Earlier today, barely 33 days before the midterm elections, Donald Trump admitted that there might not be any line he isn’t willing to cross to make sure that he and his party win the elections in November. In a TIME Magazine interview that was published just this morning, Donald Trump said that he is keeping his options open when it comes to ways that he could interfere with the midterm elections, saying he isn't ready to "rule anything out or in," before adding something even more concerning: "You mean the Insurrection Act? I've never used it. I could use it. A lot of people think I should use it."
"You mean the Insurrection Act? I’ve never used it. I could use it. A lot of people think I should use it.”
If ANYBODY has really told him that he should use it, it's time to find out who is that despicable enabler.
"I've never used it. I could use it." !!!??????
He really thinks he can use it simply because he feels like it..! Just like signing any other EO!! ! He is getting so dangerously crazy and delusional, it's effin scary!
Heather, while illegal, I wish we could accumulate reprints of this post and slip them under doors and into voting booths.
Although we have been burdened with Trump since his escalator ride into a presidency, your collection is so clear and damning, I believe it could persuade any on the fence to vote against his party.
I appreciate your trying to alleviate some of our terror by noting “federal law is clear when it comes to having federal law-enforcement activity near polling locations.” But when has that stopped our mad-man-in-chief before?
And while I appreciate this sentence in your post, “His only concern is being able to hold onto the unchecked power he has accumulated during his second term in office," I don’t believe Trump has “concern.” Previous rotten behavior has not raised the eyebrows of anyone in his party. “So what else is new?” they would question.
I am angry at the Times cover. Trump will turn the image into a win, “See how I’m king of the world,” he would say. How has the cover done anything to shame him for the atrocities he has let loose on our country, and every human desiring to find sanctuary here?
You write that Trump has passed Nixon in scandals. Alas, our demented president will not find that offensive. He would stop at “passed” and care not for what followed.
Thank you, Heather, for an excellent commentary on comparative history. It’s very sad, at first, that our Country is once again, being subjected to an American president employing criminal acts to gain power.
Another piece of that history is the unbelievable distortion of loyalty employed by Nixon’s GOP members of Congress - it took 17 months after the Watergate break-in (June 1972) for the first Republican member of Congress to call for Nixon to resign (Sen. Edward Brooke of Massachusetts Nov 1973)
Americans then, like now, bore witness to an American president being enabled by the Party faithful.
It became obvious though, over time, that the fiercest of Nixon’s loyalists began to fall away.
The beginnings of that are happening in real time now regarding Trump - it’s a slow motion exodus of rats leaving a sinking ship.
But, unlike Nixon, Trump has the blueprint of Project 2025 to follow and every American citizen should become aware that Trump is moving towards total control one slow step at a time.
Shortly after your release of this summary, Heather - as I’m sure you are aware: Todd Blanche, the Attorney General of the United States announced that the Justice Department filed a judicial misconduct complaint against nearly all of the federal district judges in Minnesota.
Why would he do this so close to the mid-term election when judges might well be needed to issue injunctions against actions that are designed to interfere with the people’s right to vote?
One thing about Trump that is dissimilar from Nixon. Trump’s need for an ego boost - whenever possible - will spill the beans - and, while most Republicans, and some media outlets, ignore the nakedness of the Emperor, we need to shout it from the rooftops - we need to fund and fully support - every honest journalist who is working to make the Truth known to the public. Also, to fund, and fully support those watchdog agencies like ACLU, Public Citizen, etc., who are on the vanguard of efforts to resist the totalitarian takeover of our democracy.
It is a high honor to be elected president by most of the voting public. Somehow, that distinction escaped this guy. Just like in some earth based cultures, people show high respect to certain elders in their society. Being called an elder in those cultures is not just a label, it is an earned honor, based on observations by the community on the persons behavior.
The so-called ‘founding fathers’ were not from an earth based culture. They came with “land and gold” in mind. I think that is more of a materialistic culture. Which is a transactional culture. This guy seems to be a personification of that mind set.
I’m not saying all euro immigrants and their descendants are of that ilk, but it is the mindset that founded the USA.
I love my country and I don’t want anything rotten to happen to it. This land and people have faced many tests before. But we have never had an outright nincompoop lead the country.
If we can get through this phase in the life of our country, I think we need to rethink capitalism and our materialistic culture. The reflecting pool fiasco was a clear sign of that. It reflected where our leaders are taking us.
Trump is a cornered, dementia ridden, psychopath and as such is our nation’s greatest national security threat. He is decompensating so severely he is also a threat to the world’s fragile political order. This lunatic has the nuclear codes and a totally subservient military led by a fellow psychopath in Pete Hegseth. Let that sink in. VOTE.
Thanks for the cat picture. I have a cat purring on my lap as I read this in the darkness of pre-dawn. Like you, I have hope. And I live in Texas. Thank you Heather for keeping us informed of the worst, but still hoping for the best.
"You mean the Insurrection Act? I’ve never used it. I could use it. A lot of people think I should use it.”
If ANYBODY has really told him that he should use it, it's time to find out who is that despicable enabler.
"I've never used it. I could use it." !!!??????
He really thinks he can use it simply because he feels like it..! Just like signing any other EO!! ! He is getting so dangerously crazy and delusional, it's effin scary!
Steven Miller is likely behind it. He loves being cruel.
Heather, while illegal, I wish we could accumulate reprints of this post and slip them under doors and into voting booths.
Although we have been burdened with Trump since his escalator ride into a presidency, your collection is so clear and damning, I believe it could persuade any on the fence to vote against his party.
I appreciate your trying to alleviate some of our terror by noting “federal law is clear when it comes to having federal law-enforcement activity near polling locations.” But when has that stopped our mad-man-in-chief before?
And while I appreciate this sentence in your post, “His only concern is being able to hold onto the unchecked power he has accumulated during his second term in office," I don’t believe Trump has “concern.” Previous rotten behavior has not raised the eyebrows of anyone in his party. “So what else is new?” they would question.
I am angry at the Times cover. Trump will turn the image into a win, “See how I’m king of the world,” he would say. How has the cover done anything to shame him for the atrocities he has let loose on our country, and every human desiring to find sanctuary here?
You write that Trump has passed Nixon in scandals. Alas, our demented president will not find that offensive. He would stop at “passed” and care not for what followed.
Thank you, Heather, for an excellent commentary on comparative history. It’s very sad, at first, that our Country is once again, being subjected to an American president employing criminal acts to gain power.
Another piece of that history is the unbelievable distortion of loyalty employed by Nixon’s GOP members of Congress - it took 17 months after the Watergate break-in (June 1972) for the first Republican member of Congress to call for Nixon to resign (Sen. Edward Brooke of Massachusetts Nov 1973)
Americans then, like now, bore witness to an American president being enabled by the Party faithful.
It became obvious though, over time, that the fiercest of Nixon’s loyalists began to fall away.
The beginnings of that are happening in real time now regarding Trump - it’s a slow motion exodus of rats leaving a sinking ship.
But, unlike Nixon, Trump has the blueprint of Project 2025 to follow and every American citizen should become aware that Trump is moving towards total control one slow step at a time.
Shortly after your release of this summary, Heather - as I’m sure you are aware: Todd Blanche, the Attorney General of the United States announced that the Justice Department filed a judicial misconduct complaint against nearly all of the federal district judges in Minnesota.
Why would he do this so close to the mid-term election when judges might well be needed to issue injunctions against actions that are designed to interfere with the people’s right to vote?
One thing about Trump that is dissimilar from Nixon. Trump’s need for an ego boost - whenever possible - will spill the beans - and, while most Republicans, and some media outlets, ignore the nakedness of the Emperor, we need to shout it from the rooftops - we need to fund and fully support - every honest journalist who is working to make the Truth known to the public. Also, to fund, and fully support those watchdog agencies like ACLU, Public Citizen, etc., who are on the vanguard of efforts to resist the totalitarian takeover of our democracy.
It is a high honor to be elected president by most of the voting public. Somehow, that distinction escaped this guy. Just like in some earth based cultures, people show high respect to certain elders in their society. Being called an elder in those cultures is not just a label, it is an earned honor, based on observations by the community on the persons behavior.
The so-called ‘founding fathers’ were not from an earth based culture. They came with “land and gold” in mind. I think that is more of a materialistic culture. Which is a transactional culture. This guy seems to be a personification of that mind set.
I’m not saying all euro immigrants and their descendants are of that ilk, but it is the mindset that founded the USA.
I love my country and I don’t want anything rotten to happen to it. This land and people have faced many tests before. But we have never had an outright nincompoop lead the country.
If we can get through this phase in the life of our country, I think we need to rethink capitalism and our materialistic culture. The reflecting pool fiasco was a clear sign of that. It reflected where our leaders are taking us.
Just my thoughts, take it or leave it.
Trump is a cornered, dementia ridden, psychopath and as such is our nation’s greatest national security threat. He is decompensating so severely he is also a threat to the world’s fragile political order. This lunatic has the nuclear codes and a totally subservient military led by a fellow psychopath in Pete Hegseth. Let that sink in. VOTE.
Thank you Heather!
So what's his evidence?
George, his delusions are real, his proof imaginary.
Both are imaginary, Ken.
Thanks for the cat picture. I have a cat purring on my lap as I read this in the darkness of pre-dawn. Like you, I have hope. And I live in Texas. Thank you Heather for keeping us informed of the worst, but still hoping for the best.
You mean "man or woman..." right, Heather? I have hope too.