Every tiny concession paves the way for the next, and each capitulation preps the ground. With each passing moment, shame subsides, guilt slowly evaporates, and the abhorrent begins to feel normal.
Perhaps Trump thinks that hungry people won't care whether or not he is in the Epstein files. If so, this will be just another miscalculation that will accelerate the demise of the Republican Party.
Arguably, the three major upsets in Tuesday night’s election results were that two women and a Muslim man not only defeated Trump's expectations but crushed them.
"For Caucasian God did not so love the world, He so loved America—so much so, that he sent White Jesus to build walls, take away health insurance, ignore climate change, protect sexual predators, and make the one percent richer."
Ask yourself: How did a cabal of tyrants, billionaires, and Wall Street barons seize control of our freedom, our liberty, and the very soul of humanity?
The strongman act is cracking, but as the cops, the crowds, and even the cult start to walk away, is this finally the moment his empire begins to fall?
Trump’s angry. He has an enemies list. He wants his pound of flesh. He has the courts. He has the power. He has immunity. His toadies are all in place. And he’s a mental case.
To ignore a narcissist, or to try to assuage them, or to try to “reason” with them is to empower them. You have to grab the bull by the horns and deal with them.
When you vote for a man who builds cages, dismantles healthcare, and sells your land to the highest bidder, you are not fighting for freedom. You are financing your own destruction.
The fight isn’t between left and right anymore: it’s between oligarchy and the people, between those who hoard power and those still brave enough to believe in democracy.
Senate Republicans are hoping we don't realize that they can actually open up the government any time they want. The shutdown has nothing to do with Democrats and never has.