I’m feeling solidly positive about winning this election- Blue. But how do we win back the Republican Party? We need two strong parties who both believe in the constitution and rule of law. We don’t have that now. I think we need to fight that battle in media: a direct assault on Radical MAGA media, to win away viewership. That’s where I thought we needed to go when Trump emerged. And I’m positive now. That’s where we need to go. We must win back MAGA minds in media. Where are the creative minds we need? Step forward! Maybe we will call it Wolf.
While the Trumpublicans continue to try to divide us even more via men against women, what’s next, children against parents? All this while Russia, North Korea, Iran and China plan our demise in the world. Wake up America! You will look back on the Biden presidency as the good old days.
Thanks for all & particularly for the content on RFK Jr. The latter mattered in my understanding of both he & Trump. I find RFK Jr's joining Trump bandwagon one more measure of RFK's opportunism & lack of of substance. Listening to RFK Jr. in his bid in D primary, he had little analysis of the ailments of our society or positive solutions, just references to his knowing the plight of Americans & lots of references to his 'uncle' & 'father.' His latch-on to Trump now (after making the rounds to others), where Trump shook his hand & said nice things about "Bobby," perhaps mainly for the publicity it could bring HIM, seems fully consistent with both men's lack of core commitments to anything beyond personal fame & gain.
I am convinced that Republicans are working towards overturning the 19th Amendment. It's too soon, but all this talk of "deceiving" their husbands is a big tell. To those who doubt me, look at how the chipped away at Roe for years to get to Dobbs. It's harder to overturn an amendment, but again, if the worst happens, they will do whatever they want. Their leader will claim he's "protecting women, whether they want it or not."
A Fascist named Adolf murdered 12 million people: 6 million Jews, millions of gays, ministers and priests, newspaper publishers, people with mental disabilities, people he hated. That’s why acquiescence is not an option.
even though the husband “works his tail off to make sure that she can have a nice life.”
This is a misstatement. The MAGA husband works his tail off to make sure his wife will vote the way he tells her to. This is only right because white, evangelical, MAGA women are bound by Trumpian culture to submit to their husbands. This is the New America way.
PS Update: in New America all woman will submit. There are going to be new rules around here. To make it better for used and abused white American men.
If the Trump economy is doing to be so great,why is my financial adviser moving my investments into bond funds? Because he knows there is a 50% chance Trump will win. I used to trade stock oplions, I used positions that made money in calm. stable markets. When Trump was elected my trades would always lose because he couldn't keep his big, fat mouth shut and causing huge swings in the stock market.
I saw a snippet of the Charlie Kirk bit about women shouldn't undermine their hard working husbands by voting for Harris and wanted to puke. I can't stand Megyn but how can she condone that? So infuriating.
Everyone's focused on vaccines, but the one of the largest sectors of the American economy is actually healthcare. Trump is acting like letting RFK Jr. play in his sandbox would just impact vaccines but it would be much more than that. I think the limiting factor here is the fact that major business leaders in insurance and pharma will intervene. The billionaires might actually save us here. Trump won't mind throwing RFK Jr. under the bus for them. And then they'll owe him. Yay! Crony capitalism.
Going forward to 2024 election. Trump is leveraging corporate leaders. The carrot on a stick, reducing corporate taxes to 15%. Interesting, lots of news media companies seem to be on board. Boards and share holders like his idea. Trump wants them to go easy on him but subtly take her down so we will all benefit. His plan to reduce corporate tax according to most economists will increase the nations debt by 5 trillion pushing debt total closer to 40 trillion. I wish some intrepid news person would ask Trump, “are you concerned about our National Debt”. I am kinda guessing but I think he'll say, we have it under control, you see were going to take in billions of dollars with our tariffs ignoring the fact the tariffs will increase prices for everyone & create inflation. What me worry? Hell no, I got mine!
Trump supporters always talk about his policies than and now. Going to talk about my experience and how it effected me and thousands of others. Trump running for president in 2016 made a promise to potential donors to his campaign. These potential donors were soft wood manufacturers like Boise Cascade. They liked his slogan "Make America Great". These soft wood makers have been frustrated for years trying to compete against Canadian soft wood brought in to USA undercutting their pricing. This opened a opportunity to use their wealth to gain some leverage and help their profitability. Told Trump it was good for America, use their new profits to create more jobs and expand into new businesses. This was the first thing Trump did when he became President was to put tariffs on Canadian soft wood products. So how did it effect me- I went to my local building supply to get some OSB sheathing, used on roofing and siding used on all different types of construction. I had been paying 8.99 per 4 x 8 foot board. It was now 14.99 per board. I asked a employee wants going on, he gave me one word, Trump. Anybody who has worked in retail like me, we watch it steamroller. Whenever a major product goes up, other manufacturers see the opportunity and start raising their prices. Classic inflation. So a little blue collar guy like me , it hurt but this effected people and businesses across the country. Drove the cost of home building and all types of construction up. Caused some people to lose their jobs because builders had to revalue their projects. Their was no thought in this, just give me the money. He hasn't changed people, he doesn't think things thru. So we made America Great for some people. It sure has hell was not the middle class. Goi
He never intends to help the middle class. But the class listens to his bullshit and decides, "Hey, this guy knows what he's talking about. He must know. After all, he's made 14 quintillion bucks in the past 25 years. A true economic genius." And then guess what. Trump gives the middle class the royal screw job. Totally expected.
I’m feeling solidly positive about winning this election- Blue. But how do we win back the Republican Party? We need two strong parties who both believe in the constitution and rule of law. We don’t have that now. I think we need to fight that battle in media: a direct assault on Radical MAGA media, to win away viewership. That’s where I thought we needed to go when Trump emerged. And I’m positive now. That’s where we need to go. We must win back MAGA minds in media. Where are the creative minds we need? Step forward! Maybe we will call it Wolf.
While the Trumpublicans continue to try to divide us even more via men against women, what’s next, children against parents? All this while Russia, North Korea, Iran and China plan our demise in the world. Wake up America! You will look back on the Biden presidency as the good old days.
Thanks for the Charlie Kirk piece. Gave me a well needed chuckle
Thanks for all & particularly for the content on RFK Jr. The latter mattered in my understanding of both he & Trump. I find RFK Jr's joining Trump bandwagon one more measure of RFK's opportunism & lack of of substance. Listening to RFK Jr. in his bid in D primary, he had little analysis of the ailments of our society or positive solutions, just references to his knowing the plight of Americans & lots of references to his 'uncle' & 'father.' His latch-on to Trump now (after making the rounds to others), where Trump shook his hand & said nice things about "Bobby," perhaps mainly for the publicity it could bring HIM, seems fully consistent with both men's lack of core commitments to anything beyond personal fame & gain.
I am convinced that Republicans are working towards overturning the 19th Amendment. It's too soon, but all this talk of "deceiving" their husbands is a big tell. To those who doubt me, look at how the chipped away at Roe for years to get to Dobbs. It's harder to overturn an amendment, but again, if the worst happens, they will do whatever they want. Their leader will claim he's "protecting women, whether they want it or not."
A Fascist named Adolf murdered 12 million people: 6 million Jews, millions of gays, ministers and priests, newspaper publishers, people with mental disabilities, people he hated. That’s why acquiescence is not an option.
Can you believe in 2024 we can still read nonsense about how "Republicans will prevent Trump from X"? https://www.semafor.com/article/10/30/2024/senate-republicans-could-block-trump-from-putting-rfk-jr-in-the-cabinet
even though the husband “works his tail off to make sure that she can have a nice life.”
This is a misstatement. The MAGA husband works his tail off to make sure his wife will vote the way he tells her to. This is only right because white, evangelical, MAGA women are bound by Trumpian culture to submit to their husbands. This is the New America way.
PS Update: in New America all woman will submit. There are going to be new rules around here. To make it better for used and abused white American men.
If the Trump economy is doing to be so great,why is my financial adviser moving my investments into bond funds? Because he knows there is a 50% chance Trump will win. I used to trade stock oplions, I used positions that made money in calm. stable markets. When Trump was elected my trades would always lose because he couldn't keep his big, fat mouth shut and causing huge swings in the stock market.
I saw a snippet of the Charlie Kirk bit about women shouldn't undermine their hard working husbands by voting for Harris and wanted to puke. I can't stand Megyn but how can she condone that? So infuriating.
Everyone's focused on vaccines, but the one of the largest sectors of the American economy is actually healthcare. Trump is acting like letting RFK Jr. play in his sandbox would just impact vaccines but it would be much more than that. I think the limiting factor here is the fact that major business leaders in insurance and pharma will intervene. The billionaires might actually save us here. Trump won't mind throwing RFK Jr. under the bus for them. And then they'll owe him. Yay! Crony capitalism.
According to Trump, “I only hire the best people.”
Then he fires them and hires brown nosers.
Man, Andrew, I love and subscribe to The Dispatch, but I’m so glad you came back to the Bulwark. 🔥🔥🔥
My gut roils when Trump even mentions women, much less him doing anything even remotely for or coming anywhere near one of us. OMG.
Going forward to 2024 election. Trump is leveraging corporate leaders. The carrot on a stick, reducing corporate taxes to 15%. Interesting, lots of news media companies seem to be on board. Boards and share holders like his idea. Trump wants them to go easy on him but subtly take her down so we will all benefit. His plan to reduce corporate tax according to most economists will increase the nations debt by 5 trillion pushing debt total closer to 40 trillion. I wish some intrepid news person would ask Trump, “are you concerned about our National Debt”. I am kinda guessing but I think he'll say, we have it under control, you see were going to take in billions of dollars with our tariffs ignoring the fact the tariffs will increase prices for everyone & create inflation. What me worry? Hell no, I got mine!
Trump supporters always talk about his policies than and now. Going to talk about my experience and how it effected me and thousands of others. Trump running for president in 2016 made a promise to potential donors to his campaign. These potential donors were soft wood manufacturers like Boise Cascade. They liked his slogan "Make America Great". These soft wood makers have been frustrated for years trying to compete against Canadian soft wood brought in to USA undercutting their pricing. This opened a opportunity to use their wealth to gain some leverage and help their profitability. Told Trump it was good for America, use their new profits to create more jobs and expand into new businesses. This was the first thing Trump did when he became President was to put tariffs on Canadian soft wood products. So how did it effect me- I went to my local building supply to get some OSB sheathing, used on roofing and siding used on all different types of construction. I had been paying 8.99 per 4 x 8 foot board. It was now 14.99 per board. I asked a employee wants going on, he gave me one word, Trump. Anybody who has worked in retail like me, we watch it steamroller. Whenever a major product goes up, other manufacturers see the opportunity and start raising their prices. Classic inflation. So a little blue collar guy like me , it hurt but this effected people and businesses across the country. Drove the cost of home building and all types of construction up. Caused some people to lose their jobs because builders had to revalue their projects. Their was no thought in this, just give me the money. He hasn't changed people, he doesn't think things thru. So we made America Great for some people. It sure has hell was not the middle class. Goi
He never intends to help the middle class. But the class listens to his bullshit and decides, "Hey, this guy knows what he's talking about. He must know. After all, he's made 14 quintillion bucks in the past 25 years. A true economic genius." And then guess what. Trump gives the middle class the royal screw job. Totally expected.