David Kurtz - thank you for this post. So many things that we need to know cited here. I must say that reading this gave me the unpleasant sensation in my stomach that one gets when faced with serious danger. I was aware of some of these abominations, but had not heard about his requirement that any DEI Federal employees be put on leave. OMG!!! And how is he going to determine who is a DEI employee? If they're African American, Mexican immigrants, LGBTQ? And on top of the nasty names that he called Bishop Budde, he has the unmitigated gaul to demand an apology from her. He's wasting no time in destroying any semblance of decency left in this country.....and the Republic.
Speaking Truth to Power on display with Bishop Budde asking for mercy, Christian mercy. Christianity, a bedrock value to MAGA, according to them. The looks on the Trump family and friends faces are memorialized with that photo. They know they are in the wrong. And of course the Congressional enablers like Rep. Mike Collins will feel free to say these vicious things because nobody will stop him. With SCOTUS having given Trump carte blanch for the next 4 yrs to conduct his revenge tour with no legal fall out we are watching the worst of our leadership preening and strutting around and fawning over the Felon.
Collins has a thing against the First Amendment guarantee of religious expression, it appears. How has he managed to conceal that from his Bible Belt constituents?
Mrs. Vance’s body language was very interesting. She better watch that and learn to lie. It is my opinion he beats her. If he watches her in that clip she could fall down some stairs.
Waiting for journalists to confront Pam Bondi and GOP Senators confirming her about the complete breakdown of DOJ independence Trump just announced with his intention to use the department as his own personal mafia arm. I won't hold my breath.
Man, amazes how rare functional bullshit detectors are… I mean, not expecting worse from the monstrous subhuman POTUS they chose…
Anyway, a few things to keep in mind: we the people get the leaders the Powers That Be allow. And our PTB are clearly fine with Trump. So, you know, says something about our masters and the leadership caste.
From a certain arguable POV there’s no reason to stress over what Trump’s been and will be doing. No one with power will do anything to stop him. If he wants to do something, he’ll do it and get away with it. That’s the nation we chose to be. (Related: I just realized this morning that not having his DOJ do everything possible to block Trump’s candidacy is Biden’s one Carter-level failure.)
David Kurtz - thank you for this post. So many things that we need to know cited here. I must say that reading this gave me the unpleasant sensation in my stomach that one gets when faced with serious danger. I was aware of some of these abominations, but had not heard about his requirement that any DEI Federal employees be put on leave. OMG!!! And how is he going to determine who is a DEI employee? If they're African American, Mexican immigrants, LGBTQ? And on top of the nasty names that he called Bishop Budde, he has the unmitigated gaul to demand an apology from her. He's wasting no time in destroying any semblance of decency left in this country.....and the Republic.
I saw a post by Sherrilyn Ifill on Bluesky today citing this issue and she said she might join a lawsuit to address this blatant discrimination.
For the first time ever, I can’t bear to read this all in one sitting. Thank you for your work and moral courage.
Speaking Truth to Power on display with Bishop Budde asking for mercy, Christian mercy. Christianity, a bedrock value to MAGA, according to them. The looks on the Trump family and friends faces are memorialized with that photo. They know they are in the wrong. And of course the Congressional enablers like Rep. Mike Collins will feel free to say these vicious things because nobody will stop him. With SCOTUS having given Trump carte blanch for the next 4 yrs to conduct his revenge tour with no legal fall out we are watching the worst of our leadership preening and strutting around and fawning over the Felon.
Collins has a thing against the First Amendment guarantee of religious expression, it appears. How has he managed to conceal that from his Bible Belt constituents?
He jumped right to deporting the undesirables, didn't he! 🤣
Thank you David for Bishop
Budde. Personally, I think
more people, over the next 4
years, will find a bit more
faith in good over evil and
truth to power.
I don’t like the word ‘leaders' just now. How about ‘those in power,’ or ‘our overlords?’ Or?
I'm still awaiting tRump's EO commanding significant price reductions of a carton of eggs and a slab of bacon.
Mrs. Vance’s body language was very interesting. She better watch that and learn to lie. It is my opinion he beats her. If he watches her in that clip she could fall down some stairs.
Waiting for journalists to confront Pam Bondi and GOP Senators confirming her about the complete breakdown of DOJ independence Trump just announced with his intention to use the department as his own personal mafia arm. I won't hold my breath.
Man, amazes how rare functional bullshit detectors are… I mean, not expecting worse from the monstrous subhuman POTUS they chose…
Anyway, a few things to keep in mind: we the people get the leaders the Powers That Be allow. And our PTB are clearly fine with Trump. So, you know, says something about our masters and the leadership caste.
From a certain arguable POV there’s no reason to stress over what Trump’s been and will be doing. No one with power will do anything to stop him. If he wants to do something, he’ll do it and get away with it. That’s the nation we chose to be. (Related: I just realized this morning that not having his DOJ do everything possible to block Trump’s candidacy is Biden’s one Carter-level failure.)