Showing posts with label Donald Trump. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Donald Trump. Show all posts

Monday, March 18, 2024

The Republican Party: A Puppet On Many Strings

"Republicans have been trending toward Putin fandom for more than a decade but with each passing year the stakes get higher, the propaganda gets more brazen, and what they're willing to support gets more grotesque."

Click on the link below to get the full picture of what is controlling the US Republican Party presently:




Thursday, March 14, 2024

Donald J Trump: The Dullest Knive In The Drawer (BUT - - -)

"But hold on. I ask myself: How could Trump have become president, and now clinch the Republican nomination for the presidency for a third time, if he doesn’t have something in the brain bank? Even if Trump doesn’t read, can’t follow a logical argument, and has the attention span of a fruit fly, I keep believing he must have some intelligence.

"Well, it turns out there’s another form of intelligence, called 'emotional intelligence.'

"Emotional intelligence is a concept developed by two psychologists, John Mayer of the University of New Hampshire and Yale’s Peter Salovey, and popularized by Dan Goleman in his 1996 book of the same name.

"Mayer and Salovey define emotional intelligence as the ability to do two things: 'understand and manage our own emotions,' and 'recognize and influence the emotions of others.'

"True, Trump hasn’t displayed much capacity for the first. He’s thin-skinned, narcissistic, and vindictive. As dozens of Republican foreign policy experts have put it: 'He is unable or unwilling to separate truth from falsehood. He does not encourage conflicting views. He lacks self-control and acts impetuously. He cannot tolerate criticism.'

"Okay, but what about Mayer and Salovey’s second aspect of emotional intelligence — influencing the emotions of others?

"This is where Trump’s brain outperforms the brains of ordinary mortals. He knows how to manipulate people. He has an uncanny ability to discover their emotional vulnerabilities — their fears, anxieties, prejudices, and darkest desires — and use them for his own purposes.

"To put it another way, Trump is an extraordinarily talented conman."

Click on the link below for the full picture of his stupidity:

Seriously, again, how dumb is Trump?

Friday, March 8, 2024

Free Speech: IT IS NOT ABSOLUTE

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

There has been a consistent interpretation of the concept of the First Amendment to the US Constitution since its inclusion in the Bill of Rights as the FIRST of ten amendments: it is not absolute. A traditional phrase to teach this reality is: "You can't yell fire in a crowded theater.". In other words, if it incites harm, it is not constitutional. 

Given the above, it is objectively evidenced that many (? most) statements from every present-day conservative/MAGA Republican are unconstitutional. So, the question is: WHY ARE THEY ALLOWED TO USE MEDIA UNOPPOSED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY?  It is more than time to not only restore the Fairness Doctrine but make it inclusive of ALL media, with the requirement of instant/immediate fact-checking. With the wide knowledge base easily accessed by media today, this is now possible - - - use it!!!

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Disinformation: Destroying Truth And The USA

"Barb McQuade is the former US Attorney from Michigan, and current University of Michigan Law School professor, NBC legal analyst, and CAFE contributor. She joins Preet to discuss her new book, Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America, and how false information has become a serious threat to national security."

Click on the link below for a problem that society MUST address YESTERDAY!!

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Voting Rights Continue To Be Under Attack

"The Department of Justice, created in 1870, was initially formed in part to enforce Reconstruction-era laws aimed at ensuring voting rights for formerly enslaved people. Yet, nearly 150 years later, voting access is still under attack. Eric Holder made history as the first black U.S. Attorney General, serving in the Obama administration. Holder now serves as the chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, which focuses on fighting back against gerrymandering to achieve fair maps. He joins WITHpod to discuss the fight for voting rights, growing redistricting concerns nationwide and how concerned he is about the possibility of former president Donald Trump being reelected."

Click on the link below for the podcast:


Saturday, February 24, 2024

Cults: A Hard Nut To Crack

"A few years ago, I did a video about cults and predicted that we live in conditions that make cults thrive. Today, a few years later, that seems to be the case, with cult activity skyrocketing not just in the US but worldwide. Today we look at what’s causing this problem, and what you can do if a friend or loved one goes a little too far down the rabbit hole."

Click on the links below for some advice against this major problem that notoriously is difficult to attack:



Sunday, February 11, 2024

Social Media, Conspiracy Theories, And Quackery

"Tesla Biohealing, which has no connection to the car company, is part of a growth industry marketing unproven cures and treatments to conspiracy theorists and others who have grown distrustful of science and medicine. Experts who study such claims say they’re on the increase, thanks to the internet, social media and skepticism about traditional health care.

"'There have always been hucksters selling medical cures, but I do feel like it’s accelerating,' said Timothy Caulfield, a health policy and law professor at the University of Alberta who studies medical ethics and fraud. 'There are some forces driving that: obviously the internet and social media, and distrust of traditional medicine, traditional science. Conspiracy theories are creating and feeding this distrust.'

"Blending the high-tech jargon of Western science with the spiritual terminology of traditional and Eastern medicine, these modern salesmen claim their treatments can reverse aging, restore mental acuity or fight COVID-19 better than a vaccine. They promise better health, but what they’re really selling is the idea of insider information, the promise of a secret known only to the wealthy and the powerful.

"So-called medbeds are one of the flashiest, most expensive, and least credible. 'Medbeds are coming,' exclaims a woman in one TikTok video. Similar videos have been seen millions of times on the platform.

"According to believers of the QAnon conspiracy theory, medbeds were developed by the military (in some versions, using alien technology) and are already in use by the world’s richest and most powerful families. Many accounts claim former President Donald Trump, if he wins another term in the White House, will unveil the devices and make them free for all Americans."

Click on the link below for more:

Miracle cures: Online conspiracy theories are creating a new age of unproven medical treatments

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

She Grabbed Him By The Wallet

While the criminal cases against the bastard are dragging their feet, E. Jean Carroll has set the stage for the future. Click on the link below for an interview with Rachel Maddow that goes in-depth on what Carroll has gone through and what she plans to do with the bastard's money:

"He is nothing"

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

A Horror Tale That WILL Be Reality If Trump Wins In 2024

"What happens if Trump takes the presidency? Thom Hartmann writes Trump's campaign promises as a dystopian tale. 

"It was a hell of a year, 2025: the first year of the First Reich (as those formerly called Democrats referred to it) or The New America as the GOP now refers to our nation. One people, one nation, one leader: America, President-for-life Trump tells us, is now 'truly great.' 

"It started with the election of November 2024, when the No Labels candidacy of Larry Hogan and Joe Manchin pulled enough electoral votes away from Biden — who was more than 10 million popular votes ahead of Trump — that none of the three tickets hit the necessary 270 Electoral College votes to win the White House. - - - 

Click on the link below for the rest of the story:

Rise & Fall of the Second Trump Reich - A Cautionary Tale

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

There Is NO Equivalency Between The Two Major US Political Parties

Anyone who watches Rachel Maddow knows her political views. The same can be said about Lis Cheney. There is no better example of polar opposites in political views. However, they agree 100% on ONE important matter: DONALD TRUMP MUST NEVER RETURN AS POTUS!!

Click on the link below for one of the best exposes of the dangers of Trump and his cult to the future of US representative democracy:

He is not the lesser of two evils’: Cheney emphasizes the severity of Trump threat

Friday, November 24, 2023

Ronald Reagan: The Creator Of What The USA Is Politically Today

“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help.” ~ Ronald Reagan 

THE lie that is perpetually embedded in conservatism, with its associated isolationism and individualism.

"Today, we take a look at the life and legacy of President Ronald Reagan, the last transformational U.S. president whose regime we are still living in. Between his neoliberal economics, anti-government ideology, and white supremacist appeal to authoritarians, he did more to shape the last 40 years of the politics of the country and conservative movement than anyone else."

Click on the link below for a better understanding of the present US Republican Party:

Ronald Reagan, It Turns Out, Was Bad

Saturday, November 18, 2023

Politicide: What Is Happening In The USA,The Middle East, And Around The World

"Politicide is the deliberate physical destruction or elimination of a group whose members share the main characteristic of belonging to a political movement. It is a type of political repression and one of the means used to politically cleanse populations, another being forced migration. It may be compared to genocide or ethnic cleansing, both of which involve the killing of people based on their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group rather than their adherence to a particular ideology." (Wikipedia)

Click on the link below for an interview with an expert on this form of discrimination/killing. It is essentially what Trump and the Republicans are doing in the USA and what both factions are doing in the Middle East:

From Trump’s Speech to Israel-Gaza: Jason Stanley on the Politics of Language

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

The Poster Creature For Injustice

"We just got back from the first stop on our fall 2023 WITHpod tour. We’re thrilled to share a recording of our live event at the Texas Tribune Festival with Andrew Weissmann and Mary McCord, co-hosts of the MSNBC podcast, “Prosecuting Donald Trump.” Weissmann and McCord, who are both former federal prosecutors, joined in Austin, TX to discuss former president and criminal defendant Trump’s continually growing legal issues as the country prepares for the presidential election in 2024. They also talk about the key point that up until recently, everything that's ever happened to Trump in the past with regards to the law has happened in the regime of civil law, which charges in their view will be the clearest, whether they think he will be convicted before Election Day in 2024 and so much more."

Click on the link below for details of how Donald Trump has always avoided justice. My main thought on his antics can be summed up with the following: TAKE ONE OF THE FELONIES FOR WHICH HE IS CHARGED AND GET THE JOB DONE NOW TO RID SOCIETY OF THE CANCER!!!


Thursday, September 21, 2023

Trump: The Autocrat

While there are minimal characteristics about Donald J. Trump that qualify as positive, there are so many that are negative and abhorrent. There is one word that comes close to summing up such: Autocrat. 

Click on this link for a web search of "trump autocrat" to see what I mean.

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Also, this link presents the full monty regarding the danger from him.

                                  

Sunday, September 3, 2023

A Sobering Look At What The USA May Lose

 The fact that a creature like Donald Trump and a political party like today's Republicans STILL are viewed by so many voters as legitimate is absolutely appalling. To you folks who still support them, please view this video with an open mind:

Ken Burns on why the Republican Party completely changed

Saturday, August 12, 2023

A Deep-Dive Into Trumpism/Conservatism

"Today we dive deeply into the world of conservatives as described in the new book “Strangers in their own Land” by Arlie Russel Hochschild in an attempt to understand how some non-deplorable people in the country could be supporting Donald Trump."

Click on the link below for a podcast from BEFORE Trump was elected in 2016. Democrats need to listen to this repetitively to fully understand not only the brains of conservatives/Trumpers but also how they have contributed to Trumpism in some ways:

What Drives Trump Conservatives - "Strangers in Their Own Land"

Saturday, July 29, 2023

Another Example Of Republican Inconsistency

Recently, the Republicans have been attacking both Hunter and Joe Biden regarding their supposedly terrible, illegal, and impeachable actions. However, the FACTS surrounding the issues debunk the Republican Claims: 

Why Hunter Biden wasn’t charged with felony tax evasion after years-long probe

Hunter Biden Got Special Treatment — Especially Harsh

Meanwhile, the Republicans, per usual, are notably dismissive of the truly serious new charge against their Leader:

Some Trump defenders respond to a new indictment in the worst way

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Is There A Trump-Putin Collusion

Click on the link below for a frightening collection of evidence supporting decades-long collusion between Donald J. Trump and Vladimir Putin:

How Much Damage Has the Trump-Putin Collusion Inflicted on America?

Friday, March 31, 2023

The Poster Child For Civics Education

With Donald J Trump's indictment yesterday, US society's bifurcation was magnified by the reaction to such throughout our country. Why? What accounts for so many people not understanding the horror of Trump and the Republican Party? 

Growing up, we had mandatory civics education in high school and were encouraged to read newspapers regularly. In fact, we were tested on the news of the day. Because of such, we were aware of a young, wealthy NY real estate developer scamming the city and its residents. That was beginning about 50 years ago!! Thus, there was a general awareness from then on that Trump was a moral low-life.

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