The Supreme Court blessed the Trump agenda by stripping away protections for hundreds of thousands of refugees who now face deportation and deadly violence
It doesn't care about people here, let alone people in other countries. This regime is taking away our food assistance, health care, child care, the right to vote, and the right to have any protections from its lawless actions.
The felon talked about sh!thole, corrupt countries -- he's created one here. It has been his only success.
This has incredibly had full participation of a third of the population. Hmm. That group thought it had grievances before. Just wait.
"May we one day live in a country not run by sociopathic leaders" -- and may we one day live in a country whose citizens, despite their grievances, recognize sociopathy (and racism, disregard for the Constitution, and hatred of democracy) when they see it.
These continued inhumane actions must be met head on, as so many are doing. We must double our resolve to be “happy warriors” as we continue to fight back.
Steven, thank you so much for your column emphasizing that Musk is a madman, members of the Supreme Court are demonizing racists, and Donald Trump and JD Vance are not only racists, but horrible human (?) beings.
And gratitude for including Ro Khanna’s charge again Musk. Gazillionaire? Who dismissed “5 million children around the world who he possibly sentenced to death by dismantling USAID,” If not in this lifetime, but during his residency in Hell, Musk will be forced to visit every small gravesite and weep for his part in their deaths.
What does this egotistical, baby making machine, and cruel count have against Haitians and some Syrians?
Elon Musk has described a notoriously strained and difficult relationship with his father over the years. Is this an excuse for ruining the lives of those people? Does Musk not care that if they are sent back to their home countries, they will face violence, possibly death?
Oh, where is our George Peabody, Andrew Carnegie, and Chuck Feeney? And let’s applaud Bill Gates and MacKenzie Scott. This monied quintet had/have hearts.
Musk is absent of one. That vital muscular organ is missing. It’s space is hollow. Devoid of warmth, compassion, and empathy. Sad, but no tears for him.
Those five "justices" on the Supreme Court should be made to stand outside the White House wearing billboards imprinted with the words of "The New Colossus," the sonnet written by Emma Lazarus that is inscribed on a bronze plaque at the Statue of Liberty:
Lady Liberty must be crying. Sobbing, salty tears. What has become of a country that once welcomed huddled masses yearning to be free...and safe? What happened is Stephen Miller, busy cosplaying Heinrich Himmler. What happened was a lawless gang bullied their way into power and began the systematic destruction of the republic. What happened was 49.8% of the US electorate put people without conscience or competence into office. What will happen is we will take back the power to oversee the corruption, the lawlessness, the inhumane treatment of fellow Americans, all colors and stripes. One hundred and twenty-nine days...and counting.
The line between the ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ gets thinner and thinner. What has resulted in what I would call ‘disposable’ people, who are living ‘disposable’ lives. I am reminded of the character, Alfred P Doolittle in “My Fair Lady”, who knighted himself “one of the undeserving poor”. Professor Henry Higgins responded by claiming that if he listened to Doolittle even a minute more, he himself would have no morals left. He afterward recommended Doolittle to an American philanthropist who was looking for “the most original moralist in England “ to receive an award that showered him with unrequested money. This tongue-in-cheek exchange hid an important question for the British. Who deserves to be heard? Who deserves to be taken seriously? In fact, if you scratch the surface, who is ‘deserving’ of resources? Who are the good guys and who are just selfish prigs in costume? Who is judging whom?
In this country, we now know who gets to judge and decide who is undeserving….the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, children die. Adults die. We can never forget that WE are the donors behind the asylum seekers’ claims. Have we forgotten how to listen? Is the Supreme Court acting as judge and jury of one of our foundational aspirations as a country…to welcome “the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free”? Apparently so. Woe is we. Woe unto us. We are no longer stewards of the democratic legacy with which we were entrusted. The reins of that glorious steed have been handed over to the nine horsemen of the democratic apocalypse and we cannot stop their treacherous gallop over everyone and everything, while Trump holds the whip.
A violent gang runs THIS country.
It doesn't care about people here, let alone people in other countries. This regime is taking away our food assistance, health care, child care, the right to vote, and the right to have any protections from its lawless actions.
The felon talked about sh!thole, corrupt countries -- he's created one here. It has been his only success.
This has incredibly had full participation of a third of the population. Hmm. That group thought it had grievances before. Just wait.
"May we one day live in a country not run by sociopathic leaders" -- and may we one day live in a country whose citizens, despite their grievances, recognize sociopathy (and racism, disregard for the Constitution, and hatred of democracy) when they see it.
These continued inhumane actions must be met head on, as so many are doing. We must double our resolve to be “happy warriors” as we continue to fight back.
https://albellenchia.substack.com/p/persisting?r=7wk5d
Steven, thank you so much for your column emphasizing that Musk is a madman, members of the Supreme Court are demonizing racists, and Donald Trump and JD Vance are not only racists, but horrible human (?) beings.
And gratitude for including Ro Khanna’s charge again Musk. Gazillionaire? Who dismissed “5 million children around the world who he possibly sentenced to death by dismantling USAID,” If not in this lifetime, but during his residency in Hell, Musk will be forced to visit every small gravesite and weep for his part in their deaths.
What does this egotistical, baby making machine, and cruel count have against Haitians and some Syrians?
Elon Musk has described a notoriously strained and difficult relationship with his father over the years. Is this an excuse for ruining the lives of those people? Does Musk not care that if they are sent back to their home countries, they will face violence, possibly death?
Oh, where is our George Peabody, Andrew Carnegie, and Chuck Feeney? And let’s applaud Bill Gates and MacKenzie Scott. This monied quintet had/have hearts.
Musk is absent of one. That vital muscular organ is missing. It’s space is hollow. Devoid of warmth, compassion, and empathy. Sad, but no tears for him.
Those five "justices" on the Supreme Court should be made to stand outside the White House wearing billboards imprinted with the words of "The New Colossus," the sonnet written by Emma Lazarus that is inscribed on a bronze plaque at the Statue of Liberty:
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
I hardly know how to respond to such abject cruelty of these decisions.
Thank you much for addressing the issue.
your headline describes the 6 maga supremes.....may they never sleep and always see blood on their hands...
129 days. Make them count.
Lady Liberty must be crying. Sobbing, salty tears. What has become of a country that once welcomed huddled masses yearning to be free...and safe? What happened is Stephen Miller, busy cosplaying Heinrich Himmler. What happened was a lawless gang bullied their way into power and began the systematic destruction of the republic. What happened was 49.8% of the US electorate put people without conscience or competence into office. What will happen is we will take back the power to oversee the corruption, the lawlessness, the inhumane treatment of fellow Americans, all colors and stripes. One hundred and twenty-nine days...and counting.
The line between the ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ gets thinner and thinner. What has resulted in what I would call ‘disposable’ people, who are living ‘disposable’ lives. I am reminded of the character, Alfred P Doolittle in “My Fair Lady”, who knighted himself “one of the undeserving poor”. Professor Henry Higgins responded by claiming that if he listened to Doolittle even a minute more, he himself would have no morals left. He afterward recommended Doolittle to an American philanthropist who was looking for “the most original moralist in England “ to receive an award that showered him with unrequested money. This tongue-in-cheek exchange hid an important question for the British. Who deserves to be heard? Who deserves to be taken seriously? In fact, if you scratch the surface, who is ‘deserving’ of resources? Who are the good guys and who are just selfish prigs in costume? Who is judging whom?
In this country, we now know who gets to judge and decide who is undeserving….the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, children die. Adults die. We can never forget that WE are the donors behind the asylum seekers’ claims. Have we forgotten how to listen? Is the Supreme Court acting as judge and jury of one of our foundational aspirations as a country…to welcome “the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free”? Apparently so. Woe is we. Woe unto us. We are no longer stewards of the democratic legacy with which we were entrusted. The reins of that glorious steed have been handed over to the nine horsemen of the democratic apocalypse and we cannot stop their treacherous gallop over everyone and everything, while Trump holds the whip.