Our moral compass as a nation has slipped into an abyss. I just don't get it.
Everything seems to be all about oneself and no sense of community or pride in our country.
I blame the oligarchs that have bought and used media as a weapon.
I appreciate your summary. Until the PE breaks something—and we know he will—it will be hard to engage the democracy team. It’s even hard right now to get people to call their Rep and Senators over critical issues. A million excuses not to do something that takes five minutes. 1/
"Birthright citizenship is provided for by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. That didn't seem to concern Trump. Pressed by Welker, he said he'd try to end it by 'executive action' if he can."
He can! The Constitution is *filled* with suggestions he can ignore. And will.
He hasn't been intelligent or rational and we should not expect him to be now. It's time to share concrete plans📢 on how to work together to throw as many roadblocks in front of him as possible.
Doesn t all that has happened scream out for stronger regulations to be instituted. It makes no sense that Trump did all that he has done and returns to office. We have suffered so much
"bring back civilization"? What? This deranged old man whose cognitive decline prevents him from even understanding what is going on is about to become president of the united states. Imagine the wall to wall coverage if Joe Biden said something so demented. But sure, keep up the sane washing NBC.
Reading is Fundamental which requires Books, once printed they only change when reprinted and replaced history of #Nixon and #Reagan coming out of #Trumps mouth
Crime is up, thief is up scared tactics and some want to hear those words to feel safe. Verbal history changes all the time #DJT
More like avoided it, both because of the interviewee and the interviewer, and never want to watch it. But reading about it with insightful commentary is a workable option.
Didn’t think Meet the Press could get worse than Chuck Todd and his inability to ask a damn follow-up question or call out a lie… but here we are. Thanks for nothing Kristen Welker. 🤬
The only crime on the rise is women dying unnecessarily in states like Texas from pregnancy complications because of the state’s new anti abortion laws .
Trump never encounters the reality that most Americans live in. He lives in a bubble of wealth and a fantasy world of his own creation where he is never wrong, is always the best at everything, and knows everything about everything.
Appeasement to fascism did not work in the 1930s, and we believe it will not work against Trump/MAGA. The Democrats and sane politicians need to step up and get serious before all the power is in the hands of Trump lunatics.
I'm sick of journalists asking the 🤡 anything! We're done. All he does is lie anyway. A total waste of time. Looking for that Amendment to shoo his behind.
First, we need some Dem leadership?!! Where ARE all those wonderful speakers?? Then we need an organized “plan of attack” like the GOP ALWAYS has. We need to develop an “Information” machine that pounces on every GOP failure, we need the rest of the world to close ranks against Trump’s traitors, etc
People need to be aware of this statement. Remember, Trump says things that seem crazy and then makes them mainstream. Dictators and Trump hate guns! They are used for assassinations and rebellions. Watch out for some bans on weapons. Before you say no way, he's a dictator, not expecting to leave.
A textbook authoritarian play is to declare a fake threat (rising violent crime here, when in reality it subsides), get people to fear that, and then declare "I solved it". That the threat vanished everybody will be forced to acknowledge.
Read books by historians like Snyder, analyzing Europe 1933+.
I'm so sick and tired out "newscasters" subjecting us to his lies. Sadly, I don't watch much @msnbc because Trump is all they talk about!! Over and over, everynight!! The @kristenwelker.bsky.social interview was appalling.
Thank you - I refuse to listen to him speak. Offers no value. Amazing how much MAGA believes in this version of a dystopian US unless the most dishonest human in modern political history tells them otherwise.
Wow, he’s amazing. He brought down crime even before taking the oath of office. And look at the consumer traffic now! I mean, prior to Nov 5th no one could afford eggs. After Nov 5th, record Black Friday sales.
Incredible. 🙄😡
Please explain how millions of people are perfectly fine with this person…. in any way.
I’m just gobsmacked and again, in complete disbelief that this is where we are AGAIN. Can we make it 4+ years? This won’t end with 45.
Don’t forget the greed and power plays from the Bush families and their connections to unsavory and corruption.
Perhaps not ‘fascism’ on its face or by strict definition but, ugliness and ignorance around those supposed leaders too.
Women are disappearing from the forum. I went to Home Depot in Texas yesterday and was hit on by 10 men. I’m 61, fat, dressed in baggy clothes covered in plaster. My human rights are about ti be taken away.
"We need to create a culture of participation, where everyone has to be involved in the fight to protect democracy from Donald Trump." "Everyone" won't participate in this. 70+ million people voted they wanted this version of America - we aren't fighting just him, we're fighting them.
As departments are cut, funding declines, deportation occurs, and tariffs are enforced, prices will rise, unemployment will increase, and crime will increase. If that is what he calls civilisation, I don't want it. Mark my words.
He is the worst. He speaks like a toddler who got caught lying, stealing, cheating, and all other manner of bad behavior. He is DUMB. DUMB IS DANGEROUS. Way to go America. The eggs won’t even be cheaper…
Must disagree. While @kristenwelker.bsky.social did push back with that one stat, she let him tell lie and after lie without any fact check. People hear what comes out of his mouth and believe it if there is no push back. And then it’s too late to try to correct. Media must be better prepared w/ him
He must love being allowed to spend 30 minutes on the nations leading news show creating false narratives with zero pushback. No wonder people are confused. Anyone can read questions, and to claim she set the record straight in any meaningful way, seems a bit generous. He ran over her, again.
Kristen Welker is awful. Shes been awful from day 1 & was awful before she became moderator. She is an example of the awfullness of media in general but is specifically utterly awful. Have not watched news since election day for this very reason. If I can quit anyone can. I was addicted to
I intentionally missed the interview. Just the sound of his fake-sincere voice gives me the creeps. I have already started to practice my New Year's resolution: As much as possible, I will avoid hearing anything he has to say. My mental health is starting to improve already!
100% nor can I... I get the snippets and almost have to hurl... HE IS DISGUSTING and has already told umpteen lies... lie after lie ... the guy will never let us know the truth about anything.
blessings on you and all who are watching, reading and listening to these interviews and reports and giving analysis, so the rest of us don't have to suffer through them.
Trump preaching about wanting less crime is serious hypocrisy. The man may not have committed murder, but he has been a criminal his entire life so he is the LAST person to act so righteous!
Trumps comments about crime is just more evidence of him not knowing any FACTS about anything!!! #tRumpIGNORANCE. Violent crime is way down. Who the hell is a convicted rapist, 35-count felon, tax fraud to talk about crime ???
I recommend not watching Kristen Welker. She is not a journalist because she consistently misinforms her viewers. Journalists are supposed to inform people, not misinform them. And when you let someone tell lie after lie without correction, you are misinforming then. My TV goes off when she's on.
Oh I totally agree. Her lack of pushback or fact checking during that interview was infuriating.
I woke up to it on YouTube after dozing off during a different video. I turned it off after a few minutes. Just couldn’t stomach it.
Let me be super clear, I refuse to listen to anything he says, ever again. I can't stand his face and every word he says is a damn lie. So, in lieu of my mental health, I'll never watch a single thing he says.
There is no interviewer sharp enough to fact check him in real time. He's very good at what he does. And if you try to stop him he says, "excuse me, excuse me", and rolls over you. Actually, could you suggest someone who could fact check him in real time?
Trump painting a different reality…this is what the next four years will be like. It won’t be good for the nation, living in an illusion never ends well.
Violent crime goes down during years the Dems are in office, goes up under GOP, where folks feel enabled/protected to carry out their hate without CONsequences.
You know he's not gonna do squat. He'll take over, and just claim he solved the crime problem, see, no grocery deaths! He'll cross out "ACA" and sharpie in "Trumpcare" and say he solved health care. He'll pull out of every treaty we ever signed and claim he's the America First Peace President.
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This applies to college educated people too.
I find myself so disappointed and discouraged with our nation and the people who inhabit it.
Everything seems to be all about oneself and no sense of community or pride in our country.
I blame the oligarchs that have bought and used media as a weapon.
Duh! Trump was too busy campaigning for the last few years.
Amendment 14
Would love to cross the street and go to my kids school without being shot … this guy …
Meanwhile we need megaphones developed that can flood the zone with truth before Nov 2026 and 2028. That’s out of my wheelhouse, but I can send $.
Hard pass on the watch, thanks for the write up.
I do NOT understand how so many people want HIM as their king!
He can! The Constitution is *filled* with suggestions he can ignore. And will.
Cuz, why not?
It was never about crime.
It's about hate and the vilification of minorities.
Crime is up, thief is up scared tactics and some want to hear those words to feel safe. Verbal history changes all the time #DJT
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Read books by historians like Snyder, analyzing Europe 1933+.
Rachel Maddow
@maddow.bsky.social
Incredible. 🙄😡
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/12/09/polygamous-prophet-samuel-bateman/
It would seem, despite all evidence to the contrary, that Canadian voters are also buying into this message.
I’m just gobsmacked and again, in complete disbelief that this is where we are AGAIN. Can we make it 4+ years? This won’t end with 45.
Perhaps not ‘fascism’ on its face or by strict definition but, ugliness and ignorance around those supposed leaders too.
#BansOffOurBodies
Hell, a high school kid could do better than her any day.
please act surprised when you learn (again) he is a lying sack of shit.
After watching that interview, I really needed someone to tell me I wasn’t losing my mind. This helped.
Signed, B.A. Journalism
I woke up to it on YouTube after dozing off during a different video. I turned it off after a few minutes. Just couldn’t stomach it.
1. I like my sanity
2. Had enough bullshit from him.
3. I love sleeping very well.
4. Despise deplorable people.
8 U.S.C. § 242
"Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law"