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Sep 27, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

High praise to Cassidy Hutchinson. She has the ovaries to admit a mistake and tell the truth. A good example for other Republicans. Just do it. Grow some ovaries.

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Sep 27, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

Another thing about Cassidy Hutchinson - Don't mess with a Jersey girl! We're proud of her.

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Sep 27, 2023·edited Sep 27, 2023

Can confirm, I'm married to a Jersey girl! # Jersey Strong!

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Sep 27, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

Me too! It'll be 45 years in November.

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This is my favorite comment of the day...no, week or month. Thank you!

I was watching a popular TV series recently. And the female star screamed at another female star: "You need to toughen up and grow some balls!" Ummm?

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Reminds me of that quote from Betty White: "“Why do people say, ‘Grow some balls’? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you really wanna get tough, grow a vagina. Those things really take a pounding!”

LOL - I miss her.

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There is truth in what you say. There are some women CEOs I know who want to emulate the behavior of white male asshole bosses. Why? I think in part because they received business degrees from white male asshole teachers. A lack of ethics in our elite universities has taken a toll. That said women will be our nation’s salvation. You can bet on it. Thank you Robert for the ME’s magnificent photos. Nice cabin you have there!

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The instructions to “emulate the behavior of white male ***** bosses” was also taught outside of universities. Years ago, as a member a sales organization, I enrolled in a seminar entitled “Operational Politics” - billed as the road map to achieving managerial success. The instructor was a female. In a nutshell her message was to leave your naturally warm, nurturing nature at home because only by learning and playing by the male rules - cut-throat and self-serving - will you have any chance to succeed. Using example after example, we were basically told to smile and shake hands firmly with your right hand while you use the knife in your left to slit your competitors throat. Then never look back. It took years for the sour taste in my mouth to dissolve.

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Sep 27, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

Yay for getting another seat in Alabama (I'm allowed to celebrate: I live here). Now lets get some more in Louisiana and other egregiously gerrymandered states!!!

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Yes! We, the good citizens of Ohio, need our corrected maps that our Republican super-majority here ignores!

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Thank you, Robert, for brightening my day with this issue of the Newsletter! Trump’s empire has taken a blow. I hope that his empire crumbles around him. I would love to see Trump Tower removed from his clutches. Hopefully, New York will run him out of the state, not just the City!

I am thrilled that the Supreme Court did its job and is forcing Alabama kicking and screaming out of the Jim Crow Era!

I am delighted to hear about Cassidy Hutchinson’s decision to tell the truth to the January 6 Committee. Hopefully, others will follow.

I will be checking out early voting here in Virginia so that I can cast my ballot for the Democratic ticket. My county, which borders on Lynchburg, home of the late Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University, will unfortunately vote mainly red. Trump is still a hero in these parts, unfortunately. My neighbor across the highway keeps his Trump sign up year around and his Confederate flag in his upstairs window. I can’t see them unless I enter the four lane highway from my long driveway into the woods. I pretty much ignore it.

I hope that union voters all over the country get the message that Trump is not for them and that he is aligned with the wealthy corporate heads.

Finally, when will West Virginia wake up and kick Joe Manchin to the curb?

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Sep 27, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

I flash a hand signal "L" every time I drive past my neighbors Trump flag. Interestingly enough, the flag has been taken down.

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Yes. Please vote early as soon as possible! Each early vote allows that candidate’s campaign and other organizations writing postcards, calling, or text banking to those people to check that voter off their list.

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Sep 27, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

Kellyanne Conway coming up with "alternative facts" most probably wasn't just a response to Trump lying about the crowd size at the inauguration. The preposterous negation of reality was a calculated attempt from day One of the administration to replace truth and reality with alternative facts. Press Secretary Spicer was the sorry dunce who had to fall on his sword and the brains behind it (looking at you, Steve Bannon) were on their way.

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Has anyone noticed that now that George has divorced Kellyanne, he has lost weight and looks far more healthy?

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Right out of the Nazi playbook. Goebbels would be proud!

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Sep 27, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

Trump has endorsed and championed the season of the sociopath. He gives credibility to immorality and deceit. James Comey warned that Trump will eat your soul in small bites.

Clearly, the American people are angry and afraid of their lost economic security and challenges to stay afloat. The GOP agenda over the past 50 years has insidiously sequestered wealth for the 1% and drained the prosperity of the middle class.

The big lie and fomenting divisive social issues has been the GOP strategy for decades. They effectively picked our pockets as they hypocritically created distractions to hide their thievery. The GOP strategy is unsustainable. MAGA simply is the escalated crescendo of this deceit.

The greed and power grab knows no boundaries. Nothing is sacred. The only remedy is the rule of law and setting limits. It is refreshing to see the tide beginning to shift. We must stay active and vigilant.

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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. You nailed it!

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1. Trump's "autoworker scam" is being organized by the National Right To Work Committee - a well known long time anti-union outfit, and his appearance will likely be picketed by the UAW.

2. Quiverin' Qevin's "minor progress" is a "CR" that cuts 80% of Title I education funds for poor schools, removes 1 million people from SNAP, and cuts home heating assistance 65% just before winter. Boy, those morons can really pick "winning issues," eh? Lots of popularity out in the country to Screw The People. I'm sure the Senate can't wait to pass it and Biden's waiting up to sign it. (/snark)

I'm pretty sure Qevin couldn't find his ass with both hands on a clear day with a two hour advance notice, but what do you expect from somebody from Bakersfield, the capital of Okiefornia?

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CR proposed by the “ pro-lifers” also includes cuts to WIC, popular and effective supplemental nutrition program for pregnant and breastfeeding women,infants and children.

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Yes, well, it's unborn children that are their focus. After birth, just take your chances!

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As George Carlin said, "If you are pre-birth, you are fine. Pre-Kindergarten you are f*****d."

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Remember it well! George warned us about these dangerous hypocrites until the day he died. RIP George Carlin. You are so missed.♥️

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Barney Frank once said that to be “pro-life” means one believes life begins at conception and ends at birth.

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Two thoughts, well not exactly thoughts. More like imagined conversations:

1. About the Alabama decision. It is almost as if the Supreme Court were trying to find something noticeable enough to regain their reputation. Imagine justices saying to themselves and each other: We can prove we are not racists, we can provide victories in Alabama and, in effect Louisiana and Florida without giving up our commitment to ending the regulatory state.

2. About telling the truth. It is almost as if Trump were talking to his sons or to fellow business scammers. Imagine him saying. We did nothing wrong. Everyone lies to make a buck. It is the responsibility of the buyer or the like to wheedle out the accurate figures. To tell them the truth would be us doing their job for them. If Trump had paid attention in school, he might even have said "caveat emptor."

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What we all forget is Trump never thought he would ever get caught and if he did he could buy or threaten his way out of it like his father and Roy Cohn.

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I believe, re the Supreme Court rejection of Alabama's appeal, is far more because they cannot allow a SC ruling to be ignored by the losing party.

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Alabama's rejection of the previous ruling made them angry. The first ruling on Alabama made them seem opposed to racism.

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Sep 27, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

Thank you for an excellent issue. I have tremendous admiration for Cassidy Hutchinson and I'm looking forward to her book which I have now on my Nook. I look forward to watching the recorded Lawrence O'Donnell appearance this morning. But for anyone who has on demand or has it recorded, her first interview was on Monday nights Rachel Maddow show and it was excellent. She is really amazing. This is written by Shelley Conture

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Thank you once again, Robert, for clearly defining the top stories of the day. The interview of Cassidy Hiutchinson by Laurence O'Donnell, and her heartfelt appeal to Kevin McCarthy to do the right thing, came across loud and clear. Let's hope some Republicans hear her message. And Paul Butterfield providing context 50 years later gave me faith that it's possible we may survive this time.

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Sep 27, 2023·edited Sep 27, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

I do not often quote the Bible, not being a religious person, but in the case of the summary judgement against Trump, I feel it was fitting

"And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." John 8:32. THe verse is also the slogan in the lobby of the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va; but that is beside the point.

Trump's house of cards is falling, and who knows that the court appointed receiver will discover in the course of liquidating the Trump Organization. How long before his name is stripped off of his flagship building on 5th Avenue? How long before he has to go back over the bridge to the family home in Queens? How the mighty will fall.

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Sep 27, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

Yesterday's ruling against The Defendant in the NY civil case was certainly a breath of fresh air, but "if it survives on appeal" is disconcerting. What is the likely outcome of an appeal, how long is it likely to take, and could it end up at the Subpreme Court?

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Sep 27, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

Yay for President Biden standing on the picket line with striking auto workers! We need to encourage him to become as he says the greatest pro-union president in our history. Policies that foster stronger unions and more collective bargaining are key ways for the government to tip the economic, and thus political, playing field away from big corporations and the wealthy back to the remaining 90% of us. Since Reagan government has been structuring the economy to redistribute income upward aka supply side economics. Right-to-work laws are one of the major ways conservatives use government to intervene in markets to redistribute income upward at the expense of workers. Conservatives also like policies that foster monopoly power of large corporations. So, yay for the Federal Trade Commission joined by 17 US states in their anti-monopoly suit against Amazon, which is one of the most ruthless corporations of our time.

Oh yeah, and Joe Manchin is one the great political skunks of our time as well.

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Sep 27, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

I have not seen Lawrence O’Donnell’s interview with Cassidy Hutchinson, however I did see her interviewed by Rachel Maddow. If you haven’t seen that one, I’m guessing you can find it in YouTube or somewhere. Well worth it. She is a remarkable young woman, a loyal Republican - more of what the current Republican Party needs. I am going today to buy her book “Enough”. I am buying it from my local bookstore, not from Amazon. She has received death threats, has had to pay exorbitant fees for legal representation and security. The least I can do is buy her book - and actually read it! 😉

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Sep 27, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

Strikes me that John Adams expressed the epitaph for the Trump maladministration when he wrote, “Facts are stubborn things.”

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good reminder!!

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Quite an upbeat newsletter today. Thank you Robert. I’ve watched both Rachel Maddow’s and Lawrence O’Donnell’s interviews with Cassidy Hutchinson. What an impressive young lady. She is destined to go far despite her insistence on remaining a Republican 😁😁😁

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Cassidy Hutchinson --- I admit to not having read her book. I just watched an interview on Morning Joe. I may not know all the facts, but based on what I saw, I was again appalled. Even on Jan 6th, she failed to see, or 'know', the true nature of Trump. She had been in the administration for years: had been a part of the attack on immigrants, children in cages, anti abortion anti women rhetoric, the rapes and grabbing women by the *****, the unremitting lying, the attack on a journalist with a disability, the Neo Nazi march with good people on both sides? Pleeeez. I love women with ovaries (a term I often use too) but it seems that hers only materialized after thinking about the dollars she would get from a 'tell all book' - which is only 4 years too late. I found the interview self serving and her suddenly seeing the light unbelievable, And -- of course Joe and Mika could only faun over her 'courage'.

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Sep 27, 2023·edited Sep 27, 2023Author

You are right about all of those things. But do we believe in redemption? If someone changes their mind--even far too late for our liking--do we say, "Too late!" Or do we say, "Welcome back!"

She changed her mind not to write a book, but to correct her lies to the J6 Committee.

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When it’s genuine, it’s always worth welcoming back.

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I believe people can be redeemed when they're not also getting notoriety and money for said "mea culpa.' People keep missing that she emphatically stated that she's still a republican.

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Sep 27, 2023Liked by Robert B. Hubbell

You aren’t the only one with this opinion. My husband, a Trump despising lifelong Democrat sees it this way also.

I’m more forgiving, she was steeped in Trumpism. Those of us who always knew what Trump was/is cannot understand how you let yourself be conned by such painfully obvious lies, but we’ve seen the damage Republicans have wreaked and already knew better. Cassidy doesn’t have the experience or wisdom at her age to make those distinctions. Are there Republicans willing to speak up? Not yet, this will be a painful chapter in American history/politics which their silence is complicit in the madman Trump’s need for attention.

Mollifying a batshit crazy old guy is the Republican platform. That’s it. Nothing else matters to them, or they’d have spoken up. Instead they chose to quit.

Now with the fraud of his real estate empire collapsing, he’ll be dependent on donations only, dare I say Welfare Queen from Queens.

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I haven't read the book but she appears to have grown up in a Trump-supporting family. She was 24 when she took a job in the administration. Many young adults are still captive to their parents' views at that point, especially in strongly religious households. In such households, rejecting your parents' political views includes rejecting your childhood religious beliefs. I don't mean to excuse her support for Trump. Anyone over the age of 18 should be able to figure out he is a fascist, even if you don't know the meaning of that term.

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Not a big fan of Joe and Mika but after watching the good interview with Rachel and then the very good interview with Lawrence, I found myself softening on my similar to your feelings. It’s hard for me not to hate the other side but that really doesn’t serve me or anyone else well. Perhaps some understanding and olive branching to Cassidy will lead the way on how much better it is for us to “go higher” in the words of Michele Obama. She’s a smart young woman and I could see her as a Nicole Wallace someday.

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