This has been an exhausting week already. From Ohio's GOP to the Hegseth hearings, we cannot take our eyes off of the strategic dismantling of our most fundamental institutions - Education and Defense. The GOP has pledged loyalty to a man and clearly not to the People.
Thank you for your leadership - please continue to provide us with info we need and ways in which we can serve and resist.
I pulled out an excerpt from this and used the Share button to put it on Facebook and they pulled it down - this happens a lot when I share from Substack. The message I get is "the post may use misleading links or content to trick people to visit or stay on a website."
And Zuck wonders why Facebook is facing trial for monopolistic business practices?
With the refusal to face the need for proper regulation of social media and how it conducts its business, it's inevitable that tech cowboys and girls would weaponize that media. Government has got to get ahead of the curve in these things, but once again, its failure to address the hazards of our dear American entertainment has gotten us in a lot of trouble. Europe is in a much better position to regulate these mavericks.
With their financial toadying to Trump, the tech moguls have tried to buy their way out of such trials as the one you mentioned. And they just might succeed.
The GOP in Kansas tried the same.." vote No to mean Yes strategy " on women's abortion rights, also tried it to expand Medicaid in Missouri. Democrats were all over it and prevailed. Voter confusion is a old game and Ohio should have known better.
It's hard to blame the voters on this one. Republicans mangled the ballot language so thoroughly that unless one had been a gerrymandering activist and had followed the drama, it was near impossible to decipher that language unless you were a lawyer.
Especially with a nonpartisan issue like banning gerrymandering, "confusion" is the preferred trick, because voters would merely identify with what their friends and neighbors were doing.
I guess that we could blame them for assuming that Republicans always had their best interests in mind. They don't.
He was chosen for his value as an insult and as a destroyer of the independence of the military. Certain military leaders dared to resist and thwart Trump in his first term. Hegseth's low character made him a perfect pick. Perfect for Herr Donald, appalling for the country. But that was the point. And Hegseth is too much of a goon to care.
The Republican party has been taken over by the Trump INFECTION/SICKNESS/Deep State/Project 2025 disease. They will not stop until they are stopped. They do NOT care about how many Americans they hurt or injure just as long as they take control of people's lives. What America is facing is Psychological Warfare for the control of our minds! And sadly right now the right is winning this battle. Too many in America are blind to what is happening to them. But, soon it will become clear as they are stripped of their money, rights, freedoms, etc. .... The Trump gang of Thugs and Goons ONLY care about whatever Donnie wants and NOTHING else. Remember Trump's mentor was Roy Cohn who was just a nasty as Trump. Trump does NOT care. He has NO compassion for anyone or anything except what he wants when he wants it. He is a 78 year old 2 year old who is out of control with no accountability to anyone or anything but himself. And those around him are going to suck America (and you and your family) dry if they are allowed to. Everyone everywhere needs to sound the alarm on the damage they are doing. And hold your local representatives feet to the fire and make it as hot as it gets. Keep on them and do not let up. They are the closest to you and have the most to lose - local support. And will stand up and take notice if they are put on notice. Make them fear you more than they fear Trump. Because they have to live where you live and cannot escape and hide in Washington.
"The Dumbing of America" inevitably leads to authoritarianism, because the fatigue of trying to understand and stay ahead of the machinations becomes too much. Republicans know this and use it.
I don't know how you turn this ship around now, but I know one thing: Ohio voters should be damned insulted by how their dear Republicans treat them. I know I am.
David, you asked: “The question is: how low will Trump have to go for the GOP majority to do its job?”
Trump told us the answer when he was running for president in 2016: He said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and he wouldn’t lose any support. It sounded like absurd hyperbole at the time, but the last 8 years have proven that nothing Trump does will erode Republicans’ support for Trump, including those holding the power to impeach in Congress.
Trump is a convicted criminal who supported an insurrection against the United States of America, yet Republicans refuse to hold him accountable, and voters sent him back to the White House. So Trump was actually telling us his reality: He could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue, and it wouldn’t matter. As long as it could be tied to his official duties as President, the Supreme Court says it’s perfectly fine for Trump to commit crimes and not be held accountable.
David, I just tried twice to share this post of yours on FB. Both times Meta took it down as violating community standards. Wondering if others have had this experience.
Perhaps there should be official independent entities that we can appeal to about such obvious censorship? Those entities could be staffed by professional journalists or others who have a track record of professional honesty when it comes to media. Like the people at FAIR.org (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting). Intentional violations of "fair censorship" would have concrete penalties.
Meta, Zitter, et al must be compelled to define their "community standards." Put it out into the open.
Social media giants should not be allowed to monitor themselves. Look at the ridiculous somersaults that Meta is going through now in order to revamp and justify their censorship protocol. It is not in their interest to let truth speak.
Re: the Hegseth hearing: I was disappointed in our Democratic senators. They should have focused entirely on getting Hegseth to answer (or decline to answer) questions that some of the more fair-minded Republican senators (ex, Collins) might care about. They should have focused on changing a few Republican senators’ minds. Instead, there was too much speechifying, and it didn’t appear they coordinated their questioning. Oh well.
This has been an exhausting week already. From Ohio's GOP to the Hegseth hearings, we cannot take our eyes off of the strategic dismantling of our most fundamental institutions - Education and Defense. The GOP has pledged loyalty to a man and clearly not to the People.
Thank you for your leadership - please continue to provide us with info we need and ways in which we can serve and resist.
If you have to cheat to win, are you really winning? And what do you loose?
#cheatingisnotfairplay
We in Florida are now suffering the same public education destruction by
“ school voucher-parental choice” actions. Gov. DeSatan has directly engineered
redirecting billions $$$ of taxpayer dollars from public education to private, unregulated,
religious schools whose curriculum is designed and developed to indoctrinate the
children in only the extreme right wing version of history and culture. The crusade against
“Wokeism, and CRT (Critical Race Theory) are both dog whistle sloganeering that have
ZERO factual base as the “boogeyman of the US vs. THEM demagoguery that prevails.
Just an FYI so you're aware it's happening.
I pulled out an excerpt from this and used the Share button to put it on Facebook and they pulled it down - this happens a lot when I share from Substack. The message I get is "the post may use misleading links or content to trick people to visit or stay on a website."
And Zuck wonders why Facebook is facing trial for monopolistic business practices?
With the refusal to face the need for proper regulation of social media and how it conducts its business, it's inevitable that tech cowboys and girls would weaponize that media. Government has got to get ahead of the curve in these things, but once again, its failure to address the hazards of our dear American entertainment has gotten us in a lot of trouble. Europe is in a much better position to regulate these mavericks.
With their financial toadying to Trump, the tech moguls have tried to buy their way out of such trials as the one you mentioned. And they just might succeed.
The GOP in Kansas tried the same.." vote No to mean Yes strategy " on women's abortion rights, also tried it to expand Medicaid in Missouri. Democrats were all over it and prevailed. Voter confusion is a old game and Ohio should have known better.
It's hard to blame the voters on this one. Republicans mangled the ballot language so thoroughly that unless one had been a gerrymandering activist and had followed the drama, it was near impossible to decipher that language unless you were a lawyer.
Especially with a nonpartisan issue like banning gerrymandering, "confusion" is the preferred trick, because voters would merely identify with what their friends and neighbors were doing.
I guess that we could blame them for assuming that Republicans always had their best interests in mind. They don't.
He was chosen for his value as an insult and as a destroyer of the independence of the military. Certain military leaders dared to resist and thwart Trump in his first term. Hegseth's low character made him a perfect pick. Perfect for Herr Donald, appalling for the country. But that was the point. And Hegseth is too much of a goon to care.
The Republican party has been taken over by the Trump INFECTION/SICKNESS/Deep State/Project 2025 disease. They will not stop until they are stopped. They do NOT care about how many Americans they hurt or injure just as long as they take control of people's lives. What America is facing is Psychological Warfare for the control of our minds! And sadly right now the right is winning this battle. Too many in America are blind to what is happening to them. But, soon it will become clear as they are stripped of their money, rights, freedoms, etc. .... The Trump gang of Thugs and Goons ONLY care about whatever Donnie wants and NOTHING else. Remember Trump's mentor was Roy Cohn who was just a nasty as Trump. Trump does NOT care. He has NO compassion for anyone or anything except what he wants when he wants it. He is a 78 year old 2 year old who is out of control with no accountability to anyone or anything but himself. And those around him are going to suck America (and you and your family) dry if they are allowed to. Everyone everywhere needs to sound the alarm on the damage they are doing. And hold your local representatives feet to the fire and make it as hot as it gets. Keep on them and do not let up. They are the closest to you and have the most to lose - local support. And will stand up and take notice if they are put on notice. Make them fear you more than they fear Trump. Because they have to live where you live and cannot escape and hide in Washington.
"Make them fear you more than they fear Trump." I second that!
"The Dumbing of America" inevitably leads to authoritarianism, because the fatigue of trying to understand and stay ahead of the machinations becomes too much. Republicans know this and use it.
I don't know how you turn this ship around now, but I know one thing: Ohio voters should be damned insulted by how their dear Republicans treat them. I know I am.
David, you asked: “The question is: how low will Trump have to go for the GOP majority to do its job?”
Trump told us the answer when he was running for president in 2016: He said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and he wouldn’t lose any support. It sounded like absurd hyperbole at the time, but the last 8 years have proven that nothing Trump does will erode Republicans’ support for Trump, including those holding the power to impeach in Congress.
Trump is a convicted criminal who supported an insurrection against the United States of America, yet Republicans refuse to hold him accountable, and voters sent him back to the White House. So Trump was actually telling us his reality: He could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue, and it wouldn’t matter. As long as it could be tied to his official duties as President, the Supreme Court says it’s perfectly fine for Trump to commit crimes and not be held accountable.
David, I just tried twice to share this post of yours on FB. Both times Meta took it down as violating community standards. Wondering if others have had this experience.
Perhaps there should be official independent entities that we can appeal to about such obvious censorship? Those entities could be staffed by professional journalists or others who have a track record of professional honesty when it comes to media. Like the people at FAIR.org (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting). Intentional violations of "fair censorship" would have concrete penalties.
Meta, Zitter, et al must be compelled to define their "community standards." Put it out into the open.
Social media giants should not be allowed to monitor themselves. Look at the ridiculous somersaults that Meta is going through now in order to revamp and justify their censorship protocol. It is not in their interest to let truth speak.
Re: the Hegseth hearing: I was disappointed in our Democratic senators. They should have focused entirely on getting Hegseth to answer (or decline to answer) questions that some of the more fair-minded Republican senators (ex, Collins) might care about. They should have focused on changing a few Republican senators’ minds. Instead, there was too much speechifying, and it didn’t appear they coordinated their questioning. Oh well.
Ditto, Lonnie E 💯👍
HEGSETH IS UNQUALIFIED AND EXTREMIST 😡😡😡
GABBARD IS UNQUALIFIED AND EXTREMIST 😡😡😡
PATEL IS UNQUALIFIED AND EXTREMIST 😡😡😡
KENNEDY IS UNQUALIFIED AND EXTREMIST 😡😡😡