The nation normalized him. People just gave up. He has so many indictments and judgments …but he never gets punished. There is no other person in America, who can literally get away with murder and still … completely FREE. No repercussions.
I view Merrick Garland as an utter failure who let this nation down by his turtle pace and going after low hanging fruit instead of the mobster. His approach from a bygone era, I suppose, much like Biden. As much as anyone, Garland is deeply responsible for Trump/MAGA rising again.
"...the real “original sin” of the 2024 election: Biden ran in 2020 to “battle for the soul of the nation”—and then both he and most elected Democrats (J6 committee members notably excluded) failed to actually fight that battle once in office, treating Trump/MAGA as an existential threat one day and normal political actors the next" Finally someone explains it straightforward exactly as it is!
The bottom line, as I see it, is that the Roberts Court has changed this government from one "of the people, by the People, and for the People" into one "of the wealthy, by the wealthy, and for the wealthy", which includes corporations, who are designated as "people". The problem with that is, NO ONE voted to give up the protections and rights "of, by, and for ALL THE REST OF "the People". But that is what happened.
What we need is to hold the corrupt Justices accountable for violating their Oath to the Constitution and giving all power to the very wealthy, while leaving the rest of us in the dirt. This is NOT the country or government we have ever had. My father would never have fought a war for THIS country. Neither would I. This is no longer a democracy, because, unless a voter has boatloads of money to give a political figure, that voter will be left with NOTHING, including a say in his/her own government. This is a banana republic.
One last observation: What you said about Biden is 100% true. He did say that Trump was an existential threat to our country, but then, he was elected and quietly went behind the curtain to do work, rarely, if ever telling the American people what he was doing to help them, to preserve Democracy. THAT is a large part of the reason people voted for Trump. At least, he was a showman, who kept them entertained, always appearing that he was doing something, even though he wasn't. Trump gave people bread a circuses; while Biden just disappeared. BAD move for the Dem party. Allowing Biden to run again (when he clearly wasn't up to it) and holding NO convention to nominate another candidate looked bad and felt bad, making people feel as though they had no say in their candidate. Harris was a much better candidate, but she had inadequate time to campaign. The Dems blew it; let's face it. And, because of that, we have lost our democracy.
You don't know how tremendously glad I am that you two feel the same way I do. It astonishes me to see people who have NO idea that their rights over their lives and their well being are being taken away from them, yard by yard. The People should have risen up - and stayed up - after Dobbs. If we don't stand up to the Supremes and cut out the corruption in it. our future will never be anything but a deep, dark tunnel.
Not only the working class... The middle class - especially on the lower end of that scale - matter, too. But our political power has all been wiped out because of the corrupt Justices on the S. Ct.
Please speak loudly. With my volume on Max it's as if im across the room. I really enjoy hearing from you but enough. Put some power into your Substack videos
The nation normalized him. People just gave up. He has so many indictments and judgments …but he never gets punished. There is no other person in America, who can literally get away with murder and still … completely FREE. No repercussions.
I view Merrick Garland as an utter failure who let this nation down by his turtle pace and going after low hanging fruit instead of the mobster. His approach from a bygone era, I suppose, much like Biden. As much as anyone, Garland is deeply responsible for Trump/MAGA rising again.
"...the real “original sin” of the 2024 election: Biden ran in 2020 to “battle for the soul of the nation”—and then both he and most elected Democrats (J6 committee members notably excluded) failed to actually fight that battle once in office, treating Trump/MAGA as an existential threat one day and normal political actors the next" Finally someone explains it straightforward exactly as it is!
The bottom line, as I see it, is that the Roberts Court has changed this government from one "of the people, by the People, and for the People" into one "of the wealthy, by the wealthy, and for the wealthy", which includes corporations, who are designated as "people". The problem with that is, NO ONE voted to give up the protections and rights "of, by, and for ALL THE REST OF "the People". But that is what happened.
What we need is to hold the corrupt Justices accountable for violating their Oath to the Constitution and giving all power to the very wealthy, while leaving the rest of us in the dirt. This is NOT the country or government we have ever had. My father would never have fought a war for THIS country. Neither would I. This is no longer a democracy, because, unless a voter has boatloads of money to give a political figure, that voter will be left with NOTHING, including a say in his/her own government. This is a banana republic.
One last observation: What you said about Biden is 100% true. He did say that Trump was an existential threat to our country, but then, he was elected and quietly went behind the curtain to do work, rarely, if ever telling the American people what he was doing to help them, to preserve Democracy. THAT is a large part of the reason people voted for Trump. At least, he was a showman, who kept them entertained, always appearing that he was doing something, even though he wasn't. Trump gave people bread a circuses; while Biden just disappeared. BAD move for the Dem party. Allowing Biden to run again (when he clearly wasn't up to it) and holding NO convention to nominate another candidate looked bad and felt bad, making people feel as though they had no say in their candidate. Harris was a much better candidate, but she had inadequate time to campaign. The Dems blew it; let's face it. And, because of that, we have lost our democracy.
You don't know how tremendously glad I am that you two feel the same way I do. It astonishes me to see people who have NO idea that their rights over their lives and their well being are being taken away from them, yard by yard. The People should have risen up - and stayed up - after Dobbs. If we don't stand up to the Supremes and cut out the corruption in it. our future will never be anything but a deep, dark tunnel.
Michael that was great!
Anant I love your work!
Originalism is a scam. No one can know what was in the minds of founding fathers. And there is no assurance their thinking is applicable to today.
WORKING PEOPLE MATTER
Not only the working class... The middle class - especially on the lower end of that scale - matter, too. But our political power has all been wiped out because of the corrupt Justices on the S. Ct.
Right?!
The working class has supported these United States for Nearly 250 years!
And none of these jerks can back us up!!!!!!!
Exactly! No one supports working class Americans!
AND. What to do about all this!!!!
A national strike might be a good beginning. We MUST do something to regain the power we've had heretofore.
I totally agree!
Please speak loudly. With my volume on Max it's as if im across the room. I really enjoy hearing from you but enough. Put some power into your Substack videos
So freaking Weak!!!!