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Nancy Crouse's avatar

The Fascist States of America. Who didn't see this coming?

HI2thDoc's avatar

All those who aren't deep MAGAs but just "couldn't vote for that woman" in 2016 and 2024. For they who now have regrets, I say take your regrets and shove them up your stupid ass

Niquie Hutchison's avatar

Yeah...that's rich, innit? They couldn't vote for "that woman" but they could, and did, vote for Satan. So, better Satan than a woman for President. I have no MAGATs in my orbit. I will NOT breathe the same air. But when one does pass by, I remind them that it took Evil to vote in Evil. And there is such a thing as a "day of reckoning." What it is, when it will happen, I dunno. As hard as it is to believe, God does not consult me about such things. But I know that day exists for all of us. And I say it softly, eyeball to eyeball and with a big ol' grin on my face, like I'm wishing them all the best. There is something to be said for knocking the wind out of your opponent. Satisfaction!

P J Johnston's avatar

I think the "day of reckoning" is called KARMA!

Nancy's avatar

I have "true, old school" (Schwarzeneggerean) Republican buddies (heck, even married one! :D) who did NOT vote for the Loser-in-Chief; one detested Hillary and made no secret of it, but still voted for her deliberately, and Kamala last year (NONE of them voted for the Supreme Toddler; they try to vote for "sane" R candidates, when they can find them [kind of thin on the ground these days, but there was one in the Presidential Circus in 2016; sadly, he bowed out before we Californians were allowed to vote that year...]). :-/

Sadly, two of my buddies (one of whom is another Democrat; mixed marriages can work! :D) have to live with her mother in the mom's house due to Reasons (initially; now they're the mom's caregivers), and Mom has drunk the Kool-aid pretty deeply, so politics aren't a thing allowed within hearing distance (luckily for us as guests, Mom's hearing is going pretty thoroughly...), and Mom doesn't apparently watch Faux News while guests are in the house. :)

Joni's avatar

It wasn’t “that woman” they couldn’t vote for, it was “that black woman” they couldn’t vote for. Just couldn’t say the whole thing out loud.

Nancy's avatar

Nah, they likely didn't vote for "that other woman" either back in 2016... X-P

"Because girrlz are icky and stinky! Waahhh! :("

Star Aasved's avatar

While I, like many others, are incensed by the firing of Terry Moran, it is important to know that journalists are expected to follow a set of ethics that include avoiding bias. To my mind, this directly contradicts another standard, reporting truthfully, but the argument can be made that Moran's statements were his opinion, and not factual - even though we know they are.

This comes down to capitulation to the Trump regime, as we all know.

Thus, it presents a strong case for independent, accurate and truthful independent journalism My hope is that Moran - who already has a Substack account - will begin to participate here.

In other news, I saw this earlier today: "The Daily Mail is reporting that Trump thinks that the date for the papal celebration was chosen in order to upstage his own birthday gala." It's always all about him, eh?

Naomi's avatar

I get it, but these are unprecedented times, and we all have a first ammendment right. We have never seen this level of censorship in the corporate media before. And it is shameless that they are giving airtime to racists, facists, and election deniers who are only normalizing this garbage by appearing on the news as “legitimate” talking heads to be objective. OVER IT.

P J Johnston's avatar

Give me a break and OMG!

Teri Gelini's avatar

What a loser! Me, myself and I are his only friends.

Star Aasved's avatar

Who’s only friends?

Teri Gelini's avatar

Dumpf's only friends are himself as me , myself and i. he has no friends in the world. The suck-ups are no friends, they are only looking for "protection" or a "favor" from him

Star Aasved's avatar

Haha! Sooner or later the suck-ups will learn he doesn’t give a damn about them.

Nancy's avatar

I don't think The Daily Mail is wrong; why else have his first official Mass on a Saturday, vs. a Sunday? ;)

It's an open "secret" that The Pontiff doesn't much care for the Not-So-Ope-Dope-in-Chief, and is openly proud of being "woke"... ;)

HI2thDoc's avatar

I hope this doesn't devolve into violence and open civil war, but the biggest problem is that that's entirely up to that Putin-light motherfucker

Naomi's avatar

That is my concern also.

Nancy's avatar

And enough Americans gave the nuclear codes back into his teeny, tiny hands again... X-P

Guess everyone forgot about that part of it, eh? :-/

Patty's avatar

God, this would be a great time for Terry Moran to move to Substack; it seems a lot of the good reporters being ditched are making their way here…which is a great thing for us…

Punkette's avatar

The Meiselas brothers have invited Terry to join the MeidasTouch network. I hope he says YES!

P J Johnston's avatar

Totally agree on this one! Dan Rather, Jim Acosta and many more! Independent is where it's at!

Teri Gelini's avatar

We get to have the best most ethical reporters!

Naomi's avatar

Yes! Absolutely! Can you make this happen, God?

Karen&HerKittyCats's avatar

Terry is on Substack - just saw his first post and did the free subscribe, for now. I paid for my subscription to God last month, have to spread out my paid subscriptions!

Nancy's avatar

He apparently already has a Substack account? Sounds like that should be his platform now; I hope he gets a ton of subscribers! :D

Diane McConnell's avatar

Before you ban ABC give them a call and tell them that bending the knee to this regime was a bad idea; that Terry Moran should be reinstated.

And that you're about to ban them for their stupid knee jerk reaction re: Terry Moran.

And remind them that you're on Substack, and that many more will be following suit!

ABC 212-456-2828

Or 818-460-7477

Rugger Ducky's avatar

Neither of those allow you to leave a message, both tell you to email support@abc.com

Mary Busch's avatar

Thanks! I sent an email to ABC shaming them for their decision to fire Terry Moran.

Diane McConnell's avatar

Yeah, the first one said the mailbox was full. I wonder why???

PhunnyPhillyGirl's avatar

NO KINGS!!!

NO KINGS!!!

NO KINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lady Emsworth's avatar

"Do you hear the people sing"

That's what's missing from the protests. We need some good songs like they had at the Vietnam marches.

Hard to claim someone is "violent" if they're singing. . .

Katy Lea's avatar

They are also shooting at bystanders for no reason.

Nancy's avatar

Probably quite a few of these ICE "law enforcement officers" are just pardoned Jan 6ers who've been "deputized"...or are at least wearing things that say ICE on them. X-P

Rhoda Ozen's avatar

God you’re on top of this, as usual, with all the lies, hate, and bs they’re throwing at us.

I’m happy for No Kings Day! Yet I’m sure the military will rabble rouse. Which upsets me.

Idk we can’t even protest peacefully anymore.

Nancy's avatar

We'll be trying in L.A. that day! :D

So far, it's not nearly as "3rd World, war" as the fascists are making it out to be. ;)

Wish me luck! I'll be there with my U.S. flag, and Ukrainian, Canadian, and -- well, maybe not Mexican; I do have one, but I don't want to be a singled-out target (not /that/ brave)...maybe my Welsh flag (maternal ancestors, who were immigrants awhile back) instead. ;)

Nancy's avatar

Thanks! :D I'll do my best! :)

Nancy's avatar

Well, foo! I tried, but couldn't get within MILES of the place...

Next time, like quite possibly 4 July, I'm just gonna park myself in a deck chair out on the sidewalk, if I can't get to anywhere. At least my extendable back scratcher metal (ooh! Scary!) flag poles will be okay to have on my person (American, Californian, Ukrainian, Canadian), as will my Protest Ball Cap Covered with Political Buttons and my Support Ukraine t-shirt. ;)

And maybe I'll be able to put up my Welsh flag somewhere, too... :D

Rugger Ducky's avatar

Can't really afford an annual subscription, but losing the only god I believe in right now would be worse. Having been banned on Twitter and Threads, I have to get my fix somewhere!

Today Trump is going to see Les Miserables at the Kennedy Center. Yes, for real.

Here's a great song for anyone protesting his tiny peen parade.

https://youtu.be/1q82twrdr0U

Cam Choiniere's avatar

Fabulous battle cry. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.

Nancy's avatar

Me too! :D

But my favorite bit has got to be around 1:44, where even the soldiers are sympathetic... :D

For those who aren't familiar with the movie/musical/novel or the actual history, the dude in the funeral about to be buried was a then-famous, fairly highly placed general who wanted government reform in a good way and was sympathetic to the plight of the ordinary people. When he died, they lost a great friend, but that's why so many lined the streets for him. :~-(

I also liked this version, even without subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpDbvlAI_A0

Cam Choiniere's avatar

Thanks so much for sharing this, Nancy! Amazing. I heard that Trump is seeing Les Mis at Lincoln Center tonight. Will he even understand it? So sad.

Nancy's avatar

Heh! Kennedy, Lincoln... :D

I'd heard Trump was greeted with a lot of boos and a couple dozen drag queens that blew him kisses and made the entire crowd just erupt with laughter AT him! :D

And I've got the multi-national version going through my head right now... :)

Satoshi Miyazaki's avatar

Please tell me how many more years I should stay in Japan.

Satoshi Miyazaki's avatar

Thank you for your reply.

Nancy's avatar

I'd say, probably at least until Wee Hands Donny isn't in office any more, and/or someone sane is in charge of the department of "Foreigners Thinkin' They Can Just Barge Inta This Here Country" again. :-/

Joni's avatar

Good to see a column in Substack, not just a video. I have time for a read, less for a listen. Thanks for this, God. Love ya! And we aren’t letting anyone shut you down…it just ain’t gonna happen. Even if we have to find an underground…isn’t that the way we have always survived if need be? But it won’t come to that. No kings is coming, and the orange cheetah guy is going to be po’d that he is losing, but there are too many of us for him to send the military against. We have the big lies numbers ever…the most beautiful of crowds…nobody has ever had any bigger, ever. Too big to count, really. Bigger than he won by, that is for sure.

Niquie Hutchison's avatar

I have always drawn the line expressing the ultimate ill will toward anybody. It's just going too far, yanno? But TACO isn't "anybody." In fact, he doesn't qualify as human. Evil is not human. And he's promising to use "heavy force" against protesters at his billion dollar birthday bash (it's just so embarrassing, innit?)

SO! What if the protesters carried signs that read "Happy LAST Birthday, Donald!"?

I mean, the dude looks like he's dead already. I've seen dead people. They all look so much better.

Kara Smith's avatar

Hang in God. Be supreme. 🙏🏻

Sharon Heidē Ward's avatar

Coming to a back room soon 🎥 🔜

“MEAN GIRLS: LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS”. It’s the sassy sister drama-comedy-psycho-thriller-reality show about Elon, JD, and Peter Peter Data Eater plotting to take Taco down 🌮 🎭 Heaven, help us 🙏

Naomi's avatar

HAHAH oh my god truth.

GigiDimeg's avatar

I’m praying for severe thunderstorms all day long in DC on 6/14. I feel for the soldiers ordered to march, but not enough to cancel my weather prayers.

Nancy's avatar

REAL soldiers aren't bothered by a little rain. ;)

GigiDimeg's avatar

I’m not praying for a little rain. I’m praying for thunder and lightning. 😊

Nancy's avatar

That might actually have an effect; I'm not sure how much real metal is in tanks and whatnot any more, but surely they have procedures in place to avoid the troops getting electrocuted if lightning hits? :(

(And I checked the weather report for back east; apparently, there's a big front coming up from Texas, aiming right at D.C. and the Northeast...)

GigiDimeg's avatar

That would also stop the showy flyovers. 😊