JD’s comments about Watergate make me question the higher education system in this country. How can anyone with a Yale education rewrite history to score a few points in MAGA world? And no one is talking about the 50-100 year sentences some protestors got in Texas.
You should not be surprised! As a Yale graduate and former professor, for all the good that comes out of there, the white patriarchy is alive and well. And Vance took advantage of that and manipulated entrance because of his “hillbilly” roots. Read his book and imagine the impact on his development. He had to literally learn how to survive in a system that kept his people disadvantaged and “crazy”/ angry. He doesn’t plan to go back to that and he is both distancing himself from his people and shoring up the system that aims to make many more Americans victim to it. Despicable!
Vance was deliberately minimizing the crimes of Nixon, because Trump is so very clearly MUCH worse. This was not about helping Nixon (RIP), it was about helping Trump. The giveaway was "Said if Watergate happened today it’d be a 12-hour news story."
That is a condemnation of our media and of Trump.
The news story should become "Today, Trump added three crimes each to four of his categories of most common crimes and one to miscellaneous. Two to the medical category which remember includes both physical and mental, and fourteen overt lies. So his current totals are... Showing in summary how incredibly unfit for office he is." And every day it is the same, with only the date changing as the numbers grow... THAT is how you avoid getting sucked into every new scandal, crime, bribe, lie... while at the same time not letting any get forgotten, or just numbing us to the ongoing crisis that is Trump.
I agree, Mike. I remember Nixon...I'm pretty old. He should have gone to prison. Oh, he was disgraced for a while, but then he was treated as a wise elder. Now we have a whole admin full of active criminals who are violating oaths of office and robbing the country, and taxpayers, blind. We have a Supreme Court that seems to have never read the Constitution! Most of Congress is not standing up for the people or our country. Once "we" win the elections, the REAL work has to begin and get done. No "just moving on" allowed. There's too much damage to be repaired...for the next generations!
Totally agree...just heard an interview with Buttigieg with the late Jesse Jackson and he was saying exactly what your saying...a total overhaul of our system of government...I would like to see a de-politicization of all government agencies...people should be hired for competency not the politics of the day..
We will definitely need to stay strong after we get control back. The U.S. did not get in this spot overnight, it will take us a long time to repair & heal. Both nationally & internationally.
Mahalo for your insights for the truth! And I am inspired to follow your suggestions- stay focused stay positive STAY PISSED OFF( at this point in our history PISSED OFF IS POSITIVE!)
You are so right. The answer begins with congress peeople ike Jamie Rakin. He talks about the process of rebuilding our democracy. and making the guilty pay for their crimes. So, yes, do not forget. The harm these people are doing needs to be called out and punished by legal means. And, also making these perpetrators pay by legal means. Fight on..
We continue to speak up and speak out. This latest fiasco from our Supreme Court injustices is outing the rampant racism and bigotry alive and thriving in - yes - "blue" Massachusetts. All those who claim to have come here "legally", ie, with the right skin color.....
You are 100% right Mike, there has to be accountability for all the corruption that has happened under the Trump Regime, people need to be put on trial and jailed if found guilty and definitely none of the Garland slow walking, it has to do been immediately.
I appreciate this article. We don't need to sleepwalk back into easy compliance because something much worse could come after Trump. With Trump, he plays in plain sight with his corruption, and we need to be diligent in this next election, so that we fight what's coming next.
“ We don’t need restoration. We need radical change.”
The radical change we need the most is to toss the constitution. It hasn’t served us in 50 years, and is never going to.
Trump Junior is everything that the Republicans accused Hunter Biden of being, but never was. The corruption in this administration is off the charts, making Harding and grant look like choir boys.
The Supreme Court has basically decided there can be no restrictions on guns. Dead kids are the result. They just decided (essentially) that even private organizations cannot forbid guns.
The Texas Supreme Court decided that discrimination on the basis of religious belief is just fine as long as it’s Christians that are discriminating against gay people. A Justice of the peace is permitted to discriminate and not marry gay people because of her sincere religious beliefs. Your freedom of religion stops at my life. I’m absolutely in agreement that as a minister, you don’t have to marry anybody you don’t want to. But justice of the peace is a civil servant.
The Supreme Court has stated that Trump is above the law. I was taught that no one is above the law. That needs to be written down.
Police have arrested a protester at the reflecting pool for using obscene language. That’s a direct conflict with the first amendment.
We are involved in yet another war in the Middle East without a declaration of war from Congress. The last time Congress declared war was December 8, 1941. What’s the point of a declaration of war if it isn’t necessary??
Freedom of religion must also mean freedom from religion or it means nothing.
The right to privacy is inherent in the fourth amendment. But it needs to be explicit in whatever constitution comes.
The reactionary four on the Supreme Court lied to Congress, and Congress doesn’t care.
I could go on and on with this list. But you’re absolutely right, Mike. We cannot return to business as usual
If you would like to be specific and actually make a point, I’ll be happy to answer it. So I will repeat my second sentence: the constitution has not served us for 50 years, and is not going to.
At the fire department responsible for putting out the fire, the fire chiefs (Schumer and Jefferies) are completely incompetent and were not replaced in 2024 after allowing the fire to spread via election loss, and are currently fighting efforts to put the fire out because they think a little bit of fire benefits them. Burn the democratic party to the ground.
I agree!!! MUST get rid of Schumer Jeffries and Booker!!! Make changes. If can’t make changes, create a new party. Vital to get many, many, many sitting politicians OUT. I hope the youth save our country. But here is a real opportunity. Looking for an answer to what is your role?? Young men and women together building a country!! Can b a pretty great and vital job
JD’s comments about Watergate make me question the higher education system in this country. How can anyone with a Yale education rewrite history to score a few points in MAGA world? And no one is talking about the 50-100 year sentences some protestors got in Texas.
You should not be surprised! As a Yale graduate and former professor, for all the good that comes out of there, the white patriarchy is alive and well. And Vance took advantage of that and manipulated entrance because of his “hillbilly” roots. Read his book and imagine the impact on his development. He had to literally learn how to survive in a system that kept his people disadvantaged and “crazy”/ angry. He doesn’t plan to go back to that and he is both distancing himself from his people and shoring up the system that aims to make many more Americans victim to it. Despicable!
Vance was deliberately minimizing the crimes of Nixon, because Trump is so very clearly MUCH worse. This was not about helping Nixon (RIP), it was about helping Trump. The giveaway was "Said if Watergate happened today it’d be a 12-hour news story."
That is a condemnation of our media and of Trump.
The news story should become "Today, Trump added three crimes each to four of his categories of most common crimes and one to miscellaneous. Two to the medical category which remember includes both physical and mental, and fourteen overt lies. So his current totals are... Showing in summary how incredibly unfit for office he is." And every day it is the same, with only the date changing as the numbers grow... THAT is how you avoid getting sucked into every new scandal, crime, bribe, lie... while at the same time not letting any get forgotten, or just numbing us to the ongoing crisis that is Trump.
Excellent, Mike! I agree with every single word and I'm here for it!
I agree, Mike. I remember Nixon...I'm pretty old. He should have gone to prison. Oh, he was disgraced for a while, but then he was treated as a wise elder. Now we have a whole admin full of active criminals who are violating oaths of office and robbing the country, and taxpayers, blind. We have a Supreme Court that seems to have never read the Constitution! Most of Congress is not standing up for the people or our country. Once "we" win the elections, the REAL work has to begin and get done. No "just moving on" allowed. There's too much damage to be repaired...for the next generations!
Totally agree...just heard an interview with Buttigieg with the late Jesse Jackson and he was saying exactly what your saying...a total overhaul of our system of government...I would like to see a de-politicization of all government agencies...people should be hired for competency not the politics of the day..
We will definitely need to stay strong after we get control back. The U.S. did not get in this spot overnight, it will take us a long time to repair & heal. Both nationally & internationally.
Mahalo for your insights for the truth! And I am inspired to follow your suggestions- stay focused stay positive STAY PISSED OFF( at this point in our history PISSED OFF IS POSITIVE!)
You are so right. The answer begins with congress peeople ike Jamie Rakin. He talks about the process of rebuilding our democracy. and making the guilty pay for their crimes. So, yes, do not forget. The harm these people are doing needs to be called out and punished by legal means. And, also making these perpetrators pay by legal means. Fight on..
Mike, you are spot on!
We continue to speak up and speak out. This latest fiasco from our Supreme Court injustices is outing the rampant racism and bigotry alive and thriving in - yes - "blue" Massachusetts. All those who claim to have come here "legally", ie, with the right skin color.....
You are 100% right Mike, there has to be accountability for all the corruption that has happened under the Trump Regime, people need to be put on trial and jailed if found guilty and definitely none of the Garland slow walking, it has to do been immediately.
I appreciate this article. We don't need to sleepwalk back into easy compliance because something much worse could come after Trump. With Trump, he plays in plain sight with his corruption, and we need to be diligent in this next election, so that we fight what's coming next.
Bravo!
Do we need to restrict the pardon power? (As well as adding real penalties for taking emoluments, etc.)
THANK YOU FOR THIS! Once again, Mike, you say out loud what I am thinking!
“ We don’t need restoration. We need radical change.”
The radical change we need the most is to toss the constitution. It hasn’t served us in 50 years, and is never going to.
Trump Junior is everything that the Republicans accused Hunter Biden of being, but never was. The corruption in this administration is off the charts, making Harding and grant look like choir boys.
The Supreme Court has basically decided there can be no restrictions on guns. Dead kids are the result. They just decided (essentially) that even private organizations cannot forbid guns.
The Texas Supreme Court decided that discrimination on the basis of religious belief is just fine as long as it’s Christians that are discriminating against gay people. A Justice of the peace is permitted to discriminate and not marry gay people because of her sincere religious beliefs. Your freedom of religion stops at my life. I’m absolutely in agreement that as a minister, you don’t have to marry anybody you don’t want to. But justice of the peace is a civil servant.
The Supreme Court has stated that Trump is above the law. I was taught that no one is above the law. That needs to be written down.
Police have arrested a protester at the reflecting pool for using obscene language. That’s a direct conflict with the first amendment.
We are involved in yet another war in the Middle East without a declaration of war from Congress. The last time Congress declared war was December 8, 1941. What’s the point of a declaration of war if it isn’t necessary??
Freedom of religion must also mean freedom from religion or it means nothing.
The right to privacy is inherent in the fourth amendment. But it needs to be explicit in whatever constitution comes.
The reactionary four on the Supreme Court lied to Congress, and Congress doesn’t care.
I could go on and on with this list. But you’re absolutely right, Mike. We cannot return to business as usual
Question: Have you ever been part of an organization that was larger than you and a few close friends?
Your second sentence would have had be ROFLing if my dog hadn't been asleep on my foot.
If you would like to be specific and actually make a point, I’ll be happy to answer it. So I will repeat my second sentence: the constitution has not served us for 50 years, and is not going to.
The problem is not JUST the obvious wildfire.
At the fire department responsible for putting out the fire, the fire chiefs (Schumer and Jefferies) are completely incompetent and were not replaced in 2024 after allowing the fire to spread via election loss, and are currently fighting efforts to put the fire out because they think a little bit of fire benefits them. Burn the democratic party to the ground.
I agree!!! MUST get rid of Schumer Jeffries and Booker!!! Make changes. If can’t make changes, create a new party. Vital to get many, many, many sitting politicians OUT. I hope the youth save our country. But here is a real opportunity. Looking for an answer to what is your role?? Young men and women together building a country!! Can b a pretty great and vital job