I will listen to the podcast later but a resounding YES to everything you said! What you didn’t mention is that Barre Seid is a Jewish billionaire who, in my opinion, gave a shitload of money to the Catholic Church. A disgraceful man and what gets me is how many “conservative” Jews there are. Glad my parents aren’t alive to witness these times.
Super happy the DOJ filed their motion to appeal and schooled Loose Cannon.
Seriously, that $ Trillion could certainly end democracy! The Citizens UnitedSCOTUS decision needs to be abolished, NOW,…the fact a Jewish $ Billionaire donated 1.6B sans paying any taxes is a perfect example of such a flawed SCOUS decision!
This piece is titled with the GOP’s threat to democracy and begins with Liz Cheney and Wyoming.
Greg’s next piece could easily be titled with the GOP’s destruction and begin with the Democratic supermajority in both state legislatures in California, and where, after the 2018 midterms, the GOP House of Representatives delegation became so small it could “fit in a minivan.”
Wyoming is the past. Wyoming is the barometer of the GOP in self-destruct mode.
California is, along with the nation as a whole (and surely New York, Washington, Oregon, et al), the future of American society. Diversity. Equal rights. The society of justice for all.
So we can just as easily be talking about the new as talking about the disintegration of the old.
How the dinosaurs of the old society are handling the failure of their obsolete social model is in the same conversation as how U.S. society is repudiating that model as it moves into a world where people share power equally.
This Neanderthal relic funding Leonard Leo reminds me so much of my dad. The respect for religion and religious tradition over quality of character, over integrity. Fundamentalism at its most garish.
We are witnessing the cornered rats in their hour of desperation. They are clinging desperately to the old social order of white authority and male authority and religious authority as it crumbles away. From the Obamas to Trump. What a backlash. And now the old guard is attacking democracy itself, because democracy itself, the will of America, is standing in the way of keeping the whites-first and males-first and Christians-first society as it was.
It’s a lost cause.
I understand why journalists like to fixate on the destruction of the old, especially since they are attacking democracy’s institutions, but let’s remember the good news too. Billions of dollars, trillions of dollars, are no longer sufficient to reverse this juggernaut. We are now a society that embraces everyone, not just the formerly privileged. The Neanderthals are going to have to get used to it. They are in the minority now, permanently.
Repudiating Liz Cheney is suicide for this political party. The fact that Harriet Hageman had to change her own public position to embrace Trump’s voters goes to show that the old Republican Party is dead.
I repeat: the Republican Party is dead. Politically killing off the non-wackos like Cheney is a death knell. One of many. Attacking democracy, an old Jew supporting Leonard Leo, all the Never Trump splinter groups: there are plenty of other signs and indicators.
Greg’s hypothetical analysis of Cheney v. Biden in 2024 will never happen. Nor will Trump be there in 2024. Even if he is alive and out of prison, and those are two very large assumptions, Trump already lost once. The referendum on Trump is over. The American people have decided. In the 2024 contest of Trump v. Anybody, Trump loses again.
Even McConnell knows this truth, and if McConnell knows, then you can be certain a lot of other Republican strategists and tacticians and power brokers do too. They’re just not talking about it publicly because they don’t want to be targeted only to have some crazy show up at their house with guns.
An interesting aspect of Greed is that it compels people to do really stupid and heartless things. Greed does not inspire brilliance but rather choosing the most brutal and cruel behaviors available to hold on to that money/illusion of power.
The BEST thing I saw this week was the unveiling of the official White House portraits of the Obamas. It reminded me how we're SUPPOSED to be. "The Washington Post" framed it as a tradition brought back after Trump jettisoned it, and it was a beautiful thing to watch -- the speeches, the portraits, seeing Barack and Michelle again in the White House -- and it almost made me forget the Trump years like they never happened.
Then reality slapped me upside the head. The silver lining is that although Americans tend to have short memories and even shorter periods of time to get justice (i.e. nobody talks about bringing Bush II and Cheney up on war crimes anymore), Trump has continued to make himself the number one topic of conversation. Where the spotlight would normally move on, he keeps dragging it back to himself, and every time he does, Americans are reminded of just how horrible those years were. I think it likely that NO ONE will "forgive and forget" this November, and the Dems will keep the Senate and dare I dream, the House. Trump can try to run in 2024, but he'll be beaten again, and prove once again, what a pathetic loser he is.
Craig Unger? I've read both his books and can't wait to get to the podcast as soon as I deal with this pesky "work" thing I do. Have a great weekend, everyone!
100% on all points. I still think that Rupert Murdoch’s propaganda machine is a major factor in the takeover. It’s skews and slanders 24/7. They have “Orwelled” (or Frank Luntz’d) our language and our conversation, culturally and politically.
I will listen to the podcast later but a resounding YES to everything you said! What you didn’t mention is that Barre Seid is a Jewish billionaire who, in my opinion, gave a shitload of money to the Catholic Church. A disgraceful man and what gets me is how many “conservative” Jews there are. Glad my parents aren’t alive to witness these times.
Super happy the DOJ filed their motion to appeal and schooled Loose Cannon.
Seriously, that $ Trillion could certainly end democracy! The Citizens UnitedSCOTUS decision needs to be abolished, NOW,…the fact a Jewish $ Billionaire donated 1.6B sans paying any taxes is a perfect example of such a flawed SCOUS decision!
This piece is titled with the GOP’s threat to democracy and begins with Liz Cheney and Wyoming.
Greg’s next piece could easily be titled with the GOP’s destruction and begin with the Democratic supermajority in both state legislatures in California, and where, after the 2018 midterms, the GOP House of Representatives delegation became so small it could “fit in a minivan.”
Wyoming is the past. Wyoming is the barometer of the GOP in self-destruct mode.
California is, along with the nation as a whole (and surely New York, Washington, Oregon, et al), the future of American society. Diversity. Equal rights. The society of justice for all.
So we can just as easily be talking about the new as talking about the disintegration of the old.
How the dinosaurs of the old society are handling the failure of their obsolete social model is in the same conversation as how U.S. society is repudiating that model as it moves into a world where people share power equally.
This Neanderthal relic funding Leonard Leo reminds me so much of my dad. The respect for religion and religious tradition over quality of character, over integrity. Fundamentalism at its most garish.
We are witnessing the cornered rats in their hour of desperation. They are clinging desperately to the old social order of white authority and male authority and religious authority as it crumbles away. From the Obamas to Trump. What a backlash. And now the old guard is attacking democracy itself, because democracy itself, the will of America, is standing in the way of keeping the whites-first and males-first and Christians-first society as it was.
It’s a lost cause.
I understand why journalists like to fixate on the destruction of the old, especially since they are attacking democracy’s institutions, but let’s remember the good news too. Billions of dollars, trillions of dollars, are no longer sufficient to reverse this juggernaut. We are now a society that embraces everyone, not just the formerly privileged. The Neanderthals are going to have to get used to it. They are in the minority now, permanently.
The Republican party is digging its own grave. I would encourage it to keep digging until the earth collapses in on it.
As LB would say: When they go low, bury them.
Think about it:
Repudiating Liz Cheney is suicide for this political party. The fact that Harriet Hageman had to change her own public position to embrace Trump’s voters goes to show that the old Republican Party is dead.
I repeat: the Republican Party is dead. Politically killing off the non-wackos like Cheney is a death knell. One of many. Attacking democracy, an old Jew supporting Leonard Leo, all the Never Trump splinter groups: there are plenty of other signs and indicators.
Greg’s hypothetical analysis of Cheney v. Biden in 2024 will never happen. Nor will Trump be there in 2024. Even if he is alive and out of prison, and those are two very large assumptions, Trump already lost once. The referendum on Trump is over. The American people have decided. In the 2024 contest of Trump v. Anybody, Trump loses again.
Even McConnell knows this truth, and if McConnell knows, then you can be certain a lot of other Republican strategists and tacticians and power brokers do too. They’re just not talking about it publicly because they don’t want to be targeted only to have some crazy show up at their house with guns.
An interesting aspect of Greed is that it compels people to do really stupid and heartless things. Greed does not inspire brilliance but rather choosing the most brutal and cruel behaviors available to hold on to that money/illusion of power.
Dana Milbank connects the dots from Newt Gingrich to Donald Trump in The Destructionists.
I guess today, I'm just waiting to see when Loose Cannon drops her other shoe.
Great piece Greg.
However as you know i dont do podcads, facehook, twatter or vadeos.
Just email.
"Keep scribbling "
The BEST thing I saw this week was the unveiling of the official White House portraits of the Obamas. It reminded me how we're SUPPOSED to be. "The Washington Post" framed it as a tradition brought back after Trump jettisoned it, and it was a beautiful thing to watch -- the speeches, the portraits, seeing Barack and Michelle again in the White House -- and it almost made me forget the Trump years like they never happened.
Then reality slapped me upside the head. The silver lining is that although Americans tend to have short memories and even shorter periods of time to get justice (i.e. nobody talks about bringing Bush II and Cheney up on war crimes anymore), Trump has continued to make himself the number one topic of conversation. Where the spotlight would normally move on, he keeps dragging it back to himself, and every time he does, Americans are reminded of just how horrible those years were. I think it likely that NO ONE will "forgive and forget" this November, and the Dems will keep the Senate and dare I dream, the House. Trump can try to run in 2024, but he'll be beaten again, and prove once again, what a pathetic loser he is.
Craig Unger? I've read both his books and can't wait to get to the podcast as soon as I deal with this pesky "work" thing I do. Have a great weekend, everyone!
I'm so happy you have Craig back. Your earlier interview with him is my favorite of all your interviews.
100% on all points. I still think that Rupert Murdoch’s propaganda machine is a major factor in the takeover. It’s skews and slanders 24/7. They have “Orwelled” (or Frank Luntz’d) our language and our conversation, culturally and politically.
Might i suggest,
Existentialism died with the last Hunter/gatherer.
Albert Camus has been my go to philosopher for many years. My book collection is filled with his stuff. I wonder what Camus would say today.?
Per speculation the OLD SPOOK BOYS had him assassinated.
You know the guys that are hiding Pancho Villas head.
Ps.
Been 56 months since i turned a tv on.
Hadnt watched it much since i left home at 14.
My parents bought one right after I got on the Greyhound bus to wherever.
Wyoming is the least populated state in the US.
It has 5.9 pepple per square mile.
The Billionaire goal is to have virtually no public lands with shoot to kill no trespassing signs