Bravo! Bravo!! Bravo!!! The naked emperor thought he could fool all the people all the time. His hitman, the Muskrat, thinks even less of the intelligence of the "average American". It just shows how limited their own intelligence is. Three cheers for the workers, the teachers, the doctors, the librarians, the judges, the scientists....and the fearless journalists and resisters! (This means y'all.) God bless us, every one!
"Ironically, Don & Elon’s self-serving plutocratic thuggery..."
Can I suggest changing Don & Elon to
FElonDon instead? I think it rolls off the tongue easier, captures both their names, links them together without the &, and emphasizes their criminal nature.
Chuck Schumer, fearsome? In what bizarro universe is that true? The "fearsome opponents" have pretty much all been sidelined by party leadership, and what remains are inside-game players who don't grasp how dramatically the rules have changed.
Wake up, America! We've now learned that Trump has been a Russian Asset since 1987! Look at what is happening through the lens of Putin's agenda. WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A SLOW-MOVING COUP! We all know about Putin's obsession to return Russia to its former territory and power of the USSR. America, as the world's superpower, has always stood in his way. How do you destroy America? Not by war--Russia would lose. It is done from within. Massive misinformation and propaganda for years to divide and confuse the people. Russian help in electing a Russian Asset as president (first term). Compromise American intelligence, to prevent us from knowing what Russia was up to. During his first term, Trump fed American intelligence secrets to Russia. The CIA lost dozens of informants and spies during and right after Trump's first term. (See Thom Hartmann's last week's article, "Does Putin Own Trump?" for the well-researched details. It is scary. It's free, on the internet.) Trump's loss, even after attempting an insurrection, set Putin back. He was, no doubt, going to hold off invading Ukraine until Trump's second term. But he finally decided to not wait. It was a bad decision, as it has damaged his military and economy. But, he and Trump continued to talk (documented calls when he was not president--Trump won't say what they talked about...probably strategy to get Trump re-elected). Trump's lies about lowering prices for Americans helped tip the election, and Putin had his man in the White House again. Now Putin and Trump are moving quickly to try to hand Trump dictatorship control of the government. They must be feeling somewhat confident, because Trump is beginning to deliver for Putin--first, betray ing Ukraine by giving Putin the cease-fire conditions he needs--time to build his military back up, and relaxation of sanctions so he can start making weapons again--and by starting to use Russian propaganda to accuse Ukraine of starting the war and calling Zelensky a "dictator'. Meanwhile, with everyone distracted by the Musk chaos, Trump's next move will be weakening NATO, which Trump will do by getting in fights with European leaders, then withdrawing from NATO. By that time, maybe he will have consolidated enough power to be a dictator. Putin/Russia will be the most powerful nation on earth because America will be controlled by a Russian puppet dictator. It
will be a new world order. Trump is committing treason--he is a traitor. American people need to know this. SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE and the Hartmann article with as many people as you can!
My parents were both teachers, Mom at Elementary School, Dad at High School...forty years after they retired, I still have people tell me how much they appreciated their teaching. I am pretty much convinced that forty years from now, few will be singing trump's praises...that is, if we survive this fascist brutality.
I’ve had it with Donald Trump and his assault on government and the US Constitution. He has given seemingly enormous power to Elon Musk who was not elected, represents an “organization” not created by Congress, and is not accountable to anyone. He is not a US citizen and is acting as if he were king. It’s time for Congress to live up to its rule as representing their constituents and have the courage to fire Musk and his band of bandits. Trimming the government is one thing, but destroying it and ignoring the Constitution and the courts is another. Anyone heard of the 25th Amendment?
After wiping the foam and vituperation from my mouth, I decided I could do no better than to emphasize Jim's comment : "So, “leaders” ought to at least follow! All Democratic national officials (including former presidents Clinton, Obama, and Biden) should literally come out and stand together, demonstrating solidarity with the majority of Americans fighting this far-right, un-American assault by rampaging billionaires."
Shumer is a fair weather flunkie. He is happy when he can bicycle across the Brooklyn Bridge to make an appearance at the Global Citizen concert in Central Park but has little gravitas. He has one Senate vote.
He is also an old school pol, with emphasis on "old", who likes feeling powerful and most definitely needs to retire. There is a new generation of Dems, ready to roll, and he needs to make room for them. They are our best hope. Just sayin'.
Behavior to be expected from a party elite that ditched the New Deal. That supported bailing out the Wall St. vultures. An elite comfortable taking millions from 1%ers and those privileged fake persons, the powerful corporations. Whose interests do you suppose count? Why do you think New Deal financial regulations, passed because of the 1929 Crash, were repealed under Clinton? Why after the Great Recession of 2008 were they never reenacted?
And for the millions of working people who've suffered loss of jobs, pensions, homes? {*crickets*} Never mind that silly, old fashioned notion of the common good. The Ivy Ds know the common good is just a little too common. You know, declasse'.
The plutocrats, those heirs of the Robber Barons, may cheer. But economic realities, especially for savvy capitalists, are a lot more complex. This bull in a china shop approach (emphasis on "China") will only make a big mess. Perhaps when some of the economic interests finally decide it's too big of a mess, they'll start to be critical. Then it will be safe for Chuck and the Big Ds to rap songs of protest.
If they want to win, they'll have to do better than that. Like actually doing something. Before there's nothing and no one left to do anything for.
At what point do our Democratic leaders call the Trump Administration’s actions what they truly are? A coup against the union and its institutions and a violation of his oath to preserve, protect and defend the constitution and therefore the rights of the people. When do you finally say that Trump and his cronies need to be removed from office for this violation of their oaths.
Did the Democrats, including Biden, Harris, Clinton and Obama, just fall off the face of the earth? Are they still licking their wounds? Have they no voice? No opinion? No spine? Now is the time to speak out, and WE ARE WAITING. The "foot thing" kinda makes me gag, but I love it. It should be our Screensaver.
The jan 6 people fought like hell and trump pardoned them because he wants them to do it again. Shumer has drank too much qualude infused kool-aid to be what he was a decade ago. He needs to start taking whatever it is they are passing around at trump rallys before the fat lady sings for democracy. Does anybody else miss Harry Reid???
Chuck Shumer is passionate about only one thing: keeping the US government, regardless of the party in power, in lockstep with the apartheid, perennially bellicose, racists, genocidal pan-handling state of Israel.
He is not alone in that.
This morning on Democracy Now, Amy Goodman reported that the DC-based non-profit, Dawn, has summitted papers to the International Criminal Court to investigate President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken and Defense Secretary Austin for crimes committed by Israel in Gaza, to which they were accessories.
Shumer should have been on that list.
Also Kamala Harris. She not only supported the US position regarding supplying the lethal weapons used by the Israeli "Defense" Forces to kill over 45,000 in Gaza, but during her campaign she refused to throw one crumb to the large segment of Democratic voters in swing states who supported Palestinian causes. That alone cost her the election, but she had rather keep her Israel uber alles credentials intact and lose an election than show any support for Gaza and win.
The incidence of militant Zionism among our elected as well as appoint officials is and has been for decades a source of great concern to a large portion of the comity of nations. It should be a source of concern here at home, but isn't, thanks to the monolithic media machine controlled by them.
Let's just face it. WE need a new Leader in the Senate! We won't be successful in replacing Schumer in that position after the mid-terms (sooner would be preferable, but not likely) IF opposition to him is based SOLELY on your argument. Let's face it.
No matter where you are "ON THAT" -- as an opposition leader AT THIS TIME Chuck Schumer is totally, completely, absolutely NOT THE MAN FOR THIS JOB!
He's turning out to be Democrats' "Man from Kentucky"(who is responsible for Trump's reelection AND the Supreme Court of our nightmares)!
Schumer won't just step aside, BUT he can be defeated by his peers if WE put enough pressure on THEM! Every Senate Democrat must be bombarded with people asking (demanding) that they to do it! He is a DOLT! Muttering through cue cards. He is NO leader of the opposition! He has become a joke and a cartoon. (Special Thanks to John Stewart.)
I love you, Jim, but you try doing Schumer's job with daily death threats from the likes of those folks tRump pardoned. He is, I believe, wisely biding his time until he has the big guns to bring out--not unlike what President Macron did in his meeting with Trump. I know it is easy to get frustrated that not enough is "being done," but Chuck Schumer is no shrinking violet, and he has been in this business a long time. Please don't become part of the circular firing squad.
Bravo! Bravo!! Bravo!!! The naked emperor thought he could fool all the people all the time. His hitman, the Muskrat, thinks even less of the intelligence of the "average American". It just shows how limited their own intelligence is. Three cheers for the workers, the teachers, the doctors, the librarians, the judges, the scientists....and the fearless journalists and resisters! (This means y'all.) God bless us, every one!
Yay! Protect and preserve our National Parks and Federal Lands/WATER
"Ironically, Don & Elon’s self-serving plutocratic thuggery..."
Can I suggest changing Don & Elon to
FElonDon instead? I think it rolls off the tongue easier, captures both their names, links them together without the &, and emphasizes their criminal nature.
Chuck Schumer, fearsome? In what bizarro universe is that true? The "fearsome opponents" have pretty much all been sidelined by party leadership, and what remains are inside-game players who don't grasp how dramatically the rules have changed.
We believe that Jim was being mildly sarcastic about Chuck.
Indeed!
Wake up, America! We've now learned that Trump has been a Russian Asset since 1987! Look at what is happening through the lens of Putin's agenda. WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A SLOW-MOVING COUP! We all know about Putin's obsession to return Russia to its former territory and power of the USSR. America, as the world's superpower, has always stood in his way. How do you destroy America? Not by war--Russia would lose. It is done from within. Massive misinformation and propaganda for years to divide and confuse the people. Russian help in electing a Russian Asset as president (first term). Compromise American intelligence, to prevent us from knowing what Russia was up to. During his first term, Trump fed American intelligence secrets to Russia. The CIA lost dozens of informants and spies during and right after Trump's first term. (See Thom Hartmann's last week's article, "Does Putin Own Trump?" for the well-researched details. It is scary. It's free, on the internet.) Trump's loss, even after attempting an insurrection, set Putin back. He was, no doubt, going to hold off invading Ukraine until Trump's second term. But he finally decided to not wait. It was a bad decision, as it has damaged his military and economy. But, he and Trump continued to talk (documented calls when he was not president--Trump won't say what they talked about...probably strategy to get Trump re-elected). Trump's lies about lowering prices for Americans helped tip the election, and Putin had his man in the White House again. Now Putin and Trump are moving quickly to try to hand Trump dictatorship control of the government. They must be feeling somewhat confident, because Trump is beginning to deliver for Putin--first, betray ing Ukraine by giving Putin the cease-fire conditions he needs--time to build his military back up, and relaxation of sanctions so he can start making weapons again--and by starting to use Russian propaganda to accuse Ukraine of starting the war and calling Zelensky a "dictator'. Meanwhile, with everyone distracted by the Musk chaos, Trump's next move will be weakening NATO, which Trump will do by getting in fights with European leaders, then withdrawing from NATO. By that time, maybe he will have consolidated enough power to be a dictator. Putin/Russia will be the most powerful nation on earth because America will be controlled by a Russian puppet dictator. It
will be a new world order. Trump is committing treason--he is a traitor. American people need to know this. SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE and the Hartmann article with as many people as you can!
This is a deep dive if we ever saw one. Spread the word, everybody. Great job, Tom!
Yup
My parents were both teachers, Mom at Elementary School, Dad at High School...forty years after they retired, I still have people tell me how much they appreciated their teaching. I am pretty much convinced that forty years from now, few will be singing trump's praises...that is, if we survive this fascist brutality.
I’ve had it with Donald Trump and his assault on government and the US Constitution. He has given seemingly enormous power to Elon Musk who was not elected, represents an “organization” not created by Congress, and is not accountable to anyone. He is not a US citizen and is acting as if he were king. It’s time for Congress to live up to its rule as representing their constituents and have the courage to fire Musk and his band of bandits. Trimming the government is one thing, but destroying it and ignoring the Constitution and the courts is another. Anyone heard of the 25th Amendment?
After wiping the foam and vituperation from my mouth, I decided I could do no better than to emphasize Jim's comment : "So, “leaders” ought to at least follow! All Democratic national officials (including former presidents Clinton, Obama, and Biden) should literally come out and stand together, demonstrating solidarity with the majority of Americans fighting this far-right, un-American assault by rampaging billionaires."
Shumer is a fair weather flunkie. He is happy when he can bicycle across the Brooklyn Bridge to make an appearance at the Global Citizen concert in Central Park but has little gravitas. He has one Senate vote.
He is also an old school pol, with emphasis on "old", who likes feeling powerful and most definitely needs to retire. There is a new generation of Dems, ready to roll, and he needs to make room for them. They are our best hope. Just sayin'.
Whoever did that meme of the Orange Menace sucking on My-Child-Is-A-Human-Shield's toes also gave him two left feet. Priceless.
Good one--Chuck the D and his strong...words.
Behavior to be expected from a party elite that ditched the New Deal. That supported bailing out the Wall St. vultures. An elite comfortable taking millions from 1%ers and those privileged fake persons, the powerful corporations. Whose interests do you suppose count? Why do you think New Deal financial regulations, passed because of the 1929 Crash, were repealed under Clinton? Why after the Great Recession of 2008 were they never reenacted?
And for the millions of working people who've suffered loss of jobs, pensions, homes? {*crickets*} Never mind that silly, old fashioned notion of the common good. The Ivy Ds know the common good is just a little too common. You know, declasse'.
The plutocrats, those heirs of the Robber Barons, may cheer. But economic realities, especially for savvy capitalists, are a lot more complex. This bull in a china shop approach (emphasis on "China") will only make a big mess. Perhaps when some of the economic interests finally decide it's too big of a mess, they'll start to be critical. Then it will be safe for Chuck and the Big Ds to rap songs of protest.
If they want to win, they'll have to do better than that. Like actually doing something. Before there's nothing and no one left to do anything for.
At what point do our Democratic leaders call the Trump Administration’s actions what they truly are? A coup against the union and its institutions and a violation of his oath to preserve, protect and defend the constitution and therefore the rights of the people. When do you finally say that Trump and his cronies need to be removed from office for this violation of their oaths.
Did the Democrats, including Biden, Harris, Clinton and Obama, just fall off the face of the earth? Are they still licking their wounds? Have they no voice? No opinion? No spine? Now is the time to speak out, and WE ARE WAITING. The "foot thing" kinda makes me gag, but I love it. It should be our Screensaver.
The jan 6 people fought like hell and trump pardoned them because he wants them to do it again. Shumer has drank too much qualude infused kool-aid to be what he was a decade ago. He needs to start taking whatever it is they are passing around at trump rallys before the fat lady sings for democracy. Does anybody else miss Harry Reid???
Chuck Shumer is passionate about only one thing: keeping the US government, regardless of the party in power, in lockstep with the apartheid, perennially bellicose, racists, genocidal pan-handling state of Israel.
He is not alone in that.
This morning on Democracy Now, Amy Goodman reported that the DC-based non-profit, Dawn, has summitted papers to the International Criminal Court to investigate President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken and Defense Secretary Austin for crimes committed by Israel in Gaza, to which they were accessories.
Shumer should have been on that list.
Also Kamala Harris. She not only supported the US position regarding supplying the lethal weapons used by the Israeli "Defense" Forces to kill over 45,000 in Gaza, but during her campaign she refused to throw one crumb to the large segment of Democratic voters in swing states who supported Palestinian causes. That alone cost her the election, but she had rather keep her Israel uber alles credentials intact and lose an election than show any support for Gaza and win.
The incidence of militant Zionism among our elected as well as appoint officials is and has been for decades a source of great concern to a large portion of the comity of nations. It should be a source of concern here at home, but isn't, thanks to the monolithic media machine controlled by them.
Let's just face it. WE need a new Leader in the Senate! We won't be successful in replacing Schumer in that position after the mid-terms (sooner would be preferable, but not likely) IF opposition to him is based SOLELY on your argument. Let's face it.
No matter where you are "ON THAT" -- as an opposition leader AT THIS TIME Chuck Schumer is totally, completely, absolutely NOT THE MAN FOR THIS JOB!
He's turning out to be Democrats' "Man from Kentucky"(who is responsible for Trump's reelection AND the Supreme Court of our nightmares)!
Schumer won't just step aside, BUT he can be defeated by his peers if WE put enough pressure on THEM! Every Senate Democrat must be bombarded with people asking (demanding) that they to do it! He is a DOLT! Muttering through cue cards. He is NO leader of the opposition! He has become a joke and a cartoon. (Special Thanks to John Stewart.)
Schumer needs to lead, follow or GET OUT OF THE WAY.
We need more Jon Stewart
I love you, Jim, but you try doing Schumer's job with daily death threats from the likes of those folks tRump pardoned. He is, I believe, wisely biding his time until he has the big guns to bring out--not unlike what President Macron did in his meeting with Trump. I know it is easy to get frustrated that not enough is "being done," but Chuck Schumer is no shrinking violet, and he has been in this business a long time. Please don't become part of the circular firing squad.
Can a National recall petition be filled to attempt to remove POTUS?
Is there a tool by a different name to accomplish the same?
Looking for answers trying to accomplish something besides words
I live in "RED" Oklahoma. We have zero Democratic representation in D.C. Our Governor is a Trump puppet as is the State leadership, or lack of.
Time for action!