Thank you Thank you Thank you for sharing these words from Kamala Harris with us! I heard it Live, but for me, reading it is so much more impactful. I just read it 3 times.
So often, your essays provide or share information we are needing to see and hear.———
It makes me remember the spirit of Navalny who was imprisoned and tortured for years by Putin, the man Trump admires. He was healed from being poisoned but returned to Russia to continue to work for Democrat knowing he would be imprisoned again for speaking out! Now after his death his wife he taking up his work, instead of disparing.
Every person going to the polls need to vote for how they want to live. Do they want to work for Trump's minimum wage, or free, or for a better living wage? Mothers throughout history have loved and provided for their families. Sisters have been brothers strongest allies. Why would any strong, intelligent man want to take freedoms from family members or half the population? Most people want stability. Causing chaos causes breakdown, miscommunication, and destruction.
Stephen, I heard Kamala’s calm and clear voice when she gave this heartfelt speech. She shows anger when she needs to and compassion for others. I believe that is why so many are flocking towards her. Seeing her again with Liz Cheney by her side, is nothing but remarkable. Liz will have a seat in the Harris-Walz admin somewhere. Think she would make a great ambassador.
Thanks for sharing. Her words speak to what a lot of us are feeling right now. After making phone calls over the weekend and losing count of how many people either hung up on me or told me they were voting for Trump, I feel like I hit my wall. I know that I can't let this situation bring me down, but it's hard to maintain hope and faith right now. Have to keep pushing and fighting, but also know when to give ourselves a mental and physical break and, as she says, stay grounded.
The polls are definitely slanted toward the red side because a majority of them are financed by the GOP. Newly registered voters are not included in polling, only those who have voted before.
Rep. Maxwell Frost has been campaigning on college campuses, and has recruited many new registered voters. These people are most concerned with reproductive health care and climate change.
Also, registration by women has increased significantly. They will vote blue by a large margin.
Ignore the polls, but behave as if they were true. Pedal to the metal until November 5, and we will reap the rewards of our work.
After I voted yesterday, and was feeling very down about all of the maggots I saw at the voting station, I ran into a young man in a line in the drugstore. He smiled at me and said, "I love your T-shirt!" (It was a box of Tide with "Kamala" written over it, and the words "gets out tough stubborn stains".) He asked to take a picture of it, so of course I said yes. He said, "I'm going to send it to my girlfriend in Savannah (GA). She rented an apartment down there for a month so she could canvass full-time." !!!!! That amazed me! and made me feel so happy!
Thank you, Steven. Not since the Civil War has the institute of our Republic faced a threat to its very existence. It is both appropriate and necessary to feel fearful of the threat posed by the power and influence of the MAGA mindset. It is equally important to acknowledge the purpose of this fear: to remind ourselves of the founders’ vision, and like them to embrace the resolve necessary to overcome tyranny through democracy. Those millions of citizens who would discard this founding principle know not what they do. It is our job to exemplify this vision, and to show mercy and forgiveness to those who are under the spell of a madman, for they will remain steadfast in their belief in madness long after Kamala Harris is elected president of the United States.
As a scientist, I just have to wonder how valid the pseudo-demographic of "suburban women" is. I guess they mean white, relatively well-off, married women with children and grandchildren. I don't think they mean the suburban women of all races I know of who go to the food bank and show up on NextDoor asking for financial solution ideas. I am pretty sure they are not thinking about senior women without sufficient funds. Are pollsters really segregating resuls on the basis of income and race? Or are they just assuming that any women with addresses in the suburbs fit their assumptions? And finally do they ever talk about suburban men? No, I suppose not. Men own their own selves and make their own decisions.
Beyond my skeptical rant about the polls, I am so pleased with the Harris Cheney initiative. I am betting they are speaking even to non-suburban women. Even men.
While each woman holds power to fight for democracy, there is strength in numbers. Like the band of brothers who together won a war with arms, we women as a band of sisters can win this war with our votes.
(I wrote this last night.) I voted today in South Carolina. Tonight, I find myself thinking of our national anthem. The words, "Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, o'er the land of the free?" play over and over and over in my mind. And I realize that for the first time in my life, I understand the tremendous anxiety behind that question: DOES it still wave? Or have we lost the battle? And that is where I am. WILL our nation still exist as a democracy in two weeks and one day? or will we become a fascist dictatorship? The fact that a severely demented man who is a malignant narcissist, who is owned by a group of oligarchs and fascists, is supported by 50%!!! of my fellow American citizens is shocking. It is beyond anything I could ever have imagined. It's breaking me. Today I voted. I also spoke with some perfectly nice people who have bought hook, line, and sinker into the lies told incessantly by the orange sadist, and say that they are "really scared" of Kamala Harris. They know NOTHING. And these are the people who are deciding the fate of the United States. So I sit here, feeling overwhelming anxiety deep in the pit of my stomach, wondering: WILL that flag yet wave? Or will it soon be over?
I dropped my ballot in ballot box on Monday..still waiting to find out if it was counted.. All we can do now is hope. With Elon Musk re-appearing on the scene lately, this time even more Trumper than ever, I realize that he could be far more dangerous than boy-man Trump and Vance combined. Musk’s much needed SpaceX for US spatial exploration, for which he got 843 million from our tax$$, is giving him lots of freedom to be..anything he wants. The way I see it, he owns us. He is brilliant at innovation but (in my view) another boy-man who never quite reached maturity, and that makes him dangerous.
What an insightful talk…just what I needed. I’m more grateful each day that there are leaders in our world who are ready, willing and able to show up and apply what they’ve learned. I feel so lucky that Joe Biden stood for our country, chose Kamala Harris, and then stood aside, all with impeccable timing. So inspiring.
Every time there a student mass shooting, Republicans haul out the mental illness of excuse: It’s not the gun but the (deranged) shooter. And yet, they prop up a presidential candidate who is clearly narcissistic and delusional … can we say, “Fatal irony?”
As to despair, even if - that is, exactly when - Harris wins, MAGA bigotry will live on. Thank you, Miss Greene and her merry knights JD and Glenn the Young.
So proud of this trio of fine women! Our country is blessed, and they want to be put to work for us!
Let’s VOTE and give Kamala a chance! Cheers for this talent!
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going." No more apt cliche for today. Vote!
Steven
Kamala’s words are so inspiring and helpful!
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Thank you Thank you Thank you for sharing these words from Kamala Harris with us! I heard it Live, but for me, reading it is so much more impactful. I just read it 3 times.
So often, your essays provide or share information we are needing to see and hear.———
It makes me remember the spirit of Navalny who was imprisoned and tortured for years by Putin, the man Trump admires. He was healed from being poisoned but returned to Russia to continue to work for Democrat knowing he would be imprisoned again for speaking out! Now after his death his wife he taking up his work, instead of disparing.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3z4ydk90vo.amp
Prayers for us all. Prayers for our country. Prayers for Democracy. Prayers for our future.
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Democracy
Every person going to the polls need to vote for how they want to live. Do they want to work for Trump's minimum wage, or free, or for a better living wage? Mothers throughout history have loved and provided for their families. Sisters have been brothers strongest allies. Why would any strong, intelligent man want to take freedoms from family members or half the population? Most people want stability. Causing chaos causes breakdown, miscommunication, and destruction.
Stephen, I heard Kamala’s calm and clear voice when she gave this heartfelt speech. She shows anger when she needs to and compassion for others. I believe that is why so many are flocking towards her. Seeing her again with Liz Cheney by her side, is nothing but remarkable. Liz will have a seat in the Harris-Walz admin somewhere. Think she would make a great ambassador.
Thanks for sharing. Her words speak to what a lot of us are feeling right now. After making phone calls over the weekend and losing count of how many people either hung up on me or told me they were voting for Trump, I feel like I hit my wall. I know that I can't let this situation bring me down, but it's hard to maintain hope and faith right now. Have to keep pushing and fighting, but also know when to give ourselves a mental and physical break and, as she says, stay grounded.
Thanks for all your effort, Craig.
Not gonna lie. I’m SCARED. Going to vote today!😱😱
The polls are definitely slanted toward the red side because a majority of them are financed by the GOP. Newly registered voters are not included in polling, only those who have voted before.
Rep. Maxwell Frost has been campaigning on college campuses, and has recruited many new registered voters. These people are most concerned with reproductive health care and climate change.
Also, registration by women has increased significantly. They will vote blue by a large margin.
Ignore the polls, but behave as if they were true. Pedal to the metal until November 5, and we will reap the rewards of our work.
Bless Maxwell Frost and David Hogg!!
After I voted yesterday, and was feeling very down about all of the maggots I saw at the voting station, I ran into a young man in a line in the drugstore. He smiled at me and said, "I love your T-shirt!" (It was a box of Tide with "Kamala" written over it, and the words "gets out tough stubborn stains".) He asked to take a picture of it, so of course I said yes. He said, "I'm going to send it to my girlfriend in Savannah (GA). She rented an apartment down there for a month so she could canvass full-time." !!!!! That amazed me! and made me feel so happy!
Thank you, Steven. Not since the Civil War has the institute of our Republic faced a threat to its very existence. It is both appropriate and necessary to feel fearful of the threat posed by the power and influence of the MAGA mindset. It is equally important to acknowledge the purpose of this fear: to remind ourselves of the founders’ vision, and like them to embrace the resolve necessary to overcome tyranny through democracy. Those millions of citizens who would discard this founding principle know not what they do. It is our job to exemplify this vision, and to show mercy and forgiveness to those who are under the spell of a madman, for they will remain steadfast in their belief in madness long after Kamala Harris is elected president of the United States.
As a scientist, I just have to wonder how valid the pseudo-demographic of "suburban women" is. I guess they mean white, relatively well-off, married women with children and grandchildren. I don't think they mean the suburban women of all races I know of who go to the food bank and show up on NextDoor asking for financial solution ideas. I am pretty sure they are not thinking about senior women without sufficient funds. Are pollsters really segregating resuls on the basis of income and race? Or are they just assuming that any women with addresses in the suburbs fit their assumptions? And finally do they ever talk about suburban men? No, I suppose not. Men own their own selves and make their own decisions.
Beyond my skeptical rant about the polls, I am so pleased with the Harris Cheney initiative. I am betting they are speaking even to non-suburban women. Even men.
While each woman holds power to fight for democracy, there is strength in numbers. Like the band of brothers who together won a war with arms, we women as a band of sisters can win this war with our votes.
As always, beautifully written.
(I wrote this last night.) I voted today in South Carolina. Tonight, I find myself thinking of our national anthem. The words, "Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, o'er the land of the free?" play over and over and over in my mind. And I realize that for the first time in my life, I understand the tremendous anxiety behind that question: DOES it still wave? Or have we lost the battle? And that is where I am. WILL our nation still exist as a democracy in two weeks and one day? or will we become a fascist dictatorship? The fact that a severely demented man who is a malignant narcissist, who is owned by a group of oligarchs and fascists, is supported by 50%!!! of my fellow American citizens is shocking. It is beyond anything I could ever have imagined. It's breaking me. Today I voted. I also spoke with some perfectly nice people who have bought hook, line, and sinker into the lies told incessantly by the orange sadist, and say that they are "really scared" of Kamala Harris. They know NOTHING. And these are the people who are deciding the fate of the United States. So I sit here, feeling overwhelming anxiety deep in the pit of my stomach, wondering: WILL that flag yet wave? Or will it soon be over?
Steven, thanks for sharing her words, I did not get to see/hear this!
I dropped my ballot in ballot box on Monday..still waiting to find out if it was counted.. All we can do now is hope. With Elon Musk re-appearing on the scene lately, this time even more Trumper than ever, I realize that he could be far more dangerous than boy-man Trump and Vance combined. Musk’s much needed SpaceX for US spatial exploration, for which he got 843 million from our tax$$, is giving him lots of freedom to be..anything he wants. The way I see it, he owns us. He is brilliant at innovation but (in my view) another boy-man who never quite reached maturity, and that makes him dangerous.
What an insightful talk…just what I needed. I’m more grateful each day that there are leaders in our world who are ready, willing and able to show up and apply what they’ve learned. I feel so lucky that Joe Biden stood for our country, chose Kamala Harris, and then stood aside, all with impeccable timing. So inspiring.
Every time there a student mass shooting, Republicans haul out the mental illness of excuse: It’s not the gun but the (deranged) shooter. And yet, they prop up a presidential candidate who is clearly narcissistic and delusional … can we say, “Fatal irony?”
As to despair, even if - that is, exactly when - Harris wins, MAGA bigotry will live on. Thank you, Miss Greene and her merry knights JD and Glenn the Young.