Seems sick to do so, but I've been bemoaning the day in Ohio when Dump turned his head and just missed getting it blown off. Geez, I would like to see a replay w/o the turned head.
His Lies and Promises have been known for decades. It is the same nazi tricks from the 1920; promise everything to everyone to get in power then kick them all in the teeth with fear to keep that power.
I have lived through 14 presidents, I think. Eisenhower was president when I was born, and Trump is the absolute worst. But what is even more alarming, millions of Americans voted for a racist, lying, predatory, grifting, uneducated felon. The same people are okay with a white male felon trampling the rule of law, the Constitution, and violating people's civil rights, denying people due process, as long as they are people of color being discriminated against. Trump wants to erase America's' true history in favor of a manufactured white supremacist history full of lies, distortions, outright fabrication and denial. He lies about his nefarious dealings and accepting bribes, and having people pay for the privilege of looking at him while he sells the presidency to the highest bidder. He pays lip service to getting criminals out of America while he goes on a crime spree. Is this what passes for decency in the GOP today? This is a repulsive state of affairs America has been reduced to, and I hope our Military and National Guard wake up to the danger this man poses to all of us.
Yolanda,- that's a great comment. You're right Trump is the worst president we've ever had to endure. But he's definitely an anomaly. There is no previous president one can compare him to and the few that are even a mile from him in vileness sre uniformly Republicans. Americans haven't gotten worse. After all we elected Obama and Biden not that long ago and maybe Kamala too if the vote in 2024 could be thoroughly studied. What's gotten steadily worse is the Republican Party and whose debased character would even consider giving the American people such a wretch as Trump to vote for. They are the true enemies of the people.
Andrew Jackson was also pretty awful. But he was a little before my time.
The republican party has been marching towards a Trump for decades. Courting the southern vote with racism and otherism. Lying about who actually benefitted from entitlement programs. Using every racist stereotype to divide us. Ronald Reagan was one of the worst. Reagan is a mythical hero, who actually peddled racism at it most insidious. Reagan tried to pretend he wasn't a racist, Trump wallows in it.
We just can't help ourselves. We want to distinguish "the other". We want to maximize our own tribe's success. We want to reproduce our kind- to feed our families, to do anything to ensure their survival. We are forced by our nature to sometimes be selfish, to be cruel to the other- human or animal in order to survive. We cannot afford to be softhearted, invariably compassionate, putting others first- those are not survival traits. We are clever but not farsighted..we seldom look more than a handful of years into the future, hence our actions often prove reckless and destructive. The Anthropocene is our measure and creation. We are the ones who set the banquet table for ourselves and all other species
and now all must sit down to eat the bitter portions.
You know there are so many comparisons that define Trump. There are just so many adjectives that can be used to describe his awfulness. Scholars are publicly calling him a Nazi. An American president being likened to Nazi's. That is some pretty horrific baggage when it comes to ideology.
Just pointing out that of the 48 presidencies that went before him, that word may have been used a handful of times or less. With Dump, it's been used countless times every day. The only word I feel is now relevant is Impeach.
You and I must be about the same age, cause I remember the same things. I had the same worries you do about whether or not our armed troops would really draw against their fellow Americans in this situation or do the right thing and disobey that kind of order. I learned today that there is a hotline of sorts solely for military members where they could freely espress these feelings of what orders to follow or not.
Look up Sarah Jones'' report on this subject. I've copied a short bit of it to give you a heads up on what's happening with them. If I knew how to forward it to you, I would, but I got it today.
"Deployed Troops Raise Concerns about Pointing a Gun at Fellow US Citizens.
Many of the increased calls to a GI Rights hotline are coming from Marine and National Guard troops deployed in LA who are confused about the actions of their leaders.
[A] resource counselor for the GI Rights Hotline says they’ve been receiving more calls than usual.
“We've been getting around 200 calls a month in normal times. I had 50 calls on Sunday,” Steve Woolford told Lolita Lopez at NBC Los Angeles, elaborating that most of the calls are from service members, their family and others following Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to LA.
Thank you for the information. I still believe there are enough decent Americans who will stand up and against the destruction Trump wants to bring down on America. An America he appears to truly hate and despise. Trump fears progress and equality. He can't comprehend how powerful America could be if we were all united to improve the lives of all Americans and people around the world, He sees America as a place to divide and conquer so that he can profit off of its destruction.
I agree that most Americans are good and decent, but you will notice that mainstream media doesn't report the good reporters, and when a good reporter does what they are supposed to do, they are fired under orders by owners like Disney or some other oligarch that owns them. We need to get back to real reporting. I was so glad to learn of these military members and their dilemma. It means they will not immediately shoot on orders. That's more than I can say for the police.
We plant our feet and stand firm against a man who hates what America promises and stands for. We vote, we make our voices heard, when defend the truth, we call this man out every day with a loud voice for the grifting racist criminal he is. We don't sit back and wait for others to speak on our behalf. We contact the people we put in office and tell them to do their damn job. Stop being nice to people who lie the way others breath. Speaker Johnson is one of the most disingenuous dishonest liars to come down the pike in a while. Start calling him a liar, put his butt on blast, etc. Trump uses violence and the threat of it, along with threats to people's livelihood to instill fear. He is always suing to stop people. Start suing him. When he sues countersue. Republicans are attempting to make it impossible for Americans to sue, forcing them to spend millions they don't have to protect their rights. It is all by design. We need to design a plan of our own. Suggestions given to our representative....
I can’t wait till Hakeem becomes Speaker of the House after the 2026 midterms. I hope our fat orange dumbass excuse for a POTUS chokes on his fucking birthday cake or even better gets struck by lightening while reviewing his vanity seig heil parade. Then his christofascist followers will think their god intervened.
Yes, Trump’s a loser and a despot, but no one seems to be able to stop him. Those who actually could (the GOP in Congress) don’t and won’t: THEY are as much traitors as T.
Hakeem repeating the obvious, apparently the favorite sport of the powerless Dems, gets us nowhere. Committees, investigations, impeachment, this and impeachment that... none of those matter under a so-called "immune" POTUS.
To save America from Felon Trump and his cabal of treasonous miscreants, The People need a battle plan, not a prattle plan.
Sadly, I feel that I lack the required experience and tools to offer up any substantive strategies myself, but the Democrats, our government in existential exile, must come up with more than just barking and get into some biting is the gist of my comment.
They must provide direction to empower and organize The People in their fight against this vile and flagrant authoritarianism.
But if I do come up with workable suggestions, I promise to share them.
The fact that the Bloated Yam finds it necessary to shred the Constitution, call forth the troops as domestic police officers, push aside legally-elected state and municipal governments in favor of military rule, and stage a self-serving and idiotic ego-boosting tribute to himself tomorrow, shows that he is, in the end a weak, failed, and demented man.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 - highly unlikely it every reached 100 without a stretch, much less 150. He's a narcissist and everything he is doing is from the non-existent narcissist playbook.
The "wooing" period (idealization) where people fell for his BS. Now we are in the devaluing period where we are all just scum and expendable. The next phase, when it comes is the "discard" phase. The only problem with him discarding us is that he has to be done using us first. How long will that take? Uncertain.
There is intermittent "hoovering" where he sucks people back in by making promises and showing something small to keep them coming back for more. Fortunately, most of us ain't buying any of the BS he has to sell - problem is, we are collateral damage to what he is doing to people who don't see it.
How do we get out of this? We get him out of power, then take away his attention and his ability to communicate. That will end his narcissistic revenge. Will his people fall for a new narcissist? yes... they are weak minded and horribly susceptible to narcissistic take over.
The Army literally had a pamphlet they put out telling our Troops about the promises, lies, takeover and blood of the nazi's. History is a bitch that comes around every 90 - 100 years.
We must never become complacent. We must never buy into the lies, the takeover, the blood, the dehumanization of others, the blame, and more. We have to stand up to it. Call it out. Call it what it is - fascism. We have to use every means and every tool in our chest to put a stop to it, which is what we are doing. It may not seem like we are making progress because they have a pretty big microphone... but we are and it is only going to get bigger.
Hakeem has it right, trump is a complete and utter failure and I, for one, can’t wait to see him removed from our House!
I can’t wait until his funeral.
The day he kicks the bucket will make the worldwide celebrations on 11/7/2020 look like a kid's birthday party.
Seems sick to do so, but I've been bemoaning the day in Ohio when Dump turned his head and just missed getting it blown off. Geez, I would like to see a replay w/o the turned head.
You’re not alone. It was in Butler, PA.
See what happens to most of us when we get old, lol.
Yes the list of his failures are endless.
So Now What To Do About It?
Trump is a LOSER. No promises kept! A rerun of his first term, with more hate and retribution thrown in.
His Lies and Promises have been known for decades. It is the same nazi tricks from the 1920; promise everything to everyone to get in power then kick them all in the teeth with fear to keep that power.
So Now What To Do About It?
I have lived through 14 presidents, I think. Eisenhower was president when I was born, and Trump is the absolute worst. But what is even more alarming, millions of Americans voted for a racist, lying, predatory, grifting, uneducated felon. The same people are okay with a white male felon trampling the rule of law, the Constitution, and violating people's civil rights, denying people due process, as long as they are people of color being discriminated against. Trump wants to erase America's' true history in favor of a manufactured white supremacist history full of lies, distortions, outright fabrication and denial. He lies about his nefarious dealings and accepting bribes, and having people pay for the privilege of looking at him while he sells the presidency to the highest bidder. He pays lip service to getting criminals out of America while he goes on a crime spree. Is this what passes for decency in the GOP today? This is a repulsive state of affairs America has been reduced to, and I hope our Military and National Guard wake up to the danger this man poses to all of us.
Yolanda,- that's a great comment. You're right Trump is the worst president we've ever had to endure. But he's definitely an anomaly. There is no previous president one can compare him to and the few that are even a mile from him in vileness sre uniformly Republicans. Americans haven't gotten worse. After all we elected Obama and Biden not that long ago and maybe Kamala too if the vote in 2024 could be thoroughly studied. What's gotten steadily worse is the Republican Party and whose debased character would even consider giving the American people such a wretch as Trump to vote for. They are the true enemies of the people.
Andrew Jackson was also pretty awful. But he was a little before my time.
The republican party has been marching towards a Trump for decades. Courting the southern vote with racism and otherism. Lying about who actually benefitted from entitlement programs. Using every racist stereotype to divide us. Ronald Reagan was one of the worst. Reagan is a mythical hero, who actually peddled racism at it most insidious. Reagan tried to pretend he wasn't a racist, Trump wallows in it.
We just can't help ourselves. We want to distinguish "the other". We want to maximize our own tribe's success. We want to reproduce our kind- to feed our families, to do anything to ensure their survival. We are forced by our nature to sometimes be selfish, to be cruel to the other- human or animal in order to survive. We cannot afford to be softhearted, invariably compassionate, putting others first- those are not survival traits. We are clever but not farsighted..we seldom look more than a handful of years into the future, hence our actions often prove reckless and destructive. The Anthropocene is our measure and creation. We are the ones who set the banquet table for ourselves and all other species
and now all must sit down to eat the bitter portions.
The word most used when discussing this president is "unprecedented." That word has been used to death.
Agreed. It has lost it impact.
What substitute would you suggest? "Never before seen" works but is cumbersome
You know there are so many comparisons that define Trump. There are just so many adjectives that can be used to describe his awfulness. Scholars are publicly calling him a Nazi. An American president being likened to Nazi's. That is some pretty horrific baggage when it comes to ideology.
Just pointing out that of the 48 presidencies that went before him, that word may have been used a handful of times or less. With Dump, it's been used countless times every day. The only word I feel is now relevant is Impeach.
Andrew Jackson comes close to being as vile as FDJT. But even that guy had more common sense.
I heard that Trump has a portrait of Jackson hung in the Oval Office.
Not surprised. That's who FDJT aspires to be.
You and I must be about the same age, cause I remember the same things. I had the same worries you do about whether or not our armed troops would really draw against their fellow Americans in this situation or do the right thing and disobey that kind of order. I learned today that there is a hotline of sorts solely for military members where they could freely espress these feelings of what orders to follow or not.
Look up Sarah Jones'' report on this subject. I've copied a short bit of it to give you a heads up on what's happening with them. If I knew how to forward it to you, I would, but I got it today.
"Deployed Troops Raise Concerns about Pointing a Gun at Fellow US Citizens.
Many of the increased calls to a GI Rights hotline are coming from Marine and National Guard troops deployed in LA who are confused about the actions of their leaders.
[A] resource counselor for the GI Rights Hotline says they’ve been receiving more calls than usual.
“We've been getting around 200 calls a month in normal times. I had 50 calls on Sunday,” Steve Woolford told Lolita Lopez at NBC Los Angeles, elaborating that most of the calls are from service members, their family and others following Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to LA.
Thank you for the information. I still believe there are enough decent Americans who will stand up and against the destruction Trump wants to bring down on America. An America he appears to truly hate and despise. Trump fears progress and equality. He can't comprehend how powerful America could be if we were all united to improve the lives of all Americans and people around the world, He sees America as a place to divide and conquer so that he can profit off of its destruction.
I agree that most Americans are good and decent, but you will notice that mainstream media doesn't report the good reporters, and when a good reporter does what they are supposed to do, they are fired under orders by owners like Disney or some other oligarch that owns them. We need to get back to real reporting. I was so glad to learn of these military members and their dilemma. It means they will not immediately shoot on orders. That's more than I can say for the police.
Regime 47 perfectly described
So Now What To Do About It?
We plant our feet and stand firm against a man who hates what America promises and stands for. We vote, we make our voices heard, when defend the truth, we call this man out every day with a loud voice for the grifting racist criminal he is. We don't sit back and wait for others to speak on our behalf. We contact the people we put in office and tell them to do their damn job. Stop being nice to people who lie the way others breath. Speaker Johnson is one of the most disingenuous dishonest liars to come down the pike in a while. Start calling him a liar, put his butt on blast, etc. Trump uses violence and the threat of it, along with threats to people's livelihood to instill fear. He is always suing to stop people. Start suing him. When he sues countersue. Republicans are attempting to make it impossible for Americans to sue, forcing them to spend millions they don't have to protect their rights. It is all by design. We need to design a plan of our own. Suggestions given to our representative....
I can’t wait till Hakeem becomes Speaker of the House after the 2026 midterms. I hope our fat orange dumbass excuse for a POTUS chokes on his fucking birthday cake or even better gets struck by lightening while reviewing his vanity seig heil parade. Then his christofascist followers will think their god intervened.
If it rains he won't go. Remember, he doesn't like to get his hair wet.
Melanoma will stand there with an umbrella over him like the loyal dutiful wife she is.
NOT! ROTFLMAO.
I wonder how much he has to pay her to be there.
How much did he have to pay her to have sex with him? She always looked to be fairly high priced. She must have had a barf bag on her side of the bed.
Isn't the balcony covered?
But he wants to be seen!
How will that happen?
very successful at raising our debt and spending money on things that don't matter to the majority of the people.
Happy birthday to the weak and
failing Donald Trump! Have a great weekend!
Yes, Trump’s a loser and a despot, but no one seems to be able to stop him. Those who actually could (the GOP in Congress) don’t and won’t: THEY are as much traitors as T.
Hakeem repeating the obvious, apparently the favorite sport of the powerless Dems, gets us nowhere. Committees, investigations, impeachment, this and impeachment that... none of those matter under a so-called "immune" POTUS.
To save America from Felon Trump and his cabal of treasonous miscreants, The People need a battle plan, not a prattle plan.
What have you got?
Sadly, I feel that I lack the required experience and tools to offer up any substantive strategies myself, but the Democrats, our government in existential exile, must come up with more than just barking and get into some biting is the gist of my comment.
They must provide direction to empower and organize The People in their fight against this vile and flagrant authoritarianism.
But if I do come up with workable suggestions, I promise to share them.
He spoke the Truth and demonstrated that this cruel weakling we have as a president has no clothes‼️
🎯
More of this please!!!
The fact that the Bloated Yam finds it necessary to shred the Constitution, call forth the troops as domestic police officers, push aside legally-elected state and municipal governments in favor of military rule, and stage a self-serving and idiotic ego-boosting tribute to himself tomorrow, shows that he is, in the end a weak, failed, and demented man.
I think the only thing he forgot was that we had a deal with Iran that he stopped because it was brokered by Obama.
The more I see Hakeem, the more impressed I become. He is on the way to make history.
79..his IQ.. and falling...
It never was 79. His had refused to take an IQ test. He self proclaims his is 150😂🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 - highly unlikely it every reached 100 without a stretch, much less 150. He's a narcissist and everything he is doing is from the non-existent narcissist playbook.
The "wooing" period (idealization) where people fell for his BS. Now we are in the devaluing period where we are all just scum and expendable. The next phase, when it comes is the "discard" phase. The only problem with him discarding us is that he has to be done using us first. How long will that take? Uncertain.
There is intermittent "hoovering" where he sucks people back in by making promises and showing something small to keep them coming back for more. Fortunately, most of us ain't buying any of the BS he has to sell - problem is, we are collateral damage to what he is doing to people who don't see it.
How do we get out of this? We get him out of power, then take away his attention and his ability to communicate. That will end his narcissistic revenge. Will his people fall for a new narcissist? yes... they are weak minded and horribly susceptible to narcissistic take over.
The Army literally had a pamphlet they put out telling our Troops about the promises, lies, takeover and blood of the nazi's. History is a bitch that comes around every 90 - 100 years.
So Now What To Do About It?
We must never become complacent. We must never buy into the lies, the takeover, the blood, the dehumanization of others, the blame, and more. We have to stand up to it. Call it out. Call it what it is - fascism. We have to use every means and every tool in our chest to put a stop to it, which is what we are doing. It may not seem like we are making progress because they have a pretty big microphone... but we are and it is only going to get bigger.
Trump is the opposite of Midas, he says everything he touches turns to gold.
In Trumps world, everything he touches turns to lead.