It's extremely difficult to understand what goes on in his head (for which I am somewhat glad, because to fully comprehend sociopathic narcissism, one may have to embrace of degree of insanity), but dementia aside, I believe we are watching the tipping point of his mental breakdown. And considering the man has NEVER been held accountable for ANYTHING in his entire privileged life, him not having complete and absolute control of the legal process - the judge, witnesses, and jury in particular - may have finally broken his fantasy of being untouchable. Hence, he's perplexed at the chill of a reality he has never experienced.
That said, I hope the motherfucker has a complete breakdown in court, is thrown in jail or an institution, and we can all move on. I do not usually wish bad tidings upon anyone, but he has not a single redeeming feature and is the most debased and disgusting man I may ever have encountered.
So, to summarise, Fuck Trump.
I hope this fucking breaks him. Just as he has broken such a vast number of people in the past. And then simply shrugged and walked away.
This whole spectacle is completely beyond my reckoning. The man was tried and convicted of rape. And right there, with no prevarication whatsoever, I find him utterly abhorrent. He disgusts me to the very core of my being.
And yet. . . here we are . . . with him running for president.
With people clapping and cheering him.
And I ask myself, "What the fuck is wrong with these people?"
Seriously, what the fuck is going on, people? Anyone else would be in jail by now.
And any previous contemplation I had for the collective human intellect has been thrown in the bin. There are a LOT of VERY stupid people on this planet, and the more I learn, the further I distance myself from the herd... (not that they'll miss me, the fuckers 😂😂😂)
It's truly mind boggling. It's a cult like figure. Coupled with the craven GOP love taking advantage of this situation for positioning themselves down the road. Just like Leonard Leo's long term plan to take over SCOTUS. We have to keep an eye on the big picture.
We have to stay focused and be ready for everything. And VOTE.
Yep. It's been said often, but even watching from afar, it's obvious this election will make or break the country. His re-election will ostensibly end democracy. And that alone should scare the shit outta anyone with more than three functioning brain cells (which obviously excludes the MAGA cultists). And as to SCOTUS, well, it worked for the Mafia, so . . .
I live in Australia (England's erstwhile penal colony 😉). And even here, in a land of global obscurity, he makes the news every single day. And I will be so glad to never hear that whiny fucking voice ever again.
I will say that we are far beyond the phrase "Cult like" Lorraine. He is a cult leader and all of his followers will need an intervention when he is gone.!
Profoundly stupid, desperate to feel above someone else (hence the racism) and really just self-loathing. I am really puzzled about how these white maga bitches keep marrying, fucking, and then RAISING these horrible busted men and more busted females. Do none of these white Maga enabling women see that they need to break this goddamn cycle? White women, this is going to be up to you. This is your problem, not anybody else's to fix. The maga men are too scared and broken to do any good. It's up to you, white women, fixing this shit is the price tag for all privilege and bullshit pearl-clutching you have been thriving behind for centuries in this stolen land. BE THE CHANGE or your daughters and granddaughters are doing to be in dairy herd on a burning planet. Get busy!
Preach Bonnie!! I just can't understand MAGA women. It's insane. WTAF? Thank you for being a great influence, that's exactly correct, so far I'm really proud of all my grands, nieces, nephews, god kids. The younger gens have blown my mind, so smart and hard working and passionate.
Thanks for your very kind words and great job of raising a wonderful family ❤️ makes me so mad when parchment-toned folks want to impose the hard and deadly work of unfucking racism up to people of color and indigenous people. Not their job!!! They were very busy doing the job of living their lives when they got hoovered up into the spiral of capitalist death culture. Thanks again for the encouragement,.I really appreciate that 🙂
Looks right to me, Lorraine. Maybe his BP is dropping and thats why he's nodding off. Narcolepsy? The shivers are real. I hope he makes it through the trial and is convicted.
Oh yes! Great observation Mary Ellen, the BP, all that is really taking a toll on him and he has no bodily awareness to even realize it. Agreed, I want to see him behind bars. But if he crosses over, so be it.😆
He has ruined his own body, and it has been disloyal to him... So his own body is on his own shit list, and stands to be haughtily ignored! I never thought about this but from his tiny hilarious dick to his big ass, moth-eaten and botched scalp, and throat "mangina", he really just hates himself. This is how he can mock the disabled, launch misery for women, and call the most vulnerable among us "not people". It's the self loathing of course. And his disloyalty to himself has him so far out of his body that you are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT he does not even recognize that he is off the edge of the Wile E. Coyote cliff now and shivering in his busted narcissistic existential terror. Wow. I am glad I read your piece here, it closes the loop for me. What a sad and awful muthafugger he is.
I want to believe. It seems likely. But every day there’s some poll from Alfalfa County, Oklahoma saying thatTrump is in the ascendancy. I tune it out, but it’s crazy-making. I have to tell myself, “You wouldn’t go into a barroom brawl thinking you would lose. Why would you go into an election that way?”
Ha! tRump would absolutely go into a barroom brawl thinking he would lose, he's just that arrogant. He would assume he has some cheaters on the side to help him. But he's still lose.
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.
Well said. This is not Vietnam, we're not in this war at all and Biden has only so much control over the situation and he's been using diplomacy beautifully. As you point out, Netanyahu refused the cease fire. Republicans support him.
The protesters mistakenly think Biden controls Israeli politics. He already called for early Israeli elections which would be considered anywhere else regime change and a non-starter.
Right, where does Biden's magical powers to control other governments come from? Israel has already said that they will go it alone if need be. Sometimes never again means NEVER AGAIN.
Evil such as building terrorist infrastructure beneath civilian schools, hospitals, churches etc. that's an act that condemns those people to grave danger and is a disgusting thing to do. The tunnels cannot stay there because let's not forget there was a ceasefire in effect on Oct 7th.
So much genocide, murder and famine to protest. There is an unpopular place called Africa which has become a playground for all the worst force out there and these kids need to get busy protesting that shit if that's what we are really doing. We are sending weapons and tax dollars over there too. How about Syria? Bon interest, not sexy? Not enough Jews in those places probably.
OMG! Bonnie you make an amazing point. Syria is such a haunting situation I've read so much about it. And it was all caused by Putin to intentionally destabilize Europe with mass migration. Pure KGB Playbook. Same with Wagner Group being used to destabilize African regions. It's evil! Can you imagine if these protesters cared about all that which has directly effected the whole world?
Sounds very appropriate to me! I hope Trump continues to have anxiety shivers until he implodes. You’re right that Democrats need to pony up and expose the MAGA coalition for what they are - traitors who are attempting to dismantle democracy! Gotta be proactive and vote Blue in humongous numbers!
Who knows anymore what people are thinking, assuming they actually are! Also, glad you pointed out the effectiveness of the propaganda being used on our college kids and how they are falling for it! I’ve used a term several times that I believe is an issue - the gullibility level! Through the roof where I live!
Yes and someone needs to be investigating the information source, follow the money. This is a PsyOp and I don't do conspiracy theories. It's clearly well organized and funded. You see all the expensive tents and equipment provided almost like staging a big protest. It's insane we have to put up with this from a foreign enemy (Putin).
Existential crisis, narcissistic death means the whole house of cards tumbles and what's left is a fat balding dude in a prison cell with no friends and no Diet Coke button #sad
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.
Lisa, he lost the popular vote in 2020 by 7 million votes and the EC by 74.
In 2023, the SCOTUS overruled heavy gerrymandered maps in two states based on racism, which will give us back 3-4 seats lost in 2022 in NY and also a couple other states. The GOP has lost every election since Nov 8, 2016. Democrats have outperformed all elections, there was no "red wave" in 2022, the latest example was a huge out performance in the NY state senate race.
Will look at the article. I've heard this. 6 more months of heavily conglomeration controlled News Polls will drive me batty. Getting so I can't watch the news anymore. I watch MSNBC. But I have to pay to watch that while an acquaintance says to Alexa - give me the news and Alexa gives Fox news for free. He tRump is so pitiful. And I'm so tired of everyone bashing Biden. Just can't fathom how this country thinks electing Trump is a good idea. Thank you for taking the time to spell this out for me, for us. Please keep telling us your POV.
Why do you watch the news? It's all doomsday spin and lies to get you to keep watching. I can barely read all the doomsday spin on Substack and Twitter anymore. It's sickening. I'm so tired of it.
Every giving tRump and the GOP so much more power than they really have?
Why, because they fooled us once November 8, 2016?
They have lost every election since? We have been working our asses off. And people are still so whiney and scared.
I watch MSNBC. I've been pulling away though, the last 2-3 months. The noise outside (politics, etc) is definitely turning me in. I can never watch the opposite of msnbc to get the balance. You are right. It is all day doom and gloom. There is so much more to life that is grand, gracious, and worth greeting. I want to only listen to you and a few others.... even Mary Trump is starting to drive me crazy. Big hug to you.
I hope and pray you’re right. My stomach turns when I just see his photo. 🤮. As for the “shivers”: I think it may be a vasovagal response. The vagus nerve gets involved in many functions, one of which is emotional upheaval and trauma. I’ve had those shivers you referenced, and the speech pathologist nerd in me can’t help but analyze
Absolutely a wonderful piece of an article. I'm sorry it wasn't published. This article should be published to the world. He is unforgivable in every way. Not once have I seen the troll apologize for anything, especially to those of us who lost their loved ones to COVID because of his ignorance. I lost my husband to COVID along with so many more who have lost their loved ones. I'm glad he is experiencing chills. He is guilty of treason to our country. Hopefully it's worse than what we have experienced in losing a loved one. On another note, it chills me in my soul of him becoming a president. Thank you for your wonderful article.
What a fabulous post. I agree 100% with your take on what our response should be. I have never thought he would make it through this trial. Indeed, he won’t be elected. Thank you so much for writing this. May cooler heads prevail:)
In the UK the Tories successfully painted Jeremy Corbyn and Labour as the party of antisemitism, and it stuck.
We have to repeat again and again, support for Israel does not mean support for Netanyahu, and support for Palestinians does not mean support for Hamas. The leadership on both sides is engaged in evil.
And talking of evil, tfg is old, he's alone, and he has no control over his environment. Of course he's cold. The winds are howling.
Oh it's so frustrating to see UK remain under right-leaning leadership. Thanks for clarifying how that's been possible. I'm not an expert on UK politics, but I think Labour and Labour-Left have not been able to muster a strong Prime Minister candidate in forever. But didn't the mayor of London just get re-elected and he's left-leaning?
Re Netanyahu and Hamas, exactly correct. And it seems it would be so easy to make these protesters understand that. And yet, they're being mislead by completely illogical thinking.
Yes, Sadiq Khan was elected Mayor for the third time. He's a good and well-liked mayor. In local elections across the country this last Thursday the Tories had their worst showing in 40 years, which is encouraging. But then not even the US has suffered such a severe self-inflicted wound as Brexit in 2016, not yet at any rate; at least back then Trump was reversible.
I recently finished reading 'The Undertow: Scenes From A Slow Civil War' by Jeff Sharlet. He's a fearless and incisive writer on religion and politics, and exploring what he calls The Trumpocene he somehow manages to get people to open up and tell him exactly how they feel and think. It's compelling and depressing, and I think necessary for people to read to grasp the danger we're in.
I’m no mental health expert, but I do read, & I’ve been trying to find a link between his shivers & things like malignant narcissism & dementia. Only thing found so far is if he had low blood sugar or thirst at the time it’s happening, which might link dementia and shivers (the malignant narcism worsens dementia). And of course… ahem…professionals would need to insert a rectal thermometer to be sure. 🌡️ wink 😉 😉 😂
Thanks for doing the research, Jane, it's all so fascinating to me.
We'll have to get to the "bottom" of this, ha ha!
I literally just drew on my own life experience after those shivers happened to me several times I started to become more aware of what was going on and it helped me to control it.
So when I started to write this piece I did a little Googling and found a few pieces about it like this one.
This so funny because, he eats his tail every single time he opens his mouth. Just stands there, leans into that microphone and runs around in circles making no sense!
You carry the logic very well, and I LOVED reading this line:
"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."
At least on this, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
Keep strong and healthy. Sometimes we get discouraged, and your voice picks us up.
I think Biden has a good chance of winning the popular vote. But I’m still concerned with the Electoral College.
I want someone to do an investigation into the outsiders at these college protests. I’m worried we don’t get concrete confirmation about who they are or with until after the election.
Netanyahu is Israel’s Trump, and it’s been interesting (and concerning) to see how the world has been reacting to him. What will we see if Republicans win and Americans start having concentration camps built in their back yards to round up our brown, Jewish, atheist, anti-Christian Nationalist citizens?
I think Trump is cold because he’s old, too. My dad is just a couple years older and wears a scarf all year round. But the chills started several years ago.
Trump an unhealthy, old man.
But while we wait for his demise, know that Republicans are likely already figuring out who to prop up as their next leader.
This did not start with Trump and will not end with Trump.
It started with Republicans.
If they learned anything over the last 9 years, Republicans will find someone to replace him who knows how to behave in public to make their agenda sound palatable to the masses (see Glenn Youngkin, the fascist in fleece of Virginia. Smooth talker, but aligns with MAGA). I’m worried that is what they will land on for Trump’s VP pick.
Agreed on most, Emma, but there's no way for him to win the EC. He's in worse shape than 2020 which he lost by 7 million and soundly lost the EC.
The GOP will try more fake EC scams but with all their indictments for the last time they did it, everyone knows their process so they've lost the crucial element of surprise.
Also agreed, I truly hope these protest organizers are under investigation. Justice is silent but that just makes it more effective. We won't know until it is made public through filings and indictments. It's going to all keep coming out now leading up to the elections, which will just damage the GOP's chances even more.
My biggest concern is how the GOP is pushing itself incrementally further and further right even knowing they have no chance of winning the 2024 elections, especially since Dobbs. But like Leonard Leo stealing SCOTUS, they're playing the long game, meaning they're positioning themselves to be even further extreme right for the next opportunities.
We will have to vote them out this year, fix a lot of their mess while we can, and be ready for their next big push.
I get that but I wonder if anyone can replace the darling of fascism? He has a strange entertainment value to the cult and I wonder if there is another lost and demented soul who can say and do the unspeakable to their satisfaction. Tfg is a cartoon villain. He could be Dr. Evil’s brother. I could imagine trump saying he was going to put lasers on sharks’ heads to kill his enemies. Even his physical appearance is like nothing we’ve ever seen. That hair, that fake tan, those ill fitting suits, that VOICE. What’s to love, we ask. This is what a cult is all about. He’s brainwashed the ignorant and weak minded. They’d drink the kool aid if he told them to.
On the other hand, his endorsements have mostly failed, the GOP has lost all elections since Nov 8, 2016. So it really feels like trump and the GOP are getting more credit and more power than they deserve.
Peter, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. The mainstream media keeps lying about Biden being weak (old) while at the same time tRump being strong.
Then if I call people out for being too doomsday, they say we can't be complacent.
So they can keep lying about how strong tRump is but we can't say how strong Biden is?
My hope is that people will start listening to the doctors who are stating unequivocally that the orange one has rapidly progressing dementia. No one who is incapacitated mentally - never mind his obvious narcissism and sociopathic tendencies should be allowed in any governmental position. He is a danger.
Yes! It seems mainstream media was finally starting to speak about his decline but they keep falling down on the job. He's probably going to just implode at some point. It's quite a roller coaster to watch him continue to obstruct and hold to his Roy Cohn training deny deny deny, delay delay delay. But he's finally getting his comeuppance.
This is why we desperately need a robust, independent, and well-trained press. Things would never have gotten this bad if news organizations were doing their jobs. It's been left mostly to individuals (please note, I am NOT saying ALL journalists or all orgs are falling down on the job). This has to stop. Democracy depends not only on accurate and timely news at all levels (local, state, and national) but on a well-educated and informed citizenry as well. Which is another reason I am so hell bent on improving our public school system. IMHO, one of the reasons for the MAGA phenomenon is that people have not been taught critical thinking skills and are therefore ignorant and susceptible to emotional indoctrination. But that's another topic for another day. Thank you for being one of those independent, well-trained, and informed individuals, Lorraine.
You are 100% correct, Jena. The GOP has actively degraded our public education system starting with Reagan. Restoring it needs to be a top priority, thank you for taking on this challenge.
Regarding the press. it seems the onset of social media creating Internet pundits has been a double-edged sword. This "5th Estate" has given us many more important voices while causing MSM to stoop to truly deplorable desperate measures for clicks and profits.
It is now up to us keep them honest.
Your idea of independent well-trained press is brilliant! I've been saying we all deserve honorary degrees in PoliSci and Civics for stepping up to do the research needed to learn how our complicated system really works in order to save it.
Thanks to experts like Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Simon Rosenberg and others we've had access to some really great information!
You have to wonder just how long even the MSM can ignore this. The “man” is obviously and very visibly deteriorating right in front of our eyes. But they are so soullessly concerned with making this election seem close that they continue to ignore some very troubling (and obvious) symptoms. You would think that the fall of the “Great Man” (it was hard to write that) would be a compelling enough story but what do I know?
Understand that when, not if, DJT is silenced, we should not believe that we can just “move on.” The sinister forces will persist long after he is gone. They were at work well before he spilled into our collective. i hope we can realize that we have much work ahead of us to do our part in understanding what it means to build a more perfect union.
Exactly, Wayfarer! I've been saying this repeatedly, that the GOP goal has been to push incrementally further right, it's a long game, a la Leonard Leo, to be positioned for the next opportunity they have. After we win in November we need to immediately restore the voting rights act, Roe, assault weapons ban, and unpack SCOTUS. We're just getting started!
...just getting started: great, yet profoundly sad and horrifying that we've been so naive (and complacent) for so long. We have work to do -- and well into the future. Much credit to you for helping to keep the banner flying.
It's extremely difficult to understand what goes on in his head (for which I am somewhat glad, because to fully comprehend sociopathic narcissism, one may have to embrace of degree of insanity), but dementia aside, I believe we are watching the tipping point of his mental breakdown. And considering the man has NEVER been held accountable for ANYTHING in his entire privileged life, him not having complete and absolute control of the legal process - the judge, witnesses, and jury in particular - may have finally broken his fantasy of being untouchable. Hence, he's perplexed at the chill of a reality he has never experienced.
That said, I hope the motherfucker has a complete breakdown in court, is thrown in jail or an institution, and we can all move on. I do not usually wish bad tidings upon anyone, but he has not a single redeeming feature and is the most debased and disgusting man I may ever have encountered.
So, to summarise, Fuck Trump.
I hope this fucking breaks him. Just as he has broken such a vast number of people in the past. And then simply shrugged and walked away.
Beautifully said Stark! Agreed, he is such a self-absorbed narcissist he doesn't even realize when his own body is protesting against him with chills.
I too will be happy to see him completely succumb to whatever fate he has brought on himself. Fuck tRump indeed!
This whole spectacle is completely beyond my reckoning. The man was tried and convicted of rape. And right there, with no prevarication whatsoever, I find him utterly abhorrent. He disgusts me to the very core of my being.
And yet. . . here we are . . . with him running for president.
With people clapping and cheering him.
And I ask myself, "What the fuck is wrong with these people?"
Seriously, what the fuck is going on, people? Anyone else would be in jail by now.
And any previous contemplation I had for the collective human intellect has been thrown in the bin. There are a LOT of VERY stupid people on this planet, and the more I learn, the further I distance myself from the herd... (not that they'll miss me, the fuckers 😂😂😂)
It's truly mind boggling. It's a cult like figure. Coupled with the craven GOP love taking advantage of this situation for positioning themselves down the road. Just like Leonard Leo's long term plan to take over SCOTUS. We have to keep an eye on the big picture.
We have to stay focused and be ready for everything. And VOTE.
Yep. It's been said often, but even watching from afar, it's obvious this election will make or break the country. His re-election will ostensibly end democracy. And that alone should scare the shit outta anyone with more than three functioning brain cells (which obviously excludes the MAGA cultists). And as to SCOTUS, well, it worked for the Mafia, so . . .
He won't be. It's not mathematically possible.
But thanks for supporting us. I take if you're abroad?
I live in Australia (England's erstwhile penal colony 😉). And even here, in a land of global obscurity, he makes the news every single day. And I will be so glad to never hear that whiny fucking voice ever again.
I will say that we are far beyond the phrase "Cult like" Lorraine. He is a cult leader and all of his followers will need an intervention when he is gone.!
Right Al? We need a de-radicalization program.
Profoundly stupid, desperate to feel above someone else (hence the racism) and really just self-loathing. I am really puzzled about how these white maga bitches keep marrying, fucking, and then RAISING these horrible busted men and more busted females. Do none of these white Maga enabling women see that they need to break this goddamn cycle? White women, this is going to be up to you. This is your problem, not anybody else's to fix. The maga men are too scared and broken to do any good. It's up to you, white women, fixing this shit is the price tag for all privilege and bullshit pearl-clutching you have been thriving behind for centuries in this stolen land. BE THE CHANGE or your daughters and granddaughters are doing to be in dairy herd on a burning planet. Get busy!
Preach Bonnie!! I just can't understand MAGA women. It's insane. WTAF? Thank you for being a great influence, that's exactly correct, so far I'm really proud of all my grands, nieces, nephews, god kids. The younger gens have blown my mind, so smart and hard working and passionate.
Thanks for your very kind words and great job of raising a wonderful family ❤️ makes me so mad when parchment-toned folks want to impose the hard and deadly work of unfucking racism up to people of color and indigenous people. Not their job!!! They were very busy doing the job of living their lives when they got hoovered up into the spiral of capitalist death culture. Thanks again for the encouragement,.I really appreciate that 🙂
Bonnie do you post or publish your writing? Your writing is truly powerful. I'll check out your Substack now. Thank you!
Looks right to me, Lorraine. Maybe his BP is dropping and thats why he's nodding off. Narcolepsy? The shivers are real. I hope he makes it through the trial and is convicted.
Oh yes! Great observation Mary Ellen, the BP, all that is really taking a toll on him and he has no bodily awareness to even realize it. Agreed, I want to see him behind bars. But if he crosses over, so be it.😆
What I read about his "aura" -- not a good sign! 😂
Oh? Do you read auras?
He has ruined his own body, and it has been disloyal to him... So his own body is on his own shit list, and stands to be haughtily ignored! I never thought about this but from his tiny hilarious dick to his big ass, moth-eaten and botched scalp, and throat "mangina", he really just hates himself. This is how he can mock the disabled, launch misery for women, and call the most vulnerable among us "not people". It's the self loathing of course. And his disloyalty to himself has him so far out of his body that you are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT he does not even recognize that he is off the edge of the Wile E. Coyote cliff now and shivering in his busted narcissistic existential terror. Wow. I am glad I read your piece here, it closes the loop for me. What a sad and awful muthafugger he is.
Ha ha ha! Bonnie, you are awesome. Love your snark. Agreed, his body is trying to tell him something and he's completely deaf to the warnings😆
Oh please, may your words turn into factual history.
We got this Lisa💪🏻💙
I want to believe. It seems likely. But every day there’s some poll from Alfalfa County, Oklahoma saying thatTrump is in the ascendancy. I tune it out, but it’s crazy-making. I have to tell myself, “You wouldn’t go into a barroom brawl thinking you would lose. Why would you go into an election that way?”
Ha! tRump would absolutely go into a barroom brawl thinking he would lose, he's just that arrogant. He would assume he has some cheaters on the side to help him. But he's still lose.
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I would agree!
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.
Well said. This is not Vietnam, we're not in this war at all and Biden has only so much control over the situation and he's been using diplomacy beautifully. As you point out, Netanyahu refused the cease fire. Republicans support him.
Thanks for reading and commenting, Sally!
The protesters mistakenly think Biden controls Israeli politics. He already called for early Israeli elections which would be considered anywhere else regime change and a non-starter.
Exactly, Mike. Biden and Blinken have been very clear about our stance on this. Two-state solution and cease fire.
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Right, where does Biden's magical powers to control other governments come from? Israel has already said that they will go it alone if need be. Sometimes never again means NEVER AGAIN.
I love you Bonnie🥰
“Those to whom evil is done/do evil in return”
Evil such as building terrorist infrastructure beneath civilian schools, hospitals, churches etc. that's an act that condemns those people to grave danger and is a disgusting thing to do. The tunnels cannot stay there because let's not forget there was a ceasefire in effect on Oct 7th.
Oh wow. Yes Hamas fooled everyone. 💔
So much genocide, murder and famine to protest. There is an unpopular place called Africa which has become a playground for all the worst force out there and these kids need to get busy protesting that shit if that's what we are really doing. We are sending weapons and tax dollars over there too. How about Syria? Bon interest, not sexy? Not enough Jews in those places probably.
OMG! Bonnie you make an amazing point. Syria is such a haunting situation I've read so much about it. And it was all caused by Putin to intentionally destabilize Europe with mass migration. Pure KGB Playbook. Same with Wagner Group being used to destabilize African regions. It's evil! Can you imagine if these protesters cared about all that which has directly effected the whole world?
Dastardly Playbook. That protest couldn't be too big. With people like Putin and vonshitzinpants, who needs Antichrist?
It's HotPlaybook Spring, against the backdrop of climate change, weapons of mass distraction, and the situation is grim. This is not a drill.
Yes Bonnie, the playbook weapons of distraction, love that. Scary. We need to be ready for anything!
I shudder at the thought of what we will see next. All we can do is VOTE, PEOPLE!! A ROEVEMBER TO REMEMBER!
Agreed. They'll get desperate. But they're sloppy. The student protests are finally dying down. We shall see.
You are SPOT ON.
Thanks for reading and commenting, Jonji!🙏🏻💙
You're welcome. I have so much to say and so little time; I like to support smart people 💗
Short and sweet is great, Jonji. Coming from you, this is very reassuring. It's important to get a sense of the zeitgeist and so far so good.
Sounds very appropriate to me! I hope Trump continues to have anxiety shivers until he implodes. You’re right that Democrats need to pony up and expose the MAGA coalition for what they are - traitors who are attempting to dismantle democracy! Gotta be proactive and vote Blue in humongous numbers!
Thanks for reading and commenting Anthony. I'm so surprised no one else pointed out his anxiety shivers.
Who knows anymore what people are thinking, assuming they actually are! Also, glad you pointed out the effectiveness of the propaganda being used on our college kids and how they are falling for it! I’ve used a term several times that I believe is an issue - the gullibility level! Through the roof where I live!
Yes and someone needs to be investigating the information source, follow the money. This is a PsyOp and I don't do conspiracy theories. It's clearly well organized and funded. You see all the expensive tents and equipment provided almost like staging a big protest. It's insane we have to put up with this from a foreign enemy (Putin).
Existential crisis, narcissistic death means the whole house of cards tumbles and what's left is a fat balding dude in a prison cell with no friends and no Diet Coke button #sad
That's exactly the image that should be repeated. That's all he is. Stop giving him more power than he really has💪🏻💙
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.
Lisa, he lost the popular vote in 2020 by 7 million votes and the EC by 74.
In 2023, the SCOTUS overruled heavy gerrymandered maps in two states based on racism, which will give us back 3-4 seats lost in 2022 in NY and also a couple other states. The GOP has lost every election since Nov 8, 2016. Democrats have outperformed all elections, there was no "red wave" in 2022, the latest example was a huge out performance in the NY state senate race.
IT'S MATH!
https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-win-new-york-special-election-timothy-kennedy-gary-dickson-1895916
Will look at the article. I've heard this. 6 more months of heavily conglomeration controlled News Polls will drive me batty. Getting so I can't watch the news anymore. I watch MSNBC. But I have to pay to watch that while an acquaintance says to Alexa - give me the news and Alexa gives Fox news for free. He tRump is so pitiful. And I'm so tired of everyone bashing Biden. Just can't fathom how this country thinks electing Trump is a good idea. Thank you for taking the time to spell this out for me, for us. Please keep telling us your POV.
Why do you watch the news? It's all doomsday spin and lies to get you to keep watching. I can barely read all the doomsday spin on Substack and Twitter anymore. It's sickening. I'm so tired of it.
Every giving tRump and the GOP so much more power than they really have?
Why, because they fooled us once November 8, 2016?
They have lost every election since? We have been working our asses off. And people are still so whiney and scared.
We got this.
I watch MSNBC. I've been pulling away though, the last 2-3 months. The noise outside (politics, etc) is definitely turning me in. I can never watch the opposite of msnbc to get the balance. You are right. It is all day doom and gloom. There is so much more to life that is grand, gracious, and worth greeting. I want to only listen to you and a few others.... even Mary Trump is starting to drive me crazy. Big hug to you.
Oh no! Mary T. has been pretty solid non-doomsday.
I'm feeling worn down too, Lisa.
Time to step away indeed.
My whole mood has been terrible and we need to take care ourselves.
Hang in there, sis, we got this.🥰
My hands are massaging your neck and frontal lobe this minute!!!!!
I hope and pray you’re right. My stomach turns when I just see his photo. 🤮. As for the “shivers”: I think it may be a vasovagal response. The vagus nerve gets involved in many functions, one of which is emotional upheaval and trauma. I’ve had those shivers you referenced, and the speech pathologist nerd in me can’t help but analyze
Yes that vagus nerve is what my research turned up too! Thanks for commenting Grace. It will be glorious when he finally crosses over 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Absolutely a wonderful piece of an article. I'm sorry it wasn't published. This article should be published to the world. He is unforgivable in every way. Not once have I seen the troll apologize for anything, especially to those of us who lost their loved ones to COVID because of his ignorance. I lost my husband to COVID along with so many more who have lost their loved ones. I'm glad he is experiencing chills. He is guilty of treason to our country. Hopefully it's worse than what we have experienced in losing a loved one. On another note, it chills me in my soul of him becoming a president. Thank you for your wonderful article.
Is it okay to repost this?
Yes, it's referred to here as a restock...
You mean "restack"
Yeah, my fingers are too fat and I couldn't edit. I clicked too fast. 😆
Oh okay I got it!
Garianne thank you, that means so much to me.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Agreed, trump should be prosecuted for mass murder.
Please repost (restack) and share everywhere, thank you!!
Right on schedule! Let's see: Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Anger, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, Treachery: a frozen wasteland occupied by history's greatest traitors. Thanks, Dante!
Wow, it truly is an epic tale!
Where the Hell are they going to put him?!? He belongs in all 7 circles! Minos is like “I quit!”
Nice. Here is a good piece on that from yesterday.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-144388746
What a fabulous post. I agree 100% with your take on what our response should be. I have never thought he would make it through this trial. Indeed, he won’t be elected. Thank you so much for writing this. May cooler heads prevail:)
Thanks for reading and commenting Valere!!💙
Of course. Love what you ar doing my friend:)
Virtual hugs my friend!🥰
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In the UK the Tories successfully painted Jeremy Corbyn and Labour as the party of antisemitism, and it stuck.
We have to repeat again and again, support for Israel does not mean support for Netanyahu, and support for Palestinians does not mean support for Hamas. The leadership on both sides is engaged in evil.
And talking of evil, tfg is old, he's alone, and he has no control over his environment. Of course he's cold. The winds are howling.
Oh it's so frustrating to see UK remain under right-leaning leadership. Thanks for clarifying how that's been possible. I'm not an expert on UK politics, but I think Labour and Labour-Left have not been able to muster a strong Prime Minister candidate in forever. But didn't the mayor of London just get re-elected and he's left-leaning?
Re Netanyahu and Hamas, exactly correct. And it seems it would be so easy to make these protesters understand that. And yet, they're being mislead by completely illogical thinking.
Yes, Sadiq Khan was elected Mayor for the third time. He's a good and well-liked mayor. In local elections across the country this last Thursday the Tories had their worst showing in 40 years, which is encouraging. But then not even the US has suffered such a severe self-inflicted wound as Brexit in 2016, not yet at any rate; at least back then Trump was reversible.
I recently finished reading 'The Undertow: Scenes From A Slow Civil War' by Jeff Sharlet. He's a fearless and incisive writer on religion and politics, and exploring what he calls The Trumpocene he somehow manages to get people to open up and tell him exactly how they feel and think. It's compelling and depressing, and I think necessary for people to read to grasp the danger we're in.
Oh thanks for the clarification. Congrats on the elections!
Yes, Brexit was another Russian PsyOp, so much damage.
Thanks for the book referral, sounds amazing, I'll check it out!
I’m no mental health expert, but I do read, & I’ve been trying to find a link between his shivers & things like malignant narcissism & dementia. Only thing found so far is if he had low blood sugar or thirst at the time it’s happening, which might link dementia and shivers (the malignant narcism worsens dementia). And of course… ahem…professionals would need to insert a rectal thermometer to be sure. 🌡️ wink 😉 😉 😂
Thanks for doing the research, Jane, it's all so fascinating to me.
We'll have to get to the "bottom" of this, ha ha!
I literally just drew on my own life experience after those shivers happened to me several times I started to become more aware of what was going on and it helped me to control it.
So when I started to write this piece I did a little Googling and found a few pieces about it like this one.
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-are-anxiety-shivers-5224831
Recital thermometer imagine lmao
Bottoms up!
Bottoms up lol that’s gonna stick in my it for while lol
🥂
Hahahahaha 😂😂😂 just the thought of that 😂😂😂😂😂 ok I gotta stop lol 😂 I was gonna say something else but I’ll leave it lol! It was a great line
It helps to laugh through our tears😹😭
Yes, yes , yes ! Even here in Canada we have had enough of his bullshit!!
Thank you for supporting us Peter! 💙
First get Trump convicted. Second put in jail. Third If he does continue his run for the White House vote against him in resounding numbers.
Then let’s forget about him.
All of the above!
Especially can't wait for that last part. 💙👏🏻
Yes, let’s just forget about him. A dark chapter in our country’s history would be over.
It’s ironic how he spent the 2016 campaign whipping up the “lock her up chants” and now, Instant karma is gonna get him, “lock him up”.
It's quite the karmic ouroboros, Peter!
This so funny because, he eats his tail every single time he opens his mouth. Just stands there, leans into that microphone and runs around in circles making no sense!
Wonderful! We're onto something Peter!
Let's put his in the past. 🙏🏻💙
Lorraine Evanoff: Damned fine post. VERY GOOD!
You carry the logic very well, and I LOVED reading this line:
"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."
At least on this, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
Keep strong and healthy. Sometimes we get discouraged, and your voice picks us up.
Damned fine job!
THANKS!
Your words mean so much to me, thank you Armand!!💙
I think Biden has a good chance of winning the popular vote. But I’m still concerned with the Electoral College.
I want someone to do an investigation into the outsiders at these college protests. I’m worried we don’t get concrete confirmation about who they are or with until after the election.
Netanyahu is Israel’s Trump, and it’s been interesting (and concerning) to see how the world has been reacting to him. What will we see if Republicans win and Americans start having concentration camps built in their back yards to round up our brown, Jewish, atheist, anti-Christian Nationalist citizens?
I think Trump is cold because he’s old, too. My dad is just a couple years older and wears a scarf all year round. But the chills started several years ago.
Trump an unhealthy, old man.
But while we wait for his demise, know that Republicans are likely already figuring out who to prop up as their next leader.
This did not start with Trump and will not end with Trump.
It started with Republicans.
If they learned anything over the last 9 years, Republicans will find someone to replace him who knows how to behave in public to make their agenda sound palatable to the masses (see Glenn Youngkin, the fascist in fleece of Virginia. Smooth talker, but aligns with MAGA). I’m worried that is what they will land on for Trump’s VP pick.
THAT scares me.
Agreed on most, Emma, but there's no way for him to win the EC. He's in worse shape than 2020 which he lost by 7 million and soundly lost the EC.
The GOP will try more fake EC scams but with all their indictments for the last time they did it, everyone knows their process so they've lost the crucial element of surprise.
Also agreed, I truly hope these protest organizers are under investigation. Justice is silent but that just makes it more effective. We won't know until it is made public through filings and indictments. It's going to all keep coming out now leading up to the elections, which will just damage the GOP's chances even more.
My biggest concern is how the GOP is pushing itself incrementally further and further right even knowing they have no chance of winning the 2024 elections, especially since Dobbs. But like Leonard Leo stealing SCOTUS, they're playing the long game, meaning they're positioning themselves to be even further extreme right for the next opportunities.
We will have to vote them out this year, fix a lot of their mess while we can, and be ready for their next big push.
I get that but I wonder if anyone can replace the darling of fascism? He has a strange entertainment value to the cult and I wonder if there is another lost and demented soul who can say and do the unspeakable to their satisfaction. Tfg is a cartoon villain. He could be Dr. Evil’s brother. I could imagine trump saying he was going to put lasers on sharks’ heads to kill his enemies. Even his physical appearance is like nothing we’ve ever seen. That hair, that fake tan, those ill fitting suits, that VOICE. What’s to love, we ask. This is what a cult is all about. He’s brainwashed the ignorant and weak minded. They’d drink the kool aid if he told them to.
Such a great point, Sandi.
It is a scary thought that anyone could.
Even scarier is they could come up with someone as evil and charismatic (for lack of a better word) but smarter and not as inept.
Like DeSatan was supposed to be. But he flamed out pretty quickly.
Living in Canada we have our issues but my god I cannot wrap my head around how he sucks in so many people.
I can't either.
On the other hand, his endorsements have mostly failed, the GOP has lost all elections since Nov 8, 2016. So it really feels like trump and the GOP are getting more credit and more power than they deserve.
Peter, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. The mainstream media keeps lying about Biden being weak (old) while at the same time tRump being strong.
Then if I call people out for being too doomsday, they say we can't be complacent.
So they can keep lying about how strong tRump is but we can't say how strong Biden is?
It's so frustrating right now!
Well said, Lorraine.
Thanks Jena!😚🥰
My hope is that people will start listening to the doctors who are stating unequivocally that the orange one has rapidly progressing dementia. No one who is incapacitated mentally - never mind his obvious narcissism and sociopathic tendencies should be allowed in any governmental position. He is a danger.
Yes! It seems mainstream media was finally starting to speak about his decline but they keep falling down on the job. He's probably going to just implode at some point. It's quite a roller coaster to watch him continue to obstruct and hold to his Roy Cohn training deny deny deny, delay delay delay. But he's finally getting his comeuppance.
This is why we desperately need a robust, independent, and well-trained press. Things would never have gotten this bad if news organizations were doing their jobs. It's been left mostly to individuals (please note, I am NOT saying ALL journalists or all orgs are falling down on the job). This has to stop. Democracy depends not only on accurate and timely news at all levels (local, state, and national) but on a well-educated and informed citizenry as well. Which is another reason I am so hell bent on improving our public school system. IMHO, one of the reasons for the MAGA phenomenon is that people have not been taught critical thinking skills and are therefore ignorant and susceptible to emotional indoctrination. But that's another topic for another day. Thank you for being one of those independent, well-trained, and informed individuals, Lorraine.
You are 100% correct, Jena. The GOP has actively degraded our public education system starting with Reagan. Restoring it needs to be a top priority, thank you for taking on this challenge.
Regarding the press. it seems the onset of social media creating Internet pundits has been a double-edged sword. This "5th Estate" has given us many more important voices while causing MSM to stoop to truly deplorable desperate measures for clicks and profits.
It is now up to us keep them honest.
Your idea of independent well-trained press is brilliant! I've been saying we all deserve honorary degrees in PoliSci and Civics for stepping up to do the research needed to learn how our complicated system really works in order to save it.
Thanks to experts like Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Simon Rosenberg and others we've had access to some really great information!
Make it so :-)
Thanks Lorraine for being one of the good ones.
I know my own journalism teachers are horrified by what's happened.
You have to wonder just how long even the MSM can ignore this. The “man” is obviously and very visibly deteriorating right in front of our eyes. But they are so soullessly concerned with making this election seem close that they continue to ignore some very troubling (and obvious) symptoms. You would think that the fall of the “Great Man” (it was hard to write that) would be a compelling enough story but what do I know?
Agreed, I think even MSM is finally having to accurately report on his deterioration, except somehow the NYTimes finds ways to spin it in his favor.
And I agree, someone should write a piece as you suggested. But who could call him the "great man" yuck! That's a lie in and of itself.
Maybe "the bigger they come the harder they fall" or something?
Always great to see a comment from you Lee! Thanks for reading and commenting!
I don’t comment too often but I always read you, rest assured. There’s just so much here (on Substack)!
Understand that when, not if, DJT is silenced, we should not believe that we can just “move on.” The sinister forces will persist long after he is gone. They were at work well before he spilled into our collective. i hope we can realize that we have much work ahead of us to do our part in understanding what it means to build a more perfect union.
Exactly, Wayfarer! I've been saying this repeatedly, that the GOP goal has been to push incrementally further right, it's a long game, a la Leonard Leo, to be positioned for the next opportunity they have. After we win in November we need to immediately restore the voting rights act, Roe, assault weapons ban, and unpack SCOTUS. We're just getting started!
...just getting started: great, yet profoundly sad and horrifying that we've been so naive (and complacent) for so long. We have work to do -- and well into the future. Much credit to you for helping to keep the banner flying.
100%. 💪🏻💙🌊
...rusty brain ...oxidized
•• he is 1 bloated ROS ••
...a huge ( soon not to be )
free radical...
toxic unfit...
** without a naturopath **
...to save him from
apoplectic total 💥 💥❗️
✋ why ? naturopaths
🚫 license in his state
🤨 i guess nature is woke 🤔
Meta level! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💙💙💙