Sabato, a JFK assassination researcher, reveals he's discovered a lot of sloppiness in what he's seen so far while going through the latest files released to the public.
This cannot be understood politically. It is a psychological dilemma. Trump is a sadist. He feels empowered when he inflicts pain and fear. Like all bullies, he is feels basically disempowered, inadequate and weak.
Everything is ‘thrown together’ in every single thing trump/musk are doing to our democracy - no rules, no thinking, just cutting everything. I’m sure neither musk nor trump ( I refuse to capitalize their names) knows what’s going on. Project 2025 is running the destruction. It’s frightening. Thank you for words of hope.
That situation, forcing their way into a building NOT under their control is outrageous, frightening. It is the equivalent of calling out the military to attack citizens, just in smaller scale for the moment.
Randi, Jim. It’s about control, but more, it’s about propaganda about what the government does to protect “the other” and misspend for them. You’re right;the people being affected by ALL the cuts are not going to matter when autocracy reigns. He won’t need their vote, cause he got it when he needed it by lying and blaming all the woes on Joe Biden. ALSO!
As a career educator in the public schools, primarily, I think that public education has failed in the most fundamental goal it has, in the past 30-40 years. That is, to educate the poplulace about the functioning and purpose of government, and the value of the constitution, and the value of public education for all. Even the people in power, don’t get that they’ll be victimized, most of them, as soon as a few get it all, because they were too ignorant to see it coming. Democracy depends on an educated populace, and the MAGA “unwashed”, even if they are the ultimate victims, have not understood, or been victims of an endless silo of propaganda, obscuring the ultimate motivation for all of the MAGA agenda.
Policy and predictions are not going to get to his voters. And, like Jim said, if they are victimized, many of them have been brainwashed, and will continue to be distracted by the sensational daily horror of the news from the White House, to blame it on anyone but the people who are enacting all of it. The blame will go to “Biden”, to immigrants, to local government, to school districts. When agencies don’t have the money to enact services any more, they will be blamed as wasting their money on ….whatever…not the people who cut the funding.
Propaganda, the media, and lack of civic education over many years. We have to cut through all of that somehow.
The Heritage Foundation and the GOP have been chipping away at public education since The Heritage plan 1980.They had Reagan to begin it and now 47 to totally demolish it.
Growing up in a poor family in the Philippines, my parents tried their hardest to send all four of us to college. I am blessed to have parents to have been able to send me to med school & not worry about college loans but we had to borrow money from people to pay for tuition fees. I’m paying it forward by helping send my nephews & nieces to send to school too!
My parents did say this: “we don’t have acres of land or money that you’re going to inherit; but having a good education is something that no one can steal from you!”
America is the land of opportunity. It’s ironic that the opportunity to get kids educated is being decapitated! Where do we go from here?
We need to fight for our kids education! We need to fight for after school care! We need to fight for our universities! We need to continue to fight for research! We need to fight for continuing medical education!
The whole education ploy is Project 2025 - right out of their playbook. Trump is a Project 2025 puppet, and they worked their asses off to get him back in power so Vought could sweep in and enact their shit agenda. Without Project 2025, you would see a very different set of dark stuff, but the absolute dismantling of the government is Project 2025 caused, Elon executed, and Trump gets the glory for it (because Vought and his cronies know how to control Trump). I’ve been watching this for a long time, they found the perfect storm and the perfect guy to be a “strongman” - a very weak ego with delusions and dreams of autocracy. DJT. Reminds me of Lord of the Flies at times. I’m waiting for the rescuers to pick up the little boys in their warpaint and find Piggy’s body.
UVA’s Mr. Larry Sabato hit it in the nail. The way things are done right now by this administration in the guise of making this government efficient is haphazard & sloppy!
"Paid" attendees. Any proof that attendees at town halls are "paid" in the number where it is even reportable? Can you imagine if the Regime of Trump hears your mention of it and then runs with it? Devastating. To say such a think denigrates the authenticity of these town halls which have impressed me as being nothing less than real people stepping out of their real lives to speak up. Speaking truth power. Heroes unsung and unpaid all of them!
It's just more handwaving by the Heritage Foundation, the pearl-clutching, anti-bellum wannabees with their feigned belief in Jesus (sure) and their hatreds that are openly on display. Just more manure to shovel from an inept cohort who has deluded themselves into believing they have "might" on their side. It took them more than 40 years to achieve this goal opportunity. Look how much FPOTUSes Carter, Clinton, Obama, and Biden created in far less time that these cretins are determined to destroy.
This cannot be understood politically. It is a psychological dilemma. Trump is a sadist. He feels empowered when he inflicts pain and fear. Like all bullies, he is feels basically disempowered, inadequate and weak.
Jim, thanks for including Mike Fanone on this show. I’d like to know where we can get one of his “This Machine Kills Fascists” t-shirts!
Everything is ‘thrown together’ in every single thing trump/musk are doing to our democracy - no rules, no thinking, just cutting everything. I’m sure neither musk nor trump ( I refuse to capitalize their names) knows what’s going on. Project 2025 is running the destruction. It’s frightening. Thank you for words of hope.
The Cheatin' Cheetoh is in such a hurry to get out what's he's doing that he's sacrificing quality for quantity.
Love the update on the "Have you no Shame" segment. Also the colorful comments, priceless! You always deliver, Jim!
That situation, forcing their way into a building NOT under their control is outrageous, frightening. It is the equivalent of calling out the military to attack citizens, just in smaller scale for the moment.
Randi, Jim. It’s about control, but more, it’s about propaganda about what the government does to protect “the other” and misspend for them. You’re right;the people being affected by ALL the cuts are not going to matter when autocracy reigns. He won’t need their vote, cause he got it when he needed it by lying and blaming all the woes on Joe Biden. ALSO!
As a career educator in the public schools, primarily, I think that public education has failed in the most fundamental goal it has, in the past 30-40 years. That is, to educate the poplulace about the functioning and purpose of government, and the value of the constitution, and the value of public education for all. Even the people in power, don’t get that they’ll be victimized, most of them, as soon as a few get it all, because they were too ignorant to see it coming. Democracy depends on an educated populace, and the MAGA “unwashed”, even if they are the ultimate victims, have not understood, or been victims of an endless silo of propaganda, obscuring the ultimate motivation for all of the MAGA agenda.
Policy and predictions are not going to get to his voters. And, like Jim said, if they are victimized, many of them have been brainwashed, and will continue to be distracted by the sensational daily horror of the news from the White House, to blame it on anyone but the people who are enacting all of it. The blame will go to “Biden”, to immigrants, to local government, to school districts. When agencies don’t have the money to enact services any more, they will be blamed as wasting their money on ….whatever…not the people who cut the funding.
Propaganda, the media, and lack of civic education over many years. We have to cut through all of that somehow.
Love Michael Fanone.
The Heritage Foundation and the GOP have been chipping away at public education since The Heritage plan 1980.They had Reagan to begin it and now 47 to totally demolish it.
Growing up in a poor family in the Philippines, my parents tried their hardest to send all four of us to college. I am blessed to have parents to have been able to send me to med school & not worry about college loans but we had to borrow money from people to pay for tuition fees. I’m paying it forward by helping send my nephews & nieces to send to school too!
My parents did say this: “we don’t have acres of land or money that you’re going to inherit; but having a good education is something that no one can steal from you!”
America is the land of opportunity. It’s ironic that the opportunity to get kids educated is being decapitated! Where do we go from here?
We need to fight for our kids education! We need to fight for after school care! We need to fight for our universities! We need to continue to fight for research! We need to fight for continuing medical education!
The whole education ploy is Project 2025 - right out of their playbook. Trump is a Project 2025 puppet, and they worked their asses off to get him back in power so Vought could sweep in and enact their shit agenda. Without Project 2025, you would see a very different set of dark stuff, but the absolute dismantling of the government is Project 2025 caused, Elon executed, and Trump gets the glory for it (because Vought and his cronies know how to control Trump). I’ve been watching this for a long time, they found the perfect storm and the perfect guy to be a “strongman” - a very weak ego with delusions and dreams of autocracy. DJT. Reminds me of Lord of the Flies at times. I’m waiting for the rescuers to pick up the little boys in their warpaint and find Piggy’s body.
UVA’s Mr. Larry Sabato hit it in the nail. The way things are done right now by this administration in the guise of making this government efficient is haphazard & sloppy!
"Paid" attendees. Any proof that attendees at town halls are "paid" in the number where it is even reportable? Can you imagine if the Regime of Trump hears your mention of it and then runs with it? Devastating. To say such a think denigrates the authenticity of these town halls which have impressed me as being nothing less than real people stepping out of their real lives to speak up. Speaking truth power. Heroes unsung and unpaid all of them!
It's just more handwaving by the Heritage Foundation, the pearl-clutching, anti-bellum wannabees with their feigned belief in Jesus (sure) and their hatreds that are openly on display. Just more manure to shovel from an inept cohort who has deluded themselves into believing they have "might" on their side. It took them more than 40 years to achieve this goal opportunity. Look how much FPOTUSes Carter, Clinton, Obama, and Biden created in far less time that these cretins are determined to destroy.
My husband (a 20-year Marine veteran) says "oh well, it will go back to the way they treated us in 1999 - like shit"
Or any of our war heros. Disgraceful! These men and women served our country and should be honored. We need to thank them always for their service!
Love Michael Fanone!