Right wing Congressman from Louisiana, Mike Johnson, helped lead the 2021 coup attempt by 147 Republicans to stop Joe Biden from taking his legal oath of office for the position he won — President of the United States.
Election denier, does not believe in woman's right to choose, anti Gay, anti Ukraine, Trump Puppet. The only thing we can do is vote the Republicans out!
Hakeem Jeffries next Speaker of the House! There are more of us than them, vote them out! They are traitors and cowards, they are afraid of us. Stay together people, our time is near!
"what will happen" already happened! I'm still wondering if the DOJ was filled with Trump people who were not replaced when Biden came in to office. It appears that our DOJ was understaffed and unable to fill the needed staff of lawyers and law enforcement officials.
Agreed, it's already been happening anyway. Just muscle up the democrats and get the job done. I want to see the Federal Marshalls haul him in. We can't just let them "take over". We look weak.
So called election deniers have populated the Congress for hundreds of years. Garland would spend his time on suppressing free speech. Loser of a case.
You and me both wanted Liz or Bernie. Bernie was sabotaged by Democrat power brokers (I mean you Debbie Schultz), because Bernie was not controllable nor was Liz. Bernie for Prez, Liz for VP, or vice versa is OK. Wishful thinking huh?
We need to replace as many current Republican legislators as possible in the next election. With Democrats at the helm, the cap on FICA deductions can be removed. SS and Medicare will no longer be funded by the working poor, who are the only ones paying FICA taxes on 100% of their income. The influx of funds will allow seniors to buy both food and prescriptions. Those funds will give younger people confidence in their futures. The dwindling funds in the SS bank will no longer be used as a weapon to turn younger voters against seniors.
That sounds good but, I really think since the corporate state knows no limits at this point, and writes its own law’s & legislation and has complete economic and political control. Is totally self regulated with no gov’t oversight and completely funds both elite parties who do their bidding, and who have their mechanisms in place to squash any 3rd party or independent candidates or voices, unless we were to openly oppose any congressional members who continue supporting their corporate state masters and militarists? Well I don’t know how it’s possible, something needs to change, and if liberals don’t wake up and change it, it will be changed for them. Unfortunately.
Why does anyone think Trump is Christian or that he subscribes to any system of morality whatsoever? I can't recall him expressing any religious preference. Even if he did, I' d believe his actions over his mendacious words . His conduct is incoherent with Christian values.
A Pinocchio nose would be an informative feature. Recent elections make me suspect the longer nose candidates have an advantage. Truth seems to be a political handicap. .
That Bible waving moment is a screamer.. Critical thinkers will notice it was not his Bible (like he has one) and he held it upside down, like Dracula holding a crucifix. But yes, believers will only believe more strongly from it .We may hold Trump in contempt but you got to admit , he knows his audience and plays them like a pro.
Hakeem Jeffries for the next Speaker of the House! Send Mike Johnson home to check on his son’s porno activities and then pray with his wife for his own evil thoughts.
All we need is the majority and that means voting most of them out. Some areas will stay detached from the rest of the human race. We can't give up and cave, nothing is perfect, work to be done. Yes, challenging but they won't win. They are afraid of us!
I hear what you're saying. To say someone is "detached from the human race" can be interpreted as dehumanizing our political opponents. And once we do that we are no better than they are. So you're correct. However, if those who remain are so devoid of compassion -where the government provides solely military protection, and they refuse to acknowledge much less help the sick, the vulnerable, the disabled, the persecuted, the overtly discriminated, the poor, if that's what's left - they have indeed detached themselves from the human race. But again - you are right, let us endeavor to never, ever lose our own humanity even in the face of monsters.
I am glad we can agree to disagree. My comments are directed to the Republicans who have suppressed women, voters, election deniers etc, etc. To offend anyone is not the intent.
This vote in the house should be our warning that we are losing our country. It's time we decide a plan of action or sit back and see Democracy die. Sometime you just have to reboot and start over. If Trump gets elected in 2024 we may lose everything. We got 1 year to figure out something. It's hard to win when your opponent don't play by the rules.
Well said and Trump being an accomplished professional career cheater makes him a formidable adversary even for anyone willing to play the same game. It's a scary election coming up. I prefer to think the majority of us are too smart to vote for the likes of Trump but with this silly Electoral College system, the majority does not always prevail.
We are about to lose everything now and Trump hasn’t been in office for 3 years. You need to get a grip, get better informed about what is really happening here.
"Trump hasn’t been in office for 3 years," you believe that having legitimately lost an election that 45 still, 3 yrs later, doesn't think he won?
He does, and the movement of hate shared by too many in our country STILL agree with him. How many in the HOR still believe & deny a legitimate win by Joe Biden?
He's a Malignant Narcissist Axis ll with cluster B features. It's nothing short of a miracle that he had codes for 4 years and didn't use them.
Thank God enough military around him knew how nuts he was!
My response to you David, take your own advice:
"You need to get a grip, get better informed about what is really happening here."
Trump knows he didn't win according to your rules. Rules are beneath him. He cares only about winning. It's all that matters to him. That defines a sociopath.
He's either a bot or one of the recipients of the $2 Trillion tax cut to the top 1% in 2017.
The vast majority of us, DON'T WANT any part of banning books, suppression of 1/2 of our history,(both Indigenous & African American ppl,) Nationalist Christian Ideology imposing it's beliefs(Michael Flynn at a Q event calling for "THE ONE CHRISTIAN" religion,) lifestyles on the rest of us(the majority) who are not interested in our government dictating a woman's reproductive choices, a SCOTUS of 6 ppl legislating what and how I make a decision about a catastrophic anomaly in a pregnancy, after being told by a doctor & a nurse/nun that this baby was incompatible with life and would die in utero, or if survived, wouldn't make it out of the hospital.
That, Randy & David is none of your fucking business. Thank you God, that happened 30 yrs ago. NOW, Some women have almost died of sepsis as their miscarriages at 8 wks had a heartbeat and doctors by law were not permitted to terminate their pregnancy putting them at serious (life/death) risk.
This has nothing to do with protecting the unborn and everything to do with Women being in charge and climbing the corporate ladder. Ask many of the white R men in Congress who believe women should stay home.
What else? The gov. should not have control over who and how I love. We also know that most of the Rs want to do away with or privatize S.S. Medicare, the very rights(not entitlements) we've been paying into for, forever. The Rs say that these "entitlements" are not affordable. Perhaps, if the Billionaires and Companies were taxed fairly on the trillions they are making, there would be more than enough to sustain the ppls rights bc it's our money. These R folks in Congress don't care, they've got free health care for the rest of their lives.(Robert Reich has great tutorials about the myths of us running out of$)
What's this really all about? White men being threatened by a changing demographic and desperate to do anything to keep our country the way it was as the last mid century. So what do "they call it?" "Communism, Socialism, Woke" Give me a fucking break. Talk about "scare tactics." It wasn't the Ds who hosted Viktor ORBAN as their Keynote speaker at a CPAC in Texas in July of 2022.
Look at the membership in our Congress in both houses Look at the growing diversity, on one side and the homogeny on the other. (Oh that's right, the term "Diversity" is"woke" a banned word like DEI by Rs)
Do me a favor stop watching Tucker, 2000 Mules, and Denish's new film(recommended by Sidney(Kraken)Powell, who although guilty, with a plea deal has taken to her social media accounts including "Truth Social," and says she still believes the election was stolen.("stollen,"former leader of the free world.) That's called chutzpah and I do hope and pray Fani Willis retracts the deal and she gets what she deserves. (May she live happily ever after with Chavez) You can't make this stuff up.
I have faith as one by one ppl are taking care of themselves, admitting they got suckered in, the truth will come out.
We are living in a nightmare of lies. I grew up in NY and even as a kid, long before any political involvement, knew from the news how 45 f-ed over ppl.working for him in the construction industry. The very same ppl who worked for shit pay are the ones he's accused of being drug dealers and rapists.
What is happening in our country has happened before...
Listen to the podcast "ULTRA," and you will hear(from archives) of the NAZI movement
who had rallies in Madison Square Garden, and active members in congress involved, flying to Germany in the 30s /40s to consult with the Fueher @bringing the Nazi movement here in order to end our Democracy.
WE NEED TO RALLY ALL THE PEOPLE YOUNG & OLD, GET THEM OUT TO VOTE. IT'S THE ONLY THING WHICH WILL BRING US THE HARMONY & PEACE OF LIVING TOGETHER WITH OUR DIFFERENCES & create a society which esteems & respects us all.
Wasn’t Trump called an illegitimate president and a Russian asset? If you remember he was, even after a 3 year, $40 million investigation by democrat operatives. An investigation he could have stopped at any time but didn’t.
Now tell me about the thorough investigation into the 2020 election. I know this for sure, there were over 1000 sworn affidavits that cited irregularities with the mail in ballots and at the polls.
Trump was impeached on the testimony of one whistle blower regarding a phone call. Don’t you think that investigation was warranted regarding the 2020 election due to the fact that over 1000 individuals cited irregularities. If the democrats had nothing to hide they should have welcomed a thorough investigation to clear the air. That’s what they demanded and received after the 2016 election.
Too bad they didn't have some court challenges and some hearings and some recounts and... Oh wait they did all that ad nauseam and almost ad infinitum. Oh well it helps to be a Trumper if reality doesn't matter. Inside your fantasy must be a strange place.
By the way Georgie boy how is reality treating you now? The economy in the tank with the highest interest rates since Jimmy Carter, high food prices, crime and homelessness at level we have seen in decades and let’s not forget about a war raging in Europe and another one in the Middle East. That’s reality now after 3 years of Biden’s leadership. I’m sure you’ll vote for him again. To be honest, I’m not a Trump supporter because I realize the quickest way to 4 more disastrous years of Biden is nominating Trump.
Counting the same ballots over and over again proves nothing. Determining where they came from is the issue. That’s what the affidavits I mentioned dealt with. It’s not that hard to swing an election when it only takes 4 states. For some reason 3 of these 4 states mysteriously stopped counting ballots in the early morning hours with Biden trailing significantly in all 3 states. When they reopened Biden had somehow overcome the deficit. That seems pretty suspicious to me. Had that gone the other way you wouldn’t be talking about a recount. I can’t understand why you wouldn’t want an investigation to legitimize Biden’s election. Nothing to hide, nothing to fear.
Yeah David, I guess you are the only one who thought of that and those silly people didn't think to look at where those ballots came from. Those courts and Judges are so dumb huh? Makes you wonder if anyone is watching them and keeping them honest. Are you in Russia David or are you institutionalized here in the US. Just asking. Doesn't matter.
Well they are certified also. Many people counting and recounting in different ways..check signatures, etc. Fraud did not happen. Even GOP officials admitted Trump had no proof and lost. A coupe old men in The Villages sent in their dead wives ballot. They were caught. Of course you and Trump saw fraud when you lost. When you won there was none (except there was with Russia helping. Trump admitted they did.).
You are a shame to democracy lying to get power. Better rethink what you wish for. Trump trusts no one.
Please outline with evidence the distortions of Mr Moore. Or are you like all those cultists who can't recognize the hypocrisy written on their own stupid shirts and hats and banners.
Let’s start with election deniers. Did we have those in 2016? Sure we did. And we had a 3 year investigation that showed he wasn’t illegitimate or a Russian asset as was claimed by the democrats.
Now you tell me how thoroughly the 2020 election’s claims of irregularities with mail in voting and at the polls were investigated. There was sworn testimony from more than 1000 people that said there was. How many of those claims were investigated? It took one whistle blower’s testimony regarding a phone call to impeach a sitting President. On the other hand there over thousand whistle blowers and “there’s nothing to see here”. No investigation merited right.
Every elected Democrat in DC said Trump was illegitimate. That’s far more than the 147 cited by your hero. I think the Democrats should demand an investigation to clear the air. If there’s nothing to see here there should be nothing to be concerned about right?
You’re right about that. I’m sick of hearing”we’re going to lose our democracy” from the ones that propagate censorship, silencing of dissenting opinions, identity politics and the use of government agencies to damage their opposition. That is not the definition of Democracy. That is what we see in an Autocracy. They want to control what we hear and see.
I was always taught that in a democracy a free press was essential to hold the leaders accountable. With few exceptions, that is exactly what we don’t see today. The press picks sides and basically campaigns for who they choose. They may hold short of outright lying in most cases but they run with stories without verification (anonymous sources) if it suits them, and fail to report stories that may be damaging to their favored party. Failing to mention almost 200 suspicious activity reports by reputable financial Institutions regarding funds from foreign entities being funneled into Biden family owned shell companies is a perfect example. The most frightening part is these funds are coming from China, Russia, Romania,Ukraine and other countries, most not exactly friends of the USA. And there is no doubt that some policy decisions we have seen by this administration are questionable to say the least. Especially some regarding China.
"You’re right about that. I’m sick of hearing”we’re going to lose our democracy” from the ones that propagate censorship" Hahahahahahahaha You're kidding!
Who is propagating censorship?
Who is banning books?
Who is dumbing down curriculum by teaching partial truths about our American History?( Did you know in Germany, students with their classmates visit "Auschwitz" to learn about what Nazi's did to 6 million Jews & 5 million others?)
Why do you think they learn about the horrors of that event? So as not to repeat it.
There is no shame. We need to stop running from our whole truth and NOT justify that "slaves got skill sets they wouldn't have gotten hadn't they been bought and sold. (That's now being taught in Fla. in public schools, an embarrassment.)
PPL learn through "Restorative Justice" to recognize their mistakes so they no longer have to hold on to the shame & can learn from repairing the harm, thus, not repeat it. That is what the children in Germany have learned.
which are all key skills to living in a country that does not look like Hungry?
Critical thinking has been around for decades and never, until the last few years, has it been labeled as a "Woke" concept. What is "Woke" anyway?
Thinking Critically is a skill that empowers a student to not accept things as truth bc their teacher told them so. A Critical Thinker is given the tools to do their own thinking and come up with via research what works for them.
That's when "Woke" becomes "Aware" and real learning begins.
I don’t consider removing books that show cartoons of homosexual sex acts to elementary school children censorship. The books are still available but not in school libraries. If parents want to get them for their kids then they can.
I doubt you’ve even seen these books, I have. Go get a copy of Gender Queer or All Boys Aren’t Blue, then read them and see if you want to read them to your 6 or 7 yo kids or grandkids. If you think those are appropriate for elementary school children then you are one sick individual.
After teaching for over 25 years, come to find out, my students were my greatest teachers! HA!
These folks are drowning themselves in irrational fear. They are either lying or ignorant, if they think teachers in public schools can impose their personal truth on kids. In actuality, I could have lost my job had I shared any personal "opinions" about anything to do with politics, religion, lifestyle choices.(& I live in a a pretty blue state)
For 25 yrs I taught a course in the public schools with material that could have been perceived as controversial. Since the 80s parents were in charge and could sign their children out of pieces of the course that weren't compatible with their personal belief systems. No curriculum was ever shoved down students throat's. I taught from the mid 80s on, long before the book banning & "Handmaid's Tale" ideology was imposed on our country.
I think it was under Bush and Clinton that the FCC was forced to relax or delete the regulations that had kept News broadcasts funded by overhead as a public service so that they could use public airways. The regulations had kept broadcast news from being influenced by corporate sponsors and their own company executives. The reasoning to eliminate the regulations was that the internet had no regulations and Cable TV claimed to fall outside FCC jurisdiction. The net result was that ALL news shows became classified as entertainment and not subject to the FCC regulations. Subsequently there is no news, only entertainment in the USA. Newspapers come under different regulations and are still News and subject to libel, slander, fraud, etc. laws.
So now that Corporate leaders have gotten the propaganda machines working the way they want, they are on their way to eliminating the US Postal Service… the only other way to communicate objectively protected by law.
And if you think they have forgotten email, think again. All email is owned and operated by corporate entities and once you write it or send it, it belongs to them, not you.
Thanks Michael, I doubt we'll be able to remove every republican from office, but I'm hoping for 235 Democratic Congress persons in the House of Representatives and 53 Democratic Senators. And most imperative, Joe Biden still representing America at home and abroad. We need him now more than ever. He can bloody well wait till he's 95 to die.
Sounds like you have never been responsible for a group of people or the results of what a large group of people can do. A real leader, unlike Trump or any Republicans currently in Congress, has to work with what is to achieve what can be. Leaders not only have a vision, they have a plan to achieve it. When your organization consists of millions of people, with hundreds of thousands of issues, trillions of dollars, and rival factions, bearing up under the onslaught of facts, opinions, and gibberish is daunting. It requires someone who has years of experience in governance, national issues and leading people to achieve common goals. President Biden is a leader with that experience, vision, and plan. President Biden also has over 100 million supporters and knows most of the other national and international leaders personally. If you really believe he is pathetic, you have absolutely no idea what any position of real authority entails.
Why don’t you please tell me the great accomplishments we have seen from Joe Biden or anyone else in the Democratic Party since January 2021. Tell me the vision and the plan that this pathetic floundering president has laid out for America. His failures are epic and you know what they are. If you don’t then you must have been in a coma for the past 3 years. Biden is no more than a career politician who has never had a real job or led anyone or anything outside of politics. Look around you today and tell if you see anything that looks better than it did 3 years ago. Uncontrolled borders, war in the Middle East and in Europe, rampant antisemitism, failing economy, unprecedented crime in our cities and communities, record numbers of drug overdoses and deaths due to to fentanyl coming across our southern border, highest food prices in years and also highest interest rates since Jimmy Carter. If that’s his vision for this country and you think it’s ok you are as pathetic and maybe as senile as he is.
I agree completely but I am also feeling hopeless. The election is a year away. What are we supposed to do with these traitors for the next 12 months since I expect them to shut down the government on 11/17?? How do we fight them?
We do not need the government to shut down. Per Article 6, Section 1 and Amendment 14, Section 4, The United States MUST pay its debts both internal and external, and it specifically includes pensions. What the former republican party did and is still trying to do in UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Email your Congress person and remind them of this. You can look these cited article and amendment up on line.
There is no need to write legislation, any member of the House of Representatives need only stand up and invoke the Constitution. The Constitution is law of the land. EVERY member of both Houses of Congress swore an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution, if they haven't read it, tough patooties, it is readily available to every damned one of them.
The Republicans have shut down the government in years past; it was disaster but GOP does not care. Yes, I write my Congress people but I live in Texas so both my senators are long-standing Republicans. My Congressman is Democrat but the Dems are not in power in House, and the MAGAs are running the House!! The Republicans do not care about the Constitution. The GOP seems to be hell-bent on burning down the country for their fascist dictator wannabe.
Same here in Tennessee. The corrupt Republicans even ruined our healthcare system in East TN by allowing a monopoly . They're all on the payroll in some capacity. I don't undertand why people keep voting agaist their own best interest. Just so ignorant.
Agreed. I am also Texan, am so traumatized by what’s happened here. At times, I think it’s time to move on. So many good people here but lacking awareness of how serious this is.
Every gambler knows
That the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away
.....And knowin' what to keep
'Cause every hand's a winner
And every hand's a loser
And the best that you can hope for
Is to die in your sleep".....
....You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run..... From the Gambler, Kenny Rogers.
Yes, come back to California. So many people have left and we lost house delegates this last election. The GOP are at work here too starting with the school districts. Undermining the student protections. Saying the parent has a right to know if their child has Trans tendencies in school. A community in Northern Cal wanted to do away with voting machines Period, in their district! So we are under attack too.
Hey you all, remember, "You never count your money When you're sittin at the table, it's not the time for countin, There'll be time enough for countin when the dealin's done"! WE ARE NOT DONE YET!
Thank you...had to go on YouTube and listen to Kenny Rogers sing this again!
I have written to my Congressional representative multiple times through the years and have never, not even once, received a response to my correspondence, other than a request to contribute to their next campaign.
Email your Congress person anyway. They don't need to pass legislation, just invoke the Constitution - after all EVERY person in Congress swore an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.
I do email them multiple times a week about various issues. I seldom receive replies. When they do reply, it is one of their prewritten “thank you for writing about such-and-such, and I will take your comments under consideration.” That does not stop me from writing or phoning their offices, but I doubt their staff even brings any of my concerns to their attention. As for their oath to the Constitution, I think they view it as a formality, but have no problem ignoring it or actively fighting it.
Currently our economy is controlled by the International Central Banking System in Zurich Switzerland.
The Treasury borrows money and uses the fiat currency of the FED(not a real US federal bank) that's why Andrew Jackson "killed the bank"(the 2nd Bank of the United States...there was a 1st prior)
If we severed our connection to that system(impossible) it would have their other nations destroy the US economy...but we would suddenly eliminate most of our national debt. We don't actually owe any money to anyone. Nobodies grandkids will ever have to pay anyone anything. It's always only ever been anything but a fear mongered serf class wage slave control tool & treasure harvestation tool.
Learn who really owns your so-called "free" nation.
Even the Bank for International Settlements has a controlling group. It used to be called the Rothschilds, then the Bilderburg group, now it's generally referred to as the Davos gang.
LOL my guns don't have an off switch, neither do I VLAD A well armed populace won't be easy to overcome, unless of course you hit us with a horrible deadly disease... a bioweapon? And at least I have an organized home and compound to protect me, I am not living out of my car, if you are real person, OK Vlad?
Come visit us in Chicago and tell us all about our OFF SWITCHES, OK? I know a lot of folk here who have a lot of switches but they are not off switches my friend. You can't park your car and take a nap anywhere in Chicago LOL, you wouldn't last a day
Chicago and Detroit are unique hell holes and although we have plenty of Russians here in Chi town a war with the locals would not be pretty, and Detroit? That's already Mad Max land.
We're way past voting the unscrupulous, amoral, treasonous, corrupt, pay-to-play recipients, law-breaking, self-serving un-deserving/unqualified politicians out of Office.
It never dawned on anyone - even now - that the 'anyone could be President if they're over 35, born in the U.S., and lived in the states for 14 consecutive years' is no longer enough to qualify? We have two major political parties, each capture by either the right-wing or leftist extreme, answering NOT to the mass population of voters but to the unions, lobbyists, big-money donors who call the shots.
In 2009, Republican party announced its goal to block all Democratic legislation, beginning with the block of the Dem.SCOTUS nominee. Jamming, right-wing biased judges into the Supreme Court, they put support behind the most corrupt, amoral, unscrupulous con/scammer/thief, sleazy/sexist, white supremacist, malevolent deadbeat, Trump, who committed perjury at his inauguration, violated Constitutional law, accepted patents & cash from the Communist Chinese gov't, corrupted the entire Republican Party, and sunk the country before trying to steal an election, commit treason, block the peaceful transfer of power, incite/sustain an insurrection, ignore the will of the voters, rise from cult leader to a national terrorist threat, sink the country, and more.
The Republican party, now totally corrupt, did not get collectively charged or thrown out of Office. No longer able to hide the fact that there is no interest in ethical governing, it's a power struggle within itself. A corrupt, election-denier who is not only disloyal to the country and the Constitution, but loyal to a dangerous, unhinged, malevolent Trump.
Those of similar beliefs need to gather (ie tea party) set a narrow agenda and act as one. I believe that the current system favors corrupt politicians who simply want to remain in power for their own personal narcissistic needs. These people have no interest in serving Democracy or the American people. Indeed, they favor throwing out the Constitution and getting rid of our Democratic system of government. If all of the “rewards” of becoming an elected official were removed, we would have a government envisioned by our founders. George Washington comes to mind.
Term limits means no one could serve longer than two 2 year terms. This would mean that there would be a constant flow of new people in office with new ideas. There would be no need for constant bowing and scraping to billionaires for money for election campaigns because re-election would be impossible. MAGA would not exist as it does today.
Now what? Get over Trump who hasn’t been in office for 3 years. Look around you and show me how that can be blamed on Trump. War in Europe , war in the Middle East, Afghanistan under control of the Taliban, hundreds of Americans still stranded in Afghanistan, i won’t even bother to I refresh your memory about the lifting of sanctions on Iran or the failing economy we are experiencing here at home. I would certainly recommend you seek treatment for your Trump Derangement Syndrome. You sound somewhat unhinged to me. Everything I just mentioned has came about under the watch of the who you obviously supported. The adults back in charge right?
3 years before Biden became President: #1 Trump set up the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan #2 Polarizing the relationship with Iran further #3 Giving credence to autocrats in Europe (e.g. Urban in Hungary [unless you call that Turkey] and anyone Putin favored. Look more carefully to discern Trump's prior and current agenda.
It’s like a nightmare. And it’s an utter disgrace. I’m someone who left the conservative (white) American evangelicals to follow the true Jesus. Millions of these people, including the corrupt elected Republicans, may claim to be Christians but they aren’t following the true Jesus. Instead they are following a diseased political party, propaganda media like Fox, and a sociopath conman. The GOP caters to big money, and white supremacy, and they seek the votes of a huge number of very misled and bigoted far right religious people. It’s utterly disgusting. And it’s connected to what Christian ethicist David Gushee rightly calls “authoritarian reactionary Christianity,” as explained in his new book titled “Defending Democracy from Its Christian Enemies.” Any Americans who care about democracy and the sanity of this country must unite to remove these dishonest and destructive Republicans from office. They are a danger and disgrace to this country.
Agreed. All religions were made up by primitive people to explain things they did not understand. Barack Obama was right--the confused and frightened cling to guns and god. Neither has proven to be helpful at problem solving.
Yes, Linda, I agree. Trump and those who promote him, including MAGA and this new extremist and dangerous Speaker Johnson, are aligning with anti-Christ beliefs. For example, (white) Christian nationalism is a heresy. It’s NOT of God. Promoting a sociopathic, serial liar, sexual abuser, fraudulent businessman, and insurrectionist is about as far from Christ as you can get. Yet that’s what the MAGA GOP continues to do. Mike Johnson is an incredibly hypocritical religious extremist. He must be opposed.
Thank you, Lynnae. It didn’t seem to have become a cult in decades past. I wasn’t really involved politically though, thougb some of the extremist thinking had influenced my thinking. I saw problems 15 years ago with extremism and imbalance. I then saw more problems with controlling leadership. When Trump arrived on the scene, and the white conservative evangelicals sold their soul for political power, that’s when I’d say they had become a cult. I left soon after.
I don’t disagree but the Democratic Party supports corporate power and militarism unequivocally with the GOP. Neoliberalism presents itself as “tolerant” on issues of race & identity politics but I’m afraid empty appeals for feel good virtue signaling won’t stop war & greed. Won’t protect the 1st amendment, or stop political persecutions of publishers.
Term limits! Don’t let billionaires buy our democracy. Take away all the perks and power out of these offices and make our elected representatives be what the Founders intended.
How do term limits help? They would install another in its place. Why are we interviewing them for the job and doing a deep forensic background check. SCOTUS needs term limits but how can we get this country to function?
it's been said before but once again: take away the health insurance, vacays, and every other perk from these smirking pieces of crap; punish them (both parties if needed) for all the days nothing has been accomplished in Congress; we must stop nourishing and rewarding this behavior. Dunno how, just must.
I agree that voting is our only recourse, but we are up against voters names being dropped from the rolls, declining number of polling locations, reduced hours/days for voting and political parties being gerrymandered out of existence in some states. The archaic electoral college already elects presidents who don’t have a majority of the popular votes. Soon, our votes won’t count in state and local elections. It’s all so discouraging.
Agree 100%. We do need to get rid of the electoral college...we are almost there. I happen to live in Oregon and we have been successfully voting by mail for many years. It’s perfect. All the States should do it. No one has to take the day off from work to get to inconveniently located gerrymandered voting locations. Also why isn’t our presidential election a federal holiday so everyone can vote? And I cannot believe that in some States it’s now a crime to give water to people who stand in line for hours to vote. I hate everything that came along with the Trump years...don’t get me started.
DeJoy is still controlling the USPS. We can't even get a delegation together to remove him. A bill to remove him was written last year...nothing happens at the White Stonewall Facility.
Perfect for a failing state where all drugs are legal, there are no standards that need to be met for high school graduation, and homelessness and public drug use is rampant. I can say you are doing a great job of dumbing down your youth especially the minorities. It will pay great dividends for Oregon though, they will always be dependent on public assistance and as a result of that they will never vote out who gives it to them. THE DEMOCRATS. Congratulations.
So . . . . you prefer an illiterate, sociopathic criminal interested only in getting the world to bend the knee in front of him and kiss his “ring” over someone working hard every day to give the “every day worker” a path to a more financially secure life while seeking no glory for himself? Interesting choice.
First of all,I am not a “Dem elite”; just an engaged voter. I have voted for both Dems and Repubs in my lifetime.
Secondly, not voting for either the Dem or Rep.
candidate in 2024 IS a vote for tRump. People with the attitude you have is how tRump got elected in 2016. Trust me, I know- I was one of them. I will never make that mistake again
Preferably Joe Biden asleep in the oval office to Donald Trump wide awake in possession of the nuclear codes. Hitler's last wish was to take the entire German people down with him if they could not win his war. Trump is as narcissistic and egomaniacal and probably less rational than Hitler ever was. Trump already demonstrated he cares more about his ego than he cares about this or any country.
"the 'People's House'? Which people? What house? Need a bigger-boat metaphor that goes beyond fox, henhouse, crazies, asylums. Don't know what magic , what strength, could be employed here. This transcends nightmare, and not every fever-dream cleanses. Regret adding to the doom-y drumroll, but there is just one year in which to turn this away from ....can you hear that Wicked Witch as she melted? "What a world, what a world..."AND WHY IS SANTOS STILL AT LIBERTY?
I agree that Santos should not be there. Do you think Antisemitism should be acceptable in the House of Representatives? If not then speak up as strongly condemning it as you do against Santos.
I do NOT conflate Anti-Semitism with opposition to right-wing reactionary Israeli politics; and, sir, you do know "Semites" is a tribe that is not limited to Jews...I am one, and not a self-loathing one, either. But cruel bs has been done to non Jewish residents of Israel for too long...
Yes, I stand with Mr Moore in saying ALL Republicans must be removed from the House and the Senate, or our 247 year old American Democracy is DEAD. NONE of the Republicans are AT ALL interested in governing the country, NONE are interested in representing We, the People. They ALL ignore what we say, in their unstoppable LUST for Absolute Power (do they remind you of General Palpatine from Star Wars?). This is it, folks! We do it right now, or America becomes a Dictatorship in 2024, with a Criminal Rapist Douchebag in the White House!
Nether do we...and we live here! If we don't flush out the Criminals in Congress and the Supreme Court, we will have nothing. Justice needs to be served and soon to prove we mean it! Enough is Enough!! Bullying cannot persist by a few to take over all.
I’m with a progressive party, the one leading our country here and the right wing politics from Trump and cohorts has taken over our Conservatives. We are scared too for the next election.
Election denier, does not believe in woman's right to choose, anti Gay, anti Ukraine, Trump Puppet. The only thing we can do is vote the Republicans out!
Hakeem Jeffries next Speaker of the House! There are more of us than them, vote them out! They are traitors and cowards, they are afraid of us. Stay together people, our time is near!
Why hasn't Garland prosecuted the election deniers in the House? What took him so long to begin to prosecute Trump?
I agree. Garland and the judges, and prosecutors need to stop worrying about what will happen.
"what will happen" already happened! I'm still wondering if the DOJ was filled with Trump people who were not replaced when Biden came in to office. It appears that our DOJ was understaffed and unable to fill the needed staff of lawyers and law enforcement officials.
Money
Agreed, it's already been happening anyway. Just muscle up the democrats and get the job done. I want to see the Federal Marshalls haul him in. We can't just let them "take over". We look weak.
Money
Just do what your are being paid to do for the country or leave.
So called election deniers have populated the Congress for hundreds of years. Garland would spend his time on suppressing free speech. Loser of a case.
I wanted Sally Yates for AG. Biden did not choose well.
[And I wanted Elizabeth Warren for President, or later, VicePresident!]
You and me both wanted Liz or Bernie. Bernie was sabotaged by Democrat power brokers (I mean you Debbie Schultz), because Bernie was not controllable nor was Liz. Bernie for Prez, Liz for VP, or vice versa is OK. Wishful thinking huh?
Bernie is too old now.
Garland is afraid of his shadow!
He should have started immediately but then he would lose his opportunity to interfere with the franchise of the populace.
Why hasn’t he lifted a finger for Julian Assange? And a thousand other things? Obviously because he doesn’t wear the pants.
he apparently also has no use for the old or disabled either, any one receiving Social Security
We need to replace as many current Republican legislators as possible in the next election. With Democrats at the helm, the cap on FICA deductions can be removed. SS and Medicare will no longer be funded by the working poor, who are the only ones paying FICA taxes on 100% of their income. The influx of funds will allow seniors to buy both food and prescriptions. Those funds will give younger people confidence in their futures. The dwindling funds in the SS bank will no longer be used as a weapon to turn younger voters against seniors.
That sounds good but, I really think since the corporate state knows no limits at this point, and writes its own law’s & legislation and has complete economic and political control. Is totally self regulated with no gov’t oversight and completely funds both elite parties who do their bidding, and who have their mechanisms in place to squash any 3rd party or independent candidates or voices, unless we were to openly oppose any congressional members who continue supporting their corporate state masters and militarists? Well I don’t know how it’s possible, something needs to change, and if liberals don’t wake up and change it, it will be changed for them. Unfortunately.
We defeated them in the last century. We need some good leaders to do it this one. The will of the people is there.
Yes, this un-Christian wierd Christian has no empathy. But, he has his eye on the money.
Why does anyone think Trump is Christian or that he subscribes to any system of morality whatsoever? I can't recall him expressing any religious preference. Even if he did, I' d believe his actions over his mendacious words . His conduct is incoherent with Christian values.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERUngQUCsyE
He's a joke.....
"AN EVIL MAN WILL BURN HIS OWN NATION TO THE GROUND TO RULE OVER THE ASHES" SUN TZU
Lord of the Lies
The Art Of War = profound observations.
We're speaking about Mike Johnson.
Trump says his favorite book is the Bible! (but his nose doen't grow longer every time he lies...).
A Pinocchio nose would be an informative feature. Recent elections make me suspect the longer nose candidates have an advantage. Truth seems to be a political handicap. .
well, don’t forget the staged photo op with his hand on a “bible”. a staged photo will convince any who want to “believe”.
That Bible waving moment is a screamer.. Critical thinkers will notice it was not his Bible (like he has one) and he held it upside down, like Dracula holding a crucifix. But yes, believers will only believe more strongly from it .We may hold Trump in contempt but you got to admit , he knows his audience and plays them like a pro.
Yes because his audience is not very smart and is very gullible
I have only heard from Bernie how scared social security is, you have the wrong facts.
Oh, you are so wrong. Your beliefs are misguided by propaganda.
Which beliefs and those of whom? Let's facilitate intelligent discussion.
I don't need no stinkin beliefs. Beliefs don't tend to prove or disprove material facts. Only EVIDENCE tends to prove or disprove material facts.
Hakeem Jeffries for the next Speaker of the House! Send Mike Johnson home to check on his son’s porno activities and then pray with his wife for his own evil thoughts.
You won’t vote them all out. What then?
All we need is the majority and that means voting most of them out. Some areas will stay detached from the rest of the human race. We can't give up and cave, nothing is perfect, work to be done. Yes, challenging but they won't win. They are afraid of us!
Listen to yourself.
“Detached from the human race.”
That’s a monstrous thing to say about anyone.
True that, but there be monsters, and monsters are what they are.
Monsters all around, including quite a lot of this comment section.
This is a core problem.
I hear what you're saying. To say someone is "detached from the human race" can be interpreted as dehumanizing our political opponents. And once we do that we are no better than they are. So you're correct. However, if those who remain are so devoid of compassion -where the government provides solely military protection, and they refuse to acknowledge much less help the sick, the vulnerable, the disabled, the persecuted, the overtly discriminated, the poor, if that's what's left - they have indeed detached themselves from the human race. But again - you are right, let us endeavor to never, ever lose our own humanity even in the face of monsters.
Ha ha ha, call it as I see it!
When you end up like an Auschwitz prison guard, remember this moment.
I am glad we can agree to disagree. My comments are directed to the Republicans who have suppressed women, voters, election deniers etc, etc. To offend anyone is not the intent.
This vote in the house should be our warning that we are losing our country. It's time we decide a plan of action or sit back and see Democracy die. Sometime you just have to reboot and start over. If Trump gets elected in 2024 we may lose everything. We got 1 year to figure out something. It's hard to win when your opponent don't play by the rules.
Well said and Trump being an accomplished professional career cheater makes him a formidable adversary even for anyone willing to play the same game. It's a scary election coming up. I prefer to think the majority of us are too smart to vote for the likes of Trump but with this silly Electoral College system, the majority does not always prevail.
Jan 6 happened again with this nomination
We are about to lose everything now and Trump hasn’t been in office for 3 years. You need to get a grip, get better informed about what is really happening here.
Seriously,?
"Trump hasn’t been in office for 3 years," you believe that having legitimately lost an election that 45 still, 3 yrs later, doesn't think he won?
He does, and the movement of hate shared by too many in our country STILL agree with him. How many in the HOR still believe & deny a legitimate win by Joe Biden?
He's a Malignant Narcissist Axis ll with cluster B features. It's nothing short of a miracle that he had codes for 4 years and didn't use them.
Thank God enough military around him knew how nuts he was!
My response to you David, take your own advice:
"You need to get a grip, get better informed about what is really happening here."
Trump knows he didn't win according to your rules. Rules are beneath him. He cares only about winning. It's all that matters to him. That defines a sociopath.
Don't waste your breath with tihs person.
Thanks for the heads up.
He's either a bot or one of the recipients of the $2 Trillion tax cut to the top 1% in 2017.
The vast majority of us, DON'T WANT any part of banning books, suppression of 1/2 of our history,(both Indigenous & African American ppl,) Nationalist Christian Ideology imposing it's beliefs(Michael Flynn at a Q event calling for "THE ONE CHRISTIAN" religion,) lifestyles on the rest of us(the majority) who are not interested in our government dictating a woman's reproductive choices, a SCOTUS of 6 ppl legislating what and how I make a decision about a catastrophic anomaly in a pregnancy, after being told by a doctor & a nurse/nun that this baby was incompatible with life and would die in utero, or if survived, wouldn't make it out of the hospital.
That, Randy & David is none of your fucking business. Thank you God, that happened 30 yrs ago. NOW, Some women have almost died of sepsis as their miscarriages at 8 wks had a heartbeat and doctors by law were not permitted to terminate their pregnancy putting them at serious (life/death) risk.
This has nothing to do with protecting the unborn and everything to do with Women being in charge and climbing the corporate ladder. Ask many of the white R men in Congress who believe women should stay home.
What else? The gov. should not have control over who and how I love. We also know that most of the Rs want to do away with or privatize S.S. Medicare, the very rights(not entitlements) we've been paying into for, forever. The Rs say that these "entitlements" are not affordable. Perhaps, if the Billionaires and Companies were taxed fairly on the trillions they are making, there would be more than enough to sustain the ppls rights bc it's our money. These R folks in Congress don't care, they've got free health care for the rest of their lives.(Robert Reich has great tutorials about the myths of us running out of$)
What's this really all about? White men being threatened by a changing demographic and desperate to do anything to keep our country the way it was as the last mid century. So what do "they call it?" "Communism, Socialism, Woke" Give me a fucking break. Talk about "scare tactics." It wasn't the Ds who hosted Viktor ORBAN as their Keynote speaker at a CPAC in Texas in July of 2022.
Look at the membership in our Congress in both houses Look at the growing diversity, on one side and the homogeny on the other. (Oh that's right, the term "Diversity" is"woke" a banned word like DEI by Rs)
Do me a favor stop watching Tucker, 2000 Mules, and Denish's new film(recommended by Sidney(Kraken)Powell, who although guilty, with a plea deal has taken to her social media accounts including "Truth Social," and says she still believes the election was stolen.("stollen,"former leader of the free world.) That's called chutzpah and I do hope and pray Fani Willis retracts the deal and she gets what she deserves. (May she live happily ever after with Chavez) You can't make this stuff up.
I have faith as one by one ppl are taking care of themselves, admitting they got suckered in, the truth will come out.
We are living in a nightmare of lies. I grew up in NY and even as a kid, long before any political involvement, knew from the news how 45 f-ed over ppl.working for him in the construction industry. The very same ppl who worked for shit pay are the ones he's accused of being drug dealers and rapists.
What is happening in our country has happened before...
Listen to the podcast "ULTRA," and you will hear(from archives) of the NAZI movement
who had rallies in Madison Square Garden, and active members in congress involved, flying to Germany in the 30s /40s to consult with the Fueher @bringing the Nazi movement here in order to end our Democracy.
WE NEED TO RALLY ALL THE PEOPLE YOUNG & OLD, GET THEM OUT TO VOTE. IT'S THE ONLY THING WHICH WILL BRING US THE HARMONY & PEACE OF LIVING TOGETHER WITH OUR DIFFERENCES & create a society which esteems & respects us all.
Seriously?
Wasn’t Trump called an illegitimate president and a Russian asset? If you remember he was, even after a 3 year, $40 million investigation by democrat operatives. An investigation he could have stopped at any time but didn’t.
Now tell me about the thorough investigation into the 2020 election. I know this for sure, there were over 1000 sworn affidavits that cited irregularities with the mail in ballots and at the polls.
Trump was impeached on the testimony of one whistle blower regarding a phone call. Don’t you think that investigation was warranted regarding the 2020 election due to the fact that over 1000 individuals cited irregularities. If the democrats had nothing to hide they should have welcomed a thorough investigation to clear the air. That’s what they demanded and received after the 2016 election.
Too bad they didn't have some court challenges and some hearings and some recounts and... Oh wait they did all that ad nauseam and almost ad infinitum. Oh well it helps to be a Trumper if reality doesn't matter. Inside your fantasy must be a strange place.
By the way Georgie boy how is reality treating you now? The economy in the tank with the highest interest rates since Jimmy Carter, high food prices, crime and homelessness at level we have seen in decades and let’s not forget about a war raging in Europe and another one in the Middle East. That’s reality now after 3 years of Biden’s leadership. I’m sure you’ll vote for him again. To be honest, I’m not a Trump supporter because I realize the quickest way to 4 more disastrous years of Biden is nominating Trump.
Trump promises to destroy democracy period so only his orders are followed. Fake DOJ, FBI and law enforcement. Dictator Trump.
Counting the same ballots over and over again proves nothing. Determining where they came from is the issue. That’s what the affidavits I mentioned dealt with. It’s not that hard to swing an election when it only takes 4 states. For some reason 3 of these 4 states mysteriously stopped counting ballots in the early morning hours with Biden trailing significantly in all 3 states. When they reopened Biden had somehow overcome the deficit. That seems pretty suspicious to me. Had that gone the other way you wouldn’t be talking about a recount. I can’t understand why you wouldn’t want an investigation to legitimize Biden’s election. Nothing to hide, nothing to fear.
Yeah David, I guess you are the only one who thought of that and those silly people didn't think to look at where those ballots came from. Those courts and Judges are so dumb huh? Makes you wonder if anyone is watching them and keeping them honest. Are you in Russia David or are you institutionalized here in the US. Just asking. Doesn't matter.
Well they are certified also. Many people counting and recounting in different ways..check signatures, etc. Fraud did not happen. Even GOP officials admitted Trump had no proof and lost. A coupe old men in The Villages sent in their dead wives ballot. They were caught. Of course you and Trump saw fraud when you lost. When you won there was none (except there was with Russia helping. Trump admitted they did.).
You are a shame to democracy lying to get power. Better rethink what you wish for. Trump trusts no one.
I agree Larry!
Losing? We lost it decades ago.
And by the way, quit buying in to the incessant fear mongering and distortion of the truth that we constantly hear from Michael Moore.
Please outline with evidence the distortions of Mr Moore. Or are you like all those cultists who can't recognize the hypocrisy written on their own stupid shirts and hats and banners.
Let’s start with election deniers. Did we have those in 2016? Sure we did. And we had a 3 year investigation that showed he wasn’t illegitimate or a Russian asset as was claimed by the democrats.
Now you tell me how thoroughly the 2020 election’s claims of irregularities with mail in voting and at the polls were investigated. There was sworn testimony from more than 1000 people that said there was. How many of those claims were investigated? It took one whistle blower’s testimony regarding a phone call to impeach a sitting President. On the other hand there over thousand whistle blowers and “there’s nothing to see here”. No investigation merited right.
Every elected Democrat in DC said Trump was illegitimate. That’s far more than the 147 cited by your hero. I think the Democrats should demand an investigation to clear the air. If there’s nothing to see here there should be nothing to be concerned about right?
Seems like a lot of hate from those who constantly yell about "haters,"
You’re right about that. I’m sick of hearing”we’re going to lose our democracy” from the ones that propagate censorship, silencing of dissenting opinions, identity politics and the use of government agencies to damage their opposition. That is not the definition of Democracy. That is what we see in an Autocracy. They want to control what we hear and see.
I was always taught that in a democracy a free press was essential to hold the leaders accountable. With few exceptions, that is exactly what we don’t see today. The press picks sides and basically campaigns for who they choose. They may hold short of outright lying in most cases but they run with stories without verification (anonymous sources) if it suits them, and fail to report stories that may be damaging to their favored party. Failing to mention almost 200 suspicious activity reports by reputable financial Institutions regarding funds from foreign entities being funneled into Biden family owned shell companies is a perfect example. The most frightening part is these funds are coming from China, Russia, Romania,Ukraine and other countries, most not exactly friends of the USA. And there is no doubt that some policy decisions we have seen by this administration are questionable to say the least. Especially some regarding China.
"You’re right about that. I’m sick of hearing”we’re going to lose our democracy” from the ones that propagate censorship" Hahahahahahahaha You're kidding!
Who is propagating censorship?
Who is banning books?
Who is dumbing down curriculum by teaching partial truths about our American History?( Did you know in Germany, students with their classmates visit "Auschwitz" to learn about what Nazi's did to 6 million Jews & 5 million others?)
Why do you think they learn about the horrors of that event? So as not to repeat it.
There is no shame. We need to stop running from our whole truth and NOT justify that "slaves got skill sets they wouldn't have gotten hadn't they been bought and sold. (That's now being taught in Fla. in public schools, an embarrassment.)
PPL learn through "Restorative Justice" to recognize their mistakes so they no longer have to hold on to the shame & can learn from repairing the harm, thus, not repeat it. That is what the children in Germany have learned.
Who is banning terms such as
"Critical Thinking," "Diversity Equity, Inclusion,"
which are all key skills to living in a country that does not look like Hungry?
Critical thinking has been around for decades and never, until the last few years, has it been labeled as a "Woke" concept. What is "Woke" anyway?
Thinking Critically is a skill that empowers a student to not accept things as truth bc their teacher told them so. A Critical Thinker is given the tools to do their own thinking and come up with via research what works for them.
That's when "Woke" becomes "Aware" and real learning begins.
I don’t consider removing books that show cartoons of homosexual sex acts to elementary school children censorship. The books are still available but not in school libraries. If parents want to get them for their kids then they can.
I doubt you’ve even seen these books, I have. Go get a copy of Gender Queer or All Boys Aren’t Blue, then read them and see if you want to read them to your 6 or 7 yo kids or grandkids. If you think those are appropriate for elementary school children then you are one sick individual.
Thank you Jazz!
After teaching for over 25 years, come to find out, my students were my greatest teachers! HA!
These folks are drowning themselves in irrational fear. They are either lying or ignorant, if they think teachers in public schools can impose their personal truth on kids. In actuality, I could have lost my job had I shared any personal "opinions" about anything to do with politics, religion, lifestyle choices.(& I live in a a pretty blue state)
For 25 yrs I taught a course in the public schools with material that could have been perceived as controversial. Since the 80s parents were in charge and could sign their children out of pieces of the course that weren't compatible with their personal belief systems. No curriculum was ever shoved down students throat's. I taught from the mid 80s on, long before the book banning & "Handmaid's Tale" ideology was imposed on our country.
I think it was under Bush and Clinton that the FCC was forced to relax or delete the regulations that had kept News broadcasts funded by overhead as a public service so that they could use public airways. The regulations had kept broadcast news from being influenced by corporate sponsors and their own company executives. The reasoning to eliminate the regulations was that the internet had no regulations and Cable TV claimed to fall outside FCC jurisdiction. The net result was that ALL news shows became classified as entertainment and not subject to the FCC regulations. Subsequently there is no news, only entertainment in the USA. Newspapers come under different regulations and are still News and subject to libel, slander, fraud, etc. laws.
So now that Corporate leaders have gotten the propaganda machines working the way they want, they are on their way to eliminating the US Postal Service… the only other way to communicate objectively protected by law.
And if you think they have forgotten email, think again. All email is owned and operated by corporate entities and once you write it or send it, it belongs to them, not you.
Good luck America.
Well stated again as usual mike
Kudos to u and may we save our country from these traitors
Thanks Michael, I doubt we'll be able to remove every republican from office, but I'm hoping for 235 Democratic Congress persons in the House of Representatives and 53 Democratic Senators. And most imperative, Joe Biden still representing America at home and abroad. We need him now more than ever. He can bloody well wait till he's 95 to die.
How can you say that in view of Biden’s weak and pathetic performance since the day he took office? Have you been in a coma!
Sounds like you have never been responsible for a group of people or the results of what a large group of people can do. A real leader, unlike Trump or any Republicans currently in Congress, has to work with what is to achieve what can be. Leaders not only have a vision, they have a plan to achieve it. When your organization consists of millions of people, with hundreds of thousands of issues, trillions of dollars, and rival factions, bearing up under the onslaught of facts, opinions, and gibberish is daunting. It requires someone who has years of experience in governance, national issues and leading people to achieve common goals. President Biden is a leader with that experience, vision, and plan. President Biden also has over 100 million supporters and knows most of the other national and international leaders personally. If you really believe he is pathetic, you have absolutely no idea what any position of real authority entails.
Why don’t you please tell me the great accomplishments we have seen from Joe Biden or anyone else in the Democratic Party since January 2021. Tell me the vision and the plan that this pathetic floundering president has laid out for America. His failures are epic and you know what they are. If you don’t then you must have been in a coma for the past 3 years. Biden is no more than a career politician who has never had a real job or led anyone or anything outside of politics. Look around you today and tell if you see anything that looks better than it did 3 years ago. Uncontrolled borders, war in the Middle East and in Europe, rampant antisemitism, failing economy, unprecedented crime in our cities and communities, record numbers of drug overdoses and deaths due to to fentanyl coming across our southern border, highest food prices in years and also highest interest rates since Jimmy Carter. If that’s his vision for this country and you think it’s ok you are as pathetic and maybe as senile as he is.
Seriously?
Keep leading, Mike. Keep leading!
He only leads uninformed sheep. Quit being one of them and try to find out what these cultural marxists are really feeding you.
Are you a bot?
Are you a bot?
He’s not here to lead, but to reeeeeeee.
I agree completely but I am also feeling hopeless. The election is a year away. What are we supposed to do with these traitors for the next 12 months since I expect them to shut down the government on 11/17?? How do we fight them?
We do not need the government to shut down. Per Article 6, Section 1 and Amendment 14, Section 4, The United States MUST pay its debts both internal and external, and it specifically includes pensions. What the former republican party did and is still trying to do in UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Email your Congress person and remind them of this. You can look these cited article and amendment up on line.
There is no need to write legislation, any member of the House of Representatives need only stand up and invoke the Constitution. The Constitution is law of the land. EVERY member of both Houses of Congress swore an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution, if they haven't read it, tough patooties, it is readily available to every damned one of them.
The Republicans have shut down the government in years past; it was disaster but GOP does not care. Yes, I write my Congress people but I live in Texas so both my senators are long-standing Republicans. My Congressman is Democrat but the Dems are not in power in House, and the MAGAs are running the House!! The Republicans do not care about the Constitution. The GOP seems to be hell-bent on burning down the country for their fascist dictator wannabe.
Same here in Tennessee. The corrupt Republicans even ruined our healthcare system in East TN by allowing a monopoly . They're all on the payroll in some capacity. I don't undertand why people keep voting agaist their own best interest. Just so ignorant.
Agreed. I am also Texan, am so traumatized by what’s happened here. At times, I think it’s time to move on. So many good people here but lacking awareness of how serious this is.
Every gambler knows
That the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away
.....And knowin' what to keep
'Cause every hand's a winner
And every hand's a loser
And the best that you can hope for
Is to die in your sleep".....
....You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run..... From the Gambler, Kenny Rogers.
We all have 2 choices move or stay and fight. I understand, I live in DeSantis land Florida. I want to move back to California .
Yes, come back to California. So many people have left and we lost house delegates this last election. The GOP are at work here too starting with the school districts. Undermining the student protections. Saying the parent has a right to know if their child has Trans tendencies in school. A community in Northern Cal wanted to do away with voting machines Period, in their district! So we are under attack too.
Tell people, write articles get it out there
Stay and fight. Stop letting this guy bully people away from the most beautiful state in the U.S. It isn't "his"!
Hey you all, remember, "You never count your money When you're sittin at the table, it's not the time for countin, There'll be time enough for countin when the dealin's done"! WE ARE NOT DONE YET!
Thank you...had to go on YouTube and listen to Kenny Rogers sing this again!
Great song with a life lesson.
Russia loves to see the US humiliated and shut down.
Blaming Russia is scapegoating your own failure as a nation.
But she's right, if this goes on, we will be Russia. DT is Putin's puppet. See the signs ("Nazi" that is.)
That erases any doubts I had that Russian trolls are inhabiting this site. I guess the IRA still functions after Prighozin's "retirement".
OK Vlad
Crass remark!
Please think of relocating.
I here Portugal will take Americans. And of course Mexico will. They do have visa restrictions, but aren’t keeping up with the visas Yet.
NO Portugal is cutting out Americans.Same as France.
You know why?
They come in with money BUY up buildings and rent them out for a lot of money! This means that locals cannot afford to live in their own towns.
You Americans who don't want emigrees are now on the list of people who will HAVE TO WAIT!
Jenny I have read that does happen, but the “liberal”, “Progressive”, “99%er” just want to live and let live in liberty and justice for all.
Sounds like you are mad at something?
What's happening?
I have written to my Congressional representative multiple times through the years and have never, not even once, received a response to my correspondence, other than a request to contribute to their next campaign.
Email your Congress person anyway. They don't need to pass legislation, just invoke the Constitution - after all EVERY person in Congress swore an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.
I do email them multiple times a week about various issues. I seldom receive replies. When they do reply, it is one of their prewritten “thank you for writing about such-and-such, and I will take your comments under consideration.” That does not stop me from writing or phoning their offices, but I doubt their staff even brings any of my concerns to their attention. As for their oath to the Constitution, I think they view it as a formality, but have no problem ignoring it or actively fighting it.
Unfortunately I believe you are correct that they view the oath of office as a necessary formality to be forgotten in two minutes.
Sad, but too true, LeeAnn
Your talking about the Treasury.
Currently our economy is controlled by the International Central Banking System in Zurich Switzerland.
The Treasury borrows money and uses the fiat currency of the FED(not a real US federal bank) that's why Andrew Jackson "killed the bank"(the 2nd Bank of the United States...there was a 1st prior)
If we severed our connection to that system(impossible) it would have their other nations destroy the US economy...but we would suddenly eliminate most of our national debt. We don't actually owe any money to anyone. Nobodies grandkids will ever have to pay anyone anything. It's always only ever been anything but a fear mongered serf class wage slave control tool & treasure harvestation tool.
Learn who really owns your so-called "free" nation.
I agree it is the world bank that controls us all.
Even the Bank for International Settlements has a controlling group. It used to be called the Rothschilds, then the Bilderburg group, now it's generally referred to as the Davos gang.
That is great data. Thank you. 😊
Thank you, Fay Reid, for being helpful and showing how to be pro-active.
Term limits. Take billionaires money out of the elections process.
Unfortunately, Citizens United is itself the reason we can't pass legislation to take money out of the election process.
Term limits won't do it.
NO money in politics.
Elections for a new President occur 8 weeks before an election up until then Ad's are allowed. 2 weeks before the election NO ADS.
at least we are still armed
Not really...everything on your delusion of power has an OFF SWITCH.
LOL my guns don't have an off switch, neither do I VLAD A well armed populace won't be easy to overcome, unless of course you hit us with a horrible deadly disease... a bioweapon? And at least I have an organized home and compound to protect me, I am not living out of my car, if you are real person, OK Vlad?
Not repeating myself..."off switches" on every part of your life.
Just because you can't grasp reality doesn't mean it's not true.
Humans are fragile, insecure beasts.
Guns can't buy you anything...even security.
Ever heard of an emp?
Food, water, fuel, even breathable air are all "off switches"
Sorry for your delusions
You’re fucking retarded.
I'm mensa level intelligent...what's your IQ dildo?
Come visit us in Chicago and tell us all about our OFF SWITCHES, OK? I know a lot of folk here who have a lot of switches but they are not off switches my friend. You can't park your car and take a nap anywhere in Chicago LOL, you wouldn't last a day
Chicago and Detroit are unique hell holes and although we have plenty of Russians here in Chi town a war with the locals would not be pretty, and Detroit? That's already Mad Max land.
We're way past voting the unscrupulous, amoral, treasonous, corrupt, pay-to-play recipients, law-breaking, self-serving un-deserving/unqualified politicians out of Office.
It never dawned on anyone - even now - that the 'anyone could be President if they're over 35, born in the U.S., and lived in the states for 14 consecutive years' is no longer enough to qualify? We have two major political parties, each capture by either the right-wing or leftist extreme, answering NOT to the mass population of voters but to the unions, lobbyists, big-money donors who call the shots.
In 2009, Republican party announced its goal to block all Democratic legislation, beginning with the block of the Dem.SCOTUS nominee. Jamming, right-wing biased judges into the Supreme Court, they put support behind the most corrupt, amoral, unscrupulous con/scammer/thief, sleazy/sexist, white supremacist, malevolent deadbeat, Trump, who committed perjury at his inauguration, violated Constitutional law, accepted patents & cash from the Communist Chinese gov't, corrupted the entire Republican Party, and sunk the country before trying to steal an election, commit treason, block the peaceful transfer of power, incite/sustain an insurrection, ignore the will of the voters, rise from cult leader to a national terrorist threat, sink the country, and more.
The Republican party, now totally corrupt, did not get collectively charged or thrown out of Office. No longer able to hide the fact that there is no interest in ethical governing, it's a power struggle within itself. A corrupt, election-denier who is not only disloyal to the country and the Constitution, but loyal to a dangerous, unhinged, malevolent Trump.
Now what?
And they are masquerading like they are free of sin and “ Christian” I can only imagine what is in the closet.
Those of similar beliefs need to gather (ie tea party) set a narrow agenda and act as one. I believe that the current system favors corrupt politicians who simply want to remain in power for their own personal narcissistic needs. These people have no interest in serving Democracy or the American people. Indeed, they favor throwing out the Constitution and getting rid of our Democratic system of government. If all of the “rewards” of becoming an elected official were removed, we would have a government envisioned by our founders. George Washington comes to mind.
Term limits means no one could serve longer than two 2 year terms. This would mean that there would be a constant flow of new people in office with new ideas. There would be no need for constant bowing and scraping to billionaires for money for election campaigns because re-election would be impossible. MAGA would not exist as it does today.
What 'left wing extreme' party is this?
You have two party's supposedly centrist.......one part is more extreme and that is the Repubs!
Well said.
well said
Now what? Get over Trump who hasn’t been in office for 3 years. Look around you and show me how that can be blamed on Trump. War in Europe , war in the Middle East, Afghanistan under control of the Taliban, hundreds of Americans still stranded in Afghanistan, i won’t even bother to I refresh your memory about the lifting of sanctions on Iran or the failing economy we are experiencing here at home. I would certainly recommend you seek treatment for your Trump Derangement Syndrome. You sound somewhat unhinged to me. Everything I just mentioned has came about under the watch of the who you obviously supported. The adults back in charge right?
Now what?
3 years before Biden became President: #1 Trump set up the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan #2 Polarizing the relationship with Iran further #3 Giving credence to autocrats in Europe (e.g. Urban in Hungary [unless you call that Turkey] and anyone Putin favored. Look more carefully to discern Trump's prior and current agenda.
It’s like a nightmare. And it’s an utter disgrace. I’m someone who left the conservative (white) American evangelicals to follow the true Jesus. Millions of these people, including the corrupt elected Republicans, may claim to be Christians but they aren’t following the true Jesus. Instead they are following a diseased political party, propaganda media like Fox, and a sociopath conman. The GOP caters to big money, and white supremacy, and they seek the votes of a huge number of very misled and bigoted far right religious people. It’s utterly disgusting. And it’s connected to what Christian ethicist David Gushee rightly calls “authoritarian reactionary Christianity,” as explained in his new book titled “Defending Democracy from Its Christian Enemies.” Any Americans who care about democracy and the sanity of this country must unite to remove these dishonest and destructive Republicans from office. They are a danger and disgrace to this country.
Religious cults are a virus among humanoids...all of them.
Google "Jesus in India" and learn stuff your cult never acknowledges.
Agreed. All religions were made up by primitive people to explain things they did not understand. Barack Obama was right--the confused and frightened cling to guns and god. Neither has proven to be helpful at problem solving.
Calls religion a cult, advises just Google it.
Lol lmao
By totally misquoted me...you proved your a fake.
Go read exactly what I said. I gave a specific subject to look at on YouTube "jesus in India"
I also said all "manmade religions"..I stand behind that 100%.
Tell me, which cult do you follow?
You know who else splits hairs?
Reddit retards that brag about their IQ. The spectrum you should be most concerned with is autism, not intelligence.
"IT?"
You are a cultist
Doesn't take any effort to see that.
Criticism of others says more about you...than them
Hey shit fuck, I’m not the one thinking answers are so obvious you can find them on Google.
Idiot school children know better than that.
Dare we say Anti Christ?
Yes, Linda, I agree. Trump and those who promote him, including MAGA and this new extremist and dangerous Speaker Johnson, are aligning with anti-Christ beliefs. For example, (white) Christian nationalism is a heresy. It’s NOT of God. Promoting a sociopathic, serial liar, sexual abuser, fraudulent businessman, and insurrectionist is about as far from Christ as you can get. Yet that’s what the MAGA GOP continues to do. Mike Johnson is an incredibly hypocritical religious extremist. He must be opposed.
Good on you for escaping the evil gelical tribal cult.
Thank you, Lynnae. It didn’t seem to have become a cult in decades past. I wasn’t really involved politically though, thougb some of the extremist thinking had influenced my thinking. I saw problems 15 years ago with extremism and imbalance. I then saw more problems with controlling leadership. When Trump arrived on the scene, and the white conservative evangelicals sold their soul for political power, that’s when I’d say they had become a cult. I left soon after.
I don’t disagree but the Democratic Party supports corporate power and militarism unequivocally with the GOP. Neoliberalism presents itself as “tolerant” on issues of race & identity politics but I’m afraid empty appeals for feel good virtue signaling won’t stop war & greed. Won’t protect the 1st amendment, or stop political persecutions of publishers.
Term limits! Don’t let billionaires buy our democracy. Take away all the perks and power out of these offices and make our elected representatives be what the Founders intended.
How do term limits help? They would install another in its place. Why are we interviewing them for the job and doing a deep forensic background check. SCOTUS needs term limits but how can we get this country to function?
You better check some records. There are far more billionaires and multimillionaires supporting the Democratic Party than the Republican Party.
it's been said before but once again: take away the health insurance, vacays, and every other perk from these smirking pieces of crap; punish them (both parties if needed) for all the days nothing has been accomplished in Congress; we must stop nourishing and rewarding this behavior. Dunno how, just must.
VOTE FOR BIDEN IN 2024
Seriously?
Now that is blindness.
go away
WHY?
Vote. It’s all we can do. Just vote them out.
I agree that voting is our only recourse, but we are up against voters names being dropped from the rolls, declining number of polling locations, reduced hours/days for voting and political parties being gerrymandered out of existence in some states. The archaic electoral college already elects presidents who don’t have a majority of the popular votes. Soon, our votes won’t count in state and local elections. It’s all so discouraging.
Agree 100%. We do need to get rid of the electoral college...we are almost there. I happen to live in Oregon and we have been successfully voting by mail for many years. It’s perfect. All the States should do it. No one has to take the day off from work to get to inconveniently located gerrymandered voting locations. Also why isn’t our presidential election a federal holiday so everyone can vote? And I cannot believe that in some States it’s now a crime to give water to people who stand in line for hours to vote. I hate everything that came along with the Trump years...don’t get me started.
DeJoy is still controlling the USPS. We can't even get a delegation together to remove him. A bill to remove him was written last year...nothing happens at the White Stonewall Facility.
Perfect for a failing state where all drugs are legal, there are no standards that need to be met for high school graduation, and homelessness and public drug use is rampant. I can say you are doing a great job of dumbing down your youth especially the minorities. It will pay great dividends for Oregon though, they will always be dependent on public assistance and as a result of that they will never vote out who gives it to them. THE DEMOCRATS. Congratulations.
But who will you vote for? After Biden's latest performance I would never vote for him.
So . . . . you prefer an illiterate, sociopathic criminal interested only in getting the world to bend the knee in front of him and kiss his “ring” over someone working hard every day to give the “every day worker” a path to a more financially secure life while seeking no glory for himself? Interesting choice.
Be very very careful what you wish for.
It's truly amazing to me that you Dem Elites do not understand. I would never vote for Trump BUT I also wouldn't vote for Biden.
First of all,I am not a “Dem elite”; just an engaged voter. I have voted for both Dems and Repubs in my lifetime.
Secondly, not voting for either the Dem or Rep.
candidate in 2024 IS a vote for tRump. People with the attitude you have is how tRump got elected in 2016. Trust me, I know- I was one of them. I will never make that mistake again
Preferably Joe Biden asleep in the oval office to Donald Trump wide awake in possession of the nuclear codes. Hitler's last wish was to take the entire German people down with him if they could not win his war. Trump is as narcissistic and egomaniacal and probably less rational than Hitler ever was. Trump already demonstrated he cares more about his ego than he cares about this or any country.
"the 'People's House'? Which people? What house? Need a bigger-boat metaphor that goes beyond fox, henhouse, crazies, asylums. Don't know what magic , what strength, could be employed here. This transcends nightmare, and not every fever-dream cleanses. Regret adding to the doom-y drumroll, but there is just one year in which to turn this away from ....can you hear that Wicked Witch as she melted? "What a world, what a world..."AND WHY IS SANTOS STILL AT LIBERTY?
I agree that Santos should not be there. Do you think Antisemitism should be acceptable in the House of Representatives? If not then speak up as strongly condemning it as you do against Santos.
I do NOT conflate Anti-Semitism with opposition to right-wing reactionary Israeli politics; and, sir, you do know "Semites" is a tribe that is not limited to Jews...I am one, and not a self-loathing one, either. But cruel bs has been done to non Jewish residents of Israel for too long...
I like you writing style. You made me laugh at a situation that is quite serious.
He looks like the copy boy for the new Secretary of State.
Yes, I stand with Mr Moore in saying ALL Republicans must be removed from the House and the Senate, or our 247 year old American Democracy is DEAD. NONE of the Republicans are AT ALL interested in governing the country, NONE are interested in representing We, the People. They ALL ignore what we say, in their unstoppable LUST for Absolute Power (do they remind you of General Palpatine from Star Wars?). This is it, folks! We do it right now, or America becomes a Dictatorship in 2024, with a Criminal Rapist Douchebag in the White House!
Michael, I’m Canadian. I don’t understand how those representatives have not been charged by DoJ
Nether do we...and we live here! If we don't flush out the Criminals in Congress and the Supreme Court, we will have nothing. Justice needs to be served and soon to prove we mean it! Enough is Enough!! Bullying cannot persist by a few to take over all.
I’m with a progressive party, the one leading our country here and the right wing politics from Trump and cohorts has taken over our Conservatives. We are scared too for the next election.
And remember these people took an oath to defend and uphold the Constitution. Our DOJ is pathetically weak.
Some changes are in order.