Those of you who don't know what authoritarianism looks like...this is it. All the gaslighting about previous presidents "what about...!!! Is bullshit. I've been talking about the slide towards NOW for 30+ years. Those earlier concerns were nothing. Now we are HERE.
What drives me into a white-hot rage is that this elitist, privileged, silver-spooned, ignorant and arrogant, spoiled man from the posh world — a man who hasn't done a single truly selfless thing in all of his 80 years of life — now, by some cruel twist of fate, basks in power and self-adoration.
And he isn’t worth even a fragment of the fingernail of a single Ukrainian volunteer soldier who, back in 2022, was destroying Russian tank columns on the approaches to Kyiv and fighting in the suburbs to the last drop of blood.
Banana republic . I hear all these republicans quote the founding fathers but their actions are against what they said . There is no way to know what is being passed . Sad
Wrapped up 7-part series on triumphs & heartbreak of the 2024 Arkansas Abortion campaign (link below) Best @ArkTimes work I've done: A bottom-up history w/big lessons for progressive Arkansas and anywhere else.
Sometimes, a losing campaign is the beginning of building something
Which party is my party?I've been an independent politically longer than most people on this App have been alive.I've TENS OF THOUSANDS of on-air hours as a independent fighting the unconstitutional expansion of executive authority.But "independent" doesn't mean neutral.
The stuff in the White House today between Trump and Zelinski and Vance is the weirdest thing I've ever seen in American politics. I don't even know how to process it. "Bullying" seems a weird adjective to use when talking about a president...but that's what it was.
The short term nature of our thinking is breathtaking. Watching Trump fans denouncing the judicial branch and somehow not connecting this branch to protecting THEM from potential fanatics on the other side is to see our species' shortcomings on spotlighted display.
If America lost a major war to China and Russia, they'd demand that we withdraw from Eurasia, downsize our military, and deindustrialize our economy.
Trump is now trying to do ALL THREE of those things.
We're being sold out.
https://t.co/TyeCRm8Tfr
X appears to be censoring Atlanta Journal Constitution reporter @bluestein’s posts covering Rep. Rich McCormick’s (R-GA) town hall. The now “unavailable” posts, which per Bluestein were not deleted, showed McCormick being booed after he defended DOGE
https://t.co/RhOiwQDlSZ
So, I just mentioned on the @HardcoreHistory feed that since I seem to be talking current events I guess I should be doing that where it belongs: on this feed. So, expect to see a bit more of me here.
Bad poll for Trump.
Trump approval/disapproval: 45-53
Musk approval/disapproval: 34-49
Who should control the next Congress? 54% Dems, 41% Rs
Should Trump obey courts that say his actions are illegal? 84% yes, 11% no