I mean, in the grand scheme of things the SCOTUS has allowed, "self identifying as whatever party you want regardless of your views" would be insanely low on the list of blasphemies
Does anyone have recommendations for books that could help me better understand the realignment of American political parties in the 1960s and early 1970s?
Every day I give thanks that the Trump administration is so breathtakingly incompetent, and take a moment to realize anew that that alone won't save us.
Ta, Dok. Yes, the midterms are nearly upon us. Check your voter registration, and jump through any hoops NOW. Waiting favors Republicans, and they want us all dead and buried.
But you know, I kinda like to vote. Breaks up my day for a few minutes. And it's so simple.
I just mark all the 'Ds', 'Yes' to spend most of the munies, only once in a while 'No,' and let
people do what they want. Get married, smoke funny cigarettes, build good things, help people get things they need. Like food, see a doctor, maybe a place to stay.
Then put it in my mail box and have a cup of coffee. Eezee Peezee, Lemon Squeezy.
Yes it is early, but so far nobody wants nuttin'. Everything and their dog is down. Equities, Bonds, Yields at 7 week highs and rising,Gold, Bitcoin, yes, even the pretzels in front of the "Fearless Girl" on Broad St. Oh but Oil,
Black Gold, Texas Tea, some like that stuff. Up almost 5%. With all the Hormuz Drama, they have
dusted off their Oil Apps and getting ready to rock n' roll, Babies, it's time now !
(Hey, this sounds like a game they're playing here. Isn't this about the price of oil? With real
money? That we have to pay at the pump for gas? And all the transportation and other costs that are passed on to us?)
Well, if you're gonna get all picky about it, then yes, yes, yes, and yes.
Then what about AI? Can it/they/them help on this?
Yes and no. They make the app. You gotta push the buttons.
(No, I mean for the markets.)
Oh yeah, they got tons, plenty for that too.
(So what do they do?)
Just wait and see who slips on a banana peel. Who got caught with their pants down.
(What does that mean?)
They usually react. Not act. To be a broker, ya gotta walk and chew gum. And sleep with one eye open.
(Jeeze all you talk is in similes, metaphors and cliches.)
Yes, but you get it, right?
(Well.....)
Then my work here is done! Have a good day you somovabich! 🌞
See..all the demented "posts" proclaiming us the GAURDIAN OF THE GALEXY111! is what the fuck happens when congress forfeits it's war power duties. We're in the grip of a lunatic who has departed this reality YEARS ago.
ICE-involved shooting in Maine today - Susan Collins concerned she may have to make a public statement. FBI on the scene but where's Ka$h - oh, hunting QAF1 leaks & Lindsey conspiracies between his summer festival junkets. Maine Lobster Festival in 2 weeks - how convenient!
Few details so far. Saw a story where the local police said they will not be investigating (because the Feds are playing the "big swinging dick" card) but it was behind a paywall.
It’s that they won’t - because they know they’ll find evidence of guilt of the people they’re determined to do their best to keep from any consequences —
rich White men, and the thuggish brownshirts who serve them by inflicting violence on everyone else
… which is both the Confederate and the Nazi ethos (fitting, bc you’ve seen that book that meticulously tracks how the latter learned from the former, as opposed to the opposite which is what so many people would like to pretend)
DFT is such a fool. His unwillingness to learn ANYTHING, especially actual history (as opposed the the sanitized fairy tales he prefers) is now in the process of bringing him down. If he had bothered to learn about JFK and the Bay of Pigs, or Viet Nam and Johnson, or even Iraq and Bush the Lesser, he would have known that vanity wars can destroy a president unless they are VERY carefully planned.
LAWRENCE JONES: Today marks two years since they tried to assassinate you in Butler. How are you feeling?
TRUMP: I've known Ainsley longer than the two of you. I've known her through a very handsome man named Sean Hannity. She seemed to be attracted to him for whatever the hell reason.
Trump on Iran: "Obama was the worst of all because Obama actually went to their side, because, you know, he's a -- well, let's not say. Let's leave that for another time."
I mean, in the grand scheme of things the SCOTUS has allowed, "self identifying as whatever party you want regardless of your views" would be insanely low on the list of blasphemies
Small Hands. Big Government.
Does anyone have recommendations for books that could help me better understand the realignment of American political parties in the 1960s and early 1970s?
Kevin Kruse's "White Flight" is about how white resistance to desegregation led to modern conservatism. Not exactly what you asked, but very related
That looks very good, thanks!
Here's Jamelle Bouie on "The Party Switch"
https://youtu.be/OEMyXjeO5LE?is=dVCd-RW05Ca84gBP
This great, thank you!
We aim to be servicey 😁
I really appreciate Jamelle's takes
Always scholarly but accessible
Seriously and meticulously researched, but still fun
"Steal This Book" by Abbie Hoffman
Read and enjoyed it when it came out, but now in my old age am looking for something more in the line of works by academic or popular historians.
Vox also has a two part series
"How the Republican party went from Lincoln to Trump"
https://youtu.be/s8VOM8ET1WU?is=hYig3TqwN591xxie
"From white supremacy to Barack Obama: the history of the Democratic party"
https://youtu.be/Z6R0NvVr164?is=zTjwe36cmRYhJuAp
I think Trump is having that period extensively revised. Might have to stick with the Used Books bookshops, before they get to those!
Every day I give thanks that the Trump administration is so breathtakingly incompetent, and take a moment to realize anew that that alone won't save us.
#WeTriedToTellYou
https://www.youtube.com/live/Iyj7mjo3RLI?is=FF0NE1LL10ofbZKH
The one thing the regime is efficient and effective about is taking people's rights
https://www.youtube.com/live/qSf3L__6AuA?is=5-hwjuYkzq9Rce4r
Specific people
Looks like (once again) Hair Führer got this screwy, self-defeating idea from white-wing podcasters, who are pretty much his real Cabinet.
https://www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-and-suppression/election-denier-called-president-fire-election-assistance-commission
Ta, Dok. Yes, the midterms are nearly upon us. Check your voter registration, and jump through any hoops NOW. Waiting favors Republicans, and they want us all dead and buried.
Oh you bet he shut them down so they can do something nefarious. Anything to stay in power.
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦
Donald J Trump, 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/30/donald-trump-wont-have-to-vote-anymore-fox-interview
But you know, I kinda like to vote. Breaks up my day for a few minutes. And it's so simple.
I just mark all the 'Ds', 'Yes' to spend most of the munies, only once in a while 'No,' and let
people do what they want. Get married, smoke funny cigarettes, build good things, help people get things they need. Like food, see a doctor, maybe a place to stay.
Then put it in my mail box and have a cup of coffee. Eezee Peezee, Lemon Squeezy.
I don't think DJT minds if you vote, as long as it doesn't make any difference to the result.
Joseph Stalin — ‘Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Yes it is early, but so far nobody wants nuttin'. Everything and their dog is down. Equities, Bonds, Yields at 7 week highs and rising,Gold, Bitcoin, yes, even the pretzels in front of the "Fearless Girl" on Broad St. Oh but Oil,
Black Gold, Texas Tea, some like that stuff. Up almost 5%. With all the Hormuz Drama, they have
dusted off their Oil Apps and getting ready to rock n' roll, Babies, it's time now !
(Hey, this sounds like a game they're playing here. Isn't this about the price of oil? With real
money? That we have to pay at the pump for gas? And all the transportation and other costs that are passed on to us?)
Well, if you're gonna get all picky about it, then yes, yes, yes, and yes.
Then what about AI? Can it/they/them help on this?
Yes and no. They make the app. You gotta push the buttons.
(No, I mean for the markets.)
Oh yeah, they got tons, plenty for that too.
(So what do they do?)
Just wait and see who slips on a banana peel. Who got caught with their pants down.
(What does that mean?)
They usually react. Not act. To be a broker, ya gotta walk and chew gum. And sleep with one eye open.
(Jeeze all you talk is in similes, metaphors and cliches.)
Yes, but you get it, right?
(Well.....)
Then my work here is done! Have a good day you somovabich! 🌞
For the record...LBJ did not say Gerald Ford couldn't walk and chew gum at the same time.
He said Gerald Ford couldn't fart and chew gum at the same time.
Today, we start to send out copies of The Cheboygan Project!...
See..all the demented "posts" proclaiming us the GAURDIAN OF THE GALEXY111! is what the fuck happens when congress forfeits it's war power duties. We're in the grip of a lunatic who has departed this reality YEARS ago.
I blame senator Groot.
I am Senator Groot
ICE-involved shooting in Maine today - Susan Collins concerned she may have to make a public statement. FBI on the scene but where's Ka$h - oh, hunting QAF1 leaks & Lindsey conspiracies between his summer festival junkets. Maine Lobster Festival in 2 weeks - how convenient!
"I have concluded the agents did nothing wrong." -- inevitably forthcoming official statement from Director Patel
Few details so far. Saw a story where the local police said they will not be investigating (because the Feds are playing the "big swinging dick" card) but it was behind a paywall.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/one-person-killed-in-maine-in-second-fatal-ice-involved-shooting-in-less-than-a-week/
These are acts of cold blooded MURDER committed by federal vigilantes.
It's time to return fire, dammit.
This has to stop. ICE is murdering people and locals can't even investigate?
In part because too many "locals" are in cahoots with ICE
There was a lot of reporting on that yesterday
But you know - as usual - some of us have been warning about those "Constitutional sheriffs" literally for years
Even Center for American Progress has a 2022 piece on them
Even when they aren't in cahoots, like Minneapolis they supposedly can't investigate which is just insane.
Not that they “can’t”
It’s that they won’t - because they know they’ll find evidence of guilt of the people they’re determined to do their best to keep from any consequences —
rich White men, and the thuggish brownshirts who serve them by inflicting violence on everyone else
… which is both the Confederate and the Nazi ethos (fitting, bc you’ve seen that book that meticulously tracks how the latter learned from the former, as opposed to the opposite which is what so many people would like to pretend)
DFT is such a fool. His unwillingness to learn ANYTHING, especially actual history (as opposed the the sanitized fairy tales he prefers) is now in the process of bringing him down. If he had bothered to learn about JFK and the Bay of Pigs, or Viet Nam and Johnson, or even Iraq and Bush the Lesser, he would have known that vanity wars can destroy a president unless they are VERY carefully planned.
Bush the Lesser. Brahaha.
LAWRENCE JONES: Today marks two years since they tried to assassinate you in Butler. How are you feeling?
TRUMP: I've known Ainsley longer than the two of you. I've known her through a very handsome man named Sean Hannity. She seemed to be attracted to him for whatever the hell reason.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mqjowgk7ys2e
Trump: "Nobody is gonna protest when they get shot ... they're a bad group of people"
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mqjoowzcp42f
Trump on Iran: "Obama was the worst of all because Obama actually went to their side, because, you know, he's a -- well, let's not say. Let's leave that for another time."
...we know he wants to say the "N" word...🤬
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mqjojpw36d2s
I don't remember the details of the Bammers negotiations, but I don't recall it being stupid
or crazy like these. Reasonable, took a while, but the results seemed fine. They were real
negotiations.
But now I think Iran has learned Trump's game, which is just, he thinks, a strategy for
only him to "win." So now they are playing his game against him and this is what we got.
He wrote his playbook. And they are following it.
They're playing him like a fiddle and the effects on the economy and our reputation will be catastrophic.
It's lunacy.
This just in! Trump is reinstating the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz!!
(now that Iran has officially closed the strait to all ships).
you can't break up with me, I break up with YOU!!!
That's it.
Making sure to avoid a non Epstein thread.
Epstein.
Last night daughter told me she only checks the news to see if it is Epstein.
Then goes about her work. She's a sicko. I dunno where she gets it.
Thank you for your service!
I’m extremely interested to see how Susan Collins votes. Not to mention the three Republicans, who have nothing to lose anymore.