As always a useful memo. Thank you. And some thoughts... First, I’m not sure if your use of “Hopium” was intended as a direct criticism of Simon Rosenberg…but it came off like that. Second: While I understand the peril of the binary, human beings are so often reward driven. Those who are unused to having to fight for their rights, or indeed their lives, may need the kind of optimistic encouragement Zimmer, and you, seem to disaparage in this piece. New to activism folks often want encouragement that their actions make a difference. I see that as part of the role of people like Kuo, Rosenberg and Hubbell, Solnit and HCR. Telling people that fighting fascism is necessary, and that sometimes there are wins, is essential IRL to gathering new folks to the opposition. There is a vacuum left by the absence of a strong opposition leader who can break through; we have no Churchill, FDR, Havel, Navalny or MLK Jr. at the moment. Newsom, Murphy or Pritzger have their moments, then fade. Those opposing this regime who are at what feels like the 25th mile of a marathon (even though it’s only the fifth) need to have a cheering section and a bottle of water. Having read comments on so many of the current political posts, the complexities of Zimmer’s piece are all true, as well as beautifully and clearly expressed, but may be too much for many outside the Beltline. Just imho.
Simon is delusional and has been for some time. If you believe him, you will inevitably be disappointed. I’m starting to wonder if he works for the opposition to tamp down the reality we should all be facing.
A reader's inference from the above: the named authors are regarded uniformly courageous or heroic. Not the case, even in this community of readers. imho.
The Thomas Zimmerman quote is very apt to the moment. Instant gratification amongst us is as deeply embedded as it was for the “sunshine patriots” known to Thomas Paine. Bending the arc of history is seldom accomplished but remains a hope spoken by a man, who, when he died had a 31% approval rating. Importantly, corporate media framed a laundered narrative of bothsiderism, whataboutism, to promote Trump, who would deliver their mergers despite the antitrust laws. Defeating Trump last year would not have ended the MAGA movement which has always been predominant in Americas history. And future election victory followed by appeasement and hesitancy will not end the MAGAs. In other words, it is likely that there will always be a struggle for democracy. And there always has been that struggle. Now though, it’s called a horse race, aided and abetted by a barrage of corporate media/DC insider blather.
If you want to get rid of Donald Trump then we have to get the Democrats the majority.
Make sure you vote for Democrat representatives in 2026. OTHERWISE TRUMP AND HIS CORRUPT NETWORK WILL CONTINUE THEIR DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA
FOR NOW ——-///-
Everyone has to educate their congress representatives and senators about Trump raping women and children. Write letters and emails to your state congress representatives and senators.
There are a few representatives that don't know how evil/corrupt Trump and his network actually are. Almost all of the republicans know. They are just such lowlifes that they are worried about losing their jobs once everyone finds out.
THE EPSTEIN/TRUMP FILES HAVE TO BE RELEASED.
H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act has to get the majority vote for that to happen.
Don’t let the Republican representatives convince you they voted for this. THAT’S A LIE. They voted for H.R. 668 intended to clear Trump’s name from the sealed files.
Does the ban on "green" mean that the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy cannot mention MTG, or is there a special dispensation for the extra "e"? Here is a list of extra-e-less people they can never refer to:
And nobody bothered correcting tRump that the "Portland burning down" videos were 5 yrs-old, and for him to view film taken a day or so ago showing ZERO protest action and NO "conflagration" in downtown Portland.
But then again, nobody wants to get on "the wrong side" of the senile fuckwad, so he's allowed to merrily troll away, and order up a compliant Kegsbreath to mobilize. a few hundred NG to "reclaim the city from antifa something something"...JFC!
Query: What was the procedure by which the Comey indictment was obtained? Am I wrong to presume it was presented to a grand jury? If so, how did a non-prosecutor get it done?
Can’t just be karma, that Comey earned this agita.
The case was presented to a grand jury; they voted 14-9 to indict. The process was rather comical, with attorney Lindsey Halligan presenting the judge with two conflicting charging documents.
When asked about the conflict, Halligan claimed to have never previously seen the second document, though the judge was kind enough to point out that this "never seen before" document had Halligan's signature on it.
As always a useful memo. Thank you. And some thoughts... First, I’m not sure if your use of “Hopium” was intended as a direct criticism of Simon Rosenberg…but it came off like that. Second: While I understand the peril of the binary, human beings are so often reward driven. Those who are unused to having to fight for their rights, or indeed their lives, may need the kind of optimistic encouragement Zimmer, and you, seem to disaparage in this piece. New to activism folks often want encouragement that their actions make a difference. I see that as part of the role of people like Kuo, Rosenberg and Hubbell, Solnit and HCR. Telling people that fighting fascism is necessary, and that sometimes there are wins, is essential IRL to gathering new folks to the opposition. There is a vacuum left by the absence of a strong opposition leader who can break through; we have no Churchill, FDR, Havel, Navalny or MLK Jr. at the moment. Newsom, Murphy or Pritzger have their moments, then fade. Those opposing this regime who are at what feels like the 25th mile of a marathon (even though it’s only the fifth) need to have a cheering section and a bottle of water. Having read comments on so many of the current political posts, the complexities of Zimmer’s piece are all true, as well as beautifully and clearly expressed, but may be too much for many outside the Beltline. Just imho.
Simon is delusional and has been for some time. If you believe him, you will inevitably be disappointed. I’m starting to wonder if he works for the opposition to tamp down the reality we should all be facing.
A reader's inference from the above: the named authors are regarded uniformly courageous or heroic. Not the case, even in this community of readers. imho.
The Thomas Zimmerman quote is very apt to the moment. Instant gratification amongst us is as deeply embedded as it was for the “sunshine patriots” known to Thomas Paine. Bending the arc of history is seldom accomplished but remains a hope spoken by a man, who, when he died had a 31% approval rating. Importantly, corporate media framed a laundered narrative of bothsiderism, whataboutism, to promote Trump, who would deliver their mergers despite the antitrust laws. Defeating Trump last year would not have ended the MAGA movement which has always been predominant in Americas history. And future election victory followed by appeasement and hesitancy will not end the MAGAs. In other words, it is likely that there will always be a struggle for democracy. And there always has been that struggle. Now though, it’s called a horse race, aided and abetted by a barrage of corporate media/DC insider blather.
SAVING THE COUNTRY FROM TRUMP
If you want to get rid of Donald Trump then we have to get the Democrats the majority.
Make sure you vote for Democrat representatives in 2026. OTHERWISE TRUMP AND HIS CORRUPT NETWORK WILL CONTINUE THEIR DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA
FOR NOW ——-///-
Everyone has to educate their congress representatives and senators about Trump raping women and children. Write letters and emails to your state congress representatives and senators.
There are a few representatives that don't know how evil/corrupt Trump and his network actually are. Almost all of the republicans know. They are just such lowlifes that they are worried about losing their jobs once everyone finds out.
THE EPSTEIN/TRUMP FILES HAVE TO BE RELEASED.
H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act has to get the majority vote for that to happen.
Don’t let the Republican representatives convince you they voted for this. THAT’S A LIE. They voted for H.R. 668 intended to clear Trump’s name from the sealed files.
Republicans are nothing more than paid voters
THIS IS A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY
Does the ban on "green" mean that the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy cannot mention MTG, or is there a special dispensation for the extra "e"? Here is a list of extra-e-less people they can never refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_(surname)
Great, as always, but man does it need to be edited. It is replete with typos.
It's Monday morning,
David. You forgot to add
the "war torn" portions
of Portland videos
Trump was being spoon
fed by his people, were
FOX takes from the
George Floyd 2020
protests.
Evidently there were 2
Comey indictments that
got filed on the court
docket and the new AG
signed both, but was
unable to explain why
there were 2 from the
same grand jury with
different charges. Duh.
Let's not even discuss
the Twilight Zone video
of Trump and Laura
Trump and Med Pods
to Make Everyone
Healthy Again. Heather
Cox Richardson; Letters
From an American,
reported on this item
and the video has been
taken down.
And nobody bothered correcting tRump that the "Portland burning down" videos were 5 yrs-old, and for him to view film taken a day or so ago showing ZERO protest action and NO "conflagration" in downtown Portland.
But then again, nobody wants to get on "the wrong side" of the senile fuckwad, so he's allowed to merrily troll away, and order up a compliant Kegsbreath to mobilize. a few hundred NG to "reclaim the city from antifa something something"...JFC!
Query: What was the procedure by which the Comey indictment was obtained? Am I wrong to presume it was presented to a grand jury? If so, how did a non-prosecutor get it done?
Can’t just be karma, that Comey earned this agita.
The case was presented to a grand jury; they voted 14-9 to indict. The process was rather comical, with attorney Lindsey Halligan presenting the judge with two conflicting charging documents.
When asked about the conflict, Halligan claimed to have never previously seen the second document, though the judge was kind enough to point out that this "never seen before" document had Halligan's signature on it.
Thanks for the info.
So Halifax can’t be the joke she’s made to be if she got the indictment. Close likely, but not quite *that* bad.