The Nazis called it "Kraft durch Freude". A propaganda operation aimed at the working classes to help sell the party ideology by providing leisure benefits as rewards for loyalty.
I saw that too! I used to say "Never Trust A German" and I can say that because my Mother was German. Now I say "Never trust a Secularist" (or Humanist). There IS a Higher Power and we are not Him.
They didn’t let me share something the other day as well. They then started screening my comments before allowing them to post to other people 🙄. They are still censoring even tho Zuc made a confession about the WH asking them to refuse to post ‘disinformation’ during the 2020 election. Guiltily then, and guilty now 😳
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I met an elderly man with his dog on my walk yesterday. He called today and we spoke and shared for 90 minutes. He was nothing short of ECSTATIC to find another conservative-minded soul (translation: rational, logical, circumspect, practical and sane). Here in California, we are few and far between. When we are lucky enough to encounter one another, it's like finding a DIAMOND in a football-sized field of glass shards. How lovely to meet a grounded, centered new friend, on the fringe of this BIDEN/HARRIS sea of fruit loops and nincompoops.
I'm sure that's true. Hell, I'd move outta CA in a heartbeat and buy property in a RED state, if I could fathom leaving my beautiful 'little corner of Paradise' I've created over the past 11 years since I bought my home.
Do you realize how many Republicans don't vote? In Arizona's Maricopa county, over 300,000 did not vote. Many elections were lost by a narrow margin. Talk about it to your friends and fellow shoppers. It takes a little nerve but if you don't help or vote, you are giving it to the Democrats. I wear a military hat. When people say "Thank you for your service" I say "Vote Republican"
I had a co-worker from Poland. He had a relative, an uncle if I remember right, who made a joke about some Communist leader, so he was sent to Siberia for many years. You’ve been describing the same Communist mindset.
I didn’t watch much of the RNC but was very aware of the camaraderie and frankly strong union that was felt. I know rallies and thing like that are all show, etc. I was a never trumper until this latest regime. Your twilight zone reference is spot on. Every time I read a comment from One Who Adores the Harris manufactured phenomenon, it reminds me of when I see a dog take a shit and cheerfully eat it. Presidents come and go, and waves shift. We have survived a lot, we will get through this too. And might even be surprised bc it ain’t over till November 5th! And even then, it ain’t over. Strange group in Washington - they are never really happy or satisfied. I’ll take the road I’m on.
Kamala is indeed horrible. I’ve seen this Kamala impersonator before and thought she did a good job of it but her interview with Megyn is just really good. She’s very intelligent, insightful and just mops the floor not only with Kamala but with the whole truly dreadful Democratic Party. I’m impressed. This is a good one for family, friends and neighbors. She hits very hard. This is the type of person Trump needs for his campaign. I’d like to see her take on the gushing, fawning, cringy dem media that adores Kamala.
“Watch Kamala Harris Impersonator Estee Palti on How She Makes Fun of the Dem Nominee’s Absurdity.” (11 min)
Trump and Estee should have a mock debate with Tulsi giving Estee her lines. The lines Kamala is likely to say. And then Trump takes her down with well honed comebacks. The goal would be humor and entertaining. This should be aired the night before the real debate.
It cracks me up to no end how quickly gullible liberals change their opinions. Kamala was the 40th most popular Democrat in late 2019/early 2020 and approval rating was under 30% - until Biden was forced out. Now she's the second coming of JFK, MLK and Obama all rolled into one. If Trump had run as a Democrat in 2016, he'd have won. It's easy to have no brain or critical thinking skills - just look for the "D" and that's the greatest human ever to walk the earth.
Sasha. WE have to do this. dT can'tfix this and make things magically ok. God. You sound defeated. We all have to set our own standards again From the ground up. Don't allow yourselves to be canceled by fear ridden zombies. Hold your head up and live your life as they have nothing to sustain all this nonsense with. It's fake. all of it everything they present All fake. Will probably take a while. But This country will be okand right it's ways and get back on a forward moving direction.
With respect, this entire post reads like one long emotional boo-hoo-hoo. You make your position clear: you badly wanted to be a "good person." You're upset because people you used to associate with maybe actually treat others badly, and therefore can't be considered "good people." Boo-hoo.
People trying to make ends meet for themselves and their families aren't that interested in what others think of their politics, and even less about whether others regard them as "good people."
Unfortunately, your post is demonstrably devoid of optimism, energy, and the willingness to do the hard work to win - with examples.
I don't think you're a grifter, but you're winning a wide audience selling yourself as an apostate. Good for you. Lots of us grew up decades ago, however.
What about suggesting folks do something positive to affect the November election, which is still very much Trump's to win, huh? How about volunteering to monitor ballot counting, knocking on doors in a friendly and respectful manner? How about spending evenings listening first to the concerns of others, and then passing on some literature. How about offering to help get others to the polls irrespective of the party, and candidate, they end up supporting.
Think the situation in America today is more dire than when women were first struggling to get the vote a century ago? Really? How about women today trying to get an education in many of the 'religious' nations of the world? Nelson Mandela and Gandhi didn't really know how easy their struggles actually were? And they thought they had it bad? Is that it?
All worried voters need to do is get off their asses and start being the best examples of the virtues they espouse. If we're offering positive solutions, and examples from our own lives today, and producing clear policy cases with outcomes, we likely to be much more effective in actually affecting elections. Just saying.
"Unfortunately, your post is demonstrably devoid of optimism, energy, and the willingness to do the hard work to win - with examples." Not my job, sorry.
What I care about has been killed by the Left, namely, the ability to write the truth. I didn't say it was worse than a century ago. That is exactly the opposite of what I said. I don't know what to say to this except if you want to be the face of the happy America then start your own Substack and write that way. JOY!
If you were being denied the ability to write the truth, your extended sob wouldn't be at the top of the RCP most read list, would it? You get that, don't you? Not trying to be rude, just pointing out the obvious. Your motivations are your own and I fully respect them no matter how nonsensical and hyperbolic your claims may be.
I consider pro forma compliments and statements of appreciation entirely normal - especially if I find the claims ludicrous, or even offensive. I don't have to say anything. I simply choose find some little bit of good in everyone. Sasha's work has been wonderful on occasion and I applaud her success. Bet that's got you really confused. Hang in there!
Since when is it our job to dictate to Muslim nations how to treat women? But no balls to say what you mean. What do you mean "religious nations?" Don't insinuate all religion is bad. You are censored by your own governement and media. Why did you say it that way? Afraid of being attacked? Of course. Proving Sasha's point
Sasha is a great articulator of the feelings that many people have but just don't have the insight to figure out. A valuable asset to the muddled thinking of the "undecided voter."
As for you? Your myopic focus on one religion over another: Hindus, or some Christian sects (for example) not to mention the Hindu caste system speaks to your own particular obsessions. An Indian-American pal who's the son of a Hindu-Muslim marriage argues that Modi's India is far more oppressive than America. Try to get more, you seem cranky.
Thank you, Paul! Sasha's post is a psychograph spelling only "U-N-H-I-N-G-E-D." Shame as I recall moments of genuine enjoyment reading prior articles. Those feel like a long time ago.
WIth due respect to both of you, my job is not to be a public relations site for the Trump campaign. I write what I feel like writing. You can read it, you can like it, you can hate it. Makes no difference to me but the idea that I have to put on a fake-happy face for your benefit, sorry, but there would be nothing more boring to me. If I wanted to do that I would not be writing here. It was good enough to land at RCP and is now one of the most read. So.
Here’s an excerpt from the text of a video by RFK’s vp Nicole Shanahan on Real Clear Politics/Video. Quite damning and this is what they’re doing to us now and will continue to do after the election against Trump if he wins and a greatly ramped up version of this against us if they win. And these are supposed to be our “fellow Americans.” This is just not working at all.
“The extent of the sabotage they've unleashed on us is mind-blowing, we're still learning new ways they have sabotaged us. I really wanted a fair shot at this election, and I believed in the American that I pledged allegiance to as a little girl. And that is not where we are today, and it is not because of the Republican Party taking us out, it is the Democratic Party taking us out. And I am so disappointed I ever helped them, I am so disappointed I helped Chuck Schumer in that Georgia runoff, to secure the [Senate] majority. It is probably one of the biggest mistakes of my life."
RFK’s Running Mate Nicole Shanahan: DNC “Turned Us Into A Spoiler,” Made A fair Election Impossible For Us.
I agreed with Paul but from the other side of the aisle — I think you're an obliging Trump mouthpiece and I don't understand it. Building up a dark superstate entirely in your head. No fake-happy wanted or needed here — but to entice my switch back into regular-reader mode, 15-30% less hyperbole per post would do it. I don't know that "landing" at RCP is the w you crave.
“I think you're an obliging Trump mouthpiece and I don't understand it.”
Are you happy with the democrat’s open borders and war on meritocracy which is being replaced by Equity aka Equal Outcomes? If we can’t even maintain things as basic and essential as borders and meritocracy then in what sense is America even still a country?
“Editor’s Note: America is at war. This is not a traditional war, fought on a battlefield against an external enemy. It is a civilizational conflict against an internal enemy: the group quota regime, a revolutionary threat that seeks to reorganize American society around the principle of outcome equality — what the regime’s partisans call “equity.”
“This cold civil war may go unnoticed by many day-to-day, but its stakes are often as high as life and death. Here, Roger B. Cohen, a celebrated oncologist and professor in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, explains how the group quota regime has taken hold of the American medical education system and asks urgent questions about the consequences for medicine, for the sick, and for the country.”
".........which is still very much Trump's to win," It also Trump's to loose, which based on HIS lack of discipline and focus, at this moment in time maybe more probable.
As Sasha has previously emphasized, Trump isn't perfect and neither are his supporters of which I am one. What is critical is that Trump is not an embedded piece of the swamp. He doesn't trust or aspire to be a part of it it for obvious reasons. Many of those who are on his side do so because they no longer believe in the system and admire him for giving the deep state the finger. The specifics of what happens down the line are not as important as neutralizing the existing structure to the point that rebuilding can begin. But we have to believe and have the strength to take chances while doing the morally right things.
The ”deep state” is a rhetorical idea that even Trump didn’t think would stick. But it did.
If you ever ”neutralize the existing power structure” then a new power structure will replace it. History shows that the new one is usually worse than the old.
Instead of overthrowing democracy, it’s better to see politicians as human beings and vote for the least worst.
Trump is telling the power structure to go to hell. I have the vision of using democracy to dramatically change the power structure. While doing so may very well be worse than the previous one, it is much less likely to be worse than what Kamala will deliver.
Fortunately for the world, the Founding Fathers did not go for the "least worst".
"the deep state is a rhetorical idea.." They have you right where they need you. Salivating over every "righteous" idea they come up with. They are marxist. You don't care. Maybe because you are in education or think you are a victim of something or someone.
I'm over 60 so in the second half of life. Trump is the only chance we have of saving Western Civilization, but the angry, petty part of me would actually love to see a Kumhola win and a second term for her. I would drink from the tears of her mindless, DEI, ESG, Green, Woke supporters as they see their make believe Camelot shattered and they stand in line for food and health care and own nothing and love it. If God is real and loving, Trump will win. If not, buckle up for the world of the Mad Max dystopian nightmare or Idiocracy (we're almost there now). Evil exists, and it's winning at the moment.
The narcissism of the left is this. "If people all just thought like me, and were kind like me, and wanted the best for everybody like me, and in that kind world all people would have no problems. We would all live in tranquility and smell like Pouchouli oil. Oh, if people would just see how kind and compassionate I am!"
What about all the illegal aliens? Trump has promised mass deportation. If he wins, will he follow through on this promise or cave under pressure from the MSM? It is important to note that Obama did more deportations in his first term than Trump did in his term. If Harris wins, it will be a "Pathway" to breaking organized labor's back.
Not to pick nits, but I will. I work in Mexico, cross every day to and from the US. In 2009, DHS changed how a deportation was counted. Previously it was an individual picked up and physically taken back to the border - whether by CBP/ICE/whoever. With the change in counting statistics, anyone that got turned away at the border became a "deportation", even though they never entered the country.
Outstanding "Pick nits." I think I might have heard this too somewhere. But it could also be the distinction between formal adjudication of a "Removal" order (deportation) and border patrol nabbing an illegal a few feet north of the border and sending him back.
“Despair, or folly?' said Gandalf. 'It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.'
Aside from the Biden putsch, what has changed in the last 30 days? We know that the media and the Left are all in on the destruction of the United States as we have known it. The "polls" say the candidates are roughly at 50/50, even considering the use of skewed results as a means of voter supression and the unwillingness of Trump supports to answer a poll. Don't lose heart or your wits, friends. We are in the middle of psyop and a being-attempted revolution.
My prediction is that Pennsylvania will be recounted multiple times and SCOTUS will be involved - because this swing states’s electoral votes will decide POTUS. Shapiro and his Department of State signaled on Aug 8th the count will take several days, which tells me the D machine is going to ‘find’ the votes needed:
Pennsylvania’s vote counting takes several days because by law, they cannot start counting until after election day. That is the only reason.
Republicans had a chance, but they refused to update the law. Their only reason for refusing was to preserve the ability to peddle the false narrative that Dems cheat during vote counting.
They don’t. Pennsylvania counts and it takes a while. That is all.
This information has bern available for years and years. That we still have to suffer conspiracy theories about dems cheating is just plain stupid.
By calling it a conspiracy theory, you have just verified it. Tammany Hall, Richard Daley, more recently Bridgeport, CT. The fraud exists. It is substantial. It is up to fair-minded citizens to ensure that such fraud does not affect election outcomes. Get out and vote. Vote early, and ensure everyone you know votes as well.
How does calling it a conspiracy theory verify it exists? But yeah, maybe calling it that is loaded. So how’s this?
The assertion thar there exists substantial, outcome-determinative voter fraud is false, but many people believe is true.
They believe this because dishonest leaders who they trust tell them so.
That said, do get out early and vote. Get others to vote too! But if your issue loses, respect the result, dem or repub. This is the only way to avoid violence.
Whatever happens, half the country will reject the results. This is not a functioning democracy. Talk about Trump all you want but Clinton and Gore pretty much set the standard for rejecting the results. And the Bushes when Jeb! imploded.
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rinds is the Druid version of Pauline Theology,
For that matter, the King James Bible is the Druid translation of the Greek manuscripts. This is why John Cleese and Mony Python are, collectively, anti-theist.
No, we’re in the middle of an election. All media outlets have political bias - Fox too, populist conspiracy sites too.
The ”Left” wants more healthcare and education funding plus higher taxes whereas the right wants the opposite. It’s not my experience that either side wants to destroy the U.S. Why would they? They both live here.
The polls say about 50/50 because that’s what people think. Yes, past polls have understated support for Trump. Polls are polls, not generally useful as nefarious psych-op tools.
Sasha your writing is literally superb. But combined with your immense heart and deep perspectives it’s just phenomenal. Breathtaking. You are one of my very best top finds on Substack. I’m so glad I follow you. Just wanted you to know. Thank you for wiping the glass clean so people can see more clearly. Thank you for hopeful articles like this.
I just restacked a very long read about how this is going to go down in the next few months. Dark.
There's no getting away from them. There's no divorce. There's no compromise. There's only submission. There is a growing movement of parallel economy and infrastructure but it is futile.
Unless we are willing to do the unthinkable. The unspeakable.
It is a dark time. Much has been lost. No doubt more still will be lost. It is not much different than most of human history I think; short periods of calm interspersed with long periods of tragedy. But I’m strengthened by writers like you, Stone, Gajewski and Greenwald.
Great piece. I love that video of the chiquita who went to Bernie and Trump rallies.
Yes, you come into our lair you are offered burgers, brats, or steak and a pot luck of all the extra's brought by friends and neighbors regardless of political background. And then one of our 69 yr old grandmothers with breast cancer is sent to jail for taking pictures of her property(capitol) on J6.
However, alert people are noticing that the Democrats’ campaign’s slogans, along with their images and ideas, have an uncanny resemblance to some things coming out of really icky regimes, such as the Nazis, the Soviets, and Chinese communists. I’m not saying that the Democrats are ready to commit genocide or open gulags, but it really is weird how leftists always think alike.
That’s not organic. That can only come from command central.
What smart people are noticing is that this is not the first time a political campaign has been defined by “joy.” In 1933, when Hitler was running to be Chancellor (an election he won, after which he instantly became dictator), the German Labor Front, which was working to promote the Nazis, started an organization called “Kraft durch Freude,” or, in English, “strength through joy”:
Set up in November 1933 as a tool to promote the advantages of Nazism to the German people and internationally, it was also used to ease the process of the rearmament of Germany. Through its structure of organized events and promotion of propaganda, it was also intended to prevent dissident and anti-state behavior. By 1939, it had become the world's largest tourism operator. [Hyperlinks omitted.]
Thank you Sasha. I am always so moved by your work. I often will cry while listening to your podcast, or reading something you've written. Either they're tears of joy, sadness or fear. You just hit all the right topics that deeply touch me. You help keep me sane.
In one week I'm having major surgery and then will be recovering for 10-12 weeks. I'm not worried about the surgery. I look forward to feeling better.
What hurts me most is I'll be laid up right before the presidential election. It will mean for the first time in 30 years, I won't be out on my local campaign trail. Knocking on doors, dropping literature, making phone calls, or talking to voters.
My goal is to be physically strong enough to walk 5 blocks to my polling station and vote in the presidential election.
When the Russian revolution occurred and the Chinese uprising happened people living in these countries believed it was the right thing to do and it cost the lives of tens of millions of innocent people.
If these Communist pigs dressed up like Liberal Democrats continue to rule America the results of there actions will finally take down this capitalist and free country.
The dream of the international Left will finally be achieved.
But, with over 300 million guns in the hands of the public the filthy politicians and there armed agencies will not have an easy time achieving their goal.
"Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, let it be known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. " (Daniel 3:17-18)
Standing up for the good, the true, and the beautiful; being on the right side of history; even having God on our side--none of this means that we're going to win a particular battle. Look at Jesus, in the Garden of Gethsemane, praying the most desperate prayer of his life, and how that worked out for him--in the short term.
I still have a mighty hope for this election, though I see more and more how powerful our enemy really is. Sometimes Goliath is struck down.
BUT IF NOT, our work may be much harder and more painful than we could have imagined--but it will still be our work.
Sasha, this post is superb. I sometimes get caught up in the conversation and forget to express admiration and appreciation for your work. Well done.
As a suburban Chicago resident, I think the DNC may be in for some unpleasant intrusions of reality on their fake festival of joy.
Strength through Joy.
The Nazis called it "Kraft durch Freude". A propaganda operation aimed at the working classes to help sell the party ideology by providing leisure benefits as rewards for loyalty.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strength_Through_Joy
I fully expect Wokepedia to pull down this page or seriously alter it within the next few days.
I saw that too! I used to say "Never Trust A German" and I can say that because my Mother was German. Now I say "Never trust a Secularist" (or Humanist). There IS a Higher Power and we are not Him.
Indeed we are not.
Sasha says, “I, too, would feel good that I was among the good.”
That is the great danger: to draw the line between humans or parties or nations or races or religions. The line runs through every human heart.
And no one understands that better than those who see the line—the gulf—between humans and God.
incredible find. yep memoryhole is gonna happen
Thanks for the education on this! I copied it in case it IS pulled down.
Facebook wouldn't let me share it.
They didn’t let me share something the other day as well. They then started screening my comments before allowing them to post to other people 🙄. They are still censoring even tho Zuc made a confession about the WH asking them to refuse to post ‘disinformation’ during the 2020 election. Guiltily then, and guilty now 😳
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I met an elderly man with his dog on my walk yesterday. He called today and we spoke and shared for 90 minutes. He was nothing short of ECSTATIC to find another conservative-minded soul (translation: rational, logical, circumspect, practical and sane). Here in California, we are few and far between. When we are lucky enough to encounter one another, it's like finding a DIAMOND in a football-sized field of glass shards. How lovely to meet a grounded, centered new friend, on the fringe of this BIDEN/HARRIS sea of fruit loops and nincompoops.
YAY!!Happy for you Shari!!
Gave me great pleasure and giggles to receive this from you, Kate. Thank you!
..."and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all". You love Emily
also. Then I love you.
James Donovan Branchburg, NJ
Plenty of conservatives in rural CA. Even in the urban areas but they are fearful and silent.
I'm sure that's true. Hell, I'd move outta CA in a heartbeat and buy property in a RED state, if I could fathom leaving my beautiful 'little corner of Paradise' I've created over the past 11 years since I bought my home.
Do you realize how many Republicans don't vote? In Arizona's Maricopa county, over 300,000 did not vote. Many elections were lost by a narrow margin. Talk about it to your friends and fellow shoppers. It takes a little nerve but if you don't help or vote, you are giving it to the Democrats. I wear a military hat. When people say "Thank you for your service" I say "Vote Republican"
And don't vote?
Who knows but they are heavily outnumbered
There is nowhere in this great country where people KNOW their votes don't count more than for any conservative in California.
Which is why conservatives in CA should support efforts to split the state.
I had a co-worker from Poland. He had a relative, an uncle if I remember right, who made a joke about some Communist leader, so he was sent to Siberia for many years. You’ve been describing the same Communist mindset.
I didn’t watch much of the RNC but was very aware of the camaraderie and frankly strong union that was felt. I know rallies and thing like that are all show, etc. I was a never trumper until this latest regime. Your twilight zone reference is spot on. Every time I read a comment from One Who Adores the Harris manufactured phenomenon, it reminds me of when I see a dog take a shit and cheerfully eat it. Presidents come and go, and waves shift. We have survived a lot, we will get through this too. And might even be surprised bc it ain’t over till November 5th! And even then, it ain’t over. Strange group in Washington - they are never really happy or satisfied. I’ll take the road I’m on.
But, you know - Vance and couches. Brilliant line of logic there.
Kamala is indeed horrible. I’ve seen this Kamala impersonator before and thought she did a good job of it but her interview with Megyn is just really good. She’s very intelligent, insightful and just mops the floor not only with Kamala but with the whole truly dreadful Democratic Party. I’m impressed. This is a good one for family, friends and neighbors. She hits very hard. This is the type of person Trump needs for his campaign. I’d like to see her take on the gushing, fawning, cringy dem media that adores Kamala.
“Watch Kamala Harris Impersonator Estee Palti on How She Makes Fun of the Dem Nominee’s Absurdity.” (11 min)
Megyn Kelly. Aug 19, 2024
https://youtu.be/cfBRkx3KLIg?si=oblrELDgOBvwH0ly
What a hoot. She is great at impersonating Kamalalala
'Fearless' is an overused word, but it applies to Megyn Kelly - love her!
Wow, Estee really nails Kamala in every way. Almost eerie how spot on!
Trump and Estee should have a mock debate with Tulsi giving Estee her lines. The lines Kamala is likely to say. And then Trump takes her down with well honed comebacks. The goal would be humor and entertaining. This should be aired the night before the real debate.
Thanks for encouraging us to feel what it feels like to be a Joe Biden supporter
Lefties don’t need to imagine that. Before June 27, that’s exactly what they did in full-throated unison.
Biden dropped out.
It cracks me up to no end how quickly gullible liberals change their opinions. Kamala was the 40th most popular Democrat in late 2019/early 2020 and approval rating was under 30% - until Biden was forced out. Now she's the second coming of JFK, MLK and Obama all rolled into one. If Trump had run as a Democrat in 2016, he'd have won. It's easy to have no brain or critical thinking skills - just look for the "D" and that's the greatest human ever to walk the earth.
Sasha. WE have to do this. dT can'tfix this and make things magically ok. God. You sound defeated. We all have to set our own standards again From the ground up. Don't allow yourselves to be canceled by fear ridden zombies. Hold your head up and live your life as they have nothing to sustain all this nonsense with. It's fake. all of it everything they present All fake. Will probably take a while. But This country will be okand right it's ways and get back on a forward moving direction.
Not giving up!
DO NOT GIVE UP!! We all need each other to KEEP ON, KEEPING ON! George Washington did not GIVE UP.
Thank you for communicating as you do. Some of us need that help, that encouragement in words. Often times it is your words.
With respect, this entire post reads like one long emotional boo-hoo-hoo. You make your position clear: you badly wanted to be a "good person." You're upset because people you used to associate with maybe actually treat others badly, and therefore can't be considered "good people." Boo-hoo.
People trying to make ends meet for themselves and their families aren't that interested in what others think of their politics, and even less about whether others regard them as "good people."
Unfortunately, your post is demonstrably devoid of optimism, energy, and the willingness to do the hard work to win - with examples.
I don't think you're a grifter, but you're winning a wide audience selling yourself as an apostate. Good for you. Lots of us grew up decades ago, however.
What about suggesting folks do something positive to affect the November election, which is still very much Trump's to win, huh? How about volunteering to monitor ballot counting, knocking on doors in a friendly and respectful manner? How about spending evenings listening first to the concerns of others, and then passing on some literature. How about offering to help get others to the polls irrespective of the party, and candidate, they end up supporting.
Think the situation in America today is more dire than when women were first struggling to get the vote a century ago? Really? How about women today trying to get an education in many of the 'religious' nations of the world? Nelson Mandela and Gandhi didn't really know how easy their struggles actually were? And they thought they had it bad? Is that it?
All worried voters need to do is get off their asses and start being the best examples of the virtues they espouse. If we're offering positive solutions, and examples from our own lives today, and producing clear policy cases with outcomes, we likely to be much more effective in actually affecting elections. Just saying.
"Unfortunately, your post is demonstrably devoid of optimism, energy, and the willingness to do the hard work to win - with examples." Not my job, sorry.
What I care about has been killed by the Left, namely, the ability to write the truth. I didn't say it was worse than a century ago. That is exactly the opposite of what I said. I don't know what to say to this except if you want to be the face of the happy America then start your own Substack and write that way. JOY!
If you were being denied the ability to write the truth, your extended sob wouldn't be at the top of the RCP most read list, would it? You get that, don't you? Not trying to be rude, just pointing out the obvious. Your motivations are your own and I fully respect them no matter how nonsensical and hyperbolic your claims may be.
Meanwhile, here's a "happy story" about doing the work to actually protect election integrity. Snuggle up with this and have a better one: https://x.com/TrueTheVote/status/1825586641362112548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1825586641362112548%7Ctwgr%5E345358f7d0ffc71fe2eee7ba55515386a6e57305%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F667954%2F
Why would you fully respect non-sensical, hyperbolic claims? It's just something you have to say.
I consider pro forma compliments and statements of appreciation entirely normal - especially if I find the claims ludicrous, or even offensive. I don't have to say anything. I simply choose find some little bit of good in everyone. Sasha's work has been wonderful on occasion and I applaud her success. Bet that's got you really confused. Hang in there!
Since when is it our job to dictate to Muslim nations how to treat women? But no balls to say what you mean. What do you mean "religious nations?" Don't insinuate all religion is bad. You are censored by your own governement and media. Why did you say it that way? Afraid of being attacked? Of course. Proving Sasha's point
Sasha is a great articulator of the feelings that many people have but just don't have the insight to figure out. A valuable asset to the muddled thinking of the "undecided voter."
I'm sure many muddled thinker are very grateful.
As for you? Your myopic focus on one religion over another: Hindus, or some Christian sects (for example) not to mention the Hindu caste system speaks to your own particular obsessions. An Indian-American pal who's the son of a Hindu-Muslim marriage argues that Modi's India is far more oppressive than America. Try to get more, you seem cranky.
Thank you, Paul! Sasha's post is a psychograph spelling only "U-N-H-I-N-G-E-D." Shame as I recall moments of genuine enjoyment reading prior articles. Those feel like a long time ago.
WIth due respect to both of you, my job is not to be a public relations site for the Trump campaign. I write what I feel like writing. You can read it, you can like it, you can hate it. Makes no difference to me but the idea that I have to put on a fake-happy face for your benefit, sorry, but there would be nothing more boring to me. If I wanted to do that I would not be writing here. It was good enough to land at RCP and is now one of the most read. So.
Here’s an excerpt from the text of a video by RFK’s vp Nicole Shanahan on Real Clear Politics/Video. Quite damning and this is what they’re doing to us now and will continue to do after the election against Trump if he wins and a greatly ramped up version of this against us if they win. And these are supposed to be our “fellow Americans.” This is just not working at all.
“The extent of the sabotage they've unleashed on us is mind-blowing, we're still learning new ways they have sabotaged us. I really wanted a fair shot at this election, and I believed in the American that I pledged allegiance to as a little girl. And that is not where we are today, and it is not because of the Republican Party taking us out, it is the Democratic Party taking us out. And I am so disappointed I ever helped them, I am so disappointed I helped Chuck Schumer in that Georgia runoff, to secure the [Senate] majority. It is probably one of the biggest mistakes of my life."
RFK’s Running Mate Nicole Shanahan: DNC “Turned Us Into A Spoiler,” Made A fair Election Impossible For Us.
Real Clear Politics, Video. Aug 21, 2024
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/08/21/rfks_running_mate_nicole_shanahan_.html
I agreed with Paul but from the other side of the aisle — I think you're an obliging Trump mouthpiece and I don't understand it. Building up a dark superstate entirely in your head. No fake-happy wanted or needed here — but to entice my switch back into regular-reader mode, 15-30% less hyperbole per post would do it. I don't know that "landing" at RCP is the w you crave.
“I think you're an obliging Trump mouthpiece and I don't understand it.”
Are you happy with the democrat’s open borders and war on meritocracy which is being replaced by Equity aka Equal Outcomes? If we can’t even maintain things as basic and essential as borders and meritocracy then in what sense is America even still a country?
“Editor’s Note: America is at war. This is not a traditional war, fought on a battlefield against an external enemy. It is a civilizational conflict against an internal enemy: the group quota regime, a revolutionary threat that seeks to reorganize American society around the principle of outcome equality — what the regime’s partisans call “equity.”
“This cold civil war may go unnoticed by many day-to-day, but its stakes are often as high as life and death. Here, Roger B. Cohen, a celebrated oncologist and professor in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, explains how the group quota regime has taken hold of the American medical education system and asks urgent questions about the consequences for medicine, for the sick, and for the country.”
“The End of Merit in Med Schools Will Be Deadly.”
Real Clear Politics. Roger Cohen. Apr 2, 2024
https://tomklingenstein.com/the-end-of-merit-in-med-schools-will-be-deadly/
The people going along with the dark superstate are blinded to it, so your take is expected. There are many of you. Millions and millions.
".........which is still very much Trump's to win," It also Trump's to loose, which based on HIS lack of discipline and focus, at this moment in time maybe more probable.
Fair point.
As Sasha has previously emphasized, Trump isn't perfect and neither are his supporters of which I am one. What is critical is that Trump is not an embedded piece of the swamp. He doesn't trust or aspire to be a part of it it for obvious reasons. Many of those who are on his side do so because they no longer believe in the system and admire him for giving the deep state the finger. The specifics of what happens down the line are not as important as neutralizing the existing structure to the point that rebuilding can begin. But we have to believe and have the strength to take chances while doing the morally right things.
Trump is a swamp too. He’s just the other swamp.
The ”deep state” is a rhetorical idea that even Trump didn’t think would stick. But it did.
If you ever ”neutralize the existing power structure” then a new power structure will replace it. History shows that the new one is usually worse than the old.
Instead of overthrowing democracy, it’s better to see politicians as human beings and vote for the least worst.
Trump is telling the power structure to go to hell. I have the vision of using democracy to dramatically change the power structure. While doing so may very well be worse than the previous one, it is much less likely to be worse than what Kamala will deliver.
Fortunately for the world, the Founding Fathers did not go for the "least worst".
You're mistaking Trump's narcissism for nobility.
I could not care less about Trump and his persona. I do care about him being the vessel to alter the power structure.
"the deep state is a rhetorical idea.." They have you right where they need you. Salivating over every "righteous" idea they come up with. They are marxist. You don't care. Maybe because you are in education or think you are a victim of something or someone.
Well said!
Thank you!
I'm over 60 so in the second half of life. Trump is the only chance we have of saving Western Civilization, but the angry, petty part of me would actually love to see a Kumhola win and a second term for her. I would drink from the tears of her mindless, DEI, ESG, Green, Woke supporters as they see their make believe Camelot shattered and they stand in line for food and health care and own nothing and love it. If God is real and loving, Trump will win. If not, buckle up for the world of the Mad Max dystopian nightmare or Idiocracy (we're almost there now). Evil exists, and it's winning at the moment.
God is real and loving no matter who wins.
If God is real and loving, I think he’d suggest spending time examining what you call the ”angry, petty part of me.”
Whoever wins, I doubt God looks forward to the tears of the losing side. Just sayin’.
Evil exists and will always be winning. But you can’t beat an enemy you can’t find.
The narcissism of the left is this. "If people all just thought like me, and were kind like me, and wanted the best for everybody like me, and in that kind world all people would have no problems. We would all live in tranquility and smell like Pouchouli oil. Oh, if people would just see how kind and compassionate I am!"
Ugly inside you are
What about all the illegal aliens? Trump has promised mass deportation. If he wins, will he follow through on this promise or cave under pressure from the MSM? It is important to note that Obama did more deportations in his first term than Trump did in his term. If Harris wins, it will be a "Pathway" to breaking organized labor's back.
Not to pick nits, but I will. I work in Mexico, cross every day to and from the US. In 2009, DHS changed how a deportation was counted. Previously it was an individual picked up and physically taken back to the border - whether by CBP/ICE/whoever. With the change in counting statistics, anyone that got turned away at the border became a "deportation", even though they never entered the country.
Changing definitions is one of the Left's favorite tactics. It's pure Marxism.
Outstanding "Pick nits." I think I might have heard this too somewhere. But it could also be the distinction between formal adjudication of a "Removal" order (deportation) and border patrol nabbing an illegal a few feet north of the border and sending him back.
Not even a few feet, have been in line when vehicles in front of me were turned around and sent back.
Thanks. I was picking up that defeated riff here, too. I would add "all by himself" to the end of dT can't fix this.
“Despair, or folly?' said Gandalf. 'It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.'
Aside from the Biden putsch, what has changed in the last 30 days? We know that the media and the Left are all in on the destruction of the United States as we have known it. The "polls" say the candidates are roughly at 50/50, even considering the use of skewed results as a means of voter supression and the unwillingness of Trump supports to answer a poll. Don't lose heart or your wits, friends. We are in the middle of psyop and a being-attempted revolution.
My prediction is that Pennsylvania will be recounted multiple times and SCOTUS will be involved - because this swing states’s electoral votes will decide POTUS. Shapiro and his Department of State signaled on Aug 8th the count will take several days, which tells me the D machine is going to ‘find’ the votes needed:
https://x.com/PAStateDept/status/1821589896773128621
Pennsylvania’s vote counting takes several days because by law, they cannot start counting until after election day. That is the only reason.
Republicans had a chance, but they refused to update the law. Their only reason for refusing was to preserve the ability to peddle the false narrative that Dems cheat during vote counting.
They don’t. Pennsylvania counts and it takes a while. That is all.
This information has bern available for years and years. That we still have to suffer conspiracy theories about dems cheating is just plain stupid.
By calling it a conspiracy theory, you have just verified it. Tammany Hall, Richard Daley, more recently Bridgeport, CT. The fraud exists. It is substantial. It is up to fair-minded citizens to ensure that such fraud does not affect election outcomes. Get out and vote. Vote early, and ensure everyone you know votes as well.
How does calling it a conspiracy theory verify it exists? But yeah, maybe calling it that is loaded. So how’s this?
The assertion thar there exists substantial, outcome-determinative voter fraud is false, but many people believe is true.
They believe this because dishonest leaders who they trust tell them so.
That said, do get out early and vote. Get others to vote too! But if your issue loses, respect the result, dem or repub. This is the only way to avoid violence.
Whatever happens, half the country will reject the results. This is not a functioning democracy. Talk about Trump all you want but Clinton and Gore pretty much set the standard for rejecting the results. And the Bushes when Jeb! imploded.
"the only way to avoid violence" Is that a threat?
Of course not. It’s history, basic democracy theory. Functioning democracies are usually peaceful.
Well Trump is scheduled to hold rallies at some cemeteries to improve his numbers with dead people.
RS, what does it say about you that your sole Substack subscription is Sasha Stone’s? Did you just sign up today? If so, welcome Bot.
It says that I came across an essay I thought was interesting, then wrote some comments. To post it asked for an email. That’s about it.
If the Legislature had rewritten the law, would Shapiro have signed it? Would the State Supreme Court approve it?
Yeah, he would have. Dems were in favor of such a change.
It might have boosted confidence in elections, which has eroded because Trump and others falsely accuse others of cheating all the time.
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rinds is the Druid version of Pauline Theology,
For that matter, the King James Bible is the Druid translation of the Greek manuscripts. This is why John Cleese and Mony Python are, collectively, anti-theist.
No, we’re in the middle of an election. All media outlets have political bias - Fox too, populist conspiracy sites too.
The ”Left” wants more healthcare and education funding plus higher taxes whereas the right wants the opposite. It’s not my experience that either side wants to destroy the U.S. Why would they? They both live here.
The polls say about 50/50 because that’s what people think. Yes, past polls have understated support for Trump. Polls are polls, not generally useful as nefarious psych-op tools.
NIce try. Next.
Using that Twilight Zone episode as a comparator to the 'joy' everyone on the left is selling us is borderline brilliant. Well done.
Sasha your writing is literally superb. But combined with your immense heart and deep perspectives it’s just phenomenal. Breathtaking. You are one of my very best top finds on Substack. I’m so glad I follow you. Just wanted you to know. Thank you for wiping the glass clean so people can see more clearly. Thank you for hopeful articles like this.
I just restacked a very long read about how this is going to go down in the next few months. Dark.
There's no getting away from them. There's no divorce. There's no compromise. There's only submission. There is a growing movement of parallel economy and infrastructure but it is futile.
Unless we are willing to do the unthinkable. The unspeakable.
They are a cancer.
Just my dark but humble opinion.
It is a dark time. Much has been lost. No doubt more still will be lost. It is not much different than most of human history I think; short periods of calm interspersed with long periods of tragedy. But I’m strengthened by writers like you, Stone, Gajewski and Greenwald.
“short periods of calm interspersed with long periods of tragedy.”
Check out what Joe Rogan has to say about that. Things sure could be a whole lot worse for us.
“They killed 10% of the population of earth while he was alive.”
Joe Rogan on Genghis Khan and the Mongols.
“How Brutal the Mongols Were.” (7 min)
Joe Rogan Fun Clips. Apr 10, 2023
https://youtu.be/c7A5MbPyQSE?si=QsmOmtTKXMxpLowm
Don’t be so full of gloom and doom. AI will save our sinking ship. No doubt about it.
The unthinkable is the divorce. Too many people think the United States = America. It doesn't.
Great piece. I love that video of the chiquita who went to Bernie and Trump rallies.
Yes, you come into our lair you are offered burgers, brats, or steak and a pot luck of all the extra's brought by friends and neighbors regardless of political background. And then one of our 69 yr old grandmothers with breast cancer is sent to jail for taking pictures of her property(capitol) on J6.
https://www.clayandbuck.com/despicable-69-year-old-cancer-patient-grandma-to-be-jailed-for-jan-6-trespassing
Dang that is straight up shameful! I am beyond disappointed with our “justice system” right now…
The eerie overlap between Harris-Walz images and slogans and those of the Nazis, Soviets, and Chinese communists
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/08/the_eerie_overlap_between_harris_walz_images_and_slogans_and_those_of_the_nazis_soviets_and_chinese_communists.html
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However, alert people are noticing that the Democrats’ campaign’s slogans, along with their images and ideas, have an uncanny resemblance to some things coming out of really icky regimes, such as the Nazis, the Soviets, and Chinese communists. I’m not saying that the Democrats are ready to commit genocide or open gulags, but it really is weird how leftists always think alike.
That’s not organic. That can only come from command central.
What smart people are noticing is that this is not the first time a political campaign has been defined by “joy.” In 1933, when Hitler was running to be Chancellor (an election he won, after which he instantly became dictator), the German Labor Front, which was working to promote the Nazis, started an organization called “Kraft durch Freude,” or, in English, “strength through joy”:
Set up in November 1933 as a tool to promote the advantages of Nazism to the German people and internationally, it was also used to ease the process of the rearmament of Germany. Through its structure of organized events and promotion of propaganda, it was also intended to prevent dissident and anti-state behavior. By 1939, it had become the world's largest tourism operator. [Hyperlinks omitted.]
Thank you Sasha. I am always so moved by your work. I often will cry while listening to your podcast, or reading something you've written. Either they're tears of joy, sadness or fear. You just hit all the right topics that deeply touch me. You help keep me sane.
In one week I'm having major surgery and then will be recovering for 10-12 weeks. I'm not worried about the surgery. I look forward to feeling better.
What hurts me most is I'll be laid up right before the presidential election. It will mean for the first time in 30 years, I won't be out on my local campaign trail. Knocking on doors, dropping literature, making phone calls, or talking to voters.
My goal is to be physically strong enough to walk 5 blocks to my polling station and vote in the presidential election.
When the Russian revolution occurred and the Chinese uprising happened people living in these countries believed it was the right thing to do and it cost the lives of tens of millions of innocent people.
If these Communist pigs dressed up like Liberal Democrats continue to rule America the results of there actions will finally take down this capitalist and free country.
The dream of the international Left will finally be achieved.
But, with over 300 million guns in the hands of the public the filthy politicians and there armed agencies will not have an easy time achieving their goal.
BUT IF NOT.
"Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, let it be known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. " (Daniel 3:17-18)
Standing up for the good, the true, and the beautiful; being on the right side of history; even having God on our side--none of this means that we're going to win a particular battle. Look at Jesus, in the Garden of Gethsemane, praying the most desperate prayer of his life, and how that worked out for him--in the short term.
I still have a mighty hope for this election, though I see more and more how powerful our enemy really is. Sometimes Goliath is struck down.
BUT IF NOT, our work may be much harder and more painful than we could have imagined--but it will still be our work.
Despair is the devil's most powerful weapon.
Yes Hope 🙏 and hard work LOL
Well written, Linda.