When adding up the "smallest minorities" through out our country, that's quite a number.
So yes, together with them (even those who were duped by Trump) which happens to be just under 50% of voters, will sadly, feel the wrath & understand the lies they were warned of. We will still try to guide.
That's tough with the incoming Republican fascist regime, and the Democratic leaders signaling yesterday that anyone under 70 doesn't have a voice in their party but I'll try to keep the faith.
That is so much bullshit. They didn't say no one under 70 has a role. They, the people who work together every day, said in this instance we think he is the better candidate.
Those christians are now going to realize they voted for $10.00 more for eggs and they bought a new African born President....that is what the US is all about....vote against yourself because you want to burn the government down!
A full realization finally hit the morons.
75 million of you... When DJT and Elon get rid of food safety, your family will suffer. When you eliminate vaccines, bad things happen. You voted for bad shit in the past and have been protected from the consequences. In time, you will feel the brunt of what billionaires have planned for you.
I think it’s funny that the same people who went on endlessly about a “secretly African” President, Obama, voted to install a shadow President from Africa.
Actually I'm rereading articles on what destroyed Rome. Some relatable quotes:
"The empire became less stable due to internal divisions"
and "The role of the church in political affairs increased, which made governance more complicated."
we would see him in his private box at the Rohnert Park ball field watching the Sonoma County Crushers, he was a huge fan of the team-his field level private box was one of those web backed folding chairs under a small canopy with a tv tray table
I just watched Elon Musk illegally buy millions of swing-state votes for $47-$100 each & an entry into an illegal lottery that paid out $1 million per day. He handed the 2024 Election to Hitler 2.0 without a peep from Dems.
It's hard to maintain faith in something that was allowed to be sold.
Ima be honest, I am MORE than jaded towards the justice system and courts stacked with rabidly partisan Federalist Society hacks.
I'd LOVE to have a more charitable view, but it's where we are.
Enjoyed the photos from the party! Thanks for sharing!
Elon lied to the Judge. Now, he's being sued by the lottery participants who are saying that he lied the them about the lottery.
Elon bought votes. Again, this used to be illegal until the fascist billionaire did it.
We didn’t have the national media’s endorsement, Trump did. Instead, the media played a key role in having Joe removed from our ticket 100 days before the election while pkaying Trump up as a victim of the government.
You are having a different conversation, now, and we'll agree on many of those points.
OK, I'll bite: What, exactly, did Democrats do to prevent pernicious, fascist-aligned billionaire Elon Musk from literally buying the 2024 election?
TBF they didn't have many good options. With cries of "lawfare" getting louder a lawsuit may have set off more violence. What other legal means did they have?
The Dems are the ONLY actors who could have stopped Elon's illegal actions. Being cowed by accusations of "lawfare" is no excuse.
The current President has virtually unlimited power and swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, which he is about to violate by turning us over to a fascist
It's not simply the claims of lawfare. It's the civil unrest from factions of people who have been openly calling for a civil war that would come from them.
It's not as easy to be cavalier about that if you are responsible for protecting the lives of your citizens.
If need be, yes. We need to stop being cowards and fight to protect our Democracy if necessary. Millions of our fellow citizens and ancestors have done just that.
dems didn’t get racism existed within minorities & trump exploited it, Hispanics resent being painted w/ a brush of illegal immigration, that illegal immigration impacts legal immigrants/citizens, while blacks hate the takeover of their neighborhoods by immigrants, he gained votes only in minorities
The hard truth is, most Americans resent going to Walmart and not being able to understand what’s being said around them. But this Trump/Heritage Foundation solution is NOT the answer.
We need to start viciously primarying Dems the way Repubs do to their own. I was a lifelong Dem and I'm disgusted by the way they rolled over and let this just happen.
Millions did. Campaign finance disclosures had to list them all as expenditures and Elon hand-picked the winners of the $1 million per day lottery which paid out over $40 million during the campaign. This is why he's being sued by lottery participants. https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-election-lottery-1-million-giveaway-lawsuit
Millions did what? I sincerely doubt any of these people were actually paid. Just because it’s disclosed doesn’t mean it’s been PAID. They’re all in nda’s so we’ll never know. So $40m=40 “winners”?
It's what the records show. I suppose they could be falsifying those, but why?
Correct. 40 walked away with the big million dollar check.
Buying ANYTHING having to do with an election USED to be illegal, until the fascist billionaire did it.
Can you imagine George Soros getting away with that shit?
Well, because he’s a cheapskate who doesn’t really want to “give” anyone anything. But I guess it could have happened. Hope they all win their lawsuits.
Charles Schulz lived on Coffee Lane. Sounds to me like he was able to think this clearly because he was well caffeinated all the time. :-) just kidding, I do admire this statement and I resonate with it. Truth finds its way out, regardless of its vessel. 🤓
#IWantTheBestForAll
It’s a beautiful sentiment and it makes its point. However, I don’t think the Dems and Indy’s represent a minority. Trump would like everyone to think that, but it’s just not true.
Sadly, this Nation just voted their Democracy away. Men do not become dictators for only 4 years friends. They do so permanently! I truly doubt we will ever have another election again, let alone 2 & 4 yrs respectively. 😕
Because we are older my husband and I talk about this often. It changes for us because society progresses and changes, too. Progress and innovation does that. Not always in a good way. However IMHO, integrity never goes out of fashion. Stay true to yourself and your values and beliefs. #Resist
Pretty sure this exchange made it into the Christmas special. Might’ve been Pigpen and Lucy though, rather than Violet 🤔 but it was definitely on the stage. I distinctly remember his “on the contrary, I didn’t think I looked THAT good.” 😎
I believe in democracy, just not necessarily how we practice it in the US. A two-party system that rarely represents the will of the majority is not my idea of a functioning democracy.
You don’t think that the country was tearing itself apart in 1970? This isn’t the first Sideshow Bob the U.S. has ever had as POTUS. The fickle American people will tire of him as they have in those before him.
It absolutely was a less dire time. In 1970, people graduating highschool could buy a house. You could pay college tuition with a summer job and We had 25 years of sustained wage growth.
The people born 10 years later in 1980 have never known a country where wages kept pace with growth.
Everyone 40 & younger has been told for decades they will need to work until they die because social security will not be there. This generation has never seen economic progress.
Most will never own a home. The economic prosperity people believed in 1970 was enough to prevent a collapse.
I agree. Feel good posts are comforting but they are a lie. Our checks and balances have been chipped away, and what once protected us and our institutions is gone. A group of billionaires now own our country and half the population thinks it’s great, for now.
They must be forced to do so via direct actions.
This is our own home-grown plutocratic fascism and millions are outraged. We all must demonstrate this.
nice little summary #recount2024 #rigged #trumpcheated #potus #vp #spoonamore @adamkinzinger.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
look at the data
Thank you for posting. I'm a proud Saint Paulite. Charles Schultz was also a proud St. Paulite with Minnesota values. Everything he wrote in that letter is true, now more than ever.
Awesome words. We’ve got our work cut out for us against all three branches and a bought off SCOTUS. But I’m positive. We’re not dealing with a bunch of Rhodes Scholars on the other side of the aisle.
I'd never underestimate anyone who would stoop to any lie, crime, traitorous act or insurrection. Oh, and anyone who conveniently forgets about their oath to defend and protect the Constitution.
That’s the key…protecting our democracy. Our freedoms are more important than our pockets…that is why there is an America in the first place. The Trumps and Musks in the world did not make our country great…they made their pockets great.
That’s the key…protecting our democracy. Our freedoms are more important than our pockets…that is why there is an America in the first place. The Trumps and Musks in the world did not make our country great…they made their pockets great.
Someone must have misunderstood this and thought we should focus on the problems of the smallest minority, the 0.01%.
However they are the ones who should be getting zero attention. The system is broken. Tax the rich!
"Faith in Our Democracy"....I think it was Ben Franklin who said something like: Now you have your democracy.....if you can keep it..."
I think we just saw Our democracy being swept away due to incompetent leaders and citizen complacency....once it goes, it's a bitch to get back again...
When kids need active shooter drills in school; when Christianity is being taught in school; when vaccines are being made illegal; when taxes for the rich get cut; when social security and medicare/medicade get cut; when LGBT rights are dissolved... when do you finally say "fuck it" and leave?
I’m not leaving without setting the whole thing on fire first.
If we’re forced to flee our country because of greedy billionaires, our goal needs to be to leave them with nothing but a burning pile of rubble to rule over.
Exactly, let’s throw kerosene on this bitch. They’ve told us for so many years that the only way forward is to burn it all to the ground. Fine then let’s go. If only they put Musk on Time instead of Trump 😈 I’m sure that would have gotten this party started cause egos are more important than $ to 47
This very much reminds me of a Dead Kennedys lyric from “Stars and Stripes of Corruption. “Ya know I love it too/I think I love it more than you/I care enough to fight/The Stars and Stripes of corruption.”
Sadly, I think faith in American democracy is part of the problem. Americans believe that some mechanism of the system will halt its rapid decline. But that system has already failed. And it will continue to decay until people take decisive action. Action, I think, that requires a loss of faith.
I was in the SF production of you’re a good man Charlie Brown as peppermint patty. I met him during that time and he traveled with the show. He was one of the nicest, kindest, people I’d ever met. I was the “baby” as I was only 19 and all the others had worked in NYC etc. He looked out for me.
Yes, Inwentvtonthecopennaudition . Actors Equity. Had one day where non union members can audition. My college boy friends said he was going down and would I come along sort of moral support, but when we got in there, they started taking names and even though
I said I wasn’t going to audition the people said well you’re here, do you sing so I said yeah. Toward the end they called me and they asked what I wanted to sing.. so I’m the Greatest Star from Funny Girl. Those guys can play anything so. They did, I sang. I was the only person who got a call back
The next day I was back with all the pros and sang more and they kept sending people away until it was one woman and me. She’d come from NY she played Lucy…I got Patty, and the boyfriend never spoke to me again 🤷🏻♀️ & that’s how I got into Actors Equity Union
The democratic result shouldn't be respected when they voted to kill polar bears, when their brains are literally wired to be more like chimpanzees and they want to kill liberals. This is a tribal war. Listen to human nature, not your ideals.
Is this real? Looks like it could be Schulz, but, all of the sudden, here appears this letter from the legendary cartoonist that surely would have been shared before . . .
There was once a fellow syndicated cartoonist who lived here in Spotsylvania, who got frequent visits from Mr Schulz. Can’t recall his name ATM but they were friends although both long passed. As a WWII vet he always put the cartoon of Snoopy on Omaha Beach on 6/6. He knows sacrifice against fascism
More than slightly off topic, when I was a kid I wrote to Charles Schulz twice -- and got two responses. I was thrilled.
My family then went on vacation and my grandparents watched the house, during which time my grandmother went on a cleaning binge and threw out both letters.
Tell the @HouseGOP @HouseDemocrats @SenateGOP @SenateDems be ready to impeach the Trump oligarchy on Day 1! It is clear Musk wants to rule America thru Trump and completely destroy GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE and our #Constitution! Their tyranny will not end! #IMPEACH Day 1!
We are well into a very rare occurrence and something I never thought I would see in my lifetime: the death of one of the two national political parties.
Well, 1.5 parties because the old guard of the Democratic party and campaign strategists also need to be shown the door.
I just want you to take a moment and look at this photo. I want you to see the fawning, the obsequious servility, the ingratiating yet self promoting narcissism of this poisonous toad and I want you to know what wickedness truly looks like so you will never mistake it again
It is the Supreme Court that is supposed to protect minorities because they can. Congress,Prez are elected and have to be popular so can't. Supreme Court not elected so that is one of their high missions. Talking hypothetically--no more Supreme Court but a crime syndicate and three justices.
Entirely tangential, but holy shit, Coffee Lane between Sebastopol and Occidental is one of the most beautiful places on planet earth. Chuck was a lucky fellow.
Like Carl Sagan - The Demon-Haunted World - Schultz was a sage, foreseeing the future of our democracy in decline and offering solutions to the deaf, dumb and blind… but here we are.
In my dreams, I picture 45 as Charlie Brown, and us resistors as Lucy pulling the ball away at the last second, so 45 falls. But on some days, it feels like the roles are reversed. Stay strong, resistors. Make my dreams the reality.
I’m old enough to have been Shermy in a Peanuts Gang of my friends in 7th grade. We had a round headed kid. He was the smartest one of us.
We had a Pig Pen.
We had a Linus and a Lucy.
We had great discussions.
We were oblivious.
And not one digital device among us.
Digital didn’t help anything.
I met Mr. Shultz when I was a kid. We also lived in Carmel Valley back then. He invited us into his home. A stream ran through the entrance. We had to cross a bridge to go from the front entryway to the door. I thought it was spectacular and Mr. S incredibly warm and kind. Thanks for the memory.
I love that the error is there. It says he typed this, and probably mailed it himself. Of course he knew better, and may have seen his mistake, before shrugging and sending it off. I like things that show human imperfections, that show the impressions from our hands in our craftsmanship.
What a great story! I am thrilled the lady who inspired the creation of Franklin is still with us and doing well.
I think many of us have applied our adult values to things we enjoyed as children. I have often wished social workers would check in on Pig Pen's family. Do they have running water,
enough to eat, adequate shelter? Should Charlie Brown be screened for depression? Are all the little girls in that town, with rare exceptions, complete sociopaths? Linus and Rerun surely need to be removed from the Van Pelt home until
Lucy's various anti-social tendencies can be assessed and properly treated, right? And couldn't all these situations be ameliorated if the adults made a real effort to communicate effectively with the children? That simple, much-beloved comic continues to inspire compassion. ❤️ Charles M. Schultz!
Unfortunately now the foreign billionaires have taken over the political landscape in the USA (and other countries)… not sure how democracy and the people will get power back, except by burning everything to the ground…
We don't just need somebody we need everybody non-compliance isn't something that works for any group it works for populations everything the bosses touch has to freeze up every edict they announce has to immediately be violated or simply ignored. Bigger than a labor strike
It's the shunning of the tyrant and every person aligned with them. To do that you've got to love everyone on our side which is nearly everyone people you wouldn't want to know outside of this crisis. But to create peace for everyone and a chance for us all to thrive. Tolerance must be practiced.
But wasn't this at a time when Nixon was lying to keep us in the VietNam War? Weren't 18 year olds being drafted? Weren't the young people protesting the hell out of what WAS WRONG with our country? I can see the relevance now but not then.
A good citizen in any country looks to enrich their society by good values. The highest value is to love (respect) your neighbour as yourself. This builds community. All neighbours, regardless of race, gender, religion, health or age. For US, it is in the Declaration of Independence. Equality.
I think that is what Peanuts was about. It was all the characters that were in the strip. The Diversity. I wonder what it would look like now? The times were so much different back then. Sesame Street evolved with the times. Could you imagine putting "Bigotry" into them? Yikes!
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So yes, together with them (even those who were duped by Trump) which happens to be just under 50% of voters, will sadly, feel the wrath & understand the lies they were warned of. We will still try to guide.
A full realization finally hit the morons.
Dear God, it's EVERYWHERE!!!!
We have faced a civil & world wars. Culture wars - hippies, women's & civil rights. Labor law fights.
Things aren't great now, but that is normal. Our nation has overcome worse.
"The empire became less stable due to internal divisions"
and "The role of the church in political affairs increased, which made governance more complicated."
1. #DrSeuss’ initial illustrations were of the war and injustices
2. That #NormanRockwell QUIT the Saturday Evening Post after they began to suppress his illustrations reflecting injustices.
It's hard to maintain faith in something that was allowed to be sold.
I'd LOVE to have a more charitable view, but it's where we are.
Enjoyed the photos from the party! Thanks for sharing!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/04/elon-musk-giveaway-winners-lawsuit
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/04/elon-musk-giveaway-winners-lawsuit
Elon bought votes. Again, this used to be illegal until the fascist billionaire did it.
We voted.
We didn’t have the national media’s endorsement, Trump did. Instead, the media played a key role in having Joe removed from our ticket 100 days before the election while pkaying Trump up as a victim of the government.
What would you have us do? Storm DC?
OK, I'll bite: What, exactly, did Democrats do to prevent pernicious, fascist-aligned billionaire Elon Musk from literally buying the 2024 election?
The current President has virtually unlimited power and swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, which he is about to violate by turning us over to a fascist
It's not as easy to be cavalier about that if you are responsible for protecting the lives of your citizens.
Education is.
#presidentmusk
Sold to the highest bidder
https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-election-lottery-1-million-giveaway-lawsuit
Correct. 40 walked away with the big million dollar check.
Buying ANYTHING having to do with an election USED to be illegal, until the fascist billionaire did it.
Can you imagine George Soros getting away with that shit?
🇺🇸♾️
#IWantTheBestForAll
NOT. EVEN. CLOSE.
Confusing the words, “then and than” as well as “woman” and “women” is a 21st century thing that drives me batty.
English teachers all around the country cringe over this ignorance.
Love and dearly miss Charles M. Schultz! Thanks for the call back, @muellershewrote.bsky.social
That letterhead made my day
My whole year, actually
Herodom starts with crushing your own apathy & leading others to do the same.
If we don't, republicans will always be unpopular but democrats will never give a shit. We handed him everything by not showing up.
Inauguration demonstrations
#GeneralStruke
What, in the last six weeks gives you any reason to believe our system is working?
Our system has failed spectacularly and now we need national divorce to ensure democracy can survive in North America.
The people born 10 years later in 1980 have never known a country where wages kept pace with growth.
Most will never own a home. The economic prosperity people believed in 1970 was enough to prevent a collapse.
They must be forced to do so via direct actions.
This is our own home-grown plutocratic fascism and millions are outraged. We all must demonstrate this.
Trump
Can’t stand sharing the spotlight or having someone else upstage him. Best way to get rid of Musk is through Trump’s ego.
@YouTube
nice little summary #recount2024 #rigged #trumpcheated #potus #vp #spoonamore @adamkinzinger.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
look at the data
Sincerely yours,
Charles Schulz
Truth
We are a nation of innovation and capability, BECAUSE of of the influx of our diversity.
If we call ourselves a nation, then we need we borders. That is LITERALLY the definition of a nation. Change the linguistics if you want to.
But IF you identify as a nation (which I do not), then enforce the borders.
I identify as a free person, and I support free people who support me.
However they are the ones who should be getting zero attention. The system is broken. Tax the rich!
I think we just saw Our democracy being swept away due to incompetent leaders and citizen complacency....once it goes, it's a bitch to get back again...
If we’re forced to flee our country because of greedy billionaires, our goal needs to be to leave them with nothing but a burning pile of rubble to rule over.
(jk)
I’m done. FAFO.
My family then went on vacation and my grandparents watched the house, during which time my grandmother went on a cleaning binge and threw out both letters.
Gilles Deleuze
It’s long gone
There won’t be another election
There might be the illusion of another election
It will be rigged
Well, 1.5 parties because the old guard of the Democratic party and campaign strategists also need to be shown the door.
Please see the work of @jenuinehealing.bsky.social Jen’s work helps empower individuals https://jenuinehealing.com/blog/video/dismantling-elons-agenda/
We had a Pig Pen.
We had a Linus and a Lucy.
We had great discussions.
We were oblivious.
And not one digital device among us.
Digital didn’t help anything.
I knew there was a reason I loved Snoopy so much.
I knew it!!
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/11/06/454930010/how-franklin-the-black-peanuts-character-was-born
I think many of us have applied our adult values to things we enjoyed as children. I have often wished social workers would check in on Pig Pen's family. Do they have running water,
ACTIVATE, PARTICIPATE, and FIGHT for Democracy!
Call all your House of Representatives and email them today and everyday until they pass a continuing resolution!