@lovendures yes... I just read this and I am furious that the Covidiot even thinks he can hold us hostage to that... after the elections Bubba.. it's a moot point. We are voting you, Mitch and Lindsey and all your other sycophants and lap dogs out!!!!!
Now more than ever... urge to vote the delusional out out out.
@kimskorner I am an Independent..and I am for dang sure voting "blue no matter who across the board" I have several Independent friends who are too. I am urging my Libertarian friends to put country before party and vote Blue no matter who as well.
Voting was my main thing today. One thing that did bother me on this vote was about the judges. In my state, we had like 5 or 6 judges up for election. I didn't realize just how hard it was to look up about them to decide whether or not I thought they should stay in. With so many inexperienced and unprepared judges being shoved in, I wanted to check each one out completely but so little information on them. Anyway, I voted and the rest of my family voted too. I'm not sure how much difference it will make as my state usually goes red (sigh) but I still wanted to try. I've had my fill of politics through major ones and local ones. We had Trump like mayor here for years and he was finally defeated at the end of last year (although my neighborhood is still literally torn apart from one of his last minute campaign ideas). It was very satisfying when he lost but he still pulled all kinds of tricks until his very last day in office (even shredding and locking up documents that the new mayor couldn't get access to when she won to also doing some jerky moves about keys and bills too). So I do kind of fear just what will happen between now and end of this term in the white house no matter what..even if Trump loses what mischief he could get up to....
@jeanne-Mayell @lawrence @vestralux @allyn
if for any reason trump is gone/resigns by end of Oct, what do you see happening with the election / blue wave.?. My fear is the never trumpers, Lincoln project folks , suburban woman, etc will no longer vote for Biden and blue senators down ballot,,,, they will vote for pence or Haley. This is why I hope trump remains on ballot,,,, we need a blue wave to kick them all out
Hey y'all! Thanks for tagging me (remembering I exist!). @Jeanne-Mayell is right on the money: I work in rhythm with publication schedules, and when it gets heavy (as it is now), I spend hours upon hours researching, writing, and editing. That means I run out of time and brain juice for other things, like posting here—among souls I admire, adore, and miss. ?
@draceana
Some of you may recall that I was concerned about Nikki Haley popping her head up in this fiasco quite a while back. A couple of years now or longer. My feeling now is that Jared and Ivanka (maybe others) have worked hard to thwart Haley's ambitions. I don't know whether they've been successful or not, but I'm no longer as concerned about her.
Here's why:
First, if T goes out (he is actually very ill or soon will be, imo) before the election, Pence has zero chance. (They'd be selling snow cones in hell.) He has come across as wallpaper—weak and servile and personality-less—and therefore attracts none of the energy or support of The Base. Besides which, evangelicals aren't enough to push him over the line in this climate.
Nikki Haley has positioned herself very strategically in that regard. She's the only person I can think of to resign from this Administration on good terms besides Hope Hicks. And although she spoke up against T on certain key points of concern, she also threw her "integrity" (lol) out the window and publicly backed him after leaving office.
She's a danger to our country as we know it because she's truly and utterly a regressive traditionalist. Think Pence, but with balls.
Either way they move, however, there isn't enough time to gather momentum and their base of support will be split. Full stop. Most Never Trumpers and Lincoln Project Republicans have already firmly committed—publicly—to support Biden and down ballot Dems. They're unlikely to back Nikki Haley now out of principle. They're furious at the cowardice of their own party and want to dismantle it and start again.
@liln22 Michigan had a bunch up too -- you say you're in a red state -- does that mean no teachers union? I've experienced the same problem -- finding info on them and the state board of education candidates is next to impossible. For that I've always taken my MEA (Michigan Education Association) endorsed candidate list in. (Because, for me, if they're endorsing them they're good for public ed which generally means "not evil") Often if you have a state wide labor union website you can find their endorsed candidate lists online on their website.
Everyone, these last few hours of posts are so fun to read.
@kiki, welcome! Your post was a breath of fresh air to me today. Thank you for all you said. Love that we are from the same state. I can hear your way of thinking and expressing yourself as so Mass. familiar to me. :-)
@jessi1978. Loved those stories about record turnout, music to my ears. And it fits the vision I had while lying in bed this morning, of this massive crowd of progressives marching forward, a lively loud excited committed crowd of millions of people marching forward and overwhelming a little GOP merry-go-round machine. Love the 102 year old woman grateful that women have the vote. She was nine years old when women got the vote.
And @vestralux, letting out a welcoming scream of joy to you. So glad you are back. Can't wait to read your book.
Where is @vestralux these days? She posted many many times about Trump getting sick and getting the virus.I found a post yesterday where she wrote specifically that she asked, will he be hospitalized before November, and got a yes. Would love to hear from her and know she is ok.
Hi there @meliaamal ? Yep, though I wasn't 100% sure at the time that it would be Covid.
I've been looking at T's energy field and his astrological transits since the news broke, and it ain't good. I do see him surviving this, at least for a while to come, but I'm doubtful there will be anything like true recovery. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the virus, or the treatments he's been given for it, induces a secondary emergency, either neurological or vascular in nature or both.
I feel what's coming may even be severe enough that, for a period of time at least, he may appear catatonic. In a "stupor," if you prefer. Unable to clearly communicate or respond, if at all. I see this occurring after the election, but timing is slippery.
His biofield has always been bizarre but, right now, it's on another level. I'm not picking up a coherent immune system for him, which causes me to feel there will be inflammation in the brain and heart wall by mid-January.
Astrologically, his 6th House (governs the body, health/illness, etc. as well as daily work and routine) is ruled by Saturn and Uranus. Saturn will always be highly malefic for him, because he's so unintegrated. Well, in January, his progressed Saturn will have arrived in the 6th house, directly opposing transiting Saturn in his 12th House (hospitals, prisons, the liminal space between life and death, etc.). This leads me to believe that sometime next year, he could be placed into long term care.
Don't misread: He's going to get as crazy as we've seen him before he's gone. And his Base will match or surpass him. But w h a t e v e r happens, do NOT lose heart! Do not give up. Do not allow yourself to believe they've won.
We must stand as tall as we can in our spirits and steady ourselves totally. Imagine that, as a nation, we're in labor. Something beautiful is trying to be born that MUST be born for humanity to continue. For the planet to begin to heal. The contractions are hell but we have to keep breathing deeply, staying very very present with ourselves and one another—even those whose ideas we oppose. There's no other option. ✨
Lady Kamala, Dragon Slayer.
Oh, girl. She's gonna crucify him.
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"think Pence, but with balls" ? ?
Don't worry, everyone. He's back! He's bigger! He's better! Able to leap tall White Houses in a single bound!!
According to Dr. Jonathan Crane, er, Dr. Sean Conley, he's new and improved and symptom free. Says the doctor who was appointed by the world's greatest physician, Ronny Jackson.
@journeywithme2 I hear ya!!!! I will walk thru fire to vote blue, even though our Governor in Texas is trying to make it difficult. Every one I know will go to the polls and vote.