There’s noise in America right now. Donald Trump didn’t invent that racket, that chaos, but he sure as hell turned up the heat, cranked the burners, and walked away while the rest of us argued over who’s to blame for the smoke. Trump’s bet was loud and repeated that we were all small, that we were tribal, that we all would happily carve each other up into bite-sized resentments. But here’s the truth…Americans, for all our flaws, are a lot harder to reduce than that. We’re mutts, improvisers, stubborn bastards who, when it counts, tend to figure it out…sometimes late, sometimes messy, but rarely as dumb as Donald Trump thinks we are.
Two hundred and fifty years in, this whole experiment is still a high-wire act with no net, held together by people who don’t always like each other but understand, deep down, that the alternative is worse. Democracy isn’t a birthright you tuck in a drawer. American democracy is a job, the kind that ruins your shirt and keeps you up at night. Liberty costs something, it always has, and it always will, and every generation gets handed the tab whether they asked for it or not. So here we are, inheriting the mess and the miracle at the same time, tasked with carrying it forward for people we’ll never meet. Happy 250th, America. We are better, we are stronger, we are more resilient than Donald Trump will EVER give us credit for being.
As with Hitler's Olympic debacle, the World Cup is showing how rediculous the tRump/Stephen Miller regime's bigotry is. While tRump ridicules DEI, the World Cup shows that it is what makes nations strong.
I love that the "minnow" countries are making a good show, sending off perennial favorites, demonstrating the importance of ambition and commitment, regardless of background - a complete rejection of Trumpism. I love that it's happening in our world, and that nations as different as Canada, USA, and Mexico are showing our moxie.
If only Trump were our only problem. It’s the network of oligarchs and billionaires who allow him to suckle in exchange for doing their bidding.That will allow greed of ALL the world’s riches to topple democracy. They have no love or allegiance to anything or anyone but self. Then they will feast on each other.
This is not a new thought but the World Cup is a great example that "there is more that unites than divides." If only we had leadership that focused on that life would be so much better. The World Cup also shows the joy in celebrating different cultures and peoples.
I'm so glad to hear these tidings! We're awakening to our potential and to the cumbersome threats posed by getting soft on bullying by sociopaths. Freedom starts in the gut.
In Canada I've watched every World Cup game, some only parts while others I've watched the entire game. I've loved watching the teams and fans from other countries mingling together in joy and laughter but I have to laugh when you have Republicans or mainstream media saying it proves the US is not as bad as other countries think it is, of course it is but it's the Trump Regime not the people of the US. The way Trump treated the Iranian team and FIFA allowing it was despicable. Also the way they treated other teams and fans who of course were black or brown entering the US was disgusting.
It's the difference between the people and the regime. It's a hopeful sign that people around the world are able to make that distinction. It will take a long time to repair the damage Trump has done.
BTW, ABC has 24 hour coverage (going on now) of our 250th BirthdayCelebration of America! Very well done with great stories around the country and its people and hardly a mention of trump and his cult! Way to go ABC and Disney!
It’s unfortunate that Trump and his followers have tried to hijack our country and proclaim patriotism to their dystopian version, but I’m hoping that someday soon we’ll be able to retake what they’ve tried to strip away.
Trump’s relentless pursuit of division is a shame, especially considering the hardships faced by families and individuals struggling to make ends meet. His focus on self-aggrandizement at the expense of public welfare is disheartening.
If he fails to recognize the consequences of his actions, he will likely seek to claim credit for them. Distractions to run from the truth about the Epstein files will hunt him and this administration for life. We need to protect our victims and our children.
The United States will commemorate its 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 2026. This occasion, coinciding with the World Cup, serves as a poignant reminder of the diversity that Trump is eroding.
We are stronger than he is, and I fervently hope that Congress and the Supreme Court will uphold due process and remove him from office. Such a move would be a much-needed gift to the world.
Supreme Courts role is their decision making. Which in fact affects decisions made by Congress and the rest of all of us. Trump has stacked the cards in his favor and we must work hard to Trump his hand.
It is our great good fortune that he arrived at this moment when our instincts are again aroused and motivated. Our complex nation's unum and the World Cup are a shot in the arm for the possibilities of us ordinary folks and a cautionary tale for bullies.
You want to know what it means to be an American. Read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Whose ideals are founded on the creation of a more perfect union where all are equal and invited to be a part this work in progress. It means that we have shared values to freedom, but understand that with our freedom comes a responsibility to each other and the common good. Thank you Brian for all that you are doing to fight for our country. Happy 250th 4th of July to everyone.
And read Justice Jackson's concurring opinion in Trump v. Barbara (the birthright citizenship case) for further inspiration. Better yet, listen to Adam Klasfeld read it aloud on his Substack channel at 12:30 pm EDT today!
WHEN THE HELL are we going to be rid of him? During his first administration, he sent Ivanka to china. China welcomed her by giving her a dozen or so patents, two of which were the patent to every casket shipped to America and the patent to every voting booth shipped to America. The patents have since been revoked, but i'm betting they altered them before they ever got to their locations. Does no one seem to recall that during the last election, there were zero people voting for Kamala Harris in some locations? ( It happened so frequently that it's statistically impossible.) Does no one recall that Elon Musk, in his addlepated, disassociative state, has several times stated he manipulated the code? Just so that we are clear. And on the same page, I'm not insinuating election fraud. I'm flat-out stating that it happened, and that it will happen again, and I don't understand why we aren't more upset.
What's utterly amazing, and my mouth still hangs open. is that he was ever allowed to run after the "TRUMP UNIVERSITY" debacle!!! ( 2011) His ethics...or lack of, should've made the repuglicans ban him from any and all offices. BUT the repuglicans 'thought' they could control him to their ends..As stupid as the felon is he has a way of defeating the idiotic..note those who still adore this criminal. IF and WHEN we get our government back we must find ways to set up an amendment that could, in times of great duress, STOP any person that has so blatantly attack OUR UNITED STATES!! IMMEDIATELY...not two years down the road. If the repuglicans had any moral or ethical powers they would've complied by now. They are no longer the REPUBLICANS that used to exist. PLEASE, al of us...VOTE and fight for our rights!! Thank you!!
And the riverboat asino that he ran and tossed babies overboard.. and the cannibalism... how the HELL has or government known about this the ENTIRE time, and some NOTHING? WHO runs the briefings? HOW is information being shared?? I remember politicians so brave, they stood up and read classified documents into the congressional record in order to tell the American people who was governing us. What the HELL is happening and why aren't WE stopping it?
I’ve not made any good sense of anything, whatsoever, since tRump slithered into the White House. Not only once, but twice?! As for me, it was not left or right… just SIMPLE HUMAN DECENCY, which tRump’s regime have absolutely Zero of!
My God, what a hellish Twilight Zone we are in now…
I totally remember the incidences you mentioned, and have included them in many of my posts. I am trying to get facts and word out to unsuspecting voters and people. Thanks for posting about it too. We need more people to be aware of what is really taking place by this regime!
Veronica, I totally agree and remember those patents given to Ivanka for voting machines! (WTH?) I believe that not only was the 2016 election rigged by those machines, but the 2020 election with the ADMITTED help of Musk and his Doge bros. I have no hesitation in saying that Trump will do something nefarious AGAIN because he knows if Dems take the majority in BOTH CHAMBERS, he WILL be IMPEACHED, REMOVED and CONVICTED, just as the sign and quietly strong statement and action by active duty US Air Force Major Jason Watson.
I am recommending everyone check your registration, check the dates and times for EARLY IN-PERSON VOTING at your county Board of Elections. Vote early on YOUR SCHEDULE, at YOUR convenience. Avoid the long lines and then VOTE OUT EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN on the ballot! None are working for YOUR best interests. Be sure to get everyone you know to vote. THAT’s how we get rid of him and this entire administration.
The machine parent was awarded after the 2016 election. That election was indeed rigged, but it was cpac and the Kochs throwing money at local people, arranging for the people in the electoral college to cast votes against the wishes of the people. Clinton won the popular vote, remember?
This time, they will have to rig the machines again, and throw away paper ballots. What people need to be doing is taking pics of their ballots and posting them. It's against the law, but so is election fraud. This is how we stop it. We create an evidence trail.
It will be interesting to see who and how many show up at the State Fair today to hear trump. (assuming it even happens). I'm guessing die hard Maga's, Trump sycophant politicians and perhaps some international tourists. Apparently security will not allow them to carry in their own water. 100 degree temps and they will HAVE to buy wtaer there. Someone should look into if perhaps trump or one of his kids is getting a cut from the water sales :) ? I wouldn't put it past these professional crooks.
There’s noise in America right now. Donald Trump didn’t invent that racket, that chaos, but he sure as hell turned up the heat, cranked the burners, and walked away while the rest of us argued over who’s to blame for the smoke. Trump’s bet was loud and repeated that we were all small, that we were tribal, that we all would happily carve each other up into bite-sized resentments. But here’s the truth…Americans, for all our flaws, are a lot harder to reduce than that. We’re mutts, improvisers, stubborn bastards who, when it counts, tend to figure it out…sometimes late, sometimes messy, but rarely as dumb as Donald Trump thinks we are.
Two hundred and fifty years in, this whole experiment is still a high-wire act with no net, held together by people who don’t always like each other but understand, deep down, that the alternative is worse. Democracy isn’t a birthright you tuck in a drawer. American democracy is a job, the kind that ruins your shirt and keeps you up at night. Liberty costs something, it always has, and it always will, and every generation gets handed the tab whether they asked for it or not. So here we are, inheriting the mess and the miracle at the same time, tasked with carrying it forward for people we’ll never meet. Happy 250th, America. We are better, we are stronger, we are more resilient than Donald Trump will EVER give us credit for being.
Marat, this is brilliant: " American democracy is a job, the kind that ruins your shirt and keeps you up at night." Happy 250th to us!
So very well said, Marat - thank you!
Well said! Thank you for sharing.
well said!
Thank you Marat, for expressing so concisely those truths - well done! Something tells me that you're no newcomer to this... 😊
Thank you!! Beautifully expressed...you definitely could write a great book about this America!!!
Correct!!🇺🇸♥️🙏🏻
Very well said! Thank you!
My heart beats with this!!!!!
This we can celebrate: our
diversity and the things that bring us together!
As with Hitler's Olympic debacle, the World Cup is showing how rediculous the tRump/Stephen Miller regime's bigotry is. While tRump ridicules DEI, the World Cup shows that it is what makes nations strong.
I love that the "minnow" countries are making a good show, sending off perennial favorites, demonstrating the importance of ambition and commitment, regardless of background - a complete rejection of Trumpism. I love that it's happening in our world, and that nations as different as Canada, USA, and Mexico are showing our moxie.
We are going to prosper despite the Trump administration. We are the melting pot of goodness.
If only Trump were our only problem. It’s the network of oligarchs and billionaires who allow him to suckle in exchange for doing their bidding.That will allow greed of ALL the world’s riches to topple democracy. They have no love or allegiance to anything or anyone but self. Then they will feast on each other.
Exactly -- we need to maintain focus on how we got here -- why we made it this far, and how taking our eye off the ball can be our demise.
1. Let them feast on each other…
2. Our Democracy WILL PREVAIL!
🇺🇸♥️🙏🏻🕊️🙏🏻🇺🇸
This is not a new thought but the World Cup is a great example that "there is more that unites than divides." If only we had leadership that focused on that life would be so much better. The World Cup also shows the joy in celebrating different cultures and peoples.
I'm so glad to hear these tidings! We're awakening to our potential and to the cumbersome threats posed by getting soft on bullying by sociopaths. Freedom starts in the gut.
Yes! Now, if only it would celebrate different genders…
We will...it's just a matter of "growing" up. All people count!!
In Canada I've watched every World Cup game, some only parts while others I've watched the entire game. I've loved watching the teams and fans from other countries mingling together in joy and laughter but I have to laugh when you have Republicans or mainstream media saying it proves the US is not as bad as other countries think it is, of course it is but it's the Trump Regime not the people of the US. The way Trump treated the Iranian team and FIFA allowing it was despicable. Also the way they treated other teams and fans who of course were black or brown entering the US was disgusting.
It's the difference between the people and the regime. It's a hopeful sign that people around the world are able to make that distinction. It will take a long time to repair the damage Trump has done.
The(evil)reason is totally tRump & regime as always, and most of us are utterly repulsed by their corrupt, greedy, and immoral intents and actions.
My heart breaks for all you sane Americans living through the Trump Regime shit show, love from Canada.
BTW, ABC has 24 hour coverage (going on now) of our 250th BirthdayCelebration of America! Very well done with great stories around the country and its people and hardly a mention of trump and his cult! Way to go ABC and Disney!
I’m glad to hear that.
It’s unfortunate that Trump and his followers have tried to hijack our country and proclaim patriotism to their dystopian version, but I’m hoping that someday soon we’ll be able to retake what they’ve tried to strip away.
I live on an intercostal - boats go by all day! I am happy to report, since May, I have seen 2 trump flags on these boats! And this is floriduh!
I have given up msm and get my news from the internet but will tune in between the soccer matches to revive my hopes in the people.
Trump has the unique ability to wreck everything he tries to accomplish.
The Reflecting Pool and his State Fair are great symbols for his failing maladministration.
I am an American in Regensburg, Germany, today, where there is a cheerful Pride parade. Hurray for freedom for all.
👏👏👏👏👏
Trump’s relentless pursuit of division is a shame, especially considering the hardships faced by families and individuals struggling to make ends meet. His focus on self-aggrandizement at the expense of public welfare is disheartening.
If he fails to recognize the consequences of his actions, he will likely seek to claim credit for them. Distractions to run from the truth about the Epstein files will hunt him and this administration for life. We need to protect our victims and our children.
The United States will commemorate its 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 2026. This occasion, coinciding with the World Cup, serves as a poignant reminder of the diversity that Trump is eroding.
We are stronger than he is, and I fervently hope that Congress and the Supreme Court will uphold due process and remove him from office. Such a move would be a much-needed gift to the world.
The Supreme Court has no such role, and THIS Congress has relinquished it. Let's see where we are after the midterms.
Supreme Courts role is their decision making. Which in fact affects decisions made by Congress and the rest of all of us. Trump has stacked the cards in his favor and we must work hard to Trump his hand.
The Supreme Court has NO role in the impeachment process. Except for the CJ usually presiding over the Senate trial, they have no input whatsoever.
It is our great good fortune that he arrived at this moment when our instincts are again aroused and motivated. Our complex nation's unum and the World Cup are a shot in the arm for the possibilities of us ordinary folks and a cautionary tale for bullies.
We The People.
Absolutely!! 🇺🇸♥️🙏🏻
You want to know what it means to be an American. Read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Whose ideals are founded on the creation of a more perfect union where all are equal and invited to be a part this work in progress. It means that we have shared values to freedom, but understand that with our freedom comes a responsibility to each other and the common good. Thank you Brian for all that you are doing to fight for our country. Happy 250th 4th of July to everyone.
And read Justice Jackson's concurring opinion in Trump v. Barbara (the birthright citizenship case) for further inspiration. Better yet, listen to Adam Klasfeld read it aloud on his Substack channel at 12:30 pm EDT today!
Absolutely! And let me put in a good word for Lincoln's address at Gettysburg.
WHEN THE HELL are we going to be rid of him? During his first administration, he sent Ivanka to china. China welcomed her by giving her a dozen or so patents, two of which were the patent to every casket shipped to America and the patent to every voting booth shipped to America. The patents have since been revoked, but i'm betting they altered them before they ever got to their locations. Does no one seem to recall that during the last election, there were zero people voting for Kamala Harris in some locations? ( It happened so frequently that it's statistically impossible.) Does no one recall that Elon Musk, in his addlepated, disassociative state, has several times stated he manipulated the code? Just so that we are clear. And on the same page, I'm not insinuating election fraud. I'm flat-out stating that it happened, and that it will happen again, and I don't understand why we aren't more upset.
What's utterly amazing, and my mouth still hangs open. is that he was ever allowed to run after the "TRUMP UNIVERSITY" debacle!!! ( 2011) His ethics...or lack of, should've made the repuglicans ban him from any and all offices. BUT the repuglicans 'thought' they could control him to their ends..As stupid as the felon is he has a way of defeating the idiotic..note those who still adore this criminal. IF and WHEN we get our government back we must find ways to set up an amendment that could, in times of great duress, STOP any person that has so blatantly attack OUR UNITED STATES!! IMMEDIATELY...not two years down the road. If the repuglicans had any moral or ethical powers they would've complied by now. They are no longer the REPUBLICANS that used to exist. PLEASE, al of us...VOTE and fight for our rights!! Thank you!!
My Sincere Hope and Plea, as well. We Must Wake Up From This Horrific and Repeating Nightmare, NOW!!!🤡🎪👹☠️
And the riverboat asino that he ran and tossed babies overboard.. and the cannibalism... how the HELL has or government known about this the ENTIRE time, and some NOTHING? WHO runs the briefings? HOW is information being shared?? I remember politicians so brave, they stood up and read classified documents into the congressional record in order to tell the American people who was governing us. What the HELL is happening and why aren't WE stopping it?
Exactly!!! Thank you!!
Thank you!
I’ve not made any good sense of anything, whatsoever, since tRump slithered into the White House. Not only once, but twice?! As for me, it was not left or right… just SIMPLE HUMAN DECENCY, which tRump’s regime have absolutely Zero of!
My God, what a hellish Twilight Zone we are in now…
I totally remember the incidences you mentioned, and have included them in many of my posts. I am trying to get facts and word out to unsuspecting voters and people. Thanks for posting about it too. We need more people to be aware of what is really taking place by this regime!
Veronica, I totally agree and remember those patents given to Ivanka for voting machines! (WTH?) I believe that not only was the 2016 election rigged by those machines, but the 2020 election with the ADMITTED help of Musk and his Doge bros. I have no hesitation in saying that Trump will do something nefarious AGAIN because he knows if Dems take the majority in BOTH CHAMBERS, he WILL be IMPEACHED, REMOVED and CONVICTED, just as the sign and quietly strong statement and action by active duty US Air Force Major Jason Watson.
I am recommending everyone check your registration, check the dates and times for EARLY IN-PERSON VOTING at your county Board of Elections. Vote early on YOUR SCHEDULE, at YOUR convenience. Avoid the long lines and then VOTE OUT EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN on the ballot! None are working for YOUR best interests. Be sure to get everyone you know to vote. THAT’s how we get rid of him and this entire administration.
The machine parent was awarded after the 2016 election. That election was indeed rigged, but it was cpac and the Kochs throwing money at local people, arranging for the people in the electoral college to cast votes against the wishes of the people. Clinton won the popular vote, remember?
This time, they will have to rig the machines again, and throw away paper ballots. What people need to be doing is taking pics of their ballots and posting them. It's against the law, but so is election fraud. This is how we stop it. We create an evidence trail.
And God bless Americans who have avoided the Trump grift and charade at the Mall.
It will be interesting to see who and how many show up at the State Fair today to hear trump. (assuming it even happens). I'm guessing die hard Maga's, Trump sycophant politicians and perhaps some international tourists. Apparently security will not allow them to carry in their own water. 100 degree temps and they will HAVE to buy wtaer there. Someone should look into if perhaps trump or one of his kids is getting a cut from the water sales :) ? I wouldn't put it past these professional crooks.
Of course they are getting a cut from all sales! They are grifters to the max!
Did you see how many collapsed yesterday?? It was BIGLY...many went to hospitals...
Brian, you give me Hope for our Country!