It’s Thursday. There are 593 days until the midterm elections. The Fed guy says the economy ain’t looking so good, the racists give Jackie Robinson a reprieve and Trump loves the uneducated.
Restoring Jackie Robinson tells me they can restore all the people of color and all the women to the websites. I have tried to stick to my top 3 issues, so I don't get overwhelmed. I'm not doing well with that, at all. I'm so grateful to the protestors and Democrats who are holding town halls -- we need everyone speaking up.
Everything is coming back after this nightmare is over. I'm expecting part of it to end in '26. The rest will end in '28. Apparently, these people are so 1) terrified of Elon/Donnie, and 2) drunk with power, that no one has told Elon and Donnie that they're very actively fucking up the whole Republican deal, and it will be for a long time or permanent.
It’s unconscionable that Project 2025 will be signed into law to abolish the Department of Education, delegating authority to individual States. Last summer, I read 3 of the chapters of P2025, the most offensive to my sensibilities was indeed the chapter declaring the abolishment of the DoE. On many occasions I referred to this particular chapter in the multiple Substacks to which I subscribe, but garnered little interest in discussing its impact on society in general and also on your compatriots with lesser financial means. We already know that a slice of American adults can only read at a grade 7 level. Hang on to your hat, as this is a plan to keep America ignorant and uneducated so they can be manipulated by Republicans. If you think you have a MAGA problem now, wait for their numbers to swell over the next 10 years.
I agree. The Dept of Education section was one of the worst. It includes changing all Federal funding (through other agencies) to block grants that states can use for ANY "legal purpose." Pass a law for school vouchers and ALL Federal money can be used to fund Christian schools.
It is bad enough that a state's own tax dollars can constitutionally be used for such purposes, but at LEAST the state's citizens had some choice (even if gerrymandered) on how to use their own taxes. But I do NOT damn well consent to MY tax dollars being used for this, and as I live in a "giving" and not a "receiving" state, that is exactly what will happen.
I too have been howling about this since Project 2025 first hit the net. No one seems to care.
CAM, I have a slight area of disagreement with you. I don't think abolishing the DoE is intended to "keep America ignorant and uneducated so they can be manipulated by Republicans." I think it's meant to undermine or destroy public education, so there will be greater separation between who can get a private/Charter/etc education, and who can't. I think the real aim is to reconstruct the class system, and especially slavery.
I don’t disagree with your comment, but I still believe that the damage that will be done to all of you will be a an added population of people with no historical, social studies and math skills to be able to compete with other nations. Already, it is estimated that around 54% of the US adults have literacy skills below a 6th-grade level. I’d venture to guess that most of them come from Red States.
I live in south Florida, which is sometimes too cold for me. (Loads of Quebecoix down here in the winter, especially in Broward County, where Ft Lauderdale is. Let me know when to expect you.) If I could bear cold weather any more, I'd come up and join you, since you live in a real country.
Been there done that, Fred. Had a winter home on the west coast and sold it after trump was elected. T’was the best decision ever. And it was so different than the east coast. Francophones, amongst whom I count myself, were as rare as hens teeth in that area between Tampa and Sarasota. I’ve never been back since.
Oui, en effet. J’ai été vachement surprise de noter des boulangeries québécoises, un journal qui fournissait des nouvelles du Québec et des québécois dans les restos, les parcours de golf et bref, partout sur les autoroutes. Je me compte parmi les francophones du monde, mais non les québécois. Je suis fière de mes racines irlandaise, américaine, française et franco-Ontarienne, ainsi que de mon habilité à maîtriser aussi bien le français que l’anglais. Et sur cela, je te souhaite une excellente soirée.
I have to laugh. How anyone thinks trump/musk and their minions care about anything but their lurid vision of themselves is beyond ignorant. They tell you exactly what they want for themselves, all the time.
Maybe it’s a language problem🤣.
What part of “you don’t matter” do you not understand maga/republicans????
You know, we can mock, point out the hypocrisy and laugh about this period and these people but I can't get used to this story and how we feel that somehow it will somehow all turn around and get "back to normal". I think about how this is potentially the end of a national culture and a world culture. Shit's gotten too real for me. We've been watching this movement (Or I have at least) for decades. Call it democracy, call it equality, call it human rights, call it liberalism and progressivism but take a good look at what happened in Russia following the collapse don't think there is a way out of this mess...I know, I'm being a Debbie Downer but this culture that has been cleverly moving it's way into the public forum and normalcy and I don't have anything in common with these politicians and these people. Give them credit, they have been very good at this turnaround but fuck these people. If you learned about the "Dark Ages" in school, remember this: It lasted for four to five hundred years. I'm old and due to die in the next dozen years or so but my grandchildren's ages range from 5yrs to 22 yrs and this is gonna be their world. Unless they become wealthy, they will not know what the life of a middle-class boomer felt like...And I wasn't one of those, I was living in deep poverty for half my life. I got lucky or something like that and here I am, talking about the life we should be enjoying and feeling sad that our kids won't have that. The assholes are taking over.
Completely understood, Mr Lee, and I'm about your age. But hold those thoughts. Let's see what this looks like after '26 and '28. A lot of people learned lessons about how suckered they got, and they're letting Republicans for whom they voted have it at town meetings. They won't forget when it comes time to vote.
Tim Walz started the idea of Dems holding town halls in repugnant districts, I think. As much as I hate this country's attitude towards women in power, I'm betting money Tim is going to run for POTUS and I'm all for it. Maybe he will run with Pete.
Enjoy your break Adam. You have certainly earned. Your take on everything will be greatly missed. Monday can't come fast enough. You keep me both informed while keeping me sane at the same time. Enjoy
Note 15 - that worthless mother fucker wants to do away with ANYTHING that links us to our past, which while not perfect, was about a gazillion times better than the fresh hell we wake up to every day. By some people, he is the most hated person in this country. I agree with them. It wouldn't surprise me to see the Statue of Liberty hike her skirts and get the hell out of Dodge. We are losing our history, our identity, our freedom, our environment, everything.
It's not our past that offends him. It's anything that doesn't have anything to do with him. The fact that it's in the past, or that the person whose idea it was was female, is a side issue. He would have no objection to the Constitution, except he had nothing to do with writing it.
You think you are insulting Elon Musk or making fun of him, by calling him "Melvin." You are doing neither. But you are demonstrating that your mindset for such things is stuck in the 1950s, when "Melvin" was a name associated with "jerk." But in the 21st century, it is a bland and meaningless term. You would do better to wage a campaign to make "Elon" the 21st century equivalent of the 1950s' "Melvin."
Maybe the silver pager will blow up....
Too bad the pager wasn't made by SpaceX then it would almost certainly blow up in front of Fetterman's butt ugly mug.
😬
My thoughts, exactly!
Was thinking the same thing
Restoring Jackie Robinson tells me they can restore all the people of color and all the women to the websites. I have tried to stick to my top 3 issues, so I don't get overwhelmed. I'm not doing well with that, at all. I'm so grateful to the protestors and Democrats who are holding town halls -- we need everyone speaking up.
Everything is coming back after this nightmare is over. I'm expecting part of it to end in '26. The rest will end in '28. Apparently, these people are so 1) terrified of Elon/Donnie, and 2) drunk with power, that no one has told Elon and Donnie that they're very actively fucking up the whole Republican deal, and it will be for a long time or permanent.
It’s unconscionable that Project 2025 will be signed into law to abolish the Department of Education, delegating authority to individual States. Last summer, I read 3 of the chapters of P2025, the most offensive to my sensibilities was indeed the chapter declaring the abolishment of the DoE. On many occasions I referred to this particular chapter in the multiple Substacks to which I subscribe, but garnered little interest in discussing its impact on society in general and also on your compatriots with lesser financial means. We already know that a slice of American adults can only read at a grade 7 level. Hang on to your hat, as this is a plan to keep America ignorant and uneducated so they can be manipulated by Republicans. If you think you have a MAGA problem now, wait for their numbers to swell over the next 10 years.
Republicans have done a stellar job of keeping America ignorant already.
I agree. The Dept of Education section was one of the worst. It includes changing all Federal funding (through other agencies) to block grants that states can use for ANY "legal purpose." Pass a law for school vouchers and ALL Federal money can be used to fund Christian schools.
It is bad enough that a state's own tax dollars can constitutionally be used for such purposes, but at LEAST the state's citizens had some choice (even if gerrymandered) on how to use their own taxes. But I do NOT damn well consent to MY tax dollars being used for this, and as I live in a "giving" and not a "receiving" state, that is exactly what will happen.
I too have been howling about this since Project 2025 first hit the net. No one seems to care.
CAM, I have a slight area of disagreement with you. I don't think abolishing the DoE is intended to "keep America ignorant and uneducated so they can be manipulated by Republicans." I think it's meant to undermine or destroy public education, so there will be greater separation between who can get a private/Charter/etc education, and who can't. I think the real aim is to reconstruct the class system, and especially slavery.
I don’t disagree with your comment, but I still believe that the damage that will be done to all of you will be a an added population of people with no historical, social studies and math skills to be able to compete with other nations. Already, it is estimated that around 54% of the US adults have literacy skills below a 6th-grade level. I’d venture to guess that most of them come from Red States.
Also true.
I live in south Florida, which is sometimes too cold for me. (Loads of Quebecoix down here in the winter, especially in Broward County, where Ft Lauderdale is. Let me know when to expect you.) If I could bear cold weather any more, I'd come up and join you, since you live in a real country.
Been there done that, Fred. Had a winter home on the west coast and sold it after trump was elected. T’was the best decision ever. And it was so different than the east coast. Francophones, amongst whom I count myself, were as rare as hens teeth in that area between Tampa and Sarasota. I’ve never been back since.
Beaucoup de francophones au cote est.
Oui, en effet. J’ai été vachement surprise de noter des boulangeries québécoises, un journal qui fournissait des nouvelles du Québec et des québécois dans les restos, les parcours de golf et bref, partout sur les autoroutes. Je me compte parmi les francophones du monde, mais non les québécois. Je suis fière de mes racines irlandaise, américaine, française et franco-Ontarienne, ainsi que de mon habilité à maîtriser aussi bien le français que l’anglais. Et sur cela, je te souhaite une excellente soirée.
Note 15: The Orange Fuckwit never promised us a rose garden, just a lot of racism, fascism and a fucked up economy.
Be nice if Fetterman choked on that spoon.
As soon as Trump comes up with the idea of SELLING the Statue of Liberty, it will be gone.
In pieces.
I have to laugh. How anyone thinks trump/musk and their minions care about anything but their lurid vision of themselves is beyond ignorant. They tell you exactly what they want for themselves, all the time.
Maybe it’s a language problem🤣.
What part of “you don’t matter” do you not understand maga/republicans????
You know, we can mock, point out the hypocrisy and laugh about this period and these people but I can't get used to this story and how we feel that somehow it will somehow all turn around and get "back to normal". I think about how this is potentially the end of a national culture and a world culture. Shit's gotten too real for me. We've been watching this movement (Or I have at least) for decades. Call it democracy, call it equality, call it human rights, call it liberalism and progressivism but take a good look at what happened in Russia following the collapse don't think there is a way out of this mess...I know, I'm being a Debbie Downer but this culture that has been cleverly moving it's way into the public forum and normalcy and I don't have anything in common with these politicians and these people. Give them credit, they have been very good at this turnaround but fuck these people. If you learned about the "Dark Ages" in school, remember this: It lasted for four to five hundred years. I'm old and due to die in the next dozen years or so but my grandchildren's ages range from 5yrs to 22 yrs and this is gonna be their world. Unless they become wealthy, they will not know what the life of a middle-class boomer felt like...And I wasn't one of those, I was living in deep poverty for half my life. I got lucky or something like that and here I am, talking about the life we should be enjoying and feeling sad that our kids won't have that. The assholes are taking over.
Completely understood, Mr Lee, and I'm about your age. But hold those thoughts. Let's see what this looks like after '26 and '28. A lot of people learned lessons about how suckered they got, and they're letting Republicans for whom they voted have it at town meetings. They won't forget when it comes time to vote.
Tim Walz started the idea of Dems holding town halls in repugnant districts, I think. As much as I hate this country's attitude towards women in power, I'm betting money Tim is going to run for POTUS and I'm all for it. Maybe he will run with Pete.
The list is growing. Walz, Buttigieg, Bennett, maybe people will pay better attention to Warren this time, and no doubt others.
Enjoy your break Adam. You have certainly earned. Your take on everything will be greatly missed. Monday can't come fast enough. You keep me both informed while keeping me sane at the same time. Enjoy
Note 15 - that worthless mother fucker wants to do away with ANYTHING that links us to our past, which while not perfect, was about a gazillion times better than the fresh hell we wake up to every day. By some people, he is the most hated person in this country. I agree with them. It wouldn't surprise me to see the Statue of Liberty hike her skirts and get the hell out of Dodge. We are losing our history, our identity, our freedom, our environment, everything.
It's not our past that offends him. It's anything that doesn't have anything to do with him. The fact that it's in the past, or that the person whose idea it was was female, is a side issue. He would have no objection to the Constitution, except he had nothing to do with writing it.
Come out on April 5th.
The interview was so funny I had to share it on Political Wire :) Love you guys!!
Ugh!
You think you are insulting Elon Musk or making fun of him, by calling him "Melvin." You are doing neither. But you are demonstrating that your mindset for such things is stuck in the 1950s, when "Melvin" was a name associated with "jerk." But in the 21st century, it is a bland and meaningless term. You would do better to wage a campaign to make "Elon" the 21st century equivalent of the 1950s' "Melvin."
I sort of hate to do this, but...
The "So, are you seeing anybody?" followed by "Nice try, Sam," was exceptionally brilliant banter between the Statue of Liberty and Sam Youngman.
I was also thinking exactly what Morgan OCalleigh was thinking. Apparently, so was Frederica Huxley.