It wasn’t that long ago that the United States was well regarded around the globe for its fairness and highly functioning democracy.
Then came Donald Trump and three Supreme Court justices who rocked the world with a series of decisions from hell.
There are limitless punch lines here, when you think about it.
They could have been gunned down by a crazed teen with an assault rifle because our society was unable to pass legislation to protect itself.
“Dr. Oz,” a truly repulsive conman who plays in the same league of deceit as Donald Trump himself, has no more chance of beating John Fetterman in the Pennsylvania senate race than he does replacing Boris Johnson as the Prime Minister of England.
Eugene Debs was a turn of the 20th Century American political activist and labor organizer, whose words here represent precisely what’s happening in the United States today. Our nation is comprised in part, of religious fanatics who think of themselves as patriots, and represent the core of the Republican base. (more…)
Great quote here from Cicero.
There is no doubt that the United States was under intense attack in the form of “treason from within,” but it appears our nation has quelled the rebellion.
The “infection of the body politic” that Trump had achieved is now slowly subsiding. As more testimony is gathered as to precisely how he attempted to overturn the election, thus overthrowing the federal government, supporting him becomes ever more indefensible, not to mention self-destructive to those who don’t see it that way.
We can expect this entire process to drag out over a number of months, and even years, but at this point, the evidence that Trump did, in fact, commit treason appears overwhelming, and we can expect his voters and his congressional backers to quietly disperse.
In my recent post Liz Cheney Will Lose Her Senate Seat, But Watch What Comes Next, I wrote, “The good news for Cheney is that she is now a national hero,” and suggested that big things could lie in her future.
A reader sees an ulterior motive, however. “Mary” writes: Trump is more popular than ever. Liz wants to run for President in 2024 and knows if Trump runs she will lose in the primaries. Easy to see she is trying to hurt him so she has a chance. We all see this.
Wow. I’m not sure “we all see this,” depending, I suppose, on whom you mean by “we.” It had never crossed my mind.
If you read up a bit about this, as I just did, you will realize that Trump’s popularity is steadily waning. Many Republicans, even those who formerly supported him, say “he has too much baggage.”
IMO, “baggage” is an extremely mild term, considering that that Justice Department is conducting conversations with Trump’s criminal defense attorneys and issuing subpoenas to his closest advisors.
It’s funny you mention that.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Veerabhadran “Ram” Ramanathan at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego for the chapter on climate change in my first book, Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies. (more…)
I wish I could think of a single thing that we ‘re doing in our civilization that’s driving us toward a sustainable future, but I’m at a loss.
Think for a minute about climate, agriculture, fishing, land use, international relations/war, consumerism, mental health, gun violence, racism, and democracy.
Then, as suggested here, add in wealth inequality.
When Donald Trump is finally dismissed from political relevance, the entire planet will erupt in singing that classic “Happy Days Are Here Again,” and the Republican party will move on to some new incarnation. We’re hoping that the GOP returns to its traditional conservative value-set and lose all the violence, lies, and stupidity.
From the article: “President Joe Biden is a genuinely good man, but he has yet been unable to break through our national malady of denial, deceit, and distrust,” Romney wrote. “A return of Donald Trump would feed the sickness, probably rendering it incurable.”
All these years since my boyhood, I’ve nothing but disdain for the Goldwaters, Nixons, and Bushes of the world. Now I want them back.
