Even this far away from the 2020 national election, Republicans are making it clear that the government of the United States would operate on behalf of whoever steals the election for them. These include Resident Donald Trump. aka Putin’s Puppet, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, aka Bought Bitch Mitch, and almost the entire Republican Reich. Anyone can reach that conclusion by examining their behavior and who benefits from it.
Looking at the entire picture in context, consider Karl Marx’s favorite question: “Who benefits?”
Who benefits when the leaders of countries with sophisticated internet hacking capabilities (North Korea, Saudi Arabia) and no democratic oversight are told by Trump that as long as he’s in office he has their backs?
Might Trump and McConnell hope they’ll intervene in our election to keep in power a political party that now disdains democracy and a free press, and embraces dictatorial behavior like calling for the imprisonment of Trump’s political rivals, and of individuals in the intelligence agencies who have investigated him and the GOP?
Who benefits when countries with world-class internet hacking capabilities and less-than-democratic (Russia) or highly corrupted and oligarch-dependent (Netanyahu, Duterte, Modi) leaders become “good friends” of Trump and/or help Trump build or brand properties in their countries?…
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So the Trump family makes $millions. Oligarchs get to bully their neighbors and take territory by force. Most dangerous to Americans, Republicans get to continue their transformation of the US into a permanent, totalitarian, white nationalist Republican Reich, in which elections exist for show only, because Republicans decide who gets to vote and who counts the votes.
Watch Republicans working to enable election theft.
I see our defense as turnout I think a popular vole advantage 10% can win it, as long as attend to kitchen table issues, as well as special interests, so the heartland does mot feel abandoned. In addition, we must support our primary choices, without savaging their Democratic opponents. You know that everything said now will haunt us in the general. Finally, when the nominee is a sure thing, all bickering among the left must end. We need to go forward with a united front.
RESIST!!
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A question which goes back at least as far as Cicero (he himself attributes it to Cassius). A standard question in the field of criminal investigation. Updated in the 20th century to “Follow the money,” though it’s actually broader than that. Human nature has not changed in thousands of years, and yet there are still people who need it spelled out for them. (Not really off topic, but I’ll just mention it rather than going into it – Flint is far from the only water system with contamination issues, it’s just that no one is asking about all the others.)
I wish I were as confident as you sound that turnout will win the day for us. But in any case, it is the only weapon we have. So we must push it for all it is worth (while at the same time taking care not to say or do anything which could lead to disunity among us.) I surely hope those eggs underfoot have really, really strong shells.
I’m not confident that it will, but I know it’s our best shot at it.
No truer words written, TC. We must stay and stand strong, through this ‘weather’, and VOTE BLUE all the way through!! Excellent post, btw….as always!
Of course it’s only the 1% who benefits from a Trumpian dictatorship, being oligarchs themselves. Of course not the general Trumpian base, no matter how hard the yell to give him what he wants most: adoration. They won’t be won over to a bluer point of view, so Democrats have to show the world a large, all blue canvas. As with all great art, only when one gets closer, the canvas is made up of a myriad of different hues of blue, but to the eye, and at the polling post, it’s all one big massive blue field.
Bastards!
Like JD said, I think “Who Benefits” is a corollary to “Follow the Money!”.
Agree with Mitchell’s comment.I honestly pray that people really do stand up and Go Blue 100%.
We need to get crooked tRump and his cronies out of there.
Rethug barf bags 🤮
McTurtle has said that their bills for election security would give too much power over local elections to the federal government? So he’d far rather reserve that power for Russia or any number of other foreign actors who will do what Republicans want? Don’t answer that — it’s a rhetorical question. There is plenty of quid pro quo flying around at furious speeds!
“We need to go forward with a united front.” AMEN!!! As the saying goes, “united we stand, divided we fall!” and we all know that the Dark Lord is a master of divisiveness. Dems, don’t get hoodwinked by Republicans and the Dark Lord.
Thanks, Hugs, and Amen to all.
We have to go VOTE! Everyone!
I see Immigration Raids start Sunday, how Awful. Make sure they all know their rights, help them along, we need all of these people. all of our Families were immigrants even Trumpy!
Thank you TomCat