When I read Greene's cards, I realized that the Trumpian darkness is dissipating, even though supporters poured money at her this week.
You can tell when something has had its day because right before it dies, it spikes and goes even more intense. It's like any fad, and the markets work this way too. The trend gets overdone, overbought; people carry it to extremes, and then, suddenly it has gone too far, too beyond, and then, bam, it crashes.
Well I predict that Greene's election to Congress, her very nature as a the shock and hate candidate, is over. Trump is over. Hate groups are out there, and they will be handled by the justice system. political battles between red and blue will continue, but when I read Greene, I felt her impending downfall and the fall of the Trumpian era.
@jeanne-mayell I somehow think that she (and Boebert and Hawley and Cawthorne and Gaetz, the R's in general, et al, ad infinitum) will not only lose their power in Congress, but also at home once their base realizes that they are opposing everything that Biden and the D's are trying to do to help, especially financially. When they fully expose themselves (even more than they already have), they will be personae non grata no matter where they go.
It's also very possible that at least a few of them will face great suspicion if not charges related to Jan 6, and in Boebert's case, campaign finance:
can you do a reading on Gaetz Jordan and Nunes please?When I read Greene's cards, I realized that the Trumpian darkness is dissipating, even though supporters poured money at her this week.
You can tell when something has had its day because right before it dies, it spikes and goes even more intense. It's like any fad, and the markets work this way too. The trend gets overdone, overbought; people carry it to extremes, and then, suddenly it has gone too far, too beyond, and then, bam, it crashes.
Well I predict that Greene's election to Congress, her very nature as a the shock and hate candidate, is over. Trump is over. Hate groups are out there, and they will be handled by the justice system. political battles between red and blue will continue, but when I read Greene, I felt that her downfall and the fall of the Trumpian era.
posted by @jeanne-mayell:
You can tell when something has had its day because right before it dies, it spikes and goes even more intense.
@jeanne-mayell, when I read this I immediately thought about a medical treatment I once had. The treatment created a Herxheimer reaction, which is a form of detoxification within the body. In other words, you feel significantly worse for a period of time -- as you stated, "it spikes and goes even more intense" -- and you may fear that the illness is progressing. It is not. The Herxheimer flare is an indication that the treatment is reaching its target and is considered a good sign. The detoxification process is necessary to expose and excise the toxins -- the rot -- and create a space for healing. That's where I believe we are heading. I believe the "treatment" is the truth -- and the truth will set us free.
Just as Dominion and Smartmatic are suing Fox News big time for their outrageous lies (and, hopefully this kind of legal accountability for lying media outlets will only accelerate over time which may have the effect of "cleaning up" some of the toxic airwaves), so must Congress create some kind of basic, minimal "standard" for R or D campaigners in terms of their campaign messages. The fact that a hate-spewing, attention-addicted, "Hitlerian" lunatic like Marjorie Taylor Green was ever allowed to run in the first place (never mind win her Congressional seat!!) is deeply disturbing.
Granted, this poses a delicate balance between creating "The Authoritarian Truth Police" vs. "Candidates who simply possess diverging opinions"... and we are a voting Democracy with First Amendment rights, after all. Not sure how this could be implemented ... but some kind of minimal standard must be injected into the system somehow.
After all, there is a huge difference between one's legitimate "differing opinion" about how to handle the Federal Deficit vs. opining publicly that "the Rothschild family has deliberately, malignantly, been focusing their laser beams (from outer space, no less!!) onto California with the specific intent to create massive wildfires". One is a legitimate difference of opinion, the other belongs in a mental hospital. One is a productive use of our democratic process, the other is a clear abuse and violation of it.
I keep thinking of Orson Welles' 1938 "War of the Worlds" broadcast where he (unintentionally) created stark terror throughout the nation at the prospect of a Martian Invasion. Someone who chooses to use the media/airwaves or our electoral system must be held to minimal standards regarding fact, accuracy and principles of basic decency so as not to promote social unrest/ terror/hatred/instability for their own self-serving purposes. I don't see this as a violation of our democracy -- I see this as a necessary refinement to our First Amendment rights and a safety guardrail for the protection of our electoral system. After all, as someone pointed out on this website before: Shouting "Fire" into a crowded movie theater is not a legitimate use of our First Amendment rights. Same concept applies here.
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That is so interesting. I always say that unless you live with a bp brain, you can't really understand what it's like. I realize that may sound somewhat arrogant, but it's true in that it's so hard to explain what's it's like to have a brain you can never, ever shut off.
Nothing arrogant about it: it's like having a 12 hour loop of 8-track tape (I realize I'm dating myself here) and 30 minutes of it is a really brilliant prelude and fugue on harpsichord played by a brilliant musician, and 11.5 hours of it is the same song rendered on kazoo by Krusty from the Simpsons, coupled with random bits of remembered interviews from the Charlie Rose Show, old Monday Night Football outtakes, lectures from the worst professors I had in college, and duck noises.
Of course, I go through mixed state mania. Some bipolars report having a lot more fun with it than I do. I don't believe them -- I suspect they are self medicating. I don't do that, and it leaves me wide open to the mob's emotional volatility.
For those interested, this is Teri Kanefield's breakdown of the Smartmatic lawsuit:
https://terikanefield-blog.com/smartmatic/
Great summary of the Smartmatic lawsuit. Thanks! Next will be Dominions. So terrific that Lou Dobbs got cancelled. May Jeanne Pirro, Maria Bartiromo and Guiliani be next... these self-serving liars must be banished and held accountable. Being sued for $2.7 billion ain't "small change" for anyone -- even a mighty Fox News will be shaken up by this if they lose the lawsuit, both financially and public credibility-wise. Also, importantly, should Fox lose this lawsuit, it will create an important "precedent" in a Post-Trump world and address the raging cultural war between promoting "fact vs. fiction". Murdoch must be losing sleep -- his favorite way to gain followers (via riling up his base with incitement & lies) is about to be tested. I'm searching for my popcorn and praying that all goes well for Smartmatic...
Great article in the NY Times appeared this morning about this very topic...
Lawsuits Take the Lead in Fight Against Disinformation - The New York Times (nytimes.com)