You wrote: "Leaving him alone, to return to power with vengeance in mind and a collection of fools who will do his bidding, is worse."
As noted above several times, he IS a criminal. I would submit that he's a criminal on the order of a Mafia mob boss (one not very smart, but savvy in the way narcissists are in knowing how to draw moths to their flame) and that the collection he will assemble to do his bedding will be far worse than just "fools" - they'll be criminals as well. That's how the Mafia is run, right? It's a pyramid with a Don at the top and a bunch of thugs doing his bidding, all knifing each other in the back in order not to get knifed in the back themselves (not dumb, but maybe just wily). I think all of them are soulless. I think DOJ and the Select Committee need to regard them as "armed (with lawyers who know how to work around laws) and dangerous" (to democracy.) I think DOJ and the Select Committee should TREAT them as they would any Mafia ring of operators and operatives. Just my two cents.
“Dangerous and embarrassing at the same time.” That’s a polite description I feel when I am encouraged on all fronts to protest peacefully, try to engage those opposed to you in a civil manner, just ignore trolls on other sites because it’s demeaning to snarl back at them, just go with the flow because you do not want to be targeted, be glad you are not of color right now….and on and on. Embarrassing all right.
It’s beginning to make me feel dangerous. Never thought I would have a deeper knowledge of why and how brothers and sisters could take up arms against each other during the Civil War. It always has seemed preposterous to me. Now I’m wondering when the current civil war will earn capital letters making it an improper proper noun.
I loathe Trump. I loathe even more the Kool-aid the real planners have mixed up. I vote poison before I feel forced to do something I’ve never considered before.
Thanks for your grit, integrity, and practical honesty, TC.
TC, So many people are warning of the coming civil war and overthrow of American democracy, yet it seems no one is listening. It is almost like Stalin allegedly ignoring all the warnings about Hitler's impending invasion. Do we know if there is a plan in Washington to pass the voting rights bills? Even if Sinema and Manchin are forced to vote to end the filibuster to raise the debt ceiling in December, can they be counted on the vote for the voting rights bills?
What I want to hear is “He is to be charged.” I’m bracing myself because all I hear from most people is “needs to be charged” and reasons why that will not happen. Who has the match?
At this point, it’s looking like the country is being consumed by idjts. With R politicians spouting the big lie and Fox spouting its disinformation constantly, uninformed people make emotional decisions based on lies.
This is sad to report but I am having more and more conversations with folks who tell me they are seriously thinking about leaving the U.S. They don't want to be ex-pats but feel they have to be if it looks as if Trump&Co. will be returning to power.
Would I really leave my country? I can’t abandon the team. That was my decision in 2017 and remains so now. This is war. We’re already in it, and I’m part of the resistance. Here’s something one can investigate and do today: Vote Forward needs more letter writers for Virginia’s election. Letters to be sent on 10/16. ❤️🤍💙
You wrote: "Leaving him alone, to return to power with vengeance in mind and a collection of fools who will do his bidding, is worse."
As noted above several times, he IS a criminal. I would submit that he's a criminal on the order of a Mafia mob boss (one not very smart, but savvy in the way narcissists are in knowing how to draw moths to their flame) and that the collection he will assemble to do his bedding will be far worse than just "fools" - they'll be criminals as well. That's how the Mafia is run, right? It's a pyramid with a Don at the top and a bunch of thugs doing his bidding, all knifing each other in the back in order not to get knifed in the back themselves (not dumb, but maybe just wily). I think all of them are soulless. I think DOJ and the Select Committee need to regard them as "armed (with lawyers who know how to work around laws) and dangerous" (to democracy.) I think DOJ and the Select Committee should TREAT them as they would any Mafia ring of operators and operatives. Just my two cents.
Yes, they're thugs. And also fools. Which is what makes their threat so dangerous and embarrassing at the same time.
“Dangerous and embarrassing at the same time.” That’s a polite description I feel when I am encouraged on all fronts to protest peacefully, try to engage those opposed to you in a civil manner, just ignore trolls on other sites because it’s demeaning to snarl back at them, just go with the flow because you do not want to be targeted, be glad you are not of color right now….and on and on. Embarrassing all right.
It’s beginning to make me feel dangerous. Never thought I would have a deeper knowledge of why and how brothers and sisters could take up arms against each other during the Civil War. It always has seemed preposterous to me. Now I’m wondering when the current civil war will earn capital letters making it an improper proper noun.
I loathe Trump. I loathe even more the Kool-aid the real planners have mixed up. I vote poison before I feel forced to do something I’ve never considered before.
Thanks for your grit, integrity, and practical honesty, TC.
Salud to your new book release.
TC, So many people are warning of the coming civil war and overthrow of American democracy, yet it seems no one is listening. It is almost like Stalin allegedly ignoring all the warnings about Hitler's impending invasion. Do we know if there is a plan in Washington to pass the voting rights bills? Even if Sinema and Manchin are forced to vote to end the filibuster to raise the debt ceiling in December, can they be counted on the vote for the voting rights bills?
Don't you know "it can't happen here?" (/snark)
Need a crying emoji
The good news is that Amazon has charged me for the book so it is presumably shipping soon. The bad news doesn't bear commenting on.
It ships officially tomorrow.
He needs to be charged and we need to brace ourselves, in the end the truth will prevail
What I want to hear is “He is to be charged.” I’m bracing myself because all I hear from most people is “needs to be charged” and reasons why that will not happen. Who has the match?
Who ARE we? Idjts or thoughtful sapiens?
I’m on hold for the answer. Feeling like some sci-fi character in a dystopian novel.
At this point, it’s looking like the country is being consumed by idjts. With R politicians spouting the big lie and Fox spouting its disinformation constantly, uninformed people make emotional decisions based on lies.
This is sad to report but I am having more and more conversations with folks who tell me they are seriously thinking about leaving the U.S. They don't want to be ex-pats but feel they have to be if it looks as if Trump&Co. will be returning to power.
Would I really leave my country? I can’t abandon the team. That was my decision in 2017 and remains so now. This is war. We’re already in it, and I’m part of the resistance. Here’s something one can investigate and do today: Vote Forward needs more letter writers for Virginia’s election. Letters to be sent on 10/16. ❤️🤍💙
"Two-thirds of Republican voters believe the 2020 election was stolen from him."