You know, way back in 2016 I ALREADY KNEW just what and who Trump was. I've despised him since I was 18 yrs old. When he was installed the first time (and yes, I believe that he was 'installed.) One of the very FIRST things that I said on FB was that all of our good times would be over and that we wouldn't be allowed to laugh and enjoy life anymore. I called him a few CHOICE names and kept telling those that thought he as OK that he would drain every ounce of fun OUT of our lives. He HAS PROVED my predictions over and over again. I am so pissed off that they CAVED!
Well said. He has not only brought so much hate and divisiveness into the collective, but he's sucked all the joy out of living. If we could use the legal system and sue the f out of him for unbearable damage to our physical, mental and spiritual well being. It's like he's sucking out the soul of our country!
I'm so incredibly disgusted with all the media channels. They're not really doing themselves any favors in the long term, and they're definitely hurting all the rest of us.
Antifa is NOT an "organized" group. Antifa is ANYONE that is anti fascist. Vets are antifa. No matter what propaganda is spread about that, that is all that antifa is. I'm antifa. My hope is that we all are, b/c we Should be!
How do we continue to donate to, say, the ACLU, League of Women Voters, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, and even the Humane Society if the regime designates them as terrorist organizations? Will they become all-volunteer organizations that accept food, clothing, bus passes, etc. for their volunteers? Do we need a sophisticated but not online barter system, visible somehow to those who use it but not Big Brother? Digital efficiency has become a huge liability.
Chickenshit fascism and preemptive capitulation to it. Dreadful but ridiculous. It oozes insecurity and dishonesty, not truth or accuracy. As has been widely reported, they just removed the 2024 Justice Department Report on domestic terrorism from DOJ's own website. Studying violence since 1990, the Report confirmed that incidences and victims of right-wing violence in this country have VASTLY exceeded left-wing incidences for the past 35 years --- 227 events taking 520 lives, with 42 incidents of far-left violence taking 78 lives. So of course they removed the study! But thanks to something called the 'Internet Archives,' they can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. Do they really think people don't know this?
No sane person endorses political violence. No intelligent person thinks a bullet is an answer to anything. But no honest person allows others to claim night is really day and vice-versa in order to continue living on an alternate planet in an alternate universe. Half-assed authoritarianism never engenders respect -- it just becomes the stuff of overnight satire, with or without Jimmy Kimmel. So don't turn into bowls of quivering jello! Stand up for what is right -- as well as funny. Our joy and sense of humor remain stronger than their psychiatric gaslighting. My own small take on it:
Won't be long before Trump comes after Substack authors, YouTubers and social media creators. And you guys don't have the money to defend against even frivolous lawsuits. Trump will break you.
Thank you both! I am so grateful for you and for other brave, informed journalists who are keeping us informed, while corporate news bows to the pressure of a bully. We are all feeling hopeless and helpless.
It’s time to reinforce and restate the truth articulated by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1929:
“If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for more attachment than any other it is the freedom of free thought—not free thought for those who agree with us, but freedom for the thought that we hate.”
Waving the flag or the Constitution in front of the face of fascism is futile. “USA, USA, USA” is a mantra chanted on both sides. Price of gas and eggs is determining elections. Democracy for a great number of people has little or no value, since it doesn’t have a price tag they can easily check and compare. Whenever freedom is cheap, it is probably made in China.
You know, way back in 2016 I ALREADY KNEW just what and who Trump was. I've despised him since I was 18 yrs old. When he was installed the first time (and yes, I believe that he was 'installed.) One of the very FIRST things that I said on FB was that all of our good times would be over and that we wouldn't be allowed to laugh and enjoy life anymore. I called him a few CHOICE names and kept telling those that thought he as OK that he would drain every ounce of fun OUT of our lives. He HAS PROVED my predictions over and over again. I am so pissed off that they CAVED!
>>:() Very much so!
Well said. He has not only brought so much hate and divisiveness into the collective, but he's sucked all the joy out of living. If we could use the legal system and sue the f out of him for unbearable damage to our physical, mental and spiritual well being. It's like he's sucking out the soul of our country!
I'm so incredibly disgusted with all the media channels. They're not really doing themselves any favors in the long term, and they're definitely hurting all the rest of us.
Everyone should phone or otherwise contact the FCC and Nextstar and just tell them "First Amendment" and do the same with Disney.
Good idea!
Antifa is NOT an "organized" group. Antifa is ANYONE that is anti fascist. Vets are antifa. No matter what propaganda is spread about that, that is all that antifa is. I'm antifa. My hope is that we all are, b/c we Should be!
How do we protect motivational groups that have come together since the beginning of this administration to organize protests?
How do we continue to donate to, say, the ACLU, League of Women Voters, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, and even the Humane Society if the regime designates them as terrorist organizations? Will they become all-volunteer organizations that accept food, clothing, bus passes, etc. for their volunteers? Do we need a sophisticated but not online barter system, visible somehow to those who use it but not Big Brother? Digital efficiency has become a huge liability.
Chickenshit fascism and preemptive capitulation to it. Dreadful but ridiculous. It oozes insecurity and dishonesty, not truth or accuracy. As has been widely reported, they just removed the 2024 Justice Department Report on domestic terrorism from DOJ's own website. Studying violence since 1990, the Report confirmed that incidences and victims of right-wing violence in this country have VASTLY exceeded left-wing incidences for the past 35 years --- 227 events taking 520 lives, with 42 incidents of far-left violence taking 78 lives. So of course they removed the study! But thanks to something called the 'Internet Archives,' they can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. Do they really think people don't know this?
https://web.archive.org/web/20250911012550/https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/what-nij-research-tells-us-about-domestic-terrorism.
No sane person endorses political violence. No intelligent person thinks a bullet is an answer to anything. But no honest person allows others to claim night is really day and vice-versa in order to continue living on an alternate planet in an alternate universe. Half-assed authoritarianism never engenders respect -- it just becomes the stuff of overnight satire, with or without Jimmy Kimmel. So don't turn into bowls of quivering jello! Stand up for what is right -- as well as funny. Our joy and sense of humor remain stronger than their psychiatric gaslighting. My own small take on it:
https://sylvestercat.substack.com/p/chickenshit-fascism
Ready to have a comedian for president like Zelensky in Ukraine!! Just sayin’
Won't be long before Trump comes after Substack authors, YouTubers and social media creators. And you guys don't have the money to defend against even frivolous lawsuits. Trump will break you.
Thank you both! I am so grateful for you and for other brave, informed journalists who are keeping us informed, while corporate news bows to the pressure of a bully. We are all feeling hopeless and helpless.
It’s time to reinforce and restate the truth articulated by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1929:
“If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for more attachment than any other it is the freedom of free thought—not free thought for those who agree with us, but freedom for the thought that we hate.”
Great guest! Thanks Miles!
Waving the flag or the Constitution in front of the face of fascism is futile. “USA, USA, USA” is a mantra chanted on both sides. Price of gas and eggs is determining elections. Democracy for a great number of people has little or no value, since it doesn’t have a price tag they can easily check and compare. Whenever freedom is cheap, it is probably made in China.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/i-couldnt-care-less-trump-rejects-chance-to-unify-country-in-wake-of-kirk-death/ar-AA1MrnvF
Just FYI: Sandy Hook 2012
“Turning the other ear…”🕊️🥰
Cancelled my Disney service!