@LaFeminista
I'm gasping for air!!!

#5 oxygen I need.

@thanatokephaloides
violence. The oligarchs aren't about to let anything go without a fight!

#5

Our oligarchs can do whatever they want - IN OUR NAME! - this is why we need to participate - we need to be active - WTF??????????????

Please, please tell me how to get the warmongers out of power without resort to violence!

We're in this stew today because in the Western world, change comes via either the ballot or the bullet. And in recent years, the ballot has failed us utterly (thanks, Rachel Maddow!).

If we are going to be there for SEVERAL DECADES! we need to push for our youth to stay OUT OF THE MILITARY!!!!!!!!!

This! Indeed!

@gjohnsit
this also stood out to me:

Here’s another prediction. Watch the corporate media start to lay off Trump a bit more going forward. Rather than hysterically demonize him for every little thing, corporate media will increasingly give him more of the benefit of the doubt. After all, a Presidency run by Goldman Sachs and generals is exactly what they like. Trump finally came out of the closet as the anti-populist oligarch he is, and the results won’t be pretty.

We'll see what happens.

#5 link

If you haven’t watched Trump’s Afghanistan speech by now you really should. It’s not good enough to read anyone else’s summary, you need to hear it for yourselves. It’s only 25 minutes long.

As I started listening, I sensed myself getting angry. It was the same empty, bullshit propaganda I’ve been hearing from U.S. Presidents my entire life. This broken record of disingenuous has become simply unbearable, and even worse, I know it’s going to work on millions upon millions of Americans. We refuse to think for ourselves, and we refuse to admit the obvious. There will be hell to pay for this ignorance and denial.

Trump begins by explaining to the American public why he made a flip-flop that would make Barack Obama blush. He claims there are three conclusions he came to as a result of his grand introspection and wisdom. Let’s tackle the absurdity of each of them one by one.
...
Then towards the end of the speech, Trump says the following:

In every generation we have faced down evil, and we have always prevailed. We prevailed because we know who we are and what we are fighting for.

Unfortunately, here’s the cold hard truth: We have no idea who we are, and we have no idea what we are fighting for. We’ve become the very evil he claims to be fighting against as the nation morphed into a pernicious, destructive, and immoral empire. This is the heart of the problem — we are constantly lying to ourselves.

@gjohnsit

We’ve become the very evil he claims to be fighting against as the nation morphed into a pernicious, destructive, and immoral empire. This is the heart of the problem — we are constantly lying to ourselves

This is what this country has been since its beginning.
The Native Americans know this as do Blacks and other minority groups. Japanese Americans learned this during WWII as have many other minority groups.
This country has long lived on the illusion that we are the home of the brave and that we are free.
We've been slaughtering people in other countries since the Monroe doctrine was signed.

As others have asked, what will it take for the rest of Americans to realize this?
And since this country is running out of countries to pillage, TPTB have turned their attention to this country and the stars have aligned for republicans to be in control of all 3 branches of government and they are getting ready to transfer more money to their masters and they are going to take it from the most vulnerable of us.
The middle class will be up next.
I wonder what Ben Franklin would have to say about this?, Sorry Ben, we couldn't keep it.

#5 link

If you haven’t watched Trump’s Afghanistan speech by now you really should. It’s not good enough to read anyone else’s summary, you need to hear it for yourselves. It’s only 25 minutes long.

As I started listening, I sensed myself getting angry. It was the same empty, bullshit propaganda I’ve been hearing from U.S. Presidents my entire life. This broken record of disingenuous has become simply unbearable, and even worse, I know it’s going to work on millions upon millions of Americans. We refuse to think for ourselves, and we refuse to admit the obvious. There will be hell to pay for this ignorance and denial.

Trump begins by explaining to the American public why he made a flip-flop that would make Barack Obama blush. He claims there are three conclusions he came to as a result of his grand introspection and wisdom. Let’s tackle the absurdity of each of them one by one.
...
Then towards the end of the speech, Trump says the following:

In every generation we have faced down evil, and we have always prevailed. We prevailed because we know who we are and what we are fighting for.

Unfortunately, here’s the cold hard truth: We have no idea who we are, and we have no idea what we are fighting for. We’ve become the very evil he claims to be fighting against as the nation morphed into a pernicious, destructive, and immoral empire. This is the heart of the problem — we are constantly lying to ourselves.