Frank D. Lincoln

Frank D. Lincoln's Journal

December 25, 2024

Trump's New Expansionist Posture.

Neither Project 2025 nor Agenda47 gave any indication of Trump's intention of completely taking over the North American continent.

Does this mean that Putin, via Trump, is trying to take over all of this territory?

Does Putin ultimately want to take over the whole planet?

December 23, 2024

A New Declaration of Independence.

Although in general Democratic politicians are much better than Republicans, our politicians collectively have failed us. They always end up looking out for their own best interests at the expense of ours.

Also, the American oligarchy have continuously gamed the system to protect their interests, which is why the rich and the big corporations never pay their fair share in taxes (and over the decades their tax rates keep falling), the federal minimum wage never gets raised, we never get universal healthcare, the social safety net is never secure, Big Pharma is never reigned in the way it is in other countries (although Democrats have had some success with this), and income inequality continues to grow without limit (and of course this will accelerate wildly after Trump is inaugurated). Generally speaking, the American oligarchy wouldn't be able to accomplish these things without both Democrats and Republicans being complicit to some degree, whether consciously or unconsciously.

Our democracy is broken. It's always been broken. Even worse, it's about to be replaced with an autocracy.

I wish that the American citizenry would rise up, shut the system down, and reform our government in a way that works for all of us. In the absence of doing that, we're all going to end up as serfs.

An excerpt from the Declaration of Independence:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

"...deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."

These powers don't derive from our politicians or the American oligarchy, they derive from the American citizenry as a whole.

That we think we're powerless is only psychological. The Declaration of Independence grants us the authority to collectively reform our government whenever we want to.

September 29, 2024

Which do you trust more: Polls or Allan Lichtman's Keys?

Me? I trust Allan Lichtman, the American University historian who's been called the "Nostradamus of presidential election predictions," because of his near-perfect 40-year track record.

[https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219428373|

The confidence is rooted in Mr. Lichtman’s simple, history-driven model, which tunes out polls and pollsters and instead focuses on 13 true-or-false questions that he says hold the “keys” to the White House.

Allan Lichtman predicts Kamala Harris is going to win.

GOTV.

September 25, 2024

The biggest threat to our democracy.

The biggest threat to our democracy is not Trump, Project 2025, MAGA, SCOTUS, the Heritage Foundation, Leonard Leo, voter suppression, racial gerrymandering, or even political coups.

The biggest threat to our democracy are

LOW-INFORMATION SWING STATE VOTERS.

In my opinion.

September 15, 2024

To a Project 2025 loving FASCIST,

even Karl Rove, Alberto Gonzales, and Dick Cheney are the Radical Left.

Just sayin'.

September 13, 2024

Trump is now claiming that he'll end taxes on overtime pay.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-says-will-end-taxes-overtime-pay-first-post-debate-rally-rcna170948

Trump's just attempting to dupe low-information and naive working class voters into voting for him. In his desperation, he'll promise anything to manipulate people into voting for him because he knows there are millions of ignorant and gullible people out there.

It's been widely reported that Project 2025 advocates giving employers the legal means to limit or even eliminate overtime pay.

September 11, 2024

The greatest statement by a political figure in world history.

Former president and future inmate Donald J. Trump:

[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-pushes-baseless-claim-immigrants-eating-pets-rcna170537|

"They're eating the dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the cats," Trump said during an answer to a question about immigration. "They're eating the pets of the people that live there, and this is what's happening in our country, and it's a shame."

Trump's answer was among the most extraordinary of the first 30 minutes of the debate: a former U.S. president spreading an internet rumor — one labeled by some of his critics as racist — in front of an audience of millions of Americans. The comment illustrated the rapid spread of misinformation in today's media ecosystem.

September 8, 2024

DU - Democrats need to flip FOUR seats to win back the House.

If you can, please consider making a monthly donation to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) to help boost our chances of winning back the U.S. House. House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries sounds like delightful music to my ears.

[https://dccc.org/|

Every dollar counts, even $5 per month. It adds up fast when a whole lot of Democrats across the country are making donations to the DCCC:

[https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143294649|

In the marathon that is an election year, Democrats are winning the cash dash — a reality that is putting pressure on House Republicans as they look to expand their majority in the lower chamber come November. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) raised $17.6 million in July — the month President Biden dropped out of the race and threw his support behind Vice President Harris — bringing the group’s total haul for the cycle to a record $228.4 million. The campaign arm has $92 million cash on hand.

The House GOP’s campaign arm, meanwhile, raked in $11.7 million in July, raising the total accumulated this cycle to $173.4 million. The group has $73.3 million cash on hand. Republicans knew they were in a tough situation even before Tuesday’s filing deadline.

Here's how the DCCC puts our donations to work:

Staff and volunteers for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee knocked on more than 377,700 doors in August — more than in May, June and July combined, according to the committee. The DCCC said 104,000 of those were in the last week of August alone, the most of any week this cycle. House Democrats’ campaign arm also made 845,500 phone calls in August, similarly surpassing the total for the previous three months.

Before starting this thread, I initiated a monthly donation to the DCCC via Act Blue Express.

September 3, 2024

Project 2025 - More Clarity on What It's About.

All DUers have heard about Project 2025 and know that it'll end our democracy if implemented.

Sometimes, it's good to occasionally look into it further to deepen one's understanding of it.

I found a website that explains Project 2025 better than most of the ones I've personally run across.

Here are some things about Project 2025 that all DUers should always keep firmly in mind:

[https://whatisproject2025.net/about-project-2025/|

(Note: personally I had problems using my Chrome browser to properly view the referenced website. I had to switch to my Firefox browser.)

1. Beyond Trump: Project 2025 Aims for the Next GOP Presidency

It’s not just about Trump. Project 2025 specifically states that it does not depend on a Trump victory in November; it’s explicitly directed at “the next conservative” or “the next GOP” occupant of the White House. Since its donors and partner organizations have achieved effective control of the Republican Party through purging moderates and promoting their supporters, it’s unlikely that any Republican candidate can successfully run without their support.

Translation: Cumulatively, these organizations control massive voting blocs, concentrated among evangelical Christians, and coordinate extensive and carefully-orchestrated disinformation media that spreads, most concerningly, across battleground states.

The above is the type of information that the Harris-Walz campaign should continually shine a spotlight on.

2. Project 2025: A Legacy of Conservative Agendas and Powerful Funding Networks

It’s not new. Project 2025 builds on a longstanding series of “Mandates for Leadership,” going back to the Reagan Administration in 1981. The authors claim that Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump both implemented over half of their previous recommendations. Thanks to their inroads in federal court appointments during the Trump Administration, they are now in the position to implement far more.

Translation: The Project 2025 partner organizations have been putting the squeeze on every Republican president since Reagan, and have often been disappointed. They met with unprecedented success with Donald Trump, and have no intention of giving up their advantage.

The website even mentions the heavy involvement of the Koch Network and Leonard Leo.

It's definitely worth checking out to be more informed.

Mark my words, we will annihilate them at the ballot box in November.

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