Sheila this post is full of falsehoods and attacks on Democrats and I am taking it down. Feel free to come at again in the way we talk here - respectful, links to back up assertions, etc.
Please encourage people to call/write Senator Cassidy’s office too. He needs to feel the repercussions of his vote. I’ve called twice and got a person on the phone. Thanks!
Thank you. I called a local office and reminded the Senator that he took an oath to first do no harm, and this regime has done so much harm, especially to women and children. RFK needs to be dismissed
Exactly, Martha Joan. He dishonored his Hippocratic Oath when he confirmed RFK, Jr. in the first place. Now he needs to atone for his disastrous decision.
Simon, thank you for last night's clear-eyed assessment of where we are and for your great interview with my senator, Angela Alsobrooks. I'm so proud of her for standing up for our health.
I called Senator Alsobrooks to thank her for her work. I also called Congressman Raskin and Senator Van Hollen to tell them to do whatever it takes, including shutting down the government if necessary, to get rid of RFK. Finally, I contacted Governor Moore to ask him to make sure that Marylanders can get the COVID vaccine. I noted that other states are entering into compacts to ensure that their citizens can get the vaccines they need and suggested that Maryland do the same. I'll be sharing your interview with Senator Alsobrooks on my social media outlets and writing postcards to Virginia voters today.
Dumpy held a flyover during the press conference and called it a hoax. Does anyone think the next step will be calling the brave ladies “nasty”? That would be in keeping with his character.
The mere fact that many report on him seriously and not as the depraved degenerate that he is indicates to me how deeply the sickness is rooted in our society at large. A mass psychosis event. People speak of Orwell's 1984, but a more accurate tale might be Golding's Lord of the Flies -- with the two tribes on the island. Even the Supreme Court is infected.
There's a key piece to the mosaic that I forgot about -- and which the word "tribe" reminded me of.
Side question > Was Trump really in horrible health, or was all this "bruising" and hiding out of sight more fodder in the line of bone spurs and right ear bleeding? I wonder if the people behind him are playing out the film Bob Roberts. It's a timing issue.
The piece is this: This is a tribal "war" over identity. Those on the side of Aryan Nations, Timothy McVeigh, Proud Boys, Christian Nationalists etc... want the power to determine what is and what is not "American." Trump has been an incredibly useful idiot. An empty Trojan horse, who has shown us just how many in our society he has been able to corrupt.
Their biggest challenge is sorting out WHO is and who is not loyal to them in our military.
Which is why these actions deploying military against civilians which violate well-established laws.
To trick them, and come out strong after that. Them being those whose loyalty he might question on the MAGA side. He doesn't give two shits what his enemies think. (We have to get over that.)
I agree with this. Trump is a pawn. 100% I also believe there is a more sinister agenda which is to get rid of all non-white people all together. And then possibly Jews. And to subjugate women once again. Thus - it doesn't matter if people die. It doesn't matter if people starve. It doesn't matter if children die of measles. It doesn't matter if they kill off 11 Venezuelans or traumatize Guatemalan children in the middle of the night... It won't work in the long run and I hope it's the last gasp of the white male christian nationalist fantasy. (the darkest hour is just before dawn), But we could be in for a very hard long fight. I hope I see change in my lifetime.... I'm 73. But I am wondering. KEEP WORKING HARD Everyone!
Thank you. "Trump is a pawn." -- He's definitely a piece on the board, but much more powerful than a pawn. But you definitely have captured what I intended to convey.
I believe that historians looking back on this will see that making no attempt to test the Ninth Amendment to remove clearly traitorous members of the House -- when only four seats mark the difference, and instead opting to wait for midterms -- could prove the decisive blow. Like everyone, I desperately want things to return to a type of normal. But as long as the American people tolerate those who have proven completely unfaithful to their Oath of office, I have to be realistic as to where this story takes us.
Last night on the call, I was thinking about how SCOTUS could shut all this down in a moment if it wanted to. Then, I imagined on opening day for their new term, that on the steps to the Court, there would be 6 giant inflatable kangaroos, kind of like the rats that unions use for public awareness and theater.
I asked Harry Litman about these rulings on his substack video last week. Specifically I asked if he thought there was a chance they rule in his favor because they fear being impeached and removed if they stood up to Trump. It was a bit of an extreme question but he answered it.
He said no, but rather that they are trying to avert a Constitutional crisis that might follow from rulings that Trump would ignore.
In other words, they aren't doing the right thing because they know Trump will do the wrong thing. Doesn't make much sense to me, but that is what Harry said.
But certainly, there may be rulings they could make which Trump would ignore.
That's an interesting theory, though the financial corruption of several of the Justices might counter the theory. In any case, when does rolling over for a bully ever work? And can we use public pressure/ridicule to influence Court reform?
I was wondering, as I read the part about federal judges speaking about their anger over SCOTUS overruling them with little explanation, if those or other federal judges would actually confront face-to-face the 6 SCOTUS justices in conversation about how SCOTUS is ham-stringing them and causing people to lose faith in the law.
I will not turn away from those courageous women who were abused as children until they get justice and we get the truth. Far too long, women have been silenced when they speak out against the abuse they received from bad men. And in the case of Epstein, Maxwell. Flying the military over those who spoke outside the Capitol yesterday to try to silence them didn't work.
One of the survivors stated if Congress won't release the names, they will create their own list of those that violated them as children. What they do with it, we don't know but it certainly should be getting some of the ones on the list shaking in their boots a lot more. No more cover-up.
Excuse me, was I dreaming when I recall that Operation Warp Speed was made entirely possible because of scientific work that has been going on for years and years, over several administrations, and that's why they were able to meet the moment?
Yes. I'm not very knowledgable about it, but the mRNA work preceded the vaccine development.
Not to mention work decades ago to even identify DNA, RNA and characterize their structure. That work dates back to the 1950's, Crick, Watson, and Franklin (the latter typically left out of credits, despite the fact that Crick and Watson stole her X-ray data).
So, Trump should get a prize for this? For putting into action the hard work of everyone who worked on this for years, and who, if they were working on it today, would be fired? Hounded? Threatened? Besmirched?
In an interview about his book "On Call" -- June 2024 -- Dr. Anthony Fauci related the work that kicked off mRNA research back in the 90s. President Clinton came to him asking if there could be some kind of vaccine to help fight AIDS. (Why is this so hard?)
Fauci expressed the kind of funding it would require -- and Clinton got it for him.
I've seen that Ray Dalio comment quoted approvingly by other liberal types -- who don't seem to notice that by criticizing Trump's "drifting into 1930s-style autocratic politics" he's trashing the New Deal. (I'm pretty sure he's not referring to the Hoover administration.) OK, maybe "my enemy's enemy is my friend," at least in the short term, but it would be good if those who quote Dalio mentioned this.
Susanna, i am sorry but this a classic example of folks on our side taking what is a clear win - one of the most prominent business leaders in the world just trashing Trump - and trying to turn it into a loss or something less than a win. This is a very bad habit we must unlearn. So no I do not agree with your argument at all. In re-reading the remarks it is not even clear he is referring to the US about the 1930s and 1940s comments, and of course he doesn't believe that FDR was an authoritarian like Hitler or Stalin. Please.
I phoned my Virginia Republican congressman Ben Cline's Washington office this morning and passed on the following questions for him:
--Are you going to sign the bipartisan discharge petition to force a vote in the House to release the FULL Epstein files?
--Do you agree with the White House that signing the petition is a "very hostile act"?
The staffer who answered the phone promised to pass my questions on to Cline. Based on past experience, I don't expect a satisfactory response-- or any response at all. But I urge people living in Republican districts to make similar calls.
Once again I called my senators Kelly and Gallego (AZ) to relieve RFK Jr as head of HHS. I also reiterated as a licensed allied health care professional I have deep concerns about the availability of vaccines especially COVID for the public and the at risk population we have. I'm in a high risk group being over 65 and want to protect myself as well as my patients since I'm still in the workforce. Senator Cassidy does need to feel the repercussions for his was the final vote for RFK Jr to be appointed. The GOP is so disappointing and dangerous in their fealty to he whom I won't name instead of the American people. Stop the despicable treatment of women and children in this country.
Sheila this post is full of falsehoods and attacks on Democrats and I am taking it down. Feel free to come at again in the way we talk here - respectful, links to back up assertions, etc.
Please encourage people to call/write Senator Cassidy’s office too. He needs to feel the repercussions of his vote. I’ve called twice and got a person on the phone. Thanks!
Thank you. I called a local office and reminded the Senator that he took an oath to first do no harm, and this regime has done so much harm, especially to women and children. RFK needs to be dismissed
Exactly, Martha Joan. He dishonored his Hippocratic Oath when he confirmed RFK, Jr. in the first place. Now he needs to atone for his disastrous decision.
For the first time in decades, children are dying of measles’s.
In my estimation this makes Kennedy a killer.
⬆️"In my estimation this makes Kennedy a killer"
Exactly, and the GOP senators who voted to confirm him to his current position are accessories to the crime!!
Thank you for this today. Sorely needed.
Simon, thank you for last night's clear-eyed assessment of where we are and for your great interview with my senator, Angela Alsobrooks. I'm so proud of her for standing up for our health.
I called Senator Alsobrooks to thank her for her work. I also called Congressman Raskin and Senator Van Hollen to tell them to do whatever it takes, including shutting down the government if necessary, to get rid of RFK. Finally, I contacted Governor Moore to ask him to make sure that Marylanders can get the COVID vaccine. I noted that other states are entering into compacts to ensure that their citizens can get the vaccines they need and suggested that Maryland do the same. I'll be sharing your interview with Senator Alsobrooks on my social media outlets and writing postcards to Virginia voters today.
Dumpy held a flyover during the press conference and called it a hoax. Does anyone think the next step will be calling the brave ladies “nasty”? That would be in keeping with his character.
The mere fact that many report on him seriously and not as the depraved degenerate that he is indicates to me how deeply the sickness is rooted in our society at large. A mass psychosis event. People speak of Orwell's 1984, but a more accurate tale might be Golding's Lord of the Flies -- with the two tribes on the island. Even the Supreme Court is infected.
There's a key piece to the mosaic that I forgot about -- and which the word "tribe" reminded me of.
Side question > Was Trump really in horrible health, or was all this "bruising" and hiding out of sight more fodder in the line of bone spurs and right ear bleeding? I wonder if the people behind him are playing out the film Bob Roberts. It's a timing issue.
The piece is this: This is a tribal "war" over identity. Those on the side of Aryan Nations, Timothy McVeigh, Proud Boys, Christian Nationalists etc... want the power to determine what is and what is not "American." Trump has been an incredibly useful idiot. An empty Trojan horse, who has shown us just how many in our society he has been able to corrupt.
Their biggest challenge is sorting out WHO is and who is not loyal to them in our military.
Which is why these actions deploying military against civilians which violate well-established laws.
I've heard this theory, but with Trump's particular pathology I find it hard to imagine that he'd willingly let people think that he's weak.
To trick them, and come out strong after that. Them being those whose loyalty he might question on the MAGA side. He doesn't give two shits what his enemies think. (We have to get over that.)
I agree with this. Trump is a pawn. 100% I also believe there is a more sinister agenda which is to get rid of all non-white people all together. And then possibly Jews. And to subjugate women once again. Thus - it doesn't matter if people die. It doesn't matter if people starve. It doesn't matter if children die of measles. It doesn't matter if they kill off 11 Venezuelans or traumatize Guatemalan children in the middle of the night... It won't work in the long run and I hope it's the last gasp of the white male christian nationalist fantasy. (the darkest hour is just before dawn), But we could be in for a very hard long fight. I hope I see change in my lifetime.... I'm 73. But I am wondering. KEEP WORKING HARD Everyone!
Thank you. "Trump is a pawn." -- He's definitely a piece on the board, but much more powerful than a pawn. But you definitely have captured what I intended to convey.
I believe that historians looking back on this will see that making no attempt to test the Ninth Amendment to remove clearly traitorous members of the House -- when only four seats mark the difference, and instead opting to wait for midterms -- could prove the decisive blow. Like everyone, I desperately want things to return to a type of normal. But as long as the American people tolerate those who have proven completely unfaithful to their Oath of office, I have to be realistic as to where this story takes us.
Last night on the call, I was thinking about how SCOTUS could shut all this down in a moment if it wanted to. Then, I imagined on opening day for their new term, that on the steps to the Court, there would be 6 giant inflatable kangaroos, kind of like the rats that unions use for public awareness and theater.
I asked Harry Litman about these rulings on his substack video last week. Specifically I asked if he thought there was a chance they rule in his favor because they fear being impeached and removed if they stood up to Trump. It was a bit of an extreme question but he answered it.
He said no, but rather that they are trying to avert a Constitutional crisis that might follow from rulings that Trump would ignore.
In other words, they aren't doing the right thing because they know Trump will do the wrong thing. Doesn't make much sense to me, but that is what Harry said.
But certainly, there may be rulings they could make which Trump would ignore.
That's an interesting theory, though the financial corruption of several of the Justices might counter the theory. In any case, when does rolling over for a bully ever work? And can we use public pressure/ridicule to influence Court reform?
Exactly. They need to do thing right thing, not mitigate by giving in. If Harry is right about it.
I was wondering, as I read the part about federal judges speaking about their anger over SCOTUS overruling them with little explanation, if those or other federal judges would actually confront face-to-face the 6 SCOTUS justices in conversation about how SCOTUS is ham-stringing them and causing people to lose faith in the law.
Self Reporting: Mailed packs of postcards to VA, writing more.
I will not turn away from those courageous women who were abused as children until they get justice and we get the truth. Far too long, women have been silenced when they speak out against the abuse they received from bad men. And in the case of Epstein, Maxwell. Flying the military over those who spoke outside the Capitol yesterday to try to silence them didn't work.
One of the survivors stated if Congress won't release the names, they will create their own list of those that violated them as children. What they do with it, we don't know but it certainly should be getting some of the ones on the list shaking in their boots a lot more. No more cover-up.
Excuse me, was I dreaming when I recall that Operation Warp Speed was made entirely possible because of scientific work that has been going on for years and years, over several administrations, and that's why they were able to meet the moment?
Do I have this wrong?
Yes. I'm not very knowledgable about it, but the mRNA work preceded the vaccine development.
Not to mention work decades ago to even identify DNA, RNA and characterize their structure. That work dates back to the 1950's, Crick, Watson, and Franklin (the latter typically left out of credits, despite the fact that Crick and Watson stole her X-ray data).
Thanks for telling me I wasn't making it up.
So, Trump should get a prize for this? For putting into action the hard work of everyone who worked on this for years, and who, if they were working on it today, would be fired? Hounded? Threatened? Besmirched?
He also wins Club Champion at his golf courses when he isn't even playing and cheating.
Because if he would've played, he clearly would've won.
You have it totally right BeeBee!!
In an interview about his book "On Call" -- June 2024 -- Dr. Anthony Fauci related the work that kicked off mRNA research back in the 90s. President Clinton came to him asking if there could be some kind of vaccine to help fight AIDS. (Why is this so hard?)
Fauci expressed the kind of funding it would require -- and Clinton got it for him.
Called my Senators to encourage them to tear into Kennedy.
Calls are in to all WI Elected officials regarding our 4part agenda. Special emphasis on Kennedy.
BTW, I think we need a noun for members of this plucky band - how about Hopiates?
Ugh. Kennedy either needs a new makeup person (even if it's Trump's) or a new tube of sunscreen. Or a plastic surgeon.
Secretary MAHA looks worse than any man I know his age.
In any event, he is showing himself to be the arrogant wanker that he is.
I could be a bit more obscene like my Scottish and Irish friends, but I wouldn't want to offend the Hopiumity
More sunscreen, less Nazism, for a lot of these MAGA folks! Stephen Miller is only 40 and he looks like he has 1 foot in the grave (we can hope).
As I've written before, if you photoshop a picture of a schirmmütze onto a picture of Stephen Miller's head, you end up with a picture of Eichmann.
I think he looks like central casting's answer for a vampire movie.
Might a garland of garlic bulbs protect us from him?
Trump famously evaluates his minions on their appearance and how they look on TV, so maybe today is the beginning of the end of the RFK Jr. lunacy.
Thanks for including Jr. Leon. I get so upset when folks leave it off. It's insulting to his father's name...
He's an insult to his father's name - period.
I've seen that Ray Dalio comment quoted approvingly by other liberal types -- who don't seem to notice that by criticizing Trump's "drifting into 1930s-style autocratic politics" he's trashing the New Deal. (I'm pretty sure he's not referring to the Hoover administration.) OK, maybe "my enemy's enemy is my friend," at least in the short term, but it would be good if those who quote Dalio mentioned this.
Susanna, i am sorry but this a classic example of folks on our side taking what is a clear win - one of the most prominent business leaders in the world just trashing Trump - and trying to turn it into a loss or something less than a win. This is a very bad habit we must unlearn. So no I do not agree with your argument at all. In re-reading the remarks it is not even clear he is referring to the US about the 1930s and 1940s comments, and of course he doesn't believe that FDR was an authoritarian like Hitler or Stalin. Please.
I phoned my Virginia Republican congressman Ben Cline's Washington office this morning and passed on the following questions for him:
--Are you going to sign the bipartisan discharge petition to force a vote in the House to release the FULL Epstein files?
--Do you agree with the White House that signing the petition is a "very hostile act"?
The staffer who answered the phone promised to pass my questions on to Cline. Based on past experience, I don't expect a satisfactory response-- or any response at all. But I urge people living in Republican districts to make similar calls.
Once again I called my senators Kelly and Gallego (AZ) to relieve RFK Jr as head of HHS. I also reiterated as a licensed allied health care professional I have deep concerns about the availability of vaccines especially COVID for the public and the at risk population we have. I'm in a high risk group being over 65 and want to protect myself as well as my patients since I'm still in the workforce. Senator Cassidy does need to feel the repercussions for his was the final vote for RFK Jr to be appointed. The GOP is so disappointing and dangerous in their fealty to he whom I won't name instead of the American people. Stop the despicable treatment of women and children in this country.
Ha ha. I iniitally read your first sentence as "....relieve RFK Jr of his head."
The only thing in his head is a worm 🪱
And even that's dead.