"Tyranny Is On Our Doorsteps" Trump,Vance and Musk are questioning the authority of the courts.
"WE NEED A LEADER" We need some courageous person to step forward and take over this rudderless ship. "WE NEED A OPPOSITION LEADER" before it's to late!!!
HOW WE FIGHT BACK:
1. Protest till the cows come home, look for protest in your area, then all able bodied people should show up!!!!
2. Boycott as many companies as you can that are supporting the Fascist Party through their political donations. Never buy a Tesla, stop using X/Twitter for starters. I have a updated list of companies in this episode. Use https://www.goodsuniteus.com/ to make your own list.
3. E-mail/message any Republican Senator or Congressman that you think has a resemblance of a backbone and tell him how you feel about these important issues.
4. If you can afford it donate to the organizations that are doing the legal fights.
5. I hope we never have to get to this option because it's the worst option of all, which I won't mention here. "Freedom Isn't Free" Vietnam Veteran
The protest are starting to form by "We The People" but we are going to need help from our Senators and Congressman. One protestors sign said "Democracy Is not a Spectators Sport" I have to agree!!! https://bsky.app/profile/50501movement.bsky.social
All the Democratic Senators and Congressman should be organizing a protest to be held in their individual State Capitals using their constituents as the voice of the people. The dates may vary for each state and the weather has to be a consideration. These Representatives need to march with the people and show a sign of unity. Sitting around and voting yes or no is not going to cut it right now. The impact could be tremendous.
This message should to be sent to our representatives to enlighten them!
A majority of these companies donations are going to the Trump/MAGA/Fascist Party. We need to fight back by boycotting these companies whenever it is possible. A "National Boycott" is really needed!!!! Boycott Tesla, X/Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, Amazon/Amazon Prime, Whole Foods and Zappos, Apple Computer/Apple TV, TikTok, Google, Fitbit and Nest. All the Companies above who's Founders or CEO's attended the inauguration with a front row seat!!!
Alphabetical order: AAA, Ace Hardware, Allstate, Amway, Applebees, Arby's, Armor All, A&W, Auto Zone, Brooks Shoes, Buffalo Wild Wings, Carl's Jr, Charles Schwab, Chick-Fil-A, Chili's, Coors, Cracker Barrel, Dairy Queen, Delta Airlines, Discount Tire, Dole Food, Dollar Tree, Dunkin Donuts, Duracell, Exide Batteries, Fireside Subs, Five Guys, Fruit Of Loom, Geico, GMC, Goodyear Tires, Great Clips, Goya Foods, Hanes, Hardee's, Harley Davidson, HBO, Hobby Lobby, Home Depot, Hooters, Hush Puppies, IHOP, JC Penny, Jersey Mike's, Jimmy John's, KFC, Krispy Kreme, Little Caesars, LLBean, Lowe's, Maytag, Michelob, Miller Beer, Nationwide, New Balance, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Oshkosh, Outback Steakhouse, Panera Bread, Papa John's, PaPa Murphy's, Pizza Hut, Procter & Gamble, Saucony, Sirius XM, Stanley Black and Decker, State Farm, STP, Stride Rite, Taco Bell, Texas Roadhouse, Turtle Wax, Waffle House, Wayfair, Wendy's, Whirlpool, White Castle, Wolverine and USAA.
No, but trump is going to attend the Super Bowl. Wouldn't it send him a clear message if he was the only spectator? Not likely to happen but I wish it would!
Okay everybody boycott the Super Bowl! Since all the oil companies support Trump boycott all the gasoline stations. Since all the major hardware chains support Trump boycott all hardware chain stores. The same with Insurance companies other then health Etc. Etc. It's not practical.
Anybody that wants to buy from Amazon should. I can't block out the fact that the Founder and Executive Chairman of Amazon is showing his support for a Fascist.
"WE NEED A LEADER" We need some courageous person to step forward and take over this rudderless ship. "WE NEED A OPPOSITION LEADER" before it's to late!!!
Trump,Vance and Musk are questioning the authority of the courts. Sound like tyranny is coming to our doorsteps. We can't let the tyrants do it!!!
Elon Musk is a criminal and I want Congress to do something about it. He’s engaging in industrial espionage via theft of proprietary technology paid for and belonging to the American public. He is violating privacy laws by stealing the private financial and personal information of every American. He is violating national security laws by accessing top secret documents without a security clearance.
Musk has no loyalty to the United States or to the American people. He’s using his position for personal financial gain. He has substantial conflicts of interest because of his business with foreign governments, especially China.
Musk is about to do to the federal government what he did to X—a company that has lost 75% of its value since he took over. Unless Congress gets him out of our government now, our country will meet the same fate and every member of Congress who failed to act will bear the blame for it. Stop Musk’s crime spree now. Thanks.
Trump has always been the Emperor with no clothes. Surrounded by sycophants and yes men/women fuels unchecked power. With a Supreme Court in his pocket, he will be able to roam the country naked for as long as he pleases and being lauded for whatever absurd idea comes next.
Let’s just hope there will be some pieces to pick up - in the aftermath .
I’m not so sure that just picking up pieces is going to cut it . The rest of the world is skeptical of continuing to use the $ as the reserve currency of the world. We took over from the British Pound Sterling right after WWII because we had the strongest economy and our infrastructure had not been decimated by the bombs .
Now we are facing a challenge from the BRICS
- with Indonesia and others clamoring to join up.
They represent some of the highest growth potential in the world. The economy of Musk
represents fear & weakness. Furloughs have hit members of our extended family- soon you’re going to know people that lost their jobs as well . A strong and resilient middle class was the engine of prosperity in the USA for decades after the war . Sad to see so many kissing it goodbye.
He’s a caricature of a human. One, because he’s outrageous. Two, because he literally has zero feelings for other people. If he does, he never shows it.
They do. They have protested for gun restrictions and safe schools. They have protested for environmental protections. They protested against police brutality. They protested against the indiscriminate killing of innocent women and children in a brutal war. - I think this new issue, the threat to democracy- the young people will step up but we have to lead the way. They may not see it as a direct threat to them the way the other issues do. Also going forward we need to elect those who will change the status quo and encourage those in power now to do so.
Lol. If you can afford college now, you don't have the luxury of being a protesting hippie. That's the joke. The boomers got the first guaranteed childhood, the most affordable education, and the generational size to make a difference. To be fair, no one expected the same number of boomers to go to college and still be successful, so add the pressure of performing beyond any previous generation to the woes of young people today, while still being called lazy and stupid, despite being the best educated generation to-date. Lol. Expecting college kids to do the heavy lifting is like expecting the maid to pay the mortgage. I'm sorry for being sarcastic, but we broke this, we shouldn't be expecting the kids to fix it.
I think that's a misnomer that 'boomers' got a guaranteed childhood. Many had to work their way though college. It was the first time women and people of color were finally being admitted to college. They protested on campus mostly regarding the draft. Students were killed by the President when they protested. Off campus there were protests throughout the country for civil rights, worker's rights, women's rights and gay rights and every time a leader was assassinated. Their efforts paid off. A more diverse group of young people today have more opportunities because of the boomers efforts. They are now old and still fighting but cannot do what they did 50 years ago. It is disheartening to see everything they accomplished rolled back in one sweep. They are hoping the young people will continue the fight. And many are- They have protested for gun restrictions and safe schools. They have protested for environmental protections. They protested against police brutality. They protested against the indiscriminate killing of innocent women and children in a brutal war. - I think this new issue, the threat to democracy- the young people will step up but we have to lead the way. And we need to elect those who will change the status quo and encourage those in power now to do so.
Amen to that! There is a lot of resentment toward boomers over the years especially blaming us for the Social Securities problems. I think their just jealous of the great music that was created back then. It was the best!!!
The boomers got the first guaranteed childhood? Really! Being a Vietnam Vet who was 18 and got drafted, that statement you made wasn't very well thought out. Vietnam was a game changer for many young people and their families. If it wasn't for the protesters we would have never gotten out of the war. So you can make all the excuses you want about why the young people today don't have the time to express their feelings about government issues. It's their future and by being the most informed generation they should get off their phones and start showing some interest in their country. They don't have to fix it they just have to earn their allowance! Lol
The context is completely different today than it was then. TV was probably more important than the protests themselves. Showing those caskets. Showing the protests. There are protests today on campuses, but the media is different. The circumstances are different. I never said that the Boomers didn't get the shaft from the draft or that the protests weren't important. But the memory of the events are more romantic than the events at the time. The Vietnam war technically began in 1955, yet the early campus protests weren't till 1962 and the first significant organized protests weren't till 1964. The biggest protests didn't start till 1967, when thousands of American soldiers had been killed. So far, there's no draft killing young Americans. They DID protest the killing of Gazans. Without a draft or American soldiers on the line. What, exactly do you expect in this timeline? Prescience? This is a slow, bloodless coup (so far). The frog is being boiled and you're blaming it for not jumping out of the pot when it took years for previous frogs to sense a change in temperature, even with more obvious consequences.
You sound like Trump, you throw crap against the wall hoping it will stick. Where are the Universities today? Have they no fight in them? We need help not excuses. Today is far more important then the 60's. Don't be a troll!!!
Megan, I won’t give him that. He’s a monster! He cares not one wit for the people of this great nation founded by immigrants. He cares only for himself and his kissers and when they stop kissing or so much as give a hint of criticism, under the bus they go!
He only cares about Ivanka and even then he would throw her under the bus if he felt she didn’t idolize him and had her own opinion that was not his opinion.
The question that every person who desires to be a leader should be asked is “how often to do you find yourself challenging your own Beliefs? “. The only acceptable answer is “every day”. Any other answer indicates a level of spiritual decay that should be disqualifying to lead anything. Period.
I agree. I still think that passing a psychological test should be a requirement as well. I had to take a 500 question psychological exam and a full background check in order to get cleared for Unescorted Access into nuclear power plants. Shouldn't the person capable of ordering the launch of America's nuclear missiles be required to meet the same stringent requirements?
… and i’m guessing you had some other truly legit qualifications too … not just that someone thought you had the right look to be hanging out at a nuclear power plant 🤣
Did you see that the DOGE wrecking crew “accidentally” fired a couple hundred people whose job is to monitor nuclear weapons? Thankfully the error was caught and was reversed but holy crap! Apparently it takes an extensive psychological test to obtain a job, but apparently no evaluation or any understanding what the Dept of Energy does to be able to remove someone from the job. This is nuts!
Much like Hitler at the beginning of WWII, Trump is relying on a blitzkrieg to roll over the, “deep state” and our constitution. Poland took 26 days, France, six weeks. It was all going well for Hitler early on. Times were dark but as time passed, the allies coalesced and a united front turned the tide. So it will be with Trump. Lawsuits are already being filed, and a resistance is forming across the country. It will take time but Trump’s foolish actions will insure it gathers strength. America has been through much worse than Trump and his rich lickspittles can dish out. This is just the beginning of a long fight. There is no time for handwringing or despair. This is the time to organize a political counteroffensive using every legal means necessary. We are still a country of laws. We have free speech and the right to demonstrate peacefully. Resistance to Trump’s affront to democracy can be done. It must be done. It will be done.
Adam, in reference to your duck story: I just love your writing! I learn so much from you about life and in particular your experiences. Please keep writing.
While we're speaking truth to power, I agree that tfg has purged the GOP of the last remaining decent people. However, it was a long time coming. Tfg is a symptom, not a cause, if the current state of the party. I'm not saying that Democrats have no responsibility, but the fault is not equal. Boehner and Cantor were part of the problem. Just because they were socially aware doesn't mean they weren't complicit in the downfall of the American Republic, not to mention the enshitification of the Republican party. The idea that Reagan was a saint was merely romanticizing the beginnings of a very real long term plan to dumb down America and last the foundation of the conservative Christian coalition, and the establishment of a culture war. It necessarily led to this. Every opinion having the weight of fact and the destruction of expertise. The stupidest rich, white men on the planet are running the richest, most diverse, and oldest democracy in the world into the ground. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I would not be surprised if Russia doesn't take advantage of this 50 year lapse in judgement to finish off Ukraine and start with their next nearest neighbor to the east. Us. We'll be lucky if we survive this. And it's important for everyone to understand the role they played instead of pointing to the minority party and asking where they are. The majority needs to start doing something. They have the power.
I get it. I've said before that you are the type of Republican I grew up with and could absolutely respect. Of course, by the time you were elected to Congress, such Republicans were functionally extinct. Sure, they (you) existed, but like the northern white rhino (unfortunate pun inevitable) saving them would require a literal miracle. Unlike the northern white rhino, however, you had the ability to recognize the reality of the situation. You did the right thing when the time came, so you remain both honorable and heroic. But you had people who elected you. Who believed in you. Who could have been brought with you before the train plunged from the cliff. How do we get them back now? It's easy to point to the Dems, but what they failed at is messaging, not governance. The Republicans failed at governance, and succeeded at messaging. Can you bring the messaging and the governance together? Because I'm certain that pointing to the lack of messaging by the Dems isn't going to help. We already knew they weren't good at that. That doesn't mean that they can't continue to do the governance. You, and other honorable former Republicans, can bring the messaging you the governance.
By the way, thank you for reading my comment and responding in good faith. I appreciate you. And I hope you continue to succeed. We are nearly the same age, and there's so much ahead of us, yet so much history behind us. Maybe it's a sunk cost fallacy to be desperate to save this country, but I am desperate. As a GenX, I feel like we've been so patient and faithful to this country to bloom into its best self while we were invisible between the Boomers and Millennials. We watched School House Rock and we took civics classes. We lived both the bad old days (even if we forget that our childhood were so much more dangerous than today's) and a future where we literally have super computers in our pockets every day. Even though we didn't have to worry about being shot in school, we lived with plenty of normalized sexism and racism, so seeing us slide back 40 years is so heartbreaking. We put up and shut up, and worked to make things better. And everyone forgot how bad it was. So... They're bringing back the bad old days. Are we so depressed as a nation that we have to cut ourselves to feel anything? Because that's what it feels like.
Love the duck 🦆 on the head of a naked d--k, oops, I mean emperor image! Thanks Adam!
You know, it is your adventuresome spirit that has led you to be a great pilot and Congressman, actually in all your endeavors!!
It's your wisdom that reined in some of that spirit just enough to be the credible leader you are!
It's your Faith that has encouraged you to be the great humanitarian for the people that you are: as a Congressional representative for your State, a desire to help the underdogs as Ukraine/Georgia and a husband and father.
All of these factors have given you a sense of humor that people appreciate!!
Thank you for your hopeful message, but they are already in our nation’s Treasury, rapidly busting into every US computer system, no matter the security risk. Who actually believes they haven’t changed passwords and payment codes? There are literally the latest generation tech reps running free in all our most private files. Anyone here not understand once you kick out/lock out US employees that are actually working to protect us that they are not getting back in??? Or that it could take years to discover the Trojan Horses installed, or the money siphoning directions hidden in some distant corner of our programming? And the election engineering code was already written before they took office. Am I just a cynic? Nope. I’m married to a man that worked in high tech for 50 years. His specialty was finding the code that was gumming up the system. It’s all math on the inside, and people can say whatever they want to people on the outside.
I don't usually write in comment sections, but I am actually very sad right now and sharing what I believe (or know) is helping. I am actually a very optimistic person but when I heard they had broken into our Treasury system (I don't care if they claim it's "read only" hahaha) and no one called the calvary, I knew we were done. It's really quite amazing - if I were to go into someone else's most personal data files without their permission: their social security info, bank info, tax records, etc., I could go to jail! So, no, I did not give the president permission to give my files to another person to peruse and use.
Thank you, Anna. Musk and his teenage mutant ninjas have the keys to everyone's private information. I agree that it may be too late. Once the kids get their mitts on the inner workings of the computer systems, they can (if they haven't already) re-engineer and rewrite anything. I think Musk will be siphoning and diverting OUR money to places we have no idea about. This will end up being the heist of the century, and the American people will foot the bill.
The first two examples in your story represent an egotistical young man. That young man listened and thought deeper to become an honest, credible, country first leader. Trouble seems, the numbers of MAGA supporters are all ego, all self interested, all spineless. None of us is perfect but some of the congress, probably most, are in for the fame (if there is any), the perks, the sound bites. Ego driven yet spineless, they deny that the emperor has no clothes. In reality, his attire and that of his co-president are adorned in lies, chaos, and self serving greed while congress lets it continue.
Adam, so very true. However seeing the damage that is being done is heartbreaking. There is a saying I use every so often; evil flourishes when good men and women do nothing. I keep it in mind when I just want to turn everything off and go to the farm and hide for the next few years. All I can do is call, write, tell my OK Senators if they allow this to continue hell will freeze over before they get my vote or anyone I know. Does no good but I can voice my opinion.
Sandra I agree with you. Dictators instill constant fear because they can arrest you on trumped (pun intended) up charges, harm your family, ruin you financially, assassinate your character etc. I still believe we underestimate this man. Because of his endless ego he is capable of anything, and that makes him a very dangerous man in our increasingly unstable world. He must be reined in and then removed!
Thank you for your post today Adam!!! I agree with you 💯 percent!!! DUMPIE the corrupt orange cult clown is making a mess of things at the White House!!!! The crazy ones smile and say “yes sir you are the most wonderful est person! They bow to him and agree with him- it’s ridiculous!!! Thank you for standing up for country and our democracy Adam!
I think that many of trump's inner circle of advisors, as well as musk, are as delusional as he is and actually believe the BS that has permeated their brains.
What will change the minds of the 77 million who voted for trump? What will it take to get the 85 million who did not vote to care about what is happening? The problem is not just the blind devotion of trumps "pod people" it is the apathy of the 85 million voters who did not participate in the election. Some people said the insurrection prohibition in the 14th Amendment was self executing. Nothing in the constitution or law is self executing it depends on the will of the people. the Eighteenth Amendment failed and was repealed by the twenty first Amendment because it was not supported by the people. If 67% of people are not willing to defend democracy, that is the problem. The fight is not in Washington DC it is in the hearts and minds of the people in all 50 states.
Many of those 77 million are a lost cause. Even If they deep down inside themselves know that they have been conned, they will never, ever admit it. A lot of them will actually double down.
Both of the house members from my state and one of the Senate members from my state are all military people they have served and been honorably discharged. Evidently the pride they had in our country when they enlisted, has dissipated. All four of them yes all four of them have followed right along and voted positively on all of Trump‘s pics for the cabinet positions. This is what really scares me. They are nothing like you, Adam, who served the country well and honorably and remembered to do the same when you were discharged. I do not know what’s going to happen in the future. All I know is an 81 years that I have been on this earth I have never been more disappointed and concerned over our democracy. Thank you, Adam for speaking the truth. If I were able, I would beout there protesting. Since I am not able to do that, I can dial a phone and they’re gonna hear my voice every single day maybe more than once.
"Tyranny Is On Our Doorsteps" Trump,Vance and Musk are questioning the authority of the courts.
"WE NEED A LEADER" We need some courageous person to step forward and take over this rudderless ship. "WE NEED A OPPOSITION LEADER" before it's to late!!!
HOW WE FIGHT BACK:
1. Protest till the cows come home, look for protest in your area, then all able bodied people should show up!!!!
2. Boycott as many companies as you can that are supporting the Fascist Party through their political donations. Never buy a Tesla, stop using X/Twitter for starters. I have a updated list of companies in this episode. Use https://www.goodsuniteus.com/ to make your own list.
3. E-mail/message any Republican Senator or Congressman that you think has a resemblance of a backbone and tell him how you feel about these important issues.
4. If you can afford it donate to the organizations that are doing the legal fights.
5. I hope we never have to get to this option because it's the worst option of all, which I won't mention here. "Freedom Isn't Free" Vietnam Veteran
The protest are starting to form by "We The People" but we are going to need help from our Senators and Congressman. One protestors sign said "Democracy Is not a Spectators Sport" I have to agree!!! https://bsky.app/profile/50501movement.bsky.social
All the Democratic Senators and Congressman should be organizing a protest to be held in their individual State Capitals using their constituents as the voice of the people. The dates may vary for each state and the weather has to be a consideration. These Representatives need to march with the people and show a sign of unity. Sitting around and voting yes or no is not going to cut it right now. The impact could be tremendous.
This message should to be sent to our representatives to enlighten them!
A majority of these companies donations are going to the Trump/MAGA/Fascist Party. We need to fight back by boycotting these companies whenever it is possible. A "National Boycott" is really needed!!!! Boycott Tesla, X/Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, Amazon/Amazon Prime, Whole Foods and Zappos, Apple Computer/Apple TV, TikTok, Google, Fitbit and Nest. All the Companies above who's Founders or CEO's attended the inauguration with a front row seat!!!
Alphabetical order: AAA, Ace Hardware, Allstate, Amway, Applebees, Arby's, Armor All, A&W, Auto Zone, Brooks Shoes, Buffalo Wild Wings, Carl's Jr, Charles Schwab, Chick-Fil-A, Chili's, Coors, Cracker Barrel, Dairy Queen, Delta Airlines, Discount Tire, Dole Food, Dollar Tree, Dunkin Donuts, Duracell, Exide Batteries, Fireside Subs, Five Guys, Fruit Of Loom, Geico, GMC, Goodyear Tires, Great Clips, Goya Foods, Hanes, Hardee's, Harley Davidson, HBO, Hobby Lobby, Home Depot, Hooters, Hush Puppies, IHOP, JC Penny, Jersey Mike's, Jimmy John's, KFC, Krispy Kreme, Little Caesars, LLBean, Lowe's, Maytag, Michelob, Miller Beer, Nationwide, New Balance, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Oshkosh, Outback Steakhouse, Panera Bread, Papa John's, PaPa Murphy's, Pizza Hut, Procter & Gamble, Saucony, Sirius XM, Stanley Black and Decker, State Farm, STP, Stride Rite, Taco Bell, Texas Roadhouse, Turtle Wax, Waffle House, Wayfair, Wendy's, Whirlpool, White Castle, Wolverine and USAA.
There are many more ring kissers and supporters, do your research: https://www.goodsuniteus.com/
What about the NFL? Isn’t there a Super Bowl boycott?
Why? Is it because the Titans are not in it.
No, but trump is going to attend the Super Bowl. Wouldn't it send him a clear message if he was the only spectator? Not likely to happen but I wish it would!
and also this:
https://bsky.app/profile/maya4rights.bsky.social/post/3lhlp6h72kk24
Give the guy a break he's been screwing people for 2 weeks he needs some R&R!!!
No.
Okay everybody boycott the Super Bowl! Since all the oil companies support Trump boycott all the gasoline stations. Since all the major hardware chains support Trump boycott all hardware chain stores. The same with Insurance companies other then health Etc. Etc. It's not practical.
Thank you!!
Hi John, Can you help me understand why Amazon is on your boycott list? In the goodsuniteus site, it says that Amazon donate 68% to Democrats? Thanks.
Jeff Bezos kissed the ring!!!! Take a look https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2025/01/20/billionaires-worth-a-combined-12-trillion-attended-trumps-inauguration-heres-who-was-there-from-musk-to-bezos/
Anybody that wants to buy from Amazon should. I can't block out the fact that the Founder and Executive Chairman of Amazon is showing his support for a Fascist.
"WE NEED A LEADER" We need some courageous person to step forward and take over this rudderless ship. "WE NEED A OPPOSITION LEADER" before it's to late!!!
Trump,Vance and Musk are questioning the authority of the courts. Sound like tyranny is coming to our doorsteps. We can't let the tyrants do it!!!
All good doable actions. Thanks for the list.
I like option number 5 someone needs to deploy it on a couple of nameless ………
Thanks, John.
Elon Musk is a criminal and I want Congress to do something about it. He’s engaging in industrial espionage via theft of proprietary technology paid for and belonging to the American public. He is violating privacy laws by stealing the private financial and personal information of every American. He is violating national security laws by accessing top secret documents without a security clearance.
Musk has no loyalty to the United States or to the American people. He’s using his position for personal financial gain. He has substantial conflicts of interest because of his business with foreign governments, especially China.
Musk is about to do to the federal government what he did to X—a company that has lost 75% of its value since he took over. Unless Congress gets him out of our government now, our country will meet the same fate and every member of Congress who failed to act will bear the blame for it. Stop Musk’s crime spree now. Thanks.
Trump has always been the Emperor with no clothes. Surrounded by sycophants and yes men/women fuels unchecked power. With a Supreme Court in his pocket, he will be able to roam the country naked for as long as he pleases and being lauded for whatever absurd idea comes next.
Let’s just hope there will be some pieces to pick up - in the aftermath .
I’m not so sure that just picking up pieces is going to cut it . The rest of the world is skeptical of continuing to use the $ as the reserve currency of the world. We took over from the British Pound Sterling right after WWII because we had the strongest economy and our infrastructure had not been decimated by the bombs .
Now we are facing a challenge from the BRICS
- with Indonesia and others clamoring to join up.
They represent some of the highest growth potential in the world. The economy of Musk
represents fear & weakness. Furloughs have hit members of our extended family- soon you’re going to know people that lost their jobs as well . A strong and resilient middle class was the engine of prosperity in the USA for decades after the war . Sad to see so many kissing it goodbye.
Ellen, that’s quite a visual. Wish I had not been eating lunch when I scrolled by! 😂
Right??
He’s a caricature of a human. One, because he’s outrageous. Two, because he literally has zero feelings for other people. If he does, he never shows it.
Correct
I'm a 1960's person, where are the Universities today? Have they no fight in them?
They do. They have protested for gun restrictions and safe schools. They have protested for environmental protections. They protested against police brutality. They protested against the indiscriminate killing of innocent women and children in a brutal war. - I think this new issue, the threat to democracy- the young people will step up but we have to lead the way. They may not see it as a direct threat to them the way the other issues do. Also going forward we need to elect those who will change the status quo and encourage those in power now to do so.
Lol. If you can afford college now, you don't have the luxury of being a protesting hippie. That's the joke. The boomers got the first guaranteed childhood, the most affordable education, and the generational size to make a difference. To be fair, no one expected the same number of boomers to go to college and still be successful, so add the pressure of performing beyond any previous generation to the woes of young people today, while still being called lazy and stupid, despite being the best educated generation to-date. Lol. Expecting college kids to do the heavy lifting is like expecting the maid to pay the mortgage. I'm sorry for being sarcastic, but we broke this, we shouldn't be expecting the kids to fix it.
I think that's a misnomer that 'boomers' got a guaranteed childhood. Many had to work their way though college. It was the first time women and people of color were finally being admitted to college. They protested on campus mostly regarding the draft. Students were killed by the President when they protested. Off campus there were protests throughout the country for civil rights, worker's rights, women's rights and gay rights and every time a leader was assassinated. Their efforts paid off. A more diverse group of young people today have more opportunities because of the boomers efforts. They are now old and still fighting but cannot do what they did 50 years ago. It is disheartening to see everything they accomplished rolled back in one sweep. They are hoping the young people will continue the fight. And many are- They have protested for gun restrictions and safe schools. They have protested for environmental protections. They protested against police brutality. They protested against the indiscriminate killing of innocent women and children in a brutal war. - I think this new issue, the threat to democracy- the young people will step up but we have to lead the way. And we need to elect those who will change the status quo and encourage those in power now to do so.
Amen to that! There is a lot of resentment toward boomers over the years especially blaming us for the Social Securities problems. I think their just jealous of the great music that was created back then. It was the best!!!
and that music is still relevant today!
The boomers got the first guaranteed childhood? Really! Being a Vietnam Vet who was 18 and got drafted, that statement you made wasn't very well thought out. Vietnam was a game changer for many young people and their families. If it wasn't for the protesters we would have never gotten out of the war. So you can make all the excuses you want about why the young people today don't have the time to express their feelings about government issues. It's their future and by being the most informed generation they should get off their phones and start showing some interest in their country. They don't have to fix it they just have to earn their allowance! Lol
The context is completely different today than it was then. TV was probably more important than the protests themselves. Showing those caskets. Showing the protests. There are protests today on campuses, but the media is different. The circumstances are different. I never said that the Boomers didn't get the shaft from the draft or that the protests weren't important. But the memory of the events are more romantic than the events at the time. The Vietnam war technically began in 1955, yet the early campus protests weren't till 1962 and the first significant organized protests weren't till 1964. The biggest protests didn't start till 1967, when thousands of American soldiers had been killed. So far, there's no draft killing young Americans. They DID protest the killing of Gazans. Without a draft or American soldiers on the line. What, exactly do you expect in this timeline? Prescience? This is a slow, bloodless coup (so far). The frog is being boiled and you're blaming it for not jumping out of the pot when it took years for previous frogs to sense a change in temperature, even with more obvious consequences.
You sound absolutely nothing like Trump!
You sound like Trump, you throw crap against the wall hoping it will stick. Where are the Universities today? Have they no fight in them? We need help not excuses. Today is far more important then the 60's. Don't be a troll!!!
Megan, I won’t give him that. He’s a monster! He cares not one wit for the people of this great nation founded by immigrants. He cares only for himself and his kissers and when they stop kissing or so much as give a hint of criticism, under the bus they go!
He only cares about Ivanka and even then he would throw her under the bus if he felt she didn’t idolize him and had her own opinion that was not his opinion.
The question that every person who desires to be a leader should be asked is “how often to do you find yourself challenging your own Beliefs? “. The only acceptable answer is “every day”. Any other answer indicates a level of spiritual decay that should be disqualifying to lead anything. Period.
great point
Thank you. That means a lot coming from you..🥰
I agree. I still think that passing a psychological test should be a requirement as well. I had to take a 500 question psychological exam and a full background check in order to get cleared for Unescorted Access into nuclear power plants. Shouldn't the person capable of ordering the launch of America's nuclear missiles be required to meet the same stringent requirements?
… and i’m guessing you had some other truly legit qualifications too … not just that someone thought you had the right look to be hanging out at a nuclear power plant 🤣
Did you see that the DOGE wrecking crew “accidentally” fired a couple hundred people whose job is to monitor nuclear weapons? Thankfully the error was caught and was reversed but holy crap! Apparently it takes an extensive psychological test to obtain a job, but apparently no evaluation or any understanding what the Dept of Energy does to be able to remove someone from the job. This is nuts!
Really good point. Well said Maryanne.
Much like Hitler at the beginning of WWII, Trump is relying on a blitzkrieg to roll over the, “deep state” and our constitution. Poland took 26 days, France, six weeks. It was all going well for Hitler early on. Times were dark but as time passed, the allies coalesced and a united front turned the tide. So it will be with Trump. Lawsuits are already being filed, and a resistance is forming across the country. It will take time but Trump’s foolish actions will insure it gathers strength. America has been through much worse than Trump and his rich lickspittles can dish out. This is just the beginning of a long fight. There is no time for handwringing or despair. This is the time to organize a political counteroffensive using every legal means necessary. We are still a country of laws. We have free speech and the right to demonstrate peacefully. Resistance to Trump’s affront to democracy can be done. It must be done. It will be done.
I agree, I keep telling people we are not Russia. We are going to find out real soon!!!
Adam, in reference to your duck story: I just love your writing! I learn so much from you about life and in particular your experiences. Please keep writing.
Thanks! These stories are buried and its fun to remember them
In these dark days we all need a little fun from time to time!
Speaking of stories, any updates on, The Last Republican? I'm really eager to see it!
While we're speaking truth to power, I agree that tfg has purged the GOP of the last remaining decent people. However, it was a long time coming. Tfg is a symptom, not a cause, if the current state of the party. I'm not saying that Democrats have no responsibility, but the fault is not equal. Boehner and Cantor were part of the problem. Just because they were socially aware doesn't mean they weren't complicit in the downfall of the American Republic, not to mention the enshitification of the Republican party. The idea that Reagan was a saint was merely romanticizing the beginnings of a very real long term plan to dumb down America and last the foundation of the conservative Christian coalition, and the establishment of a culture war. It necessarily led to this. Every opinion having the weight of fact and the destruction of expertise. The stupidest rich, white men on the planet are running the richest, most diverse, and oldest democracy in the world into the ground. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I would not be surprised if Russia doesn't take advantage of this 50 year lapse in judgement to finish off Ukraine and start with their next nearest neighbor to the east. Us. We'll be lucky if we survive this. And it's important for everyone to understand the role they played instead of pointing to the minority party and asking where they are. The majority needs to start doing something. They have the power.
I think in hindsight you are somewhat right, but keep in mind many of us were fighting the slide from day one, we just thought we could win
I get it. I've said before that you are the type of Republican I grew up with and could absolutely respect. Of course, by the time you were elected to Congress, such Republicans were functionally extinct. Sure, they (you) existed, but like the northern white rhino (unfortunate pun inevitable) saving them would require a literal miracle. Unlike the northern white rhino, however, you had the ability to recognize the reality of the situation. You did the right thing when the time came, so you remain both honorable and heroic. But you had people who elected you. Who believed in you. Who could have been brought with you before the train plunged from the cliff. How do we get them back now? It's easy to point to the Dems, but what they failed at is messaging, not governance. The Republicans failed at governance, and succeeded at messaging. Can you bring the messaging and the governance together? Because I'm certain that pointing to the lack of messaging by the Dems isn't going to help. We already knew they weren't good at that. That doesn't mean that they can't continue to do the governance. You, and other honorable former Republicans, can bring the messaging you the governance.
By the way, thank you for reading my comment and responding in good faith. I appreciate you. And I hope you continue to succeed. We are nearly the same age, and there's so much ahead of us, yet so much history behind us. Maybe it's a sunk cost fallacy to be desperate to save this country, but I am desperate. As a GenX, I feel like we've been so patient and faithful to this country to bloom into its best self while we were invisible between the Boomers and Millennials. We watched School House Rock and we took civics classes. We lived both the bad old days (even if we forget that our childhood were so much more dangerous than today's) and a future where we literally have super computers in our pockets every day. Even though we didn't have to worry about being shot in school, we lived with plenty of normalized sexism and racism, so seeing us slide back 40 years is so heartbreaking. We put up and shut up, and worked to make things better. And everyone forgot how bad it was. So... They're bringing back the bad old days. Are we so depressed as a nation that we have to cut ourselves to feel anything? Because that's what it feels like.
Great comment. Reagan’s most lasting legacy seems to be this idea that government sucks and must be mocked or ridiculed, and ultimately destroyed.
Love the duck 🦆 on the head of a naked d--k, oops, I mean emperor image! Thanks Adam!
You know, it is your adventuresome spirit that has led you to be a great pilot and Congressman, actually in all your endeavors!!
It's your wisdom that reined in some of that spirit just enough to be the credible leader you are!
It's your Faith that has encouraged you to be the great humanitarian for the people that you are: as a Congressional representative for your State, a desire to help the underdogs as Ukraine/Georgia and a husband and father.
All of these factors have given you a sense of humor that people appreciate!!
For these factors, you are our leader! 🇺🇸
Please don't ever change and God bless you!🙏🏻
Thank you, that was really great to read
So special you wrote this because it is from my heart! 🫡
Cindy, very thoughtful post. I really like your comments about Adam’s wisdom, his spirit and his faith.
Thanks, Joan. Your words mean a lot coming from my mentor!!
You are too kind.
Excellent commentary, Adam. I hope that day comes. Right now it doesn’t look like it will.
Thank you for your hopeful message, but they are already in our nation’s Treasury, rapidly busting into every US computer system, no matter the security risk. Who actually believes they haven’t changed passwords and payment codes? There are literally the latest generation tech reps running free in all our most private files. Anyone here not understand once you kick out/lock out US employees that are actually working to protect us that they are not getting back in??? Or that it could take years to discover the Trojan Horses installed, or the money siphoning directions hidden in some distant corner of our programming? And the election engineering code was already written before they took office. Am I just a cynic? Nope. I’m married to a man that worked in high tech for 50 years. His specialty was finding the code that was gumming up the system. It’s all math on the inside, and people can say whatever they want to people on the outside.
I don't usually write in comment sections, but I am actually very sad right now and sharing what I believe (or know) is helping. I am actually a very optimistic person but when I heard they had broken into our Treasury system (I don't care if they claim it's "read only" hahaha) and no one called the calvary, I knew we were done. It's really quite amazing - if I were to go into someone else's most personal data files without their permission: their social security info, bank info, tax records, etc., I could go to jail! So, no, I did not give the president permission to give my files to another person to peruse and use.
Thank you, Anna. Musk and his teenage mutant ninjas have the keys to everyone's private information. I agree that it may be too late. Once the kids get their mitts on the inner workings of the computer systems, they can (if they haven't already) re-engineer and rewrite anything. I think Musk will be siphoning and diverting OUR money to places we have no idea about. This will end up being the heist of the century, and the American people will foot the bill.
I agree and “teenage mutant ninjas” made me laugh. Thank you!
The first two examples in your story represent an egotistical young man. That young man listened and thought deeper to become an honest, credible, country first leader. Trouble seems, the numbers of MAGA supporters are all ego, all self interested, all spineless. None of us is perfect but some of the congress, probably most, are in for the fame (if there is any), the perks, the sound bites. Ego driven yet spineless, they deny that the emperor has no clothes. In reality, his attire and that of his co-president are adorned in lies, chaos, and self serving greed while congress lets it continue.
Adam, so very true. However seeing the damage that is being done is heartbreaking. There is a saying I use every so often; evil flourishes when good men and women do nothing. I keep it in mind when I just want to turn everything off and go to the farm and hide for the next few years. All I can do is call, write, tell my OK Senators if they allow this to continue hell will freeze over before they get my vote or anyone I know. Does no good but I can voice my opinion.
Every bit helps. Yep it is sad
They don't always fall. Putin has isolated himself and has been in power for 12 years, 274 days.
That's Russia not the USA. I'm still a believer!!!!
Sandra I agree with you. Dictators instill constant fear because they can arrest you on trumped (pun intended) up charges, harm your family, ruin you financially, assassinate your character etc. I still believe we underestimate this man. Because of his endless ego he is capable of anything, and that makes him a very dangerous man in our increasingly unstable world. He must be reined in and then removed!
Don't forget that he has the backing of the US Supreme Court (courtesy of the Repugnant 6)!
Thank you for your post today Adam!!! I agree with you 💯 percent!!! DUMPIE the corrupt orange cult clown is making a mess of things at the White House!!!! The crazy ones smile and say “yes sir you are the most wonderful est person! They bow to him and agree with him- it’s ridiculous!!! Thank you for standing up for country and our democracy Adam!
I think that many of trump's inner circle of advisors, as well as musk, are as delusional as he is and actually believe the BS that has permeated their brains.
What will change the minds of the 77 million who voted for trump? What will it take to get the 85 million who did not vote to care about what is happening? The problem is not just the blind devotion of trumps "pod people" it is the apathy of the 85 million voters who did not participate in the election. Some people said the insurrection prohibition in the 14th Amendment was self executing. Nothing in the constitution or law is self executing it depends on the will of the people. the Eighteenth Amendment failed and was repealed by the twenty first Amendment because it was not supported by the people. If 67% of people are not willing to defend democracy, that is the problem. The fight is not in Washington DC it is in the hearts and minds of the people in all 50 states.
Many of those 77 million are a lost cause. Even If they deep down inside themselves know that they have been conned, they will never, ever admit it. A lot of them will actually double down.
100%
Both of the house members from my state and one of the Senate members from my state are all military people they have served and been honorably discharged. Evidently the pride they had in our country when they enlisted, has dissipated. All four of them yes all four of them have followed right along and voted positively on all of Trump‘s pics for the cabinet positions. This is what really scares me. They are nothing like you, Adam, who served the country well and honorably and remembered to do the same when you were discharged. I do not know what’s going to happen in the future. All I know is an 81 years that I have been on this earth I have never been more disappointed and concerned over our democracy. Thank you, Adam for speaking the truth. If I were able, I would beout there protesting. Since I am not able to do that, I can dial a phone and they’re gonna hear my voice every single day maybe more than once.
And I am keeping track. I'm not donating to anyone who supported Trump’s picks.