Every day, it seems, tRump is doubling down on his "revenge prosecutions" theme, despite useful idiots like Hannity trying to gently allow tRump to walk back the more flagrant and indefensible remarks. It leaves absolutely nothing to the imagination, and tRump is laying out precisely his top agenda items should he be elected.
Nobody in the MSM can possibly ignore, "both-sides", or "whatabout" that which this orange gangster wants to do as president...it's all there daily, in black and white, no "interpretation" needed. Heed his words, people, he's coming for us.
Compare the Bloated Yam's obsession with revenge with President Biden just now at Pointe du Hoc, discussing the heroism of US Army Rangers and the importance of democracy.
Just like Jesus said. “Get even.” “Never give a sucker an even break.” “An eye for an eye. And pluck his beard while you’re at it.” “Kindness, compassion? That’s for losers!” “Hate your enemies. And while you’re at it hate your friends, if you have any.”
The thing about Baby Donald Smallhands is that he is permanently aggrieved, feeling like the whole world has done him wrong--I think we can add a growing paranoia to his list of mental deficits.
We must take him at his word. He is a clear and present danger to the United States and to the free world.
While generally when trump's mouth is moving he is lying, I don't believe it to be the case when he speaks of revenge. He feels he has been wronged, he will NEVER let that go. He was questionable (and I'm giving him a lot of grace here) in 2016, he was scary in 2020 and he's downright terrifying now.
"...generally when trump's mouth is moving he is lying..." One doesn't need to move their mouth to type lies in social media (although my guess is he does).
I think it's safe to assume that as long as trump is converting oxygen to carbon dioxide, he's lying.
Many an online psychiatrist has told us so, even against the stricture that they should not diagnose without a meeting with a patient. The fact that these mental health professionals are risking their positions by stating in public that Trump should never be President again tells us how grave the circumstances are. He is dangerous. And unhinged, and we just don't know what he will do next. He's said what he will do if elected, and it's horrific, but what if he doesn't get elected. Guessing so much worse.
I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count how many times I’ve read some version of this very sentiment. As correct as it is, never is there anything to accompany it that suggests a solution. With the exception of the ballot box. And who among us believes if he looses it will be accepted without chaos erupting? I am not saying that you Ashley should provide one, only that it is a repetition of what so many people, myself included feel. The brutal factual truth that is never uttered, is that there is really only one solution to deploy, and deploy it we must. I will use metaphor in the form of a quote to explain it:
“A fish rots from the head, cut off the head, the body withers and dies”.
I’m confident that all of us who engage in these discussions across several Substacks know what the fish represents.
I'm very frightened for our country now that so many citizens have embraced such negative and potentially violent beliefs. 'Getting Even' has somehow become the 'Greed is Good' of weak minded narcissists of current generations, neither of which has had any positive influence on our culture. Morals, empathy and the rule of law have been replaced by these simple but dangerous beliefs among far too many. It's so difficult not to lose hope in the face of such collective anger.
Jay, your writings generally give me hope for our world but today, not so much.
To defeat a threat, we have to understand it, and that often and understandably generates fear and anxiety. We must believe we can win and then set about doing it. Each of us can play a role on this larger stage.
And when 'fear' has been infused in so many sources/styles of broadcast media,
those who consume at those spigots cease to know that their info is laced with fear, based on fear, and its actual program content is negligible in comparison with the fear, anxiety and dread now coursing through their mental systems. Simply an act of kindness toward a stranger who looks different can never be considered...
I think we should start suing these mafia (media)outlets for terrorism. Our very own citizens are being threatened by lawless, terrifying thugs. Use their own tactics…. But make it hurt…. Take their money!!!!
Acting with that belief is what faith is. Patience is part of that process, and when an abundance of people talk over other people, there is much less listening taking place, with fewer people being heard, and an absence of discussion. Understanding is still nearby, waiting to be acknowledged - like truth prior to its discovery, it's always there.
This is exactly the case, as it appears of late more often to me than not, that the first best solution to this current situation was either deliberately never deployed or squandered.
Jay, I have come to very much appreciate your perspective on this and other issues, I am working to make you one of my next paid subscriptions. You are among the many people who write pointedly and truthfully about what we are facing with this Fascist movement that has imbedded itself into our country. Today I want to ask you a question or two. Besides yours and others writings, which sadly are not seen by many whose minds need educated, what are we doing to really root out and crush this threat? How has it been allowed that a Fascist Christian Nationalist is the Speaker of the House of Representatives?
Somewhat ironically, it is the precarious House majority that the GOP holds that have emboldened and empowered extremists and make Speakers beholden to them. Our primary responsibility as members of the electorate in a democracy is to ensure that our parties are never held hostage like this. There are short term and long term fixes. The short term fix is to defeat them electorally, which I believe we will do with the House this November. That would reduce the threat significantly in the short term and could serve as a check upon the Senate or, heaven forbid, the White House should the GOP take it.
The long term fix is a systemic one. We need to put a halt to the gerrymandering that propels and then supports extremism by making real democratic elections something of a joke in many places. States such as Michigan and Wisconsin are leading the way here. We can all work within our own smaller communities to bring attention to this problem. In fact, it was one person with one very big idea who got the ball rolling in Michigan. Now there are fairer maps and a Democratic trifecta.
Jay, I agree with the spirit of all that you have put forward here. However, it is a normal candidate, normal constituency, normal state legislature and normal state electoral process oversight perspective. This is not the conditions we find ourselves. In addition, I find it difficult to imagine an executive that will in any way be checked by a democratically controlled House, should THIS GOP take control of it. The long term fix is incumbent on democratically controlled state legislatures. That unto itself will take time to flip. In addition, we have a corrupt politicized Supreme Court with zero oversight. To which there is nothing with any teeth in it that can take action to hold them to account. I will conclude by quoting my son who was responding to this discussion from The Warning with Steve Schmidt I had sent him.
Whatever we learn, we can share with Israel. Surprising the number of places you can swap Trump with Yahu or M3N with <insert name of far right extremist in Israeli government> in statements, and no one would notice
Thank you for this article. After heading HCR's post and reading Bidens speech commemorating June 6 D day, I find it disgusting that people follow T#$%p. We all have people who fought for our country, died or survived. To throw that away does veterans & others a serious injustice!
Getting revenge or getting even is what a spoiled person does! Consider the source...This guy is telling us what he is going to do ~ Wake the f#$k America!
And, unless I missed something, the danger yam hasn't said a WORD about the anniversary of D Day and the sacrifices made there. Oh, that's right, he thinks people who serve are losers and suckers.
I am hitting "like" because I agree with and appreciate your well thought out article. I will never LIKE what the worthless waste of air has brought to the country
His niece, Mary Trump, long ago sussed out tRump's psychopathology, and wrote a book about it...who needs "Dr Phil's" take on tRump, when one has first-hand, family insight that bears witness to this guy's mental frailties.
According to Wiki, he is, including (alleged) experience in forensic psychology. He hasn't renewed his license to practice in nearly 20 years. I think I'd chalk him up to being yet another fall from grace and competence as a result of "celebrity".
“One of the things you should do in terms of success: If somebody hits you, you’ve got to hit ’em back five times harder than they ever thought possible. You’ve got to get even. Get even.” ~ Donald Trump.
Well, we have been hit by him, but we have yet to hit back. He has set the rules, it is time to hit him back as he tells us Five times harder. I would suggest in such a way that permanently stops him.
GET OUT THE EFFING VOTE. WHEREVER YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHAT PARTY, THE BEST THING WE CAN TO IS TO GET THE VOTERS OUT. IF YOU ARE OLD, DRIVE A FRIEND TO THE POLLS. IF YOU ARE YOUNG, TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO VOTE AND VOLUNTEER FOR A CANDIDATE, AND GET THEM TO VOLUNTEER TOO . THIS IS HOW WE DO IT.
I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Dr. Phil interviewed him. I watched the show many years ago but nothing recently. I might have believed him as being a guest on Jerry Springer, but I didn’t realize Dr. Phil had fallen that low. Definitely restacking your great wrap-up, Jay.
Im surprised to hear Dr Phil’s name at all. I thought he had been discredited long ago as a sham psychologist. If not before, this interview should prove it.
How many years ago did his show start? I remember watching it on the actual telly, so it was before these ubiquitous cell phones. I never really thought of him as a medical person, but he was a good host and had interesting guests. And I never gave much thought to the political leanings of entertainers. How times have changed, eh?
Exactly. He has a talent that cannot be discounted. He seems to effortlessly convince people that he cares about their concerns (especially those with grievances) and plays on their emotions, using and manipulating them (and shamelessly picking their pockets).
Don't kid yourself - this thinking is partially how we got here. He IS ignorant about many things, and he is no genius. What he IS is a very shrewd master con man. Got himself a certain kind of education from his father and Roy Cohn, and paid careful attention to the mobsters he was surrounded by and did business with. And although there were many people he screwed over along the way, you may be certain the wiseguys always got paid in full.
They WANT the Apocalypse. They all think they're gonna get raptured, Evil will be defeated once and for all, and their Lord and Savior will return to rule over a perfect world - and this requires the Antichrist. The Last War is to be fought in the Middle East, and The Convict will light the fuse that sets it off.
Anyone who knows their Bible would know that there is nothing we can do to hasten or hinder the end. That date (or the situation that triggers it) was decided a long time ago: Matthew 24:36. This is a war between forces we cannot see, but one side is much stronger than the other. This will be wrapped up when its purpose is served.
And the “end” is not everything ruined, but rescued from the Enemy. It will be a rough transition, true, but a beautiful outcome nevertheless.
The natural questions to ask are, how did this millenias-long war start, and why? And why hasn’t it been ended long before now? Rather than the knee-jerk reaction “You’re nuts, go away,” check it out. The fundamentalists get it very wrong, don’t judge it by their nonsense.
He’s telling us who he is. We need to believe him. Convicted felon Trump wants revenge. Truth matters. Thx for sharing truth!
Every day, it seems, tRump is doubling down on his "revenge prosecutions" theme, despite useful idiots like Hannity trying to gently allow tRump to walk back the more flagrant and indefensible remarks. It leaves absolutely nothing to the imagination, and tRump is laying out precisely his top agenda items should he be elected.
Nobody in the MSM can possibly ignore, "both-sides", or "whatabout" that which this orange gangster wants to do as president...it's all there daily, in black and white, no "interpretation" needed. Heed his words, people, he's coming for us.
What he will do is unimaginable.
IMAGINE IT, Brenda! - And consider what it really means to our democracy!
We don't need much more proof of his intentions!
Agree!
More like “unthinkable.” I can imagine it quite well.
Agree!
Lance Khrome, the MSM has already proven they will ignore the truth about Trump.
Ii’s all so scary.we need a Walter Kronkite or others like him. Start broadcasting again, Dan Rather!
Dan Rather has a column on Substack. “Steady”
'Cronkite'
Exactly. And if you don't believe him just LISTEN to him speak. It is quite frightening. He absolutely MUST NOT get near the White House ever again.
Compare the Bloated Yam's obsession with revenge with President Biden just now at Pointe du Hoc, discussing the heroism of US Army Rangers and the importance of democracy.
🎯✌️💙
Just like Jesus said. “Get even.” “Never give a sucker an even break.” “An eye for an eye. And pluck his beard while you’re at it.” “Kindness, compassion? That’s for losers!” “Hate your enemies. And while you’re at it hate your friends, if you have any.”
Yup, MAGATs, your Messiah speaks the truth.
-@None are so blind.
Hit them back five times harder than they can ever imagine.
I think that was one of the Sunday School scriptures I was assigned to memorize for Children’s Day.
The thing about Baby Donald Smallhands is that he is permanently aggrieved, feeling like the whole world has done him wrong--I think we can add a growing paranoia to his list of mental deficits.
We must take him at his word. He is a clear and present danger to the United States and to the free world.
While generally when trump's mouth is moving he is lying, I don't believe it to be the case when he speaks of revenge. He feels he has been wronged, he will NEVER let that go. He was questionable (and I'm giving him a lot of grace here) in 2016, he was scary in 2020 and he's downright terrifying now.
"...generally when trump's mouth is moving he is lying..." One doesn't need to move their mouth to type lies in social media (although my guess is he does).
I think it's safe to assume that as long as trump is converting oxygen to carbon dioxide, he's lying.
LOL true
As my step mother used to say, "Stop breathing!"
Many an online psychiatrist has told us so, even against the stricture that they should not diagnose without a meeting with a patient. The fact that these mental health professionals are risking their positions by stating in public that Trump should never be President again tells us how grave the circumstances are. He is dangerous. And unhinged, and we just don't know what he will do next. He's said what he will do if elected, and it's horrific, but what if he doesn't get elected. Guessing so much worse.
And Jill,
Do NOT leave out his followers. They are very very dangerous and evil and unhinged.
This man has done nothing but harm to our country and social fabric. I can't wait for the day when we never need to hear his name again.
It won't come. Even after he's dead, his name and his idiocy will still be heard. But yes, I do wish that day will come.
I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count how many times I’ve read some version of this very sentiment. As correct as it is, never is there anything to accompany it that suggests a solution. With the exception of the ballot box. And who among us believes if he looses it will be accepted without chaos erupting? I am not saying that you Ashley should provide one, only that it is a repetition of what so many people, myself included feel. The brutal factual truth that is never uttered, is that there is really only one solution to deploy, and deploy it we must. I will use metaphor in the form of a quote to explain it:
“A fish rots from the head, cut off the head, the body withers and dies”.
I’m confident that all of us who engage in these discussions across several Substacks know what the fish represents.
I'm very frightened for our country now that so many citizens have embraced such negative and potentially violent beliefs. 'Getting Even' has somehow become the 'Greed is Good' of weak minded narcissists of current generations, neither of which has had any positive influence on our culture. Morals, empathy and the rule of law have been replaced by these simple but dangerous beliefs among far too many. It's so difficult not to lose hope in the face of such collective anger.
Jay, your writings generally give me hope for our world but today, not so much.
To defeat a threat, we have to understand it, and that often and understandably generates fear and anxiety. We must believe we can win and then set about doing it. Each of us can play a role on this larger stage.
And when 'fear' has been infused in so many sources/styles of broadcast media,
those who consume at those spigots cease to know that their info is laced with fear, based on fear, and its actual program content is negligible in comparison with the fear, anxiety and dread now coursing through their mental systems. Simply an act of kindness toward a stranger who looks different can never be considered...
Richard,
I think we should start suing these mafia (media)outlets for terrorism. Our very own citizens are being threatened by lawless, terrifying thugs. Use their own tactics…. But make it hurt…. Take their money!!!!
Acting with that belief is what faith is. Patience is part of that process, and when an abundance of people talk over other people, there is much less listening taking place, with fewer people being heard, and an absence of discussion. Understanding is still nearby, waiting to be acknowledged - like truth prior to its discovery, it's always there.
This is exactly the case, as it appears of late more often to me than not, that the first best solution to this current situation was either deliberately never deployed or squandered.
Jay, I have come to very much appreciate your perspective on this and other issues, I am working to make you one of my next paid subscriptions. You are among the many people who write pointedly and truthfully about what we are facing with this Fascist movement that has imbedded itself into our country. Today I want to ask you a question or two. Besides yours and others writings, which sadly are not seen by many whose minds need educated, what are we doing to really root out and crush this threat? How has it been allowed that a Fascist Christian Nationalist is the Speaker of the House of Representatives?
Somewhat ironically, it is the precarious House majority that the GOP holds that have emboldened and empowered extremists and make Speakers beholden to them. Our primary responsibility as members of the electorate in a democracy is to ensure that our parties are never held hostage like this. There are short term and long term fixes. The short term fix is to defeat them electorally, which I believe we will do with the House this November. That would reduce the threat significantly in the short term and could serve as a check upon the Senate or, heaven forbid, the White House should the GOP take it.
The long term fix is a systemic one. We need to put a halt to the gerrymandering that propels and then supports extremism by making real democratic elections something of a joke in many places. States such as Michigan and Wisconsin are leading the way here. We can all work within our own smaller communities to bring attention to this problem. In fact, it was one person with one very big idea who got the ball rolling in Michigan. Now there are fairer maps and a Democratic trifecta.
Jay, I agree with the spirit of all that you have put forward here. However, it is a normal candidate, normal constituency, normal state legislature and normal state electoral process oversight perspective. This is not the conditions we find ourselves. In addition, I find it difficult to imagine an executive that will in any way be checked by a democratically controlled House, should THIS GOP take control of it. The long term fix is incumbent on democratically controlled state legislatures. That unto itself will take time to flip. In addition, we have a corrupt politicized Supreme Court with zero oversight. To which there is nothing with any teeth in it that can take action to hold them to account. I will conclude by quoting my son who was responding to this discussion from The Warning with Steve Schmidt I had sent him.
https://youtu.be/QRyOsYMbzqk?si=0dagycXOtKhMzCuK
“One thing is certain either way there will probably be violence”
Whatever we learn, we can share with Israel. Surprising the number of places you can swap Trump with Yahu or M3N with <insert name of far right extremist in Israeli government> in statements, and no one would notice
Thank you for this article. After heading HCR's post and reading Bidens speech commemorating June 6 D day, I find it disgusting that people follow T#$%p. We all have people who fought for our country, died or survived. To throw that away does veterans & others a serious injustice!
Getting revenge or getting even is what a spoiled person does! Consider the source...This guy is telling us what he is going to do ~ Wake the f#$k America!
Vote Blue & fight! 🇺🇲💙🫡
And, unless I missed something, the danger yam hasn't said a WORD about the anniversary of D Day and the sacrifices made there. Oh, that's right, he thinks people who serve are losers and suckers.
To add his other line along a similar vein: “What was in it for them?” (There must always be an ulterior motive and a payoff.)
LOVE Danger Yam. Thanks for that.
OK, I take that back, he did make a post commemorating the day. On Truth Social.
I am hitting "like" because I agree with and appreciate your well thought out article. I will never LIKE what the worthless waste of air has brought to the country
"Dr. Phil remarkably claimed that he had “made progress” with Trump that it was not the right thing for him to do."
So the good doctor was acknowledging it was a therapy session? I guess that's progress these days. Sigh.
Idiots both.
Yes, idiots both to be sure!
His niece, Mary Trump, long ago sussed out tRump's psychopathology, and wrote a book about it...who needs "Dr Phil's" take on tRump, when one has first-hand, family insight that bears witness to this guy's mental frailties.
And the professional expertise of a psychologist.
Do you think Dr. Phil got paid for that therapy session?
...not a chance! 🤣 ✌️💙
Lol!
When proven wrong, will Dr. Phil have "learned his lesson", as Susan Collins once wrongly said about he who shall not be named?
So disappointed in Dr. Phil.
Is he even a Doctor? He came to prominence, thanks to Oprah, but I can't remember how legit his credentials were/are.
According to Wiki, he is, including (alleged) experience in forensic psychology. He hasn't renewed his license to practice in nearly 20 years. I think I'd chalk him up to being yet another fall from grace and competence as a result of "celebrity".
He and "Dr. Oz" provide the same quality of advice.
It's all about keeping an audience.
"Sometimes revenge can be justified, I have to be honest." That's a hilarious statement because he's NEVER honest.
It’s the “sometimes” that makes this a lie. He believes it’s “always.”
An addendum to my earlier comment.
“One of the things you should do in terms of success: If somebody hits you, you’ve got to hit ’em back five times harder than they ever thought possible. You’ve got to get even. Get even.” ~ Donald Trump.
Well, we have been hit by him, but we have yet to hit back. He has set the rules, it is time to hit him back as he tells us Five times harder. I would suggest in such a way that permanently stops him.
Go for ten times harder and don’t stop! He’s the real vermin!
Yes!!! 👏👏👏
GET OUT THE EFFING VOTE. WHEREVER YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHAT PARTY, THE BEST THING WE CAN TO IS TO GET THE VOTERS OUT. IF YOU ARE OLD, DRIVE A FRIEND TO THE POLLS. IF YOU ARE YOUNG, TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO VOTE AND VOLUNTEER FOR A CANDIDATE, AND GET THEM TO VOLUNTEER TOO . THIS IS HOW WE DO IT.
And, if you can afford to, donate to Democratic candidates.
I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Dr. Phil interviewed him. I watched the show many years ago but nothing recently. I might have believed him as being a guest on Jerry Springer, but I didn’t realize Dr. Phil had fallen that low. Definitely restacking your great wrap-up, Jay.
Im surprised to hear Dr Phil’s name at all. I thought he had been discredited long ago as a sham psychologist. If not before, this interview should prove it.
How many years ago did his show start? I remember watching it on the actual telly, so it was before these ubiquitous cell phones. I never really thought of him as a medical person, but he was a good host and had interesting guests. And I never gave much thought to the political leanings of entertainers. How times have changed, eh?
Dr, Phil as falling low? No, Dr. Phil started low and never rose.
Some of my friends agree with your assessment. But I did enjoy his show as entertainment back in the day.
DEMENTIA DON has NEVER been honest, and he’s not naïve, he’s STUPID.
Not really. I'd call him an idiot savant, where his "special skill" is manipulation.
Exactly. He has a talent that cannot be discounted. He seems to effortlessly convince people that he cares about their concerns (especially those with grievances) and plays on their emotions, using and manipulating them (and shamelessly picking their pockets).
Yes! It’s all about grievance and retribution; nothing about serving the country and doing good for its citizens.
Don't kid yourself - this thinking is partially how we got here. He IS ignorant about many things, and he is no genius. What he IS is a very shrewd master con man. Got himself a certain kind of education from his father and Roy Cohn, and paid careful attention to the mobsters he was surrounded by and did business with. And although there were many people he screwed over along the way, you may be certain the wiseguys always got paid in full.
The AntiChrist
Shhsh. You'll get even more fundamentalist American Taliban types to vote for him. That's catnip to them.
I don’t think so - read what that means. Fundamentalists may freeze
They WANT the Apocalypse. They all think they're gonna get raptured, Evil will be defeated once and for all, and their Lord and Savior will return to rule over a perfect world - and this requires the Antichrist. The Last War is to be fought in the Middle East, and The Convict will light the fuse that sets it off.
Anyone who knows their Bible would know that there is nothing we can do to hasten or hinder the end. That date (or the situation that triggers it) was decided a long time ago: Matthew 24:36. This is a war between forces we cannot see, but one side is much stronger than the other. This will be wrapped up when its purpose is served.
And the “end” is not everything ruined, but rescued from the Enemy. It will be a rough transition, true, but a beautiful outcome nevertheless.
The natural questions to ask are, how did this millenias-long war start, and why? And why hasn’t it been ended long before now? Rather than the knee-jerk reaction “You’re nuts, go away,” check it out. The fundamentalists get it very wrong, don’t judge it by their nonsense.
Try this link (I wrote this, it’s far from the only thing about it, but I try to make it easy to understand): https://lifes-purpose.info/02AnEnemyYouMustFace.html (chapter 2 of a book I wrote some years ago)
I KNOW they get it wrong. My point is, that's what they want, and that's why they want it, and they think The Convict is The Way.