And I fully agree with Patrick's comment, which only emphasizes my point.
But not with those who absolve Rs of responsibility for Trump. I'm not a conservative, but a fierce progressive, especially when I realized where responsibility for the Bibi-Biden genocide lay (plus a lot of Rs, or most?). The tragedy for the Dems lies in that we deserved to lose, and badly, and so gave the election to Trump. But Rs gave us Trump in the first place, and they need to think long and hard about why that was, and how that unfolded over decades.
Yet I love The Bulwark. That should say something about the importance of listening, really listening to the other side, because all of us might learn something important about ourselves and even life itself.
To Bill Krystal, with apologies for my late comment.
I of course agree with you 100 percent, but it really will make a huge difference in HOW
we resist. First, I'd like to apologize for using all-caps in places, but there is no bolding, and there are some really important points I want to emphasize.
First, the Eagles thrashing of Trump's favorite team in front of him was positively laugh-out-loud joyous. But more importantly, it gives all of us another chance to relentlessly laugh and ridicule him for being such a stupid loser, he doesn't realize that his whole coalition is going collapse not in years but in SIX MONTHS, if not sooner. Just like the Chiefs.
Take the ICE agent raiding NYC homes. With a massive media campaign, even undocumented immigrants can join in the fun, telling the agent he should QUIT HIS JOB TODAY, or face the devastating consequences to his career and livelihood when the Dems take back control IN SIX MONTHS. Saying it gaily will be even more unnerving, and they would be hearing this on the media and mocking them as they leave and return to ICE headquarters.
Because the key is the mass media campaign so EVERYONE can join in the fun. And the key to all that is everyone mocking and laughing at all Trumpers for BEING SUCH TOTAL IDIOTS for thinking that Trump or Musk can protect them when their voter mandate was non-existent. Plus, WE ALL GET TO HAVE A BALL doing this. And we'll finish it MORE QUICKLY, too.
Let's not talk about someday visioning the future, but let's EMBODY IT TODAY. We'll feel such a surge of WOW, WE DID IT, as compared to an exhausted relief at finally getting rid of Trump.
And, this is important, WE CAN BE FEARLESS, because who can be frightened of such (with laughter) stupid morons.
There are all kinds of new, creative and bold strategies that make the old protest modes look hard and out-of-date. I've thought of some daring new ones, but there are plenty more out there. All will be fun and joyous.
Even the govs of Florida and Texas will be PARALYZED and we only need wait for the next election. Imagine all the Dems and immigrants mocking and laughing at Gov. Abbott for thinking that fear and disdain of immigrants is the clever move, when Christian love and compassion is ALWAYS the right one; what a stupid laugh-out-loud fool Greg Abbott is, and he's about to regret it big time. I think EVEN TRUMP may be impeached and convicted very quickly (we dare hope).
A massive, joyous and laughing media campaign should collapse the Trump admin like a house of cards.
By the way, I would love to be on one of The Bulwark shows. I really think we need to get this thing rolling. We certainly need to get a lot more people in on the conversation to flesh out these ideas and to poke holes in my naivete, for sure.
I Used to hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one used to be singing his as it should be blithe and strong,
The carpenter used to be singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason used to be singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
The boatman used to be singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,
The shoemaker used to be singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,
The wood-cutter’s song, the plough boys on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown, all used to be singing
The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing, all gone now, Each singing what used to belong to him or her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs. Someone has taken it away.\
Somebody needs to explain to Grandma how a 20 year incel anarchist named BigBalls is poking around in the bank account she has her Social Security direct deposited and he's think about ripping it off and going to Belarus to P Diddy freak out with some Russian babes
A glimpse of inspiration: There were about 50 people protesting in front of the local Tesla dealership yesterday. “Fight truth decay”, “Get the hell out of DOGE Elon”, “unelected and unwanted” . Mostly seniors and they were vocal. Good to see when I was struggling to make sense of all this nonsense. It is going to take all of us doing lots of different resistance. You’re not going to take my country Elon!
Why does no commenter or reporter spell this out: at least one of Musk's little pups was fired for mishandling, maybe selling, confidential info. We know these guys were downloading our personal info. That's anyone getting benefits or paying taxes by direct payment/deposit. Judge says destroy downloads, which is unenforceable and how would we know? My assumption is that our info within a few hours was for sale on the dark web. A slow-motion bomb going off for months or years, in the economy and in our personal lives. Trump needs to be asked every day why is he allowing this? Make him afraid to go into the press room!
Thank you for reporting on domestic public health data loss. I hope you will keep reporting on these saved and losses as they will have long term effects. I have some hope the regime will be a better data broker about economic data-not honest but better -since the availability and impact of loss of confidence impacts Trump's wealth.
Conservatives haven’t really cared about deficits since about 1980. Reagan increased the national debt, a lot. And I recall Vice-President Cheney saying something to the effect of that Reagan showed you could run the country with a deficit. Or something like that. I agree we need to get rid of the crazy Republicans and the impotent Democrats. But let’s not get all righteous and act like conservatives are really deficit hawks. Conservatives want the majority of federal funds to go to their pet projects just like democrats do. The difference is democrats want to tax the crap out of the top 1% and corporations, and conservatives want you to buy into what HW Bush called voodoo economics, or what is commonly called trickle down economics. Unfortunately all the sane people in the middle have either been voted out or have left because the crazies have taken over the majority in each party. I’m not a historian nor a political scientist. But I feel that this democratic experiment of ours is dying an agonizing death. Maybe we need to look at a parliamentary system. I dunno. After listening to George & Sarah’s podcast yesterday I’m basically ready to throw out the baby with the bath water.
Judges who rule on DOGE's access to government files should consult an expert before they make their rulings, letting Elon's kids have read access to Treasury data until the next court session is such a joke.
They can abscond with all the data and process it any way they want to back in their basements between playing rounds of Diablo 4 for Elon.
Everything, everyone, every agency, every life saving data trump touches dies. A felon and his freak boy will continue to do untold damage to men, women, children, and dare I say, LGBTQ...
From NBC news...In West Virginia, a nonprofit mental health program for teenage girls is turning to a private donor to help cover its expenses. Three Virginia health clinics have shut their doors. And a network of health centers in rural Mississippi is facing a deficit of $500,000 and may have to scale back services. Some organizations say they are still unable to access money they urgently need to pay for salaries, utilities, supplies and other expenses — threatening their ability to continue operating in their communities.
Get on the ground right away especially deep in the heart of Red State and amplify every one of these "disruptions" to street level life for regular people in America
I agree with you. I'm just a little tired of people claiming the Dems aren't doing anything when clearly they are out there, they just aren't getting the attention...as usual.
It seems that Dems seldom get good press! President Biden seldom got good press when he achieved good, but let him fall off his bike, it was front page news!
Stop with the “Dems are weak, don’t have a leader.”
Spell it out: ELECTED REPUBS ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY RIGHT NOW! How about doing it Senators Mitch McConnell, Lankford, Collins, Murkowski, Kennedy, Cassidy, etc.?
As a kid who subscribed to National Review in the 70’s and thought the Soviet Union was the real enemy and that liberalism was way too soft I appreciated the piece. It took the authoritarian turn of the Republican Party and the hijacking of conservatism by evangelicals, populists and far right white nationalists to make be run. Would like to hear what Buckley’s take on this would be.
And I fully agree with Patrick's comment, which only emphasizes my point.
But not with those who absolve Rs of responsibility for Trump. I'm not a conservative, but a fierce progressive, especially when I realized where responsibility for the Bibi-Biden genocide lay (plus a lot of Rs, or most?). The tragedy for the Dems lies in that we deserved to lose, and badly, and so gave the election to Trump. But Rs gave us Trump in the first place, and they need to think long and hard about why that was, and how that unfolded over decades.
Yet I love The Bulwark. That should say something about the importance of listening, really listening to the other side, because all of us might learn something important about ourselves and even life itself.
To Bill Krystal, with apologies for my late comment.
I of course agree with you 100 percent, but it really will make a huge difference in HOW
we resist. First, I'd like to apologize for using all-caps in places, but there is no bolding, and there are some really important points I want to emphasize.
First, the Eagles thrashing of Trump's favorite team in front of him was positively laugh-out-loud joyous. But more importantly, it gives all of us another chance to relentlessly laugh and ridicule him for being such a stupid loser, he doesn't realize that his whole coalition is going collapse not in years but in SIX MONTHS, if not sooner. Just like the Chiefs.
Take the ICE agent raiding NYC homes. With a massive media campaign, even undocumented immigrants can join in the fun, telling the agent he should QUIT HIS JOB TODAY, or face the devastating consequences to his career and livelihood when the Dems take back control IN SIX MONTHS. Saying it gaily will be even more unnerving, and they would be hearing this on the media and mocking them as they leave and return to ICE headquarters.
Because the key is the mass media campaign so EVERYONE can join in the fun. And the key to all that is everyone mocking and laughing at all Trumpers for BEING SUCH TOTAL IDIOTS for thinking that Trump or Musk can protect them when their voter mandate was non-existent. Plus, WE ALL GET TO HAVE A BALL doing this. And we'll finish it MORE QUICKLY, too.
Let's not talk about someday visioning the future, but let's EMBODY IT TODAY. We'll feel such a surge of WOW, WE DID IT, as compared to an exhausted relief at finally getting rid of Trump.
And, this is important, WE CAN BE FEARLESS, because who can be frightened of such (with laughter) stupid morons.
There are all kinds of new, creative and bold strategies that make the old protest modes look hard and out-of-date. I've thought of some daring new ones, but there are plenty more out there. All will be fun and joyous.
Even the govs of Florida and Texas will be PARALYZED and we only need wait for the next election. Imagine all the Dems and immigrants mocking and laughing at Gov. Abbott for thinking that fear and disdain of immigrants is the clever move, when Christian love and compassion is ALWAYS the right one; what a stupid laugh-out-loud fool Greg Abbott is, and he's about to regret it big time. I think EVEN TRUMP may be impeached and convicted very quickly (we dare hope).
A massive, joyous and laughing media campaign should collapse the Trump admin like a house of cards.
By the way, I would love to be on one of The Bulwark shows. I really think we need to get this thing rolling. We certainly need to get a lot more people in on the conversation to flesh out these ideas and to poke holes in my naivete, for sure.
I Used to Hear America Singing
By Walt Whitman and Ian Weinschel
I Used to hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one used to be singing his as it should be blithe and strong,
The carpenter used to be singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason used to be singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
The boatman used to be singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,
The shoemaker used to be singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,
The wood-cutter’s song, the plough boys on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown, all used to be singing
The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing, all gone now, Each singing what used to belong to him or her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs. Someone has taken it away.\
Somebody needs to explain to Grandma how a 20 year incel anarchist named BigBalls is poking around in the bank account she has her Social Security direct deposited and he's think about ripping it off and going to Belarus to P Diddy freak out with some Russian babes
A glimpse of inspiration: There were about 50 people protesting in front of the local Tesla dealership yesterday. “Fight truth decay”, “Get the hell out of DOGE Elon”, “unelected and unwanted” . Mostly seniors and they were vocal. Good to see when I was struggling to make sense of all this nonsense. It is going to take all of us doing lots of different resistance. You’re not going to take my country Elon!
Why does no commenter or reporter spell this out: at least one of Musk's little pups was fired for mishandling, maybe selling, confidential info. We know these guys were downloading our personal info. That's anyone getting benefits or paying taxes by direct payment/deposit. Judge says destroy downloads, which is unenforceable and how would we know? My assumption is that our info within a few hours was for sale on the dark web. A slow-motion bomb going off for months or years, in the economy and in our personal lives. Trump needs to be asked every day why is he allowing this? Make him afraid to go into the press room!
Even Tuberville figured out how to be a thorn in the side of Democrats.
It's time for our side to learn to fight back instead of just grandstanding.
https://open.substack.com/pub/consentofthegoverned/p/what-should-we-do?r=1csnln&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Thank you for reporting on domestic public health data loss. I hope you will keep reporting on these saved and losses as they will have long term effects. I have some hope the regime will be a better data broker about economic data-not honest but better -since the availability and impact of loss of confidence impacts Trump's wealth.
Conservatives haven’t really cared about deficits since about 1980. Reagan increased the national debt, a lot. And I recall Vice-President Cheney saying something to the effect of that Reagan showed you could run the country with a deficit. Or something like that. I agree we need to get rid of the crazy Republicans and the impotent Democrats. But let’s not get all righteous and act like conservatives are really deficit hawks. Conservatives want the majority of federal funds to go to their pet projects just like democrats do. The difference is democrats want to tax the crap out of the top 1% and corporations, and conservatives want you to buy into what HW Bush called voodoo economics, or what is commonly called trickle down economics. Unfortunately all the sane people in the middle have either been voted out or have left because the crazies have taken over the majority in each party. I’m not a historian nor a political scientist. But I feel that this democratic experiment of ours is dying an agonizing death. Maybe we need to look at a parliamentary system. I dunno. After listening to George & Sarah’s podcast yesterday I’m basically ready to throw out the baby with the bath water.
Judges who rule on DOGE's access to government files should consult an expert before they make their rulings, letting Elon's kids have read access to Treasury data until the next court session is such a joke.
They can abscond with all the data and process it any way they want to back in their basements between playing rounds of Diablo 4 for Elon.
Everything, everyone, every agency, every life saving data trump touches dies. A felon and his freak boy will continue to do untold damage to men, women, children, and dare I say, LGBTQ...
From NBC news...In West Virginia, a nonprofit mental health program for teenage girls is turning to a private donor to help cover its expenses. Three Virginia health clinics have shut their doors. And a network of health centers in rural Mississippi is facing a deficit of $500,000 and may have to scale back services. Some organizations say they are still unable to access money they urgently need to pay for salaries, utilities, supplies and other expenses — threatening their ability to continue operating in their communities.
Get on the ground right away especially deep in the heart of Red State and amplify every one of these "disruptions" to street level life for regular people in America
I agree with you. I'm just a little tired of people claiming the Dems aren't doing anything when clearly they are out there, they just aren't getting the attention...as usual.
It seems that Dems seldom get good press! President Biden seldom got good press when he achieved good, but let him fall off his bike, it was front page news!
Stop with the “Dems are weak, don’t have a leader.”
Spell it out: ELECTED REPUBS ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY RIGHT NOW! How about doing it Senators Mitch McConnell, Lankford, Collins, Murkowski, Kennedy, Cassidy, etc.?
As a kid who subscribed to National Review in the 70’s and thought the Soviet Union was the real enemy and that liberalism was way too soft I appreciated the piece. It took the authoritarian turn of the Republican Party and the hijacking of conservatism by evangelicals, populists and far right white nationalists to make be run. Would like to hear what Buckley’s take on this would be.
It was Louis XV (Not Louis XIV) that said "apre moi, le deluge!" Just my old European History-AP teacher self coming out!
Not sure you could pay ANYONE to marry Marco Elez.