In 2016 Clinton won the popular vote but lost the electoral college
There may have been a recount, but she conceded the next day. In 2000 Gore won the popular vote but lost Florida due the spoiler Nadar. There probably was a recount, but he did concede.
That's why Cheney should not run as an Independent. She take votes away from the Democrat, so Trump wins again. Check the poles. ( ha ha. That's funny: Czech the Poles.)
Everyone needs to be aware of what Flynn is up to. He’s actively trying to take the cult over. Like trump, he and his brother need to have consequences. He is calling for a holy/race/civil war out loud into microphones. He’s much more dangerous than trump.
Kushner says never apologize because we are in a post-apology world and because it is an “admonition” of guilt. I knew he had no character but apparently the rumors or true about how his Dad bought his admission to Harvard.
Years ago, when our Nation drafted young men for combat in Vietnam the reform talk often centered on establishing a "volunteer" military. This seemed like a good idea at the time, but now nearly 50 years later i'm no longer so sure of this.
Since that time i've read some about the concerns our Founding Fathers had regarding a standing army. I've come to understand that some even saw the 2nd Amendments "right to bear arms" as being part of the alternative to a standing army that being a citizen's organized militia (something 2ndA fanboys just brust aside these days). Now, after 50 years i'm beginning to see what the often otherwise Fallible Fathers were concerned about.
Over these 50 years, yes, volunteerism has played a big role in maintaing troop strength, but along the way we've crept increasingly towards a "professional" military. Let me say i do believe our military is "professional" in many ways such as performance but it is the creation of a class of the population i don't think we've had before at least not in numbers. Just when did we start calling them "warriors" or the more sanitized "warfighters" as a profession? Whose idea was this? These are not the citizen-soldiers of 1776, they aren't the farm boys or city kids of World War II sent to war. These are men, and now women, highly trained in the arts of War, specialists in combat in a technological age.
Even after discharge they exist as, to a degree, a priviliged class. I know that's going to really rile some of them up, but i wonder how many of them know that prior to WW I, their forbears were considered disposable? Only after rioting in the streets of the 1920's did we see political/socially organized efforts by them to secure the beginnings of todays Veterans benefits. No doubt their success was as much about the fear of what a disgruntled class of fighter could do politically as it was good will for a selfless job well done.
Today, on the literal brink of our society slipping into authoritarianism we are seemingly faced with a perfect storm. Highly trained "warriors" in the enlisted and non-commissioned ranks (and more than a few officers) are well indoctrinated and trained in a military tradition, one that now (by virtue of our Iraqi and Afghan occupations) are very knowledgeable about control of civilian populations. Most importantly these same men and women have access to MANY of the tools of the profession of war-fighting. They are also now very likely to be highly politicized ALREADY. Not all but enough to form the corps of shock troops who COULD bring about military driven changes to American governance.
The Joint Chief and Directors of Defense aren't the tip of the spear, and may well be seen as part of the problem by a politicized former military. Add in the cultist personality cult of Trumpism, and the emergence of military trained "units" like Oath Keepers, 3%'ers who are analogous to the SA of the early Fasicst movements in Germany i'd say we have a lot to be thinking about here.
Like the politicans post WW I we should be afraid too, maybe very afraid.
I've been concerned for some time about the potential for a schism within military and law enforcement ranks that could lead to an armed insurrection on a scale far larger than the cluster that was January 6. There's a reason groups like Oath Keepers target these people. The all-volunteer military has cultivated a warrior mentality that is at odds with the notion of average citizens defending their country. Cops are often recruited from the military and the same warrior mentality comes with them. And we have vocal leaders (especially in the law enforcement world) openly disdaining enforcement of laws they disagree with. As we have seen, our fragile democracy is dependent on honorable people doing honorable things. Guardrails are virtually non-existent. The potential for
“ President Biden today announced a set of changes to student loans – including cancellation of up to $20,000 for some borrowers – that will cost between $440 billion and $600 billion over the next ten years, with a central estimate of roughly $500 billion.”
So it’s really $50B a year tgat is too much to help get middle income and the poor farther ahead so they can contribute even more to government coffers in taxes from the benefit of that education? IN ONE YEAR? That’s a rounding error to the federal budget.
And this complaint is after hard cash of a TRILLION was given to the very rich as windfall gifts that need not be paid back - and all given in ONE YEAR, added to our deficit! And the receivers were kept a secret bc Donny was deciding who got what. And you know he either got kickbacks or promises of some future help in his crimes. Slum lord Jared got $3M he needn’t pay back - why? Gaetz got almost $500k (all at once while his family is wealthy) and he has no businesses - why? Jared and Ivanka pocketed over $600M in business while “serving” in the WH - remember all the TMs China gave her? But the “little people” (as Helmsley would say) aren’t allowed a meager $10,000 debt forgiveness? Not $10,000 hard cash in hand to be used however they like. Debt forgiveness that still leaves many of them with 10s of thousands in student loan debt.
The GOP priorities (and Bulwark) are summed up neatly with this issue alone. Feed the rich and deny average citizen for he may one day actually earn the money to compete against you. Keep them struggling.
A little off topic - The search affidavit is now out, and several news organizations are already publishing what it says. Among the highlights, Trump had names of intelligence operatives in his possession. And people don't think he deserves to be tried, convicted and pilloried?
“ between 2012 and 2020 the Democratic advantage among nonwhite working class voters declined by 19 points, while the Democratic advantage increased among white college graduates by 16 points. Stay tuned for more of the same.” I believe those years were beford the insurrection, Roe, Dobbs and the BIG LIE.
And yet 60% of black voters still prefer Biden and Dems in the latest poll. And add to that the additional 16% college students this article claims. And add to that the reporting of all the women now registering in huge volumes to vote to overturn the mean-spirited abortion-killing Republicans. I’LL TAKE IT! Looks great for the Dems!
Per Tim's drop of Slenderman's self-own on the Maygen Kelly show, could some give a synopsis. I can't access since I have no need nor interest in tweeting.
“ And, it seems as though our political leaders, from the right and the left, at every juncture, are eager to politicize the U.S. military. And it's something we should be very aware of and alarmed about as citizens.”.
I’d really like a list of examples of how Biden or anyone else on the Left has politically used the military - especially the part of “eagerly, at every juncture”. I’ve observed none, but perhaps I missed it? We all saw how Donny and GOP congress has attempted use of the military for the Right. That false claim alone made this author less worthy of a read for me.
I will fault Milley and Biden if they fail to root out “omerta” in our military. We saw some of them on Jan 6 and that should have given cause to find the rest. There surely is a way to find them now b4 Donny or DeSantis makes use of them, if either loses (but wins) in 2024.
Thinking of the GOP ad blitz, I can remember the campaign for Proposition 13 questioning why seniors should be paying for schools when they didn't have children attending them. That side won the argument and students ended up getting loans to replace the money previously provided by the state, where before you could attend a Cal State college for $62 a quarter. It's just a game of tug-o-war and the left side just pulled.
"Contested elections?" I only remember one, 2020.
In 2016 Clinton won the popular vote but lost the electoral college
There may have been a recount, but she conceded the next day. In 2000 Gore won the popular vote but lost Florida due the spoiler Nadar. There probably was a recount, but he did concede.
That's why Cheney should not run as an Independent. She take votes away from the Democrat, so Trump wins again. Check the poles. ( ha ha. That's funny: Czech the Poles.)
Sorry. I'll see myself out.
The GOP is hopeless.
The governor of New Hampshire is supposedly one of the reasonable responsible Republican adults in the room.
I just saw him on CNN more concerned about the "transparency" of the FBI raid than the fact the raid was required in the first place.
The place to get the "transparency" they want is in court where everything they want to know will be revealed.
Everyone needs to be aware of what Flynn is up to. He’s actively trying to take the cult over. Like trump, he and his brother need to have consequences. He is calling for a holy/race/civil war out loud into microphones. He’s much more dangerous than trump.
Kushner says never apologize because we are in a post-apology world and because it is an “admonition” of guilt. I knew he had no character but apparently the rumors or true about how his Dad bought his admission to Harvard.
What political leaders on the Left are eager to politicize the US military?
Lol on the Jared Kushner front, did anyone else notice that the idiot doesn't know the difference between the word "admission"" and "admonition"?
He apparently also doesn't know what an "apology" means if he thinks there is a way to issue an apology without admiting any wrongdoing.
It's almost as if someone paid Harvard $2 million dollars to let this trust fund baby into the school ...
Yup, I'm sure the Saudis gave Kushner $1 billion to manage because he's a genius ...
Years ago, when our Nation drafted young men for combat in Vietnam the reform talk often centered on establishing a "volunteer" military. This seemed like a good idea at the time, but now nearly 50 years later i'm no longer so sure of this.
Since that time i've read some about the concerns our Founding Fathers had regarding a standing army. I've come to understand that some even saw the 2nd Amendments "right to bear arms" as being part of the alternative to a standing army that being a citizen's organized militia (something 2ndA fanboys just brust aside these days). Now, after 50 years i'm beginning to see what the often otherwise Fallible Fathers were concerned about.
Over these 50 years, yes, volunteerism has played a big role in maintaing troop strength, but along the way we've crept increasingly towards a "professional" military. Let me say i do believe our military is "professional" in many ways such as performance but it is the creation of a class of the population i don't think we've had before at least not in numbers. Just when did we start calling them "warriors" or the more sanitized "warfighters" as a profession? Whose idea was this? These are not the citizen-soldiers of 1776, they aren't the farm boys or city kids of World War II sent to war. These are men, and now women, highly trained in the arts of War, specialists in combat in a technological age.
Even after discharge they exist as, to a degree, a priviliged class. I know that's going to really rile some of them up, but i wonder how many of them know that prior to WW I, their forbears were considered disposable? Only after rioting in the streets of the 1920's did we see political/socially organized efforts by them to secure the beginnings of todays Veterans benefits. No doubt their success was as much about the fear of what a disgruntled class of fighter could do politically as it was good will for a selfless job well done.
Today, on the literal brink of our society slipping into authoritarianism we are seemingly faced with a perfect storm. Highly trained "warriors" in the enlisted and non-commissioned ranks (and more than a few officers) are well indoctrinated and trained in a military tradition, one that now (by virtue of our Iraqi and Afghan occupations) are very knowledgeable about control of civilian populations. Most importantly these same men and women have access to MANY of the tools of the profession of war-fighting. They are also now very likely to be highly politicized ALREADY. Not all but enough to form the corps of shock troops who COULD bring about military driven changes to American governance.
The Joint Chief and Directors of Defense aren't the tip of the spear, and may well be seen as part of the problem by a politicized former military. Add in the cultist personality cult of Trumpism, and the emergence of military trained "units" like Oath Keepers, 3%'ers who are analogous to the SA of the early Fasicst movements in Germany i'd say we have a lot to be thinking about here.
Like the politicans post WW I we should be afraid too, maybe very afraid.
Of course he was. But not disciplined enough to actually remain in the military and make a career.
I've been concerned for some time about the potential for a schism within military and law enforcement ranks that could lead to an armed insurrection on a scale far larger than the cluster that was January 6. There's a reason groups like Oath Keepers target these people. The all-volunteer military has cultivated a warrior mentality that is at odds with the notion of average citizens defending their country. Cops are often recruited from the military and the same warrior mentality comes with them. And we have vocal leaders (especially in the law enforcement world) openly disdaining enforcement of laws they disagree with. As we have seen, our fragile democracy is dependent on honorable people doing honorable things. Guardrails are virtually non-existent. The potential for
catastrophe is great.
“…Republicans are confident that the president's plan will be politically problematic…”
And I remain confident it’ll be forgotten by November if not next Tuesday.
“ President Biden today announced a set of changes to student loans – including cancellation of up to $20,000 for some borrowers – that will cost between $440 billion and $600 billion over the next ten years, with a central estimate of roughly $500 billion.”
So it’s really $50B a year tgat is too much to help get middle income and the poor farther ahead so they can contribute even more to government coffers in taxes from the benefit of that education? IN ONE YEAR? That’s a rounding error to the federal budget.
And this complaint is after hard cash of a TRILLION was given to the very rich as windfall gifts that need not be paid back - and all given in ONE YEAR, added to our deficit! And the receivers were kept a secret bc Donny was deciding who got what. And you know he either got kickbacks or promises of some future help in his crimes. Slum lord Jared got $3M he needn’t pay back - why? Gaetz got almost $500k (all at once while his family is wealthy) and he has no businesses - why? Jared and Ivanka pocketed over $600M in business while “serving” in the WH - remember all the TMs China gave her? But the “little people” (as Helmsley would say) aren’t allowed a meager $10,000 debt forgiveness? Not $10,000 hard cash in hand to be used however they like. Debt forgiveness that still leaves many of them with 10s of thousands in student loan debt.
The GOP priorities (and Bulwark) are summed up neatly with this issue alone. Feed the rich and deny average citizen for he may one day actually earn the money to compete against you. Keep them struggling.
A little off topic - The search affidavit is now out, and several news organizations are already publishing what it says. Among the highlights, Trump had names of intelligence operatives in his possession. And people don't think he deserves to be tried, convicted and pilloried?
“ between 2012 and 2020 the Democratic advantage among nonwhite working class voters declined by 19 points, while the Democratic advantage increased among white college graduates by 16 points. Stay tuned for more of the same.” I believe those years were beford the insurrection, Roe, Dobbs and the BIG LIE.
And yet 60% of black voters still prefer Biden and Dems in the latest poll. And add to that the additional 16% college students this article claims. And add to that the reporting of all the women now registering in huge volumes to vote to overturn the mean-spirited abortion-killing Republicans. I’LL TAKE IT! Looks great for the Dems!
Per Tim's drop of Slenderman's self-own on the Maygen Kelly show, could some give a synopsis. I can't access since I have no need nor interest in tweeting.
Thanks, C.
“ And, it seems as though our political leaders, from the right and the left, at every juncture, are eager to politicize the U.S. military. And it's something we should be very aware of and alarmed about as citizens.”.
I’d really like a list of examples of how Biden or anyone else on the Left has politically used the military - especially the part of “eagerly, at every juncture”. I’ve observed none, but perhaps I missed it? We all saw how Donny and GOP congress has attempted use of the military for the Right. That false claim alone made this author less worthy of a read for me.
I will fault Milley and Biden if they fail to root out “omerta” in our military. We saw some of them on Jan 6 and that should have given cause to find the rest. There surely is a way to find them now b4 Donny or DeSantis makes use of them, if either loses (but wins) in 2024.
Thinking of the GOP ad blitz, I can remember the campaign for Proposition 13 questioning why seniors should be paying for schools when they didn't have children attending them. That side won the argument and students ended up getting loans to replace the money previously provided by the state, where before you could attend a Cal State college for $62 a quarter. It's just a game of tug-o-war and the left side just pulled.