I have a strange feeling that his so-called “Golden Age” will be more like the “Guilded Age”, hoisted on its own petard.🙄 Looking forward to hearing your take.
Heads up on another thing… Seems Facebook arbitrarily decided everyone wants to “follow” tRump & Vance. They automatically selected “follow” for everyone on FB. You have to go in and “ unfollow “ to stop it.
It's just the official POTUS and FLOTUS accounts on facebook; if you were already following them for Biden, they just changed over to the new occupants. It freaked me out too, but this wasn't shenanigans on FB's part.
Melania, who is now the FLOTUS. If you were following the POTUS and FLOTUS accounts before, you are still following them just with the names changed to the new occupants.
Thank you, Jay! This is the first thing I’ve read today that hasn’t driven me further into a spiral of dread. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
I will so welcome this: “My goal is to help turn our generalized anxiety into a more organized plan of defense and counterattack, and for folks to start to feel a quiet confidence that we can handle what’s happening and what’s still to come.” Thank you!
I have to take a deep breath and remember that Trump throws everything at the fan to distract us from what is really happening.
He is huge on distractions and churn. And back to the scheduled Friday news dumps where he does outrageous things on a Friday so we talk about him all weekend.
After all that went on yesterday, it's clear that we're going to have to sift through the noise - and performative douchebaggery like Elmo's Nazi salute - and concentrate on actual policy matters: e.g., The Felon thinking he can overturn a constitutional amendment with an empty sharpie decree; The Felon telling the world that he doesn't believe the Gaza ceasefire will hold AND he doesn't care if it doesn't.
It's also clear that we're going to have to rely on legitimate media like The Status Kuo, The Contrarian, MTN, etc., because we can NOT rely on the knee benders of the fawning media to give us unfiltered news.
I love you, Jay. Thank you for taking the time to check in with us. You always give me a sense of peace and stability, even when writing about the difficult events. I'm looking forward to reading your piece later today.
Jay, you are a precious gift, a ballast that helps me keep my perspective on an even keel. I'm so glad you have chosen to do this with us. I always know when I open your posts that I'm going to come away with more of the kind of kinship-like sense of "we can do this" that we all need. Thank you. Stay rested.
Looking forward to your later article. I am paid subscriber here but cannot afford to also pay for the Big Picture. Lots of their posts are not available to free subscribers. I understand but it’s a bit disingenuous to say one can listen for free.
Looking forward to your upcoming piece! I subscribed to you even though I didn’t know of you previously. I’ve subscribed to you because you, amid chaos and depression, make me so much less stressed with your upbeat analysis touched with subtle humor. Plus an adore photos of your sweet baby girl. Thank you for your wit and intellect. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, Jay. I unplugged from FB, IG, emails, notifications, and any station that would carry the news (fake or otherwise) yesterday, keeping solely to streaming channels that didn’t try to force-feed the IgNauserration (Hulu, Disney, HBO/Max were NOT Orange-free🤦🏼♀️). So having your fabulous ‘Cliff Notes’ will at least cut SOME of my anxiety while checking back into (altered) reality.
First, to stave off possible knee jerk assumptions:, I can't stand Musk, period. BUT: I saw the so-called "salute" and also read the ADL's take. I agree with them.
Watch the film. If all you see is the still excerpted from it, and then see it described as a "Nazi salute" and take that at face value, you are letting somebody else take over your ability to think for yourself. Watch Musk's movements in the film and it is easy to see that he is simply exuberantly (and repeatedly) loosely gesturing in multiple directions, including the board behind him.
We need to be careful about letting ourselves be manipulated like this, because these things WILL be turned around and used against us. During the campaign, some of our worst enemies were those among us who kept distracting our progress with doom-filled distractions. We don't need to repeat that.
Please, let's stop automatically demonizing things without thinking. Before reacting, stop and break it down so you can see ALL of the context. One thing we cannot afford is to let ourselves be distracted by meaningless trivia when we need to focus on working together in positive ways to create resistance that is truly effective.
First, don't tell me what to do or what I saw with my own eyes. I've watched the film, and might (but not likely) have agreed with you - IF he had only done it once. He didn't; he did it TWICE, and then he ducked for cover by saying it was a "Roman" salute; give me a fucking break. He knew exactly what he was doing. I keep hearing people like you tell others to "Stop Overreacting!" You know what? If you keep telling people that you will accomplish nothing.
If you want to believe he was just being "exuberant" please feel free, but don't expect me or anyone else to go along.
P.S. Telling someone they don't have the ability to think for themselves is really fucking insulting, and will certainly NOT create an effective resistance.
I didn't watch anything yesterday. But read Heather Cox Richardson recapping of the day. This quote she shared from TRump caught my eye " After praising Elon Musk, he told the crowd “He was very effective. He knows those computers better than anybody. Those vote counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide. So it was pretty good…. Thank you to Elon.” I've thought that Musk rigged the votes in key states just enough to get the electoral vote. TRump confirmed my thoughts. A hitler saluting nazi stole the election?
My view is Trump is trolling us hoping to cause the left to mistrust election results too. There’s no evidence to support any conclusion that the election was fraudulent in any material way.
I have a strange feeling that his so-called “Golden Age” will be more like the “Guilded Age”, hoisted on its own petard.🙄 Looking forward to hearing your take.
The Petard Age?
Thank you for all you are doing.
Heads up on another thing… Seems Facebook arbitrarily decided everyone wants to “follow” tRump & Vance. They automatically selected “follow” for everyone on FB. You have to go in and “ unfollow “ to stop it.
I’m watching to see for more of this.
It's just the official POTUS and FLOTUS accounts on facebook; if you were already following them for Biden, they just changed over to the new occupants. It freaked me out too, but this wasn't shenanigans on FB's part.
Yes, I unfollowed the White House, POTUS, VP, and FLOTUS accounts on Insta and Threads on Sunday night, but forgot about Facebook.
😮💨
I'm not sure I believe they just flipped the account, I'm not buying that because my account included Melania.
Melania, who is now the FLOTUS. If you were following the POTUS and FLOTUS accounts before, you are still following them just with the names changed to the new occupants.
Good God, this is not the first I've heard of this. That's just plain evil.
I noticed that in my account yesterday, and mine included Melania. I quickly unfollowed.
Thank you, Jay! This is the first thing I’ve read today that hasn’t driven me further into a spiral of dread. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
I will so welcome this: “My goal is to help turn our generalized anxiety into a more organized plan of defense and counterattack, and for folks to start to feel a quiet confidence that we can handle what’s happening and what’s still to come.” Thank you!
I have to take a deep breath and remember that Trump throws everything at the fan to distract us from what is really happening.
He is huge on distractions and churn. And back to the scheduled Friday news dumps where he does outrageous things on a Friday so we talk about him all weekend.
Resistance is not futile! Join the resistance today!
After all that went on yesterday, it's clear that we're going to have to sift through the noise - and performative douchebaggery like Elmo's Nazi salute - and concentrate on actual policy matters: e.g., The Felon thinking he can overturn a constitutional amendment with an empty sharpie decree; The Felon telling the world that he doesn't believe the Gaza ceasefire will hold AND he doesn't care if it doesn't.
It's also clear that we're going to have to rely on legitimate media like The Status Kuo, The Contrarian, MTN, etc., because we can NOT rely on the knee benders of the fawning media to give us unfiltered news.
I love you, Jay. Thank you for taking the time to check in with us. You always give me a sense of peace and stability, even when writing about the difficult events. I'm looking forward to reading your piece later today.
Jay, you are a precious gift, a ballast that helps me keep my perspective on an even keel. I'm so glad you have chosen to do this with us. I always know when I open your posts that I'm going to come away with more of the kind of kinship-like sense of "we can do this" that we all need. Thank you. Stay rested.
Looking forward to your later article. I am paid subscriber here but cannot afford to also pay for the Big Picture. Lots of their posts are not available to free subscribers. I understand but it’s a bit disingenuous to say one can listen for free.
Jay’s Big Picture posts are free.
Looking forward to your upcoming piece! I subscribed to you even though I didn’t know of you previously. I’ve subscribed to you because you, amid chaos and depression, make me so much less stressed with your upbeat analysis touched with subtle humor. Plus an adore photos of your sweet baby girl. Thank you for your wit and intellect. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, Jay. I unplugged from FB, IG, emails, notifications, and any station that would carry the news (fake or otherwise) yesterday, keeping solely to streaming channels that didn’t try to force-feed the IgNauserration (Hulu, Disney, HBO/Max were NOT Orange-free🤦🏼♀️). So having your fabulous ‘Cliff Notes’ will at least cut SOME of my anxiety while checking back into (altered) reality.
Thanks, Jay, for being a steady, sane voice on some very dark days. I very much appreciate you.
Thank you Jay. It’s a heavy day but somehow reading a few of your words calms me just a wee bit. ♥️
Jay even the ADL is sanewashing Muck's Nazi Salute.
First, to stave off possible knee jerk assumptions:, I can't stand Musk, period. BUT: I saw the so-called "salute" and also read the ADL's take. I agree with them.
Watch the film. If all you see is the still excerpted from it, and then see it described as a "Nazi salute" and take that at face value, you are letting somebody else take over your ability to think for yourself. Watch Musk's movements in the film and it is easy to see that he is simply exuberantly (and repeatedly) loosely gesturing in multiple directions, including the board behind him.
We need to be careful about letting ourselves be manipulated like this, because these things WILL be turned around and used against us. During the campaign, some of our worst enemies were those among us who kept distracting our progress with doom-filled distractions. We don't need to repeat that.
Please, let's stop automatically demonizing things without thinking. Before reacting, stop and break it down so you can see ALL of the context. One thing we cannot afford is to let ourselves be distracted by meaningless trivia when we need to focus on working together in positive ways to create resistance that is truly effective.
First, don't tell me what to do or what I saw with my own eyes. I've watched the film, and might (but not likely) have agreed with you - IF he had only done it once. He didn't; he did it TWICE, and then he ducked for cover by saying it was a "Roman" salute; give me a fucking break. He knew exactly what he was doing. I keep hearing people like you tell others to "Stop Overreacting!" You know what? If you keep telling people that you will accomplish nothing.
If you want to believe he was just being "exuberant" please feel free, but don't expect me or anyone else to go along.
P.S. Telling someone they don't have the ability to think for themselves is really fucking insulting, and will certainly NOT create an effective resistance.
Chris, please report what he did to the ADL: https://www.adl.org/report-incident. I did and am asking everyone to do so. Tx!
Yikes!
I saw that and was thinking WTF who can you even trust anymore.
I didn't watch anything yesterday. But read Heather Cox Richardson recapping of the day. This quote she shared from TRump caught my eye " After praising Elon Musk, he told the crowd “He was very effective. He knows those computers better than anybody. Those vote counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide. So it was pretty good…. Thank you to Elon.” I've thought that Musk rigged the votes in key states just enough to get the electoral vote. TRump confirmed my thoughts. A hitler saluting nazi stole the election?
My view is Trump is trolling us hoping to cause the left to mistrust election results too. There’s no evidence to support any conclusion that the election was fraudulent in any material way.