America deserves exactly what is coming,mindful ignorance and thinking they are so damn special that it could never happen here! I am so angry at the laziness.
I am done with MSM and all so called liberal News media, I do not believe this election was fair and I will never accept that SOB as my president. SCOTUS is corrupt and I have lost faith in justice, wish the Dems could fight the lies but they just back down.
It is scary. As Jews, we see both sides is what is coming. That last sentence is what many around me are feeling - that we are insulated in a blue state. And that is what terrifies me. What else can we feel? Abject terror?
But we're not in 1930s Germany. We are rebellious, U.S.A. I'm thinking the chaos will be so obvious and the pain so widespread that this will finally be the end of 45 and his Rs in congress. Not saying it's not gonna hurt, but maybe it rids us of this rot.
Add to it that in 2024 you have been duped into equating Israel with “the Jews.”
Netanyahu and the IDF are *absolutely* guilty of genocidal war crimes. The Jewish people are not your enemy.
Trump has promised it will be bloodily & there’s bloodlust on the right. Mass deportation is expensive. Hopefully there’s gridlock, and nothing gets done. But, if they build a killing machine, there will never be enough “others”.
I’m curious about your posts. I understand the overall news cycle is depressing. But it feels like I only see negative posts from you lately, is it because it’s just that dark. Or is there a way we can talk about what we can do to fight?
They think because they supported and voted for Trump that they are immune to his wrath. On the contrary; we are all equally screwed. They didn't want inclusion or equality, but they are going to get it...in the worst way.
Wake up! This is about us NOT LOOKING AWAY! I get it. We r tired. So Take the time to mourn the loss but don’t forget, we can do this. WE. It’s on US the American people. We ride at dawn, my friends!
I believe its an editorial written by Joel Grey, he who played the Master of Ceremonies (emcee) in both the Broadway production of Cabaret, and the film.
They’re missing the anger that a lot of us are feeling. The feeling of FAFO. The feeling of well you voted for this let me make some popcorn and watch the world burn and say ‘this is why we can’t have nice things’. It fatalism at this point.
We liberals spend our lives trying to help people but when people vote for hate what are we supposed to do. I’m sure we’ll be back in the fight when it’s needed but right now we’re in our feelings and the world can leave us alone.
I don’t think I will help. This election has made me seriously realize that this country doesn’t want to progress。People will literally take the word of Fox News or whatever shit Elon does over someone who knows what they’re talking about. This country wants hate.
What’s really chilling in this piece is his observation that the line “if you could see her through my eyes, she wouldn’t look Jewish at all” is now —sometimes, among a few audience members— generating laughter. When first performed, in Boston in the 1960s, audiences gasped and recoiled.
Today’s culture wars are just a continuation of the ‘60s battles for Social Justice … all the major social movements started then … from women’s liberation to Black Power, from Gay pride to Civil Rights. M.A.G.A. Wants to undo all the progress made & take us back to the 1950’s. We MUST RESIST
Disillusionment. That’s the word. People knew who Trump was and voted him again. Probably the most depressing statement on Americans in my life. We are so adrift.
It’s such a shit show of a horrific repeat of history and people are completely unaware. So let’s defund the department of education. That’ll solve it.
I’m sorry, I’m soooo bitter at ignorant jackasses (some in my family) that I’m a bit jaded these days. Thank you for all you do. 💙💜💙
Pissed at the friends and family that voted for him! Taking away my granddaughters rights and putting a target on my sons back because he’s gay! Bring on Thanksgiving!
Sure but why not move on to the next logical conclusion of removing corrupt corporate and / or neoliberal operators confounding progressive movements from various seats of power within the Democratic party? Make the dems progressive again and voters will come back in droves!
Way too dramatic for me.
I wish people would stop with the Armageddon crap.
It's ONLY an election.
We have trump back. And it's okay. The country is bigger than one man. One party.
Let's keep an open mind.
You are going to be affected. People are scared and honestly they should be. Who knows what the future will be? Some might only be affected by tariffs but for others there’s the threat of deportation, abortion laws, LGBT laws. There’s also the fact that EVERY THING is getting cut.
Now I do agree that tanks and shit rolling into towns is a little much, but I also live in a small rural area that while diverse does have Trump voters. I’m not sure about urban areas.
It's all good.
Nothing to fear.
I am more worried about the hypocrites cowards in the Democratic party, from Schumer To the usual suspects, than the Republicans.
When will frickin people realize that today's democrats are out of touch of the everyday American?
This pisses me off so bad. Another thing I realized is that no matter what, the Dems will never ever play dirty and give shit right back to the GOP. I’m going Independent as a result
Yes. It is a repeating story throughout the ages and it never has a happy ending until the chaos-makers are destroyed. A great human tragedy, and we can only sit and wait with sadness knowing what’s coming for this generation.
The fact that we've seen this show before is what should give us the power to stop it. We know that it can be beaten and we will beat it we just need to get out in the streets and be prepared to overmatch their force with our own.
There are a couple of handfuls of people that we all know are pushing this new world order. We need to chop off the heads of the leaders of this movement
I don’t blame Joe Biden.
He’s been an incredible president & no one else could have done a better job ironing out the hellscape he inherited from the dumb one. Nobody.
A lot of us feeling disillusioned by our so-called opposition leaders who let Trump walk. Garland and Biden. That didn’t get min wage raised, didn’t expand the court, didn’t get DC, PR statehood. These would have been in your face, F’ the status quo efforts. Oligarchs for the win
Or worse still, how can we fight against nonstop Russian propaganda being spewed on Fox “News” etc. after the Fairness Doctrine was ended? And how can we fight against the richest of the rich buying our elected officials since Citizens United was enacted?
There was a moment on November 6th where I really questioned why I was even bothering to go to law school. But I need to reenergize and fight even harder.
But Molly, what can we DO? Sure, of course we'll vote as many of them out as we can in two years, but in the meantime? I'm angry but feeling utterly helpless.
Try these orgs if you’re up for it
I joined Indivisible. This is going to be a slog. We have to start by fighting these cabinet nominations one at a time, imho
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There are things you can do to minimize the impact on your nervous system, but the most important thing is to act as if Kamala won and keep having the exact like you did prior. Disregard out of hand anything that makes you feel powerless. We all have the power of Good Trouble.
Wren, remember one last thing. Narcissism is a black hole. It's ok not to want to get too close to it to save yourself. Change nothing. Give them nothing. Keep Progressing and living the people you love.
People are gonna be howling...I didn't mean my workers, I didn't mean my wife/daughter/girlfriend, I didn't mean my social security or medicare, I didn't mean my favorite author, I didn't mean the allies in Europe I like, I didn't mean my voting rights. You may not have meant it, but...they did.
We’re disillusioned because we feel out numbered and out maneuvered. We don’t feel the good guys realize what the danger is or are up to the task of defeating this monstrous movement. We’re tired of the good guys fucking up all the time. We’re resigned to abandoning ship.
I don’t have a sense of how shared my experience is, but there are also those of us trying (and often failing) to avoid falling into a pit of despair while saving energy for the fights ahead. Instead of wringing hands at every headline-grabber, planning to focus on specific things that are possible.
There's no regulation of social media which is where majority get their "news" and information. Germany, radio was not regulated. There was no FCC equivalent. Now, FCC doesn't apply to social media. Therefore, FB, X, Instagram, TikTok, are all outlets for $billionaire/foreign funded propaganda.
Well, not “we” personally- but history has certainly shown us the templates/blueprints, scripts- whatever you want to call them. We KNOW how this works. This is NOT the process for a “free” or “democratic” country- to allow one person to act as authoritarian/king. Trump has all the signs.
We need a plan to stop this insanity! One plan is to boycott every single corporation that supported trump! Grab them by their wallets! I have no idea on what to do when the shit hits the fan!!!
“We have indeed seen this show before, and I fear we do know how it ends. It’s understandable to want to retreat, to find solace where we can, but we cannot afford to look away.” - Laurence Tribe
We fought and debated very hard and got Biden in in 2020. Then our hard work was tossed aside when no real investigations started for 2 years! And that was only when trump announced he was running again and Jack Smith was then appointed.
That is why "I" am disillusioned!
It happens slowly then suddenly. If Trump corrupts the Pentagon like pretty much every other institution he has, it's game, set and match. America is gone.
That whole 60’s “ movement “ worked then because the children of the aristocracy were tuning in and dropping out And becoming part of movements that were anti where they came from.that shook many of the homes of the rich and powerful and gave way to a possibility of change.Now rich kids are fascists
If one has ever lived in Florida, this is like the hurricane passing over Cuba on its way to your home. You know it will come, you know there is nothing you can do to stop it, but you want to do something.
Good analogy. We know it’s bad. We’re not naive. We know no one is safe. But there is little that can be done at this moment except prepare for the hurricane.
Correct. In Florida we would prepare the closet with a chair, a radio, some snacks, a book, some water. Gotta prepare a different kind of closet for this hurricane.
I am taking a break and I have not shed a tear over him winning. He and his ilk do not deserve my tears. I am more determined than ever to protect our values.
This is exactly what so many of us are feeling now, but I think this is exactly what the authoritarian regime wants and expects us to feel, powerless, hopeless. We are not!!
Exactly. I just want to scream “wake UP” at the top of my lungs at everyone at the grocery. 50% of registered voters in my county did not vote. Of the ones that voted, over 70% voted for Trump. Do the math. We live where a lack of critical thinking skills is a malignancy. I’m losing my mind.
I’m not stopping. Elections happen every year. School Dist, county, city, state & new fed appointments in 2026. We CAN NOT stop talking, planning, or helping people see what America means to the other 1/2 of this country. The scope of governments effect in the world & at home. We can do this.
Audacity of NYT to publish this while they were integral in getting the guy elected by sane-washing him for past 10 years. I will never understand why folks still consume legacy media even after knowing this.
Yes it’s infuriating considering they carried water for Dump for years and picked apart every single thing Biden did. They have always known he’s a reality show guy from a crime family.
Our household cancelled the ny times & wash post sub’s a while ago, first the times b/c of M habermans wild sane-washing yrs ago & the post after they ridiculed POTUS Biden for grieving his dead children TOO much, we’re trying out the bbc right now & turned off both broadcast and cable US news.
America is dead as an idea based on the principles and hopes of our founders. We now live on a big rock with no order and the mentally unstable are in charge. We are living the true nightmare.
Fareed of all people?? They are not talking about ‘retiring Federal regulations’…they are talking about gutting major portions of the government FFS…and they may have IQs but they also have been blinded by privilege and they are both narcissistic
Every man & woman has a price. If there truly is a silver lining about trump era, we now know those prices. And if we continue to consume “reporting” from those people, we know our price too.
That's not what the employees at SpaceX or Tesla say lol. They say Elon is "managed" by his employees, kinda like 45/47 is managed, (or at least an attempt is made). Elon didn't have a bunch of people at Ex-twitter who came in early to keep him from trashing it. Too bad for them.
I’m not sure if that’s the correct take on Fareed’s comments. I watched it twice and then read his Op-Ed. He proffers that the Gov. over spreads, but he then identifies the only program cuts big enough to make a difference are the military and entitlements, which they can’t touch. It was a dare.
Rarely will someone disagree that government needs to be lean, renewed, & brought into 21st century. FZ normalizing the clowns who are planning to run the DOGE—one of them is wealthy which he made with the help of government contracts & subsidies, What FZ did here is an example of sane-washing.
Yep. And those who still consume this media, are partly responsible as well. Only way they will change is if they are hit where it hurts. I’m glad CNN & MSNBC substantially lost their audience post election. This must happen to likes of NYT.
They’ve done a garbage job covering Trump to be sure, but they’ve also covered countless things that really mattered—including the majority of the source journalism that independent media rely on. The collapse of the fourth estate, imperfect as it is, would only create a vacuum that serves MAGA.
Nah. There are independent journalists. Encourage their work. There are options. This idea “imperfect as it is” is long outdated. Whatever “good” they may/have reported they have nullified by sane-washing trump. It’s inexcusable at best. Who knows, they may get better if faced a severe backlash!
I cancelled NYT after about 60 yrs a reader, decades subscriber. It is a double-edged sword. If financially starving, musk will buy them. Ditto news channels. We have power but we must look at the cascade. Our abandonment may result in single source everything. I will wait some months then try again
Agree. I cancelled my subscription when they called for Joe to drop out but not the demented one. I should have done it in 2016 when they pushed for +rump.
Yup. Trump is taking us back. History is repeating. And it's not the sunshiney optimistic kind of history...it is the dark, demented, violent and cruelty filled kind.
So, it’s exactly this. Now, what do we do? I don’t find posts like this helpful. Suggest positive ways to engage and make an impact. Otherwise the responses are just things like, “it’s terrifying, I’m frightened for our country, we’re fu*ked”.
I feel like we are sleepwalking into this nightmare. All the while a Damocles hanging over our heads. These will be considered the before times and we will look back fondly to this holiday season as it will be the last with normalcy. I hope I am wrong but feel like it’s going to get very dark
Thank you for the truth Molly, as you always provide. My fight started in the 60’s and unfortunately has never stopped, it requires a lifelong commitment.
Exactly. I fought hard during the 60/70s. My parents fought/their parents had struggled and fought. But we fought because there were possibilities/a sense of future
At least in the 60’s we were moving forward. Trump has awakened all the darkness in people he feeds on it like a drug it giving him power. I hope the people who believed in his lies feel it like a gut punch.
Yes, but do you REALLY think that Mitch McConnel and the military complex relinquish power?? He already put the first stopgap. His choice for senate leader. Stopped Lolita-Gaetz before hearings. Trust me, he had A TON to do with it. Don't be fooled by the frailer body. Mind is still in there...
He's still playing what hand he has left. Mitch McConnell has not officially retired from his position as a U.S. Senator. He announced that he will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November 2024, but he intends to continue serving as a senator until his term ends in January 2027.
Ok. So we all agree here. Now what? Democrat freedom fighters? Peace loving gangs putting flowers in MAGA hats? Tell me what and where, and I’ll be there.
Ironic the nytimes would write this, having soft pedalled the trump threat over three separate elections, and savaged biden and kamala at every opportunity.
Even in the 1980s we were talking about the end of racism when the older racists die out. Their kids and grandkids picked up their racism and carried it on.
"History is giving us another chance to confront the forces that “Cabaret” warned us about. The question is: Will we listen this time, or will we keep laughing until the music stops?"🎭
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We must confront. Apathy is compliance.
Failure is not an option.
We have seen it before but we aren’t powerless. We can fight like hell to stop this insanity! President Biden can absolutely do something, if he hurries. And, we know the voting machines were hacked and the roles were purged. RECOUNT every vote. Investigate the hell out of it!
Biden needs to appoint Jack Smith as a judge; start the FBI Investigations into cabinet picks; AND remind himself that he took an oath to PRESERVE, PROTECT, and DEFEND the Constitution of the United States…
Just remember that most of the power authoritarians hold over us is freely given. Don’t cede your personal power without a fight. Don’t obey in advance. #resist
The last sentence says it all. We should all enjoy the little time we have between now and Jan. 20. That's when the shit is going to hit the fan. If you don't think that we're going to have to hit the streets en masse to slow these guys down, you haven't been paying attention.
I was a HS freshman in 1963.
The 1st school assembly I ever attended was when the principal announced JFK had been shot.
I fought in all the causes of th 60s & 70s & worked for Bobby.
Pushed for passage of the Civil & Voting Rights Acts.
And I agree 100% - how did we get (back) here???
Frankly, the thing that leaves me most disillusioned is this rat bastard gets away with everything and never, ever has to pay a price. Watching Merrick Garland and the rest of our legal system (save NYC) pussyfoot around him, and never hold him accountable…it makes me wanna holler.
This is far worse than the Nixon era. As much of a crook as he was, he understood government and had a certain respect for it. There was a lot of social progress, and he didn’t stand in the way of much of it. He was power mad, but he wasn’t stupid.
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That exemplifies how severely they stomped Democrats at controlling the narrative this entire election.
Narrative control is the #1 issue that Dems need to address immediately.
Netanyahu and the IDF are *absolutely* guilty of genocidal war crimes. The Jewish people are not your enemy.
So fuck em
Trump received ~ as many votes as 2020. Harris received < Biden 2020.
Did a measurable number abstain because Harris didn’t take a stand for what emotionally had captivated them?
I’m sorry, I’m soooo bitter at ignorant jackasses (some in my family) that I’m a bit jaded these days. Thank you for all you do. 💙💜💙
💙🦋💙🦋
I wish people would stop with the Armageddon crap.
It's ONLY an election.
We have trump back. And it's okay. The country is bigger than one man. One party.
Let's keep an open mind.
Nothing to fear.
I am more worried about the hypocrites cowards in the Democratic party, from Schumer To the usual suspects, than the Republicans.
When will frickin people realize that today's democrats are out of touch of the everyday American?
He’s been an incredible president & no one else could have done a better job ironing out the hellscape he inherited from the dumb one. Nobody.
https://jacobin.com/2024/11/kamala-harris-election-billionaires-cuban
I joined Indivisible. This is going to be a slog. We have to start by fighting these cabinet nominations one at a time, imho
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See the following historical accounts of the beginnings of a fascist state.
https://bsky.app/profile/tobifrenzen.bsky.social/post/3lbgkimf6bk2y
I don't even know what to say to this to be honest. Someone kinder than I should probably step in.
https://youtu.be/-Ue5F57dZMU?si=4kV9PTtBkY0TPmeJ
“We have indeed seen this show before, and I fear we do know how it ends. It’s understandable to want to retreat, to find solace where we can, but we cannot afford to look away.” - Laurence Tribe
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/opinion/cabaret-trump-joel-grey.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Will ignorance allow this for the second time, I certainly hope not…
That is why "I" am disillusioned!
Even when we win, we lose.
We voted & jettisoned Trump, trusting the legal system to do it's job. It didn't.We were betrayed by a political system with 2 tiers of justice.
Damn straight we are hopeless against those that refuse to abide by the Constitution & their oaths.
Look closer
The New Republic is great. @newrepublic.com
They are all falling in line. Not surprising at all.
Disgusting.
I'm stunned.
https://open.substack.com/pub/heyslick/p/calling-a-spade-a-spade
Stronger Together
Better Prepared
We must remember when they had the power, they absolutely refused to use it.
Biden has immunity now, will HE and the ones who were elected simply... give up?
No fight?
No accountability?
4 years.
ALLLL that evidence.
That's it?
That's Democratic party elites, fighting?
Really?
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We must confront. Apathy is compliance.
Failure is not an option.
They are scared of us.
They should be.
It’s time for us to #StandOut
Biden/Harris have been radio silent.
Biden needs to appoint Jack Smith as a judge; start the FBI Investigations into cabinet picks; AND remind himself that he took an oath to PRESERVE, PROTECT, and DEFEND the Constitution of the United States…
Period.
The 1st school assembly I ever attended was when the principal announced JFK had been shot.
I fought in all the causes of th 60s & 70s & worked for Bobby.
Pushed for passage of the Civil & Voting Rights Acts.
And I agree 100% - how did we get (back) here???
We need to get back to hope.
Joe.
Biden.
Do.
Something.