The centrist establishment -- the media, the legal system elites -- is obeying in advance and following a policy of cautious appeasement. We'll need to build the new Resistance on our own.
I am absolutely disgusted that they dismissed he trump case about overthrowing the election. We are nothing without the rule of law and holding everyone accountable, and especially those claiming to be leaders of the nation. They above all should be held to an even higher standard.
It is still astounding to me that DJT is back as the Arch Criminal in Chief. His enablers aren't even embarrassed. They have sold America down the line for what? To put in an indulgent self-serving phony? This could have been stopped if the Rs recognized his danger, and were WILLING to act on it! Bunch of cowards -afraid of MAGAs. So is this the route we go now?
Give Jack Smith a position of value for all the hard work he and his team did. The data should STILL be disseminated and seen for what it is-a traitorous indifference to our American values...we need to know ALL the info on Trump and his league of haters and regressives.
What happened to Merrick Garland? He sat around for 4 years while all this was going down and Justice NEVER served? He enabled and coddled and now we pay the price. Get rid of him and put in a person of character AND courage.
Way too late to get rid of Garland now. His 2 year delay after the crimes were committed gave the fascists and their "liars for hire" all the time they needed to delay, deny, and file endless legal motions, while the SCOTUS gave Trump a "get out of jail free pass card" with the "immunity" decision. So the dumbed down brainwashed idiots that voted for Trump will get a taste of what Pam Bondi can and will do to the rule of law, which Trump has now managed to usurp. Buckle up America, here comes fascism 2.0, and it is not going to be pretty!
Tristan, Trump knowingly lied to his followers about winning the 2020 election, and amplified that purposeful lie for four years, while raising money from his followers who willingly believed him. As far as I know, no lawsuits have been filed regarding the harm done to the public trust by purposely falsifying the truth, consciously manipulating the public, and profiting from their gullibility.
I’ve been screaming that into the void…”broke public trust”! Isn’t there some there there? MSM along with tRump and his cronies have been Misleading the public and even blatantly lying to America for years!💯
The president should be a role model of behavior for the nation. A man or woman of integrity, and honor. What has been elected is the polar opposite. He is a grifter, a liar, and a cheat. I would have never believed the outcome of this election if I hadn’t seen the numbers. Nevertheless, he did not get a mandate. It has been estimated that he won by 1.5% of the voters over Kamala Harris.
1. A LISTING of all of the bills and actions taken by the pres. and congress, and WHO TO CONTACT to offer support or criticism.
2. PETITIONS for the same reasons.
3. Follow UP on the bills through each stage.
4. A reference area for STATE ɓills and actions.
The problem with wanting to do something is you have to know WHAT NEEDS DOING and HOW TO DO IT. Having been an activist for a long time on several issues, I can tell you that petitions with thousands of signatures are very effective! Also, since the news is reported here also, you will be getting a lot more people to be involved with democracy, if we still have one. I would pay for someone to just do THIS.
I follow Congress.gov and https://clerk.house.gov/Votes. Govinfo.gov is another excellent source. One can set alerts to be notified of the progress of the bills. So many people have no idea what is written in the bills
Linda, are you talking about doing this during the next administration or now? I am copying your message and will start thinking about how to do it. Obviously there are already groups that follow bills. I will see what I can figure out.
Paula, I'm talking about starting now and as long as we can. I am attached to many groups for women's rights, immigrants, the environment, civil rights, voting rights, LGBTQIA, etc.
I receive in the area of 300 emails a day, which I am frantically honing ḍown for sanity. Some of these organizations educate and give you resources to use and petitions to sign, but their outreach is greatly limited compared to MTN or Substack. Currently I am getting info on 9495, but nothing on here. Also, telling Biden to codify the ERA. Nothing here. Also, what states are have Pro choice? Who have we got left to pound it out with?
My state, NJ, has an Immigrant trust law ongoing. Nothing on here about that. We've got trump covered and all his malicious acts, but let's pay attention to the rest of it and DO SOMETHING WITH IT!
The situation is the same, we were just so much expecting a different outcome that we think we lost something. We did not lose anything. We always struggle to get done what needs to be done. While we hoped for a reprieve, we did not get that. We continue on the quest. That is all. Two steps forward. One step back. It is like always. We need to shed our heavy disappointment and get back to work just like we were. Except harder. Smarter.
Tristan, I total agree we are going to have to save ourselves.
My deep concern considering no justice for the crimes already committed and courts afraid to follow through to the end, is the eventual breakdown of law across the land. If I should get arrested for ignoring a subpoena or some other crime, I should be able to hire an attorney and claim others did the same and walked free and so should I. I know that is a real simple statement, but the courts, the judges, the attorney's will have done this to themselves and their profession of law. No one else obeys the law, why should I? That's a very bad place to go as a country when no one has faith in the law.
We cannot “hope” that someone is going to save us! Our judiciary system has failed us, our MSM has failed us (except some wonderful and brave independent journalists), and as soon as tRump and his cronies step back into that WH, democracy as we have known it will no longer exist! Building communities right now is more important than ever.
I propose two group lawsuits, on behalf of all the voters in the USA who wish to participate, to be filed in January 2029:
(1) suing Trump and his codefendants for their attempts to interfere in the 2020 election; and
(2) suing Trump and (a different group of) codefendants for stealing government documents containing sensitive military information and obstructing justice by refusing to return them when asked to return them.
Your essay, Tristan, could not be more on target about what we need to do in order to resist and prevail. I have just posted the comments below in response to Steven Beschloss' Substack essay today entitled, "Who Will Be the Heroes Now?" However, I am copying my comments in here since they amplify your call to build the new Resistance:
"Here we are at this abysmal juncture of our nation's existence when common sense and morality have been sacrificed at the altar of dogma and greed. How did we ever let this happen? What does it say about our values when the majority are unable to differentiate between the polar opposites of good and evil? Or is that majority just too indolent and ignorant to care that power has been handed to a sick, corrupt, unintelligent, traitorous, racist bigot who is hellbent on destroying this country from within?
We, our elected officials and each one of us, will have to push back at every turn, as you say, Steven. Over and above that, though, we need to organize a national movement, led by able leaders, to show that we stand united against bigotry and evil. But the work to build that movement must start now so that we are ready, at the first intimation of official wrongdoing, to shut this country down with massive, national strikes and to do so for as long as it takes to bring the regime down.
If there is a glimmer of hope for us, it is in the fact that fissures, driven by infighting, will start to open within the regime's ranks not long after it assumes power. We, however, will need to be prepared to wrench those fissures wide open."
I am on Blue Sky at millicentfriendly.bsky.social . I followed you several weeks ago, Tristan. Thanks for following me back! I'm ready to fight. I worked very diligently on Harris's campaign. I believe in democracy and I refuse to surrender to a criminal traitor.
Just followed you on bluesky and briefly looked at your posts and you have some great ways for us to start fighting NOW and into the future. I urge everyone to follow her. Thank you for continuing the fight! I’m in! 💪🏽
If they deport all the illegals who will build the houses and infrastructure, who will harvest the food, slaughter and cut up the meat, tend the rich people’s gardens, cook at restaurants, clean everywhere?????
and much more than that--own businesses, pay taxes, know something about our government (more than a lot of our citizens, obviously) and keep democracy strong.
Tristan couldn't be more on target. We need to realize it's all up to us whether we survive this attack and shore up our democracy. Protect ourselves and each other through coalitions and by being smart. Work within the coalitions to make change, whatever that looks like in your part of the country. Forward is the only direction.
We must not wait for the next election, we must, now and constantly, raise our voices to our elected representatives to demand the prosecution of crimes against us! This is why we have a representative form of government, and we are the moving force for maintaining our republic.
Agree with everything you've said. Germany 1935-1945 / Hitler regime was brought down by the U.S. getting involved with the war & aiding our allies to end the brutal Holocaust & Hitler's reign of terror. But now, there is no big brother left in the world. We can only hope that our resistance & shear numbers will stymie TFG's 2nd attempt at dictatorship. We must ALL come together & stand in the way of ANYTHING TFG does to destroy our frail Democracy. We can no longer count on legacy / traditional media outlets. I never thought in my lifetime, I would see our Democracy in such peril. But, here we are. Rarely post on Twitter. I am now on BlueSky (brianboy12@bsky.social). Hope to see you all there. TFG regime can't kill all of us. We are 71+ million & we will resist!
I am absolutely disgusted that they dismissed he trump case about overthrowing the election. We are nothing without the rule of law and holding everyone accountable, and especially those claiming to be leaders of the nation. They above all should be held to an even higher standard.
Fantastic commentary, thank you.
It is still astounding to me that DJT is back as the Arch Criminal in Chief. His enablers aren't even embarrassed. They have sold America down the line for what? To put in an indulgent self-serving phony? This could have been stopped if the Rs recognized his danger, and were WILLING to act on it! Bunch of cowards -afraid of MAGAs. So is this the route we go now?
Give Jack Smith a position of value for all the hard work he and his team did. The data should STILL be disseminated and seen for what it is-a traitorous indifference to our American values...we need to know ALL the info on Trump and his league of haters and regressives.
What happened to Merrick Garland? He sat around for 4 years while all this was going down and Justice NEVER served? He enabled and coddled and now we pay the price. Get rid of him and put in a person of character AND courage.
Way too late to get rid of Garland now. His 2 year delay after the crimes were committed gave the fascists and their "liars for hire" all the time they needed to delay, deny, and file endless legal motions, while the SCOTUS gave Trump a "get out of jail free pass card" with the "immunity" decision. So the dumbed down brainwashed idiots that voted for Trump will get a taste of what Pam Bondi can and will do to the rule of law, which Trump has now managed to usurp. Buckle up America, here comes fascism 2.0, and it is not going to be pretty!
I hope he writes a book and discloses all the dirty deeds being kept away from the general public.
Tristan, Trump knowingly lied to his followers about winning the 2020 election, and amplified that purposeful lie for four years, while raising money from his followers who willingly believed him. As far as I know, no lawsuits have been filed regarding the harm done to the public trust by purposely falsifying the truth, consciously manipulating the public, and profiting from their gullibility.
I’ve been screaming that into the void…”broke public trust”! Isn’t there some there there? MSM along with tRump and his cronies have been Misleading the public and even blatantly lying to America for years!💯
I know, right? In what universe is that not a violation of human relationships?
The president should be a role model of behavior for the nation. A man or woman of integrity, and honor. What has been elected is the polar opposite. He is a grifter, a liar, and a cheat. I would have never believed the outcome of this election if I hadn’t seen the numbers. Nevertheless, he did not get a mandate. It has been estimated that he won by 1.5% of the voters over Kamala Harris.
We also needed the
following:
1. A LISTING of all of the bills and actions taken by the pres. and congress, and WHO TO CONTACT to offer support or criticism.
2. PETITIONS for the same reasons.
3. Follow UP on the bills through each stage.
4. A reference area for STATE ɓills and actions.
The problem with wanting to do something is you have to know WHAT NEEDS DOING and HOW TO DO IT. Having been an activist for a long time on several issues, I can tell you that petitions with thousands of signatures are very effective! Also, since the news is reported here also, you will be getting a lot more people to be involved with democracy, if we still have one. I would pay for someone to just do THIS.
I follow Congress.gov and https://clerk.house.gov/Votes. Govinfo.gov is another excellent source. One can set alerts to be notified of the progress of the bills. So many people have no idea what is written in the bills
I use and am aware of that website, but most people won't go to that much trouble or don't have a reference point to go to.
They need the info put in front of them and a way to
get to the people who are
implementing whatever.
We the People's voice.
Take a look at Chop wood and carry water substack for starters. Join snd donate (if you can) to your local ACLU who is doing a fantastic job.
There’s a Woman’s March a couple of days before the election. Check their website and see if there is going to be one near you.
I’m sure there are plenty of other opportunities out there and even more to come.
Good luck! We must resist!
Linda, are you talking about doing this during the next administration or now? I am copying your message and will start thinking about how to do it. Obviously there are already groups that follow bills. I will see what I can figure out.
Paula, I'm talking about starting now and as long as we can. I am attached to many groups for women's rights, immigrants, the environment, civil rights, voting rights, LGBTQIA, etc.
I receive in the area of 300 emails a day, which I am frantically honing ḍown for sanity. Some of these organizations educate and give you resources to use and petitions to sign, but their outreach is greatly limited compared to MTN or Substack. Currently I am getting info on 9495, but nothing on here. Also, telling Biden to codify the ERA. Nothing here. Also, what states are have Pro choice? Who have we got left to pound it out with?
My state, NJ, has an Immigrant trust law ongoing. Nothing on here about that. We've got trump covered and all his malicious acts, but let's pay attention to the rest of it and DO SOMETHING WITH IT!
The situation is the same, we were just so much expecting a different outcome that we think we lost something. We did not lose anything. We always struggle to get done what needs to be done. While we hoped for a reprieve, we did not get that. We continue on the quest. That is all. Two steps forward. One step back. It is like always. We need to shed our heavy disappointment and get back to work just like we were. Except harder. Smarter.
https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/the-big-picture?r=3m1bs
Tristan, I total agree we are going to have to save ourselves.
My deep concern considering no justice for the crimes already committed and courts afraid to follow through to the end, is the eventual breakdown of law across the land. If I should get arrested for ignoring a subpoena or some other crime, I should be able to hire an attorney and claim others did the same and walked free and so should I. I know that is a real simple statement, but the courts, the judges, the attorney's will have done this to themselves and their profession of law. No one else obeys the law, why should I? That's a very bad place to go as a country when no one has faith in the law.
This is completely right on…💯
We cannot “hope” that someone is going to save us! Our judiciary system has failed us, our MSM has failed us (except some wonderful and brave independent journalists), and as soon as tRump and his cronies step back into that WH, democracy as we have known it will no longer exist! Building communities right now is more important than ever.
I propose two group lawsuits, on behalf of all the voters in the USA who wish to participate, to be filed in January 2029:
(1) suing Trump and his codefendants for their attempts to interfere in the 2020 election; and
(2) suing Trump and (a different group of) codefendants for stealing government documents containing sensitive military information and obstructing justice by refusing to return them when asked to return them.
Is that too late? What about the statute of limitations? (I am not a lawyer so I don't know.)
Your essay, Tristan, could not be more on target about what we need to do in order to resist and prevail. I have just posted the comments below in response to Steven Beschloss' Substack essay today entitled, "Who Will Be the Heroes Now?" However, I am copying my comments in here since they amplify your call to build the new Resistance:
"Here we are at this abysmal juncture of our nation's existence when common sense and morality have been sacrificed at the altar of dogma and greed. How did we ever let this happen? What does it say about our values when the majority are unable to differentiate between the polar opposites of good and evil? Or is that majority just too indolent and ignorant to care that power has been handed to a sick, corrupt, unintelligent, traitorous, racist bigot who is hellbent on destroying this country from within?
We, our elected officials and each one of us, will have to push back at every turn, as you say, Steven. Over and above that, though, we need to organize a national movement, led by able leaders, to show that we stand united against bigotry and evil. But the work to build that movement must start now so that we are ready, at the first intimation of official wrongdoing, to shut this country down with massive, national strikes and to do so for as long as it takes to bring the regime down.
If there is a glimmer of hope for us, it is in the fact that fissures, driven by infighting, will start to open within the regime's ranks not long after it assumes power. We, however, will need to be prepared to wrench those fissures wide open."
I am on Blue Sky at millicentfriendly.bsky.social . I followed you several weeks ago, Tristan. Thanks for following me back! I'm ready to fight. I worked very diligently on Harris's campaign. I believe in democracy and I refuse to surrender to a criminal traitor.
Just followed you on bluesky and briefly looked at your posts and you have some great ways for us to start fighting NOW and into the future. I urge everyone to follow her. Thank you for continuing the fight! I’m in! 💪🏽
If they deport all the illegals who will build the houses and infrastructure, who will harvest the food, slaughter and cut up the meat, tend the rich people’s gardens, cook at restaurants, clean everywhere?????
and much more than that--own businesses, pay taxes, know something about our government (more than a lot of our citizens, obviously) and keep democracy strong.
Exactly.
Tristan couldn't be more on target. We need to realize it's all up to us whether we survive this attack and shore up our democracy. Protect ourselves and each other through coalitions and by being smart. Work within the coalitions to make change, whatever that looks like in your part of the country. Forward is the only direction.
Disgusting isn't the word I use but yes to all of this. We were always going to have to save ourselves.
We must not wait for the next election, we must, now and constantly, raise our voices to our elected representatives to demand the prosecution of crimes against us! This is why we have a representative form of government, and we are the moving force for maintaining our republic.
Agree with everything you've said. Germany 1935-1945 / Hitler regime was brought down by the U.S. getting involved with the war & aiding our allies to end the brutal Holocaust & Hitler's reign of terror. But now, there is no big brother left in the world. We can only hope that our resistance & shear numbers will stymie TFG's 2nd attempt at dictatorship. We must ALL come together & stand in the way of ANYTHING TFG does to destroy our frail Democracy. We can no longer count on legacy / traditional media outlets. I never thought in my lifetime, I would see our Democracy in such peril. But, here we are. Rarely post on Twitter. I am now on BlueSky (brianboy12@bsky.social). Hope to see you all there. TFG regime can't kill all of us. We are 71+ million & we will resist!