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TriTorch's avatar

This cautionary tale has never been more urgent:

"Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest." —President Calvin Coolidge

Lynne D. Feldman's avatar

We don't want to know/hear/see what Trumpstein did together or separately since WE THE PEOPLE believe in love, hope, virtue, ethics, truth and beauty, unless our brains are miswired to make us into sociopaths, or our backgrounds were so twisted we developed into malignant narcissists, sadists, murderers. As long as we hold onto our core value of being WE THE PEOPLE, SOVEREIGN in this nation, yes, we will prevail throughout this long, dark, frigid winter of disgust.

Anthony j. Santo's avatar

In addition to all their other faults, Lutnik and all the others in Trump's regime are so phony it is disgusting. Little Marco, Lady Lindsey, and Lyin' Ted Cruz, like Lutnik, just can't be honest about themselves, Trump, or anything else.

Thomas Locatell's avatar

Lutnick, the family man with his yacht and multiple nannies, is the face of the 1%. Lie after lie, after lie.....

Husaria's avatar

He had a “ Marie Antoinette “ moment didn't he?

He spoke of yachts, lunches on a private chic island with the well to do and nannies. 100% out of touch from the working classes in the USA. This is the guy that is supposedly fighting for our interests? WTF? Seriously?

Yes Howie, let them eat cake indeed. What an effing tosser he is.

Thomas Locatell's avatar

Great comment, one of many

Anthony j. Santo's avatar

Americans caught up in the web of far-right religio-political movements like MAGA, “Christian” nationalism, and Qanon should understand that their lot is tied into the well-being of billions of individuals around the globe who share their needs and desires, not the handful of greedy, corrupt, wealthy elites currently in control of our government. We must join people across the globe and work toward the only thing that gives true meaning to our lives and that is the creation of a caring world-wide political and economic system that enables all to live in dignity and comfort, respecting the environment and other species. We should reject a system which allows people to acquire enough wealth to own private jets and $500m. yachts while others suffer famine, homelessness, and die due to lack of health care. The laissez-faire capitalism that allows such gross inequities to persist must end.

Lauren's avatar

Steve -- May love and power be with you on your march, and may God protect you. I had never seen this segment of MLK's speech on love and power. Brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much for all you do for this country. We're gonna make it to that city on a hill, one step at a time.

RICHMOND DOCTOR's avatar

UNDERSTAND A SOCIOPATH, UNDERSTAND TRUMP

The first thing to understand is that scientists debate whether sociopaths are born that way or if their traits result from life experiences that influence their development. This discussion is framed in terms of nature or inheritance rather than maturation or life experiences.

My professional experience with sociopaths is that they have an internal mechanism that generates their condition, and they never really seek assistance with their condition. The few that I worked with came under duress from their marriage partners, who gave them an ultimatum: either go for help or leave the marriage.

By every definition, Trump is a sociopath. The definition of a sociopath, as stated in the psychiatric manual (the DSM-5-TR), is someone who has the following personality traits.

1.) They exhibit a chronic pattern of disregarding the rights, feelings, and safety of others

2.) Key symptoms include extreme manipulation, lack of remorse, impulsivity, and deceitfulness

3.) Behaviors often involve breaking social norms, violence, and irresponsible actions, sometimes covered by superficial charm

4.) Prone to violent outbursts, fights, and dangerous, risky behavior without regard for safety.

5.) Masking: Sociopaths may act charming to hide their true nature and facilitate manipulation.

6.) They tend to blame others for their own failures and often target specific individuals for mistreatment,

Besides being a sociopath, Trump has delusions of grandeur or a desire to be a part of an exclusive group of men; he also has a cleanness fetish, an eating disorder, and many forms of extreme prejudices, and an extreme misuse of women.

I have been told that the American Psychiatric Association states that they cannot make a diagnosis until they have done a psychiatric examination. As a psychologist, I have always questioned a psychiatric evaluation that lasts from 90 minutes to 6 hours. No test is performed; they must evaluate the subject's behavior and make a diagnostic classification. Now compare that with our daily observation of Trump for 6 years, and which do you think is more reliable?

We have a sociopathic lying man at the head of our government, and we have a Congress that has supported everything about this disturbed man, and we have governors who are wimps, and the question is, what are you ready to do about it?

Declan's avatar

Lutnick is a very compelling storyteller! But alas he is full of shit & a great bullshitter.

Barbara's avatar

I think his name is actually Nutlick🤣

elliottobermanprofile's avatar

The writing is on the wall. Republicans are facing an almost certain loss of the House majority in 2026. It is time for them to step aside and let Democrats take charge, fight for the people, and do the work the GOP refuses to do.

celeste k.'s avatar

Which is why our elections need to be defended, to remain free and fair. It's imperitive.

elliottobermanprofile's avatar

We will have difficulties with the current administration; we have to except that will be the case and prepare for that scenario, right

Julia's avatar

“There is a wickedness that is seething out of the White House.’ Thank you, Steve, for another perfect quote and summary for the day, when so often there are no words to describe our reality.

Patricia Poohkay's avatar

WOW!! 😮 You GO!! Do so and may the universe and all the gods of the world be with you with safety.

celeste k.'s avatar

What man takes his little children to a place where children are raped?. Criminals, one and all. Cannot wait to see every last one of them out. And see them prosecuted.

And Leavitt. Boy, do I want to see her mouth shut.

Sue's avatar

“Prime minister” of Switzerland! tRump is such a dunce.

Richard Rosenberg's avatar

The regime has completely trashed the constitution. The maga people have wrapped themselves in the flag. I would like to have the resistance movement’s slogan be, “we support the constitution “. I would like to see a million hats and t shirts with that slogan

Protect the Vote's avatar

Cheeto And His Wealthy Billionaire Class: A Case For The Downfall Within

To be clear just because you happen to be wealthy doesn’t mean you’re a depraved immoral pedophile but it’s becoming clear that those who are wealthy are being protected by Cheeto by those mentioned in the Epstein files Cheeto is alone mentioned 1,000,000+ times so obviously he’s covering up his perverted caderie of wealthy bastards “Time for the American public to move on” says Cheeto as the embarrassment mounts but everyone knows by now that Cheeto is just a lying creepy evil racist pig

Fox and the right wing’s media complicity in the corruption and depravity demonstrates the immoral rot that festers in the Nazi Republican party and its wealthy donors and a segment of the entertainment media Meanwhile the wealth gap is increasing with corporate America increasing its wealth and the American labor force losing its wealth(https://bit.ly/403NtzY)

For the wealthy in this country to get behind this Black House in supporting oligarchs like Musk, Ellison, Theil, and Bezos is disgraceful but they plan to make more $$ from AI to displace American jobs And on top of it all the Cheeto led Nazi Republican party rewards loyalty with OUR taxpayer dollars Americans don’t have a clue of what’s coming down the pike

Susan Mericle's avatar

Why?Why?anyone take this crank for serious??nutlick will go the way of all the rest of trumpstein's 'friends'

Peter Hart's avatar

“ The fierce urgency of Now!”

Martin Luther King Jr