The best Canadian election summary comes from satirist Andy Borowitz:
CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER THANKS TRUMP FOR ELECTION VICTORY
. In an emotional victory speech late Monday night, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney thanked Donald J. Trump for his stunning election win.
“I don’t deserve credit for this victory,” Carney, choking back tears, told his supporters. “Donald, I couldn’t have done it without you.”
Carney received congratulatory calls from dozens of other world leaders whose political careers have been boosted by Trump, including Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“It’s like I told you, man,” Zelenskyy reportedly told the Canadian. “Trump is magic.”
(I’m quoting this fascinating update in full. Link to election blog at bottom.)
The CBC Decision Desk is watching 11 ridings in particular before making a call on a majority or minority government. They are all ridings where the Liberals are currently in second place. Last night, they went from 163 projected seats to 168 as advance and special ballots were counted, in some cases making up several hundred or even 1,000-vote deficits — so these could flip. The Liberals need four of the following 11 ridings to do that.
– Terrebonne in Quebec: It is the closest race in the country right now, where the Bloc is leading the Liberals by 28 votes. Two polls are left to report, which could be 880 votes.
– Nunavut: There is a 54-vote margin with at least 647 votes to come.
– Vancouver Kingsway: The NDP's Don Davies is leading the Liberals by 308 votes.
– Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore (Ontario): The Liberals are trailing by 359 votes and we are expecting at least 3,500 special ballots there.
– Miramichi Grand Lake (New Brunswick): There is a 394-vote margin here. One of the two special ballot polls has reported, where at least 2,700 special ballots were cast.
– Milton East Halton Hills South (Ontario): Former Ontario Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Parm Gill is leading the Liberal candidate by 556 votes. Again, one of the two special ballot polls reported and at least 2,800 special ballots were cast.
– Shefford (Quebec): Here, there is a 651-vote margin for the Bloc. The Liberals were in the lead for part of last night. Again, one of the two special ballot polls reported and there were at least 1,800 special ballots cast.
– Cloverdale Langley City (B.C.): This is a large margin, at 923 votes. But neither of the special polls have reported and there are at least 5,500 votes in those polls.
– Kitchener South Hespeler (Ontario): Conservatives are leading the Liberals by a little more than 1,100 votes with one of the special polls having reported — and 3,000 special ballots were cast.
– Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge (B.C.): Right now the Liberals are trailing by 1,400 votes, but they were trailing by 2,500 votes last night and there are still eight polls yet to report.
– Hamilton East Stoney Creek (Ontario): The incumbent Liberal is trailing right now by 1,500 votes. At one point last night, the Liberals were trailing by 3,000 votes. They've now cut that in half, and there are still six polls left to report, including a minimum of 4,800 special ballots.
The Liberals also need to hold the two races where they have a close lead — Kelowna and Terra Nova The Peninsulas, in Newfoundland and Labrador.
I'm sorry, AS, forgive me, but reading this, images from Monty Python's Election Special keep intruding. But damn, this sure looks doable--thanks much for the update! :)
No. A majority requires 172 seats. Even at 168 or 169 or 170, Carney’s Liberal government will have more seats and a stronger position in parliament than Justin Trudeau’s minority government had.
That's great to hear--I read somewhere it was 170, but I trust you more than the Internet (I'm the guy working at MickeyD's who doesn't eat the food); no doubt the source was out of date or I misread it. Doesn't matter; as long as the good guys are getting stronger :)
From The New York Times: "Final results from Monday’s crucial election showed Mark Carney’s party had secured 169 of 343 seats and would need help from other parties to pass laws... just three shy of a majority, according to Elections Canada. The Conservative Party won 144 seats."
REPORTER: "Amazon will soon display a number next to the price of each product that shows how much the Trump tariffs are adding. Isn't that a perfect demonstration that it's the American consumer who is paying for these policies?"
LEAVITT: "This is a hostile and political act by Amazon."
Yup, because right next to his copy of Hitler's speeches, it seems he has a copy of "King Of The World: The Life of Louis XIV." We've known this, or something like it, since his first State of the Union, after which he (repeatedly) declared the Democrats guilty of "treason" for not giving a standing o (such a jolly Joker). L'etat: c'est lui!
Amazon Statement: "The team that runs our ultra low cost Amazon Haul store has considered listing import charges on certain products. This was never a consideration for the main Amazon site and nothing has been implemented on any Amazon properties."
Now I'm conflicted about continuing my Amazon boycott. They are generally pretty evil, but OTOH I want to reward this anti-trump move, no matter how cowardly their disclaimer is.
Someone should tell Bezos that his unwillingness to speak truth to power even when his company--which he has an obligation to shareholders, employees, and customers to defend--is being hurt by grotesque idiocy is not the action of someone who is going to win the race to Mars and beyond. Amazon may *want* government business, but it doesn't *need* it (why not join forces with Baidu and kick Trump's a** instead? nobody expects American companies to be loyal to America anymore--we can thank the oil industry for that) The company has no non-profit status to revoke, and is fully self-sufficient (or easily could be) where delivery is concerned. So what can Trump actually do to him? Take away The Post? He's already done that. Audit him? Good luck with that. Sue Amazon for antitrust? Ditto. Send the army into Washington state to seize the company? Washington state isn't 1950's-60's Alabama, Mississippi, or Arkansas.
Bottom line: If he's too gutless to tell customers how much of their purchase is going for taxes. how is he going to win a race that's sphincter-clenching from start to finish?
Of course, maybe like the CEOs of Home Depot, Target, and Walmart, this was just a warning shot across Trump's bow to see if they can get him to back off, and maybe the fact that he's walking it back is because "message received." We'll see :)
PS If it turns out he did that, and it works, I may have to buy a book or two. I recently picked up the Post again, but only b/c they offered it to me for $3.99 a month for the first year (after which I'll cancel again until they offer me another deal). Which still means they're effectively getting fined 60% of the revenue they would have gotten from me, and I have access when I need it for research, and can contribute to pixel storms against them when necessary. I don't think I'll be bothering to see what lies they're telling anymore, though--I already know, and it's a waste (not to mention insane) to spend time confirming it
I made my calls about taking back Congressional responsibility for imposing tariffs. I also urged Senator Cruz to vote NO on the SAVE Act.
I am hoping for a shoe or more to drop if several Republicans see the declining polls and decide as a small group to leave the party. Will this happen? It would require courage but there's safety in numbers we are seeing in institutions that are fighting Trump in court.
Isn't Pete Hegseth's sole role, despite his continuing atrocious public incompetencies and disastrous national security failures, to cement/protect trump's desired reactions from our military and law enforcement?
"Extinction Level Event Headed Straight for Earth"
Our Psychological and Political Pandemic DR. BANDY X. LEE
🔸️Mental pathology in a president is a public matter. The more severe the mental pathology the less one will recognize that one is even ill.
🔸️Every other job that deals with life or death has a mental fitness evaluation as a requirement, even before one takes the position.
🔸️Without mental fitness evaluations, the public needs to know the danger of certified madness in politics. When dangerous mental pathologies are allowed to spread like a pandemic, an Extinction Level Event is headed straight for Earth. The U.S. could be a shining example of how to stop dangerous mental pathologies before they worm their way into politics but it is now left with "emergency cleanup on aisle madness'.
She tried so hard to warn people. I am most angry at the legacy media for refusing to report on her warnings. The problem with our politics/media all comes down to who owns and funds what. The problem goes all the way back to the framers, when those such as John Jay said: “Those who own the country ought to govern it.”
For some reason, there are those who laud this a glowing endorsement of democracy. To me, it has always been the seed of the American oligarchic tendency, since those of the same tendency seek to ever increase the amount of private property and reduce the amount of public property. The end result is to leave those who don't own property to become property of the owners: chattel slaves, wage slaves, debt slaves or sex slaves. The 250 year battle of our country is about this IMO. We're the freedom/dignity for everyone side.
I don't know how you feel about it, Lyn, but I think the APA has a lot to answer for, too, where Dr. Lee is concerned, especially given that their "Goldwater rule" got her fired, and was used by the media to excuse not giving her charges the bandwidth they deserved.
Imnsho, it was one thing to say people shouldn't have diagnosed Goldwater--no therapist had any opportunity to observe anything other than his speeches and read his writings. But Trump? We all spend more time with Trump on a daily basis than any psychiatrist has ever spent with a patient (with the possible exception of a doc dealing with an acute psychotic break in an asylum--talk about an exception that proves the rule!). And there are "reputable" types of therapy--eg Kleinianism--where the analyst just sits and listens, rarely, if ever, interjecting, which can be done on TV just as well as sitting in an office with a couch. At the end of every day, Dr. Lee could have DMed him "our time is up," just to make it official.
To be fair, she didn't get fired for what she said about Trump--to its credit, Yale's Psychiatry Department vigorously defended her right to analyze him as a matter of free speech. Her downfall was a flash diagnosis-by-tweet she made of Alan Dershowitz, who falls much more into the Goldwater category than 44.6 does (and can pay his own legal fees).
I know the APA has a lot to answer for. The reason I put the blame on the legacy media is they could have also covered the conduct by the APA against her. I know about it all because new media did cover it all.
Excellent interview with Glenn Kirschner. Independent media and investigative journalism is leading the way to the truth where MSM and Corporate media refuses get us closer to the truth. And yes, support if you can non-profit organizations that are bring lawsuits to the courts as Glenn suggests.
Canada stepped up and said a big NO to fascism! Congrats to their great win for democracy!
Simon, thanks for the interview with Glenn Kirschner; delighted to hear that he'll be in Berryville, VA. That's what I mean when I say Democrats have to fight in red districts, too.
I called Senators Alsobrooks and Van Hollen and Congressman Raskin and asked them to support Senator Kaine's resolution on tariffs and to make criminal referrals against Elon Musk. I'm writing postcards today to remind Florida voters to register for Vote By Mail.
Thanks Simon. Glenn is one of the good guys and I've appreciated him over the past years too. Today my message to my electeds is to open an investigation into RFK and the nut cases he's bowing the knee to on vaccines, the measles outbreak, autism, and God knows what else he thinks he understands better than the research scientists and medical professionals. Honestly there are so many issues to ask that they address firmly it's hard to pick just one daily. Appreciate you all and the community we've got here. Kent
I'm delighted by Canadian election results! I have made daily calls to electeds. DC offices heard about tariffs and local offices heard about Hegseth and foreign policy. I have also sent emails to them regarding disbanding of newborn screening committee since that is central to my work. Writing Medicaid postcards for OH.
Thank you for today’s video. Glenn Kirschner's analysis of what might be next with this mafioso style of government was stunning. Law enforcement agencies including FBI, ATF, DEA Capitol Police, Park Police, US Marshals, etc. and the military will have to decide whether to follow unlawful orders or uphold the Constitution. They are trained to DEFY unlawful orders! Damn, I still hope the courts, Congress and the public response will stop the tyranny so America will not have to face that level of crisis. With that motivating thought, I will make more phone calls now.
Our July 4th democracy celebrations should be locally or state focused parties/parades. I'm sure there will be a big tacky dishonest brouhaha at the White House, but our real strength in this moment is in being with and talking to the people in our local communities. We should encourage our artists to create art of all kinds that celebrates this great nation at 250 years and this art should be showcased.
Great interview! Thanks. The focus of my calls to my GOP NC senators is the fact that the ports on the west coast are empty and that we will soon have empty store shelves. I told them that it is not too late to step up and do the right thing, but that if they do nothing, these empty shelves will be millstone around their necks. I also mentioned how sickened I am that the mad king is fleecing the public by selling his crypto currency and access to him.
Thank you, Simon, and to all in this community! When I joined Hopium shortly after the election I was a wreck. I couldn't sleep, I felt sick, etc. I know I am not alone in this. While I am still scared, my dread has been channeled into action and it feels terrific! I feel like I am doing something important, something outside of myself, and I am proud. I have long assumed that I would have been one of Hitler's willing executioners simply out of fear and self-protection, and while I don't know what the future will bring, I'm proud to say that I misjudged myself. The mad king/tsar and his team of evildoers has touched a deep moral core in me, and I draw on that every day to impel me to save this democracy that I love. This community has and continues to both feed me and fuel me. Stronger together!
🙌🏻🙌🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💃🏻!!!!!!! So glad you joined Hopium! I tell my friends it like attending a Masters Class in Civics with lots of important homework assignments!
Political actions fueled by lots of hope, work and community resolve. 🇺🇸
Infowar: here is a perfect illustration of the importance of the USPS as a SERVICE versus businesses that deliver parcels - business have a profit mission, and as soon as it becomes unprofitable to serve people, they stop. A government service does not do this. The last thing we need is government run like a business. Hands off OUR United States Postal Service
Congresswoman Boebert - as I mentioned yesterday, you can be a shining light of bipartisanship by calling on the administration to follow the rule of law for everyone. Not the easy thing like stripping it for people you don't like but for everyone. Stop telling us about undocumented rapists - we don't want any rapists walking our streets. (I did not point out that this includes the current president). We want the rule of law for everyone. And you can be the congresswoman who stands up for it everyday.
Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper - disrupt and deny everything the new administration is doing. Don't confirm anyone. Don't agree to anything. Make this administration fail. Take back the legal power of congress so you can stop these illegal tariffs.
The screen shot that juxtaposes Stephen “Goebbels” Miller’s face with the three tRumpian accomplishments is glorious, thank you! lol! Talk about grasping at [paper] straws!
Regarding the banner at the bottom, “Admin lines White House lawn with images of illegals who have been arrested”…where would be a good lawn to line with images of J6 criminals who have been released?
I've always liked juxtaposing Miller and Goebbels--they both have that dead-eyed look--but it seems like Miller needs to lay off the take-out Chinese a bit. Someone recently pointed me to an even clearer personage on the Miller family tree, though: Nosferatu :)
The best Canadian election summary comes from satirist Andy Borowitz:
CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER THANKS TRUMP FOR ELECTION VICTORY
. In an emotional victory speech late Monday night, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney thanked Donald J. Trump for his stunning election win.
“I don’t deserve credit for this victory,” Carney, choking back tears, told his supporters. “Donald, I couldn’t have done it without you.”
Carney received congratulatory calls from dozens of other world leaders whose political careers have been boosted by Trump, including Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“It’s like I told you, man,” Zelenskyy reportedly told the Canadian. “Trump is magic.”
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/canadian-prime-minister-thanks-trump
Stunning that four party leaders failed to win their own riding (district):
– Pierre Poilievre, Conservative. Lost by 4.5% margin.
– Jagmeet Singh, NDP. Lost by 24% margin.
– Jonathan Pedneault, Green Party. Lost by 45.3% margin.
– Maxime Bernier, People’s Party. Lost by 54% margin!
Wow. That's really sending a message. Showing Trump, backer of losers, how it's really done! :D
😂
To put it another way: "Canadian Patriotism defeats MAGA."
MINORITY or MAJORITY LIBERAL GOVERNMENT?
(I’m quoting this fascinating update in full. Link to election blog at bottom.)
The CBC Decision Desk is watching 11 ridings in particular before making a call on a majority or minority government. They are all ridings where the Liberals are currently in second place. Last night, they went from 163 projected seats to 168 as advance and special ballots were counted, in some cases making up several hundred or even 1,000-vote deficits — so these could flip. The Liberals need four of the following 11 ridings to do that.
– Terrebonne in Quebec: It is the closest race in the country right now, where the Bloc is leading the Liberals by 28 votes. Two polls are left to report, which could be 880 votes.
– Nunavut: There is a 54-vote margin with at least 647 votes to come.
– Vancouver Kingsway: The NDP's Don Davies is leading the Liberals by 308 votes.
– Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore (Ontario): The Liberals are trailing by 359 votes and we are expecting at least 3,500 special ballots there.
– Miramichi Grand Lake (New Brunswick): There is a 394-vote margin here. One of the two special ballot polls has reported, where at least 2,700 special ballots were cast.
– Milton East Halton Hills South (Ontario): Former Ontario Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Parm Gill is leading the Liberal candidate by 556 votes. Again, one of the two special ballot polls reported and at least 2,800 special ballots were cast.
– Shefford (Quebec): Here, there is a 651-vote margin for the Bloc. The Liberals were in the lead for part of last night. Again, one of the two special ballot polls reported and there were at least 1,800 special ballots cast.
– Cloverdale Langley City (B.C.): This is a large margin, at 923 votes. But neither of the special polls have reported and there are at least 5,500 votes in those polls.
– Kitchener South Hespeler (Ontario): Conservatives are leading the Liberals by a little more than 1,100 votes with one of the special polls having reported — and 3,000 special ballots were cast.
– Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge (B.C.): Right now the Liberals are trailing by 1,400 votes, but they were trailing by 2,500 votes last night and there are still eight polls yet to report.
– Hamilton East Stoney Creek (Ontario): The incumbent Liberal is trailing right now by 1,500 votes. At one point last night, the Liberals were trailing by 3,000 votes. They've now cut that in half, and there are still six polls left to report, including a minimum of 4,800 special ballots.
The Liberals also need to hold the two races where they have a close lead — Kelowna and Terra Nova The Peninsulas, in Newfoundland and Labrador.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/canada-election-vote-counting-resumes-with-some-key-races-still-too-close-to-call-9.6738893
I'm sorry, AS, forgive me, but reading this, images from Monty Python's Election Special keep intruding. But damn, this sure looks doable--thanks much for the update! :)
I believe the Liberals are at 169, that’s 25 seats more than the Conservative Party. There will be several recounts of seats that are within 0.1 %.
Thanks for the update, AS--dang, so they just need one more! :)
No. A majority requires 172 seats. Even at 168 or 169 or 170, Carney’s Liberal government will have more seats and a stronger position in parliament than Justin Trudeau’s minority government had.
That's great to hear--I read somewhere it was 170, but I trust you more than the Internet (I'm the guy working at MickeyD's who doesn't eat the food); no doubt the source was out of date or I misread it. Doesn't matter; as long as the good guys are getting stronger :)
From The New York Times: "Final results from Monday’s crucial election showed Mark Carney’s party had secured 169 of 343 seats and would need help from other parties to pass laws... just three shy of a majority, according to Elections Canada. The Conservative Party won 144 seats."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/world/canada/carney-liberals-canada-election-results.html
(I have no more gift articles this month.)
TRUMP LOSES JEFF BEZOS
REPORTER: "Amazon will soon display a number next to the price of each product that shows how much the Trump tariffs are adding. Isn't that a perfect demonstration that it's the American consumer who is paying for these policies?"
LEAVITT: "This is a hostile and political act by Amazon."
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lnxdr7tbw22b
Telling the truth and providing facts are "hostile" to the Trump Administration.
Yup, because right next to his copy of Hitler's speeches, it seems he has a copy of "King Of The World: The Life of Louis XIV." We've known this, or something like it, since his first State of the Union, after which he (repeatedly) declared the Democrats guilty of "treason" for not giving a standing o (such a jolly Joker). L'etat: c'est lui!
Cowardly and chickenshit:
Amazon Statement: "The team that runs our ultra low cost Amazon Haul store has considered listing import charges on certain products. This was never a consideration for the main Amazon site and nothing has been implemented on any Amazon properties."
https://bsky.app/profile/fintwitter.bsky.social/post/3lnxhvn67g322
they couldn't even give us this
LOL!
Now I'm conflicted about continuing my Amazon boycott. They are generally pretty evil, but OTOH I want to reward this anti-trump move, no matter how cowardly their disclaimer is.
Welp, never mind:
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/amazon-considers-displaying-tariff-surcharge-on-low-cost-haul-products.html
Yeah, I’m afraid that didn’t last long. See my update.
Someone should tell Bezos that his unwillingness to speak truth to power even when his company--which he has an obligation to shareholders, employees, and customers to defend--is being hurt by grotesque idiocy is not the action of someone who is going to win the race to Mars and beyond. Amazon may *want* government business, but it doesn't *need* it (why not join forces with Baidu and kick Trump's a** instead? nobody expects American companies to be loyal to America anymore--we can thank the oil industry for that) The company has no non-profit status to revoke, and is fully self-sufficient (or easily could be) where delivery is concerned. So what can Trump actually do to him? Take away The Post? He's already done that. Audit him? Good luck with that. Sue Amazon for antitrust? Ditto. Send the army into Washington state to seize the company? Washington state isn't 1950's-60's Alabama, Mississippi, or Arkansas.
Bottom line: If he's too gutless to tell customers how much of their purchase is going for taxes. how is he going to win a race that's sphincter-clenching from start to finish?
Of course, maybe like the CEOs of Home Depot, Target, and Walmart, this was just a warning shot across Trump's bow to see if they can get him to back off, and maybe the fact that he's walking it back is because "message received." We'll see :)
PS If it turns out he did that, and it works, I may have to buy a book or two. I recently picked up the Post again, but only b/c they offered it to me for $3.99 a month for the first year (after which I'll cancel again until they offer me another deal). Which still means they're effectively getting fined 60% of the revenue they would have gotten from me, and I have access when I need it for research, and can contribute to pixel storms against them when necessary. I don't think I'll be bothering to see what lies they're telling anymore, though--I already know, and it's a waste (not to mention insane) to spend time confirming it
I just returned stateside. I'll be quite busy getting resettled, but I plan to stay in the fight.
I made my calls about taking back Congressional responsibility for imposing tariffs. I also urged Senator Cruz to vote NO on the SAVE Act.
I am hoping for a shoe or more to drop if several Republicans see the declining polls and decide as a small group to leave the party. Will this happen? It would require courage but there's safety in numbers we are seeing in institutions that are fighting Trump in court.
Isn't Pete Hegseth's sole role, despite his continuing atrocious public incompetencies and disastrous national security failures, to cement/protect trump's desired reactions from our military and law enforcement?
He is one and we are many. We the People will prevail.
"Extinction Level Event Headed Straight for Earth"
Our Psychological and Political Pandemic DR. BANDY X. LEE
🔸️Mental pathology in a president is a public matter. The more severe the mental pathology the less one will recognize that one is even ill.
🔸️Every other job that deals with life or death has a mental fitness evaluation as a requirement, even before one takes the position.
🔸️Without mental fitness evaluations, the public needs to know the danger of certified madness in politics. When dangerous mental pathologies are allowed to spread like a pandemic, an Extinction Level Event is headed straight for Earth. The U.S. could be a shining example of how to stop dangerous mental pathologies before they worm their way into politics but it is now left with "emergency cleanup on aisle madness'.
https://open.substack.com/pub/bandyxlee/p/our-psychological-and-political-pandemic?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=280c3q
She tried so hard to warn people. I am most angry at the legacy media for refusing to report on her warnings. The problem with our politics/media all comes down to who owns and funds what. The problem goes all the way back to the framers, when those such as John Jay said: “Those who own the country ought to govern it.”
For some reason, there are those who laud this a glowing endorsement of democracy. To me, it has always been the seed of the American oligarchic tendency, since those of the same tendency seek to ever increase the amount of private property and reduce the amount of public property. The end result is to leave those who don't own property to become property of the owners: chattel slaves, wage slaves, debt slaves or sex slaves. The 250 year battle of our country is about this IMO. We're the freedom/dignity for everyone side.
I don't know how you feel about it, Lyn, but I think the APA has a lot to answer for, too, where Dr. Lee is concerned, especially given that their "Goldwater rule" got her fired, and was used by the media to excuse not giving her charges the bandwidth they deserved.
Imnsho, it was one thing to say people shouldn't have diagnosed Goldwater--no therapist had any opportunity to observe anything other than his speeches and read his writings. But Trump? We all spend more time with Trump on a daily basis than any psychiatrist has ever spent with a patient (with the possible exception of a doc dealing with an acute psychotic break in an asylum--talk about an exception that proves the rule!). And there are "reputable" types of therapy--eg Kleinianism--where the analyst just sits and listens, rarely, if ever, interjecting, which can be done on TV just as well as sitting in an office with a couch. At the end of every day, Dr. Lee could have DMed him "our time is up," just to make it official.
To be fair, she didn't get fired for what she said about Trump--to its credit, Yale's Psychiatry Department vigorously defended her right to analyze him as a matter of free speech. Her downfall was a flash diagnosis-by-tweet she made of Alan Dershowitz, who falls much more into the Goldwater category than 44.6 does (and can pay his own legal fees).
I know the APA has a lot to answer for. The reason I put the blame on the legacy media is they could have also covered the conduct by the APA against her. I know about it all because new media did cover it all.
Right on! Are you listening, DNC? :)
Excellent interview with Glenn Kirschner. Independent media and investigative journalism is leading the way to the truth where MSM and Corporate media refuses get us closer to the truth. And yes, support if you can non-profit organizations that are bring lawsuits to the courts as Glenn suggests.
Canada stepped up and said a big NO to fascism! Congrats to their great win for democracy!
Simon, thanks for the interview with Glenn Kirschner; delighted to hear that he'll be in Berryville, VA. That's what I mean when I say Democrats have to fight in red districts, too.
I called Senators Alsobrooks and Van Hollen and Congressman Raskin and asked them to support Senator Kaine's resolution on tariffs and to make criminal referrals against Elon Musk. I'm writing postcards today to remind Florida voters to register for Vote By Mail.
Thanks Simon. Glenn is one of the good guys and I've appreciated him over the past years too. Today my message to my electeds is to open an investigation into RFK and the nut cases he's bowing the knee to on vaccines, the measles outbreak, autism, and God knows what else he thinks he understands better than the research scientists and medical professionals. Honestly there are so many issues to ask that they address firmly it's hard to pick just one daily. Appreciate you all and the community we've got here. Kent
I'm delighted by Canadian election results! I have made daily calls to electeds. DC offices heard about tariffs and local offices heard about Hegseth and foreign policy. I have also sent emails to them regarding disbanding of newborn screening committee since that is central to my work. Writing Medicaid postcards for OH.
Thank you for today’s video. Glenn Kirschner's analysis of what might be next with this mafioso style of government was stunning. Law enforcement agencies including FBI, ATF, DEA Capitol Police, Park Police, US Marshals, etc. and the military will have to decide whether to follow unlawful orders or uphold the Constitution. They are trained to DEFY unlawful orders! Damn, I still hope the courts, Congress and the public response will stop the tyranny so America will not have to face that level of crisis. With that motivating thought, I will make more phone calls now.
Our July 4th democracy celebrations should be locally or state focused parties/parades. I'm sure there will be a big tacky dishonest brouhaha at the White House, but our real strength in this moment is in being with and talking to the people in our local communities. We should encourage our artists to create art of all kinds that celebrates this great nation at 250 years and this art should be showcased.
Great interview! Thanks. The focus of my calls to my GOP NC senators is the fact that the ports on the west coast are empty and that we will soon have empty store shelves. I told them that it is not too late to step up and do the right thing, but that if they do nothing, these empty shelves will be millstone around their necks. I also mentioned how sickened I am that the mad king is fleecing the public by selling his crypto currency and access to him.
Thank you, Simon, and to all in this community! When I joined Hopium shortly after the election I was a wreck. I couldn't sleep, I felt sick, etc. I know I am not alone in this. While I am still scared, my dread has been channeled into action and it feels terrific! I feel like I am doing something important, something outside of myself, and I am proud. I have long assumed that I would have been one of Hitler's willing executioners simply out of fear and self-protection, and while I don't know what the future will bring, I'm proud to say that I misjudged myself. The mad king/tsar and his team of evildoers has touched a deep moral core in me, and I draw on that every day to impel me to save this democracy that I love. This community has and continues to both feed me and fuel me. Stronger together!
Welcome to our community.
This is wonderfully said Elizabeth. I’m fairly new here too and your words really resonate with me.
I’m glad you’ve found strength you didn’t know you had! I bet it is empowering?!
Right on, fight on. From empty chair town halls to empty store shelves. Congressional Republicans better wake up NOW.
Yes!!!!
🙌🏻🙌🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💃🏻!!!!!!! So glad you joined Hopium! I tell my friends it like attending a Masters Class in Civics with lots of important homework assignments!
Political actions fueled by lots of hope, work and community resolve. 🇺🇸
Infowar: here is a perfect illustration of the importance of the USPS as a SERVICE versus businesses that deliver parcels - business have a profit mission, and as soon as it becomes unprofitable to serve people, they stop. A government service does not do this. The last thing we need is government run like a business. Hands off OUR United States Postal Service
https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3lnxgakiznk2u
My calls today -
Congresswoman Boebert - as I mentioned yesterday, you can be a shining light of bipartisanship by calling on the administration to follow the rule of law for everyone. Not the easy thing like stripping it for people you don't like but for everyone. Stop telling us about undocumented rapists - we don't want any rapists walking our streets. (I did not point out that this includes the current president). We want the rule of law for everyone. And you can be the congresswoman who stands up for it everyday.
Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper - disrupt and deny everything the new administration is doing. Don't confirm anyone. Don't agree to anything. Make this administration fail. Take back the legal power of congress so you can stop these illegal tariffs.
The screen shot that juxtaposes Stephen “Goebbels” Miller’s face with the three tRumpian accomplishments is glorious, thank you! lol! Talk about grasping at [paper] straws!
Regarding the banner at the bottom, “Admin lines White House lawn with images of illegals who have been arrested”…where would be a good lawn to line with images of J6 criminals who have been released?
I've always liked juxtaposing Miller and Goebbels--they both have that dead-eyed look--but it seems like Miller needs to lay off the take-out Chinese a bit. Someone recently pointed me to an even clearer personage on the Miller family tree, though: Nosferatu :)