Chuck Schumer et al. who are the "leadership" of the Democratic Party need to come to the conclusion that you cannot play nice with thugs and bullies. Thugs and bullies take niceness to be weakness, and they go for the jugular. One has to be strict, by the book, hard-nosed, and don't smile until you see their backs. Sort of like teaching middle school.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for bringing Mr. Finnegan to my attention. I’ve subscribed, since I don’t already spend nearly enough time on Substack every day. Anyway, if Democratic “leadership” continues to respond to its Republican-lite inner compass the battle is lost. We need to can all of them.
It will get worse before it gets better; always does. 2026 will be a time of despair and hardship. But 2026 will usher in a Democrat controlled House. Trump will be impeached for his and his Administration’s graft, corruption and lawlessness. Like John Dean before, someone will crack and leak to save their cowardly hide and then, inexorably, Trump will find himself abandoned and alone, without the personal courage or stamina to hold fast against a rising tide of well earned retribution. Hope stirs at long last.
Unfortunately, the following is an accurate statement:
"Garland’s refusal to act on what was plainly in front of him is the single greatest act of political malpractice of our era. It is how Donald Trump became the 47th President of the United States"
However, many other factors fed into Trump's re-election; many former critics in his party's leadership, Graham is a prime example, did a complete about face, from warning their party that he was a bad choice for the party and the U.S. to becoming unabashed supporters of the Dipshit from Queens. And lest we forget, it was Republicans who voted overwhelmingly for a second Trump presidency.
Garland could have stopped the Trump train; he certainly is not responsible for fueling it and moving it along the tracks.
The guy that says he has incriminating evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that orange imbecile attempted to overturn a national election. 250 years of democratic tradition wiped away and still he sits in the Oval Office.
2026 will be the year of pain and rage. The pain will be increasing prices, out of control health care costs and body bags coming home from fake wars. The rage will grow from this and hopefully ignite enough people to stand up and say enough is enough
In Arkansas, one in four people rely on Medicaid — one of the highest percentages in the United States. There is not a single State or Federal elected official in Arkansas who supports Medicaid.
The clarity that the truth brings is often a bitter pill that one must acknowledge, accept, and swallow so that the cure can begin to take hold. I blame feckless liberals, who have not understand how power really works in America since Gingrich came on the scene in the 1990s, for letting MAGA idiots have even a foothold in the public sphere.
I do too Derrick. Too many think if we are just polite enough, the obvious chicanery of the right will be defeated by goodwill and fellowship. Doesn't work that way. The Democratic party needs to grow a pair and it needs to grow them real soon.
This relates well to what Christopher Armitage wrote on his Substack two days ago, and I'm quoting more of it here than I did on other Substacks because I think people here are already close to Armitage's way of thinking:
"Thousands of people, every day, grabbed and detained and separated from their families.
"The response from people in positions to act? Briefs. Civil lawsuits. Not even half measures.
"Hand-wringing is privileged behavior. The people calculating whether action might set bad precedent, whether aggressive prosecution might invite retaliation, whether it’s strategically wise to wait for better conditions; they’re never the ones being disappeared to a mega-prison in El Salvador...
"And here’s what makes the caution not just morally bankrupt but strategically indefensible: it keeps failing...
"The Fugitive Slave Act required northern states to return escaped slaves to bondage. Federal law. Supremacy Clause.
"Northern states said no. They nullified, refused, passed laws criminalizing cooperation with slave catchers, and put their offices between the federal government and the people being hunted.
"That defiance was illegal. It was also right, and history knows it...
"State attorneys general have jurisdiction over conduct that violates state law. The statutes exist, the evidence exists, and state-level prosecution is legally viable right now, today, without permission from the federal government or the Supreme Court.
"The tools exist. We need people willing to use them.
"One question decides 2026 and 2028...
"Will you criminally prosecute?
"Will you use the power of your office to hold these people accountable? Will you put them in prison?"
They will all be preemptively pardoned before 2029. No one will be held accountable for any of these ongoing atrocities. I wish I could believe otherwise, but I just don't.
This made me angry and distressed but I guess that’s not very helpful in the moment. Ken Martin is beyond useless. Only grassroots efforts will get the Dem leadership out of their illusory safe spaces. Thanks for the intro to Mr Finnegan. I agree with his assessment of Garland but it’s another illusion to ignore the contemporary root of all this badness which is McConnell’s refusal to impeach, and obscene twisting of Senate rules to deny Obama a wholly legitimate SC pick.
It started with drunk John Boehner in Obama’s first term. There was no way they would let the first black American president appear to be more successful than the first 42 Caucasian presidents.😒
I always thought Garland was lame, overly cautious to the point of absurdity...Finnegan, and you Steve, have hit us all with the 2x4 of clarity. We are now ruled by a common thief, a degenerate, a grifter....because courage was not on the table with Garland...Biden should have pushed....oh heavens no! Cannot do that!
#Chuckthecuck needs to go along with all the rest of the corporate Democrats that only represent the donor class and the consultantcy.
Agree
I live in NY
Schumer is a corporate shill!
Agree 💯
So true, it hurts.
Chuck Schumer et al. who are the "leadership" of the Democratic Party need to come to the conclusion that you cannot play nice with thugs and bullies. Thugs and bullies take niceness to be weakness, and they go for the jugular. One has to be strict, by the book, hard-nosed, and don't smile until you see their backs. Sort of like teaching middle school.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for bringing Mr. Finnegan to my attention. I’ve subscribed, since I don’t already spend nearly enough time on Substack every day. Anyway, if Democratic “leadership” continues to respond to its Republican-lite inner compass the battle is lost. We need to can all of them.
Yes, thank-you Steve.
It will get worse before it gets better; always does. 2026 will be a time of despair and hardship. But 2026 will usher in a Democrat controlled House. Trump will be impeached for his and his Administration’s graft, corruption and lawlessness. Like John Dean before, someone will crack and leak to save their cowardly hide and then, inexorably, Trump will find himself abandoned and alone, without the personal courage or stamina to hold fast against a rising tide of well earned retribution. Hope stirs at long last.
Unfortunately, the following is an accurate statement:
"Garland’s refusal to act on what was plainly in front of him is the single greatest act of political malpractice of our era. It is how Donald Trump became the 47th President of the United States"
However, many other factors fed into Trump's re-election; many former critics in his party's leadership, Graham is a prime example, did a complete about face, from warning their party that he was a bad choice for the party and the U.S. to becoming unabashed supporters of the Dipshit from Queens. And lest we forget, it was Republicans who voted overwhelmingly for a second Trump presidency.
Garland could have stopped the Trump train; he certainly is not responsible for fueling it and moving it along the tracks.
And, lest we forget Jack Smith.
The guy that says he has incriminating evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that orange imbecile attempted to overturn a national election. 250 years of democratic tradition wiped away and still he sits in the Oval Office.
Pathetic to say the least.
2026 will be the year of pain and rage. The pain will be increasing prices, out of control health care costs and body bags coming home from fake wars. The rage will grow from this and hopefully ignite enough people to stand up and say enough is enough
Cause and effect is right.
In Arkansas, one in four people rely on Medicaid — one of the highest percentages in the United States. There is not a single State or Federal elected official in Arkansas who supports Medicaid.
Stupidity is a common denominator.
The clarity that the truth brings is often a bitter pill that one must acknowledge, accept, and swallow so that the cure can begin to take hold. I blame feckless liberals, who have not understand how power really works in America since Gingrich came on the scene in the 1990s, for letting MAGA idiots have even a foothold in the public sphere.
"I blame feckless liberals"
I do too Derrick. Too many think if we are just polite enough, the obvious chicanery of the right will be defeated by goodwill and fellowship. Doesn't work that way. The Democratic party needs to grow a pair and it needs to grow them real soon.
Well said, Steve, as usual. Thanks.
This relates well to what Christopher Armitage wrote on his Substack two days ago, and I'm quoting more of it here than I did on other Substacks because I think people here are already close to Armitage's way of thinking:
"Thousands of people, every day, grabbed and detained and separated from their families.
"The response from people in positions to act? Briefs. Civil lawsuits. Not even half measures.
"Hand-wringing is privileged behavior. The people calculating whether action might set bad precedent, whether aggressive prosecution might invite retaliation, whether it’s strategically wise to wait for better conditions; they’re never the ones being disappeared to a mega-prison in El Salvador...
"And here’s what makes the caution not just morally bankrupt but strategically indefensible: it keeps failing...
"The Fugitive Slave Act required northern states to return escaped slaves to bondage. Federal law. Supremacy Clause.
"Northern states said no. They nullified, refused, passed laws criminalizing cooperation with slave catchers, and put their offices between the federal government and the people being hunted.
"That defiance was illegal. It was also right, and history knows it...
"State attorneys general have jurisdiction over conduct that violates state law. The statutes exist, the evidence exists, and state-level prosecution is legally viable right now, today, without permission from the federal government or the Supreme Court.
"The tools exist. We need people willing to use them.
"One question decides 2026 and 2028...
"Will you criminally prosecute?
"Will you use the power of your office to hold these people accountable? Will you put them in prison?"
https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-single-question-that-will-decide
They will all be preemptively pardoned before 2029. No one will be held accountable for any of these ongoing atrocities. I wish I could believe otherwise, but I just don't.
This made me angry and distressed but I guess that’s not very helpful in the moment. Ken Martin is beyond useless. Only grassroots efforts will get the Dem leadership out of their illusory safe spaces. Thanks for the intro to Mr Finnegan. I agree with his assessment of Garland but it’s another illusion to ignore the contemporary root of all this badness which is McConnell’s refusal to impeach, and obscene twisting of Senate rules to deny Obama a wholly legitimate SC pick.
It started with drunk John Boehner in Obama’s first term. There was no way they would let the first black American president appear to be more successful than the first 42 Caucasian presidents.😒
I always thought Garland was lame, overly cautious to the point of absurdity...Finnegan, and you Steve, have hit us all with the 2x4 of clarity. We are now ruled by a common thief, a degenerate, a grifter....because courage was not on the table with Garland...Biden should have pushed....oh heavens no! Cannot do that!
Steve, do you ever read This Will Hold on Substack? I wonder what you think about their reporting?
Yes a very pallid and weak response by the “leaders” has brought our nation to the brink of many disasters, feckless tracks!
Maybe we should give Scott Jennings some Pop Rocks and Coca Cola ..... I know you know... 😉