The republicans have shown us that without a doubt- they are not capable of governing. We are not being governed. We are being harassed, terrorized, threatened, and robbed of tax dollars, a decent education, and health care- donald has created a mess and the cabinet and congress CHOOSE not to stop him. Vote them ALL out
Lynn...you said it in four lines : “We are not being governed” is the entire thing...right there.
One add: “vote them all out” only works if it turns into a plan with names on it.
For Everyone: Who’s your House rep? Your senator up this cycle? Have you called their office and asked the one question? That’s the part most people skip...and it’s the part that makes the ballot land.
Thank you for being a paid subscriber, Lynn. It’s readers like you who make the lawyers and the phone calls possible!
Trump is a raging maniac who projects on to others what he is guilty of himself! Joe Biden, Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton have not violated any laws that would warrant prosecution…and this pathetically stupid man does not even comprehend that the President does not bring impeachment charges…he doesn’t even understand the Constitution, the laws of the country that he is supposed to be leading! Enough said…I only hope that some impeachment prosecutions will be in our not too distant future, beginning with HIS and on down through this thoroughly corrupt and traitorous regime!
Now time for a soothing cup of tea, some deep breathing and a wander through our garden that is taking on some autumn tones…finally…need that old blood pressure to come down!
Christie...ENJOY that tea and the garden. You’ve earned it...and... frankly, the GARDEN is doing more for your blood pressure...than ANYTHING these clowns in Washington will do this week.
You put the real tell in writing: he talks about “going after” people...the way a man talks when he thinks the law is a tool he OWNS...rather than a set of rules he’s UNDER.
That’s the entire story in one sentence.
On impeachment...I’ll just say this. Articles come from the House...and the House is decided on November 3.
So the autumn tones in your garden...have a deadline attached...and...the DEEP BREATHING is step one.
Step two...is three phone calls and three neighbors.
Thanks for being here, Christie, and for backing this work!
I love the concrete steps to take. I also love the articles themselves…. and for me the concrete stuff is great because it’s gives me…… A place to focus… Something (as in small things) to do as in my brain can go ‘check’….. Additionally, my hope is the restacks truly help get the word out.
I heard the clip Jack references and mentally shook my head, wondering just when he will either simply keel over and / or the cabinet members will have had enough. When will the benefit of getting out of this outweigh the cost for them….??
I suspect I’m in a space that’s half here (and half checked out) as I hear all the things, acknowledge the awfulness, make a mental note and then do my best to stay out of reaction, cursing profusely, yelling (the critters think it’s directed at them) then spiraling and crashing after that. I am flat out exhausted and doing my best to figure out a reset but these mofo’s are NOT giving anyone a break…. and that kinda pisses me off, too! LOL.
Jack, I am SO glad you are here and have our backs. Couldn’t do it without you. Thanks!
Deb...that's the whole idea behind those concrete steps (other than the fact they are also the steps that matter most); to give you a place to FOCUS. Thank you for recognizing...and appreciating that.
It's hard to be overly anxious and take concrete action at the same time.
Make SLEEP your #1 area of focus for the reset. That's backed by science, as it's the #1 area of "Biggest bang for the buck" for doing just that!
We can do everything else right, but if we are suffering in the sleep category...everything goes to hell in a handbasket...fast.
Been working on the sleep thing…. I just recognized today that I might be flirting with burnout…. My nervous system is pretty reactive on a normal basis and these are anything but normal times…. I very much need to address this BEFORE I flatten myself by hitting the wall…. I’m sleeping reasonably well… it’s the deep, deep totally at peace in and outside piece that’s missing….
So…. I’m looking at several things - like maybe doing a Sleep as Medicine course to see why my sleep isn’t restorative enough (includes a series of ‘what is off’ sessions like cortisol, circadian rhythm, chronotype (night owl vs early bird, etc), histamine reactions, etc)…. Plus Non-negotiable time in Nature, at the lakeshore….. Plus very serious food tracking…. And so forth.
I do appreciate you reiterating how important sleep is…. It reinforces my ‘I’d better address this like now’ thinking… having been here 12 years ago… the signs are easier to see.
Thank you for having our backs and calling things as you see them. Much gratitude!!
Update on the pumpkin-decorated sign across the street: TRUMP ---- TAKE AMERICA BACK. From whom??? Or, is there small print underneath it that says "to the mid-1800s"?
Good advice as always, Jack. And while we're at it, call the Congressionals and tell them HELL NO on public executions. These @$$holes will do anything to distract from the crimes they are committing. My husband had a conversation today with a 17 year old who had to evacuate with his mom, grandmother, and younger brother from the building they were in that was being hit by drones in one of the areas near Iran. His voice had the flat affect of someone who has reached his limit. Utterly sad. #holdingfast so NO MORE KIDS HAVE TO FLEE.
We’re chasing our tails trying to control the madman in OUR White House. His mental illness will continue to lead him into a nightmare for our country. The next Democratic Congress needs to put together a committee or commission with the sole purpose of creating the mechanisms that will protect our nation from political hijackers who are mentally ill, compromised by foreign powers, and/or ignoring a myriad of laws, precedents, and regulations designed to prevent such acts. Amendments or legislation, whichever can be passed quickly. Trump won’t be the last Benedict Arnold.
The threats are coming fast and furious. In addressing streaming the execution by firing squad of the Fort Bliss shooter Hegseth everyone should watch so we know the consequences of committing crimes. We don't just have ICE on the streets shooting people at the rate of about 1 per week, now they want public executions. We have fallen so far below what is acceptable governmental behavior I fear we will not be able to recover or it will take decades to do so.
I desperately want to be wrong but given everything the Republicans have already done, and are already doing... terrorizing our blue cities with ICE surges, threatening ICE will be at the polls, etc., it seems that if they lose, they will scream cheating/stolen, send military to seize ballots and machines to take away evidence, refuse to seat any democratic winners, and if we get into the streets peacefully or violently, enact a state of emergency and militarize the country or simply cause a horrific false flag that allows for Marshall law before any election can happen or be finalized. What happens in these scenarios? What leverage do we have then? Please tell me I'm wrong.
I hope you are wrong, but can imagine such a scenario. If you want, you can call and demand answers from your local Board of Elections, the County Board of Elections and your State Election officials. Also all your state senators and legislators, governor and state Attorney General. Say “What is your plan if the Feds try to seize voting machines or ballots?” And whatever your other scenarios are. Ask them to email you a copy of the plan. And write down what they say. Leave a message and ask for a call back. Good luck and #HOLDFAST. 👹
The republicans have shown us that without a doubt- they are not capable of governing. We are not being governed. We are being harassed, terrorized, threatened, and robbed of tax dollars, a decent education, and health care- donald has created a mess and the cabinet and congress CHOOSE not to stop him. Vote them ALL out
Lynn...you said it in four lines : “We are not being governed” is the entire thing...right there.
One add: “vote them all out” only works if it turns into a plan with names on it.
For Everyone: Who’s your House rep? Your senator up this cycle? Have you called their office and asked the one question? That’s the part most people skip...and it’s the part that makes the ballot land.
Thank you for being a paid subscriber, Lynn. It’s readers like you who make the lawyers and the phone calls possible!
-Jack
Jack,
Trump is a raging maniac who projects on to others what he is guilty of himself! Joe Biden, Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton have not violated any laws that would warrant prosecution…and this pathetically stupid man does not even comprehend that the President does not bring impeachment charges…he doesn’t even understand the Constitution, the laws of the country that he is supposed to be leading! Enough said…I only hope that some impeachment prosecutions will be in our not too distant future, beginning with HIS and on down through this thoroughly corrupt and traitorous regime!
Now time for a soothing cup of tea, some deep breathing and a wander through our garden that is taking on some autumn tones…finally…need that old blood pressure to come down!
Christie
Christie...ENJOY that tea and the garden. You’ve earned it...and... frankly, the GARDEN is doing more for your blood pressure...than ANYTHING these clowns in Washington will do this week.
You put the real tell in writing: he talks about “going after” people...the way a man talks when he thinks the law is a tool he OWNS...rather than a set of rules he’s UNDER.
That’s the entire story in one sentence.
On impeachment...I’ll just say this. Articles come from the House...and the House is decided on November 3.
So the autumn tones in your garden...have a deadline attached...and...the DEEP BREATHING is step one.
Step two...is three phone calls and three neighbors.
Thanks for being here, Christie, and for backing this work!
-Jack
If we get those stupid $90 bribe/payments, they're going straight to Democratic candidates. Nothing like Trump giving me the tack to put on his chair.
Fantastic idea, Robot Bender!
-Jack
Thank you Jack great advice, I will do everything I can, I voted yesterday and now making the time to Call. Fund. Protect. Describe.
I really like your analysis Jack 👏
I appreciate that, Joan Powell. I do!
-Jack
Outstanding, Joan. Well done!
-Jack
I love the concrete steps to take. I also love the articles themselves…. and for me the concrete stuff is great because it’s gives me…… A place to focus… Something (as in small things) to do as in my brain can go ‘check’….. Additionally, my hope is the restacks truly help get the word out.
I heard the clip Jack references and mentally shook my head, wondering just when he will either simply keel over and / or the cabinet members will have had enough. When will the benefit of getting out of this outweigh the cost for them….??
I suspect I’m in a space that’s half here (and half checked out) as I hear all the things, acknowledge the awfulness, make a mental note and then do my best to stay out of reaction, cursing profusely, yelling (the critters think it’s directed at them) then spiraling and crashing after that. I am flat out exhausted and doing my best to figure out a reset but these mofo’s are NOT giving anyone a break…. and that kinda pisses me off, too! LOL.
Jack, I am SO glad you are here and have our backs. Couldn’t do it without you. Thanks!
Deb...that's the whole idea behind those concrete steps (other than the fact they are also the steps that matter most); to give you a place to FOCUS. Thank you for recognizing...and appreciating that.
It's hard to be overly anxious and take concrete action at the same time.
Make SLEEP your #1 area of focus for the reset. That's backed by science, as it's the #1 area of "Biggest bang for the buck" for doing just that!
We can do everything else right, but if we are suffering in the sleep category...everything goes to hell in a handbasket...fast.
I am so glad YOU'RE here, Deb!
-Jack
Thanks, Jack.
Been working on the sleep thing…. I just recognized today that I might be flirting with burnout…. My nervous system is pretty reactive on a normal basis and these are anything but normal times…. I very much need to address this BEFORE I flatten myself by hitting the wall…. I’m sleeping reasonably well… it’s the deep, deep totally at peace in and outside piece that’s missing….
So…. I’m looking at several things - like maybe doing a Sleep as Medicine course to see why my sleep isn’t restorative enough (includes a series of ‘what is off’ sessions like cortisol, circadian rhythm, chronotype (night owl vs early bird, etc), histamine reactions, etc)…. Plus Non-negotiable time in Nature, at the lakeshore….. Plus very serious food tracking…. And so forth.
I do appreciate you reiterating how important sleep is…. It reinforces my ‘I’d better address this like now’ thinking… having been here 12 years ago… the signs are easier to see.
Thank you for having our backs and calling things as you see them. Much gratitude!!
There is NOTHING THAT he will NOT be permitted to do!
Update on the pumpkin-decorated sign across the street: TRUMP ---- TAKE AMERICA BACK. From whom??? Or, is there small print underneath it that says "to the mid-1800s"?
Good advice as always, Jack. And while we're at it, call the Congressionals and tell them HELL NO on public executions. These @$$holes will do anything to distract from the crimes they are committing. My husband had a conversation today with a 17 year old who had to evacuate with his mom, grandmother, and younger brother from the building they were in that was being hit by drones in one of the areas near Iran. His voice had the flat affect of someone who has reached his limit. Utterly sad. #holdingfast so NO MORE KIDS HAVE TO FLEE.
Very sad
We’re chasing our tails trying to control the madman in OUR White House. His mental illness will continue to lead him into a nightmare for our country. The next Democratic Congress needs to put together a committee or commission with the sole purpose of creating the mechanisms that will protect our nation from political hijackers who are mentally ill, compromised by foreign powers, and/or ignoring a myriad of laws, precedents, and regulations designed to prevent such acts. Amendments or legislation, whichever can be passed quickly. Trump won’t be the last Benedict Arnold.
I agree with everything you wrote and it was exactly what I was going to write especially the part about his escalating dementia!
#HOLDFAST
Teri
When I heard this in the news I was furious. Now I’m planning to do all I can for this election and plot and plan for the next.
The threats are coming fast and furious. In addressing streaming the execution by firing squad of the Fort Bliss shooter Hegseth everyone should watch so we know the consequences of committing crimes. We don't just have ICE on the streets shooting people at the rate of about 1 per week, now they want public executions. We have fallen so far below what is acceptable governmental behavior I fear we will not be able to recover or it will take decades to do so.
I desperately want to be wrong but given everything the Republicans have already done, and are already doing... terrorizing our blue cities with ICE surges, threatening ICE will be at the polls, etc., it seems that if they lose, they will scream cheating/stolen, send military to seize ballots and machines to take away evidence, refuse to seat any democratic winners, and if we get into the streets peacefully or violently, enact a state of emergency and militarize the country or simply cause a horrific false flag that allows for Marshall law before any election can happen or be finalized. What happens in these scenarios? What leverage do we have then? Please tell me I'm wrong.
I hope you are wrong, but can imagine such a scenario. If you want, you can call and demand answers from your local Board of Elections, the County Board of Elections and your State Election officials. Also all your state senators and legislators, governor and state Attorney General. Say “What is your plan if the Feds try to seize voting machines or ballots?” And whatever your other scenarios are. Ask them to email you a copy of the plan. And write down what they say. Leave a message and ask for a call back. Good luck and #HOLDFAST. 👹