I’m getting “more to come out” too. Nearly every day, I’m picking this up. It’s as if my spirit guides are persistently reminding (nagging) me that there will be more revelations and possibly more impeachable offenses revealed. Maybe I’m supposed to post about this.
Insider leaks (take it or leave them) say he is throwing fits in the WH and smashing things.
Funny, when I was meditating on him for Read the Future night, I sensed him literally screaming like a Banshee, making a sound his family had never heard before.
Although I have always felt that T will leave office early one way or another, I also woke up completely exhausted today and that did make me feel a bit down. I think it is from the days of hearings and all of the negative energy that you could feel from the people who were trying to deny what is and has actually happened. In spite of this, I still firmly believe that things will change and that the judiciary will be next in thwarting T’s plans. You can tell he is running scared and that his narcissistic sense of identity is threatened by the crazy Tweets and the call in to Fox in which he admits to crimes without seeming to notice that he is doing so. Even BBC was nervously commenting on what he was up to and they seemed to think that this will only affect his case negatively. I am now making it a point daily send light to those who would stop his criminal activity and bring justice for all of those who have been harmed. I agree with all of you who have said that even if we aren’t in a position to march or call, we can all do little things to help that add up to something big. Don’t give up hope that good will win in the end.
I remember when the movie Wall Street came out in the last 80s. I felt appalled at the admiration by some of the character Gordon "Greed is Good" Gecko. Over three decades later, business and politics are full of people with the Gekko mindset. It's unsettling to watch it today. It's like we're living in a mashup of Wall Street, Idiocracy and that The Handmaid's Tale is creeping in beside them.
Also good viewing of perhaps the most pivotal moment in the impeachment hearings happened when Steve Castor, the attorney for House Republicans inadvertently prompted Fiona Hill to clearly and skillfully show how obvious it was that Trump had ordered via Ambassador Sondland a rogue operation in the State Department that was against national security in order to pursue Trump's personal political agenda.
Although I have always felt that T will leave office early one way or another, I also woke up completely exhausted today and that did make me feel a bit down. I think it is from the days of hearings and all of the negative energy that you could feel from the people who were trying to deny what is and has actually happened. In spite of this, I still firmly believe that things will change and that the judiciary will be next in thwarting T’s plans. You can tell he is running scared and that his narcissistic sense of identity is threatened by the crazy Tweets and the call in to Fox in which he admits to crimes without seeming to notice that he is doing so. Even BBC was nervously commenting on what he was up to and they seemed to think that this will only affect his case negatively. I am now making it a point daily send light to those who would stop his criminal activity and bring justice for all of those who have been harmed. I agree with all of you who have said that even if we aren’t in a position to march or call, we can all do little things to help that add up to something big. Don’t give up hope that good will win in the end.
I feel worn out from all of the hearings and the negative/crazy energy hanging around. I wish I could put up some kind of mental barrier to protect myself from always picking up on peoples' moods/energy (I seem to do it automatically). Last night, I watched Adam Schiff's speech right before bed; I love how he said "We're better than that" at the end (a tribute to Elijah Cummings), but then I felt sad that Trump might get away with everything despite all of our efforts. I'm sure I was worn out emotionally- I was so angry with all the GOP reps during the hearing. I had trouble falling asleep but eventually I just ended up praying. I hope all of this will be resolved soon so that I can sleep well again! :P
I remember when the movie Wall Street came out in the last 80s. I felt appalled at the admiration by some of the character Gordon "Greed is Good" Gecko. Over three decades later, business and politics are full of people with the Gekko mindset. It's unsettling to watch it today. It's like we're living in a mashup of Wall Street, Idiocracy and that The Handmaid's Tale is creeping in beside them.
Those behaviors used to be considered rogue. Now they are considered skillful.
Ten years ago, when my daughter returned from an Italy year abroad, she said, "Mom, people's values are so different there." In Italy, she said, they have an expression for what it means to be a truly esteemed person. It's "la bella persona" or in French "la belle personne," which means a good person.
According to one website devoted to this subject, " A beautiful person is simply caring, respectful and aware of the happiness of being alive. She loves life and feels gratitude for the nature, the beauty and the human beings who participate in this daily miracle," http://www.bellespersonnes.eu/&xid=17259,15700019,15700186,15700190,15700256,15700259,15700262,15700265,15700271,15700283&usg=ALkJrhgqmpEDpdZOwIzGa_wjC6xt56xyD A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beautiful People . A beautiful soul, therefore, is profound, sensitive and altruistic.
Very early this morning I was given a quick glimpse of Trump at some point in the future. He was hunched over, coming out of a doorway and shuffling towards the open door of a car, and it was like one of those brief video shots or photos taken by paparazzi with a telephoto lens from a distance, a "rare sighting" kinda photo. Trump was (even more) bloated, he was pasty-pale because he no longer had his fake tan, and his hair, no longer a "do," was sparse and disheveled. He was definitely not well. This will happen, he will be secluded away (for health reasons or ignominy or both). Just not sure when. Hopefully, it will be sooner rather than later--for the sake of our country, and for the world's ability to move forward in appropriately addressing collective issues like climate change and exponentially growing refugee crises.
Trump is definitely not aging well, neither physically nor mentally. Seeing this quick vision/image this morning also reminded me of what I've sometimes thought: Like the delusions-of-grandeur emperor who is really stark naked (and it's not a pretty sight), even Trump, despite his manic narcissism, will finally look in the mirror and see that with four more years in the public spotlight/scrutiny no amount of fake tan, hair product, origami-like hair arranging, or voluminously tailored suits will be able to disguise the fast trajectory of becoming the polar opposite of a distinguished-looking older man. If Trump weren't himself, he would be having a field day hurtling nasty nicknames at someone who looks (and who speaks) as he does. He will want to be remembered as the larger-than-life (bizarrely inaccurate) portrait his foundation illegally used donation funds to purchase, not as his actual visage is irrefutably revealing. (And his days are numbered in his physical and mental ability to hold "press conferences" ranting nonsensically over the sound of his helicopter on the WH lawn, reading from 6" tall lettering on Sharpie-drawn "notes to self."). Perhaps vanity will, in some measure, play a part in convincing him to escape from public office.
Sobering perspective from the New Yorker: The Awful Truth About Impeachment.
Glasser feels that the GOP's attitude is that facts don't matter and so they will ignore all of the testimony, at least in the short run.
"Origami-like hair arranging!" OMG that one gave me such a good, out-loud laugh. I may have to steal it from you cdeanne!
You guys are the best. I just finished reading all the posts from last night and this morning and they're so full of insights and hope. I seriously love this forum so much.
I want to be wide awake here, not in a bubble. Then I want to infuse what we see with heart strength. That's what Martin Luther King, Jr. did in his life time. That's what Fiona Hill, Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff and all the people who work their heads off night and day in the Congress to prepare for these hearings have been doing.
Yes, I read it and fully understand this is where we are now. It’s sobering, scary as hell and yet I’m still hopeful. Can’t explain it. IQ45 will either resign or be defeated in the next election because all his crimes were exposed by Mueller and the impeachment hearings. Plus, I strongly feel more crimes will be exposed. Like Adam Schiff, Nancy Pelosi, Fiona Hill, Alex Vindman, William Taylor and others, we must persevere through this time, too, to do the right thing no matter how overwhelming the odds seem.
I haven't been watching the hearings, and most of my info on the impeachment process has come from skimming through the New York Times, the Guardian, and this website. So I'm somewhat removed from what's going on in Washington. But I was still in a pissy mood for most of the past two days. I thought that was because of some personal issues of mine, but reading through the comments posted here, it seems like I haven't been alone. Is there something astrological going on? Or are we just picking up on the ambient collective energy?
Many may not remember when IQ45 first came to the Whitehouse, a news camera caught him screaming near one of the windows. He has no self control, so screaming may be one of the more benign things he does. I can easily see him throwing things , I only hope it isn’t something historically valuable.
Surprise! Surprise!
Exclusive: Giuliani associate willing to tell Congress Nunes met with ex-Ukrainian official to get dirt on Biden.
www.cnn.com/2019/11/22/politics/nunes-vienna-trip-ukrainian-prosecutor-biden/index.html
That would be a Nunes thing to do—get involved in rooting around with foreign nationals to get dirt on Trump rivals. One wonders about his Kremlin connections too. I’ve always felt he was Kremlin compromised but there’s never been anything out there about that.
It just seems that the most vicious protectors of Trump, Nunes and Jordan, have something to hide.
The @lawrence Trump tsunami continues. Www.americanoversight.org used FOIA to get Pompeos phone records, that they wouldnt release to congress and just published them. Site is crashing right now because they were just posted, but supposed to show direct phone record trail from Rudy to Pompeo via the WH
Do any of you follow Heather Cox Richardson? She is a presidential historian from Boston College, and she's been posting daily updates that offer good context and insight into what's happening. Last night's post echoes many sentiments and predictions here (and the theme of this very thread):
"Today began with evidence that impeachment is getting to Trump. He launched an epic 53-minute tirade this morning on a phone call to Fox and Friends, in which he ranted against Marie Yovanovitch for not hanging up his portrait in the embassy (her lawyers promptly said this was untrue), and said that he fired FBI Director James Comey to protect himself (a crime, by the way). The hosts were clearly uncomfortable, but they couldn’t get a word in edgewise."
And she lays out the cascade of bombshells, culminating with "But it gets worse. Parnas alleges that he and Nunes, or Nunes’s proxy, met several times a week in the Trump Hotel, along with Giuliani, and John Solomon, former reporter for The Hill, who pushed anti-Yovanovitch stories and whose reporting is now under review. Also included were married attorneys Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing, the Trump defenders who are often on Fox News Channel programs. They represent Firtash, who needs American lawyers because he is wanted in America for bribery and racketeering. He is currently in Vienna, Austria—where an awful lot of things seem to happen-- challenging his extradition... Also at those meetings was Derek Harvey, who works for Nunes on the House Intelligence Committee, and who, according to Parnas, was understood to be Nunes’s agent."
Next ti this site, her daily posts keep me going through this mess. You can find her on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/posts/2071356896341699?__tn__=K-R