What - Me worry ??

 This used to be - and is probably still is MAD Magazine's words for Alfred E Newman ..

After reading - Thom Hartman's column on the impending strategy to steal an  election - YES - I am now more worried than ever.  My yhought on this is that the GOP and trump  - learned the last time what kep them from overturning  the  2020 election - from Attorney Generals  in the states hat they need the Electoral votes from  - to making fake claims that carry till this day  about voter fraud - where they have lost 61 court cases - many in front of Judges that trump appointed - but that even those Judges sides with the Truth - to Mike Pence , the Then Vice President that refused to nullify the Vote of the People , to the fact that they did not hold the Majority in the House of Representatives....  

I will tag Mr Hartman and encourage you to follow his blog later in this post.  But I will attempt to summarize what he wrote about....

1st - the GOP has gerrymandered districts in several states - so they have a better chance of winning seats in the House. They have passed laws in several states that give those Attorneys General more power than they had before to simply throw out the votes in their state and send to the House of Representatives any damn slate of electors that they want - totally disregarding the  popular vote . 

2nd - they maneuvered to get a Speaker of the House that would be very sympathetic to their cause , and 100% devoted to the Cult leader , taking his cue directly from trump  - we see that with funding for Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and his stone walling the bi-partisan bill on immigration that recently came from the Senate- giving the GOP everything they asked for- but that it would give Biden a WIN and trump wants to campagain  on the Border - instead of fixing anything. 

Now - let's fast- forward to the election - IF , and I doubt that happens ,  trump wins. Ok - all bets are off and the GOP can go about  usurping the Law and going about dismantling the Democracy from the inside out. ensuring that trump or not there will never be another Election in this country.  BUT   - IF and More likely when trump loses - they are ready to go into action -   

- They 1st need to ensure that they have the Majority on the House - this is either done  by the Elections that they orchestrated as described above - or  If the Democrats win the House - Mike Johnson - will not swear in the the Newly elected Representatives...  He - Johnson - needs that Majority in House to undo Democracy.  He held up swearing in Souzzi - the newly elected Rep from NY that took Santos  place because Johnson needed to maintain his small edge in the House for the impeachment vote of Mayoriks. He will do this by claiming there are irregularities in the elections in those districts that the GOP lost (sound Familiar ?) 

- That will keep "Moscow Mike " in charge in the Hosue where can refuse to accept the Electoral votes from the certain states that they lost. Again claiming Election "problems", Remember that it was Johnson that rallied 138 Republicans to NOT certify Biden's election.   Others in the GOP have already said  or not said if they would vote for or against a Democrat winning the White house in 2024.... 

Then  - this is direct quote from Hartman - " regardless of how many votes Biden won by, electoral or popular, the House simply refuses to certify the electoral college votes of enough states that the minimum of 270 isn’t reached. Under the 12th Amendment, like with the election of 1876, that throws the election to the House, where each state has one vote." 

and no matter the popular vote by state or Nationwide-  - see Democracy in the Dictionary - the house would invoke the 12th amendment - where each State gets one vote - there are more what we call RED states than Blue states  (remember population has nothing to do with this)  - and that my friends is how the Republic ENDS ........   

a few notes - the MAGA , Fucking crazy ass -  "Putin/Trump caucus in the House — led by Speaker Johnson — has largely given up on democracy when elections don’t give them power. As outrageous as this scenario sounds, they justify it to themselves as being essential to “save America” from “woke” Democrats."

and Johnson has said that he has been appointed and anointed by GOD for a Greater 

good and I think that he believes that stealing an election would be the Greater good. 

And if you think the Supreme Court would step in and stop this miscarriage of Justice and preserve the Union - think again. The Court has ruled they have have no say in Political issues and that part of the Constitution needs to be resolved by Congress - not the Court. 

"Rightwing billionaires and neofascists within the GOP are salivating at this prospect. 
In one fell swoop they’ll “take back” the government, putting an end to that pesky problem of democracy and voters...."
new Newly  "installed " President issues a new Schedule F executive order and  20,000 or so of the top management of every federal agency find themselves out of a job,  replaced by conservative ideologues who are being vetted by Heritage and other conservative think tanks as you’re reading these words.

and Mark these words - once they get their hands on the Power to do this - THEY WILL.

— End gay marriage and criminalize being trans.
— Outlaw abortion and most forms of birth control.
— End the teaching of Black history.
— Outlaw DEI and affirmative action of any sort.
— Shut down most functions of the EPA so the fossil fuel and chemical industries can do whatever they want to our air and water.
— End enforcement of our anti-monopoly laws.
— Fire thousands of IRS investigators to make America safe for morbidly rich tax cheats.
— Shut down all “green” initiatives and instead “drill, baby drill.”
— Sell off public lands and parks to the highest bidders.
— Privatize Social Security and end traditional Medicare.
— End federal funding for public schools and colleges.
— Outlaw unions.

So - This scheme has been written about in several publications, and by Mr. Thom Hartman.  These are legal - although barely so .  The GOP fascists have figured out this plan to gain and keep power regardless of consequence and that they have a way to STEAL  the election that is so much easier than trying to WIN the Election. 

Maybe the only was to stop this is to publicize it to the point that that is would be seen as such an Outrage that they could not pull it off....    Maybe - maybe - there is that slim chance to save the Republic,,,  I have quoted Benjamin Franklin several times about his response to Elizabeth Willing Powel's question: "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"  and his answer - "A Republic - If you can keep it" - I guess we will see........

Here is Thom Hartman's Article - in full ..

https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-new-over-the-top-secret-plan-518

We and us

 What is sorta terrifying about listening to broadcasts like FOX Entertainment is that when they are talking about the GOP the Republican party and the former President - they refer to things as WE and US. That is not even close to Journalism.  You cannot appear as a guest speaker at a CPAC event.  You do interviews where they don;t even attempt to push back on outlandish claims, and Outright Lies. They serve up softball questions, like they were given the questions to ask by the Interviewee. 

These people are pushing the right wing agenda - spreading lies and half truths, they were fined 3/4 of a Billions dollars for doing just that. 

Now the CNN's of the world do not show trump in a good light,, but they don't identify with or tout them selves as associated with the Democrats or Democratic agenda.... that's the difference. 

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The GOP in the Senate and House have been screaming about the Biden's and the money that they took from Ukraine.  

What you need to know here is that the Russians and Putin got exactly what they wanted from the From the former FBI informant - Smirnov . For over a decade he fed the FBI false infomation and was cited as doing so many times. He broadcasted info to them  that the GOP then took and ran with - even though they - the FBI - could not conform the info Smirnov gave them thru any other source- in fact just the opposite was true . Those close to this knew and said he was lying - but did that stop the GOP from releasing all that fake info - NOPE !  And they started an Impeachment inquiry into Biden because of it.  and evn now that Snirnov has been arrested by the FBI for lying to them = the so called leaders of the GOP - Comer, Jordan etc - cannot bring them selves to say that they were duped. That the FBI's 1023 form was false and there whole inquiry just went into the toilet. 

To continue the embarrassment  the Presidents brother just testified in front of the Committee for several hours and he repeated over and over again that his Brother - now president -  had nothing to do with his business dealings.  Poof - another nothing burger - but will that stop them - I think not.  With the Democracy teetering on the cliff of destruction the GOP with trump are  looking to push it over the edge.

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i was delighted to see that MTG - the Congresswoman from Georgia that is so far up trumps ass she can see daylight from the other end - was fined $100, 000 dollars for refusing to abide by the House rule of wearing a Mask to help stem the spread of Covid,,, and let's remember that she did this at a time when 10's of thousands of Americans were dying of the virus. 

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Lastly today The Big Truck Boycott on NYC -  Now if you are an independent trucker - you most certainly have the right o accept or deny ANY shipment to or from anywhere that you don't want to go. And I would be supportive of their Right to peacefully protest - what ever they think is wrong

and with me admit-tingly knowing little about this - I bet that there are hundreds of truckers and trucking companies that will gladly pick the slack caused by any Independents not taking loads of whatever to NYC.

And I saw a video - of this :The earliest proponents of a trucker boycott of New York City in retaliation against former President trumps civil fraud penalty has backed down on his earlier statements, deleting posts and sharing a retraction. So there's that.  and Wait a second - I thought all the Truckers were at the Southern Border protecting that ?!?!?

and here is a pix of the BQE - thats the Brooklyn Queens expressway - umm yea I see No trucks in that photo...

and can I just say that - New York city is a PORT City -with goods coming in by Ship !

 

The hypocrisy just rolls on............

 -  So now - those that are yelling about hugh prices on Groceries, Gas, And just about any consumable - and shouting that no one - well probably not the person shouting  - but everyone else cannot afford to live - the Biden economy is killing middle and lower class America - suddenly have money to spend on Sneakers, Perfume, and Cologne that is hawked gt the Grifter in Chief. Come on folks - let's at least be consistent in the messaging,,, 

- And then the Speaker of the House- the Puppet of Trump -  Mike Johnson says that the report that was issued by Robert Hur needs to be investigated... and that Biden Mishandled documents and "Broke the Law" but will not be prosecuted. Of Course - the Broke the LAW part is a Fucking LIE ! How do  know this - I must be very smart to know something like that.... Ummmm  no - READ THE FUCKING REPORT !!

"We conclude that no criminal charges are warranted in this matter. "  and it goes on...."for the reasons summarized below, we conclude that the evidence does not establish Mr. Biden's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Prosecution of Mr. Biden is also unwarranted based on our consideration of the aggravating and mitigating factors set forth in the Department of Justice's Principles of Federal Prosecution. For these reasons, we decline prosecution of Mr. Biden." 

But - you can count on the MAGA crowd to only listen to the Fox entertainment part - the words of the Speaker of the House.  WE are doomed. 

- There is  - on Social media - a word of a Truckers strike - that they - "they" are ot going to carry goods into or out of New York in response to the Judgements against Trump in the NY court - that of nearly $400 million dollars . OK  - let's put aside for  a minute that the guy that was kinda from and center - a trucker that went by - like Chicago Bob - or something like that has already backed down from that claim. he deleted the Social media posts that promoted the Strike - and has since said that he is not a leader to any movement ... That aside -  It would be my belief that there are many many many - trucking agencies and businesses that would love to pick up that slack - that would be front and center in taking the business of moving whatever it is into NYC. That they - the independent truckers - that are what I will call threatening this Strike - need to proceed with caution - that when they soften their rhetoric - and want / need that business back - tha tis just might have been taken over by others.. and now they will be the ones that are S.O.L.     

.... and we Doubt the LAW

 We doubt ourselves, 

we doubt our beliefs. 

We doubt our institutions. 

And we doubt the law.... 

From Frank Galvins summation in the movie The Verdict

What is the underlying theme to the 91 Felony indictments (this across several Jurisdictions and counts of trying to overturn the elecion, the Classified documents, the Hush Money payments he made to a Porn Star)   ,, and the Civil liability of the former POTUS that has he has been found liable for  once on Sexual assault and twice on the defamatory statements he made against her, a Civil trial on Fraud charges that he has just been ordered to pay $355 Million dollars and not able to hold a position in company in NY, and not do business in NY for 3 years, and his sons - Eric and (cocaine) Don Jr have to pay $4 million each for their part in the Fraud case..      

Now - balance that with the polling that in Iowa the site of a recent primary and Caucus , and other polls across the nation that  nearing  50% Do not care that he is libel for Sexual assault,  and that they would still vote for him even of he was convicted of a Felony .  In my mind it is a report card on the doubt that people have in our Justice System.  You hear things from politicians about a "Trump" Judge or an  "Obama" judge - that by saying that believe that that judge would rule for or against something simply because that Judge was appointed to their seat by that politician - no Matter the LAW.  We have what many - my self included - say is a corrupt Supreme court - we have Justices (Thomas and Alito)  that took gifts in the form of Extravagant vacations , and trips, and the supporter buying their home that they could not sell, and then that person or persons company having business before the court and they refuse to recuse themselves - and Congress fails to hold them accountable. .  We have justices voting along party lines in many cases,,, we have justices that Lied to Congress about important issues like abortion and a women's right to choose saying it was the Law of the land for decades and there was no reason to think that they would even take up the case, and then voting to overturn Rowe .v Wade the 1st chance they got.   We have a Judge Aileen Cannon that has been overturned on her ruling by an appellate court - as she ruled in Trumps favor time and time again.

We live in a dangerous time. 

I won't live to see it play out ,,,, but history will look back and see that it was this doubt of the LAW  that destroyed the country , that ended Democracy,  That then  re-wrote the Constitution. That watched Christian Nationalists take over, that watched as small majority of literarily stupid politicians take over the Government (we see the glimpse of that now)  - IF the country reelects Trump - the downfall of the Country will begin quickly - it will start and even those of this own party that lean politically toward the center will not be able to stop it .      It can begin as soon as 336 days from today  January 20th 2025. 

You can vote for a Democrat to be reelected, and then debate the issues over the next 4 years or  IF you vote from Trump - you never have to worry about voting again. 

  

And the Beat Goes on.............

 1 Dead - the DJ at the event if I understand correctly.- Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a Kansas City-area radio DJ, died after being shot at the Chiefs victory rally, according to a post shared by her employer, KKFI radio 90.1 FM...  and 21 more wounded. Children are among the ones that were  shot.  3 people are in custody as the shooters... 

This is from one news outlet:

"Three people were detained as officers converged on the scene, according to Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves, who added that guns were recovered at the scene but didn’t specify how many. No charges had been announced as of Wednesday night and no suspects had been named.

As the investigation gets underway, several unanswered questions remain: how many people opened fire during the event, how many shots were fired and what motivated the violence that turned a day of celebration into a tragedy.“We do not have a motive, but we are asking those who may potentially have any kind of information, a witness or video, to contact police,” the police chief said at a Wednesday news conference.

The shooting marked the latest setting where Americans saw a sense of safety punctured by gun violence, following shootings at churches, schools, grocery stores, outlet malls and other locations. The violence Wednesday was at least the 48th mass shooting in the United States so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which like CNN defines a mass shooting as one in which four or more people are shot, not including the shooter."

We are not safe anywhere.  It is a matter of statistics that a shooting of this nature may or may not involve you or your loved ones....  and Be Prepared to hear the same Nonsense Bull Shit about any kind or Control on the Weapons used in this attack,.. In Fact this is the Missouri gun law  - 

So - you can buy and possess a gun of any type , and caliber with no training, no background check , no nothing,,, and then go shoot up a public gathering ... yea  - so let's not pretend that they = - and missouri is only the latest place - give a Shit about the public, the children. This in a state wher ethe y care so much about children that any - ANY abortion is banned and they have what is considered the MOST Restrictive abortion laws in the Country.  SO - Do NOT fucking tell me you care about the Children - it has nothing to do with the Children you assholes ! 

The Mass Shooting data from 2023 is this - and Mass Shooting is 4 or more.

By the numbers: There were 656 mass shootings in 2023.

• That's up from 647 mass shootings in 2022 but down from a record 689 in 2021, data from the research group shows.
• 2023 saw an 8-10% overall decrease in deaths and injuries from gun violence, per GVA. There were 42,987 gun violence deaths last year.
• That's down from 47,430 the previous year.

Meanwhile, there were 36,366 injuries in 2023, down from 38,578 injuries in 2022.

 And we are off to banner year in 2024 -  with 46 mass shootings,  98 dead and 121 wounded,,, and this is only the 15th of February !!  

The NRA has a choke hold on the Politicians in this country and NOTHING will change as long as they - and every other Lobby Group is allowed to contribute massive amounts of Money to political campaigns in this country. 

The GOP does not exist

 The Republican party no longer exists.. 

What remains is a group that has no direction, no ideas, no nothing. They exist solely for the purpose of serving their Cult Leader the Orange Jesus. They have sold their souls and lives to serving that loser. 

I'll give the most recent example...  Earlier this year the Speaker of the House traveled to the Southern border - to have a Media event. At that event he said that there could be no more aid to Ukraine that was not tied to funding for the Border . that any bill would be dead in the House of that was not the case. He - Mike Johnson - thought that would never happen ,,, 

..   The Senate took that to heart - they negotiated a bi -partisan deal - and the Democrats gave up - much of what they wanted in past negotiations - like DACA reform and a path to citizenship for "Dreamers"  those born in the US to immigrants,  so that they could get a deal - the bill that was brokered had aid to Ukraine, Israel, Aid to Gaza and a sweeping reform for the Southern border.  More Money for Agents , Judges,  Border patrol, etc - Essentially everything that the GOP wanted. 

What happens then ??? The Orange Jesus - The fake tan Mussolini - Tells Johnson, and makes statements that he does not want them to vote for ANY Border reform. He wants the Chaos that has existed , because it it really the only thing that he even his small brain believes there is left to Campaign on.  SO now Speaker Johnson - says that he won't even bring that Bill for a Vote in the House !  

What's left ???  The Economy is rolling - the Stock market closing at higher and higher numbers, Inflations is coming down - the Job reports have been better and Better each month surpassing expectations,  unemployment down. Gas prices down. the USA's energy numbers are up - way up.. and exceeding energy generation. so whats left ?? Immigration - and  I will admit there is more that could have been done earlier in the administration.. they are at a place now that to take actions,  but Donnie Two Scoops does not want that .

One day - Trump will be gone - the cult and cultist activity will go away immediately when he is gone... and what will be left will be those that put Personality above Party, and Party above country - their treason will remain and we need to never ever forget what they did in support of their Jim Jones, their David Koresh , their Charles Manson - the Orange Jesus Loser ....