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Karen Horwitz's avatar

My question is when are people going to realize how our people became so stupid to elect such a disaster and demand our leaders do something about it? It’s our schools that started down the path of corruption about four decades ago. They slowly stole education from us and made sure you’d never realize it. Teachers are too afraid to talk. Learn about it at WhiteChalkCrime.com. School boards let this happen. That’s what we must change and we can !

About half of us dealt with corrupt schools and could still think. It’s the other half that’s bringing this country down. We need authentic schools!

Vickie Berry's avatar

Exactly why it’s so important to pay attention to, voice your concerns, and vote in all your local elections.

Karen Horwitz's avatar

YES! People don’t realize that school boards hold all the power, plus administrators have devious ways of manipulating board members that people need to learn about.

Al Draycott's avatar

Thanks you Steven: So well stated, Short and crisp. Trump must think the American folks are stupid. I know they are not. If there ever was a rigged election , I would assume it was 2024. Lets hope the democrats don't take the win for granted. The MAGA republicans are defeating themselves , the democrats have got to help them. Presently Trump is visiting China with his entourage of misfits , begging for help with his illegal war. He must know China is helping Iran.

Steven Beschloss's avatar

Thanks, Al. Yup...six more months for Trump to further defeat the Republicans.

Katherine Boyd's avatar

Trump has never cared about anyone except himself. Most New Yorkers knew it a long time ago—it’s why we despise him. He’s like PT Barnum, who said “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Nothing but a con man and a grifter. He’s made a billion dollars in his first year in office this term and now he wants to charge taxpayers $1 billion to pay for his effing ballroom.

Kevin Crawford's avatar

I cannot improve on what you have said. Warning: we have not hit bottom yet!

Ralph V. Wilhelm's avatar

Excellent video!! Right on the money. Yes, Nov 2026 is critical to building momentum to remove Trump, hopefully ahead of schedule. It'll drive him crazy to deal with a DEM Congress. CAN.NOT.WAIT.

KELTIK_WARRIOR (VINCE T 🦁 )'s avatar

Reality Check: I did not do this. Nor did you. Yet, we must suffer the consequences of that 49%. There is cause for rage, outrage and anger. The East Wing, decimated. The reflecting pool is a s**ty blue. How much do you want to bet that contract was increased artificially simply to once again increase his largess? The fact is John Thune and Mike Johnson are co-criminals with Trump. They have aided and abetted this national tragedy by simply sitting back and watching. They should be punished by every legal means and measure available. John Thune in his dismissive arrogance and Mike Johnson in his adolescent flippancy should be driven out of D.C. never to be heard from again. Where the hell are their constituents? Quoting the comic strip character Pogo from long ago: “I have seen the enemy and he is us.” We are witnessing the making of Donald Trump’s very own shithole nation and those who could stop the insanity are simply sitting back and watching.

Margaret MacKenzie's avatar

I don’t know what is worst sometimes, when he lies or when he’s honest like he was yesterday. As I’ve said regularly over the past 10 years, I wouldn’t believe Trump if we were standing together in a deluge and he told me water was wet.

Homi Hormasji's avatar

For the life of me, I will never understand how we succumbed to the mass delusion of reelecting this psychotic, corrupt, criminal, pathological liar of a thug who is beholden only to his pocketbook and Putin, especially after he (Trump) staged a coup on live TV for all the world to see.

If we are to have any hope of redemption, however, we will have to grapple with that question in order to arrive at the hard conclusions necessary in order to determine where our educational, administrative and economic systems have failed us. Nothing less will do if we are ever going to be able to correct course.

Ann Sharon's avatar

There are things we can see now. The voting eligible population is divided into 3 almost equal parts: • Those who participated & voted for the GOP trifecta • Those who participated & did not vote for the GOP • Those who chose not to participate. Our first job is to engage the unengaged. I know the DNC and other groups are working on it.

Voters mostly vote according to what directly affects them — if they vote at all. The Murdock Empire & trump were very successful in helping to drive an info wedge between Americans. Murdock’s hallmark is sensationalism. It works because it is addictive & curated content with a specific perspective. A lot of the ‘bad’ was edited out.

The worm has begun to turn because DJT’s actions are directly affecting people, their families, neighbors and employment. No one needs knowledge, a high degree of literacy, or commentators to know the cost of gas, groceries & other necessities are increasing. The latest trump mini-outrage is from supporters who spent $100 to order a gold trump phone almost a year ago that never arrived. These are things that change people’s minds and votes. Add voting for no more wars; worries about a draft, the Epstein files, the ballroom and more. The door is open for minds to change.

I believe these issues have the potential to sour a large portion of voters on the GOP like the 1990s House Bank uproar over ‘floating’ checks. Everyone knew writing bad checks was wrong & they couldn’t get by with it. Even though no tax dollars were involved and the checks were always eventually covered, a lot of Congressmen lost their seats or resigned.

rachel rosin's avatar

Can’t come soon enough!

AVee. (Alexia)'s avatar

173 days…. Yes we must

Robyn Boyer's avatar

The best part of trump's faux pas? The sound of agony coming from the Republicans. Delicious. He's really cooked things to a savory melange, one part lies, one part truth. And the beauty is that the truth will do them all in. Delicious.

heysailor's avatar

Unfortunately, the same could be said of LegacyDemocrats™ and the many denizens of the revolving door Beltway.

heysailor's avatar

Unfortunately, the same could be said of LegacyDemocrats™ and the many denizens of the revolving door Beltway.

Ruth's avatar

I look forward to your great videos. Thanks, Steven!

Minor problem: I leave my audio turned off until needed. It just takes a few seconds to turn it on, but then I miss the beginning of your first sentence, and it is hard to get back to the beginning. It may be helpful if you start your videos with a greeting or a few seconds with no speech so that the full statement can be heard by avid follower like me who may be computer-audio challenged. Or maybe no one else has this problem.

I can't believe that the Congressional Republicans are not doing their jobs to uphold the Constitution--giving Trump so much free reign to do as he pleases. And I fear for Taiwan with Trump negotiating. . .