Will the mainstream media live up to their responsibility of being the voice and conscience of the people, or will the owners abandon any pretense of pursuing truth in a rush to ensure the financial viability of their outlets?
If anything should give us hope, however, it is the fact that each one of us has a voice through forums such as America, America. They may shut down the presses, but they will not silence us.
Thank you for providing us with this platform to express ourselves, Steven. Let's work towards harnessing our collective thinking to unity of purpose.
Americans will sit back and ignore this takeover. They are more interested in the latest BS about entertainers. The dumbing down of Americans over the last 50 years has dome its job.
How about a non-elected individual usurping our elected Officials or, aka “who’s really running the Show?” From another of my respected SubStack Writers I quote the following:
“Musk, meanwhile, is posturing as if he is the actual president, threatening on Saturday, for example: Those who break the law will be arrested and that includes mayors.”
What I want to know is, once and for all how is it that this FELON was able to run for president in the first place? What has happened to the laws in this country? He raped a woman as well. We know she isn’t the only one. Where are our morals and laws? What good are our laws if a Felon, rapist can be president? Just a few decades ago a Senator was seen in a boat with a woman not his wife and his run for President was OVER the same with Senator Edward’s of South Carolina! But Trump can lie, steal, rape all he wants and get elected president and then treat all his wealthy donors like Gods while taking away Social Security and Medicare from everyone else!The stupidity of the Trump voter knows no low! You were warned but preferred to believe the great Liar. Now we may all suffer from the GREED of him and the entire Republican party.
Great discussion, guys. I think we should look into two aspects of this question. First, and Mark touched on it, “dismantling” the government by bypassing Congress does indeed move us to a dictatorship in which the Chief Executive is all there is. I cannot believe that the Supreme Court would give T…p or anyone a pass on this type of action, but stranger things have happened. Second, while Pro Publica is a reputable source of news and information, its audience is pretty restricted. This leaves the question of what other media/news sources will have the intelligence or guts to fight these kind of actions. The voting public had all the information they needed to sideline Trump, but they weren’t smart enough to identify and repudiate a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
If I’m not mistaken 1. T…p has got the Supreme Court in his “Hip Pocket” already, and 2. Regarding the Voting Public…“weren’t smart enough, was much too charitable!
He has some members in his pocket. Has this type of situation ever happened before? This should never happen, this must be the worst Supreme Court in the United States history and they have absolutely no Shame . Are we helpless? Is there nothing we can do to put a stop to this madness? What happened to honor and respect? How did so many scoundrels get elected? How did Trump get elected?
Honestly, Steven, do you think the media - or even the public - is interested in how “Trump is amassing and abusing power”? Why start now? Didn’t do it for the past eight years!
Rather, I think, once the abuses - and especially the tariff harm - really hits the rural areas, farm and ranch, will the under 50% realize it’s been hoodwinked.
People like trump are never satisfied. No matter how many unamerican crimes he will pull off with the help of Congress & SCOTUS, for his own need for continued power, we probably cannot fathom what else he will attempt. Too many to confront at one time. We will have to analyze solutions as each appears. One hopes for internal jealousy, infighting that will somewhat apply the breaks. One hopes for Democrats to get their act together. I, myself, hope for a repeat of Ivanna's fate. Steps get harder as we age.
But have you noticed how much worse he is? Not just because he’s behaving more and more like Putin, taking Putin lessons, but how he’s declining mentally? The Republicans hired a man with dementia. You can never predict what they will do.
Convicted felon trump is out in the open planning a fascist coup attempt against our democracy. Biden can stop this madness now by claiming trump and his fascist regime of traitors and oligarchs are guilty of unamerican activities and marshal law enforcement is needed for the people and Democracy
How long is it going to take for the media to recognize that he’s working with Russia so he can achieve his dreams? Russia is calling the shots. Elon is now warning Justin Trudeau that he’s next. Obviously Trump plans to take down Canada with his 25% tariff. Why else would he do that to Canada? Russia wants democracy in the garbage bin of history and Trump is happy to oblige.
The media isn’t going to save us. I know that because for 29 years I tried to get them to report the crime and corruption in our schools. Education happens to be the foundation of democracy so guess what? Since the media allowed our schools to be hollowed out, democracy fell. Don’t rely on them. Go to WhiteChalkCrime.com and learn from whistleblowing teachers what the media won’t report. Power mongers manipulating our school boards have replaced earnest, democracy loving teachers with frightened puppets. Then get on school boards on a save democracy platform. Let’s save what we can of this precious gift before it’s too late.
All of the kowtowing and rolling over that those spineless republicans have done for that grifting, traitorous, sexually predatory felon has been stunning (Graham, Cruz, Rubio, Stefanik, et al) but to willingly let him usurp their congressional powers? Wow. We talked about his being a wannabe dictator and now it's coming to fruition. Republicans do not love the country, the Constitution, what is right and just. They only love him and their own power.
Doesn’t Biden have immunity from the SCOTUS, so he can claim that convicted felon trump and his fascist friends and oligarchs are planning a fascist takeover of our democracy, thus marshal law is in order to protect our democracy.
We had better be careful, tRump might be in poor humor because his latest attempt at Grifting (endorsing foreign made Guitars) ran into a problem. Poor fellow! He’s probably back thinking up any unusual item he can affix a tariff to…gotta make up the $ loss to his “presidential” Pot of Gold he’s entitled to!
First, I don't think the immunity decision means that what a president does is LEGAL--just that he can't be personally prosecuted for doing something illegal.
Yes! Impoundment was the BASIS of the Trump Impeachment 1.
Can Congress thwart this by putting into its approval--"no more than X, but no less than 90% of X without express permission of Congress? " The theory I've heard them using is that Congressional approval of funding makes a maximum, but not a minimum. I'm pretty sure there are those on the GOP side in Congress who don't want their power of the purse jerked away.
The California Wildfires example is the most dangerous, because obviously when Congress approves Y for disaster relief, they can't pinpoint WHICH disasters. But things like defunding something like the National Weather Service could be served by my suggested approach.
Will the mainstream media live up to their responsibility of being the voice and conscience of the people, or will the owners abandon any pretense of pursuing truth in a rush to ensure the financial viability of their outlets?
If anything should give us hope, however, it is the fact that each one of us has a voice through forums such as America, America. They may shut down the presses, but they will not silence us.
Thank you for providing us with this platform to express ourselves, Steven. Let's work towards harnessing our collective thinking to unity of purpose.
Americans will sit back and ignore this takeover. They are more interested in the latest BS about entertainers. The dumbing down of Americans over the last 50 years has dome its job.
How about a non-elected individual usurping our elected Officials or, aka “who’s really running the Show?” From another of my respected SubStack Writers I quote the following:
“Musk, meanwhile, is posturing as if he is the actual president, threatening on Saturday, for example: Those who break the law will be arrested and that includes mayors.”
What I want to know is, once and for all how is it that this FELON was able to run for president in the first place? What has happened to the laws in this country? He raped a woman as well. We know she isn’t the only one. Where are our morals and laws? What good are our laws if a Felon, rapist can be president? Just a few decades ago a Senator was seen in a boat with a woman not his wife and his run for President was OVER the same with Senator Edward’s of South Carolina! But Trump can lie, steal, rape all he wants and get elected president and then treat all his wealthy donors like Gods while taking away Social Security and Medicare from everyone else!The stupidity of the Trump voter knows no low! You were warned but preferred to believe the great Liar. Now we may all suffer from the GREED of him and the entire Republican party.
Great discussion, guys. I think we should look into two aspects of this question. First, and Mark touched on it, “dismantling” the government by bypassing Congress does indeed move us to a dictatorship in which the Chief Executive is all there is. I cannot believe that the Supreme Court would give T…p or anyone a pass on this type of action, but stranger things have happened. Second, while Pro Publica is a reputable source of news and information, its audience is pretty restricted. This leaves the question of what other media/news sources will have the intelligence or guts to fight these kind of actions. The voting public had all the information they needed to sideline Trump, but they weren’t smart enough to identify and repudiate a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
If I’m not mistaken 1. T…p has got the Supreme Court in his “Hip Pocket” already, and 2. Regarding the Voting Public…“weren’t smart enough, was much too charitable!
He has some members in his pocket. Has this type of situation ever happened before? This should never happen, this must be the worst Supreme Court in the United States history and they have absolutely no Shame . Are we helpless? Is there nothing we can do to put a stop to this madness? What happened to honor and respect? How did so many scoundrels get elected? How did Trump get elected?
MSNBC is very good.
Honestly, Steven, do you think the media - or even the public - is interested in how “Trump is amassing and abusing power”? Why start now? Didn’t do it for the past eight years!
Rather, I think, once the abuses - and especially the tariff harm - really hits the rural areas, farm and ranch, will the under 50% realize it’s been hoodwinked.
People like trump are never satisfied. No matter how many unamerican crimes he will pull off with the help of Congress & SCOTUS, for his own need for continued power, we probably cannot fathom what else he will attempt. Too many to confront at one time. We will have to analyze solutions as each appears. One hopes for internal jealousy, infighting that will somewhat apply the breaks. One hopes for Democrats to get their act together. I, myself, hope for a repeat of Ivanna's fate. Steps get harder as we age.
But have you noticed how much worse he is? Not just because he’s behaving more and more like Putin, taking Putin lessons, but how he’s declining mentally? The Republicans hired a man with dementia. You can never predict what they will do.
Mostly they get angry & out of touch with you reality
I wrote on blue this morning and cc X:
Convicted felon trump is out in the open planning a fascist coup attempt against our democracy. Biden can stop this madness now by claiming trump and his fascist regime of traitors and oligarchs are guilty of unamerican activities and marshal law enforcement is needed for the people and Democracy
i would like to know what recourse Congress has to reverse any impoundment moves by the executive branch of government.
How long is it going to take for the media to recognize that he’s working with Russia so he can achieve his dreams? Russia is calling the shots. Elon is now warning Justin Trudeau that he’s next. Obviously Trump plans to take down Canada with his 25% tariff. Why else would he do that to Canada? Russia wants democracy in the garbage bin of history and Trump is happy to oblige.
The media isn’t going to save us. I know that because for 29 years I tried to get them to report the crime and corruption in our schools. Education happens to be the foundation of democracy so guess what? Since the media allowed our schools to be hollowed out, democracy fell. Don’t rely on them. Go to WhiteChalkCrime.com and learn from whistleblowing teachers what the media won’t report. Power mongers manipulating our school boards have replaced earnest, democracy loving teachers with frightened puppets. Then get on school boards on a save democracy platform. Let’s save what we can of this precious gift before it’s too late.
All of the kowtowing and rolling over that those spineless republicans have done for that grifting, traitorous, sexually predatory felon has been stunning (Graham, Cruz, Rubio, Stefanik, et al) but to willingly let him usurp their congressional powers? Wow. We talked about his being a wannabe dictator and now it's coming to fruition. Republicans do not love the country, the Constitution, what is right and just. They only love him and their own power.
Doesn’t Biden have immunity from the SCOTUS, so he can claim that convicted felon trump and his fascist friends and oligarchs are planning a fascist takeover of our democracy, thus marshal law is in order to protect our democracy.
We had better be careful, tRump might be in poor humor because his latest attempt at Grifting (endorsing foreign made Guitars) ran into a problem. Poor fellow! He’s probably back thinking up any unusual item he can affix a tariff to…gotta make up the $ loss to his “presidential” Pot of Gold he’s entitled to!
I wouldn't put it past him to open a line of trump.petrol stations & feed them from the new pipelines he will dig on federal land.
Rita…WOW…what a great idea…I’m going to put your name forward to be the next Energy Czar…or is it Czarina??? He’ll just love it!!!
First, I don't think the immunity decision means that what a president does is LEGAL--just that he can't be personally prosecuted for doing something illegal.
Yes! Impoundment was the BASIS of the Trump Impeachment 1.
Can Congress thwart this by putting into its approval--"no more than X, but no less than 90% of X without express permission of Congress? " The theory I've heard them using is that Congressional approval of funding makes a maximum, but not a minimum. I'm pretty sure there are those on the GOP side in Congress who don't want their power of the purse jerked away.
The California Wildfires example is the most dangerous, because obviously when Congress approves Y for disaster relief, they can't pinpoint WHICH disasters. But things like defunding something like the National Weather Service could be served by my suggested approach.