We also need to remind these 5 or 6 Republicans that when they stand up for democracy and Cheeto calls for them to be voted out, that we'll save them. It's a fair trade. We get to keep democracy and they keep their seats. The ones who refuse to do that trade with us, we will go full force into making sure they lose their seats!
Why are you criticizing someone who is truly scared as EVERYONE should be? I am as scared as pebbles is. I have been fearful of this stage of MAGA GOP since 2016. I SAW the pattern of the GOP starting with Reagan. EVERY GOP admin pulled the same crap - deregulation & gifts to the richest. What did the news media do? After Reagan cut the Fairness Doc, they increasingly presented GOP misinformation as if it were true, pounced on the misstep of any individual Dem and failed to report on the good points of the Dem party. FEAR did not stop me from protesting, writing postcards and when given an opportunity helping others to see facts as necessary. The SAVE ACT will prevent more people from having their votes count - in particular, they've added another hoop to jump through for married or divorced women who changed their names.
Two things can be true at the same time. Yea, that was criticism and that was your opinion that negativity isn't needed. Absolutism and defensiveness is what you're bringing to the table here. Is that your intention? Is that your contribution? Where can you support and inspire? Your life experience, hopefully, has taught you something of generosity and lifting others. Bring that!
How naïve. Sherry, it sounds like all your buttons are being pushed here, and it also looks like you're not handling it well.
Was pebbles' comment "negativity?" Hardly. Pebbles was simply asking a legitimate question that is equally on the minds of many, many people. You, on the other hand, chose to throw gasoline on it and lit a match because you chose to interpret her words as negativity.
Perhaps you need a webinar on emotional maturity and effective communication. 🤔
Oh, and one exclamation mark is sufficient. That you chose to use four betrays your own fear of the gravity of this entire administration—with which I completely empathize—but it need not be to the exclusion of other valid viewpoints.
After all, don't we need to bear in mind the "negativities" you chastise in order to create the framework with which to fight it? You seem to want to lean into some form of pollyanna-ism—and that ain't gonna help anything at all.
Your either/or judgment isn't helpful. "Get out of the way.." Really? Your name calling is childish. That's Trump's tactic. So, hearing fears doesn't work for you. Fine. A coalition is made of varying viewpoints but with a common goal - in this case, fighting for the rule of law and our constitution. Take a breath. We need anybody and everybody doing what they can do.
@pebbles - hang in there! Do what you can. I agree that our vote being protected isn't a given. So pressure your representatives to stand up if they aren't and if they are - give 'em some kudos.
Are you prepared to ensure you’re “able” to vote and your vote counts and ensure others are “able” to vote and have their votes count too? Ensure that you are registered with your state. Help others who need to get registered. If you live in a state where there are restrictions, get involved. There are organizations who help people help people get on voter rolls in their state. Show up to the 50501 rallies where they are registering people to vote. That’s a whole lot of what gets accomplished at those rallies.
I'm going to remain hopeful that the ⅓ of us who couldn't be bothered to vote 11/05 will be angry and motivated enough when his destruction is on their doorsteps and hitting their wallets.
GFY Hillbilly. Learn how to write a fucking sentence. The stupidest people on the planet want to make the rules but don’t know how. It would be funny if you weren’t so pathetic.
Lisa Murkowski is one to consider. She’s on the border in more ways than one. Putin has made it clear he wants the entire Russian empire back. And that includes Alaska.
At the start of the full scale invasion of Ukraine, I heard there were billboards in Russia about taking Alaska back. This could be a major motivator.
I HOPE! I sent a letter/message to Lisa Murkowski 2+ months ago to please come over to Democrats or Independent! A lot of Democrats have seen this possibility!
Trump is a pathetic disgusting demented little prick who wore that blue suit so everyone could be afraid of him but it look like they were looking at him like the fool he is and laughing at him. If anyone is afraid of that garbage they need some serious mental help like him and a straight jacket.
donnie is a delusional malignant narcissist, requiring attention 24/7/365. He knew everyone would be talking about his blue suit. THAT was his motivation, attention by any means. And here we are. Outrage, interpretations of what it all means, why did he do that, blah blah blah. All the stuff you say, Lev - donnie is incapable of sending a "new message," he just wants attention and the news cycle does it for him all day every day, just like his first term. The nation is being subjected to narcissistic abuse every single day. And you're right, every voice counts and people are standing up across the nation. Gov. Pritzger just gave a speech similar to what you are saying, everyone fight every day with everything you've got. We're not hiding under our chairs, there are more of us than donnie, we can take him down! Delusional donnie has many enablers, but there are more of us.
“Donald Trump’s defiance at the Vatican wasn’t an accident — it was a declaration. Wearing a bright blue suit among world leaders in black, Trump sent a clear message: the old rules are gone, and he plans to make new ones.
As Trump uses mob-style tactics to bully world leaders and carve up Ukraine behind closed doors, it’s clearer than ever: democracy itself is on the line. We cannot wait until 2026 or 2028. The fight must happen now — before it’s too late.”
Maybe this is the same reason Melania wore a tan trench coat for Easter on the White House lawn? Defiance of the norms. Not following traditions. Statement showing that she plans to support his path perhaps.
If Harvard and others willing to stand up to t then millions of us can! Having inside information is how we find the cracks in t's administration. That's what makes you and people like Michael Cohen so valuable to the resistance. "Know your enemy and know yourself. In a hundred battles you will never be in peril." Sun Tsu ~ The Art of War.
So, he stood out like a sore thumb. His blue suit message deserves any and all the ridicule it can get. Can't wait for the memes and cartoons to start rolling in.
My opinion: Trump's blue attire, rather than black, at the funeral of Pope Francis, was smug, selfish, gauche, crude, rude, déclassé, disrespectful, appalling, offensive, a sign of Trump's pathetic self-distancing from most of humanity. In the pantheon of despicable people I would put Trump somewhere between Napoleon Bonaparte and Jabba the Hutt.
There must be at least a dozen or more Republican members of Congress likely to lose their seat in the upcoming 2026 election. I’m sure that they would happily accept an offer of a New Job, at an Obscenely High Salary, to IMMEDIATELY QUIT CONGRESS and work Safely from somewhere in the Caribbean
Congress's Power to Call Militias Art1.S8.C.15.1 Enforce Judicial Ruling and End a Dictator's Rule
25th AmendmentSection 4: “Whenever The Vice President and the majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments OR SUCH OTHER BODY AS CONGRESS MAY BY LAW PROVIDE, …. that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the his office,…..”
💯 - The Curtis Yarvin Dark Enlightenment agenda is 1,000 times worse than Trump's wannabe dictatorship.
Trump is just the useful idiot Trojan Horse Musk and Thiel utilized to harness their deranged evil vision for their techno American hellscape, and their boy, JD is their CEO in wait once they inevitably deep six Trump.
This is precisely why Musk hacked the government computers and Treasury. He wants all our data to implement his global AI surveillance system, much like China's social credit system where everything is monitored and controlled. Dissent crushed. Access to money (which will be digital and they will control it all), goods and services terminated if you're a trouble maker. Everything about the Dark Enlightenment is designed to destroy democracy, government itself, our rights, social safety nets, fair pay, regulations, etc. Anything that has been good about Liberal Democracy, about America since the New Deal, all progress, everything we take for granted, these sociopathic assholes want to burn to the ground so they can create a world that is designed to benefit only them... Only white Christian wealthly business men, who see themselves as the rightful hierarchical class entitled to all the power, riches and privileges. And everyone else will live as serfs at their pleasure. That is Curtis Yarvin's twisted shitty treasonous vision for America.
And I'll end it with his POV:
"True freedom can not coexist with democracy."
Yeah, because the freedom he is talking about is for rich white business men to be able to make money and grow their empires without the burden of laws, rules, regulations and pesky worker's rights. That is what this unfuckable loser thinks is a good idea. He sucks and so do all these tech bro sociopaths.
Every American needs to understand the gravity of this situation. This isn't about elections. We will not have any if we do not stop this NOW.
These bastards are determined to break everything and ensure they never lose power again.
This is the definition of existential threat and we need to ingrain the Dark Enlightenment and Curtis Yarvin into the brains of every person alive, because they want this to be GLOBAL. They want it all.
That is why to stave this off (hopefully) we would need the entire regime to be impeached, including Vance, Miller, Bondi, Noame, Vought, Leavitt, the whole cabinet, all of them. Gone. Not one can remain.
That could only happen if a few Republicans join the Democrats in forming a coalition government that would replace the current administration temporarily to get us to 2028, where we would then have a general election. Until then, a new President and VP and cabinet, etc. would be agreed upon with a blend of Republican and Democratic people chosen to steer the nation to the end of Trump's term.
This is all outlined in a riveting and well researched essay by Terrence Goggins, whose Substack, The West Point History Professor, is a MUST SUBSCRIBE. He also has a series of essays about the "cell" inside the Pentagon that is trying to undermine and oust Hegseth. Fascinating stuff!
It is a longshot, but not impossible. Whatever happens, we can never give up and we must all be supportive and proactive. If everyone does SOMETHING, that adds up fast!
Then we’ll impeach and remove him if he steps out of line. And the MAGAs aren’t enamored of Vance. Nobody is. We cannot refrain from acting just because we don’t like the next in line. That’s silly
Vance and Johnson are second and third in line, but they are also co-conspirators in the Heritage Foundation Project 2025 takeover of our Constitutional republic-in progress right now.
They had the nerve to bully Zelensky about his clothing choice.
We need to remind the Republicans that We The People have the numbers to remove them with our votes.
We also need to remind these 5 or 6 Republicans that when they stand up for democracy and Cheeto calls for them to be voted out, that we'll save them. It's a fair trade. We get to keep democracy and they keep their seats. The ones who refuse to do that trade with us, we will go full force into making sure they lose their seats!
Do you think that we will honestly be able to vote again??? I don't. No one is stopping him.
Negativity does not help. Either you stand strong or get out of the way for someone else to take your place. We do not need 'negative nancees' here.
Why are you criticizing someone who is truly scared as EVERYONE should be? I am as scared as pebbles is. I have been fearful of this stage of MAGA GOP since 2016. I SAW the pattern of the GOP starting with Reagan. EVERY GOP admin pulled the same crap - deregulation & gifts to the richest. What did the news media do? After Reagan cut the Fairness Doc, they increasingly presented GOP misinformation as if it were true, pounced on the misstep of any individual Dem and failed to report on the good points of the Dem party. FEAR did not stop me from protesting, writing postcards and when given an opportunity helping others to see facts as necessary. The SAVE ACT will prevent more people from having their votes count - in particular, they've added another hoop to jump through for married or divorced women who changed their names.
What I said was not 'criticism, it's a fact. I said what I said. 'NEGATIVITY' is not needed. PERIOD!!!!
Two things can be true at the same time. Yea, that was criticism and that was your opinion that negativity isn't needed. Absolutism and defensiveness is what you're bringing to the table here. Is that your intention? Is that your contribution? Where can you support and inspire? Your life experience, hopefully, has taught you something of generosity and lifting others. Bring that!
FATWO
How naïve. Sherry, it sounds like all your buttons are being pushed here, and it also looks like you're not handling it well.
Was pebbles' comment "negativity?" Hardly. Pebbles was simply asking a legitimate question that is equally on the minds of many, many people. You, on the other hand, chose to throw gasoline on it and lit a match because you chose to interpret her words as negativity.
Perhaps you need a webinar on emotional maturity and effective communication. 🤔
Oh, and one exclamation mark is sufficient. That you chose to use four betrays your own fear of the gravity of this entire administration—with which I completely empathize—but it need not be to the exclusion of other valid viewpoints.
After all, don't we need to bear in mind the "negativities" you chastise in order to create the framework with which to fight it? You seem to want to lean into some form of pollyanna-ism—and that ain't gonna help anything at all.
Your either/or judgment isn't helpful. "Get out of the way.." Really? Your name calling is childish. That's Trump's tactic. So, hearing fears doesn't work for you. Fine. A coalition is made of varying viewpoints but with a common goal - in this case, fighting for the rule of law and our constitution. Take a breath. We need anybody and everybody doing what they can do.
@pebbles - hang in there! Do what you can. I agree that our vote being protected isn't a given. So pressure your representatives to stand up if they aren't and if they are - give 'em some kudos.
I SAID WHAT I SAID!! GO FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO BOTHER. I'M DONE.
You're just proving my point. 🙏
I don't think it's "negative nancees". It's more like people are scared!!
Are you prepared to ensure you’re “able” to vote and your vote counts and ensure others are “able” to vote and have their votes count too? Ensure that you are registered with your state. Help others who need to get registered. If you live in a state where there are restrictions, get involved. There are organizations who help people help people get on voter rolls in their state. Show up to the 50501 rallies where they are registering people to vote. That’s a whole lot of what gets accomplished at those rallies.
No time for despair, it is a time for action. See you in the streets on May 1. #resist
We have to do our best to flip seats in 2026.
"There are 33 U.S. Senate seats up for regular election in 2026—13 Democratic-held seats and 20 Republican-held seats."
https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_elections,_2026
We The People will stop him
There are more of us than there are of them
How did that workout for you 11/05/24?
I'm going to remain hopeful that the ⅓ of us who couldn't be bothered to vote 11/05 will be angry and motivated enough when his destruction is on their doorsteps and hitting their wallets.
TDS
I know he will try to keep another election from happening. We have to figure out how to ruin his plans.
Please, please, please, keep reminding naive voters and non voters
Great point!!!
Sure didn’t do it on 11/05/24.
Please get some help for your TDS. I feel sorry for you and fear you may harm yourself or others.
You don’t have the votes. That’s why TRUMP is my President
Trump's buddy is slurping his Daddy.
Once again, you are right. He’s disgusting.
Outed you as a Magat!! 😂🤣😂
GFY Hillbilly. Learn how to write a fucking sentence. The stupidest people on the planet want to make the rules but don’t know how. It would be funny if you weren’t so pathetic.
AIN’T YOU THE CUTE ONE‼️😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Pedweirdo. What a name. About as senseless as the dimwit on the keyboard behind it.
I’ll support those Republicans!
Going to a protest at the FBI Field office in Milwaukee for Judge Hannah Dugan in a few minutes.
Be safe and polite, but come back and give us the dirt!
Great speakers, no issues, much advice was given for immigrants and those who protect them.
Lisa Murkowski is one to consider. She’s on the border in more ways than one. Putin has made it clear he wants the entire Russian empire back. And that includes Alaska.
At the start of the full scale invasion of Ukraine, I heard there were billboards in Russia about taking Alaska back. This could be a major motivator.
I HOPE! I sent a letter/message to Lisa Murkowski 2+ months ago to please come over to Democrats or Independent! A lot of Democrats have seen this possibility!
L
Trump is a pathetic disgusting demented little prick who wore that blue suit so everyone could be afraid of him but it look like they were looking at him like the fool he is and laughing at him. If anyone is afraid of that garbage they need some serious mental help like him and a straight jacket.
donnie is a delusional malignant narcissist, requiring attention 24/7/365. He knew everyone would be talking about his blue suit. THAT was his motivation, attention by any means. And here we are. Outrage, interpretations of what it all means, why did he do that, blah blah blah. All the stuff you say, Lev - donnie is incapable of sending a "new message," he just wants attention and the news cycle does it for him all day every day, just like his first term. The nation is being subjected to narcissistic abuse every single day. And you're right, every voice counts and people are standing up across the nation. Gov. Pritzger just gave a speech similar to what you are saying, everyone fight every day with everything you've got. We're not hiding under our chairs, there are more of us than donnie, we can take him down! Delusional donnie has many enablers, but there are more of us.
Yes on the teetering members of Congress, Let’s Go! I’m ready to work on them, I mean ‘with them’ lol whatever. Let’s get the job done
Agree with your comment Lev:
“Donald Trump’s defiance at the Vatican wasn’t an accident — it was a declaration. Wearing a bright blue suit among world leaders in black, Trump sent a clear message: the old rules are gone, and he plans to make new ones.
As Trump uses mob-style tactics to bully world leaders and carve up Ukraine behind closed doors, it’s clearer than ever: democracy itself is on the line. We cannot wait until 2026 or 2028. The fight must happen now — before it’s too late.”
Maybe this is the same reason Melania wore a tan trench coat for Easter on the White House lawn? Defiance of the norms. Not following traditions. Statement showing that she plans to support his path perhaps.
I think his only concession was the blue tie instead of a red one! We really need some Luigi type justice for that human disgrace!
If Harvard and others willing to stand up to t then millions of us can! Having inside information is how we find the cracks in t's administration. That's what makes you and people like Michael Cohen so valuable to the resistance. "Know your enemy and know yourself. In a hundred battles you will never be in peril." Sun Tsu ~ The Art of War.
So, he stood out like a sore thumb. His blue suit message deserves any and all the ridicule it can get. Can't wait for the memes and cartoons to start rolling in.
Time is of the essence, act now, act in unison, act strong!
Yesss, Suzanne! 👏🏼 The May Day National Day of Action is coming up fast! Find your closest event here: https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/
He isn’t going to leave…we have known this!!‼️‼️‼️ They are scared while we are in the streets??? Come on…
Negativity does not help. Either you stand strong or get out of the way for someone else to take your place. We do not need 'negative nancees' here.
Oh ok, I guess we should all give up then? 🙄
My opinion: Trump's blue attire, rather than black, at the funeral of Pope Francis, was smug, selfish, gauche, crude, rude, déclassé, disrespectful, appalling, offensive, a sign of Trump's pathetic self-distancing from most of humanity. In the pantheon of despicable people I would put Trump somewhere between Napoleon Bonaparte and Jabba the Hutt.
Melania gave him a peck on the cheek & left him to go on his own on the helicopter, duty done, so now feck off donald, 🤣🤣
FLIP THE CONGRESS NOW…You are out of Time !
There must be at least a dozen or more Republican members of Congress likely to lose their seat in the upcoming 2026 election. I’m sure that they would happily accept an offer of a New Job, at an Obscenely High Salary, to IMMEDIATELY QUIT CONGRESS and work Safely from somewhere in the Caribbean
Congress's Power to Call Militias Art1.S8.C.15.1 Enforce Judicial Ruling and End a Dictator's Rule
25th AmendmentSection 4: “Whenever The Vice President and the majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments OR SUCH OTHER BODY AS CONGRESS MAY BY LAW PROVIDE, …. that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the his office,…..”
But we absolutely don't want Vance taking over. Remember, he's a disciple of Curtis Yarvin, who's stated objective is to tear the country apart and create a multitude of techno-fascist absolute dictatorships -- https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas
💯 - The Curtis Yarvin Dark Enlightenment agenda is 1,000 times worse than Trump's wannabe dictatorship.
Trump is just the useful idiot Trojan Horse Musk and Thiel utilized to harness their deranged evil vision for their techno American hellscape, and their boy, JD is their CEO in wait once they inevitably deep six Trump.
This is precisely why Musk hacked the government computers and Treasury. He wants all our data to implement his global AI surveillance system, much like China's social credit system where everything is monitored and controlled. Dissent crushed. Access to money (which will be digital and they will control it all), goods and services terminated if you're a trouble maker. Everything about the Dark Enlightenment is designed to destroy democracy, government itself, our rights, social safety nets, fair pay, regulations, etc. Anything that has been good about Liberal Democracy, about America since the New Deal, all progress, everything we take for granted, these sociopathic assholes want to burn to the ground so they can create a world that is designed to benefit only them... Only white Christian wealthly business men, who see themselves as the rightful hierarchical class entitled to all the power, riches and privileges. And everyone else will live as serfs at their pleasure. That is Curtis Yarvin's twisted shitty treasonous vision for America.
And I'll end it with his POV:
"True freedom can not coexist with democracy."
Yeah, because the freedom he is talking about is for rich white business men to be able to make money and grow their empires without the burden of laws, rules, regulations and pesky worker's rights. That is what this unfuckable loser thinks is a good idea. He sucks and so do all these tech bro sociopaths.
Every American needs to understand the gravity of this situation. This isn't about elections. We will not have any if we do not stop this NOW.
These bastards are determined to break everything and ensure they never lose power again.
This is the definition of existential threat and we need to ingrain the Dark Enlightenment and Curtis Yarvin into the brains of every person alive, because they want this to be GLOBAL. They want it all.
That is why to stave this off (hopefully) we would need the entire regime to be impeached, including Vance, Miller, Bondi, Noame, Vought, Leavitt, the whole cabinet, all of them. Gone. Not one can remain.
That could only happen if a few Republicans join the Democrats in forming a coalition government that would replace the current administration temporarily to get us to 2028, where we would then have a general election. Until then, a new President and VP and cabinet, etc. would be agreed upon with a blend of Republican and Democratic people chosen to steer the nation to the end of Trump's term.
This is all outlined in a riveting and well researched essay by Terrence Goggins, whose Substack, The West Point History Professor, is a MUST SUBSCRIBE. He also has a series of essays about the "cell" inside the Pentagon that is trying to undermine and oust Hegseth. Fascinating stuff!
Check out the coalition essay here...
https://open.substack.com/pub/thewestpointhistoryprofessor/p/trumps-political-position-is-very?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=17ghdl
It is a longshot, but not impossible. Whatever happens, we can never give up and we must all be supportive and proactive. If everyone does SOMETHING, that adds up fast!
Resist. Spread the word. Hope. Act.
Then we’ll impeach and remove him if he steps out of line. And the MAGAs aren’t enamored of Vance. Nobody is. We cannot refrain from acting just because we don’t like the next in line. That’s silly
Read carefully. I didn’t say not to act.
Vance and Johnson are second and third in line, but they are also co-conspirators in the Heritage Foundation Project 2025 takeover of our Constitutional republic-in progress right now.
Thank you Lev. You are so right. The blue suit.
Exactly he is disgusting why even go to the funeral oh I know to show off his blue seat honestly he belongs in the casket he is so evil