Exactly. My point is that Musk - who has not only not been elected but never ran - should be challenged. Impeach, the “case” is brought to court, his unconstitutional powers are revealed. Clumsy, I know … but something.
And “something” seems better than wringing one’s hands. Please come up with something better.
No one in power seems to care. Many are of us live from paycheck to paycheck and we’d love to strike back. Musk wasn’t elected or vetted by Congress and has no business hacking into government computer systems.
I get the feeling that trump planned to do this all along. He WANTS Musk to do all the dirty work but he's taking all the credit. He planned it all along knowing full well it was illegal. Again, where is the RESISTANCE!!!
Elmo and his muppets seem oblivious to the fact that Emperor Dumbass won't be in power forever and that there is no statute of limitations on the crimes they are committing.
That’s right — this sure ain’t normal. But when was the last time anything WAS normal in the last 10 years? If Mitch McConnell had done his fucking job four years ago and ensured a conviction in Trump’s second impeachment trial we would not be dealing with ANY of this fucking bullshit. We don’t have to wait for “history” to look back on that abysmal moment to realize — TODAY — that that was one of those pivotal moments that allowed Trump to ultimately make his way back to the WH and initiate the authoritarian regime he’s been talking about FOR YEARS — similar to all the seemingly small inconsequential but incremental moments in 1930s Germany when spinelessness allowed Hitler’s rise to power. THIS WAS NOT INEVITABLE but now WE. ARE. FUCKED. Thanks Mitch you miserable POS.
Thank you, Mary, for all you do. Please consider including in your reporting on the activities of Elon Musk the important information that he is a drug addict. He uses (at least) ketamine every day. There’s video of him at the inauguration that reveals him to be high as a kite.
Perfect! Gutless Trump kills from afar by denying aid. Deeds to Elon Musk, Master of the Master Race, keys to the piggy bank and Marco Rubio rubber stamp to Musk’s whims.
So this is what $280 million donated to Donald's campaign fund will buy for an illegal alien-limitless administrative power to tie up the government's finances and cut out its most worthy programs. A cabal of autocrats is seizing the show, and it is up to the People to boot them. Stoic members of Congress like AOC, Jamie Raskin, and Jasmine Crockett set an example to drive back this impending coup while we still can. Resist!
Tara, personally, I’m distraught how our closest neighbors and allies are being treated. It’s frightening and painful to watch-helplessly. A small majority voted him in, and I’d bet anything that some of them are sorry they voted for him. Most of care about Canada and all our ally countries. 🕊️🕊️🕊️
No majority voted him in. He stole the election, plain and simple. Of course, it’s disgusting that he had any real support at all, but he absolutely didn’t have enough to win legitimately.
There’s a ginormous difference between the crazy MAGAts who accused us of cheating in 2020 and those of us who accuse dump of cheating now: dump’s extensive history of criminal behavior, including 2 prior attempts at election theft, one of which was successful.
If we don’t face this reality, how are we going to protect future elections from hacking?
Technically, a plurality, not a majority. Which means more voted against him than for him. Unfortunately, if the numbers were reversed, the same thing would have been true for Harris/Walz.
I think we should have a requirement of a majority vote in each state -- either through a runoff election in states where there's a plurality rather than a majority or through a ranked-choice ballot in each state -- in order to win a state's electoral votes.
At this time, after 2/03 Rachel news, midway through Lawrence I'm down but excited about the recent protests and the USAID protests I believe included many employees of USAID and senators that I know of. Sitting in my apt, watching, listening to the wrecking ball of trump and mindless 'yes men' smash into the foundation of America seems like a huge rogue ocean wave not quote yet breaking. But a Mary Trump movement brings us together where runaway emotions are lassoed and with her way of speaking to her followers the runaway emotions are (mine anyway) morphed into a place where follow-up ideas might be realized. Hope! Who'd-a-thunk-it!?
Simple, she and her brother were raised by their mother. Fred Jr. didn’t want to be in the family business and it angered Fred Sr. Donald stepped in to become the favored son. Mary is a psychologist and her paternal family was extremely dysfunctional. Her first book shows the weird family dynamics.
Trump has no capacity or intention to fulfill his campaign promise to bring down the prices of goods and services that Americans need to live their everyday lives - so instead, he is manufacturing one crisis after another to create a smokescreen of chaos and lawlessness to distract attention away from what he promised, that resulted in nearly half the country voted for him.
Actually, slightly more than one third of eligible voters neglected to vote at all. Roughly a third voted for the First Felon, another third for Harris/Walz, with a mere 1.5% difference between the two. The numbers still smell fishy to me, but in any event, NOT a mandate, NOT a landslide.
For all our bragging about being thr world’s most influential republic, our voter participation rate is horrible. We have never recognized the right of all citizens to vote for the candidate of heir choice. The SCOTUS majority is allowing the GQP to engage in gerrymandering, voter suppression based on racial and ethnic discrimination, voter caging, and a whole host of other practices that should have been outlawed years ago. We should establish a system which gives all citizens a meaningful right to vote. We also need to start teaching civics/American government in public schools again instead of allowing the wingnuts to miseducate the American public.
From a Palmer Report commenter: Elmo has ASPD, antisocial personality disorder. He is a psychopath. He rationalizes his lack of human empathy by claiming autism (Asperger’s), but he is evil and enjoys inflicting pain.
Everyone should see the Oscar-nominated movie "I'm Still Here" - it's a beautifully rendered production about the years of autocratic rule in Brazil and the impact on a familyl and a nation. It resonates strongly with the seeds of dictatorship and oppression being planted in the US in our time. Let's join those brave voices who refuse to kiss the ring.
I was just telling my therapist that on Friday. I've cut back on a lot of what I watch. Mainly I'm getting the scoop from Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, and Nicolle Wallace. I used to have it on MSNBC all day and I just can't do it anymore.
Donald Trump wants Canada AND Mexico. He wants to be the "King" of North America. That's what all this B.S. is about, and it's so obvious it's pathetic. The Magas are loving their hero and the rest of us are hoping for a well placed (I can't say it, but I'm sure you will give it the most obvious "guess". I knew he was disgusting, but he seems to reach a new low....every day.
Mary you are so right …. Who elected Elon Musk!!!! Duh! We have already begun to stop buying “American” ourselves and if we are I’m sure lots of other Canadians are. And if Donald has thinks we will become the 51st state, he obviously has no knowledge of the “War of 1812” fought between Canada and the USA. I can send you a link.
Thank you from Canada. I have followed you for several years. Speaking out as a member of the Trump family i indeed courageous and I am filled with admiration for you strength, wisdom and courage. You are my hero,,
Watching Rachel Maddow, reading The Contrarian, reading Mary Trump…. The best goes on. We keep going and fighting. Thank you.
Also Jim Acosta...
I wonder, Can one impeach Elon Musk if only to reemphasize that he is not elected and thus has unconstitutional power without accountability.
Certainly Trump should be impeached, but precisely who is going to impeach him? It would take Republicans, and they are total cowards.
But Musk does not hold ANY POSITION IN GOVERNMENT. Impeach him from what?
What SHOULD happen to Musk is he should be arrested because everything he is doing is illegal.
Exactly. My point is that Musk - who has not only not been elected but never ran - should be challenged. Impeach, the “case” is brought to court, his unconstitutional powers are revealed. Clumsy, I know … but something.
And “something” seems better than wringing one’s hands. Please come up with something better.
No one in power seems to care. Many are of us live from paycheck to paycheck and we’d love to strike back. Musk wasn’t elected or vetted by Congress and has no business hacking into government computer systems.
And, like Trump, inherited big, hired big, lets others do the hard work.
I get the feeling that trump planned to do this all along. He WANTS Musk to do all the dirty work but he's taking all the credit. He planned it all along knowing full well it was illegal. Again, where is the RESISTANCE!!!
I’m not sure he did plan precisely this - but I know the Heritage Foundation was ready.
I'm in. Impeach, tar and feather and ride him out on a rail..I'm in for anything. Where is the RESISTANCE?
Elmo and his muppets seem oblivious to the fact that Emperor Dumbass won't be in power forever and that there is no statute of limitations on the crimes they are committing.
He should be arrested for breaking laws. I don’t think they will send him to prison though.
That’s right — this sure ain’t normal. But when was the last time anything WAS normal in the last 10 years? If Mitch McConnell had done his fucking job four years ago and ensured a conviction in Trump’s second impeachment trial we would not be dealing with ANY of this fucking bullshit. We don’t have to wait for “history” to look back on that abysmal moment to realize — TODAY — that that was one of those pivotal moments that allowed Trump to ultimately make his way back to the WH and initiate the authoritarian regime he’s been talking about FOR YEARS — similar to all the seemingly small inconsequential but incremental moments in 1930s Germany when spinelessness allowed Hitler’s rise to power. THIS WAS NOT INEVITABLE but now WE. ARE. FUCKED. Thanks Mitch you miserable POS.
To quote Liz Cheney, the dishonor will remain with with them.
Thank you, Mary, for all you do. Please consider including in your reporting on the activities of Elon Musk the important information that he is a drug addict. He uses (at least) ketamine every day. There’s video of him at the inauguration that reveals him to be high as a kite.
Can you share that video?
https://x.com/dreamshockcom/status/1881383073495048599?s=61&t=J-lSC6EA2K5QZUBS-3Wxlw
https://www.vice.com/en/article/elon-musk-drugs-report/
https://www.wsj.com/business/elon-musk-illegal-drugs-e826a9e1
https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3lg6wkafyuc27
Perfect! Gutless Trump kills from afar by denying aid. Deeds to Elon Musk, Master of the Master Race, keys to the piggy bank and Marco Rubio rubber stamp to Musk’s whims.
It feeds on Trump's sadism, which comes from his sociopathy.
And a daddy who didn’t (couldn’t) love him.
So this is what $280 million donated to Donald's campaign fund will buy for an illegal alien-limitless administrative power to tie up the government's finances and cut out its most worthy programs. A cabal of autocrats is seizing the show, and it is up to the People to boot them. Stoic members of Congress like AOC, Jamie Raskin, and Jasmine Crockett set an example to drive back this impending coup while we still can. Resist!
Tara, personally, I’m distraught how our closest neighbors and allies are being treated. It’s frightening and painful to watch-helplessly. A small majority voted him in, and I’d bet anything that some of them are sorry they voted for him. Most of care about Canada and all our ally countries. 🕊️🕊️🕊️
No majority voted him in. He stole the election, plain and simple. Of course, it’s disgusting that he had any real support at all, but he absolutely didn’t have enough to win legitimately.
There’s a ginormous difference between the crazy MAGAts who accused us of cheating in 2020 and those of us who accuse dump of cheating now: dump’s extensive history of criminal behavior, including 2 prior attempts at election theft, one of which was successful.
If we don’t face this reality, how are we going to protect future elections from hacking?
I think voter suppression had a big impact.
Distraught? I'm infuriated! How dare they treat our friends and allies this way? 😠
Technically, a plurality, not a majority. Which means more voted against him than for him. Unfortunately, if the numbers were reversed, the same thing would have been true for Harris/Walz.
I think we should have a requirement of a majority vote in each state -- either through a runoff election in states where there's a plurality rather than a majority or through a ranked-choice ballot in each state -- in order to win a state's electoral votes.
Better yet, get the required number of states to join the National Popular Vote interstate compact <https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/>.
Thank you, Mary, for your incisive take on these horrible developments.
At this time, after 2/03 Rachel news, midway through Lawrence I'm down but excited about the recent protests and the USAID protests I believe included many employees of USAID and senators that I know of. Sitting in my apt, watching, listening to the wrecking ball of trump and mindless 'yes men' smash into the foundation of America seems like a huge rogue ocean wave not quote yet breaking. But a Mary Trump movement brings us together where runaway emotions are lassoed and with her way of speaking to her followers the runaway emotions are (mine anyway) morphed into a place where follow-up ideas might be realized. Hope! Who'd-a-thunk-it!?
How on earth are you related to the orange imbecile? Thank goodness you are here.
He is her uncle.
PA, I think Deborah means how could such a wonderful, caring person as Mary inhabit the same family tree as this dirtbag?
Simple, she and her brother were raised by their mother. Fred Jr. didn’t want to be in the family business and it angered Fred Sr. Donald stepped in to become the favored son. Mary is a psychologist and her paternal family was extremely dysfunctional. Her first book shows the weird family dynamics.
Why Musk hates USAID? How about its role in ending apartheid in his homeland. Plus as a favor to his buddy Putin.
Trump has no capacity or intention to fulfill his campaign promise to bring down the prices of goods and services that Americans need to live their everyday lives - so instead, he is manufacturing one crisis after another to create a smokescreen of chaos and lawlessness to distract attention away from what he promised, that resulted in nearly half the country voted for him.
Actually, slightly more than one third of eligible voters neglected to vote at all. Roughly a third voted for the First Felon, another third for Harris/Walz, with a mere 1.5% difference between the two. The numbers still smell fishy to me, but in any event, NOT a mandate, NOT a landslide.
For all our bragging about being thr world’s most influential republic, our voter participation rate is horrible. We have never recognized the right of all citizens to vote for the candidate of heir choice. The SCOTUS majority is allowing the GQP to engage in gerrymandering, voter suppression based on racial and ethnic discrimination, voter caging, and a whole host of other practices that should have been outlawed years ago. We should establish a system which gives all citizens a meaningful right to vote. We also need to start teaching civics/American government in public schools again instead of allowing the wingnuts to miseducate the American public.
And don't even get me started on the Electoral College.
What is it with his eyes? They look empty, like a dead fish. If I thought he had a soul I would say he's sold it.
It tells you about his fundamental sociopathy.
From a Palmer Report commenter: Elmo has ASPD, antisocial personality disorder. He is a psychopath. He rationalizes his lack of human empathy by claiming autism (Asperger’s), but he is evil and enjoys inflicting pain.
Everyone should see the Oscar-nominated movie "I'm Still Here" - it's a beautifully rendered production about the years of autocratic rule in Brazil and the impact on a familyl and a nation. It resonates strongly with the seeds of dictatorship and oppression being planted in the US in our time. Let's join those brave voices who refuse to kiss the ring.
I want to see it but it’s a long drive for me. If it is still running in mid Feb I can see it.
Following the news is necessary to being an informed citizen, but it's making me literally ill.
I was just telling my therapist that on Friday. I've cut back on a lot of what I watch. Mainly I'm getting the scoop from Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, and Nicolle Wallace. I used to have it on MSNBC all day and I just can't do it anymore.
Self defense is no vice, Peaceful Mary.
I really like.this side of you including your humor Mary. I hope you do more of these videos.
Mockery is a splendid way to fight back at Skum and the Orange Menace.
Donald Trump wants Canada AND Mexico. He wants to be the "King" of North America. That's what all this B.S. is about, and it's so obvious it's pathetic. The Magas are loving their hero and the rest of us are hoping for a well placed (I can't say it, but I'm sure you will give it the most obvious "guess". I knew he was disgusting, but he seems to reach a new low....every day.
Mary you are so right …. Who elected Elon Musk!!!! Duh! We have already begun to stop buying “American” ourselves and if we are I’m sure lots of other Canadians are. And if Donald has thinks we will become the 51st state, he obviously has no knowledge of the “War of 1812” fought between Canada and the USA. I can send you a link.
Thank you from Canada. I have followed you for several years. Speaking out as a member of the Trump family i indeed courageous and I am filled with admiration for you strength, wisdom and courage. You are my hero,,