Olivia, this is all profoundly disturbing. My sincere question is if states are turning over voter rolls (some seized) how can the midterms be free and fair? Our Secretary of State here in AZ has refused to turn them over. But others have complied. Will SCOTUS sanction this? It’s clearly unconstitutional.
Olivia, Item #4 really angers and should anger all of us. Blanche, aside from the Pride of Stetson University Law School, are so damn corrupt and mentioning that the Bride of Frankenstein aka The Russian Operative aka Two-Bit Tulsi just happened to be in Atlanta, in fact hiding behind a corner. The Chain of Custody has been broken RE: ballots from 2020 - God only knows now how they will use this to create a conspiracy! It is sickening from a group that claims election rigging in 2020 when this group, including Heather Honey are working on rigging future elections! Thanks
I remember a clip from January 5th, 2021. Steven Bannon, smirking and telling his insipid listeners about the next day "It's not gonna happen the way you THINK". In other words "there's a plan, we've been working on it for months and it's gonna blow your minds".
There WAS a plan and it DID blow our minds. They'd been meeting for months with the worst people among us - Proud Boys, Stewart Rhodes, Tarrio, Giuliani and others - cooking that sh** up. And it damn near worked
Now they've had 5 years to refine it and ... HELLO Atlanta. There will be more raids in other cities and states. Minnesota is just spring training where they're working out the kinks; getting their fastball up to 110MPH.
So when I see polls that say, for example, '72% of Americans are against ICE' (why isn't it 100%), or "Generic ballots show Dems rising" ... I wince. Polls told us Hillary would win, Kamala would win and Iowa was going blue. Laughably wrong.
Now add in their elaborate plans, years in the making, to steal the midterms or worse, cancel them, and polls are more useless than ever
The danger to our democracy is more grave than ever. And it'll get worse.
Olivia your reporting is a lifesaver! Many thanks. Readers may be interested in Robert Kagan’s latest book Rebellion: How Antiliberalism is Tearing America Apart. Really excellent and his last chapter on Trump is worth the price of the book.
When a faction seeks to destroy a Lawful State, it establishes "holes" in it, in which Law does not apply, much like moths eat holes in a woolen scarf, destroying its integrity,
But whereas moths are simply hungry, autocrats aim to destroy the fabric of the state so that they can replace the power of the Lawful State with their own power, one hole at a time or many at once.
This is what they are doing, It is effective, destructive, and its aim is state capture in order to turn its power to their own ends.
The Founders feared the force of musketry; but we must fear this even more.
Please stop using the word 'conservative'. Or 'Conservative'.
The most fundamental principle of Republican conservatism is fiscal responsibility, and the GOP hasn't been that for almost 50 years; it died the day Patron Saint Reagan foisted trickle down economics on us in the early 80s. It was a lie then, it's a lie now. Slashing taxes to the bones only makes fat cats fatter and results in BOOMING deficits.
And it has other deleterious consequences: Reagan slashed social services to TRY to pay for it. Didn't work and created homelessness. W did the same thing. More deficits. Trump, same.
Look at any chart that tracks annual deficits and you'll see distinct spikes under the Reagan, W and Trump Presidencies. Clinton balanced the budget twice. Obama and Biden didn't, but the annual deficits did in fact decline in their years.
Add in tariffs and you've got nothing but a smoking abyss where conservatism once was.
Add in Family Values as propagated by a serial divorcer and philanderer and you've got a burn pit
Today conservatism is about who's using what bathrooms, phony evangelicals including guys like Osteen who live in mansions and have fleets of Lamborghinis and private jets and have to be embarrassed into opening their doors during a historic flood. It's about denying women proper healthcare when they've got a non viable pregnancy. It's about harassing LGBQT people who are bothering no one. It's about trying to kill the ACA and leaving 10s of millions of Americans without healthcare. It's about using the Bible as an unholy cudgel.
And now it's about ICE.
Conservatism, small or large "c" has always been a lie. Read Stuart Stevens's book "It Was All A Lie". Or Tim Alberta's book "The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory" for a look at conservatism from inside the evangelical world.
Olivia: Thanks so much for your updates and insights into these recent developments. I'd love to get your take on the latest release of the Epstein files - should we be hopeful???
Thanks Olivia ; Yes journalists . Don Lemon is another test case to scare off any prodding and exploring that a journalist has to do. I think of the up and coming journalists that are just starting out with very little backing them up, Will they be hampered doing their work. This buisness with ICE gestapo Surveillance methods should cause a great deal of concern . How do you know they are not wire tapping your personal phone. I believe they can also capture transmissions and text from your cell phone. Facial recon, All your personal data is out there for the highest bidder. Hell they may be watching me right now on my computer using the camera.
Thank you for tracking the costs of the military deployments to our cities. There is so much being spent, in the dark, with no accountability or audit. This is important detail.
As disturbing as all of this is, I rely on you for clear-headed reporting and analysis. Thank you so much again for keeping us informed while including some hopeful sprouts of caring. The integrity of the Mormon women, and the generosity of that man driving people...Thank you.
"That’s not the zero-sum politics dominating Washington right now. That’s legitimacy. While national power tightens its grip, local civic movements are quietly reminding us where democracy actually lives, and how it holds." 'Local civic movements' are composed of 'individuals' who know what they stand for.
Thank you, Olivia and great seeing you on with Jim Acosta! You are a fountainhead of knowledge!
Olivia, this is all profoundly disturbing. My sincere question is if states are turning over voter rolls (some seized) how can the midterms be free and fair? Our Secretary of State here in AZ has refused to turn them over. But others have complied. Will SCOTUS sanction this? It’s clearly unconstitutional.
WA has refused too.
Olivia, thank you for speaking the truth as always. Stay safe. We need your knowledge and sanity!
Olivia, Item #4 really angers and should anger all of us. Blanche, aside from the Pride of Stetson University Law School, are so damn corrupt and mentioning that the Bride of Frankenstein aka The Russian Operative aka Two-Bit Tulsi just happened to be in Atlanta, in fact hiding behind a corner. The Chain of Custody has been broken RE: ballots from 2020 - God only knows now how they will use this to create a conspiracy! It is sickening from a group that claims election rigging in 2020 when this group, including Heather Honey are working on rigging future elections! Thanks
I remember a clip from January 5th, 2021. Steven Bannon, smirking and telling his insipid listeners about the next day "It's not gonna happen the way you THINK". In other words "there's a plan, we've been working on it for months and it's gonna blow your minds".
There WAS a plan and it DID blow our minds. They'd been meeting for months with the worst people among us - Proud Boys, Stewart Rhodes, Tarrio, Giuliani and others - cooking that sh** up. And it damn near worked
Now they've had 5 years to refine it and ... HELLO Atlanta. There will be more raids in other cities and states. Minnesota is just spring training where they're working out the kinks; getting their fastball up to 110MPH.
So when I see polls that say, for example, '72% of Americans are against ICE' (why isn't it 100%), or "Generic ballots show Dems rising" ... I wince. Polls told us Hillary would win, Kamala would win and Iowa was going blue. Laughably wrong.
Now add in their elaborate plans, years in the making, to steal the midterms or worse, cancel them, and polls are more useless than ever
The danger to our democracy is more grave than ever. And it'll get worse.
Steve Bannon, an Epstein advocate, is a fat, disgusting piece of garbage
A self described Leninist
Who TF calls themselves that?
Olivia your reporting is a lifesaver! Many thanks. Readers may be interested in Robert Kagan’s latest book Rebellion: How Antiliberalism is Tearing America Apart. Really excellent and his last chapter on Trump is worth the price of the book.
When a faction seeks to destroy a Lawful State, it establishes "holes" in it, in which Law does not apply, much like moths eat holes in a woolen scarf, destroying its integrity,
But whereas moths are simply hungry, autocrats aim to destroy the fabric of the state so that they can replace the power of the Lawful State with their own power, one hole at a time or many at once.
This is what they are doing, It is effective, destructive, and its aim is state capture in order to turn its power to their own ends.
The Founders feared the force of musketry; but we must fear this even more.
Please stop using the word 'conservative'. Or 'Conservative'.
The most fundamental principle of Republican conservatism is fiscal responsibility, and the GOP hasn't been that for almost 50 years; it died the day Patron Saint Reagan foisted trickle down economics on us in the early 80s. It was a lie then, it's a lie now. Slashing taxes to the bones only makes fat cats fatter and results in BOOMING deficits.
And it has other deleterious consequences: Reagan slashed social services to TRY to pay for it. Didn't work and created homelessness. W did the same thing. More deficits. Trump, same.
Look at any chart that tracks annual deficits and you'll see distinct spikes under the Reagan, W and Trump Presidencies. Clinton balanced the budget twice. Obama and Biden didn't, but the annual deficits did in fact decline in their years.
Add in tariffs and you've got nothing but a smoking abyss where conservatism once was.
Add in Family Values as propagated by a serial divorcer and philanderer and you've got a burn pit
Today conservatism is about who's using what bathrooms, phony evangelicals including guys like Osteen who live in mansions and have fleets of Lamborghinis and private jets and have to be embarrassed into opening their doors during a historic flood. It's about denying women proper healthcare when they've got a non viable pregnancy. It's about harassing LGBQT people who are bothering no one. It's about trying to kill the ACA and leaving 10s of millions of Americans without healthcare. It's about using the Bible as an unholy cudgel.
And now it's about ICE.
Conservatism, small or large "c" has always been a lie. Read Stuart Stevens's book "It Was All A Lie". Or Tim Alberta's book "The Kingdom, The Power, The Glory" for a look at conservatism from inside the evangelical world.
Conservatism is literally killing us.
Olivia: Thanks so much for your updates and insights into these recent developments. I'd love to get your take on the latest release of the Epstein files - should we be hopeful???
Thanks, Olivia! What you give us in your content is often scary but always offers hope. It’s time for me to upgrade!
Thank you for all you are doing Olivia!
Thanks Olivia ; Yes journalists . Don Lemon is another test case to scare off any prodding and exploring that a journalist has to do. I think of the up and coming journalists that are just starting out with very little backing them up, Will they be hampered doing their work. This buisness with ICE gestapo Surveillance methods should cause a great deal of concern . How do you know they are not wire tapping your personal phone. I believe they can also capture transmissions and text from your cell phone. Facial recon, All your personal data is out there for the highest bidder. Hell they may be watching me right now on my computer using the camera.
Thanks Olivia.
we are on the edge of full authoritarianism. Every day the Dems say “stop, or i’ll say stop again” but do nothing, we lose more of our democracy
Thank you for tracking the costs of the military deployments to our cities. There is so much being spent, in the dark, with no accountability or audit. This is important detail.
As disturbing as all of this is, I rely on you for clear-headed reporting and analysis. Thank you so much again for keeping us informed while including some hopeful sprouts of caring. The integrity of the Mormon women, and the generosity of that man driving people...Thank you.
"That’s not the zero-sum politics dominating Washington right now. That’s legitimacy. While national power tightens its grip, local civic movements are quietly reminding us where democracy actually lives, and how it holds." 'Local civic movements' are composed of 'individuals' who know what they stand for.