Thank you Jim for telling it directly as it is. I'm yet to see it laid it out this clearly and accurately by someone. It's crazy that the deep, extreme neuroses of a few white guys has *such* power. Nobody quite knew that *this* was coming but thanks to people like you we can idientify what they're trying to do. I wish Democrat politicians would name it as you have done, really make it clear what these people are trying to do. It needs to be said as you have done here for people to wake up to what is really happening, IMO.
When its so hot that the average solar panels shuts down at a time you need them most for the air conditioner. And this means you have to rely on fossil fuels to cool. This is the spiral downward direction that greed has been taking us.
Excellent powerful piece Jim. I intuitively sensed the death orientation of the 2nd tRump term in his second full week when he drastically cut Veteran benefits, including suicide prevention programs, and offered a pay out to ALL federal employees willing to resign, without considering what type of work they do. As the Grateful Dead sang in 'New Speedway Boogie', "This darkness got to give...".
Maybe, just maybe, Trump will drop dead of heat stroke on July 4th while giving his speech at the big party in Washington DC, when the “feels like“ temperature is 115F. Gosh, bad me. This was the first thing that popped into my mind.
Thank you, Jim. This is where we are. A true Hellscape of wasted talent and burnt resources and evil selfish excuses for human beings. Those of us who grew up in the 1950s and 60s are coming out of shock. Truths are revealing themselves. August public figures and politicians are revealing who they were all along. We’re learning fast that the American dream was a nightmare for many people . And now this enormous question: can people (A People ) turn and see and fight back and do the right thing? Having
Not a happy picture, but likely an accurate one. I won’t give up or give in to despair. We the living must fight for what’s good and fair, because not to do so would be a sad surrender and tragic defeat. Together, we push back against the deranged, heartless sickos who lack decency and love.
“Christofascist bribery cult” is one of the most creatively descriptive phrases I’ve ever heard. Thank you for bringing me a moment of almost joyous clarity in an otherwise dark piece.
As Jim Stewartson wisely advises & warns us for these coming months & beyond: We need full speed ahead on all our local, national & worldwide organizing efforts around the argument of “How is life best lived?”
The answer I believe is to sharply focus & not be deterred on living up to our own collective name of “humanity” by acting humanely to each other and fellow earthly life globally with the concern, help & protections we all deserve & far more appreciation of how fortunate our species has been to evolve & live with our fellow mammals & other BEINGS on such a beautiful planet hospitable to the rise of such spectacular life forms in the first place! We can’t let death cults destroy all the hard-fought & hard-won ideas, laws, and actions of liberty, cooperation, & collective well-being that are our most honorable achievements. We must continue & accelerate the essential work against oppression & homicidal & ecocidal tyranny across our own precious place in the universe!
FROM JIM:
“Life and Death
While I struggle to find any “silver lining” in this bleak vision [of where we are right now], I do get the unmistakable sense that the American people, and the world more generally, are beginning to catch on to the true consequences of our collective failure. And while I fear what’s coming in these next six months and beyond, perhaps for people to fight for life, first they need to see what death really looks like.
In the end, this is not a left-vs-right war. In many ways, it’s not even a class war. It’s a life-vs-death war. It’s about whether we organize around the argument of who deserves to die? or, how is life best lived?
We are told that it is taboo not to compare the Trump regime to NAZI Germany, that History doesn't repeat itself. which would be true if there was such a thing as a time loop, and there would be Swastika banners hanging from the DOJ, but there are Trump banners hanging from the DOJ, so history, albeit image modified, does repeat itself.
All of the trappings are there, reorganized and consolidated for maximum effeciency.
The functions of the Einsatzgruppen, GESTAPO. and SS as regards the use of physical force to enforce the "leaders" will is embodied in ICE.
The functions of surveillance, prosecution, persecution are embodied in the Department of Justice, which has at it's disposal the FBI, US Marshalls,
This is the biggest tell of all. One of the first things that the NAZI’sdid was to institutionalize all of the “useless eaters”, then gas them with the exhaust from vans. RFK Jr wants to institutionalize all of the “useless eaters” and yet no one ofanyimport in the press or in substack has drawn the comparison.
That it hasn’t been acted on yet, might be the reason,but the fact that the idea is floated and not repudiated by the regime,means that it is sanctioned and on the agenda of the regime.
One of the classes targeted is autistics, I wonder how Musk feels about that.?
Even the Department of Defense, renamed Dept of War, has been turned to the purposes of the Trump regime, as military , uniformed, judges have been assigned to hear immigration cases, and independent JAGs, have been fired and replaced by Trump loyalists. In fact the entire cast of generals and flag officers, that have not retired, can be compared wot the Wehrmacht., officers beholden to Trump. careerists and/or ideologues,to whom their oath to protect and defend the Constitution, means nothing. maybe even most of the officer corps.
Do you think that it is Constitutional, or internationally legal, to bomb a country with which we are not at war?
Then there is the small matter of the seven concentration camps, being built, as authorized by the OBBB Without the raising of eyebrows even by MSNOW.
Trump ignores the court rulings, even SCOTUS when it goes against him, because he knows there will be no consequences. He is deporting immigrants to third countries, where they don’t even speak the language and have no connection or support , to die,despite court orders.
The heads of his cabinets, tell the Senate to go fuck themselves, with total assurance that there will be no consequences.
And we sit here fat, dumb and happy, because we still get our social security checks (for the time being), go to work, earn a paycheck and go shopping on the internet
Thank you Jim for telling it directly as it is. I'm yet to see it laid it out this clearly and accurately by someone. It's crazy that the deep, extreme neuroses of a few white guys has *such* power. Nobody quite knew that *this* was coming but thanks to people like you we can idientify what they're trying to do. I wish Democrat politicians would name it as you have done, really make it clear what these people are trying to do. It needs to be said as you have done here for people to wake up to what is really happening, IMO.
When its so hot that the average solar panels shuts down at a time you need them most for the air conditioner. And this means you have to rely on fossil fuels to cool. This is the spiral downward direction that greed has been taking us.
Excellent powerful piece Jim. I intuitively sensed the death orientation of the 2nd tRump term in his second full week when he drastically cut Veteran benefits, including suicide prevention programs, and offered a pay out to ALL federal employees willing to resign, without considering what type of work they do. As the Grateful Dead sang in 'New Speedway Boogie', "This darkness got to give...".
When I first read the Sean Davis post on another page, I thought it was satire, on the order of Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal.
Maybe, just maybe, Trump will drop dead of heat stroke on July 4th while giving his speech at the big party in Washington DC, when the “feels like“ temperature is 115F. Gosh, bad me. This was the first thing that popped into my mind.
I believe that unregulated capitalism inexorably leads to mass death. Just sayin'.
Thank you, Jim. This is where we are. A true Hellscape of wasted talent and burnt resources and evil selfish excuses for human beings. Those of us who grew up in the 1950s and 60s are coming out of shock. Truths are revealing themselves. August public figures and politicians are revealing who they were all along. We’re learning fast that the American dream was a nightmare for many people . And now this enormous question: can people (A People ) turn and see and fight back and do the right thing? Having
Not a happy picture, but likely an accurate one. I won’t give up or give in to despair. We the living must fight for what’s good and fair, because not to do so would be a sad surrender and tragic defeat. Together, we push back against the deranged, heartless sickos who lack decency and love.
“Christofascist bribery cult” is one of the most creatively descriptive phrases I’ve ever heard. Thank you for bringing me a moment of almost joyous clarity in an otherwise dark piece.
As Jim Stewartson wisely advises & warns us for these coming months & beyond: We need full speed ahead on all our local, national & worldwide organizing efforts around the argument of “How is life best lived?”
The answer I believe is to sharply focus & not be deterred on living up to our own collective name of “humanity” by acting humanely to each other and fellow earthly life globally with the concern, help & protections we all deserve & far more appreciation of how fortunate our species has been to evolve & live with our fellow mammals & other BEINGS on such a beautiful planet hospitable to the rise of such spectacular life forms in the first place! We can’t let death cults destroy all the hard-fought & hard-won ideas, laws, and actions of liberty, cooperation, & collective well-being that are our most honorable achievements. We must continue & accelerate the essential work against oppression & homicidal & ecocidal tyranny across our own precious place in the universe!
FROM JIM:
“Life and Death
While I struggle to find any “silver lining” in this bleak vision [of where we are right now], I do get the unmistakable sense that the American people, and the world more generally, are beginning to catch on to the true consequences of our collective failure. And while I fear what’s coming in these next six months and beyond, perhaps for people to fight for life, first they need to see what death really looks like.
In the end, this is not a left-vs-right war. In many ways, it’s not even a class war. It’s a life-vs-death war. It’s about whether we organize around the argument of who deserves to die? or, how is life best lived?
We need a revolution of the living.”
Absolutely 💯
Right on, my sister 🤗
We are told that it is taboo not to compare the Trump regime to NAZI Germany, that History doesn't repeat itself. which would be true if there was such a thing as a time loop, and there would be Swastika banners hanging from the DOJ, but there are Trump banners hanging from the DOJ, so history, albeit image modified, does repeat itself.
All of the trappings are there, reorganized and consolidated for maximum effeciency.
The functions of the Einsatzgruppen, GESTAPO. and SS as regards the use of physical force to enforce the "leaders" will is embodied in ICE.
The functions of surveillance, prosecution, persecution are embodied in the Department of Justice, which has at it's disposal the FBI, US Marshalls,
This is the biggest tell of all. One of the first things that the NAZI’sdid was to institutionalize all of the “useless eaters”, then gas them with the exhaust from vans. RFK Jr wants to institutionalize all of the “useless eaters” and yet no one ofanyimport in the press or in substack has drawn the comparison.
That it hasn’t been acted on yet, might be the reason,but the fact that the idea is floated and not repudiated by the regime,means that it is sanctioned and on the agenda of the regime.
One of the classes targeted is autistics, I wonder how Musk feels about that.?
Even the Department of Defense, renamed Dept of War, has been turned to the purposes of the Trump regime, as military , uniformed, judges have been assigned to hear immigration cases, and independent JAGs, have been fired and replaced by Trump loyalists. In fact the entire cast of generals and flag officers, that have not retired, can be compared wot the Wehrmacht., officers beholden to Trump. careerists and/or ideologues,to whom their oath to protect and defend the Constitution, means nothing. maybe even most of the officer corps.
Do you think that it is Constitutional, or internationally legal, to bomb a country with which we are not at war?
Then there is the small matter of the seven concentration camps, being built, as authorized by the OBBB Without the raising of eyebrows even by MSNOW.
Trump ignores the court rulings, even SCOTUS when it goes against him, because he knows there will be no consequences. He is deporting immigrants to third countries, where they don’t even speak the language and have no connection or support , to die,despite court orders.
The heads of his cabinets, tell the Senate to go fuck themselves, with total assurance that there will be no consequences.
And we sit here fat, dumb and happy, because we still get our social security checks (for the time being), go to work, earn a paycheck and go shopping on the internet
You are truly amazing, Jim. Thank you for not holding back.