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Allan Hotlen's avatar

Mary, you are a treasure.

Julie Bannerman's avatar

Plato saw the risks of democracy. One explanation of Plato’s critique: demagogues seeking power and wealth for themselves are masters of manipulation, with the result enough people don’t choose the best leader - they choose the best liar.

We know Trump lies like we breathe - as far back as a 1990 Vanity Fair article, his peers were saying he loves the Big Lie, repeating it until his audience has no other thought in their minds.

The truth dies in Trumpworld, aided by the billionaires and other masters of the Universe (aka the Epstein Class) who find benefit in a cruel, lawless environment for their greed and corruption.

Will the soldiers Trump infused with deceptive propaganda now be more enthusiastic to fight and die for him? Will they find zeal and purpose in the thought “the Dow broke records”?

This is why Mary, her daughter Shanley and others doing the hard work of exposing truth are the most essential voices of patriotism now. When liars and thieves rule with impunity, the people outside their circle cease to matter.

Katy Bolger's avatar

Love me some Plato. But you gotta go further back than 1990 to catch Donald Epstein Twump in his lies. Start with his teenage self dodging the draft because of bone spurs. It's easy to find his entire life riddled with lying.

Dixie Knoebel's avatar

Yes, please don’t stop writing or thinking or sharing. We need you! Happy v-day to you and Marz.

Jay Wilson's avatar

Cadet Bone Spurs has always hated any idea of personal sacrifice and even called those who serve as "losers and suckers" How is this guy not HATED by the military?

Sarah Quinn's avatar

Happy Valentine's Mary. Enjoy some sea air and romps with Marz 🥰. Where to start with all the news? I don't know whether to cry or vomit! How dare he say " I have great loyalty to our police" when he pardoned the Jan 6th traitors who beat up the Capital Police officers and threatened to kill them...let's ask Michael Fanone or Harry Dunn or all the other officers injured or traumatized if they feel that loyalty. 🤬. This administration is a grotesque cabal of incompetant wannabe dictators, corrupt conmen, malicious misogynists, zombie Barbies and brown nosing sycophants. They have to be stopped NOW.

Beverley's avatar

iT'S A BAD THING THAT THERE IS STILL SO MUCH TO WRITE ABOUT BUT IT IS A GOOD THING, A SHINING LIGHT THING, A WONDERFUL THING THAT YOU ARE SO ABLY BRINGING IT ALL TO THE LIGHT AND KEEPING THOSE THAT REALLY CARE, AWARE OF HOW IT IS NOW, HOPEFULLY NOT FOR TOO MUCH LONGER.

Katy Bolger's avatar

Sad, the way the country went so quickly, the government crumbled just like other countries throughout history have crumbled when one person becomes a feared leader and everyone close by gets into step. But we do have Democrats in Congress and the courts (not the SCOTUS, that's gone for a lifetime), we do have more people on the anti-Twump side than they do on maga side and we will go to the polls and win big. It's gonna get rough but we have been waiting for this: it's gonna be Christmas in November.

I know that most of the people in Donald Epstein Twump's military audience are young men, and hence susceptible to the strong man, but these guys grew up on line so unless they are already predisposed to be racists, can they really back the weak failing decrepit old man in front of them spouting his tired tired crap. Even his direct, I love the military, I love you guys, must ring hollow to most ears by now.

Lise Ott's avatar

"We don't want any enrichment (except for me.)

Kelly's avatar

I meant have you been threatened.

Kelly's avatar

Mary have been threatened for sharing the truth?

Ken C's avatar
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The lyrics of Hotel California were prescient in describing the the regressive rot of greed, power, and lust, now culminating with the Epstein class. As people's souls were eating in successive bites, the collective formulations of human values and morals were euthanized by psychopathic overlords living in the shadows.

And now, "Last thing I remember, I was running for the door. Had to find the passage back to the place I was before. "Relax", said the night man, "we are programmed to receive".

You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave."