This is a beautiful piece. It is something that needs to be shared widely. I suggest that it is time to ask Book Clubs to start asking their members to read articles like this, Katherine Stewart’s book, “Money, Lies, and God,” or even things like ageofunderstandingbook.com (my contribution to the effort) as part of their September and October agendas, and then ask the members to debate what about this makes you sad, uncomfortable, happy, or thoughtful. If we are going to awaken the sleeping giant in America who are the people who only follow politics when they have to, it will need to be done from the bottom up, and maybe book clubs can play a role in that needed discussion.
The Red Scare is so....last century. It won't wash is a world where people are fed up with high prices while Trump and the Republicans squander our hard-earned tax dollars right and left.
I have yet to encounter any MAGA believer who can define either communism or socialism.
They seem totally fine with bailouts for large agribusinesses that lost money due to Trump's tariffs and the skyrocketing price of diesel and fertilizer. They're okay with subsidies for the oil and gas industry that makes record-setting profits year after year.
And they don't seem at all bothered by government buying up big chunks of private companies, as you mention here.
The greatest damage G. W. Bush and the GOP did to the country was by forcing schools to drop liberal arts and civic education in favor of drill-and-kill tactics focused solely on reading and arithmetic. The result has been obvious: a huge swath of the public with no understanding of our Constitution, laws, or history, and deeply suspicious of science because they've been told to be so.
The truth will set us free, which is why Trump and his minions are desperately flooding every available outlet and every moment of news coverage with bald-faced lies.
NPR interviewed Ro Khanna -- who represents the Silicon Valley area but supports the Billionaire Tax -- a terrific interview on many levels. One of the things they asked Khanna about was this communist label Trump is trying to throw at Democrats. He had a good, thoughtful answer:
The Republican Party/Republicans will dredge up any kind of propaganda they think will stick that’s attractive to the most gullible of Americans. What this does is prove their desperation. They know they can’t win so they’ll resort to any kind of ridiculous tactic.
“The Democrats, according to House Speaker Mike Johnson, will lead America down “the dark road of death to communism.”
Fuck you, Mike Johnson. You fraud of a christian.
And fuck you Donald Trump. You fascist piece of shit.
I remain a committed Democrat. In opposition to everything both of you and your cronies stand for. I am not a communist. I am a proud, patriotic, American citizen. With rights, the rule of law, and the Constitution on my side. I will not be intimidated. I stand with our Founding Fathers against tyranny.
It's not the "red scare" that is scary. It is the anti Israel platform that so many of these candidates feel the need to add to their constituent platform.
This is a beautiful piece. It is something that needs to be shared widely. I suggest that it is time to ask Book Clubs to start asking their members to read articles like this, Katherine Stewart’s book, “Money, Lies, and God,” or even things like ageofunderstandingbook.com (my contribution to the effort) as part of their September and October agendas, and then ask the members to debate what about this makes you sad, uncomfortable, happy, or thoughtful. If we are going to awaken the sleeping giant in America who are the people who only follow politics when they have to, it will need to be done from the bottom up, and maybe book clubs can play a role in that needed discussion.
Thank you for reading, Stan
The Red Scare is so....last century. It won't wash is a world where people are fed up with high prices while Trump and the Republicans squander our hard-earned tax dollars right and left.
Here's hoping! :)
I have yet to encounter any MAGA believer who can define either communism or socialism.
They seem totally fine with bailouts for large agribusinesses that lost money due to Trump's tariffs and the skyrocketing price of diesel and fertilizer. They're okay with subsidies for the oil and gas industry that makes record-setting profits year after year.
And they don't seem at all bothered by government buying up big chunks of private companies, as you mention here.
The greatest damage G. W. Bush and the GOP did to the country was by forcing schools to drop liberal arts and civic education in favor of drill-and-kill tactics focused solely on reading and arithmetic. The result has been obvious: a huge swath of the public with no understanding of our Constitution, laws, or history, and deeply suspicious of science because they've been told to be so.
The truth will set us free, which is why Trump and his minions are desperately flooding every available outlet and every moment of news coverage with bald-faced lies.
So true -- propaganda works. And Trump is continuing the attack on public education at all levels.
NPR interviewed Ro Khanna -- who represents the Silicon Valley area but supports the Billionaire Tax -- a terrific interview on many levels. One of the things they asked Khanna about was this communist label Trump is trying to throw at Democrats. He had a good, thoughtful answer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKdaFGW1tks
He also had some interesting things to say about Elon Musk and the other SV billionaires -- because he knows them pretty well.
Except our president loves Putin
The Republican Party/Republicans will dredge up any kind of propaganda they think will stick that’s attractive to the most gullible of Americans. What this does is prove their desperation. They know they can’t win so they’ll resort to any kind of ridiculous tactic.
“The Democrats, according to House Speaker Mike Johnson, will lead America down “the dark road of death to communism.”
Fuck you, Mike Johnson. You fraud of a christian.
And fuck you Donald Trump. You fascist piece of shit.
I remain a committed Democrat. In opposition to everything both of you and your cronies stand for. I am not a communist. I am a proud, patriotic, American citizen. With rights, the rule of law, and the Constitution on my side. I will not be intimidated. I stand with our Founding Fathers against tyranny.
It's not the "red scare" that is scary. It is the anti Israel platform that so many of these candidates feel the need to add to their constituent platform.
https://theystandcorrected.substack.com/p/el-sayeds-lying-terror-denying-dangerous?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2429056&post_id=211035606&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=4k6uz9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
The orange scare will haunt the US until NOV 2028........