These days optimism seems like a high bar. Just when you think things may get better, a bunch of republicans and other narcissists remind us not to get our hopes up.
I just want to say thank you Mary Trump for absolutely killing it every time I read your newsletter. You put into words every single thought I have, every day. You now top my list for “someone I would love to have a beer with”
Mary this so reminds me of the early 70’s when I was glued to the tv during Watergate hearings at the age of 22. Started as a trickle but ended as a tsunami of justice. Now almost 50 years later I sincerely hope it’s the same momentum. Everything crossed including my eyes!
I do feel very optimistic that there will be some legal accountability for at least some of the more nefarious players you mentioned. I also believe the DOJ is undertaking a massive investigation and hope that will yield results. It will be interesting to see what impact all of that will have. Thanks for bringing the snark tonight, perfect way to end a Monday! GAY!!!!
Happy to say that, in my 20 years in NC, I've never heard Confederate Memorial Day (May 10 per wikipedia) mentioned much less observed or celebrated publicly although I'm sure there are private events.
Last summer, my daughter and I went to a Fayetteville law office to close the sale on our property and, holy shit!, the place was full of historic Confederate documents and portraits. I mean "official" stuff and, while my kid is frantically taking pics, I'm trying to rush her out to not get caught! The place was creepy, old, very starched and it oozed Blood Red.
And I had a phone conversation with a woman named "Gay" recently, who was just that, a very gay person who, as I told her, was obviously named such back when the word simply meant happy!
So, I propose we literally just start telling people to...
Jan 25, 2022·edited Jan 26, 2022Liked by Mary L Trump
Have I told you lately that I love you? Your observations, information, and commentary are a lifeline, illuminating the cognitive blindspots we have been inhabiting at our peril. Russel Brand once said, "Fear is the midwife of compliance." Thank you for your courageous voice in the face of so much pathologized cacophony. We need to expose the proto-Gingriches among us and take their smirking disregard for the truth seriously. Much gratitude for creating a space where we can all be proud Americans, no hyphens needed.
I wake up every day hoping there is a BIG bright light at the end of this dark tunnel we have endured since DT opened the doors to his alternate universe! Watergate was mind blowing but this is beyond comprehension. How can so many people be so ignorant to listen to the lies spewed by him and the GOP! Where is the humanity?
Still being commemorated in places in the United States.
How astonishing, and how sad.
Anytime someone tries to whitewash the past and extol the professional virtues of a General Nathan Bedford Forrest, or an Obersturmbannführer Joachim Peiper, I know there is a hidden agenda.
And that agenda includes at the very least an attempted minimizing of the criminality and the trauma which was caused by that person.
Dr. Mary L. Trump, you are writing and engaging about issues that will be looked back upon in history as the most important in our time.
These days optimism seems like a high bar. Just when you think things may get better, a bunch of republicans and other narcissists remind us not to get our hopes up.
I just want to say thank you Mary Trump for absolutely killing it every time I read your newsletter. You put into words every single thought I have, every day. You now top my list for “someone I would love to have a beer with”
I love that phrase "grown-ass children"!
Oh Mary Trump, you are a ray of reason and a tide of comfort.....thanks.
Mary this so reminds me of the early 70’s when I was glued to the tv during Watergate hearings at the age of 22. Started as a trickle but ended as a tsunami of justice. Now almost 50 years later I sincerely hope it’s the same momentum. Everything crossed including my eyes!
I do feel very optimistic that there will be some legal accountability for at least some of the more nefarious players you mentioned. I also believe the DOJ is undertaking a massive investigation and hope that will yield results. It will be interesting to see what impact all of that will have. Thanks for bringing the snark tonight, perfect way to end a Monday! GAY!!!!
Love this Newsletter 💙 Podcast is brilliant too💙
This newsletter is phenomenal. Thanks for keeping me up to date, and with writing that makes me smile . You are the absolute best.
Trending in a positive direction. Im feeling encouraged. Ordering my Beto for Governor yard sign now. My neighbors will lose their shit, can't wait!
Happy to say that, in my 20 years in NC, I've never heard Confederate Memorial Day (May 10 per wikipedia) mentioned much less observed or celebrated publicly although I'm sure there are private events.
Last summer, my daughter and I went to a Fayetteville law office to close the sale on our property and, holy shit!, the place was full of historic Confederate documents and portraits. I mean "official" stuff and, while my kid is frantically taking pics, I'm trying to rush her out to not get caught! The place was creepy, old, very starched and it oozed Blood Red.
And I had a phone conversation with a woman named "Gay" recently, who was just that, a very gay person who, as I told her, was obviously named such back when the word simply meant happy!
So, I propose we literally just start telling people to...
Have a GAY DAY!
Oh, wow! I'm a 60-year political junkie (since 7th grade), so I know what I'm talking about when I say, "Brilliant summary, Mary!" I'm blown away!
Have I told you lately that I love you? Your observations, information, and commentary are a lifeline, illuminating the cognitive blindspots we have been inhabiting at our peril. Russel Brand once said, "Fear is the midwife of compliance." Thank you for your courageous voice in the face of so much pathologized cacophony. We need to expose the proto-Gingriches among us and take their smirking disregard for the truth seriously. Much gratitude for creating a space where we can all be proud Americans, no hyphens needed.
Thank you, Mary, for the facts. I liked the picture of Cap. Is there a picture of Linden's "Eyes wide open"?
Momentum, I don't feel it. I would like to be optimistic but I can't.. so much power grabbing bullshit on the republican side gives me little hope...
I wake up every day hoping there is a BIG bright light at the end of this dark tunnel we have endured since DT opened the doors to his alternate universe! Watergate was mind blowing but this is beyond comprehension. How can so many people be so ignorant to listen to the lies spewed by him and the GOP! Where is the humanity?
Robert E. Lee Day, and Confederate Memorial Day.
Still being commemorated in places in the United States.
How astonishing, and how sad.
Anytime someone tries to whitewash the past and extol the professional virtues of a General Nathan Bedford Forrest, or an Obersturmbannführer Joachim Peiper, I know there is a hidden agenda.
And that agenda includes at the very least an attempted minimizing of the criminality and the trauma which was caused by that person.
Dr. Mary L. Trump, you are writing and engaging about issues that will be looked back upon in history as the most important in our time.
Thank you!