I needed to hear this Andrew. I have avoided the news for personal health reasons. Yet I now feel ready to make my voice heard. You are an incredibly unique human. Thanks for being. ❤️
Andrew we are here at the WTF moment! I will take the little wins we can get which is better than nothing however we need to keep working! What exactly can Democrats and especially Republicans do? The lying and gaslighting is off the charts! I still can’t believe that Elon Musk is still going around and taking a sledge hammer to everything he wants to with Republicans approval! Awful! Have a great weekend and Innis too!
As I read your litany, I became increasingly angry and upset. We are definitely progressing further and further down the road of madness! We are witnessing the destruction of our sacred commitment to building that “more perfect union.” We are living proof that only fierce dedication and vigilant awareness will save us. But ONLY if we ACT every time we slide further down the path of authoritarianism - every time! Helplessness is NOT an excuse any longer.
WHY? Because we are soft and weak. We are showing that he who has the most money wins. We have seen this for years with victims who have lost in court due to the abuser having more money to fight to get their way even when they have records of wrong doing. We have become a nation of people wanting deeper pockets with no accountability of their actions. WHAT happened that a convicted felon was able to be voted back in and also release over 1500 other convicted felons and bring in his newest bestie to raid our 'normalcy'? WHO stood by and watched us get 'raped'? WHO turned a blind eye and acted like nothing happened, they'll get over it. Other people haved been 'raped' and look at them now, they're ok. The same people who saw a burning building and put their heads down and walked by thinking to themselves SOMEBODY will come by who is braver than me and more willing to do the right thing. HOW come our government has let a villain run rough shod over our democracy and shred our constitution? WHEN will those who were selected to speak up and ACT on the behalf of ALL AMERICANS realize there are more of them if they stand as one against the evil doers. The rules have already been broken. Why are you twiddling your thumbs? Actions speak louder than words. Letting this happen to your wives, your daughters, your sons, yourself is like we are the real prisoners here getting bent over to the glee and joy of the few who think they are in power. Time to buckle down, grow a new spine and take back what is rightfully ours. We have the numbers. We just need the quiet voices to rise up together and go in and clean house now. We have seen other countries take back their will by force. They have grouped together, went in and forcefully brought out the self appointed leaders in handcuffs under the bright lights of the cameras that these ego loving psychopaths live for. We need to move fast and quick before they know whats happened. Just as they did when they took over. And than do not ever let this happen again. Get policies and rules in place to where no one person can come in and overthrow the government again revealing our nakedness to the world to where we became the laughing stock. Shame on us. Fool us once its on you. Fool us twice we better take a good hard look at ourselves and decide who we really want to be and how do we want other nations to see us. A weak link, a door mat? Or the country who goes into the fight with heads held high and more confidence knowing that what we are doing is the right thing for everybody to take our America back. No doubts. Now other countries will know we will not be taken advantage of ever again. What's it going to be boys and girls? Time to put on our big boy/ girl pants and stand up for our flag. Or just let it burn?
So true. I hear this from journalists and I am astounded that they can even call something like that a “win.” And when the court grants him a small yet insignificant win when afterwards they go on to grant him the means to consolidate (which has already happened even as Biden was still in office) power on all levels, I am sickened.
“The banality of evil”. Thank you Andrew Weissman for reminding us to continue resisting while keeping an eye on the changing goal posts. I will not become numb to the wrongness. I’m very concerned about future elections. Going forward I will include the removal of the Election Interference Group from the DOJ as one of my concerns that I list during my daily calls to my Electeds.
I totally agree; I finally heard a journalist say that he’s just using tariffs to tank the stock market so he can play options for the market going down. A another similar scheme mentioned by Leon for stocks, “pump & dump”. And now they want to use crypto for Treasury Reserve! Dump is just like a toddler and pushing limits.
I recently saw the great work of Election Truth Alliance and all the abnormalities in the 2024 election for every 7 all swing states and per chance they showed MN as well, I couldn’t figure out how many Rethugs got into our state elections. Now I know.
Andrew, thanks for this. I posted the text to my meager. 9,000+ Facebook accounts. I think it would be a useful service if you could present a list of these political deviances in some easily accessible spot, so that people could ‘track’ them. I’m pretty obsessive about following you and a number of folks on Substack, but it’s hard to keep it all front of mind. A reference list would be a real service.
We’re all becoming trauma victims, which makes it hard to fight back. In addition to understanding Stockholm Syndrome, it would do us good to learn about a psychological theory called “Learned Helplessness (Martin Seligman)” in which we give up because we believe we are powerless to change the dire situation we all face. Compassion or outrage fatigue is another attack on the psychic energy we need to quash this abusive madness. The advice that we are stronger together is a good one to remember every day. Make it your mantra. Be the light in this darkness.
I am still at a loss about what to do- And a big problem is out young people are lost or protesting about the war in Gaza- they are busy defending murderous terrorists and taking sides in a battle in which they have no purchase and don’t understand historically.In the 60’s my generation stopped a war, began a movement on climate change and fought for civil rights- what’s happening- the future is theirs….what are they so distracted and absent?
Boomer here too as a child in Jim Crow South (now in Vermont), grandparents from Ukraine, part of feminist movement, Gay rights movement. I too wonder if it will take losing our SS and/or Medicare for many more Boomers to take to the streets in protest. I 🙏 like hell we don’t lose our SS and Medicare-I greatly rely as a single senior on them as do many of us. But I hope more Boomers will join protests and other efforts to confront Repub reps, join Indivisible and other movements and if they have grandkids in college encourage them to get involved and young men to understand that raping and abusing women is NOT ok. We need to be more like Jane Fonda and Carole King-fight, show up, speak up, join up.
This was a huge reality check. We are on very shaky ground as a country right now...it shows in our government, and our stand in the world. We need to keep up the good fight, and back up our decent leaders and good lawyers "in the know". Thank you, Andrew! (We love you!!!)
There is nothing normal about Trump and his daily dismantling of our institutions! Thank you for the reminder that all of us need to take action in what ever form you can. I hope you also find some joy this weekend! Give Innis an extra hug! ❤️
and what is wrong with cursing? Cursing is appropriate in extreme circumstances. In fact, it has a purpose - to communicate extreme circumstances when there is no other way to do so because people do not want to acknowledge the truth because the truth is too hard to acknowledge. I think you need to express anger when you go on the MSNBC news shows. Elie Mystal is one of the only commentators willing to express true anger on the news shows. People are thirsting to hear their leaders express anger. When one is angry, but everyone else is calm, stoic and mealy-mouthed, it makes one even more frustrated. People want their representatives to be angry on their behalf.
You are so right about the normalization of lies taking place and how deleterious this is . It is effectively disarming us and allowing those vehement liars to do whatever they want right under our noses. We have an imbalance where the bully gets all the benefits as the victims respond with a different set of normal responses not fitting the urgency of the situation and not equal in proportion to the offenses committed against us. it's rendering us shackled on the side lines.
We need MUCH stronger, more specific & clear call-to-action than “make your voices heard” — okay, so I call my House Rep & Senators every day, and I already donate to Ukraine on a tight budget. Give me more options to be heard. — Eg: HOW do you participate in these important polls that congress pays attention to? I’ve never been asked my opinion for one.
Who is organizing mass protests? SAY who they are. Where online can this info be found?
I cannot fathom why the resistance is universally bad at the most important part of ANY messaging: the call to action.
I needed to hear this Andrew. I have avoided the news for personal health reasons. Yet I now feel ready to make my voice heard. You are an incredibly unique human. Thanks for being. ❤️
Thanks for being here! Amen I would add.
☺️ excellent choice!
Andrew we are here at the WTF moment! I will take the little wins we can get which is better than nothing however we need to keep working! What exactly can Democrats and especially Republicans do? The lying and gaslighting is off the charts! I still can’t believe that Elon Musk is still going around and taking a sledge hammer to everything he wants to with Republicans approval! Awful! Have a great weekend and Innis too!
For many of us, you are the concrete base that keeps the goalposts in place. (Weird compliment, I know, but I’m committed to the metaphor.)
As I read your litany, I became increasingly angry and upset. We are definitely progressing further and further down the road of madness! We are witnessing the destruction of our sacred commitment to building that “more perfect union.” We are living proof that only fierce dedication and vigilant awareness will save us. But ONLY if we ACT every time we slide further down the path of authoritarianism - every time! Helplessness is NOT an excuse any longer.
WHY? Because we are soft and weak. We are showing that he who has the most money wins. We have seen this for years with victims who have lost in court due to the abuser having more money to fight to get their way even when they have records of wrong doing. We have become a nation of people wanting deeper pockets with no accountability of their actions. WHAT happened that a convicted felon was able to be voted back in and also release over 1500 other convicted felons and bring in his newest bestie to raid our 'normalcy'? WHO stood by and watched us get 'raped'? WHO turned a blind eye and acted like nothing happened, they'll get over it. Other people haved been 'raped' and look at them now, they're ok. The same people who saw a burning building and put their heads down and walked by thinking to themselves SOMEBODY will come by who is braver than me and more willing to do the right thing. HOW come our government has let a villain run rough shod over our democracy and shred our constitution? WHEN will those who were selected to speak up and ACT on the behalf of ALL AMERICANS realize there are more of them if they stand as one against the evil doers. The rules have already been broken. Why are you twiddling your thumbs? Actions speak louder than words. Letting this happen to your wives, your daughters, your sons, yourself is like we are the real prisoners here getting bent over to the glee and joy of the few who think they are in power. Time to buckle down, grow a new spine and take back what is rightfully ours. We have the numbers. We just need the quiet voices to rise up together and go in and clean house now. We have seen other countries take back their will by force. They have grouped together, went in and forcefully brought out the self appointed leaders in handcuffs under the bright lights of the cameras that these ego loving psychopaths live for. We need to move fast and quick before they know whats happened. Just as they did when they took over. And than do not ever let this happen again. Get policies and rules in place to where no one person can come in and overthrow the government again revealing our nakedness to the world to where we became the laughing stock. Shame on us. Fool us once its on you. Fool us twice we better take a good hard look at ourselves and decide who we really want to be and how do we want other nations to see us. A weak link, a door mat? Or the country who goes into the fight with heads held high and more confidence knowing that what we are doing is the right thing for everybody to take our America back. No doubts. Now other countries will know we will not be taken advantage of ever again. What's it going to be boys and girls? Time to put on our big boy/ girl pants and stand up for our flag. Or just let it burn?
Organize.
Lets do it…..lol
So true. I hear this from journalists and I am astounded that they can even call something like that a “win.” And when the court grants him a small yet insignificant win when afterwards they go on to grant him the means to consolidate (which has already happened even as Biden was still in office) power on all levels, I am sickened.
Two words. Oye veh.
Exactly!
“The banality of evil”. Thank you Andrew Weissman for reminding us to continue resisting while keeping an eye on the changing goal posts. I will not become numb to the wrongness. I’m very concerned about future elections. Going forward I will include the removal of the Election Interference Group from the DOJ as one of my concerns that I list during my daily calls to my Electeds.
I totally agree; I finally heard a journalist say that he’s just using tariffs to tank the stock market so he can play options for the market going down. A another similar scheme mentioned by Leon for stocks, “pump & dump”. And now they want to use crypto for Treasury Reserve! Dump is just like a toddler and pushing limits.
I recently saw the great work of Election Truth Alliance and all the abnormalities in the 2024 election for every 7 all swing states and per chance they showed MN as well, I couldn’t figure out how many Rethugs got into our state elections. Now I know.
Blessings!
Bravo!
Andrew, thanks for this. I posted the text to my meager. 9,000+ Facebook accounts. I think it would be a useful service if you could present a list of these political deviances in some easily accessible spot, so that people could ‘track’ them. I’m pretty obsessive about following you and a number of folks on Substack, but it’s hard to keep it all front of mind. A reference list would be a real service.
A bow, Peter Coyote
We’re all becoming trauma victims, which makes it hard to fight back. In addition to understanding Stockholm Syndrome, it would do us good to learn about a psychological theory called “Learned Helplessness (Martin Seligman)” in which we give up because we believe we are powerless to change the dire situation we all face. Compassion or outrage fatigue is another attack on the psychic energy we need to quash this abusive madness. The advice that we are stronger together is a good one to remember every day. Make it your mantra. Be the light in this darkness.
I am still at a loss about what to do- And a big problem is out young people are lost or protesting about the war in Gaza- they are busy defending murderous terrorists and taking sides in a battle in which they have no purchase and don’t understand historically.In the 60’s my generation stopped a war, began a movement on climate change and fought for civil rights- what’s happening- the future is theirs….what are they so distracted and absent?
As a fellow babyboomer who helped stop a war, my question is what has happened to OUR generation?
Boomer here too as a child in Jim Crow South (now in Vermont), grandparents from Ukraine, part of feminist movement, Gay rights movement. I too wonder if it will take losing our SS and/or Medicare for many more Boomers to take to the streets in protest. I 🙏 like hell we don’t lose our SS and Medicare-I greatly rely as a single senior on them as do many of us. But I hope more Boomers will join protests and other efforts to confront Repub reps, join Indivisible and other movements and if they have grandkids in college encourage them to get involved and young men to understand that raping and abusing women is NOT ok. We need to be more like Jane Fonda and Carole King-fight, show up, speak up, join up.
This was a huge reality check. We are on very shaky ground as a country right now...it shows in our government, and our stand in the world. We need to keep up the good fight, and back up our decent leaders and good lawyers "in the know". Thank you, Andrew! (We love you!!!)
There is nothing normal about Trump and his daily dismantling of our institutions! Thank you for the reminder that all of us need to take action in what ever form you can. I hope you also find some joy this weekend! Give Innis an extra hug! ❤️
and what is wrong with cursing? Cursing is appropriate in extreme circumstances. In fact, it has a purpose - to communicate extreme circumstances when there is no other way to do so because people do not want to acknowledge the truth because the truth is too hard to acknowledge. I think you need to express anger when you go on the MSNBC news shows. Elie Mystal is one of the only commentators willing to express true anger on the news shows. People are thirsting to hear their leaders express anger. When one is angry, but everyone else is calm, stoic and mealy-mouthed, it makes one even more frustrated. People want their representatives to be angry on their behalf.
You are so right about the normalization of lies taking place and how deleterious this is . It is effectively disarming us and allowing those vehement liars to do whatever they want right under our noses. We have an imbalance where the bully gets all the benefits as the victims respond with a different set of normal responses not fitting the urgency of the situation and not equal in proportion to the offenses committed against us. it's rendering us shackled on the side lines.
We need MUCH stronger, more specific & clear call-to-action than “make your voices heard” — okay, so I call my House Rep & Senators every day, and I already donate to Ukraine on a tight budget. Give me more options to be heard. — Eg: HOW do you participate in these important polls that congress pays attention to? I’ve never been asked my opinion for one.
Who is organizing mass protests? SAY who they are. Where online can this info be found?
I cannot fathom why the resistance is universally bad at the most important part of ANY messaging: the call to action.