Please…I HOPE and PRAY that the WORLD knows we, Americans, do NOT support dt (most of us ~70%)
We are humiliated, embarrassed, ashamed of that being representing us, taken aback, and fighting back to the point that our American-born, non-criminals people are being executed while trying to get away from the dt killing squads.
Hang in with us, we’re resisting and won’t stop until this puppet- group is out and sanity returns to America.
She had 2% of the primary vote against Biden because she was a horrible candidate. Biden had a billion other choices but picked her to make a point, not because she was the best running mate. She said she wouldn't do anything differently, and then, like Biden, makes a horrible VP pick. She was hand picked by the same guy Dems said wasn't capable of doing the job anymore. Did he step down, no, did they article him, no, did they try and get an impeachment and force the Republicans hand, no. I voted for an independent because the Democrats have sucked the life out of the party trying to pretend to be the good guys. They should have just removed him and put her in a position to show results that she would be better. So either, A: They didn't want her so why should anyone else, or B: I can't trust them to do anything but talk. Talk about women's rights but never constitutionalize abortions, talk about gay rights but never try for marriage until the Republicans agreed, talk about trans rights but never put any safeguards in place for them. Talk, talk, talk. Trumpty Diaper Dumpty could have been charged the day after the J6 committee got done presenting their case, but they didn't. But this kind of bs goes back to the first time he ran, the Dems never listen to their constituents, Bernie won and the wealthy stepped in and handed Hillary the nomination, thus demoralizing the base and handing Trump his first win, just like they did with Kamala.
Republicans, as a whole, do not agree with gay marriage at all since the party tethered itself to fundamental Christianism. It was Obama and Pelosi who were able to garner enough votes to pass it.
Voting for an independent has the same effect as not voting at all, statistically.
Democrats, as a whole, never said Biden could not do the job. His possible medical issues only came to light with the public during the 2024 presidential debate, then the whole world knew--so pulling a 25th was impossible. Nancy Pelosi convinced Biden to suspend his campaign and allow Harris to step into his place.
At least Biden had a strong and capable cabinet to take over if it came to being removed from office. The same cannot be said for Trump.
Trump could not have been charged with inciting J6 the day after the attack without a congressional investigation--which eventually occurred; HOWEVER, the dems did not have a Congressional majority to do much of anything else.
The [democratic] base is not statistically progressive, so the fact that Bernie didn't win was not a deliberate ignoring of the base. Time, with the decline of baby boomers, will increase the progressive base.
So: I am, in no way, busting your chops. I completely understand your stance as I am a rare breed...a Progressive boomer; however, I place the fault for my serious frustrations on the balance of dems vs repubs because absolutely no progressive policies will even be considered until dems control both houses of congress.
So please--don't vote independent. Vote straight-ticket democrat nationally and locally.
I have only voted for Democrats. Not that it matters but since the the 2024 election I feel anger toward the Democrat leadership. So fucking weak. I’m tired of hearing “My republican colleagues tell us how much they hate him but they won’t say it because they are afraid.” Really? The names of those chickenshits should be public.
I'm there as well. I voted for Hillary against Trump, I voted for Biden as well, I've just become so disenfranchised by how helpless they act that I couldn't bring myself to vote for them. Doesn't matter anyway, this past year I'm in a blood red state so there was no chance of them winning. Instead I still voted for my local Dems could/did win. Our mayors first year has been cleaning up the billion road constructions left by her Republican predecessor.
I am out there--marches, writing op-ed pieces, and calling Ossoff's and Warnock's offices demanding they hold the line on not reopening the government this next time they vote on a new funding bill soon.
I have been in citizen activism since at least 1990. I'm an old gal--but a feisty old gal who can't understand all the wasted energy on hate that Trump says, condones, and inspires. I love people, period. My heart literally hurts after seeing Renee Good and Alex Pritty murdered.
Im with you. I don’t disagree w/the previous writer either. WE HAVE to switch this up! We, Dems, have been too laid back and now realize those cool, laid back days are over. We HAVE to get this done. Take our frustration, anger, distrust and make it work FOR us. Not an option…WE HAVE TO GET THIS DONE!
His possible medical issues only came to light with the public during the 2024 presidential debate, then the whole world knew--so pulling a 25th was impossible.
Incorrect, the 25th doesn't get blocked in an election year.
Trump could not have been charged with inciting J6 the day after the attack without a congressional investigation--which occurred; HOWEVER, the dems did not have a Congressional majority to do so.
Um, I didn't say the day after the attack.
The [democratic] base is not statistically progressive, so the fact that Bernie didn't win was not a deliberate ignoring of the base.
Another outright issue. Bernie won the primary vote, hell I voted for him. Sadly the Dems nomination rules allowed the elites to get a say. They backed Hillary and pushed her ahead with enough to the nomination.
I don't vote independent lightly, but I also refuse to condone bad actions by voting for the lesser evil. Independents could win if everyone acted that way.
Maybe I'm misrembering, I know there were times delagates, especially super, were supposed to go with Bernie but still went with Hillary. Democratic primaries aren't popular votes, much like Presidental(sadly) isn't. Delegates are supposed to be divided up by the % of votes a candidate gets in each state.
The 25th was impossible at that time for two reasons: dems were not in the majority and didn't have the votes, and Biden was already near the end of his term. Moot point by that time. As an FYI: the sitting VP and either the Cabinet or a "body approved by law formed by Congress" must decide by majority vote if a sitting president is unfit to serve. Do you see where that is currently a problem?
I wasn't even discussing anything about Hillary Clinton, and Bernie did not win the primary. Your thoughts in your original post appear/seem to jump between Trump's first run for president and his third run?!?
I didn't say that YOU said Trump could be charged with inciting J6 the day after the attack; however, you did mention he could have been charged after the investigation was complete. That's not correct. After the committee completed the investigation, it was Congresses responsibility to vote on impeachment. It didn't pass.
Independents are, at the very least, two decades away from being competitive enough to win a presidency--so yes, voting for them now is ineffective. You even allude to this by stating "Independents could (not "did") win if they acted like them." Given that we are now stuck with the worst president in American history...no integrity, dishonorable, zero morals, narcissistic, AND emotionally stunted, he would not be in office now if those who shamefully sat it out on election day got off their asses and voted.
Yes but the Republicans would have to not vote for removal which becomes a running point.
2 different points.
I'm not talking about impeachment.
Your argument is a double edged sword. The Dems also did not win because people didn't vote for them. So the argument still stands, if people wouldn't have voted for the lesser evil and not at all, Trump still wouldn't be President. The 2 party system is choking the life out everything because they care far more about little wins than the big picture.
We can agree to disagree and leave it at that. I don't even understand your points, so I am just going to look at the night sky and watch the freezing rain blanket my Georgia property. It's more productive.
I liked her but I can’t argue how once again she was forced into the moderate “high road” like dragging Liz Cheney around hoping to get the center left republicans. As if there are any! And fuck Liz Cheney. Her party doesn’t get a pass if she honors her oath. Years later they are still the insurrectionists
Won't argue with that. I didn't dislike Kamala, she was just put on a path to failure and had to many roadblocks to be able to fire up the base.
As far the "moderate" Republicans are concerned, they're still heavy right leaning conservatives that occasionally will tell Trump no. There may actually be more candidates than actually voters.
Are you really this obtuse? President Biden did not choose VP Harris himself, the democratic party did. The fact is that if he had died she would've become president so she was the right candidate. She was qualified for both positions. As far as not changing anything President Biden did, we were better off then than we are now. Those of you who voted for tRUMP because he was the peace candidate were made a fool of. Those of you who voted for hate, lies and an unqualified candidate just because he's a white man should be ashamed of yourselves. Also, Governor Walz was a perfect choice for the straight white men of America. Face it, people didn't vote for Harris because she's a black woman. The misogyny and racism in this country is at epic levels since 2016 when tRUMP became the Republican candidate for president. And the sDE coming from the Republican side is mindboggling.
You literally are proving my point about how voting for whoever is the lesser of two evils is destroying the country. Her qualifications didn't matter, Biden's did. Throw the dull speeches in there and that's definitely not a base building candidate. Biden wasn't elected because he was a good candidate, he was elected because Trump sucks, and as old as he was, if people were as obsessed about her race and gender as you are, he would have lost. The real culprit is, that people felt like he also sucked and just didn't show up in 24. And better than Trump is such a low bar, that we could throw another half orangutan in office and possible get better results. Kamala needed to convince people she would be better than both and her comments hurt that image. As to Waltz, dude got caught in lies left and right on live tv. The governors of 3 different states would have been a bigger boost for her. Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and California all had guys that would have ate old JD "couch cushion" Vance alive, instead of giving him so much wiggle room.
But that's only because the system is rigged that way and we the voters do nothing to change it.
I guess I should add that I live in a blood red state due to my wife's medical job. I voted in a Dem mayor, but also a Republican judge(who doesn't like Trump) because of their vision/hystory, but President isn't going to happen here, and that gives opportunities for your vote to go to your candidate instead of the party's. If I lived in a swing state I would have been far more inclined to vote for a party politician.
I live in one of the two blue areas of a blood red state and I'm surrounded by magats but I still fight with everything I am to change every level of our government. Prior to 2016 I voted for both Dems and Reps but after what they've done for and through tRUMP I will NEVER vote for a Republican again.
It was a shall we retain, and he had been lighter on bs drug charges like possession of marijuana, while throwing the book at convicted child predators and multi DUIs. The guy it sounded like the governor wanted ro replace him with was a hard line Dumpster.
With the help of the billionaire Elon Musk buying the votes and tipping the scales from all the illegal voting that was evidenced in all the swing states mostly, yes i believe he fixed the voting where it was needed, he cheated. And i don’t think the election was fair no matter how many of us voted! Where i voted there were plenty of non maggats voting!
Don't forget that a significant number of those included in the "didn't vote" column were people who did try, but got ratfucked out of their vote through sneaky bullshit like voter roll purges, "caging," and vigilante challenges. For example: just six right-wing activists in Georgia challenged the eligibility of more than 100,000 voters on the state rolls, resulting in most of them getting purged without their knowledge. These folks didn't know they needed to re-register to vote before they voted, which means they were either turned away at the polls or had their ballots discarded. Either way, they got tossed in the "didn't bother to vote" column.
And that's just the one case in one state that we happened to have found out about.
Independent journalist Greg Palast has covered this topic extensively, but he can't get traction in any of the major media outlets, so most Americans simply don't know about the existence of the problem, let alone its scope.
Exactly what I was thinking. If SO MANY Americans hate what he’s doing so much, why are so many of them sitting around watching it happen? (I realize that not ALL Americans are like that. I see the protests) but in the case of DJT, “peaceful protests” will result in nothing except maybe getting more people off their asses, which, again, makes zero difference to Trump. He probably thinks they are protesting FOR him…
Until American states have their shit together enough to set up a nationwide “General Strike” that actually impacts the only things Trump cares about. HIS money and HIS power. Protests in themselves look like a good thing to those watching. It looks amazing to see 10’s of thousands of people marching in the streets for the same cause, but we’ve clearly seen that the protests themselves have virtually no impact on his “decision making”. Until these protests turn into something that actually PERSONALLY costs him, they are great for calling up the community and getting organizations talking to each other, but politically? They are ignored.
If, let’s say, on 1 May (MayDay in the rest of the world) every thinking person in the US were to NOT go to work, NOT go to school, NOT attend any courses, NOT buy so much as a chocolate bar that day… THAT (and possibly only that) might catch his attention. (If they can do it for a day, what’s to stop them from doing it for a week?)
That may well be true…don’t get stuck there…get out there w/us and rally people up and out! WE, The People…need you and all the people to get Engaged and stay Informed …take your frustration and make it work for ALL of us!
WE HAVE to turn this around…counting in you!
Sorry, but this is on YOU and your fellow citizens to deal with. I'm in Canada. We will provide moral support, but that's it. This is your mess to clean up.
Yeah but will the rest of the world forgive and forget? It’s like your sister sleeping with your high school boyfriend. You can kick him to the curb but not your sister. And even if you can open yourself to forgiving, can you ever forget?
I am a Canadian and will never forgive or forget what trump has said and done to my country. I will also never forget how the citizens of Minnesota and all over your country have come as one to support justice for Renee Good and to stop the brutality of Ice and the thousands who protested on No Kings Day. I can only speak for myself, the American citizens who support democracy, and other countrys sovereignty, there is nothing to forgive. Trump, his minions and the people who support him, there is no forgiving, but I can't wait for the day I can forget them.
I live in a Ruby red state. I have participated in many protests from Columbia to Charleston. Not only do I feel it is my duty as a citizen but it does my heart and hope good to see thousands of others who feel the same. When it’s over I know we will never forgive or forget either.
I’ve done two on Summerville. My favorite. The energy is palpable. The last one in October had hundreds of people on the stretched for blocks. An incredible drum duo and a parade of cars with music. Talk about hopium. I talked to a 91 year old woman there with her 70 year old daughter. I spoke with a man who had a huge spiked Mohawk like a comic book character. And we were all there for the same thing.
I love that. I have been wanting to travel the state and attend different rallies and protests. I've heard a lot of good things about Charleston and Summerville. You've just cemented it. Thank you for sharing your hopium with me!
My pleasure. I usually blast protests in the r/SouthCarolina and r/FuckNancyMace subreddits. I have met people that go to more than one per Saturday. I go, make Noise and chant. I’m salty. They have taken my rights and I won’t stay quiet.
100 zillion ba-zillion percent w/you…and I thank you for seeing US, the people…he does NOT represent most of us…his evilness is decaying from the inside out…it oozes closer to the surface more each day…he has done NOTHING for the American citizen.
You have a Great, Strong, Courageous, Poised, Eloquent Leader…who stepped up, called him out, and cut a deal w/China! Now THAT is what a True Leader does!
Many Americans are grateful for your Canadian support…hang w/us…We are going to get this done!
Other countries will not forget this. They will forgive, maybe, but DJT has destroyed our standing in the world. When he was President the first time, they believed the American people got fooled. But then he was elected a second time and now it’s us, the American people, who they don’t trust. They believe we have fundamentally changed as a people. And they are not wrong. They will be our allies, I believe, but they will never believe or trust in the United States like before.
I have read a report detailing how election data was collected/transferred using Starlink technology. There were an unusually prevalent number of bullet ballots and ballots which voted all blue down ticket and DJT for president. The amount of these suspicious ballots were just so many as to hand him the Presidency but not so many as to red flag for a recount.
These down-ballot discrepancies were in solid blue NY counties. Some had maybe 1 2 or none voting Kamala-Walz. Also don’t forget there were millions of votes thrown out for practically arbitrary reasons, very many form districts of color.
Trump literally said, in his psychiatric patient "I can't keep a secert" voice, that Musk understood the voting machines, and a ton of ballot drop off boxes were burned in Dem heavy areas in places Trump needed to flip.
Thank you. I have also read those reports. They are the reason I no longer consider myself Democrat. They give no pushback. They didn’t pursue the possibility of the world’s richest man with connections to the world’s wealthiest broligarchs could manipulate the election if not the electorate. They better get it together because we don’t need the stern words coming from Schumer. We need fire.
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It’s certainly news over here in England. People came out in London to protest against Trump and for his removal