If you’re “ok” with this malign administration, and the illegal and inhumane policies that it is enacting, I do not respect your opinion and actively oppose what you support.
You are complicit in unwarranted pain and suffering, the denial of basic human rights, and theft and criminality by public officials. You are complicit in the destruction of our constitution, the abandonment of the rule of law, and disenfranchising millions of citizens.
You support an immoral, sociopathic monster.
Think this is harsh? Check back when you’ve come to your fucking senses
...this administration appears to have no soul-- instead, it has [jackboot] soles...with which it is attempting to grind us down, and dispirit us- and to crush beyond recognition, and beyond repair, all that is good and right and true in, and about, America, but: soles (will) develop holes, and: [the American] soul is indestructible...
I feel like I haven't really slept since 2015, with a brief respite from 2021 to 2024. The horror I felt on those election nights has not diminished, and watching the rise of the Fourth Reich is beyond horrifying. We here in NY21 have NO REPRESENTATION, unless of course you approve of the absentee rantings of #SeditiousStefaniQ and her recent flip flop and frantic postings about the alleged *mandate* she is trying to promote for her Orange overlord. She thinks we will forget that she ghosted us- friend or foe!!- and now the furious flurry of her postings show her desperation-- kicked to the curb TWICE-- Once for the VP spot then for UN Ambassador-- and she is STILL crawling to pick his boots-- I just don't understand it. Stockholm Syndrome? I do hope she resigns and we get to support Blake but I am not holding my breath. She will surely never show her chocolate milk stained face in public here again. For shame, Stefi, for shame.
This past weekend, on the first night of Passover, the Jewish Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro's residence was broken into and firebombed, setting his house on fire. At 2 a.m. The governor and his family were inside and asleep and thankfully the persistent loud shouting and knocking by state troopers woke them and got them out safely. The arsonist is in custody and as of now police could not give a motive.
Not surprisingly, it took almost a full day yesterday for Elise Stefanik to say something about it. But, then "coincidently" all within the same five minutes, Claudia Tenney and Mike Lawler issued similar sounding messages about the attack. I guess they were told by Trump or Mike Johnson they should issue something condemning the firebombing.
It's also notable we did not see Bondi or Patel or others in Trump's administration being as "outraged" by this as they were when Tesla vehicles were set on fire. They called that arsonist a terrorist and called for a 20 year sentence.
Then on Palm Sunday, Putin sent ballistic missiles and drones into the Ukrainian city of Sumy. Dozens killed and over a hundred injured. When Trump was asked about it, he said it was just a "targeting error". Let's not forget, Stefanik voted against aid for Ukraine.
Then there's Rubio. Issuing an order to staff to report alleged incidents of anti-Christian bias committed during Biden's time in office.
Trump 2.0 is a regime of lawlessness, malfeasance, retribution, hate, and corruption. His MAGA minions in Congress and right-wing media are no better. They seem to find each day another way to target those who speak out against Trump or Israel or anything that they find "offensive".
I read an essay yesterday and posted a link on Will Doolittle’s Front Page, and I’ll repost it here because it clarified for me what Trumpism is and, more importantly, how and why it has such a hold on people. It doesn’t make what’s happening any less terrible, but it does make it seem less randomly crazy. The random craziness was really bothering me because I just couldn’t figure out any pattern to what it was leading up to besides chaos for the sake of chaos, which made no sense. Understanding the why of it will help to develop strategies to combat it. I hope.
THAT is one exhausting article to read....little did I know about what is in the heads of a good chunk of the people who occupy space on this earth! Thank you....I think. It's really hard to surround all of this in a space in the head and keep it under control so I can still function!!!
Yeah, I know what you mean. But the first step to solving a problem is always identifying what the problem is, and now I can see how the homophobia and racism, the erosion of the rule of law, and all the other horrors Trumpism has unleashed are more like symptoms of a deeper disease. Cure that, and the rest will eventually subside.
Are YOU, trying to sound like TRUMP with that "enduring a little pain" comment?? LOL....seriously, I totally agree with you but the question is going to come down to just WHEN and HOW do we use all this knowledge that is giving us POWER?
If T**** had just ridden Biden’s economy without inflicting upon it the insane trade war policies it would be coasting. He’d also be taking credit for it which is what most of the opposition to him expected. It would strengthen his efforts to become a dictatorial leader of this country tho.
The small sliver of silver lining is that a crashing economy crashes his approval, making his authoritarian dreams less likely and the re-election of his congressional stooges less likely as well.
Ron Filipkowski had this up yesterday in his bulletin. We are somewhat allied with Rand Paul. Sorry 😣
<Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) noted that both Senators Reed Smoot (R-UT) and Willis Hawley(R-OR) were voted out of office in 1932 after their 1930 Smoot-Hawley tariff act helped exacerbate the Great Depression: “Republicans went into the wilderness for a long, long time. The depression was multifactorial, but most historians have written that that Smoot-Hawley tariff actually made things worse and the depression longer. I don’t think the politics are good. The economics of tariffs are bad; the politics, if anything, are worse.”>
The U.S. was able to get influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are both charged with human trafficking in Romania, back to the states yet are unable to return father of three young children, steelworker apprentice Albrego Garcia to the states as ordered by SCOTUS.
The Tate brothers are avid supporters of President Donald Trump and have millions of online followers. Money talks and traffickers walk.
LOL....NOT sure you needed to list allll of that to help those of us having moments of nightmares!!! Seriously, it all needs to be repeated OVER and OVER again....there simply must be a way out of all of this MESS if enough people even just START to pay attention along with those of us who have a hard time thinking of ANYTHING ELSE!!!!! The actions are what matters and that is where so many of us feel a little...stuck!!! What, on earth, really WORKS at this point....as you described in particular about the disaster of the justice system right now.
I watched Liz Oyer testifying at the hearing. Did not realize she was one of the six fired because our esteemed WH felon listens to conspiracy theorist Loomer.
In addition to constantly lying for years that all Southern immigrants are either dangerous criminals or "maniacs," Trump has made it a lot harder for immigrants to attain legal status before ICE catches up with them: months ago he fired quite a number of Immigration court judges. More recently, he cut off legal aid funds for asylum seekers. In reality, 123 office holders and candidates were murdered in the last two Mexican national elections, and the bodies of all the missing have not yet been found. Mexicans coming here are basically civil war refugees.
Climate change droughts have ruined so many Central American crops, that the farmers there can risk their children starving or come here. US lust for drugs and our overproduction of firearms have made the Latin American drug cartels the third best armed infantry in the Western Hemisphere, after our own Army & Marines.
I can't sleep. It gets worse every night.
Try writing. It helps me.
I have chatted with defenders of these actions and some are just hearing the lies he spews and continuing to believe.
Waiting on a check folks? $5,000 right...?
Seriously you thought we'd all be getting these? The person who said it to me is Hispanic. Should that matter? No.
But I see the pure evil of Stephen Miller, his racist bent is on full display.
The twisting of the truth and all has fooled many.
A person I am aquatinted with spoke highly of the removal of criminal's and all of them being deplorted so quickly. Chilling.
I said no warrant, or due process.
She stated oh well, they broke the law.
Silencing people with intimidation. Trump did this in court at his trial in NY .. we expected any different actions?
I recall my childhood realization of the horrors of Nazi Germany. A friend of my Dad and Mom.
Ingrid was her name she was a Jewish Jew.
She spoke passionately of her experience as a child. We must never forget.
We're sliding backwards and I pray for this world.
Be salt, be light in the darkness. 🙏
It’s going to get worse.
For me, it’s come to this:
If you’re “ok” with this malign administration, and the illegal and inhumane policies that it is enacting, I do not respect your opinion and actively oppose what you support.
You are complicit in unwarranted pain and suffering, the denial of basic human rights, and theft and criminality by public officials. You are complicit in the destruction of our constitution, the abandonment of the rule of law, and disenfranchising millions of citizens.
You support an immoral, sociopathic monster.
Think this is harsh? Check back when you’ve come to your fucking senses
It does not sound harsh.
Certainly not as harsh as what’s occurring.
Well said. I can’t agree more!
It's a rough morning. Being a part of this community helps. Thank you all for your insights, compassion and justifiable anger.
Sleeping at night is very very hard. I wish those who need to read this would read it.
...this administration appears to have no soul-- instead, it has [jackboot] soles...with which it is attempting to grind us down, and dispirit us- and to crush beyond recognition, and beyond repair, all that is good and right and true in, and about, America, but: soles (will) develop holes, and: [the American] soul is indestructible...
I feel like I haven't really slept since 2015, with a brief respite from 2021 to 2024. The horror I felt on those election nights has not diminished, and watching the rise of the Fourth Reich is beyond horrifying. We here in NY21 have NO REPRESENTATION, unless of course you approve of the absentee rantings of #SeditiousStefaniQ and her recent flip flop and frantic postings about the alleged *mandate* she is trying to promote for her Orange overlord. She thinks we will forget that she ghosted us- friend or foe!!- and now the furious flurry of her postings show her desperation-- kicked to the curb TWICE-- Once for the VP spot then for UN Ambassador-- and she is STILL crawling to pick his boots-- I just don't understand it. Stockholm Syndrome? I do hope she resigns and we get to support Blake but I am not holding my breath. She will surely never show her chocolate milk stained face in public here again. For shame, Stefi, for shame.
You are so right, Ken. It is getting worse.
This past weekend, on the first night of Passover, the Jewish Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro's residence was broken into and firebombed, setting his house on fire. At 2 a.m. The governor and his family were inside and asleep and thankfully the persistent loud shouting and knocking by state troopers woke them and got them out safely. The arsonist is in custody and as of now police could not give a motive.
Not surprisingly, it took almost a full day yesterday for Elise Stefanik to say something about it. But, then "coincidently" all within the same five minutes, Claudia Tenney and Mike Lawler issued similar sounding messages about the attack. I guess they were told by Trump or Mike Johnson they should issue something condemning the firebombing.
It's also notable we did not see Bondi or Patel or others in Trump's administration being as "outraged" by this as they were when Tesla vehicles were set on fire. They called that arsonist a terrorist and called for a 20 year sentence.
Then on Palm Sunday, Putin sent ballistic missiles and drones into the Ukrainian city of Sumy. Dozens killed and over a hundred injured. When Trump was asked about it, he said it was just a "targeting error". Let's not forget, Stefanik voted against aid for Ukraine.
Then there's Rubio. Issuing an order to staff to report alleged incidents of anti-Christian bias committed during Biden's time in office.
Trump 2.0 is a regime of lawlessness, malfeasance, retribution, hate, and corruption. His MAGA minions in Congress and right-wing media are no better. They seem to find each day another way to target those who speak out against Trump or Israel or anything that they find "offensive".
I fear the worst is yet to come.
The Israel bent I just don't get it, they support them,
then people attack them ??
I read an essay yesterday and posted a link on Will Doolittle’s Front Page, and I’ll repost it here because it clarified for me what Trumpism is and, more importantly, how and why it has such a hold on people. It doesn’t make what’s happening any less terrible, but it does make it seem less randomly crazy. The random craziness was really bothering me because I just couldn’t figure out any pattern to what it was leading up to besides chaos for the sake of chaos, which made no sense. Understanding the why of it will help to develop strategies to combat it. I hope.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk?CMP=GTUS_email
THAT is one exhausting article to read....little did I know about what is in the heads of a good chunk of the people who occupy space on this earth! Thank you....I think. It's really hard to surround all of this in a space in the head and keep it under control so I can still function!!!
Yeah, I know what you mean. But the first step to solving a problem is always identifying what the problem is, and now I can see how the homophobia and racism, the erosion of the rule of law, and all the other horrors Trumpism has unleashed are more like symptoms of a deeper disease. Cure that, and the rest will eventually subside.
Exactly!
My apologies Barbara, but sometimes we have to endure a little pain when things are this pad. Knowledge is power.
Are YOU, trying to sound like TRUMP with that "enduring a little pain" comment?? LOL....seriously, I totally agree with you but the question is going to come down to just WHEN and HOW do we use all this knowledge that is giving us POWER?
If T**** had just ridden Biden’s economy without inflicting upon it the insane trade war policies it would be coasting. He’d also be taking credit for it which is what most of the opposition to him expected. It would strengthen his efforts to become a dictatorial leader of this country tho.
The small sliver of silver lining is that a crashing economy crashes his approval, making his authoritarian dreams less likely and the re-election of his congressional stooges less likely as well.
Ron Filipkowski had this up yesterday in his bulletin. We are somewhat allied with Rand Paul. Sorry 😣
<Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) noted that both Senators Reed Smoot (R-UT) and Willis Hawley(R-OR) were voted out of office in 1932 after their 1930 Smoot-Hawley tariff act helped exacerbate the Great Depression: “Republicans went into the wilderness for a long, long time. The depression was multifactorial, but most historians have written that that Smoot-Hawley tariff actually made things worse and the depression longer. I don’t think the politics are good. The economics of tariffs are bad; the politics, if anything, are worse.”>
So, hold these Justice Department lawyers in contempt and throw them in a jail cell. Let's see how these "back the blue" republicommies react.
The U.S. was able to get influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are both charged with human trafficking in Romania, back to the states yet are unable to return father of three young children, steelworker apprentice Albrego Garcia to the states as ordered by SCOTUS.
The Tate brothers are avid supporters of President Donald Trump and have millions of online followers. Money talks and traffickers walk.
Thanks, Ken. So much to absorb!
Didn’t our elected officials take an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution?
Is there not something in the Constitution about freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, grievances, due process, etc.?
Are their oaths being broken? Did they lie under oath that they would uphold the Constitution? Is that not perjury?
I think it is pretty clear that oaths mean nothing to so many of these people who are serving themselves, not us.
LOL....NOT sure you needed to list allll of that to help those of us having moments of nightmares!!! Seriously, it all needs to be repeated OVER and OVER again....there simply must be a way out of all of this MESS if enough people even just START to pay attention along with those of us who have a hard time thinking of ANYTHING ELSE!!!!! The actions are what matters and that is where so many of us feel a little...stuck!!! What, on earth, really WORKS at this point....as you described in particular about the disaster of the justice system right now.
I watched Liz Oyer testifying at the hearing. Did not realize she was one of the six fired because our esteemed WH felon listens to conspiracy theorist Loomer.
In addition to constantly lying for years that all Southern immigrants are either dangerous criminals or "maniacs," Trump has made it a lot harder for immigrants to attain legal status before ICE catches up with them: months ago he fired quite a number of Immigration court judges. More recently, he cut off legal aid funds for asylum seekers. In reality, 123 office holders and candidates were murdered in the last two Mexican national elections, and the bodies of all the missing have not yet been found. Mexicans coming here are basically civil war refugees.
Climate change droughts have ruined so many Central American crops, that the farmers there can risk their children starving or come here. US lust for drugs and our overproduction of firearms have made the Latin American drug cartels the third best armed infantry in the Western Hemisphere, after our own Army & Marines.
He doesn't want to solve the problem, because the problem is what makes him popular.