Paul Revere by Cyrus Dallin, North End, Boston

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General John Kelly: "He said that, in his opinion, Mr. Trump met the definition of a fascist, would govern like a dictator if allowed, and had no understanding of the Constitution or the concept of rule of law."

Monday, October 7, 2024

This is happening in America.

 

BREAKING: The Charlotte Observer, the second largest newspaper in North Carolina, is BLASTING Trump for spreading lies and conspiracy theories about the federal response to Hurricane Helene. Make sure all Americans see this and hold Trump accountable for his lies.













Never in my lifetime was I, or anyone I know, afraid to put a political sign on my front lawn for fear that the opposition would harm me.

But we are in the Era of Trump, and that is now a possibility because of him and his extreme, vicious thuggish rhetoric.





 

40 comments:

Dave Miller said...

Besides his statements about US FEMA aid in response to Helene, which all governors and senators in the area, Dem and Republican, have called lies. it gets worse.

Various news organizations are reporting this weekend, that DJT, his allies and spokespeople, have moved beyond merely falsely claiming the rhetoric of the left caused ppl to want to kill the former president.

Trump and his people directly blamed progressives and said the left actually tried to kill him.

Tim Walz saying he was in a wrong place, or time, matters about as much as Trump saying he was at the towers on 9/11 or saw thousands of Muslims celebrating in New York or New Jersey after those attacks.

The flip flops of Harris are about as important as those of Vance. useful for political fodder, but not much else.

Those are the exaggerations of political campaigns. We can wish they did not happen, but people get excited and say stupid stuff. They get caught in past wrong statements and look for a way out, instead of admitting error. They get in office and learn a little more making past stances untenable.

But the latest in the truth wars from Trump are beyond that, and him simply claiming they, like his election denial, are deeply held, does not excuse him.

Trump knows what he is spewing are lies, or he is too stupid to know better.

Either way, it should, but sadly will not, disqualify him from the presidency.



Shaw Kenawe said...

Trump know that what he spews are lies, but he also knows his marks, MAGA. If you make the lie big enough and repeat it often enough, people with no critical thinking skills will believe it. That is what Trump is doing.

He's a monster.

skudrunner said...

The concern rhe administration is showing is inspiring. The president is on the beach and the VP is trying to get her teleprompter to work so she knows what to say.

Relief to Lebanon which should go to US citizens slammed by a hurricane, good move

Les Carpenter said...

The pathetic sick nature of DJT's existence is eating him alive from within. He is but a petrified weakling afraid of his own shadow. A complete waste of H2O as NOTHING this scum does has any redeeming value whatsoever .

I have a Harris bumper sticker on my vehicle. I now must get one for outdoors. Perhaps a VERY big colorful one. The orange trash can go SIHH as nobody frightens one who knows his being.

Trump, you're one sick SOB.

BB-Idaho said...

It has been noted that Trump has earned a place in Dante's 9th Circle of Hell.
Mostly because, he would be banned from most landfills. Sadly, his followers share his cruel dark outlook. The First Amendment is springing leaks.

Dave Dubya said...

Skud is MAGA all the way. He HATES Democrats, deflects from Trump's lies, and has no respect for the truth or anyone who tells it.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Shame on you, skud, for repeating a stupid and easily provable LIE! Every governor in each state that was hit by Hurricane Helene has said the Biden Administration's response was excellent, and it gave them all what they needed, and they were promised more help should those governors find they need more.

You're lie is an abomination because it sows distrust, hatred, and seeds of insurrection against the US government. You realize you're doing the work of agents of unrest and worse, a criminal -- Donald Trump.

If you had taken the time to see what the governors of the affected states ACTUALLY, TRUTHFULLY said about the Biden administration's response, you would NEVER HAVE POSTED WHAT YOU DID.

I chose to publish you shameful comment so that we can see how damaging it is for people to mindlessly repeat lies.

What is there about this headline in the North Carolina Charlotte Observer that you do not believe?:

The Charlotte Observer, the second largest newspaper in North Carolina, is BLASTING Trump for spreading lies and conspiracy theories about the federal response to Hurricane Helene. Make sure all Americans see this and hold Trump accountable for his lies.


You're not helping the people who are suffering from the hurricane's devastation. You're helping the Liar, Cheat, Fraud, convicted FELON, adjudicated RAPIST, and tax FRAUD -- Trump, a convicted criminal! Why?

Shaw Kenawe said...

The tragedy of what Trump is doing is that he has infected otherwise decent people, like our frequent commenter, skudrunner, who has decided to repeat and spread Trump's horrendous lies about the government's response to Hurricane Helene.

Any Circle of Hell is too good for Trump.

Shaw Kenawe said...

From the Charlotte Observer:

Emergency officials responding to the Hurricane Helene disaster in Western North Carolina say false rumors on social media are impeding their efforts to help tens of thousands of people in need. “False information is being widely shared on social media channels, including AI-generated content and images,” N.C. Department of Public Safety officials said in a statement. ”Nefarious actors and those with ill intent may be taking advantage of this situation by spreading false information.”

THAT WOULD INCLUDE YOU, SKUDRUNNER!

"The public should find and share information from trusted sources and discourage others from spreading information from unverified sources, NCDPS officials said.

Here are rumors being spread on social media and the facts offered in response by government agencies: RUMOR: FEMA IS NOT RESPONDING TO SWANNANOA.

Fact: FEMA has sent more than 1,200 urban search-and-rescue personnel to Western North Carolina."

Shaw Kenawe said...

RUMOR: GOVERNMENTS AREN’T RESPONDING TO THE DISASTER.

Facts: The N.C. State Emergency Response Team includes local, state, federal and military units; power and cell phone companies and other businesses; and volunteer organizations.

STOP SPREADING LIES AND VICIOUS RUMORS!

skudrunner said...

Ms. Shaw. You responded to what you wish I had said not what I said. I didn’t say the government didn’t provide relief but optics matter and for the greatest VP in history to not be all over this is a mistake because she might be asked a non prepared question.
Much of what being a leader is showing concern. Neither of them are going to do anything but showing they care is important.
I am excited to see Kamala is going to appear on those hard hitting shows like Colbert, view and howie stern. I’m sure they will pepper her with hard questions.

possumlady said...

As I've said before, trump is a cornered rat and Skud seems to be in the same corner.

possumlady said...

I need to add that I always knew trump was a rat, but honestly, even I didn't think he would spread false rumors about the hurricane recovery to score political points. He is basically kicking Americans who are already down and giving them no hope and undue worry as to when or if help will arrive. Okay, I take that back, rats do have some redeeming qualities and they can make sweet pets. There is absolutely no redeeming quality to trump and his cult followers. I abhor them all.

Mike said...

Lots of posts on Nextdoor about signs being stolen out of front yards. I've had one stolen. MAGA thieves. Go figure.

Dave Miller said...

Shaw... Skud has repeated lied about many of us here, twisted our words and outright ascribed words and views to us we've never espoused.

This has been shown over and over to him. We have repeatedly asked him to stop and yet, he is unable to do that. much less apologize.

Others, myself included, have acknowledged when we have been wrong, corrected the record and have even highlighted when he has been correcrt in some of his criticisms of us and progressive thought and Dem candidates.

But from Skud? Nothing. No remorse, no acknowledgement, no acceptance of his numerous lies. Nothing.

He may not like Trump, but he's adopted the Trump way, say what you want, demonize your enemies and never, under any circumstances, admit wrong doing, regardless of the evidence.

Skud has no use for compromise, finding common ground and no evident capacity to grow, change and improve.

Why? I have no idea.

Shaw Kenawe said...

All I know, skud, is that you post nothing but negatives about ALL Democrats, no matter what they accomplish. You don't know what VP Harris is doing about the recovery, except what you read in or hear from media outlets. And aren't you the one who constantly tells us not to believe what the media say?

Having VP Harris travel to the devastated areas is stupid. The governors of the states affected have said they have to provide precious resources to protect the POTUS and VPOTUS should they decide to visit. I think they should NOT visit, but Biden is going to, I don't recall if VP Harris is.

Both VP Harris and Pres. Biden HAVE shown concern! You know that. But no matter what they say or do will NEVER be enough for you.

You don't approve of or like ANYTHING A DEMOCRAT DOES OR ANYTHING A DEMOCRAT SAYS.

We get it.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Trump is transactional. He doesn't care about anyone or anything unless it benefits him. He's a malignant narcissist.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Bryan Adams
@bryancadams

No one in western NC is saying the Biden response is slow and irresponsible. My friends in Swannanoa say FEMA and other support organizations are doing a great job and the locals appreciate them dearly.

Grey One talks sass said...

There goes skudster, moving those goal posts with their claim Shaw didn't address their comment with all the pomp and circumstance it deserves. She is correct, we needed to see the crap you believe skud.

While skud says Harris isn't sitting for interviews with traditional media (but neither is his lard and hero so both sides somehow???) they ignore the metric ton of interviews she gave to the new generation of media - the podcasts, tiktokers, and blogers. And honestly why should she trust traditional media? Most of their questions aren't about policy but asking for a reaction about the latest horrible thing to spring fully formed from the former presidents mouth (or their spokescritters - can't slide a piece of paper between them).

From the podcasts I've listened to volunteers followed the links and financially or with physical presence showed up where and when they were needed. Missed by skud was Harris showing up to work a food line and speak with a few families who lost everything. As Shaw stated, having that high profile of a human in an area where resources are massively stressed makes no sense. But hey, we know what is important to skud - not the real work but the photo op. How two dimensional of them especially since Harris did exactly what skud claims they did not do.

skud, no matter how much they may protest, is now joined at the hip with both MAGA and the loser, felon, sexual assaulter former president of the USA. skud and Trump sitting in a tree... whoopsie daisy, here comes Milton.

Les Carpenter said...

Trump is certainly very good at one thing. The ability to keep the spotlight on himself. Which includes insuring people are talking about him all the time.

He's in heaven when he's the center of attention. Yet we all seem obligatory to his desires.

Dave Dubya said...

"Skud has no use for compromise, finding common ground and no evident capacity to grow, change and improve. Why? I have no idea."

Dave, I'll tell you why.

Skud, like -FJ/Joe Con and every other MAGA fascist, is an authoritarian personality. They look down on the rest of us, think they have all the answers, but refuse to answer to anyone.

More on authoritarianism and the authoritarian personality:

https://hopenothate.org.uk/2020/11/01/authoritarianism/


Dave Miller said...

Clearly the Governors of South and North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, Sen Thom Tillis of NC and Sen Lindsey Graham of SC, all but one Trump supporting Republicans, are lying or have no idea what is happening in their states.

Otherwise, why would all of them, in addition to the mayors of the towns most affected, be contradicting our former president?

Why, at a time of national tragedy affecting an entire block of states, would any politician, much less a presidential candidate, choose to lie for political gain? Or be totally wrong about the facts on the ground?

Either way, it should be enough for all of his supporters to questions why they support such a terrible person.

Les Carpenter said...

As to Trump: Malignant narcisism.

As to the rest: An ignorant grasping after favor and power.

One is as as misguided as the other. And both are very dangerous to liberty and freedom.

And we now have a nation with one national party so infected by ignorance, delusion, and power lust that our nation's future is highly questionable.

Sit back, relax, meditate, contemplate, shut out the noise the ego and societal conditioning offers and gain in experintial awareness and the understanding that only truth can bring.

Dave Dubya said...

Republicans who voted against the $20 billion in FEMA funding right before Hurricane Helene.

Florida:
Rep. Aaron Bean of Florida
Rep. Gus Bilirakis of Florida
Rep. Mike Waltz of Florida
Rep. Daniel Webster of Florida
Rep. Kat Cammack of Florida
Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida
Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida
Rep. Laurel Lee of Florida
Rep. Cory Mills of Florida
Rep. Bill Posey of Florida
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida

Tennessee:
Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee
Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee
Rep. John Rose of Tennessee
Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee
Senator Bill Hagerty of Tennessee

Georgia:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia
Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia
Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia
Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia

North Carolina:
Rep. Dan Bishop of North Carolina
Senator Ted Budd of North Carolina

South Carolina:
Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina
Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina
Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina
Rep. Russell Fry of South Carolina
Rep. William Timmons of South Carolina
Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina

Virginia:
Rep. Bob Good of Virginia
Rep. Morgan Griffith of Virginia

Sam said...

Vote Harris!

Grey One talks sass said...

possumlady, what absolutely gobsmacks me is how many of the humans Trump is throwing under the bus voted for him and will likely vote for him again. It's not like the storms are hitting solid blue states although the blue states are showing up to volunteer. And yes, I concur about rats and their suitability for being a pet. Knew a few back in the day, smart as crackers and absolutely goofy at times.

Grey One talks sass said...

Lets add to the mix Speaker Johnson declining to call Congress back into session to ensure FEMA and by extension the SBA is funded through the rest of the year. From what I've heard the SBA (Small Business Admin) will run out of money in a few weeks, something the GOP knew about months ago because Biden told them about it but decided to not address. Where is skud with his condemnation for Speaker Johnson? I thought MAGA was all about protecting the small business person, or at least that's the way skud tells it.

Guess just like their hero Trump skud is all talk and no walk.

Les Carpenter said...

The MAGA mentality: Starve the beast (deep state) so there is more for wealthy corporations and billionaires. Allowing the rest to work it out.

The trumpublican party has sold its black soul to the Heathen. Donald J. Tump.

Dave Miller said...

Grey... not only that but GOP Gov DeSantis of Florida, is refusing to take Biden Administration calls in the Milton run up because of fear of the Chris Christie effect of looking weak for accepting federal help during a disaster.

Thank goodness there are adults in the White House, leaders who will reach out to local leaders so "We the People" can help people in Florida as they prepare and later, dig out.

skudrunner said...

If you want to call me MAGAZINE that is fine because I do want America to be great and the alternate is wanting America to fail. Even Kamala wants to have a new path forward after the last four years of misery.

This would be a good time to not have a president and wait and see how that works. You have trump who is totally disfunctional and Harris who until two months ago was the least liked VP in history and is not competent to run the country. We couldn’t do worse so now let’s try none of the above.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Skudrunner wrote about VP Harris: "... is not competent to run the country. "

Do me a favor, skud. When you write your opinion, please preface it with: "IMO." Thanks. Because that's what it is; and when you don't preface your opinion, it reads as though it's a fact. And it isn't, it's an opinion.

More Than 90 Company Executives, 100 Law Enforcement Officials Back Harris


Republicans who have endorsed Kamala Harris

Local Teamsters unions in key battleground states endorse Harris

List of former Trump administration officials who endorsed Kamala Harris

Trump's own former vice president, Mike Pence, has said he will NOT endorse Trump. Forty out of the 44 cabinet appointees Trump chose WILL NOT ENDORSE HIM!

President Biden's people are endorsing VP Harris.

At the beginning of this election cycle, I remember you commenting here that you liked RFK,Jr., and you thought he was a good alternative choice for POTUS.

RFK,Jr., is a former heroine addict, a former serial adulterer who had dozens and dozens of assignations while married and who kept diaries of his adulterous meetings. When his wife found the diaries, she hanged herself. Kennedy, who is not a Democrat, claimed his brain had been eaten by a brain worm; Kennedy found a bear carcass in the woods and transported it to Central Park and dumped it there as a "stunt." Kennedy severed the head off a beached whale carcass on Cape Cod, strapped it to the roof of his car, and drove it back to his New York state home. Kennedy is a vaccine conspiracist, who has urged mothers not to vaccinate their babies against deadly diseases.

And you stated RFK,Jr., looked like a viable alternate candidate for POTUS!

You also really, really liked Nikki Haley. Haley told the world while she was campaigning against Trump in the primaries that he is a chaos agent and a danger to our American democracy. When she lost her bid for the GOP nomination, she eagerly endorsed "the danger to our American democracy" for POTUS. Colossally sucking up to this dangerous man in hopes of securing a position in his admin. should the "danger to our American democracy" win!

Your choices on who is incompetent and who you'd like to see as POTUS need to be reviewed, IMO. Sitting in my comment section, they look, to be kind, strange as choices for leading our country. N'est pas?

Grey One talks sass said...

What? Call you a magazine? Seriously skud, your reading for comprehension skills are horrible!!! How on earth did you manage to get through school let alone run a business?

We get it, you are a binary thinker unable to stretch your brain around the concept a step beyond white/black thinking into the imagination of grey.

I've watched what happens to organizations without a clear leader, even if the leader is a committee. Suffice it to say it doesn't end well. The ideas that come out of skuds fingers - it's as if they never read a history book in their life.

Shaw Kenawe said...

Oh, I forgot. RFK,Jr., has recently admitted to cheating on his current wife with three more women.

3 more women say RFK Jr. had affairs with them in the past year

He just can't keep "Mr. Happy" controlled and in his pants.

Les Carpenter said...

Glad you've realized skud that it is Trump and the trumpublican party that wants America to fail. All so their own filthy power lust is satiated. Of course I realize your interpretation of great is likely different than my own.

By the way, please point out the specific misery (other than Trump/trumpublican generated misery) we've suffered since the Big Orange Ignoramus gave us the Big Lie. Please be specific skud. Thanks in advance.

BB-Idaho said...

Singular and unique accomplishment - the only greatest most wonderful
president to ever have been married 3 times (and now Melania is arguing
with him0. Betcha he turns to Marjorie Taylor Greene. We live in shameless times.

Dave Dubya said...

Shaw,
Do me a favor, skud. When you write your opinion, please preface it with: "IMO."

He doesn't know the difference. Opinions are identical to facts to the authoritarian personality.

Along with this arrogance comes the famous and ever-lasting, perpetually played, radical right authoritarian "victim card".

Skud, like Trump, is in "misery" and blames democrats, immigrants, educators, and POC. I wouldn't be surprised if he denies racism is real, except for "anti-white racism" he's fed on Trumpist media.

Was he in "misery" when Trump was president during the pandemic? Of course not.

He allows Trump is "disfunctional" (sic), but nary a word on his criminal sexual conduct, felony convictions, or multiple indictments for election interference. He's more likely to whine about Biden's "deep state lawfare" persecuting Trump for "no reason" other than he's running for president against Biden. Never mind the indictments came BEFORE Trump announced his candidacy.

Les Carpenter said...

Ones' misery is the product of ones' own thoughts.

I doubt skud is experiencing all that many miserable moments himself. He's proud of his conservatism and simply can't find it in himself to ever give credit to someone less conservative than himself. Hence VP Harris "doesn't know what she's doing."

Trump, a different story. His narcissistic thoughts and hateful thoughts are creating misery for himself and an entire nation.

skudrunner said...

Ms. Shaw, I didn't say she doesn't have supporters I just said, IMO, she was not competent but on that note neither is trump. The democrats accuse the republicans of trying to not have a fair election yet it is the democrats (walz) who said we need to get rid of the EC which gives every state a voice. As to all this government help it is like crime, if it is local it is real and I have relatives in three of the states affected who said the government help is lacking.

Grey, I don't live for politics and don't identify with either party which is why I have friends on both sides but we don't talk politics which is a topic more polarizing than religion. I am a fiscal conservative which is different than a republican or a democrat because both of them just throw money at things instead of finding solutions. I don't like money given away to pay for rich kids tuition but not trade school, I don't like money being spent to give illegals phones and room and board. I agree with Les that misery is the product of ones' own thoughts which is why I am not miserable and get along with almost everyone, even my daughter who is a yellow dog democrat.

Dave Dubya said...

Skud: "Even Kamala wants to have a new path forward after the last four years of misery."

Skud: "I agree with Les that misery is the product of ones' own thoughts which is why I am not miserable..."

Skud wants to have it both ways. This is why he is impossible to reason with.

Skud: "I have relatives in three of the states affected who said the government help is lacking."

What is lacking is Skud's understanding of natural disasters. It can't all be fixed immediately.

Say, isn't "government help" socialism?

Or is that just when it's given to people you dislike? No response expected. Just like he had no response to Republicans voting AGAINST funding FEMA because they don't want any help going to people they hate.


It always takes time to repair and rebuild from a destructive storm. Help never comes fast enough for many. It's called reality.

Regurgitating Trump's undermining of Hurricane relief efforts is more evidence of Skud's MAGA nature.

Shaw Kenawe said...

"..the government help is lacking." The governors of all the states affected disagree with what your relatives tell you.

I hope you take the time to study the electoral college and why it was instituted at the birth of our nation. You do know that the states are not all consistent on who gets the e.c.s, don't you? How is it fair in a majority of states that if 49% of the voters go for a Dem and 51% go for the Rep, that the Rep. gets ALL the e.c.s, which cancels and ignores the 49% who DID NOT vote for the R! How is that fair? TWo states, Kansas and Maine, do not use the winner-take-all vote. There should at least be a consistency in how the e.c. votes are given to the presidential vote in each state.

"Customarily, the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote in a winner-takes-all state gets all the electoral votes. A candidate needs to gather a majority of the electoral votes to win the presidential election. There’s a total of 538 electoral votes. Therefore, a candidate needs to garner 270 votes to become president. This is to say that the votes of the Electoral College decide who becomes president.

The only two states that don’t follow the winner take it all system, Nebraska and Maine, have five and four electoral votes each. Nebraska - 5 votes. Maine - 4 votes. In Maine and Nebraska, the electoral votes are proportionally distributed based on a candidate’s performance in each congressional district and the state-wide performance."