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mlminetn.bsky.social

@mlminetn.bsky.social

Blue dot, red state Willing to talk, not argue

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I’d like to be a fly on the wall when JD Vance tells his daughter that the repeated rape of a 12-year-old girl is no big deal; it’s others’ reaction that counts more.

From Heather Cox Richardson: “In the past, Republicans in safe Republican districts did not have to appeal to constituents or campaign, apparently because the letter “R” was enough to get voters to make a mark next to their name.

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Their invisibility raises the question of why these people, who evidently don’t care about representing their constituents, would want to hold national office. Perhaps they want to hobble the federal government to enable wealthy businessmen to gain even more control over the country.

Perhaps they want to enable the rise of a theocracy. Perhaps they are hoping to make money off their offices. Perhaps they simply want the prestige of a federal office.” Describes my reps PERFECTLY.

From Heather Cox Richardson: “In the past, Republicans in safe Republican districts did not have to appeal to constituents or campaign, apparently because the letter “R” was enough to get voters to make a mark next to their name.

In this new environment in which constituents are furious with Republican policies, Republicans hoping to be elected continue to keep their heads down, apparently hoping that they can be elected, or reelected, if they simply keep their mouths shut.

… it is truly astonishing to see Republicans, who for more than forty years have championed President Ronald Reagan for his stance against the Soviet Union, stand aside as Trump trashes the post–World War II system of global security in order to ally the United States with a Russian dictator. —LFAA

And NC has not recovered yet. In fact, FEMA has been seriously underresourced. tN was also hit and at least seven people died. Remember your congressperson’s vote this election.

On Friday the administration announced it is refusing to spend about a billion dollars Congress appropriated for programs that help the American people—a refusal the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) says is illegal—and on Saturday, Trump used taxpayer money for his own vanity ads.

Now we are in a trade war with our longtime friend and ally Canada, & the president is posting insulting memes about Canada’s prime minister on social media. Economist Paul Krugman wrote: “I don’t think there has ever been a dispute this stupid. Bear in mind that this crisis is entirely gratuitous.”

Now we are in a trade war with our longtime friend and ally Canada, & the president is posting insulting memes about Canada’s prime minister on social media. Economist Paul Krugman wrote: “I don’t think there has ever been a dispute this stupid. Bear in mind that this crisis is entirely gratuitous.”

“As Trump’s failures, from soaring fuel prices to plunging approval, multiply,” Krugman wrote, “he is doubling down on his disrespect for and attempted bullying of our northern neighbor and former ally. 2/3

Be sure to check your voter registration as close to the November election as you can (you must be registered 30 days prior to any election. the TN Secretary of State VOLUNTARILY turned over to the Trump administration TN voter information. (Most other states refused and won their court cases.)

The federal government has a very limited role in election administration but as usual Trump is shoving his way in, expecting no one to stop him. Mail in voting is SAFE, Trump doesn’t have the power he pretends. He just doesn’t want you to exercise your constitutional right. Defy him.

Be sure to check your voter registration as close to the November election as you can (you must be registered 30 days prior to any election. the TN Secretary of State VOLUNTARILY turned over to the Trump administration TN voter information. (Most other states refused and won their court cases.)

The DOJ is supposedly looking for fraud and has reportedly also removed people from the rolls. But the New York Times has reported the admin is also looking for people they can turn over to ICE.

“Fascism, the pamphlet Army Talks explained, “is government by the few and for the few. The objective is seizure and control of the economic, political, social, and cultural life of the state.” “The people run democratic governments, but fascist governments run the people.” Sound familiar?

“Fascism subordinates business activity to the needs of the government. In exchange for supporting them, government officials award massive government contracts and subsidies to favored businesses, and protect them from regulation.” Again, sound familiar?

“Fascism, the pamphlet Army Talks explained, “is government by the few and for the few. The objective is seizure and control of the economic, political, social, and cultural life of the state.” “The people run democratic governments, but fascist governments run the people.” Sound familiar?

. . . Kaufman showed how recent speeches by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller at last Thursday’s State Department about “Left-wing terrorism” echoed Adolph Hitler’s Mein Kampf and Heinrich Himmler’s 1942 pamphlet Der Untermensch, or “The Subhuman.”

“Fascism, the pamphlet Army Talks explained, “is government by the few and for the few. The objective is seizure and control of the economic, political, social, and cultural life of the state.” “The people run democratic governments, but fascist governments run the people.” Sound familiar?

“The basic principles of democracy stand in the way of their desires; hence—democracy must go.” . . Fascism treats women as mere breeders. ‘Children, kitchen, and the church,’ was the Nazi slogan for women,” the pamphlet said.

Earlier this year the TN Secretary of State VOLUNTARILY gave the federal government the state’s voter file. (The states that refused have been vindicated by the courts.) To make sure you have not been removed from the rolls, check your record at your county’s election commission.

SCOTUS has turned into a promoter and supporter of Trump’s ideas instead of an arbiter of legal objectivity. It’s clear they support the dismantling of democracy and establishment of an oligarchy.

“This president and administration are turning the extraordinary resources of the American people—the things we the people have created over decades with our effort and our tax dollars—to their own ends. We are paying for their theft with a significantly diminished country, and even with our lives.”