That was amazing so sick of people saying Biden is a horrible president. Whatever rock they live under they need to stay there when it’s election time.
A day many of us will never forget—trump coming down that escalator & talking about immigrants as rapists & murderers! I actually thought it was a Saturday Night Live skit at first! Too bad it wasn’t….
And it may never happen since the SCOTUS is trying to downplay J6 & twist things around. Clarence Thomas should recuse himself because of his wife Ginny was involved in the Insurrection. SCOTUS has lost its integrity and I have no respect for the 6 conservative justices at all.
Here were two GOP MOC’s in 2017, that Speaker McCarthy outed as being on Putin’s Payroll. Who knows how many more in 2024, are ROLLING IN RUSSIAN RUBLES? Traitors, the lot of them.
Not surprised at all. I live right across the border from her district and remember her ads and signs in 2020, when she was running against a Neurologist from Rome. I was in disbelief when this went to a runoff and she won. Her ads showed using Nancy Pelosi as her shooting target with her AR-15. She was the most repulsive thing I had seen in politics. I thought the suburbs in North Georgia near Chattanooga would reject her, but that didn't happen.
The Neurologist had Dr. Ben Carson as a former Neurology Professor and sought his help. "Nope" said the Trump sycophant. He knew he lost. The whole Republican Party is trash and spineless.
The whole point of our Declaration of Independence was to court the help of other nations in our struggle for separation from England. And the French eventually did so, at first clandestinely, and after Saratoga openly. Yes, French motives were mixed, but the simple fact remains that without French military supplies, Rochambeau's army, and de Grasse's naval squadron, Yorktown would have turned out very differently and the treaty of Paris might never have happened.
I am not advocating that we send troops to the Ukraine, and they have not asked for them They merely want the same thing that saved us; our support in the most useful way we can provide it.
What I dont understand is why they do not see Putin's land grab in the Ukraine just like Hitler's grab of Czechoslovakia. If Putin is not stopped in Ukraine, what will he take next??
And I am sick of the republicans trying to destroy this country. They are rudderless, and all of them need to be voted out this November without exception.
The GOP is desecrating the honor and service of those American servicemen, from Arlington National Cemetery to Normandy, Ardennes, Sicily-Rome American Cemetary, and many many more, not to mention those sacrificing on the home front, losing loved ones, helping the War effort (Rosie Rivetors, giving blood, buying War Bonds) whom gave the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms that the GOP defiles with their venality. The GOP is utterly detestable.
Indeed. Anyone paying attention can see their fascist policies. They blame democrats of interfering in Americans lives. Yet it is their policies that actually restrict our freedoms.
That is the first principle of fascist take over. Pick someone to hate and do under cover whar you accuse them of doing. We all see it. Any serious journalist says it.
Johnson should to put his country first over Trump. Liz Cheney did because she could see our Democracy was being threatened. She sacrificed her seat for her country. I admired her courage for doing this.
Great piece Dan. Seems like every time I've seen Zelensky's face lately the look of anguish on his face just gets worse and worse. 💔😢
Feel so powerless. I've called my Representative Victoria Spartz more than a few times, who btw is FROM Ukraine and have expressed my displeasure with the situation. How can she turn her back on her very own Country?!! How can she even sleep at night?!! Makes me sick.
I've about lost all hope that anything will get done. Every single one of the #Chaos Caucas has Blood on their hands. Every single one. From January 6th to Ukraine. Damn them all!!!!
We MUST repudiate this evil in November. We must. Or America is truly lost forever. 💔🇺🇸💙
If only there were a couple of Republicans with integrity and courage who would just decide to caucus with the Democrats in order to save us from all this dysfunction and put an actual adult in the Speaker's chair.
Thank you again Dan for stating so eloquently what needs to be said. The House GOP disfunction is shameful, and costing lives in Ukraine daily. Without the intestinal fortitude to support our ally and defend democracy here and in Europe, they may as well join Putin in his evil ambitions. Moscow Marge and her sycophants are despicable. Keep up the fine work Dan you are inspiring.
It's a wonderful thing to see Nobel Laureate Marjorie Taylor Greene advising Mike JOhnson and serving as the GOP's shadow Secretary of State. I had been raised on the idea that foreign policy stoped at our shores and that the team that's out of power would be gracious about it.
Exactly!! But as we know norms and traditions mean absolutely nothing to these people. They have aligned completely with Russia. For the life of me I will never understand why. And they say we hate America....What a joke!! Makes me so damn mad and heartbroken I can hardly stand it. 💔💔💔
I agree. And THEY are the one's who hate America. The orange traitor is forever saying that this country is worthless crap...if he really thinks that, he is free to leave. And I wish he would.
If he thinks the country is worthless crap, why doesn’t he go live with his boyfriend Vlad. I would be happy to help him pack. Why if he feels this way does he want to be President so badly? What a moron!
Shamefully, perhaps, but I believe with some justification, I keep hoping to wake in the morning to the radio saying: we interrupt our regular programming for a special report: at his Mara Laga Resort in Florida, former President Donny fRump was found unresponsive by a maid.. Paramedics arrived quickly & wisked fRump to a local hospital. A number of reporters & bystanders reported hearing those 1st responders use words like 'stroke' & 'unconscious', shaking their heads back & forth at the same time. Melania fTrump was seen leaning against a wall & watching the proceedings. No other family members were seen...
Soon!! I wish the rump will scurry away with his tail between his legs. However, I believe his cogs are slipping & soon he will just be a babbling idiot- he's getting very close ....
The will of millions of Americans, to support Ukraine are being thwarted by a woman, elected to Congress by a few thousand bigots. She scares a lily livered man from Alabama, who was elected to Congress by a few thousand Evangelical Alabamians, by threatening his manhood!! Does he have the balls to do the right thing?
Does anyone yearn for the Speakers of yore ? Sam Rayburn? Lyndon Johnson ? They were really Speakers ! No one ever doubted that they could assume the Presidency if needed. This poor beleaguered Johnson is managing to stay afloat but it is minute by minute. I don’t think he could manage the local 7/11. A real speaker would have shoved Marjorie Taylor Green into a back row seat and never acknowledged her. Her and her spooky friends. I can’t wait until tomorrow ! Maybe something will be passed in the House !
I asked a friend about M.T. Greene's power and he suggested that her power may derive from the fact that the GOP has such a small majority that their leadership does not dare silence her.
I would be interested to learn more opinions.
Frankly, I find MTG to be a rude embarrassment to her position.
The only hope is that the democrats raise enough funds to inundate the media with ads which proclaim the truth, as the MAGA controlled media show only Trump's side. His sycophants have no idea of the truth. Fools like MTG spread the same lies and the same folks swallow them. They have no idea what would happen if Ukraine falls to Putin. The same is true of those blocking bridges and highways supposedly supporting the Palestinians. Shpuld Israel fail again, the results would be catastrophic with worldwide repercussions. We are on the edge of destruction in more ways than one, and it doesn't have to happen. G_d help us if people don't wake up soon....................
Raising a substantial fund may not be so difficult. The latest reports have shown that the DNC is in far better financial shape than the RNC, and with Lara Trump in charge of the latter, the lion's share of those funds will be diverted to Trump. The Republican Party isn't bringing in the bucks that it used to.
We all need to do our upmost to put a stop to this B.S. I asked myself recently how much it is worth to keep trump out of the White House. And came to the conclusion that I need to increase my donations to the Democratic Party.
The House Republicans need to be thrown out on November, 5th. The Speaker is guilty of siding with 45th on ‘ stolen election theory’. What else can you expect. As for MTG, James Carville, democratic strategist put it best “ white trash”. Forgive me, please I am just the messenger.
Foreign leaders are very skilled in wearing out thin the patience of the American people. In all fairness I may add we are pretty impatient people living in an “ instant gratifying society “.
The Biden Administration could also have an ulterior motive here — they want to see Russia bleed ( militarily) slowly and surely.
European countries are helping Ukraine too, big time. What US should do is provide aid to Ukraine fast and furious to thwart any Russian annexation plans. If not, it will be Poland, Finland, Norway and God knows what for Putin. What would stop him from shooting an ICBM to NYC ? Haven’t we seen enough with attack on WTC ?
How can the idiots in the Congress have such a short memory.
Besides finishing traitors abroad, there are plenty of them at home.
When you have snakes in your backyard, they soon enter your home.
Do you think senior members of the GOP agree with Ken Buck? He doesn't admit to thinking Greene and Trump are in league with Putin. But Greene sure appears to be. Do Georgians in the 14th District also love supporting Putin? That would be a very strange turn of events.
There are so many Republican traitors in Congress who should go ahead and move to Russia already.
The biggest traitor of them all is Trump, who Biden slammed hard today https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/biden-slammed-sleepy-don-so-hard
And I hope the 'slams' get louder and more frequent.
I agree! I’m sure they will Celeste!!
That was amazing so sick of people saying Biden is a horrible president. Whatever rock they live under they need to stay there when it’s election time.
They WERE under those rocks until the new face of fascism came down the gilded elevator.
A day many of us will never forget—trump coming down that escalator & talking about immigrants as rapists & murderers! I actually thought it was a Saturday Night Live skit at first! Too bad it wasn’t….
Yes , they do and VOTE for our Democracy.
Thanks, Scott. Your review of the speech was very welcome.
Thank you Susie!
Well written, Scott.
Thank you
Thank you for the compliment and for reading Rajiv
Sure thing, common sense, very un common in these turbulent times.
Thank you
Thanks for making my day. It is my hope that Biden wins in a landslide. You gave me hope that he can and will succeed!
So glad to hear Ilene!
Thank you for sharing this post.
Biden struck every blow towards Trump. It was great to read.
Great to hear Patricia! Thank you!
Thank you!
…and the investigation into these traitors’ participation in J6 haven’t even started!
And it may never happen since the SCOTUS is trying to downplay J6 & twist things around. Clarence Thomas should recuse himself because of his wife Ginny was involved in the Insurrection. SCOTUS has lost its integrity and I have no respect for the 6 conservative justices at all.
Sickening.
Or has it? … 🤔
Isn’t Gym Jordan +/-600 days snubbing a Congressional subpoena?
I believe so
Here were two GOP MOC’s in 2017, that Speaker McCarthy outed as being on Putin’s Payroll. Who knows how many more in 2024, are ROLLING IN RUSSIAN RUBLES? Traitors, the lot of them.
https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/california-playbook/2017/05/18/guilfoyle-a-no-go-as-whouse-press-sec-mccarthy-tape-putin-pays-trump-rohrabacher-bauman-de-leon-in-new-ads-220368
Yes let them move to Russia now including orange face unless he is put in prison first where he belongs.
Since they love it so much and follow Putin
To them: Don’t let the door hit you in the butt!
I wish they would, but I don’t think they’d last long.
I dunno a lot are subservient to overlords
Not surprised at all. I live right across the border from her district and remember her ads and signs in 2020, when she was running against a Neurologist from Rome. I was in disbelief when this went to a runoff and she won. Her ads showed using Nancy Pelosi as her shooting target with her AR-15. She was the most repulsive thing I had seen in politics. I thought the suburbs in North Georgia near Chattanooga would reject her, but that didn't happen.
The Neurologist had Dr. Ben Carson as a former Neurology Professor and sought his help. "Nope" said the Trump sycophant. He knew he lost. The whole Republican Party is trash and spineless.
She truly is despicable!
The repugs are Trash , Spineless, & Repulsive !! I also believe many of them are wicked....
The whole point of our Declaration of Independence was to court the help of other nations in our struggle for separation from England. And the French eventually did so, at first clandestinely, and after Saratoga openly. Yes, French motives were mixed, but the simple fact remains that without French military supplies, Rochambeau's army, and de Grasse's naval squadron, Yorktown would have turned out very differently and the treaty of Paris might never have happened.
I am not advocating that we send troops to the Ukraine, and they have not asked for them They merely want the same thing that saved us; our support in the most useful way we can provide it.
Damn. Well said, James. Well said. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Yes, very well stated!
What I dont understand is why they do not see Putin's land grab in the Ukraine just like Hitler's grab of Czechoslovakia. If Putin is not stopped in Ukraine, what will he take next??
Mike Johnson said, “I don’t like this reality. Vladimir Putin is an evil war criminal.”
Citizen Trump TOLD HIM TO SAY, “Vladimir Putin will not lose this war.”
I am sickened by republican indifference to our allies.
And I am sick of the republicans trying to destroy this country. They are rudderless, and all of them need to be voted out this November without exception.
Sadly, this is almost impossible due to gerrymandering making so many of the districts safe.
Still worth working for, the landslide we need. They won't all go, but most is good for now.
I'm not sure how the 'most for now' is good enough.
The GOP is desecrating the honor and service of those American servicemen, from Arlington National Cemetery to Normandy, Ardennes, Sicily-Rome American Cemetary, and many many more, not to mention those sacrificing on the home front, losing loved ones, helping the War effort (Rosie Rivetors, giving blood, buying War Bonds) whom gave the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms that the GOP defiles with their venality. The GOP is utterly detestable.
Indeed. Anyone paying attention can see their fascist policies. They blame democrats of interfering in Americans lives. Yet it is their policies that actually restrict our freedoms.
That is the first principle of fascist take over. Pick someone to hate and do under cover whar you accuse them of doing. We all see it. Any serious journalist says it.
I think you’re right. And for what? More tax breaks? Soulless bunch of creeps.
ABSOLUTELY!!!
Actually, I am sickened by Republicans in general at this point.
Johnson should to put his country first over Trump. Liz Cheney did because she could see our Democracy was being threatened. She sacrificed her seat for her country. I admired her courage for doing this.
Great piece Dan. Seems like every time I've seen Zelensky's face lately the look of anguish on his face just gets worse and worse. 💔😢
Feel so powerless. I've called my Representative Victoria Spartz more than a few times, who btw is FROM Ukraine and have expressed my displeasure with the situation. How can she turn her back on her very own Country?!! How can she even sleep at night?!! Makes me sick.
I've about lost all hope that anything will get done. Every single one of the #Chaos Caucas has Blood on their hands. Every single one. From January 6th to Ukraine. Damn them all!!!!
We MUST repudiate this evil in November. We must. Or America is truly lost forever. 💔🇺🇸💙
Dan, I’m almost 78, and I’ve been a weekly newspaper editor in Georgia for 55 years. I followed my father who retired early after 25 years.
You’ve been a guiding light in journalism all my adult life and I’m so thankful that light is still burning brightly.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts every morning.
You can say that again, Roy, for me as well,
I have no journalism background though, lol
76 here, and appreciating every writing. Thank you for Steady.
If only there were a couple of Republicans with integrity and courage who would just decide to caucus with the Democrats in order to save us from all this dysfunction and put an actual adult in the Speaker's chair.
Thank you again Dan for stating so eloquently what needs to be said. The House GOP disfunction is shameful, and costing lives in Ukraine daily. Without the intestinal fortitude to support our ally and defend democracy here and in Europe, they may as well join Putin in his evil ambitions. Moscow Marge and her sycophants are despicable. Keep up the fine work Dan you are inspiring.
The GOP are traitors, full stop.
It's a wonderful thing to see Nobel Laureate Marjorie Taylor Greene advising Mike JOhnson and serving as the GOP's shadow Secretary of State. I had been raised on the idea that foreign policy stoped at our shores and that the team that's out of power would be gracious about it.
Exactly!! But as we know norms and traditions mean absolutely nothing to these people. They have aligned completely with Russia. For the life of me I will never understand why. And they say we hate America....What a joke!! Makes me so damn mad and heartbroken I can hardly stand it. 💔💔💔
I agree. And THEY are the one's who hate America. The orange traitor is forever saying that this country is worthless crap...if he really thinks that, he is free to leave. And I wish he would.
If he thinks the country is worthless crap, why doesn’t he go live with his boyfriend Vlad. I would be happy to help him pack. Why if he feels this way does he want to be President so badly? What a moron!
He wants the power & attention..
Shamefully, perhaps, but I believe with some justification, I keep hoping to wake in the morning to the radio saying: we interrupt our regular programming for a special report: at his Mara Laga Resort in Florida, former President Donny fRump was found unresponsive by a maid.. Paramedics arrived quickly & wisked fRump to a local hospital. A number of reporters & bystanders reported hearing those 1st responders use words like 'stroke' & 'unconscious', shaking their heads back & forth at the same time. Melania fTrump was seen leaning against a wall & watching the proceedings. No other family members were seen...
.
Wow! Yes indeed!!
Me too Celeste!! Me too.
Soon!! I wish the rump will scurry away with his tail between his legs. However, I believe his cogs are slipping & soon he will just be a babbling idiot- he's getting very close ....
We know who and what the worthless crap is..
The will of millions of Americans, to support Ukraine are being thwarted by a woman, elected to Congress by a few thousand bigots. She scares a lily livered man from Alabama, who was elected to Congress by a few thousand Evangelical Alabamians, by threatening his manhood!! Does he have the balls to do the right thing?
He sure doesn't seem to does he?! Sickening isn't it?!
Despicable Donald is Traitor #1.
Does anyone yearn for the Speakers of yore ? Sam Rayburn? Lyndon Johnson ? They were really Speakers ! No one ever doubted that they could assume the Presidency if needed. This poor beleaguered Johnson is managing to stay afloat but it is minute by minute. I don’t think he could manage the local 7/11. A real speaker would have shoved Marjorie Taylor Green into a back row seat and never acknowledged her. Her and her spooky friends. I can’t wait until tomorrow ! Maybe something will be passed in the House !
I keep wondering why/ how M.Taylor Green has so much power?
Anyone know?
I asked a friend about M.T. Greene's power and he suggested that her power may derive from the fact that the GOP has such a small majority that their leadership does not dare silence her.
I would be interested to learn more opinions.
Frankly, I find MTG to be a rude embarrassment to her position.
I believe that is a mild understatement !!
I agree!! HOW???
2 names...trump & putin. That's the how & the why of it.
The only hope is that the democrats raise enough funds to inundate the media with ads which proclaim the truth, as the MAGA controlled media show only Trump's side. His sycophants have no idea of the truth. Fools like MTG spread the same lies and the same folks swallow them. They have no idea what would happen if Ukraine falls to Putin. The same is true of those blocking bridges and highways supposedly supporting the Palestinians. Shpuld Israel fail again, the results would be catastrophic with worldwide repercussions. We are on the edge of destruction in more ways than one, and it doesn't have to happen. G_d help us if people don't wake up soon....................
Raising a substantial fund may not be so difficult. The latest reports have shown that the DNC is in far better financial shape than the RNC, and with Lara Trump in charge of the latter, the lion's share of those funds will be diverted to Trump. The Republican Party isn't bringing in the bucks that it used to.
We all need to do our upmost to put a stop to this B.S. I asked myself recently how much it is worth to keep trump out of the White House. And came to the conclusion that I need to increase my donations to the Democratic Party.
Thank you, for the essay, Dan Rather.
The House Republicans need to be thrown out on November, 5th. The Speaker is guilty of siding with 45th on ‘ stolen election theory’. What else can you expect. As for MTG, James Carville, democratic strategist put it best “ white trash”. Forgive me, please I am just the messenger.
Foreign leaders are very skilled in wearing out thin the patience of the American people. In all fairness I may add we are pretty impatient people living in an “ instant gratifying society “.
The Biden Administration could also have an ulterior motive here — they want to see Russia bleed ( militarily) slowly and surely.
European countries are helping Ukraine too, big time. What US should do is provide aid to Ukraine fast and furious to thwart any Russian annexation plans. If not, it will be Poland, Finland, Norway and God knows what for Putin. What would stop him from shooting an ICBM to NYC ? Haven’t we seen enough with attack on WTC ?
How can the idiots in the Congress have such a short memory.
Besides finishing traitors abroad, there are plenty of them at home.
When you have snakes in your backyard, they soon enter your home.
November, 5th is the remedy and the cure.
My two cents, Dan Rather.
Thank you
Your statement is certainly worth more than 2 cents !! 👏👌
Thank you very much.
Thoughts come straight from the heart. No need to sugarcoat anything. Not worth it.
Much appreciated,
Thanks
Yes, absolutely.
Marjorie Taylo Green sickens me on so many levels they cannot be counted.
Do you think senior members of the GOP agree with Ken Buck? He doesn't admit to thinking Greene and Trump are in league with Putin. But Greene sure appears to be. Do Georgians in the 14th District also love supporting Putin? That would be a very strange turn of events.