Trump has been the only one since 2008 to talk about unity and treating every person the same regardless of the Democrats labeling.
Democrats label people based upon skin color, vaccination status, sex identification, sexual preference, socioeconomics, etc….
Listen to Trump, we are all brothers & sisters, we are all Americans.
Democrats purposely divide the people using disinformation and squashing anyone with an opposing view.
Democrats are bullies, children, self entitled, spoiled brats. Look at the whining & crying from Democrats,not very mature.
It’s time for the adults to come in and run the country. The children of the DNC have, well let’s just say they made a mess that they leave to the adults to fix.
B Camp, you live in Upside-Down-World. Trump is NOT about unity, he is about himself. I cannot believe that so many of you cannot see him for what he is.
SS: We see Trump for what he is and has proven to be for the past 8 years: Make America Great Again. History will be very kind to President Trump. Less so to the last gasp sabotaging Deep State Democrats.
But this is how our system has worked from its very beginnings as a tension between the forces for a strong central government and those wanting to protect only limited government interference with their personal liberties and lives. The struggle to find a balance between these two competing forces switches back and forth, and comes to us under different names.
We just witnessed a new realignment. Democrats moved from the anti-establishment rebels of the 1960's to become the party of slavish Big Government conformity in 2024.
Gee, you think history will be kind to Trump? He better do better than last time; 154 Historians voted him the worst president ever in The Presidential Greatness Project. It’s hard to imagine him doing any worse.. but I have a hunch he’ll go it.
Actually the last gasp came a few hours ago, when he announced his pick for A .G., from both sides. I tell you he’s unstable. I don’t think half of his nominees will be approved.
And Democrats for the most part think that everything you’re saying about them is a total description of TRUMP. And….your response is proving my point. It’s full of hate and distain. That’s your problem, not mine. Label me however you want. You obviously have no curiosity about who I am or what I believe. We’ll see if the “adults” (none who are qualified for the positions they are being appointed to) can do a good job. I hope they do.
Elaine, we have some common ground. We think every attack Democrat hurled against Trump in fact described only themselves - pure projection. Democrats have been the fascists and the threat to our democracy. Voters agreed.
As a recent cartoon spoof put it so clearly, when they used AI and substituted the Democrat words "threats to our democracy" with the real Democrat fear that Trump would be a "threat of their entrenched bureaucracy".
Schroeder: Who is the "they", what was "first time around"? Not clear from your short post.
Is complaint against the string of pejoratives targeted against Trump? Or targeted against the Democrat ginned-up Deep State relentless attacks against Trump and their media acolytes who created and 24/7 amplified their own self-created chaos and corruption? All of which, America across the board just soundly rejected last Tuesday.
To wit: Trump after 2016 would counter-punch a partisan attack against him with a single concise early AM tweet, and then get to work on his own for the rest of the day. The Media however would spend the entire rest of the day frothing, rehashing and pearl clutching the one on-target Trump tweet. Who in fact was creating the 24/7 "chaos"? Hint: It was not Trump.
'They' is the cabinet of crooks and bigots that Trump is assembling, just as devoid of ethics as the last time. Steven Miller? One of the worst humans to walk the earth. Tom Homan? A gruff based bully with insane nazi ideals. The first time around was Trump's first term. Get with it, Livingston, it was easy to read my comment. And Trump WAS causing the chaos, I'm not talking about the media, I'm talking about the poor morality of the people he chooses to surround himself with.
The last time Donald Trump was president, his Interior secretary was embroiled in a corruption scandal and ended up referred to the Department of Justice for a potential criminal investigation. So was his transportation secretary. His labor secretary, Head of the EPA , Health and Human Services and Energy secretaries ALL resigned in shame and scandal. I am not making this up, it's a FACT FOR ALL TO SEE.
The Biden Admin is a bunch of genocidal maniacs arming Israel to slaughter, starve and bomb the infrastructure of the people of Gaza and to escalate with Lebanon, Yemen, Syria and Iran. On what moral scale can you claim that Trump's picks are less moral?
Biden thought if he became a "wartime President" it would ensure his re-election.
Problem was there were no wars so he had to start some. He intentionally greenlighted Ukraine, and then exploited the Gaza attack on innocents in Israel, to finally sabre rattling with Iran. Get Democrats and RINO's out of courting the military industrial complex for votes.
No SS it was the Media and Democrat reaction to Trump that created the chaos. The Democrat deep state did go apoplectic after 2016. Now shall we review he scandals of the Biden-Harris "return to decency" after 2020?
No Elaine, it is your problem now. America has checked in and it soundly rejected too many years of Democrat divisiveness and their hate agenda, used to protect their own power grab. DOGE will be the one to watch which is brilliant timing, as we face our nation's 250th year anniversary. Join in this new American renewal.
I think the elites or "1%" did this on purpose to distract people from looking at class, the bank bailouts while not bailing out homeowners, offshoring industry, imposing environmental changes which are really more about surveillance and control, and keeping the war industry well funded. People see that the government serves the elites and people were directly protesting for that message with "Occupy Wall Street." That movement was for everyone of the "99%" of any race or ethnicity. But it had to be smashed and the subject changed to BLM and DEI. The "liberal" media is wringing its hands claiming to worry that Trump will harm trans people and women, but they really worry he will unite the 99% since their positions are at the service of the 1%. Will Trump actually make changes for the 99% like he promised? His picks so far indicate he will be Israel First rather than the claimed America First, but I still pray for God to move his heart. But meanwhile, lets use the good here, the chance to see everyone, Black, White, Latino (sorry Libs, Latinx never was going to work), Asian, Arab, Muslim, Democrat, Republican, Independent or 3rd Party, as the sacred human beings each loved by God that each of these people are and work to hold our governments accountable, starting with the local, to this basic foundational value of our republic.
Aimee, take a look at the Breitbart documentary "Unmasking Occupy" before reaching any conclusions about who was behind that nonsensical Occupy movement, and who in fact it was intended to protect.
Indeed, it was a vocabulary builder, that is for sure. Just like the "climate change" hoax created a slew or operating buzzwords that do not sound in fact.. Which is one Saul Alinksy's rules for radicals when fomenting revolution - own the language.
EVERY movement is infiltrated and has false shepherds, provacateurs, informants and agents from one or more intel service. The same tactics have been used to slander sincere Jan 6 protesters who wanted a delay of certification for an election audit. I knew people who went to occupy as well as to Jan 6 for genuine reasons and others who supported from a distance for genuine reasons. It is intolerable to have a system of higher education that requires young people to go into debt only to find when completing their degree that there are no paying jobs. I think the Big Short would be a better movie to understand the negligence that allowed a massive theft from regular American people. Too big to fail, right? COVID policy was another massive wealth transfer from the less well off to the most. But don't look at economics, let's talk about gay sex or race, right?
Aimee: Colleges feeding off "student loans" should co-sign those loans and put their own skin in this game; not just show a pile of cancelled checks written out to them, and with only taxpayers now scammed for their student's past due notices.
Students can sue those colleges, if false promises were made to them in exchange for their voluntary commitment to give them that borrow money to obtain this alleged "education".
The loan con is only one part of the problem. The decline in quality of curriculum is a big problem. The promotion of drugs, porn, gaming and other forms of hedonistic decadence has made Americans weaker students and less competent workers. And then there are the tolerance of consolidation of industries, media being an important example, the warrantless mass surveillance of Americans and the list goes on... We have to look honestly at how corrupt things have gotten.
Aimee, We have interesting times ahead. Power corrupts and even the good intentions of today will be open to corruption in a short time too.
Government is too big today to properly oversee and the amount tax dollars put on thee table to large to not corrupt the weak and greedy. I personally am looking forward to the DOGE project to srteamline and make the current mess a billion times more accountable.
Just like we saw Kamala Harris burn through one billion dollars in a few short months, only to be left with bills unpaid. Human nature exposed on both sides of the aisle.
We can never escape our own duties to be informed and demanding voters become far more disciplined tax payers. This is our circus and these are our monkeys.
My "Occupy" take aways from the other side of the country at that time - Big government union involvement; 2008 financial meltdown due to Clinton' previous micromanaging the housing loan markets; government employees coincidentally getting exposed in the media as the only group of workers who ended up with higher compensation packages compared to the rest of the post 2008 meltdown private sector employees.
Poof, - suddenly Occupy Wall Street emerges complete with purple and yellow tee-shirts after Obama seized the political agenda which in turn curtailed any further criticism of the government employee unions self-interests using Occupy to create of a new astro-turf set of enemies - Wall Street and the banksters.
Another American mass hysteria moment with very dubious and self-serving political origins.
SS: You get to choose Big and Bigger Government or reset America back to freedom, limited government, fiscal probity and greater independence. Young people in growing numbers weighed in on this issue today, knowing that they are the ones now on the hook to pay off too many decades of Big Government profligacy and using their future tax dollars to only buy Democrat votes today.
Time to unite and run over the past, when I disputed a charge on my American Express and they didn’t ask me what pronoun I wanted it made me smile. There’s a new sheriff in town.
We have high hopes for a dramatic change in the trajectory of America. We have been accelerating toward a cliff like Thelma and Louise. We need to pray that the Trump administration is successful in what seems a Herculean task. Turning a cruise ship or stopping a speeding train takes skill and time. I am watching to see if the RINO’s got the memo
I can’t help but wonder what’s going through Trump’s mind as he sits in front of the Whitehouse fireplace with Biden. Here is a man that not only tried to bankrupt Trump, but have him incarcerated as well by way of his proxies. Granted, Trump needs to strike a consolatory note, but he has to be thinking it’s game on!
As for Trump’s cabinet picks, I’m down. Marco at State is a home run, Noem at Homeland makes me wonder if she’s big league enough. Hegseth at DoD makes me scratch my head. Why? Because he’d be the first Secretary with sleeves of tattoos (trivial I know), won 2 Bronze Star medals, and as a Captain, was a non-field grade officer.
The other Cabinet picks seem great, Ratcliffe at CIA, Burgum at DOE both are winners.
The Department of Education has me wondering. This, especially after attending last night’s outrageous performance at the SBUSD Board Meeting in which civil liberties were abridged by the left wing, racist, junta in power, by NOT allowing members from “Good News “ to recite scripture! Swear to God, I thought I was in Nicaragua!
Anyway, we need Trump to stick to his guns, pedal to the metal and not give a fig as to what the left, woke, beta, matriarchal press thinks or says! In fact, I hope to hell Trump is willing to pull FCC licensing away from some of his lefty enemies on the left.
Make no mistake, the next 4 years are going to be epic, but could be monumental as well. Now, let’s roll!
I agree LT - Noem = Interior. Hegseth def not qualfied for Defense - needs Mike Pompeo or Jack Keane. _The_ best pic of all - pugnacious Tom Homan - tough ex New York cop . . . love his no BS style!
Sure Hegseth is a long shot, but don’t we want someone who has ACTUALLY KILLED the enemy? Besides, look who he’s replacing; swamp creature, Sec. Lloyd “chow hall “ Austin!
No - grunts kill the enemy, _after_ their leader has figured who, if, and when to do so.
What experience has Hegseth had dealing the heads of China, Russia, Iran, NoKo etc? = none. He was platoon leader and civil-military operations officer, focusing on local engagements rather than high-level international diplomacy.
He’s a Fox News contributor discussing foreign affairs, never engaging directly with foreign leaders. He’s _definitely_ not qualified to be Defense Secretary.
The only good thing you might say about him he's replacing that absolutely worthless Lloyd Austin.
As I told Polly, you maga swarm are hilarious. The magnificent seven? Took me a minute to stop laughing. The circus is coming to town and you depict some of the top clowns.
It’s not news, all politicians flourish in Washington, and Trump is one of the biggest flourishers. He was not supposed to have outside businesses during his presidency but that didn’t stop him. Anytime dignitaries came to Washington to see him, or for summits, they were booked into his hotel. If that’s not a conflict of interest, I don’t know what it is.
You say factories, rusted and closed. What did trump do to get them going again? Ivanka was a great help. She sent all her manufacturing projects to China to save money. That sure helped the country. trumps tariffs were passed on to the consumers.
And remember when you were all up in arms about Hunters business dealings in Ukraine, but hardly anyone ever mentions the $2 billion that Ivanka and Jared received from Saudi Arabia, and what was it for? What did they do to earn so much money?
You mention, education, drugs, crime, gangs what did trump do about them during his term? People say things were better under trump. How, I really want to know. Unemployment was in double digits. I saw no change in my situation. I’m retired. What did trump do for me? Nothing changed for me when he was in power. Trump inherited a good economy and a balanced budget, but by the end of this term the country had a deficit of $7 trillion. Just his golfing trips cost over $100,000 each. trump is not the only one to blame for America’s woes, but he does get full credit for dividing this country.
You people constantly blame the “deep state” for his failures. I see nothing here, but excuses for his failures. I’m going to keep your list of what he’s going to do so I can check off each one as it’s accomplished. I’m praying I can cross off at least half of them.
Now, to the magnificent seven?
bannon - he looks like the head of a deep state. Are any of you aware of the 25 million he diverted from the border wall budget so a security fence could be built around his compound in Texas
musk - a South African who has dangerous ideas for our country.
vance - a flip-flopper who once spoke against Trump, but now praises him.
rfk, jr - it sounds like the worm has been revived.
gabbard - another flip flopper
carlson - #1 clown
trump - empty promises, can only degrade people, unless they can do something for him, his # 1 priority, his ego. Even his wife doesn’t support him unless there’s a paycheck in it for her.
I predict a very different reality when we look back at the second term of a con man. The Trump is not, has not and never will be succesfull in life as measured by benefits for the good of all people.
His rabble rousing speeches will become empty promises as he and his cronies quietly pocket the money for themselves.
Take immigration. There are many many immigrants with out the right papers, working hard for the benefit of society. In the deportation program planned a commision/body is needed to asses whether the individual about to be deported is a healthy contributer to society. Yes we need to control and manage immigration and we need to recognise this is an issue that is decades in the making. Cheap food needs low cost immigrant labour,. White christian Americans do not want to work the land.
All I am saying is be very careful what you wish for. In politics there are always unexpected consequences of jingoistic slogans and policies based upon them.
The orange head has more love for his bank account than for the american people. This is going to end very poorly for the american people.
Daniel, Legal work permits, for limited but deemed necessary services, has always been the way to go. Your suggestions smacks of intentional exploitation of a shadowy underclass. Why do you take legal work permits off the table?
I agree with your comments. However, over the next 4 years, there will, almost certainly, be a financial meltdown, with a $36trillion deficit growing at at about $2trillion a year and unfunded liabilities of enormous amounts just for Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid alone. Plus the annual interest on the national debt is now greater than the budget for national defense. Both the stock market and the housing market are due for large corrections. Nobody, especially politicians, want to even mention these issues, but that doesn't make them go away. Trump and his team will have to deal with the consequences in addition to fulfilling his promises. Indeed, some of them will help him do that.
Derek: My guess is that Musk and Ramaswamy will help Trump slice as much as $2 trillion from the 2026 budget. Add a freeze on federal hiring, shrinking a number of federal departments, and tariffs on our least competitive trading partners, our yearly deficits could actually turn positive. If so, markets will soar and the national debt will begin to shrink, albeit slowly. Fingers crossed.
Government employees can be cross-trained to where they are found to be needed. They will also get greater job satisfaction and support from the taxpaying public who can see a better ROI on their own tax dollar investments. A win win.
Jim, I'm not blowing smoke up your chimney or buttering your toast when I say you would be more qualified to head the DOD than that "Talking Head," Pete Hegseth, and he's only on F&F's Weekend, not even the real show.
Dan: I can understand you being perplexed. I think Pete will work out. As for Matt... I don't know how qualified he is, but his name certainly came as a surprise. Senate hearings may be able to flush him out. I would like to have seen someone older, more experienced. Senator Ron Johnson or even Louisiana Senator John Kennedy. But, Trump is the circus master, so we'll see what happens.
Of course... because you all agree with each other. My intent has been simple but obviously misplaced and naive. I have for months tried to understand the various issues/policies that we have different views about. I have my own list of strong disagreements with the "democratic agenda". I think about going independent. Policies aside....The one thing I have not been able to understand at all is how decent, caring, and religious people can support a person who is a convicted felon and fraudster who has been convicted also of sexual misconduct, who talks about people with such disrespect, has no respect for the military or the Constitution, likes dictators and is the antithisis of a religous person with a moral, ethical core. It's the PERSON of Donald Trump. It's actually painful to me that good people ignore or rationalize this. I don't say this because I'm listening to liberal pundits, watching MSNBC or reading the NYT. Bias is EVERYWHERE. I say it because I have WATCHED and LISTENED to the man and I'm horrified. He is repugnant. I tried to weigh in,,, just a little bit... without saying all this outright but this is what I struggle with. I will leave you to reinforce each other and wish you well. I (and others who are fellow Americans who might disagree) are clearly not welcome here. I will gracefully bow out. I do mean it. I wish you well.
I stopped bothering to read the comments section in EdHat ages go when it devolved to snarky arguments between a small number of people I'd love to see in a cage match in real life but who bore me with the repetitive digital insults. NoozHawk canned comments altogether.
Now reading through 59 comments here, yawn. I back those with enthusiasm for the future, hopeful determination to get America back on track. But puhleeze, enough with the TDS rhetoric.
Since the election someone who has been my friend for 30 years has exploded into a full tilt hate machine, to the point where I have had to stop taking calls or reading texts and have blocked him on Facebook. I'm sure all of us have people in our lives that are over the edge with their dire predictions about Trump's return to power. And amazingly enough, they attribute to him and we who support him ALL the negative consequences that their own mascots in office have put into place.
I thoroughly agree with you Earl Brown, and I hope and pray that the Divine Plan is in place and America will return to it destiny as the shining beacon on the hill.
Trump won fair and square and he’s our president. I’ve obviously not been a supporter. It will be up to the party to keep him focused and give him good advice. He has a habit of not being focused nor taking advice though. I noticed that the Dems haven’t cried foul nor asked the VP to not certify the results.
Andy, Hoping one day you get your Jan 6 facts straight.However, GOP Senate just voted to ensure we keep our three part government separate but equal but electing Thune and the loyal GOP opposition to Senate Majority Leader, which does not turn America into a one man show.
This is actually an encouraging sign, even if some of us we don't like the choice. It is the intentional way our country was created by the Founders and now insured to stay that way for our 250th Anniversary. Competition in the market place of ideas always brings in a better final product. The people spoke. They want change, but they want measured change.
Good article, Jim. I think one of the most disheartening things about the discussion between the "left" and the "right" is that the few proponents of the "establishment left" that have written in are so misinformed because of the propaganda that has been spoon fed to them that there literally is no hope for an enlightenment on their part. Perhaps the brainwashing has gone on too long for them and/or it is a personality quirk that independent thinking does not enter into their mindset. A good portion of them cannot see the forest for the trees and in the end it is futile to have a constructive discussion.
In my previous post of two minutes ago, when I wrote, "I agree with your comments", I was addressing Jim Buckley. I don't want anyone to think otherwise!
Trump has been the only one since 2008 to talk about unity and treating every person the same regardless of the Democrats labeling.
Democrats label people based upon skin color, vaccination status, sex identification, sexual preference, socioeconomics, etc….
Listen to Trump, we are all brothers & sisters, we are all Americans.
Democrats purposely divide the people using disinformation and squashing anyone with an opposing view.
Democrats are bullies, children, self entitled, spoiled brats. Look at the whining & crying from Democrats,not very mature.
It’s time for the adults to come in and run the country. The children of the DNC have, well let’s just say they made a mess that they leave to the adults to fix.
B Camp, you live in Upside-Down-World. Trump is NOT about unity, he is about himself. I cannot believe that so many of you cannot see him for what he is.
SS: We see Trump for what he is and has proven to be for the past 8 years: Make America Great Again. History will be very kind to President Trump. Less so to the last gasp sabotaging Deep State Democrats.
But this is how our system has worked from its very beginnings as a tension between the forces for a strong central government and those wanting to protect only limited government interference with their personal liberties and lives. The struggle to find a balance between these two competing forces switches back and forth, and comes to us under different names.
We just witnessed a new realignment. Democrats moved from the anti-establishment rebels of the 1960's to become the party of slavish Big Government conformity in 2024.
Gee, you think history will be kind to Trump? He better do better than last time; 154 Historians voted him the worst president ever in The Presidential Greatness Project. It’s hard to imagine him doing any worse.. but I have a hunch he’ll go it.
Actually the last gasp came a few hours ago, when he announced his pick for A .G., from both sides. I tell you he’s unstable. I don’t think half of his nominees will be approved.
SS - “Time, which sees all things, has found you out”
And Democrats for the most part think that everything you’re saying about them is a total description of TRUMP. And….your response is proving my point. It’s full of hate and distain. That’s your problem, not mine. Label me however you want. You obviously have no curiosity about who I am or what I believe. We’ll see if the “adults” (none who are qualified for the positions they are being appointed to) can do a good job. I hope they do.
Good grief.
Elaine, we have some common ground. We think every attack Democrat hurled against Trump in fact described only themselves - pure projection. Democrats have been the fascists and the threat to our democracy. Voters agreed.
As a recent cartoon spoof put it so clearly, when they used AI and substituted the Democrat words "threats to our democracy" with the real Democrat fear that Trump would be a "threat of their entrenched bureaucracy".
They won't, Elaine and it will be more disorganized chaos and corruption like it was the first time around.
Schroeder: Who is the "they", what was "first time around"? Not clear from your short post.
Is complaint against the string of pejoratives targeted against Trump? Or targeted against the Democrat ginned-up Deep State relentless attacks against Trump and their media acolytes who created and 24/7 amplified their own self-created chaos and corruption? All of which, America across the board just soundly rejected last Tuesday.
To wit: Trump after 2016 would counter-punch a partisan attack against him with a single concise early AM tweet, and then get to work on his own for the rest of the day. The Media however would spend the entire rest of the day frothing, rehashing and pearl clutching the one on-target Trump tweet. Who in fact was creating the 24/7 "chaos"? Hint: It was not Trump.
'They' is the cabinet of crooks and bigots that Trump is assembling, just as devoid of ethics as the last time. Steven Miller? One of the worst humans to walk the earth. Tom Homan? A gruff based bully with insane nazi ideals. The first time around was Trump's first term. Get with it, Livingston, it was easy to read my comment. And Trump WAS causing the chaos, I'm not talking about the media, I'm talking about the poor morality of the people he chooses to surround himself with.
The last time Donald Trump was president, his Interior secretary was embroiled in a corruption scandal and ended up referred to the Department of Justice for a potential criminal investigation. So was his transportation secretary. His labor secretary, Head of the EPA , Health and Human Services and Energy secretaries ALL resigned in shame and scandal. I am not making this up, it's a FACT FOR ALL TO SEE.
The Biden Admin is a bunch of genocidal maniacs arming Israel to slaughter, starve and bomb the infrastructure of the people of Gaza and to escalate with Lebanon, Yemen, Syria and Iran. On what moral scale can you claim that Trump's picks are less moral?
AHAHAHAHA!!!
Biden thought if he became a "wartime President" it would ensure his re-election.
Problem was there were no wars so he had to start some. He intentionally greenlighted Ukraine, and then exploited the Gaza attack on innocents in Israel, to finally sabre rattling with Iran. Get Democrats and RINO's out of courting the military industrial complex for votes.
No SS it was the Media and Democrat reaction to Trump that created the chaos. The Democrat deep state did go apoplectic after 2016. Now shall we review he scandals of the Biden-Harris "return to decency" after 2020?
You call Trump's felatio on a microphone "decent"?!!!
Have at it. SS. Enjoy reading for both content and satire here: https://babylonbee.com/news/10-terrifying-ways-trump-could-destroy-the-entire-world.
I do not like the Babylon Bee. I am familiar with it. It doesn't suit me, nor is it funny.
No Elaine, it is your problem now. America has checked in and it soundly rejected too many years of Democrat divisiveness and their hate agenda, used to protect their own power grab. DOGE will be the one to watch which is brilliant timing, as we face our nation's 250th year anniversary. Join in this new American renewal.
I think the elites or "1%" did this on purpose to distract people from looking at class, the bank bailouts while not bailing out homeowners, offshoring industry, imposing environmental changes which are really more about surveillance and control, and keeping the war industry well funded. People see that the government serves the elites and people were directly protesting for that message with "Occupy Wall Street." That movement was for everyone of the "99%" of any race or ethnicity. But it had to be smashed and the subject changed to BLM and DEI. The "liberal" media is wringing its hands claiming to worry that Trump will harm trans people and women, but they really worry he will unite the 99% since their positions are at the service of the 1%. Will Trump actually make changes for the 99% like he promised? His picks so far indicate he will be Israel First rather than the claimed America First, but I still pray for God to move his heart. But meanwhile, lets use the good here, the chance to see everyone, Black, White, Latino (sorry Libs, Latinx never was going to work), Asian, Arab, Muslim, Democrat, Republican, Independent or 3rd Party, as the sacred human beings each loved by God that each of these people are and work to hold our governments accountable, starting with the local, to this basic foundational value of our republic.
Aimee, take a look at the Breitbart documentary "Unmasking Occupy" before reaching any conclusions about who was behind that nonsensical Occupy movement, and who in fact it was intended to protect.
Indeed, it was a vocabulary builder, that is for sure. Just like the "climate change" hoax created a slew or operating buzzwords that do not sound in fact.. Which is one Saul Alinksy's rules for radicals when fomenting revolution - own the language.
EVERY movement is infiltrated and has false shepherds, provacateurs, informants and agents from one or more intel service. The same tactics have been used to slander sincere Jan 6 protesters who wanted a delay of certification for an election audit. I knew people who went to occupy as well as to Jan 6 for genuine reasons and others who supported from a distance for genuine reasons. It is intolerable to have a system of higher education that requires young people to go into debt only to find when completing their degree that there are no paying jobs. I think the Big Short would be a better movie to understand the negligence that allowed a massive theft from regular American people. Too big to fail, right? COVID policy was another massive wealth transfer from the less well off to the most. But don't look at economics, let's talk about gay sex or race, right?
Aimee: Colleges feeding off "student loans" should co-sign those loans and put their own skin in this game; not just show a pile of cancelled checks written out to them, and with only taxpayers now scammed for their student's past due notices.
Students can sue those colleges, if false promises were made to them in exchange for their voluntary commitment to give them that borrow money to obtain this alleged "education".
The loan con is only one part of the problem. The decline in quality of curriculum is a big problem. The promotion of drugs, porn, gaming and other forms of hedonistic decadence has made Americans weaker students and less competent workers. And then there are the tolerance of consolidation of industries, media being an important example, the warrantless mass surveillance of Americans and the list goes on... We have to look honestly at how corrupt things have gotten.
Aimee, We have interesting times ahead. Power corrupts and even the good intentions of today will be open to corruption in a short time too.
Government is too big today to properly oversee and the amount tax dollars put on thee table to large to not corrupt the weak and greedy. I personally am looking forward to the DOGE project to srteamline and make the current mess a billion times more accountable.
Just like we saw Kamala Harris burn through one billion dollars in a few short months, only to be left with bills unpaid. Human nature exposed on both sides of the aisle.
We can never escape our own duties to be informed and demanding voters become far more disciplined tax payers. This is our circus and these are our monkeys.
I was living in NYC and participated in Occupy Wall Street. Breitbart did not tell it right.
My "Occupy" take aways from the other side of the country at that time - Big government union involvement; 2008 financial meltdown due to Clinton' previous micromanaging the housing loan markets; government employees coincidentally getting exposed in the media as the only group of workers who ended up with higher compensation packages compared to the rest of the post 2008 meltdown private sector employees.
Poof, - suddenly Occupy Wall Street emerges complete with purple and yellow tee-shirts after Obama seized the political agenda which in turn curtailed any further criticism of the government employee unions self-interests using Occupy to create of a new astro-turf set of enemies - Wall Street and the banksters.
Another American mass hysteria moment with very dubious and self-serving political origins.
Also, I disagree with you J, about it being nonsensical.
A young new wave. Future of America is in good hands.
HAHAHA! You will see.
SS: You get to choose Big and Bigger Government or reset America back to freedom, limited government, fiscal probity and greater independence. Young people in growing numbers weighed in on this issue today, knowing that they are the ones now on the hook to pay off too many decades of Big Government profligacy and using their future tax dollars to only buy Democrat votes today.
Right on, J.
President Trumps speech in his First term should be plagiarized by him again! It is more appropriate today than ever!
Dana, Did Trump see into the future with that speech, or just demonstrate deep understanding of human nature as it remains today?
Finally it’s been a long almost 4 years!
Time to unite and run over the past, when I disputed a charge on my American Express and they didn’t ask me what pronoun I wanted it made me smile. There’s a new sheriff in town.
Thank you God!!
We have high hopes for a dramatic change in the trajectory of America. We have been accelerating toward a cliff like Thelma and Louise. We need to pray that the Trump administration is successful in what seems a Herculean task. Turning a cruise ship or stopping a speeding train takes skill and time. I am watching to see if the RINO’s got the memo
CZAR ? Really? We do not need any czars running anything in our country IMHO.
I can’t help but wonder what’s going through Trump’s mind as he sits in front of the Whitehouse fireplace with Biden. Here is a man that not only tried to bankrupt Trump, but have him incarcerated as well by way of his proxies. Granted, Trump needs to strike a consolatory note, but he has to be thinking it’s game on!
As for Trump’s cabinet picks, I’m down. Marco at State is a home run, Noem at Homeland makes me wonder if she’s big league enough. Hegseth at DoD makes me scratch my head. Why? Because he’d be the first Secretary with sleeves of tattoos (trivial I know), won 2 Bronze Star medals, and as a Captain, was a non-field grade officer.
The other Cabinet picks seem great, Ratcliffe at CIA, Burgum at DOE both are winners.
The Department of Education has me wondering. This, especially after attending last night’s outrageous performance at the SBUSD Board Meeting in which civil liberties were abridged by the left wing, racist, junta in power, by NOT allowing members from “Good News “ to recite scripture! Swear to God, I thought I was in Nicaragua!
Anyway, we need Trump to stick to his guns, pedal to the metal and not give a fig as to what the left, woke, beta, matriarchal press thinks or says! In fact, I hope to hell Trump is willing to pull FCC licensing away from some of his lefty enemies on the left.
Make no mistake, the next 4 years are going to be epic, but could be monumental as well. Now, let’s roll!
I agree LT - Noem = Interior. Hegseth def not qualfied for Defense - needs Mike Pompeo or Jack Keane. _The_ best pic of all - pugnacious Tom Homan - tough ex New York cop . . . love his no BS style!
Sure Hegseth is a long shot, but don’t we want someone who has ACTUALLY KILLED the enemy? Besides, look who he’s replacing; swamp creature, Sec. Lloyd “chow hall “ Austin!
No - grunts kill the enemy, _after_ their leader has figured who, if, and when to do so.
What experience has Hegseth had dealing the heads of China, Russia, Iran, NoKo etc? = none. He was platoon leader and civil-military operations officer, focusing on local engagements rather than high-level international diplomacy.
He’s a Fox News contributor discussing foreign affairs, never engaging directly with foreign leaders. He’s _definitely_ not qualified to be Defense Secretary.
The only good thing you might say about him he's replacing that absolutely worthless Lloyd Austin.
EB,
Oh okay, so Admiral Rachel Levine is qualified for anything other than taking it up the keister?
That, and being voted, (by me), the ugliest human being on planet earth.
As I told Polly, you maga swarm are hilarious. The magnificent seven? Took me a minute to stop laughing. The circus is coming to town and you depict some of the top clowns.
It’s not news, all politicians flourish in Washington, and Trump is one of the biggest flourishers. He was not supposed to have outside businesses during his presidency but that didn’t stop him. Anytime dignitaries came to Washington to see him, or for summits, they were booked into his hotel. If that’s not a conflict of interest, I don’t know what it is.
You say factories, rusted and closed. What did trump do to get them going again? Ivanka was a great help. She sent all her manufacturing projects to China to save money. That sure helped the country. trumps tariffs were passed on to the consumers.
And remember when you were all up in arms about Hunters business dealings in Ukraine, but hardly anyone ever mentions the $2 billion that Ivanka and Jared received from Saudi Arabia, and what was it for? What did they do to earn so much money?
You mention, education, drugs, crime, gangs what did trump do about them during his term? People say things were better under trump. How, I really want to know. Unemployment was in double digits. I saw no change in my situation. I’m retired. What did trump do for me? Nothing changed for me when he was in power. Trump inherited a good economy and a balanced budget, but by the end of this term the country had a deficit of $7 trillion. Just his golfing trips cost over $100,000 each. trump is not the only one to blame for America’s woes, but he does get full credit for dividing this country.
You people constantly blame the “deep state” for his failures. I see nothing here, but excuses for his failures. I’m going to keep your list of what he’s going to do so I can check off each one as it’s accomplished. I’m praying I can cross off at least half of them.
Now, to the magnificent seven?
bannon - he looks like the head of a deep state. Are any of you aware of the 25 million he diverted from the border wall budget so a security fence could be built around his compound in Texas
musk - a South African who has dangerous ideas for our country.
vance - a flip-flopper who once spoke against Trump, but now praises him.
rfk, jr - it sounds like the worm has been revived.
gabbard - another flip flopper
carlson - #1 clown
trump - empty promises, can only degrade people, unless they can do something for him, his # 1 priority, his ego. Even his wife doesn’t support him unless there’s a paycheck in it for her.
I predict a very different reality when we look back at the second term of a con man. The Trump is not, has not and never will be succesfull in life as measured by benefits for the good of all people.
His rabble rousing speeches will become empty promises as he and his cronies quietly pocket the money for themselves.
Take immigration. There are many many immigrants with out the right papers, working hard for the benefit of society. In the deportation program planned a commision/body is needed to asses whether the individual about to be deported is a healthy contributer to society. Yes we need to control and manage immigration and we need to recognise this is an issue that is decades in the making. Cheap food needs low cost immigrant labour,. White christian Americans do not want to work the land.
All I am saying is be very careful what you wish for. In politics there are always unexpected consequences of jingoistic slogans and policies based upon them.
The orange head has more love for his bank account than for the american people. This is going to end very poorly for the american people.
Orange Man Bad zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Daniel, Legal work permits, for limited but deemed necessary services, has always been the way to go. Your suggestions smacks of intentional exploitation of a shadowy underclass. Why do you take legal work permits off the table?
I agree with your comments. However, over the next 4 years, there will, almost certainly, be a financial meltdown, with a $36trillion deficit growing at at about $2trillion a year and unfunded liabilities of enormous amounts just for Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid alone. Plus the annual interest on the national debt is now greater than the budget for national defense. Both the stock market and the housing market are due for large corrections. Nobody, especially politicians, want to even mention these issues, but that doesn't make them go away. Trump and his team will have to deal with the consequences in addition to fulfilling his promises. Indeed, some of them will help him do that.
Derek: My guess is that Musk and Ramaswamy will help Trump slice as much as $2 trillion from the 2026 budget. Add a freeze on federal hiring, shrinking a number of federal departments, and tariffs on our least competitive trading partners, our yearly deficits could actually turn positive. If so, markets will soar and the national debt will begin to shrink, albeit slowly. Fingers crossed.
Government employees can be cross-trained to where they are found to be needed. They will also get greater job satisfaction and support from the taxpaying public who can see a better ROI on their own tax dollar investments. A win win.
Right JL, Pelosi,Schumer and Waters can ALL be “cross trained “ into making license plates!
Jim, I'm not blowing smoke up your chimney or buttering your toast when I say you would be more qualified to head the DOD than that "Talking Head," Pete Hegseth, and he's only on F&F's Weekend, not even the real show.
And just now, Matt Gaetz for AG???
Dan: I can understand you being perplexed. I think Pete will work out. As for Matt... I don't know how qualified he is, but his name certainly came as a surprise. Senate hearings may be able to flush him out. I would like to have seen someone older, more experienced. Senator Ron Johnson or even Louisiana Senator John Kennedy. But, Trump is the circus master, so we'll see what happens.
Of course... because you all agree with each other. My intent has been simple but obviously misplaced and naive. I have for months tried to understand the various issues/policies that we have different views about. I have my own list of strong disagreements with the "democratic agenda". I think about going independent. Policies aside....The one thing I have not been able to understand at all is how decent, caring, and religious people can support a person who is a convicted felon and fraudster who has been convicted also of sexual misconduct, who talks about people with such disrespect, has no respect for the military or the Constitution, likes dictators and is the antithisis of a religous person with a moral, ethical core. It's the PERSON of Donald Trump. It's actually painful to me that good people ignore or rationalize this. I don't say this because I'm listening to liberal pundits, watching MSNBC or reading the NYT. Bias is EVERYWHERE. I say it because I have WATCHED and LISTENED to the man and I'm horrified. He is repugnant. I tried to weigh in,,, just a little bit... without saying all this outright but this is what I struggle with. I will leave you to reinforce each other and wish you well. I (and others who are fellow Americans who might disagree) are clearly not welcome here. I will gracefully bow out. I do mean it. I wish you well.
I stopped bothering to read the comments section in EdHat ages go when it devolved to snarky arguments between a small number of people I'd love to see in a cage match in real life but who bore me with the repetitive digital insults. NoozHawk canned comments altogether.
Now reading through 59 comments here, yawn. I back those with enthusiasm for the future, hopeful determination to get America back on track. But puhleeze, enough with the TDS rhetoric.
Since the election someone who has been my friend for 30 years has exploded into a full tilt hate machine, to the point where I have had to stop taking calls or reading texts and have blocked him on Facebook. I'm sure all of us have people in our lives that are over the edge with their dire predictions about Trump's return to power. And amazingly enough, they attribute to him and we who support him ALL the negative consequences that their own mascots in office have put into place.
It's very simple - except for that genius George Washington, Trump was _the_ best president we ever had and will be even better this time !
I thoroughly agree with you Earl Brown, and I hope and pray that the Divine Plan is in place and America will return to it destiny as the shining beacon on the hill.
Trump won fair and square and he’s our president. I’ve obviously not been a supporter. It will be up to the party to keep him focused and give him good advice. He has a habit of not being focused nor taking advice though. I noticed that the Dems haven’t cried foul nor asked the VP to not certify the results.
Andy, Hoping one day you get your Jan 6 facts straight.However, GOP Senate just voted to ensure we keep our three part government separate but equal but electing Thune and the loyal GOP opposition to Senate Majority Leader, which does not turn America into a one man show.
This is actually an encouraging sign, even if some of us we don't like the choice. It is the intentional way our country was created by the Founders and now insured to stay that way for our 250th Anniversary. Competition in the market place of ideas always brings in a better final product. The people spoke. They want change, but they want measured change.
The democrats didn’t storm the capitol with Harris flags nor did they chant “Hang Kamala Harris!” I guess January is coming though
Andy, the Democrats supported and encouraged far more violence in the BLM riots than took place on Jan. 6th.
Good article, Jim. I think one of the most disheartening things about the discussion between the "left" and the "right" is that the few proponents of the "establishment left" that have written in are so misinformed because of the propaganda that has been spoon fed to them that there literally is no hope for an enlightenment on their part. Perhaps the brainwashing has gone on too long for them and/or it is a personality quirk that independent thinking does not enter into their mindset. A good portion of them cannot see the forest for the trees and in the end it is futile to have a constructive discussion.
In my previous post of two minutes ago, when I wrote, "I agree with your comments", I was addressing Jim Buckley. I don't want anyone to think otherwise!