action primarily recruit Seniors as volunteers, but all are welcome. Their campaigns include helping young people get registered to vote.
Seed the Vote teams up with organizations like People’s Action and Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) with Phonebanking campaigns of volunteers calling voters in Swing States.
The Civics Center organizes high school voter registration. A huge event they do is High School Voter Registration Week, which will be Sept. 23-27, 2024. They can use volunteer help with that and other events. https://www.thecivicscenter.org/
Arizona Native Vote is dedicated to building tribal and rural political power by working with community members to increase voter registration. https://arizonanativevote.org/
The Arizona Dream Act Coalition provides assistance to DREAMERS. They also contact legal Latino voters and mixed-status families to help those who can legally vote to register to vote and then encourage them to vote. https://theadac.org/
LINKS TO SHARE WITH “NEVER TRUMP” REPUBLICANS TO HELP THEM MAKE WHAT MAY BE THEIR UNCOMFORTABLE BUT APPROPRIATE CHOICE TO VOTE FOR HARRIS
There are several websites devoted to Republicans for Harris. This is just one of them:
David French is a conservative opinion columnist at “The New York Times.” Commonly voting for Republicans, on 8/19/24 French did an oral piece for the NY Times on why he is voting for Harris. This link goes to an AI-generated transcript of the oral piece that includes a link to the oral piece:
David French on the Pro-Life Case for Kamala Harris
John Giles, Republican Mayor of Mesa, Arizona, shared in print and on TV why he supports Harris.
Print: Why, as a Republican mayor, I support Kamala Harris over Trump
TV: PBS News Hour | Republican mayor from Ariz. explains why he endorsed Harris | Season 2024 | PBS
There were several Republican speakers at the Democratic National Convention, explaining why they are Republicans who are choosing to support Harris instead of Trump in this election. One of them was former Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan: Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (Georgia) | C-SPAN.org
Former US Attorney General Loretta Lynch and over 40 former DOJ Officials Thank Pres. Biden and Endorse VP Kamala Harris for President of the United States:
Statement Thanking President Biden and Supporting VP Kamala Harris - DocumentCloud
A couple more links to articles about Republicans endorsing Harris:
A Dozen Former Republican White House Lawyers Endorse Kamala Harris (politicususa.com)
White House lawyers who advised Reagan, Bush endorse Harris over Trump in 2024 showdown (msn.com)
'Trump is unfit': Fox News publishes mass-GOP endorsement for Kamala Harris (msn.com)
I write postcards for Activate America and letters for Vote Forward. Thanks for this list. It helps me to know that I am hopefully making a difference.
Thank you Michael ~ Jon Stewart has a true gift. Watching the shared clips is the first time I’ve been able to laugh through the horror. The laughter helped me listen to the details.
He's a gift to the privileged elite who can watch in the middle of the night on a gold plate channel. He needs to reach the average guy and that means going on ABC prime time.
As I said to Victoria, Oliver may be great BUT he's only available to the privileged elite who can watch in the middle of the night on a gold plate channel. He needs to reach the average guy and that means going on ABC prime time.
I'm not sure I understand. Privileged elite? Does this mean that we who pay to be able to post to Michael are also fancy pants? I plead guilty to paying for internet access, not cable or anything just over the air Network which I never watch. YouTube is sort of my go-to for Jon Stewart but again I be guilty to having lost track after the pandemic because being trapped in the house meant I didn't spend money on either restaurants or going to the movies or theater any of my indulgences. That money went to fomo, totally feeling as though if I didn't subscribe to fill in the blank I would miss out on the latest really cool show. And I also feel like if I don't pay a therapist that's money that I can afford to watch John Oliver cuz he's my mental health, man. I don't know what I would do without him and Jon Stewart and Trae Crowder. And Michael of course. And Heather Cox Richardson.(widow on fixed income)
Thank you, Michael. I won't miss any more Stewart shows. It's so hard sometimes to even smile when we know--for a true fact--that we are funding the slow death of so many people in Gaza. One day, most of them will succumb to starvation, disease, thirst, despair, but the idea of a free Palestine will live on. That idea will not be murdered. I'm just a regular old white woman who is a former Catholic, but hold the love of my sisters and brothers deep in my heart. That love will not be murdered in this genocide. Free Free Palestine.
I don't agree with enjoying the ridicule of our current Gaza situation, which is untenable. I don't find Jon Stewart's comedy entertaining on this subject because it is not a funny situation. It is a terrible and tragic situation in Gaza and it it Netanyahu who is responsible , not our current administration. They are damned if they do and damned if they don't on any action. And here we are on the cusp of a critical election where Democracy is on the ballot and that our Democratic candidates cannot afford to lose. Most American Jews would be angry if there is any drawback of help to Israel. I am angry and disgusted with Netanyahu and the Israeli population needs to oust him NOW. THEN, there would be solutions and peace.
I like many, believed that satire was a powerful weapon in mobilizing people on the left and enlightening the followers of fascism through biting humor.
I love Stewart and his writers, but the only thing I can recall that he did that moved the needle was in helping Iraq and Afghan Vets get VA support for exposure to carcinogens from burn pits.
I dunno, the way Trump disgraces Veterans and exploits their families for his own political gain shows just how far we are from reality as a nation.
Good to hear and see Jon. Laughter is medicine. I sometimes take life way too seriously and forget the bits that make the dance worthwhile. Good to see you yesterday Mike in your Beatles T-shirt.
Music too is elevating medicine. I'm awaiting my Yusuf/Cat Stevens Peace Train T-shirt in the post.
Ordered, made and sent from his Peace Train Store on-line. Cheers to all.
Thanks for the idea. I will try Jon Stewart. Unlike you, maybe he actually reads his emails and would be interested in proof of treason at the highest levels of the U.S. government.
My name is Ted Martin. I just 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.
Sorry, but I do not agree that the only difference between the two parties is rhetoric. Particularly, right now. The Republican party is the party of Trump and his insanity, and the Democrats are the party of the people trying to save Democracy.
If you had read my book, you would know that the Democrats are not "tryng to save Democracy". That would be me.
To be clear, I blame the Federalist Society for the corruption in the federal judicial system. All six of the so-called conservative justices on the Supreme Court and all the Republicans on Senate Judiciary Committee are members of the Federalist Society. Trump picked "his" judicial nominees from lists provided by the Federalist Society.
I didn't know the Democrats were in on it until I tried to give them irrefutable evidence of widespread systemic corruption in the federal judicial system. Only a co-conspirator would ignore their political opponent's corruption. If you want to see just how corrupt the Democrats really are. You can skip ahead to the Postscript on page 221 of my book.
Just had time to watch the last video: the one including the small pause of U.S. arms to Israeli forces bombing Gaza. Thanks, Michael for focusing on Jon Stewart's scathing humor, period. I had not, until this moment been able to laugh at our timid exercise, as a country, of our moral principles with regard to the war in Gaza. Finally you, via Jon, have made made that possible. I think it's because with Kamala and Walz running for President and Vice President we have a chance at the people fighting in Gaza (and in all of Israel-Palestime) making an actual agreement to live in peace with one another. Til now it seemed impossible. Now, I think a ceasefire can actually happen and the solution will then come from Palestinian and Israeli people who can breathe and think- together in peace-afterwards.
As an American Israeli, and a person active in the pro peace movement, I find his comments, and yours very disturbing.
Hamas is the true enemy of their people, and haven’t had one constructive idea on how to make their people happier, healthier, safer, and develop a better future.
The only idea that they are pushing is that Israel has to cease to exist.
Please say something about the ever expanding genocide of Palestinians. Israel has accelerated their ethnic cleansing of the West Bank. They are ripping up the infrastructure in the West Bank and destroying the roads.
The people of Palestine needed the horrors to end in October. This is more than collective punishment, it is acquiring land by genocide. If Harris can stomach this now, why should I think it will be different if she becomes president? How much destroying of water supplies, electricity and sanitation needs to happen by Israel before Kamala Harris says stop? How many more men, women and children need to be murder by bombs and bullets before the Democratic Party says we must stop sending Israel the tools they use to commit murder? Kamala Harris is now the key moral voice of the DNC. She needs to publicly say to Joe Biden, stop giving Israel murder weapons and stop the US governments complicity in genocide. Thanks for all you do.
Michael Moore has been saying things non-stop about the genocide in Gaza. Listen to his FREE podcast. And guess what, Kamala Harris did too in the biggest speech of her life at the DNC. Has she stopped the payments to Israel? Could she before she is elected? Just focus on electing her and things will improve.
Israel’s genocidal attack in the West Bank should put an end to all belief that a two state solution is possible. Israel has reached its “final solution “ policy. Palestinians must leave or die. This is heart breaking. Negotiations require two you willing parties. The American government (Dems and GOP) is delusional or purposely gaslighting the American people when it supports a two party solution. The US is complicit in a never ending horror.
"He is saying what many are afraid to say, and his cast and writers are on fire, just when we need them the most." - It's so true, I love how outspoken he is and you can tell by the way he delivers his monologues that he really cares.
I'm going to start watching the 10 o'clock news on Mondays so I can see him at 11.
The time he had a pair of friends, one Jewish and the other a Palestinian, was brilliant.
I wish they had done that at the DNC convention.
He is a treasure, standing up for veterans and 9/11 victims. And standing up for the truth.
I would vote for him to be President. I would have several years ago, but he never made it onto the ballot. Ohh, I so blame Steven Colbert. 😉
I will be disappointed if Harris does not put backbone into our Israel policy.
OPTIONS FOR YOU TO HELP SWING STATES ELECT HARRIS
Hello. I live in Arizona and created the list below and sent it out to friends and family all over the country. I hope it is helpful to you as well.
I welcome your adding to this list and making me aware of any other groups/organizations that have campaigns or mobilization efforts going to prevent Trump from getting elected.
POSTCARDS, PHONEBANKS, TEXTS, VOTER REGISTRATION, DONATIONS
Experts who study these things have seen that such simple actions as personal postcards, 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).
The Environmental Voter Project identifies millions of non-voting environmentalists and turns them into consistent voters. I have done postcards and phonebanks with them.
https://www.environmentalvoter.org/
https://www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved
Third Act and Elders Climate Action primarily recruit Seniors as volunteers, but all are welcome. Their campaigns include helping young people get registered to vote.
https://thirdact.org/
https://www.eldersclimateaction.org/
https://eldersaction.org/promote-the-youth-vote/
Programs with Activate America have Volunteers contact voters via Postcards, Phonebanking, Texting, and Canvassing. https://www.activateamerica.vote/
The Progressive Turnout Project organizes volunteers to send postcards and do canvassing.
turnoutpac.org
Vote Forward coordinates letter-writing campaigns to voters.
votefwd.org
https://votefwd.org/campaigns
Seed the Vote teams up with organizations like People’s Action and Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) with Phonebanking campaigns of volunteers calling voters in Swing States.
https://seedthevote.org/
https://peoplesaction.org/
https://surj.org/
VoteRiders and Fair Count work separately and together to help folks register to vote and have the required ID to vote.
https://www.voteriders.org/
https://www.faircount.org/
The Civics Center organizes high school voter registration. A huge event they do is High School Voter Registration Week, which will be Sept. 23-27, 2024. They can use volunteer help with that and other events. https://www.thecivicscenter.org/
RAZE helps rural Arizonans register to vote. https://www.raze.org/
Arizona Native Vote is dedicated to building tribal and rural political power by working with community members to increase voter registration. https://arizonanativevote.org/
The Arizona Dream Act Coalition provides assistance to DREAMERS. They also contact legal Latino voters and mixed-status families to help those who can legally vote to register to vote and then encourage them to vote. https://theadac.org/
LINKS TO SHARE WITH “NEVER TRUMP” REPUBLICANS TO HELP THEM MAKE WHAT MAY BE THEIR UNCOMFORTABLE BUT APPROPRIATE CHOICE TO VOTE FOR HARRIS
There are several websites devoted to Republicans for Harris. This is just one of them:
Republicans for Harris | Reed Howard | Substack (democracyrepublicans.com)
David French is a conservative opinion columnist at “The New York Times.” Commonly voting for Republicans, on 8/19/24 French did an oral piece for the NY Times on why he is voting for Harris. This link goes to an AI-generated transcript of the oral piece that includes a link to the oral piece:
David French on the Pro-Life Case for Kamala Harris
John Giles, Republican Mayor of Mesa, Arizona, shared in print and on TV why he supports Harris.
Print: Why, as a Republican mayor, I support Kamala Harris over Trump
TV: PBS News Hour | Republican mayor from Ariz. explains why he endorsed Harris | Season 2024 | PBS
There were several Republican speakers at the Democratic National Convention, explaining why they are Republicans who are choosing to support Harris instead of Trump in this election. One of them was former Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan: Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (Georgia) | C-SPAN.org
Former US Attorney General Loretta Lynch and over 40 former DOJ Officials Thank Pres. Biden and Endorse VP Kamala Harris for President of the United States:
Statement Thanking President Biden and Supporting VP Kamala Harris - DocumentCloud
A couple more links to articles about Republicans endorsing Harris:
A Dozen Former Republican White House Lawyers Endorse Kamala Harris (politicususa.com)
White House lawyers who advised Reagan, Bush endorse Harris over Trump in 2024 showdown (msn.com)
'Trump is unfit': Fox News publishes mass-GOP endorsement for Kamala Harris (msn.com)
your time and work compiling this valuable list along with the share is appreciated.
I write postcards for Activate America and letters for Vote Forward. Thanks for this list. It helps me to know that I am hopefully making a difference.
Thank you Michael ~ Jon Stewart has a true gift. Watching the shared clips is the first time I’ve been able to laugh through the horror. The laughter helped me listen to the details.
He's a gift to the privileged elite who can watch in the middle of the night on a gold plate channel. He needs to reach the average guy and that means going on ABC prime time.
Don't forget John Oliver...
As I said to Victoria, Oliver may be great BUT he's only available to the privileged elite who can watch in the middle of the night on a gold plate channel. He needs to reach the average guy and that means going on ABC prime time.
I'm not sure I understand. Privileged elite? Does this mean that we who pay to be able to post to Michael are also fancy pants? I plead guilty to paying for internet access, not cable or anything just over the air Network which I never watch. YouTube is sort of my go-to for Jon Stewart but again I be guilty to having lost track after the pandemic because being trapped in the house meant I didn't spend money on either restaurants or going to the movies or theater any of my indulgences. That money went to fomo, totally feeling as though if I didn't subscribe to fill in the blank I would miss out on the latest really cool show. And I also feel like if I don't pay a therapist that's money that I can afford to watch John Oliver cuz he's my mental health, man. I don't know what I would do without him and Jon Stewart and Trae Crowder. And Michael of course. And Heather Cox Richardson.(widow on fixed income)
Thank you, Michael. I won't miss any more Stewart shows. It's so hard sometimes to even smile when we know--for a true fact--that we are funding the slow death of so many people in Gaza. One day, most of them will succumb to starvation, disease, thirst, despair, but the idea of a free Palestine will live on. That idea will not be murdered. I'm just a regular old white woman who is a former Catholic, but hold the love of my sisters and brothers deep in my heart. That love will not be murdered in this genocide. Free Free Palestine.
How are you going to watch him when he comes on so late at night? On expensive TV?
I don't agree with enjoying the ridicule of our current Gaza situation, which is untenable. I don't find Jon Stewart's comedy entertaining on this subject because it is not a funny situation. It is a terrible and tragic situation in Gaza and it it Netanyahu who is responsible , not our current administration. They are damned if they do and damned if they don't on any action. And here we are on the cusp of a critical election where Democracy is on the ballot and that our Democratic candidates cannot afford to lose. Most American Jews would be angry if there is any drawback of help to Israel. I am angry and disgusted with Netanyahu and the Israeli population needs to oust him NOW. THEN, there would be solutions and peace.
I like many, believed that satire was a powerful weapon in mobilizing people on the left and enlightening the followers of fascism through biting humor.
I love Stewart and his writers, but the only thing I can recall that he did that moved the needle was in helping Iraq and Afghan Vets get VA support for exposure to carcinogens from burn pits.
I dunno, the way Trump disgraces Veterans and exploits their families for his own political gain shows just how far we are from reality as a nation.
In my mind Jon Stewart along with Michael Moore should both be awarded the Medal of Freedom for their service to our nation.
At least they both reflect persons who love this nation as one of E PLURIBUS UNOM l
At least Michael Moore does a free podcast. Jon Stewart if he really cared would do something free.
Good to hear and see Jon. Laughter is medicine. I sometimes take life way too seriously and forget the bits that make the dance worthwhile. Good to see you yesterday Mike in your Beatles T-shirt.
Music too is elevating medicine. I'm awaiting my Yusuf/Cat Stevens Peace Train T-shirt in the post.
Ordered, made and sent from his Peace Train Store on-line. Cheers to all.
Micheal,
Thanks for the idea. I will try Jon Stewart. Unlike you, maybe he actually reads his emails and would be interested in proof of treason at the highest levels of the U.S. government.
My name is Ted Martin. I just 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
Sorry, but I do not agree that the only difference between the two parties is rhetoric. Particularly, right now. The Republican party is the party of Trump and his insanity, and the Democrats are the party of the people trying to save Democracy.
If you had read my book, you would know that the Democrats are not "tryng to save Democracy". That would be me.
To be clear, I blame the Federalist Society for the corruption in the federal judicial system. All six of the so-called conservative justices on the Supreme Court and all the Republicans on Senate Judiciary Committee are members of the Federalist Society. Trump picked "his" judicial nominees from lists provided by the Federalist Society.
I didn't know the Democrats were in on it until I tried to give them irrefutable evidence of widespread systemic corruption in the federal judicial system. Only a co-conspirator would ignore their political opponent's corruption. If you want to see just how corrupt the Democrats really are. You can skip ahead to the Postscript on page 221 of my book.
Just had time to watch the last video: the one including the small pause of U.S. arms to Israeli forces bombing Gaza. Thanks, Michael for focusing on Jon Stewart's scathing humor, period. I had not, until this moment been able to laugh at our timid exercise, as a country, of our moral principles with regard to the war in Gaza. Finally you, via Jon, have made made that possible. I think it's because with Kamala and Walz running for President and Vice President we have a chance at the people fighting in Gaza (and in all of Israel-Palestime) making an actual agreement to live in peace with one another. Til now it seemed impossible. Now, I think a ceasefire can actually happen and the solution will then come from Palestinian and Israeli people who can breathe and think- together in peace-afterwards.
As an American Israeli, and a person active in the pro peace movement, I find his comments, and yours very disturbing.
Hamas is the true enemy of their people, and haven’t had one constructive idea on how to make their people happier, healthier, safer, and develop a better future.
The only idea that they are pushing is that Israel has to cease to exist.
Mike,
Please say something about the ever expanding genocide of Palestinians. Israel has accelerated their ethnic cleansing of the West Bank. They are ripping up the infrastructure in the West Bank and destroying the roads.
The people of Palestine needed the horrors to end in October. This is more than collective punishment, it is acquiring land by genocide. If Harris can stomach this now, why should I think it will be different if she becomes president? How much destroying of water supplies, electricity and sanitation needs to happen by Israel before Kamala Harris says stop? How many more men, women and children need to be murder by bombs and bullets before the Democratic Party says we must stop sending Israel the tools they use to commit murder? Kamala Harris is now the key moral voice of the DNC. She needs to publicly say to Joe Biden, stop giving Israel murder weapons and stop the US governments complicity in genocide. Thanks for all you do.
Michael Moore has been saying things non-stop about the genocide in Gaza. Listen to his FREE podcast. And guess what, Kamala Harris did too in the biggest speech of her life at the DNC. Has she stopped the payments to Israel? Could she before she is elected? Just focus on electing her and things will improve.
Hi Mike,
Israel’s genocidal attack in the West Bank should put an end to all belief that a two state solution is possible. Israel has reached its “final solution “ policy. Palestinians must leave or die. This is heart breaking. Negotiations require two you willing parties. The American government (Dems and GOP) is delusional or purposely gaslighting the American people when it supports a two party solution. The US is complicit in a never ending horror.