It NEVER seems to stop with individual 1. Just in the last day he’s been given another spot on Fox “news” to claim the “election was stolen” once again and he continues referring to the coronavirus as the so-called “China Virus” while, almost at the same time 6 Asian women in Atlanta were brutally gunned down by a young white guy. We’ll have to wait to learn more about him, but I’m a bit skeptical his motive was a “sex” issue. The officer who interviewed the shooter has recently posted online photos of anti Asian clothing he had purchased (or was selling?) previous to this heinous act. He’s the officer who claimed the shooter, “was having a bad day.” My guess is that officer was one of the many police officers in America who are sympathetic to individual 1 and the INSURRECTIONISTS. Just a guess, we’ll see how it plays out.
Regardless, Fox and other right wing media outlets continue to give individual 1 a platform to continue pushing what is now referred by many as the “Big Lie.” I’ve said this ad nauseum, but when will our “liberal media” point out at the same rate they refer to the “Big Lie” that “The Big Lie Theory” comes straight from the Third Reich via Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s chief of propaganda. And, further, the “Big Lie Theory” was the work of Hitler himself. “If you repeat a LIE often enough people will believe it’s true.” Well, MILLIONS of Americans, who have an issue with thinking, believe individual 1 was robbed out of the 2020 election via “voter fraud” when the ONLY person committing significant “voter fraud” was INDIVIDUAL 1, himself.
The DA in Futon County Georgia is likely going to INDICT individual 1 for his BRAZEN phone calls to members of the Georgia Election officials (some recorded! oops!) as he tried to get them to “create 11,780 votes” – just one more than he needed to “win” the election in Georgia. Despite individual 1’s clear violation of Georgia state laws and, likely, federal laws, the republican legislature in Georgia is now considering a group of bills designed to SUPPRESS the ability of African Americans, poor Americans, young Americans, and others who might vote for a democrat in response to individual 1’s “Big Lie.” (And, oh by the way, Lindsey Graham might be in a bit of hot water for his attempt to get Georgia’s Sec. of State to “flip enough votes for individual 1 to “win.” Yikes!
Their justification for pushing these bills through their legislature is “voter fraud” – which doesn’t exist – but, in reality, it’s their desire to make it harder to vote. (I call this legislated “voter fraud”) They’re planning to make the lines LONGER, restrict “mail in voting,” and, at the same time, make it a crime to even provide WATER to someone standing in line for up to 10 hours waiting to cast their ballot (And, I’ll let you guess where those long lines will occur) – have we really stooped to such a low? Will Congress pass the voting protections republicans are standing in the way of in the U.S. Senate? Will Joe Manchin relent on his objection to republicans BLOCKING critical legislation via the filibuster? OMG!
If you’ve previously visited this “blog” (?) you know I’ve been “railing” against the republican party since GW Bush/Dick Cheney LIED America into Iraq back in 2003 – for me, a “deja vu all over again” moment in remembrance of the Viet Nam FIASCO. Our government, at the time, seemed hell bent on more “fiascos.” (For heaven’s sake, we’re still there and STILL in Afghanistan!) The bottom line to me is that the republican party puts virtually NO value in telling the truth. It’s always “the end justifies the means” – and, usually their “end” is focused on the so-called “top 1%.”
Of course, the racially motivated vendetta going on in America, fueled by the right wing “haters,” is the direct result of individual 1 trying to find something to BLAME for his own ineptness at dealing with the coronavirus pandemic which has put HUNDREDS of thousands of lost lives directly “on him.” (It also cost him the election – not “voter fraud”) America didn’t need to lose (at this moment) around 550,000 lives to this pandemic. Reports I’ve read suggest had our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president followed the same “path” as the South Koreans (who suffered their first Covid-19 death on the same day as the U.S.A.) America may have lost as few as 10,000 lives to the virus. Hense, his use of a derogatory term in attempt to BLAME his shortcomings on China.
Those of us who have been paying close attention to the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) were continually “shocked” by the BRAZEN LYING coming from individual 1, those around him at the “White House,” and republican governors all across the nation. I started pointing out I was noticing what appeared to be governors CHEATING on the statistics they were reporting regarding the effects of the virus in their states – as they “fought” to keep their economies “open” despite all the people DYING from this virus. Chief among the “culprits” I suggested was Ron DeSantis in Florida who, I believed, had ordered health department personnel to change the cause of death on death certificates for those dying of Covid-19 to dying from “pneumonia.”
And, of course, this was happening elsewhere. I still remember reading statistics of the “unexplained” increase in the number of cases of people dying from pneumonia which was way more significant than to be explained by “just one of those years.” This was one of the ways all the republican governors justified “opening” their states against the recommendation of the scientists who were telling us what would happen if these governors continued to operate without regard to the science. And, keep in mind, the numbers of Covid-19 deaths in some of these states – including Florida – are staggering. And, of course, the bigger problem, from my perspective is their recklessness affects the “rest of us.” And, of course, the scientists were correct! (The day individual 1 left office America was averaging close to 300,000 new cases of Covid-19 reported EACH DAY!)
And, for any republican who might happen on this website and wants to “pile on” Andrew Cuomo of New York, the difference from what happened in New York was whether the deaths from Covid-19 were reported to have happened in a nursing home or hospital – the total number of deaths reported was the same either way. And, of course, the underreporting which may have occurred in New York was because of the severity of the pandemic in its early stages there, causing hospitals to be full, resulting in (likely) thousands of New Yorkers having died in their homes. (No comment on Cuomo’s other issues) How many of those deaths were included in New York’s “data” is, well, to me, uncertain. However, there’s a HUGE difference in what happened there and what has been happening in Florida virtually this entire pandemic. To me, governor DeSantis is as incompetent in dealing with the virus as individual 1. (Of course, that makes him a “front runner” for the GOP nomination in 2024! He’s gotten away with things like providing vaccines for his donors – allowing them to “jump the line” among other irregularities)
Republicans are scared to death of the progressive agenda “on the docket” coming from the House and supported by MOST of the democrats in the Senate. It appears Senator Joe Manchin from West Virginia is going to make as much of his position as a “moderate” “swing” democrat as he can – and, in the end, it may well serve the democratic party well – if he follows through on his willingness to “modify” the filibuster. The voting rights legislation which is now in the Senate may be the most critical legislation in the FIGHT to “save” our republic from the authoritarian wing of the republican party.
I’ve been very clear in pointing out these republicans “are going nowhere” – and, of course, that statement could have two meanings. My “guarantee” is they will continue their racist, xenophobic ways until they’ve been voted into obscurity – right next to individual 1 and Benedict Arnold in the history books. However, they are not going away quietly and their “white nationalist” base is longing for a “second civil war.” Many of the voter suppression bills across America bring back memories of the Jim Crow era – which, I certainly would have hoped would be a “thing of the past,” but apparently, not. And, if you’re a republican in today’s world you can’t separate yourself from that reality. I know republicans who claim their agenda is “conservative and ‘Christian based,'” to which I say “hogwash.”
Today’s republicans are anything but “conservative” and to suggest what they’re doing is “Christian based” suggests they’re reading a different Bible than myself. In fact, one of my struggles with my own Christian beliefs is being around people who claim to be a “Christian” and then demonstrate a cultlike affiliation with our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president. Apparently, the OVER 30,000 LIES when he was in office – many directly to their faces – doesn’t resonate to them with the “ten commandments.” Just as the infidelity, the CHEATING in virtually every thing he does, AND all the lives which are gone because of his ineptitude. Of course, they’ll tell you they’re “pro life” and “it’s all about the judges.” Yikes!
Individual 1 is soon to be so busy defending himself, and likely in places along with members of his family, that, I believe, his political “fortunes” are coming to a screeching halt. (I believe he envisions himself redoing 2020 in 2024). He’s been busy “grifting” at an incredible pace since LOSING the election (along with OVER 60 court challenges to it – with some of his “lawyers” now facing potential sanctions for their frivolous claims in court) by a RECORD amount, apparently gathering hundreds of “MILLIONS” which he’ll use for his attorney fees. (If he chooses to actually pay his attorneys – which is NEVER a “given”) That will open the door to one of the “traitors” waiting in line to take the “helm” of the republican party. Will they succeed in SUPPRESSING enough voters to give them a chance moving forward? We’ll see. Republicans, long ago, decided they virtually hate democracy – they’re fighting for a perpetual “minority rule.” Kind of an American Apartheid. Sad!
Republicans have backed themselves into a corner which is getting smaller by the day. They’re NOT going to change their “message” in an attempt to gain more public support – they can’t because they’ll lose all the “Proud Boys,” the “Three Percenters,” the “Atomwaffen,” “Oathkeepers,” the “Texas Freedom Force,” those who cater to “Stormfront.com,” and other Nazi and white supremacist members of their “base.” They’re relying on people like Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and other right wing media pundits to keep the “flames” burning – and it’s working on a dwindling audience. Republicans are seemingly focused on restricting the ability to vote of as many democratic leaning groups as they can and hoping democrats do what they’ve always done in the past and “snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.”
Hopefully the voter suppression tactics will simply cause more progressives to be committed to VOTING and their “civil war” can be defeated at the ballot box. I understand Texas is a so-called “red state,” for example, but this latest “freeze” which cost residence of Texas (those who survived it) THOUSANDS in expenses which SHOULD have been avoided (and, likely will be repeated if they continue voting in republican “leaders”) and, now, their governor has opened the state and pulled off the mask mandate right when the “B117” variant of the coronavirus (Often referred to as the UK variant) is taking “root” in Texas. And, of course, there’s a “plethora” of Texans who will refuse taking a vaccine. In other words, despite all the gains against this virus since Joe Biden took office, it almost appears as if there are republican governors who want to see another “surge” which they believe will make Biden look bad.
This would not be a surprise because it’s been apparent to me for at least 30 years that republicans care about controlling POWER and they have little interest in governing in a way which benefits the average citizen. Just as the republican members of Congress are likely to vote against ANYTHING Joe Biden is “for,” I have to question whether all these republican governors who are taking off any Covid-19 restrictions in their states, against the wishes of the scientists who’ve been RIGHT all along during this pandemic, are doing so for purely political reasons – meaning, an attempt to be able to BLAME Biden??? Seems stupid, but, time will tell. Stay tuned! Additionally, are these governors going to accept the Covid Relief funds? Those funds have no affiliation to “red” or “blue” states. Maybe governors like DeSantis or Gov. Abbot in Texas should “send the money back.” Stay tuned………………….
Final Thought: I guess what I’m suggesting is there are too many republicans in positions of “leadership” whether in Congress, governors “mansions,” or state or national legislatures who put regaining POWER ahead of what is good for “we the people.” After all, not a single republican voted for the “Covid relief bill” which was supported by three out of every four Americans. The benefit of that bill directly affects about 85% of Americans starting at the “bottom up.” It’s the absolute OPPOSITE of individual 1’s “signature” legislative “achievement” which cost the taxpayers almost the exact same amount but was aimed at the “top 1%.” These two bills are better than anything I can write in explaining the difference between republicans and democrats. And, keep in mind, the democrats “Covid relief bill” doesn’t discriminate between republicans and democrats.
EVERY family in America with a household income less than $150,000 for a couple or $75,000 for and individual received the $1400 payment – for everyone in their household. I, personally, know several families where the parents were (are?) supporters of individual 1 who were in desperate need of more than just the money they received. The benefits of the “Covid relief bill” go well beyond the $$$ and, I believe, republicans are scared to “death” this bill will be REALLY difficult to campaign against as it re-invigorates our economy once the pandemic has been “crushed” – which, I believe, as I said above, might be why some republican governors are refusing mitigation measures against the virus. (Keep in mine, that so-called “UK” mutation is the predominant form of the virus in several Southern states (Texas, Georgia, Florida, and others). The battle hasn’t been “won,” but at least we have leaders (democrats) doing everything they can to “crush the virus.”
Still on the agenda: Two bills aimed at protecting voting rights and fair elections (and redistricting), a MASSIVE infrastructure bill (which would include measures to encourage “green” improvements), and a tax increase for the “wealthiest among us.” (Can you picture republicans voting for any of that?) Many of us will be on the “edge of our seats” waiting to see if the filibuster gets reformed or dropped. Democrats control both houses of Congress and they have the ability to reform the “rules” which republicans are ABUSING in order to prevent legislation which is OVERWHELMINGLY popular among “we the people. Again, stay tuned!