Let’s not put all of the blame on Trump, his oligarchs and his cronies. The current Republican Party, the Roberts Supreme Court and the racists who miss the Confederacy are happy to collaborate. A number of our fellow citizens were just waiting for a Trump to turn up. This is our America and this is our challenge going forward.
What you seem to be saying is that our current dilemma has been created by any number of contributors and collaborators. True, and as your accurate reference to unreformed Confederate racist oligarchs and their brainwashed minions implies, you appreciate that all this has very deep roots in our culture and history. Let's not forget the cruel disenfranchisement of women, the genocidal slaughter of the vast majority of Native Americans, the Jim Crow laws, the murder of union members and organizers, and the insistence that alternative governmental systems (like social democracy) are somehow tainted and equivalent with communism, rather than a more enlightened approach to governance than the money-corrupted and dominated 'form' of democracy we've all allowed to grow ever-stronger for the past seventy-odd years. Trump remains, however a 'useful idiot' for us reform-minded people in the sense that his very public presence, on view practially 24/7/365 conveys a visceral sense of horror and disgust that points directly at the forces that helped make him what he is: a monster teetering atop a monstrous system while gobbling up a criminal share of its assets.
I kind of agree but the SC is certainly influenced by Trump. From dubious appointees to creating a political environment that allows Alito and Thomas to be their worst selves.
Trump has given racists and bigots permission to take their depravity public and to be PROUD of it.
They are certainly happy to collaborate but in many cases it took the environment created by Trump to inspire their bold participation.
I suspect that before the Mid Terms, Karma is going to bare its teeth and bite the Orange Ogre on the ass. I saw lowly hamburger for sale at the local Publix yesterday for $13.49 a pound... How many kids will go to bed with little but bread in their stomachs? I am so dreadfully sick of the casual and oblivious cruelty of tRump and his adoring MAGAts.
Congressional Republicans may not care about the price of hamburger, but they don't want to lose their elections and implication in the EPSTEIN coverup should scare them to holy hell.
Not only are children suffering from the SNAP cuts but so are senior citizens who don’t draw enough social security to pay their bills or their doctor visits. Stephen Miller is a psychopath. He needs to be removed from the White House. It’s not only billionaires who are benefiting from Trump’s economy but others who don’t see what this economy has actually done to others.
The average American may not follow politics closely, and may not be very bright. But one thing the average American *does* know and understand is when they are having trouble making ends meet at the end of the month, and when they see themselves or their neighbors lose (or worry about losing) their jobs.
And when that happens no amount of "it really isn't bad" happy talk from the politicians in charge is going to make them feel better. All happy talk does is convince them that the politician is either a g*ddamn liar or completely out of touch with the average person.
Wasn't it Bessent, or one of the other toadies, who crowed that Americans are using credit cards as never before, as if that were an achievement. Another D headline if they choose to use it!
"The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities recently found that in 12 states, 700,000 fewer children are receiving SNAP food; “nearly half of the 1.6-million-person decline among people of all ages in those states.”
I take this statistic personally. When I was teaching, I used my own money to buy snacks to have in my classroom. I turned a blind eye when some of my students took more than one, because so many of them came from poor households and probably weren't getting enough to eat at home.
If Dems regain the House and take the Senate, I hope they reverse these SNAP cuts as a matter of moral urgency.
I find myself reading headlines on Substack these days &/or skimming the articles for something I may have missed. November can’t come soon enough! We each have our own ways of pushing back. Each of us must continue to take care of ourselves first: ”rest and renew” as I like to frame it…basically take a physical & mental break from the rump spun chaos. We must be our best as we continue to support our democracy over the summer and through the hills of AI generated BS until we can vote. Let’s show the world who has the power people!!!!!
You are a mensch and a fearless Truth-Teller. If only there were more like you the world would be a much better place. Thanks a million for getting the word out.
“Trump’s overall approval has dropped in many polls to the mid-30’s.”
How can 1 in 3 Americans APPROVE of this absolute Nutjob?! Does NOT make sense! So….SO…sad! That 30% wants to drag American down into the Hell they live in. So far, they’ve succeeded! What must the rest of the World think of Americans, who elected this incompetent childish wrecking ball of a nutjob……TWICE?! It’s certainly not “admiration”!
I wonder at the 1/3 number too! It's amazingly awful! I have relatives who live abroad, and they do wonder how Americans have been fooled twice by DJT. They don't hate us; they just wonder at our stupidity. (Not that other countries haven't been stupid over the years, but we're the latest; and we might just sit atop most of the others.)
Exactly! The amount of Stupidity is absolutely flabbergastingly unbelievably….crazy! And, THAT is what America’s reputation is now! SO sad! SO disappointing! But….we earned it by electing this Clown!
“The American people understand the hell that we inherited..."
This highlights the danger of radical right-wing oligarchs controlling the media. The true message about the Biden administration -- that he and the fed brought the bad economy in for a soft landing, without a recession and against all odds; that he dealt with the pandemic after Trump had blown it; or that he was stymied in many efforts to deal with immigration by right-wing obstruction -- never really got through. For Obersturmbannführer Miller to get away with lies of this magnitude simply spotlights the problem.
A little off topic . Watch what happens with the Ebola outbreak. It could get much worse and Trump and his minions have no clue. With all the different emergencies facing the United States and the world it is like a pick your own disaster game.
I am a Texas Democrat. What I see from the outside is that the Texas Republican party has been in an extremely vicious internal war since just prior to the normal, establishment Republicans attempting to impeach Paxton. After they were blocked in that endeavor through shenanigans, the MAGA faction primaried and purged ALL insurgents from the party. This purge had the by-product of electing MAGA Republicans who dutifully voted to pass school vouchers, which enraged the rural Texas voters who are the backbone of the Texas Republican party.
John Cornyn, the last traditional Republican left, took a stand against Paxton and MAGA. Somehow, he thought he could denounce Paxton and embrace Trump. Now, with Cornyn's defeat at the hands of Trump, the illusion they could make that logically inconsistent idea work is gone. Establishment Republicans are now saying their party is dead. What are they going to do? They have more money than MAGA. They have the infrastructure, but do they have the will?
The Establishment Republican leaders like Cornyn aren't necessarily our friends, but they are committed to democracy. As it stands for this election, the disaffected voters on the ground are there for Democrats to woo. And those voters do like Talarico.
The above dynamic is underappreciated by the national political pundit class. Also, Texas Democrats are strategizing and coordinating separate and apart from the DC Democratic party which seems to be using a strategy called "Operation Screw-it-Up".
I wonder if our society will ever again be characterized by at least attempting to speak the truth. Of course, there have always been liars, con men, and swindlers. But in the public and government sphere there once was an expectation of approximating the truth. From Limbaugh to Fox News and on to MAGA Trumpism, the steady degrading to reach this point of Stephen Miller's deliberate fabrication is simply staggering. In fact, if a Republican politician spoke truthfully, he or she would likely be drummed out of the Party.
Jen Rubin, i’d like to announce the third coming: @ the ripe age of 85, I’ve been impregnated virtually- by AI & S Miller; I’m to give birth to ‘a corporation’ who will be eligible to vote in the midterms.
You can try your worst to fool ‘the American people’, whom i’ve never met,
but don’t even begin to try to fool Jen Rubin or her readers.
This American person is ready to take you on one to one.
FYI — Foreclosures are at a six year high. Coupled with credit card usage and delinquency, this underscores the danger of another credit implosion. On the darker side, a flood of foreclosures will provide oligarchs with another buying opportunity to expand their hold on the nation’s housing stock.
Let’s not put all of the blame on Trump, his oligarchs and his cronies. The current Republican Party, the Roberts Supreme Court and the racists who miss the Confederacy are happy to collaborate. A number of our fellow citizens were just waiting for a Trump to turn up. This is our America and this is our challenge going forward.
What you seem to be saying is that our current dilemma has been created by any number of contributors and collaborators. True, and as your accurate reference to unreformed Confederate racist oligarchs and their brainwashed minions implies, you appreciate that all this has very deep roots in our culture and history. Let's not forget the cruel disenfranchisement of women, the genocidal slaughter of the vast majority of Native Americans, the Jim Crow laws, the murder of union members and organizers, and the insistence that alternative governmental systems (like social democracy) are somehow tainted and equivalent with communism, rather than a more enlightened approach to governance than the money-corrupted and dominated 'form' of democracy we've all allowed to grow ever-stronger for the past seventy-odd years. Trump remains, however a 'useful idiot' for us reform-minded people in the sense that his very public presence, on view practially 24/7/365 conveys a visceral sense of horror and disgust that points directly at the forces that helped make him what he is: a monster teetering atop a monstrous system while gobbling up a criminal share of its assets.
Well put!
Thank you.
You're most welcome! Thanks back atcha.
I kind of agree but the SC is certainly influenced by Trump. From dubious appointees to creating a political environment that allows Alito and Thomas to be their worst selves.
Trump has given racists and bigots permission to take their depravity public and to be PROUD of it.
They are certainly happy to collaborate but in many cases it took the environment created by Trump to inspire their bold participation.
Quite correct, Carol - there is plenty of blame to go around, including roughly a third of the elegible voters from the 2024 election.
Truth!
I suspect that before the Mid Terms, Karma is going to bare its teeth and bite the Orange Ogre on the ass. I saw lowly hamburger for sale at the local Publix yesterday for $13.49 a pound... How many kids will go to bed with little but bread in their stomachs? I am so dreadfully sick of the casual and oblivious cruelty of tRump and his adoring MAGAts.
Congressional Republicans may not care about the price of hamburger, but they don't want to lose their elections and implication in the EPSTEIN coverup should scare them to holy hell.
I suspect it already is, but they are so brainwashed by Faux Snooze, tribalistic, and cowed by their Orange Hitler that they are immobilized.
Pressure them anyway!
Not only are children suffering from the SNAP cuts but so are senior citizens who don’t draw enough social security to pay their bills or their doctor visits. Stephen Miller is a psychopath. He needs to be removed from the White House. It’s not only billionaires who are benefiting from Trump’s economy but others who don’t see what this economy has actually done to others.
The average American may not follow politics closely, and may not be very bright. But one thing the average American *does* know and understand is when they are having trouble making ends meet at the end of the month, and when they see themselves or their neighbors lose (or worry about losing) their jobs.
And when that happens no amount of "it really isn't bad" happy talk from the politicians in charge is going to make them feel better. All happy talk does is convince them that the politician is either a g*ddamn liar or completely out of touch with the average person.
Wasn't it Bessent, or one of the other toadies, who crowed that Americans are using credit cards as never before, as if that were an achievement. Another D headline if they choose to use it!
"The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities recently found that in 12 states, 700,000 fewer children are receiving SNAP food; “nearly half of the 1.6-million-person decline among people of all ages in those states.”
I take this statistic personally. When I was teaching, I used my own money to buy snacks to have in my classroom. I turned a blind eye when some of my students took more than one, because so many of them came from poor households and probably weren't getting enough to eat at home.
If Dems regain the House and take the Senate, I hope they reverse these SNAP cuts as a matter of moral urgency.
I find myself reading headlines on Substack these days &/or skimming the articles for something I may have missed. November can’t come soon enough! We each have our own ways of pushing back. Each of us must continue to take care of ourselves first: ”rest and renew” as I like to frame it…basically take a physical & mental break from the rump spun chaos. We must be our best as we continue to support our democracy over the summer and through the hills of AI generated BS until we can vote. Let’s show the world who has the power people!!!!!
You are a mensch and a fearless Truth-Teller. If only there were more like you the world would be a much better place. Thanks a million for getting the word out.
“Trump’s overall approval has dropped in many polls to the mid-30’s.”
How can 1 in 3 Americans APPROVE of this absolute Nutjob?! Does NOT make sense! So….SO…sad! That 30% wants to drag American down into the Hell they live in. So far, they’ve succeeded! What must the rest of the World think of Americans, who elected this incompetent childish wrecking ball of a nutjob……TWICE?! It’s certainly not “admiration”!
I wonder at the 1/3 number too! It's amazingly awful! I have relatives who live abroad, and they do wonder how Americans have been fooled twice by DJT. They don't hate us; they just wonder at our stupidity. (Not that other countries haven't been stupid over the years, but we're the latest; and we might just sit atop most of the others.)
Exactly! The amount of Stupidity is absolutely flabbergastingly unbelievably….crazy! And, THAT is what America’s reputation is now! SO sad! SO disappointing! But….we earned it by electing this Clown!
Without artificial aids it wouldn't have happened either time.
“The American people understand the hell that we inherited..."
This highlights the danger of radical right-wing oligarchs controlling the media. The true message about the Biden administration -- that he and the fed brought the bad economy in for a soft landing, without a recession and against all odds; that he dealt with the pandemic after Trump had blown it; or that he was stymied in many efforts to deal with immigration by right-wing obstruction -- never really got through. For Obersturmbannführer Miller to get away with lies of this magnitude simply spotlights the problem.
A little off topic . Watch what happens with the Ebola outbreak. It could get much worse and Trump and his minions have no clue. With all the different emergencies facing the United States and the world it is like a pick your own disaster game.
While there is no shortage of what to worry about, the public health situation is the one I'm most concerned about at this time
I am a Texas Democrat. What I see from the outside is that the Texas Republican party has been in an extremely vicious internal war since just prior to the normal, establishment Republicans attempting to impeach Paxton. After they were blocked in that endeavor through shenanigans, the MAGA faction primaried and purged ALL insurgents from the party. This purge had the by-product of electing MAGA Republicans who dutifully voted to pass school vouchers, which enraged the rural Texas voters who are the backbone of the Texas Republican party.
John Cornyn, the last traditional Republican left, took a stand against Paxton and MAGA. Somehow, he thought he could denounce Paxton and embrace Trump. Now, with Cornyn's defeat at the hands of Trump, the illusion they could make that logically inconsistent idea work is gone. Establishment Republicans are now saying their party is dead. What are they going to do? They have more money than MAGA. They have the infrastructure, but do they have the will?
The Establishment Republican leaders like Cornyn aren't necessarily our friends, but they are committed to democracy. As it stands for this election, the disaffected voters on the ground are there for Democrats to woo. And those voters do like Talarico.
The above dynamic is underappreciated by the national political pundit class. Also, Texas Democrats are strategizing and coordinating separate and apart from the DC Democratic party which seems to be using a strategy called "Operation Screw-it-Up".
I wonder if our society will ever again be characterized by at least attempting to speak the truth. Of course, there have always been liars, con men, and swindlers. But in the public and government sphere there once was an expectation of approximating the truth. From Limbaugh to Fox News and on to MAGA Trumpism, the steady degrading to reach this point of Stephen Miller's deliberate fabrication is simply staggering. In fact, if a Republican politician spoke truthfully, he or she would likely be drummed out of the Party.
Mark Twain said it all about truth & lies: https://www.twainquotes.com/Lies.html The Internet has applified all that many times over.
Jen Rubin, i’d like to announce the third coming: @ the ripe age of 85, I’ve been impregnated virtually- by AI & S Miller; I’m to give birth to ‘a corporation’ who will be eligible to vote in the midterms.
You can try your worst to fool ‘the American people’, whom i’ve never met,
but don’t even begin to try to fool Jen Rubin or her readers.
This American person is ready to take you on one to one.
Do you still think there are going to be free and fair elections in November?!? Try reading this: https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/trump-is-replicating-votegov-to-recreate
Trump Is Replicating Vote.gov to Recreate Musk's 2024 Election-Rigging Platform!
The Orange Julius Caesar and Baby Gerbils have a special place in hell
No quarter for traitors
Julius Caesar was a great leader.
Exactly, our American version no so much..
FYI — Foreclosures are at a six year high. Coupled with credit card usage and delinquency, this underscores the danger of another credit implosion. On the darker side, a flood of foreclosures will provide oligarchs with another buying opportunity to expand their hold on the nation’s housing stock.