Mike, how can you get on the Bill Maher show. You too, would love each other. Call him. You need to be out there even more. You speak truth to power in a way that is very motivating and not hate-filled. We can't give in to hate.
Odd side of Prop 50. I've lived in a dark blue neighbourhood for 40 years. When it passes later today, I'll suddenly be in a Congressional District that is a sideways horseshoe going along the Pacific coast heading north across the Santa Monica Mountains through the west San Fernando Valley (where I live) and then west again into the Simi Valley. That makes it less blue, but still safe blue. Simi is scarlet red, where the nasty cops from Rodney King lived. Happy to see justice at last!
If voters are voting Obama, Obama, Trump, they are basically clueless. Cluelessness is an epidemic among American voters. The idea that voters chose Trump because of inflation is mindnumbing. What it tells me is that they are completely ignorant about economics and it isn't possible to vote responsibly based on economics if you don't understand even basic issues. There was plenty of information available* that could have easily explained the situation and it would have made a vote for Trump even stupider than it was. Europe had about the same level of inflation as the US, which would argue that the Biden administration was not the real cause of inflation here and a vote for a criminal who lies about everything and is obviously incompetent and didn't (and doesn't) care about inflation or the people suffering from it. Voting for Trump to deal with inflation and affordability was pure stupidity. I read a quote from an Israeli who was referring to the situation in Israel. "Some are guilty; all are responsible." In this country that means, to me, that I am not guilty of the crimes Trump is committing, but I share responsibility. The 77 million who voted for Trump are guilty. And in a transition to the next paragraph, that includes your father.
Mike, please don't bring you Dad on again. You love your Dad, but there is no excuse for his voting record. It is un-American and displays a heavy burden of profound, inexcusable ignorance. I watched one of your programs with your father and I was not at all impressed in a positive way about anything he said. One feeling I got was that you were hoping that strangers would say things about your father that you are afraid to say. (That may be wrong, but I felt that.) If your father were my father, I would love him, but not really respect him. I'm not trying to offend you, but this country today needs honesty and frankness.
Mike, I really like you as a person, but I'm not with you politically. Not entirely, anyway. I think you are still too much "yesterday." That includes levels of traditionalism and moderate centrism that simply won't address the increasingly dangerous problems we face. On the major issues that confront us, there is no moderate or bipartisan solution possible. On a general and basic level, for example, what is the bipartisan compromise between fascism and democracy? On climate change, do we pretend that human beings are just sorta responsible or that continuing to burn fossil fuels and rejecting renewables or having an inadequate balance between them will save the day.
*Among the sources available for those who desperately need greater economics understanding, Paul Krugman is a great source. He has paid and free subscriptions, but I think that the difference is primarily time. For paid subscribers, everything is available when it is published, but the content that is held back then, eventually becomes available to everyone. I'm not positive that is the case, but he once explained that some of his most in-depth content would eventually be available to everyone -- and the time lag was not that great.
There are other excellent economics Substacks, as well as those on the SCOTUS (and courts, in general) and some very good ones, like All Rise, that try to keep people up-to-date on some of the critical on-going trials.
However, in my opinion, Substacks have one huge problem that gets divided into two parts. The first, which can't be fixed, is time. People are busy and there is only so much time in the day, week, month, and year. The people who need the information the most may often be the people who have the least time. That may be because they work more than one job, or have families that are too large to offer them much free time at all.
That group also flows over into the other serious problem of Substacks -- money. Affordability is the current "most important issue to Americans," but just as with streaming services, costs built up quickly. Expecting someone to pay for a Substack they will have difficulty finding enough time to watch, listen to, or read is unrealistic. So, it is good that free subscriptions exist, but what that does is point out the divide between the haves and have nots. I'd guess that the people who most need the benefit of the quality information Substacks can offer are often the people with the least money to pay for them. A huge issue in the US today is the splitting of the country into more extreme levels of have and have not. The Substack model mirrors that. Not for every Substack, where some are free to everyone and ask for those who can afford it, to be paid subscribers. That seems like a reasonable Democratic model. Giving the best content and the opportunity to comment only to paid subscribers feels a lot more like a Republican friendly plan. I have recommended your Substack to others, with a caveat or two, and compliment you for making everything free.
Streaming services offer discount bundles and I've been recommending that for some time now. Take Paul Krugman's Substack. Krugman is a very smart fellow with a tremendous amount of knowledge to offer. His initial advantage was that he didn't really have to build a following. It was already there from, among other things, years of writing for the NY Times. It turns out that he is making a lot of money from his Substack and I think I read that he's donating some amount of his earnings, which is good since he undoubtedly doesn't need all that money. It does, however, exclude him from ever being a broligarch.
What would make sense to me would be to have bundles where a person could sign up a a paid subscriber to, say two Substacks, and then be able to have paid status with a third with the money from the two paid being split three ways. What I would expect to happen, if that were implemented would be for the paid subscriber fee to be immediately increased so there either would be no saving at all or less than what I'm proposing.
Keep up the good work, Mike. I like your energy, but wish you were more progressive.
Remember, that A-Hole at United also has first-amendment rights. It's so repugnant to me that those in the oligarchy (big company owners or CEOS) are pro-Trump. It's all about the $$$, isn't it? Ambition and Power are Trumping Compassion. Not what we want is it? We need to fight for those who have less, usually because of no fault of their own.
I think Kamala could have easily won but 1) our messaging is terrible 2) I think she underestimated just how pissed people were about the affordability issue--and seemed to completely dismiss the concerns about young men 3) she should have been very, very visible--to all media--including Joe Rogan and 4) I don't know if this was Biden's influence (I suspect it was) but she just didn't seem to separate herself from some of the things that made him so unpopular. She seemed to want to protect him--and HE should have said to her "do what you need to do" Any BTW, I don't think Mikie Sherill separated herself emough from Murphy, a very unpopular governor. If it turns out she loses--the party needs to think hard about this.
Thank you, Mike and Katie, I'm a bit "on edge" today and hope that later I have no reason to feel angry or disappointed. At least I've heard no reports of disturbances. That doesn't mean Trump won't react with his usual revenge and retribution if Democrats prevail.
I still believe Harris did win and I'm disgusted that election interference investigations stopped, especially in Pennsylvania, where Musk was very active, there was (is) good evidence, and plenty of petition signatures for a re-count of paper ballots that were ignored.
I’m also a ball of stress. It’s a referendum on Trump, but also on us. I do think Zohran will win, and that will be a huge national story—and there’ll be the debate on what the Democratic Party will look like going forward.
Do I have concerns about Mamdani? Of course I have a few—but any thinking person would have have concerns about ANY candidate! And he shows he’s really been listening and responding. And his messaging is right on point.
I’m sure Spanberger will win—but Trump has disappeared from this race, because he’s still pissed at Earl-Sears iwho has been critical of him. And I’m nervous about the Virgina AG race.
BUT I’m especially nervous about New Jersey. But I just want to know—how the hell can Ciaterelli be talking about affordability and still be 100% MAGA?
I hate to say it, but there is little hope for Democrats and Independents when folks like these, who have the best intentions, totally miss the fact that Democrats need to go back to their original base, working class and union workers. Their abandonment of working people and perceived attacks on white males drove voters away. The Clintons decided that the party could get money from Wall Street and votes from minorities and didn't need working class people or unions any more. How did that work out. Now we have Chuck Shumer running the playbook on the shutdown. You know, Chuck Shumer who said in 2016, "For every blue collar worker we lose in Western PA, we will pick up votes from moderate Republicans in Wisconson, Michigan and Ohio." How did that work out? The Dems should have loudly protested the OBBB and then let the Repubs pass it. Let them hurt their base, maybe that would wake them up to the Truth of Trump.
Seattle. Krasnov is busy putting ICE at today’s polling stations to try suppress the vote. This is just practice for 26 and 28. BTW Stop demanding an apology from those that were sucked in. The apologizing needs to come from those in the media that mal informed our people.
The Dems need to pick a presidential candidate who has broad appeal, good energy, and great communication skills. Three people immediately come to mind: Gavin Newsom, Wes Moore, and Josh Shapiro.
Love you two guys together! Very inspiring. I've found a way to be somewhat detached from politics. I care and I vote, but I refuse to be crazy. What happens, happens.
Mike, how can you get on the Bill Maher show. You too, would love each other. Call him. You need to be out there even more. You speak truth to power in a way that is very motivating and not hate-filled. We can't give in to hate.
Harris should have one. I voted for her. This country would be in a much better place now.
Odd side of Prop 50. I've lived in a dark blue neighbourhood for 40 years. When it passes later today, I'll suddenly be in a Congressional District that is a sideways horseshoe going along the Pacific coast heading north across the Santa Monica Mountains through the west San Fernando Valley (where I live) and then west again into the Simi Valley. That makes it less blue, but still safe blue. Simi is scarlet red, where the nasty cops from Rodney King lived. Happy to see justice at last!
If voters are voting Obama, Obama, Trump, they are basically clueless. Cluelessness is an epidemic among American voters. The idea that voters chose Trump because of inflation is mindnumbing. What it tells me is that they are completely ignorant about economics and it isn't possible to vote responsibly based on economics if you don't understand even basic issues. There was plenty of information available* that could have easily explained the situation and it would have made a vote for Trump even stupider than it was. Europe had about the same level of inflation as the US, which would argue that the Biden administration was not the real cause of inflation here and a vote for a criminal who lies about everything and is obviously incompetent and didn't (and doesn't) care about inflation or the people suffering from it. Voting for Trump to deal with inflation and affordability was pure stupidity. I read a quote from an Israeli who was referring to the situation in Israel. "Some are guilty; all are responsible." In this country that means, to me, that I am not guilty of the crimes Trump is committing, but I share responsibility. The 77 million who voted for Trump are guilty. And in a transition to the next paragraph, that includes your father.
Mike, please don't bring you Dad on again. You love your Dad, but there is no excuse for his voting record. It is un-American and displays a heavy burden of profound, inexcusable ignorance. I watched one of your programs with your father and I was not at all impressed in a positive way about anything he said. One feeling I got was that you were hoping that strangers would say things about your father that you are afraid to say. (That may be wrong, but I felt that.) If your father were my father, I would love him, but not really respect him. I'm not trying to offend you, but this country today needs honesty and frankness.
Mike, I really like you as a person, but I'm not with you politically. Not entirely, anyway. I think you are still too much "yesterday." That includes levels of traditionalism and moderate centrism that simply won't address the increasingly dangerous problems we face. On the major issues that confront us, there is no moderate or bipartisan solution possible. On a general and basic level, for example, what is the bipartisan compromise between fascism and democracy? On climate change, do we pretend that human beings are just sorta responsible or that continuing to burn fossil fuels and rejecting renewables or having an inadequate balance between them will save the day.
*Among the sources available for those who desperately need greater economics understanding, Paul Krugman is a great source. He has paid and free subscriptions, but I think that the difference is primarily time. For paid subscribers, everything is available when it is published, but the content that is held back then, eventually becomes available to everyone. I'm not positive that is the case, but he once explained that some of his most in-depth content would eventually be available to everyone -- and the time lag was not that great.
There are other excellent economics Substacks, as well as those on the SCOTUS (and courts, in general) and some very good ones, like All Rise, that try to keep people up-to-date on some of the critical on-going trials.
However, in my opinion, Substacks have one huge problem that gets divided into two parts. The first, which can't be fixed, is time. People are busy and there is only so much time in the day, week, month, and year. The people who need the information the most may often be the people who have the least time. That may be because they work more than one job, or have families that are too large to offer them much free time at all.
That group also flows over into the other serious problem of Substacks -- money. Affordability is the current "most important issue to Americans," but just as with streaming services, costs built up quickly. Expecting someone to pay for a Substack they will have difficulty finding enough time to watch, listen to, or read is unrealistic. So, it is good that free subscriptions exist, but what that does is point out the divide between the haves and have nots. I'd guess that the people who most need the benefit of the quality information Substacks can offer are often the people with the least money to pay for them. A huge issue in the US today is the splitting of the country into more extreme levels of have and have not. The Substack model mirrors that. Not for every Substack, where some are free to everyone and ask for those who can afford it, to be paid subscribers. That seems like a reasonable Democratic model. Giving the best content and the opportunity to comment only to paid subscribers feels a lot more like a Republican friendly plan. I have recommended your Substack to others, with a caveat or two, and compliment you for making everything free.
Streaming services offer discount bundles and I've been recommending that for some time now. Take Paul Krugman's Substack. Krugman is a very smart fellow with a tremendous amount of knowledge to offer. His initial advantage was that he didn't really have to build a following. It was already there from, among other things, years of writing for the NY Times. It turns out that he is making a lot of money from his Substack and I think I read that he's donating some amount of his earnings, which is good since he undoubtedly doesn't need all that money. It does, however, exclude him from ever being a broligarch.
What would make sense to me would be to have bundles where a person could sign up a a paid subscriber to, say two Substacks, and then be able to have paid status with a third with the money from the two paid being split three ways. What I would expect to happen, if that were implemented would be for the paid subscriber fee to be immediately increased so there either would be no saving at all or less than what I'm proposing.
Keep up the good work, Mike. I like your energy, but wish you were more progressive.
Remember, that A-Hole at United also has first-amendment rights. It's so repugnant to me that those in the oligarchy (big company owners or CEOS) are pro-Trump. It's all about the $$$, isn't it? Ambition and Power are Trumping Compassion. Not what we want is it? We need to fight for those who have less, usually because of no fault of their own.
I think Kamala could have easily won but 1) our messaging is terrible 2) I think she underestimated just how pissed people were about the affordability issue--and seemed to completely dismiss the concerns about young men 3) she should have been very, very visible--to all media--including Joe Rogan and 4) I don't know if this was Biden's influence (I suspect it was) but she just didn't seem to separate herself from some of the things that made him so unpopular. She seemed to want to protect him--and HE should have said to her "do what you need to do" Any BTW, I don't think Mikie Sherill separated herself emough from Murphy, a very unpopular governor. If it turns out she loses--the party needs to think hard about this.
Thank you, Mike and Katie, I'm a bit "on edge" today and hope that later I have no reason to feel angry or disappointed. At least I've heard no reports of disturbances. That doesn't mean Trump won't react with his usual revenge and retribution if Democrats prevail.
I still believe Harris did win and I'm disgusted that election interference investigations stopped, especially in Pennsylvania, where Musk was very active, there was (is) good evidence, and plenty of petition signatures for a re-count of paper ballots that were ignored.
Need to distinguish people from DC and people from Washington DC!
I’m also a ball of stress. It’s a referendum on Trump, but also on us. I do think Zohran will win, and that will be a huge national story—and there’ll be the debate on what the Democratic Party will look like going forward.
Do I have concerns about Mamdani? Of course I have a few—but any thinking person would have have concerns about ANY candidate! And he shows he’s really been listening and responding. And his messaging is right on point.
I’m sure Spanberger will win—but Trump has disappeared from this race, because he’s still pissed at Earl-Sears iwho has been critical of him. And I’m nervous about the Virgina AG race.
BUT I’m especially nervous about New Jersey. But I just want to know—how the hell can Ciaterelli be talking about affordability and still be 100% MAGA?
And of course I’m nervous about Prop 50
I hate to say it, but there is little hope for Democrats and Independents when folks like these, who have the best intentions, totally miss the fact that Democrats need to go back to their original base, working class and union workers. Their abandonment of working people and perceived attacks on white males drove voters away. The Clintons decided that the party could get money from Wall Street and votes from minorities and didn't need working class people or unions any more. How did that work out. Now we have Chuck Shumer running the playbook on the shutdown. You know, Chuck Shumer who said in 2016, "For every blue collar worker we lose in Western PA, we will pick up votes from moderate Republicans in Wisconson, Michigan and Ohio." How did that work out? The Dems should have loudly protested the OBBB and then let the Repubs pass it. Let them hurt their base, maybe that would wake them up to the Truth of Trump.
Seattle. Krasnov is busy putting ICE at today’s polling stations to try suppress the vote. This is just practice for 26 and 28. BTW Stop demanding an apology from those that were sucked in. The apologizing needs to come from those in the media that mal informed our people.
The Dems need to pick a presidential candidate who has broad appeal, good energy, and great communication skills. Three people immediately come to mind: Gavin Newsom, Wes Moore, and Josh Shapiro.
Love you two guys together! Very inspiring. I've found a way to be somewhat detached from politics. I care and I vote, but I refuse to be crazy. What happens, happens.
Please look into and elevate ETA!!! DT and Elon vocalized their intent to F w the election
The statistics show that there is cause to look into the ‘swing state ‘ outcomes
Great interview
Love the Godfather movies!