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victoria nulman's avatar

Help me understand how Trump doesn't have to testify and Howard Ludnick not have to testify. If Clintons are called in, so should they. Also, since other Countries are calling for resignations, we simply shrug????? And, if the Tate Brothers will take over where Epstein left off, possibly with Barron Trump, since he is friends with them and talks to Andrew Tate on a regular basis. Or maybe it's a family affair and M Trump will be the new Madame, since she possibly started there. Remember, it was stated that they had their first sex on Epstein plane. That was in the files.

Just sayin

Old Reprobate's avatar

Like your take on this, and you've probably hit the nail on the head. The Tates belong in prison, probably for life, in cells adjacent to the Trump family, so they can frustrate each other to their eventual graves.

Gregory Hoffman's avatar

Brilliant. Thank you

Gwyneth Brown's avatar

Succinct and terrifying: if only it weren’t true.

Steve Winkler's avatar

Instead of wistfully remembering Ronald Reagan for those phony macho Death Valley Days episodes, we should remember him as being instrumental in ushering in the pernicious doctrine of trickle down economics whose roots continue to exert a strangle hold on working, every day Americans.

Old Reprobate's avatar

Where and the mean by which these people got their power and money can be found in a few internet searches.

1. The Lewis Powell Memo, that led to the Ronald Reagan administration in 1981.

2. Trickle-down economics which Ronald Reagan introduced and the two party corporate duopoly system of government has rigged and plagued the US economy with ever since. Search, What's behind Trickle-down Economics.

3. What's behind the dark side of the US Chamber of Commerce. They commissioned and distributed the Lewis Powell Memo throughout US corporations and Wall Street.

4. What's behind unfettered capitalism.

5. And what might be the final nail in democracys coffin in the US, what's behind Citizens United.

6. All of which has lead to the final search, what's behind a two party duopoly government system. This is what we have at every level of government, from federal, state, down to our local governments. Just one example would be a local government such as Kansas City Missouri ask the taxpayers to take on the financing of a New stadium owned and profited from by a billionaire who lives in Texas. We taxpayers are paying the way for billionaires and multimillionaire corporate ownership throughout the country. Worse yet, every congressional budget for the last 45 years has provided taxcuts to them. And when their billion dollar corporations are facing collapse through their own connivences, there a government bailout provided them at the cost of working class taxpayers.

Recommend that we vote everyone in federal, state, and local governments that take corporate money from any source out of office.

In one sentence here is what is not the policy of our corporate lapdogs in government in regards to majority rule, which is the 98-plus percent of all eligible voters who just happen to be of the United States Laborforce. "The care and happiness of humans, not their destruction, is the First and Only object of good government. I don't believe anyone who is of the United States Laborforce, sees where there exist Good Government at any level of government in our country. In effect we have two systems. One of socialism for the wealthy, and a false sense of democracy for everyone else. Know your enemies in this Class War being waged on us. Vote for our best interest this time around, and into future elections. Progress for the working class's and a 74% tax rate for the wealthy and their corporations. There was a time in America when a 30% profit margin was regulated by law. What we need in these United States is another FDR New Deal here in the United States of America. Vote only for those who agree to bring that about, before we land up in another Great Depression.

Vikki Favreau's avatar

I can not figure out why everyone kisses trumps ass. Will no one get enough backbone to stand up for the peoples rights , or are they all just sitting by and collecting the cash for being so blind

BC's avatar
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Because he's their tool, their leverage to keep rolling in their own depravity, greed, corruption, stuffing their pockets at the expense of all us suckers. He's the front man for everything they've ever wanted: insatiable greed, corruption, no accountability, sadistic cruelty, predatory dehumanization and objectification, control and manipulation of we the little people. He justifies all their vices, corruption, evils.

He is the logical outcome of Reaganism, Faux Noise nihilism, dark capitalism, misanthropy -- the dark heart of the republican, conservative, talibangelical, corporate, kleptocracy and more. They are the revealed ultimate Portrait of Dorian Gray.

And let's not forget the role of religious extremists on the last two corrupt conservative/theofascist headed / Federalist Society captured SCOTUSes: The Rehnquist Court and the totally corrupt Roberts Court.

David's avatar

Religious extremists,glad you mentoned that. White Christian Nationalists 100%,Cathloics 57%,Jews 38%. And there is the continued perception that Democrats are not fighters,always willing to compromise the republicans refer to them as "pussies".

Jeffrey Hobbs's avatar

The 17th paragraph is the most important one in the article: "Democrats must tattoo on their heads..." that these oligarchs are the super-predators that drive the pillaging of the economy and the destruction of democracy. In a way they are comparable to the Visigoths, Ostrogoths, and Vandals.

Susan Rose's avatar

All the technology we now have, that they not only have access to but control, makes the reality of what is really happening all the more possible and therefore more frightening. The corruption is so far reaching that it truly is apocalyptic. Yet, there are so many out there who still see none of this, defend trump wholeheartedly. But that shouldn't be shocking I suppose given the fact they voted for a convicted felon and rapist. Oh forgot, none of that is true - that was just made up stuff to pick on poor baby trump. So, here we are going down in his endless mountain of evil corruption.

David's avatar

Susan,good post,I'd like to add something which a lot of people have overlooked on this and other posts. The stock market has been on a tear for the past 12 months,no corrections.Many people who have 401K's ,IRA's have seen the value explode during that time )Dow and Nasdaq). So many have the opinion that I've made some money,who cares if we have a " Nazi" . gov't. The company and person behind this is Nvdia and their president Jensen Huang. He has repeated innumerable times that he is a 110% advocate of AI and Robots. What does that mean.

He has stated that AI will replace millions of jobs (30-60 million) in the next 2-3 yr. Also he proudly states his robots will replace many blue collar jobs. His computer chips are being sold to the UAE,China and many parts of the world,who are not thought to be our friends.

In my view,and I have followed him for a long time,he is the most dangerous person in the world who loves taking apart of American society. He is also a siamese twin of Trump. I hope those who post here will beginto watch him very closely.

Susan Rose's avatar

Thank you, David, for that important (although disturbing) information. You seem very knowledgeable about all of this. I do not understand all the intricacies in the vast scope of all this. I realize this is way beyond what I know. However, I do know it goes far deeper and the effects more far reaching than we can imagine. I will try to continue to follow this. Please keep posting here as I always read here. Stay well and thank you!

❤️🇨🇦Cassandra Cares 🌈's avatar

YES! 🙌

So much yes.

Fully agree, and brilliantly said.

Thank you! 🙏🥹🫂🇨🇦

Glen Miller's avatar

We need these exposes from many sources now, and they need to extend to the desired ends of the Opus Dei, and other ruthless Catholic cults that want to create a theocracy, as Project 2025 sets out, and then have one world emperor. Maybe that would catch some low learner's attention.

Beth's avatar

Excellent article!

Pamela Grieser's avatar

ALL OF YOU RICHY RICH, CHEAP TIGHT ASS'S SUCK!! ALL OF YOU!!!

Mary Lynne Zahler's avatar

Boom! You just hit the nail on the head!

Ron's avatar

Great article. Many thanks.

D Bennett's avatar

This sums up global politics. A, relatively, small number of people ruining so much for so many.

Donna Glaser's avatar

Excellent, terrifying article. Democracy dies in darkness indeed!