Agree. Also agree that one of the more bizarre aspects of the Harris campaign was this: "For Harris to brag about the endorsement of Dick Cheney, the worst war criminal in this country, who killed millions and made the world less safe in the process, is utterly delusional."
She knew she was being set up and played along for reason. She is not stupid. She knows she has privilege and will have place at the table. She will continue to play her “part”.
Thanks to alternative social media and its capacity to amplify peer to peer (“Hey, did you see this?) horizontal messaging from outside the corporate news bubble, people could still decide for themselves if they wanted to vote for the narcissist and the “weird guy” or, for the ninny and the nincompoop. Who said they couldn't “think of a thing” they'd change from the policies of the current administration. Which still include backing and funding genocide and constant and unrelenting hate mongering for all perceived enemies (foreign and domestic) at a volume level that we haven't seen in this country since the worst days of President Richard Nixon or Senator Joseph McCarthy. The corporate news bubble is still cranked up to choke off independent and objective decision making but at least for the time being, the repeated threats to (in effect) block the First Amendment have been beaten back. (But the complete flip/inversion of the 2 parties' political roles, since 2003, may be an ongoing phenomenon. If we see United States of Blackrock tools like Pompeo, Rubio, Cotton and "Finish Them" Nikki Hailly and other neocons ignored or pushed off and Democrats continue to act like the "Look the other way" Vichy Party.
I don't think Trump won the election because of those who voted for him. Compared with 2020, Trump gained less than 500,000 votes, but Harris lost 14,000,000 votes. Millions of Democrats stayed home and watched TV. Voters have had it with these career politicians.
You are remiss if you do not give Trump credit for forestalling the neocons' Ukraine war for four years. The war was supposed to begin when Hillary took office.
Hard to tell. I think Putin would say whatever he thinks will fuck with people. She had just called him Hitler for taking Crimea. Maybe he knew she was an imbecile. I didn't realize it until the campaign, even though I knew she was evil.
I am registered as UnAfilliated. A vote for DJT may have been a protest vote, but I don't see it as a vote against the backstablishment, etc., especially with Vance's ties to Peter Theil and Planatir, a former employer.
I believe most key elections are stolen before the first vote is cast in a primary election. This applies to both major political parties. When a candidate is selected and supported by 'the party', he/she is an operative of the party, and the party is controlled by those who control governments all over the globe from outside of government. If an upstart enters a race, the party will run one or more additional candidates who spout a similar message, to dilute the vote for the upstart. It is rare when a genuine outsider slips through the cracks, because there are few cracks. I don't believe DJT is the outsider we have been led to believe. Thus, we have (s)elections, not elections. Of course, partisans will never allow themselves to think outside of the box in which we have been meticulously placed, mentally and emotionally ..., but once one escapes the invisible restrictions placed upon us, he/she can never revert to seeing the world most everyone continues to see.
One of my favorite episodes of 'The Rockford Files' is a two-part segment entitled, "The House on Willis Avenue" (Feb 1978). It deals with an effort to establish a computer surveillance system based in Los Angeles. At the end of the second part, there is a slide saying that what was attempted within the episode is not illegal! I wonder if Peter Theil and others pushing for Digital IDs, a social credit scoring system, and CBDCs have seen this episode?
He’s not really an outsider. He’s allied himself with many elites. The public perception of him though is as an outsider. That’s what people voted for …. Perception
He’s the “anti establishment” establishment. It was obvious once the MSM softened their take on him. He’s the neoliberal/neoconservative party or uniparty . I think you said it when you said it was already decided. The Dems moved to the center right and the repubs moved to the far right. I think they tanked this one and will readjust for the next one…if we make it.
Agree. Also agree that one of the more bizarre aspects of the Harris campaign was this: "For Harris to brag about the endorsement of Dick Cheney, the worst war criminal in this country, who killed millions and made the world less safe in the process, is utterly delusional."
She knew she was being set up and played along for reason. She is not stupid. She knows she has privilege and will have place at the table. She will continue to play her “part”.
Thanks to alternative social media and its capacity to amplify peer to peer (“Hey, did you see this?) horizontal messaging from outside the corporate news bubble, people could still decide for themselves if they wanted to vote for the narcissist and the “weird guy” or, for the ninny and the nincompoop. Who said they couldn't “think of a thing” they'd change from the policies of the current administration. Which still include backing and funding genocide and constant and unrelenting hate mongering for all perceived enemies (foreign and domestic) at a volume level that we haven't seen in this country since the worst days of President Richard Nixon or Senator Joseph McCarthy. The corporate news bubble is still cranked up to choke off independent and objective decision making but at least for the time being, the repeated threats to (in effect) block the First Amendment have been beaten back. (But the complete flip/inversion of the 2 parties' political roles, since 2003, may be an ongoing phenomenon. If we see United States of Blackrock tools like Pompeo, Rubio, Cotton and "Finish Them" Nikki Hailly and other neocons ignored or pushed off and Democrats continue to act like the "Look the other way" Vichy Party.
Yes, nothing stops the mind from making logical decisions better than the mainstream media
Great analysis! Well said.
Thank you for your support
I see them all as bad for us. I doubt that tRump will help Palestine. I see a tRump tower in Gaza in the future. Very sad for us all.
Nothing changes. Empires have always run on continuity. Even to their own demise
The Democrats threw the working class under the bus when Clinton signed NAFTA and gutted the social safety nets. He was Reagan 2.0.
He was Reagan’s third and forth terms
Yep.
You’ve got it Mike!
Well said and very spot on.
You make good points, Michael.
It's interesting that many others are noticing the same things, like the two party system serves the powerful only, and not American citizens.
Hopefully people will start paying attention and finding constructive ways of taking action.
I don't think Trump won the election because of those who voted for him. Compared with 2020, Trump gained less than 500,000 votes, but Harris lost 14,000,000 votes. Millions of Democrats stayed home and watched TV. Voters have had it with these career politicians.
Totally agree, Michael. For what it's worth: https://jstuckey.substack.com/p/on-finding-a-path-forward I apologize for the shameless self-promotion. All I want is to keep the discussion going and search for a way forward.
You are remiss if you do not give Trump credit for forestalling the neocons' Ukraine war for four years. The war was supposed to begin when Hillary took office.
I agree with that. Though oddly enough, it seems that Putin supported Hillary in 2016
Hard to tell. I think Putin would say whatever he thinks will fuck with people. She had just called him Hitler for taking Crimea. Maybe he knew she was an imbecile. I didn't realize it until the campaign, even though I knew she was evil.
They hate anyone who is part of the system.
I am registered as UnAfilliated. A vote for DJT may have been a protest vote, but I don't see it as a vote against the backstablishment, etc., especially with Vance's ties to Peter Theil and Planatir, a former employer.
I believe most key elections are stolen before the first vote is cast in a primary election. This applies to both major political parties. When a candidate is selected and supported by 'the party', he/she is an operative of the party, and the party is controlled by those who control governments all over the globe from outside of government. If an upstart enters a race, the party will run one or more additional candidates who spout a similar message, to dilute the vote for the upstart. It is rare when a genuine outsider slips through the cracks, because there are few cracks. I don't believe DJT is the outsider we have been led to believe. Thus, we have (s)elections, not elections. Of course, partisans will never allow themselves to think outside of the box in which we have been meticulously placed, mentally and emotionally ..., but once one escapes the invisible restrictions placed upon us, he/she can never revert to seeing the world most everyone continues to see.
One of my favorite episodes of 'The Rockford Files' is a two-part segment entitled, "The House on Willis Avenue" (Feb 1978). It deals with an effort to establish a computer surveillance system based in Los Angeles. At the end of the second part, there is a slide saying that what was attempted within the episode is not illegal! I wonder if Peter Theil and others pushing for Digital IDs, a social credit scoring system, and CBDCs have seen this episode?
He’s not really an outsider. He’s allied himself with many elites. The public perception of him though is as an outsider. That’s what people voted for …. Perception
He’s the “anti establishment” establishment. It was obvious once the MSM softened their take on him. He’s the neoliberal/neoconservative party or uniparty . I think you said it when you said it was already decided. The Dems moved to the center right and the repubs moved to the far right. I think they tanked this one and will readjust for the next one…if we make it.