I am from the Chicago area originally and I know everywhere they are going. It breaks my heart to see the City of Chicago invaded by our own armed agents. I am afraid for the entire Country.
Must citizens continue to pay taxes when so many federal employees are furloughed --working without pay--and DJT and friends are millionaires and billionaires? Are they still getting paid? Why aren't they furloughed? or fired? or impeached?
Well, considering that DJT or Donald j Trump does not take a salary now and did not take a salary during his first term, I am not sure what you are so worried about; Oh, I guess DJT does TRIGGER the deranged quite a bit even when there are no ACTUAL FACTS .
Did it bother you much when the vegetable who was in the WH collecting a salary for doing NOTHING; that is nothing more than allowing criminals from 300 countries enter America unimpeded and shuffling the '"unaccompanied d minors" to the different Marijuana Farms or the prostitution rings established by the same "administration?
Why don't you just STOP paying taxes; IF you working, why not just tell your employer to stop deducting taxes from you salary?
Joe, I've appreciated your clear commentary for years now. Welcome to the Democratic party. But... please stop saying "the Democrats." You're one of us, "the Democrats," now. Include your voice in our common efforts. Please say, "we" or "us." We need your powerful voice. Not just for its content, but also as an example to others in our tent. Again, welcome. We're glad to have you.
Fight on something more principled, like authority to impose tariffs, deportation w/o hearings, charging for H1B visa instead of increasing their number.
@Mike - with so many Democratic representatives, why can’t we DIVIDE AND CONQUER? Why can’t we flood the zone back? Why can’t democrats hold the MAGA Mike accountable with the Budget BUT ALSO get out there and show what happened in Chicago? I honestly don’t believe that the country knows what happened! Where did I learn about Chicago? TikTok. What’s the danger in relying on that? The algorithms that are only sending that to the people that already know about it. We need MANY more to see this stuff! Substack is also a space for like minded people to go. But lord, we need this stuff out there! We need to expose this crap!!! It’s out of control that Main Stream isn’t showing this stuff! We need democrats (including the high powered donors) getting in front of this and getting it exposed! We can’t pick one topic, it needs to be a divide and conquer situation!
Also, please let’s stop talking like there will be a free election! The more broad that ICE is allowed to operate outside of the confines of the Constitution, the more likely we will NOT have an election because they will have Blackhawks and Troops hovering over voting stations and ICE agents pulling people out of lines just because you “look” like someone we should detain!
And lastly, the PROCESS of immigration has ALWAYS been THE problem. ALWAYS. So tired of people saying “well my family did it the right way”. Holy fuck you self righteous piece of shit! You did it the “right” way based on what the LAWS were at that time. Most of these people that are here ARE doing it the right way! They are following the current laws and you can’t say they’re here illegally when our laws are what’s forcing them to do things the way they are doing them!
I think it's OK for the Congress to stick with the shutdown strategy so long as the state and community level Dems fight the issues on the ground and protect our cities, etc. Also I think POTUS is gradually melting down, e.g. witness the absurd speech to the military leadership a couple of days ago. He is making more and more enemies all over the place and he can't even help himself because he can't keep his mouth shut without s**t coming out.
You are right! People are seeing what ICE is doing! During the Vietnam War, we all saw the many body bags coming home, and that helped that war to end. Seeing helpless people, especially children, being zip-tied and loaded into trucks will have the same effect on real human beings!
The Dem men better grow some huge cajones. I am tired of AOC and Jasmine having bigger balls than all but a handful of their male colleagues. tRumpHole Thinskin and all of his nematode Repuglicons have shown that they are cruel, ruthless fascists; Democrats have to fight nuclear warfare with nuclear weapons instead of their usual milquetoast protests.
Shouldn't we be talking non stop about the military threat to blue states? Why aren't all the headlines in all caps that the US has become a dictatorship? Trump said this week the shutdown was a gift so they could destroy more gov departments and funding. If we don't fix this then all this other stuff will continue and get worse. We need the military to arrest trump and his cabinet and SC justices and a bunch of others and charge them with treason. If we don't do this then we are doomed. I feel like we are not worried enough about this.
I am from the Chicago area originally and I know everywhere they are going. It breaks my heart to see the City of Chicago invaded by our own armed agents. I am afraid for the entire Country.
Must citizens continue to pay taxes when so many federal employees are furloughed --working without pay--and DJT and friends are millionaires and billionaires? Are they still getting paid? Why aren't they furloughed? or fired? or impeached?
Well, considering that DJT or Donald j Trump does not take a salary now and did not take a salary during his first term, I am not sure what you are so worried about; Oh, I guess DJT does TRIGGER the deranged quite a bit even when there are no ACTUAL FACTS .
Did it bother you much when the vegetable who was in the WH collecting a salary for doing NOTHING; that is nothing more than allowing criminals from 300 countries enter America unimpeded and shuffling the '"unaccompanied d minors" to the different Marijuana Farms or the prostitution rings established by the same "administration?
Why don't you just STOP paying taxes; IF you working, why not just tell your employer to stop deducting taxes from you salary?
You need to fact check and turn off FOX.
What's Fox? is it a hunt?
Joe, I've appreciated your clear commentary for years now. Welcome to the Democratic party. But... please stop saying "the Democrats." You're one of us, "the Democrats," now. Include your voice in our common efforts. Please say, "we" or "us." We need your powerful voice. Not just for its content, but also as an example to others in our tent. Again, welcome. We're glad to have you.
What do you want the Leaders to do? We have asked them to stand up and fight. They are fighting. The shut down on Healthcare is the fight to have.
Fight on something more principled, like authority to impose tariffs, deportation w/o hearings, charging for H1B visa instead of increasing their number.
@Mike - with so many Democratic representatives, why can’t we DIVIDE AND CONQUER? Why can’t we flood the zone back? Why can’t democrats hold the MAGA Mike accountable with the Budget BUT ALSO get out there and show what happened in Chicago? I honestly don’t believe that the country knows what happened! Where did I learn about Chicago? TikTok. What’s the danger in relying on that? The algorithms that are only sending that to the people that already know about it. We need MANY more to see this stuff! Substack is also a space for like minded people to go. But lord, we need this stuff out there! We need to expose this crap!!! It’s out of control that Main Stream isn’t showing this stuff! We need democrats (including the high powered donors) getting in front of this and getting it exposed! We can’t pick one topic, it needs to be a divide and conquer situation!
Also, please let’s stop talking like there will be a free election! The more broad that ICE is allowed to operate outside of the confines of the Constitution, the more likely we will NOT have an election because they will have Blackhawks and Troops hovering over voting stations and ICE agents pulling people out of lines just because you “look” like someone we should detain!
And lastly, the PROCESS of immigration has ALWAYS been THE problem. ALWAYS. So tired of people saying “well my family did it the right way”. Holy fuck you self righteous piece of shit! You did it the “right” way based on what the LAWS were at that time. Most of these people that are here ARE doing it the right way! They are following the current laws and you can’t say they’re here illegally when our laws are what’s forcing them to do things the way they are doing them!
The GoP are protecting pedophiles because many of them are guilty!
Sure, but how come they're getting away with it!?
Epstein files!!
Democrats need to fight like never before for this country and people!
I agree DEMS should be everywhere!!
I think it's OK for the Congress to stick with the shutdown strategy so long as the state and community level Dems fight the issues on the ground and protect our cities, etc. Also I think POTUS is gradually melting down, e.g. witness the absurd speech to the military leadership a couple of days ago. He is making more and more enemies all over the place and he can't even help himself because he can't keep his mouth shut without s**t coming out.
You are right! People are seeing what ICE is doing! During the Vietnam War, we all saw the many body bags coming home, and that helped that war to end. Seeing helpless people, especially children, being zip-tied and loaded into trucks will have the same effect on real human beings!
Here from Washington State
The Dem men better grow some huge cajones. I am tired of AOC and Jasmine having bigger balls than all but a handful of their male colleagues. tRumpHole Thinskin and all of his nematode Repuglicons have shown that they are cruel, ruthless fascists; Democrats have to fight nuclear warfare with nuclear weapons instead of their usual milquetoast protests.
Shouldn't we be talking non stop about the military threat to blue states? Why aren't all the headlines in all caps that the US has become a dictatorship? Trump said this week the shutdown was a gift so they could destroy more gov departments and funding. If we don't fix this then all this other stuff will continue and get worse. We need the military to arrest trump and his cabinet and SC justices and a bunch of others and charge them with treason. If we don't do this then we are doomed. I feel like we are not worried enough about this.
I totally agree with you, 100%!! ALL oof them!!!!
You guys are the best. I’m now a fan and will look for your Friday afternoons.
I got an email today saying you followed me and to follow back, it was a scam. I deleted it.
Scams of all kinds are constant! That's something legislators should tackle. It's sneaky stealing.