One of these ICE agents is going to get shot one of these days. There are enough people packing heat these days for that to happen. And "Stand Your Ground" would be a legitimate defense.
And I expect to see that someday, maybe soon! Will I feel bad? HELL NO!! I'll be delighted to see that happen. SOMEONE has to stand up to them eventually and that person will be a HERO! Believe me when I say, the crowds WILL cheer! WE the people are beyond the simmering point. The pot is beginning to BOIL!
The last story brought tears to my eyes. At long last women are being allowed to participate where gender truly doesn't matter. The work isn't over, but every small step is a victory, particularly in the Trump era.
Wow, another week of Trump being Trump with his actions and distractions; to be topped-off with his embarrassing summit with Putin yesterday. His "Art of the Deal" was all hype and hot air. Putin played him again. He, his entire cabinet, most of the Supreme Court and MAGA followers are a huge embarrassment to all of us who still remember The Constitution and The Rule of Law.
We are morphing into Nazi Germany. Marco Rubio sold his soul to the devil along with all the other Republicans. They are a lost cause. When will the Democrats, who have a chance to make a case for democracy, wake up???
5. Helsinki. Anchorage. Different backdrop, same humiliation
The very existence of Trump as president is a national humiliation of the first order. The individual events are details that are important but are also mere trivia in the larger scheme of things. The outrages keep piling up like the mythical hydra, or like the more modern whack-a-mole. If we ever get past this phase and back into a reasonable state, we should remind ourselves, it CAN happen again.
Great updates Olivia , thanks. This PragerU, has caused me some concern. A right wing , White Supremacist , Christian Nationalist twist in learning for children. Total indoctrination
Take the words Nazi and Germany out and put in Trump and America .
The Nazis transformed Germany from a democracy into a single party dictatorship. As part of this process, the Nazi German regime introduced Nazi ideology into all aspects of life in Germany (including education, the arts, politics, clubs, and government policies). The process was known as Nazification. This article describes how the Nazi German regime indoctrinated young people with Nazi ideas at school and beyond.
Education in the Third Reich served to indoctrinate students with the National Socialist world view. Nazi scholars and educators glorified Nordic and other “Aryan” races, while labeling Jews and other so-called inferior peoples as parasitic “bastard races” incapable of creating culture or civilization
If you have young children get them into reading, and spend time teaching them all about democracy , the constitution and the rule of law. Don't let them sit in front of a TV getting inundated with crap PBS did not push political propaganda .
Marco Rubio is one of the most pathetic, tragic figures in modern times. EVERY time he appears at one of Trump's performative political stages he looks sullen and dour. He has to realize he has sold his soul for some unknown payoff, whatever it is. Great point to remind us how he was once a champion of human rights and even a solid reformer for immigration but he has been forever pimped by Trump w/ the appropriate moniker Liddle Marco. A woman on substack somewhere made a salient comment about JD and Marco; how do their wives ever look them in the eye and respect them?
Olivia -- so much of what you've posted is right on the money! I do have a question about the wisdom of you posting, with zero context, this sentence: "Furthermore, Israel’s documented abuses vanished like they never happened." Israel is in a battle for its survival, against extremely nasty terrorists, including Hamas. I'm not sure what "abuses" have been documented. Israel gets attacked from EVERY possible angle, including by my so-called "progressive" compatriots. That needs to stop. (Criticism of Netanyahu is certainly legitimate. Granted, the guy is corrupt. But what choices do supporters of Israel and yes, Zionism, have these days?)
Pretty grim predictions but we need to hear this stuff everyday instead of all the "smoke and mirrors" we get from the current regime! The National Guard needs to go. They are trained for a different type of service to this country, namely to PROTECT us NOT ARREST us. We are truly being ruled by a mad man whose posing as a leader.
Still up on the NATIONAL PARKS WEBSITE! The white supremacist traitors/Confederates SURRENDERED LIKE LITTLE WIMPY WEAK THIEVES- to the UNION Had to give up their guns and help clean up THEIR BLOODY MESS!
Always remind a MAGA of this event.
And remind them trump COPIED this on Friday to surrender USA to putin.
Your 5 truths are literally sucking the life out of all of us 😡 but yay to first female umpire in the MLB!!
One of these ICE agents is going to get shot one of these days. There are enough people packing heat these days for that to happen. And "Stand Your Ground" would be a legitimate defense.
I've thought that also. Not advocating it, yet it's what the NRA and the 2nd Amendment crew have preached for decades.
I've been saying that for quite a while. I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet.
And I expect to see that someday, maybe soon! Will I feel bad? HELL NO!! I'll be delighted to see that happen. SOMEONE has to stand up to them eventually and that person will be a HERO! Believe me when I say, the crowds WILL cheer! WE the people are beyond the simmering point. The pot is beginning to BOIL!
Even tho I a'nt got money, still appreciate good writing. 83. Fixed income. I remember Hitler.
The last story brought tears to my eyes. At long last women are being allowed to participate where gender truly doesn't matter. The work isn't over, but every small step is a victory, particularly in the Trump era.
🥹 Absolutely!
Olivia I have gifted you the handle, “She Who Watches”
Tsagaglalal “She Who Watches” Petroglyph
Look it up for image.
Wow, another week of Trump being Trump with his actions and distractions; to be topped-off with his embarrassing summit with Putin yesterday. His "Art of the Deal" was all hype and hot air. Putin played him again. He, his entire cabinet, most of the Supreme Court and MAGA followers are a huge embarrassment to all of us who still remember The Constitution and The Rule of Law.
It’s pathetic to watch him worship @Putin’s altar.
We are morphing into Nazi Germany. Marco Rubio sold his soul to the devil along with all the other Republicans. They are a lost cause. When will the Democrats, who have a chance to make a case for democracy, wake up???
I'm thinking that Rubio is in the Epstein Files.
We need to know why these Republicans have no spine.
5. Helsinki. Anchorage. Different backdrop, same humiliation
The very existence of Trump as president is a national humiliation of the first order. The individual events are details that are important but are also mere trivia in the larger scheme of things. The outrages keep piling up like the mythical hydra, or like the more modern whack-a-mole. If we ever get past this phase and back into a reasonable state, we should remind ourselves, it CAN happen again.
Thank you Olivia, appreciate your Substack and voice.
Olivia, your writing is terrific! I appreciate the terse, witty way you cover all the important topics.
Same here
Great updates Olivia , thanks. This PragerU, has caused me some concern. A right wing , White Supremacist , Christian Nationalist twist in learning for children. Total indoctrination
Take the words Nazi and Germany out and put in Trump and America .
The Nazis transformed Germany from a democracy into a single party dictatorship. As part of this process, the Nazi German regime introduced Nazi ideology into all aspects of life in Germany (including education, the arts, politics, clubs, and government policies). The process was known as Nazification. This article describes how the Nazi German regime indoctrinated young people with Nazi ideas at school and beyond.
Education in the Third Reich served to indoctrinate students with the National Socialist world view. Nazi scholars and educators glorified Nordic and other “Aryan” races, while labeling Jews and other so-called inferior peoples as parasitic “bastard races” incapable of creating culture or civilization
If you have young children get them into reading, and spend time teaching them all about democracy , the constitution and the rule of law. Don't let them sit in front of a TV getting inundated with crap PBS did not push political propaganda .
Marco Rubio is one of the most pathetic, tragic figures in modern times. EVERY time he appears at one of Trump's performative political stages he looks sullen and dour. He has to realize he has sold his soul for some unknown payoff, whatever it is. Great point to remind us how he was once a champion of human rights and even a solid reformer for immigration but he has been forever pimped by Trump w/ the appropriate moniker Liddle Marco. A woman on substack somewhere made a salient comment about JD and Marco; how do their wives ever look them in the eye and respect them?
Olivia -- so much of what you've posted is right on the money! I do have a question about the wisdom of you posting, with zero context, this sentence: "Furthermore, Israel’s documented abuses vanished like they never happened." Israel is in a battle for its survival, against extremely nasty terrorists, including Hamas. I'm not sure what "abuses" have been documented. Israel gets attacked from EVERY possible angle, including by my so-called "progressive" compatriots. That needs to stop. (Criticism of Netanyahu is certainly legitimate. Granted, the guy is corrupt. But what choices do supporters of Israel and yes, Zionism, have these days?)
Pretty grim predictions but we need to hear this stuff everyday instead of all the "smoke and mirrors" we get from the current regime! The National Guard needs to go. They are trained for a different type of service to this country, namely to PROTECT us NOT ARREST us. We are truly being ruled by a mad man whose posing as a leader.
Still up on the NATIONAL PARKS WEBSITE! The white supremacist traitors/Confederates SURRENDERED LIKE LITTLE WIMPY WEAK THIEVES- to the UNION Had to give up their guns and help clean up THEIR BLOODY MESS!
Always remind a MAGA of this event.
And remind them trump COPIED this on Friday to surrender USA to putin.
https://www.nps.gov/apco/learn/historyculture/the-surrender-meeting.htm#:~:text=As%20the%20fighting%20came%20to,the%20village%20out%20of%20curiosity.