The Economist magazine sees the grift, corruption and seditious lawlessness Mary describes as a sure ticket to economic decline except for the kleptocrats who can buy influence with Trump and his MAGA operatives.
The current magazine cover features a red MAGA hat turned upside down stuffed with cash, gold, gift boxes and jewelry, with the heading “Anything Goes America”.
Explaining the cover, the editors write: “There is no example of a big, mature, wealthy democracy smiling on public corruption and treating rules as arbitrary. It is surely harder for an economy to thrive when the most important question for a boss is: ‘Do you know the president?’”
When will the alarm bells go off in the halls of complicit, cowardly power where self-interest is short sighted if not deluded? Nothing good can come of this regime. It must be overwhelmed by fierce, unrelenting exposure and opposition.
I wear hearing aids from my years in the construction field of pile driving. I say this to share that when I hear the acronym “MAGA” I subconsciously hear the word “maggot”.
A very gloomy assessment but hard to deny as I leave to stand vigil at Oregon’s lone Republican C Bentz’s office on a foggy cool morning! There is still hope in the citizenry!
Thank you Mary..Reading this after getting the WV news this morning completes my expectations of the same ol shit different day and the continued march to destruction by autocracy full blown. Our Biden broadband money will be revamped half only going to the actual designated places and the other half to be…yea you guessed it..to be reveal “ in a couple of weeks” or maybe next year.
But Mary’s got the devil in the details (as does my own insider info for WV) telling us …again…. how revamp-ires continue to work their ponies selling ‘the revised edition’ and what we really need focused on…look over here …🤥😏 wackadoddle.
It’s so much obfuscation otherwise termed as lawbreaking - I am gobsmacked , sadly adding…not surprised . I’m thinking dismemberment… ‘move over Khashoggi’ as America is obviously the next ‘victim’.
Is this what you voted for…it ain’t just harassment anymore folks more like a coup , ya think?
What is it about the word “socialism” that never ceases to arouse fear in conservative circles? The word is deployed because it works so well as a weapon against social programs we need and want.
Without Social Security and Medicare,
for which we pay into during our working lives, many of us would be in dire straits.
Could someone explain why Jared Kushner is involved in high stakes negotiations on behalf of our country in world affairs? He is not an elected official, nor is he a member of the State Department, nor a student of international affairs. He is Donald Trump’s son in law. While our country was under siege in January 6, 2021, he was in Saudi Arabia wrapping up a sweet $2 billion deal for his own company.
and he failed a security clearance in 2017, at the beginning of the first Trump administration, because his ties with Russia and Saudi Arabia made him insecure. But of course daddy-in-law overrode that clearance and let him into the rooms with the secrets...
In the voice of Ty Cobb, you write "[Trump] is a structural failure the Constitution was never meant to handle." A casual reading of the founders' writings shows that they absolutely anticipated the rise of men like Trump. From history, they were all-too-familiar with demagogues and wrote at length about the dangers demagogues represent and how to protect against the rise of corrupt, lawless authoritarians. The Constitution absolutely provides a remedy for the abuses of Presidents like Trump: impeachment and removal. As grounds for Impeachment and Removal, the founders list treason (defined as "[waging] war against the United States, adhering to their enemies, or giving them aid and comfort"), bribery, and high crimes & misdemeanors--all violations which Trump & his lickspittle loyalists commit in plain sight. What the founders failed to anticipate was a Congress in thrall to that demagogue, loyal to party above country and donors above the residents of the districts and states which elected them.
This could be the most frightening column you have written. Wake up, America!!!
The Economist magazine sees the grift, corruption and seditious lawlessness Mary describes as a sure ticket to economic decline except for the kleptocrats who can buy influence with Trump and his MAGA operatives.
The current magazine cover features a red MAGA hat turned upside down stuffed with cash, gold, gift boxes and jewelry, with the heading “Anything Goes America”.
Explaining the cover, the editors write: “There is no example of a big, mature, wealthy democracy smiling on public corruption and treating rules as arbitrary. It is surely harder for an economy to thrive when the most important question for a boss is: ‘Do you know the president?’”
When will the alarm bells go off in the halls of complicit, cowardly power where self-interest is short sighted if not deluded? Nothing good can come of this regime. It must be overwhelmed by fierce, unrelenting exposure and opposition.
I’ll have another cup of coffee!
I wear hearing aids from my years in the construction field of pile driving. I say this to share that when I hear the acronym “MAGA” I subconsciously hear the word “maggot”.
A very gloomy assessment but hard to deny as I leave to stand vigil at Oregon’s lone Republican C Bentz’s office on a foggy cool morning! There is still hope in the citizenry!
Thank you Mary..Reading this after getting the WV news this morning completes my expectations of the same ol shit different day and the continued march to destruction by autocracy full blown. Our Biden broadband money will be revamped half only going to the actual designated places and the other half to be…yea you guessed it..to be reveal “ in a couple of weeks” or maybe next year.
But Mary’s got the devil in the details (as does my own insider info for WV) telling us …again…. how revamp-ires continue to work their ponies selling ‘the revised edition’ and what we really need focused on…look over here …🤥😏 wackadoddle.
It’s so much obfuscation otherwise termed as lawbreaking - I am gobsmacked , sadly adding…not surprised . I’m thinking dismemberment… ‘move over Khashoggi’ as America is obviously the next ‘victim’.
Is this what you voted for…it ain’t just harassment anymore folks more like a coup , ya think?
Hello!
Wake up
Smell the smoke
Double down works for us too. Let’s get ‘er done!
MAGA , you’re toast……
What is it about the word “socialism” that never ceases to arouse fear in conservative circles? The word is deployed because it works so well as a weapon against social programs we need and want.
Without Social Security and Medicare,
for which we pay into during our working lives, many of us would be in dire straits.
Could someone explain why Jared Kushner is involved in high stakes negotiations on behalf of our country in world affairs? He is not an elected official, nor is he a member of the State Department, nor a student of international affairs. He is Donald Trump’s son in law. While our country was under siege in January 6, 2021, he was in Saudi Arabia wrapping up a sweet $2 billion deal for his own company.
and he failed a security clearance in 2017, at the beginning of the first Trump administration, because his ties with Russia and Saudi Arabia made him insecure. But of course daddy-in-law overrode that clearance and let him into the rooms with the secrets...
Replying to myself (is this permissible?) I think I answered my own question about Jared….
I forgot about this
In the voice of Ty Cobb, you write "[Trump] is a structural failure the Constitution was never meant to handle." A casual reading of the founders' writings shows that they absolutely anticipated the rise of men like Trump. From history, they were all-too-familiar with demagogues and wrote at length about the dangers demagogues represent and how to protect against the rise of corrupt, lawless authoritarians. The Constitution absolutely provides a remedy for the abuses of Presidents like Trump: impeachment and removal. As grounds for Impeachment and Removal, the founders list treason (defined as "[waging] war against the United States, adhering to their enemies, or giving them aid and comfort"), bribery, and high crimes & misdemeanors--all violations which Trump & his lickspittle loyalists commit in plain sight. What the founders failed to anticipate was a Congress in thrall to that demagogue, loyal to party above country and donors above the residents of the districts and states which elected them.
Faith, mustard seed something like that.
Trump is “the best” evil and corrupt president the US has ever had! His loyalists are right up there with him.