Made me a happy girl, and your in depth explanation made me even happier! Every time I see the moron capitulating just underscores what a complete failure he is. Thank you Joyce!!!!
And he does something unconstitutional virtually every day. It is going to take a wholesale change out of both houses of Congress to bring this regime to heel. We are starting primary season tomorrow. The folks in those states need to rise up and vote en masse. Next week is our next chance to flip a seat. It would be just desserts for Shawn Harris to get an outright majority on the first pass. Vote people, like the Republic depends on it!
The war is moving voters away from this current administration. People are aware of the dangerous situation domestically and internationally. It will be close but we can beat these bastards.
Chris, yes, and the challenge is that we need the vote to be better than close because of the potential AI cheat that could be happening. I am hoping people who work the polls and the centers where counting is done are aware of the potential tampering that can be done with a minimum of tech knowledge. That is why we need record numbers of people voting at every single election, particularly those who care about this nation, the people who live here, and our future.
Patricia, from what I have read, a device can be placed on the wire orat the socket where machines are plugged in that can change votes. It uses algorithms that would make every other vote for the chosen candidate after say 250 voters choices are recorded. It is not easily found because most people checking for accuracy don't look that far down on the tally to catch what happens after 250 votes. It has been suggested that Musk and his Starlink Satalite system could have transmitted the algorithms for Trump in 2024 and also for some Republican senate candidates, a few state Secretaries of State and Attorney Generals. The thing that brought this to anyone's attention was the fact that Trump won every single swing state and at nearly the same percentage, even in precincts that are heavily Democratic. The case history I heard was for Clark County, Nevada. The people presenting are experts in the ways computers function and the tech that can interfere with information. It seems this process took place on tallying machines as opposed to the actual voting machines so it would be harder to detect. We should have had random recounts, but Democrats were reluctant to be seen as whiny election challengers as Trump and his sycophants have been related to the 2020 election which Trump definitely lost, so Democrats did nothing to challenge the results. That's too bad because we would not be in this mess with Iran or so much else had there been random counts to discover what really happened and Harris-Walz been inaugurated.
Remind any reticent former MAGA stalwart that still can’t force themselves to vote for a Democrat, that they can vote AGAINST Trump by simply staying home on election days
And vote for those who have the courage and the will to change what needs to be changed in this country to make it better for it’s people and harder for a future fascist regime or criminals to get elected. And the courage, determination and balls/ovaries to prosecute and punish those in this administration who have broken laws. Follow the examples of Brazil and South Korea!
I could not agree with you more! Congress (taken collectively) has been shameful. They aggressively abdicate their constitutional role out of fear of Trump reprisals.
But recall, his core is "36%". (I ADMIT THEY ARE MOTIVATED)
However, the other 64% can be the majority if we put our minds to it.
Paul, Weiss is still feeling the fallout from caving to the coercion. At least 10 partners in the litigation department have resigned from the firm, including several with close ties to Democrats. A group of the departing partners have joined together to start their own firm where they will continue to represent tech giants like Meta and Google, and another has jumped ship to one of the four firms that chose to fight the administration in court.
And not just these big jaw firms. Harvard, Columbia, universities and centers of higher education — all capitulating rather than fighting, thinking this bribe, this sop, this payoff will surely be the last.
Bullies always come back for more lunch money. The only thing that stops them is collective action.
I agree with you about bullies. But I think you will find Harvard is still fighting and has not bent a knee, regardless of some past press reports to the contrary.
Unfortunately these stories of Trumpism defeats are drowned out by the firehose of news he creates every day. I would like to think he will eventually run out of "water". I hope Professor Reich and Thom Hartman are correct that the Trump/Epstein files will eventually be his downfall
Funny. And with an added step: “verify the news is real, not AI or Russian Bot, from a trusted source, not soft-pedaled legacy media, not social media and with sources attached for further verification” .
Excellent article. There won't be any corks popping at those cowardly law firms for a long time to come, if ever. I suspect their clients may be reconsidering where to place their trust and money going forward - with the winners perhaps? Irony is so delicious.
I seriously doubt that. Clients of those firms represent some of the largest corporations in the world, and people with MAJOR dollars (billionaires on up). Those people have invested much money to get the "finest" legal representation. Why would they jump ship over a political issue? They care about their money and legal liability and those companies have done them major benefits over the years. They will double down without hesitation. Better a camel you rode in on than one you don't know at all.
Loyalty only goes 1 way with him. If a person or big corp does something he doesn't like, he will go after them. Has happened too many times to ignore.
I try so hard to avoid using/interacting with any of these scumbag corporations in daily life but it is difficult. It seems our whole world is digital in nature.
Sadly I have no choice. Due to physical constraints, I am not able to get out and shop and so I depend on Amazon with their relatively decent prices (particularly on groceries) and excellent delivery service. I wish I wasn't putting money into Jeff Bezos' pocket but its what it is. Without Amazon, I would have a much more difficult time staying alive and well.
That may be true, but in this case there are many other well known camels - the big law firms that didn't buckle, didn't turn money over to Trump and don't have to do his legal dirty work. Plus, it would benefit them by at least appearing to the public that they have a conscience with a dash of patriotism thrown in. Seems like an easy choice to me.
This is good news and a good lesson. The sad thing is the overturning of Official Orders has not gotten the attention that the orders did. A summary of Trump losses (and embarrassment of law firms, universities and other businesses (media???) would give us so much hope. It's hard to find all the threads.
The lesson is clear: risk a little when Trump demands something that is contrary to your ethics and principles or suffer a lot more when your capitulation to the childish bully is rendered moot by principled opposition to extortion
The larger than life picture of Trump hanging on a Federal building is straight out of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Big Brother is watching you. Donald must have had the that book on his bedside table, alongside Hitler's Mein Kampf. Rich S. Octogenarian and Contrarian
I saw Mark Elias on Niclole's program this afternoon talking about this and now you're reporting on the same is uplifting as well. Let's hope the courts and judges keep standing up to Captain Bone Spurs. There is hope, we just have to keep searching for it.
Did you not just want to p*ke all over your TV on SOTU night when he went off into one of his frequent fantasy moments and talked of desiring to get the Medal of Honor? Out of 3500 MOH recipients, only 8 have been non-military. All are from the Civil War and late 1800 "Indian" wars. Mary Edwards Walker is the ONLY woman to have ever received a Medal of Honor for her work as a pioneering surgeon/nurse during the Civil War. Ever since then, only men have been honored (but there is no actual bar to a woman getting one for heroic service in the military, just none other than Walker have ever been recognized).
And no civilians have been awarded an MoH in the twentieth or twenty-first century.
Trump will probably say he is now the C-in-C so he is now military, but of course he never served, getting his daddy to keep him out of the Vietnam war with his famous "bone spurs".
I couldn't bring myself to watch SOTU. The less I see of Trump, the better my digestion. The nature of warfare has changed so much, even in my lifetime, that there are fewer "opportunities" for civilians to receive the MoH. Women were making progress in the sense of having more positions (including combat positions) open to them until the Trumpification of our military. This will change again once the Trump sycophants are removed. But here's hoping none of our service members ever have to face another situation in which they could be awarded that medal.
Made me a happy girl, and your in depth explanation made me even happier! Every time I see the moron capitulating just underscores what a complete failure he is. Thank you Joyce!!!!
Rule by tantrum, frustrated by logic and adherence to the law.
And he does something unconstitutional virtually every day. It is going to take a wholesale change out of both houses of Congress to bring this regime to heel. We are starting primary season tomorrow. The folks in those states need to rise up and vote en masse. Next week is our next chance to flip a seat. It would be just desserts for Shawn Harris to get an outright majority on the first pass. Vote people, like the Republic depends on it!
His entire second term is or should be a violation of our Constitution!
The war is moving voters away from this current administration. People are aware of the dangerous situation domestically and internationally. It will be close but we can beat these bastards.
Chris, yes, and the challenge is that we need the vote to be better than close because of the potential AI cheat that could be happening. I am hoping people who work the polls and the centers where counting is done are aware of the potential tampering that can be done with a minimum of tech knowledge. That is why we need record numbers of people voting at every single election, particularly those who care about this nation, the people who live here, and our future.
No many or most of us know nothing at all about how tampering can happen! Please educate us! Or, at least give us links to look at follow up.
Patricia, from what I have read, a device can be placed on the wire orat the socket where machines are plugged in that can change votes. It uses algorithms that would make every other vote for the chosen candidate after say 250 voters choices are recorded. It is not easily found because most people checking for accuracy don't look that far down on the tally to catch what happens after 250 votes. It has been suggested that Musk and his Starlink Satalite system could have transmitted the algorithms for Trump in 2024 and also for some Republican senate candidates, a few state Secretaries of State and Attorney Generals. The thing that brought this to anyone's attention was the fact that Trump won every single swing state and at nearly the same percentage, even in precincts that are heavily Democratic. The case history I heard was for Clark County, Nevada. The people presenting are experts in the ways computers function and the tech that can interfere with information. It seems this process took place on tallying machines as opposed to the actual voting machines so it would be harder to detect. We should have had random recounts, but Democrats were reluctant to be seen as whiny election challengers as Trump and his sycophants have been related to the 2020 election which Trump definitely lost, so Democrats did nothing to challenge the results. That's too bad because we would not be in this mess with Iran or so much else had there been random counts to discover what really happened and Harris-Walz been inaugurated.
If this is the case why isn’t there more interest in it and discussion about it?
👍🏼💯
Remind any reticent former MAGA stalwart that still can’t force themselves to vote for a Democrat, that they can vote AGAINST Trump by simply staying home on election days
“Vote Stay Home”
And vote for those who have the courage and the will to change what needs to be changed in this country to make it better for it’s people and harder for a future fascist regime or criminals to get elected. And the courage, determination and balls/ovaries to prosecute and punish those in this administration who have broken laws. Follow the examples of Brazil and South Korea!
I could not agree with you more! Congress (taken collectively) has been shameful. They aggressively abdicate their constitutional role out of fear of Trump reprisals.
But recall, his core is "36%". (I ADMIT THEY ARE MOTIVATED)
However, the other 64% can be the majority if we put our minds to it.
And unwilling to actually work for this country- instead the administration seems to have a policy of smash and grab!
Diane, just what one would expect from a cadre of criminals.
Paul, Weiss is still feeling the fallout from caving to the coercion. At least 10 partners in the litigation department have resigned from the firm, including several with close ties to Democrats. A group of the departing partners have joined together to start their own firm where they will continue to represent tech giants like Meta and Google, and another has jumped ship to one of the four firms that chose to fight the administration in court.
And not just these big jaw firms. Harvard, Columbia, universities and centers of higher education — all capitulating rather than fighting, thinking this bribe, this sop, this payoff will surely be the last.
Bullies always come back for more lunch money. The only thing that stops them is collective action.
I agree with you about bullies. But I think you will find Harvard is still fighting and has not bent a knee, regardless of some past press reports to the contrary.
and a good smack...
Thanks for this report, Joyce. It's not likely that my small local paper will carry this news, important though it be.
Nick, Wouldn't hurt to forward.
I just kept thinking: HA HA HA, all the way through this! It's about time! Thanks, Joyce! What a great start to the evening.
Unfortunately these stories of Trumpism defeats are drowned out by the firehose of news he creates every day. I would like to think he will eventually run out of "water". I hope Professor Reich and Thom Hartman are correct that the Trump/Epstein files will eventually be his downfall
Reality Seeker, Consider Joyce, HCR, Hubbell, Elias, Hartmann, TCinLA Snyder et al as our lifeboat against that flood
Thx. Been subscribed to Joyce, HCR, Thom, RReich, and all the Contrarians. My only reliable sources of real news.
My mornings are consumed with Substacks and as many comments as I can read before actually moving on with the day
Mine too. And spreading the information we get in these Substacks to family, friends, and acquaintances is really important.
Yep. Communicating news has graduated from Lanterns in Castle Towers past telegraph, telephone, radio, tv, cable to Tell a Friend
Funny. And with an added step: “verify the news is real, not AI or Russian Bot, from a trusted source, not soft-pedaled legacy media, not social media and with sources attached for further verification” .
THANKS for keeping us updated Prof JOYce!!!
Another day closer to SAVING DEMOCRACY.....
we gotta "keep on keeping on"....TOGETHER!!!
much love and gratitude!!!
Another excellent day for Democracy and our Democratic Republic!
Yay!!! Another vote against the bully in office.
Excellent article. There won't be any corks popping at those cowardly law firms for a long time to come, if ever. I suspect their clients may be reconsidering where to place their trust and money going forward - with the winners perhaps? Irony is so delicious.
I seriously doubt that. Clients of those firms represent some of the largest corporations in the world, and people with MAJOR dollars (billionaires on up). Those people have invested much money to get the "finest" legal representation. Why would they jump ship over a political issue? They care about their money and legal liability and those companies have done them major benefits over the years. They will double down without hesitation. Better a camel you rode in on than one you don't know at all.
You may be right... until Trump goes after one of those corporations, as he is prone to do. Then what do those corporations and law firms do?
He won't. The corporations are mostly taking the knee to his shakedowns. The megas like Meta and Google and Facebook have already bent over.
Loyalty only goes 1 way with him. If a person or big corp does something he doesn't like, he will go after them. Has happened too many times to ignore.
I try so hard to avoid using/interacting with any of these scumbag corporations in daily life but it is difficult. It seems our whole world is digital in nature.
Sadly I have no choice. Due to physical constraints, I am not able to get out and shop and so I depend on Amazon with their relatively decent prices (particularly on groceries) and excellent delivery service. I wish I wasn't putting money into Jeff Bezos' pocket but its what it is. Without Amazon, I would have a much more difficult time staying alive and well.
Best, Jon
That may be true, but in this case there are many other well known camels - the big law firms that didn't buckle, didn't turn money over to Trump and don't have to do his legal dirty work. Plus, it would benefit them by at least appearing to the public that they have a conscience with a dash of patriotism thrown in. Seems like an easy choice to me.
This is good news and a good lesson. The sad thing is the overturning of Official Orders has not gotten the attention that the orders did. A summary of Trump losses (and embarrassment of law firms, universities and other businesses (media???) would give us so much hope. It's hard to find all the threads.
Great headline!
The lesson is clear: risk a little when Trump demands something that is contrary to your ethics and principles or suffer a lot more when your capitulation to the childish bully is rendered moot by principled opposition to extortion
The larger than life picture of Trump hanging on a Federal building is straight out of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Big Brother is watching you. Donald must have had the that book on his bedside table, alongside Hitler's Mein Kampf. Rich S. Octogenarian and Contrarian
... and "The Power of Positive Mendacity", by NVP
I saw Mark Elias on Niclole's program this afternoon talking about this and now you're reporting on the same is uplifting as well. Let's hope the courts and judges keep standing up to Captain Bone Spurs. There is hope, we just have to keep searching for it.
That's CADET Bone Spurs. (Thank you, Sen. Duckworth) He never served. :-)
Did you not just want to p*ke all over your TV on SOTU night when he went off into one of his frequent fantasy moments and talked of desiring to get the Medal of Honor? Out of 3500 MOH recipients, only 8 have been non-military. All are from the Civil War and late 1800 "Indian" wars. Mary Edwards Walker is the ONLY woman to have ever received a Medal of Honor for her work as a pioneering surgeon/nurse during the Civil War. Ever since then, only men have been honored (but there is no actual bar to a woman getting one for heroic service in the military, just none other than Walker have ever been recognized).
And no civilians have been awarded an MoH in the twentieth or twenty-first century.
Trump will probably say he is now the C-in-C so he is now military, but of course he never served, getting his daddy to keep him out of the Vietnam war with his famous "bone spurs".
I hear that bone spurs are hereditary and now Barron has them.<g>
Made me laugh! Thank you.
I couldn't bring myself to watch SOTU. The less I see of Trump, the better my digestion. The nature of warfare has changed so much, even in my lifetime, that there are fewer "opportunities" for civilians to receive the MoH. Women were making progress in the sense of having more positions (including combat positions) open to them until the Trumpification of our military. This will change again once the Trump sycophants are removed. But here's hoping none of our service members ever have to face another situation in which they could be awarded that medal.
Those sniveling “big law” firms that crumbled under trump deserve all of the opprobrium they have received and more. Shame on them then and now.