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Sunday thought: We’re winning! These are terrible times, to be sure. But we will triumph Posted by Sia on October 26, 2025, 4:48 am ADMIN Sunday thought: We’re winning These are terrible times, to be sure. But we will triumph Robert Reich- Oct 26 Friends, The resistance is becoming an uprising. Last Saturday, more than 7 million of us poured into the streets to reject Trump’s dictatorship. That’s more than 2 percent of the adult population of the United States. Historical studies suggest that 3.5 percent of a population engaged in sustained nonviolent resistance can topple even the most brutal dictatorships — such as Chile under Pinochet and Serbia under Milosevic. Which means we’re almost there. Other evidence of the backlash is all around us. Seven of the nine universities Trump selected to join his extortion compact — offering preferential treatment for federal funds in exchange for a pledge to support his agenda — have rejected it. Most major airports have refused to show Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s propaganda video attacking Democrats for the government shutdown. Almost all of America’s news outlets have refused to sign Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s media loyalty oath. Trump’s destruction of the East Wing of the White House (after promising he wouldn’t) and posting an AI video of himself shitting on America is causing even loyal Trumpers to worry he’s losing his marbles. I believe future generations will look back on this scourge and see not just what was destroyed but also what was born. Even prior to Trump, American democracy was deeply flawed. The moneyed interests were drowning out everyone else. Inequality was reaching record levels. Corruption — legalized bribery through campaign contributions — was the norm. The bottom 90 percent were getting nowhere because the system was rigged against them. Many of you are now sowing the seeds of fundamental reform. Whether it’s demonstrating as you did last Saturday, appearing at Republican town halls, jamming the Capitol and White House switchboards, generating mountains of emails and letters, protecting the vulnerable in your communities, or going door-to-door for candidates like Zohran Mamdani, your activism is paying off. The backlash against Trump is growing. His approval rating has sunk to a level not seen since Richard Nixon last sat in the White House, according to the latest Gallup poll, out Wednesday. These are terrible times — the worst I’ve lived through, and I’ve lived through some bad ones. (Remember 1968? Nixon’s enemies list? Anyone old enough to recall Joe McCarthy’s communist witch hunts?) But as long as we are alive, as long as we are resolved, as long as we are taking action to stop the worst of this, as long as we are trying to make America and the world even a bit better — have no doubt: We will triumph.

I hope he's right! We need the encouragement to keep going in these Posted by Sia on October 26, 2025, 5:15 pm, in reply to "Sunday thought: We’re winning! These are terrible times, to be sure. But we will triumph" ADMIN perilous and uncertain times! Too many fall prey to depression and an overwhelming feeling of doom, so need every speck of good news and progress, even if difficult to find... or believe. Always the ultimate optimist, I also see encouragement every day where more and more former supporters either fully recognize his fascism or begin to doubt their support. That shows that we ARE on the right tract, while obviously still needing to step up the progress to overwhelm his progression towards a dictatorship. Many of my Republican friends and family are expressing that they didn't sign up for what he's doing and bitterly regret their former support. Luckily for them, most live in MA where their votes literally made NO difference in the bigger picture.

Yes, we have to stay positive Posted by greenman on October 27, 2025, 8:39 am, in reply to "I hope he's right! We need the encouragement to keep going in these" Valued Poster But stay on alert. Action may yet be called for. RESIST!

Positivity requires a plan Posted by Pikes Peak 14115 on October 27, 2025, 12:01 pm, in reply to "Yes, we have to stay positive" ADMIN Two ideas are afoot in Democratic leadership regarding the destruction of the White House. One camp demands structures the felon builds to be torn down and the Whitge House restored to its historic form. The other says tearing it down is too expensive, and since it is already built, it should be used, and named for Obama. Do you believe Obama wants his name attached to that monstrosity? If that is a jab back at the felon, who could be dead by time that was under consideration, it's also the grandest concession that the felon's palace was a good idea of which they can take advantage. The White House is supposed to have the same stringent protections as a National Park. The immediate answer is easy. Enforce the *&^%$#@! law! People have been arrested for scratching their graffiti on a White House wall somewhere. The White House is supposed to have the same stringent protections as a National Park. The immediate answer is easy. Enforce the *&^%$#@! law! Executive orders aren't laws. Democrats need to enforce the existing laws now. That's the plan which will drive positive response from most American people. The White House is supposed to have the same stringent protections as a National Park. The immediate answer is easy. Enforce the *&^%$#@! law! You can look away from a painting, but you can't listen away from a symphony

Sabotage Posted by greenman on October 27, 2025, 6:50 pm, in reply to "Positivity requires a plan" Valued Poster If the thing never GETS built, you don't have to tear it down..MUAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA! RESIST!

Excellent if the perps can get away with it Posted by Pikes Peak 14115 on October 28, 2025, 12:26 am, in reply to "Sabotage" ADMIN Earth First? Publish name of every company that donated money to it. Then don't patronize them and tell them why. https://fortune.com/2025/10/26/37-white-house-ballroom-donors-funding-300-million-build-tech-ceos-trump/ You can look away from a painting, but you can't listen away from a symphony

The boring legal method? Posted by greenman on October 28, 2025, 9:20 am, in reply to "Excellent if the perps can get away with it" Do what the Trumps do? Tie it up with zoning, lawsuits, historical complaints, and above all - take back Congress next year and end the whole process as Trump is investigated non-stop? I mean, if you'd rather not use explosives..😏💥🧨 RESIST!

All's fair in love and war Posted by Pikes Peak 14115 on October 28, 2025, 3:06 pm, in reply to "The boring legal method?" This is the 21st century equivalent of a gunfighter making a crooked gambler dance in the street before he's shot to death. Salt in the flour, rocks in the beans, dirt in the coffee... Some of the roses in the Rose Garden were the original patented roses. Peace, Friendship, American Beauty among them. When the felon destroyed that, it proved to me he cares nothing about the history of this country, its traditions, its values... OUR traditions and values. How many gardeners have Peace in their gardens? I do. If you have only one tea rose in your garden, most likely it is Peace. The original Peace is gone. Makes me want to turn him into road kill. The White House Rose Garden was created in 1913 by First Lady Ellen Wilson and landscape architect George Burnap, who replaced Edith Roosevelt's colonial garden with a rose garden. The current, more famous layout was then redesigned in 1961 by landscape designer Rachel "Bunny" Lambert Mellon for President John F. Kennedy. Bunny also created a world famous holly garden there, which the felon also annihilated. Her son in law is one of the donors to the felon's ball room. Felon complained DC has no convention center. Bvllshit. The Kennedy Center! Many cities' performing arts complexes double as convention centers. White House has no convention center. Why does it need one? Felon has no use for animals, plants, nature of any kind except a golf course, gardens... If Barron is mean to small animals, like his classmates at NYU said he talked about a lot, easy to see where from that comes. By nature and nurture, the Trumps are one really messed up, dysfunctional family. Sabotage everything he owns, where ever it is, what ever it is. You can look away from a painting, but you can't listen away from a symphony

I like to imagine Trump as that guy in 'For a Few Dollars More' Posted by greenman on October 28, 2025, 3:23 pm, in reply to "All's fair in love and war" Valued Poster The one Lee Van Cleef shoots in the street.. RESIST!

Then as he's dying, bring in the Mad Max gang to run over him a few dozen times Posted by Pikes Peak 14115 on October 28, 2025, 9:55 pm, in reply to "I like to imagine Trump as that guy in 'For a Few Dollars More'" ADMIN and thoroughly tenderize the road kill. Crow and vulture food. Final left over carrion feeds fly maggots, burying beetles and Rove beetles. You can look away from a painting, but you can't listen away from a symphony

I'd pay to see that! Posted by Sia on October 28, 2025, 6:50 pm, in reply to "I like to imagine Trump as that guy in 'For a Few Dollars More'" ADMIN

That might pay Posted by greenman on October 29, 2025, 8:40 am, in reply to "I'd pay to see that!" Valued Poster ..for restoration of the East Wing and Rose Garden after his fiasco with the Danceteria and the cheesy Miami-style patio.. RESIST!

LOL!! Posted by Sia on October 27, 2025, 8:03 pm, in reply to "Sabotage" ADMIN

Unfortunately, the felon "owns" the Justice Department. Posted by Sia on October 27, 2025, 12:37 pm, in reply to "Positivity requires a plan"

So he says, so he believes Posted by Pikes Peak 14115 on October 27, 2025, 5:48 pm, in reply to "Unfortunately, the felon "owns" the Justice Department. " ADMIN He doesn't own state justice departments, and there he's exposed. The SCOTUS decision made him reckless. You can look away from a painting, but you can't listen away from a symphony

The problem is that everyone around him believes he is. Posted by Sia on October 27, 2025, 8:04 pm, in reply to "So he says, so he believes" ADMIN

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