The courts are no longer a reliable firewall. Relying solely on judicial remedies assumes the system still honors neutrality, precedent, or public interest. That era is over.
Project 2025, Schedule F, and the purging of civil servants aren’t just policy ideas—they’re a hostile restructuring of governance. And while we file lawsuits, they stack courts, gut enforcement, and rewrite jurisdiction itself.
Yes, legal challenges matter. But we can’t litigate our way out of a revolution. The real battleground is local power, networked civic resilience, and mass noncompliance. If we want democracy to survive, we have to stop playing by rules the other side has already thrown away.
Start building: school boards, neighborhood defense funds, community media, sanctuary policies. Every delay strengthens their grip.
Need to look to historical analogs in history. Those who remain passive lose. Those who remain vigilant and fight like hell always have a good chance of winning. Education is key, and that's why they are attacking media, to keep the people uninformed as to the facts, and only let them hear tainted propaganda. It works in North Korea and Russia, and this is what they are doing here. Resist!
To learn what the strategy is - made 50 years in advance, watch my interview with David Daley, author of "Antidemocratic: The Far Right's 50 Year Plot to Control American Elections." I did the interview right before the election - and what he states about elections and C.J. John Roberts from decades ago, holds true more now than ever. A must watch historical anthology of the facts! https://thelegaledition.substack.com/p/interview-with-investigative-journalist
Love this! I’d like to know more. Especially from an attorney. This could help us rid ourselves of this ghastly, incompetent cabinet. Thank you for digging this up.
Thank you. I listened to the whole thing, understood very little of it. I’m not at all proficient at anything involving statistics and I don’t really know what an algorithm is, though I get what it does. There was one commenter who broke the whole thing down really clearly, but when I went back to find it I couldn’t. Don’t know if the google gods got us or it’s just swirling around out there and will reappear later. In any case, I’m willing to do anything I can to help get us out of this nightmare.
Don't give up...get in touch with your local parties...even if you are NOT a Democrat there are Independents who are working for the same...Here in Southern Oregon we've stated meetings to organize at our local libraries...
DUMP AND IMPEACH TRAITOR , NAZIS , FELONS, PREDATORS ,AND CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE. YES CON REPUBLICONS, CLIMATE CHANGE IS DANGEROUS, REAL, DISRUPTIVE WORLDWIDE, COSTLY, AND PREVENTABLE. STOP DENYING CLIMATE CHANGE AND FACE THE SCIENCE . DUMP THE CON RTRUMP AND CRONIES. DEPORT RTRUMP'S WIFE AND RELATIVES. BOYCOTT NAZI MUSK AND NAZI RTRUMP.
Thank you!!! Beautifully and thoughtfully spoken. Here in Southern Oregon we are getting a group of commited Democrats together to do EXACTLY what you are telling us to do... We agree totally with your wise and URGENT advice. We know that it's beyond time to get a MOVE ON!!! SO let's all WORK together where we can...and JUST DO IT!!! Check into your local Democratic Party head quarters and find ways to help...Everyone can!!! Be a part of this country that is OURS!!!
Nope, not me. SCROTUS HAS 6 NAZI MEMBERS....sexual predators, boozer, husband of traitor, grifters, hand maid, hard right radical right wingnuts...CORRUPT... posers...cosplaying being a "judge"....hideous assortment of evil nazis...
If we can get the Congress back during the midterms and get the WH in 2028, we could make the necessary changes that will stop all of this from happening ever again. But it is up to us to take the government back under Democratic control to get it done. Get out there and register Independents and Democrats to vote next year, and don't stop after that. We will need every single vote we can get to have the supermajority we need to fix the problems Trump and the Repugs have created.
No no we don’t have that kind of time. We will be a full on Religious Autocracy within weeks. Look what trump and project 2025 has done in the company of Vought, Roberts and SCOTUS. Do you know how fast Hitler revolutionized his Nazi takeover? It took him less than one month. This is no joke they are dead serious about their Revolution. Read Heather Cox Richardson’s July 30, 2025 “Letters from an American” and then you will understand the truth, the reality of what is happening as we speak.
Heather Cox Richardson remains the best source of informayion for so may people...and she's SANE!!! We do NOT have time...as you state...BUT we have to do what we can...It is happening and anyone who thinks it'll blow over is in for a nasty surprise...
I believe it is going to take something more than just voting. If any of us stop and think for a moment how this all came to pass, it was from a stolen election, or manipulated election, or maneuvered election, or interfered election, or "bought" election. Repubs don't play fair. Trump never plays by the rules, he lies, he cheats, he schemes. The next Presidential Election will be the most important in the history of this Nation we call America. It will be a "do" or "die" election, for it will either be the return of democracy or the end of it. So what do we do now?
Leigh, never underestimate the power of the pen! Writing & communicating presents an opportunity for an exchange of ideas, and with ideas comes change.
Get Going? I'd love to get going! However, I'm nearly 75, in a wheelchair with one leg, and myriad health issues, which prevent me from "going." BUT - perhaps an idea that I write will inspire some younger person to "run with the ball," and that in itself would please me greatly. We are all in this mess together.
Reading Beth Winfrey's idea about voting struck a cord within me, and not a pleasant one.
For as long as I can remember, in childhood, EVERY Presidential Election was fraught with worries about an "honest" election, a "correct count" election, a "super duper correct re-count" election; AND after every election THEY would all say, "We've got to do something about these voting machines. We've got to do something to ensure a fair and honest election. Perhaps we need to return to paper ballots and hand counting." Nothing ever got done, nothing ever changed. And the all pervading question - How Do I Know My Vote Was Counted Correctly, Counted at all? still remained, remains today.
We are facing a situation now, where Trump is running amuck, the Supreme Court is tainted big time, Congress is useless, the Billionaires are completely lost in lust of greed and power, and half the country is totally blind to the destruction falling around our heads. Perhaps, we need to focus on the NEXT election, tackling the problems to ensure without doubt, that we have a fair and honest election.
I believe the days of computerized elections needs to hit the trash bin. Americans need to learn patience once again, where results are not instant, and may take days to come to fruition. We need a voting system where every American receives a timed, dated, signed by the counter, copy of their vote, who they voted for, where they voted, with correct photo ID and correct voter number, mailed to them - after it has been checked and re-checked and cross referenced for accuracy and validity. This is needed to stop votes from disappearing, like people...
Obviously we need change concerning our elections.
Who made the rule that voting time was so limited, results were needed asap? Let the process unfold, slow down, so every American is counted during a freedom we should never lose.
You are barking up the wrong tree. I have never used anything, and at 77, I'm not about to start. But if we don't get out and get rid of every Republican we can out of Congress with this next election, we'll be in even more trouble than we are now. So time to get to work.
READ BETH!! She's right on...just start getting on board with your locals...We're not kidding...It's going to take work...if you want to SAVE this nation...Hitler is trying again...and it's worse this time...remember SIX MILLION JEWS...Three MILLION Catholics, Gypsies, and Homosexuals...DIED because of Hitler and his gang not to mention people who fought...this is going to be bloody...We are trying to avoid that...THIS IS NO JOKE!!!
I interviewed author David Daley . His book: Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Rights 50 Year Plot to Control American Elections is a historical anthology of who's who in the attempt to dismantle democracy. And none other than C.J. John Roberts at the helm from the beginning. Thelegaledition.substack.com/p/interview-with-investigative-journalist
This supreme court is fully complicit in allowing placing Donald Trump into office and of executing Project 2025 and bending or re-structuring all our existing safeguards to entrench this coup as our 'Government'. SCOTUS has aided in creating this entire devastation to our country from start through today. NONE of us should be following SCOTUS at this point in time. This administration follows no rules, no laws, and SCOTUS has allowed them to run fully lawless against all of our Citizens in these United States of America. We have Zero reason to trust in any rulings that SCOTUS has made since they have allowed and aided this coup and are pushing our country to fully implement the takedown of our United States of America. SCOTUS is not working for the United States of America and certainly not our citizens. They do not defend our rights as Citizens of the United States, they do not follow the standing LAWS considering Human Rights for us all, and they are fully complicit in destroying our US Constitution. It is far past time for all of us to stop complying with the 'changes to our standing laws as they have continued to re-write and re-interpret' when this current administration has been completely allowed to disregard every law and SCOTUS has paved the way. SCOTUS has lost all credibility. They have disgraced the country and their mission to protect all here.
I strongly agree with your assertion that SCOTUS is complicit in creating the environment for Project 2025 to wreak havoc. SCOTUS shares that complicity with some Republican politicians who navigate(ed) Project 2025 smaller ships; i.e. Mitch McConnell. I loathe the absence of adherence to the Constitution and existence of any moral and ethical compass. Every day a small voice whispers "Let them eat cake" and the decibels are rapidly rising. These times require a pandemic if "Good Trouble"!
The Republicans and the criminal paid-off and/or blackmailed conservatives on the SCOTUS are pushing Americans into forcing us to take steps to take back our country. The backlash won't be pretty, but we will take it back. Good Americans are the majority and we will not forget these criminals. Every. Damned. One. Of. Them.
NOT happening fast enough...too many people are already being hurt...This will be a CIVIL WAR whether or not we "like" it... Get in touch with your local DEMOCRATIC PARTY find ways to help...
When you say Civil War, are you thinking North vs South or more blue vs red. I am a New Englander living in FL for a long time. Trying to decide if I need to move w/ my Mom (80)back up North to play it safe. Very scary decision to make right now.
This why as an older American I am supporting the young up and coming Democrats who know how to fight. My generation (Boomer) needs to get out of the way.
I disagree. In my community, it’s boomers who are out there relentlessly. You’ve done this before. You’re mostly retired. The reality for many is they are struggling just to keep their families taken care of (though I’ll admit they’re doing it on Starbucks and avocado toast). Boomers have been great at teaching us how to organize, letting us know what actual suffering for a cause is and keeping the energy going.
I’ll grant you that it’s time to give up offices and step aside for younger people with newer perspectives though.
It seems that freedom, now is only for the privileged. It's utterly shameful how many willing participants there are, to turn their backs on the foundations of their own nation. There should be a lot of people ashamed of their betrayal of their country, and yet they expect loyalty from the military personnel. Why should other's be willing to lay their lives on the line to protect these people, when they are willing to do their damn jobs, and protect the citizens and the country alike. Anyone voting to remove the voting system, should be classed as committing treason.
My point is that, I agree with your statement. Freedom is no longer a constitutional given. It is no longer the land of the free for everyone. It is the land of the free to the über rich, or who meet the expected societal criteria, that matches Trumps vision for perfectionism, on his terms. He demands the ultimate in loyalty and capitulation. Even those voting MAGA, that have far-right leanings, are going to find that their sorry, white asses, aren't going to secure their freedom's any better either. They've served their purpose, been used, and have been cast aside. Freedom and democracy were the words for 2024, The words for 2025 are control and autocracy. Sadly for certain non-white sectors of society, the price of freedom is only to leave over a border or leave in a box. It's no longer a level playing field. Someone that should work for your interests, has flipped the table, and your survival depends on the interest you have to them, what you can provide to them or how much flattery you can give. Ofcourse, you still have to pay them for the privelage of being used. Freedom could well become an antique in the museum of retrospection.
I believe the point is that loyalty has jumped out the window after putting country before party. So many gave all fighting for this country and said country betrayed that sacrifice. Why should we continue to do so?
OKAY...so NOW...let's get it together...you know this is going to be work...DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF SAVING YOUR COUNTRY??? If so contact your local Democratic party...OR Independents... FIND way to do something besides gripe...
Inasmuch as the Constitution allocates to the states the "The Times, Places and Manner" of holding elections under the "Elections Clause", Congress can in fact make changes in what the states can or cannot do regarding setting, e.g., Congressional districting, but rarely have done so directly except for the VRA most recently. But Scotus has taken a hammer to the latter, and has stated that even the most abusive of gerrymandering is a "political question", and until Congress acts, we get what we get — see TX!
Problem is, a supermajority is required in the Senate, and a Dem majority in the House PLUS a Dem president in order to pass any No-gerrymandering/one person-one vote legislation...and how far into the future is THAT scenario?
Options to retain our democracy dwindle each day, with SCOTUS continuing to grease our slide into autocracy. Betting that there will be fair midterms -- much less midterms at all -- is a long shot. The 'will' of the people is increasingly unlikely to be served. It's going to take more than protests to change our course.
Please, Democratic governors, get started right now!! Begin redistricting to gain as many districts as possible!
And I personally believe that de-throning Chuck Schumer would be a first step in the right direction to get Democrats off their asses and fighting for We, the people!!
I 100% agree. If Democrats are not willing to leave that high-road, intellectualizing garbage behind, they need to step aside and let someone with a spine take over. Again, I'm not saying people need to wallow around in the gutter with the "Republicans" (there are better, more appropriate names), but this flag football game they're playing when the other team is playing full-on contact, winner take all football has got to stop!! Grow a pair and stop telling us how all their behavior is unethical, inappropriate, illegal.....WE KNOW THAT, and fight fire with fire. Do everything that you can to slow, stop and/or reverse these actions. Enough is enough!! Note: The American people are doing what they can and will continue to step up. I'm speaking to the elected officials whose job it is to protect this country, ensure the laws and the constitution is being adhered to and followed; The people who are being paid to ensure our country remains a democracy.
This is the purpose of Gerry Mander-ing. It's a wink and a nod amongst the elite white folk who hold racism close to their hearts. Since the 60s I've been intelligent the Democrats this was coming. One person, one vote. Nothing else will do.
Okay, Kathy Hochul, Governor of NY though said she wanted to gerrymander but state law said she had to go through certain steps which would take a few years. So why should she wait? Why doesn't she just go ahead and do it? Every Democratic governor needs to gerrymander NOW.
The courts are no longer a reliable firewall. Relying solely on judicial remedies assumes the system still honors neutrality, precedent, or public interest. That era is over.
Project 2025, Schedule F, and the purging of civil servants aren’t just policy ideas—they’re a hostile restructuring of governance. And while we file lawsuits, they stack courts, gut enforcement, and rewrite jurisdiction itself.
Yes, legal challenges matter. But we can’t litigate our way out of a revolution. The real battleground is local power, networked civic resilience, and mass noncompliance. If we want democracy to survive, we have to stop playing by rules the other side has already thrown away.
Start building: school boards, neighborhood defense funds, community media, sanctuary policies. Every delay strengthens their grip.
This isn’t politics as usual.
“We have to stop playing by rules the other side has already throw away”. Absolutely!
Need to look to historical analogs in history. Those who remain passive lose. Those who remain vigilant and fight like hell always have a good chance of winning. Education is key, and that's why they are attacking media, to keep the people uninformed as to the facts, and only let them hear tainted propaganda. It works in North Korea and Russia, and this is what they are doing here. Resist!
To learn what the strategy is - made 50 years in advance, watch my interview with David Daley, author of "Antidemocratic: The Far Right's 50 Year Plot to Control American Elections." I did the interview right before the election - and what he states about elections and C.J. John Roberts from decades ago, holds true more now than ever. A must watch historical anthology of the facts! https://thelegaledition.substack.com/p/interview-with-investigative-journalist
This is excellent. Clear that regaining power and control is going to come from the people.
networked civic resilience, and mass noncompliance….im ready for it.
Do judges have surety bonds too? We need to start making claims against all the Repubs surety bonds.
https://bondsforthewin.com/
Love this! I’d like to know more. Especially from an attorney. This could help us rid ourselves of this ghastly, incompetent cabinet. Thank you for digging this up.
Listen to this video. Near the end she mentions that they will be putting more info about the bonds out (there are several kinds).
https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-july-2-event-video
Thank you. I listened to the whole thing, understood very little of it. I’m not at all proficient at anything involving statistics and I don’t really know what an algorithm is, though I get what it does. There was one commenter who broke the whole thing down really clearly, but when I went back to find it I couldn’t. Don’t know if the google gods got us or it’s just swirling around out there and will reappear later. In any case, I’m willing to do anything I can to help get us out of this nightmare.
Don't give up...get in touch with your local parties...even if you are NOT a Democrat there are Independents who are working for the same...Here in Southern Oregon we've stated meetings to organize at our local libraries...
I recently got purged and reregistered as an independent. It makes sense in my state because independents can vote in any election or primary.
DUMP AND IMPEACH TRAITOR , NAZIS , FELONS, PREDATORS ,AND CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE. YES CON REPUBLICONS, CLIMATE CHANGE IS DANGEROUS, REAL, DISRUPTIVE WORLDWIDE, COSTLY, AND PREVENTABLE. STOP DENYING CLIMATE CHANGE AND FACE THE SCIENCE . DUMP THE CON RTRUMP AND CRONIES. DEPORT RTRUMP'S WIFE AND RELATIVES. BOYCOTT NAZI MUSK AND NAZI RTRUMP.
Thank you!!! Beautifully and thoughtfully spoken. Here in Southern Oregon we are getting a group of commited Democrats together to do EXACTLY what you are telling us to do... We agree totally with your wise and URGENT advice. We know that it's beyond time to get a MOVE ON!!! SO let's all WORK together where we can...and JUST DO IT!!! Check into your local Democratic Party head quarters and find ways to help...Everyone can!!! Be a part of this country that is OURS!!!
Did anyone expect anything different from the fascists in black robes??
Nope, not me. SCROTUS HAS 6 NAZI MEMBERS....sexual predators, boozer, husband of traitor, grifters, hand maid, hard right radical right wingnuts...CORRUPT... posers...cosplaying being a "judge"....hideous assortment of evil nazis...
There are 6/9 justices in the bag with bribes, gifts, no enforceable ethics rules, insider trading, and the list goes on.
Likely they are themselves or have colleagues, friends, and/or family members who utilized Epstein/Maxwell’s services well and often.
They have everything to lose if they can’t destroy free and fair elections in America.
The patriarchy is keeping them rich and powerful. And they have become accustomed and addicted to their depravities, which the GOP gladly funds.
I think the adage says that absolute power corrupts absolutely, right?
If we can get the Congress back during the midterms and get the WH in 2028, we could make the necessary changes that will stop all of this from happening ever again. But it is up to us to take the government back under Democratic control to get it done. Get out there and register Independents and Democrats to vote next year, and don't stop after that. We will need every single vote we can get to have the supermajority we need to fix the problems Trump and the Repugs have created.
Laurel Michaels
No no we don’t have that kind of time. We will be a full on Religious Autocracy within weeks. Look what trump and project 2025 has done in the company of Vought, Roberts and SCOTUS. Do you know how fast Hitler revolutionized his Nazi takeover? It took him less than one month. This is no joke they are dead serious about their Revolution. Read Heather Cox Richardson’s July 30, 2025 “Letters from an American” and then you will understand the truth, the reality of what is happening as we speak.
Heather Cox Richardson remains the best source of informayion for so may people...and she's SANE!!! We do NOT have time...as you state...BUT we have to do what we can...It is happening and anyone who thinks it'll blow over is in for a nasty surprise...
I believe it is going to take something more than just voting. If any of us stop and think for a moment how this all came to pass, it was from a stolen election, or manipulated election, or maneuvered election, or interfered election, or "bought" election. Repubs don't play fair. Trump never plays by the rules, he lies, he cheats, he schemes. The next Presidential Election will be the most important in the history of this Nation we call America. It will be a "do" or "die" election, for it will either be the return of democracy or the end of it. So what do we do now?
GET GOING!!! Join your local party...do WHAT you can do...We can write until we're blue in the face...We need to move o this tyranny..
Leigh, never underestimate the power of the pen! Writing & communicating presents an opportunity for an exchange of ideas, and with ideas comes change.
Get Going? I'd love to get going! However, I'm nearly 75, in a wheelchair with one leg, and myriad health issues, which prevent me from "going." BUT - perhaps an idea that I write will inspire some younger person to "run with the ball," and that in itself would please me greatly. We are all in this mess together.
Reading Beth Winfrey's idea about voting struck a cord within me, and not a pleasant one.
For as long as I can remember, in childhood, EVERY Presidential Election was fraught with worries about an "honest" election, a "correct count" election, a "super duper correct re-count" election; AND after every election THEY would all say, "We've got to do something about these voting machines. We've got to do something to ensure a fair and honest election. Perhaps we need to return to paper ballots and hand counting." Nothing ever got done, nothing ever changed. And the all pervading question - How Do I Know My Vote Was Counted Correctly, Counted at all? still remained, remains today.
We are facing a situation now, where Trump is running amuck, the Supreme Court is tainted big time, Congress is useless, the Billionaires are completely lost in lust of greed and power, and half the country is totally blind to the destruction falling around our heads. Perhaps, we need to focus on the NEXT election, tackling the problems to ensure without doubt, that we have a fair and honest election.
I believe the days of computerized elections needs to hit the trash bin. Americans need to learn patience once again, where results are not instant, and may take days to come to fruition. We need a voting system where every American receives a timed, dated, signed by the counter, copy of their vote, who they voted for, where they voted, with correct photo ID and correct voter number, mailed to them - after it has been checked and re-checked and cross referenced for accuracy and validity. This is needed to stop votes from disappearing, like people...
Obviously we need change concerning our elections.
Who made the rule that voting time was so limited, results were needed asap? Let the process unfold, slow down, so every American is counted during a freedom we should never lose.
I want the drugs you’re doing!
You are barking up the wrong tree. I have never used anything, and at 77, I'm not about to start. But if we don't get out and get rid of every Republican we can out of Congress with this next election, we'll be in even more trouble than we are now. So time to get to work.
READ BETH!! She's right on...just start getting on board with your locals...We're not kidding...It's going to take work...if you want to SAVE this nation...Hitler is trying again...and it's worse this time...remember SIX MILLION JEWS...Three MILLION Catholics, Gypsies, and Homosexuals...DIED because of Hitler and his gang not to mention people who fought...this is going to be bloody...We are trying to avoid that...THIS IS NO JOKE!!!
I interviewed author David Daley . His book: Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Rights 50 Year Plot to Control American Elections is a historical anthology of who's who in the attempt to dismantle democracy. And none other than C.J. John Roberts at the helm from the beginning. Thelegaledition.substack.com/p/interview-with-investigative-journalist
Love your diatribe of words...
No. But had hoped they would consider wording in constitution. I guess that's a goner also
Nope
This supreme court is fully complicit in allowing placing Donald Trump into office and of executing Project 2025 and bending or re-structuring all our existing safeguards to entrench this coup as our 'Government'. SCOTUS has aided in creating this entire devastation to our country from start through today. NONE of us should be following SCOTUS at this point in time. This administration follows no rules, no laws, and SCOTUS has allowed them to run fully lawless against all of our Citizens in these United States of America. We have Zero reason to trust in any rulings that SCOTUS has made since they have allowed and aided this coup and are pushing our country to fully implement the takedown of our United States of America. SCOTUS is not working for the United States of America and certainly not our citizens. They do not defend our rights as Citizens of the United States, they do not follow the standing LAWS considering Human Rights for us all, and they are fully complicit in destroying our US Constitution. It is far past time for all of us to stop complying with the 'changes to our standing laws as they have continued to re-write and re-interpret' when this current administration has been completely allowed to disregard every law and SCOTUS has paved the way. SCOTUS has lost all credibility. They have disgraced the country and their mission to protect all here.
I strongly agree with your assertion that SCOTUS is complicit in creating the environment for Project 2025 to wreak havoc. SCOTUS shares that complicity with some Republican politicians who navigate(ed) Project 2025 smaller ships; i.e. Mitch McConnell. I loathe the absence of adherence to the Constitution and existence of any moral and ethical compass. Every day a small voice whispers "Let them eat cake" and the decibels are rapidly rising. These times require a pandemic if "Good Trouble"!
Exactly CORRECT.. 1933 Germany...
The Republicans and the criminal paid-off and/or blackmailed conservatives on the SCOTUS are pushing Americans into forcing us to take steps to take back our country. The backlash won't be pretty, but we will take it back. Good Americans are the majority and we will not forget these criminals. Every. Damned. One. Of. Them.
We have good litigators like those from Democracy Docket fighting this. We need to stay focused and not give up hope.
We need to fight back.
NOT happening fast enough...too many people are already being hurt...This will be a CIVIL WAR whether or not we "like" it... Get in touch with your local DEMOCRATIC PARTY find ways to help...
When you say Civil War, are you thinking North vs South or more blue vs red. I am a New Englander living in FL for a long time. Trying to decide if I need to move w/ my Mom (80)back up North to play it safe. Very scary decision to make right now.
The corruption of the Roberts SCOTUS has emboldened the GQP and the t regime in their quest for authoritarian rule.
This why as an older American I am supporting the young up and coming Democrats who know how to fight. My generation (Boomer) needs to get out of the way.
I disagree. In my community, it’s boomers who are out there relentlessly. You’ve done this before. You’re mostly retired. The reality for many is they are struggling just to keep their families taken care of (though I’ll admit they’re doing it on Starbucks and avocado toast). Boomers have been great at teaching us how to organize, letting us know what actual suffering for a cause is and keeping the energy going.
I’ll grant you that it’s time to give up offices and step aside for younger people with newer perspectives though.
Thank you...YUP...Im 82 and I've joined OUR RESISTANCE...You'd be amazed at HOW young you become...with GOALS!!! GET BUSY!!!
We have been warned, freedom is not free.
It seems that freedom, now is only for the privileged. It's utterly shameful how many willing participants there are, to turn their backs on the foundations of their own nation. There should be a lot of people ashamed of their betrayal of their country, and yet they expect loyalty from the military personnel. Why should other's be willing to lay their lives on the line to protect these people, when they are willing to do their damn jobs, and protect the citizens and the country alike. Anyone voting to remove the voting system, should be classed as committing treason.
Having written all that, your point would be?
My point is that, I agree with your statement. Freedom is no longer a constitutional given. It is no longer the land of the free for everyone. It is the land of the free to the über rich, or who meet the expected societal criteria, that matches Trumps vision for perfectionism, on his terms. He demands the ultimate in loyalty and capitulation. Even those voting MAGA, that have far-right leanings, are going to find that their sorry, white asses, aren't going to secure their freedom's any better either. They've served their purpose, been used, and have been cast aside. Freedom and democracy were the words for 2024, The words for 2025 are control and autocracy. Sadly for certain non-white sectors of society, the price of freedom is only to leave over a border or leave in a box. It's no longer a level playing field. Someone that should work for your interests, has flipped the table, and your survival depends on the interest you have to them, what you can provide to them or how much flattery you can give. Ofcourse, you still have to pay them for the privelage of being used. Freedom could well become an antique in the museum of retrospection.
Is that what you want??? It's been so easy for all of us for too many years...WE ARE COMPLICIT IF we do not find ways to fight back!!
Find ways to fight back?
Sit down little one so your not found complicit.
We're all in this together, über flunkies included. They can't function without a host of people.
I believe the point is that loyalty has jumped out the window after putting country before party. So many gave all fighting for this country and said country betrayed that sacrifice. Why should we continue to do so?
I don't believe your country has forgotten the sacrifices, your party of rumpians has.
Not my damn party!
Then, don't believe the rhoids. Oorah!
OKAY...so NOW...let's get it together...you know this is going to be work...DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF SAVING YOUR COUNTRY??? If so contact your local Democratic party...OR Independents... FIND way to do something besides gripe...
Blake, you'll be in charge of the rump decapitation contingent!
Democrats must go nuclear against Republicans!
Not gonna happen unless we get real leadership. Chuck and Hakeem have got to go.
Swinging, swinging from the gallows pole.
How do we pass a ban on gerrymandering while those doing it control all 3 branches of government?
Inasmuch as the Constitution allocates to the states the "The Times, Places and Manner" of holding elections under the "Elections Clause", Congress can in fact make changes in what the states can or cannot do regarding setting, e.g., Congressional districting, but rarely have done so directly except for the VRA most recently. But Scotus has taken a hammer to the latter, and has stated that even the most abusive of gerrymandering is a "political question", and until Congress acts, we get what we get — see TX!
Problem is, a supermajority is required in the Senate, and a Dem majority in the House PLUS a Dem president in order to pass any No-gerrymandering/one person-one vote legislation...and how far into the future is THAT scenario?
Options to retain our democracy dwindle each day, with SCOTUS continuing to grease our slide into autocracy. Betting that there will be fair midterms -- much less midterms at all -- is a long shot. The 'will' of the people is increasingly unlikely to be served. It's going to take more than protests to change our course.
Please, Democratic governors, get started right now!! Begin redistricting to gain as many districts as possible!
And I personally believe that de-throning Chuck Schumer would be a first step in the right direction to get Democrats off their asses and fighting for We, the people!!
YES! dethrone Chuck Schumer, and take the useless Hakeem Jeffries with him.
I 100% agree. If Democrats are not willing to leave that high-road, intellectualizing garbage behind, they need to step aside and let someone with a spine take over. Again, I'm not saying people need to wallow around in the gutter with the "Republicans" (there are better, more appropriate names), but this flag football game they're playing when the other team is playing full-on contact, winner take all football has got to stop!! Grow a pair and stop telling us how all their behavior is unethical, inappropriate, illegal.....WE KNOW THAT, and fight fire with fire. Do everything that you can to slow, stop and/or reverse these actions. Enough is enough!! Note: The American people are doing what they can and will continue to step up. I'm speaking to the elected officials whose job it is to protect this country, ensure the laws and the constitution is being adhered to and followed; The people who are being paid to ensure our country remains a democracy.
This is the purpose of Gerry Mander-ing. It's a wink and a nod amongst the elite white folk who hold racism close to their hearts. Since the 60s I've been intelligent the Democrats this was coming. One person, one vote. Nothing else will do.
What hearts?
I am ashamed of the nazi court. They are cowards. Especially the ones up trump’s ass etc.
Okay, Kathy Hochul, Governor of NY though said she wanted to gerrymander but state law said she had to go through certain steps which would take a few years. So why should she wait? Why doesn't she just go ahead and do it? Every Democratic governor needs to gerrymander NOW.