I'm losing track. Is this the 3rd or 4th time...

… that the Secret Service has dropped the ball?

The assassination attempt

The “attempted assassination” at the golf course

Noem’s stolen(?) purse

????

Is this another case of “whatever Trump touches dies”? He shuffled people around, got rid of some agents, appointed incompetent people to run it, etc.

Have all the competent people left, are they overworked, or just don’t give a damn anymore? Or, of course, all the above…

Zionism has many definitions.

TL;DR anti-Zionism is against a political philosophy; anti-Semitism is bigotry.

The definition of Zionism depends on who you talk to. However, there is general agreement that Zionism is a philosophy that says that Jewish people need their own country, and that country has a right to defend itself. Zionism is a political philosophy. The devil is in the details (where is this country, what are its borders, what is self-defense, etc). The problem for me (and others) is how the government of Israel implements those goals. For example, purposely killing 15 people in an aid convoy (that had been properly identified) merely because there was a suspicion that a Hamas sympathizer was with them was wrong, and a warcrime.

Antisemitism is a prejudice against people who are of the Jewish faith, and/or those of Jewish ancestry. It doesn't care where they live in the world. It doesn't care if a person practices conservative Judaism, reform Judaism, or is a non-practicing person with Jewish ancestry.

What bothers me is when I criticize the actions taken by the Israrali government, or it's policies, and being told I'm anti-Semitic. There are people of Jewish faith that are against the actions of the people currently in power, or are even explicitly Anti-Zionist. Does that mean they are anti-Semitic?

I know nothing about this rabbi, and don't have time to research his beliefs. If he merely advocated that Israeli has a right to exist, then excluding him was wrong. If he advocates that the safety of Israel requires the death of every Palestinian man, woman, and child, I can understand why people might not want him associating with their cause.

Where executive power comes from.

A reminder of where supreme executive power comes from.

“Listen. Strange oligarchs lying online distributing emails is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical special government employee!”

WHEN this is over, I don't want to hear a single Democrat...

... say that we need to look forward, not backward.

I want to prosecute every single M-Fer no matter their office, wealth, or age.

Examples must be made.

Forgiving the transgressors did not work:

After the Civil War.

After Watergate.

After the second Iraq war.

And too many other instances.

What do I want?

Anyone else think that businesses will see tariffs...

... as an opportunity to make make more money?

When supply chains were disrupted, they increased prices by the amount of inflation and then some extra, even if they had no cost increases.

I think they're going to do the same thing now, and blame the tariffs.

Got hung up on by someone soliciting donations to support the police

I forget the name, but they said they want to help elect legislators that will support and protect law enforcement.

Me: "Are you going to support Republicans that support the release of the January 6th terrorists?"

::CLICK::



(I usually ignore unknown numbers, but I'm job hunting right now and don't want to miss any recruiters.)

"It's Time for a Democratic Barry Goldwater"

- Oliver Willis
In 1964, conservatives began their takeover of the Republican Party. They were rebelling against a Republican establishment that they viewed as risk-averse, stodgy, and unwilling to push the boundaries of American politics – and saw them as particularly afraid of pushing conservative ideas against the centrist consensus.
…
Contrast this with the Democratic Party at its crisis points. After Reaganism took over, Democrats decided their problem was the left and Clinton moved to the center. He won and while he had some achievements (most notably the economy), he surely did not advance America to the left to the degree that other Democrats like Johnson and Franklin Roosevelt had. And under Clinton the right continued to amass power, eventually taking over the House in 1994.
…
Even worse, cautious liberalism is a poor counter to the extreme conservatism descending from Goldwater that now runs the Republican Party. Conservatives are inspired, not just by demagogic leaders like Trump and G.W. Bush, but by the ideology of their movement that foolishly says government must be run like a business while also crushing the rights of women, minorities, and the LGBTQ community. Against that tide, liberalism has become a movement of protecting institutions and norms. This is has been particularly egregious under the leadership of people like Biden, Obama, and Sec. Hillary Clinton.
…
That’s why there needs to be a Democratic equivalent of the Goldwater movement, or at least the Tea Party movement that began an insurgency within the GOP after John McCain lost to Obama.

https://open.substack.com/pub/oliverwillis/p/its-time-for-a-democratic-barry-goldwater?r=1enjyx&utm_medium=ios

Musk should be made Time's "Person of the Year"

Jimmy Kimmel pointed out the best reason why Musk should get this honor: it would infuriate Trump.

Trump has desired this award for literally decades. He even has a fake Time magazine cover on display in the Mar-a-Lago dining room.

If Musk got the award instead of him, it would definitely end any sort of influence Musk had in the Trump Administration.

If you're a fan of Thom Hartmann

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It ends November 26th, 2024.

The books are:

The Hidden History of the American Dream

The Hidden History of American Democracy

The Hidden History of Neoliberalism

The Hidden History of Big Brother in America

The Hidden History of American Healthcare

The Hidden History of American Oligarchy

The Hidden History of Monopolies

The Hidden History of the War on Voting

The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America

The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment

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