Thinker at the Gates: But we have powerful posts of opposition with: (1) Blue State Governors joining forces to RESIST unlawful intrusions by Big Brother; and (2) Kamala Harris looking very good to be the next Governor of California.
The Governorship is no second prize.
Kamala Harris would be Governor of a highly industrialized, populous state, the equivalent of a wealthy mid-sized nation.
Under the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution, the State Governors, especially when they combine, are powerful to resist unlawful intrusion by Trump's Big Brother State, and several of the Blue State Governors have already committed to protecting their residents.
There are always going to be at least 10% of the voters who do not grasp national politics, but react to their day to day lives. You get time out of your 12 hour shift, vote, then stop at the store to pay 1-2 hrs wages for that pound of ground beef.
Four years ago, they swung against the incumbent because of COVID chaos. This time, we (the thinkers among the population) can argue that infrastructure is being worked on, inflation is stable, we are leading the free world and all of that, yet they just worked 2 hours to buy a pound of meat. Again, they voted against the incumbent.
They won't be reading our substacks, listening to the news or reading the newspapers. They tend to be in areas where there neighbors who do pay attention are card carrying MAGA supporters and that drumbeat is steady.
If we want to change perceptions in the masses it won't be done 2 years from now at the Iowa State Fair or 3 years from now in one of the urban areas in one of the 7 golden states. It should be Mayor Pete doing a town hall on the ground this coming February in Hot Springs, Arkansas or Missoula, Montana or even Birmingham, Alabama. Getting to know the local folks on the ground. Equipping them with conversation starters.
Even without that, the signs are already obvious that they are going to take a wrecking ball to the establishment. The terroristic groups that feel enabled will overstep their bounds. All that comes at a cost to them - as we have seen, 10% and more voters always vote against chaos.
In 2 years we will take back Congress, and in two more, we begin to rebuild. The institutions that have been demolished can be built back better. By then the Dear Leader that mesmerizes his listeners will be either gone or so far gone into his dementia that he'll no longer have power to lead a movement that folks will realize was built upon shaky foundations.
I have been trying to tell myself the exact same thing. So many of my friends and family do not want to discuss politics at all. I have a few friends that will. In my family, the best I could do was to ask that they pay attention (and some have said they definitely will - the 20 - 50 year olds - and no they did not vote for Trump). I just pray that so many of the vulnerable do not suffer too much. Grandchildren are already nervous about student loans.
Thinker at the Gates: But we have powerful posts of opposition with: (1) Blue State Governors joining forces to RESIST unlawful intrusions by Big Brother; and (2) Kamala Harris looking very good to be the next Governor of California.
The Governorship is no second prize.
Kamala Harris would be Governor of a highly industrialized, populous state, the equivalent of a wealthy mid-sized nation.
Under the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution, the State Governors, especially when they combine, are powerful to resist unlawful intrusion by Trump's Big Brother State, and several of the Blue State Governors have already committed to protecting their residents.
There are always going to be at least 10% of the voters who do not grasp national politics, but react to their day to day lives. You get time out of your 12 hour shift, vote, then stop at the store to pay 1-2 hrs wages for that pound of ground beef.
Four years ago, they swung against the incumbent because of COVID chaos. This time, we (the thinkers among the population) can argue that infrastructure is being worked on, inflation is stable, we are leading the free world and all of that, yet they just worked 2 hours to buy a pound of meat. Again, they voted against the incumbent.
They won't be reading our substacks, listening to the news or reading the newspapers. They tend to be in areas where there neighbors who do pay attention are card carrying MAGA supporters and that drumbeat is steady.
If we want to change perceptions in the masses it won't be done 2 years from now at the Iowa State Fair or 3 years from now in one of the urban areas in one of the 7 golden states. It should be Mayor Pete doing a town hall on the ground this coming February in Hot Springs, Arkansas or Missoula, Montana or even Birmingham, Alabama. Getting to know the local folks on the ground. Equipping them with conversation starters.
Even without that, the signs are already obvious that they are going to take a wrecking ball to the establishment. The terroristic groups that feel enabled will overstep their bounds. All that comes at a cost to them - as we have seen, 10% and more voters always vote against chaos.
In 2 years we will take back Congress, and in two more, we begin to rebuild. The institutions that have been demolished can be built back better. By then the Dear Leader that mesmerizes his listeners will be either gone or so far gone into his dementia that he'll no longer have power to lead a movement that folks will realize was built upon shaky foundations.
I have been trying to tell myself the exact same thing. So many of my friends and family do not want to discuss politics at all. I have a few friends that will. In my family, the best I could do was to ask that they pay attention (and some have said they definitely will - the 20 - 50 year olds - and no they did not vote for Trump). I just pray that so many of the vulnerable do not suffer too much. Grandchildren are already nervous about student loans.