This endless charade of absolute idiocy will come to an end. However, it’s anyone’s guess as to the amount of damage he will do in the meantime to aggrandize himself and avoid attention to the EPSTEIN files. 😖
Thank you, Waj, for amplifying the profound criminality of these apologists supporting the Trump cabal and minions of the regime. They avoid accountability in every single occasion. Morality, decency and the rule of law be damned. Also, Jen, thank you. Looking forward to reading your book. 👏
It’s almost poetic in the worst way—an event like a UFC fight, built around “regulated violence,” ends up attracting tiny “men” (and I use that word loosely) to high-five each other and act like tough guys, when in reality they are all cowards. Pathetic.
How about that genius Hegseth quoting Samuel L. Jackson in a scene from "Pulp Fiction", thinking it was really a bible verse! Starting at the top, it's better to rush out with accusations/comments and other important info., rather than check the accuracy.
A thought came to mind as I was reading this. The expression about Nero fiddling while Rome burned. It may not be 100% accurate, but close enough. All of the people in his orbit are just as vile as he is. I wish he was gone already, as I'm truly sick of him.
While SCOTUS installing George W. Bush in my opinion marks the beginning of decline of the US as a democracy at the national level, in the way that Gibbon thought that the auctioning off of the principate marked the start of the decline of the Roman Empire, events like Mary has described are snapshots of the ongoing decline, begun well before Trump but a accelerating under his regime, of the US as a society, politically, institutionally and morally. While the British Empire's decline was nowhere near as gentle as we've been led to believe, the fate of its successor looks set, unless substantive political reforms are made, to be far more destructive, internally as well as externally, socially as well as institutionally.
That's one way of thinking about it. Another way to think about it is that U.S. democracy was flawed from the founding: among other things, no women could vote, Black people weren't considered fully human, and Native peoples were being killed off. However, soon after the founding movements arose that worked to expand who was included in "we the people." First white men without property, then (after a bloody war) Black men who were lucky enough not to live in a former Confederate state, then a few decades later women, and Native peoples, and people of Japanese or Chinese descent. The backlash against this expansion got rolling after the mid-1960s and has never really stopped.
Short version: U.S. democracy was in decline -- i.e., it was failing to expand -- before the SCOTUS decision installing Bush II as president. That was a milestone, but it wasn't the beginning.
Mary, all your columns are more or less scary, but this seems to me to be the scariest one yet. You show vividly how deeply we are in the grip of these pathetic little men. I thank you for making the situation so clear and I wish you and yours well.
The question I try to ask myself every day is "Did we as a country deserve this?," followed quickly (defensively?) by "What can we do to fix it?" My usual answer to Question #1 is basically "White people got us into this mess; no one else deserves it." My usual answer to Question #2 is "I don't have a clue, because the people with creative ideas will most likely be shouted down or co-opted by the people with vested interests in same old same-old."
Is Marco lining his pockets, because any hopes he had of being President have pretty much gone away. He has nothing, absolutely nothing to run on with the exception of 'I did what Trump wanted '
Isn't he going to have a cage fight on the White House lawn in June to celebrate his 80th birthday? When the high society of NYC refused to have anything to do with him years ago because he was nothing but low-class they sure knew what they were doing.
A drunk recognizes a drunk. What better place to get drunk than at an arena where people are knocking each other’s teeth out? I played rugby, a few teeth damaged. I know quite a few drunks who can manage big things. Little marco is not one of those people. Rule of law, don’t drink more alcohol than fills your shoe that is way too big for you. marco moron. Pitiful waste of a human being sucking the dick-tater’s dick.
This endless charade of absolute idiocy will come to an end. However, it’s anyone’s guess as to the amount of damage he will do in the meantime to aggrandize himself and avoid attention to the EPSTEIN files. 😖
Thank you, Waj, for amplifying the profound criminality of these apologists supporting the Trump cabal and minions of the regime. They avoid accountability in every single occasion. Morality, decency and the rule of law be damned. Also, Jen, thank you. Looking forward to reading your book. 👏
Great piece, Mary❤️
It’s almost poetic in the worst way—an event like a UFC fight, built around “regulated violence,” ends up attracting tiny “men” (and I use that word loosely) to high-five each other and act like tough guys, when in reality they are all cowards. Pathetic.
So articulate Mary! I’ll need to read again. Glad this didn’t escape you! 👌🏽
Ditto!
How about that genius Hegseth quoting Samuel L. Jackson in a scene from "Pulp Fiction", thinking it was really a bible verse! Starting at the top, it's better to rush out with accusations/comments and other important info., rather than check the accuracy.
I like what Andy Borowitz said about Kegsbreath’s presser: If this is how he acts when he’s sober, maybe he should go back to drinking.
LOL.
You are a national treasure. How you articulated this despicable situation is admirable . Thank you
A thought came to mind as I was reading this. The expression about Nero fiddling while Rome burned. It may not be 100% accurate, but close enough. All of the people in his orbit are just as vile as he is. I wish he was gone already, as I'm truly sick of him.
Rubio looks absolutely bombed, can hardly stand up. Must be Hegseth's drinking buddy. A real good look for the Secretary of State; so proud.
He’s a torturer, abuser and narcissist. Makes us wonder about his dealings with Epstein earlier??
While SCOTUS installing George W. Bush in my opinion marks the beginning of decline of the US as a democracy at the national level, in the way that Gibbon thought that the auctioning off of the principate marked the start of the decline of the Roman Empire, events like Mary has described are snapshots of the ongoing decline, begun well before Trump but a accelerating under his regime, of the US as a society, politically, institutionally and morally. While the British Empire's decline was nowhere near as gentle as we've been led to believe, the fate of its successor looks set, unless substantive political reforms are made, to be far more destructive, internally as well as externally, socially as well as institutionally.
That's one way of thinking about it. Another way to think about it is that U.S. democracy was flawed from the founding: among other things, no women could vote, Black people weren't considered fully human, and Native peoples were being killed off. However, soon after the founding movements arose that worked to expand who was included in "we the people." First white men without property, then (after a bloody war) Black men who were lucky enough not to live in a former Confederate state, then a few decades later women, and Native peoples, and people of Japanese or Chinese descent. The backlash against this expansion got rolling after the mid-1960s and has never really stopped.
Short version: U.S. democracy was in decline -- i.e., it was failing to expand -- before the SCOTUS decision installing Bush II as president. That was a milestone, but it wasn't the beginning.
Agreed, but I meant decline in the sense of falling back even from the level it had reached. But thanks for those reminders!
Got it. Thx for clarification.
Mary, all your columns are more or less scary, but this seems to me to be the scariest one yet. You show vividly how deeply we are in the grip of these pathetic little men. I thank you for making the situation so clear and I wish you and yours well.
The question I try to ask myself every day is "Did we as a country deserve this?," followed quickly (defensively?) by "What can we do to fix it?" My usual answer to Question #1 is basically "White people got us into this mess; no one else deserves it." My usual answer to Question #2 is "I don't have a clue, because the people with creative ideas will most likely be shouted down or co-opted by the people with vested interests in same old same-old."
Mary, keep bringing out the facts about your grandparents' worst offspring! Thank you for enduring the shitshow 24/7 so we don't necessarily have to!
We have essentially become Russia.
Is Marco lining his pockets, because any hopes he had of being President have pretty much gone away. He has nothing, absolutely nothing to run on with the exception of 'I did what Trump wanted '
Yep. Oligarchs.
Isn't he going to have a cage fight on the White House lawn in June to celebrate his 80th birthday? When the high society of NYC refused to have anything to do with him years ago because he was nothing but low-class they sure knew what they were doing.
A drunk recognizes a drunk. What better place to get drunk than at an arena where people are knocking each other’s teeth out? I played rugby, a few teeth damaged. I know quite a few drunks who can manage big things. Little marco is not one of those people. Rule of law, don’t drink more alcohol than fills your shoe that is way too big for you. marco moron. Pitiful waste of a human being sucking the dick-tater’s dick.
Get these people out of power please 🙏 the whole world is suffering from their rampant corruption.