Cry the Beloved Country
Truth Goes Marching On
It’s clear that Trump, who is the descendant of a German whore master, is an ignorant, semi-literate man — not to mention an unsuccessful business man and a draft dodger. In every decision he makes, his sole aim is to bolster his ego by becoming a total dictator.
What right does Trump have to take away food from starving children or impoverished elderly? He has never suffered want. It has all been given to him.
What right does he have to destroy our nation’s educational system, which is designed to raise the level of all members of its society? Measures designed to help equalize opportunity for everyone.
What right does this man have to deprive society of empathy? To set us back in the long battle that the nation has fought and is still fighting for equality for all members of its society, regardless of ethnicity, race, or gender.
America, though not always successful, has struggled since the Civil War to become an increasingly empathetic country, with the government, by and large, devoted to the improvement of the lives of all people. We have been consistently moving towards equality and inclusion. President Roosevelt, who came from the most aristocratic American family, and Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated their lives to that cause. All presidents for that matter, have, in their own way, moved us forward in this fight, even while supporting capitalism.
Trump, on the other hand, has dedicated his life to divisiveness, the destruction of our democracy, and the deprivation of empathy for the American people. All for the benefit of his own ego and “kiss-the-ring,” sycophant, billionaire supporters who, like him, have no regard for the benefit of our society. Simply, he is a “wannabe Hitler.”
Hitler, like Trump, was elected by the people of Germany. Hitler was also going to make Germany “great again.” And what did he do to Germany? He destroyed the Weimar Democratic constitution. He murdered 6 million people and caused WWII.
America, Beware. Beware! Beware!!!!
Spread the word: Trump is Hitler reincarnate.
Attack. Fight Back.
What can we do to save our democracy?
There are few options for Americans, but we must take them immediately. First and foremost, we must pressure congress and the senate to do the job for which they were elected which is to represent the people of the United States of America. They were not elected to kiss Donald Trump’s ring. Then, as Robert Reich says in his recent Guardian article:
“1. Help protect officials in your community or state whom Trump and his administration are targeting for vengeance.
2. Participate or organize boycotts of companies that are enabling the Trump regime, starting with Elon Musk’s X and Tesla, and any companies that advertise on X or on Fox News.
3. Protect the decent and hardworking tax-paying members of your communities even though they may be undocumented or whose parents are undocumented. Many of whom have lived here and contributed to this Country for many, many years and are still being targeted.
4. Protect LGBTQ+ members of your community.
5. Spread the truth.
6. To the extent you are able, fund groups that are litigating against Trump and his destructive measures.
7. Urge friends, relatives and acquaintances to avoid Trump propaganda outlets such as Fox News, Newsmax, X and, increasingly, Facebook and Instagram.
8. Push for progressive measures in your community and state.
9. Encourage worker action. Join Pickett lines and support the trade unions.
10. Fight Back. Do not give up on America.”
America’s Hitler
As made evident by himself at his own inauguration, America has elected a crook, a criminal, a thief, a petty vindictive liar, a would-be Hitler to destroy America and he is succeeding. In only one week these are the destructive edicts that he has perpetrated:
“1. Issued pardons for people involved in the January 6 attack on the Capital.
2. Left the World Health Organization and suspended all foreign aid which has helped keep peace in the world for 50 years.
3. Endorsed Israeli claims of “biblical rights” to the West Bank.
4. Withdrew from the Paris climate agreement.
5. Launched a war on migrants – and their children.
6. Cancelled travel for refugees, including those approved to resettle in the US.
7. Recommitted to the death penalty.
8. Ignited fear in Americans and people around the world when his confidant and constant companion Elon Musk gave the fascist salute (twice).
9. He warned Joe Biden he should have pardoned himself and made veiled threats against Biden’s safety in his post-presidential life.
10. Put anti-discrimination government staff on leave.
11. Denied transgender rights.” (Homes, The Guardian)
Beware. Take note. Understand. Recognize.
Americans cannot afford to sit by and let a Hitler take over.
Recorded History
Two days ago, a convicted felon was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States of America.
With every opportunity to make an important inaugural speech, instead Donald J. Trump, whose painted orange face and fake hair will forever be recorded on this day, made a petty, divisive, vindictive, nasty, little attack on the Biden administration and Biden himself.
History will record his inauguration as the demise of America as we know it.
This man who is bent on the destruction of the nation to satisfy his own ego puts himself and his own interests before the country.
His history will always be remembered for his self interest, starting with the destruction of the Supreme Court and their freeing the president of any responsibility for his actions while in office, to his denial of women’s rights, to his right hand man, Elon Musk, giving a nazi hitler salute rather than the pledge of allegiance to the United States.
How Deaf are the Dumb and the Blind?
How stupid can Donald Trump’s appointee be? How stupid can Trump be to suggest his appointee should be in charge of the military or anything for that matter?
His appointee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, says that women should not serve in the military. Yet, he has made it imminently clear by his ignorance of American History that he himself is unqualified to serve. He says that women should not serve, well, let’s look at the history…
In WWII, it was women who helped build the airplanes, ships, and munitions that were sent to fight in the war overseas. And it was the women who delivered the planes, factory to field, freeing the men in the service to fight WWII in Korea and Japan. And it was in these planes that were delivered by women, that were armed with the first radar for the daylight raids over Berlin. And it was those planes that shattered Germany.
Why doesn’t President-elect, Donald Trump, study the history of the United States before he makes his appointments of unqualified individuals?
Beware America
Trump will be the first president of the United States who will take office as a convicted criminal, who has managed to avoid sentencing.
He has corrupted the entire justice system of the United States — starting with the Supreme court, which has created a condition of immunity for him and his irresponsible behavior.
He has exhibited no interest in benefitting this country or in maintaining the democracy under which we have thrived. His only wish in life is to satisfy his own ego and to race America towards its own destruction.
It is obvious that this country needs to have laws against the decimation of false information, delivered under the guise of truth. Unfortunately, people believe what they are told. Freedom of speech should not be defined as the right to disseminate lies and misinformation to the public.
This is not freedom of speech. This is the method used by autocrats and dictators to control a naïve, ignorant, and uneducated public.
Beware America! For the next four years, Trump will try to destroy us. With the help of Putin, Trump’s keeper, he could succeed.
America’s War on Women
There is no possible way to understand what it is that is driving America to become increasingly retrogressive.
On the political spectrum, there are more and more politicians who want less and less government, except when it comes to women, whose right it should be to choose for them, their health and their own bodies.
Forty-one years ago the then respected Supreme Court decided on Roe v. Wade which was a really progressive step for women in this country. And now, all these years later, suddenly this ultra conservative, right-wing gang of Trump’s kiss the ring thugs wants the government to set women back to the Middle Ages.
What right in this world do these men, who are mostly Republicans, have to bring the government in to control issues defining women’s health or the right to choose?
These right wing Politicians who want no government involvement and no government interference with anything that has to do with them, their businesses, their taxes or their perceived right to lie or to rob the public. For that they don’t want government involvement.
However, when it comes to women’s rights, they want government to step in to deny women the right to be protected ,whether from rape, violence, unwanted pregnancies, regardless of age or health or financial obstacles or anything else that might make having a child a problem.
Why should a woman not have the right to make that decision? Certainly these men, these right wing fascists aren’t going to take any responsibility.
For them it’s a “bim bam, thank you ma’am”, and they have no further responsibility. They want the government to formalize and to deny women the right to choose.
Well, we as a nation must object. We are probably the only civilized country today that does not have federally supported legalized abortion.
This puts us in a class with the ultra-orthodox religious fanatics of all denominations with whom we are at war in the Middle East. Is this where America wants to stand?
Well we must object. Girls, boys, men and women take a stand on the rights of all individuals in this society.
Women are individuals.
Let them make their personal choices. This used to be America.
Impact
This is a recently received letter from a close friend who is a woman of some renown. Everyone’s lives will be affected by Trump if he is elected.
This could happen to you. This could happen to any woman.
Names have been omitted to protect the privacy of the author.
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Dear Family and Friends,
If you know me, then you know that it is rare for me to share personal stories. I don’t even share personal contacts which is why you all are blind copied on this email. However, I am compelled to share this personal experience with you to make an important point (and I believe) for your own benefit.
Lest anyone think that the standards of a prospective Trump administration “won’t be that bad” or simply won’t have ill effect on you because somehow you will be exempt from the ramifications of his administration’s policies, consider this:
When my partner and I were starting our family we got pregnant with our first child easily and happily. We assumed we would be able to have a second child just as easily. Indeed, two years later we were expecting our second child. However, for reasons unknown, I miscarried in the fifth month. The fetus just quietly and irrevocably died. I knew something was wrong because all of a sudden I did not feel pregnant anymore. However, I was not actively discharging the remains (miscarrying) and once the doctor confirmed the fetus was no longer viable he had to perform an abortion to remove it.
Fortunately, at the time I had full bodily autonomy. I did not have to carry a dead fetus in me until it made me ill or destroyed my fertility. I was able to get the medical care that I needed when I needed it and on my terms. And I was able to go on and have the little sibling who my first child yearned for, our beautiful, second child. And my doctors were able to provide the necessary medical care without threat of imprisonment or loss of their medical license.
If the same set of circumstances happened today in 25+ states in the USA, I would not have the human right, the privacy, the bodily autonomy to make the necessary decision to preserve my health and my reproductive rights. Under a Trump administration and Republican Congress, I and all women regardless of socio economic status or age will have no options. We will not have the right to receive the necessary health care.
To make it simple and clear: imagine a world without my child. If my partner and I were faced with the same circumstances today, living in a state with extreme limitations on abortion access, we would not have been able to obtain the care that allowed us to ultimately have our second child.
Even if you do not particularly care about women’s health care and bodily autonomy for all citizens, a Trump administration will affect each of you in ways that you can not imagine, do not want to believe, or simply think you are an exception to. While Trump may position himself as above the law and an exception to every legal and social norm, he and his “team” do not think you are entitled to the same standing.
This election is about voting for the rule of law and preserving our democracy, about all citizens having equal rights under the law. It is not only about the price of eggs or gas or housing or tax rates or foreign policy or any other issue that we normally would be debating and voting on. This is about voting in support of our democracy and the rule of law, or not.
New Era for America
Russian thinker Alexander Dugan has claimed that Trump’s win will have incredible global impact. Dugan has made his reputation on a call for an “anti-American revolution” and claims that with Trump’s election, “[Russia] has won. The world will be never ever like before. Globalists have lost their final combat.”
It is Trump’s alliance with Russia’s leader, Putin, that defines his “about-to-be” presidency.
Trump’s election is a win for Putin.
Putin’s support of Trump is furthering his goal to divide Americans.
Heather Cox Richardson reports that “Trump claims to have talked to about seventy world leaders since his reelection but has declined to go through the usual channels of the State Department.”
“This [policy] illustrates his determination to reorganize the federal government around himself rather than its normal operations. [This approach] leaves him—and the United States—vulnerable to misstatements and misunderstandings…”
In an interview, Putin’s presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev said: “To achieve success in the election, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations.”‘
It is evident that Trump has obligations to Putin.
Where will that leave America?
It’s difficult to know where the country will be at the end of four years of Trump, and it is even more difficult to know what we the people can do to save our democracy from a would be dictator and his cohort.
The Republican Senate and Congress have to get their act in order, do the jobs that they were elected to do, and stop kissing the ring.
This is the time for Americans to be courageous and to fight in every way possible to preserve our democracy.