As usual, wonderful letter today, Robert. Moment of venting: Can the NYT give us a break, for heaven’s sake? This headline is as bad as Fox News! “Biden Will Release Dead-on-Arrival Budget, Picking Fight With G.O.P.” I just cannot even...! https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/03/09/us/biden-budget-tax-news ...
Thank you, Robert! To add to the good news, Kyiv NOT in the dark after missile strike:
"RUSSIA yesterday boasted of launching a revenge missile blitz against Ukraine — briefly plunging Kyiv into darkness and cutting electricity to a nuclear power station.
"But hours after the deadly barrage, lights came back on in the capital and the Zaporizhzhia nuke power plant was reconnected — averting the risk of a meltdown."
All in all, excellent news to report except for Queen Huckabee Sanders in her fantasy kingdom of make believe that children in Arkansas are not exploited or exposed to dangerous chemicals and work environments that any sane 🤔 person would never allow children to work in. But then, she never was in touch with reality of America 🇺🇸 while she was press secretary, so 🤔 I guess why start now.
Otherwise good news all around, so keep up the good news 👍 😀
The prevailing myth that Democrats don't have a voice and don't fight back is being exploded by Democrats in the House of Representatives.
The House Democrats are brilliant. They came prepared. They came calm and passionate. They have resisted the culture wars and shouting of the Republicans. The Democrats are decimating the witnesses produced by the Republicans. Grab a minute and watch a replay of these hearings. That way you can skip over the Republican craziness and watch the Democrats in action. These hearings bode well for the Democrats in 2024.
The other day Raskin accused the Republicans of "moral agnosticism". Wow.
Mar 10, 2023·edited Mar 10, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
When is (if) the Colorado bar going to follow through on the censure of Jenna Ellis and disbar her? Isn't lying repeatedly and consistently to the public shameful enough that even fellow lawyers would find it disqualifying?
And then ask the same of Giuliani, Powell, Eastman and on and on. Hope they all get censured at a minimum. Let's keep a running tally.
Mar 10, 2023·edited Mar 10, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
It still rankles and amazes that, knowing all we know about 1/6, the senate could not find the votes to impeach Trump in 2021. It's speaks to the sorry state of bipartisanship that the world's greatest deliberative body should fail to deliberate honestly when it really counted for the sake of our democracy.
While I am glad to see lawyer Jenna Ellis held to account for the garbage she peddled on behalf of the former president, I am disappointed that she only had to admit she “misrepresented” things. That’s a load of nonsense, she flat out lied. Not one of her “misrepresentations” contained even a speck of truth, they were made up wholesale. I wish the judge could have/would have censured her for what she actually did - lie to the courts and lie to anyone who would listen.
Thanks for your upbeat comments on the budget fight we're facing. Much of the President's current budget was foreshadowed in his inaugural speech just a few weeks after Jan 6.
Here is why we love Uncle Joe:
"the answer is not to turn inward, to retreat into competing factions, distrusting those who don’t look like you do, or worship the way you do, or don’t get their news from the same sources you do.
We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal.
We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts.
If we show a little tolerance and humility.
If we’re willing to stand in the other person’s shoes just for a moment.
Because here is the thing about life: There is no accounting for what fate will deal you.
There are some days when we need a hand.
There are other days when we’re called on to lend one.
That is how we must be with one another.
And, if we are this way, our country will be stronger, more prosperous, more ready for the future.
My fellow Americans, in the work ahead of us, we will need each other."
Again, Robert, thank for keep us all abreast of such important daily news.
I have a topic that is very very important as well. Are you aware of the Chicago mayoral race that is raging? Our son is working on the campaign for Brandon Johnson who is a remarkable, progressive candidate. His platform is amazing, certainly one for the PEOPLE of Chicago. He is running against Paul Vallas who is a Democrat in name only. Vallas is highlighting crime and increased policing that is the fear tactic used by Republicans.
Please check out Brandon Johnson at BrandonforChicago.com to learn about and help highlight what an excellent progressive candidate he is. Thank you!
( Elizabeth Warren just announced her endorsement for Brandon!)
Mr. Hubble, Thank you for sticking to your guns while writing your "Consciousness Raising Newsletter." Learning more about our political system and the delicate balances we face, helps me feel less alone.
Do you all remember the astounding information presented by Simon Rosenthal before the last election which told the truth about the impending "red wave" that turned out to be a mirage? We need this kind of amplification going forward. Yesterday Simon announced he was shuttering his NDN website and moving to Substack. I signed up for the free version yesterday and I am looking forward to learning how we can push back on the Republican lies. Here is the link if you're interested: https://twitter.com/SimonWDC/status/1633651316013801475
Phenomenal article today Mr. Hubbell, great write up. It definitely gave me some positive energy heading into the weekend and looking forward to the future of our country. I definitely think it's plausible that the GOP won't ever present an actual budget proposal. Their way of governing since the Obama years is to not actually have a proposal or present anything, but just speak for the sound bites to their base or to get media attention. It is also interesting to see the schism in the GOP right now because the Senate Republicans don't seem to want the US to default on it's debt, whereas there are a number of MAGA Republicans in the House seem hell bent on it. I think it'll be interesting to see it play out, my only worry is that the American people are the losers when it comes to things like this.
As usual, wonderful letter today, Robert. Moment of venting: Can the NYT give us a break, for heaven’s sake? This headline is as bad as Fox News! “Biden Will Release Dead-on-Arrival Budget, Picking Fight With G.O.P.” I just cannot even...! https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/03/09/us/biden-budget-tax-news ...
Thank you, Robert! To add to the good news, Kyiv NOT in the dark after missile strike:
"RUSSIA yesterday boasted of launching a revenge missile blitz against Ukraine — briefly plunging Kyiv into darkness and cutting electricity to a nuclear power station.
"But hours after the deadly barrage, lights came back on in the capital and the Zaporizhzhia nuke power plant was reconnected — averting the risk of a meltdown."
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21655031/ukraine-capital-darkness-after-sinister-revenge-missile-strike/
All in all, excellent news to report except for Queen Huckabee Sanders in her fantasy kingdom of make believe that children in Arkansas are not exploited or exposed to dangerous chemicals and work environments that any sane 🤔 person would never allow children to work in. But then, she never was in touch with reality of America 🇺🇸 while she was press secretary, so 🤔 I guess why start now.
Otherwise good news all around, so keep up the good news 👍 😀
The prevailing myth that Democrats don't have a voice and don't fight back is being exploded by Democrats in the House of Representatives.
The House Democrats are brilliant. They came prepared. They came calm and passionate. They have resisted the culture wars and shouting of the Republicans. The Democrats are decimating the witnesses produced by the Republicans. Grab a minute and watch a replay of these hearings. That way you can skip over the Republican craziness and watch the Democrats in action. These hearings bode well for the Democrats in 2024.
The other day Raskin accused the Republicans of "moral agnosticism". Wow.
When is (if) the Colorado bar going to follow through on the censure of Jenna Ellis and disbar her? Isn't lying repeatedly and consistently to the public shameful enough that even fellow lawyers would find it disqualifying?
And then ask the same of Giuliani, Powell, Eastman and on and on. Hope they all get censured at a minimum. Let's keep a running tally.
It still rankles and amazes that, knowing all we know about 1/6, the senate could not find the votes to impeach Trump in 2021. It's speaks to the sorry state of bipartisanship that the world's greatest deliberative body should fail to deliberate honestly when it really counted for the sake of our democracy.
Good old Sarah, poster girl for Family Values!
While I am glad to see lawyer Jenna Ellis held to account for the garbage she peddled on behalf of the former president, I am disappointed that she only had to admit she “misrepresented” things. That’s a load of nonsense, she flat out lied. Not one of her “misrepresentations” contained even a speck of truth, they were made up wholesale. I wish the judge could have/would have censured her for what she actually did - lie to the courts and lie to anyone who would listen.
Robert,
Thanks for your upbeat comments on the budget fight we're facing. Much of the President's current budget was foreshadowed in his inaugural speech just a few weeks after Jan 6.
Here is why we love Uncle Joe:
"the answer is not to turn inward, to retreat into competing factions, distrusting those who don’t look like you do, or worship the way you do, or don’t get their news from the same sources you do.
We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal.
We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts.
If we show a little tolerance and humility.
If we’re willing to stand in the other person’s shoes just for a moment.
Because here is the thing about life: There is no accounting for what fate will deal you.
There are some days when we need a hand.
There are other days when we’re called on to lend one.
That is how we must be with one another.
And, if we are this way, our country will be stronger, more prosperous, more ready for the future.
My fellow Americans, in the work ahead of us, we will need each other."
Again, Robert, thank for keep us all abreast of such important daily news.
I have a topic that is very very important as well. Are you aware of the Chicago mayoral race that is raging? Our son is working on the campaign for Brandon Johnson who is a remarkable, progressive candidate. His platform is amazing, certainly one for the PEOPLE of Chicago. He is running against Paul Vallas who is a Democrat in name only. Vallas is highlighting crime and increased policing that is the fear tactic used by Republicans.
Please check out Brandon Johnson at BrandonforChicago.com to learn about and help highlight what an excellent progressive candidate he is. Thank you!
( Elizabeth Warren just announced her endorsement for Brandon!)
So, Sarah Sanders has fired her pop gun across the bow of OSHA. It is my understanding of the U.S. Constitution that Federal law supersedes state law.
Mr. Hubble, Thank you for sticking to your guns while writing your "Consciousness Raising Newsletter." Learning more about our political system and the delicate balances we face, helps me feel less alone.
Thank you, Robert for this optimistic post. It helps wipe off
the grime that is steadily falling
over the state of Arkansas, where I live.
Sanders has done more, along with her legislature cheering squad, to push this state
backward than imagined.
We now have Mom's for Liberty!
They have already banned over
over 1,000 books. "Of Mice and
Men" by Steinbeck, is one of
them.
Her latest, concerning allowing
children under 16 to work, is
reprehensible. Our education
level is bad enough, it will now
get worse.
There's a lot that goes on here
that is below the sight line and
you have to be a bit careful about what you say publicly.
Getting to be a lot like Florida.
Do you all remember the astounding information presented by Simon Rosenthal before the last election which told the truth about the impending "red wave" that turned out to be a mirage? We need this kind of amplification going forward. Yesterday Simon announced he was shuttering his NDN website and moving to Substack. I signed up for the free version yesterday and I am looking forward to learning how we can push back on the Republican lies. Here is the link if you're interested: https://twitter.com/SimonWDC/status/1633651316013801475
What an action packed and loaded letter today. Thank you, Robert. Once again, I learned a lot due to your research and analysis. Much appreciated.
Phenomenal article today Mr. Hubbell, great write up. It definitely gave me some positive energy heading into the weekend and looking forward to the future of our country. I definitely think it's plausible that the GOP won't ever present an actual budget proposal. Their way of governing since the Obama years is to not actually have a proposal or present anything, but just speak for the sound bites to their base or to get media attention. It is also interesting to see the schism in the GOP right now because the Senate Republicans don't seem to want the US to default on it's debt, whereas there are a number of MAGA Republicans in the House seem hell bent on it. I think it'll be interesting to see it play out, my only worry is that the American people are the losers when it comes to things like this.