I can't really take delight in his infirmity. Or bring myself to call him names. His name has the energy of Hitler's & Mussolini's already. He loves to play pretend, a fellow Gemini. His enablers have made it possible for him to act out and then claim the role of dictator. That little lion in the prediction just got a violent shove into adulthood.
Still I cannot bring myself to hate. As MLK said, "Hate cannot drive out Hate, only Love can do that and Darkness cannot drive out Darkness only Light can do that." For my part I practice nonjudgment as best I can. Meaning, I cannot return pettiness for his pettiness. BUT I can return outrage, and determination to help in fixing this and getting on the right road. I can feel disgusted and aghast at the beating we've collectively taken. But I cannot stop there , I have to continue on into the more hopeful future.
I am seeing the fruits of my work lately with several former students shining a light on BLM and LGBTQI. I am proud to have played a small part in hopefully steering them towards justice by trying to act justly in the classroom.
T and his ilk are a manifestation of systemic abuse that has been generational and pervasive since the first people exploring here committed genocide on the natives. All of these ramped up violent scenes we are seeing, violence begetting violence and many paid actors I feel, or deluded, are showing us festering wounds brought up for healing. And we have signed up to bear witness to this change. We are in a pivotal moment and we are not safe yet, but we are going to be.
I am believing that lasting change is finally upon us. So goodbye to T. I envision him in the rear view mirror getting smaller and smaller.
Posted by @coyote:
I'm at the point where I don't even derive joy from talking about the downfall of our Windigo-in-Chief. He just needs to go, and when he does, I'll skip the celebration and continue the work of building a better world. Meanwhile, we need to stop giving his ego so much attention. We've already established that he thrives off of making himself a spectacle.
@coyote, I agree. I initially noticed that as I spent time focusing on T's unraveling -- whether on this forum or elsewhere -- it would take me out of my funk, renew my energy and provide some reassurance that this too shall pass. But lately I've noticed the more I focus on the ins and outs of T's downfall, the more exhausted I feel. To me that means that my attention is in the wrong place. My time and energy is precious, and I'm already feeling depleted by the heavy energy of the collective. I am in my senior years and can't predict whether I'll still be here to experience our world's transformation. But as a small cog in the wheel, I can still do my part to spread the light and move things forward. I have faith and remain hopeful.
I think this community is past the obsession with T's darkness. After the 2016 campaign, I never again wanted to hear his voice, read his words, or see his face. Even back then, it only interested us because (1) we'd never seen a leader act so depraved and say such foolish things. He was fascinating because he was a freak. And (2) we thought his behaviors guaranteed he would never get elected.
Today I only follow him out of the corner of my eye (can't look at him directly or I feel sick). But I follow him only for signs that he will leave office, and that he and his enablers are brought to justice.
I also want to know if he's doing something that poses a new threat to our safety and country, like his calling in unidentified troops to D.C., his conversations with Putin and other enemies of the people, and the operations of his associate Erik Prince or others who pose a danger to our country.
But I skim over posts and news stories concerned with the latest Trump cruelty or foolishness. It's nothing new and it unsettles my mind.
So no, I do not delight in his infirmity except if it means he could leave office because of it, in which case, yes, I wish for whatever it takes to get him to leave.
His neurological problems now in the news have been there for several years, as far as I can tell. So, although a prediction popped out of me during a meditation that he'd be sick in June, I am not seeing it happening in his current infirmities.
As for the West Point video of him grasping a handrail and staring down at his feet as he carefully walks down some stairs, I saw a similar video of him walking like that two years ago. He's terrified of stairs and always takes steps in that manner. His right hand has also been neurologically troubling for a couple of years in the way he needs his left hand to help his right hand.
Don't worry he has explanation for his walk. It was long and steep and no handrail and also slippery oh and he ran the final “10” feet.
https://apple.news/A2kr82wtoQzG5HG73TO4hqA
Over the past few days, I've gotten the persistent impression that the American people have moved on from Trump. He's in the past and we have other concerns we have to address now, and no amount of Trump attempting to grab the headlines can alter this shift that has occurred.
It doesn't mean he'll leave office reasonably. It doesn't mean that we don't have to work as hard as we possibly can to ensure everyone can vote who wants to. Or that Trump won't try to sow all kinds of chaos in September and October. But he's no longer energetically center-stage. The American people are in that spot now, along with their true yearning for a new reality.
Today I am only interested in signs that he will leave office, and that he, and his enablers are brought to justice.
I also want to know if he's doing something that poses a new threat to our safety and country, like his calling in unidentified troops to D.C., his conversations with Putin and other enemies of the people, and the operations of Erik Prince or others who pose a danger to our country.
I agree with this sentiment as well as that expressed by both @coyote and @ghandigirl. Although I am disgusted by him and his ilk, I don't hate them; I am simply rolling my eyes at their latest antics while mentally adding to the list of things we'll have to clean up/restore/repair/replace once they are gone.
Unfortunately, my vision of him winning again in November, though a bit more shaky now, is still not dissipated. When I read of various polls that have Biden and others such as Ms. McGrath ahead or doing very well against the incumbents, I remind myself that the polls in 2016 were pointing to an almost assured victory by Ms. Clinton, and I keep updating my mental list of things we'll need to fix.
I sincerely hope that if Mr. Biden is elected that he does not gloss over the corruption of the last 4 years with some bland statement of "let's focus on the future". I hope instead that he uses the time in between this election and the next to focus whatever legal and judicial resources are then at his disposal to investigate, root out, remove, and prosecute those who have caused or aided/abetted in the causing of so much suffering - not the least of whom would be the person currently in the Oval Office along with his family, but also to include Mr McConnell and Mr. Barr and others.
Let’s say T loses the election. How fast will the rats jump ship? People who were appointed by this administration know they are unqualified and are not going to keep their jobs. Will they wait to be let go or just leave before the transfer of power.
@jessi1978 Every time a new administration comes into power, the top staff, cabinet heads and the undersecretaries typically leave or are replaced, whether or not they are qualified.
I agree 100%. The time of "let's forgive and forget" is over. If we don't prosecute Trump and everyone in his administration who actively engaged in corruption, then they will keep doing it again should they get in power. Further, politicians in the future will act corruptly because they know they can get away with it.
Remember that Republicans have engaged in these "fake investigations" where they tried to prosecute democrats whom they saw as a threat. (Hillary Clinton). And they certainly didnt afford Obama with the respect he deserved. They have demeaned and disrespected us for years while they got rich from our taxes. And they rarely bothered to reach across to the other party, prefering instead to engage in efforts to undermine our system.
The only way to put a stop to this is to make an example of them. We tried being nice before, and they only got worse. They won't learn to respect the laws until we finally make them pay the consequences.
Wow. I just wrote a reply to the discussion on the last two pages. WhenI went to post it it threw me off the website. I had a hard time getting back on and my post is gone I know there are other readers on YouTube who have had troble with cencership. I hope this isn't spreading to our channel.
Anyway my two items I found on the internet of interest this AM.
One the Tulsa area Craigs list is advertising for MINORITY actors to particilate in a rally on June 20. the event can be used as communtiy service in lieu of payment! there was a reporter who went incognito to a rump rally last year and said he saw people being bused in to participate. When he talked to one they said they were paid to attend.
Second item: The leaks over the last year or so regarding the Orange ones business practices and taxes were leaked by his neice Mary. SHe has written a book about the family. Her father was the lyin kings older brother whom the family hounded into a job he didn't want and he died of complications of alcholism. (I actually heard all that from a friend who grew up in NYC) They treated his children horribly. I won't buy her book just like I won't buy the traiter Boltin's. Not wasting my dollars. It should have some interesting tidbits though.
Great News finally from the Supreme Court
Supreme Court rules that workers cannot be fired for being gay or transgender!!!
T and Pence and company are going to be mad.
Yes, the Supremes made a fantastic ruling to day and it wasn't split down the middle either.
It is a 1, 2, 3 punch to the occupier of the WH.
First The Supreme Court LGTBQ work ruling.
Then the FDA revoked its emergency use authorization for the drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for the treatment of Covid-19.
Now another Supreme design. A decision to do NOTHING.
The Supreme Court just left in place a lower court opinion upholding one of California's sanctuary laws that limits cooperation between law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, a measure that the Trump administration says is meant to "undermine" federal immigration enforcement.
So, how is your day going so far "sir"? A little like our last 3 and a half years perhaps?
You can add a 4th punch.
Mary Trump (cousin to you know who) wrote a book called Too Much And Never Enough which will be released in August, right before the convention RNC.
Could she be part of his undoing??
One of the most explosive revelations Mary will detail in the book, according to people familiar with the matter, is how she played a critical role helping The New York Times print startling revelations about Trump’s taxes, including how he was involved in “fraudulent” tax schemes and had received more than $400 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate empire.
As she is set to outline in her book, Mary was a primary source for the paper's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation, supplying Fred Trump Sr.’s tax returns and other highly confidential family financial documentation to the paper.
I think that the amount of voters who will want to vote for Biden /DEM will be a landslide over T. My only worry is THE voter suppression, like what happened in Georgia. The only way T and his GOP enablers and those GOP donors who are the true power behind him would stand a chance is cheating beyond what they've done before. They are going to try big time. We need just as much of a protest about that and black lives matter (both), because with T and the GOP in power- they not only don't really care about black lives - they don't care about any lives beyond their own selfish interests.
Ps: as a matter of fact AFTER I typed this response I kept hearing "Ding dong Donnie is gone" (to the same tune as "Ding dong the witch is dead from Oz"
Holy Smokes folks! Add a fifth.
The Supreme Court declined to take up a series of new cases seeking to expand gun rights.
The court rejected a total of 10 cases that had piled up in recent months.
THe https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/jun/15/gun-rights-cases-ruling-supreme-court-declines
Wow! This fits so many of the visions on here about people turning away from government, giving up capitalism, urban farming, etc. It's already happening!!!
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@gbs There's an article in today or yesterday's Washington Post describing Trump Losing the Narrative. Don't know the exact title. Mainly saying that his "jump the shark" tactics aren't working and he doesn't know what to do. When things were good economically, people could be entertained by his tactics, but now he's exposed and people aren't having it. Makes sense to me.