So…. *ahem* … I saw a news article over on cnn about how that spray tanned guy thinks he’s the “chosen one” ( scary right?) and that’s why God chose him.

Whatever.

So, remember how people in recent days (or even when somebody let him occupy the white hous) have said he’s delusional? Has anybody from the mental health community come out and told us what his true status is on one or a combination of axis? I know Mary Trump is a licensed head doctor and she’s written extensively about her entire family. Her family is so toxic that she battles old scripts in her mind about if anybody could love her(you).

I was reading over on Quora about people who think they are God — the God Complex. But I’m guessing DJT, since he thinks he’s special, might have an undiagnosed case of schizophrenia??? IDK.

LINK: https://www.quora.com/Is-believing-i...are-unaware-of


I was reading up on stuff like this and found a thread discussion on a question somebody asked: “Is believing in a god a mental illness theists are unaware of?” Some of the answers from members of the Quora community are very interesting.

Felon 45 and shady vance are really running a campaign full of lying, racist misogynistic and dangerous language.

The thought of them in the White House is beyond scary. We would live in uncertainty, chaos and fear. My better angels told me this will backfire on them, but the damage to our collective psyche will be real.

Hopefully, after we mop the floor with them, trump will be quite busy with the other multiple criminal cases coming down the pike.

Come on Lady Justice!

Elie Wiesel: The Perils of Indifference (1999/2000 during Clinton admin)
 

Exactly, my friend. Come on, Lady Justice!!

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Did you see that Bob Woodward has published another book ???

Did you read that Dicktator 45 telephones Dicktator Pee-ewww-ton regularly and even gave him machines to detect Covid for his own personal use???

LINK: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/polit...ump/index.html


I love it that President Joe Biden has a prince potty mouth problem.. :jester:

I like it that VP Kamala Harris speaks honestly about owning a gun and that duh, it’s because she’s a public servant in law enforcement and duh, she even acts responsibly as a gun owner. :blink:

But no…. All those two faced cazillionaires would rather Dicktator 45 be their “lord & savior” because of whatever fucked up rationale they think the Amerikan Dicktator will do for them. Yeah. Nothing could be better than letting a person destroy our nation and world standing than their version of reality, right? Ummmm. No. Wrong answer, wrong idea, wrong choice, say it with me: the Amerikan Dicktator 45 is flat out wrong. He’s a well oiled machine but his mechanical parts don’t work for anyone other than himself.

He’s the dystopian American nightmare who will ruin the world with his sickening thought processes and (…).

If we are lucky to run this family out of town and take back the senate and house with our future Madam President Kamala Harris, lots of antiquated Confederate KKK racially based hate filled American customs and laws need immediate attention and redress for the sake of all Americans. And to show the world that hate has no place to thrive in America.

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Here’s something to think about: I have said recently that the staff members where I work are in love with Dicktator 45. Just the other day, the “October surprise” in our workplace was a staff member who was giving a haircut to a young boy who, after being asked about his experiences at school, the young boy said he worried about tasers. The tone deaf stylist hiding her love for trump has no real idea how children who are not white like her have disturbing realities like his. She couldn’t connect why this young Mexican boy was worried about tasers and dying.

We need, as a nation, to walk away (no, RUN) from hate.

Hate will kill you and kill everything you hold dear.

Also, read Elie Wiesel. Read or listen to about the Perils of Indifference.



Vow to make a difference. It is not easy but worth it to demand a hate free society.

Much love to readers here.

Thank you Ace for your post!!

Yanno, if you listen to a few news bytes over on CNN it might occur to anyone that Trump is a “hurricane” himself. Hurricane Trump: litany of lies, litany of minions overpowering the will of The People, litany of polarization politics, litany of “storm surge” which will drown our nation and essentially kill democracy.

There’s my food for thought today.

Harris for President ✅.

Hurricane Trump ( no fucking way).

I will make this easy for some of you here.
 

Important talking points, the prosecutor vs. the felon.


GOP agenda:

• A society that excludes and criminalizes necessary health care and personal sexual preferences.

• A society that warps the constitution to establish one religion and encourage violence against others.

• Americans pitted against each other along lines of race, color, religion, gender, sexuality, and income.

• Vilification of blacks, Jews, Muslims, lgbtq+ , homeless, and women of strength, encouraging violence against them.

• Destruction of public schools and the opportunity they provide to all, minorities included.

• Funding of private, religious schools to increase class division and unequal access and opportunity.

• Banning of books.

• Devastating climate change

• Leveling the Gaza waterfront to create a Hotel Strip

• A deadly all-out war on the rights of women.

• Private health care companies replace medicare and deny needed treatments -- basically "death panels"

• Every civil right is eroded by clown judges living in the 18th century rewriting the constitution.

• Worker's rights and benefits reduced in order to create greater profits for businesses.

• Safety nets removed, so that homeless, and jobless people are left to die on the streets.

• GUNS, everywhere, with no limitations or requirements. Mob rule ( warms Putin's heart )

• Leadership by people with the lowest morals of all. Grafters and grifters. Not to mention convicted felons!

I could go on but...


Kamala's agenda:


• Support of women's health care and sexual preferences.

• Separation of religion and state, and protection of minority rights.

• Americans of every race, color, religion, gender, sexuality, and income honored and treated fairly.

• The wealthy pay their damn fair share.

• Zero tolerance of hate and violence.

• Strong action to reduce gun violence.

• Vigorous support of public schools and the opportunity they provide to all, minorities included.

• Getting private, religious schools off the dole.

• Banning book bans!

• A local and global "Manhattan Project" to counter climate change

• Guaranteeing the rights of women.

• Support of Medicare, so that some day, we can have UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, SINGLE PAYER.

• Taking profiteers of "Medicare Advantage" plans to task.

• Restoring the Supreme Court to one that serves all people, and is not a religious tribunal or den of thieves.

• Worker's rights and benefits increased and guaranteed.

• Safety nets bolstered for homeless, jobless, and other needy people.

• Holding social media accountable for calls to violence that they harbor or actively foster.

• Sensible gun control

• Putting authoritarian regimes across the globe on notice.

• A better society by POSITIVE EXAMPLE


I could go on...

Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has already been pushing for his “redevelopment plan” which is backed by ‘silent investors’, I think.

Link: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/...nt-max-vpx.cnn

reposting my post to emphasize the horrific ethnic cleansing Nazi-style Trump move on his iterations of sending Haitians home who are here legally and his son in law who has already gotten “silent” investors for his real estate plans for Serbia, Gaza and a host of other ‘available’ properties.

Trump is reimagining Hitler and will be worse than Hitler.

Please don’t let this horrid “Hurricane Trump” destroy the lives of others (here and world wide).

Morning Joe
 

First, I must disclose that I believe Joe and Meeeeka are partly to blame for the orange cretin back in the day when they would let him phone in to the show and yap and yap ad nauseam. Numerous hours of free publicity. Besides, poor Meeeka can never finish a thought without interruptus.

However, they have improved over the last few years to being a 'never Trumper.'

They had on a man today who blames trump for his father-in-law refusing help from FEMA.


Here is an interaction with Dan Abrams with someone discussing his father-in-law:

"ANTHONY: My father-in-law lives just outside of Asheville, North Carolina, and he was badly damaged by Hurricane Helene. And he has refused all FEMA help because he's a hardcore trumper. He literally believes that if he accepts anything from FEMA, they're going to take his house.

ANTHONY: I don't understand how so many people are under the spell of this freaking con man. I don't understand it.

DAN ABRAMS: It's absolutely heartbreaking about your father-in-law. I'm so sorry to hear it, um you know--

ANTHONY: Dan, it's hard. It's hard to even imagine it. I mean, he lost almost everything, and he's refusing all help from the federal government and complaining to us that he doesn't have food, that he doesn't have the stuff he need, and yet he won't accept the help. What the hell are we supposed to do? We're not in a position to be able to fly across the country and help him. There's people begging us to get him to accept help and he won't do it. And I guarantee you, I'm not the only one. I guarantee you I'm not the only one.

DAN ABRAMS: I wish there was something I could say as to, you know, I don't know. Is there ---does he have access to any electronics where you could send him some information debunking this and that he might --

ANTHONY: We've done all of that. We've done all of that. We've sent him, we've sent him all the FEMA bulletins. We've sent hi all the stuff from the fact checkers. He doesn't believe it. He thinks it's all --- he just believes trump, literally, Dan. He just ---- it's a cult! He's a cult member. I'm sorry to say it. He's a cult member. And he's my father-in-law and it sucks"

trumps vicious lies have real life consequences! He is one evil fucker!

Positive news from the past few days…
 

Did you know that grassroots supporters and others have raised 1 billion in cash donations for the Kamala Harris campaign???

LINK: https://www.msnbc.com/chris-jansing-...n-221313093565


Psst (fashion alert, lol): Chris Jansing is wearing a white jacket (it’s after Labor Day:giggle: ) :jester:


Taylor Swift donated 5Million to hurricane victim relief agencies to help people who are hurt by Hurricane Helene and Milton. WTG Ms. Swift ������

There is every reason to believe that the Electoral College count system will finally burn in hell, but it’s not going to burn down fast enough if Hurricane Trump and his corrupt GOP allies win the election. :firetruck:


I’m trying to find positive news but it’s getting real hard to find the light at the end of the tunnel.


Can we reach a united consensus that evil fuckers of modern day need to be out of the picture… And, gone for good???

Just ask anybody who has lost a loved one in Gaza or Israel or Turkey or Ukraine or in any country where repressive regimes (45’s last presidency where hundreds of thousands of people died from Covid because of his lies and his lies daily about x y or z) are upending and claiming lives daily.

(( good bye Trump, goodbye Putin, goodbye Orban, goodbye you lying sack of crap Netanyahu, goodbye dictators world wide)).


:blink:

Obama calling out Trump’s hurricane FEMA lies (…)
 

Obama needs no introduction because he is a time tested, proven leader.

In the final days leading up to the life changing Presidential election,
It’s calming my nerves to hear him take Trump to task.

I can’t live in fear of a Trump presidency.


I sure hope that a massive wave of support shows up for Kamala and that the oppressive and repressive GOP Republican Party gets what it deserves: nobody’s vote for hateful, undemocratic lie filled years ahead.

Kamala for the win because we are not going back.

Jazz for Kamala
 

https://www.jazzforkamala.com/

Jazz artists are coming out for VP Harris in NYC this weekend. Sounds like a last minute get together but it also sounds like it will be a fun night with different artists popping in for some jam sessions.

Kenny Barron will be there and here he is on piano.



Would love to go but it’s not meant to be for me.

VP Harris will be in my neck of the woods on Friday.

That is lovely, Orema. Thanks for sharing about jazz artists for Kamala. :bunchflowers:



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It’s just a matter of a few weeks to go. I’ve not gotten my ballot in the mail. Usually the ballot comes with the ballot voter booklet but all I got last week was the voter booklet. And it was jacked up. I am going by the county office for the Democratic Party tomorrow to find out if I’m ever going to get a ballot.

From November 5th to January 6th of 2025 will be the scariest slide into whether our country remains a Democracy or if the evil family of Trump throws us all under the Trump bus into fascism on Trump Drugs. So damn scary. Fucking accordion hands losers.

:blink:

Armed militia
 

Some FEMA operations paused in North Carolina after reports National Guard troops saw 'armed militia' threatening them

On Saturday, FEMA workers had to halt their work in Rutherford County due to reports that National Guard troops saw “armed militia” threatening the workers, according to the Washington Post, which cited an email to federal agencies helping with the response, verified by unnamed federal officials. It’s not clear if the threat was credible.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/14/us/fe...ats/index.html


My god! What the fuck does trump need to do before the DOJ does something?! Have we forgotten the fucker is out on bail?! If stoking violence doesn't evoke bond, what fucking does?

Oh, and what do the stranded libertarians who have no electricity, water screaming for the federal government to do something!

I had a dream last night that I was up on top of a high mountain. Somehow trump was like, airlifted up it, and was standing there in his stupid suit and stupid shoes. And then, in my dream, he somehow...um... fell off of the top of the mountain. I tore down the mountain giddy about how the future had just changed.

An interesting Mark Cuban interview with Rachel Maddow
 

LINK: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/...e-221742149689


I just kind of scanned headline news stories over on MSNBC and found Mark Cuban’s interview with Rachel fairly interesting. I like it that at one time he gave some positive notions , years ago , about DJT — but nowadays his opinion about Trump being a good businessman is a no-brainer because Donald is *not* anybody with a track record of conducting good business. Other than Donald’s bromance with E. Musk, Mark Cuban’s opinion is vastly different now because duh he’s been found out how bad he is a business. Is it good business acumen to grift money off people for whatever jacked up reason DJT is selling??? I’m pretty sure if there were a Grifter’s Anonymous meeting he wouldn’t be accepted at all due to his lack of remorse for other people, including himself. He’s a monster, for real. His legion of bad actors… who are as unhinged as he is, is a gigantic warning sign nobody can afford to ignore.


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After I attend my doctor appts today I plan to go see the movie “The Apprentice.” The fact that DJT worshipped Roy Cohn (an in your face gay man with no morals or ethics during the McCarthy era) screams deafening levels of hypocrisy in the face of what people *think* they know about DJT. I never went to see Barbie, but I do want to see this movie. I’m pretty sure it depicts a more real picture of the con-man known as DJT.


I feel sorry for anybody who has been a wife or girl friend to anybody like DJT and it’s sickening how his current wife is still standing by his side. Truly another WTF moment in American culture. It just goes to show how sick minded, bad acting people trap women into drain-circling relationships and how women find it difficult to untangle themselves from abusive con-artists.

Trump is just stalling for time. His allies will take front and center stage on November 5th and conduct a several weeks long shit show to try to steal the Presidency for a second time. It’s not Trump we should be worried about (although I am worried somewhat). But — It’s his co-conspirators and The racist Robert’s Court (SCOTUS) that will aide and abet his biggest heist yet in crime.

F^ck Trump. And F^ck all his White Nationalist MAGA-t perpetrators.

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Just like Rosie The Riverter, from WWII days, women and our masculine allies will get the job done. ✅


Say it with me, “We’re not going back,” — Kamala Harris.

If you haven’t read about how Special Counsel Jack Smith now submits his latest findings on how DJT is responsible for January 6th, you can watch this video and read about it here: LINK: https://www.msnbc.com/jose-diaz-bala...s-221887557527

Also, check out a Guatemalan father and a then 9-y.o. son who were separated at the border under the last reign of terror by DJT: LINK: https://www.msnbc.com/jose-diaz-bala...t-221891653739


I’m really glad Kamala’s interview with Charlamagn Tha God went well. I like this press release that is from the Detroit Free Press : LINK: https://www.freep.com/story/news/pol...w/75687986007/


So much is at stake. Be Brave. Be Courageous. Take a stand against DJT’s brand of fascism. Vote Blue!

At this point, the Toxic Trump campaign is not even trying to win. He is counting on his apparatus to go full denial and "Fixed Election" when he loses by a definitive margin. He will claim fraud and sue the states and election officials. He has a bigger more effective team this time. :goodluck:

I was thinking this morning that it seems like we have a huge double standard with regard to how American men treat women. Remember how America used to get involved with other countries in how they treated their women folk (Afghanistan, Iraq/Iran, any country who demonstrated a penchant for dehumanizing women and mistreating them)???

Just the other day, over on Foxx news (I never watch their shit show crap), Kamala Harris had to endure being talked over, and basically mistreated so all the Magat watchers could revel in a woman being mistreated for the sake of news coverage when there was nothing newsworthy about that in-your-face treatment, legitimated by a network that is not newsworthy at all.

LINK: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-...ier-rcna175823

There’s nothing special about broadcasting a news interview where your lack of professionalism and lack of civility is on display for all others to see the REAL way women are treated in American society.

Women being raped by male oppressors, women being beat by male abusers because they won’t kowtow to male oppression tactics, women’s right being erased by Toxic Males in powerful positions (…).

There’s nothing “golden” or “beautiful” about Amerika that lets toxic masculinity prevail and carry on as if our country cares about female bodied individuals (women).

Thankfully, the CMO (chief marketing officer from the 1990s era) of NBC came out and disclosed to its viewers how they elevated DJT to look like a successful businessman when they knew he was not successful at all and apologized to their millions of viewers how they mislead the audience into thinking that DJT was real special. This news article and video was featured today on CNN.



Yeah. Makes you wonder why the former marketing officer of The Apprentice grew a back bone and decided to come out and tell the unvarnished truth about how they conned people into thinking DJT was so successful when the reality was (and still is!!) that DJT is “king” of failed business practices just so he can be paid to illustrate the BIG LIE about who he really is.

Lucky me and lucky for others that we could see through his carefully orchestrated lies. :blink:

DonOLD is getting creepier!
 

There is no bottom to his crap.


Now he's talking about Arnold Palmer in the shower

Yesterday in Pennsylvania, he spent the first 10 minutes of his speech talking about Arnold Palmer.

“Arnold Palmer was all man. And I say that in all due respect to women and I love women. But this guy, this guy, this is a guy that was all man. This man was strong and tough. And I refused to say it, but when he took showers with the other pros, they came out of there, they said, ‘Oh my God, that’s unbelievable,’” Trump said.


Afterwards, he referred to Kamala Harris, saying: “You’re a shit vice president,” And his crowd of morons cheered and began chanting it.

Here is a quote from Palmer's daughter in 2018:

https://x.com/goLoko77/status/184778...2F100219586105


Janie! Get me off this crazy thing! Anyone who gets this reference, I really like and respect you. lol

I got my ballot in the mail yesterday. The day before yesterday I got two voting booklets. So I’m all set.

Will submit my vote to our county Democratic office in person. I still don’t trust the post office (DeJoy).

Harris holds huge lead among those who have voted!
 

A new USA Today/Suffolk University Poll shows the vice president leading the former president by 63% to 34%, close to 2-1, among those who have already voted.


That preference turns around among those who plan to wait until Election Day to vote, with Trump ahead 52% to 35%.


https://politicalwire.com/2024/10/21...ho-have-voted/

If nothing else, it is a good measure of voters enthusiasm. People who voted early are eager to vote and certain of their choices. Those who wait are less motivated, less certain.

Here is an interesting read on how mental health issues of past leaders in US positions of power, in the past, lead to the vacuum effect and rise of dictators like Mussolini, Franco, Hitler and the eventual outbreak of WWII.

LINK: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7573095/


Here is another link to a good read over on MSNBC, an op-ed by a physician.

LINK: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-...ine-rcna176373

I saw a report on MSNBC by Rachel Maddow today, wherein she speaks about American’s thinking that Trump’s policies were good for Americans.

To me, it’s more like a misnomer: a person doesn’t have to be all that much smarter than the average person in America to understand that failed business practices resulting in 45 felonies is not good policy. Nor was it “good policy” to let mega-millionaires off the hook in taxation practices. Nor was it “good policy” to inject Clorox to get rid of Covid-19. Nor was it “good policy” to separate children from parents migrating to the US over fatalistic policy practices of dictators in other countries who wanted an apocalypse free life in the US. Nor is it “good policy” to undo years long work on overhauling the healthcare industry or undo years long works to make sure the disabled and elderly (I am in both categories now) are able to sustain themselves on Social Security checks or Medicare.

It does not take a rocket scientist to see or understand how fatal the choice is if people can’t see how fatal another Trump administration will be not only for American’s but for the entire global community.

Here is the invaluable link to Rachel Maddow’s news report:

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-...ion-rcna176553

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I voted yesterday and I just dropped off my ballot to the county election division offices. I also signed up to track my ballot.

I voted for an apocalypse free life by casting my vote for every democrat on the ballot and voting no on every measure meant to hurt people financially. I also voted NO on instituting ranked choice voting: Which rank choice voting is a mathematical certainty for calamity.

I can hardly wait to see Kamala win. Kamala is the only choice for Democracy surviving the continual assault of hate we see on all fronts in American society.

Kamala Harris: Madam President of the United States of America. 💙💙💙

Usually, I'm heading for the hills by this time in the election game but Michigan is a hot ticket and somebody is here every other day. VP Harris and fomer First Lady Michelle Obama will be up the road in Kalamazoo on Saturday for a "Get Out The Vote" rally. I won''t go to see them, but I'm all eyes and ears for news and updates.

It was nice to hear Eminem open up with a Detroit saying (What Up Doe.) when he introduced former President Obama the other night. Eminem is a good counter to the Kid Rock voters in The Mitten. Glad he came out for Democrats. And I'm glad President Obama gets to release some his angst regarding President Trump.

Love this Detroit mural for Harris and Walz. Very cool.

https://i.postimg.cc/fTRQ9bfz/kamala...zph365wd1.webp

1 - I refuse to vote for a convicted felon.
2 - I refuse to vote for a man under four different indictments.
3 - I refuse to vote for a man whose businesses were convicted for fraud.
4 - I refuse to vote for a man who had to pay hundreds of millions of dollars after a court found he committed fraud.
5 - I refuse to vote for a man who has sexually assaulted a woman, as found by a jury.
6 - I refuse to vote for a man who threatened to use the military against U.S. citizens.
7 - I refuse to vote for a man whose chief of staff said admired some of the things Hitler did.
8 - I refuse to vote for a man who has been accused by over a dozen women of sexual assault.
9 - I refuse to vote for a man who cheated on his pregnant wife with a porn star.
10 - I refuse to vote for a man who left office with the worst GDP growth in nearly 80 years.
11 - I refuse to vote for a man who gave away America's COVID supplies to Putin personally.
12 - I refuse to vote for a man who took Putin's side over U.S. intelligence agencies while on foreign soil.
13 - I refuse to vote for a man who said America is "like a garbage can".
14 - I refuse to vote for a man who suggested nuking hurricanes.
15 - I refuse to vote for a man who praised dictators like Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin.
16 - I refuse to vote for a man who withheld aid to Ukraine for personal political gain.
17 - I refuse to vote for a man who tried to undermine the democratic process by refusing to concede the 2020 election.
18 - I refuse to vote for a man who attempted to overturn the results of a lawful election.
19 - I refuse to vote for a man who pressured state officials to "find votes" in his favor.
20 - I refuse to vote for a man who tried to politicize the Department of Justice.
21 - I refuse to vote for a man who demanded loyalty from officials over duty to the law.
22 - I refuse to vote for a man who downplayed the COVID-19 virus despite knowing its danger.
23 - I refuse to vote for a man who called fallen U.S. soldiers "losers" and "suckers".
24 - I refuse to vote for a man who cut environmental protections critical to health and safety.
25 - I refuse to vote for a man who paid hush money to cover up his scandals.
26 - I refuse to vote for a man who refused to release his tax returns.
27 - I refuse to vote for a man who obstructed justice according to multiple investigations.
28 - I refuse to vote for a man who tried to coerce foreign leaders to interfere in U.S. elections.
29 - I refuse to vote for a man who refused to unequivocally condemn hate groups.
30 - I refuse to vote for a man who disrespected allies and insulted NATO.


More tomorrow, running out of internet ink.

31 - I refuse to vote for a man who denied climate change and rolled back key environmental initiatives.
32 - I refuse to vote for a man who used the presidency for personal financial gain.
33 - I refuse to vote for a man who encouraged violence at his rallies.
34 - I refuse to vote for a man who suggested delaying the election.
35 - I refuse to vote for a man who discussed pardoning himself.
36 - I refuse to vote for a man whose mishandling of COVID-19 led to the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.
37 - I refuse to vote for a man who saw GDP shrink by 3.5% in 2020, the worst annual performance in over 70 years.
38 - I refuse to vote for a man whose tax cuts for the wealthy ballooned the national debt to unprecedented levels.
39 - I refuse to vote for a man who added nearly $8 trillion to the national debt, with much of it benefiting corporations and the wealthy.
40 - I refuse to vote for a man who oversaw the highest U.S. trade deficit in 12 years by 2020, despite promises to reduce it.
41 - I refuse to vote for a man who implemented a trade war with China that hurt American farmers, leading to a record level of farm bankruptcies.
42 - I refuse to vote for a man whose tariffs raised costs for American businesses and consumers, impacting everything from electronics to groceries.
43 - I refuse to vote for a man who promised to bring back manufacturing but saw the sector shed jobs by the end of his term.
44 - I refuse to vote for a man who failed to enact comprehensive infrastructure legislation despite repeated promises, missing a major economic growth opportunity.
45 - I refuse to vote for a man whose policies led to millions of Americans losing health insurance due to employment disruptions during COVID-19.
46 - I refuse to vote for a man who attempted to cut Social Security and Medicare funding despite their importance to millions of Americans.
47 - I refuse to vote for a man who left office with record levels of inequality, as wealthier Americans benefited from his policies more than average citizens.
48 - I refuse to vote for a man who presided over a net loss of jobs, ending his term with fewer Americans employed than when he began.
49 - I refuse to vote for a man who had 4 top officials in his own administration say that he was either a fascist or showed signs of fascism.
50 - I refuse to vote for a man who said American cities are “infested” when speaking about areas with high populations of minorities.
51 - I refuse to vote for a man who called John McCain a “loser” for being captured as a prisoner of war.
52 - I refuse to vote for a man who referred to African nations as "shithole countries" and implied immigrants from those places were undesirable.
53 - I refuse to vote for a man who told U.S.-born Congresswomen of color to "go back" to their countries.
54 - I refuse to vote for a man who called Americans "stupid" for not agreeing with him on COVID-19 precautions and vaccine skepticism.
55 - I refuse to vote for a man who dismissed health risks to teachers and essential workers during the pandemic.
56 - I refuse to vote for a man who said America is "a laughingstock" on multiple occasions, disparaging the country he led.
57 - I refuse to vote for a man who referred to fallen soldiers as "not smart" for dying in combat.
58 - I refuse to vote for a man who mocked the intelligence of American generals, calling them “dopes and babies.”
59 - I refuse to vote for a man who shared a video of a supporter saying that "the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat."
60 - I refuse to vote for a man who has lied over 30,000 times to the American public while President.


Democracy dies in the darkness folks! Get out the word to vote! I have been leaving Post-It notes in women's bathrooms saying "Your vote is Private" and "Vote your conscience."

Thank you Ace for your list of refusals. Thank you so much.


Did y’all catch Kamala’s Houston campaign stop? Beyoncé introduced Kamala and wow, could Texas be turning Blue? Ann Richard’s was once Governor of Texas.



How about Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks? He is so thorough in his business rationale. What a refreshing thing to have Mark in your corner.


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I have been experiencing anxiety 😬

Here we are just days away from fucking chaos. The Election. Then Republican Mike Johnson and not passing critical infrastructure legislation and keep our country’s bills paid, but no — I’m sure he has lost his mind. How can these people live with this on their conscience? So very scary.

I’m very worried, for sure. (w)(w)(w)

The Final Countdown (no do-overs, this is not a dress rehearsal)
 

8days until Election Day: which side will you be on and who will get your vote?

Will American’s turn out in record numbers to save America from the toxic tyrant known as Trump?

I refuse to let a toxic tyrant ruin my life or ruin our country.

I refuse to buy anything from Amazon or read WP (fuck u bayzos).

I refuse to let our country drown in debt and choose to elect a responsible woman who has given her life to public service and deserves to represent our country who understands how to make effective decisions in our best interest.

I refuse to let a spoiled baby rule the roost.

Scram Trump. Beat it. Goodbye loser.


Hello Freedom: Harris Walz 2024 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Thoughts about (…)
 

I can’t help but feel abandoned by time honored news outlets like NYT’s and WP and I did not even suspect David Muir’s Republican mindset until other news casters outted his membership in the GOP party, and I’m seriously offended by the paywall money grab on CNN and the inkling of Trumpism that I see leaking amid their news coverage.

Will media start reporting in non-partisan fashion and can they limit the oxygen given to the Trump-Maga-cult followers as if they are of sound mind when it’s obvious to others in America and abroad that they are not of sound mind and rational decision making???

I can hardly believe that the majority of voters in AZ or NEV will hand our country over to a person guilty of fraudulent business practices, sexual assault charges and the chief liar of all time.

WTF (does not even come close to the treachery espoused by Church of Trump and his sickening family members and social deviants). :blink:

Kamala’s closing argument @ The Ellipse (October 29th, 2024)
 

I’m leaving this video tonight so anybody can watch it when you’ve got about a half hour of time.


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Today while out on errands and attending my doctor appointment, I was waiting at a traffic light near my doctor’s office when a white Tesla 2 door car sat next to me. As we both went forward I saw a huge “HARRIS 2024” window sign across the back window. 2 ladies older than me driving it. I honked and waved and zipped my window down to shout for joy!!!🤩

PS/ did you all see where somebody set ballot drop off boxes on fire in town here and across the river in Vancouver???



https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-...ety-rcna177743


Don’t worry, we’re on it. Big trouble for the bad actors who did it.

Companies ready to hike prices.
 

Across the United States, companies that rely on foreign suppliers are preparing to raise prices in response to the massive import tariffs that former president Donald Trump promises if he wins the election Tuesday.

Producers of a range of items, including clothing, footwear, baby products, auto parts and hardware, say they will pass along the cost of the tariffs to their American customers.

The planned price increases next year would come as consumers are beginning to enjoy relief from the highest inflation in four decades and directly contradict Trump’s repeated assurances that foreigners will pay the tariff tab.

“We’re set to raise prices,” Timothy Boyle, chief executive of Columbia Sportswear, said in an interview. “We’re buying stuff today for delivery next fall. So we’re just going to deal with it and we’ll just raise the prices. … It’s going to be very, very difficult to keep products affordable for Americans.”


Come on Butch/femme Planet! Let's hear a big hell yeah for Kamala/Walz!

I understand talking about what you had for dinner and what brings you joy is important, but come the fuck on! Engage in this topic! THIS is so damn important for you, for your sisters, your children, your loved ones!

I share the same sentiment as you, Ace. Let’s hear it from our membership here.

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In our local free newspaper, Willamette Weekly, they profiled Boyle — CEO of Columbia Sportwear. Gert, the original owner would be pissed off with Boyle for his type of leadership of her company (she passed away a few years ago).

Boyle drags in millions of dollars annually, his salary is over a million annually, and most like he’s already penned his golden parachute (fleecing the company and future buyers, is what I’m guessing).

He has a fortress in the West Hills of Portland. He pays his water bills, but the water company in town has a program for low income people who are behind on their water bills. The water companies new AI picked Boyle to pay off his huge water bill, at a 40% discount, when he definitely does not need that type of help. In fact, earlier this year a local family had its checking accounts frozen and left them penniless due to a water bill their now-deceased relative never paid. The entire family is on disability income and faced horrific financial penalties from the water company. Yet Boyle took advantage of this program paying his water bill. Even if it was in error, they’ve had plenty of time to retract and give that money back but they haven’t.

Link: https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/10/3...hy-portlander/



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GOOOOOOOO
KAMALA, GOOOOOOOO COACH!!!

I heart Kamala, Obama & MLK 💙💙💙💙
 

Democracy Now with Amy Goodman
 

LINK: https://www.democracynow.org/

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Today I was browsing news coverage over on Democracy Now and feel that their news coverage is better than most news outlets, with the exception of MSNBC as I feel this news channel covers topics of interest the same way. Honest and forthright and compelling.


I feel like our country is on the verge of making a massive mistake in not challenging and holding elected officials accountable for their roles in January 6th and worse, letting the Supreme Court upend years long battles to secure human rights for women, children, immigrants and those of us in the LGBTQ community.

People come yo America to live in safety from dictators world wide. I can hardly believe that the Asian Catholic community supports Trump (it’s true, I work among these types of people in our very red county). If their wishes come true, their “lord and savior” will be using our military to round them up and hold them in concentration camps for “deportation.” They absolutely do not realize the mistake in judgement will cost them their lives and perceived freedom. My heart hurts because of their willful obedient to a human monster.

I’m 65, going on 66 next spring, and never in my entire life did I think that “Christian church goers” would ever bow down to this human monster and his supporters. The massive indifference (credit to Ellie Wiesel) Americans afford to this life altering challenge is hard to mistake. Why or why do people believe the cruelty and meanness of Trump over the safety and democracy that comes with electing Kamala Harris?

It’s scary, the attitude of indifference that permeates our country.

Four days until a litany of evil is committed by Trump and his sickening sycophants (Mike Johnson, et al).

Be careful what you wish for.

:candle: :praying: :vigil:


(Insert WWII air raid sirens nonstop)

People of celebrity type status who are supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for President of the United States can be found over on this website zine: https://deadline.com/gallery/kamala-...d-ben-stiller/


Check out who’s on this list (you might be delightfully surprised).




How many days now until November 5th? (3 days…)

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I am so grateful that they’re only only two more days until Election Day! I am literally getting an ulcer. I can’t watch him talk without feeling my blood boil. I’m not just over him but over half the nation that is supporting him! I have forgotten that there was this undercurrent of ugliness in our culture yet. I was in denial! And now I’m seeing documented proof of the hatred half of our population has for our other half.
I swear to God somewhere Stephen King is writing this novel…

I'm here for it... all for it. A ton of money is coming into my state. The politicians and their cronies are courting us like a mutha. I usually get one visit per Presidential election, but I've had four "get out the vote" teams come to my house in the last month to see if I'm voting. I usually offer them bottles of water or protein drinks.

President Clinton was blocks away from me stumpin' for Harris/Walz a week ago, Former First Lady M.O. was less than 100 miles from me doing the same the week before that. VP Harris and Gov Walz seem to be here every other day. And we're making a lot of money from ad dollars. I watch and listen to the ads. Yep, even his.

I know it's crazy and I cuss out the TV, too, but I'm here for the attention my state is getting. Even the bad attention because it energizes us. It puts a spotlight on us, but we can take the heat.

Along with that, Gov Whitmer has been flooding our air waves and it's always good to see and hear her tell us why we need to vote and who we need to vote for.

I also love that VP Harris is talking to anyone and everyone who will chat with her. From Steve Harvey to Charlamagne tha God to Shay Shay. (One of my few problems with Pres. Obama was that he wouldn't talk to some people when he was running. He fell out with Tavis Smaley and Cornel West because he wouldn't "go on the record" and speak with them. He's still paying for that. I don't hold it against him, but I'm glad VP Harris isn't making the same error.)

I'm usually the first to moan and groan about this madness, but remarkably, I'm here for this.