Democrats would do well not to engage in the histrionics House Republicans are throwing everywhere in their effort to distract from the fact that they are not governing.
To his great credit, Biden does this very well. “You show me your plan and I’ll show you mine.“
return gun regulations in the US to the days of the Wild West
I'd love to do that. The first sign of "civilization" in a western town was the town council passing an ordinance that no one could carry a gun inside the town limits, they had to be handed in to the town marshal, to be retrieved when the owner left town. Then they went out and hired Bat Masterson or Virgil and Wyatt Earp, and if one of the dumb Texan cowboys at the end of the Chisholm Trail didn't turn in his gun, the stupid moron got his ass shot.
Bring back the wild west - it wasn't what the dumb bunnies think it was.
Robert, the hateful rhetoric and the injustices are really getting to me, so you are correct about emotions getting riled up. Of course, that is the ultimate goal of the Pro-Rape party. I just really really want to know who these people get their orders from. Putin? Leonard Leo? Dark money seems to be spewing from the pockets of the PRPS. Unconscionable! I have signed myself up to go to an anxiety skills class to save whatever sanity I have left so that I can make good trouble.
Feb 3, 2023·edited Feb 3, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
The Dems should be saying, every chance they get: "We believe we should raise the debt limit to pay for Trump's deficits even though we disagreed with what caused them."
This debt ceiling fight is about paying for already incurred debts - 1/4 of which were incurred under Trump. This seems like such an easy sell. What am I missing?
“Why did the NYTimes so willingly accept “just so” stories from the FBI when a little independent research would have proven the FBI leakers wrong?”
It occurs to me more and more that the New York Times has its own behind the scenes slant; they profess the “all the news that’s fit to print“ image while actually promoting a decidedly right wing agenda.
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I find the hypocrisy, lies and juvenile "own the libs" antics of the fascist House GOP just as annoying and dangerous as the next decent citizen. And the first four years of their behavior when the former president was in office were stressful, annoying and frightening.
But lately, I also find the stupid pet tricks of the most immature and loud-mouthed members of the House GOP to be boring. We've seen them put on the same performances over and over. Sometimes I just look at the usual GOP clowns and wonder how they became so twisted.
Meanwhile, if any of the GOP House members do anything remotely useful, I'll hear about it from one of the trusted news sources. (Not holding my breath.) Otherwise when one of their faces comes on TV, just like when Trump appears, I change the channel because I know all I'm going to hear is the same old garbage wrapped up in today's news.
It’s very hard sometimes to control my outrage and frustrations when I watch the antics of Kevin McCarthy, the domestic terrorists in the House and Governor DeSantis and I sometimes feel helpless and powerless. One thing I saw yesterday was the anger and push back on the House floor and on the record from AOC, Adam Schiff and others against the hypocrisy and vengeance of the Republican Party. President Biden stood firm with Kevin McCarthy about holding the debt ceiling hostage and McCarthy danced around when asked about the outcome of meeting. My managing director made an astute comment to me today which bears repeating. She said consider the number of voters all over the country who are watching the Republican circus and shaking their heads who are quiet today but will be heard when they cast their ballots. Don’t underestimate their silence as acceptance. I hope she is right.
I forgot to say that I sent the information regarding helping Wisconsin to one of our leaders of Democrats Abroad Spain. Anyone who belongs to any Indivisible or other Dem groups in any states or other Dems Abroad in other countries, I know that we can't be part of the phone banks, but we can contact friends back home and encourage them to become involved. ❤️🤍💙
Thank you, Robert, for a poignant, concise and persuasive summary of important points in our ZOOM chat yesterday. I want to add one thing to the conversation around the Republicans" kicking Ilhan Omar off the Foreign Affairs Committee. That is nothing more or less than the racist targeting, bullying and scapegoating that is the standard play in their diabolical playbook. I'm with Alexandria Ocasio Cortez as she said it on the House floor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzTDAqm2Ges
As much as I appreciate your daily newsletter, virtually every day I feel the need to apologize for the mayhem and offenses that fill this era of apparent social collapse. The House is worse than a circus with these "clowns" holding the megaphone and hawking their alternative reality. Mass shootings daily and they take offense at M&M candies, smh.
Appreciate your often blunt choice of words on their antics. "Depravity" and "Vacuity" both fit the situation. Somehow, we have to start getting people to consider "the flip side of the coin" when they spew their trigger words. As someone said, it's not comparing apples to apples, nor apples to oranges, but apples to arsenic.
I write almost daily letters to the NY Times castigating them for their under-coverage of President Biden's successful work on behalf of the American people, and their continued reporting of every sneeze and blink of Donald Trump. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I find it unsettling that the Times seems determined to keep Trump in the forefront of coverage while dismissing Biden. Unless, of course, Biden makes a mis-step, and then they're all over it. Something stinks.
Two quick comments after reading your (again excellent) newsletter:
1) I am finding myself more skeptical of “news.” E.g., when I read the lapel pin story yesterday, I sought verification because it was so unbelievable. Another example, there seems to be confusion about the Rep. Raskin headscarf story. All this to say, false stories and photos ARE easier to generate, and I think it will become more difficult to determine accurate news.
2) On a recent webinar, I heard political analyst Simon Rosenberg speak about the power of Democratic volunteers, to the effect that it was at an all-time high and a huge advantage. I am not sufficiently relaying his message, but I was moved and encouraged. This jives with Robert’s admonition to taking on the “quotidian tasks that…serve as the footings for all future accomplishments.”
For me, the biggest takeaway from Today's Edition is your consistent reminder that what we're hearing from the right is NOT an agenda designed to move the country, and its people, forward. I will keep that uppermost in my mind. In the meantime, I have been postcarding for Jennifer McClellan in her bid to win election as U.S. Rep for Virginia's 4th District. Election is February 21, 2023.
Thanks for highlighting Wisconsin this coming April...I'll check it out!
First, thank you so much, Robert, for keeping our feet on the ground and our emotions in check. As my spouse reminds me: "Democrats need to be stone-cold assassins against Republican verbal vomit." To that end, watch Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) take down a Republican from PA when he tries, unsuccessfully, to trick her into commenting on dictators (of all things!):
We need to practice Rep. Waters' same level of schoolyard-bully flat response EACH AND EVERY TIME they try to pull these silly stunts. It's hard not to fall for their bullying and rampant idiocy, but we must try our best, all of us.
Second, I wholeheartedly agree with you about Dr. Tim Snyder's thorough review of the 2016 Spy Scandal (Part 2). It is long and detailed because he makes an unassailable case that Trump's win was, in fact, the mirage we all thought. Sadly, it was abetted by the FBI and the media, which we knew in our guts when James Comey threw that final gallon a gasoline on the false Trump fire about Hillary's Emails.
Staying informed and politically active is our job now. I know it is exhausting and irritating and frustrating. But it is nothing compared to losing our democracy. As another writer recently wrote, we fight against tyranny in relative safety and comfort. Our Ukrainian sisters and brothers are fighting against tyranny in horrific conditions -- no electricity (heat, light), no water, little food, severely damaged housing. Because they are so brave, we must stand up for them and with them. Democracy must not die on our watch because we are tired.
Feb 3, 2023·edited Feb 3, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
Robert, you are way to kind to ‘double agent’ McGonigal! Alger Hiss, Aldridge Ames, Mr Rosenberg are names in spy infamy. Now McGonigal must be added to that collection of traitors!
He was tasked with investigating the trump campaign’s collusion with Putin! He was in communication with one of Putin’s closest money men. He left the FBI and went to work for the same guy! McGonigal betrayed his oath of office, he betrayed US! His betrayal helped get trump elected and the rest of the destruction is history!
‘It puts a question mark next to everything he was involved in,” said Holden Triplett, a former F.B.I. counterintelligence official who left in 2020 and co-founded Trenchcoat Advisors, a risk management consultancy.’
“You’d be trying to figure out, ‘OK, when did this start and what did he touch after it started?’” said Mr. Triplett, who does not have direct knowledge about the review of Mr. McGonigal’s career. “Going back and thinking about what the damage could be is painful.”
Democrats would do well not to engage in the histrionics House Republicans are throwing everywhere in their effort to distract from the fact that they are not governing.
To his great credit, Biden does this very well. “You show me your plan and I’ll show you mine.“
return gun regulations in the US to the days of the Wild West
I'd love to do that. The first sign of "civilization" in a western town was the town council passing an ordinance that no one could carry a gun inside the town limits, they had to be handed in to the town marshal, to be retrieved when the owner left town. Then they went out and hired Bat Masterson or Virgil and Wyatt Earp, and if one of the dumb Texan cowboys at the end of the Chisholm Trail didn't turn in his gun, the stupid moron got his ass shot.
Bring back the wild west - it wasn't what the dumb bunnies think it was.
Robert, the hateful rhetoric and the injustices are really getting to me, so you are correct about emotions getting riled up. Of course, that is the ultimate goal of the Pro-Rape party. I just really really want to know who these people get their orders from. Putin? Leonard Leo? Dark money seems to be spewing from the pockets of the PRPS. Unconscionable! I have signed myself up to go to an anxiety skills class to save whatever sanity I have left so that I can make good trouble.
The Dems should be saying, every chance they get: "We believe we should raise the debt limit to pay for Trump's deficits even though we disagreed with what caused them."
This debt ceiling fight is about paying for already incurred debts - 1/4 of which were incurred under Trump. This seems like such an easy sell. What am I missing?
“Why did the NYTimes so willingly accept “just so” stories from the FBI when a little independent research would have proven the FBI leakers wrong?”
It occurs to me more and more that the New York Times has its own behind the scenes slant; they profess the “all the news that’s fit to print“ image while actually promoting a decidedly right wing agenda.
I find the hypocrisy, lies and juvenile "own the libs" antics of the fascist House GOP just as annoying and dangerous as the next decent citizen. And the first four years of their behavior when the former president was in office were stressful, annoying and frightening.
But lately, I also find the stupid pet tricks of the most immature and loud-mouthed members of the House GOP to be boring. We've seen them put on the same performances over and over. Sometimes I just look at the usual GOP clowns and wonder how they became so twisted.
Meanwhile, if any of the GOP House members do anything remotely useful, I'll hear about it from one of the trusted news sources. (Not holding my breath.) Otherwise when one of their faces comes on TV, just like when Trump appears, I change the channel because I know all I'm going to hear is the same old garbage wrapped up in today's news.
It’s very hard sometimes to control my outrage and frustrations when I watch the antics of Kevin McCarthy, the domestic terrorists in the House and Governor DeSantis and I sometimes feel helpless and powerless. One thing I saw yesterday was the anger and push back on the House floor and on the record from AOC, Adam Schiff and others against the hypocrisy and vengeance of the Republican Party. President Biden stood firm with Kevin McCarthy about holding the debt ceiling hostage and McCarthy danced around when asked about the outcome of meeting. My managing director made an astute comment to me today which bears repeating. She said consider the number of voters all over the country who are watching the Republican circus and shaking their heads who are quiet today but will be heard when they cast their ballots. Don’t underestimate their silence as acceptance. I hope she is right.
I forgot to say that I sent the information regarding helping Wisconsin to one of our leaders of Democrats Abroad Spain. Anyone who belongs to any Indivisible or other Dem groups in any states or other Dems Abroad in other countries, I know that we can't be part of the phone banks, but we can contact friends back home and encourage them to become involved. ❤️🤍💙
Thank you, Robert, for a poignant, concise and persuasive summary of important points in our ZOOM chat yesterday. I want to add one thing to the conversation around the Republicans" kicking Ilhan Omar off the Foreign Affairs Committee. That is nothing more or less than the racist targeting, bullying and scapegoating that is the standard play in their diabolical playbook. I'm with Alexandria Ocasio Cortez as she said it on the House floor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzTDAqm2Ges
As much as I appreciate your daily newsletter, virtually every day I feel the need to apologize for the mayhem and offenses that fill this era of apparent social collapse. The House is worse than a circus with these "clowns" holding the megaphone and hawking their alternative reality. Mass shootings daily and they take offense at M&M candies, smh.
Appreciate your often blunt choice of words on their antics. "Depravity" and "Vacuity" both fit the situation. Somehow, we have to start getting people to consider "the flip side of the coin" when they spew their trigger words. As someone said, it's not comparing apples to apples, nor apples to oranges, but apples to arsenic.
I write almost daily letters to the NY Times castigating them for their under-coverage of President Biden's successful work on behalf of the American people, and their continued reporting of every sneeze and blink of Donald Trump. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I find it unsettling that the Times seems determined to keep Trump in the forefront of coverage while dismissing Biden. Unless, of course, Biden makes a mis-step, and then they're all over it. Something stinks.
Two quick comments after reading your (again excellent) newsletter:
1) I am finding myself more skeptical of “news.” E.g., when I read the lapel pin story yesterday, I sought verification because it was so unbelievable. Another example, there seems to be confusion about the Rep. Raskin headscarf story. All this to say, false stories and photos ARE easier to generate, and I think it will become more difficult to determine accurate news.
2) On a recent webinar, I heard political analyst Simon Rosenberg speak about the power of Democratic volunteers, to the effect that it was at an all-time high and a huge advantage. I am not sufficiently relaying his message, but I was moved and encouraged. This jives with Robert’s admonition to taking on the “quotidian tasks that…serve as the footings for all future accomplishments.”
For me, the biggest takeaway from Today's Edition is your consistent reminder that what we're hearing from the right is NOT an agenda designed to move the country, and its people, forward. I will keep that uppermost in my mind. In the meantime, I have been postcarding for Jennifer McClellan in her bid to win election as U.S. Rep for Virginia's 4th District. Election is February 21, 2023.
Thanks for highlighting Wisconsin this coming April...I'll check it out!
First, thank you so much, Robert, for keeping our feet on the ground and our emotions in check. As my spouse reminds me: "Democrats need to be stone-cold assassins against Republican verbal vomit." To that end, watch Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) take down a Republican from PA when he tries, unsuccessfully, to trick her into commenting on dictators (of all things!):
Link: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maxine-waters-trump-dictators-republicans_n_63d98adfe4b0c8e3fc813311
We need to practice Rep. Waters' same level of schoolyard-bully flat response EACH AND EVERY TIME they try to pull these silly stunts. It's hard not to fall for their bullying and rampant idiocy, but we must try our best, all of us.
Second, I wholeheartedly agree with you about Dr. Tim Snyder's thorough review of the 2016 Spy Scandal (Part 2). It is long and detailed because he makes an unassailable case that Trump's win was, in fact, the mirage we all thought. Sadly, it was abetted by the FBI and the media, which we knew in our guts when James Comey threw that final gallon a gasoline on the false Trump fire about Hillary's Emails.
Link: https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/1621206058072002562
Staying informed and politically active is our job now. I know it is exhausting and irritating and frustrating. But it is nothing compared to losing our democracy. As another writer recently wrote, we fight against tyranny in relative safety and comfort. Our Ukrainian sisters and brothers are fighting against tyranny in horrific conditions -- no electricity (heat, light), no water, little food, severely damaged housing. Because they are so brave, we must stand up for them and with them. Democracy must not die on our watch because we are tired.
Following the logic of the Fifth Circuit in their use of Bruen , we can’t extract bail from a defendant while they are still considered innocent.
Robert, you are way to kind to ‘double agent’ McGonigal! Alger Hiss, Aldridge Ames, Mr Rosenberg are names in spy infamy. Now McGonigal must be added to that collection of traitors!
He was tasked with investigating the trump campaign’s collusion with Putin! He was in communication with one of Putin’s closest money men. He left the FBI and went to work for the same guy! McGonigal betrayed his oath of office, he betrayed US! His betrayal helped get trump elected and the rest of the destruction is history!
The traitor’s damage unfolds
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/nyregion/fbi-intelligence-charged-albania.html
‘It puts a question mark next to everything he was involved in,” said Holden Triplett, a former F.B.I. counterintelligence official who left in 2020 and co-founded Trenchcoat Advisors, a risk management consultancy.’
“You’d be trying to figure out, ‘OK, when did this start and what did he touch after it started?’” said Mr. Triplett, who does not have direct knowledge about the review of Mr. McGonigal’s career. “Going back and thinking about what the damage could be is painful.”