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guillaumeb's JournalTrump is merely the cruder version of Ronald Reagan.
The GOP has been running in the modern era on racial messaging since 1968. Prior to that, of course, there were racists in the GOP, and as far back as post the US civil war, the GOP lily white faction enjoyed support.
But there are no substantive policy differences between Reagan and Trump, and each man used racism to motivate his supporters. Reagan did it with dog whistle language, and he also signaled where he stood by opening his initial campaign for the Presidency in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
Neshoba County was a backwater, even in Mississippi, but it was notorious for KKK rallies and being the area where three civil rights activists were murdered.
Trump has always been notorious for his racism, so when conservatives try to paint Trum as some sort of aberration, they are ignorant of history or lying.
The biggest victim of Trump's lies is himself.
Yes, he is a con man, and yes, he lies constantly, but he lies to convince himself as much as to convince others because he desperately needs to believe that he is more successful than his father.
Why I am voting for Marie Newman in the June 28 Democratic primary.
First, Marie Newman is incredibly accessible to her constituents. Unlike her two predecessors, she opposes the Madigan Machine, and its politics of accommodation and corporate coziness. Unlike her two opponents in the Democratic primary, Marie Newman refuses to take corporate donations.
Second, Marie Newman supports real solutions to our real problems. The US healthcare system is ranked 37th in the world. An appalling statistic. And even with the reforms of the Affordable Care Act, much more is needed. That is why Newman supports an expansion of Medicare, allowing younger people to be eligible for Medicare, and addressing the flaws in Medicare.
Third, because Marie Newman refuses corporate bribes, she supports the broad framework for a green new deal. And that framework rests on a foundation of recognizing that we must move quickly to renewable energy.
Next, in her first 18 months in office, Newman has been incredibly productive. She is one of the most active members of Congress. And speaking with a hyper local focus, she has addressed local flooding issues all over the District, from La Grange, to Oak Lawn, to the Beverly area.
Newman has addressed longtime issues with rail crossing blockages that affect the busy 95th street corridor. She brought together representatives from local government entities with representatives from the rail industries to eliminate much of the chronic congestion due to long freight trains blocking the street.
Newman also held meetings with the Postmaster of Chicago, and addressed chronic issues with poor mail service. While those issues are not fully resolved, and cannot be without national action, staffing levels are being improved in the area.
For the listed reasons, and more, I strongly urge voters to choose Marie Newman in the June 28 Democratic primary for the Illinois 6th Congressional District.
The United States of Hypocrisy: Revisiting the Monroe Doctrine
From the article:
To read more:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/01/31/the-united-states-of-hypocrisy-revisiting-the-monroe-doctrine/
It is not just how the US sees itself, it is how the rest of the world sees the US.
This is the first version of my new Facebook reply for the GOP sites:
I think that all the fluoride in the water is triggering the mind control aspect of these drugs. You see, the mind controllers planned this 50 years ago as part of the plot to overturn Amerikka and weaken our moral fiber. And we all know that if you do not get enough moral fiber in your diet, your natural immunity to facts and logic will weaken.
So after years of swallowing this Commie water, the built up fluoride combines in our morally fiber deficient system with the Bill Gates mind control drugs and we all turn into sheep. And how are we going to wear our red hats if we are all sheep?
Can we simply refer to him as, No-vaxx Djokovic?
Could we also say, "do not make a joke of it, Djokovic?"
It is MLK Day. Remember why we honor him.
On MLK day, my feeling is, as Ibram X Kendi well stated, one is either an anti-racist or a racist.
Some will say that is too simplistic, too reductionistic, but if we do not fight against racism, our passivity is seen as support for the racists.
So, we must be loud, and loudly anti-racist, so the racists do not take our silence as complicity.
There are many online and physical events today. Please, attend in person or online.
Regarding Kirsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, and pressuring them,
the only things that matter to them are their own voters, and the money coming from their contributors.
Not necessarily in that order, of course.
If they handed out awards for smug, self-destructive stupidity, this one would be a finalist
The sad story of another Trump worshipping Covidiot who never learned, until she was dying...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/11/2072622/-If-they-handed-awards-for-smug-self-destructive-stupidity-this-one-would-be-a-finalist?detail=emaildkre
The problem is that millions will simply shrug, offer empty comments like "thoughts and prayers", and forget about it because this will never happen to them, or their family.
Joe Manchin partial support thread:
Manchin said,
He has previously expressed support for the idea of regulating what a filibuster is. Now, any GOP idiot can claim that he/she is filibustering, with no requirement for actual talking and no requirement to talk on topic.
Requiring that members be in the Chamber, talking directly on the topic, would greatly reduce the likelihood of these sham filibusters.
I am not arguing that the filibuster serves democracy, and the Senate has always been far from representative of the actual population, but given a 50-50 split, filibuster reform might be the only way to get to a 50-50 tie, with the VP casting the decisive vote.
And how inspirational would it be if the first biracial, female VP cast the deciding vote to sustain a democratic country?
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