GOOD TROUBLE

Donald Trump isn't just a flawed president. He stands, in this view, as the most damaging occupant of that office in the modern era, without any real rival for that distinction.

He has transformed the presidency into a stage for personal drama, made loyalty to him a political litmus test, and turned the country's divisions into a tool of governance rather than a problem to solve.

Under him, facts bend to whatever serves his interests. Institutions earn his respect only when they fall in line. Allies become expendable, critics become adversaries, and constitutional boundaries become obstacles to route around.

Robert De Niro: I Can't Love My Country

Excellent Critique: The Great Leader

Jon Ossoff: Trump Pardons a Drug Lord

Trump Slashing Crucial Programs

Trump Voters, Is This Really What You Wanted?
The Deceit and Corruption of the Trump Regime
Scott Pelley Responding to Trump's Criticism
This Is Not Normal

A president's job, in principle, is to bring the nation together, uphold the Constitution, safeguard the public, and hand off a stronger democracy than the one he inherited.

By this account, Trump has done the reverse — normalizing corruption, harshness, disorder, and the belief that holding power outweighs any guiding principle.

History, in this framing, won't measure him by crowd sizes, rally rhetoric, or the loyalty of his base. It will measure the wreckage he leaves.

And when that reckoning arrives, he may not be remembered as the leader who restored American greatness, but as the one who put the country's democratic resilience to its harshest test.

Name Just One Thing

Is This What Winning Looks Like?

Jon Ossoff: Never Let Them Forget

Trump's Ego: Vanity Projects

Trump Fans Short on Words

Ten Best and Ten Worst US Presidents
Your Life Does Not Suck

Real American Heritage
Who Are You Going to Blame?
Trump is a Big Loser

"A lot of us are ashamed of being Americans right now... We are all greatly ashamed of the America that the world is experiencing and the one we see us becoming."
-John Pavlovitz

“I love America more than any other country in the world and it is, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
-James Baldwin

"I criticize America because I love her. I want her to stand as a moral example to the world."
Martin Luther King Jr

Apology to the World

We Are So Sorry...

This is a message to millions of people around the world who are currently looking at the United States and wondering what the hell is going on. This message is for our international allies and friends who have lost respect and admiration for the once powerful and honorable United States.

As an American citizen who has always been proud of his country, I must admit I am suffering a moral dilemma about the current state of things here in the US. Like James Baldwin and Martin Luther King Jr, I have always loved my country, I have always had high expectations of my country, and I have always felt comfortable criticizing my country when it has not lived up to its reputation.

But, even at its lowest points, I have never been ashamed or my country. I have never been embarrassed to be an American.

I Used to Be Proud to Be an American
America: Not the Greatest Country in the World

Trump Rhetoric Branded as Disgusting

Robert De Niro: I Can't Love My Country
The Obituary of American Democracy by Robert L Arnold

MAGA Fans: Vague and Uninformed
Mark Kelly: Trump is Not Doing His Job

Under Donald Trump, however, I am genuinely ashamed of the United States. Never before have I seen my country fall so appallingly short of its integrity. Mostly, I am embarrassed of the way in which Trump has acted on our behalf. And I grieve the loss of respect from other countries who now see us as corrupt, dishonest, belligerent, and immoral. It is upsetting to watch as our president berates, disrespects, and insults our global partners, countries who once held the US in high regard, countries who once were our friends.

I would like to apologize to those decent, honorable countries around the world who have had to endure the undeserved rude and hateful rhetoric from Trump. We do not approve of such vile remarks and demeaning treatment. It is extremely disturbing for us to see you bullied by Trump and we disavow any and all such actions. You should know that we think he's an asshole.

Please understand that the people of the United States are still a fair, honest, compassionate community that loves its neighbors. Please do not let the ignorant and mean-spirited things our president says reflect badly on the citizens of America.

"Trump wants a totalitarian state in which the opposition party does not exist... in which people on TV can't criticize him... in which the press can't ask hard questions... in which colleges can't produce critically thinking students... in which comedians can't even make jokes."
-Adam Mockler

"We are living under an authoritarian, criminal presidency fueled by corruption and bigotry."
-Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat Congressman

"Trump lacks the emotional and intellectual complexity to steer a powerful nation. Left unchecked, he has gradually degraded our once great country until it is as twisted, hateful, and small as he is."
-General Barry McCaffrey

Trump's Fans

Blind Devotion

What is most disturbing is not that Donald Trump is so observably diabolical, it's the fact that his deluded fans do not seem to care. It is profoundly disappointing to realize that millions of our fellow Americans identify with this president and regard him as their hero and savior. As such, we are sharing our nation with citizens who support a fascist dictator, an authoritarian madman, a lawless leader. They are engaged in the mindless worship of a tyrant king.

They affirm and promote his dishonesty, corruption, ignorance, hypocrisy, violence, and incompetence. They are okay with his greed, narcissism, and reckless abuse of his political position for personal gain. They applaud his immorality and depravity and ignore his bigotry, racism, sexism, misogyny, adultery, sexual misconduct, rape, and pedophilia.

They are well-represented by a hateful, soulless, malicious, vindictive, warmongering, gaslighting white supremacist moron who disregards the Constitution and the rule of law and harbors profound contempt and disdain for the American people.

"Remember, the Constitution doesn't begin with I the President. It begins with We the People."

-Gloria Steinem

"Loyalty to the nation all the time. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it."
-Mark Twain

"We do not take an oath to a king. We take an oath to the Constitution."
-General Milley

"The essence of Government is power. And power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse."

-James Madison

You Found Your Guy

Trump Supporters: Clueless

Republicans Take No Responsibility

JD Vance, What's Wrong With You?
The Obituary of American Democracy by Robert L Arnold
Why I Am No Longer a Republican
Abdul El-Sayed Speaks

Trump Has No Regard for the Rule of Law

Robert Reich: We Will Not Accept a Dictatorship or Monarchy

MAGA Fans: Vague and Uninformed

Trump's pathetic MAGA followers talk a good game, but they do not walk their talk. They have no credibility regarding their precious values. They support a president whose words and actions are contrary to their beliefs.

They say they believe in fidelity and faithfulness, and yet they elected a man who is untrustworthy and dishonest, a man who is disloyal and breaks his promises. They say they support religious freedom, but elected a man who seeks to impose religious doctrine into governmental matters. These devout, pious religious people embrace a profane, depraved, godless infidel. They worship a cult leader and are clueless of their own hypocrisy.

They say they promote small government, but elected a micro-managing tyrant who seeks to inflate government's role in people's personal lives. They rail against cancel culture only to elect a man who threatens the media, bans books, and erases history.

They tout morality while, at the same time, they emulate the immorality of a despotic madman who takes bribes, abuses power, obstructs justice, and breaks laws. They uphold a man who is the opposite of all they proclaim as sacred.

"The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem."

-Milton Friedman

"Government, even at its best, is but a necessary evil. At its worse, it is an intolerable one."

-Thomas Paine

Trump's Corruption is Off the Charts

Trump's Failure as a President

This is What Democracy Looks Like

Biggest Lies of Trump’s Presidency

False and Misleading Statements by Donald Trump

Trump's Worst Offenses

David Cross: List of Grievances

"Republicans, when are you going to stop supporting Trump and start supporting America?"
-Stephen King

"The supporters of Donald Trump are without a doubt the stupidest fucking people alive. They are simply cowards without any morals or personal integrity."
-Robert De Niro

They say they stand for family values... But they elected a serial adulterer.

They say they respect women... But they elected a misogynist.

They say they protect children... But they elected a pedophile.

They say they support women... But they elected a rapist.

They say they care about fairness... But they elected a cheater.

They say they stand for truth... But they elected a pathological liar.

They say they value economic security... But they elected a failed businessman.

They say they promote law and order... But they elected a convicted felon.

They say they honor the military... But they elected a draft-dodging coward who insulted war heroes.

They say they believe in patriotism and allegiance... But they elected a traitor and an insurrectionist.

They say they want to fight corruption... But they elected the most corrupt president in US history.

Interviewing Trump Supporters

MAGA Fans Sharing Their Wisdom...

Political Garbage
Why Do You Like Trump?
Fans at Trump Rally
Name One Thing He's Done

Clueless and Deluded

Gun Violence
Supporting the Republicans

Skewed Perspectives

Vague and Uninformed

Interviewing Trump Supporters

We Are Not a Cult
Controlling Hurricanes
Meeting Dead People
Rebuking Sinners
Abortion Comments
Epstein and Other Stuff
Mike Lindell and JFK Jr
Famous People in Gitmo
White Privilege Card
Closest Thing to God
Trump for a Third Term
Make Iran Great Again
Gay Marriage

"Trump is indeed not fit to be the president of the United States. I believe he is more than a disaster waiting to happen. He is a disaster which has already happened. He puts the country at substantial risk."

-Steve Abbott, US Ret Navy Admiral

"It's really very simple. Donald Trump is a really bad stupid person, who has surrounded himself with really bad stupid people, and together they are doing really bad stupid things."
-Joe Walsh, Republican Congressman

"Through your words and actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage, and, worst of all, divided us as a nation."
-Admiral William McRaven

"We've lost decency and civility. We've lost respect for the rule of law. We've normalized verbal abuse and bullying. Out the window goes character and integrity. We're supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us. He's everything that's wrong with America."
-Jeff Daniels

Misadventures of Donald Trump
Bernie Sanders Explains the Situation

Trump Thinks He Knows Everything

GOP's Vision for America

Say No to Trump and the Republicans

The Right Wing is Dishonest and Hateful

Let's be clear. The right wing (including republicans, conservatives, evangelicals) can always be expected to be dishonest and hateful.

Any movement in our nation that seeks to grant justice, equality, and inclusion to those who are different will be renamed and ridiculed as "politically correct," "bleeding heart," "socialism," or "woke."

It happens all the time. The ring wing factions in our society oppose open-mindedness, education, science, progress, and diversity. They have, at every time period in history, sought to oppress, malign, and torture those who are different, those who threaten their archaic, misogynist, bigoted, racist mindset.

What if Obama...

Young Protester Speaks Out

This is not Normal... This is Not Legal

Rep Stansbury Speaks Out

Hundreds of Scholars Say US is Swiftly Heading Toward Authoritarianism

America: Not the Greatest Country in the World

What If Obama Did What Trump is Doing?

The profound dishonesty of Trump supporters...

What if Barack Obama...?

--was a convicted felon
--paid off a porn star
--had a wife not born in America
--incited an insurrection

--bragged about molesting women

--showed affection for communist dictators

--mismanaged a national healthcare crisis

--attempted to interfere with election results
--faked an assassination attempt

--rambled incoherently at political rallies and public events
--posted a picture of himself as Jesus

--made fun of a disabled person

--said misogynist things to women

--publicly attacked journalists and called them stupid

--called veterans losers and suckers

--defended white supremacist and neo-nazi organizations
--threatened to annex Canada and Greenland
--Threatened to attack and seize Cuba
--threatened to destroy an entire civilization
--tore down the east wing of the White House
--rename the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario
--pardoned convicted drug trafficking criminals
--had friends and family members on the boards of corporations that receive government contracts
--created a personal law enforcement army and sent them into major cities to arrest and murder anyone they wanted with prosecution
--dozed off in every single Cabinet meeting
--was mentioned in the Epstein files

What would Republicans do?

How would Republicans respond to this kind of behavior if it was committed by a Democrat? Recall how right wing religious folks condemned Clinton for his depraved behavior and totally ignored Trump's depraved behavior. The dishonesty of Republicans is palpable.

MAGA's Skewed Perspectives

Scott Pelley: Freedom of Speech is Under Attack

Trump in Full Narcissistic Collapse

Trump is Clueless About the Declaration of Independence

Pete Buttigieg: Trump's Blame Game

This is What Democracy Looks Like

This is the Enemy

We are at war in this country. And it is not a political battle. It is a moral battle. It is not blue vs red or left vs right. It is right vs wrong. Good vs evil.

On the good side of this conflict are Americans who want to preserve the democracy, rescue the Constitution, and restore law and order.

On the wrong side of this conflict are... Trump Supporters... MAGA Fanatics... Neo Nazis... White Supremacists... Oath Keepers... Fascists... Ku Klux Klan... Christian Nationalists... Proud Boys...

Likewise, we could add sexual predators, misogynists, rapists, pedophiles, liars, cheaters, bullies, and murderers to list.

The enemy is the would-be dictator in the White House and his supporters. The tyrant king who rules by decree. The despotic madman who attacks the press, tramples human rights, obstructs justice, abuses power, breaks laws, and murders innocent people in the streets. These acts are not agenda items we disagree with. They are immoral, bad, and evil.

And make no mistake, we don't just disagree with them, we consider them wrong. We don't have a difference of opinion, we regard them as evil. We don't share an alternate point of view, we see them as entirely objectionable and completely indefensible. They are the enemy.

Their agenda is not valid, not legitimate, not justifiable. No accommodation. No compromise. No concession. No tolerance. No common ground. No "agree to disagree." It is not a matter of left vs right. It is a matter of right vs wrong.

The enemy must be defeated. He must be impeached. He must be removed from office.

What if Obama...

You Found Your Guy
Why I Am No Longer a Republican
Abdul El-Sayed Speaks

Trump Has No Regard for the Rule of Law

Robert Reich: We Will Not Accept a Dictatorship or Monarchy

"A sickening moral slum of an administration"
-George Will, Washington Post

"A superpower is dying by suicide because the Republican congress is too cowardly to stand up to the mad king. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever."
-Heather Cox Richardson

"He doesn't have policies. He has whims. And it scares the shit out of me. The ignorance, the hubris, the lies, the breach of faith, the betrayal of trust. He is making money hand over fist while the world goes to hell in a handbasket. It's unbelievable. I don't know of a greater criminal in history."
-Harrison Ford

Trump is a Criminal and a Traitor

Incompetent and Un-American

Donald Trump is easily the worst president in US history. Clearly, the most incompetent, ignorant, immoral, and dishonest president.

His stupidity is staggering. His incompetence is devastating. His lying is insidious. His cruelty is barbaric. His bragging is embarrassing. His ego is laughable. His crimes against women and children and disgusting.... And your support of him is pathetic.

He has lied to the American people, violated the rule of law, abused the power of his position, obstructed justice, trampled citizens' rights, and ignored the US Constitution. He has, on several occasions, colluded with foreign agents, committed treason, and incited insurrection within his own country.

He has expressed disdain for the average American, especially the working poor, middle class, and minority communities and actively sought to further oppress and disenfranchise them. He has deliberately wrecked our economy, degraded our government structure, and removed support and protection of the average American, while heaping rewards, tax breaks, and subsidies on the wealthy.

He has advanced bigotry, racism, homophobia, xenophobia, sexism, and misogyny. He has defended greed, corruption, immorality, violence, and criminal activity. He has attacked and dismantled human rights in our country and promoted a nationalist, authoritarian, fascist agenda.

He is the most un-American of all US presidents.

Trump Rhetoric Branded as Disgusting
Trump Didn’t Break America, He Revealed Our Brokenness

Trump’s Nationalism Puts the World in Grave Danger: What This Country Needs is a Patriot

CNN: Trump Quotes Putin, Calls Biden Threat to Democracy, Reiterates Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric

C-Span: Donald Trump Says President Biden a Threat to Democracy, Quotes Putin and Orban

“Watch how a republic dies in the empty eyes of an empty man who feels nothing but his own imaginary greatness."
-Lance Boyle

-Steve Abbott, US Ret Navy Admiral

"This, sadly, is true. The United States government is in the hands of morally depraved and morally corrupted people who are enabled by moral cowards and the morally apathetic."
-George Conway

"You've heard people say: Don't get mad, vote. I say instead: Get mad and vote!"
-Sen Amy Klobuchar

Brutally Honest Critique of Trump

From Republican Steve Schmidt

Republican Steve Schmidt, who ran John McCain's 2008 campaign for president, was interviewed on MSNBC. In response to a very general question regarding the Trump Presidency, Mr. Schmidt spoke for two solid minutes and gave the most insightful and brutally honest response of what the Trump Presidency has done to our great country...

“Donald Trump has been the worst president this country has ever had. And, I don't say that hyperbolically. He is. But he is a consequential president. And, he has brought this country in three short years to a place of weakness that is simply unimaginable if you were pondering where we are today from the day where Barack Obama left office. And, there were a lot of us on that day who were deeply skeptical and very worried about what a Trump presidency would be. But this is a moment of unparalleled national humiliation, of weakness.

"When you listen to the President, these are the musings of an imbecile. An idiot. And I don't use those words to name call. I use them because they are the precise words of the English language to describe his behavior. His comportment. His actions. We've never seen a level of incompetence, a level of ineptitude so staggering on a daily basis by anybody in the history of the country who’s ever been charged with substantial responsibilities.”

"It's just astonishing that this man is president of the United States. The man, the con man from New York City. Many bankruptcies, failed businesses, a reality show, that branded him as something that he never was. A successful businessman. Well, he's the President of the United States now, and the man who said he would make the country great again. And he's brought death, suffering, and economic collapse on truly an epic scale.

"And, let's be clear. This isn't happening in every country around the world. This place. Our place. Our home. Our country. The United States. We are the epicenter. We are the place where you're the most likely to die from this disease. We're the ones with the most shattered economy. And we are, because of the fool that sits in the Oval Office behind the Resolute Desk."

[Source: Steve Schmidt]

MAGA's Skewed Perspectives

Scott Pelley: Freedom of Speech is Under Attack

Trump in Full Narcissistic Collapse

Trump is Clueless About the Declaration of Independence

Pete Buttigieg: Trump's Blame Game

This is What Democracy Looks Like

Legacy of Lies and Corruption

"I would love my legacy to be that I was a great president."
-Donald Trump

So sorry, Mr. Trump, that's not going to happen. No way in hell.

You were a great liar and a cheat. You were corrupt, dishonest, and irresponsible. You were ignorant and incompetent. You broke laws, obstructed justice, trampled rights, and ignored the constitution. You were a bully and thug. You used your office for personal gain, you rewarded your rich friends, and you accepted bribes.

You will never be regarded as a great president anywhere but in your head. Your pitiful narcissism, your constant bragging, and your fragile ego will be long remembered. You vilified innocent citizens, trashed honorable people, verbally attacked your critics, and lied about those you were jealous of. Like the cheap little insecure child you are, you put your name on everything. You cared only about yourself and displayed vicious disdain and contempt for the American people.

"Some people will leave a mark on the world. While others will leave a stain."
-Eleanor Roosevelt

You will be remembered for your stupidity. As No other president was as ignorant, misinformed, and illiterate as you. You exaggerated, you fabricated, you mischaracterized. You ignored truth and facts.

You incited insurrection, you pardoned dangerous criminals, you covered up crimes, you coveted the property of other countries. You brought back bigotry, racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, and xenophobia. You were a rapist and pedophile. You made a joke of justice, equality, inclusion, and diversity.

You destroyed the reputation and integrity of our nation abroad. You were an international laughingstock. A global disgrace. You were an embarrassment to you and your country.

And you did nothing to improve the lives of the American people.

Trump is a Textbook Fascist

Bruce Springsteen Sums Up America

Obama Criticizes Trump's Abuse of Power

Dean Withers: Why I Dislike Trump

The Obituary of American Democracy by Robert L Arnold
Epstein's System of Abuse

What it Means to Love Your Country

"We are living under an authoritarian, criminal presidency fueled by corruption and bigotry."
-Democrat Congressman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez

"Every single GOP member of Congress who will not confront Trump's rantings, delusions, and non-stop lies in a public manner and demand it stop is simply unfit and unworthy of service under the dome of the Capitol of the United States. They disgrace themselves and our nation."
-Steve Schmidt

"The supporters of Donald Trump are without a doubt the stupidest fucking people alive. They are simply cowards without any morals or personal integrity."
-Robert De Niro

Despotic Madman

Tyrant king and would-be dictator...

Everything trump has done since taking office has been consistent with the behavior you would expect from an authoritarian dictator...

--Hanging huge banners of his portrait on government buildings
--Putting his face and name on anything and everything
--Erecting numerous vanity projects
--Talking about himself constantly, bragging, boasting
--Governing by edict (multiple and incessant executive orders)
--Seeking and obtaining immunity and incurring no accountability for his illegal actions
--Expressing admiration and support of other authoritarian dictators
--Breaking laws and ignoring the Constitution

--Conducting operations and launching projects without congressional approval
--Attacking and threatening to attack other countries without provocation
--Trampling human rights, reversing protections for marginalized groups
--Attacking the news media
--Restricting funding and activities of universities, educational institutions, and research centers
--Questioning the validity of elections

The Genius of the Constitution
Honest Opinion of Trump
David Cross: List of Offenses

Interviewing Trump Supporters

Zohran Mamdani Responds to Trump

Trump and Blanche: Legal Corruption

--Imposing restrictions on the curriculum that is taught in schools and colleges
--Appoints friends, relatives, insiders, and investors to key positions without credentials or oversight
--Posting lies, disinformation, and propaganda
--Denouncing statistics, data, facts, and research and replacing them with false data
--Creating a gestapo-like police force (ICE) that operates without restriction, detaining, imprisoning, deporting, and killing people in the streets
--Using his office for personal gain, taking bribes, selling access and influence
--Removing historical documents, erasing historical narratives, revising historical data

--Mixing religion and politics
--Labeling certain groups as enemies of the state (Mexicans, immigrants, Muslims, gay people, trans people)
--Using the presidential podium to bully, berate, attack, and dishonor outspoken critics
--Creating a assembly of loyal followers that act more like unquestioning, sycophantic cult members than advisors

Trump is a Big Loser

Normalizing Abnormal Behavior

Trump's Corruption is Off the Charts

Trump's Real Priorities

Trump Regime: So Evil and Stupid

"I personally believe that Donald Trump is the most evil, darkest piece of human trash to ever serve in the presidency.”

-Adam Kinzinger, Republican Congressman

"Trump is weak. He oozes weakness with every word and action. He is weak of character, weak of intellect, weak of morality. What a small pathetic man."
-Jeff Timmer

"Has America ever witnessed a bigger pathological liar? Every day, multiple times a day. Easily disprovable lies and utterly pointless lies. It's a sickness."
-George Conway

Trump's Response to Criticism

Squelching free expression...

Whether he is berating members of the press for reporting the facts or ridiculing a celebrity for expressing their opinion about the administration's atrocities, it is clear President Trump is uncomfortable with negative feedback. His thin skin and fragile ego can't handle negative press, critical editorials, or even jokes. And he lashes out in an attempt to restrict free speech.

Trump recently became enraged by the comments of late night television host Jimmy Kimmel. He responded by demanding that Kimmel be fired for the jokes he told at Trump's expense. It has become typical that when he is confronted by remarks that he does not like, Trump seeks the dismissal, removal, termination, or punishment of the speaker who dared to exercise their right to free speech.

Anyone who understands the requirements of leadership know that Trump's demands are inappropriate, cowardly, infantile, undignified, unprofessional, and embarrassing. Anyone who understand the Bill of Rights knows that Trump's demands are also un-democratic and un-Constitutional.

It appears Trump may need to be reminded that he really is not a dictator and we really do not live in an authoritarian state. and US citizens have the right to free expression, especially with regard to our government leaders.

MAGA's Skewed Perspectives

Scott Pelley: Freedom of Speech is Under Attack

Trump in Full Narcissistic Collapse

Trump is Clueless About the Declaration of Independence

Pete Buttigieg: Trump's Blame Game

Lessons in Democracy

“My father once told me that American democracy is a people’s democracy at heart, and that it therefore can be as great as the American people, or as fallible. It depends on all of us. But our system is more fragile than we know. To sustain it, we must always cherish the ideals on which it was founded, remain vigilant against the dark forces that threaten it, and actively engage in the process of making it work.”
-George Takei

“But we must accept one central truth and responsibility as participants in a democracy: Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally sit down and rest. Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.”
-John Lewis

Kindness vs Trumpism
Insult to American Workers

James Talarico: Exploding the Deficit
Kamala Harris: Slamming Trump
Sen Jon Ossoff: Corruption in America

MAGA Morons

“Democracy cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Justice cannot take root amid rage. America must get to work. In the chill climate in which we live, we must go against the prevailing wind. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust. We must dissent from a nation that has buried its head in the sand, waiting in vain for the needs of its poor, its elderly, and its sick to disappear and just blow away. We must dissent from a government that has left its young without jobs, education or hope. We must dissent from the poverty of vision and the absence of moral leadership. We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.”
-Thurgood Marshall

“The right to criticize, the right to hold unpopular beliefs, the right to protest, the right of independent thought. The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood… Otherwise none of us could call our souls our own.”

-Margaret Chase Smith

Trump's Attack on Free Expression
Trump: Misogynist

Trump in Full Narcissistic Collapse

Kyle Whitmire: Hate Trump, Love God
Pete Buttigieg: Trump's Failures

International Embarrassment

“A president who doesn’t understand the Constitution has no right to command those who die for it.”
-Colonel Doug Krugman

"This is brutal. The final scene of a narcissist is always a descent into madness."

-Heather Cox Richardson

"A narcissist wants the authority of a king while having the accountability of a toddler."

Party of Lies and Corruption

They lost their credibility, honor, integrity...

Unfortunately, our greatest fears about Trump and the republican party are in fact true. And it's very sad. It's sad for decent, intelligent, patriotic republicans. And it's sad for all Americans.

It would be nice to have two equally viable political parties in the US. It would be the best of all possible worlds to have two legitimate parties with differing, but healthy, points of view. America deserves to have two sides of every debate, two opposing opinions, two different approaches.
But, alas, that situation no longer exists. The republican party no longer represents a viable alternate perspective. They are no longer an equally legitimate option. They have lost their credibility, their integrity, their honor.

"All government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery."
-Jonathan Swift

“Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.”
-Ronald Reagan

“Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”

-Reinhold Niebuhr

Trump's Favorite Things

Angry and Rambling Speeches

Violence and Authoritarianism
Clear and Present Danger

Republicans Do Not Care About You

Jon Stewart: Trump's Hissy Fit

The republican party has no legitimate agenda that is supported by the Constitution. It is the party of lies and corruption. It supports fascism, treason, and lawlessness. It promotes inequality, injustice, and bigotry. It tolerates abuse of power, conflicts of interest, unfair practices, and executive privilege. It denounces diversity, equity, and inclusion and sides with white supremacists, foreign dictators, and nazis. It dismisses science and research and favors disinformation over facts. It worships its despotic leader at the expense of their own sense of sanity, civility, morality, and rational thinking.

Worst of all, the republican party no longer cares about or even tries to serve the average American citizen. They no longer support the working class, the working poor, and the majority of Americans who are not wealthy. They overtly express disdain, animosity, and contempt for the average citizen. They are not focused on making Americans' lives better, but instead they are intent on removing benefits, protections, and rights. They continue to pass laws that oppress American citizens.

Do you remember the last time the republican party ever did anything to relieve the struggle of working class Americans? Do you ever remember a time when the republican party did anything to improve the quality of life of the working class? Do you recall republicans ever doing anything to benefit anyone other than the wealthy?

Bruce Springsteen Speaks Out

This is How a President Should Act
Pete Buttigieg Describes GOP Behavior

The Truth About Republicans

Sen Adam Schiff: Trump's Lies

MAGA: Feelings Over Facts

"Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today. Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership."
-Bob Etheridge

“Watch how a republic dies in the empty eyes of an empty man who feels nothing but his own imaginary greatness."
-Lance Boyle

Republicans Enable Trump
They are ignoring his bad behavior...

The GOP controls Congress. The GOP is afraid of Trump and wants to stay in power. To that end, the GOP defends Trump's inappropriate, illegal, and dangerous actions. They make excuses for him, lie for him, and refuse to question his behavior. They literally let him get away with murder.

--Trump is a convicted felon... The GOP doesn't mind.
--Trump ignores separation of powers... The GOP won't check him.
--Trump is a compulsive liar... The GOP won't call him out.
--Trump is a misogynist and a sexual predator... The GOP doesn't care.
--Trump incited insurgents and then pardoned them... The GOP let him do it.
--Trump rewards his wealthy friends at the expense of taxpayers... The GOP goes along with the plan.
--Trump dismantles necessary government agencies... The GOP won't stop him.
--Trump causes inflation and the national deficit to rise... The GOP doesn't interfere.
--Trump accepts emoluments and bribes... The GOP lets him do it.
--Trump insults and alienates international allies... The GOP says nothing.
--Trump verbally attacks honorable and innocent people... The GOP helps spread the slander.

--Trump creates a defacto police force that attacks and murders people in the streets... The GOP defends him.

Jon Stewart: No Accountability

Trump Supporters: Not Too Bright

Trump: Regime of Hypocrites

That's Not the America I Know
Adam Mockler: Summing Up Trump

Epstein Files Coverup

--Trump wages senseless wars... The GOP gives him more money.
--The Trump family business is profiting from his policies... The GOP is okay with that.
--Trump and his DOJ are punishing his personal and political enemies... The GOP allows it.
--Trump attacks and demeans reporters... The GOP ignores it.
--Trump is trying to rewrite history... The GOP doesn't care.
--Trump is trying to rig elections... The GOP goes along with the plan.
--Trump tries to name everything after himself... The GOP is okay with that.
--Trump spends lavishly on unnecessary events and vanity projects... The GOP ignores the wasteful spending and ballooning deficit.
--Trump is unfit for office... The GOP doesn't care.
--Trump should be impeached... The GOP refuses to do the right thing to rescue the country and make Trump accountable.

"Republicans, when are you going to stop supporting Trump and start supporting America?"
-Stephen King

"This, sadly, is true. The United States government is in the hands of morally depraved and morally corrupted people who are enabled by moral cowards and the morally apathetic."
-George Conway

"Donald Trump is not just a failure as a president. He is a failure as a human being."
-Rob Reiner

Would-Be Dictator: Trump Has Authoritarian Interests
ABC: Growing Worry Over Trump's Authoritarian Rhetoric
Trump Pushes Authoritarian Agenda for Second Term
PBS: Trump’s Violent and Authoritarian Rhetoric Raises New Concerns

C-Span: Donald Trump on Illegal Immigrants: Poisoning the Blood of Our Country

Definition of a Real Man

"Let's be very clear. Strong men, men who are truly role models, don't need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong, lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together."
-Michelle Obama

"Real men don’t lie and cheat their way through life. They don’t enrich themselves by stealing from other people. They don’t sell their soul to the highest bidder. Real men serve others, weak men serve themselves."
-James Talarico

"Real men aren't petty, shallow, and vindictive. Real men don't lie, complain, and blame. Real men aren't greedy and self-centered. Real men don't brag and exaggerate. Real men are secure in themselves and do not need to constantly compensate for their low self-esteem and fragile ego. They are compassionate and fair. They take responsibility, speak truthfully, and focus on encouraging others."
-Troublemaker

Mark Kelly: Trump Has No Regard for the Rule of Law
French Sen Claude Malhuret: Critique of Trump

Gavin Newsom: Trump's Blatant Corruption
Trump Regime: So Evil, We Forget How Stupid They Are
Jonathan Pie: Overview of Trump's Recent Atrocities

Republicans Keep Moving the Line

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