Women, you don’t have to tell anyone

 Women, voting is private. You don’t have to tell anyone. You don’t have to tell your husband. You don’t have to tell your father. You don’t have to tell your church. You don’t have to tell your pastor or your priest. You don’t have to tell your PTA meetings. You don’t have to tell your family. Lie if you have to. 

You get to vote privately. This is America  

Roe Roe Roe your vote. For you. For your daughters. For your granddaughters. For your nieces. For your neighbors. 

Don’t let them steal your power. Don’t let them steal your freedom. Don’t let them steal your own decisions and choices. 

Vote…take your power back…

Trump imitates the Nazis, his idols

 Trump held a rally at Madison Square Garden as a deliberate replication of the Nazi rally held there in 1939. He, and his authoritarian MAGA extremists, want to make sure we all understand who they are. And we are supposed to tremble in fear of their threats. That’s how fascist operate. 

They will destroy the economy with moronic across the board tariffs causing massive inflation leading to a depression, and they will round up, put in detention camps, and deport millions of brown skinned people. 

But on Sunday they stood tall shouted “Say it out loud!  We’re Nazis and we’re proud!”

Trump Sunday, and Nazis in 1939. 

And Trump announced how he plans to disenfranchise the vote by saying he and his friend the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, have a “Little Secret” - obviously to throw out enough state votes to keep either candidate from getting 270 Electoral College votes (with the help of the revolutionary anti-democracy Supreme Court), and thus have the House choose the president with each state getting only one vote each. More low population states are Republican so the Republican states choose … the Nazi. 

By the way, if you say to yourself that the 1939 display of Nazi loyalty didn’t mean much, I disagree. WWII ended their threats by sending American military to fight and die against the German Nazis. This forced American Nazis to fade from the spotlight, but they ruled cruelly in the Jim Crow South, and they resurfaced again under the banners of Joseph McCarthy in the ‘50s, and George Wallace and the Southern segregationists in the ‘60s, and now again as Trump and MAGA. They keep showing up, filled with hate, fear, and threats. 

Stop them again.  Vote. 

If you want mass deportation & detention camps

 Trump is promising to Round Up “illegal” immigrants, force them into concentration camps, and send them…?  To Mexico?  Who knows where. This will not be an orderly, legal process. It will be breaking down doors fully armed with assault weapons and perp walking brown people into unmarked vans and disappeared. The Nazi racist, Stephen Miller, will be in charge. If you are brown, watch out…

 It will be brutal. It will be the image of America for generations, just as the Nazi round up of Jews onto train boxcars is an image of Germany that is with us still today. 

This filthy man’s stain on America will never go away if he seizes power in 2025. He has already soiled us all.  If re-elected he will have no constraints because he will have lickspittle subservients under him, and Schedule F will put only MAGA Cultists throughout the government.

Vote.  

If you want big inflation, vote for Trump

 If you want big inflation, vote for Trump.  Trump’s stupid sweeping tariffs will obviously create a big boost in inflation. The imported goods’ prices skyrocket, domestic prices skyrocket almost as much but a bit lower, other countries retaliate with tariffs. Boom go the prices. 

He is a stupid man with stupid ideas that are impervious to change. 

If you are retired and on a fixed income tariffs are a path to impoverishment. So why do so many older white folks support this nonsense?  I can only attribute lack of understanding how tariffs work - starting at the top. Plus, many are in his Cult, so they blindly agree and obey. 

It’s the inflation, stupid.

Plus, of course, when he puts American businesses out of business with his Tariff wars he will also put millions of small businesses out of business by deporting millions of Hispanics (you know, brown people who “poison the blood” of white supremacist America).  So, welcome to the second Great Depression caused by another Republican president. 

It’s the second Great Depression, stupid.

War

 “The first casualty of war is the truth” - Aeschylus, Greek dramatist. In America, Trump and MAGA have slaughtered the truth for nine years. Maybe that’s a clue…maybe Trump and MAGA are waging war. 

Trump’s war is probably just vengeance, vengeance for being slighted, for not being accepted as a New York elite real estate Barron. Indeed, he used to call news organizations and give them Trump propaganda pretending to be a man named John Barron. Maybe a clue. 

I think some of MAGA’s war is, in part, the same - people feel slighted, ignored, disrespected. So they want vengeance - just burn it all down, destroy the elites who look down on them. 

But, I think the main MAGA warriors are theocrats, White Christian Nationalists, National Apostolic Reformists, white supremacist extremists sworn to destroy secular America and replace it with a Christian version of the Islamic Taliban. They are at war against what they have been indoctrinated to believe is “Satan” - you know, gays, people of color becoming equals, women becoming powerful, empathy, compassion, Democrats, every bit of human progress in the last hundred years. 

I think liberals want to pretend this is a political contest rather than a war being waged against democracy and the rule of law and the American Constitution itself.  

Sigh. 

The need to belong to something great

 In an age of loneliness people need to belong. Belonging to a tribe meets that need. What tribe?  The “populist” tribe of MAGA.  

The insightful book “True Believer” by longshoreman philosopher, Eric Hoffer, laid it out in the 1951 as he explained what was underneath the horrors of German Nazis and Russian Soviets - what drove the minds of the fanatic? 

He wrote that Hitler knew that the chief passions of the frustrated masses were fear and hatred. And that mass movements offer a substitute for the loss of individual hope. The True Believers essentially see themselves personally as insignificant “grains of sand”, but by joining the mass movement they are part of a grand and world changing “beach”.  Their lives become enormously meaningful because their movement is world changing and enormously meaningful. 

From Hoffer:

“Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the loss of faith in ourselves… he has been delivered from the meaningless burdens of an autonomous existence… as long as he feels himself part of that whole and nothing else, he is indestructible and immortal.”  

Democrats are not part of a mass movement. They just defend the rule of law, defend democracy, and come up with programs to boost the middle-class and the poor, improve the economy, provide safety and opportunity , etc.  We don’t worship Biden or Harris. 

The Republican Party has been taken over by the MAGA mass movement. What does it stand for? It seems to me it mainly stands for hatred of liberals. It caricatures  liberals as “woke“ and “politically correct” and “socialist “. Hitler knew. Vance knows. Trump is just overflowing with hatred, so he becomes the worshipped supreme leader by default. 

Vote. For a politician, not for a “supreme leader” of a mass movement of hate. Please. 

39 minutes?

 Apparently, Donald Trump spent 39 minutes in silence, mostly silence, swaying back-and-forth to a long, long music medley while on a stage at his latest rally.

What?

Did he seem lost? Has he completely lost touch with the reality? His surroundings? Could he not remember what to say?  What was he is doing?

We have been watching this sad little man suffer through evermore serious cognitive decline all year. It has gotten to the point where it cannot be denied. It is time to say goodbye.

Those who see him as a coat tail to drag them into the halls of power will never allow him to leave. It is up to the voters. 

Time to say goodbye to the ever declining Donald J Trump. He’s trailing off…

Top military warns against Trump threats to America and the world

Donald Trump has:

• The Ego of Napoleon
• The empathy of Joseph Stalin
• The emotional maturity of a six year old playground bully
• The brains of a turnip 

Plus, he is sliding into Alzheimer’s like his father before him. 

I have written often of how Schedule F will remove all institutional and personal constraints on this sociopath. Using Project 2025 he will end democracy, end the rule of law, establish an extremist theocracy, establish an Oligarchy, and funnel billions into himself. 

But that is not the worst possible outcome, is it?  Do you want this uncontrollable big baby to be able to “play” with “his” nuclear toys?

What about his psychotic urge to use nukes?  He has already said “What is the point of nukes if you don’t use them?”  He has already suggested nuking hurricanes to stop them. 

Former Chairman of the joint chiefs, Mark Miley:

No one has ever been as dangerous to this country as Donald Trump,” the general told Woodward. “Now I realize he’s a total fascist. He is the most dangerous person to this country.”

Plus another 100 military and security officials:

“More than 100 Republican former national security and foreign policy officials on Wednesday endorsed Kamala Harris for president in a joint letter, calling Donald Trump “unfit to serve” another term in the White House.”

He craves being the most important and famous person in world history. Who is now? Adolph Hitler. Why? WWII. 60 million deaths. His urge to use nukes could well be irresistible. Hundreds of millions slaughtered by nukes?  Very very possible. 

He is a threat not just to the survival of American Democracy and Rule of Law. He is a threat to the survival of American life, and of the world. 

I pray that people who still think there is such a thing as the “Republican Party” wake up. It’s over. Trump and MAGA killed it. This toddler threatens us all. This is not a choice between politicians. It is a choice to survive, as a democracy, as a free nation, as living creatures in the world.  Or not. 

It was stolen

 There no longer is a Republican Party. It was stolen. It is now an anti-democracy revolutionary MAGA crusade. 

The only thing to do is to end it - at the ballot box. It should be easy to just say no to the filthy pig of an excuse of a man who sprays his face orange, rants gibberish, and has nothing but bitterness and poison in his ever dwindling brain. And just say no to the threatening anti-democratic “base” behind him. 

Vote. ..

MAGA submissives refuse to extend funds for FEMA as the South is pummeled by hurricanes

 Trump tells Congressional Republicans not to extend FEMA funding. Why? So he can claim Dems are spending all their money on Ukraine and ignoring red states. These folks, and the person they are terrified of, have all the compassion of Joseph Stalin, and all the brains of a turnip:

Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters on Wednesday that FEMA will run out of money before the hurricane season is over. The agency is facing a multibillion-dollar deficit, even after imposing new spending restrictions.  "We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting,"  

Here is the list of the Republicans that voted against the extension of funding for FEMA while they do the only thing they know how to do - threaten to shut down the government on the orders of their demented master, the orange mentally ill presidential candidate:

HOUSE:

Representative James Baird of Indiana

Representative Troy Balderson of Ohio

Representative Jim Banks of Indiana

Representative Aaron Bean of Florida

Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona

Representative Gus Bilirakis of Florida

Representative Dan Bishop of North Carolina

Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado

Representative Mike Bost of Illinois

Representative Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma

Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee

Representative Eric Burlison of Missouri

Representative Kat Cammack of Florida

Representative Michael Cloud of Texas

Representative Andrew Clyde of Georgia

Representative Mike Collins of Georgia

Representative Eli Crane of Arizona

Representative John Curtis of Utah

Representative Warren Davidson of Ohio

Representative Byron Donalds of Florida

Representative Jeff Duncan of South Carolina

Representative Ron Estes of Kansas

Representative Mike Ezell of Mississippi

Representative Randy Feenstra of Iowa

Representative Brad Finstad of Minnesota

Representative Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota

Representative Russell Fry of South Carolina

Representative Russ Fulcher of Idaho

Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida

Representative Tony Gonzales of Texas

Representative Bob Good of Virginia

Representative Lance Gooden of Texas

Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia

Representative Morgan Griffith of Virginia

Representative Michael Guest of Mississippi

Representative Harriet Hageman of Wyoming

Representative Andy Harris of Maryland

Representative Clay Higgins of Louisiana

Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio

Representative John Joyce of Pennsylvania

Representative Trent Kelly of Mississippi

Representative Darin LaHood of Illinois

Representative Laurel Lee of Florida

Representative Debbie Lesko of Arizona

Representative Greg Lopez of Colorado

Representative Anna Paulina Luna of Florida

Representative Morgan Lutrell of Texas

Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina

Representative Tracey Mann of Kansas

Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky

Representative Tom McClintock of California

Representative Rich McCormick of Georgia

Representative Mary Miller of Illinois

Representative Max Miller of Ohio

Representative Cory Mills of Florida

Representative Alex Mooney of West Virginia

Representative Barry Moore of Alabama

Representative Nathaniel Moran of Texas

Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina

Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee

Representative Gary Palmer of Alabama

Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania

Representative Bill Posey of Florida

Representative John Rose of Tennessee

Representative Matt Rosendale of Montana

Representative Chip Roy of Texas

Representative David Schweikert of Arizona

Representative Keith Self of Texas

Representative Victoria Spartz of Indiana

Representative Claudia Tenney of New York

Representative William Timmons of South Carolina

Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey

Representative Beth Van Duyne of Texas

Representative Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin

Representative Mike Waltz of Florida

Representative Randy Weber of Texas

Representative Daniel Webster of Florida

Representative Bruce Westerman of Arkansas

Representative Roger Williams of Texas

Representative Rudy Yakym of Indiana

SENATE:

Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee

Senator Mike Braun of Indiana

Senator Katie Britt of Alabama

Senator Ted Budd of North Carolina

Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho

Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska

Senator Bill Hagerty of Tennessee

Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri

Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin

Senator Mike Lee of Utah

Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas

Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky

Senator Pete Ricketts of Nebraska

Senator James Risch of Idaho

Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri

Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina

Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama

So, who gets hurt?  American people.  Now hurricane Milton heads toward Florida and Trump tells the House not to come back in emergency session to extend FEMA funding? 

Looks like a Putin is part of this plan, to me. 

Musk is dangerous

 Trump is stupid, mentally ill, deluded and dangerous. Musk is smart, mentally odd, and dangerous. Seems to me he is aiming to take over the authoritarian, fascist MAGA revolution. Here he is upstaging the rambling orange, declining candidate:

 

From FDR decades ago, per Consevative icon, William Krystal:

I should have remembered the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt in his acceptance speech at the 1936 Democratic convention: “It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over government itself.”

Watch out.

Why fascism?

 I think that people who feel powerless want to feel powerful so what they do as they look for someone who looks powerful to them, that is to say look for someone who scares people and they align themselves with that person. I think that explains Mussolini and Hitler and Franco. And I think it explains Orban and Le Pen and Trump today. 

Why? It’s fear. Fear of Other. Fear of different. Things seem out of control. They want to beat things back into orderly control. Is this correct? No - things are just different. And different scares them. 

So you get the rise of “Strong Men”. They support those that threaten and do violence. It makes those who feel powerless feel protected and feel safe. 

It’s a false belief. The “Strong Men” are all the same character - it’s all about me me me me me me me me.  And $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. And power domination domination domination.  

It has nothing to do with the country they dominate, or the people who worship them, or who fight them, or who fear them… the people and the country are just supporting players to the authoritarian’s bottomless need for obedience and submission. 

They are sick puppies.  They are very needy little people. We see in The Former Guy how much he craves and needs adulation. Because he has no internal pillars of self esteem. So they remove the Rule of Law, and remove democracy, and all constraints on their bottomless needs. Of course. It’s who they are. 

And the frightened follow them down the autocratic rabbit hole. 

Prison please…

 How the authoritarian sitting president criminally tried to overturn the 2020 election.  Prosecutor Jack Smith lays out the evidence.  From the AP:  

1.  “Although the defendant was the incumbent President during the charged conspiracies, his scheme was fundamentally a private one,” Smith’s team wrote, adding, “When the defendant lost the 2020 presidential election, he resorted to crimes to try to stay in office.”....

 2.  Trump “laid the groundwork” for rejecting the election results before the contest was over, telling advisers that in the event he held an early lead he would “declare victory before the ballots were counted and any winner was projected.”....

3.   Immediately after the even ection, prosecutors say, his advisers sought to sow chaos in the counting of votes....

4.   Prosecutors also argue Trump used his Twitter account to further his illegal scheme by spreading false claims of election fraud, attacking “those speaking the truth” about his election loss and exhorting his supporters to travel to Washington for the Jan. 6, 2021, certification. 

5.   They intend to use “forensic evidence” from Trump’s iPhone to provide insight into Trump’s actions after the mob of his supporters began to attack the Capitol....

6.   That “steady stream of disinformation” in the weeks after the election culminated in his speech at the Ellipse on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, in which Trump “used these lies to inflame and motivate the large and angry crowd of his supporters to march to the Capitol and disrupt the certification proceeding,” prosecutors wrote. His “personal desperation was at its zenith” that morning as he was “only hours from the certification proceeding that spelled the end,” prosecutors wrote."

There will be a lot more evidence to come, of corse.  I hope they include evidence that armed extremists were in nearby hotels ready for a second assault wave.  Some of those are in prison now, I believe.

By the way, he is doing exactly the same thing again now in 2024.  Another attempted coup after he loses another election.  It’s being planned and organized.  Too much of the country has given up on democracy  

Prison please.

Tennessee MAGA lies about Biden response to hurricane Helene

 One of the most horrific disasters in U.S recent history is the massive hurricane Helene that savaged the south. So far over 100 deaths are reported with hundreds more missing. This is bad enough, but MAGA Republicans have managed to make it into a political accusation of Biden. Tennessee MAGA tells this despicable lie:

“Late Friday night, Tennessee House Republican Caucus chair Jeremy Faison posted “President Biden has finally approved [Tennessee governor Bill Lee’s] state of emergency request,” making it sound as if the delay in federal support for the state during the devastation of Hurricane Helene was Biden’s fault. In fact, while Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina all declared emergencies and requested and received federal approval of those declarations before the hurricane hit, Governor Lee did not. 

Instead, in keeping with an April joint resolution from the Republican-dominated Tennessee legislature calling for 31 days of prayer and fasting to “seek God’s hand of mercy healing on Tennessee,” Lee proclaimed September 27 “a voluntary Day of Prayer & Fasting.”

Lee did not declare a state of emergency until late on September 27, after flash flooding had already created havoc. President Biden approved it immediately.  

Immediately!  Of course. That is because President Biden is the president of the United  States. 

As always, MAGA accuses Democrats of the crimes that MAGA commits. Trump has a history of withholding aid to states that did not vote for him. He has promised to refuse aid to states that do not vote for him if elected. He is incapable of human caring for anyone other than himself. And MAGA worshipfully follows his dark lead.