And why was his widow promoting her a video at his open casket with perfectly manicured nails and giant rings? I've been widowed. Yes, we all grieve differently but really? A lot of dramatic staging going on.
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And why was his widow promoting her a video at his open casket with perfectly manicured nails and giant rings? I've been widowed. Yes, we all grieve differently but really? A lot of dramatic staging going on.
We are broken but I truly believe that the vast majority of Americans do, do better everyday. It's the ones with the biggest mics that fuck it all up. That's what needs to be fixed. And, yes, it's Kirk's kids, and those from Sandy Hook, Parkland, Uvalde etc that are the true heartbreak.
Trump loves a great excuse to juice up his base. So convenient that the Epstein files fell off the news. A good day for POTUS.
I've lived through JFK, MLK, RFK, civil rights, Vietnam War, Kent State, 9/11, Sandy Hook & too many of mass shootings, J6....it's not getting better. It's getting worse. Elections have consequences. Have we hit bottom yet?
No he can't because the only people he sees as worthwhile, his nation, are his base & they love/believe every word he said. This is only the beginning.
MAGA crashes w/o trump.Trump is a historical one-of like a few I will not name. Simply put, we will not return to any sort of sane, legitimate governance until he's gone. Why do you think they're pushing all the shit so fast? They know their time is limited.
If protests become more numerous & loud, will he declare more emergencies & put more military on our streets? Will our military refuse to take action against its own citizens? I know he wants us to have this fear but, sadly, he holds this power & things could break bad...
Time to quarantine the entire state. Nobody gets to leave and spread their extreme ignorance & disease to the rest of the country.
Kent State redux- here we come! Will our 1st Amendment "right to peaceably assemble, and the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances" be infringed? You betcha. At the point of a gun.
Look at how fast trump has gotten rid of experienced & able federal employees in only 8 months. It can be done quickly.
There's no one in the wings that can provide the entertainment & anger that MAGA craves. Hopefully they will lose interest & never go near a voting booth again.
Where is our Daniel Ellsberg?
I think we should call it (ICE) what it is - trump's personal brownshirts/Gestapo etc. Are we working towards a maga formed military vs our established US military? I don't know but it's not out of the realm of possibility possibility.
Anybody think that Ghis said anything truthful about the holder of her pardon? She'll sing whatever song trump's DOJ wants.
And we believe a convicted perjurer, procurer & sexual abuser of children? Sure she said the holder of her pardon was just swell. She & Ep got rich on this shit.
Even mafia Teflon Don was finally nailed. Maybe this will be trump's Waterloo? Long overdue.
Rescues are gifts from God and I'm not particularly religious but this I believe.
Bottom line - Ep & Ghis ran an underage age prostitution ring for the wealthy. They amassed incriminating evidence. Blackmail pays well. This is how Epstein, a college drop-out, became a billionaire. Follow the money. Expose. The victims deserve it.
As a NYer who lived through & was disgusted by his Howard Stern interviews, his actions against the Central Park 5 & his lies re 9/11, not to mention his scandalous personal life, I am still shocked this country elected him TWICE! We are a stupid country.
Curious - who has Epstein's treasure trove of blackmail to which he earned his wealth? Maxwell? FBI? Putin? Destroyed? Think trump knows & has kept it contained?
I think Indivisible and other groups organizing actions & protests throughout the country (No Kings, Hands Off, etc) are doing a great job in mobilizing & energizing younger voters. Both D's & independents.
Sadly, we are living in this time 😪
Agree. This is just a tease to show what they have. Let's hope for a Pentagon Papers level dump. As a NYer, watching trump for decades, it's time for his day of reckoning.
WTF? Nothing looks more ridiculous than these masked, riot gear idiots on the Cape in July. If it wasn't so real, it would be as laughable as Candid Camera skit.
Thanks, Angry, for taking the time tonight after your trying week. Especially sorry for the loss of your treasured family pet.
Mr. Cuban, I know your a smart guy. Probably realize that we're where we are due to Citizens United. Campaign finance reform would be a game changer. Please use your resources to fix our electoral process.
I will say this until the day I die- see elections before Citizens United and after. That's your answer.
This is how it went - dad, Mario, a pretty decent NY governor. Son, Andrew, covid go-to for the nation. Son, Chris, popular CNN host until... Yep, pretty crazy. You never know what's around the next corner.
I'm all for change but do we really want to reinvent the wheel? I just don't know.
Not sure I'd entirely blame the 2 party system. It's far more nuanced. Biden should have stuck with one term promise and D's should have held a full throated primary season. Truly think that would have changed everything. In hindsight, Kamala never had a chance.
He's a POS as is my rep Elise Stefanik. Both voted for the big ugly. Both think they'll be governor of NY.
Our country, once the envy of the world, has become a cheap, thrid-rate reality show. I grew up middle class, blue collar & have more class than these monied, elite people will ever know.
There is a lot riding on him. I so hope he proves them all wrong and brings positive changes to NYC that the country will see & want.
Good. Trump will never get over the class, intelligence, popularity, respect & Nobel that Obama has. Imagine the damage this has done to the ego of this pitiful old white man.
I'm of age. Love dogs but cats are all I can handle. My babies are adult/senior cats I adopt from my local shelter. They enrich my life in more ways I can express.
Here we go again ... and again, again, again.
Yes, we have a job to do & I'm in awe of the growing number of people of all walks showing up. We can do this. We must do this!
How different would it be under another administration? No doubt it's worst case with trump but I wonder if anyone could bring an iota of peace to the Middle East. I see no end to the centuries of conflict.
How incredibly miserable they both look. It's true that money & power can't buy you class or happiness. I like that for them.
This is why everyone needs to get out tomorrow. I am, despite warnings of counter protesters. Local LE has promised they will protect our 1A right to peacefully assemble. We'll see. I'm in deep red MAGA country. Wish us luck!
You have a point and I would welcome anything good that comes out of this war.
Depressing. All the wars in my lifetime have just resulted in the sacrifice of our own youth, destruction of entire countries & death/starvation/displacement of so many of the innocent & powerless.
RIP, Brian.
Why don't they just call this what it is - trump declaring war on the state of CA. NY is next.
Agree.
Yes, but this is not to support our military in a foreign war. LA is not requesting this. If so, the Governor would activate. This is the feds throwing their weight around.
True that Kent State was the result of the Govenor activating his state's National Guard. This takes it a step further with feds usurping the Governor's authority with a possible bad result.
Comparable to playing the fiddle while Rome burns. He has no clue. Just following the script handed to him from his reality show producers - Miller et. al.
If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline. There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
Got to say the threat of federalizing the National Guard is giving me scary Kent State vibes. That, plus seeing tanks rolling into DC today, is making me very uncomfortable.
Let us never forget that trump needed to win or face jail time & bankruptcy. If it took selling his soul & our country's soul to the devil(s), he was all in. He won. Yes, we are that shallow.
This is what the people voted for - the most disgusting outrageous reality show ever produced. The hell with what's good for me & the country. Let me be entertained.
And he cemented all the government contracts he wanted.
Even when D's had some power in the Biden Administration, nothing happened. No consequences but for NYS charges. Sorry, he will always skate & he knows it.
Wow ... we're only 5 months in. What will it look like a year from now? Stuff of our worse nightmares...
I'm rewatching West Wing. Just finished arc re India & Pakistan. Amazing how this show remains relevant & gives me hope that we will again right the ship.
Have yet to see any Eupopean citizens who have overstayed their student/visitors visas be deported with their American-born children (hope I never do). Maybe that would break the glass?
Jesus weeps 😓
Our effort in a very red district in upstate NY - birthplace of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & rep'd (again) by Elise Stefanik. It was exhilarating!
It's pretty sad that the GOP has only trump to hang their hat on. Their choice, though, so I'm not shedding any tears.
Thanks, Rachel, for the repost! We are small but mighty & saddled again with our rep MAGA Elise Stefanik. Not going down without a fight!
Johnstown, NY (pop 8,000). Birthplace of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 4/19/25 in front of the country's oldest working courthouse. 200+ strong NY21 South Indivisible. Photo credit: Andrea Smrtic.
My thoughts exactly. With trump gone the head of MAGA is cut off and the pieces scattered.
Garth Brooks. A genuinely nice guy who was awesome & a class act when I met him at the height of his career.
Our small but mighty Indivisible group plans to march & fund raise for our local food pantry on April 19th. Hope to make it harder for the trumpers who outnumber us 10-1 to spit hatred on us. Wish us luck!
Yep. Power to the people. We outnumber the oligarchs & can do this.
Cheese-head took a solid in the balls. Thank you, Wisconsin!
Musk is our generation's Howard Hughes. Rich, successful, innovative but also incredibility bizarre. Hughes life ended tragically due to his obsessive mental instability.
There's not a bus to be had for hire on April 5th in all of northern & western NY. They're all taken for Washington DC. A good sign.
Really love your peaches want to shake you're tree 🤣 Needed to hear that again lol.
Such a douche move by a mean, petty, little man. He still thinks he's the star of a reality show who's big line is you're fired.
$300M+ buys you a lot of power in the Oval. If we ever get out of this, one of our first priorities must be repeal of Citizens United or we'll just get back here again.
Bernie and AOC are setting yhe model. 34,000 tonight in Denver, 11,000 earlier today also in CO. Something is a-changin'.
I'm encouraged by the many local, grassroots protests happening all over the country. They give people a productive way of channeling their anger and it's a start if these continue to grow, gain traction & pick up national coverage.
Chuck is old school and playing by rules that no longer exist. Maybe not compromised, just not equipped to fight the craziness of our times.
Exactly this.
Trump cares only that he's in the headlines & making money. The R's deserve to pay the price for his narcissistic party. You reap what you sow.
It's reps like this that help us keep the faith. Thank you both.
It's all smoke & mirrors and how anyone with a working brain cell can believe that DOGE is doing anything beneficial for our country or its people is beyond me.
To all the trump voters- I'd like to introduce you to Lady Karma.
Thank you for being one of the good ones!
Go, baby, GO! Whoo-hoo 🤗
Also means you do not fear people who look, love, live differently than you.
Will this be their Waterloo?
Yes and he's working towards a martial law compliant military that will turn on the American people. Be prepared. Elections have consequences & we told you so.
I think it's obvious that this administration cares nothing for laws or rules. We are at a crossroads, constitional crisis or whatever you want to call it. You tell me who's going to stop it.
I like to think that all the military, current or retired, see this for what it is - establishment of a martial law complaint military loyal only to the whims of this administration.
I fear they are establishing their martial law compliant military & that will be the end of this country as we know it.
I agree. Our local Indivisible group in a deep red area has quadrupled in size these past few months. Look for your @indivisible.org group & join up. You won't be sorry.
Not disappointed at all! Thank you for speaking up. We shouldn't be silent at this time.
The Anti-Elon Musk. Put a woman in charge! www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Bravo! You woke the sleeping lion.
And those without college degrees but a solid K-12 education that supported critical thinking skills. I know many & we shouldn't alienate them just because they don't have the degree.
Restores my faith that there are people like her that remain objective & uphold the law. These are the ones who will save our democracy. Am hoping there are hundreds of named or nameless who will follow her lead.
I wish I could be more positive but I'm pragmatic. He will be confirmed just as Gabbard, Hegseth & all the other ridiculous nominees were. Soon to come is Kash Patel. Senate D's can't stop it & R's are folding.
What happened to all the day one stuff?
But star of his new reality show "Dismantling of the US Government".
We are in uncharted territory & our form of government is under going a stress test. Can the richest man in the world who cannot be president control it?
Sorry. It is too late. Americans have voted in a bunch of people who only care about holding power & their own self interest. It will take years to unwind this. Elections have consequences.