Joe Biden lived his entire life overcoming challenges not the least of which were his stuttering and the death of his son, and earlier, his wife and daughter. Rather than using tragedies to turn himself into a hopeless victim, these events became the pillars of strength upon which his character is built. Contrast this with Donald Trump who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, squandered hundreds of millions of dollars and now has become the world's biggest victim by his own making. This divorce from reality forces him to try to put others down so he can stand above them without needing to do anything himself. Veterans are losers, POWs are weak, physically challenged people need to be mocked. There is not one ounce of goodness in Donald Trump..not a sliver of empathy. It is eminently clear that everything he says or does is a pathological cover for his own shortcomings. It is not a good use of your time to continually ask why so many Trump followers cannot see that. But, it is important that we do and use that to stand united to defeat him.
Robert, thank you for your consistent gift of a soothing reminder that we are on the correct side of history, and that while not perfect, we have a candidate for POTUS with a proven track record.
"As we head into the weekend, we should feel confident about Biden’s ability to handle the rigors of the campaign trail with steadiness and grace."
Maybe Americans don’t think we should work until we can’t or die, but slaveowners did and oligarchs do. The trump cult uses people until they have no value.
There is no question that Biden is traveling the country demonstrating what and how a President should act and how they should perform their responsibilities and duties. Most of the political focus is on the presidential race but what is equally important are the House and Senate races. The Senate and the House is where laws go to get approved or die and where the approval of Federal judges takes place. The Republican Party has corrupted the judicial system across the board and when we talk about a threat to democracy this is where it starts. What many voters have not realized yet is the threatening rhetoric of Trump can only be denied from actually being implemented by having a Congress with the power and votes to stop him. Stoping Trump is more than electing Biden it’s really providing the legislative majority to insure the integrity of our government.
Robert thanks. All I can say is “What a mess” as my mother used to say when we needed to clean our bedrooms. The mess of the GOP bedazzles me how grown, assumingely educated people with relatively privileged backgrounds all sworn to protect and defend the constitution can be so focused on destruction of the people, country and the world. Like I have said before keep ringing the bell of truth and action.
“Democracy works best when citizens tell their representatives what they want—rather than having the representatives tell us what they think we should want.”
Thank you and your newsletter, Robert, for helping do just that!
As optimism slowly builds for a positive result for Biden at the polls, we should turn our full attention on what steps Maga will take to disrupt, discredit and corrupt the election process. Should Biden take dramatic steps to ensure that voters will not be harassed (national guard call up) and that corrupt Maga state officials will not be able to create chaos and seize voting machines and whatever else they can do in the face of defeat. Please let’s have more reporting on this. We can win the election if it is legit, but are we prepared to counter insurrection and voter nullification? We were completely blindsided by Jan 6. And back then Maga wasn’t very organized. What will they come up with after 4 years of scheming?
Robert- again a masterpiece on the orange lunatic 3 D's- distracted, desperate, delusional but I would like to add deranged as well - I do believe he lives in la la land! But he seems to be taking after dear old Dad who had dementia and an apple doesn't fall
Thank you for laying out the issues clearly. These are the messages that the Democrats need to get to the people. It is concerning that Trump is reaching out to being beholden to foreign leaders, since the only ones who seem to be willing to give out this kind of cash do not have our country's interests at heart, and I presume are not our allies. Very dangerous indeed. I watched the movie God and Country last night with friends, which can be viewed for a $5 rental fee. I recommend it. You can rent the film for $5 here or just see the trailor: https://watch.eventive.org/godandcountry/play/65e601a2a2d7070041c33efd
It really highlights the symbiotic relationship Trump has developed with White Nationalists that consider themselves Christian. In fact, one sees him as another charismatic charlatan preacher preaching at the sheep being led to the slaughter, with no understanding of what is going on. I am wondering whether Trump bleeding the Republican coffers dry will lead to secret rebellion against him in Congress in the voting booth. Also, wondering how many Republicans will not be getting funding through the RNC now that it is concentrated on funding Treacherous-treasonous-traitor-Trump in his crimes? I am hoping that this bleeds many Republican campaigns of much needed funds. I have checked the list and my representative Jonathan Jackson has signed on. Thanks to Alexander Vindman's Substack: Why It Matters, and I have been writing to Rep. Jackson regularly about supporting a discharge petition to fund Ukraine. https://alexandervindman.substack.com/p/my-interview-on-morning-joe
Maybe Putin is not that interested in bailing out Trump this time. Trump without his assets is an easier target for blackmailing, and him selling out the remaining secrets of the US that are in his hand. Trump appearing as the loser he is, makes him less attractive to fascists, who will always go for 'winners'. Putin is likely to see the advantages both if Trump is elected president, and if he is not, and incites a civil war.
For your readers who have access to the New Yorker, a disturbing account (in book review) of Hitler's rise to power, titled "The Enablers." Hitler didn't "seize" power, he was given it. The review by Adam Gopnik in the March 25 print issue shows how conservative industrialists, a powerful media mogul, ambitious politicians maneuvered to put into power the man they considered a "buffoon", "insane", certain he would fail and they could reap the fallout. Day One came and democracy had a sudden death. “History does not repeat itself, but it sometimes rhymes.”
Thank you to LynellVA for calling attention to Discharge Petition No. 9 and posting links to signature status. Thanks also to Robert for highlighting this information. As a result I have written to Jared Golden, my rep. and urged him to add his signature to the discharge. I urge you to do the same if your rep. has not yet signed.
Lucky for them that they named themselves the House Freedom Caucus. Otherwise, they'd be slammed with a far less patriotic moniker. Anti-government rabble rousers like Comer and Jordan, Gaetz and Greene, etc. have an uncanny ability to focus on what benefits white Christian billionaires to the exclusion of all other Americans. An excellent further and more nuanced explanation of this phenomenon can be found in today's Letters from HCR: https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/march-21-2024?r=f38fk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Joe Biden lived his entire life overcoming challenges not the least of which were his stuttering and the death of his son, and earlier, his wife and daughter. Rather than using tragedies to turn himself into a hopeless victim, these events became the pillars of strength upon which his character is built. Contrast this with Donald Trump who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, squandered hundreds of millions of dollars and now has become the world's biggest victim by his own making. This divorce from reality forces him to try to put others down so he can stand above them without needing to do anything himself. Veterans are losers, POWs are weak, physically challenged people need to be mocked. There is not one ounce of goodness in Donald Trump..not a sliver of empathy. It is eminently clear that everything he says or does is a pathological cover for his own shortcomings. It is not a good use of your time to continually ask why so many Trump followers cannot see that. But, it is important that we do and use that to stand united to defeat him.
Another great Edition, Robert. Many thanks for highlighting the efforts of the House to pass a discharge petition that will get aid to Ukraine.
For my part, credit goes to Jessica Craven of ChopWood/CarryWater whose link led me to the information I posted.
Fingers crossed that we get passage!
Robert, thank you for your consistent gift of a soothing reminder that we are on the correct side of history, and that while not perfect, we have a candidate for POTUS with a proven track record.
"As we head into the weekend, we should feel confident about Biden’s ability to handle the rigors of the campaign trail with steadiness and grace."
Maybe Americans don’t think we should work until we can’t or die, but slaveowners did and oligarchs do. The trump cult uses people until they have no value.
There is no question that Biden is traveling the country demonstrating what and how a President should act and how they should perform their responsibilities and duties. Most of the political focus is on the presidential race but what is equally important are the House and Senate races. The Senate and the House is where laws go to get approved or die and where the approval of Federal judges takes place. The Republican Party has corrupted the judicial system across the board and when we talk about a threat to democracy this is where it starts. What many voters have not realized yet is the threatening rhetoric of Trump can only be denied from actually being implemented by having a Congress with the power and votes to stop him. Stoping Trump is more than electing Biden it’s really providing the legislative majority to insure the integrity of our government.
I’m confused. Doesn’t tfg’s takeover of the RNC for his legal fund mean that the GOP will have nothing left to support down-ballot candidates?
Robert thanks. All I can say is “What a mess” as my mother used to say when we needed to clean our bedrooms. The mess of the GOP bedazzles me how grown, assumingely educated people with relatively privileged backgrounds all sworn to protect and defend the constitution can be so focused on destruction of the people, country and the world. Like I have said before keep ringing the bell of truth and action.
“Democracy works best when citizens tell their representatives what they want—rather than having the representatives tell us what they think we should want.”
Thank you and your newsletter, Robert, for helping do just that!
As optimism slowly builds for a positive result for Biden at the polls, we should turn our full attention on what steps Maga will take to disrupt, discredit and corrupt the election process. Should Biden take dramatic steps to ensure that voters will not be harassed (national guard call up) and that corrupt Maga state officials will not be able to create chaos and seize voting machines and whatever else they can do in the face of defeat. Please let’s have more reporting on this. We can win the election if it is legit, but are we prepared to counter insurrection and voter nullification? We were completely blindsided by Jan 6. And back then Maga wasn’t very organized. What will they come up with after 4 years of scheming?
Robert- again a masterpiece on the orange lunatic 3 D's- distracted, desperate, delusional but I would like to add deranged as well - I do believe he lives in la la land! But he seems to be taking after dear old Dad who had dementia and an apple doesn't fall
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Thank you for laying out the issues clearly. These are the messages that the Democrats need to get to the people. It is concerning that Trump is reaching out to being beholden to foreign leaders, since the only ones who seem to be willing to give out this kind of cash do not have our country's interests at heart, and I presume are not our allies. Very dangerous indeed. I watched the movie God and Country last night with friends, which can be viewed for a $5 rental fee. I recommend it. You can rent the film for $5 here or just see the trailor: https://watch.eventive.org/godandcountry/play/65e601a2a2d7070041c33efd
It really highlights the symbiotic relationship Trump has developed with White Nationalists that consider themselves Christian. In fact, one sees him as another charismatic charlatan preacher preaching at the sheep being led to the slaughter, with no understanding of what is going on. I am wondering whether Trump bleeding the Republican coffers dry will lead to secret rebellion against him in Congress in the voting booth. Also, wondering how many Republicans will not be getting funding through the RNC now that it is concentrated on funding Treacherous-treasonous-traitor-Trump in his crimes? I am hoping that this bleeds many Republican campaigns of much needed funds. I have checked the list and my representative Jonathan Jackson has signed on. Thanks to Alexander Vindman's Substack: Why It Matters, and I have been writing to Rep. Jackson regularly about supporting a discharge petition to fund Ukraine. https://alexandervindman.substack.com/p/my-interview-on-morning-joe
Maybe Putin is not that interested in bailing out Trump this time. Trump without his assets is an easier target for blackmailing, and him selling out the remaining secrets of the US that are in his hand. Trump appearing as the loser he is, makes him less attractive to fascists, who will always go for 'winners'. Putin is likely to see the advantages both if Trump is elected president, and if he is not, and incites a civil war.
For your readers who have access to the New Yorker, a disturbing account (in book review) of Hitler's rise to power, titled "The Enablers." Hitler didn't "seize" power, he was given it. The review by Adam Gopnik in the March 25 print issue shows how conservative industrialists, a powerful media mogul, ambitious politicians maneuvered to put into power the man they considered a "buffoon", "insane", certain he would fail and they could reap the fallout. Day One came and democracy had a sudden death. “History does not repeat itself, but it sometimes rhymes.”
Thank you to LynellVA for calling attention to Discharge Petition No. 9 and posting links to signature status. Thanks also to Robert for highlighting this information. As a result I have written to Jared Golden, my rep. and urged him to add his signature to the discharge. I urge you to do the same if your rep. has not yet signed.
Lucky for them that they named themselves the House Freedom Caucus. Otherwise, they'd be slammed with a far less patriotic moniker. Anti-government rabble rousers like Comer and Jordan, Gaetz and Greene, etc. have an uncanny ability to focus on what benefits white Christian billionaires to the exclusion of all other Americans. An excellent further and more nuanced explanation of this phenomenon can be found in today's Letters from HCR: https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/march-21-2024?r=f38fk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Ever hopeful, Robert. Catch you tomorrow. Thank you for pulling this together.