Should Harris win … no, WHEN Harris wins … will America take time to reflect upon the mass hysteria it has lived through since 2016?
How long did it take Germany to finally comprehend, then take responsibility for Shoah? Accountability, that precious trait, will the right ever acknowledge?
I'm even more ambitious. I think we need to go back at least to Nixon's "southern strategy," and the ones who have to do the most reflection (and maybe reading) are white middle-class-and-up people.
If I may add a fourth. With all the to do he has made out of the two supposed attempts on his life, his followers claiming God saved him to complete his mission, he has turned his spite, his hatred, his cruelty as only a crazy want to be despot can do. He has said to another nut, Tucker Carlson, the following about Liz Cheney: She's a radical war hawk. Let's put her with the rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her. OK, let's see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face.
This is a fantasy spinning through his mind, probably with himself holding the gun. With his election, not only would destruction come, but also death. Orders to a loyal military and of no consequence to a loyal justice department, he would stop at nothing for the glory to outshine Putin. Pray !!
The way the misogynists have felt free to express their true sentiments (most recently with the Liz Cheney fantasy but also with the response to a woman's vote being just their own business) is so disheartening. A woman does not walk about this world realizing the level of hatred directed toward her just because of gender and yet, here it is.
A man who voted for trump , when I told him about the above quote, his reply was, Oh, they are always misinterpreting, misquoting what he says . Minds sealed and locked !
Tucker also needs to be locked up. Look, both of these obnoxious forms of the male species are exactly what Putin is paying them to be. I sincerely believe that Putin is laundering money to Elon so that they all stay loyal to him (Vladimir, that is). Then after the election of Harris is announced, trusty supporters of the bloviated one will try yet another coup but I do believe it will be thwarted. Marc Elias of the Elias Law Group and of Democracy Docket said the Dems will not be caught with their pants down this time. The FBI, Homeland Security, Washington DC officers, the Capitol Police, and the National Guard are all prepared. They have worked out all of the scenarios. We just wait now. But know that Kamala and Tim will win and it will be a LANDSLIDE!
I was just listening to a report from O'Donnell on how this stunt also reactivated the Access Hollywood tape reporting and it urged us to consider all the young voters who never heard that shocking and tawdry report on Trump 8 years ago because they were too young. Another shot of motivation. And will some daughters lean on their dads to do the right thing?
It didn’t do much the first time, but I believe it will partially be the cause of his downfall this time around. Young women have watched it millions of times, and are very motivated to vote for Harris.
Voters who are 18-21 now were 10-13 years old in 2016. They don’t remember the things that happened in his campaign and his first term. His remark about protecting women has unleashed a flood of those memories in TikTok videos.
Hatefulness - desperation - is pouring out of his mouth at every opportunity. This morning video in MSM news reports show him sitting with Tucker Carlson describing Liz Cheney facing a firing squad. His constant promotion of violence is on full display in the closing days. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4965649-trump-liz-cheney-guns-backlash/
None of this will encourage fence sitters and people who dislike politics to vote for him.
This is great as always . If we all do something in these next few days it will help and we will feel we did everything you can do. I’m so proud of All the work people are serious and concerned. We will have a great celebration!
As someone put it recently, I am “nauseously optimistic”. The amount of depravity from one individual is astounding and the fact that so many people still support him is absolutely nauseating to me…I can not wait for him to go down and hopefully in a very big way! Thank you Steven
I'll be "Doing Something" on Monday night: setting up voting machines and stands (for those who like to vote by hand). Then Tuesday, my wife and I will join our team at Precinct 23 to work as Election Judges, helping people cast their votes, freely and fairly. It should be a fun couple of days!
You are welcome! Now I'm going through a couple of hours of online training to refresh my knowledge of how to handle provisional voting, dealing with poll watchers and the thousand other things election workers might need to know. Totally worth it.
It reveals Trump's stunning lack of self-awareness that he apparently thinks riding around in a parking lot in a garbage truck emblazoned with his name is good for his image. Can't wait to get this hateful man out of our lives and into prison.
It is chillingly repulsive to hear this contemptible man - who bragged about grabbing women at will, who cheated on his wife with a porn star, a loathsome lowlife who has been convicted of sexual assault, one who has been responsible for passing the most draconian laws that put women's lives in peril - telling women that he will be their protector "whether they like it or not."
Well, I may not be a woman, Donald, but I can assure you that women will prove to you that they do not like any little bit of what you have to say about them by turning out in their millions to ensure that you are swept away in the forthcoming election by a tidal wave.
This garbage-y con man needs to be buried in a landslide vote FOR Harris/Walz. Perhaps only then the stink of the hate and filth will be detected by his maga/maggots, enablers, supporters, followers and start cleaning up their acts a little.
...And another thing: why isn't the DoJ arresting Trump on the spot for threatening Liz Cheney's life?
Yes, I know, we're close to the election and Merrick Garland is too busy combing his well-coiffed head of blue-rinsed hair to bother with anything as trivial as applying the law, but since when has it been okay to threaten to kill political opponents?
For those who might claim that Trump is exercising his First Amendment right to freedom of speech, allow me to remind you that freedom of speech must be accompanied by responsibility and accountability. That is why it is illegal for someone to shout, "Fire!" in a crowded theater. Anyone who does so, when there is no such threat, is accountable under the law.
The AZ attorney general (because the remarks were made in AZ) is having the statement analyzed to see if it is a threat or intimidation under state law. It is easy to blame Garland for what ails America, but it is hard to prosecute federal cases based on speech because the power of the federal government can be abused.
Many of the things we consider threats are not prosecutable. The yrs I spent trying to assist victims taught me a lot. Trump like others cut from the same mold, avoids direct specific threats by using language that leaves his words open to interpretation. Similar to Musk & Vance asking why no one has tried to assassinate the VP.
This time he gets a much closer although not saying he will do it (nor does he have a firing squad). But he does say “let’s put her …” and “let’s see …” which sounds like a call to action for stochastic terrorism. I wonder if that is specific enough to be intimidation or incitement. I guess well see if AZ law applies.
Thank you, Ann. I’m happy to learn that the AZ AG is having the statement analyzed. Let’s see what decision is reached. At the very least, let’s hope it opens up an important debate about the issue.
If I may, please allow me to revisit the question of Trump's culpability: in his "Justice Matters" post on YouTube yesterday (11/1), the former prosecutor, Glenn Kirshner, makes the case that Trump's comments about Liz Cheney constitute a clear threat. Glenn goes on to discuss how this should (underline that word) impact the pending criminal cases against Trump and concludes that his pretrial release should be revoked. Steven mirrors this view in his Substack essay this morning (he agrees, though, that Trump is unlikely to be detained). Let's see, however, if the AZ Attorney General decides to charge Trump, even though this would happen after the election.
In a just world, the law would be applied without fear or favor. My beef with Merrick Garland (and I am merely echoing various legal scholars) is that he waited for far too long before appointing a special prosecutor to investigate Trump's attempt at a coup on Jan 6. To be fair to AG Garland, I do not suppose that he figured that the Supreme Court would act in a manner that even a kangaroo court in a third world country would have been ashamed to do. But so much for justice and the rule of law.
Had the DoJ acted with alacrity and purpose, we might not have found ourselves in our present predicament in which the worst man in America, already a convicted criminal with more serious cases pending against him, could yet achieve the highest office in the land.
Apt image trump the garbage man! Needs to be buried by a landslide vote for Harris / Walz. Perhaps only then he and his maga/maggots, enablers and supporters can start to smell their stink and clean up their acts. His hate and vitriol have no place anywhere. It is pure garbage through and through. Those that have been conned into thinking he and his lies are the most wonderful thing to support need to be retrained. Perhaps they can learn how to drive the garbage trucks, and start picking up all the garbage they have dumped into their society and start scrubbing off the scum.
Love the new ad. And am also hoping the garbage truck schtick is TFG's Michael Dukakis tank moment.
Great analogy.
Should Harris win … no, WHEN Harris wins … will America take time to reflect upon the mass hysteria it has lived through since 2016?
How long did it take Germany to finally comprehend, then take responsibility for Shoah? Accountability, that precious trait, will the right ever acknowledge?
Sadly, not in my lifetime, I think.
I'm even more ambitious. I think we need to go back at least to Nixon's "southern strategy," and the ones who have to do the most reflection (and maybe reading) are white middle-class-and-up people.
If I may add a fourth. With all the to do he has made out of the two supposed attempts on his life, his followers claiming God saved him to complete his mission, he has turned his spite, his hatred, his cruelty as only a crazy want to be despot can do. He has said to another nut, Tucker Carlson, the following about Liz Cheney: She's a radical war hawk. Let's put her with the rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her. OK, let's see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face.
This is a fantasy spinning through his mind, probably with himself holding the gun. With his election, not only would destruction come, but also death. Orders to a loyal military and of no consequence to a loyal justice department, he would stop at nothing for the glory to outshine Putin. Pray !!
Saw this this morning. Utterly depraved. This man doesn’t belong in any position of responsibility.
He belongs in prison, which he has evaded for far too long.
The way the misogynists have felt free to express their true sentiments (most recently with the Liz Cheney fantasy but also with the response to a woman's vote being just their own business) is so disheartening. A woman does not walk about this world realizing the level of hatred directed toward her just because of gender and yet, here it is.
🙏🙏🙏🗳🗳🗳💙💙💙🌊🌊🌊🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
A man who voted for trump , when I told him about the above quote, his reply was, Oh, they are always misinterpreting, misquoting what he says . Minds sealed and locked !
Tucker also needs to be locked up. Look, both of these obnoxious forms of the male species are exactly what Putin is paying them to be. I sincerely believe that Putin is laundering money to Elon so that they all stay loyal to him (Vladimir, that is). Then after the election of Harris is announced, trusty supporters of the bloviated one will try yet another coup but I do believe it will be thwarted. Marc Elias of the Elias Law Group and of Democracy Docket said the Dems will not be caught with their pants down this time. The FBI, Homeland Security, Washington DC officers, the Capitol Police, and the National Guard are all prepared. They have worked out all of the scenarios. We just wait now. But know that Kamala and Tim will win and it will be a LANDSLIDE!
I was just listening to a report from O'Donnell on how this stunt also reactivated the Access Hollywood tape reporting and it urged us to consider all the young voters who never heard that shocking and tawdry report on Trump 8 years ago because they were too young. Another shot of motivation. And will some daughters lean on their dads to do the right thing?
I saw that too, and never realized that! I hate to say it, but it’s a probably good thing that it came back around now.
It didn’t do much the first time, but I believe it will partially be the cause of his downfall this time around. Young women have watched it millions of times, and are very motivated to vote for Harris.
Voters who are 18-21 now were 10-13 years old in 2016. They don’t remember the things that happened in his campaign and his first term. His remark about protecting women has unleashed a flood of those memories in TikTok videos.
Hatefulness - desperation - is pouring out of his mouth at every opportunity. This morning video in MSM news reports show him sitting with Tucker Carlson describing Liz Cheney facing a firing squad. His constant promotion of violence is on full display in the closing days. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4965649-trump-liz-cheney-guns-backlash/
None of this will encourage fence sitters and people who dislike politics to vote for him.
Petty: of little importance; trivial.
I love Kamala’s use of this word in describing her opponent. I hope it is also a prediction for what will become of him after November 5.
This is great as always . If we all do something in these next few days it will help and we will feel we did everything you can do. I’m so proud of All the work people are serious and concerned. We will have a great celebration!
As someone put it recently, I am “nauseously optimistic”. The amount of depravity from one individual is astounding and the fact that so many people still support him is absolutely nauseating to me…I can not wait for him to go down and hopefully in a very big way! Thank you Steven
I'll be "Doing Something" on Monday night: setting up voting machines and stands (for those who like to vote by hand). Then Tuesday, my wife and I will join our team at Precinct 23 to work as Election Judges, helping people cast their votes, freely and fairly. It should be a fun couple of days!
Thank you!
You are welcome! Now I'm going through a couple of hours of online training to refresh my knowledge of how to handle provisional voting, dealing with poll watchers and the thousand other things election workers might need to know. Totally worth it.
It reveals Trump's stunning lack of self-awareness that he apparently thinks riding around in a parking lot in a garbage truck emblazoned with his name is good for his image. Can't wait to get this hateful man out of our lives and into prison.
Extraordinary to think this pathetic man drowns his own self in the word garbage.
Have faith.
https://open.substack.com/pub/albellenchia/p/closing-argument?r=7wk5d&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
It is chillingly repulsive to hear this contemptible man - who bragged about grabbing women at will, who cheated on his wife with a porn star, a loathsome lowlife who has been convicted of sexual assault, one who has been responsible for passing the most draconian laws that put women's lives in peril - telling women that he will be their protector "whether they like it or not."
Well, I may not be a woman, Donald, but I can assure you that women will prove to you that they do not like any little bit of what you have to say about them by turning out in their millions to ensure that you are swept away in the forthcoming election by a tidal wave.
🎯‼️
This garbage-y con man needs to be buried in a landslide vote FOR Harris/Walz. Perhaps only then the stink of the hate and filth will be detected by his maga/maggots, enablers, supporters, followers and start cleaning up their acts a little.
...And another thing: why isn't the DoJ arresting Trump on the spot for threatening Liz Cheney's life?
Yes, I know, we're close to the election and Merrick Garland is too busy combing his well-coiffed head of blue-rinsed hair to bother with anything as trivial as applying the law, but since when has it been okay to threaten to kill political opponents?
For those who might claim that Trump is exercising his First Amendment right to freedom of speech, allow me to remind you that freedom of speech must be accompanied by responsibility and accountability. That is why it is illegal for someone to shout, "Fire!" in a crowded theater. Anyone who does so, when there is no such threat, is accountable under the law.
The AZ attorney general (because the remarks were made in AZ) is having the statement analyzed to see if it is a threat or intimidation under state law. It is easy to blame Garland for what ails America, but it is hard to prosecute federal cases based on speech because the power of the federal government can be abused.
Many of the things we consider threats are not prosecutable. The yrs I spent trying to assist victims taught me a lot. Trump like others cut from the same mold, avoids direct specific threats by using language that leaves his words open to interpretation. Similar to Musk & Vance asking why no one has tried to assassinate the VP.
This time he gets a much closer although not saying he will do it (nor does he have a firing squad). But he does say “let’s put her …” and “let’s see …” which sounds like a call to action for stochastic terrorism. I wonder if that is specific enough to be intimidation or incitement. I guess well see if AZ law applies.
Thank you, Ann. I’m happy to learn that the AZ AG is having the statement analyzed. Let’s see what decision is reached. At the very least, let’s hope it opens up an important debate about the issue.
If I may, please allow me to revisit the question of Trump's culpability: in his "Justice Matters" post on YouTube yesterday (11/1), the former prosecutor, Glenn Kirshner, makes the case that Trump's comments about Liz Cheney constitute a clear threat. Glenn goes on to discuss how this should (underline that word) impact the pending criminal cases against Trump and concludes that his pretrial release should be revoked. Steven mirrors this view in his Substack essay this morning (he agrees, though, that Trump is unlikely to be detained). Let's see, however, if the AZ Attorney General decides to charge Trump, even though this would happen after the election.
In a just world, the law would be applied without fear or favor. My beef with Merrick Garland (and I am merely echoing various legal scholars) is that he waited for far too long before appointing a special prosecutor to investigate Trump's attempt at a coup on Jan 6. To be fair to AG Garland, I do not suppose that he figured that the Supreme Court would act in a manner that even a kangaroo court in a third world country would have been ashamed to do. But so much for justice and the rule of law.
Had the DoJ acted with alacrity and purpose, we might not have found ourselves in our present predicament in which the worst man in America, already a convicted criminal with more serious cases pending against him, could yet achieve the highest office in the land.
Apt image trump the garbage man! Needs to be buried by a landslide vote for Harris / Walz. Perhaps only then he and his maga/maggots, enablers and supporters can start to smell their stink and clean up their acts. His hate and vitriol have no place anywhere. It is pure garbage through and through. Those that have been conned into thinking he and his lies are the most wonderful thing to support need to be retrained. Perhaps they can learn how to drive the garbage trucks, and start picking up all the garbage they have dumped into their society and start scrubbing off the scum.