GOP Is Dead – Republican Party Now COP – Cowards On Parade

We really need to look at today’s Republican Party and understand just what they stand for. NOTHING! The party has adopted two planks for their candidate in the upcoming election. First make sure the border problems are never addressed. Second destroy our economy.

Those are the only two issues that they are interested in making happen. We still do not have a full budget for this fiscal year. Republicans actually want the government to shut down. They are actively working to ensure this goal is met. Not because of any desire to eliminate the so-called deep state, but because they know a government shutdown will hurt our booming economy.

GDP grew at 3.3 percent in the last quarter of 2023. Unemployment is at its lowest in decades. Inflation is getting under control and people’s wages, for the most part, have gone up. Things economically are looking good despite the Republicans claim that we are actually in a recession. Hell, even one of trump’s own economic advisors has admitted the economy is growing and strong under the Biden administration.

Remember, trump promised GDP growth of 2 to 4 percent. But, he never managed to achieve that. His successor has achieved it and there are no signs of it slowing down. As a result, and to make you afraid, Republicans want to shut down the government to cause a drop in the stock market and uncertainty in the economy. It is their attempt to crash the economy thinking they will gain votes if they manage to do so.

Then we have the border issue. It has been the Republicans who have cried crocodile tears about the border. They are always complaining about an “open border” and we need to do something about it. So Mitch McConnell asked one of his senior Republican Senators to work with the Democrats and get a bipartisan bill to address this issue.

That cooperation worked. There is a bill in the Senate that could come for a vote by next week. Even Republicans have called this bill one of the best immigration reform bills they ever saw. It gives both sides what they want. It even includes huge amounts of money for border security.

But, trump and his clown show don’t like the bill simply because they couldn’t come up with it when he was in office. They never tried. And even worse, it just might give Biden a victory that voters will appreciate. So, trump has been hounding his clowns in the House and Senate to “kill the bill”. Just like he has been pressuring them to ensure there is no approved budget and to force a government shutdown.

As usual, these clowns who care nothing about governing or even about our country are marching in lockstep with the fascist they want to rule over us. They are eager to kill the immigration bill because they only want to cry about the problems, not do anything about it.

They are marching in lockstep because the economy under President Biden is booming and getting stronger. That certainly not something they want because people just might be happy. Instead they want to scare you about an imminent collapse. Something that can and will most likely happen if they shut down the government.

Don’t take my word for it. Republicans have shut down the government several times in the past few decades. Each time a recession resulted and it took a long time to recover from that recession. The so-called party of business and economics appears to be transforming into the party wanting recessions no matter how much that hurts you and your family.

In the last administration we witnessed nothing being passed that was even close to bipartisan. As a result, we saw nothing passed at all that made your life better. In this administration we have seen bipartisan bills passed for infrastructure, inflation reduction and hopefully immigration reform. Things are getting done, but not because of any real help from the majority of Republicans in Congress.

Infrastructure and Inflation Reduction passed when Democrats controlled the House. Since the Republicans have taken control, NOTHING has passed. They aren’t even trying to pass the annual budget. They simply don’t care because their dear leader, the fascist trump, is ordering them not to do anything. And, right on key, the Cowards on Parade have fallen in line with him.

They are telling you that you do not count. You have no rights unless they tell you what they are. You have no right to happiness or even the right of dreaming of a better life. You are supposed to do what you are told and just shut the fuck up. They will let you know what to think, what to believe and how to live. That is what fascism is all about.

The Republicans have proven beyond a reasonable doubt they do not deserve your support or votes. They have proven that all of the word salads that keep spewing from their mouths are just that, nothing but words. They cannot be trusted to keep their word or promises. They only care about enriching themselves and ruling over you.

As a result, they are willing to do everything in their power to make sure the border is not fixed and to do everything in their power to crash our booming economy. That is not what Congress is supposed to do. It is designed to govern in order to make your lives better not worse. Republicans have opted for making you lives worse.

The seeds of fascism have already been planted in states like Florida and Texas. There governors are advocating for “shooting on sight” anyone crossing the border illegally. They are willing and actually defying Supreme Court orders. 

Other states have passed laws to make it illegal to transport anyone across the state in search of an abortion. The first step in making us have permission papers to cross state lines or to even cross county lines. If they can make it illegal for abortion, they can make it illegal for any number of issues they don’t like.

I would love to be able to say that the Republican Party is in chaos. But that would be a lie. The Republican Party we knew growing up has died a painful death. In its place is a fascist party hellbent on destroying our country by destroying everything we believe to be sacred. Our democracy, or dreams, our rights and our belief in what we want. 

They call a rainbow flag in a classroom “indoctrination”. Yet they want to force the ten commandments to be posted in the very same classrooms. How is that NOT indoctrination? We all know that it is, especially in a secular society where we can follow any religion we wish or none at all. Forcing that poster into classrooms is total indoctrination and they know it.

There comes a time in history when something needs to be done about ridding ourselves of fascist thinking. Today, fascism is rising fast all across the nation, and worst part is most people just aren’t paying attention because it doesn’t affect them personally.

America needs to wake up to the existential threat we are facing. We need to wake up and stop our sleep walk towards fascism. Otherwise, we will see our great nation fail in the worst ways. Your rights will be stripped and you will be expected to behave like “good little fascists”. 

Our nation has been the beacon of freedom in the world. Other nations wishing for equality have looked to us for the way forward. We have not been perfect, but we have grown and made progress. We became a better nation through all of the difficulties we have faced.

Today’s Cowards on Parade want to destroy all of that. Instead of being the guiding light for democracy, they instead want to be rulers even if it means destroying all of the ideals we hold sacred. Power above all else is their true mantra.

We really need to hand them the worst political defeat any party has faced. That includes all the way down the ballot in state and local elections as well. Otherwise the seeds of fascism will spread from one state to another. It is time to fight to save the soul of our nation. That battle ground is at the ballot box.

Don’t vote based on party. Vote based on morality and decency. Then and only then will we be able to save our democracy, our nation and our way of life. Otherwise the shirts will win out and our lives will become miserable and the lives of our children and grandchildren will be in jeopardy. 

Think about that when you head to the polls.

To Quote Vince Lombardi – “What The Hell Is Going On Out There?”

I am going to be honest. Sometimes I want to write something and do my research and get totally frustrated. Not because there isn’t anything important to write about, but because there is so much bullshit coming from the right that I get frustrated and just don’t bother.

I know, I have to get out of this malaise and get back to doing something to do my part in protecting our great nation. But, the problem we are seeing on the right is getting to a point where chaos is just too meek of a word to use anymore.

Let me try to fill you in on all of the complexities about this process. We constantly hear from the right that President Biden is “mentally incapable” of being President. Yet, it is the other guy who continues to make stupid and confusing comments both during his speeches and his social media posts.

He has said it is great to be in Iowa City when he was talking somewhere else. He has confused Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi and accused Haley of failing to protect the capital against his insurrection. This weekend he wailed about Army Forts that had been named after Confederate figures having their names changed to real American heroes. He said: “We won world wars from these forts. Forts like Benning and fort this and fort that”.

Now as a 73 year old man, I would argue that if you can’t name the forts you are complaining about, don’t mention them at all. Would it have been too hard for his speech writers to include the names they want to cry about instead of letting him use fort this and fort that. 

And, all of this is coming from a guy who wants to remove us from NATO so his buddy Putin can wage a war there without fear of us intervening. He wants Putin to “rule” Europe I guess. One dictator helping another without doing anything.

These ramblings and rants are getting worse. Every time he gives a speech, he blunders and makes goof ups after goof ups. Yet, the morons in his rallies cheer all of his blunders and try to make them sound sane. In my opinion, the only candidate proving that he is “mentally incapable” of being President is this former guy. He can’t even conclude one sentence without either cutting it off to go somewhere else of goof up what he is trying to say.

As a result, where are the critics on the right crying about his mental incapacity? They are silent because they don’t care about any of that, they only care about getting this clown elected to form his fascist government. 

There is a bipartisan immigration reform bill being looked at to help ease the problems at the southern border. You know the number thing the right says needs to be fixed immediately or we will be “overrun” by all of these nasty people looking for a better life. But, those same people who claim all of the bad things at the border are not in support of the bill.

The crazy woman from Colorado who is switching districts to try to stay in Congress says “amnesty is a non-starter for me”. Okay, but we don’t know if “amnesty” is in the bill because it hasn’t been released yet. It is the simple fact that a bill to help ease the problem is under consideration that is the problem. Republicans, especially the chaos crowd don’t want any solutions. They will lose their crying towels.

And, just how can someone like her say that “amnesty is a non starter” when she fully supports “pardoning” the former guy if he is convicted of the 91 felony charges against him, including insurrection. That argument pales in comparison, yet there she is saying it.

Remember, it is a misdemeanor for crossing the border illegally into our country. There is a punishment that includes deportation or possibly six month imprisonment and/or a fine. The penalties for the Felonies trump is accused of could result on a very long prison sentence. 

According to these Republicans, it is okay to cause and support an insurrection to overthrow our government, but is a far greater crime to walk across the border without proper papers. How this equates to a reasonable discussion is beyond me.

Then we have the book banning craze on the right. Of course, that does not include banning books from a “conservative” author. Bill O’Rielly recently had two of his books banned in Florida public schools. He went totally ballistic over this but was all in favor of banning books he didn’t like. Hell, in their zeal to ban anything “inappropriate” one Florida school district even banned the DICTIONARY. 

You know I can almost understand why Florida would want to ban the dictionary. It includes the definitions for things like slavery and sex. My god how can we allow any book in schools that define words like those. Worse, it even defines “homosexuality”. The indoctrination is just too much to bear.

There is more talk about getting rid of Johnson, the current Speaker of the House. Why? Because he had the temerity to actually work with the Democrat leader of the Senate to pass a continuing resolution bill to keep the government from shutting down. I mean, how could any politician actually want to keep the government open when his caucus wants it shut down and totally dismantled in favor of fascism?

Besides, these crazies actually believe that shutting down the government will cause the economy to collapse. Of course, they will then try to shift the blame to Biden and Democrats who are trying to get a real budget passed and avoid this potential harm to a growing economy. YOUR job is at stake, but they just don’t give a shit about you or your family.

These are just some of the problems with the right wing in our country that make it hard to decide what to write about. I try to write about topics in order to inform my readers so they can make up their own minds about what to think. But with all of the chaos and outright lies coming from the other side it is hard to decide on what to talk about. 

It seems that the right wing want to flood us with stupidity so they don’t have to defend their inability to get anything done. The last several Republican controlled House of Representatives top the list of least productive. This current House has broken all of the records for NOT getting anything done. Hell, even their own members are crying about not having anything to “hang their hats on” during this upcoming election. That to quote the former guy is “very sad”.

Of course, they will still get votes because their followers don’t expect them to actually do anything. All their followers want is to see them on Fox News and other right wing media crying in their beer about nothing. It is one thing to cry in front of cameras and point fingers. It is quite another thing to actually come up with remedies for that which they are crying.

Their front runner to become their nomination to run for President is showing signs of mental instability every time he opens his mouth. But, they don’t care. They are willing to pardon that same person if he is convicted of felonies including insurrection against our country, but want undocumented aliens rounded up and deported and in cases like DeSantis and Abbott, shot.

In states they control, they have taken away civil rights of people and are proud of it. They ban anything they don’t like just because they don’t like it. They complain about everything but do nothing except ban things like abortion, medical treatment, books and religious beliefs they don’t like.

That is today’s Republican Party. It is no longer a party who is willing to defend the Constitution, democracy or our way of life. What they want is to tell, us how to live, who we can love, who we must hate and rule over us like we are all little children who don’t know better.

In a word folks, that is fascism not democracy. Remember, they cheered when the former guy said “I will be a dictator on day one”. Any more questions?

Republicans Prove They Are Lying About Wanting A Border Solution

The Republicans have been crying about the “border crisis” for a very long time. Yet, they refuse to do anything about it. Instead, they only want it to get worse so they have something to scare the shit out of you in order to gain votes based on fear and hate.

During the Obama administration, Republican and Democrat Senators sat down together and hashed out a compromise immigration reform bill. It passed the Senate with over 60 votes. Yet, the House under Republican control put it in a drawer and failed to act on it. Their reason? It would give Obama another “victory” and they didn’t want that to happen.

Since then, we have heard all sorts of complaints about the so-called “invasion” of immigrants crossing the southern border. We have heard all about the “open border” policy of the administration that have allowed all sorts of “terrorists” to enter out country. The border hysteria has gotten so bad, when there was a traffic accident at a Canadian border crossing resulting in an explosion, the right wing immediately called it a “terrorist attack”.

In fact, the accident was caused by a middle-aged white man returning from a casino after missing a KISS concert. There was no “terrorist attack” but that didn’t stop the right wing from going bonkers once again.

Now, there are some reasonable Republicans who want something done at the border. Hell, even Mitch McConnell wants something done that is reasonable and enforceable. So, he asked Oklahoma Republican Senator Steve Lankford to work out some kind of bill with Democrats. 

Lankford took to the task and sat down with Chuck Shumer to try to get a deal that would pass the Senate and be reasonable in its nature. Last week, they accomplished that task and came up with a bill that they believed would pass the Senate. They came up with a bill that included sweeping reforms and additional funding. It includes most of the things that Republicans have been crying to get.

So, you may think that something is actually going to be done about the problems at the border. WRONG! In their usual manner of not wanting to do anything except cry and cry, Republicans in the House have declared it dead on arrival without even seeing the total package yet.

This denial of trying to fix a problem started with their new House Speaker. Johnson on CNN tried to make it sound like it included nothing Republicans really wanted. He claimed that the compromise proposal only included funding to process migrants more efficiently into the US. When Tapper pointed out that was not true and listed specific provisions Republicans wanted on enforcement, Johnson immediately deflected to a photo-op solution – that Biden should visit the border.

He seems to think that a “photo-op” is the only solution to fixing our immigration problems. Don’t look at a bill, don’t read it, and don’t work to get it passed. Instead, just go to the border and have a photo-op in order to show just how much you really don’t give a shit.

Not all of the things included in this package has been let out to the public. But, many have. There is additional funding to fast-track the adjudication of asylum claims and deportations, increased border security, increase in the number of green cards issued, and a host of other things that many Republicans claimed that they wanted.

So, Republicans have proven once again they are not interested in solutions. Troy Nehls said the quiet part out loud – that Republicans aren’t interested in solving the border problem because doing that might help Biden in the 2024 election. The exact same thing we heard over 10 years ago when John McCain tried to get a compromised immigration reform bill passed while Obama was President.

Johnson went even further to show his disregard for real issues. He said that Congress can’t solve the border problem unless trump is elected or at least a Republican is in the White House. He is saying that only a fascist trump can “solve the border problem” with his mass roundups and mass deportations. Republican solutions to the border issue is to “shut down the border” and get rid of everyone they don’t like. Remember, history has shown us that walls are meant to keep you in as much as someone else out. Just East Germans.

This has become a real problem and shows exactly just how uninterested Republicans are at fixing any problem. Twice in this century, which is only 23 years old, Republicans in the House have refused to take up a bill from the Senate to address the issue they claim is “poisoning the blood of our country”. 

In 2022, they expected a huge “red wave” that would give them a “super majority” in the House and a majority in the Senate. It didn’t happen mostly because they picked the wrong issues. They made abortion bans a priority and the people rejected those proposals. Worse, they nominated several MAGA candidates who fell flat on their faces and lost elections Republicans might have otherwise won.

Today, they need something to hang their hat on. The economy is booming. Inflation has bottomed out. Unemployment is lower than it has been for decades. The economy and stock market are booming together. With all of this, Republicans are struggling to have something they can cry about and try to get votes. Immigration is about all they have left since they failed on every other issue they tried.

As a result, they are hellbent on keeping this bill from having a chance to pass because it would strip them of their last “great hope” of winning an election. And, as long as this is their main topic, it won’t matter who is in the White House, this problem will continue to plague us because Republicans really don’t give a shit about the border “crisis” or all of those “nasty terrorists” they claim are coming to kill us all off. What immigration reform bill did they pass the last the fascist trump was in the White House? Nothing!

No matter how you slice it, Republicans have proven beyond a reasonable doubt that they don’t care about issues. They don’t care about the border. They are only interested in “control” and total “authority” over your lives and family. 

Just more reasons to kick the lazy bums out of office this year. We cannot afford a party that doesn’t care about our country, our people or our security. Crying in your beer doesn’t make you effective. It just proves you are totally worthless. Refusing to take up bills that make things better for the people proves you are anti-American and anti-democracy.

It is time for these sewer rats to be sent packing back to the sewers they crawled out from. We do have problems and we need real men and women to solve them not just complain and bitch about them. Not doing anything about problems except blaming someone else is fascism not democracy. Think about that when you head to the polls.

A New Year – Same Chaos Courtesy Of Right Wing Extremists

As you have all probably guessed, I took a sabbatical for a while. I decided to clear my head and just observe for a while as to what is going on in our country. But, with 2024 in full swing, and this being an election year, I decided it is time to dust off the keyboard again. We need to keep abreast of what is happening and speak out against the lies and total bullshit coming from the other side of the aisle.

In the last few months, we have heard the GOP’s plan for our country. According to them, we are to “do as you are told by us”. It has become obvious that the GOP is terrified of a democracy and want us to be terrified by it also. There are lots of examples of this terror and we should at least take a look at what it is.

In Ohio, the state voters passed two measures. The first was the legalization of abortion and the other was the legalization of marijuana. The State Legislature, who is controlled by Republicans have rejected those election results. They are actually looking at ways to keep them from becoming the law of the land in Ohio simply because they oppose them. 

Their first target was the abortion measure. They argue that it does not “allow abortion” outside of the law they passed basically banning it. In fact IT DOES. There are Republicans in the State Legislature who are actually looking at trying to pass laws that would remove this measure from the State Constitution. Despite the fact that over 60 percent of the electorate voted for the measure. The voters be damned.

The abortion fight is raging in Texas. There the law makes it almost impossible for a woman to get an abortion even if her life is in danger. We are all aware of the recent case where even the Texas Supreme Court ruled against a woman who could have died without an abortion. In Texas, the life of a woman means absolutely nothing to Republicans. If a pregnancy is going to kill the woman, they believe it is her problem and she should just accept her fate and die. Their conservative Supreme Court agrees with that concept. 

We have heard the front runner for the Republican nomination to become president state very clearly that he would be a “dictator”. He openly said that if reelected “I would be a dictator on day one”. He tried to claim it would be for “only one day” but we all know that isn’t how it works. Once he throws out the Constitution for “one day” it is gone forever.

The number four leader of Republicans in the House of Representatives is already claiming the 2024 election is “being stolen”. She claims that she will not state specifically if she would vote to certify the election. She claims it depends on the “Constitutionality” of the election. In other words, she is saying that if her candidate wins, it is constitutional but if he loses it isn’t. Hell, the election is still 10 months away and she is already, along with several other members of the Republican Party claiming that it is being stolen.

In just a week or so, we face a partial shutdown of our government. In less than a month, we face as total shutdown of our government. The Speaker of the House and the leader of the Senate have agreed on terms for a new budget. But, the right wing of the Republicans in the House are already preparing to sabotage that agreement because they don’t get “everything we want”. I believe that if this agreement is passed and a real budget is signed into law in terms of this agreement, we will see another attempt by Republican wackos to remove Johnson from being Speaker.

Ever since Barak Obama was elected as President back in 2008, we have heard Republicans cry about “they are coming for our rights”. But, in reality, is they who are “coming for our rights”. They have banned abortion everywhere they could because they believe it will solidify the Evangelical vote for themselves. They have banned treatment for transgender minors. They claim that minors are “being mutilated” with surgery. That is total bullshit. No one conducts gender altering surgery on minors. The fact is they just hate the LGBTQ community and they want them to die out.

We keep hearing them cry about the border crisis. But, the only thing they want is a Berlin Wall built on the border. They offer no solutions to the real problems that have caused this problem in the first place. They refuse to acknowledge they were the ones who refused to pass a bipartisan Immigration Reform bill under the Obama administration that would have put in place measures to fight against this problem. All they do is cry in their beer and offer no solutions.

The current crop of Republicans trying to unseat the last moron from gaining the nomination have all said that they would “pardon” the last moron if they were elected. They have also pledged to “support him” even if he is convicted of any of the 91 charges pending against him. How is that for “supporting the Constitution”?

Their leader, in an attempt to intimidate Democrats and anyone else he doesn’t like from voting said his supporters should ensure “those bags of crap” don’t get to vote. He is suggesting his supporters go to places they don’t live in order to intimidate voters who just may vote against him. The party gives its approval with their silence over this intimidation attempt.

One hundred years ago, there was an attempted coup in Bavaria by a group called the National Socialist Workers Party, also known as the Nazi party. That party was led by one Adolph Hitler who later became the leader of Germany and unleashed the worst world war in mankind’s history. When he took power, one of the first things he did was build a memorial to those who supported him and were killed in the attempted violent overthrow of the Bavarian government.

Today, we have the leader of one party and all of his supporters claiming those who have been convicted of their crimes during the Jan. 6 insurrection as being “J6 hostages”.  That same leader is using Hitler terminology to define his political opponents and immigrants. He call immigrants “slime” and “vermin” just like Hitler did. 

He wants to “round up illegals” and “punish his opponents” just like Hitler did. He wants to shut down our free press and jail anyone who writes anything he doesn’t like about him. Just like Hitler did. And, just like the supporters of Hitler, his supporters are claiming he has “been sent by god” to save us from decency apparently.

This is what today’s Republican Party has become. Hell, in Michigan, the head of the Republican party there was supposedly voted out of her position by her own party, but refuses to leave or accept the vote as “legitimate”. I think that says all we need to know about how Republicans look at what democracy is supposed to be.

In my opinion we are in very dangerous times for our nation. We have one party hellbent on eliminating rights of the citizenry. But, only the “rights” that the Republicans don’t like. There is a serious attack on our rights over voting, abortion, health care, LGBTQ rights, education and freedom of speech. 

This party has waged a war against these rights in order to dictate how we are to live. What we can believe. Even who has the “right” to live. They are trying to establish a new “order” in our country. Their plan is to take over the government and then never relinquish power regardless of the vote by the people. Hell, I doubt if there would even be another vote if this clown is reelected.

I believe this year we have a very serious choice. We can vote to keep our nation and our way of life with guaranteed rights, or we can vote to march down the path to total dictatorship. History has shown us what happens to nation’s who follow the path of dictatorship. 

The real issue to consider when you head to the polls is to remember, if a dictatorship does happen here, even YOU will not be immune from the dangers it will possess. In a total dictatorship no one is safe from the dangers of being “removed” from society. Even Hitler destroyed the SA who were the ones who put him in power. He was terrified they might turn on him. So, even if you declare to be MAGA, it won’t protect you from retribution if your leader considers you a threat to his power. He has already shown his willingness to turn on his own supporters if helps him stay out of jail.

We have ten months to make up our minds what we are to be. Use that time wisely or we will fail just like democracy in Germany failed 100 years ago.

Dear America – At One Point Your Ancestors “Poisoned The Blood” Of Our Nation According To Today’s Republican Party

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Throughout my life, the Christmas season has been a time of happiness and good cheer. However, this year we are seeing the MAGA crowd and the
Republican Party engage in fear and hate. This is really getting out of hand because too many people are actually swallowing this bullshit being spewed out of the mouths of fascists.

Yes, this is the start of an election year and there is always controversial comments made during elections. But, the comments coming out of the mouth of trump and his avid supporters go way beyond the pale. And, it is actually getting worse and worse each passing day.

We have heard all about his invoking Hitlerism with his “poisoning the blood” or our nation. And, there are all sorts of people, almost exclusively white, who are cheering these horrible and divisive words. But, maybe it is time for them to remember history and our immigration polices of the past.

Any0ne who is of, as an example, Irish, Polish, German or Italian descent must take a step back and remember their ancestors and what they faced as immigrants in our country. The term “poisoning our blood” was used to define these immigrants as well as many others.

Long before the influx of these white immigrants, we must remember the “Chinese exclusion act” which barred Chinese from immigrating to our nation. They were used almost exclusively by the railroad companies to build the nation’s railroad system, especially when explosives were used. But, so many were brought here to do that dangerous job, there was actually a bill passed that barred anymore Chinese from entering the country.

When the potato famine struck Ireland and thousands of Irish began pouring into our country, there was huge backlash against them. The main reason for this backlash was because they were mostly Catholic. The white protestants didn’t want a huge influx of Catholics into the country. These Irish immigrants faced major discrimination when they first arrived.

As a matter of fact, many Irish were met at the piers as they got off the boats and were promised citizenship if they joined the Army. Many did just that in hopes of becoming U.S. citizens. However, it was an empty promise and most were never granted that citizenship. Plus, because they were Catholic, they were denied promotions and especially Officer status because of their “religion” and no other reason. They were told they were “poisoning the blood” of our nation.

Italians faced the same discrimination as well. This discrimination was also because of the Mafia. It was considered that all Italians were part of the crime syndicate and therefore should not be allowed into the country. Couple that with the fact they were also Catholic, that was just more reason for them to be kept out because they would “poison the blood” of the nation.

Poles faced the same discrimination for their religion as well. Growing up Polish jokes were common and always made them out to be totally stupid and incapable of anything. They were “poisoning the blood” of our nation.

The list of those discriminated against and told they were “poisoning the blood” of our nation goes on and on. Most of this discrimination came from either being non-white or being Catholic. 

Today, the victims of this hate have changed. Instead of Irish the Latinos are being targeted. Instead of Catholics being the scourge of the world, Muslims are now considered the scourge of the world and must be kept out. 

I have written many times that hate never sleeps. Hate moves from one target to another until it finally comes to y0u. Hate needs someone to blame for their own failures. Instead of doing something to help improve their own lot, they blame immigrants who are “different” from themselves and make them the scapegoat for their own miserableness.

We have seen this hate towards all sorts of people. We have seen it against Italians, Irish, Poles, Hungarians and many, many others. Hate is hate and it must be able to flourish by blaming others. If you are a Republican, remember your family immigrated here from somewhere else. And, in those days, the immigration to our nation was far easier than it is today. During most of the immigration influx, visa’s weren’t even needed to gain entry. All you needed to do was afford passage and show up. According to today’s standards all of those immigrants could be classified as “illegal”.

We need to understand that the words being used by trump and his Republican faithful are not mere words. They have meaning and they are hateful and divisive. They are intended to drive a wedge between our people. They point to those “others” and blame them for everything. They want you to hate others because they themselves offer nothing else.

The signs of authoritarianism in the Republican party are all around us. We even know who will be “next” on trump’s list of those to get rid of after immigrants. He keeps talking about mental institutions and how people should be locked up in them. He even mentions his enemies as those who should be locked up in mental institutions like Jack Smith who is prosecuting him.

That is exactly what authoritarians from fascists to marxist did and still do. They consider anyone who voices any opposition to their rule as “mentally unstable” and lock them up in institutions in order to silence them. That is exactly what trump and his Republican cronies are suggesting for our nation should he become president again.

So, during this time of Christmas, a time for peace and love, the Republican Party led by their crooked leader is instead spreading fear and hate. The so-called “Christian Nationalists” are ignoring the celebration of Christmas and spreading vile hate and inhumanity. Two things that their “savior” preached against.

If you really look at the disgusting language coming out of the Republican Party of today is saying, how can anyone believe they are “Christian”. How can anyone really believe they believe in our Constitution. 

During this previously “happy time of the year” they are too busy spreading hate and divisiveness. That proves to anyone who wants to see, they are not Christians, they are only fascists interested in ruling and destroying our nation.

Instead of saying “merry Christmas” or “happy Holidays” they are talking about locking up people and how immigrants are “poisoning our blood”. Please take note of that. That is exactly what white protestants said about your ancestors when they first arrived. You are actually the product of those who “poisoned our blood” as a nation. How can you now cheer those words?

The Meaning Of GOP – Gaggle Of The Pathetic – Today’s Republican Party

There is a bunch of crap facing us as a nation today. The government still hasn’t been fully funded for the 2024 fiscal year. There are wars in Israel and Ukraine. And, maybe some tougher immigration reforms that Republicans always punt down the road.

So, yesterday the Republicans passed two HUGE measures to “help America”. The first was the kangaroo court action voting to formally hold “impeachment inquiries” into the President. The second was all about “milk”. 

Now, you may be wondering just what milk has to do with Congress and that is a reasonable question. For decades, the USDA has issued a guideline that school lunch programs serve low fat or fat free milk. There is nothing lost in nutrients or proteins or anything else in low fat milk. Low fat milk does not have the saturated fats that are present in whole milk. It is the saturated fats that help cause heart and other problems.

But, that is not important to our Republican friends. No, they need something to complain and bitch about, so milk has now come to the forefront of their utter stupidity. I guess Virginia Foxx (R-NC) showed the stupidity of their problem with low fat milk.

In her rant she said Santa Claus needs to drink whole milk “to travel the whole globe in one night,” perhaps confusing the effects of dairy with amphetamines. “Protein helps build and repair Santa’s muscles. Hoisting heavy sacks of gifts up and down the chimney is no easy task.”

“You see, it’s not just the magic of the season that helps Santa deliver presents worldwide. It’s also the fortifying nutrients of whole milk,” Foxx continued. “Reflecting on Christmas traditions this year begs the question, ‘If whole milk is a good option to fuel Santa’s extraordinary Christmas Eve journey, then why isn’t it an option for American schoolchildren in their lunchrooms?’”

Wow! I never knew that “whole milk” is the reason that Santa can travel the world in one night and pass out all of those presents. I only have one question for her, do you have any of whatever you are taking left? That is a really doozy and really stupid comment. 

With all of the real problems we face, Republicans decided to “make a stand in favor of whole milk”. I can personally say that low fat milk does not harm you and is better for your health. I drink 1% milk all of the time. I used to drink whole milk, but I had to stop. When I was stationed on Guam, I could not drink the local milk because it contained coconut. I am allergic to coconut. When we came back, I ordered a glass of whole milk and couldn’t finish it. It was like drinking liquid cement after not having it for two years. 

The second major vote was to formally hold impeachment inquiries against the President. This “inquiry” has been going on for about a year because McCarthy, the former Speaker, decided he did not need a vote to hold them. During that time, nothing has come up to show that the President did anything even remotely impeachable. But, this is an election year and Republicans decided holding “formal” impeachment hearings will “hurt Biden’s” election chances.

But all you need to do to figure this as a political stunt and nothing more is to listen to the two leading figures trying to make this stick. One is Gym Jordan and the other is James Comer. The major reason for this vote is because Republicans think it will “force” everyone they subpoena to be forced to testify. Jordan said “when Congress asks you to come testify, you are supposed to come testify”.

This is the same Gym Jordan who was subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 Committee and refused to submit to that subpoena. He also voted against holding Steve Bannon and Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress for refusing to submit to questioning under subpoenas issued to them. Now he claims that if you receive a subpoena from Congress “you must come and testify”. Can you say hypocrisy?

Now this is all in light of the two wanting to hold Hunter Biden in contempt for not submitting to their subpoena. Hunter Biden did show up in Washington and said he would gladly testify before the committee but only in a “public hearing”. Comer refuses to hold a public hearing for his testimony. Just what is he afraid is going to happen? If you want testimony and “transparency” in this case, then why not let him testify in a public hearing?

The answer is obvious. They don’t want transparency. They want secret testimony so they can pick out the parts they like and leak them to the press to make both Hunter and his father look bad. Plus, they don’t want the American people to hear the questions Democrats on the committee might ask and the answers they would get.

Comer has been running around talking on right-wing media to explain why he doesn’t want Hunter Biden testifying in a public hearing. He keeps saying that he “doesn’t want Democrats being able to engage in questioning in public hearings”. How is that for transparency and democracy?

The fact is that trump wants an impeachment of Biden in “revenge” for his two impeachments while President. He has called for this inquiry for years because he wants revenge. Republicans have produced not one piece of reasonable evidence that President Biden did anything wrong, illegal or impeachable. Even their own “key witnesses” have said the same thing in hearings. Yet, they are willing to do their “dear leaders” bidding. As Republica Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas), simply said “Donald J. Trump 2024 baby” when a reporter asked about the vote on Wednesday. That is the only reason for this vote and these hearings.

As you can see Republicans still have no plans for the American people. They still have no policies they can sell to us to make us vote for them. They are not interested in the country or its people. They are only interested in running to right wing media to complain and bitch and make everyone else to blame for any problems. They have proven beyond a reasonable doubt that they are NOT interested in governing. Just more reasons why these morons must be voted out of office from the top to the bottom of every ticket in the country next year.

As you can see, today’s Republican party has redefined the term GOP from meaning the Grand ole Party to the Gaggle Of the Pathetic. 

Authoritarianism Can Happen Here – Look At Florida And Texas For Proof

Two states are leading the way to authoritarianism and what that would mean for our country. Those states are Florida and Texas. In both states, heavily controlled by Republicans, liberties and freedoms are being stripped away in the name of “liberty” and white supremacy. That is a simple fact.

Florida has led the charge to authoritarianism since the Ayatollah DeSantis took power and the state was gerrymandered to ensure a Republican legislature. We have seen them pass the “don’t say gay” bill. We have watched them lead the fight to ban and burn books. We watched them attack a private company simply because that company spoke out against the “don’t say gay bill”.

We must also take into account the troubles for the current head of the GOP in Florida. We learned that he is being investigated for rape. But the story doesn’t end there. It has also been revealed that the woman he is accused of raping is a “friend” of the man and his wife. It was also revealed that this head of the GOP and his wife had a “three way sex session” with this woman a year before the rape allegation was made. Even his wife has said that was true.

Now, I don’t give a shit about their sex lives. Except there is a big “but” to that statement. The man’s wife is the founder of the group “Moms for Liberty” and they are supposedly solid “Christians”. They claim to be “protecting” children by banning books. I wonder if they want to ban books that include three way sex scenes as well since they seem to like that. Additionally, the leader of Moms for Liberty in Philadelphia is also a known and registered sex offender.

So much for “protecting children” from those nasty LGBTQ books they are so afraid children might be reading. And, the story gets better. The Attorney General of Florida said that the Sunshine State’s public schools, including its libraries, do not exist to promote the free exchange of ideas, but rather, to “convey the government’s message.”

Now we know exactly why the Ayatollah has declared that teaching “Black History” has no educational value. He doesn’t believe that teaching real history is in the “best interest of the state’s message”. That message is straight out of the authoritarian’s playbook. The only things children need to know is what the state wants them to know even if it is wrong. As long as it goes along with the state’s views, then that is what is taught.

Ken Paulson, the director of the Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University told the Tallahassee Democrat: “There’s considerable irony in that those who seek to limit access to books in school libraries often say they’re fighting for parental rights. If government speech determines what books can be in the library, the government is essentially saying your children can only see the ideas that the government has approved. That’s not parental rights.”

Then we have the other authoritarian state of Texas. On Saturday, leaders of the Republican Party of Texas voted down a resolution barring members from associating with anyone “known to espouse or tolerate antisemitism, pro-Nazi sympathies or Holocaust denial.”  For most reasonable people with any morals that would not be so controversial. But, this is Texas and we know they have no morals in the Republican party there.

This entire situation started in October when it was revealed that Jonathan Stickland, a former state representative and current leader of the Defend Texas Liberty PAC, held a 7-hour meeting with some of the most repugnant people in American society, including Nick Fuentes, a loudmouthed Hitler apologist who has called for “holy war” on Jews and declared, “all I want is revenge against my enemies and a total Aryan victory.” 

Surprisingly, Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan declared that this was no “casual misstep” but a sign “of the moral, political rot that has been festering in a certain segment of our party.”  That led to trouble for Phelan not the Nazi loving members of his party.

Dan Patrick, while claiming to oppose Fuentes, nonetheless saved his real anger for Phelan, calling on the speaker to resign after revealing this bold “no Nazis” stance. Other leaders, including Rinaldi head of the GOP in Texas, decided they would rather have a semantic debate of terms like “tolerate” and “antisemitism” than face the uncomfortable question of why one needs to take 7-hour meetings with a Holocaust denier. Besides that Republicans saw leftist plots in even being asked to ponder the question.

The Texas Tribune reported: “In at-times tense debate on Saturday, members argued that words like “tolerate” or “antisemitism” were too vague or subjective. The ban, some argued, was akin to “Marxist” and “leftist” tactics, and would create guilt by association that could be problematic for the party, its leaders and candidates”.

Why so much of an uproar for trying to distance themselves from Nazis? Well, many of the biggest financial supporters of Texas Republicans are also Nazis or authoritarians. These include figures like Faris Wilks and Harlan Crow who is proud of his Nazi collection.

If you are wondering, Farris Wilks has been recorded arguing for the destruction of “the secular religion of man” and instead calling for Americans to “submit to Elohim, who has the right to give us laws and commandments to follow since he is the one who created us.” He’s viciously homophobic, as well, claiming, “this lifestyle is a predatorial lifestyle in that they need your children and straight people having kids to fulfill their sexual habits.” He’s described modern society as “not a sexual revolution particular to our own enlightened age, but it’s a return to pre-Christian pagan sexual immorality or perversion,” and argued that “our country died that Tuesday night” that Barack Obama was elected president. 

We already know about Harlan Crow buying the loyalty of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. It is people like these that give huge contributions to Texas Republicans including people like Sen. Ted Cruz. The reason the 32 Republican leaders voted against this measure is because a lot of the billionaires they look to for funding and support have some troubling views and intellectual fascinations of their own that might be challenging under the proposed bar on those who “espouse or tolerate antisemitism, pro-Nazi sympathies or Holocaust denial.”

We keep hearing Republicans nationwide complaining about how arguing for a ceasefire in the Israeli war against Hamas is somehow being antisemitic. Yet, the Texas Republican Party is clearly joined at the hip with antisemites and don’t want anyone to tell them that is a bad idea. Instead they take the money from these authoritarians and complain that words like “tolerate” and “antisemite” are “too vague” to be used in a measure like this one.

If you really want to know what America would look like under trump and his authoritarian ideas, just look at Florida and Texas. They are showing us what that would mean to the rest of us. It means no civil rights, no freedoms and no America as we know it. I believe it won’t be long before Florida school children are compelled to pledge allegiance to the Ayatollah DeSantis. If trump is elected, you can expect that pledge in every school across America to him.

This isn’t fantasy. This is open authoritarianism on full display for everyone to see. If you believe that “it can’t happen here” you are wrong. It is already happening in places like Florida and Texas. The American Authoritarians have taken complete control of the GOP. That is your choice next year. Democracy or Authoritarianism.

I will vote for democracy. I hope you will join me in this fight between right and wrong.

The Former Guy Finally Tells America The Truth

We have heard all the lies, attacks on innocent civilians and hatred towards our country from the former guy for several years now. We have watched him attack a court clerk, anyone who opposes him and every Democrat over that time. He hates anyone who is not considered a true MAGA member and hates anyone who is not white.

But, during one of his speeches in Iowa last week, we finally heard the actual truth come spewing out of his mouth. The problem is that no one is really paying attention to this truth. In his speech he said and this is a direct quote:

“We’ve been waging an all-out war on American democracy”.

That is the exact thing that his followers and the Republican Party have been doing since he joined their ranks and ran for President back in 2016. They have constantly railed against the Constitution and have enshrined white-supremacy as the official platform of the GOP.

Many people, including myself, have been warning the public that you need to listen to what he says. The man is totally incapable of continuing his lies from one sentence to another and if you pay attention, his true feelings and plans will be revealed by his own mouth.

Now some say that he “misread” his teleprompter. Well, I don’t believe that view. I believe that he said exactly what he meant. He is totally against American democracy and will do everything in his power to destroy our nation if he is elected next year.

Plus, if Biden made such a “misread” the Republicans would be screaming that it proves he is “too old” and “too far gone mentally” to be president. Joe Biden is only three years older than the former guy, and he makes fewer blunders and mistakes when speaking than the other guy.

Liz Cheney has been outspoken about this moron and her party. In an interview the other day she said that she hopes that Democrats take control of the House of Representatives because the GOP has turned its back on the Constitution in favor of the former guy. She said “you cannot support the Constitution and trump at the same time. You need to make a choice”. She also warned that “America is sleepwalking into a dictatorship”.

The so-called “blunder” from the former guy shows us just how true her statements are. If Republicans keep control of the House and the moron wins the election, you can count on the end of American democracy. You don’t have to take my word for it, for once you can take his own words as undeniable fact that he wants to destroy our democracy in favor of him becoming dictator.

It is time that Democrats start using this clown’s own words against him. It is time for the American people to wake up to the true danger our nation faces. We have been that “shining city on a hill” that the rest of the free world wants to be like. If this fascist wins the election and Republicans control the House and/or Senate, that shining city on a hill will become just another slum run by self-enriching fascists.

Those “rights” that the right-wing claim are so important will simply vanish into thin air. Once the fascists take power, you can bet your precious “right to bear arms” will be abolished because fascists fear an armed citizenry and even more so an educated citizenry.

The truth has been spoken. The one thing that the former moron has been doing is “waging an all-0ut war on American democracy”. It is time for you to listen to his hate and realize what he is. An un-American, hate-filled clown who doesn’t give a rat’s ass about you or our nation. He is only interested in power.

Is there anything else that needs to be said?

What Does “Christian Nationalist” Really Mean?

As the far right tries to convince us that we are a “Christian” nation and that they are “Christian Nationalists” we need to look at just what they mean and what they want. It is never too early to educate yourselves since we have a major election next year that will decide the future of our nation and the lives of you and your children.

As you can see above, the idea of “Christian Nationalism” is nothing new. Authoritarians all over the world have used religion as a hammer to gain power and rule instead of governing. They try to appeal to religious zealots in order to gain their vote and support.

We have seen the former guy use wording directly from Hitler in his most recent rants and cries of victimization. He has used words like “vermin” to describe anyone who opposes him. He has called for “the government to come down hard on MSNBC” and accuses them of being anti-trump. He forgets to mention Fox News who according to his own definition does the same thing to President Biden.

The hate and vitriol that comes out of his mouth can be found in the same language that Hitler used in order to gain power. He is not fooling anyone except his own base that doesn’t even want us to be a democracy. He is only interested in being the “Dear Leader” as his counterpart Kim Jung Un.

Then we have the most outspoken so-called “Christian Nationalist” the wacko woman from Georgia, MTG. In a recent post trying to keep Republicans from voting for military aid to Ukraine, she used a known Russian propaganda outlet as her reason not to vote for the aid. She posted an article from a Russian Propaganda source that has been named such by our government.

Yet, she proudly posts this lie in order to gain headlines and help her other hero Putin. Remember, she gave a speech to a far-right wing white supremacist gathering this year to chants of “Putin, Putin”. She praised the Russian leader as being a “great man” and a “great leader”. Similar words used by the former guy more than a thousand times.

The real danger in all of this talk is the very loud silence from other Republicans, especially those in Congress. The only bill MTG is interested is an attempt to impeach the current President. Of course, they always fail to mention that THEIR OWN WITNESS who testified in the House Oversight Committee on the subject said “there is no sufficient evident for impeachment”.

The year they have been trying to find proof of Biden’s “wrong doings” and have shown nothing. There has been nothing that suggests that Biden in his long career has done anything wrong. This week his son Hunter agreed to testify before the committee but only if it is public. The Chair of the committee refused that request because he only wants the testimony behind closed doors.

The reason for that is so he can twist the testimony to look nefarious just like that botched “proof” of a check from Biden’s brother to pay back a loan that the President gave him when he was NOT in office. I guess if a Democrat pays back a loan that is controversial. Of course Republicans not paying back loans is not so controversial.

As I wrote the other day, that tragic traffic accident at the border near Niagra Falls was quickly reported by Fox News as a terrorist attack. Several member of the Republican party echoed that claim in order to foster more hate against Muslims. The report was false and Fox knew it before it went on air.

We are hearing the former guy talk about “rounding up people” and putting them in “camps” before they are deported. We keep hearing him preach that the only truth is the bullshit coming out of his mouth. He wants to “destroy” his enemies anyway he can. He has named names who he believes should be put in jail just because they don’t support him. He has threatened to use our military to do his dirty work.

As all of this hate speech is spewing forth from his, MTG’s and other’s mouths, Republicans say nothing in condemnation. They are actually “lapping” it up and cheering it on by their silence. Somehow they believe that if they win and the authoritarian government emerges, they will be safe from their dear leader. They are wrong.

If we get that authoritarian government, you can bet that Congress will become a puppet of their dear leader. If anyone in Congress dares to go against that leader, they will most likely be imprisoned just like his other “enemies”. That is how authoritarianism works.

This is exactly what these so-called “Christian Nationalists” want our country to become. They want to follow their dear leader to the total destruction of our nation. You hear it coming out the mouths of every Republican today. All that talk about Democrats being all “communists, marxists, liberals” etc is just mimicking authoritarianists to demonize anyone who is not on their side.

Let’s be honest. There are only three forms of government in the world. There is authoritarian governments, monarchies, and democracies. Any label placed on people are simple words trying to separate authoritarians from their enemies. Communism is a authoritarian form of government. Countries like Russia with only one party rule is an authoritarian form of government. The Theocracy of Iran is an authoritarian form of government.

It is this that Christian Nationalists are trying to make our nation. Instead of Islam as the ruling religion, they want to use their phony Christianity as their ruling religion. I say phony because that is exactly what they are trying to sell to you. Hitler started using the phrase “Christian Nation”, but then quickly turned to old pagan religions to justify his rise to power. Hell he even created his own religion and demanded everyone follow it.

Christian Nationalists are no more Christian than the Ayatollah in Iran. They use the term to get gullible people in the Evangelical movement to follow them. But, Evangelicals who oppose their dear leader will be persecuted just like others will.

Their leader has made it clear that if he wins next year’s election, he plans to remove us from NATO and form an alliance with Russia and North Korea. He thinks this will give him the help he needs to eliminate China and Iran. He fails to realize that China and Iran are the biggest supporters of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia will never go after their current backers.

In summary, Christian Nationalism is nothing but Authoritarianism. It is a front used for talking points in order to gain power. Once that power is achieved, no one is safe from its evil tendencies. They use the “blame game” to scare you. They play “victim” to gain your sympathy. They use religion to gain your support.

But, if you seriously look at what they are saying, they prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they are not Christian. They are anti-religion, anti-democracy and anti-American. This cult is trying to take power for their own personal profit and do not care about you, your children or our nation.

In my view, Christian Nationalism is no better than Naziism. The language used by trump and his followers comes straight out of Hitler’s mouth. There is no way to deny it anymore.

Fox News And Right Wing Media Prove Their Love Of Misinformation To Scare The Hell Out Of You

Last Wednesday a car traveling towards Canada on the Rainbow Bridge in upstate New York struck a border checkpoint and exploded. The two people in the car, a middle-aged man and his wife were killed in the tragic accident. That is what this was, a tragic accident.

However, in their zeal to make everything tragic that happens appear nefarious, Fox News and members of the GOP immediately declared it was a “terrorist attack”. Fox News led the charge in this misinformation, and people like Sen. Cruz, Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk, GOP Governor wannabe Kari Lake and Rep. Elise Stafanick all parroted the “terrorist” claim promulgated by Fox News.

The next day, Fox baselessly began employing the term “Islamic terrorism,” describing hypothetical scenarios regarding potential casualties if the vehicle had advanced. They continued to tell their audience that the vehicle contained explosives. Fox Host John Roberts even speculated that the premature detonation of the vehicle might be attributed to the driver’s insufficient expertise in handling explosives.

Roberts went further by saying “We don’t know how long the people who perpetrated this attack have been in this country. Did they recently come across? Did they come into the country legally? Did they come across illegally and claim asylum? Were they some of the nearly 1 million got-aways who come into this country? Were they radicalized in this country?”

Here are the facts. The two people in the car were identified as 56-year-old Kurt P. Villani, the driver, and his wife Monica Villani. Police investigating this tragic accident said “there was no explosives” in the vehicle. And, the two were American Citizens and NOT immigrants or “terrorists”.

When Fox finally said there was no “terrorist attack” in this incident, they never apologized for their misinformation, but rather blamed their lies on other networks who never said it was a terrorist attack. Only Fox News and other so-called conservative outlets used that term in their reporting.

Charlie Sykes of the Bullwark said this: “A tragic car accident last Wednesday near a bridge on the Canadian-American border became a case study in disinformation, ideologically motivated opportunism, and all manner of demagogic b******t. And, of course, it all started with Fox News…. MAGA fluffer Benny Johnson enthusiastically amplified Fox’s fake report of a ‘terrorist attack.'”

You may ask why these so-called news outlets would immediately call it terrorism? And that is a good question until you look at their agenda. Their agenda is to make you afraid of everything in hopes you will vote for the authoritarians running on the GOP tickets around the country.

These outlets and the GOP in particular never discuss anything about policies. They only talk about grievances and hatred towards anyone they don’t like. So, they take a horrible traffic accident and call it a “terrorist attack” without any proof and before the p0lice investigating the incident says anything about it. The goal is to make you very, very afraid of your own shadow.

Their front runner for the nomination of the GOP says that he is very willing to unleash the military on our streets. He wants to use it to “arrest” his political opponents. Straight out of the authoritarian playbook. And, don’t kid yourselves, he means every word.

Over the weekend three students were shot in Vermont. They weren’t doing anything except taking a walk. Their crime was being Arab and speaking in English and Arabic. Someone, the suspect is in custody, decided they had to be killed for who they were. We don’t know much about the suspect except he had posted on social media, which has since been deleted, that he was a “radical citizen pa-trolling demockracy and crapitalism for oathcreepers.” 

Since the war in Israel began, we have seen a huge rise in anti-Palestinian and anti-Sematism. It shows just how much the hate mongers on conservative media have influenced their viewers. Yes, there have been comments from liberals about the war, but the major anti-Sematic remarks have come from the usual sources, namely the white-supremacists. The same groups that support the criminal running for President on the GOP ticket.

Hate speech has risen dramatically in the GOP circles. In a recent poll over half of Republicans who were questioned said that “political violence is acceptable”. Just how scary is that. Worse, at least one third of Americans believe that maybe we should have an “alternative form of government instead of our democracy”. Naturally, the vast majority of that one-third are Republicans.

The simple truth is that these conservatives who call themselves “patriots” are nothing but authoritarians who want to destroy our great nation. They peddle in conspiracy theories and misinformation in order to frighten their viewers. They blame everyone, especially non-whites and non-Christians for all of the problems we face. They really like to blame immigrants for everything.

What they want is an authoritarian government that they control and then attack and even arrest anyone who speaks up against them. The authoritarian playbook is clear. Attack everyone not like you for all of the troubles and then use violence to make the citizens afraid. Hitler was a master of this playbook, he wrote the book.

Authoritarians need victims to blame. In Hitler’s case it was the Jews. In the case of these conservatives, it is anyone who is not white or Christian. That opens the door to a wide variety of people to blame and make white people the victims. If they take power, they will close our borders and do their worse against their perceived “enemies”.

The criminal they all love made it plain. He intends, if elected, to “round up all immigrants and put them in camps before deporting them”. He and his supporters have already named names of Democrats and military men who they believe are “against” their beloved leader. The convicted criminal Steve Bannon has said that Retired Gen. Milley “will be arrested and charged with treason” if trump is elected.

We know for a fact that the Republican Party is behind this hate. We know because no one from the party has made a single comment condemning this hate speech. They all sit back and watch and enjoy what is being said and with their silence approving of it.

Unfortunately for us, that is what the Republican Party has become. They allow hate speech, innuendos, and outright lies to be spread in the name of power and votes from the MAGA crowd in order to be reelected.

I have said it before and I will say it again. The Republican Party that we knew for over a hundred years is DEAD. In its place we have agitators of authoritarianism and hate.

The world has seen this evil before. It resulted in numerous wars and the slaughter of millions of innocent people just because they were different. Don’t think it can’t happen here. The seeds are already being sown by right-wing media like Fox News.

Hate is hate and it is forever busy. Once a target has been “eliminated” a new target will be chosen. At some point it very well will be you. Think about that when you go to the polls.