There is hope. Here is a measured, mutually respectful conversation between two people who each have a humble, altruistic view of the world and our (the US) place in it. I'm able to take a breath and consider the challenges facing us and how to approach them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv-eLBelHI0
Robert Reich, you are a fine writer and person! I can tell you are a caring patriotic, human being for the Ideals of truth and Freedom, that the U.S. was based and built on! With sincere hope,and prayer, "that government of the people, by the people,for the people,shall not perish from the earth."
Read Gene Sharp’s 198 ways to protest. Also, violent protest rarely works. They have the bigger guns. We will save our democracy and uphold the Constitution by rule of law, educating the public, living in reality and truth. I do understand your sentiment though. Keep the faith!
Thank you so much for this. I did not know this book existed. Violence, is a last resort, I really mean that. Isaac Asimov said Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. My way of protest is take their money. Pay no income taxes, don’t make your monthly payments. Shit’ll change in 5 days.
I appreciate that. Breaks my heart that a lot of our vet fam are sold out fully for him. We took the oath, but it affects us in uniquely different ways.
Vets understand violence, & I know I read like a psycho but feel no other choice can be had. The rules for non violent process shredded by twurp.
I'm mad ...at dem leaders too! Where are they? Yeah, you guys have the same ones on all the time but where are the rest of them? We need EVERY SINGLE DEM REP out there/here EVERY SINGLE DAY... EVERY WHERE!
Who in Diaper Don's cabinet is in charge of facts?? Remember when f*ELON wouldn't let Ukraine use his Starlink satellite system becuz he was convinced HE needed to stop WWIII and give Russia an advantage??
"Christians get out and vote. Just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years. You know what? It'll be fixed. It'll be fine. You won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians."-
Trump: at "Believers Summit" in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 26, 2024
HERE IS ACTUAL IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE TRUMP/MUSK STOLE THE ELECTION 2024.
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT!
Watch the video. The data, especially swing states, proves votes were changed from D to R. (or K to T)
The man who actually cheated thought his opponent cheated over his own cheating.
It was the mail-in ballots that did the trick for Biden. They do not go through the compromised vote tallying machines. Trump didn't want his voters to vote via mail-in ballot because...
Sorry, it is our shame (if by ours you mean left leaning Americans).
We’re one country, and we couldn’t break through with a compelling alternative version to the MAGA “burn it down” because we stuck with a dead Clintonesque triangulation strategy, instead of a competing and compelling vision.
Speak for yourself if you want. This shame isn’t on my progressive self. You’re victim shaming. Do you have a magic wand you didn’t use to stop $ corrupting elections and all the other anti-democratic crap we’ve been fighting for years. If you’ve been lax then shame on you. Leave me out of it.
Until we rise up and remove him and the GOP, it is absolutely our shame. Even after they are gone, it will be our shame, that we ever allowed such hatred, selfishness, and greed to taint this country is our shame, and we need to ensure it never happens again
When they redraw the boundaries with Canada, will you fight then or join them? When they take your SSA Check, will you live under a bridge and eat garbage? Or fight? When they attack Greenland, will you join the military and fight NATO? At what point do you stop working and fight?
We're at a point in American history where the idea of small talk might no longer work unless you genuinely want to know the real answers. It’s time to face the awkwardness of silence and embrace constructive criticism. America is not a business, and you are not networking. 🇵🇱🇺🇸
Yes, it is our shame. Elections have consequences and now we need to experience them. As was with the Germans in WWII, it is the only only way to drive the message home. Before this is over and we have recovered in the distant future, a lot, if not all, of us are going to suffer greatly.
Trump never had a plan to end the war in Ukraine. He plays the strongman, but bows to Putin showing his true weakness on the World stage. He takes the game of golf more seriously than he does of preserving America’s Democracy.
Trump plagiarized (on Truth Social) this viral post from Facebook, written by Michael McCune, attempting to sane-wash Friday's oval office shit-show with Zelenskyy.
#taxtherich #cancelelonmusk
Make calls every day #5calls
Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121
Attend town hall meetings
letters-boycott-strike-blackouts
#Bluestormrising #resist
I can appreciate that as an individual it feels hopeless and maybe you’re doing everything you can to resist - this comment wasn’t meant as a personal attack. However, as a collective, citizens could be doing a lot more - shut the country down.
Thanks. Understood. I wish the rest of the nation would pull their heads out. We screamed our heads off before the vote. I’ll try to view the collective criticism as targeted elsewhere. When the call comes it’s a 3000 mile drive to camp in DC.
Robert, there was much talk Friday about respect, respecting the office and saying thank you. Yet, Trump disrespected our PM and the country as a whole with this annexation talk. Why do the American people still not see what a vile creature they put in the WH? He respects virtually no one /1
save for Putin and other demagogues. Why should any world leader respect him? I understand about the office but he has turned that office into a shell of what it used to be. Surely your countrymen can’t be that stupid?
THIS is the problem. So American. If it’s not our collective shame, then what is it? When money, fame, and power are the only things worth living for and we worship the rich, what exactly are American values anymore? To buy the biggest house ever and fuck everyone else? What did you all expect?
Fuck being blamed or shamed.
People donated time and money to fight trumpism.
We KEEP FIGHTING the SHITS who own X, FOX and most of MSM used quite deliberately and diabolically to MARKET FICTION to Consumers content to be TRUTH DENIERS.
I'm always so grateful for your thoughts and words of wisdom, Dr. Reich @rbreich.bsky.social It's not only filling in with hope, but it's eliminating doubts and anger inside of me. I appreciate you so much. 🙏
Thanks for the recommendations of orgs to support Ukraine. Donate. And learn from pre-october 7 Israel: regular, weekly, peaceful mass protests that get bigger and bigger (need regularity for people to engage) against government takeover by the Executive branch. #DemocracyIsNotASpectatorSport ⚖️🇺🇲🗳️
It is OUR shame. We as the American people allowed this to happen. We voted the people in that did nothing and allowed Trump to run for office. After Jan 6th we should have voted out every last one of the representatives that did not hold Trump accountable
I can’t control my MAGA shit neighbor, or voter suppression in Alabama, gerrymandering in Wisconsin. I can’t lift the cap on house reps, cure racism, sexism, homophobia. I can’t fix the info silos/media. I vote, canvass, call, protest. This is not on me. Collective blame is reductive and stupid.
Is there a special place in hell for F47?
Or is he actually Satan himself?
I stand with Zelenskyy & Ukraine.
Premeditated ambush? As we know, F47&jd are cowards.
+Once USAID funds / $2 billion is "UNtrumped" (unfrozen) - can we not do BETTER than creating a food "paste" for starving children?
Sorry. I disagree. It is all of our shame because it is our country and even if we voted Harris, Trump is our representative. Until we stand up en masse (Democrat politicians I’m looking at you) we are all complicit.
The recent News Meeting held in the "AWFUL OFFICE" revealed the unethical attempt by Trump and Vance to Bully Zelensky into signing away the "Rare Earth Minerals" of Ukraine, with NO PROMISE of Security Against Putin's Failed Promises.
Just ⚖️ sayin'
FDR said “The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.”
The MUMP regime (musk/trump) is establishing a fascist autocracy! They are carrying out “ a revolution” (…coup) that will remain bloodless if the democrats allow”.. our democracy is being destroyed as they said they’d do. Trump said we won’t have to vote ever again!
Wake up sleepwalkers!
Agreeing with you! We are part of a small group who started @nela-indivisible.bsky.social and more than a few came to their first protest yesterday. Everybody can do something to resist. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC4fid
Passing on “shame” to someone else suggests that you believe they are not one of you. This is American exceptionalism in action, hardly useful now. It’s not about *who* is to blame any more, but what you can do — *collectively* — going forward. Bring back collectivism and ownership in Am. thought.
Nor is collective shame synonymous with helplessness, despair and cynicism. There is greater glory in accepting and righting one’s wrongs than in pretending that the wrongs were perpetrated by someone else. (Case in point: Berlin)
Every street corner, cobblestone and memorial in Berlin echoes their acknowledgement of what happened there during WWII. One can feel the deep sorrow and regret, but above all the steely resolve that they will not let it happen again.
At this pace we will achieve perfect anarchy with a year left in the term! Should be plenty of affordable housing by then as so many will no longer exist! 😬😂
I've always supported progressive views & I am horrified daily. I'm disappointed also by the condemnation I'm seeing from other countries with their stereotyping of all Americans. 75 million Americans voted for Harris. Over 2 million votes were suppressed by GOP operatives. See https://gregpalast.com
Thank you for being a consistently wonderful person, always championing the working class and middle class. As a Brit I've found your analysis of economics and current events eye opening. We outside the US can see you aren't all with Trump, solidarity from across the pond
We have a really lousy track record with intelligent, honorable and courageous leaders whose backs are against the wall! (“…and what shall I tell our President when I get back? Tell him “we will not sell the land. We will not give up the land!”)
Unfortunately, we all know the ending.
Unfortunately, those who should be feeling the shame, have no sense of shame ...
... when god was giving that out, they all thought he said lame, and so they passed on it and instead asked for a double dose of DUMB, thinking that was the word for that small purplish fruit!
Like to say , Congress protect Americans . Now it's the rich with power. People simply talking and no action to get cheater out of office. Proof Trump cheated with hackers.Hackers that cheated https://USA.now Elon Musk gets rich by stealing from Americans.
Nobody can become the richest and this greedy man ,when done with Trump, He owns USA for life oh ,yes ! We talk and form no action to stop him.we let him take USA no other country would do this! Guess we rich ? He can fire everyone steal our money.we live in streets. That's next.nobody guide planes
Elon musk become the only wealthy man in America. He will throw Donald Trump out! What purpose Trump serve. Trump was Elon Musk ticket illegal in office. All the dumb Americans ,whom think Elon Musk brilliant all he's taking your money as https://well.lol at that how Elon easy took USA! It's true !
Good morning BLUESKY Folks. Some of you upset towhat I am saying.laughing like petty kids instead of realizingdanger that expands.billionaires will fight against each other.once no Americans are working to provide they're https://wealth.no stores will profit to feed rich https://folks.no corporations only Elon Musk
Crimes being done to our future children and we credit Trump and Trump notfired or Elon Musk.They take our benefits and jobs away.if it hasn't happen to you it https://will.how will you take care your family? Everyone independent.educated train to do your job.damn good accountant would tell you.they selfish
We shouldn't praise Trump. He brought destruction to USA. It's all he ever wanted to destroy what we had good..other countries always considered us the https://best.one stranger can come take our lifestyles away only for https://himself.how can we gossip and become petty.crimes done to us.
Criminal that has fail our society and keep bothering foreign countries with crazy talks.crimial that provides for himself.doesnt care about our economy he never has. Money for himall he wants.elon gets it alland that's the truth. Elon musk president of USA.brokeall laws and trespass.fired Americans
You put our country in a state of shock. People gossip and say,Trump is great. Trump bully no intelligent to run USA. No skills except to make everything fail.every purpose has been worse for society.president Nixon done way better then Trump.Nixon wasn't a con or thief..people honor a criminal
The greedy from stealing don't last long. What Trump and Elon Musk done won't last long. You can't hurt innocent think nothing going occur. You trespass and God knows your evil.its done to billions of people , children and elderly.this not right ! I know some people got fired by Elon Musk.
Billionaires think they will stay billionaires. Well firing all these workers means shut down bankruptcy. Then this billionaires lose they money without workers. Seriously this will happen. Money like water. You keep spending and no profit ! This will happen.people think billionaires are great smart
We should have ashamed of America long before this. It is a country built on genocide, slavery, internment camps. A country where poverty, hunger and homelessness is on the rise.
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We kill nazis. Not elect them.
Sending love to you Sir.
Vets understand violence, & I know I read like a psycho but feel no other choice can be had. The rules for non violent process shredded by twurp.
Trump: at "Believers Summit" in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 26, 2024
Joking comment?Or Omen?
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT!
Watch the video. The data, especially swing states, proves votes were changed from D to R. (or K to T)
https://youtu.be/AWSWqn7UHYM
PLEASE SHARE THIS. Get to ppl who can do something.
Trump: "Elon knows those computers better than anybody.... Those vote counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania in a landslide"
And also when he said he didn't need any more voters. He had enough already.
He expected to win since using algorithms to change votes. But he lost - so he immediately thought Biden had cheated. That's a good one.
It was the mail-in ballots that did the trick for Biden. They do not go through the compromised vote tallying machines. Trump didn't want his voters to vote via mail-in ballot because...
We’re one country, and we couldn’t break through with a compelling alternative version to the MAGA “burn it down” because we stuck with a dead Clintonesque triangulation strategy, instead of a competing and compelling vision.
A much more active case needs to be made for the goodness Reich writes about.
Until we rise up and remove him and the GOP, it is absolutely our shame. Even after they are gone, it will be our shame, that we ever allowed such hatred, selfishness, and greed to taint this country is our shame, and we need to ensure it never happens again
Make calls every day #5calls
Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121
Attend town hall meetings
letters-boycott-strike-blackouts
#Bluestormrising #resist
Did’t they say no to mask 2020?
R Rapist
U Unhinged
M Moron
P Psycho
J Jackass
D Delusional
V Vicious
A Asshole
N Naive
C Corrupt
E Egomaniac
People donated time and money to fight trumpism.
We KEEP FIGHTING the SHITS who own X, FOX and most of MSM used quite deliberately and diabolically to MARKET FICTION to Consumers content to be TRUTH DENIERS.
Or is he actually Satan himself?
I stand with Zelenskyy & Ukraine.
Premeditated ambush? As we know, F47&jd are cowards.
+Once USAID funds / $2 billion is "UNtrumped" (unfrozen) - can we not do BETTER than creating a food "paste" for starving children?
Make every day on earth their hell.
Trump is a symptom of our rot. Not the cause.
Just ⚖️ sayin'
🤦🏼♂️
My Suggestion as to what the Democratic congressional members should do for the State of the Union.
👇👇👇
Wake up sleepwalkers!
And we got local press too.
https://pasadenanow.com/main/activists-rally-in-pasadena-against-musks-undue-influence
Our shame.
At this pace we will achieve perfect anarchy with a year left in the term! Should be plenty of affordable housing by then as so many will no longer exist! 😬😂
There were good reasons for that fighting, and now we're going to throw all of that time and money away.
President Zelenskyy is a hero
Unfortunately, we all know the ending.
... when god was giving that out, they all thought he said lame, and so they passed on it and instead asked for a double dose of DUMB, thinking that was the word for that small purplish fruit!
RICH DON'T PAY TAXES!!! SHOULD WE? REVALUATION 2025.
CAN'T JAIL US ALL!!! TRUMPS LAYING OFF IRS(7000).
WE THE PEOPLE WILL WIN 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🌎☮️ 🙏
And on top of that, he's feeding the soverign nation of free Ukraine into the Russian sphere of influence.
If Ukraine is abandoned, Putin will install his own government and media there.
Their behavior was not as representatives of the United States
They used their positions to stoke their own fragile egos and to stuff their own wallets
They must be stopped
#TrumpVanceTreason
https://bsky.app/profile/conspiranon.bsky.social/post/3ljfwdnd5ok2o
before their total genocide.