This July 4, Republicans lost their right to celebrate Independence Day. They don’t give a shit about democracy or independence or freedom. They gave up it for Donald Trump.
Independence Day was about freedom. Right now this government stands for racism, misogyne, hatred, and absolute greed!
The constitution has been tossed out and the government serves at the whims of a total asshole.
I won’t celebrate Independence Day until we are independent from Trump and MAGA!
I'm wearing this "We the People are PISSED OFF" shirt right now 👇
“Right now this government stands for racism, misogyny, hatred, and absolute greed! The constitution has been tossed out and the government serves at the whims of a total asshole.”
And who's at fault? All the fucking dumbells that don't read and voted for him. The entire House and Senate of Republicans who think their future will be better. Little do they realize they are out of work when their terms end.
I sincerely hope that those idiots who voted for that punk lose their jobs. And those who have lost their healthcare, it's their own fault for not paying attention to what the media was trying to warn people about. They learned nothing from the January 6, 2020 insurrection. This country is in for a very hard rude awakening. And if mid-terms doesn't save us I don't know what will.
They were poisoning your food through nasty oils Corn stuff and fast foods eaten on the go and no holidays .What did you expect but dumbing down to happen
We are no longer celebrating our independence. The 4th should become a national day of resistance......However, I fear America is too lazy. Nothing seems to move the needle.
And we have to vote the Repugs out of all positions of power no matter how small, and make sure that they never retain power, wealth and influence. Then we have to hold their sugar daddies accountable and take them down for the tax frauds that they are. Hopefully we can have Dems, left of center Dems and progressives next year in the house and Senate and undo the Repugs judiciary decisions and destroy their tax scams and make sure that we rebuild the country.
Net: If DJT, aided & abetted by Elon Musk, had not been re-elected. DJT would probably be in Prison, and had to File For Bankruptcy Again... This Article could help explain
FYI, DT may be flush with some cash now that he has been scamming Crypto coins and other things. Before that, he was cash poor. His assets are mortgaged so many times that nobody will ever be paid. FYI, he never pays anyone. Musk bought and paid for that election, and when he was done with him, he tossed him like a piece of nothing.
When are people going to get this pig uses and abuses everyone to get what he wants, and when he is done, so are they.
So ass kisses in the House and Senate. you could be dust at any minute after selling yourself and your people out.
Thank You Carol Ann... I Fear That The USA Will Be DJT's Final, And Greatest Bankruptcy... I suspect that DJT feels that DJT will live Forever, but Fears Death...
No question, he is in the process of bringing America to her knees. No guardrails, no Supreme Court and bunch of pussies in the house and senate. Leaders have been toppled for less. Is there anyone willing to take one for the team?
When he looks in the mirror, he doesn't see an old man; he thinks he is smart, beautiful, and rich. He owes more money to more people, companies, and more. Bankruptcy is his DNA. Never forget he was convicted of 34 counts to defraud New York.
Just a follow-up to this post. Today, on the MSNBC online front page, there is an article about how broke Trump was before Elon stepped in. He was down and out. On top of his "other bills" he owed hundreds of thousands in legal fees to his lawyers who got him convicted of 34 felonies and 2 charges regarding rape or similar. Trump is a fucking slime ball.
Thanks Carol Ann... Allegedly the Small$ Contributors had run their course by Aug2024... Then about 14-Evil-Sith Billionaires step-ed in... Elon's payback was DJT ending the Federal Investigations into his Elon's Companies... Tesla, Space-X, Neura-Link... That is why USAID had to die in Elon's View.. Everybody, Everything is Expendable to DJT...
Elon Musk is angry right now because he is being investigated and those financial government contracts got cancelled and so did all that money that he thought he was going to get. Trump pulled all of it back. And now Elon Musk says he is going to create a brand new third party to throw out the Republicans.
I think We The People in America and all my friends and family In Italy think he needs to go. I fear there isn't one crack-shot willing to destroy him and take one for America. Seriously, I would love to know what drugs he uses. Ketamin for sure. Has he lost weight, and he never sleeps
RR threw the mentally and emotionally disabled into oblivion when he caused the closure of state facilities. Fast-forward to the current and growing unhoused population. Reagan also catered to the evangelicals, and look how that's snowballed.
I never heard that one and I was living in California when Reagan was governor of California. What he did do was declare war on anyone who needed food stamps, SNAP, General financial assistance and out of work. You couldn't get any kind of welfare without participating in some kind of designated work. They had people refurbishing welfare office desks back to as new. Cleaning state buildings and mowing lawns and cleaning up city parks to get anything from welfare. That is the same thing that DT, Big beautiful bill is doing. DT can't come up with anything original on his own. Space Force Base he stole that one from Putin of Russia.
I would love to see it happen. However, from what I have seen in the past, the last time I watched the Democrats holding the House and the Senate and the White House with full power they did nothing to kick the Republican Parties butts. Nothing changed and I doubt that anything will change again.
Bloodshed is coming. I dread it, but I see no way around it. That’s what happens when the courts and Congress are stifled, and the voices of the people are ignored and punished. It will eventually be the only thing left.
The oligarchs expect that .They need trump briefly but the bad guys on project 2025 have contingency plans in Vance I live in Australia so am watching gobsmacked from afar and pray for the population to refuse to give in as he throws you under the train 🥺🌚🙄🦾
MAGA is real stupid. There are more blacks in this country than white people. And a very large number of Hispanics. More than ever before with all the illegals. That is what MAGA is afraid of. There are enough to murder all of their oligarchs, so they have to be deported. Trump is playing into the world global elitist hands to help them bring in their one world government. I am afraid this country is going to go into a revolution as in another Civil War. And I hope that when it starts our fighters go after the money power whores and those sitting in Congress who voted for this rotten bill. And especially the bastards that wrote project 2025.
I’m pretty sure there are more whites in this country than blacks. That’s why African Americans are considered a minority group. But there will soon be more Hispanics than whites, and if you add blacks and all other nonwhite groups, that will be huge demographic shift, with major consequences.
READ, read, read. Americans are so misinformed. The demographic shifts that are happening now show America skewing more brown and black. That is what this is about. These fucking assholes want a white Christian Nation. We have never been a White Christian Nation and we will never be.
Bonnie, it's coming. Trump and his minions hate that the American electorate is more brown and black and is continuing in that direction. If we Americans really don't start fighting soon, we will be Germany in the 30's.
This will end, but it will end badly. Bloodshed and cities burning, millions (or tens of millions) of corpses in our streets and in all likelihood, the majority will be ours. Blue cities in blue states will be the most dangerous place to be, too juicy a target -- 'they forced us to use nukes'.
Only the complete destruction of the federal government in every nook and cranny it has crawled into will suffice. No civil war will have ever been so bad, no mass genocide so horrible. The statue of liberty herself will be literally melted into a bronze puddle of our abused and soiled dreams.
How we can we possibly have the stomach to carry through with it?
I don't mean to be a Debbie Downer but those two things might work if "our" government cared about what people thought or did. As long as they are more afraid of him (and he doesn't care or have anything to lose) than of us, why would they care about what we think or do?
They will care when we revolt against them. The Elite never give a damn about anything until reality slaps them in the face. It's called when the Elite Lose Their Seats! That is all they care about. Seize the banks and all of their bank accounts. Then they will care.
My husband and I attended a James Taylor concert on Wednesday, July 3 in Lenox, Massachusetts. When James was introducing his song, Up On the Roof, written by his friend Carole King, he exclaimed, “and there’s no kings in the USA.” The audience went wild with applause. That moment was better than any fireworks I could have seen this year!
It’s been said that we’re in this predicament because the majority of Americans didn’t believe the “college educated elite” of the Democratic party. Instead, they believed the rants of a narcissist, under educated, phobic TV personalities, and agents of the rich who now are fast at work stripping away lifelines from millions of hard working Americans. Even worse, if we now raise voices in protest, we face prosecution by a deluded Justice department for imagined crimes of constitutionally protected free speech. Suffering begins now for the doubts of those who warned us. And will be with us until we vote it away. But, only if enough of us find the truth and vote. If our votes prevail, we need a “Mitchell solution.” John Mitchell, Richard Nixon’s Attorney General went to prison for crimes committed while serving as AG. Perhaps history will repeat itself for Trump’s network once he can’t pardon his soldiers anymore.
There’s the rub they are working that out through years of lazy public Stupidity and ignorance have ruled supreme and us in Australia are scared of the corporate monster who ate decency and respect .
The only problem with votes is that the Democrat Party strayed too far left with their Woke garbage can and teaching Satanism in our schools. This is the real reason the stupid American people didn't turn out in the polls and vote for Kamala Harris. Ms. Harris even said, "We lost because of Woke!" And the Democrats will lose again and continue to lose if they don't clean up their damn party. They need to get back to the center. That is the only way they will ever take down the Republican Party.
And anyone who doesn’t think they have a platform, you can make one as long as you have a voice that works. You have friends, family, colleagues and acquaintances. If you do not speak out , either softly or loudly, you are complicit! Every single person counts in this struggle!
Feeling especially despondent today. We're all wearing black, staying home, no media. It helps knowing there are like-minded people throughout the world, but we don't seem to be making any headway. Looking forward to it not being the 4th of July.
The rows of flags apparently installed by the Boy Scouts in my suburban neighborhood made me feel queasy. How tragic that the beacon of hope that we imagined our country to be as kids post-war, turned out to be a vicious predatory empire of greed, graft, racism, ignorance, and lack of empathy for other species, other races, other countries, other walks of life. To think that someone like Musk would even consider the concept of empathy, but then conclude it was a weakness, perhaps reducing a few billion in the bank accounts of the 1%. It's a sickness, a devil's trick. May it boomerang back upon them. Speaking of which, I just want to say that the aboriginal people of Australia and their hearts, arts, and culture are astoundingly beautiful in every way. So many marvelous indigenous cultures around the world destroyed or deformed by amoral capitalism, conquest, and its mountains of plastic junk.
America will take years if not decades to recover that’s for sure…..I am not seeing path or strategy to tackle this with the Democratic Party…We have lost our way…
I'm almost 68 and barring a miracle, I don't expect to see the recovery in my lifetime. Our republic is grieviously wounded by evil, venal traitors and seditionists who, let me be blunt, intend to enslave us all. They will not go willingly or quietly. There may be bloodshed. A national strike, or even several, may not be enough to break their hold.
I have been calling for a national strike since he was elected. Corporate America has to wake up and we need to shut it down. How gullible can these titans of industry be. He will fuck them over in a NY Minute.
Sad??? Hell yes. Giving up? It’s 170 days so far. You’re not allowed to be sad unless you willingly hand over America to Fascism. Not an answer in my world
I just finished your beautiful book today — hearing you narrate it made every word land with even greater impact. I didn’t think it was possible to feel more rage and disgust toward someone as vile as DJT… but somehow, I do. Thank you for your courage and for sharing your journey with such honesty and strength.❤️
Thank you for your voice, your determination, your model. Please, please keep it up as our nation provides more and more examples of the truth in your voice.
I'm at freaking sick to death of reading sh*t like this. We're AWARE! We know all of this! But aside from voting and boycotting, tell me ONE thing we can do that'll make even an iota of difference! Dump and his cronies couldn't care less about our protests or anything else we do. I've never been this far down the hopeless rabbit hole.
I do agree but I am afraid to give up because that means if I am feeling that way there must be more fellow humans that feel like giving up and we just can’t. Sometimes the discomfort of staying the same has to exceed the hurt of making a change. The question is, how much discomfort can we tolerate before we the people stand up and proactively make that change.
Oh, I have no doubt that “we the people” will have a breaking point and the push back will come. Problem is, we ALL have to feel the pain before that change will come. On a selfish note, 9 years into retirement, I have an end date sooner than later. Worked hard, my husband and I, for 50+ years budgeting and saving so these years would be as comfortable as possible. Now I wake every morning, my first thought, what the hell happened last night when I wasn’t looking. At 72, I will eventually have to refocus on our health and well being, another worry with this new regime. I am a cancer survivor and my husband (50+ yrs) has Parkinson’s, no sympathy needed, many others have a story as well. So many worries going forward for the country I grew up in. Dad 20 yrs. army, active WWII/Korean Conflict, Bronze and Silver Star, chose recruiting as his peacetime career. Grew up in a patriotic family, he devoted a chunk of his life to our Democracy as many others did. It can’t be for nothing.
Democracy, and your Dad serving for 20 years, was not for nothing. Hang in there, nobody ever does anything until they are very uncomfortable. Then, finally, they will get on board.
My family fought in every war this country has been in. All the way back to the American Revolution against England to throw out a King. And now we have idiot DJT trying to set himself up as a king and a dictator. God help us! I wish I had a hat that says Fuck you MAGA! I guess I will have to make one. And why are we not pushing to deport Melania Trump. She came here illegally. I don't see anything getting better for America. What I see is a snowball effect. The Bible and the Book of Revelations shows that nothing gets better in the end times. Things will only get worse. And the biggest mistake is America allowing the Republican Party to highjack the Christian Churches. If there is anything Christian about them at all. And there is no such thing as America ever being founded as a Christian Nation!
That is nothing but poppycock rhetoric pushed by the Republican Party to gain control. Karl Marx said that the government of Russia used the church to push their rotten ideology and out of control capitalism and keep their Monarchy the Czars in power. And Marx was right. The wealthy capitalists keep building churches to support and push their dirty agendas. The Big Beautiful Bill filled with nothing but stinking corruption. They fear Communists more than anything else. Bring it on baby!
I have to agree, sadly. Seems like the Dems are unorganized and are just rolling over. Never saw my Dem senators out talking to the people, especially in my side of the state, which is very republican. I have called, emailed and written. Admonished them. Told them I would donate to independent media instead of them until I see them take action. Crickets. They seem too old, too ineffective. Dereliction of duty that no protest (although I will still go to protests since they seem like our only hope) will change.
I'm in Coward Hawley's district. He and Burlison haven't held town halls in quite some time. I can't even think of any Democratic politicians in this area.
Kris Roth, here's what NEEDS to be done: cripple them all financially. We, as a nation, must ALL STOP WORKING at the same time for at least a week. A complete and total work stoppage. There are exceptions for medical personnel (and first responders) because saving lives is critical. But otherwise, the ENTIRE COUNTRY SHUTS DOWN. Period. Sure, I expect the cowards in the news media to maintain a skeleton crew, but otherwise, shut it all down.
Now, when the oligarchs realize WHO'RE really in control, and that they've lost their almighty MONEY, plus they'll never know WHEN we could do it again, just maybe, MAYBE, our terms will be taken seriously and OUR WISHES will be put in place without any of their usual bullshit.
But, it's going to take extreme courage and commitment and coordination to achieve our goals. We've got to get our demands ready to go and stand firm.
The only other thing to do is separate from the United States and join Canada, the East and West Coasts. We shouldn't have to keep living like this because of corrupt Republicans and their enablers. It's psychologically unhealthy for a people to have to keep enduring this kind of cruelty and chaos.
Thank YOU....I have been calling for a NATIONAL STRIKE DAY for months. I lived in the EU for 12 years, and in France, they shut it all down. They announce in advance, pick a day and hours and everything from trucking, Trains, plans stores and businesses are shut and shit gets done.....i don't want to hear some stupid shit of how someone will lose a day pay. We are about to lose our Democracy. I am with you if you have connections etc I am here to help.
Yes, shut down for 2 weeks or more. And go after those damn politicians! MAGA assholes killed a Democrat Senator and his wife and tried to kill another one. MAGA thinks they can just do whatever the hell they damn well please. We need to let their stinking politicians know that we are not going to stand for their bullsh.
Please don’t despair. Groups of active people your age have found their way through is Hans in hand with those similarly fed up. Try Inff St indivisible for one. Happy hunting. And keep speaking up even in places like this.
In the words of John Lewis, “Press on, press on!” My mother was a Holocaust survivor, my father in the Army Special Forces in WW II. The fight and love of those who worked for our freedom should not be in vain. And we must not succumb to despair. 💕🙏🏽
One thing that could work would be a large popular movement towards minimalism and reducing our consumption. In effect we would be boycotting the billionaires who profit from the consumerism and over consumption and at the same time helping ourselves to live happier lives by not drowning ourselves in debt. The back to the earth hippies had it right as they emphasized living within your means, learning to be self sufficient and enjoying the simple things in life.
No, I don't know who these oligarch billionaires are but that is good research project. To determine precisely who these people are and find a way to boycott them.
Hello Kris; I agree we are all aware. I think these Substack blogs are the best for getting ideas out. I have forever emailed congress persons, msnbc celebrities, etc. I have always felt unheard. I have attended many party county functions, my buddy is heavily involved so I also describe myself as his security muscle (74yo right!)..typically they squeeze money out of you, but over time you can connect on a more personal level.
The secret to all of this though is to come with ideas. From an early age I had a postcard over my lightswitch to my room that said: Small minds discuss people, Average minds discuss events, Great minds discuss ideas. It took 30 years but when I said who said that? it is credited to Eleanor Roosevelt...but more importantly, it is part of my DNA. Trump is all the things expressed here. The GOP is as well. But to overcome it we need to attack the ideas. We need to have a plan to rebuild. We need to show results at a citizen level.
Use their own processes against them. If the Supreme Court says no national injunctions. Well good, now they can't shop their right wing BS in bohunk Texas...but more importantly get the blue state Attorney Generals to file immediate and exact worded suits.
While Medicaid is being stripped... I love Obama care but admit it, it is a jumbled mess of inclusive plans...National health is obviously the answer, but Trump Administration is so destructive ....a rebuild must be in the cards. PROMISE 28 is my bumper sticker.
I believe ideas on these Substack sites have legs. If you have an idea share it. I'll give you some examples where I like to think my comment meant something: The day I heard the GOP was cancelling townhall meetings...based on a comment of a party analyst..I said hold an Empty Chair Tour. When I complained about masked, unidentified ICE agents; I queried what happens in a Stand your Ground State? The following day, I heard Eric Stallwell feebly try to make the same point. Counter that with when President Trump got presidential immunity...I asked myself, does that mean Biden could just shoot Trump? I never heard the idea expressed for another two months. Am I imaging this impact, maybe...but then not expressing it, am I complicit in not challenging it?
Here is another example. We all support a living wage. Democrats want a $15-$20 minimum...GOP is against anything. Suppose though that minimum wage was linked to the already established Federal Per Diem schedule? If you work in NYC a hotel is $400 per night, Meals so much, why not minimum wage? (based on where a person works, not lives).
I guess my point here is that this forum is such a free pathway of expressing your ideas to help us by inspiration, by example, by ideas....use it as you can.
Thanks you for reading beyond 243 characters or whatever
Or maybe watch the 1961 film Judgment at Nuremberg, suggested by Malcolm Vance during a live with Lev Parnas and Michael Cohen. Follow Malcolm, Lev and Michael if you really want to know, no let me correct myself, You must follow these guys because you must know! They will share actual events and shared perspectives on what is happening right before our eyes without any filters and then you be the judge as to what is really happening.
I watch so many commentators on YouTube and Substack and often catch Cohen. I think I know pretty well what's going on. Will watch David Muir a few times a week to see what corporate news is reporting, which is usually disappointing. Can't believe what has happened with them rolling over and paying Schlump for his bogus accusations. Thank God for the brave people on podcasts!
Yes, the Judgment at Nuremberg, there the Justices of the courts in Germany were held accountable and prosecuted for their breaking of the law and destroying the German Constitution!. That is how Hitler rose to power. And DJT is doing the same thing with the blessings of a dishonorable U.S. Supreme Court.
The greatest challenge in building and maintaining resistance is finding the focus and resolve to keep going - to keep engaged, to keep actioning in any even seemingly minor ways possible - while emotions are overwhelmed and screaming for a quick resolution. I am Australian, and have felt sick to my stomach since trump's name came up to run before his first term knowing the pain and destruction he, and more importantly his republican puppetmasters that have been systematically undermining democracy for decades, would inflict. Some of that corruption and moral decay has seeded here, as it has in other parts of the world. A family member in Greece was stabbed in the back years ago walking down the streets by fascists who didn't like his appearance. The nazi party mainstreamed along side the heavily corporate funded Conservative-right party, but people have been resisting them for many years. My mum was about 4 years old when an enemy soldier came to their house to arrest my grandfather (that would have almost certainly led to his death) and was met by her at the door. He was so taken by her brave defiant attitude that he not only left my grandfather alone, he turned up regularly with a box of food for her and the family. One single moment in time - among the seeming inertia of despair - that changed the course of their future. It may be a drop in the ocean, but I follow and support our democratic family wherever I - and my family - can every day. I will NEVER pretend or presume that we're in your shoes, but want you to know that while the resistance takes time and perseverance in the face of uncertainty, please believe that you are seen and heard, and not alone in this fight. I follow Marc Elias who is one of the many Americans fighting around the clock in the legal space to protect voter rights among other critical areas. I recently heard him relay a personal story he heard that inspires his commitment to democracy and humanity. No matter how small the act of resistance- every single one matters in ways you may not envisage. This is a link to someone sharing Marc's motivation, but you can also find video of him expressing it directly https://eriklundegaard.com/item/poking-holes-in-potatoes
Thank you, Mary, for shining your light on the path ahead. I have to pinch myself to figure out if things are real anymore. In a bit, I will go out to my flag pole (it’s large) and turn the flag upside down to signal deep distress and heartbreak deliberately brought on us all and the betrayal of those who put us all in harm’s way. Be safe.
Thank you Mary! You were so right on spot regarding your uncles mental shortcomings and sociopathies. Wish more people had listened. You tried. July 17th here we come!!🧨🎇
It gets harder each day and I am crying more again than not but I keep remembering my dad who served in WWII for the US Army in Italy during Musolini and I know I have to keep going...
Right! Take a leaf from the tree of our WW 2 generation. Do take the assignment and work the problem— with a group of supporters who help carry the burden of action.
Neither the courts nor congress will save the country. Only overwhelming public outcry and resistance will.
This July 4, Republicans lost their right to celebrate Independence Day. They don’t give a shit about democracy or independence or freedom. They gave up it for Donald Trump.
Independence Day was about freedom. Right now this government stands for racism, misogyne, hatred, and absolute greed!
The constitution has been tossed out and the government serves at the whims of a total asshole.
I won’t celebrate Independence Day until we are independent from Trump and MAGA!
I'm wearing this "We the People are PISSED OFF" shirt right now 👇
https://libtees.dashery.com/products/76978001-we-the-people-are-pissed-off-t-shirt
Heather-So succinctly summarized.
“Right now this government stands for racism, misogyny, hatred, and absolute greed! The constitution has been tossed out and the government serves at the whims of a total asshole.”
And who's at fault? All the fucking dumbells that don't read and voted for him. The entire House and Senate of Republicans who think their future will be better. Little do they realize they are out of work when their terms end.
I sincerely hope that those idiots who voted for that punk lose their jobs. And those who have lost their healthcare, it's their own fault for not paying attention to what the media was trying to warn people about. They learned nothing from the January 6, 2020 insurrection. This country is in for a very hard rude awakening. And if mid-terms doesn't save us I don't know what will.
There might not even be mid-terms if The King decides he doesn’t want them.
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They were poisoning your food through nasty oils Corn stuff and fast foods eaten on the go and no holidays .What did you expect but dumbing down to happen
We are no longer celebrating our independence. The 4th should become a national day of resistance......However, I fear America is too lazy. Nothing seems to move the needle.
Heather B. - great ideas!
Thanks for the link - just ordered shirt, sticker and mug!!!
You’re welcome! 😉
I'm so sorry this very special day for you has been crushed by the asshole in the Oval Office.
They have some great stuff at this site, thanks! If I were still working I would for sure get one of the coffee mugs for my desk.
And we have to vote the Repugs out of all positions of power no matter how small, and make sure that they never retain power, wealth and influence. Then we have to hold their sugar daddies accountable and take them down for the tax frauds that they are. Hopefully we can have Dems, left of center Dems and progressives next year in the house and Senate and undo the Repugs judiciary decisions and destroy their tax scams and make sure that we rebuild the country.
Hello Lee... The NYT had an Investigative Article about DJT's Net-Worth 2-July- 2025...
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/07/02/business/donald-trump-wealth-net-worth.html
Net: If DJT, aided & abetted by Elon Musk, had not been re-elected. DJT would probably be in Prison, and had to File For Bankruptcy Again... This Article could help explain
DJT's Constant Grifting...
FYI, DT may be flush with some cash now that he has been scamming Crypto coins and other things. Before that, he was cash poor. His assets are mortgaged so many times that nobody will ever be paid. FYI, he never pays anyone. Musk bought and paid for that election, and when he was done with him, he tossed him like a piece of nothing.
When are people going to get this pig uses and abuses everyone to get what he wants, and when he is done, so are they.
So ass kisses in the House and Senate. you could be dust at any minute after selling yourself and your people out.
Thank You Carol Ann... I Fear That The USA Will Be DJT's Final, And Greatest Bankruptcy... I suspect that DJT feels that DJT will live Forever, but Fears Death...
No question, he is in the process of bringing America to her knees. No guardrails, no Supreme Court and bunch of pussies in the house and senate. Leaders have been toppled for less. Is there anyone willing to take one for the team?
When he looks in the mirror, he doesn't see an old man; he thinks he is smart, beautiful, and rich. He owes more money to more people, companies, and more. Bankruptcy is his DNA. Never forget he was convicted of 34 counts to defraud New York.
Thank You Carol Ann... DJT is the Embodiment of the Worst Of American Society...
Just a follow-up to this post. Today, on the MSNBC online front page, there is an article about how broke Trump was before Elon stepped in. He was down and out. On top of his "other bills" he owed hundreds of thousands in legal fees to his lawyers who got him convicted of 34 felonies and 2 charges regarding rape or similar. Trump is a fucking slime ball.
I don't subscribe to NYT. Can you post the entire article?
Trump was in serious financial trouble before Musk bought and paid for his election..then he tossed him
Thanks Carol Ann... Allegedly the Small$ Contributors had run their course by Aug2024... Then about 14-Evil-Sith Billionaires step-ed in... Elon's payback was DJT ending the Federal Investigations into his Elon's Companies... Tesla, Space-X, Neura-Link... That is why USAID had to die in Elon's View.. Everybody, Everything is Expendable to DJT...
Elon Musk is angry right now because he is being investigated and those financial government contracts got cancelled and so did all that money that he thought he was going to get. Trump pulled all of it back. And now Elon Musk says he is going to create a brand new third party to throw out the Republicans.
Thanks Bonnie... DJT's 1st-Rule... Everybody is Expendable...
I think We The People in America and all my friends and family In Italy think he needs to go. I fear there isn't one crack-shot willing to destroy him and take one for America. Seriously, I would love to know what drugs he uses. Ketamin for sure. Has he lost weight, and he never sleeps
Hello Carol Ann... Talking about Musk?
Yes, vote the Repukes out. And don't let them get started in the first place. School boards are breeding grounds for the DT cultists.
That's where it all started...1980 Reagan...kill public education, kill unions...
RR threw the mentally and emotionally disabled into oblivion when he caused the closure of state facilities. Fast-forward to the current and growing unhoused population. Reagan also catered to the evangelicals, and look how that's snowballed.
Hello Marjorie... It started in 1966 when Reagan was elected as Governor of CA... Reagan declared War on the University of California....
I never heard that one and I was living in California when Reagan was governor of California. What he did do was declare war on anyone who needed food stamps, SNAP, General financial assistance and out of work. You couldn't get any kind of welfare without participating in some kind of designated work. They had people refurbishing welfare office desks back to as new. Cleaning state buildings and mowing lawns and cleaning up city parks to get anything from welfare. That is the same thing that DT, Big beautiful bill is doing. DT can't come up with anything original on his own. Space Force Base he stole that one from Putin of Russia.
Not a damn thing Christian about any of them.
I see flying pigs while money rules ok and people worship th demigods with all the money 😢🙄🤷🏾♀️😩🥴🤯🌚🌚🌚🌚
I would love to see it happen. However, from what I have seen in the past, the last time I watched the Democrats holding the House and the Senate and the White House with full power they did nothing to kick the Republican Parties butts. Nothing changed and I doubt that anything will change again.
This time we have to make sure that they change which means holding their feet to the fire when they are in power again.
Bloodshed is coming. I dread it, but I see no way around it. That’s what happens when the courts and Congress are stifled, and the voices of the people are ignored and punished. It will eventually be the only thing left.
Hell yes, its going to come down to fighting in the streets unless someone up close and personal can blow his head off.
The oligarchs expect that .They need trump briefly but the bad guys on project 2025 have contingency plans in Vance I live in Australia so am watching gobsmacked from afar and pray for the population to refuse to give in as he throws you under the train 🥺🌚🙄🦾
That won’t solve the problem. It will only make things worse. Things got worse after both Lincoln and Kennedy.
MAGA has control over almost half the population, and they’re already spoiling for a fight.
LBJ did great things for the people. He just got suckered into escalating Vietnam, which was pretty much unforgivable.
MAGA is real stupid. There are more blacks in this country than white people. And a very large number of Hispanics. More than ever before with all the illegals. That is what MAGA is afraid of. There are enough to murder all of their oligarchs, so they have to be deported. Trump is playing into the world global elitist hands to help them bring in their one world government. I am afraid this country is going to go into a revolution as in another Civil War. And I hope that when it starts our fighters go after the money power whores and those sitting in Congress who voted for this rotten bill. And especially the bastards that wrote project 2025.
I’m pretty sure there are more whites in this country than blacks. That’s why African Americans are considered a minority group. But there will soon be more Hispanics than whites, and if you add blacks and all other nonwhite groups, that will be huge demographic shift, with major consequences.
READ, read, read. Americans are so misinformed. The demographic shifts that are happening now show America skewing more brown and black. That is what this is about. These fucking assholes want a white Christian Nation. We have never been a White Christian Nation and we will never be.
Bonnie, it's coming. Trump and his minions hate that the American electorate is more brown and black and is continuing in that direction. If we Americans really don't start fighting soon, we will be Germany in the 30's.
This will end, but it will end badly. Bloodshed and cities burning, millions (or tens of millions) of corpses in our streets and in all likelihood, the majority will be ours. Blue cities in blue states will be the most dangerous place to be, too juicy a target -- 'they forced us to use nukes'.
Only the complete destruction of the federal government in every nook and cranny it has crawled into will suffice. No civil war will have ever been so bad, no mass genocide so horrible. The statue of liberty herself will be literally melted into a bronze puddle of our abused and soiled dreams.
How we can we possibly have the stomach to carry through with it?
I tend to agree. I hope we’re wrong. ✊🇺🇸😎
I don't mean to be a Debbie Downer but those two things might work if "our" government cared about what people thought or did. As long as they are more afraid of him (and he doesn't care or have anything to lose) than of us, why would they care about what we think or do?
They will care when we revolt against them. The Elite never give a damn about anything until reality slaps them in the face. It's called when the Elite Lose Their Seats! That is all they care about. Seize the banks and all of their bank accounts. Then they will care.
My husband and I attended a James Taylor concert on Wednesday, July 3 in Lenox, Massachusetts. When James was introducing his song, Up On the Roof, written by his friend Carole King, he exclaimed, “and there’s no kings in the USA.” The audience went wild with applause. That moment was better than any fireworks I could have seen this year!
It’s been said that we’re in this predicament because the majority of Americans didn’t believe the “college educated elite” of the Democratic party. Instead, they believed the rants of a narcissist, under educated, phobic TV personalities, and agents of the rich who now are fast at work stripping away lifelines from millions of hard working Americans. Even worse, if we now raise voices in protest, we face prosecution by a deluded Justice department for imagined crimes of constitutionally protected free speech. Suffering begins now for the doubts of those who warned us. And will be with us until we vote it away. But, only if enough of us find the truth and vote. If our votes prevail, we need a “Mitchell solution.” John Mitchell, Richard Nixon’s Attorney General went to prison for crimes committed while serving as AG. Perhaps history will repeat itself for Trump’s network once he can’t pardon his soldiers anymore.
The Supreme Court is corrupt
Votes will. Lots of votes.
If we are "allowed" to participate in a "fair and free election."
There’s the rub they are working that out through years of lazy public Stupidity and ignorance have ruled supreme and us in Australia are scared of the corporate monster who ate decency and respect .
Yes! Get rid of the Electoral College.
The only problem with votes is that the Democrat Party strayed too far left with their Woke garbage can and teaching Satanism in our schools. This is the real reason the stupid American people didn't turn out in the polls and vote for Kamala Harris. Ms. Harris even said, "We lost because of Woke!" And the Democrats will lose again and continue to lose if they don't clean up their damn party. They need to get back to the center. That is the only way they will ever take down the Republican Party.
Being “woke” is the dumbest reason to vote for a convicted felon.
Huh? Woke? Satan?
Thank you, Bruce, and Mary. May all who have a platform speak out!
And anyone who doesn’t think they have a platform, you can make one as long as you have a voice that works. You have friends, family, colleagues and acquaintances. If you do not speak out , either softly or loudly, you are complicit! Every single person counts in this struggle!
Feeling especially despondent today. We're all wearing black, staying home, no media. It helps knowing there are like-minded people throughout the world, but we don't seem to be making any headway. Looking forward to it not being the 4th of July.
The rows of flags apparently installed by the Boy Scouts in my suburban neighborhood made me feel queasy. How tragic that the beacon of hope that we imagined our country to be as kids post-war, turned out to be a vicious predatory empire of greed, graft, racism, ignorance, and lack of empathy for other species, other races, other countries, other walks of life. To think that someone like Musk would even consider the concept of empathy, but then conclude it was a weakness, perhaps reducing a few billion in the bank accounts of the 1%. It's a sickness, a devil's trick. May it boomerang back upon them. Speaking of which, I just want to say that the aboriginal people of Australia and their hearts, arts, and culture are astoundingly beautiful in every way. So many marvelous indigenous cultures around the world destroyed or deformed by amoral capitalism, conquest, and its mountains of plastic junk.
We're having a small family and friends cookout tomorrow afternoon. That's all.
America will take years if not decades to recover that’s for sure…..I am not seeing path or strategy to tackle this with the Democratic Party…We have lost our way…
I'm almost 68 and barring a miracle, I don't expect to see the recovery in my lifetime. Our republic is grieviously wounded by evil, venal traitors and seditionists who, let me be blunt, intend to enslave us all. They will not go willingly or quietly. There may be bloodshed. A national strike, or even several, may not be enough to break their hold.
I have been calling for a national strike since he was elected. Corporate America has to wake up and we need to shut it down. How gullible can these titans of industry be. He will fuck them over in a NY Minute.
I hope there is a miracle in your lifetime, and you get to see it, and smile.
I agree
It's too sad to contemplate.
Sad??? Hell yes. Giving up? It’s 170 days so far. You’re not allowed to be sad unless you willingly hand over America to Fascism. Not an answer in my world
You go girl.
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I just finished your beautiful book today — hearing you narrate it made every word land with even greater impact. I didn’t think it was possible to feel more rage and disgust toward someone as vile as DJT… but somehow, I do. Thank you for your courage and for sharing your journey with such honesty and strength.❤️
So courageous, so honest to reveal the truth about the excuse for a man polluting the Oval Office.
Isn't it just?
Thank you for your voice, your determination, your model. Please, please keep it up as our nation provides more and more examples of the truth in your voice.
I'm at freaking sick to death of reading sh*t like this. We're AWARE! We know all of this! But aside from voting and boycotting, tell me ONE thing we can do that'll make even an iota of difference! Dump and his cronies couldn't care less about our protests or anything else we do. I've never been this far down the hopeless rabbit hole.
I do agree but I am afraid to give up because that means if I am feeling that way there must be more fellow humans that feel like giving up and we just can’t. Sometimes the discomfort of staying the same has to exceed the hurt of making a change. The question is, how much discomfort can we tolerate before we the people stand up and proactively make that change.
Take it easy on yourself. The fight to end the tyranny of DJT will be long and hard. Pace yourself. Change will come. There are so many on your side.
Oh, I have no doubt that “we the people” will have a breaking point and the push back will come. Problem is, we ALL have to feel the pain before that change will come. On a selfish note, 9 years into retirement, I have an end date sooner than later. Worked hard, my husband and I, for 50+ years budgeting and saving so these years would be as comfortable as possible. Now I wake every morning, my first thought, what the hell happened last night when I wasn’t looking. At 72, I will eventually have to refocus on our health and well being, another worry with this new regime. I am a cancer survivor and my husband (50+ yrs) has Parkinson’s, no sympathy needed, many others have a story as well. So many worries going forward for the country I grew up in. Dad 20 yrs. army, active WWII/Korean Conflict, Bronze and Silver Star, chose recruiting as his peacetime career. Grew up in a patriotic family, he devoted a chunk of his life to our Democracy as many others did. It can’t be for nothing.
Democracy, and your Dad serving for 20 years, was not for nothing. Hang in there, nobody ever does anything until they are very uncomfortable. Then, finally, they will get on board.
My family fought in every war this country has been in. All the way back to the American Revolution against England to throw out a King. And now we have idiot DJT trying to set himself up as a king and a dictator. God help us! I wish I had a hat that says Fuck you MAGA! I guess I will have to make one. And why are we not pushing to deport Melania Trump. She came here illegally. I don't see anything getting better for America. What I see is a snowball effect. The Bible and the Book of Revelations shows that nothing gets better in the end times. Things will only get worse. And the biggest mistake is America allowing the Republican Party to highjack the Christian Churches. If there is anything Christian about them at all. And there is no such thing as America ever being founded as a Christian Nation!
That is nothing but poppycock rhetoric pushed by the Republican Party to gain control. Karl Marx said that the government of Russia used the church to push their rotten ideology and out of control capitalism and keep their Monarchy the Czars in power. And Marx was right. The wealthy capitalists keep building churches to support and push their dirty agendas. The Big Beautiful Bill filled with nothing but stinking corruption. They fear Communists more than anything else. Bring it on baby!
Change always happens. If you can't control it on your own, you waste a whole lot of energy trying to, and feeling bad as a consequence.
I have to agree, sadly. Seems like the Dems are unorganized and are just rolling over. Never saw my Dem senators out talking to the people, especially in my side of the state, which is very republican. I have called, emailed and written. Admonished them. Told them I would donate to independent media instead of them until I see them take action. Crickets. They seem too old, too ineffective. Dereliction of duty that no protest (although I will still go to protests since they seem like our only hope) will change.
I'm in Coward Hawley's district. He and Burlison haven't held town halls in quite some time. I can't even think of any Democratic politicians in this area.
That's bc there aren't any. Ask Jess Piper. I live in proximity. We have alot of work to do.
Kris Roth, here's what NEEDS to be done: cripple them all financially. We, as a nation, must ALL STOP WORKING at the same time for at least a week. A complete and total work stoppage. There are exceptions for medical personnel (and first responders) because saving lives is critical. But otherwise, the ENTIRE COUNTRY SHUTS DOWN. Period. Sure, I expect the cowards in the news media to maintain a skeleton crew, but otherwise, shut it all down.
Now, when the oligarchs realize WHO'RE really in control, and that they've lost their almighty MONEY, plus they'll never know WHEN we could do it again, just maybe, MAYBE, our terms will be taken seriously and OUR WISHES will be put in place without any of their usual bullshit.
But, it's going to take extreme courage and commitment and coordination to achieve our goals. We've got to get our demands ready to go and stand firm.
The only other thing to do is separate from the United States and join Canada, the East and West Coasts. We shouldn't have to keep living like this because of corrupt Republicans and their enablers. It's psychologically unhealthy for a people to have to keep enduring this kind of cruelty and chaos.
Thank YOU....I have been calling for a NATIONAL STRIKE DAY for months. I lived in the EU for 12 years, and in France, they shut it all down. They announce in advance, pick a day and hours and everything from trucking, Trains, plans stores and businesses are shut and shit gets done.....i don't want to hear some stupid shit of how someone will lose a day pay. We are about to lose our Democracy. I am with you if you have connections etc I am here to help.
It’ll only be 1/2 the country that will shut down- the other half love the orange stain.
Yes, shut down for 2 weeks or more. And go after those damn politicians! MAGA assholes killed a Democrat Senator and his wife and tried to kill another one. MAGA thinks they can just do whatever the hell they damn well please. We need to let their stinking politicians know that we are not going to stand for their bullsh.
Please don’t despair. Groups of active people your age have found their way through is Hans in hand with those similarly fed up. Try Inff St indivisible for one. Happy hunting. And keep speaking up even in places like this.
Swingable Left is another active group in all states.
In the words of John Lewis, “Press on, press on!” My mother was a Holocaust survivor, my father in the Army Special Forces in WW II. The fight and love of those who worked for our freedom should not be in vain. And we must not succumb to despair. 💕🙏🏽
One thing that could work would be a large popular movement towards minimalism and reducing our consumption. In effect we would be boycotting the billionaires who profit from the consumerism and over consumption and at the same time helping ourselves to live happier lives by not drowning ourselves in debt. The back to the earth hippies had it right as they emphasized living within your means, learning to be self sufficient and enjoying the simple things in life.
Can you label those oligarchs like Koch bro. The weapons industry etc….make a huge billboard and tell people to rise up against murderers
No, I don't know who these oligarch billionaires are but that is good research project. To determine precisely who these people are and find a way to boycott them.
Put an end to him
Yes, but don't give up. The world sees the protests on their news. Next chance you have to vote, vote Dem.
Hello Kris; I agree we are all aware. I think these Substack blogs are the best for getting ideas out. I have forever emailed congress persons, msnbc celebrities, etc. I have always felt unheard. I have attended many party county functions, my buddy is heavily involved so I also describe myself as his security muscle (74yo right!)..typically they squeeze money out of you, but over time you can connect on a more personal level.
The secret to all of this though is to come with ideas. From an early age I had a postcard over my lightswitch to my room that said: Small minds discuss people, Average minds discuss events, Great minds discuss ideas. It took 30 years but when I said who said that? it is credited to Eleanor Roosevelt...but more importantly, it is part of my DNA. Trump is all the things expressed here. The GOP is as well. But to overcome it we need to attack the ideas. We need to have a plan to rebuild. We need to show results at a citizen level.
Use their own processes against them. If the Supreme Court says no national injunctions. Well good, now they can't shop their right wing BS in bohunk Texas...but more importantly get the blue state Attorney Generals to file immediate and exact worded suits.
While Medicaid is being stripped... I love Obama care but admit it, it is a jumbled mess of inclusive plans...National health is obviously the answer, but Trump Administration is so destructive ....a rebuild must be in the cards. PROMISE 28 is my bumper sticker.
I believe ideas on these Substack sites have legs. If you have an idea share it. I'll give you some examples where I like to think my comment meant something: The day I heard the GOP was cancelling townhall meetings...based on a comment of a party analyst..I said hold an Empty Chair Tour. When I complained about masked, unidentified ICE agents; I queried what happens in a Stand your Ground State? The following day, I heard Eric Stallwell feebly try to make the same point. Counter that with when President Trump got presidential immunity...I asked myself, does that mean Biden could just shoot Trump? I never heard the idea expressed for another two months. Am I imaging this impact, maybe...but then not expressing it, am I complicit in not challenging it?
Here is another example. We all support a living wage. Democrats want a $15-$20 minimum...GOP is against anything. Suppose though that minimum wage was linked to the already established Federal Per Diem schedule? If you work in NYC a hotel is $400 per night, Meals so much, why not minimum wage? (based on where a person works, not lives).
I guess my point here is that this forum is such a free pathway of expressing your ideas to help us by inspiration, by example, by ideas....use it as you can.
Thanks you for reading beyond 243 characters or whatever
Maybe watch DVD Civil War.
Or maybe watch the 1961 film Judgment at Nuremberg, suggested by Malcolm Vance during a live with Lev Parnas and Michael Cohen. Follow Malcolm, Lev and Michael if you really want to know, no let me correct myself, You must follow these guys because you must know! They will share actual events and shared perspectives on what is happening right before our eyes without any filters and then you be the judge as to what is really happening.
I watch so many commentators on YouTube and Substack and often catch Cohen. I think I know pretty well what's going on. Will watch David Muir a few times a week to see what corporate news is reporting, which is usually disappointing. Can't believe what has happened with them rolling over and paying Schlump for his bogus accusations. Thank God for the brave people on podcasts!
Yes, the Judgment at Nuremberg, there the Justices of the courts in Germany were held accountable and prosecuted for their breaking of the law and destroying the German Constitution!. That is how Hitler rose to power. And DJT is doing the same thing with the blessings of a dishonorable U.S. Supreme Court.
The greatest challenge in building and maintaining resistance is finding the focus and resolve to keep going - to keep engaged, to keep actioning in any even seemingly minor ways possible - while emotions are overwhelmed and screaming for a quick resolution. I am Australian, and have felt sick to my stomach since trump's name came up to run before his first term knowing the pain and destruction he, and more importantly his republican puppetmasters that have been systematically undermining democracy for decades, would inflict. Some of that corruption and moral decay has seeded here, as it has in other parts of the world. A family member in Greece was stabbed in the back years ago walking down the streets by fascists who didn't like his appearance. The nazi party mainstreamed along side the heavily corporate funded Conservative-right party, but people have been resisting them for many years. My mum was about 4 years old when an enemy soldier came to their house to arrest my grandfather (that would have almost certainly led to his death) and was met by her at the door. He was so taken by her brave defiant attitude that he not only left my grandfather alone, he turned up regularly with a box of food for her and the family. One single moment in time - among the seeming inertia of despair - that changed the course of their future. It may be a drop in the ocean, but I follow and support our democratic family wherever I - and my family - can every day. I will NEVER pretend or presume that we're in your shoes, but want you to know that while the resistance takes time and perseverance in the face of uncertainty, please believe that you are seen and heard, and not alone in this fight. I follow Marc Elias who is one of the many Americans fighting around the clock in the legal space to protect voter rights among other critical areas. I recently heard him relay a personal story he heard that inspires his commitment to democracy and humanity. No matter how small the act of resistance- every single one matters in ways you may not envisage. This is a link to someone sharing Marc's motivation, but you can also find video of him expressing it directly https://eriklundegaard.com/item/poking-holes-in-potatoes
During DJT first term in office, He ran and hid in his bunker because he was scared of Black Lives Matter. They were coming to get him.
Thank you, Mary, for shining your light on the path ahead. I have to pinch myself to figure out if things are real anymore. In a bit, I will go out to my flag pole (it’s large) and turn the flag upside down to signal deep distress and heartbreak deliberately brought on us all and the betrayal of those who put us all in harm’s way. Be safe.
I want to have hope.
Thank you Mary! You were so right on spot regarding your uncles mental shortcomings and sociopathies. Wish more people had listened. You tried. July 17th here we come!!🧨🎇
Thank you for kind Americans like you and lots of other ones. May the pendulum swing back soon. Thank you.
Keep up the great work, Mary, we love your insight!
Beautifully put. Thank you
Enjoy your Italian vacation, Mary 💙!
Take care of yourself.
I enjoyed watching Joshua Joseph last night as your guest host.
now lets hope we can beat these crooks at their own game
It gets harder each day and I am crying more again than not but I keep remembering my dad who served in WWII for the US Army in Italy during Musolini and I know I have to keep going...
Right! Take a leaf from the tree of our WW 2 generation. Do take the assignment and work the problem— with a group of supporters who help carry the burden of action.
Yes, my father too. And my mother who survived a Holocaust concentration camp.