Category: Observations

Veterans Day–2026

The 11th day of the 11th month……

Today is a national holiday where America honors our veterans….but it it?  It seems more like a day off and a lot of beer and food more so than about veterans and their contribution to what we call freedom.

When I arrived in Vietnam in October of 1967 I was issued a M16…..a piece of sh*t weapon and I soon traded it for a M3 known as a ‘Burp Gun’….it was more reliable in the field and reliability is why many US troops chose the AK47 over the M16.

Sorry had a brain fart and went back 60 years….

I would like to wish all my fellow veterans a great day and we will always keep our comrades in our minds.

This is just a small thing that few people know about….a small factoid about Vietnam….

This is probably TMI but there were many things about Vietnam that most Americans have no idea.

I will stick to me tradition for this day….at 11am I have drink and a toast to absent friends….then go about my usual schedule for the day.

I hope everyone has a good day and please take the time to remember all our veterans have done for this country and the sacrifices that they endured to serve their country.

 

 

The ‘Consent Of The Governed’

This will be the second part of my series where I look at the promises of the Constitution….as a political historian I like analyzing the parts that I feel are falling short.

For many decades the term “all men are created equal’ has overshadowed ‘consent of the governed’ I hope to change thinking with this post.

Let’s begin with a simple definition….

Consent of the governed is the political principle that a government’s legitimacy and moral right to use power is valid only when approved and agreed to by the people.

  • Popular Sovereignty: The people are the ultimate source of all political power.
  • Social Contract: Citizens agree to obey laws and support the state in exchange for the protection of their natural rights.
  • Right to Withdraw: If a government fails to protect basic rights or acts unjustly, the people have the right to alter, abolish, or replace it.

A wonderful idea….but sadly I do not see it ever being the true case.

I believe there are more disadvantages than advantages to this concept as it pertains to this nation….

First the ‘tyranny of the majority’….

When political power is tied strictly to the consent of the majority, the interests, rights, and voices of minority groups can easily be overridden.
  • Human Rights Vulnerabilities: If a large majority consents to a policy or leader that actively harms a marginalized demographic, the system can technically possess “consent” while producing profoundly unjust or cruel outcomes.
  • Suppression of Dissent: In highly majoritarian systems, those who do not consent to prevailing policies may find themselves functionally silenced, reducing true political plurality.

Second the illusion of ‘consent’….

Philosophers like David Hume have historically argued that “consent” in a nation-state is largely a fiction.
  • No Real Choice to Leave: A citizen cannot easily choose to withdraw their consent and leave their country if they lack the financial means, language skills, or legal ability to emigrate.
  • Acquiescence vs. Consent: Citizens often comply with laws out of habit, fear of punishment, or basic survival rather than actual, enthusiastic consent. Voting in an election does not necessarily mean a citizen consents to all laws passed by the winner.

Here I feel I need to inject that I agree with Hume on this matter.

Third, slow decision making….

A system designed to constantly check, verify, and renew the consent of millions of people is inherently slow.
  • Inefficiency: Seeking consensus or majoritarian approval requires lengthy public deliberation, debates, and legislative processing.
  • Crisis Management Failures: In times of immediate crisis (such as war, economic collapse, or pandemics), the time required to gather democratic consent can paralyze a government, making it less agile than centralized or authoritarian systems.

Fourth, the uninformed public….

The quality of a government built on consent is entirely dependent on the quality of the decisions made by the citizens who grant it.
  • Misinformation: Voters are not always well-informed on highly complex economic, scientific, or geopolitical issues, meaning they can enthusiastically consent to disastrous policies.
  • Hyper-Polarization: In deeply divided societies, the process of consent can break down entirely. Political factions may refuse to recognize the legitimacy of an elected government, viewing the opposing party not as rivals, but as existential threats, which can lead to political dysfunction or civil unrest.

Finally, exclusion of parts of society….

In practice, the mechanisms used to express consent—primarily voting—are rarely equally accessible to all citizens.
  • If structural barriers like long voting lines, restrictive registration laws, or economic constraints prevent certain populations (such as low-income or minority communities) from participating, the “consent” generated by the system is skewed and incomplete.

I have laid out why I think that the term ‘consent of the governed’ is pure poppycock (trying to be professional here)….as an example I point to the issues facing this country today as far as the citizens giving consent.

Americans now almost universally reject one of the most-fundamental claims in their Founding document.

There are people that are denied this concept…..why?  Because they may not want a Dem or a Repub on the ballot…..so do these people consent to be governed?

Note:  After the recent vote one might think that this post is non-applicable….to that I say….’don’t kid yourself’.

Whatcha think….do we still believe in the ‘consent of the governed’?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

An American “Gulag”?

The inspiration for this post came from an article that I read…..

In a criminal arrest, the legal system creates an immediate paper trail: police reports, court logs, and attorney filings. But inside immigration detention, the process works under an entirely different set of rules.

In this episode of “Inside Story,” host Lawrence Bartley and reporter Aala Abdullahi explore how rapid transfers across the country leave families unable to locate their loved ones. More than 1 in 10 detainees are moved out of state within their first 24 hours in custody, while the government’s online locator system frequently lags or shows no assigned facility. Because deportation is a civil administrative process rather than a criminal one, individuals face repeated transfers without the right to appointed counsel or stable court jurisdiction.

Drawing on federal transfer data and accounts from families and attorneys, they examine how the rapid expansion of detention isolates individuals across the country

(marshallproject.org)

That brings me to the idea of a gulag.

Gulag?

Most Americans, that could actually read, became acquainted with the term ‘gulag’ from a couple of books written by a former prisoner….Former prisoner and Nobel Prize-winning author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote two books about the Gulag: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and The Gulag Archipelago.

But what is a gulag?

A Gulag was a vast system of forced labor camps and prisons in the Soviet Union.

  • The Acronym: The word comes from the Russian abbreviation Glavnoye Upravleniye Lagerey, meaning “Main Camp Administration” or “Chief Administration of Corrective Labor Camps”.

  • Literal Meaning: It originally referred to the specific government agency that ran the Soviet secret police labor camps, but it came to mean the entire prison and camp network.
    • Conditions: Prisoners faced brutal conditions, extreme weather in remote areas like Siberia, starvation, and long hours of hard manual labor used to build Soviet infrastructure and industry

    A horrific condition that Russians had to face if they were not in favor with the regime in power.

    I bring this up because of Donny and his ICE thugs and their arrest of anyone with brown skin…..the excuse is the round-up of illegal immigrants….

    I write this because there has not been sufficient reporting on this ‘camps’ that house those arrested by ICE…..and the conditions smack of gulag tactics.

    This is what these ‘prisoners’ have to look forward to if arrested….

    Conditions inside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities are severe, overcrowded, and frequently inhumane, according to reports from oversight groups, medical experts, and human rights organizations

    • Surge in Fatalities: According to data analyzed by KFF, deaths in ICE custody have risen sharply, making recent years the deadliest on record for the immigration detention system. [1, 2]

    • Lack of Care: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reports that detained individuals face severe medical neglect, delayed treatment for chronic conditions, and outbreaks of infectious diseases like tuberculosis and measles.  Sanitation Failures: Detainees and inspectors have documented overflowing toilets, lack of basic hygiene supplies like soap, poor ventilation, and insect infestations in various facilities.  Physical and Verbal Mistreatment: Legal filings and witness statements gathered by the Vera Institute of Justice cite instances of verbal harassment, physical abuse, and intimidation by facility staff.

      Punitive Isolation: A report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) states that ICE frequently uses solitary confinement to punish minor infractions or retaliate against complaints and hunger strikes, worsening mental health issues like PTSD and depression. Packed Cells: Whistleblower reports and legislative inspections detailed by Human Rights Watch show that populations have swelled past facility limits, leaving people to sleep on concrete floors or in prolonged chains.

      • Inmates: It held millions of people, including common criminals, prisoners of war, and political dissidents or innocent people accused of opposing the state. [1, 2]

      Those listed conditions smack of the conditions within the ‘gulag’ system in the Soviet Union.

    To me this treatment of ‘prisoners’ is ripe with human rights violations but we know that Donny and his Minions care little about the rights of humans.

    Am I wrong in this thought?

    But more of this……it is beginning to look very familiar to an old fart like me….

    Recently, one is drawn to recognize the parallels between the NKVD bread trucks and black SUVs filled with ICE officers, who mask their faces and offer no identification as they snatch children and adults off the street because they have melanin in their skin or speak with an accent. Like the NKVD, ICE officers shoot people without substantive explanation, detain more than 66,000 people, many without criminal records, including occasional citizens, and ship them off to undisclosed detention centers. They have also deported hundreds of thousands of people, often without notice or due process.

    https://thefulcrum.us/governance-legislation/stalinization-of-america-parallels-authoritarianism

    We are better than this and as long as we ignore these deplorable conditions and treatment of people makes us a smaller people.

    Americans should be outraged but instead they spend their time bitching about TikTok or Instagram….and that to me makes us a pathetic nation.

    Anyone want to wade in?

    I Read, I Write, You know

    “lego ergo scribo”

How To Explain The Vote

There are still a few races that are not set in stone…..Mississippi being one of them (go figure)….

But there are a few reasons why Donny is losing his cool….

To say Democrats won big on Election Day almost seems like an understatement, with flips of longtime GOP seats that handed both the House and Senate to the opposition party, per the Guardian. The outlet notes that preelection polls “failed to fully predict the extent of the party’s massive wins,” with surveys holding back somewhat on Dem prospects, partly due to polling missteps in 2024. However, the way things panned out turned out to be “way, way worse than Republicans anticipated,” notes the Washington Post. Some big takeaways from the Democrats’ successes in Election 2026:

  • Furious voters: An “angry electorate” is credited by Reuters for the GOP’s losses, with nearly two-thirds of voters in exit polls pointing the finger at Trump for the high current cost of living, and 75% noting they were dissatisfied or angry with the country’s direction.
  • End of Trump’s sway? NBC News reports that election results mirrored Trump’s own sinking approval ratings. The president “tried to persuade Republicans across the country to show up and vote for GOP candidates,” the outlet notes. “But he had lost his influence with them. It’s harder to persuade voters to follow you if they don’t think you’re doing a credible job.”
  • Gerrymandering gamble: It didn’t pay off in many districts that were redrawn to favor Republicans, per the New York Times, which cites Dem wins in North Carolina and Florida, among other places. “So many of our colleagues made the patriotic and courageous decision to stay and fight,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said. “They didn’t run away from the fire. They ran toward the fire and helped put it out.”
  • Billionaires’ bust: Besides Republican candidates, tech tycoons were another group that suffered big losses, including SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who poured nearly $450 million into GOP races around the nation, per CNBC. The results “are a wake-up call for corporate special interests and billionaires who have been rigging the economy,” said Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas, who won his Senate race in New Hampshire, becoming the first openly gay male US senator.
  • MAGA implosion? The Wall Street Journal reports on the “cracks” that have emerged in the “Make America Great Again” contingent, with preliminary results showing that some key demographics that helped propel Trump back to the Oval Office in 2024—including Hispanic, Black, and non-college-educated white voters—rejected him this time around.
  • Latino angle: NPR reports that they’re now “a true swing group in America,” though it cautioned against treating Latinos like a monolith. Axios notes one staggering example: In Texas’ heavily Hispanic-leaning Starr County, Democratic Sen.-elect James Talarico led by almost 60 points, which was a 75-point reversal from two years ago.

Now that Dems think they are in control….what will be their first punch at Donny?

It amazed me the number of non-white governors we will have in 2027…..and most are Dems which is amazing after all the races they lost in the past….I guess a shitty president will help out.

Anything to add

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Are The Votes Being Bought?

There has been a record amount of people going to vote and likewise a record amount of billionaires buying votes wherever they can…..

Some of the richest people in the US have spent unprecedented sums of money to influence the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections, and a Sunday report in The New York Times estimated that the top 20 biggest donors alone have spent a combined $2 billion in federal races this cycle.

The single largest funder of the 2026 midterms, by a wide margin, is far-right billionaire Elon Musk, who has shoveled nearly $450 million to help GOP candidates.

In fact, pro-Republican donors account for the five largest individual contributors to midterm races.

In addition to Musk, the other largest donors this cycle are industrialists Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein, who have given $150 million to help elect Republicans; flagship GOP Senate super PAC One Nation, which has spent $138 million; venture capitalists Marc Andreesen and Ben Horowitz, who have given $116 million; and hedge fund investor Jeff Yass, who has given $110 million.

On the Democratic side, the top spenders have been flagship Democratic Senate super PAC Majority Forward, which has spent $104 million, and George and Alexander Soros, who have given $103 million.

The Times’ report echoes an analysis published last week by the Brennan Center for Justice showing that the 40 largest individual donors to the 2026 elections had spent a combined $2.4 billion as of mid-October.

According to Brennan, this represents the single largest amount of money spent on a midterm election ever since the US Supreme Court’s landmark 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. FEC unleashed limitless political campaign spending.

The Brennan analysis reveals that the spending of the very largest donors has grown dramatically over the last decade.

“The donations coming from the top 40 donors for the midterms total eight times the amount from the top 40 donors by mid-October in the 2014 midterms (the first full midterm cycle after Citizens United), adjusted for inflation,” the analysis explains. “The cutoff to be in the top 40 has also increased to 10 times what it was four cycles ago, to $25 million.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2026-midterms-top-donors

None of this should be a surprise to anyone capable of following the money….but no matter the winners we will get the best government money can buy.

The only winners in this election will most likely be the oligarchs…..not us peasants.

Can you see it?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Election Day–2026 (Cond)

The day has finally come and we will make our wishes known through our vote….for better or worse….the decision will be made.

Here’s what is known at this time….

Election Day is here. Just don’t expect Election Day night to answer all the midterms’ burning questions. Tight races, mail voting rules, and ranked-choice systems in states like Alaska, Maine, Arizona, and California mean some key contests—and possibly control of Congress—could take days or even weeks to sort out, reports the New York Times.

  • The consensus: As anyone following coverage this year knows, forecasters give Democrats a great chance of flipping the House and a decent chance of flipping the Senate. Nate Silver, for example, puts the percentages for those outcomes at 95% and 80%, respectively, at his Silver Bulletin.
  • Poll caveat: Nate Cohn of the New York Times notes that Trump-era polls have previously underestimated Republican support, and there’s a “real possibility” of that happening again. The president’s supporters tend not to respond to pollsters’ queries.
  • You pick:The Wall Street Journal has a detailed look at state-by-state forecasts, and its tool allows readers to make their own projections.
  • record: Tuesday might be Election Day, but a record number of people already have cast their ballots, reports USA Today. The University of Florida Election Lab puts the figure at roughly 54 million.
  • Early results: Axios cautions those watching results come in Tuesday night against drawing early conclusions, mainly because right-leaning states such as Florida report first. “In every national election since 2018, the House and Senate votes counted by 9pm ET were 4 to 9 percentage points more Republican than the final result,” its analysis notes.

That is just about everything you could possibly want to know….with the exception of the winners…..that will be a post for tomorrow or as soon as the winners are known.

The turn out looks pretty good which I was not expecting here in my state of Mississippi….this is a Deep Red State and most think it is a fore drawn conclusion on who the winners will be….

What will the outcome be….a reinforcement of Donny and his destructive policies or possibly a new way forward?

Any thoughts?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

The Death Of The Corporate Dems?

Just a few days before the polls open and people rush to vote….

I have made my thoughts clear that Bubba Clinton and his DLC group killed the Democratic Party for that was when they became no better than the GOP in their embracing of corporate donors.

But I am told be some that those days of Dems sucking up to corporate donors is drawing to a close….

Most discussions about the Democratic Party in this election cycle focus on the remarkable rise of progressive Democrats (such as Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon, a democratic socialist who yesterday scored an upset win in the Democratic contest for the Florida Senate).

An equally big story is the remarkable decline of corporate Democrats.

Some Democrats worry about this. My old friend Democratic strategist James Carville compares the current wave of progressive primary wins to progressive campaigns in 2016 — especially that of Bernie Sanders — that he believes fractured the Democratic coalition.

“Bernie Sanders is the reason that Donald Trump is president,” Carville said recently, claiming that Bernie’s primary challenge to Hillary Clinton convinced voters in battleground states that establishment Democrats were no different from establishment Republicans, thereby weakening her prospects in the general election.

Even if James is right about 2016 (and I don’t believe he is) his assessment is irrelevant now because we’re at a radically different point in American politics than we were 10 years ago.

The silver lining on the dark storm cloud of Trump and his detestable regime is that it has exposed the greed, venality, cupidity, and corruption of America’s corporate elite.

https://www.alternet.org/progressive-democrats-2677726334/

Sorry but I do not see those days being over….just a reset and a new way to get their graft.

On a side note:  James Carville was an proponent of the Dems switching from representing the people to sucking up to corporations….he is a dinosaur and a very vocal one….progressives are sick to this twat and his mouth….

The “Ragin’ Cajun” first rose to national prominence in 1991 by encouraging Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, who had just announced his presidential bid, to point out to a strapped country that the economy wasn’t doing so hot. At the same time, Carville encouraged Democrats to carve up the welfare state that was buoying Americans taking the brunt of the economic downturn. Democrats had been locked out of the White House since 1980, and they were willing to try anything to win. These counterintuitive policy solutions were assumed to be smart, and Clinton’s victory in November 1992 proved it. Carville was a kingmaker, and his “please nobody” politics were the Democratic Party’s future.

A congressional wash-out just two years later couldn’t knock the bloom off the Third Way rose among Washington’s Democratic consultant class. Carville’s reputation for colorful turns of phrase, and his tendency to stomp on any calls for the party to move left, made him a favorite of cable news programmers looking to make entertaining television.

Now 81, Carville has remained a stock choice for cheap heat, even as his positions became more predictable, such as a recent slam on left-wing media personality Hasan Piker in which he called the streamer a “raving antisemite” due to Piker’s opposition to America’s support of Israel and his comment that he would “vote for Hamas over Israel every single time.” As progressives and democratic socialists have notched recent wins across the country, Carville has been there to tell the activist wing of the Democratic Party to pipe down and tack toward Republican stances on issues like transgender rights and police reform.

https://www.salon.com/2026/08/14/time-for-james-carville-to-sit-down-and-shut-up/

I agree….it is time for him to sit down and STFU.

It is time for a change….we have had nothing but conservs running this country and they came from both sides of the aisle….it is time for real change and the status quo will not bring about.

Am I wrong?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

BiBi Pulls A Donny

The Israeli election has been a close one but it appears that BiBi may have pulled it off…..but he is blaming the Arab parties for the closeness of the turn out to the point of claiming vote fraud by these parties…..

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said rival Arab parties cheated in his country’s elections after exit polls indicated his coalition failed to capture a majority in the Knesset, pushing the Middle Eastern democracy into a political deadlock.

Netanyahu’s Likud party and its allies outperformed expectations on Tuesday. But with results still trickling in on Wednesday evening, the prime minister failed to keep his majority in the Israeli parliament. There is still no clear winner. The opposition bloc, led by Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party, remains Likud’s top rival. But two Arab parties, the Joint List and Ra’am, outperformed as they gained seats, drawing historic support as they are to win their largest-ever share of the vote.

Netanyahu said the Arab parties had stolen the election, claiming they are guilty of criminal offenses of bribery, threats, violence, forgeries, and the use of prohibited software to mobilize voters.

Does that sound at all familiar?

It should….he is pulling a Donny by accusing opponents of voter fraud.

He has been a lying POS for decades and will do whatever it takes to stay in power.

But his antics and accusations are turning ex-supporters off….

Ronald Lauder, the American billionaire who heads the World Jewish Congress and was once a close confidant of Benjamin Netanyahu, has accused the Israeli prime minister of sacrificing opportunities for peace to protect his political career.

In an interview with Haaretz published last week, ahead of the Israeli elections, the longstanding supporter of Israel described his disillusionment with Netanyahu, claiming he abandoned a negotiated peace agreement with Syria and Lebanon in the late 1990s despite having approved its terms.

The former ambassador also accused Netanyahu of undermining democracy and empowering far-right ministers whose policies are damaging Israel’s relationships with Arab neighbours, western governments and Jewish communities abroad.

“He chose politics over peace. He put his political future before the deal,” Lauder said of the negotiations with Syria. “That’s where he lost me. I saw him afterward, but it was never the same. He betrayed me.”

The comments come from a figure who helped Netanyahu build influential connections in the US and spent decades supporting Israeli institutions and Jewish organisations worldwide.

…

By Thursday morning, with roughly 91 percent of votes counted, his bloc was projected to win 53 seats, against 48 for Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot’s camp and 19 for parties representing Palestinian citizens of Israel, leaving neither main bloc with the 61 seats needed for a majority.

Netanyahu could retain power by securing opposition defections or negotiating a unity government, potentially excluding his far-right allies. If coalition talks fail, another election could follow, allowing him to remain caretaker prime minister in the meantime.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/netanyahu-chose-politics-over-peace-former-confidant-ronald-lauder-says

If BiBi is to remain he must put together a coalition and you can bet he will hit up the Right for support and if he gets it then it will be all out genocide against Palestinians….

This is really a sad turn for the region and the especially for the Arabs that stand in Israel’s way to a mini empire in the Levant.

Dark days are coming for the region.

Update:

Israel’s election is over, but the wrangling to form a new government is just beginning. Final tallies show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc taking 53 of 120 Knesset seats, while Gadi Eisenkot’s camp captured 48—leaving both short of the 61 needed to govern. Netanyahu’s bloc had a majority of 68 seats in the previous Knesset. The results must still be certified and handed to President Isaac Herzog next week, after which he’ll tap the politician he thinks is likeliest to assemble a coalition, NBC News reports.

  • Netanyahu’s Likud party will remain the largest in the Knesset with 27 seats, down from 32. Eisenkot’s centrist Yashar party, founded last year, will be the second-largest, with 21

The real shake-up: parties representing Israel’s Arab minority won 19 seats amid record turnout from Palestinian citizens of Israel, positioning them as potential kingmakers. Yet both main blocs have said they won’t partner with the two largest Arab factions, Ra’am and the Joint List. Yair Golan, leader of the small, left-wing Democrats party, is openly urging a coalition that includes them. Protesters gathered outside Eisenkot’s home on Thursday, calling for him to partner with Israeli Arab parties to prevent Netanyahu from serving another term, France24 reports.

After Herzog chooses a candidate, they will have 28 days to try to assemble a majority, plus a possible 14-day extension, the New York Times reports. If the weeks of negotiations ahead fail to produce a government, Israel will face another election early next year, a scenario that Herzog says he will do everything in his power to avoid, the AP reports. Likud has alleged, without evidence, that the election was “stolen” by the Arab parties, reports Politico. In a post on X Friday, Netanyahu said it is “forbidden” to form a coalition with Arab parties.

What will BiBi do?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Like a Thief In The Night

With the midterms looming large there are people that think he will somehow steal the election from the voters….my daughter being one of those people.

I have read many blogs and comments that are predicting a Donny move to eliminate the vote altogether.

Of course the GOP is on Donny’s side for they have wanted for decades to control who votes for who…..in other words through gaming the system they have made it so the candidate can pick his/her voters instead of the other way around.

Let’s play with a couple of scenarios….

First let’s say he manipulates the vote in his favor….what can we as citizans do?

It is January 3, 2027. The Democrats, fresh off their sweeping victory in the November elections, are set to take the majority in the House of Representatives.

All that remains is for the House clerk to compile a list of new members from the certified winners of the November races. It is an administrative technicality, a rote task that has gone off largely without incident every two years since 1789.

At least it did before Donald Trump turned the Republican Party into an election-denying cult. Now it has become the latest tool in the GOP arsenal to overturn election losses. Following the Democrats’ triumph in November, House Speaker Mike Johnson replaced the nonpartisan House clerk with a MAGA loyalist. Citing allegations of election fraud, the new clerk announces that he will not accept the documents certifying Democratic wins in key races. As a result, the members-elect cannot take their seats.

The Democratic National Committee unleashes an army of lawyers to challenge the move. But when the matter arrives before the Supreme Court, the Roberts majority, invoking the “political question doctrine,” rules that it cannot interfere in the internal operations of another branch.

And just like that, the Republicans have stolen the midterms.

…

Freedom-loving people need to plan ahead to counter any Trumpian coup. Fortunately, there is an effective blueprint that we can follow.

https://newrepublic.com/article/216179/non-violent-rebellion-stolen-election

Non-violent rebellion?

Personally I do not think the people have it in their DNA for any mobilization to that extent…..I want to be proven wrong.

Second Donny attempts to use the military to do his bidding against the will of the people….

Recently, I discussed how Donald Trump’s associates have been urging him to do anything necessary to maintain power. Anything. This includes even preemptively claiming the midterm elections will be tainted — and declaring martial law. Let’s pause to let that sink in.

I’ve been thinking about our military and what they are, and are not, prepared to do to protect — or undermine — democracy, and I’ve had some illuminating discussions with a range of individuals, some with military backgrounds, including very high-level retired officers.

The role of the military under a deeply flawed, unhinged commander in chief is very much on their minds and being intensively explored, albeit carefully — and quietly.

Trump’s desire to turn the military into his personal strike force is no secret. It’s likely not coincidental that Secretary of Defense (“War”) Pete Hegseth just announced that he plans to fire one out of every five top commanding officers in the military. At a time when we are at war — in fact, losing a war we should never have started, through no fault of the commanding officers about to get the ax.

That is in addition to an alarming development I previously reported: top Trump officials moving onto military bases.

Why is that alarming? Because it’s part of a broader movement to militarize the government, and turn the country’s armed services into the private army of a dictator. Hegseth has of course played a central role.

Will the Military Help Trump End Democracy in America — or Help Save It?

Now I ask….is this scenario a possibility?

Pistol Pete has been getting rid of any officers that will not bow to the will of Donny….so will those career offices then follow the Constitution and their oath or will they side with Donny and throw the election into the White House?

Is it a possibility?

I say yes it is a good one at that….but once again I hope to be proven wrong….but I get a terrible smell coming from the Pentagon.

Please let me know what you thoughts are on these scenarios.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

What Do Dems Support?

The clock is ticking down to the midterm elections and now is a good time to ask this question.

So far all their chest thumping has been about impeachment…..and how will that benefit you or I?

We know what the Repubs stand for….the same as they have for decades…..kill entitlements, de-regulate business, so on and with Donny their dreams are coming true.

Now ask yourself….what do Dems actually stand for?

I have been asking this question for years but it seems to be more important these days as we close in on the mid terms…..

The DSA is making in-roads and the corporate Dems are trying as hard as the GOP to throw manure at the voters and the DSA candidates…one idiot recently said….

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), writing that the DSA “are not Democrats.”

“The Democrats have a big tent,” Gottheimer wrote. “That’s our strength. We embrace a range of ideas — but there’s no room for anti-American bomb-throwers who oppose our ideas, values, & leaders.”

There you go!

What are those wide ranging ideas?

What are those ever important values?

My guess Gottheimer gets substantial funding from AIPAC….if so his comment is bullshit.

Do Dems support universal health care?

Do Dems support the continuing wars of aggression?

The MAGA morons are trying desperately to resurrect the Red Scare…..but will it work?

McGovern, Dem from Mass says….“I don’t think people are going to be fooled by another Red Scare,” McGovern said. “They can try to resuscitate the ghost of Joe McCarthy. But the bottom line is that’s because they don’t want to talk about issues of affordability.”

Good point….but when are the Dems truly talking about the issues that you and I think are important?

I have been asking these question for a very long time and even blogged about it ten years ago…

What’s A ‘Democrat’ Anymore?

I realize I have used this post before…..but it still is an unanswered question in desperate need of a damn answer.

All indicators point to a sort of “Blue Wave” if Congress does fall under the Dem spell…..what will that mean?

Please riddle me this….Does anyone have an accurate answer?  If so please share.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”