It’s hard to believe that we’re living through this moment in history, made worse by the angry mobs showing up in New York to taunt and attempt to coax Trump supporters into violence, just so that they can prove all of their madness has been justified. How petty and gross they are, especially in the nonstop television coverage for ratings.
The Democrats have manufactured their own crisis for seven years and they’re dragging the country through pain and polarization just to stay in power. They need Trump to scare people to the polls. But how long can that last? Sooner or later, it’s all going to collapse. At least we have something to look forward to.
I miss the Left I used to know. I miss when they were decent and sensible people instead of a fanatic cult throwing fits when they don’t get their way. They are the ones who can’t control their rage and anger. They have lost their minds and lost their way.
This day in history will always be a reminder of what happened to them. This indictment shows the world who THEY are - with their ongoing show trials and their mass hysteria.
I will do everything I can to ensure their loss in 2024.
Some of the loss of sense can be seen from what the Democrats choose to defend. Example? Drag shows. They are exhibitions of men dressed as women, usually in the most objectified, tasteless and demeaning clownish outfits and makeup possible. How is this different from the minstrel shows of a century ago - white men dressing in blackface and demeaning, cartoonish costumes?
Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy! No recognition of the role they have played in stoking animus across the board. The unbalanced hyper-reaction to Trump's very existence as President has created more lasting damage than anything Trump did (at least prior to losing the 2020 election).
Please understand that I say this as a NON-fan of Trump and that I never wanted him to be President. But he was duly elected according to our Constitution, and immediately the influencers on the left (including the ostensibly unbiased media) deemed him illegitimate and even began a campaign to get electors to change their votes (a less violent but no less egregious attempt to undo the results of an election).
I have huge issues with Republicans, too... but can see clearly that some of their actions/positions that are most loathed on the left are in fact a result of the extremism on that side. It's like a horrible game of tug of war, and the harder that the left pulls in one direction, the harder that the right also has to pull... 2 extremes and no middle ground.
I understand why people felt Trump was (and is) a threat - but it is in the most challenging times that we need to lean into our laws and constitution, not suspend them or try ever more "creative" ways to ignore them.
I gave up on the Left a long time ago. It was their rhetoric about "supporting working families" and then catering to coastal elites and the upper middle class that changed my mind. Now they are just a collection of entitled boomers, indoctrinated millennials and thuggish crazies.
"I miss the Left I used to know. I miss when they were decent and sensible people instead of a fanatic cult throwing fits when they don’t get their way."
Sasha, I feel the same way, although truth be told, my experience is that there has long/forever been
an intolerant/dogmatic/rage-filled element on the Left...In the past, I have known/worked with some of these people. Just never thought they would attain the power that they now have. But here we are.
Do you ever try to have a discussion about politics or the state of our nation with anyone on the left? It doesn’t go well. I always feel talked down to and they think they are right no matter what the subject is about. I have many family members that are far left. It can be so challenging and usually means we just have to avoid it altogether. And that makes it so awkward to carry on a conversation because of the condition we are in as a nation and how life connects to it.
It feels good to come here. To read or listen to Sasha’s posts and to read what others think when they comment. It helps me feel less crazy for what I believe to see others also are where I am in my thoughts and beliefs.
I just came from the rally outside the court house on Lafayette St. In lower Manhattan. It’s totally calm. There are two groups separated by cops and a corridor of bike racks. The groups are leaving each other alone. Unseasonably warm today at 70 degrees. I walked around both groups.
There are a ton of expensive cameras and microphones with foam rubber branded wind socks in every direction. More on the Trump side. At times is looks like 1:1 reporters to protesters.
I saw one guy trying to taunt Trump supporters. He was ignored by the Trump faithful but got an interview with some blogger who was grilling him. He was totally unprepared to answer questions and looked old enough to be FBI. Like 40s and taunting without passion. I should have taken his picture. I took a lot of pictures but mostly just the crazy cast of NYC characters, Naked Cowboy, etc.
Things could change but looked harmless when I left
Heck yeah Sasha, I’m 100% with you. I’m still trying to get through to the majority of my liberal friends & family to leave their echo chamber and see through all this madness, like folks such as you and I have. It’s a tough sell though as people really become attached to their beliefs and ideologies...
God bless you Sasha Stone. We need to end the Woke mass hysteria.
This is about protecting our Republic. It’s not about Republicans or Democrat’s. It’s about US Citizens standing against Tyranny which always devolves into Communism.
Stand for Freedom!We must protect our Constitution.
Let's not forget the days when the Left colluded with communists and sympathized with their "socialist" ways in Nicaragua and Venezuela. You just woke up. But I love ya.
You know it's bad when a dyed in the wool Democrat who campaigned for Hillary says she will do everything I can to ensure they lose in 2024. I used to toss a few Democrats in the mix, local elections and such, but since the 2016 election and after, I knew they were nuts and I will never cast a vote for a Democrat. Even for County Weed commissioner. Or Dog Poop Specialist. They can live in their own fantasy land which unfortunately they like to do even while the ship sinks.
I miss just being able to talk to a liberal...to have a rational, unemotional discussion, without worrying about triggering someone, without being yelled at or called names, just a calm chat about about what's going on in our country. I'd like to try to understand where they're coming from, and to have them try to understand my concerns. But I can't. My heart breaks, I cry for my country.
At this point I cannot think of a single excuse for anyone to remain loyal to the Democratic Party. The only good democrat is an ex-democrat. My flag is now at half mast.
Where all my old school hippy dippy liberals at?!? The ones who value individuality, nonviolence, creativity, freedom of expression & unity via sharing unique perspectives w/o judgement. Who can agree to disagree, live & let live & push back against the establishment built on greed, profit over people & planet?!?
There are only two people that can make smart people totally lose their minds. Donald Trump and Jesus Christ. If you try to speak about either one, they explode.
President Trump is the only one standing up for the US Constitution, and the rule of law, both of which the Democrats have trashed in a seditious fit. Those who still support the rule of law must work to finance and support GOP efforts at legal ballot harvesting, early and mail-in voting, which, if effective, will make the difference in 2024. Remember, less than 50,000 votes in several swing states made the difference between President Trump and Biden in 2020.
Trump arrested for something no other person would be arrested for. Hillary Clinton NOT arrested for something any other person would have been jailed for. And there is not a democrat to be found who can see that?
The media who rejoiced at the Trump indictment is saying in unison that today “Is a solemn day,” and putting on their best sad faces. I’m so sick of their gaslighting. They disgust me.
Thank you for your honest heartfelt words. I appreciate your speaking up about the radicals. My liberal friends who still follow the Dem narrative makes me wonder why. These friends are intelligent and driven decent humans that should be outraged. It’s as if their political beliefs have been usurped and replaced with phony outrage. Enough is enough. The gay agenda achieved what they demanded, but now has been overtaken with queer, trans, pedophilic attractions which are extremely radical. The weaponization of our justice systems, DOJ down into Soros funded DAs, has thrust criminals and activists to do harm with no repercussions while J6 peaceful protestors are locked up for 2 years without a trial or even medical care. Everyone should be sounding the alarm. This is not our country, it has been taken from us with the selection of Biden.
The old Left always had an affectation for anti Western dictatorships like Cuba, East Germany and the Soviet Union. You could never find an example where they criticized those without being forced. Those totalitarian instincts are just more visible today.
This was symbolized by the trip to Cuba of a few activists... so they could go to Guantanamo to protest US human rights violations.
The real Liberals, those who support individual liberty, limited government and personal freedom date back to John Stuart Mill and Edmund Burke. No chance today's leftists will want to learn from those white European men.
> "The Democrats have manufactured their own crisis for seven years and they’re dragging the country through pain and polarization just to stay in power."
We need to understand that the so-called "left" is all about power. It does not share our belief in the rule of law or indeed in the Constitution of the United States. They hate it all and want to burn it to the ground. They want to replace it with some sort of woke utopia, which even they don’t understand is going to be a hellish A.I.-run technocratic nightmare. They can’t see that their own strings are being pulled by truly dark forces who don’t give a crap about them, except insofar as they act as useful idiots. They have no real understanding of history or how many millennia it took a struggling humanity to reach the point where Lex Rex rather than Rex Lex.
They hate the west, our cultural heritage, religious traditions and enlightenment values. You can't argue with them because they won't engage in debate; instead they shout and scream and try to de-platform anyone who opposes them. They use our own liberal sense of fair play and compassion against us. It is the very definition of evil.
Power is what they want. They are fanatics of the worst kind. All of it is wrapped in doublespeak about "diversity" and "equity". What they really don't want is a meritocracy and any recognition of individual achievement and personal excellence. That's because it shows them to be the losers they are. They want to hide their failure to thrive by melting into an “oppressed” group and blaming it on something else - starting with a blanket condemnation of "white people". They want to hand out positions of power and responsibility based not on competence (“that’s racist!”), but on skin color, or some other arbitrary woke criteria du jour, which can only lead to the failure of institutions and systems, as we are now starting to witness. When this madness reaches the cockpits of airlines, we are going to see planes fall out of the sky.
Indeed, there are many black and other "people of color" (God, I hate that stupid PC phrase!) who resent the idea that they are victims, somehow incapable of competing on a level playing field. The whole idea is so utterly condescending it makes any thinking person sick.
Until we recognize who these people really are - a bunch of anti-American creeps who want to take us into some kind of techno-totalitarian nightmare - we can't fight them.
The whole woke/trans ideology is anti-intellectual and anti-American. It needs to be crushed under foot like a filthy cigarette butt and tossed in the garbage can.
'Shiny object distraction.’ Jesus, the Messiah, came to reconcile all who will put their trust in the finished work of the cross and His Ressurection to the Father. "So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day, and the idols will vanish completely. Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship. They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?" -Isaiah 2: 17-22
Maybe the "Left" once cared about things such as the Rule of Law, election integrity, working class Americans, and leaving a better nation for the next generation, but there has long been an undercurrent to the left that cares about control, power, and destruction. This goes back to the Fabian socialists, and for that matter to Marx and Engels. In this nation, the left planted deadly seeds in 1913 (the year America's doom was likely sealed), cheered the Nazis and especially the Soviets in the 1920s and 30s (ignoring the Holodomor was especially shameful), ran a radical test in the 1960s, and, finally, used the Long March through the institutions to turn this nation into a tyranny. Yes, the political right (the other half of the Uniparty) contributed mightily, but theirs was a contribution of grift and convenience. The plot was charted and the ship steered by hardcore leftists who hate everything about America and about freedom in general.
As for 2024, the fix is already in. 2020 was surely rigged, unless you believe that negative poll totals (Trump's vote numbers declining in real time - something impossible sans cheating), hiding the poll workers, mysterious boxes and truckloads of ballots showing North Korea levels of uniformity, and documented evidence of ballot box stuffing mean nothing. They mean everything, and they mean that no person that opposes the deep state/leftist/Uniparty empire stands a chance. They learned their lesson in 2016 (they are hated and people will vote against them), they learned their lesson in 2020 (the media and the courts would let them cheat), and they have learned their lesson in 2022 (they can send their shock troops and Fibbies into the streets to dissuade dissidence). I hope, I pray I am wrong, but I do not see elections making any difference at any level above local.
I’m sick and tired of the right playing defense… when will we play offense now that our Constitutional Republic is over!?!? Although the liberal lawyer Susan Estrich calls the 34 count indictment as “chopped liver and there’s no there there”, I’m so sad, angry and apprehensive for our children!!
Yep, and we struggle not with flesh and blood but the spirits of evil in high places. How else can we explain the current depictions of gender-fluid and amoral behaviors that are reminiscent of the ancient pagan gods?
The Dems have been waiting for this since Trump won in 16. They want to punish anyone who wasn't crying their eyes out that night. The same way trans and feminist activists want to punish the entire world, especially the happy and good looking people for being born fat and ugly
Hard to beat the Biden team with an unlimited number of mail-in votes that can be generated in PA and other Rust Belt states as needed late at night. Ballot Harvesting is a very effective legal tool, exploiting uninformed or low-propensity voters.
I agree with Sasha that the Democratic Party must be taken down; they are far too powerful, far too unaccountable, far too corrupt, and far too insane. But that's what happens when you combine absolute institutional power with a mass formation psychosis -- the requisite grassroots component of totalitarianism -- like Trump Derangement Syndrome: chaos, incoherence, and moral turpitude reign supreme.
But totalitarianism in the 21st-century confluence of default addiction and too big to fail didn't just happen. Neither of these things were the unintended consequences of bad plans or a failure to plan. They are the plan. It took generations for the Democrats to insinuate themselves institutionally. It took generations to move us from a God fearing nation to a nation conditioned to fear everything except God. Generations were required over the past century to replace the meaningful Judeo-Christian ethics and classic Jeffersonian liberalism of the Enlightenment with the mindless moral relativism, bureaucratic illiberalism, and polytheistic narcissism of today. Generations were required to replace the meaningful rituals in our lives — like observance of the sabbath day and the family dinner table — with the mindless rituals of our obsessions and addictions. Generations were required to convert the news media from a blue-collar trade with unions and guilds whose job it was to expose state power, to an elite white-collar profession festooned with Ivy League diplomas whose job is now to defend and promote state power. As such, multiple generations may be required to restore institutional balance, equilibrium, and trust.
Remember, MAGA is still young, and is just now beginning to assert itself on a grassroots basis. Remember also that Trump isn't the real target; he's just in the way. You and Sasha and I and everyone who stands up to speak out are the real targets. MAGA and BREXIT and the Sanderistas and all other populist movements are the real targets.
The forces arrayed against us are real, immensely powerful, and wholly unaccountable to anyone. They will not tolerate dissent or populism of any stripe. The technomedia cartel, vaccine mandates, central bank digital currencies, and global gun control are all tools of class warfare deployed by the global elite against you and Sasha and me and poor and middle class people of all colors worldwide.
We have been trained and groomed over generations to seek solutions and answers outside ourselves. In the end, however, the most important institutions we can enforce and protect are our own families and our own communities. Totalitarians live in constant fear of strong families and strong communities because strong families and strong communities refuse to replace real faith with false gods. Strong families and strong communities protect their children first. Like politics, the real battles and the real challenges to totalitarianism and tyranny are always local. In what I call the Great Age of Addiction, moderation and local autonomy are the only sustainable responses to tyranny.
The forces of true evil are upon us. They won't go away anytime soon, and they will always come for our children. Think moderation in all things. Think quality of life as a function of how and were and with whom we invest our time and faith. Think Local Act Local first...
There's just no positive vision. It's all attacking history and America and retaining power. Although I am intrigued by Glenn Greenwalds take that the real dividing line in politics today is establishment vs anti establishment rather than left vs right. That's why they call people like Joe Rogan or Matt Taibbi right wingers. Trying to force things into the old paradigm.
@barnes_law states : The Constitutional predicate for indictment, trial or sentencing of a former President requires first impeachment by the House and conviction in the Senate. Trump was acquitted by the Senate. This indictment violates the Constitution.
Also:
@Cernovich: The Trump indictment, which I read, would be laughable in any other circumstance. It’s the same offense copied and pasted 34 times, with the date changed each time. This is the biggest farce I’ve ever seen.
The whole system is corrupted, there is a cabal of business types (IMO) ruling over (buying?) a uni-party comprised of Dems and Reps running the country for the rich business types interests. Most politicians no longer care about the common US citizen. Our elections are compromised it is death from 10,000 cuts. The software has gaping security holes in it (https://rumble.com/v2fkm08-31-march-2023-am-show-dominion-is-finished.html) watch this if you do not believe that and several (swing) states voter registration records are maintained by a private entity called ERIC that you cannot have a FOIA request records served on them. Some ERIC states have a million more registered voters than citizens eligible to vote - let that sink in! Ghost voters ballots are infused into the system to get their candidate across the line using these excess registered voters. Don't write all this off as "election denial" it is citizens who have dug into the issue and uncovered both sides of the aisle who are complicit in the fraudulent activities. Go down the rabbit hole and you will find the elite foxes who are eating we rabbits.
I’m right with you. Over any shock and grief I had at watching “my people” lose their minds and ethics. Unable to have a sensible discussion with any. I will fight them now.
I think it's great that there are those on the left that are seeing the insanity that the Democrats have devolved into, but many of us on the right or middle-right, have been witnessing it and crying out about it for decades. Hopefully, the pendulum is swinging back in the correct direction. You know it's out of balance when 1) conservatives are saying, 'man, I miss the clinton days' and 'JFK would be considered a right-wing republican by today's standards'
We've grown accustomed to loud, brash, and often violent protests by Democrats and their left-wing fellow travelers. It's been going on for 50 years. That's why it's so shocking when conservatives and GOPers behave like progressive liberals. We're just not used to it.
So sad. The media knows they can shape the narrative and LIE to the people to say the good guys are bad and the bad guys are good. They do anything and stop at nothing unless and until we stop them.
WE have the defeat the media, the liars or no matter what we do, we'll be called names for it, dehumanized, shunned, bastardized, etc.
How do we do this? We have to be able to sue them for their lies.
When I grew up (1050s) I was taught that that we had 3 independent branches of government, and had checks and balances built into our Republic. If one branch overstepped their authority, the other branches would rein them in. That seemed to have mostly worked - - - at least until the last 15 years. Today, none of the 3 branches seem to care about Americans, about you and me. They have theirs and they could not care less about us.
Suddenly, across the country and in the Biden Admin (except people directly in constant contact with Biden, of course) blacks are in charge of almost everything. And what I see is PAYBACK all over the place...especially toward Trump. So ironic since Trump did more for black-Americans than the last five+ presidents (including Obama).
They want us divided and they want chaos and they want a distraction from all of their corrupt dealings. They are deliberately destroying America and at the end of the day, they will destroy themselves as well. I wonder if they have ever studied history and know about the purges that will eventually occur. I am amazed at how many people have sold their souls to the devil for money and power.
Some of the loss of sense can be seen from what the Democrats choose to defend. Example? Drag shows. They are exhibitions of men dressed as women, usually in the most objectified, tasteless and demeaning clownish outfits and makeup possible. How is this different from the minstrel shows of a century ago - white men dressing in blackface and demeaning, cartoonish costumes?
It's all so disgusting. I miss liking liberals. I like sane ones even though we won't agree but most of the libs I know are the diehard Trump haters.
Bumper sticker I saw: "Would you let a Democrat babysit your child?"
Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy! No recognition of the role they have played in stoking animus across the board. The unbalanced hyper-reaction to Trump's very existence as President has created more lasting damage than anything Trump did (at least prior to losing the 2020 election).
Please understand that I say this as a NON-fan of Trump and that I never wanted him to be President. But he was duly elected according to our Constitution, and immediately the influencers on the left (including the ostensibly unbiased media) deemed him illegitimate and even began a campaign to get electors to change their votes (a less violent but no less egregious attempt to undo the results of an election).
I have huge issues with Republicans, too... but can see clearly that some of their actions/positions that are most loathed on the left are in fact a result of the extremism on that side. It's like a horrible game of tug of war, and the harder that the left pulls in one direction, the harder that the right also has to pull... 2 extremes and no middle ground.
I understand why people felt Trump was (and is) a threat - but it is in the most challenging times that we need to lean into our laws and constitution, not suspend them or try ever more "creative" ways to ignore them.
I gave up on the Left a long time ago. It was their rhetoric about "supporting working families" and then catering to coastal elites and the upper middle class that changed my mind. Now they are just a collection of entitled boomers, indoctrinated millennials and thuggish crazies.
"I miss the Left I used to know. I miss when they were decent and sensible people instead of a fanatic cult throwing fits when they don’t get their way."
Sasha, I feel the same way, although truth be told, my experience is that there has long/forever been
an intolerant/dogmatic/rage-filled element on the Left...In the past, I have known/worked with some of these people. Just never thought they would attain the power that they now have. But here we are.
"fanatic cult throwing fits when they don’t get their way" - and there you have it.
This country is getting hard to recognize. The inmates are definitely in charge of the asylum.
Do you ever try to have a discussion about politics or the state of our nation with anyone on the left? It doesn’t go well. I always feel talked down to and they think they are right no matter what the subject is about. I have many family members that are far left. It can be so challenging and usually means we just have to avoid it altogether. And that makes it so awkward to carry on a conversation because of the condition we are in as a nation and how life connects to it.
It feels good to come here. To read or listen to Sasha’s posts and to read what others think when they comment. It helps me feel less crazy for what I believe to see others also are where I am in my thoughts and beliefs.
Hey Sasha,
I just came from the rally outside the court house on Lafayette St. In lower Manhattan. It’s totally calm. There are two groups separated by cops and a corridor of bike racks. The groups are leaving each other alone. Unseasonably warm today at 70 degrees. I walked around both groups.
There are a ton of expensive cameras and microphones with foam rubber branded wind socks in every direction. More on the Trump side. At times is looks like 1:1 reporters to protesters.
I saw one guy trying to taunt Trump supporters. He was ignored by the Trump faithful but got an interview with some blogger who was grilling him. He was totally unprepared to answer questions and looked old enough to be FBI. Like 40s and taunting without passion. I should have taken his picture. I took a lot of pictures but mostly just the crazy cast of NYC characters, Naked Cowboy, etc.
Things could change but looked harmless when I left
Heck yeah Sasha, I’m 100% with you. I’m still trying to get through to the majority of my liberal friends & family to leave their echo chamber and see through all this madness, like folks such as you and I have. It’s a tough sell though as people really become attached to their beliefs and ideologies...
God bless you Sasha Stone. We need to end the Woke mass hysteria.
This is about protecting our Republic. It’s not about Republicans or Democrat’s. It’s about US Citizens standing against Tyranny which always devolves into Communism.
Stand for Freedom!We must protect our Constitution.
There is no viable alternative.
Let's not forget the days when the Left colluded with communists and sympathized with their "socialist" ways in Nicaragua and Venezuela. You just woke up. But I love ya.
You know it's bad when a dyed in the wool Democrat who campaigned for Hillary says she will do everything I can to ensure they lose in 2024. I used to toss a few Democrats in the mix, local elections and such, but since the 2016 election and after, I knew they were nuts and I will never cast a vote for a Democrat. Even for County Weed commissioner. Or Dog Poop Specialist. They can live in their own fantasy land which unfortunately they like to do even while the ship sinks.
I submit, Sasha, the left you thought you once knew wasn't the Left, at all, but the more classical-liberal-leaning center.
The Left, historically has been authoritarian.
I miss just being able to talk to a liberal...to have a rational, unemotional discussion, without worrying about triggering someone, without being yelled at or called names, just a calm chat about about what's going on in our country. I'd like to try to understand where they're coming from, and to have them try to understand my concerns. But I can't. My heart breaks, I cry for my country.
At this point I cannot think of a single excuse for anyone to remain loyal to the Democratic Party. The only good democrat is an ex-democrat. My flag is now at half mast.
Where all my old school hippy dippy liberals at?!? The ones who value individuality, nonviolence, creativity, freedom of expression & unity via sharing unique perspectives w/o judgement. Who can agree to disagree, live & let live & push back against the establishment built on greed, profit over people & planet?!?
There are only two people that can make smart people totally lose their minds. Donald Trump and Jesus Christ. If you try to speak about either one, they explode.
President Trump is the only one standing up for the US Constitution, and the rule of law, both of which the Democrats have trashed in a seditious fit. Those who still support the rule of law must work to finance and support GOP efforts at legal ballot harvesting, early and mail-in voting, which, if effective, will make the difference in 2024. Remember, less than 50,000 votes in several swing states made the difference between President Trump and Biden in 2020.
Seething personal hate has caused the left to turn this great country into a banana republic
Trump arrested for something no other person would be arrested for. Hillary Clinton NOT arrested for something any other person would have been jailed for. And there is not a democrat to be found who can see that?
The media who rejoiced at the Trump indictment is saying in unison that today “Is a solemn day,” and putting on their best sad faces. I’m so sick of their gaslighting. They disgust me.
Hear, hear!
The days of real debate on issues that mattered to Americans is over.
The Communist Left occupies the
Democrat party and all branches of government including the FBI.
Thank you for your honest heartfelt words. I appreciate your speaking up about the radicals. My liberal friends who still follow the Dem narrative makes me wonder why. These friends are intelligent and driven decent humans that should be outraged. It’s as if their political beliefs have been usurped and replaced with phony outrage. Enough is enough. The gay agenda achieved what they demanded, but now has been overtaken with queer, trans, pedophilic attractions which are extremely radical. The weaponization of our justice systems, DOJ down into Soros funded DAs, has thrust criminals and activists to do harm with no repercussions while J6 peaceful protestors are locked up for 2 years without a trial or even medical care. Everyone should be sounding the alarm. This is not our country, it has been taken from us with the selection of Biden.
The old Left always had an affectation for anti Western dictatorships like Cuba, East Germany and the Soviet Union. You could never find an example where they criticized those without being forced. Those totalitarian instincts are just more visible today.
This was symbolized by the trip to Cuba of a few activists... so they could go to Guantanamo to protest US human rights violations.
The real Liberals, those who support individual liberty, limited government and personal freedom date back to John Stuart Mill and Edmund Burke. No chance today's leftists will want to learn from those white European men.
> "The Democrats have manufactured their own crisis for seven years and they’re dragging the country through pain and polarization just to stay in power."
We need to understand that the so-called "left" is all about power. It does not share our belief in the rule of law or indeed in the Constitution of the United States. They hate it all and want to burn it to the ground. They want to replace it with some sort of woke utopia, which even they don’t understand is going to be a hellish A.I.-run technocratic nightmare. They can’t see that their own strings are being pulled by truly dark forces who don’t give a crap about them, except insofar as they act as useful idiots. They have no real understanding of history or how many millennia it took a struggling humanity to reach the point where Lex Rex rather than Rex Lex.
They hate the west, our cultural heritage, religious traditions and enlightenment values. You can't argue with them because they won't engage in debate; instead they shout and scream and try to de-platform anyone who opposes them. They use our own liberal sense of fair play and compassion against us. It is the very definition of evil.
Power is what they want. They are fanatics of the worst kind. All of it is wrapped in doublespeak about "diversity" and "equity". What they really don't want is a meritocracy and any recognition of individual achievement and personal excellence. That's because it shows them to be the losers they are. They want to hide their failure to thrive by melting into an “oppressed” group and blaming it on something else - starting with a blanket condemnation of "white people". They want to hand out positions of power and responsibility based not on competence (“that’s racist!”), but on skin color, or some other arbitrary woke criteria du jour, which can only lead to the failure of institutions and systems, as we are now starting to witness. When this madness reaches the cockpits of airlines, we are going to see planes fall out of the sky.
Indeed, there are many black and other "people of color" (God, I hate that stupid PC phrase!) who resent the idea that they are victims, somehow incapable of competing on a level playing field. The whole idea is so utterly condescending it makes any thinking person sick.
Until we recognize who these people really are - a bunch of anti-American creeps who want to take us into some kind of techno-totalitarian nightmare - we can't fight them.
The whole woke/trans ideology is anti-intellectual and anti-American. It needs to be crushed under foot like a filthy cigarette butt and tossed in the garbage can.
'Shiny object distraction.’ Jesus, the Messiah, came to reconcile all who will put their trust in the finished work of the cross and His Ressurection to the Father. "So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day, and the idols will vanish completely. Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship. They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?" -Isaiah 2: 17-22
Amen, sister! It has been incredible witnessing some of the most intelligent people get captured by this hysteria in real time.
Maybe the "Left" once cared about things such as the Rule of Law, election integrity, working class Americans, and leaving a better nation for the next generation, but there has long been an undercurrent to the left that cares about control, power, and destruction. This goes back to the Fabian socialists, and for that matter to Marx and Engels. In this nation, the left planted deadly seeds in 1913 (the year America's doom was likely sealed), cheered the Nazis and especially the Soviets in the 1920s and 30s (ignoring the Holodomor was especially shameful), ran a radical test in the 1960s, and, finally, used the Long March through the institutions to turn this nation into a tyranny. Yes, the political right (the other half of the Uniparty) contributed mightily, but theirs was a contribution of grift and convenience. The plot was charted and the ship steered by hardcore leftists who hate everything about America and about freedom in general.
As for 2024, the fix is already in. 2020 was surely rigged, unless you believe that negative poll totals (Trump's vote numbers declining in real time - something impossible sans cheating), hiding the poll workers, mysterious boxes and truckloads of ballots showing North Korea levels of uniformity, and documented evidence of ballot box stuffing mean nothing. They mean everything, and they mean that no person that opposes the deep state/leftist/Uniparty empire stands a chance. They learned their lesson in 2016 (they are hated and people will vote against them), they learned their lesson in 2020 (the media and the courts would let them cheat), and they have learned their lesson in 2022 (they can send their shock troops and Fibbies into the streets to dissuade dissidence). I hope, I pray I am wrong, but I do not see elections making any difference at any level above local.
I’m sick and tired of the right playing defense… when will we play offense now that our Constitutional Republic is over!?!? Although the liberal lawyer Susan Estrich calls the 34 count indictment as “chopped liver and there’s no there there”, I’m so sad, angry and apprehensive for our children!!
Yep, and we struggle not with flesh and blood but the spirits of evil in high places. How else can we explain the current depictions of gender-fluid and amoral behaviors that are reminiscent of the ancient pagan gods?
The Dems have been waiting for this since Trump won in 16. They want to punish anyone who wasn't crying their eyes out that night. The same way trans and feminist activists want to punish the entire world, especially the happy and good looking people for being born fat and ugly
Hard to beat the Biden team with an unlimited number of mail-in votes that can be generated in PA and other Rust Belt states as needed late at night. Ballot Harvesting is a very effective legal tool, exploiting uninformed or low-propensity voters.
I agree with Sasha that the Democratic Party must be taken down; they are far too powerful, far too unaccountable, far too corrupt, and far too insane. But that's what happens when you combine absolute institutional power with a mass formation psychosis -- the requisite grassroots component of totalitarianism -- like Trump Derangement Syndrome: chaos, incoherence, and moral turpitude reign supreme.
But totalitarianism in the 21st-century confluence of default addiction and too big to fail didn't just happen. Neither of these things were the unintended consequences of bad plans or a failure to plan. They are the plan. It took generations for the Democrats to insinuate themselves institutionally. It took generations to move us from a God fearing nation to a nation conditioned to fear everything except God. Generations were required over the past century to replace the meaningful Judeo-Christian ethics and classic Jeffersonian liberalism of the Enlightenment with the mindless moral relativism, bureaucratic illiberalism, and polytheistic narcissism of today. Generations were required to replace the meaningful rituals in our lives — like observance of the sabbath day and the family dinner table — with the mindless rituals of our obsessions and addictions. Generations were required to convert the news media from a blue-collar trade with unions and guilds whose job it was to expose state power, to an elite white-collar profession festooned with Ivy League diplomas whose job is now to defend and promote state power. As such, multiple generations may be required to restore institutional balance, equilibrium, and trust.
Remember, MAGA is still young, and is just now beginning to assert itself on a grassroots basis. Remember also that Trump isn't the real target; he's just in the way. You and Sasha and I and everyone who stands up to speak out are the real targets. MAGA and BREXIT and the Sanderistas and all other populist movements are the real targets.
The forces arrayed against us are real, immensely powerful, and wholly unaccountable to anyone. They will not tolerate dissent or populism of any stripe. The technomedia cartel, vaccine mandates, central bank digital currencies, and global gun control are all tools of class warfare deployed by the global elite against you and Sasha and me and poor and middle class people of all colors worldwide.
We have been trained and groomed over generations to seek solutions and answers outside ourselves. In the end, however, the most important institutions we can enforce and protect are our own families and our own communities. Totalitarians live in constant fear of strong families and strong communities because strong families and strong communities refuse to replace real faith with false gods. Strong families and strong communities protect their children first. Like politics, the real battles and the real challenges to totalitarianism and tyranny are always local. In what I call the Great Age of Addiction, moderation and local autonomy are the only sustainable responses to tyranny.
The forces of true evil are upon us. They won't go away anytime soon, and they will always come for our children. Think moderation in all things. Think quality of life as a function of how and were and with whom we invest our time and faith. Think Local Act Local first...
There's just no positive vision. It's all attacking history and America and retaining power. Although I am intrigued by Glenn Greenwalds take that the real dividing line in politics today is establishment vs anti establishment rather than left vs right. That's why they call people like Joe Rogan or Matt Taibbi right wingers. Trying to force things into the old paradigm.
No worries, Sasha, we know exactly what the weak Leftists are up to and we will not bite into their violent world.
Ok last comment from me.
@barnes_law states : The Constitutional predicate for indictment, trial or sentencing of a former President requires first impeachment by the House and conviction in the Senate. Trump was acquitted by the Senate. This indictment violates the Constitution.
Also:
@Cernovich: The Trump indictment, which I read, would be laughable in any other circumstance. It’s the same offense copied and pasted 34 times, with the date changed each time. This is the biggest farce I’ve ever seen.
A court date of January 24th? Oh boy.
The whole system is corrupted, there is a cabal of business types (IMO) ruling over (buying?) a uni-party comprised of Dems and Reps running the country for the rich business types interests. Most politicians no longer care about the common US citizen. Our elections are compromised it is death from 10,000 cuts. The software has gaping security holes in it (https://rumble.com/v2fkm08-31-march-2023-am-show-dominion-is-finished.html) watch this if you do not believe that and several (swing) states voter registration records are maintained by a private entity called ERIC that you cannot have a FOIA request records served on them. Some ERIC states have a million more registered voters than citizens eligible to vote - let that sink in! Ghost voters ballots are infused into the system to get their candidate across the line using these excess registered voters. Don't write all this off as "election denial" it is citizens who have dug into the issue and uncovered both sides of the aisle who are complicit in the fraudulent activities. Go down the rabbit hole and you will find the elite foxes who are eating we rabbits.
I’m right with you. Over any shock and grief I had at watching “my people” lose their minds and ethics. Unable to have a sensible discussion with any. I will fight them now.
I think it's great that there are those on the left that are seeing the insanity that the Democrats have devolved into, but many of us on the right or middle-right, have been witnessing it and crying out about it for decades. Hopefully, the pendulum is swinging back in the correct direction. You know it's out of balance when 1) conservatives are saying, 'man, I miss the clinton days' and 'JFK would be considered a right-wing republican by today's standards'
We've grown accustomed to loud, brash, and often violent protests by Democrats and their left-wing fellow travelers. It's been going on for 50 years. That's why it's so shocking when conservatives and GOPers behave like progressive liberals. We're just not used to it.
I believe this yet another distraction. This is an easy trap they’ve laid. What do they not want us focusing on? https://thefederalist.com/2023/04/04/7-serious-news-stories-media-choked-out-with-trump-indictment-buzz/
So sad. The media knows they can shape the narrative and LIE to the people to say the good guys are bad and the bad guys are good. They do anything and stop at nothing unless and until we stop them.
WE have the defeat the media, the liars or no matter what we do, we'll be called names for it, dehumanized, shunned, bastardized, etc.
How do we do this? We have to be able to sue them for their lies.
When I grew up (1050s) I was taught that that we had 3 independent branches of government, and had checks and balances built into our Republic. If one branch overstepped their authority, the other branches would rein them in. That seemed to have mostly worked - - - at least until the last 15 years. Today, none of the 3 branches seem to care about Americans, about you and me. They have theirs and they could not care less about us.
What is the solution? I wish I knew.
Suddenly, across the country and in the Biden Admin (except people directly in constant contact with Biden, of course) blacks are in charge of almost everything. And what I see is PAYBACK all over the place...especially toward Trump. So ironic since Trump did more for black-Americans than the last five+ presidents (including Obama).
Victor Davis Hanson said tonight Sasha, We're in a Revolution we didn't know we are in.
Hope this opens a lot of eyes.
It's time to fight back !
They want us divided and they want chaos and they want a distraction from all of their corrupt dealings. They are deliberately destroying America and at the end of the day, they will destroy themselves as well. I wonder if they have ever studied history and know about the purges that will eventually occur. I am amazed at how many people have sold their souls to the devil for money and power.
The Left Decent & Sensible? When? Sorry, I have to disagree :/