I would be happier if the New York Times made a bigger effort to raise these points but this story didn’t even make it above the fold this week. I really hope people remember the threat we were under when they are in the voting booth this time.
I feel so sick to my stomach over this election I just can’t believe how many Americans are so ignorant of history. Trump unlike Hitler hasn’t spent anytime in prison but pretty much every thing else about them is not so different. Trump has no intention of ever holding another election should he win, God forbid. Too many Americans have no concept of the history of the Nazi regime and what is happening now. Trump is evil, there I said it. He’s always been a person who only cares about himself and has fooled the masses. The Republicans are happy to use him to get the power they lust for but if they think they can control him they are wrong.Trump is so very obviously ill, he is showing obvious signs of Dementia! My husband died of this dreadful disease and the thought that the party would foist a man on the country who is slowly unwinding with a brain disease is beyond comprehension! Both Trumps parents died of Alzheimer’s! Trump intends to be a dictator ! He wants to crush Social Security something the Right has been after since 1935! Why do they hate it? Well of course it helps people, we can’t have that can we? But seriously how can you trust a political party that willingly chooses a man who has a felony record and dementia as your presidential candidate? It’s Insane and evil
Take a deep breath, Suzy. Don't make yourself sick, just remember to tell everyone your thoughts and encourage them to vote AGAINST the tyranny by voting BLUE up and down ballot. What you said here is accurate, and people need to hear it!
Thank you. Ever since I was a small child I would ask my mother was she sure Hitler was dead! She assured me he was! Little did I know there were people who admired him , why would I as a child? Trump terrifies me and the fact that he has so many followers shows that our schools have done a very very poor job teaching history of the 20th century. In fact I recall that we spent so much time on the early years of the American History that we barely reached the 1920’s ! I don’t know if they even teach 20th century history in high schools any more they call it Social Studies now! No wonder there is so much ignorance about the 1930’s and 40’s in America these days and people with a lack of education can easily be conned by a con artist like Trump! It’s time to take back our history lessons from Texas school book publishing companies that have vanished so much world and American history! This is the result! WWII was a Horror show and Trump will allow Putin to take Ukraine and most likely other former Eastern European countries that Putin thinks he’s entitled to because once Stalin had them! Please vote for Kamala and don’t let Comrade Trump do this!
And millions support him. How unfathomable is that? It is hard to wrap one's mind around the fact that millions of Americans want such a person to be president. How is that possible? Something is terribly wrong with Americans?
I am not trying be clever, but I hear from people that those are the reasons they keep subscribing to the NYTimes. You've got to be kidding! The paper goes out of its way to normalize a convicted felon and wannabe dictator for president, putting the future of our democracy and Constitution in jeopardy, and you keep subscribing for the recipes and crossword puzzles? There are plenty of other great sources for those things.
So, put Country before recipes and crossword puzzles (and really slimy journalism) and cancel your subscription to the NYTimes! Boycott the NYTimes!
I cancelled my subscription to the NYT's and WaPo but online versions run to early 2025. I use my remaining time to comment that they are not doing their journalistic job and normalizing a psychopathic criminal for president is a disgrace. A couple of my comments in articles (all well written, no bad language) have not been "printed". CNN is also unwatchable. IMO, far better education and truthful information comes from Dan Rather, Joyce Vance, Heather Cox Richardson, The Economist, BBC, NPR, MSNBC.
Excellent sources, Janet! And, as another reader noted, Robert Reich is another good addition. I also follow George Conway, Charlie Sykes and The Bullwark. What I appreciate about these sources is that they are former Republicans - people who consider themselves fundamentally conservative - who are calling out the insanity of the GOP. I’m hoping people who have always followed traditional conservative pundits are still paying attention to them.
George Conway started his PsychoPac to fund very targeted anti-Trump ads that are broadcast on Fox to Palm Beach, Florida (Mar-A-Lago)and Bedminster, NewJersey (Trump’s Bedminster Golf Club.) Conway’s goal is to upset Trump in a very specific way so that he his very limited ability to campaign and make any sense in his public speaking. I applaud Conway’s efforts which are made with the help of an experienced Psychologist who shares our feelings of revulsion and alarm about Trump’s sociopathy and malignant narcissistic personality disorder. The Bulwark is now run by Tim Miller and Sarah Longwell. Charlie Sykes retired. Tim does the Bulwark podcast, which is mostly very good. Sarah Longwell has a podcast with George Conway called “George Conway tells Sarah Longwell about the legal issues of the day.” The song that opens the pod is worth hearing, even if you skip the pod.
I did the same with the Washington Post, and I told them that was why I canceled my subscription (at that time they were biased against Biden). P.S. I can still get Solitaire there for free.
I play their Word wipe, but if I have to I can get that other places..Ijust bookmarked it years ago. Through the years I've had subscriptions to the WaPO on and off (usually based on dealt they have) but like you, no more, and I sent them and email telling them why...their giving trump a free pass to say/do anything he wants.
Me too. Sad times. I'd been reading the NYT for close to 60 years. Heartbreaking to see it go so far downhill. Likewise CBS. However I am glad I've found the Meidas Touch Network, but I fear they mostly preach to the choir.
I'm hate to burst your bubble but it will not happen. The New York Times has an executive editor and a publisher who believe that democracy is not a form of government as defined by the likes of Britannica as " Democracy is a system of government in which power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or through freely elected ..." The publisher, therefor also the editor believe democracy is political.
Joseph Kahn, editor of the New York Times, doesn't believe in democracy as a system of government, to him and his boss, it is a position of a political party. Think about that.
"It’s our job to cover the full range of issues that people have. At the moment, democracy is one of them. But it’s not the top one — immigration happens to be the top [of polls], and the economy and inflation is the second. Should we stop covering those things because they’re favorable to Trump and minimize them? I don’t even know how it’s supposed to work in the view of Dan Pfeiffer or the White House. We become an instrument of the Biden campaign?"
Dan Fromkin, in a Press Watch article broke this rather noxious paragraph down this way:
In one small paragraph, Kahn outdid himself. He:
Dismissed the importance of democracy as a political issue.
Disclosed that the Times coverage is poll driven.
Asserted that coverage of the economy and immigration is favorable to Trump.
Whined that more coverage of democracy was tantamount to becoming a partisan publication.
This is the New York Times' view. This regime is now driven by $ and clicks - one in the same, actually - and the polls. Even their "endorsement" of VP Harris was cringe worthy. It was filled with both sides isms. It came across as editorial cowardice.
No, the New York Times aka the Gray Lady, under Kahn and Dash? It has turned into the Tarnished Lady.
Yes, they do not acknowledge the difference between a direct democracy and our representative democracy. Kahn also said at one point they used POLLING to decide what to cover. Democracy wasn’t the top issue.
This is an asinine argument. First of all the media is guaranteed protection in the Constitution so it can inform the public & help protect our country and rights. (If us little people lose our rights they will lose theirs.) Secondly, if NYT and others don’t cover something it isn’t going to percolate to the top of the polls. Third, is Kahn makes excuses that are at best misleading. For instance, implying NYT’s choice is to cover democracy OR mmigration.
Is NYT incapable of reporting on more than one major domestic issue? He presents a false choice as though we are too simple to recognize it.
Kahn in an interview with Ben Smith at Semafor —
— It’s our job to cover the full range of issues that people have. At the moment, democracy is one of them. But it’s not the top one — immigration happens to be the top [of polls], and the economy and inflation is the second. Should we stop covering those things because they’re favorable to Trump and minimize them? —
Covering issues favorable to trump is impartial but covering unfavorable issues abandons impartiality?
“Above the fold” will soon go the way of “hang up the phone”. Fewer every year & now only 4% of people prefer to read a print publication versus 58% on digital devices.
— Pew Research Center, Miid-September 2024.
“When asked which of these platforms they prefer to get news on, 58% of Americans say they prefer a digital device, far higher than the share who prefer TV (32%). Relatively few Americans prefer radio (6%) or print (4%).“
Not me. Not ever. But I read the NYT on line because a print subscription is too much money for me. As a former reporter, I love everything about a newspaper, including the fold, the ink on your fingertips and the smell of it all.
I gave up reading the print newspapers years ago. Partly because we never knew where it landed. Then the local paper went to recycled paper and a different ink(?). At any rate, it made me sneeze and hack. Besides features like bookmarking and searching the text for keywords were too handy to give up.
What I really dislike is too many use algorithms “based on your interests” to determine what you see. I just want to see the news and I’ll decide what my ‘interests’ are.
My husband collects old newspapers (1700’s onward). Part of the appeal is “touching” history by turning the pages of the paper (earliest were only a page or two and made from rags) as well as reading the “news of the day” before it became history.
I like both I still liked getting my local paper because I have fireplaces and newspapers come in very handy when cold weather comes along and you need it for your wood stove or fireplace. Naturally if you don’t live in a cold climate print isn’t necessary but what’s going to happen when there’s no more print ? I guess we will have to buy bundles of blank newsprint? I hate to see these large Newspapers go so right wing, guess they will pay for that in a big way eventually at least I hope so.
"Above the fold" also means, on a website, "At the top of the page; visible without scrolling down." Lots of figures of speech continue to be used outside their original contexts. Political consultants "cut" an ad, a reference to when sound used to be recorded by a needle making grooves in wax. Before vinyl. Before magnetic tape. Before CDs. Before mp3s, all of which we are also said to "cut."
I see your point. Maybe it will survive but I’m inclined to think not. It’s losing its meaning which is location of import news on a page. These days 2 people looking at the same publication’s front page may see different content. Plus, the main page of local papers often have articles on sports & rabid skunks ‘above the fold’. Nothing of national, state or local importance.
Maybe it will mean “the stuff you like important or not”
I'd love to read a hardcopy newspaper every day like I used to, but I can't afford it! Digital is much less expensive, as it should be, and I've gotten used to it.
I’ve had it up to above my fold with The NYT! In fact, I am seriously considering canceling my decades-old subscription. Clearly, it has lost its journalistic compass and its integrity has gone south.
A monster is running to be president with an another monster at his side. An editorial in a paper in Canada wrote “ America , what is wrong with you. “ indeed !!!!
I’m full-blown, native-born American, and I also wonder why some fellow Americans support this dude. Especially veterans, who TFG has disparaged repeatedly; that just boggles my mind. And if ever there was a treasonous act in modern America, Jan. 6 was it. And the Instigator-in-Chief must pay a heavy price for his role in it.
It's a very good question. The correct answer would get Harris elected in a landslide. Trump is demented, Vance is mad, together they will make things even worse for poor, white, Americans, yet the MAGA crowd love them. Hint, we must have a serious discussion about the conflicting metaphysical world views of religion and science. Another hint, most of the white men who demeaned women and discriminated against blacks are now dead. The rules have changed, and while it's OK to demand, hell insist, on change perhaps we should stop billing MAGA for the sins of their fathers. Finally when you ask someone to vote for Harris because she's a qualified American, you ask them to vote for someone of their own tribe. When you ask men to vote for Harris because she's an American woman, the first woman President, you ask them to vote for someone from another tribe - a tribe that appears to hate MAGA men.
Our allies are wondering why so many Americans can't make this same distinction. Hard to say how much Jack Smith’s very damaging brief will have on those hard to educate MAGA voters, but one thing is clear, the GOP nominee isn't playing with a full deck and the only thing he gives a damn about is staying out of prison. Here's to more roaches and among other things in that Mar a Lago punch bowl.
There's a disconnect between who they think they're voting for and the real Donald Trump. Fox news plus an army of other news channels and internet influencers that take everything Trump says and does and tell people what to think about it, how to react to it, and how to feel about it. A continuation of the image of Trump created by The Apprentice. It's like they're trying to prove they can sell an air conditioner to an Eskimo, or that they can truly put lipstick on a pig and sell it as the most beautiful model you've ever seen.
If one gives themselves a steady diet of these news outlets, there's Trump and what everyone is saying about Trump, which are two VERY different things.
I too wonder what’s wrong with us! But one of y nemesis is Fox Noise! I sincerely believe that that odious channel is responsible for so much damage and misinformation being spread amount the less sophisticated population. They set out to damage us and have successfully succeeded. They’ve indoctrinated millions of Americans! I wish they’d lose their broadcast licenses. Canada won’t give them one because they lie. We have allowed their propaganda to stain our nation ala Joseph Goebbles style! It’s come from within, Trumps favorite network!
Jack Smith, as Dan said, is heroic. He and his legal team have had to take on a monster with powerful follwers in an alternative universe. Now the monster has a younger monster "helping" to create disinformation and general nastiness. The rub is that there has been so much harsh reality, blurry for so long that many of us have been blinded by it. I hope heroes like Jack Smith, Liz Cheney, heck, even Mike Pence, will be remembered with respect after this nightmarish era is over. I hope the nightmare ends in November.
I just watched the event at Ripon College in Wisconsin with Liz Cheney and Vice President Harris. Ripon is known as being the origins of the GOP. This is a real game changer. The theme is “Country Over Party”. I’m sure this type of event will go forward in the 32 days before November 5. Perhaps some of the many military people who have endorsed Vice President Harris will be included in future events like this. It was just incredible. I will watch it again. Both of these women are so intelligent, articulate, and care about our Democracy so much.
Despite roadblocks as Trump does with legal issues in hopes they will go away, Jack Smith has kept his focus and worked around all of the hurdles the Trump team and the Supreme Court have thrown his way. I have great respect and appreciation of his diligence. And yes, the media should be putting all of these details in front of the public but they have certainly lost their way.
Trump would have never gotten as far as he did without the media reporting about him daily for 8 years. They put his face and actions in the public consciousness repeatedly. Even when he lost the election in 2020 all they talked about was Trump. No one person has ever got that much air time previously.
Trump sells, always has, and because most media is now owned by conglomerates that have little interest in anything other than year-end profits, the message passed down the line to reporters and editors is 'cover the money stories'. Trump is the money story. I have some education and experience in the field of journalism, old style journalism, real newsmen not media personalities. When I watched the TV media coverage of Trump and the Mrs. descending the golden escalator in Trump Tower on June 16, 2015, I wanted to vomit. Trump said the coverage was like the Academy Awards, and it was. His ascent from on high played well to the Tea Party/evangelical crowd whose religious leaders were already preaching from their pulpits that Trump was sent by God to put religion into government. The media that day covered the ascent from on high because it would sell, not because it was integral to his announcement that he would be running for the Office of President. Turning the cameras on when he reached the podium would have sufficed, should have sufficed.
Reading Jack Smith’s indictment is well worth the time. Yes, the names are redacted, but many are easy to decipher. I found it interesting to put the pieces together and figure out which of his partners in crime was being discussed. CC1 is Rudy. That was easy! I challenge everyone to read it, and while learning a ton, you can also see how many culprits you can detect.
I feel strongly that Jack Smith is the right man for the job. He doesn’t seek the limelight. He hasn’t let obstacles derail his purpose. His filings pack a punch written so that most people can understand the key points & are thorough.
I was watching the election certification ceremony live, because at (then) 79 years of age, I had never felt the need to do so. Because we had already heard Trump's call to our Secretary of State, asking him to "find" votes that would put him over the top in Georgia, I felt compelled to do so. Watching that mob invade a sacred space, watching Capitol Police be pummelled, twisted my heart and my stomach. We cannot forget, or minimize that day. That was a near a treasonous (yes, I dare to use that word) coup as had ever happened in my long life. Now, at 82, I am determined to everything possible to keep that man and his disgusting toadies away from anything to do with government. Please vote, urge your friends and neighbors to vote, and don't forget how important the down-ballot races are.
I did the exact same thing,I went on YouTube to watch it.It is supposed to be an actual boring affair,but very quickly it was anything but.
What made me do it,was just after the election,tfg was already screaming his head off,about"being cheated","fraud",etc,the ramblings of a Sore Loser.There was a petition signed by dozens of Republicans in all areas of Local,State,and Federal government,trying to get alternate electors,trying to convince regular people to believe he"won"(spoiler alert:HE DID NOT WIN!!!)and I remember reading that these people were traitors pulling this bullshit.I remember being appalled,thinking,"What the hell are you doing??"
And the now disbarred attorneys attempting to convince judges to literally overturn an election,based solely on lies,and got door after door slammed in their faces.
And of course,The Call to Georgia's Secretary of State,asking this public official to"find"(out of literally thin air)enough votes to"help him win".That should have been enough to get him jailed on the spot,if you ask me.How the hell is an act like that"Official"??
Tfg showed his true colors when he put people up to this shit,and then refused to stop it.That he actually sanctioned seeing his own vice president potentially killed by this treasonous mob,should still tell everyone how truly unqualified he is as a candidate for any office.
I will NEVER FORGET!!!!!Neither should any of us who care about our country!This Sore Loser needs to go the hell away and stay away!
I am in hopes that steps are quietly being taken to stop dead in its tracks,any and all dirty tricks tfg might be planning.I personally would love to see anything they try,to meet a wall of resistance they can't bully and they are the ones forced into submission.And if any type of crap like this remotely tries to happen,tfg the Sore Loser needs to be arrested and hauled in front of a judge!We will ALL know he would be behind it!
Jack Smith needs to keep fighting for this to finally get done,to convict tfg of this wrongdoing.Tfg needs to be taught a lesson he will never forget.
Then,and only then,can we finally move forward,and make sure this can't happen again.
I cried through the horrific attack. I still see the noose hanging, the officers attacked and the blatant hatred. To see trump spew more hatred and lies clearly proves he is a traitor, plain & simple. The insurrection was & still is the reason we must never forget! Lock him up🇺🇸💙
December 7th has always been called the day of infamy, when the United States at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu was attacked by the Japanese. But the United States was attacked a total of 3 times: the first was on August 24, 1814 when the British army burned Washington DC during the War of 1812; the second was of course Pearl Harbor; and the third was September 11, 2001. But there was one more time and that was the most infamous of them all because it wasn't another country that attacked us but our own citizens urged on by a rabid narcissist who's only thought was that he had to fight like hell to keep his power. Not too long ago, the former governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, said in words to the effect that most Americans are over January 6th. I strongly disagree. We should never get over it, we should never forget it because if those rioters succeeded in stopping the official counting of the electoral ballots, the United States of America would, for all intent and purposes, have ended. No one, except may American History teachers, remembers August 24, 1814. All of us remember December 7th as it is clearly marked on our calendars as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, and September 11th, now called Patriots Day, is remembered by the solemn ringing of the Fireman's Bell at Ground Zero and Shenksville. But what do we call January 6th? I don't know, but it should always be remembered for what we almost lost, because we had to fight like hell to keep it. And now we have to do it again...vote like hell.
Not as many people talk about it on a day-to-day basis. The GOP keeps saying things like it’s in the past and people want to move on - or as Walker claimed most Americans are over it. They say similar things about school shootings.
First of all, not talking about something does not mean people no longer care. Secondly, it is an attempt to convince us not hearing about means it is not important.
I hope American’s prove them wrong at the ballot box.
We need to work as hard as we can in whatever ways we can to make sure Harris wins. As has been said over and over, this is our last chance. I hope no one gets complacent and that just the opposite happens...donations go up, volunteers increase. It would be nice if the MSM cared about democracy, but they do not so it is up to us.
Ann, these same people that claim J6 is over and in the past want to take our country back to the past when women had no voice and a king ruled over them! The GOP today using Project 2025/Agenda 47/AFPI Blueprint want to take away the rights and freedoms we have enjoyed for many years. Womens' right to choose healthcare with their doctor, voting rights, the right to choose who we love and our identity, the right to read what we want and what religion we choose or not choose. They say J6 is over and we need to focus on the future but their future is our past and we must never go back! Vote blue, America, up and down the ballot!
I'm afraid that 1/6 will fall into the same category as....say......Bacon's Rebellion? John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry unless Jack Smith prevails. I think he will.
Jan 6 is not like those other days, when America was attacked by foreign forces. Its predecessor is April 12, 1861, when insurrectionists fired upon Fort Sumter.
Susan, I will always call it an attempted insurrection. No one will ever change my mind about what happened because I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears. It was an attempt to stop the certification process and install the orange man as leader against the will of the majority of American citizens. It must never be allowed to happen again. Vote blue, America, up and down the ballot!
I've always had family living in NY. Before The Apprentice, Trump was a well-known player; a cheat, a liar and a slimy human. He lied and cheated his way to "fortune"; his gaudy presence was reviled by most and envied by some. The fact that the NYT and WaPo seem to just accept the fact that he terrorized the American public by normalizing (in other words - "we've heard it before") his behavior is, most certainly, not holding him responsible. That is, exactly, what happened with Hitler. His behavior was normalized and, as he became more and more lethal over time, it was accepted. Shouldn't we be better than this?
Donald Trump needs to think of a future where Jack Smith, the court, and the jury find him guiltiy, and what his life is going to be like in prison or under house arrest. More power to Mr. Smith.
We, on the other hand, can look to the future when democracy and civility once again hold sway in our government and we can move forward without the obstruction of the MAGA cult. It will take a majority of Democrats to get out the vote, and it may take more than this election to do it, but it's a fine place to start. As my aunt would have said, "get to it."
If we continue to work very hard we hopefully can look forward to that future. But it seems that due to the electoral college it is still a very close race. At least that is what the polls say and I have no idea if they are anywhere close to accurate. But we sure have to act as if they are and do all we can to support a Harris/Walz win.
It's getting close enough to the end that the polls aren't likely to change very much, and the final poll is the one that counts -- the votes that we cast at this very important election.
You are right about the polls but I think we still have time to change people's minds from undecided to Harris and all I know is I'm doing all I can to do that. Sadly for me all I can do is donate and not very much but for me it's a lot. I live in an area where it is unsafe to let people you know you do not support trump, both because of threats to the well being of your farm and because local folks you rely on to care for your animals or even yourself can suddenly find that the are just too busy to see you. My phone is not reliable and often has a poor connection and my arthritis makes my handwriting not very readable. But my credit is good, and I am donating all I can!
“ We need to take a moment to salute what Smith and his team have accomplished, despite all the obstacles thrown their way. ”. It is hopeful to see courageous and heroic behavior to uphold the rule of law in this dangerous time,
Dan, quite an article. Ever so accurate, as always. Some of us remember the day vividly. But I’m sure the MAGA group and some of its fringes don’t. Or maybe they don’t care, which is probably worse. I guess to many people the price of a dozen eggs is more important. ( do they not realize there’s an avian flu that’s been going around for 3 years that’s killing chickens….supply and demand…economics 101). I just wish the media would be as forceful in condemning Trump as you are. And other Republicans should be loud and pointed as well. And the psychiatric profession should say blankety he is DEMENTED and UNFIT. We only have 33 days so please, everyone, speak up. And don’t tone down the rhetoric.
And am raising a glass and toasting Jack Smith for his perseverance. The man is a trooper and wants to win. Quitters don’t win and winners don’t quit. Keep going Jack Smith; you can do it.
Shana Tova to all who are observing the Jewish New Year! 5785; that’s a long long time. Let’s hope this upcoming trip around the sun is a very good one. One without DT.
Ummmmm, I live in a blue state, a very blue state and I can pay $5 a dozen for fresh eggs and under $4 a gallon. The question is: How long are gougers going to be allowed to gouge? And how long are rapacious grocery chains going to be allowed to drive out smaller chains? The turgid turd lies, and the slick OSU grad does too. But, they are great at smoke and mirrors.
OK, I live in a very very red state. We pay less than $4 dz for extra large eggs & about the same as you for gasoline.
My question is: How much will people give up to get cheaper eggs & gas?
I’m don’t see the sense of electing a dictator because prices are too high. The ROI doesn’t look so good to me.
In our state you can file a complaint with the AG’s office. Odds are nothing will come of it. The governor can issue an Executive Order during a state of emergency to activate a specific price gouging statute.
I’d guess politicians have a hard time defining price gouging versus supply & demand. It’s tricky territory. Then there are the lobbyists who lobby, donate & have 0 interest in dialing back profits so nothing happens.
Harris has proposed that Congress pass federal price gouging legislation. The GOP called it price fixing. Truth be told, presidents don’t control prices. They can implement good policies if they have the support.
Absolutely, and prices of eggs and a loaf of bread or gas always changes and are determined by the market place. President’s term is always caught in favorable and unfavorable economic cycle’s. A lot of factors are beyond control. Covid, a world wide phenomenon messed up supply chain. I remember having to wait 13 months for a piece of metal on 4 wheels called a ‘ car’. Why is Trump getting credit for economy. What did he do ? Mismanaged covid, as a result a million people died in USA, that’s not a joke, in supposed to be the most powerful country in the world. He declared bankruptcies a number of times, besides being morally bankrupt too.
Unfortunately Trumps voters have no idea what a shallow person he is, they only admire him for his so called wealth and his hatred of Mexicans and Blacks. It’s sick. Do they even realize that Mexicans were living here well before any White men stepped ashore? This is not a White only country! That’s ridiculous and a lie!
I would be happier if the New York Times made a bigger effort to raise these points but this story didn’t even make it above the fold this week. I really hope people remember the threat we were under when they are in the voting booth this time.
REMIND THEM! We can't rely on MSM to get the word out...WE have to do it.
Remind everyone, and then remind them again. Tell everyone you meet to VOTE BLUE to prevent the former from trying to overturn our country again!!
Vote blue
Prevent a coup !
Never forget Jan 6
He’s coming for you!!
I feel so sick to my stomach over this election I just can’t believe how many Americans are so ignorant of history. Trump unlike Hitler hasn’t spent anytime in prison but pretty much every thing else about them is not so different. Trump has no intention of ever holding another election should he win, God forbid. Too many Americans have no concept of the history of the Nazi regime and what is happening now. Trump is evil, there I said it. He’s always been a person who only cares about himself and has fooled the masses. The Republicans are happy to use him to get the power they lust for but if they think they can control him they are wrong.Trump is so very obviously ill, he is showing obvious signs of Dementia! My husband died of this dreadful disease and the thought that the party would foist a man on the country who is slowly unwinding with a brain disease is beyond comprehension! Both Trumps parents died of Alzheimer’s! Trump intends to be a dictator ! He wants to crush Social Security something the Right has been after since 1935! Why do they hate it? Well of course it helps people, we can’t have that can we? But seriously how can you trust a political party that willingly chooses a man who has a felony record and dementia as your presidential candidate? It’s Insane and evil
Take a deep breath, Suzy. Don't make yourself sick, just remember to tell everyone your thoughts and encourage them to vote AGAINST the tyranny by voting BLUE up and down ballot. What you said here is accurate, and people need to hear it!
Thank you. Ever since I was a small child I would ask my mother was she sure Hitler was dead! She assured me he was! Little did I know there were people who admired him , why would I as a child? Trump terrifies me and the fact that he has so many followers shows that our schools have done a very very poor job teaching history of the 20th century. In fact I recall that we spent so much time on the early years of the American History that we barely reached the 1920’s ! I don’t know if they even teach 20th century history in high schools any more they call it Social Studies now! No wonder there is so much ignorance about the 1930’s and 40’s in America these days and people with a lack of education can easily be conned by a con artist like Trump! It’s time to take back our history lessons from Texas school book publishing companies that have vanished so much world and American history! This is the result! WWII was a Horror show and Trump will allow Putin to take Ukraine and most likely other former Eastern European countries that Putin thinks he’s entitled to because once Stalin had them! Please vote for Kamala and don’t let Comrade Trump do this!
trump is powerless if we give him no power. We have got this.
Yes we do.
If we elect the right people, we can improve the curriculum our students learn in school. History and civics should be mandatory in all schools.
And millions support him. How unfathomable is that? It is hard to wrap one's mind around the fact that millions of Americans want such a person to be president. How is that possible? Something is terribly wrong with Americans?
Put Country before recipes and crossword puzzles!
I am not trying be clever, but I hear from people that those are the reasons they keep subscribing to the NYTimes. You've got to be kidding! The paper goes out of its way to normalize a convicted felon and wannabe dictator for president, putting the future of our democracy and Constitution in jeopardy, and you keep subscribing for the recipes and crossword puzzles? There are plenty of other great sources for those things.
So, put Country before recipes and crossword puzzles (and really slimy journalism) and cancel your subscription to the NYTimes! Boycott the NYTimes!
I cancelled my subscription to the NYT's and WaPo but online versions run to early 2025. I use my remaining time to comment that they are not doing their journalistic job and normalizing a psychopathic criminal for president is a disgrace. A couple of my comments in articles (all well written, no bad language) have not been "printed". CNN is also unwatchable. IMO, far better education and truthful information comes from Dan Rather, Joyce Vance, Heather Cox Richardson, The Economist, BBC, NPR, MSNBC.
Janet, your sources are really good! I would also include Professor Reich to that list. He makes everything we're going through easy to understand.
Yup he is on my list . . .
Yes!! I have learned so much from Robert Reich!
Professor Reich has explained a lot for me and helps me understand everything that is going on. I have learned a lot from his videos.
Excellent sources, Janet! And, as another reader noted, Robert Reich is another good addition. I also follow George Conway, Charlie Sykes and The Bullwark. What I appreciate about these sources is that they are former Republicans - people who consider themselves fundamentally conservative - who are calling out the insanity of the GOP. I’m hoping people who have always followed traditional conservative pundits are still paying attention to them.
George Conway started his PsychoPac to fund very targeted anti-Trump ads that are broadcast on Fox to Palm Beach, Florida (Mar-A-Lago)and Bedminster, NewJersey (Trump’s Bedminster Golf Club.) Conway’s goal is to upset Trump in a very specific way so that he his very limited ability to campaign and make any sense in his public speaking. I applaud Conway’s efforts which are made with the help of an experienced Psychologist who shares our feelings of revulsion and alarm about Trump’s sociopathy and malignant narcissistic personality disorder. The Bulwark is now run by Tim Miller and Sarah Longwell. Charlie Sykes retired. Tim does the Bulwark podcast, which is mostly very good. Sarah Longwell has a podcast with George Conway called “George Conway tells Sarah Longwell about the legal issues of the day.” The song that opens the pod is worth hearing, even if you skip the pod.
Agree!
I did the same with the Washington Post, and I told them that was why I canceled my subscription (at that time they were biased against Biden). P.S. I can still get Solitaire there for free.
I play their Word wipe, but if I have to I can get that other places..Ijust bookmarked it years ago. Through the years I've had subscriptions to the WaPO on and off (usually based on dealt they have) but like you, no more, and I sent them and email telling them why...their giving trump a free pass to say/do anything he wants.
Done a long time ago and yes I miss the crossword puzzle.
Me too. Sad times. I'd been reading the NYT for close to 60 years. Heartbreaking to see it go so far downhill. Likewise CBS. However I am glad I've found the Meidas Touch Network, but I fear they mostly preach to the choir.
I only trust MSNBC which struggles probably because they actually tell the truth.I watch it every day it’s the BEST
You can always buy the crossword books at your book stores.
Some of us do spend $6 a month for the cuisine. That's it. I don't subscribe to either The Bezos Post or the Tarnished Lady.
You are correct the NYT should add hard hitting reminders of what Trump has done and will do again. And yet NYT’s editorial board endorsed him.
The editor is now some right winger
I'm hate to burst your bubble but it will not happen. The New York Times has an executive editor and a publisher who believe that democracy is not a form of government as defined by the likes of Britannica as " Democracy is a system of government in which power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or through freely elected ..." The publisher, therefor also the editor believe democracy is political.
Joseph Kahn, editor of the New York Times, doesn't believe in democracy as a system of government, to him and his boss, it is a position of a political party. Think about that.
"It’s our job to cover the full range of issues that people have. At the moment, democracy is one of them. But it’s not the top one — immigration happens to be the top [of polls], and the economy and inflation is the second. Should we stop covering those things because they’re favorable to Trump and minimize them? I don’t even know how it’s supposed to work in the view of Dan Pfeiffer or the White House. We become an instrument of the Biden campaign?"
Dan Fromkin, in a Press Watch article broke this rather noxious paragraph down this way:
In one small paragraph, Kahn outdid himself. He:
Dismissed the importance of democracy as a political issue.
Disclosed that the Times coverage is poll driven.
Asserted that coverage of the economy and immigration is favorable to Trump.
Whined that more coverage of democracy was tantamount to becoming a partisan publication.
This is the New York Times' view. This regime is now driven by $ and clicks - one in the same, actually - and the polls. Even their "endorsement" of VP Harris was cringe worthy. It was filled with both sides isms. It came across as editorial cowardice.
No, the New York Times aka the Gray Lady, under Kahn and Dash? It has turned into the Tarnished Lady.
Yes, they do not acknowledge the difference between a direct democracy and our representative democracy. Kahn also said at one point they used POLLING to decide what to cover. Democracy wasn’t the top issue.
This is an asinine argument. First of all the media is guaranteed protection in the Constitution so it can inform the public & help protect our country and rights. (If us little people lose our rights they will lose theirs.) Secondly, if NYT and others don’t cover something it isn’t going to percolate to the top of the polls. Third, is Kahn makes excuses that are at best misleading. For instance, implying NYT’s choice is to cover democracy OR mmigration.
Is NYT incapable of reporting on more than one major domestic issue? He presents a false choice as though we are too simple to recognize it.
Kahn in an interview with Ben Smith at Semafor —
— It’s our job to cover the full range of issues that people have. At the moment, democracy is one of them. But it’s not the top one — immigration happens to be the top [of polls], and the economy and inflation is the second. Should we stop covering those things because they’re favorable to Trump and minimize them? —
Covering issues favorable to trump is impartial but covering unfavorable issues abandons impartiality?
https://www.semafor.com/article/05/05/2024/joe-kahn-the-newsroom-is-not-a-safe-space
“Above the fold” will soon go the way of “hang up the phone”. Fewer every year & now only 4% of people prefer to read a print publication versus 58% on digital devices.
— Pew Research Center, Miid-September 2024.
“When asked which of these platforms they prefer to get news on, 58% of Americans say they prefer a digital device, far higher than the share who prefer TV (32%). Relatively few Americans prefer radio (6%) or print (4%).“
Not me. Not ever. But I read the NYT on line because a print subscription is too much money for me. As a former reporter, I love everything about a newspaper, including the fold, the ink on your fingertips and the smell of it all.
I gave up reading the print newspapers years ago. Partly because we never knew where it landed. Then the local paper went to recycled paper and a different ink(?). At any rate, it made me sneeze and hack. Besides features like bookmarking and searching the text for keywords were too handy to give up.
What I really dislike is too many use algorithms “based on your interests” to determine what you see. I just want to see the news and I’ll decide what my ‘interests’ are.
My husband collects old newspapers (1700’s onward). Part of the appeal is “touching” history by turning the pages of the paper (earliest were only a page or two and made from rags) as well as reading the “news of the day” before it became history.
I like both I still liked getting my local paper because I have fireplaces and newspapers come in very handy when cold weather comes along and you need it for your wood stove or fireplace. Naturally if you don’t live in a cold climate print isn’t necessary but what’s going to happen when there’s no more print ? I guess we will have to buy bundles of blank newsprint? I hate to see these large Newspapers go so right wing, guess they will pay for that in a big way eventually at least I hope so.
"Above the fold" also means, on a website, "At the top of the page; visible without scrolling down." Lots of figures of speech continue to be used outside their original contexts. Political consultants "cut" an ad, a reference to when sound used to be recorded by a needle making grooves in wax. Before vinyl. Before magnetic tape. Before CDs. Before mp3s, all of which we are also said to "cut."
I see your point. Maybe it will survive but I’m inclined to think not. It’s losing its meaning which is location of import news on a page. These days 2 people looking at the same publication’s front page may see different content. Plus, the main page of local papers often have articles on sports & rabid skunks ‘above the fold’. Nothing of national, state or local importance.
Maybe it will mean “the stuff you like important or not”
https://newsliteracymatters.com/2022/03/14/q-is-the-personalization-of-news-inherently-bad-if-so-how-do-we-combat-it/
I'd love to read a hardcopy newspaper every day like I used to, but I can't afford it! Digital is much less expensive, as it should be, and I've gotten used to it.
I for one will never forget. The TRUMP ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY is right there with 9/11/2001 and the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Americans and the world in general seem to be forgetting the benefits of democracy. Many countries are plagued by far right wing extremists.
The choice should be clear. Check your voter registration and vote. Vote like your life depends on it, because it does.
Yes the New York Times and WAPO seem to fail us by not putting these events at the TOP of their news papers!!!!
And then they endorse Harris so they can have it both ways w/ their sloppy gotcha articles about her. Pathetic choices by editor, investors, owners.
I’ve had it up to above my fold with The NYT! In fact, I am seriously considering canceling my decades-old subscription. Clearly, it has lost its journalistic compass and its integrity has gone south.
A monster is running to be president with an another monster at his side. An editorial in a paper in Canada wrote “ America , what is wrong with you. “ indeed !!!!
Many countries are wondering why Americans are supporting this awful man.
I’m full-blown, native-born American, and I also wonder why some fellow Americans support this dude. Especially veterans, who TFG has disparaged repeatedly; that just boggles my mind. And if ever there was a treasonous act in modern America, Jan. 6 was it. And the Instigator-in-Chief must pay a heavy price for his role in it.
The corrupt six skeezy justices on the SCOTUS should pay a heavy price for their corruption, which is a form of treason.
I wonder the same thing and I live here.
You can tell them that the answer is mainly racism. Not entirely, but mainly.
And they want to take women back to the 50's.
The 1850s.
Canadians have beeen wondering about that since 1916.
It's a very good question. The correct answer would get Harris elected in a landslide. Trump is demented, Vance is mad, together they will make things even worse for poor, white, Americans, yet the MAGA crowd love them. Hint, we must have a serious discussion about the conflicting metaphysical world views of religion and science. Another hint, most of the white men who demeaned women and discriminated against blacks are now dead. The rules have changed, and while it's OK to demand, hell insist, on change perhaps we should stop billing MAGA for the sins of their fathers. Finally when you ask someone to vote for Harris because she's a qualified American, you ask them to vote for someone of their own tribe. When you ask men to vote for Harris because she's an American woman, the first woman President, you ask them to vote for someone from another tribe - a tribe that appears to hate MAGA men.
Our allies are wondering why so many Americans can't make this same distinction. Hard to say how much Jack Smith’s very damaging brief will have on those hard to educate MAGA voters, but one thing is clear, the GOP nominee isn't playing with a full deck and the only thing he gives a damn about is staying out of prison. Here's to more roaches and among other things in that Mar a Lago punch bowl.
Cheers!
Sadly, with MAGA's warped thinking the Smith indictment fuels the "Trump as martyr myth."
I think this video goes a long way towards explaining things:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX-5jmQplIo
There's a disconnect between who they think they're voting for and the real Donald Trump. Fox news plus an army of other news channels and internet influencers that take everything Trump says and does and tell people what to think about it, how to react to it, and how to feel about it. A continuation of the image of Trump created by The Apprentice. It's like they're trying to prove they can sell an air conditioner to an Eskimo, or that they can truly put lipstick on a pig and sell it as the most beautiful model you've ever seen.
If one gives themselves a steady diet of these news outlets, there's Trump and what everyone is saying about Trump, which are two VERY different things.
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I too wonder what’s wrong with us! But one of y nemesis is Fox Noise! I sincerely believe that that odious channel is responsible for so much damage and misinformation being spread amount the less sophisticated population. They set out to damage us and have successfully succeeded. They’ve indoctrinated millions of Americans! I wish they’d lose their broadcast licenses. Canada won’t give them one because they lie. We have allowed their propaganda to stain our nation ala Joseph Goebbles style! It’s come from within, Trumps favorite network!
Fox News, not for long. No worries. Trust me KH is winning. We will all celebrate the night of November, 5th
Thank you
FYLTGE
So so true David Allen
Lack of education and a Supreme Court that is not doing its duty to serve the country and the constitution
We will never forget. And long after we're gone, it will not be forgotten. Thanks, Jack Smith. "Justice for all" will move us forward.
Smith will go down in the history books as a true hero.
Jack Smith, as Dan said, is heroic. He and his legal team have had to take on a monster with powerful follwers in an alternative universe. Now the monster has a younger monster "helping" to create disinformation and general nastiness. The rub is that there has been so much harsh reality, blurry for so long that many of us have been blinded by it. I hope heroes like Jack Smith, Liz Cheney, heck, even Mike Pence, will be remembered with respect after this nightmarish era is over. I hope the nightmare ends in November.
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I just watched the event at Ripon College in Wisconsin with Liz Cheney and Vice President Harris. Ripon is known as being the origins of the GOP. This is a real game changer. The theme is “Country Over Party”. I’m sure this type of event will go forward in the 32 days before November 5. Perhaps some of the many military people who have endorsed Vice President Harris will be included in future events like this. It was just incredible. I will watch it again. Both of these women are so intelligent, articulate, and care about our Democracy so much.
Despite roadblocks as Trump does with legal issues in hopes they will go away, Jack Smith has kept his focus and worked around all of the hurdles the Trump team and the Supreme Court have thrown his way. I have great respect and appreciation of his diligence. And yes, the media should be putting all of these details in front of the public but they have certainly lost their way.
Trump would have never gotten as far as he did without the media reporting about him daily for 8 years. They put his face and actions in the public consciousness repeatedly. Even when he lost the election in 2020 all they talked about was Trump. No one person has ever got that much air time previously.
Trump sells, always has, and because most media is now owned by conglomerates that have little interest in anything other than year-end profits, the message passed down the line to reporters and editors is 'cover the money stories'. Trump is the money story. I have some education and experience in the field of journalism, old style journalism, real newsmen not media personalities. When I watched the TV media coverage of Trump and the Mrs. descending the golden escalator in Trump Tower on June 16, 2015, I wanted to vomit. Trump said the coverage was like the Academy Awards, and it was. His ascent from on high played well to the Tea Party/evangelical crowd whose religious leaders were already preaching from their pulpits that Trump was sent by God to put religion into government. The media that day covered the ascent from on high because it would sell, not because it was integral to his announcement that he would be running for the Office of President. Turning the cameras on when he reached the podium would have sufficed, should have sufficed.
Reading Jack Smith’s indictment is well worth the time. Yes, the names are redacted, but many are easy to decipher. I found it interesting to put the pieces together and figure out which of his partners in crime was being discussed. CC1 is Rudy. That was easy! I challenge everyone to read it, and while learning a ton, you can also see how many culprits you can detect.
I feel strongly that Jack Smith is the right man for the job. He doesn’t seek the limelight. He hasn’t let obstacles derail his purpose. His filings pack a punch written so that most people can understand the key points & are thorough.
Canada is cheering you on all the way!!! Go ,La and Coach!!!🇨🇦🇺🇸
thank you, thank you, thank you Canada!
If only we could vote for ,La!!! She is wonderful!!
YWS WE ARE!!!
I was watching the election certification ceremony live, because at (then) 79 years of age, I had never felt the need to do so. Because we had already heard Trump's call to our Secretary of State, asking him to "find" votes that would put him over the top in Georgia, I felt compelled to do so. Watching that mob invade a sacred space, watching Capitol Police be pummelled, twisted my heart and my stomach. We cannot forget, or minimize that day. That was a near a treasonous (yes, I dare to use that word) coup as had ever happened in my long life. Now, at 82, I am determined to everything possible to keep that man and his disgusting toadies away from anything to do with government. Please vote, urge your friends and neighbors to vote, and don't forget how important the down-ballot races are.
I did the exact same thing,I went on YouTube to watch it.It is supposed to be an actual boring affair,but very quickly it was anything but.
What made me do it,was just after the election,tfg was already screaming his head off,about"being cheated","fraud",etc,the ramblings of a Sore Loser.There was a petition signed by dozens of Republicans in all areas of Local,State,and Federal government,trying to get alternate electors,trying to convince regular people to believe he"won"(spoiler alert:HE DID NOT WIN!!!)and I remember reading that these people were traitors pulling this bullshit.I remember being appalled,thinking,"What the hell are you doing??"
And the now disbarred attorneys attempting to convince judges to literally overturn an election,based solely on lies,and got door after door slammed in their faces.
And of course,The Call to Georgia's Secretary of State,asking this public official to"find"(out of literally thin air)enough votes to"help him win".That should have been enough to get him jailed on the spot,if you ask me.How the hell is an act like that"Official"??
Tfg showed his true colors when he put people up to this shit,and then refused to stop it.That he actually sanctioned seeing his own vice president potentially killed by this treasonous mob,should still tell everyone how truly unqualified he is as a candidate for any office.
I will NEVER FORGET!!!!!Neither should any of us who care about our country!This Sore Loser needs to go the hell away and stay away!
I am in hopes that steps are quietly being taken to stop dead in its tracks,any and all dirty tricks tfg might be planning.I personally would love to see anything they try,to meet a wall of resistance they can't bully and they are the ones forced into submission.And if any type of crap like this remotely tries to happen,tfg the Sore Loser needs to be arrested and hauled in front of a judge!We will ALL know he would be behind it!
Jack Smith needs to keep fighting for this to finally get done,to convict tfg of this wrongdoing.Tfg needs to be taught a lesson he will never forget.
Then,and only then,can we finally move forward,and make sure this can't happen again.
I cried through the horrific attack. I still see the noose hanging, the officers attacked and the blatant hatred. To see trump spew more hatred and lies clearly proves he is a traitor, plain & simple. The insurrection was & still is the reason we must never forget! Lock him up🇺🇸💙
Thank you Dan Rather. I miss you on the evening news. And thanks for telling us about the documentary on You Tube “Fight Like Hell”.
December 7th has always been called the day of infamy, when the United States at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu was attacked by the Japanese. But the United States was attacked a total of 3 times: the first was on August 24, 1814 when the British army burned Washington DC during the War of 1812; the second was of course Pearl Harbor; and the third was September 11, 2001. But there was one more time and that was the most infamous of them all because it wasn't another country that attacked us but our own citizens urged on by a rabid narcissist who's only thought was that he had to fight like hell to keep his power. Not too long ago, the former governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, said in words to the effect that most Americans are over January 6th. I strongly disagree. We should never get over it, we should never forget it because if those rioters succeeded in stopping the official counting of the electoral ballots, the United States of America would, for all intent and purposes, have ended. No one, except may American History teachers, remembers August 24, 1814. All of us remember December 7th as it is clearly marked on our calendars as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, and September 11th, now called Patriots Day, is remembered by the solemn ringing of the Fireman's Bell at Ground Zero and Shenksville. But what do we call January 6th? I don't know, but it should always be remembered for what we almost lost, because we had to fight like hell to keep it. And now we have to do it again...vote like hell.
Not as many people talk about it on a day-to-day basis. The GOP keeps saying things like it’s in the past and people want to move on - or as Walker claimed most Americans are over it. They say similar things about school shootings.
First of all, not talking about something does not mean people no longer care. Secondly, it is an attempt to convince us not hearing about means it is not important.
I hope American’s prove them wrong at the ballot box.
We need to work as hard as we can in whatever ways we can to make sure Harris wins. As has been said over and over, this is our last chance. I hope no one gets complacent and that just the opposite happens...donations go up, volunteers increase. It would be nice if the MSM cared about democracy, but they do not so it is up to us.
Ann, these same people that claim J6 is over and in the past want to take our country back to the past when women had no voice and a king ruled over them! The GOP today using Project 2025/Agenda 47/AFPI Blueprint want to take away the rights and freedoms we have enjoyed for many years. Womens' right to choose healthcare with their doctor, voting rights, the right to choose who we love and our identity, the right to read what we want and what religion we choose or not choose. They say J6 is over and we need to focus on the future but their future is our past and we must never go back! Vote blue, America, up and down the ballot!
It’s all true. Only one candidate says ‘vote for me and you’ll never need to vote again.’ Voting is our voice.
This is election the most important policy “detail” for voters is use it or lose it.
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I'm afraid that 1/6 will fall into the same category as....say......Bacon's Rebellion? John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry unless Jack Smith prevails. I think he will.
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I will move on when trump is no longer allowed to hold any office in our United States of America, but, I will never forget or "get over it" 🇺🇸💙
How on earth can these people vote for a criminal with dementia? It boggles the mind!
I don't get it either 🤷🏼♀️
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Jan 6 is not like those other days, when America was attacked by foreign forces. Its predecessor is April 12, 1861, when insurrectionists fired upon Fort Sumter.
You are correct. And we had to fight like hell to keep the nation whole.
Susan, I will always call it an attempted insurrection. No one will ever change my mind about what happened because I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears. It was an attempt to stop the certification process and install the orange man as leader against the will of the majority of American citizens. It must never be allowed to happen again. Vote blue, America, up and down the ballot!
I will never get over Jan. 6.
Thank goodness for Jack Smith. I'm glad to see Smith put to rest any question of what transpired and how.
I've always had family living in NY. Before The Apprentice, Trump was a well-known player; a cheat, a liar and a slimy human. He lied and cheated his way to "fortune"; his gaudy presence was reviled by most and envied by some. The fact that the NYT and WaPo seem to just accept the fact that he terrorized the American public by normalizing (in other words - "we've heard it before") his behavior is, most certainly, not holding him responsible. That is, exactly, what happened with Hitler. His behavior was normalized and, as he became more and more lethal over time, it was accepted. Shouldn't we be better than this?
Exactly! The Republicans are despicable for allowing this criminal to lead this country!
Donald Trump needs to think of a future where Jack Smith, the court, and the jury find him guiltiy, and what his life is going to be like in prison or under house arrest. More power to Mr. Smith.
We, on the other hand, can look to the future when democracy and civility once again hold sway in our government and we can move forward without the obstruction of the MAGA cult. It will take a majority of Democrats to get out the vote, and it may take more than this election to do it, but it's a fine place to start. As my aunt would have said, "get to it."
If we continue to work very hard we hopefully can look forward to that future. But it seems that due to the electoral college it is still a very close race. At least that is what the polls say and I have no idea if they are anywhere close to accurate. But we sure have to act as if they are and do all we can to support a Harris/Walz win.
It's getting close enough to the end that the polls aren't likely to change very much, and the final poll is the one that counts -- the votes that we cast at this very important election.
You are right about the polls but I think we still have time to change people's minds from undecided to Harris and all I know is I'm doing all I can to do that. Sadly for me all I can do is donate and not very much but for me it's a lot. I live in an area where it is unsafe to let people you know you do not support trump, both because of threats to the well being of your farm and because local folks you rely on to care for your animals or even yourself can suddenly find that the are just too busy to see you. My phone is not reliable and often has a poor connection and my arthritis makes my handwriting not very readable. But my credit is good, and I am donating all I can!
He can goto a prison hospital for his dementia! He’s so obviously out of it!
“ We need to take a moment to salute what Smith and his team have accomplished, despite all the obstacles thrown their way. ”. It is hopeful to see courageous and heroic behavior to uphold the rule of law in this dangerous time,
Dan, quite an article. Ever so accurate, as always. Some of us remember the day vividly. But I’m sure the MAGA group and some of its fringes don’t. Or maybe they don’t care, which is probably worse. I guess to many people the price of a dozen eggs is more important. ( do they not realize there’s an avian flu that’s been going around for 3 years that’s killing chickens….supply and demand…economics 101). I just wish the media would be as forceful in condemning Trump as you are. And other Republicans should be loud and pointed as well. And the psychiatric profession should say blankety he is DEMENTED and UNFIT. We only have 33 days so please, everyone, speak up. And don’t tone down the rhetoric.
And am raising a glass and toasting Jack Smith for his perseverance. The man is a trooper and wants to win. Quitters don’t win and winners don’t quit. Keep going Jack Smith; you can do it.
Shana Tova to all who are observing the Jewish New Year! 5785; that’s a long long time. Let’s hope this upcoming trip around the sun is a very good one. One without DT.
What I want to know is:
• Just how much are they willing to give up for less expensive eggs & gas?
• Will it be like ‘infrastructure week’ and the ‘plan to improve the ACA’, minus our freedom?
https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/did-mussolini-really-keep-trains-running-on-time.htm
Ummmmm, I live in a blue state, a very blue state and I can pay $5 a dozen for fresh eggs and under $4 a gallon. The question is: How long are gougers going to be allowed to gouge? And how long are rapacious grocery chains going to be allowed to drive out smaller chains? The turgid turd lies, and the slick OSU grad does too. But, they are great at smoke and mirrors.
OK, I live in a very very red state. We pay less than $4 dz for extra large eggs & about the same as you for gasoline.
My question is: How much will people give up to get cheaper eggs & gas?
I’m don’t see the sense of electing a dictator because prices are too high. The ROI doesn’t look so good to me.
In our state you can file a complaint with the AG’s office. Odds are nothing will come of it. The governor can issue an Executive Order during a state of emergency to activate a specific price gouging statute.
I’d guess politicians have a hard time defining price gouging versus supply & demand. It’s tricky territory. Then there are the lobbyists who lobby, donate & have 0 interest in dialing back profits so nothing happens.
Harris has proposed that Congress pass federal price gouging legislation. The GOP called it price fixing. Truth be told, presidents don’t control prices. They can implement good policies if they have the support.
Absolutely, and prices of eggs and a loaf of bread or gas always changes and are determined by the market place. President’s term is always caught in favorable and unfavorable economic cycle’s. A lot of factors are beyond control. Covid, a world wide phenomenon messed up supply chain. I remember having to wait 13 months for a piece of metal on 4 wheels called a ‘ car’. Why is Trump getting credit for economy. What did he do ? Mismanaged covid, as a result a million people died in USA, that’s not a joke, in supposed to be the most powerful country in the world. He declared bankruptcies a number of times, besides being morally bankrupt too.
DEFEAT TREASONOUS TERRORISTS FELONS NAZIS AND CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE
Unfortunately Trumps voters have no idea what a shallow person he is, they only admire him for his so called wealth and his hatred of Mexicans and Blacks. It’s sick. Do they even realize that Mexicans were living here well before any White men stepped ashore? This is not a White only country! That’s ridiculous and a lie!