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John D.'s avatar
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It looks like Senator Marsha Blackburn will be joining her low IQ buddy Tommy Tuberville as one of this nation’s governors.

Despite the fact that Blackburn opposes equal pay laws for women, she has consistently won the female vote in Tennessee. That’s quite a steep dive into stupidity.

The road to catastrophe has many pavers.

Brian Cohoon's avatar

So, instead of being the two dumbest Senators, they’ll be the two dumbest governors in the Union.

Betty Moyers's avatar

Sadly because of $$$$$$

Believe me…I live here.

You can’t fix stupid. Tennessee has the most ignorant body of legislators in the country.

Melanie's avatar

I’d argue that Alabama beats you. The Speaker Ledbetter is on video asking/supporting the repeal of the 14h Amendment!

John D.'s avatar

There a local officials in various parts of North Carolina that would vote yes on repealing the 19th Amendment. They’re creeping up through the system and at some point down the road they may end up in Congress.

Melanie's avatar

I am not surprised. You must have a concentration of: “The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), a network of conservative Christian congregations, has members, including Pastor Doug Wilson, who advocate for the repeal of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote.” (AI)

This is of course, Hegseth’s pastor.

Betty Moyers's avatar

They are all nuts like Trump which is why he won. Unfortunately, they are too ignorant to know the only reason he wanted to be President was to get rich and he doesn’t care if they starve.

Unbelievable!

Betty Moyers's avatar

We have them all NAR, CREC, MAGA, Evangelical, along with the KKK! 😱 Racist ignorant people who say they are Christians, but are the opposite of what Christ teaches …to love God with all your heart, soul and mind ,and to love your neighbor as yourself. Not shoot them on the street and kill them because they don’t look like you. As usual they pick and choose what scripture to twist around to their liking and what they want to believe just like they have with Trump. He can grab women by the pussy, commit adultery, have American citizens killed on the street, pay off porn stars, marry immigrants, steal taxpayer money

for himself and his family, tear down our institutions, try to over throw our government.

Cover up the Epstein files…

I could go on and on. But I won’t because it makes me literally sick to see what these people have done to our country!

Mary R's avatar

God forbid--the Dark Ages are coming back. DO NOT BE COMPLACENT ABOUT YOUR FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY IN THESE UNITED STATES, PEOPLE. Get your backsides out and VOTE, VOTE, VOTE.

Melanie's avatar

I live in Alabama! You have no idea what further havoc he will bring. As the non- resident governor following Grandma. I’m voting for Doug Jones, Democrat opponent and praying!

Betty Moyers's avatar

He is amazing! Hoping he wins!

Linda Barnett's avatar

Jim, here: In IOWA we have our share of "Charlie Brown" GREAT PUMPKIN BELIEVERS — 'all hollowed out' WITH ZERO CAPACITY TO THINK CRITICALLY!!!

Mary R's avatar

Especially the VOTE and PRAY!!

David Hurwitz's avatar

Doug Jones has a halfway decent chance of wining in Alabama. He uses to be a Senator there. But you’re right John, Blackburn and Tuberville are dipshits.

Melanie's avatar

From your lips to voters ears!

Anthony j. Santo's avatar

John, I put the same comment concerning MAGATS blaming and threatening Canada for the smoky air coming into our country on my own website. The response to my post shows how profoundly ignorant (and stupid, like Marsha and Tommy?) the Americans who support Trump and MAGA are:

RANDALL J ST AUBYN

RANDALL J ST AUBYN

3h

More pointless & profoundly stupid comments by the fringe left.

Me: What I wrote is the truth. Can you present a coherent response explaining why I am wrong rather than simply insulting me and others who understand what is going on? Do you deny climate change and its consequences? Do you deny these threats against Canada were made? Do you support the threats? and so on.

Randy: You’re making way too many frivolous, unfounded assumptions. Do your homework and resist the temptation to open your mouth & embarrass yourself and your poor parents.

Me: Telling the truth is not embarrassing. Being ignorant and proud of it, on the other hand, is embarrassing and shameful. Switch channels. I'm 82; but both my mother and father would have agreed with me as they paid attention and back then, no one in government threatened the licenses of news outlets if they disagreed with their policies. Check into what I wrote and you will know it is the truth. Simply Google, have any MAGA politicians blamed Canada for the smoky air coming into our country and have they threatened Canada? It took Trump, MAGA, and Christian nationalists to make an enemy of the country that we share the longest undefended border in history with. Thanks /s

John D.'s avatar

The United States has no friends left, and who would want to be friends with a government like this one?

Mary R's avatar

May all the dipsticks live long and miserable lives (made that way because of deregulation of our natural resources and ecosystems). I do NOT WANT to have the kind of environments that will occur if big businesses lean on our members of Congress to legislate selfish, greedy laws that have no consideration of consequences for ourselves and our health and for the health of our ecosystems.

Robert Jaffee's avatar

“America’s allies would question whether the United States could still be relied upon as the anchor of the democratic world.”

Sorry Steve, that ship has sailed! They no longer question whether we could be relied upon—they’re heading for the exits—led by Canada.

Germany and France have decided they could live with or without us, while we’re seeing most of allies dumping treasuries and making security and economic agreements without US involvement.

When Trump says the world no longer laughs at us and they respect us more than ever, he’s right about one thing—they aren’t laughing. It’s more like mocking, sneering and just having utter contempt for us.

A recent survey of our most important allies in Europe and around the world found that the citizens believe China is a better ally than the US. I guess that’s what happens with needless tariffs that are crippling economies, daily threats to invade. Extortion to find dirt on political enemies, while trying to steal their resources, and openly mocking their democracies while supporting the most right-wing parties around. IMHO…:)

Anthony j. Santo's avatar

"America’s allies would question whether the United States could still be relied upon as the anchor of the democratic world."

Substitute "have questioned" or even rejected the U.S. as the "anchor of the Democratic world," and Steve's statement is more accurate.

"The space for compromise disappears."

More accurately, "The space for compromise HAS disappeared."

Evelyn Jensen's avatar

Without the ELECTORAL COLLEGE!

David Hugelmeyer MD's avatar

Steve, let’s stop with words like “catastrophe “ or “constitutional crisis” and call it like it would be…. civil war. It is time the American people fully accept what we have wrought.

Tom Halstead's avatar

“Financial markets would likely collapse under the weight of unprecedented uncertainty. Investors don’t reward constitutional chaos. They flee from it.” When corporate capitalism, an economic system, becomes a de facto governing system, unintended, and undesirable, consequences will surely follow. And here we are, awash in the irony of our creation.

Rick A.'s avatar

Unfortunately, around 40%, or even more in many states, of the America public will SAY they agree with everything you said today, Steve, but in reality, if Trump or any of his people, or Greg Abbott(my revolting and execrable governor) or any of his people, say we cannot let the Democrats take office, these cultists will follow that evil. If they are told, the republic will collapse, the “ Communists” would take over and destroy us, or any other idiotic and facially untrue statement, those 40%+(maybe 50%+ here in Texas) would say January 6 redux is an imperative and must succeed this time. The disconnect between truth and their fantasy world is a chasm that cannot be spanned I fear. THAT is why Trump unhinged and untethered to reality is so, so dangerous and terrifying. The people will believe it and act accordingly. Really……

Mike's avatar

And thus, we may be on the cusp of the day of the gun and the day of the rope.

Wendy Shelley's avatar

Keep preaching, Steve. Everyone, everywhere needs to understand the American principal and the destruction of our Republic by the road to catastrophe. As you said, democracy isn’t tested when your side wins, but when it loses. This regime has ridden rough-shod over our Constitution. Keep on preaching! The sermon has to reach even those who won last time, but are wising-up to this traitorous regime.

Anthony j. Santo's avatar

MAGA legislators and their demented leader, Trump, are blaming Canada for the wildfires that are blowing dangerous smoky winds toward the United States. They have gone so far as to threaten annexation, sanctions, and crossing the border to handle the wildfires. PM Carney gave a perfect response, pointing out that wildfires are a worldwide problem caused by climate change. To make our thinking population even more embarrassed by its government's unjustifiable response, a Canadian helicopter pilot recently died helping to fight wildfires in Colorado.

As we all know, it is the U.S. that refuses to sign onto the Paris Climate Accords; it is the U.S. that denies climate change and is rolling back expansion of renewable clean energy projects. Click below for a Canadian analysis and critique of our government's inept and thoughtless response to this global problem.

Shame on us:

https://theplanetdemocracy.substack.com/p/usa-threatens-canada-over-wildfires?utm_source=multiple-personal-recommendations-email&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true

Lisa Nystrom's avatar

Not sure what hiding Mitch McConnell’s alleged demise falls into, but there needs to be answers for that. Gov. Beshear is failing his state and his country every day with his failure to act. Also, appointing Graham’s sister to replace him at the bidding of the Orange Menace is disgustingly against the Constitution. 🤬

Robert B. Marcus's avatar

While Graham’s sister may be a terrible choice by Governor McMaster, sadly it’s not “unconstitutional “ under the controlling S.C. Constitution or even the U.S. Constitution. We have a long history in this country of Governors appointing spouses or family members of deceased Senators, regardless of their fitness for the job. And in Kentucky the Republican super majority took away completely the Governor’s power to appoint McConnell’s replacement should he die, resign, or be found to have already died. WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE, REPUBLICANS IN OFFICE WILL ALMOST ALWAYS MAKE THE MOST UNDEMOCRATIC, ILLIBERAL CHOICE!!

Lisa Nystrom's avatar

It may not be illegal, but it is detrimental to democracy. We voters need to be heard and heeded. The nepotism has to stop.

Christa's avatar
3dEdited

I said, even before Trump was elected the second time that he would start a Civil War… if he didn’t start a foreign war first. It appears he wants both. If he can’t use the National Guard, he will use ICE. If he can’t use ICE, he will use militias.

Mitch McConnell‘s legacy will be that he packed the Supreme Court with judges who don’t feel bound by legal precedent, make laws up as they go, prefer a unitary executive over our constitutional government, and made the most immoral and corrupt president in history above the law.

We must find a way to make Republicans in Congress more afraid of the voters fury than Trump‘s, more afraid of bearing the legacy of a seditious traitor than Trump’s scorn. Considering how successfully Trump incites violence against people who oppose him, that is a very tall order. Public shame and humiliation is really all we have left as a tactic. There will be a special place in hell for republicans in Congress if they fail their own country and their oath of office.

Dick Montagne's avatar

That's it in a nutshell Steve, our republic and our democracy survive on the peaceful transfer of power, without it we will be ruled by the gun. In case some weren't paying attention, we have over 30 million assault rifles in this country, and they can kill you dead from 600 yards. We have elected a lunatic as our president, he doesn't have just some bad days, every day is bad where he is concerned, you watch, tomorrow will be worse than today, that has been happening every day since his second inauguration. His "inspired" decision to attack Iran threatens to bring down economies world wide, inspired by his Brylcream Boy, Pete in defense. He has no way out that will allow him to save face, he can't bullshit his way out of the mess he's made, like he's done his entire life. He didn't seem to understand that when he had a lot of people killed, they weren't going to forget it, not within his attention span, which on his very best day is maybe an hour or so. He may be desperate and ready to move on, but what he never understood, was that they will have something to say about when the conflict ends, and they have very long memories. Anyone that thinks he wouldn't sell out this nation to save his ass, needs to think again, the only thing he cares about is himself. I think we'll have a chance if both of his nominees fail to pass muster, neither is qualified, and it might be a sign that the senate is finally waking up to the danger we all face, we'll see won't we. 🤬🤬🤬

Kristy's avatar

Trump hates the American people, he wants to destroy what we have built. Wake up people, $$$$ and power are his stay out of jail card. Why others are allowing it… is beyond comprehension.

Charles Hendrickson's avatar

Steve, give us a playbook, a detailed plan of action that we can apply at the precinct level. We patriots already know the basics of what to do, but share your expertise and experience as to the minutia from which we can learn to fortify our efforts of resistance.

TidalEddy's avatar

We need a couple of things:

1. A RAGE INDEX that illuminates the extreme anger of what is now the liberal "silent majority".

2. A listing of the active anti-Democracy Collaborators.

3. A listing of the planned consequences for those who are obstructing fair elections.

In an immense geography, physical protest at this point is difficult and possibly ineffective (although later it may be essential).

Somehow the online anger and the potential power of the Silent Center must be made visible.

Tracey Queripel's avatar

Steve, you're wasting time writing about something that is not likely to happen. Why would they go through all that trouble when it's much easier, cheaper, quicker, more effective and less messy to straight up steal the midterms themselves? They know they can pull it off. They did so in 2024.

Far more likely is the hacking of the voting machines to preprogram MAGA victories all over the U.S. Trump's speech on 7/16 actually set the stage for the reddest tsunami of all time in this year’s midterms. MAGA is going to win, and win big. Their victories are already preprogrammed, or to use Trump's own word, "scheduled".

Once the red tsunami is official, Donald will give speeches praising himself for what a fantastic job he did protecting our election system from the dirty "Democrat" cheaters. He'll go on and on and on about how he heroically beefed up the cybersecurity to stop the "Democrat" criminals at every turn. He will ham it up re the evil things he accuses us of (but which of course are what he has done), and how great he is for having stopped every single one of them, thus saving the U.S. from "Democrat" or "communist" evil.

He will also thank the American people for loving him enough to turn out and vote in numbers large enough to "stop the steal" (even though, thanks to vote flipping, it doesn't work that way) and use that idea to claim overwhelming support for implementing the hell he has in mind for us.

This is exactly what happened in 2024. We were all wetting ourselves over whatever challenges Trump might make to his then likely defeat in that election. While we were wasting time on that, team trump was busy building fake county vote banks (https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-michigan-used-a-fake-county), disappearing votes (https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-over-2-million-votes-removed) and otherwise making sure ahead of time that Donald would not have any need to challenge anything.

Why do you not see this? Why do you not write about it?

Perhaps your scenario is the right one after all.

But mine is also possible.

Both have their places. MAGA stealing the election is Plan A. What you talk about is Plan B, to be implemented if Plan A goes off course.

It is well established that there is NOTHING trump won't do to stay in power, so why wouldn't he have at least two plans?

Why is nearly everyone in the media, not just you, surgically removing from the discussion the one option Trump is most likely to use? To not discuss it and prepare for it is to leave the door wide open for him.

We need to be demanding full forensic audits of the 2024 and 2016 presidential elections, as well as of the recent primary that took down Thomas Massie. www.ElectionTruthAlliance.org has documented loads of funny business in that election.

Wendy Shelley's avatar

Full forensic audits are not going to be helping anybody at this point. We needed decisive action, of any kind, starting the day after the 2024 election so that we might have been able to take care of the Felon catastrophe.

DEBORAH's avatar

This is a discussion Democrats seek to avoid at all costs; Dominion and other voting machines are under new ownership; we no longer have to fear outside hacking of our voting infrastructure when the equipment can simply be programmed for a desired outcome; the 2024 election sets the precedent that no questions will be asked.