Blair Löder

Proud Minnesotan, fair-minded, democracy advocate and lifelong learner.

[Blair Löder @blairloder]

@MAGACult2 Yikes. She sounds insane.

[Blair Löder @blairloder]

@Acyn Sounds like they all got their orders. Their screeds are all the same. You've had two years. You failed.

[Blair Löder @blairloder]

@atrupar @tomemmer You sound hysterical. You're an embarrassment to our state. Please shut up.

[Trae Crowder @traecrowder]

I don’t even know what to do with myself after these midterm results

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

Donald Trump is a malignant narcissist. He is a defective person. He has deep insecurities and even deeper cravings. He disguises both with bluster and bravado. He has a lifetime of secrets and lies - about inheritance, grades, health, wealth, acumen - and he used them to build false constructs.
The Apprentice was big for him; it allowed him to act out his idealized self. And - it identified something he was actually good at - being a reality TV show host.
His disorders include narcissism, sociopathy, paranoia, and sadism. He doesn't process anything strategically. He is transactional. He doesn't think. He feels. It's in the form of impulses and cravings.
Grandiosity is his greatest CRAVING. Humiliation is his greatest fear. Protecting his secrets and lies is paramount.
A certain number of his supporters have malignant normality - they see a distorted reality through his behaviorally disorders. That's the cult, and they constituted his POWER.
His enablers - GOP officials and RW media - rely on him for power and profit. If he falters, they falter - and if he falters bigtime, they evaporate. They serve as his CRUTCH.
Again - his grandiosity is his craving, his base of supporters is his power, and his enablers are his crutch.
What happened in the election was the result in Trump 2.0 being different than Trump 1.0. The difference was borne from his narcissistic come-uppances. In the civil defamation suits, he was narcissistically battered (exposed as a predator and $90M judgment); and in the Trump Org civil suit, he was narcissistically pulverized (exposed as a fraudster and $350M judgment he struggled mightily to post bond for and couldn't until it was reduced). In the Manhattan criminal case, he was narcissistically traumatized - true humiliation, because it branded him a criminal. Plus, the process was brutal for him - he had to physically be there, observe rules, watch nobody show up to court for much of his defense, watch old friends like Pecker and Hicks speak truth against his narrative, AND he presented no defense because he's impotent as a witness, and - after all that - he lost - to a jury - unanimously, beyond a reasonable doubt, on all charges, after a very short deliberation. He had to see ALL this in person up close, and this is a guy who always controls his environ.
He faced many other charges and ran for office again to stay out of jail. When he won, he was going to be vengeful to the max. It was in the cards.
BUT - who would he be vengeful TO? His pathology does not let him see past himself. So - he hates Democrats, Republicans, Independents, giraffes, bunny rabbits, and he CANNOT feel or process empathy, shame, or contrition.
You honestly couldn't give power to a worse person.
He got old and ill and is now owned by his aberrant pathology. And the GOP was weak. And the cult was addicted to dopamine from owning libs thanks to Fox.
His mantra became "I can do whatever I want." And he did. And he overreached. Economically. Humanistically. Globally.
Yesterday, that overreach took him down. Enough truth filtered through the echo chambers. The frustration and negativity became too much for too many. His profiteering and his insensitivity about it, so abnormal, was beyond the pale.
Why am I posting all of this? I am doing it because we suffered so much because we were so collectively oblivious, quick to normalize, and we underestimated everything - including the power of grift.
If left to his own devices, he would have rewritten history. Where would we be then?
Yesterday's result is cause for celebration. But it's paramount that we see HIM - not for who he is, but for WHAT he is. It's paramount we understand him and how we got here and how we never let it happen again.
I see very little introspection occurring. Everything is analyzed in simplistic terms. As always, there is noise - false narratives and other nonsensicalities - obfuscating the full truth.
I made this post - in a noise-free zone - to push the narrative that I think matters most, that I hope we get around to discussing soon. Or eventually. History does not HAVE to repeat itself. Rip the Band-Aid off this guy.
Thanks for reading.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

On Election Day, the American people spoke loud and clear: they are done with the corruption, incompetence, and callousness coming from the White House and the capitulation of Republican leaders. As I traveled the country to campaign for Democrats up and down the ballot, I witnessed the resolve of the people to turn pain into purpose, and anger into action.

I congratulate all the great candidates who ran fantastic races and the thousands of volunteers who made calls, knocked on doors, and ensured Democrats won resoundingly.

Now, the work begins to actually deliver results. The American people have elected Democrats across the country in federal, state, and local races who must be ruthless in using every lever of power to deliver economic relief for working families and hold this administration accountable for their deep-seated corruption.

The people demand nothing less.

[Buzzing Pop @BuzzingPop]

For the first time in US history, a gay man, a Black woman, a Muslim, Native American woman, Palestinian, and Latina have won their respective midterm elections.

[Gina Hinojosa @GinaHinojosaTX]

Tonight, I make a solemn promise to every single Texan. Whether you voted for me or Governor Abbott, or felt so betrayed by a broken politics that you did not vote at all.

Hear what Texas said today, loud and clear: Your government belongs to you. And as your governor, I will never forget it. There will be no special set of rules for the wealthy and powerful. No looking the other way when someone in my own party does wrong.

The trust you have placed in me tonight is not a blank check. It is a sacred responsibility. And I intend to earn it every single day.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Texas forever.

[Covie @covie_93]

Decision Desk is projecting the Florida senate race for Ashley Moody.

But Angie Nixon. Hats off to you. You put up a hell of fight. Wow!

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Donald Trump’s vanity projects cost $1.6 BILLION of YOUR taxpayer dollars.

[Matt Couch @RealMattCouch]

This guy said the quiet part out loud and you can feel his anger and disgust…

I couldn’t agree more..

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Reminder: Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in American history.

[Hakeem Jeffries @hakeemjeffries]

Let’s be clear about one thing.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed will always put the American people first and fight hard to lower the high cost of living.

His election is critical to flipping control of the United States Senate.

Mike Rogers is a partisan hack who represents more of the same MAGA extremism.

Vote @AbdulElSayed in Michigan!

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed will be an incredible fighter for Michiganders.

Abdul represents the future of our party. Don’t get distracted by the noise from shills for AIPAC.

Money out of politics.
More money in your pockets.
Medicare for All.

That’s the fight. Vote Abdul.

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

Haley Stevens lied to me. I will not sit by while she tries to use Black folks as a prop and costs us our lives. Vote for @AbdulElSayed.

https://t.co/fxVgXOLpsW

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

Working class people’s lives are on the ballot on Tuesday—their healthcare, their rent, their bills.

Haley Stevens just betrayed them by endorsing the very Republican she said she wanted to run against.

[Blair Löder @blairloder]

@DemocracyDocket 🗳️

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Listen to this Brit explain exactly what happened in Brazil.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Abdul El-Sayed: “We are being actively bullied by the dumbest people in the room. Donald Trump is an idiot. He has one genius which is getting attention. Because his dad never gave him enough, because he was a nepo baby, he craved attention and used the bullying tactics to get it. But the man is an idiot. Just a fool”