One of your best commentaries yet, and thanks for all the links. Trump’s tentacles have extended into many aspects of government that “ the average voter” is completely oblivious to. Many thanks to ALL prosecutors who are so diligently pursuing each and every lead and avoiding any and all pitfalls and obfuscation by Trump’s minions to bring the facts to the public and the perpetrators to justice. There are more of us than there are of them, and too much is at stake to ignore or back off from pursuing a course of action that will bring ALL participants in the attempted coup to the bar.
Thanks again Robert for your due diligence in exposing the depths of our national disgrace. Lovers of our unique governmental system, regardless of their political affiliation must unite in spirit and faith that their labors will sustain our fragile democratic republic.
Starting backwards...the Ukrainians have cause for “exhaustion and fatigue” , they are in a violent war that threatens their lives and their country. Nobody is threatening to destroy our lives and our homes but our system of government .
So we are not asked to go to war, just get out the vote and in the process we can freely order a cappuccino whenever we want! ( my recommendation for an answer. I have a much more blunt answer but not allowed in this forum.) Regarding Biden’s age Democrats should all step up and defend Biden and talk about Trumps total insanity with everything he says. Sorry Democrats stop thinking this is a pillow fight. Regarding the ecosystem of congress and the secret service this needs to be addressed now. They should have the fear of Hod starting now. Brilliant essay Robert!
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I am behind Biden 100%.We all must be.There is no other choice.Just as it was in 2016 , I had some reservations about Hillary Clinton and her not being the ideal candidate but then I saw the handwriting on the wall and got behind her too as the only way to go. CNN is attempting to attract disgruntled Fox “News” viewers and I am completely done with them as a source of accurate and honest information. Their current Biden presidential poll is infuriating and disingenuous. As many have been stating of late, the 2024 election is not a Democrat v Republican thing but is democracy v fascism/ autocracy on full display and the stakes could not be higher.I would much rather be lead by an experienced and knowledgeable elder statesman than to be under the thumb of a slightly younger full-stop terrorist dictator.
Thanks for bringing up the congressional portion of the coup. I was certain this was being glossed over for reasons I couldn't understand. After the identified tourists into the capital on January 6th have now recieved over 700 years of combined prison time it's time to go after the brains (heavy sarcasm) behind action to stop the transfer of power. These creeps are still sitting in Congress and accepting a paycheck and defrauding the rest of us by smugly carrying on with their lives when they should be answering to Jack Smith and the American people. Gym Jordan should be the first in line.
I will continue to say this: The RNC is operated as an organized crime syndicate, with neonazi, fascist billionaires pulling the puppet strings for their Paid-for politicians that they installed into office. “Citizens’ United” is a euphemistic farce perpetrated by the billionaire crime lords organized under Charles Koch (and Lenard Leo); it must be revoked. It was Clarence Thomas, Charles Koch and Mitch McConnell who rammed “Citizens United” through the Supreme Court. Are coup plotters in Congress? You’re damned right there are. And they do their bidding for their billionaire sponsors. This is TREASON AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS, and it needs to be forcibly stopped. Let’s not forget: Ginni Thomas was plotting the Jan. 6 coup, along with Eastman, et al; she was in the mob texting Mark Meadows to “release the kraken.” The Thomases are among the TOP PUBLIC ENEMIES of the MAGAts.
I am so glad that Grassley's role is coming into focus. Another reason that Democrats must win everything in 2024 is that there is so much more to be uncovered. Grassley needs to be investigated. So does Cruz. And a whole bunch of Republican House members. We must rid our government of all of these anti-democratic authoritarian influences.
Thank you for this excellent letter. The CNN worldview is not going to come to the aid of the democracy. I long for the days when the lexicon did not include references like, red state, blue state, battleground states, etc. What I miss the most is "the United States of America."
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Robert, thanks for delving into the Grassley role. I was completely oblivious to it.
Your Concluding Thoughts fit perfectly with the theme of Felonious Trump and his cohorts flooding the zone with everything imaginable (even unimaginable) to sow chaos and wear us out. We should look at every Republican action and provocation through that lens. They will use any and all means to achieve their ends.
I read something yesterday that CNN's poll intentionally was based on querying 59% Republicans, which significantly skewed the results in the direction of the "news' story" CNN wanted to run. Anyone else read that? Everything is so subject to being manipulated by falsehoods, I don't know what to believe. 😒
Robert, great piece! I feel as though one day there will be the final gathering on the Orient Express and we will hear "who dunnit!" The plot thickens!
You are the first commentator that I have read who dug up the quote from Grassley about how he expected Pence to be absent when the electoral votes were counted in 2020. I specifically remember him saying that and I wondered at the time how he could have come to that expectation without having knowledge of the plot to overturn the election. And since then I have wondered how he has escaped accountability. He had to be aware of and ready to participate in the plot to thwart democracy. Good work Robert!
I attended the SPAN (State Party Advancement Network) zoom today - that you co-hosted and recommended to your readers. I found it very informative and inspiring. Thanks very much!
I hope at some point you will discuss in greater detail the incredibly important work of SPAN and state parties in general.
Also, I was told a recording will be available . - please post the link. I encourage everyone to listen at least to the approximately 30 minutes of presentation (before Q and A). This effort is so crucially worthy of our attention and support.
I am in support of Biden 100%…. and tho I have activism fatigue, I have the energy driven by fear to fight for Biden and Democracy. No-one has stepped to the plate to prove themselves more able/capable than Biden to figure out how to protect our democracy. Not just win an election, but keep promises.
In the list of those trying to squeeze themselves into the smokescreen that the execrable Gym Jordan (who belongs behind bars) is spewing, please don't forget the ever-detestable Elise (the Borden's pinup girl who considers chocolate milk produced by her constiuents to be a health food) Stefanik, yet another waste of a Harvard sheepskin.
Commenting on the matter of early polling data, as I stated in a recent posting, we can expect that how voters respond over a year out from an election is measurably different from how they will respond as we approach the decision date. Still, I urge we be clear that Biden’s problem is not his age. Bernie Sanders is a year older than Biden. Biden’s problem is an inability to take full advantage of the bully pulpit, and, therefore, an inability to control the narrative. Because I believe politics, largely, is perception, I remain concerned about the willful denial of the problem at hand and the immeasurable consequences that could ensue.
Sep 8, 2023·edited Sep 8, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
Grassley has long been a negative force in the senate, a dark pool where good ideas go to die. Where snow balls melt. One can just imagine how he salivated over the possibility that he would be a "player" in Trump's attempted insurrection. Treason be damned. Yet, Iowa voters always seem to return him. Could one reader reply and identify one good thing he has ever done in all his year in Washington?
Time out for great news! Robert please share. One-half billion dollars ($500 million) will be awarded over the next five years to local newspapers that have won the trust of their communities by a coalition of major foundations such as Ford and MacArthur and other donors called Press Forward. l
Last night in a community here on Cape Cod over a hundred donors gathered to raise at a Give Auction nearly $75,000 for our local paper ‘s nonprofit arm called the Local Journalism Project. The newspaper sells ads and issued shares in the paper on the business side. The LJP awards summer and winter internships to report at the paper. One recent grad is now at the WSJ and another at the Christian Science Monitor. The nonprofit arm has a small advisory board that incudes Drew Gilpin Faust, a former Harvard president, and Andy Moss, former editor of the NYT magazine and New York Magazine. The joy and generosity at last night’s fundraiser was infectious. A donor has also made a grant to support climate change coverage keyed to our fragile coastal environment. Support your community paper!
One of your best commentaries yet, and thanks for all the links. Trump’s tentacles have extended into many aspects of government that “ the average voter” is completely oblivious to. Many thanks to ALL prosecutors who are so diligently pursuing each and every lead and avoiding any and all pitfalls and obfuscation by Trump’s minions to bring the facts to the public and the perpetrators to justice. There are more of us than there are of them, and too much is at stake to ignore or back off from pursuing a course of action that will bring ALL participants in the attempted coup to the bar.
Thanks again Robert for your due diligence in exposing the depths of our national disgrace. Lovers of our unique governmental system, regardless of their political affiliation must unite in spirit and faith that their labors will sustain our fragile democratic republic.
Starting backwards...the Ukrainians have cause for “exhaustion and fatigue” , they are in a violent war that threatens their lives and their country. Nobody is threatening to destroy our lives and our homes but our system of government .
So we are not asked to go to war, just get out the vote and in the process we can freely order a cappuccino whenever we want! ( my recommendation for an answer. I have a much more blunt answer but not allowed in this forum.) Regarding Biden’s age Democrats should all step up and defend Biden and talk about Trumps total insanity with everything he says. Sorry Democrats stop thinking this is a pillow fight. Regarding the ecosystem of congress and the secret service this needs to be addressed now. They should have the fear of Hod starting now. Brilliant essay Robert!
I am behind Biden 100%.We all must be.There is no other choice.Just as it was in 2016 , I had some reservations about Hillary Clinton and her not being the ideal candidate but then I saw the handwriting on the wall and got behind her too as the only way to go. CNN is attempting to attract disgruntled Fox “News” viewers and I am completely done with them as a source of accurate and honest information. Their current Biden presidential poll is infuriating and disingenuous. As many have been stating of late, the 2024 election is not a Democrat v Republican thing but is democracy v fascism/ autocracy on full display and the stakes could not be higher.I would much rather be lead by an experienced and knowledgeable elder statesman than to be under the thumb of a slightly younger full-stop terrorist dictator.
Thanks for bringing up the congressional portion of the coup. I was certain this was being glossed over for reasons I couldn't understand. After the identified tourists into the capital on January 6th have now recieved over 700 years of combined prison time it's time to go after the brains (heavy sarcasm) behind action to stop the transfer of power. These creeps are still sitting in Congress and accepting a paycheck and defrauding the rest of us by smugly carrying on with their lives when they should be answering to Jack Smith and the American people. Gym Jordan should be the first in line.
I will continue to say this: The RNC is operated as an organized crime syndicate, with neonazi, fascist billionaires pulling the puppet strings for their Paid-for politicians that they installed into office. “Citizens’ United” is a euphemistic farce perpetrated by the billionaire crime lords organized under Charles Koch (and Lenard Leo); it must be revoked. It was Clarence Thomas, Charles Koch and Mitch McConnell who rammed “Citizens United” through the Supreme Court. Are coup plotters in Congress? You’re damned right there are. And they do their bidding for their billionaire sponsors. This is TREASON AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS, and it needs to be forcibly stopped. Let’s not forget: Ginni Thomas was plotting the Jan. 6 coup, along with Eastman, et al; she was in the mob texting Mark Meadows to “release the kraken.” The Thomases are among the TOP PUBLIC ENEMIES of the MAGAts.
I am so glad that Grassley's role is coming into focus. Another reason that Democrats must win everything in 2024 is that there is so much more to be uncovered. Grassley needs to be investigated. So does Cruz. And a whole bunch of Republican House members. We must rid our government of all of these anti-democratic authoritarian influences.
Thank you for this excellent letter. The CNN worldview is not going to come to the aid of the democracy. I long for the days when the lexicon did not include references like, red state, blue state, battleground states, etc. What I miss the most is "the United States of America."
Robert, thanks for delving into the Grassley role. I was completely oblivious to it.
Your Concluding Thoughts fit perfectly with the theme of Felonious Trump and his cohorts flooding the zone with everything imaginable (even unimaginable) to sow chaos and wear us out. We should look at every Republican action and provocation through that lens. They will use any and all means to achieve their ends.
I read something yesterday that CNN's poll intentionally was based on querying 59% Republicans, which significantly skewed the results in the direction of the "news' story" CNN wanted to run. Anyone else read that? Everything is so subject to being manipulated by falsehoods, I don't know what to believe. 😒
Robert, great piece! I feel as though one day there will be the final gathering on the Orient Express and we will hear "who dunnit!" The plot thickens!
You are the first commentator that I have read who dug up the quote from Grassley about how he expected Pence to be absent when the electoral votes were counted in 2020. I specifically remember him saying that and I wondered at the time how he could have come to that expectation without having knowledge of the plot to overturn the election. And since then I have wondered how he has escaped accountability. He had to be aware of and ready to participate in the plot to thwart democracy. Good work Robert!
I attended the SPAN (State Party Advancement Network) zoom today - that you co-hosted and recommended to your readers. I found it very informative and inspiring. Thanks very much!
I hope at some point you will discuss in greater detail the incredibly important work of SPAN and state parties in general.
Also, I was told a recording will be available . - please post the link. I encourage everyone to listen at least to the approximately 30 minutes of presentation (before Q and A). This effort is so crucially worthy of our attention and support.
I am in support of Biden 100%…. and tho I have activism fatigue, I have the energy driven by fear to fight for Biden and Democracy. No-one has stepped to the plate to prove themselves more able/capable than Biden to figure out how to protect our democracy. Not just win an election, but keep promises.
In the list of those trying to squeeze themselves into the smokescreen that the execrable Gym Jordan (who belongs behind bars) is spewing, please don't forget the ever-detestable Elise (the Borden's pinup girl who considers chocolate milk produced by her constiuents to be a health food) Stefanik, yet another waste of a Harvard sheepskin.
Commenting on the matter of early polling data, as I stated in a recent posting, we can expect that how voters respond over a year out from an election is measurably different from how they will respond as we approach the decision date. Still, I urge we be clear that Biden’s problem is not his age. Bernie Sanders is a year older than Biden. Biden’s problem is an inability to take full advantage of the bully pulpit, and, therefore, an inability to control the narrative. Because I believe politics, largely, is perception, I remain concerned about the willful denial of the problem at hand and the immeasurable consequences that could ensue.
Grassley has long been a negative force in the senate, a dark pool where good ideas go to die. Where snow balls melt. One can just imagine how he salivated over the possibility that he would be a "player" in Trump's attempted insurrection. Treason be damned. Yet, Iowa voters always seem to return him. Could one reader reply and identify one good thing he has ever done in all his year in Washington?
Time out for great news! Robert please share. One-half billion dollars ($500 million) will be awarded over the next five years to local newspapers that have won the trust of their communities by a coalition of major foundations such as Ford and MacArthur and other donors called Press Forward. l
Last night in a community here on Cape Cod over a hundred donors gathered to raise at a Give Auction nearly $75,000 for our local paper ‘s nonprofit arm called the Local Journalism Project. The newspaper sells ads and issued shares in the paper on the business side. The LJP awards summer and winter internships to report at the paper. One recent grad is now at the WSJ and another at the Christian Science Monitor. The nonprofit arm has a small advisory board that incudes Drew Gilpin Faust, a former Harvard president, and Andy Moss, former editor of the NYT magazine and New York Magazine. The joy and generosity at last night’s fundraiser was infectious. A donor has also made a grant to support climate change coverage keyed to our fragile coastal environment. Support your community paper!