Jay, I’m so worried. I even listened to my husband say he didn’t believe that there was a big plan… I walked away so I didn’t blow a gasket. I still
got myself in trouble. How does one, like myself help? I have donated to a few causes, but I have to use my singular credit card.. etc. so any suggestions to an old, retired totally opposite couple?? I feel broken, really!
same here. hubby doesn't like anything political. he gets loud and cant have a conversation. occasionally I get my point across. most of my friends are GOP and think the dems are dangerous. they don't see what their party is doing. can get frustrating and depressing.
Oh Michelle! I’m so sorry. My true friends are not Rep as I grew up in a very liberal town. The change came in college. I can still not politics with some… because we never did before. I never ever used to talk politics. My husband (and dad) did. It was Obama when I started to see my husband be ridiculous. There were signs before. Anyway, his brothers are very right. They send him things.. call him. Once he had his brother of speaker phone..small ranch house… I literally had to leave. I didn’t want to make a scene by closing a door (which our son, in the best room, closed door, heard the convo) or letting his brother know I was hearing it all. Anyway, my anxiety just shot thru the roof. There is more to why.. obviously. So my husband, apparently subscribes to Epoch Times. He wanted to me watch their video after 1/6 to show me it was good Trump people. It was disgusting… so when the Washington post , I think it was.. came out with their long video I told him he should watch it where there’s no stopping the video.. to explain that they’re saying “Antifa” as he talks over them.. lol My issue is that my husband talks politics all the time. Sometimes I’ll make a comment and some how it turns into his politics. The other day it happened and I said, “I was talking about autoimmune disorders (he has one and I had just read an
article about MS… it was in the 70’s when I heard about it, first time) and he made it about Covid. Then I mentioned the other interaction above. We’re retired and he’s home all the time. I just want a normal convo, but it seems lost. Maybe it was never there. Anyway, if you’re on FB, don’t hestitate to message me if you need a friend!
What do you make of Gingrich's overt threats against the House committee this weekend? I am not a lawyer, but it certainly sounded like an attempt to intimidate and obstruct the work of a House committee.
I like what Jay ended this with..but if you're interested in thoughts about the Rep threats and thoughts, Rick Wilson did a tweet thread on Newt..and today he and Reed Galen did a short talk about what the rep party is doing etc. (The Lincoln Project) today.
He pulls no punches about what’s likely to come. If you have more time, Sarah Kendzior (I think I spelled it wrong) who wrote “Hiding in Plain Sight”, has specialized in authoritarian states.. has a podcast called “Gaslit Nation”. My concern is that the laws will fall away.. so that’s why I’m suggesting these people, btw. Right now, I do feel a little hope that our laws will work… and then there’s Newt’s threats as Fox News folks are saying Dems want to lock up Rep… that’s a lot of gaslighting.
I have been a student and an active opponent of authoritarian regimes including the USSR, the Karadzic and Milosevic regimes in the post-Yugoslavia break-up, the resurgent Russia under Putin and the Taliban. I have no illusions about what will happen if the Republicans regain power.
Wilson could have added a couple of additional points:
1) Republicans regaining power will absolutely crash the economy in a way that will make 2008 look like a minor correction--many of the corporations that are able to relocate out of the US will do so.
2) Republicans regaining power will completely destroy what little remaining faith our allies have in the US.
3) The Republicans will use federal power to quash state-level resistance in places like California and New York. There will be no safe zones in the United States.
4) The Republicans will gut the leadership of the military, intelligence and Federal justice and law enforcement agencies, and put their puppets in place, and then use those levers of power to cement their hold on the country.
If the Republicans retake power, I think it will take between 20 and 50 years to oust them. By that time, climate change and the corrosive effects of a corrupt, criminal regime will have destroyed our infrastructure, our educational system, our economy, our intelligentsia, and any semblance of optimism. Parts of the nation may recover, but the nation as a whole will be destroyed.
The sad part, for me anyway, is the true gas lighting. I do not understand how people can’t see for themselves what’s happening. They down play what they actually see and hear and replace it with stories told by Fox News..Epoch Times and even people like Victor Hanson David (I may have put a name in the wrong place) who’s favorite “outrage” word is woke. If you see my post, it will tell
you a little more about me, but when I get “scared” I want all the details so that I can make my own decisions about what’s happening. I’m so thankful to Jay and the others who share that facts, history and laws.
Jay, I’m so worried. I even listened to my husband say he didn’t believe that there was a big plan… I walked away so I didn’t blow a gasket. I still
got myself in trouble. How does one, like myself help? I have donated to a few causes, but I have to use my singular credit card.. etc. so any suggestions to an old, retired totally opposite couple?? I feel broken, really!
I am so sorry how difficult that must be for you and your relationship.
Ty! Just one of those things when I believed differences were good and a learning life. I’m old now.. lol
You can use a hug. This is one.
same here. hubby doesn't like anything political. he gets loud and cant have a conversation. occasionally I get my point across. most of my friends are GOP and think the dems are dangerous. they don't see what their party is doing. can get frustrating and depressing.
Oh Michelle! I’m so sorry. My true friends are not Rep as I grew up in a very liberal town. The change came in college. I can still not politics with some… because we never did before. I never ever used to talk politics. My husband (and dad) did. It was Obama when I started to see my husband be ridiculous. There were signs before. Anyway, his brothers are very right. They send him things.. call him. Once he had his brother of speaker phone..small ranch house… I literally had to leave. I didn’t want to make a scene by closing a door (which our son, in the best room, closed door, heard the convo) or letting his brother know I was hearing it all. Anyway, my anxiety just shot thru the roof. There is more to why.. obviously. So my husband, apparently subscribes to Epoch Times. He wanted to me watch their video after 1/6 to show me it was good Trump people. It was disgusting… so when the Washington post , I think it was.. came out with their long video I told him he should watch it where there’s no stopping the video.. to explain that they’re saying “Antifa” as he talks over them.. lol My issue is that my husband talks politics all the time. Sometimes I’ll make a comment and some how it turns into his politics. The other day it happened and I said, “I was talking about autoimmune disorders (he has one and I had just read an
article about MS… it was in the 70’s when I heard about it, first time) and he made it about Covid. Then I mentioned the other interaction above. We’re retired and he’s home all the time. I just want a normal convo, but it seems lost. Maybe it was never there. Anyway, if you’re on FB, don’t hestitate to message me if you need a friend!
What do you make of Gingrich's overt threats against the House committee this weekend? I am not a lawyer, but it certainly sounded like an attempt to intimidate and obstruct the work of a House committee.
I like what Jay ended this with..but if you're interested in thoughts about the Rep threats and thoughts, Rick Wilson did a tweet thread on Newt..and today he and Reed Galen did a short talk about what the rep party is doing etc. (The Lincoln Project) today.
Thanks. I agree completely with Mr. Wilson's assessment of the risks.
He pulls no punches about what’s likely to come. If you have more time, Sarah Kendzior (I think I spelled it wrong) who wrote “Hiding in Plain Sight”, has specialized in authoritarian states.. has a podcast called “Gaslit Nation”. My concern is that the laws will fall away.. so that’s why I’m suggesting these people, btw. Right now, I do feel a little hope that our laws will work… and then there’s Newt’s threats as Fox News folks are saying Dems want to lock up Rep… that’s a lot of gaslighting.
I have been a student and an active opponent of authoritarian regimes including the USSR, the Karadzic and Milosevic regimes in the post-Yugoslavia break-up, the resurgent Russia under Putin and the Taliban. I have no illusions about what will happen if the Republicans regain power.
Wilson could have added a couple of additional points:
1) Republicans regaining power will absolutely crash the economy in a way that will make 2008 look like a minor correction--many of the corporations that are able to relocate out of the US will do so.
2) Republicans regaining power will completely destroy what little remaining faith our allies have in the US.
3) The Republicans will use federal power to quash state-level resistance in places like California and New York. There will be no safe zones in the United States.
4) The Republicans will gut the leadership of the military, intelligence and Federal justice and law enforcement agencies, and put their puppets in place, and then use those levers of power to cement their hold on the country.
If the Republicans retake power, I think it will take between 20 and 50 years to oust them. By that time, climate change and the corrosive effects of a corrupt, criminal regime will have destroyed our infrastructure, our educational system, our economy, our intelligentsia, and any semblance of optimism. Parts of the nation may recover, but the nation as a whole will be destroyed.
The sad part, for me anyway, is the true gas lighting. I do not understand how people can’t see for themselves what’s happening. They down play what they actually see and hear and replace it with stories told by Fox News..Epoch Times and even people like Victor Hanson David (I may have put a name in the wrong place) who’s favorite “outrage” word is woke. If you see my post, it will tell
you a little more about me, but when I get “scared” I want all the details so that I can make my own decisions about what’s happening. I’m so thankful to Jay and the others who share that facts, history and laws.
Did no one suspect financial impropriety decades ago? Had NY pursued charges then, the charlatan wouldn't have the influence he has today.