Chilling.
Trump gives something away with his courtroom complaint.
In the last three years I’ve written about 150 pieces for Palmer Report and he’s only rejected a handful. Here’s this week’s piece that didn’t get published. I’m not a psychologist, so please let me know if this seems plausible to you.
Look, things are going to get worse before they get better. The craven Republican party has gone all in on destroying our democracy, even working with foreign enemies to sow chaos and influence the elections. The latest is the anti-Israeli protests at universities around the country.
Not only are these college students falling for misinformation that is inciting them to protest. But some reputable experts are also falling for it, even falsely blaming Democrats for attacking protesters. It makes no sense. Republicans fully support Israel’s right-wing extremist Prime Minister Netanyahu and his brutal attacks on innocent Palestinians. So why would protestors blame Democrats?
Cooler heads like Badd Company have been calling out the right-wing agitators involved in these protests, which should help diffuse them. And, the fact that 1,200 January 6th insurrectionists have been arrested and 750 sentenced so far has had a chilling effect on MAGA enthusiasm for another attack like the one on our Capitol, especially with Biden at the helm.
But once this latest distraction fails, the Right will find other ways to sow chaos. We have to be ready for anything, from protests, to riots, to lone-wolf attacks, to hacking power grids, the internet, and other infrastructure disruptions.
Our Democratic leaders have handled the chaos with icy poise and we must do our part. Stop sharing doomsday messaging. Trump has no path to winning the election. It’s a mathematical impossibility and he knows it.
Something that strikes me as proof of this is Trump’s repeated claims that the Manhattan courtroom is freezing. And yet, no one else has complained. I believe Trump is freezing. But I think the chill is coming from within.
In my experience, during an important meeting for example, my body will go into a shivering mode. It has happened during business negotiations when I am passionate about a subject but I try to remain impassive. If I were playing poker, it would be my tell. Apparently, it’s called “Anxiety Shivers.” This shivering is Trump’s tell. He’s shivering with terror.
Democrats need to have ice in our veins. Stop whining and keep exposing Republicans for what they are: traitors to democracy. Stop giving Trump more power than he has. He’s been frozen out and he knows it.
It’s time to freeze out Trump and the entire GOP by voting BLUE on November 5th.
As someone who protested the Vietnam War in high school and college, I can say that many of us may not have known the history of Southeast Asia, the geopolitical significance, etc. What we did know was that innocent people were being slaughtered by our government in the name of fighting communism and we wanted it to stop.
Similarly, college protestors today are horrified at the tens of thousands of innocent civilians - mostly women and children - who have been killed by the IDF. They know our government is supporting that slaughter through financial aid, weapon sales and more, and they - and many more Americans - want it to stop.
Do they know the complicated history of the Middle East, do they feel similar grief about the Israeli dead and hostages? Do they speak about that? I don't know. Do they call on Hamas to agree to a ceasefire? Perhaps not, but that doesn't negate their passion about the humanitarian tragedy that is occurring.
Let's not let the right wing media and politicians control the narrative here. They are very happy to have a distraction in the news, and they - the supporters of white supremacy and the Great Replacement theory - are lying hypocrites when they pretend to be against antisemitism.
Thank you for writing this. Please explain the mathematical aspect of the impossibility of him winning. The shivering thing is dead on for me. I used to get those shivers when I cared too much and couldn't hide the caring but was trying to hide it above everything else. And I'd get those shivers. I think what you wrote here is very profound and I honor you for being brave enough to bring this forward.