Nasty pieces of work. DeSantis is the most dangerous, Musk the biggest megalomaniac, and Kavanaugh the most disgraceful. We have a lot of work before us. Thank you for holding us to our pledges, Robert.
The good news in all this is that the Republicans are killing off their own voters with their insane campaign against science and the Covid vaccine. Since most Republicans are morons, this means we are losing more morons, which means there's a chance we're getting Darwinian evolution a chance to get back in operation, since we have plumb run out of sabretooth cats to eat the morons.
Republicans - Making America Great Again with their permanent departures. Speed it up there, you morons!
Remember the “Framers” were children of the Enlightenment, liberals for their time. They had open minds which our justices especially post WWll had in the past. The majority on the Court are from a different tribe, much like politicians like DeSantis, a dangerous one. Thanks Robert and all for calling this out every day. I wish the whole 5th Estate would call this out also.
If one wants to make decisions as an “origins list” on the second amendment then we should confiscate all guns and replace them with Muskets. This theorem where justices claim on the “mindset” on the Framers is without one iota of
Principles within historical context that had no vision of the development of technologies in the 20th century, the development of institutions such as the police, Justice department and federal and state military and a claim that in essence they , like God, can see into the minds of the founding Fathers, which no one can. Why can’t the House pass an act to hold the Supreme Court accountable to Cannon 2 like every other Federal Judge. “ no judge is above the law”
I keep having this dream. Joe Biden gave a nationally televised address. He said "The second amendment has to go. It's useless baggage, with no place in today's society and needs to put where it belongs, in the garbage bin of America's past just like we did with slavery." Wow, totally out of bounds, would never happen in a million years, thoughts that come crashing as I wake again to the stupor of living in the US. But is it really so farfetched? What if he actually did say it? What would he actually lose? Not my vote at least!
Violence begets violence. I was a conscientious objector during Viet Nam and have never touched or fired a gun let alone owned one. But I wouldn’t be unhappy if some right wing extremists were cut down by the very same war time weapons they insist on defending. Even as a conscientious objector I did not have an answer for what I’d do if someone attacked my beloved wife or one of my children. And right now the thought of an attack like Sandy Hook or Parkland or Uvaldi generates severely violent energies in my pacifist soul.
Dec 15, 2022·edited Dec 16, 2022Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
The age of the billionaire oligarchs needs to end. Biden has been taking steps to turn the government away from supply-side economics, but the billionaires are doing their best to resist. Since Reagan the government has been structuring our economy in such a way that income is transferred (more accurately, redistributed) from the middle class to the wealthy, leading to the overwhelming concentration of wealth and political power at the top of society. I am hopeful that we are only witnessing a desperate and ultimately unsuccessful effort by the likes of Trump, Musk, the GOP and their lackeys on the supreme court to hold on to the Reagan era status quo. A similar scenario took place during the 1930s when the tycoons tried and failed to turn back the clock against FDR and the New Deal.
I interviewed Dr. Fauci for a book I co-authored back in 2017. He is always gracious and brilliant. I am sickened by what the right-wing mob is doing to him and other heroes.
Musk is a neo-Nazi. He is allowing Andrew Anglin of Daily Stormer back. Anglin, not only a supporter of white nationalist Richard Spencer, but he and his 300,000 followers trolled and doxed my friend Tanya Gersh in Whitefish, MT. There is an arrest warrant for Anglin because he has not paid a penny on the $14 million judgement he owes her. Not only did he disrupt her life, but her family, and this community too. MS Gersh is not reacting well to this.
We need to shine a light on folks like Musk. Get rid of his stock and his car. He deserves to be nothing more than space debris.
Dec 15, 2022·edited Dec 15, 2022Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
Where's the "Bring it on, m-f?"
We need to have some public figure, probably not President Biden, willing to project not worry but eagerness for this COVID-Fauci battle that the loons are lusting for. I find myself in the late stages of the COVID virus, having first tested positive a week ago, now basically symptom-free but still testing positive. I was visiting New York City, quarantined in a Queens hotel, then flew back to my home in Arizona Tuesday. It was a mild case, similar to a bad cold. I am grateful to Fauci, and the vaccine-makers, and the Paxlovid makers for making this possible.
COVID is real, it's not a conspiracy theory. I felt like crap the first two days and I know I'm not completely out of the woods yet. So I say, bring it on, M-Fs. I think there are millions of people who know they're probably alive because of the people you want to blame for this, and more public figures should be expressing this, LOUDLY.
Another clarifying post. Thanks! DeSantis and Musk (along with Trump and a few others) are only the very tip. Of the proverbial iceberg. Our native fascists are now everywhere blatantly preening, posturing, strutting, and frothing at the mouth threatening mayhem and the installment of autocratic rule. And like DeSantis et al., they continue to take new authoritarian ground and hold it. But, of course, that’s not all. Just in the last few days, we learned from the Meadows texts that 30+ members of Congress, not to mention uncounted others in the Republican ecosphere, all actually, demonstrably colluded with and through Trump to overturn the 2020 election, and therewith, our democracy. And there they all sit in their various poses and posses, still itching -- even demanding -- to get on with it.
When are the rest of us and those who represent us and are sworn to protect the Constitution, going to put a stop to this risen and ever-growing tide of fascistic intimidation and sedition? We can’t wait to simply vote every two years while, in the meantime, our native fascists are conquering new territory in law, election manipulation, school book banning, assaults on corporate support for any sort of “liberal” policy, etc., etc.
Can we/you talk about this? Where should we all be putting our time and resources to best use in fighting back beyond elections?
"DeSantis seeks division and discord in place of trust because that is the only path to the White House for a small, petty man with limited ability and no conscience."
I will be quoting you often, Robert. This Floridian is out of her own words for describing this governor. . . ". . . a small petty man with limited ability and no conscience." Perfect. Ten easy words. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing Katelyn Jetelina's post. I've subscribed to her since I found out about her. You suggested that I might write something about mistrust in science but when I read hers, I realized anything I could write would pale in comparison.
Nasty pieces of work. DeSantis is the most dangerous, Musk the biggest megalomaniac, and Kavanaugh the most disgraceful. We have a lot of work before us. Thank you for holding us to our pledges, Robert.
The good news in all this is that the Republicans are killing off their own voters with their insane campaign against science and the Covid vaccine. Since most Republicans are morons, this means we are losing more morons, which means there's a chance we're getting Darwinian evolution a chance to get back in operation, since we have plumb run out of sabretooth cats to eat the morons.
Republicans - Making America Great Again with their permanent departures. Speed it up there, you morons!
Remember the “Framers” were children of the Enlightenment, liberals for their time. They had open minds which our justices especially post WWll had in the past. The majority on the Court are from a different tribe, much like politicians like DeSantis, a dangerous one. Thanks Robert and all for calling this out every day. I wish the whole 5th Estate would call this out also.
If one wants to make decisions as an “origins list” on the second amendment then we should confiscate all guns and replace them with Muskets. This theorem where justices claim on the “mindset” on the Framers is without one iota of
Principles within historical context that had no vision of the development of technologies in the 20th century, the development of institutions such as the police, Justice department and federal and state military and a claim that in essence they , like God, can see into the minds of the founding Fathers, which no one can. Why can’t the House pass an act to hold the Supreme Court accountable to Cannon 2 like every other Federal Judge. “ no judge is above the law”
I keep having this dream. Joe Biden gave a nationally televised address. He said "The second amendment has to go. It's useless baggage, with no place in today's society and needs to put where it belongs, in the garbage bin of America's past just like we did with slavery." Wow, totally out of bounds, would never happen in a million years, thoughts that come crashing as I wake again to the stupor of living in the US. But is it really so farfetched? What if he actually did say it? What would he actually lose? Not my vote at least!
Violence begets violence. I was a conscientious objector during Viet Nam and have never touched or fired a gun let alone owned one. But I wouldn’t be unhappy if some right wing extremists were cut down by the very same war time weapons they insist on defending. Even as a conscientious objector I did not have an answer for what I’d do if someone attacked my beloved wife or one of my children. And right now the thought of an attack like Sandy Hook or Parkland or Uvaldi generates severely violent energies in my pacifist soul.
The age of the billionaire oligarchs needs to end. Biden has been taking steps to turn the government away from supply-side economics, but the billionaires are doing their best to resist. Since Reagan the government has been structuring our economy in such a way that income is transferred (more accurately, redistributed) from the middle class to the wealthy, leading to the overwhelming concentration of wealth and political power at the top of society. I am hopeful that we are only witnessing a desperate and ultimately unsuccessful effort by the likes of Trump, Musk, the GOP and their lackeys on the supreme court to hold on to the Reagan era status quo. A similar scenario took place during the 1930s when the tycoons tried and failed to turn back the clock against FDR and the New Deal.
I interviewed Dr. Fauci for a book I co-authored back in 2017. He is always gracious and brilliant. I am sickened by what the right-wing mob is doing to him and other heroes.
Musk is a neo-Nazi. He is allowing Andrew Anglin of Daily Stormer back. Anglin, not only a supporter of white nationalist Richard Spencer, but he and his 300,000 followers trolled and doxed my friend Tanya Gersh in Whitefish, MT. There is an arrest warrant for Anglin because he has not paid a penny on the $14 million judgement he owes her. Not only did he disrupt her life, but her family, and this community too. MS Gersh is not reacting well to this.
We need to shine a light on folks like Musk. Get rid of his stock and his car. He deserves to be nothing more than space debris.
Expand the court and put journalist and Republican members of congress on the spot concerning gun safety.
Where's the "Bring it on, m-f?"
We need to have some public figure, probably not President Biden, willing to project not worry but eagerness for this COVID-Fauci battle that the loons are lusting for. I find myself in the late stages of the COVID virus, having first tested positive a week ago, now basically symptom-free but still testing positive. I was visiting New York City, quarantined in a Queens hotel, then flew back to my home in Arizona Tuesday. It was a mild case, similar to a bad cold. I am grateful to Fauci, and the vaccine-makers, and the Paxlovid makers for making this possible.
COVID is real, it's not a conspiracy theory. I felt like crap the first two days and I know I'm not completely out of the woods yet. So I say, bring it on, M-Fs. I think there are millions of people who know they're probably alive because of the people you want to blame for this, and more public figures should be expressing this, LOUDLY.
Another clarifying post. Thanks! DeSantis and Musk (along with Trump and a few others) are only the very tip. Of the proverbial iceberg. Our native fascists are now everywhere blatantly preening, posturing, strutting, and frothing at the mouth threatening mayhem and the installment of autocratic rule. And like DeSantis et al., they continue to take new authoritarian ground and hold it. But, of course, that’s not all. Just in the last few days, we learned from the Meadows texts that 30+ members of Congress, not to mention uncounted others in the Republican ecosphere, all actually, demonstrably colluded with and through Trump to overturn the 2020 election, and therewith, our democracy. And there they all sit in their various poses and posses, still itching -- even demanding -- to get on with it.
When are the rest of us and those who represent us and are sworn to protect the Constitution, going to put a stop to this risen and ever-growing tide of fascistic intimidation and sedition? We can’t wait to simply vote every two years while, in the meantime, our native fascists are conquering new territory in law, election manipulation, school book banning, assaults on corporate support for any sort of “liberal” policy, etc., etc.
Can we/you talk about this? Where should we all be putting our time and resources to best use in fighting back beyond elections?
Great newsletter this evening, Rob. It always amazes me how you pull this off nightly. :)
"DeSantis seeks division and discord in place of trust because that is the only path to the White House for a small, petty man with limited ability and no conscience."
I will be quoting you often, Robert. This Floridian is out of her own words for describing this governor. . . ". . . a small petty man with limited ability and no conscience." Perfect. Ten easy words. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing Katelyn Jetelina's post. I've subscribed to her since I found out about her. You suggested that I might write something about mistrust in science but when I read hers, I realized anything I could write would pale in comparison.
re; Desantis...Colbert showed clips of him last night encouraging people to take the jab as it would save lives and hospitalizations