The USA has about 60 days to save itself. Do we have the guts to do what is necessary?

And by that I mean if Trump is allowed to take office, the USA and the free world are finished. Russia will eventually take Ukraine and, from there, with the approval of Trump, will move on to Western Europe. Trump said a few months ago that "Putin should do whatever the hell he wants." And with the aid of Trump's administration, he will.

With Trump and MAGA controlling the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, there would be NOTHING to stop America's Hitler from doing everything and anything he wants. He will appoint even more MAGA (Supreme) Court justices. He will further fill the ranks of judgeships all over the country with MAGA loyalists. There will be no place to turn. And anyone who thinks the country will turn on him in 2028 is a naive fool. There is no reason to believe there will ever be a free and fair election in this country again if Trump is allowed to take office. As you know, he already said if you vote for him now, you won't have to bother voting ever again because they'll have things fixed.

Would Germany and the world have been better off if the original Hitler had been stopped in 1933 instead of in 1945 after a second world war?

Make no mistake. Project 2025 and more will destroy any semblance of a US democracy. Trump will jail anyone he wants for any reason, and there will be no one to stop him. He'a already said Liz Cheney and General Milley should be put before a firing squad. Do you really think those are just words?

Not since the first Civil War has the United States faced a threat of such magnitude. And unless Biden uses his authority as president to stop Trump before he gets started, the United States will fall onto the trash heap of history.

MAGA said there would be war if Trump lost. Well, unless there is war now, unless Biden uses every tool at his disposal--yes, including as commander in chief--then all will be lost and the only way to get our country back will still be war . . . only then it will be incrementally more difficult because Trump and MAGA will hold all the cards.

So what'll it be? Are we gonna fight--I mean really fight--to save our country, or are we going to hand it over to domestic terrorists? Is Biden going to be Churchill or Chamberlain? That's where we are, like it or not.

Biden, Harris, Walz, Obama, Clinton and the DNC should be organizing a massive protest for Jan. 20

Instead of planning to attend the MAGA coronation. Making this dictator look normal in any way is the wrong approach. Protest instead. And then protest some more. And not just in DC, but all over the country. Let's show the MAGAts what they're really up against, and let's show the world this country ain't all MAGA. Every state democratic leadership should be planning protest events the entire month of January leading up to Jan. 20 and the culminating moment. IMHO, of course.

New presidential oath for Trump

Article II, Section 1, Clause 8, US Constitution:

Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:

"I, (first name, middle name, last name) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

That's the one Chief Justice John Roberts couldn't deliever accurately when swearing in Barack Obama, and it's the one that Donald Trump trampled in his first go-around. So we need a new one to fit the circumstances. Maybe something like this:

"I, Dicatator Donald, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute my political enemies under my unlimited powers as President of the MAGA States of America, and will to the best of my ability, dismantle, ignore and suspend the Constitution of the United States."

Just a thought.

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So MAGAts can't afford eggs, but they can afford smokes and beer?

Haven't heard of any red state liquor stores or convenience stores going out of business because their MAGAT customers can't afford their cigarettes or alcohol. Of course, ya gotta have those necessities. But eggs . . . OMG!

BTW: Of the thousands of lies and depraved acts of the orange scum, I keep thinking of the debate and his insistence that "immigrants are eating the pets, they're eating the dogs and the cats." And how did he "know" this? Because "I saw someone say it on TV." This, my friends, is your next president of what used to be the United States of America.

The DNC blew it. Here's how and why.

First, we love Joe, and his 2020 win was fabulous. But he should have announced a year or two ago that he would not seek a second term.

Second, the DNC should have had the data that the country isn't ready for a woman as president. India, Pakistan, New Zealand, and most others have elected female presidents decades ago, but the US is clearly not there yet.

Third, don't nominate a woman from California, a state we have in the bag, who can be tied to the low popularity ratings of Joe Biden--unfair but true--and to the Biden administration and the border, inflation, etc.

Fourth, nominate people who have no direct ties to DC or the Biden administration. (See above.)

Fifth, choose a ticket of governors from battleground states: Josh Shapiro (PA), Gretchen Whitmer (MI), Tim Walz (MN). And, of course, Whitmer could not lead the ticket because, well, she's a woman. So we might have had a Shapiro-Walz ticket, a Walz-Shapiro ticket, a Shapiro-Whitmer ticket, or a Walz-Whitmer ticket. It appears we could have won with any of those tickets, although I might have gone Shapiro-Whitmer with Shapiro-Walz a close second.

I've never been especially politcally active, but I have paid attention. And I am shocked that the outspoken and vastly experienced James Carville and the leaders of the DNC, the Obamas and so on, weren't able to have plans in place to make sure the Democrats won the most vital election since at least the Civil War. It should have been possible to run a broomstick and a skateboard and beat the worst ticket in the history of American presidential politics, but that's disregarding the reality of the MAGA cult. We knew the opponent. We knew Trump was right when he said he could do literally anything and he'd still get nearly half the country to vote for him. So when you know that, you have to develop the strategy to counter it. Nominating a black woman who was part of the unpopular incumbent administration and from California made no sense in that context, despite the fact Kamala--on her own--was a fabulous candidate and would have made a wonderful president.

Anyway, instead of getting it right and saving our democracy, we now have the greatest fight on our hands since the Civil War, with no end in sight. At least, that's how I see it.

We've been robbed of joy, security, democracy and the pursuit of happiness . . .

. . . By one depraved man and his demented cult followers. What could have been four years of relatively stress-free, normal existence under the inspiring guidance of Kamala and Tim will now be fraught with constant anxiety over a dictator's whims. I'll never forgive anyone who helped make this happen. Never. With all due respect to those suffering from combat PTSD, I feel like I have the civilian version. The shock hasn't even really set in yet. I'm just in a fog as to how and why this has happened. I feel utterly powerless and hopeless. Food is no solace. I find no joy in following my favorite sports teams. I'm a zombie, and I'm mad as hell with no appropriate way to vent that anger.

I just got back from donating some stuff to Goodwill, and one of the patrons--an old man of, maybe, 80--was wearing a bright red T-shirt with a huge picture of that smug MAGA man with the words, "Still my president." It made me sick. And if were to wear a T-shirt saying the opposite, I risk getting beaten or shot. This is our country--what's left of it anyway.

RIP USA

July 4, 1776
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Nov. 5, 2024

The rabble chose Barabbas then, and they chose Barabbas (Trump) now

About 2,000 years ago in Judea of the Roman Empire, the rabble was given the choice of having the career criminal Barabbas or Jesus released. The rabble told Pilate to give them Barabbas.

Yesterday, in the former United States of America, the rabble was offered a similar choice: a lifelong criminal and scum of the earth (Trump) or a prosecutor and public servant (Harris). Once again, the rabble chose the career criminal.

Only Barabbas didn't take over as emperor of Rome. No one knows what happened to him for sure. But we do know what will happen as the result of choosing Trump yesterday.

The Supreme Court has given Biden unlimited power. He should use it.

Suspend the Constitution. Rule the election null and void due to Russian interference, which is likely, although as Trump has shown, no evidence required.

Biden should refuse to leave office. Trump said he "never should have left the White House." Biden should follow that path.

As commander in chief, Biden should use the military to defend the continuation of his term due to "the enemy within," the domestic terrorists led by Trump and his MAGA cohort.

Let's see the Proud Boys take on the US Marines and the US Army.

Trump's MAGA is clearly a satanic cult.

In Ephesians 2:2 it says satan is "the prince of the power of the air," which means Satan has significant influence over the spiritual realm on earth where he exerts his power, essentially controlling the nature of worldly thinking and temptation that influences people's lives. This is, IMHO, the only explanation for the rise of Trump and MAGA.

How else can anyone explain otherwise decent people--in vast numbers--continuing to fund and support a presidential candidate who has this resume:
* At 78, the oldest candidate in history, and one who is clearly in mental decline
* Consistently praises Hitler and Mussolini in his fourth-grade level speech
* Led a failed coup/insurrection to overthrow the very government he swore an oath to uphold
* First "president" in US history to attack our institutions and, with no evidence whatsoever, for the first time claim US elections are "rigged"
* First president to refuse to accept the results of a free and fair election and peacefully transition power
* First ex-president to be a convicted felon, with several other state and federal charges pending
* Found guilty of defamation in a case in which the judge said Trump "probably committed rape."
* Sociopath
* Pathological liar
* Malignant narcissist
* Womanizer, adulterer who paid hush money to a porn star
* Misogynist
* Racist / White supremacist
* Led SIX of his companies into bankruptcy, including THREE casinos. They say the house always wins--except when Trump owns the house. Then the house always goes bankrupt.
* Draft dodger who has repeatedly mocked the military service of men and women, calling them "suckers" and "losers" and wondering "what's in it for them"?
* Used the Bible and Arlington National Cemetery as campaign props, illegally in the case of Arlington, unethically in the case of the Bible

And more.