I am writing to express my grave concern regarding the potential consideration of former President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Given his involvement in attempting to overthrow the United States government and his numerous indictments for various crimes, awarding him such a prestigious honor would severely undermine the credibility of your organization.
I urge you to reconsider any nomination of Mr. Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Awarding Trump this prize would not only tarnish the reputation of the prize itself but also diminish the integrity and values it represents. Awarding someone with such a controversial and problematic background would be a disservice to the principles of peace and justice that the Nobel Peace Prize stands for.
I just watched a great made for TV movie called "THE PLOT TO KILL HITLER" 1990 -1991 -ish. [Same year-ish as "Goodfellas" and "All Dogs Go-to Heaven ".
It made a pretty good point that nobody bombs clowns ?
Who would bomb a clown ?
But Clown wanabee "geniuses" def. 'Bomb" at the box office.
I feel sorry for Bradley theses days - he needs help - like Silver Linings Playbook <--- Good movie.
I wish many, many people would give advise to Biden to send the weapons conditionally to Israel by created a cease fire and rescuing the hostages or not send them at all! I am a secular Jew and it's wrong what he is doing as it is creating more anti-semitism and we don't need that! I have experienced Anti-Semitism and it is not fun at all!
Israel should not receive any weapons whatsoever. Netanyahu is a murderous fascist dictator. He ought to be tried as the mass murderer he is and locked up in solitary confinement for the rest of his fucking life.
I understand your concern, but anti-semitism is not contingent on any recent news. It won’t stop with the changes in policy. It might be exacerbated if the anti-semites feel they have succeeded in shaping policy. They may ask for more and more. It is ironic that there is more pro-Palestinian sentiment after the barbarism of Oct 7. Perhaps it is by being brutal that one proves their commitment and gains respect. (I’m asking. I don’t know the answer).
If only we could all be in the briefings that President Biden has been in and have all the extremely well informed brilliant people around us like he has. When President Biden goes to the microphone and gives us all that sound-bite, he has the burden of knowing that any more than that will open the door to so many questions and ideas that he will be drowned in a sea of other’s doubts and opinions. So he cannot tell you any more than a little of what he thinks he knows. But one thing is certain: the conflicts in the Middle East are some of the most complex conflicts the world has ever seen. The issues have taken thousands of years to develop. There are more lies than truths. The fertile crescent is not called that because it is desert. And the people who live there know that they are the only ones who can create peace and prosperity for their societies. Everyone in all of the Middle Eastern countries total only a couple hundred million, while the rest of the world that wants to be involved numbers almost 8 billion. Do the little countries of the Middle East really stand a chance of making a decision on their own with so many who have no clue what their real issues are want to help????? Can the rest of the world please just give them what they really need? Valium and no more weapons.
From an outsider’s perspective: Israel could do themselves a big favor by somehow demonstrating that they are not owned and operated by the Jewish faith. Being a sanctuary for people of that faith is one thing, but if Israel has no place to live for people of other faiths, then the jig is up. Wrong government, wrong philosophy, wrong leadership. Israel cannot survive.
I signed a petition and added a note expressing my shock and horror that our tax dollars are being used to carry out genocide. I said no “ally” was worth participating in such an immoral act. This is not how peace comes about. That money could better have been used to give Gaza the necessary food, housing, healthcare, etc. this is the way to peace. Where are his advisors?
But have you noticed how money given to Gaza has been spent in the past? Where did the money to build all those tunnels come from and the infrastructure for ventilation, ac, electricity, etc. the stored food supplies for their fighters.
Is there no outrage that Hamas invited this counterattack and did nothing to shelter the civilians. I am not an apologist for war, but let’s be realistic about who is to blame and who can stop it.
DK - Are ya new to this world? Israel is a pariah state. They have been an apartheid state for decades. They are the cause of all of this. Zionism is a disease.
You wanna be realistic? Israel is to blame for everything.
It seems that Hamas does not equal Palestinian people. Hamas seems to be a terrorist organization that hides behind the Palestinians. I don't think killing 10s of thousands of Palestinians is a solution. The common Palestinian, esp in Gaza, seems to have no value, based on the Israeli bombings and destruction. Take out Hamas, if possible, don't kill innocent people.
I'm not a historian, esp for the middle east. It is inexplicable how Hamas was able to do what they did. Look what USA did after 9/11 for example of what USA would do. USA cares about human rights but doesn't when it suits us. Long history with that.
Israeli engineers built the tunnels- they said so.
And what exactly did you expect Hamas to shelter their citizens with? From 2000 pound bombs?
The Israeli government has broken international law. Period. This isn’t a conversation about Hamas. No one agrees with what Hamas did. The conversation is about our government’s complicity in Israel’s clear undeniable breach in humanitarian law. Our government is actively financially supporting a government clearly engaging in collective punishment. This isn’t a question of whether Israel should respond to Hamas, it’s a question of HOW they have responded. You can’t sniper a woman going to the bathroom hiding in a church. You can’t leave babies to rot in an incubator. It doesn’t matter how much you hate a terrorist group with the same ethnicity as those babies. It doesn’t matter what other unrelated adults from the same area with the same ethnicity did to you. You cannot just bomb them, sniper them, starve them.
Israel has weaponry to target - they targeted Hamas officials in the south of Lebanon without mass casualties. Military weaponry has lots of options besides unguided bombs. Stop excusing war crimes. I’ve only named two, there are hundreds of documented cases.
I disagree that the killing in Gaza is purely Biden's responsibility. He supported Israel but has supported help for the Palestinians. Are you aware of how vulnerable Israel is as a country of 9milliin surrounded by large expanses of Arabic land filled with 450 million Arab peoples. What Hamas did on 10/7/23 was psychopathic indicating no real ability to negotiate with Israel. Not that it was ok but the Allies killed 300000 civilians alone in Berlin to get the Nazis hiding in bunkers. Hanasis a real danger to the world if left unchecked. That is why the US has so much racism and kived thru the Jim Crow laws as we let all the confederate leaders to just return home. Hamas is funded in a line ftom Hezbollah, Iran and finally it serms Putin. How do you purpose to handle what Hamas did and how their goal is to kill all the Jews ultimately? Unfortunately Palestine was created by the British then collapsed by them. The British set up the State of Israel with the Palestinians given land in areas but no state. How can all of this hang on Biden when all of this is much more complicated? I usually agree with most of what you say but you are cutting off your nose to spite your face by blaming Biden for the killings in Gaza. It is too simplistic. You are feeding into MAGA hands and Hamas hands.
You are right , the killing in Gaza is Netenyahu’s responsibility. But when our government sends weaponry and billions of funding to them, we are partially complicit. It is absolutely partly Biden’s responsibility when he choses to bypass Congress to send millions in weaponry. And his stance on Gaza is EXACTLY why he will lose the election. You CAN handle what Hamas did without starving a million people, without killing massive amounts of journalists and targeting their families, without leaving babies in incubators, without shooting clear marked ambulances. The excuse but Hamas hides everywhere is inexcusable at some point . Collective punishment is clearly against international law. We decided as a global nation that wars have boundaries too, and everyone has to be held to those standards. The US would hold any other country to them, they should hold their allies to that standard also.
What Hamas did on 10/7 was absolutely nothing compared to the Israel's near total slaughter of Palestinians plus stealing their homes and land. BiBi is bulldozing Palestinian land to give to Israel's new settlements.
Obama tried to defend the Palistinian and threatened Isreal not to build more settlements in the Gaza strip. But then t Rump comes in and acknowledged Isreal by saying he will put a new US embassy into Jerusalem, not understanding the political rift that it caused. There was a reason our embassy was where it was, it was in protest to Isreal.
Also, about the history lesson - next time you share this opinion on history consider adjusting your take on racism. I disagree strongly with your simplistic interpretation of why we have racism. It sounds like you’re suggesting that maybe we should have killed or imprisoned everyone after the civil war South to avoid racism. I’m sure that’s not what you’re saying so consider different wording next time you share that. Also Biden didn’t have to create Israel to be partly complicit in what’s currently happening under his watch in Gaza. That’s crystal clear.
Also to get rid of terrorism - let’s use recent history as an example - did the Iraq war reduce extremism? (Remember there were no WMD so essentially a war for nothing) we got ISIS after Iraq. How about Afghanistan we really got rid of those terrorists by bombing their country - oh wait they run it now. We can learn lots of lessons from history , but our politicians are clearly not paying attention.
Thank you for saying what I could not. Terror does not get eradicated by creating more terror. Racism doesn’t end by doing nothing about the behavior. Punishment is not effective if it results in resentment and vengeance. Killing 200,000 Iraqis after 9/11 only created 2,000,000 more terrorists. Just how stupid is US leadership, and that leadership is a whole lot more than just a President.
Analogy time: You don’t stop water from entering your basement by simply pumping it out. You need to give it someplace it will want to go other than your basement. The same is true for all the South Americans coming to the US and any other migrations of people throughout the world. If people are moving en mass, address the cause, don’t punish the people.
Again, thank you Nida Merchant. I always have a lengthy way of saying how much I agree.
If you place your cursor on the photograph of Trump's red tie - trace upwards to the knot around Trump's neck and then move your cursor up and to the left (at an angle of approx. ~ 115° degrees to vertical axis of Trump's tie) - you will find a textural "Button" monikered with the friendly letters "Transcript" - Click on that bar or the word. It appears the transcript is written in some sort of variant of BASIC - what we used call "Spaghetti" Western because of the GOTO statements.
If you are Blind and deaf - I'm not sure the instructions given are that easily followed. Perhaps a texture based interface that one could feel - then the instructions are the same.
I just double checked using my cell-phone / "Smart-phone" as I thought the transcript was pre-formatted for DOOM scrolling.
However (what - IS - amazing) - that if you click on the text in the pre-formatted DOOM-SCROLL it AUTO DOOM-SCROLLS for you and a very good facsimile and representation of Michael's voice plays the lines for you.
Biden should definitely get one of those ... A DOOM SCROLLING - AUTO-Q that reads itself in the voice of the President !
No more cold porridge* dribbled gaffs at the Auto-Q or fear of a future Marmaladen Marauder from Mar-a-lar-doe, minded to go off script.
These digital guard rails really are the KEY to future freedom and world peace.
* porridge is like your American "Oat-meal" but is just more Scottish by virtue of having more hedgehogs and the frass of thorny brambles in it.
~ What's a "Bramble" ? (I hear you say) - hard to explain to non-indigenous [Pre- programmed ] native (not native) American "citizens.". Just imagine a gigantic heap of thorny tangled up vines that yield blackberries that mean children throw other children into. But oddly not quite as bad as stinging nettles that somehow Americans also don't have.
What's a stinging nettle ? (I hear you say) ... for another time... for another time my friend...
Blackberry - like a redcurrant - not a transitional form of communication device used by B. H. Obama, Red current as in a small juicy fruit not the hot-line of a DC conductor that will kill you if you put your hand on it's bare terminal. AC being safer.
Thank you. Renewed paid subscriber status because of the new truth about Biden. I live in a Blue state and am a registered Green Party member. I will vote for Dr. Stein. Dr. Stein does not believe in funding war
This is a sad fact. I wish Biden had been that bridge he promised to be, and bowed out. His work is done - he defeated TFG. At 81, why would you continue? I wish he handed the mantle to the next younger generation of leaders.
Biden has passed many remarkable bills that have lingered under trump. There is none other than Biden who can defeat trump. We can do what you have suggested in another 4 years. Let Biden finish what he has started.
I like Biden and think he's done a strong job. I'm just fearful that his age will be his downfall. I know young people who are totally apathetic about him, most because of his age. Others now because of Gaza. If Dems don't show up, we'll be looking at President Haley...I wish Biden was the bridge, one term, then hand it over to younger gen.
I can't believe you're saying this. Have you swallowed the "Biden is too old" Kool-Aid? At this point, he's the ONLY ONE who can beat that thing. Change candidates and we're guaranteed that the thing will win. When that happens, it WILL be the end of our country as we know it--and it will be your fault and the fault of others who either sit out this election or vote for someone else just because President Biden is not "perfect."
Here is the real problem - we have been given two awful choices most of the nation wouldn’t pick if there was an alternative. It is proof that the two party system fails to represent a county of hundreds of millions. It has failed our nation and neither president is acting for the betterment of the daily life of their constituency. And there are many critiques of Biden’s presidency, but when 3/4 of democrats want a ceasefire and he ignores them, and he asks no questions or makes
No complaints when Congress is passing laws to limit freedom of speech and limit our ability to boycott products from foreign countries in protest, and trying to pass laws requiring us to post our government IDs to be able to post on social media, we should just say well at least he’s not Trump?? He is showing he has no respect for democracy, even if he isn’t screaming it from microphones at rallies in the most crass way possible. How many people have to die before we demand to actually be represented?? Abortion isn’t the only issue that matters in this country and our foreign policy has been sickening,
Tarnishing our name and making us unsafe. In some ways this isn’t a binary election it’s a unilateral one. We are all already losing under Biden. Please make sure we all vote carefully in congress and local elections this year. We need to vote out special interests and find people who represent US not just play the stupid party politics game.
Why must we accept that Biden is our candidate, no one is the nominee until the convention…whatever one thinks of the reality, it’s an actual possibility to change candidates.
I saw an "Interview" with Cornell West - conducted by Stephen Sacker of BBC "Hard Talk" ... It was a really BAD interview - but CW really seems minded to make a stand.
My autistic and retarded uncle could perform and dooooo better arithmetic (on paper) than one of those IBM quantum computers that can barely multiply consistently to a value greater than 15.
If he changes his stance on Gaza a lot of people might. But I don’t think many people in this country in good conscience can vote for someone who has allowed and financed the mass disproportionate killing of citizens. This is the issue on the ticket for so many, and these people like the Muslim and arab community will be the MOST villified and most affected by a Trump Presidency. But peace and justice matter to his constituency, if he doesn’t realize that does he
Really deserve to represent our country? We are all scared of Trump, I judge no one for voting for Biden out of fear but please let’s stop pretending he’s a good choice.
Make sure make sure make sure you research your local candidates and your congressmen and vote in the primaries to get some good representation for democratic party in Congress. Too many in our government are just filling pockets or trying to rise the ladder by making friends in high places - we need actual representation. Voteforpeace.info is a good initiative , they are starting with California and Texas.
No one is the candidate until the Convention chooses, long way to go. Of course Trump must be stopped but after todays 3 rd veto of a UN Ceasefire resolution how can anyone believe the “malarkey” coming out of both sides of Biden’s mouth? His great economic success won’t bring back one lost Palestinian child’s life, he’s unsupportable in my mind.
While we’re in year nine of Trump let’s not forget why we have Joe Biden as POTUS. Secondly let’s not forget the conspiracy of Mayor Pete, Senator Klobashar to pull out of the primaries and Clyburn’s endorsement for Biden. This desperate move was in reaction to Bernie Sanders’ movement. What we have now is a bandaid against the Fascists. What we need is Bernie and his unwavering determination to teach us about a true democracy.
Unfortunately, Bernie's time has passed. I wish he'd been the Dem candidate in 2016, but he was too radical for the Dem machine. Freeking Wasserman and Donna Brazile from DNC. I see Brazile's righteousness every Sunday on This Week and want to slap the tv.
Yes!!!! Everything republicans accuse democrats of doing in the 2020 election, democrats ACTUALLY did in the primaries to make sure Bernie lost. And then they wanted us to vote for Clinton? We did…but what a slap in our face! And now here we are again - Biden’s ignoring his constituency. Clearly upholding democracy isn’t important to the Democrats they want to undermine it and keep their power!. And Democrats are still wondering why young people are disillusioned and not showing up to vote???? Also we all SHOULD show up to vote so our local communities can be represented by strong honest candidates. We should be volunteering to work the polls , because upholding democracy has fallen on us as individual citizens - neither democrat or republican leadership cares about it
Mike, I agree with you about Gaza and the possibility of Biden losing the election, but if he does get really tough he loses Wall Street. What a dilemma! Pat in NJ
Sometimes you just have to do the right thing. Not a dilemma for me. It is unfortunate that Wall Street is so influential. I wish the stock market had never been created.
I don't think it's that simple. Not with the history and all the money involved. I don't understand why we can't put Conditions on the 'aid'. e.g. You get this if you work out a cease fire. period. And I wish media would stop calling this a war. It's not a war when one side has overwhelming firepower.
I want to thank those of you who liked my statement. I can understand how Hamas took over as the Palestinians had no state and no government. The Palestinians felt they needed protection and perhaps order. It would be like having the Mafia takeover an area or what the Confederacy did to the South before and after the civil war. They promised some protection and rules for the White establishment. Biden was just supporting Israel after the atrocities by Hamas. No one knew the extent of Hamas' development in Gaza. I think blanketly blaming Biden in tge medua with one line statements is similar to how Trump infiltrates people's minds with his repeated one liners. We need to stand behind Biden to preserve our democracy, not blindly but with careful thought. We need to also not get pulled into the agist rhetoric that is too prevalent in the US. That is a weapon for the GOP yet they dont see the thinking problems that have been so obvious in the speeches of Trump. I read a transcript by the NYT when he was first elected January 2017.Psychologists are talk to analyze writing of subjects and a transcript of speech is very similar. His thoughts were quite disconnected as were his ideas. Read it for yourself. Thank you for reading this and responding.
don't forget our president ignored the warnings from Japan before they bombed Pearl Harbor in WWII , to get us in the war?? maybe yes? Well, I'm not saying it was okay, just it wasn't the first time done.
My question is, when are we going to stop accepting the lesser of two evils for a presidential candidate and actually get representation?? Why don’t we have ranked choice voting in every state, why don’t we have a national popular vote as our criteria for presidency, why are we still talking about how to best navigate our vote within a Stone Age system that doesn’t serve us in 2024 ???? Honestly enough is enough. The issue in Gaza has shown how beholden we are to other countries and the interests that line Congress’ pockets. Try to get Congress to pass 1/4 of the amount of money they passed for wars for public education in this country…or for paid maternity leave, or for free VPK, or for improved roads literally anything that would improve our lives. Is the political will there?? On either side?? Resoundingly no. They aren’t serving us, they are serving their pockets. It’s like asking me , would you rather be stabbed in the stomach or in the back? I’m ok with people saying please vote Biden I’m terrified of Trump, but let’s stop pretending Biden is a good choice. None of us would pick him if there was an alternative.
I'm a liberal democrat!! Michael Moore, you need to read Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger's work. I see that the CIA/Bankers/Warmongers/Military have taken over the democrat party. Why can't you see that?
Independent journalist Matt Taibbi is a true "for the people" democrat and he understands the corruption in this country. Does anyone on here read his stuff? Corporations /Bankers/Military Industrial Complex have taken over both the GOP and the Democrats. The people need to understand this by reading independent media and not mainstream media. I've been a liberal democrat my whole life. Our lives are being destroyed by the elite who are intentionally trying to destroy us by divide and conquer. Divide and conquer is a common technique that was used by the British to keep their colonies under their control (and other countries did the same divide and conquer technique). We did it to the Iraqis with the Shia and the Sunni's. We pumped up the less advantaged Shia who then attacked the Sunni as a way to control the country of Iraq. Now the democrats are being pumped up by corporations/military/CIA to attack the republicans in a divide and conquer strategy. The ultra rich control both political parites! And we fight amongst ourselves which keeps us from fighting the ultra rich. Does anyone else see this ?
Not sure what Noam Chomsky would say, but certainly he talks about how the powerful control the minions. And the msm goes along for the ride. When you are small and alone, you feel powerless to change. That's what the rich/powerful are counting on - hopelessness to fix or improve things.
First 3 are possible. #4 I doubt. Israel doesn't seem to want to allow it, I think. If Hamas could be removed, and if Gazan's could have a 'normal' leadership, what would be wrong with #4? I don't know enuf about this to say more than that. Just know that hate begets hate.
Peace needs to stop being completely israel’s choice. The status quo serves Israel - the solution has to come from the outside with pressure on both sides. Hamas exists because of the Israeli governments brutality. The Palestinians will likely not agree to the dismantling of Hamas without the dismantling of Netenyahus right wing government also. Hate totally begets hate and we citizens in the US will pay for it even though we protested this and had nothing to do with these decisions.
President Biden - what IS wrong with you? I agree with Michael Moore so strongly on this-- he is so right about what so many are feeling about the horror show in Gaza.. it may end up costing you the election!
Please condition US aid on stopping this tragedy that is going on-- Bernie Sanders is right on this as well........ It's not like the US doesn't have any carrots and sticks here that we could use-- what is going on??
Seems that Biden never questioned Israel’s superior position in Dem politics, same as Schumer, Jeffries, Pelosi, need I go on. He’s totally in fir them, the rest is total lip service or as he would call it, Malarkey, For a person who claims to know the depth of human suffering his hardened heart at the sight of helpless children cries out bullshit! If he’s not replaced b6 the convention the outcome will be a disaster…
Maybe, just maybe, we don't have access to the intelligence necessary to second-guess Biden? But by all means, burn America down over a single issue you think you know everything about. Where else have I seen such hubris? Across the isle - finally, a "both sides" that works.
Biden has been on the wrong side of history so many times that somehow this doesn’t come as a surprise to me. He’s been bought, bullied, or is a moron.
The two party system is a failure - it’s showing itself right now . Our two choices for president are horrible. I cant tell anyone what they should do, but I completely understand how many people will not be able to reward Biden for his blatant misstep in supporting a right wing government overseas, who’s president was indicted and standing trial for not upholding his own democracy . Some people have lost family in this genocide, we can’t expect them to bubble in Biden out of fear of Trump. He made a huge mistake and he needs to atone for it otherwise he’s going to lose so many voters.
Right on! And btw let’s not stop at the two party system failure, we live in a “failed state” QED and to make matters worse, the power to be is SCOTUS where Alito just today opined that the same-sex decision of the court is an infringement on religious bigots! WTF…what’s that definition of insanity again, Oh yes it’s the two party system and choosing the lesser of two evils! It’s time for change, sonehiw!
Don’t vote for the current best administration we’ve had in decades, and you’ll get a whole lot more of what you and I *both* think is criminal. I don’t disagree with the problems of a 2-party system, but now is probably the absolute worst possible time to beat that drum - I doubt I’ll see any such talk next year - if we survive fascism. This is not a joke. It’s probably one of the most important presidential elections in our lifetime. Please, send Jill packing to the Russians where she gets her orders, and have this 2-party discussion in 2025, loud and often!
First let’s dispose of Jill Stein, completely agree she’s a tool. The legitimate disagreement between your view and mine is we agree fascism/Trump is an existential threat but you think Biden is the best person to defeat him and I believe putting up Biden at this point is almost suicidal, a great risk and a liability even if you believe he’s the 14th greatest Pres in history.
I also believe you have no one who can touch Biden's record, or gain enough traction this late in the game. I think you have no idea how much you are helping fascism take root in America. IF we're not already fascist by 2025, let's see how many current Biden-bashers show up with better ideas for 2028, before 2028 that is.
vote for RFK jr, he is a true democrat, just like his uncle and his father. Not the warmonger democrats we have today. The bankers/CIA/military/ultra rich have taken over the democrat party.
Hahaha. That anti-science idiot? Bet you also voted against Hillary. I wonder how that turned out. Oh, right, we’re still fucking around and finding out. Right Sergei?
I'm a true democrat - not the warmonger democrats we have today. I went door to door campaigning for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential run (but now regret that). RFK jr is for the people. The democrats of today are for the bankers, CIA and corporations. Do you agree with this last statement I wrote?
Well you had a nice big drink of the Kool-Aid, huh? Thanks for the laugh. But sure, you go ahead and do your part to let fascism take power. Your stance isn’t reality-based at all. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Look, if you want to discuss , i want to talk. If you want to just say pithy one liners and not make a point, then fine - but if you honestly believe that Biden’s a great choice and our democratic system is the best it can get, then you’re the one burning down this country. I care enough to make it better, and am open to learning and discussing about the best way to do that.
Oh I much prefer your pithy diatribe. I made a point alright, you missed it and proved it. Yes, I look at Biden’s 3 year record, and know that so many people like you said Hillary was a horrible candidate. Yeah, cause THAT worked out great. Seems the 2-party is horrible whiners come out in droves - on election year, right Vlad?
John Rochat, you need to read Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger's work. Russiagate was ginned up by the CIA and others in the government. And I'm a liberal democrat saying this. There is so much you don't know.
I see you’re also so much better informed than everyone. What’s that burden like to carry, having to convince everyone else they are idiots? You’re what I envision happening if Dunning and Kruger had a baby and dropped it on its head.
I don’t disagree with most if what you say here but i find it strange how not once did i hear anything about the hostages that were taken or continued to be held. Again nothing is ever gonna change as long as Hamas and Netanyahu are players here.
Dear Nobel Peace Prize Organization,
I am writing to express my grave concern regarding the potential consideration of former President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Given his involvement in attempting to overthrow the United States government and his numerous indictments for various crimes, awarding him such a prestigious honor would severely undermine the credibility of your organization.
I urge you to reconsider any nomination of Mr. Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Awarding Trump this prize would not only tarnish the reputation of the prize itself but also diminish the integrity and values it represents. Awarding someone with such a controversial and problematic background would be a disservice to the principles of peace and justice that the Nobel Peace Prize stands for.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Hitler was also nominated in 1939, so Fuhrer Trump would not be the first.
Of course, the Hitler and Trump nominations could not be taken seriously.
Simply being nominated is a very low bar.
I just watched a great made for TV movie called "THE PLOT TO KILL HITLER" 1990 -1991 -ish. [Same year-ish as "Goodfellas" and "All Dogs Go-to Heaven ".
It made a pretty good point that nobody bombs clowns ?
Who would bomb a clown ?
But Clown wanabee "geniuses" def. 'Bomb" at the box office.
I feel sorry for Bradley theses days - he needs help - like Silver Linings Playbook <--- Good movie.
Seems a "Clownocracy " seems to be America's best defense right now.
Internationally - in "thought" - "word" and "Deed".
At some point i need to check "Body" count from all the presidents.
Dr. Professor - Cornell West says Trump would only cause a civil war but Biden would cause WWIII <--- that's one - two - THREE.
Although if memory serves me right Donald had a pretty good go at a new civil war in America AND WW I - I - I .
^^^ Good at multi tasking but not good at counting world wars.
Good leader_SHIP is hard to find these days...
Seconded. There is no way on this planet that 45 deserves such an honor.
trump was actually being considered?
Propaganda.
I wish many, many people would give advise to Biden to send the weapons conditionally to Israel by created a cease fire and rescuing the hostages or not send them at all! I am a secular Jew and it's wrong what he is doing as it is creating more anti-semitism and we don't need that! I have experienced Anti-Semitism and it is not fun at all!
Israel should not receive any weapons whatsoever. Netanyahu is a murderous fascist dictator. He ought to be tried as the mass murderer he is and locked up in solitary confinement for the rest of his fucking life.
Along with Biden and his cohorts.
I understand your concern, but anti-semitism is not contingent on any recent news. It won’t stop with the changes in policy. It might be exacerbated if the anti-semites feel they have succeeded in shaping policy. They may ask for more and more. It is ironic that there is more pro-Palestinian sentiment after the barbarism of Oct 7. Perhaps it is by being brutal that one proves their commitment and gains respect. (I’m asking. I don’t know the answer).
I don't see the protest directly as anti-Israel but Pro Palestinians and anti- Zionists.
Modern Hebrew (Israeli) word of the day: "hasbara" (propaganda)
I was hoping that Mike would cover the vote taken in the House on the resolution that Anti-Zionism is antisemitism.
Ref: Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro's book, "The Empty Wagon; Zionism's Journey from Identity Crisis to Identity Theft."
If only we could all be in the briefings that President Biden has been in and have all the extremely well informed brilliant people around us like he has. When President Biden goes to the microphone and gives us all that sound-bite, he has the burden of knowing that any more than that will open the door to so many questions and ideas that he will be drowned in a sea of other’s doubts and opinions. So he cannot tell you any more than a little of what he thinks he knows. But one thing is certain: the conflicts in the Middle East are some of the most complex conflicts the world has ever seen. The issues have taken thousands of years to develop. There are more lies than truths. The fertile crescent is not called that because it is desert. And the people who live there know that they are the only ones who can create peace and prosperity for their societies. Everyone in all of the Middle Eastern countries total only a couple hundred million, while the rest of the world that wants to be involved numbers almost 8 billion. Do the little countries of the Middle East really stand a chance of making a decision on their own with so many who have no clue what their real issues are want to help????? Can the rest of the world please just give them what they really need? Valium and no more weapons.
From an outsider’s perspective: Israel could do themselves a big favor by somehow demonstrating that they are not owned and operated by the Jewish faith. Being a sanctuary for people of that faith is one thing, but if Israel has no place to live for people of other faiths, then the jig is up. Wrong government, wrong philosophy, wrong leadership. Israel cannot survive.
like Valium and no guns
I agree Lisa. and I also know a lot of Israelis were protesting the LIKUD party.
Please remember that Israel hold hundreds of Palestinian people in Jail without trial....these are hostages too.
So sorry for the attacks against you. It's also happening to Arab people too.
I signed a petition and added a note expressing my shock and horror that our tax dollars are being used to carry out genocide. I said no “ally” was worth participating in such an immoral act. This is not how peace comes about. That money could better have been used to give Gaza the necessary food, housing, healthcare, etc. this is the way to peace. Where are his advisors?
But have you noticed how money given to Gaza has been spent in the past? Where did the money to build all those tunnels come from and the infrastructure for ventilation, ac, electricity, etc. the stored food supplies for their fighters.
Is there no outrage that Hamas invited this counterattack and did nothing to shelter the civilians. I am not an apologist for war, but let’s be realistic about who is to blame and who can stop it.
DK - Are ya new to this world? Israel is a pariah state. They have been an apartheid state for decades. They are the cause of all of this. Zionism is a disease.
You wanna be realistic? Israel is to blame for everything.
It seems that Hamas does not equal Palestinian people. Hamas seems to be a terrorist organization that hides behind the Palestinians. I don't think killing 10s of thousands of Palestinians is a solution. The common Palestinian, esp in Gaza, seems to have no value, based on the Israeli bombings and destruction. Take out Hamas, if possible, don't kill innocent people.
Tell me something?
Do you know how many times Israel has used Hamas before?
How is it that the supposedly most secure nation in the world allowed Hamas to get in.
Remember. Jordan and Egypt warned Israel about this.
Meanwhile the Israeli's were protesting against Netanyahu.
What would the US do in this situation............start a war perhaps?
I'm not a historian, esp for the middle east. It is inexplicable how Hamas was able to do what they did. Look what USA did after 9/11 for example of what USA would do. USA cares about human rights but doesn't when it suits us. Long history with that.
Israeli engineers built the tunnels- they said so.
And what exactly did you expect Hamas to shelter their citizens with? From 2000 pound bombs?
The Israeli government has broken international law. Period. This isn’t a conversation about Hamas. No one agrees with what Hamas did. The conversation is about our government’s complicity in Israel’s clear undeniable breach in humanitarian law. Our government is actively financially supporting a government clearly engaging in collective punishment. This isn’t a question of whether Israel should respond to Hamas, it’s a question of HOW they have responded. You can’t sniper a woman going to the bathroom hiding in a church. You can’t leave babies to rot in an incubator. It doesn’t matter how much you hate a terrorist group with the same ethnicity as those babies. It doesn’t matter what other unrelated adults from the same area with the same ethnicity did to you. You cannot just bomb them, sniper them, starve them.
Israel has weaponry to target - they targeted Hamas officials in the south of Lebanon without mass casualties. Military weaponry has lots of options besides unguided bombs. Stop excusing war crimes. I’ve only named two, there are hundreds of documented cases.
Where Hamas gets its money and why it’s so hard to stop, even as the U.S. steps up efforts
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Where Hamas gets its money and why it’s so hard to stop, even as the U.S. steps up efforts
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I disagree that the killing in Gaza is purely Biden's responsibility. He supported Israel but has supported help for the Palestinians. Are you aware of how vulnerable Israel is as a country of 9milliin surrounded by large expanses of Arabic land filled with 450 million Arab peoples. What Hamas did on 10/7/23 was psychopathic indicating no real ability to negotiate with Israel. Not that it was ok but the Allies killed 300000 civilians alone in Berlin to get the Nazis hiding in bunkers. Hanasis a real danger to the world if left unchecked. That is why the US has so much racism and kived thru the Jim Crow laws as we let all the confederate leaders to just return home. Hamas is funded in a line ftom Hezbollah, Iran and finally it serms Putin. How do you purpose to handle what Hamas did and how their goal is to kill all the Jews ultimately? Unfortunately Palestine was created by the British then collapsed by them. The British set up the State of Israel with the Palestinians given land in areas but no state. How can all of this hang on Biden when all of this is much more complicated? I usually agree with most of what you say but you are cutting off your nose to spite your face by blaming Biden for the killings in Gaza. It is too simplistic. You are feeding into MAGA hands and Hamas hands.
You are right , the killing in Gaza is Netenyahu’s responsibility. But when our government sends weaponry and billions of funding to them, we are partially complicit. It is absolutely partly Biden’s responsibility when he choses to bypass Congress to send millions in weaponry. And his stance on Gaza is EXACTLY why he will lose the election. You CAN handle what Hamas did without starving a million people, without killing massive amounts of journalists and targeting their families, without leaving babies in incubators, without shooting clear marked ambulances. The excuse but Hamas hides everywhere is inexcusable at some point . Collective punishment is clearly against international law. We decided as a global nation that wars have boundaries too, and everyone has to be held to those standards. The US would hold any other country to them, they should hold their allies to that standard also.
What Hamas did on 10/7 was absolutely nothing compared to the Israel's near total slaughter of Palestinians plus stealing their homes and land. BiBi is bulldozing Palestinian land to give to Israel's new settlements.
Obama tried to defend the Palistinian and threatened Isreal not to build more settlements in the Gaza strip. But then t Rump comes in and acknowledged Isreal by saying he will put a new US embassy into Jerusalem, not understanding the political rift that it caused. There was a reason our embassy was where it was, it was in protest to Isreal.
Also, about the history lesson - next time you share this opinion on history consider adjusting your take on racism. I disagree strongly with your simplistic interpretation of why we have racism. It sounds like you’re suggesting that maybe we should have killed or imprisoned everyone after the civil war South to avoid racism. I’m sure that’s not what you’re saying so consider different wording next time you share that. Also Biden didn’t have to create Israel to be partly complicit in what’s currently happening under his watch in Gaza. That’s crystal clear.
Also to get rid of terrorism - let’s use recent history as an example - did the Iraq war reduce extremism? (Remember there were no WMD so essentially a war for nothing) we got ISIS after Iraq. How about Afghanistan we really got rid of those terrorists by bombing their country - oh wait they run it now. We can learn lots of lessons from history , but our politicians are clearly not paying attention.
Thank you for saying what I could not. Terror does not get eradicated by creating more terror. Racism doesn’t end by doing nothing about the behavior. Punishment is not effective if it results in resentment and vengeance. Killing 200,000 Iraqis after 9/11 only created 2,000,000 more terrorists. Just how stupid is US leadership, and that leadership is a whole lot more than just a President.
Analogy time: You don’t stop water from entering your basement by simply pumping it out. You need to give it someplace it will want to go other than your basement. The same is true for all the South Americans coming to the US and any other migrations of people throughout the world. If people are moving en mass, address the cause, don’t punish the people.
Again, thank you Nida Merchant. I always have a lengthy way of saying how much I agree.
IF he is not responsible.............apart from Netanyahu who is?
Just take time to look up Biden's votong record!
Go away........Putin has to be brought into the conversation all the time.
Brainwashed.
Michael I subscribe to you.
I am deaf.
Could we please have a transcript.................there are thousands of us in the same situation. Thanks
Agreed. I pay for Substack to be able to READ your work.
There is a transcript but it's impossible to read.
If you place your cursor on the photograph of Trump's red tie - trace upwards to the knot around Trump's neck and then move your cursor up and to the left (at an angle of approx. ~ 115° degrees to vertical axis of Trump's tie) - you will find a textural "Button" monikered with the friendly letters "Transcript" - Click on that bar or the word. It appears the transcript is written in some sort of variant of BASIC - what we used call "Spaghetti" Western because of the GOTO statements.
If you are Blind and deaf - I'm not sure the instructions given are that easily followed. Perhaps a texture based interface that one could feel - then the instructions are the same.
You keep amazing us Eric!
I just double checked using my cell-phone / "Smart-phone" as I thought the transcript was pre-formatted for DOOM scrolling.
However (what - IS - amazing) - that if you click on the text in the pre-formatted DOOM-SCROLL it AUTO DOOM-SCROLLS for you and a very good facsimile and representation of Michael's voice plays the lines for you.
Biden should definitely get one of those ... A DOOM SCROLLING - AUTO-Q that reads itself in the voice of the President !
No more cold porridge* dribbled gaffs at the Auto-Q or fear of a future Marmaladen Marauder from Mar-a-lar-doe, minded to go off script.
These digital guard rails really are the KEY to future freedom and world peace.
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* porridge is like your American "Oat-meal" but is just more Scottish by virtue of having more hedgehogs and the frass of thorny brambles in it.
~ What's a "Bramble" ? (I hear you say) - hard to explain to non-indigenous [Pre- programmed ] native (not native) American "citizens.". Just imagine a gigantic heap of thorny tangled up vines that yield blackberries that mean children throw other children into. But oddly not quite as bad as stinging nettles that somehow Americans also don't have.
What's a stinging nettle ? (I hear you say) ... for another time... for another time my friend...
Blackberry - like a redcurrant - not a transitional form of communication device used by B. H. Obama, Red current as in a small juicy fruit not the hot-line of a DC conductor that will kill you if you put your hand on it's bare terminal. AC being safer.
Well thank you for this. Haven't tried it yet. How did you find this out?
I electrocuted myself by mistake as a small child. 240 V rather than 110 V.
Ouch.
Computer camp in the early 1980s.
Doesn't work for me!
As a coder / computer scientist - not everything is monkey-proof.
There is also audio description out there for those who are blind for videos.
Thank you. Renewed paid subscriber status because of the new truth about Biden. I live in a Blue state and am a registered Green Party member. I will vote for Dr. Stein. Dr. Stein does not believe in funding war
It’s a binary election. If Trump wins we all lose.
IF Biden wins we all lose!
How is that?
In Digital terms / "Binary" we call that a FLIP-FLOP circuit... can be used to make square waves rather than blue or red waves.
This is a sad fact. I wish Biden had been that bridge he promised to be, and bowed out. His work is done - he defeated TFG. At 81, why would you continue? I wish he handed the mantle to the next younger generation of leaders.
Biden has passed many remarkable bills that have lingered under trump. There is none other than Biden who can defeat trump. We can do what you have suggested in another 4 years. Let Biden finish what he has started.
I like Biden and think he's done a strong job. I'm just fearful that his age will be his downfall. I know young people who are totally apathetic about him, most because of his age. Others now because of Gaza. If Dems don't show up, we'll be looking at President Haley...I wish Biden was the bridge, one term, then hand it over to younger gen.
Bury your head in the sand.!
Look elsewhere for news like substack you might get a surprise!
I can't believe you're saying this. Have you swallowed the "Biden is too old" Kool-Aid? At this point, he's the ONLY ONE who can beat that thing. Change candidates and we're guaranteed that the thing will win. When that happens, it WILL be the end of our country as we know it--and it will be your fault and the fault of others who either sit out this election or vote for someone else just because President Biden is not "perfect."
Here is the real problem - we have been given two awful choices most of the nation wouldn’t pick if there was an alternative. It is proof that the two party system fails to represent a county of hundreds of millions. It has failed our nation and neither president is acting for the betterment of the daily life of their constituency. And there are many critiques of Biden’s presidency, but when 3/4 of democrats want a ceasefire and he ignores them, and he asks no questions or makes
No complaints when Congress is passing laws to limit freedom of speech and limit our ability to boycott products from foreign countries in protest, and trying to pass laws requiring us to post our government IDs to be able to post on social media, we should just say well at least he’s not Trump?? He is showing he has no respect for democracy, even if he isn’t screaming it from microphones at rallies in the most crass way possible. How many people have to die before we demand to actually be represented?? Abortion isn’t the only issue that matters in this country and our foreign policy has been sickening,
Tarnishing our name and making us unsafe. In some ways this isn’t a binary election it’s a unilateral one. We are all already losing under Biden. Please make sure we all vote carefully in congress and local elections this year. We need to vote out special interests and find people who represent US not just play the stupid party politics game.
Why must we accept that Biden is our candidate, no one is the nominee until the convention…whatever one thinks of the reality, it’s an actual possibility to change candidates.
I saw an "Interview" with Cornell West - conducted by Stephen Sacker of BBC "Hard Talk" ... It was a really BAD interview - but CW really seems minded to make a stand.
Thank "God" it doesn't use Q-bits.
My autistic and retarded uncle could perform and dooooo better arithmetic (on paper) than one of those IBM quantum computers that can barely multiply consistently to a value greater than 15.
Noa(h)'s elbow was waaaaaaaay more reliable.
Don't waste your vote to "make a statement." There is too much at stake in this election. Vote for Democracy. Vote Biden. Vote Blue.
If he changes his stance on Gaza a lot of people might. But I don’t think many people in this country in good conscience can vote for someone who has allowed and financed the mass disproportionate killing of citizens. This is the issue on the ticket for so many, and these people like the Muslim and arab community will be the MOST villified and most affected by a Trump Presidency. But peace and justice matter to his constituency, if he doesn’t realize that does he
Really deserve to represent our country? We are all scared of Trump, I judge no one for voting for Biden out of fear but please let’s stop pretending he’s a good choice.
Make sure make sure make sure you research your local candidates and your congressmen and vote in the primaries to get some good representation for democratic party in Congress. Too many in our government are just filling pockets or trying to rise the ladder by making friends in high places - we need actual representation. Voteforpeace.info is a good initiative , they are starting with California and Texas.
No one is the candidate until the Convention chooses, long way to go. Of course Trump must be stopped but after todays 3 rd veto of a UN Ceasefire resolution how can anyone believe the “malarkey” coming out of both sides of Biden’s mouth? His great economic success won’t bring back one lost Palestinian child’s life, he’s unsupportable in my mind.
I'm with you all the way. Together we win and defeat the duopoly!
I also renewed my paid subscriber status because of this episode! Love Dr stein and Cornell west - really hoping they combine tickets
Good idea. But the DNC??????????
While we’re in year nine of Trump let’s not forget why we have Joe Biden as POTUS. Secondly let’s not forget the conspiracy of Mayor Pete, Senator Klobashar to pull out of the primaries and Clyburn’s endorsement for Biden. This desperate move was in reaction to Bernie Sanders’ movement. What we have now is a bandaid against the Fascists. What we need is Bernie and his unwavering determination to teach us about a true democracy.
Unfortunately, Bernie's time has passed. I wish he'd been the Dem candidate in 2016, but he was too radical for the Dem machine. Freeking Wasserman and Donna Brazile from DNC. I see Brazile's righteousness every Sunday on This Week and want to slap the tv.
Before Bernie there was Ralph Nader.
Yes!!!! Everything republicans accuse democrats of doing in the 2020 election, democrats ACTUALLY did in the primaries to make sure Bernie lost. And then they wanted us to vote for Clinton? We did…but what a slap in our face! And now here we are again - Biden’s ignoring his constituency. Clearly upholding democracy isn’t important to the Democrats they want to undermine it and keep their power!. And Democrats are still wondering why young people are disillusioned and not showing up to vote???? Also we all SHOULD show up to vote so our local communities can be represented by strong honest candidates. We should be volunteering to work the polls , because upholding democracy has fallen on us as individual citizens - neither democrat or republican leadership cares about it
Mike, I agree with you about Gaza and the possibility of Biden losing the election, but if he does get really tough he loses Wall Street. What a dilemma! Pat in NJ
Sometimes you just have to do the right thing. Not a dilemma for me. It is unfortunate that Wall Street is so influential. I wish the stock market had never been created.
Biden getting tough on Israel will lose Wall Street? He doesn’t even have to get tough, just stop sending them extra money and weapons.
I don't think it's that simple. Not with the history and all the money involved. I don't understand why we can't put Conditions on the 'aid'. e.g. You get this if you work out a cease fire. period. And I wish media would stop calling this a war. It's not a war when one side has overwhelming firepower.
No it's not a war please call it what it is. GENOCIDE
Absolutely 💯
I want to thank those of you who liked my statement. I can understand how Hamas took over as the Palestinians had no state and no government. The Palestinians felt they needed protection and perhaps order. It would be like having the Mafia takeover an area or what the Confederacy did to the South before and after the civil war. They promised some protection and rules for the White establishment. Biden was just supporting Israel after the atrocities by Hamas. No one knew the extent of Hamas' development in Gaza. I think blanketly blaming Biden in tge medua with one line statements is similar to how Trump infiltrates people's minds with his repeated one liners. We need to stand behind Biden to preserve our democracy, not blindly but with careful thought. We need to also not get pulled into the agist rhetoric that is too prevalent in the US. That is a weapon for the GOP yet they dont see the thinking problems that have been so obvious in the speeches of Trump. I read a transcript by the NYT when he was first elected January 2017.Psychologists are talk to analyze writing of subjects and a transcript of speech is very similar. His thoughts were quite disconnected as were his ideas. Read it for yourself. Thank you for reading this and responding.
Susan Flinders.
You need to read more I think.
Hamas ( the enemy) was used by Israel at least 2 times before this.
USE your brain.
Supposedly the most secure country in the world was attacked by Hamas.
Israel was warned by Jordan and Egypt months before this happened.
How was it SO easy to get into Israel. Until you ask questions you will never learn.
+ The Israeli people were protesting and trying to get the Likud party out. SO what would the US do in the same circumstances? Start a war????????
don't forget our president ignored the warnings from Japan before they bombed Pearl Harbor in WWII , to get us in the war?? maybe yes? Well, I'm not saying it was okay, just it wasn't the first time done.
My question is, when are we going to stop accepting the lesser of two evils for a presidential candidate and actually get representation?? Why don’t we have ranked choice voting in every state, why don’t we have a national popular vote as our criteria for presidency, why are we still talking about how to best navigate our vote within a Stone Age system that doesn’t serve us in 2024 ???? Honestly enough is enough. The issue in Gaza has shown how beholden we are to other countries and the interests that line Congress’ pockets. Try to get Congress to pass 1/4 of the amount of money they passed for wars for public education in this country…or for paid maternity leave, or for free VPK, or for improved roads literally anything that would improve our lives. Is the political will there?? On either side?? Resoundingly no. They aren’t serving us, they are serving their pockets. It’s like asking me , would you rather be stabbed in the stomach or in the back? I’m ok with people saying please vote Biden I’m terrified of Trump, but let’s stop pretending Biden is a good choice. None of us would pick him if there was an alternative.
I'm a liberal democrat!! Michael Moore, you need to read Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger's work. I see that the CIA/Bankers/Warmongers/Military have taken over the democrat party. Why can't you see that?
Independent journalist Matt Taibbi is a true "for the people" democrat and he understands the corruption in this country. Does anyone on here read his stuff? Corporations /Bankers/Military Industrial Complex have taken over both the GOP and the Democrats. The people need to understand this by reading independent media and not mainstream media. I've been a liberal democrat my whole life. Our lives are being destroyed by the elite who are intentionally trying to destroy us by divide and conquer. Divide and conquer is a common technique that was used by the British to keep their colonies under their control (and other countries did the same divide and conquer technique). We did it to the Iraqis with the Shia and the Sunni's. We pumped up the less advantaged Shia who then attacked the Sunni as a way to control the country of Iraq. Now the democrats are being pumped up by corporations/military/CIA to attack the republicans in a divide and conquer strategy. The ultra rich control both political parites! And we fight amongst ourselves which keeps us from fighting the ultra rich. Does anyone else see this ?
Not sure what Noam Chomsky would say, but certainly he talks about how the powerful control the minions. And the msm goes along for the ride. When you are small and alone, you feel powerless to change. That's what the rich/powerful are counting on - hopelessness to fix or improve things.
Correct.
Zionist money in both party's and all over the world.
Bernie and Warren should not have stepped back when Biden threw his hat in the ring!
Where are those two?
List of must haves in Gaza:
1. Cease fire
2. Hostage Negotiations
3. Humanitarian Aid
4. Two state Solution
Free the Palestinians in Gaol held without trial.
First 3 are possible. #4 I doubt. Israel doesn't seem to want to allow it, I think. If Hamas could be removed, and if Gazan's could have a 'normal' leadership, what would be wrong with #4? I don't know enuf about this to say more than that. Just know that hate begets hate.
Peace needs to stop being completely israel’s choice. The status quo serves Israel - the solution has to come from the outside with pressure on both sides. Hamas exists because of the Israeli governments brutality. The Palestinians will likely not agree to the dismantling of Hamas without the dismantling of Netenyahus right wing government also. Hate totally begets hate and we citizens in the US will pay for it even though we protested this and had nothing to do with these decisions.
President Biden - what IS wrong with you? I agree with Michael Moore so strongly on this-- he is so right about what so many are feeling about the horror show in Gaza.. it may end up costing you the election!
Please condition US aid on stopping this tragedy that is going on-- Bernie Sanders is right on this as well........ It's not like the US doesn't have any carrots and sticks here that we could use-- what is going on??
So Glad to Hear Your Voice Again, Michael!!!!!
Seems that Biden never questioned Israel’s superior position in Dem politics, same as Schumer, Jeffries, Pelosi, need I go on. He’s totally in fir them, the rest is total lip service or as he would call it, Malarkey, For a person who claims to know the depth of human suffering his hardened heart at the sight of helpless children cries out bullshit! If he’s not replaced b6 the convention the outcome will be a disaster…
Maybe, just maybe, we don't have access to the intelligence necessary to second-guess Biden? But by all means, burn America down over a single issue you think you know everything about. Where else have I seen such hubris? Across the isle - finally, a "both sides" that works.
Biden has been on the wrong side of history so many times that somehow this doesn’t come as a surprise to me. He’s been bought, bullied, or is a moron.
People can look up his voting record!
The two party system is a failure - it’s showing itself right now . Our two choices for president are horrible. I cant tell anyone what they should do, but I completely understand how many people will not be able to reward Biden for his blatant misstep in supporting a right wing government overseas, who’s president was indicted and standing trial for not upholding his own democracy . Some people have lost family in this genocide, we can’t expect them to bubble in Biden out of fear of Trump. He made a huge mistake and he needs to atone for it otherwise he’s going to lose so many voters.
Right on! And btw let’s not stop at the two party system failure, we live in a “failed state” QED and to make matters worse, the power to be is SCOTUS where Alito just today opined that the same-sex decision of the court is an infringement on religious bigots! WTF…what’s that definition of insanity again, Oh yes it’s the two party system and choosing the lesser of two evils! It’s time for change, sonehiw!
Don’t vote for the current best administration we’ve had in decades, and you’ll get a whole lot more of what you and I *both* think is criminal. I don’t disagree with the problems of a 2-party system, but now is probably the absolute worst possible time to beat that drum - I doubt I’ll see any such talk next year - if we survive fascism. This is not a joke. It’s probably one of the most important presidential elections in our lifetime. Please, send Jill packing to the Russians where she gets her orders, and have this 2-party discussion in 2025, loud and often!
First let’s dispose of Jill Stein, completely agree she’s a tool. The legitimate disagreement between your view and mine is we agree fascism/Trump is an existential threat but you think Biden is the best person to defeat him and I believe putting up Biden at this point is almost suicidal, a great risk and a liability even if you believe he’s the 14th greatest Pres in history.
I also believe you have no one who can touch Biden's record, or gain enough traction this late in the game. I think you have no idea how much you are helping fascism take root in America. IF we're not already fascist by 2025, let's see how many current Biden-bashers show up with better ideas for 2028, before 2028 that is.
vote for RFK jr, he is a true democrat, just like his uncle and his father. Not the warmonger democrats we have today. The bankers/CIA/military/ultra rich have taken over the democrat party.
Hahaha. That anti-science idiot? Bet you also voted against Hillary. I wonder how that turned out. Oh, right, we’re still fucking around and finding out. Right Sergei?
I'm a true democrat - not the warmonger democrats we have today. I went door to door campaigning for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential run (but now regret that). RFK jr is for the people. The democrats of today are for the bankers, CIA and corporations. Do you agree with this last statement I wrote?
Well you had a nice big drink of the Kool-Aid, huh? Thanks for the laugh. But sure, you go ahead and do your part to let fascism take power. Your stance isn’t reality-based at all. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
your answer is so bad it could be AI generated - or if you want to dig into what I said and respond intelligently, you could do that,
You should definitely burn down the country.
Look, if you want to discuss , i want to talk. If you want to just say pithy one liners and not make a point, then fine - but if you honestly believe that Biden’s a great choice and our democratic system is the best it can get, then you’re the one burning down this country. I care enough to make it better, and am open to learning and discussing about the best way to do that.
Oh I much prefer your pithy diatribe. I made a point alright, you missed it and proved it. Yes, I look at Biden’s 3 year record, and know that so many people like you said Hillary was a horrible candidate. Yeah, cause THAT worked out great. Seems the 2-party is horrible whiners come out in droves - on election year, right Vlad?
John Rochat, you need to read Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger's work. Russiagate was ginned up by the CIA and others in the government. And I'm a liberal democrat saying this. There is so much you don't know.
I see you’re also so much better informed than everyone. What’s that burden like to carry, having to convince everyone else they are idiots? You’re what I envision happening if Dunning and Kruger had a baby and dropped it on its head.
I don’t disagree with most if what you say here but i find it strange how not once did i hear anything about the hostages that were taken or continued to be held. Again nothing is ever gonna change as long as Hamas and Netanyahu are players here.