Trump and his MAGA cult Christian nationalist are the biggest danger to our country, our democracy and our constitution! Trump can never be allowed back into the WH!
You’ll never get everything want, so be pragmatic. Ask yourself, ‘Which candidate, Biden or trump, comes closest to giving me what I want?’
If what you want is the continuation of democracy, vote Blue.
If you want a theocracy led by white Christian nationalists, vote Red.
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I've been encountering many uninformed people who practically scream that they can't stand to hear from the correct news reports or President Biden and I must blame it on the fact that Reagan eliminated the Fairness Doctrine and so many news reports are biased and a lot of people are uninformed about important matters. We must insist on a 21st Century Fairness Doctrine in order that the truth is spread for everyone to hear. That's what will solve the problem associated with the public not receiving the whole story, but it will not reach everyone because there are those people who insist on living in their own bubble and it'll take more to reach them. I'm hoping that a return of the Fairness Doctrine to news reporting will happen soon enough to correct the many who believe that they are on the correct path when they are on the biggest detour of their lives.
I totally forgot about the Fairness Doctrine & Reagan's part in its demise. I worked as a newspaper reporter from 2003 - 2010. It was a twice-weekly paper & we reported on the local news in our part of the county. We covered five towns - the largest town with 20,000 people & the smallest about 800 folks. We wanted to showcase our area & wrote stories accordingly. I covered cops & fire, county & city news, schools & the Umatilla Chemical Depot, which burned destroyed nearly 4,000 tons of chemical weapons, including GB rockets, VX munitions, and mustard gas starting in 2004. The depot's chemical weapons inventory included:
GB rockets: Containing sarin nerve agent, these munitions were destroyed by July 2007
VX munitions: Containing sarin nerve agent, these munitions were destroyed by November 2008
HD ton containers: Also known as "mustard" or blister agent, these containers were destroyed by October 2011
M-55 rockets: More than 106,000 rockets filled with sarin.
We were fair & balanced, which we still believed to be important in reporting the news. We need to bring the Fairness Doctrine back.
Destroyed but we all know there are many that have these toxic chemicals are here and in other countries.......it is just a given that destruction of it all is just an idiom.
Bringing the Fairness Doctrine back sounds good Unfortunately theory buy is misguided. There is too much misinformation and many people who mistrust major news orgs. This may have worked in the 1980s but there's no going back to what seems like a "better time."
The fact is the Republicants have made a concerted effort to use minority rule as a cudgel agaisnt the majority. They handily use misinformation to achieve their goals. Th Big Lie is the perfect example as a failure of a population who CHOOSES to believe in the lie versus the truth. The Fairness Doctrine would have never stopped this false belief from spreading. More radical measures are needed, such as holding tech giants and social media companies to account for their role in spreading misinformation.
What is behind it is not in our midst controlling them. It is not authored here it is authored from other countries to make us cave into chaos as they and were forced to accept a tyrant in order to sense some form of stability yet it is not stable it is all a veill of deception.
I approve of what Mary is and has said concerning the ex-president who not only was a bad manager, but a misleader to the American people who he has a really big problem relating to considering how much and often he continues to lie to us all.
Not to mention that he cheated the American people out of tax money, he used his position to make money both for himself and his family, he stole classified documents and wouldn’t return them (some are still missing; maybe he sold them to Putin), he raped women (from Stormy Daniel’s account she wanted to leave, he blocked her from leaving & she was shaking afterwards at only 27 -,sounds like rape to me.), he’s a racist, he calls the men who fought for our country (HE didn’t) & were captured or killed “LOSERS”. The list is even longer. I have to stop because it’s making me sick and angry.
- 2 $trillion for the already super rich, that is being a traitor against we-the-people. - that was enough money to reduce poverty overall by approx 30%!
I know this is NOT VERY GOOD But we NEED DONALD TRUMP TO LEAVE THIS COUNTRY OR DIE SOONER THAN LATER DUE HIS MIND SET. I AM SO SURE he will EXCUTE PEOPLE, jail ALL PEOPLE HE DOEST LIKE. With HIS LOVE FOR PUTIN. PUTIN MIGHT TRY AND RIG THE ELECTION AS WELL AS ALL RED STATES THAT HAVE CONTROL OF THEIR SENATE THAT SCARES ME. I HOPE ALL THESE TECH CO ARE WATCHING FOR HACKERS. I KNOW TRUMP KNOW TO PRESSURE THEM HARD. MOST ALL THE HONEST PEOPLE IN ELECTION OFFICE. GOD BLESS AMERICA WE MUST STAND WITH BIDEN AND HOPE TO GOD RFK jr STOP RUNNING HOWEVER HE HAS TRUMP DONORS BACKING. I AM NOT SURE WHAT IS GAME IS HE WONT WIN BUT HES WILL TO TAKE OUR ELECTION AND SCREW AMERICAN OVER FOR SELFISH REASONS. HES AS SICK AS TRUMP. LETS HOPE DJT WILL BE IN JAIL
SORRY SO LONG. IVE BEEN UNABLE TO SLEEP THE PAST 2 WEEKS DUE TO DJT SICK STATEMENTS
Yes, yes, yes! Know the Truth and the Truth Shall Set you Free. Painful though it May be. Denial only Postpones the Inevitable. Mary has got it, Exactly. As anyone who lives with Complex PTSD knows. This is Exactly what it is to live with That Form (CPTSD) and of it how it manifests. Applicable to help us comprehend as Mary, a Qualified Psychologist is providing to help guide our nation to make knowledgeable, wise choices.
For Clarity, not everyone experiences the same form of PTSD. This is an important Fact to understand and respect. This doesn’t diminish or invalidate any other manifestations. All are challenges to live with worthy of Empathy and Healing.
Ms. Fair, I could not disagree with you more. The danger and pain from PTSD is not that we "suppress", ignore and forget past trauma as the classically trained clinical Psychologists claim. The problem with PTSD is that we CANNOT forget what happed to us in the past. We cannot get it out of our thoughts and memories.
I love to read Ms. Mary Trump's words, as a rule. But this time she has missed the mark by far. In fact, I am surprised that she has it so backward this time. She usually hits the nail right on the head. Here she has made the same mistake most psychological reductionists make. It is easy to make. She slides into the morass of mistaking her metaphors for reality.
Metaphors are great for introducing neophytes to radically new ideas. But arguing by analogy is not a permissible syllogism in any system of logic. It is an informal error in logic.
Actually one is a symptom (can’t let go) and the other a coping strategy (suppression). Both are involved in PTSD (and more). Mary Trump is calling out the coping strategy that is often the first “go to” - denial - in dealing with what feels overwhelming.
Marijo, thank you so much for your clarification. It is something I should have seen as I earned my BS in Psychology. But that was well over half a century ago, and I have since turned my attention in other academic directions. As I said, I was surprised that Dr. Trump apparently missed the mark. It seems she did not. I simply was not aware of the other half of the paradigm. My apologies to her.
I imagine most of your readers are in the not-forgetting camp, right? We haven’t put it behind us at all. I was thinking the other day that it must be easier, on a superficial level, to be those people who are ready to vote for Trump, who don’t spend time thinking about the recent past, who don’t feel pain when they see the suffering of others. So here we are, remembering, feeling, fearing what could very well be in our near future.
And we are not giving up or giving in. We’re not. We cannot! Taking breaks is essential, enjoying life is imperative, and we can still do that without looking away. We can still do our part to get ourselves out of this morass.
There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
I feel better knowing my darkest fears are the same as millions of my fellow Americans. We are not alone yet don’t know what to do when our Supreme Court is corrupt, the rule of law isn’t the same for everyone and the people with the power are just as corrupt. I speak it everyday while watching everything happen before my eyes. Social media isn’t very social anymore. I didn’t leave my country my country left me. And I am traumatized. 😔😢
I sympathize with you. Many of us do suffer from watching the country go down the drain when the Republican Criminal Organization treats the majority of the American people with contempt when it behaves as an authoritarian dictatorship passing laws that affect the least of us who are unable to resist or fight back, but we're going to fight when the election in November rolls around and the young men and especially the women who have been disinfranchized with the abortion ban as a part of their healthcare will hopefully vote for the Democratic party and Biden and it's going to take a bit of time and soon enough matters will change for the better. Of this I must believe because I love my country and it needs our help to restore civility to the government after Donald Trump is not a threat any longer and hopefully behind bars for a long enough term that he will be forgotten along with his MAGA GOP.
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness…
God knows about the trauma experienced by every single person. He knows the details of how the trauma came about, and He hates the wickedness that caused such pain.
Take heart in knowing that God comforts us. He is close to the brokenhearted and comforts us when we suffer, holding us in His arms.
I'm with you, Deea. I'm still suffering from "Long Covid", and thanks to Mary Trump I now understand we ALL have an Emotional Long Covid, exacerbated by Divisive Denial perpetuated by MAGA fascists.
I’m so sorry for your “Long Covid” and hope that you will eventually be helped. I wish the best for you as it is a suffering no one should have. It is well said that we all have Emotional Long Covid from years of ongoing inhumane behavior from Republican turned wanna be dictator scum doing djt’s bidding.
yep, but every time I go out into the town, the off handed comments send me into a black hole..guy in hardware isle helping me happen to mention that people got chips implanted with the covid vaccine..sigh...my mom was 11 during 1918 pandemic. home quarantined and doc came to house. mom says one night doc whispered outside her room, it was time to make arrangements for a funeral as mom wouldn't make it through the night. She lived well until 94 yo and seems she was determined to live. I try to duplicate her grit, but harder and harder..
There's a lot of conspiracy groups spreading misinformation that is dangerous if anyone believes it. This is another reason why we need a new 21st Century Fairness Doctrine in order to counter the right wing lies that abound and need to be given equal treatment when it is reported on any news reports.
Enemies of our country within congress, the Supreme Court & the courts, as well as an inept, unfit & evil ex president who seems to be permitted to run a shadow government, affecting what the House speaker, who blatantly worships him, even brings to the floor for votes. The most do nothing congress in our country's history.
When I visit family in Cincinnati, I tend to chat more with Black folks than the whites because I’m so tired of hearing, “Oh, you live in California!” followed by an anti-Pelosi, anti-Biden, anti-Obama screed. Yes, there are Black MAGA folks (which is their right), but thankfully few.
The Orange Trump is a chaos agent - however, his chaotic behavior of late is demented, in the medical sense. Fred. Sr. had dementia; Donald eats a dementia-inducing ultra processed food diet exclusively. Thus genes and foul diet can explain his evident mental decline. The hope is that in the 1st debate, he will wig out as Biden retains his cool. If so, America will witness a diminished Trump who will claim victory anyway and refuse a second debate. Game point to Joe
The orange emperor will not be able to respond to Biden at the debate and his anger will boil over. He'll probably storm out after a temper tantrum. He's not going to have any audience to cheer him on also and that's a good thing.
Trump’s supporters are impervious to any information that contradicts their worship of him. Either they won’t even watch the debates or they’ll deny that Trump is showing signs of dementia (they already deny what so many of the rest of us perceive, even if most of us aren’t physicians or psychologists).
I live in a NYC liberal bubble, but a few friends are Trump supporters. They are long-time friends or I or my partner would drop them. They are highly-intelligent people, otherwise. Unlike most of my friends, they are quite well-to-do. Maybe their economic security helps them keep their blinders on about Trump, even though he and Republicans are very bad for our economy (inasmuch as any president and political party can affect our economy). Nothing any one can say to counter their beliefs does anything, so we’ve given up arguing.
I just hope that everyone who sees how terrifying our future will be under Trump or his thugs will vote for Biden and blue down the ballot — no matter what Biden has done in the Middle East or that he’s not on the Left. Just in case, however, be sure to update your passports (IF we’re allowed to flee the country, and if we are able to).
And do not forget djt's flunkies and red tie oath breakers, whom also need prosecuted and jailed for sticking their political red noses into jury proceedings, where they violate the law themselves. Remove these wanna-bes from office. And do not forget lil' jimmy j. from the buckeye state,- he's a real nut whom needs cracked and jailed for violating his oath of office.
Your comment regarding why you decided to end arguing with the well-off Trump supporters caught my attention! They fear losing their perceived freedom, social status and money! In fact we all know when your fellow Americans do well, rich, poor, middle class. we all do better. The well-off may call that socialism! A curse word to them! I call it common sense and very hard to achieve in a manner that pleases everyone. So I remind them of the things our taxes pay for…. mail delivery, trash removal, public education, and so much more to make life better for the middle class and the working poor, etc., thereby making their own lives better. Less crime for one. I recall during COVID, the workers who not only took the virus as a fight for life itself, none-the-less, masked up and kept 6ft. distance, kept on keeping on and working for their salary causing little inconvenience to the well-off.
It may not change their mind about voting for an orange chaotic lying fascist over a blue progressive but I feel better knowing US blues’ favor-ability is rising as is our love for a free America!! NEVER TRUMPER!
I had written the DNC and said the microphone should be cut off, that they should be in separate rooms with a TV screen to hear responses. That would keep Biden safe.
He doesn’t have anything to offer but lies. He is now turning the tables and is saying everything HE is being accused of; dismantling the constitution, lying, taking money from Russia and China, etc.
Fred, Sr. died from full-blown Alzheimer's Disease at 99, at home.
His dementia progressed into Alzheimer's. Hopefully, the orange puke's dementia will progress more rapidly into aggressive Alzheimer's Disease and he has decades of suffering. 😃
It already has, IMO. The changes in behavior, his verbal lapses and his increasingly inchaote behavior tell this happily retired physician that the dementia cow left Trump's brain barn long ago.
I don't see anything mentioned ever about the brain destroying diet coke he drinks a dozen of every day. If you don't know the history of it, search Donald Rumsfeld and aspartame. It destroys the brain, and even eyesight in some. It was never suppose to be marketed.
I will wear a mask until my own demise, despite the odd looks given to me in my community, where most people believe COVID is over. I will vaccinate this week, again, when I turn 65. The current variant will hurt many this summer and fall. I am grateful for Mary’s insights, and I hope that democracy will continue with Biden’s re-election. I wish our media would recognize that American democracy will end if Mary’s uncle returns to the White House.
My neighbor & his family didn’t take it seriously. His family members & friends died of it. He is currently in the hospital with liver failure from drinking. But he made sure he flew the flag. (he is against Biden).
The populations worldwide have expanded and now many of us are vulnerable to contracting many diseases from the other side of the world. We must be vigilant and seek innoculations so we are protected.
The actual state legislature in NC is trying to pass a bill to ban wearing masks in NC, for any reason. Unbelievable. They’re trying to kill people. The so-called party of life.
That bill is the most prime example of absolute brain dead insane stupidity! My hope is that the bill won’t make it to the Governor’s desk and if by some chance it does, that he’ll veto it.
I wish people would believe that Mary’s uncle is doing everything in his power to end democracy. People call bull on me when I point it out, especially in comments on Yahoo News.
At the GOP state convention in Washington State they were saying out loud that “the US is NOT a Democracy”. The ideology has shifted that far to the far right. It’s up to us to educate our communities, register them to vote, and get folks to the polls.
David, you are not alone. We still wear masks most places. We need to get our vaccine boosters, hopefully this week. We would like to be around long enough to achieve the same length of marriage my husband had for his first marriage - that would require living until 99 and 100, (20 more years to go) and I'm sure that masks will help us get there!
I believe that a 21st century Fairness Doctrine is essential to fix the problem of biased reporting that reports only one side of the story. Reagan eliminated it when he granted Rupert Murdoch his citizenship so he could begin buying news organizations and report the opinions like he did for Donald Trump although his versions were a bit twisted.
Uh…watch it fella, 😂😂😂 I have two German surnames but am also a distant relatives of the Roosevelts. So maybe it’s in my genes to be progressive and pro-Labor.
I'm a squarehead whose lineage goes back to 1845 and most of us are bullshit proof and our heads are screwed on straiglht, but there's some who aren't on the same page.
Great writing of our collective trauma and angst. These are perilous times emotionally and the constant drum of polls with Don the Con ahead in swing states sends me into a greater angst of how could this be? Nice to be part of this community here. Keep up the great work
The many who are silent are never polled, but they will be heard this November and we must have hope that the young and women voters who are denied abortion rights will show up and vote for the Democratic party of better governance than the Republican Criminal Organization has shown in a couple of generations.
The many who are silent are never polled, but they will be heard this November and we must have hope that the young and women voters who are denied abortion rights will show up and vote for the Democratic party of better governance than the Republican Criminal Organization has shown in a couple of generations.
I appreciate your posts, Mary. Thank you for your insight. Speaking only for myself, the last 8 years have indeed been traumatic, but, I do not feel traumatized. I feel pissed off. I am angry at your lying liar uncle for the damage he has done to this country. I am angry at the his cultists who refuse or are unable, to see the truth. And, I am angry at myself and my fellow progressives for being unable to change the minds of the MAGA morons. Can’t quit, though. We have to keep on fighting the madness. There is no other choice.
Thank you for this post. I was feeling discouraged until I read it. Don’t be angry about not being able to change the minds of MAGAts. Those people are in a cult; their minds cannot and will not be changed. Better to spend the time and energy getting out the blue vote in swing states.
Intellectually, I agree that the MAGA minds probably cannot be changed. Emotionally, though, I can’t not try to reach them. Just in case there is a way to break through, as unlikely as that is. I have to try.
Thank you so much Mary, your observations on what’s going on in our broken society are sensitive and insightful. I pray that DJT and all who sustain him will soon, one way or another, face the reckoning and justice that we badly need to change the minds of the small minded, low information followers of this bestial blight on humanity, and we can move on to our lives and a brighter future. Ever the optimist, I believe it will come to pass.
Yes Mary! Many of us never want to relive the trauma of Covid, and yet how can they forget the ineptitude of Trump’s handling of it either? Regardless, I wish MSM would emphasize that Biden has inherited so many of Trump’s errors. The pandemic aftermath of corporate price gauging has many believing that the economy is failing, which in fact, it is thriving. Can we do better, of course we can. But Trump has proven time and again that he is all about getting the rich richer.
I'm sorry that not every one of them aren't wearing MAGA hats so they can be recognized and be selectively separated into the pay no attention category.
I've gotten COVID twice- once in June 2022 and again in March 2023- and the second time has affected me in horrible ways. I've been vaccinated and boosted a total of 5 times (the max allowed for a 53 year old). I gained weight (I'm also going through perimenopause), have no energy and my concentration levels are lower than ever before. Also, I'm a lesbian who has felt unsafe in this country (even as a Chicago, IL resident) for almost seven years because of the hate and vitriol (and the rolling back of rights for trans people in half of this country) directed at my community. This is on top of half of the states rolling back repro rights. I've lost detailed memories of most of the past nine years because Donald has robbed this country of our natural political rhythms. I'm convinced that the reason voters can't differentiate between 2020 when Donald was still in the WH and there was no vaccine and Biden's almost four year term as President is because Donald won't fucking disappear from the political landscape and he and his MAGA traitor minions keep lying to everyone every single day. He's a vicious cancer (yes I went there) on the entire global population. I have no allegiance to the USA, only my city and state, right now because even many of the Congressional Dems are failing us. I'm so terrified about November and that's caused me to check out of most of the news coverage to protect my mental health. I've dropped my news consumption, which was a lot before, in half. I watch PBS Sunday night dramas and K-dramas (among other entertainment TV) to escape. This is how I'm coping. It's still not enough.
Carrie, I just want to send you hugs and good wishes. You are not alone. There are so many of us in similar situations. I have a young cousin who is trans and many gay friends. I am terrified for them and for myself. We need to be there for each other. I am here for you and for everyone who is having a hard time.
You did a wonderful job, Carrie. I really hope things improve for you. Enough already. (I have 600 postcards to voters to write. If I finish those early I will write more. Everything depends on this election.)
Trust me. I feel your pain. Six people close to me died of Covid. They believed Trump and did not get vaccinated in time. I was born in Chicago so I say that state should know better. I read my news as I can control who I listen to because I’m tired of being lied to. Hang tough and find your reason to fight. You will get better. I had the same issues with my attention and memory lapse. I also got Covid twice but I’m alive and I will vote blue!
I’ve been saying something similar about my own allegiance to this country: NYC is my country, not the States (of course, all the people fighting Trump and Trumpism are my compatriots, no matter where they live). WE are still the majority, and we must prevail, come what may, with anticipation of the Trumpists erupting again if and when Biden wins.
This is the most honest and clear description of exactly what has happened and is happening. It’s devastating.
Trump and his MAGA cult Christian nationalist are the biggest danger to our country, our democracy and our constitution! Trump can never be allowed back into the WH!
You’ll never get everything want, so be pragmatic. Ask yourself, ‘Which candidate, Biden or trump, comes closest to giving me what I want?’
If what you want is the continuation of democracy, vote Blue.
If you want a theocracy led by white Christian nationalists, vote Red.
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I've been encountering many uninformed people who practically scream that they can't stand to hear from the correct news reports or President Biden and I must blame it on the fact that Reagan eliminated the Fairness Doctrine and so many news reports are biased and a lot of people are uninformed about important matters. We must insist on a 21st Century Fairness Doctrine in order that the truth is spread for everyone to hear. That's what will solve the problem associated with the public not receiving the whole story, but it will not reach everyone because there are those people who insist on living in their own bubble and it'll take more to reach them. I'm hoping that a return of the Fairness Doctrine to news reporting will happen soon enough to correct the many who believe that they are on the correct path when they are on the biggest detour of their lives.
I totally forgot about the Fairness Doctrine & Reagan's part in its demise. I worked as a newspaper reporter from 2003 - 2010. It was a twice-weekly paper & we reported on the local news in our part of the county. We covered five towns - the largest town with 20,000 people & the smallest about 800 folks. We wanted to showcase our area & wrote stories accordingly. I covered cops & fire, county & city news, schools & the Umatilla Chemical Depot, which burned destroyed nearly 4,000 tons of chemical weapons, including GB rockets, VX munitions, and mustard gas starting in 2004. The depot's chemical weapons inventory included:
GB rockets: Containing sarin nerve agent, these munitions were destroyed by July 2007
VX munitions: Containing sarin nerve agent, these munitions were destroyed by November 2008
HD ton containers: Also known as "mustard" or blister agent, these containers were destroyed by October 2011
M-55 rockets: More than 106,000 rockets filled with sarin.
We were fair & balanced, which we still believed to be important in reporting the news. We need to bring the Fairness Doctrine back.
Destroyed but we all know there are many that have these toxic chemicals are here and in other countries.......it is just a given that destruction of it all is just an idiom.
Bringing the Fairness Doctrine back sounds good Unfortunately theory buy is misguided. There is too much misinformation and many people who mistrust major news orgs. This may have worked in the 1980s but there's no going back to what seems like a "better time."
The fact is the Republicants have made a concerted effort to use minority rule as a cudgel agaisnt the majority. They handily use misinformation to achieve their goals. Th Big Lie is the perfect example as a failure of a population who CHOOSES to believe in the lie versus the truth. The Fairness Doctrine would have never stopped this false belief from spreading. More radical measures are needed, such as holding tech giants and social media companies to account for their role in spreading misinformation.
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Sadly, I fear you are right.
If as a country we could just have only one correct source of news our attitudes would be so much better. Has that ever been tried?
Always by dictators.
But only the best dictators, right? The good ones…
I like that shirt!!
What is behind it is not in our midst controlling them. It is not authored here it is authored from other countries to make us cave into chaos as they and were forced to accept a tyrant in order to sense some form of stability yet it is not stable it is all a veill of deception.
I approve of what Mary is and has said concerning the ex-president who not only was a bad manager, but a misleader to the American people who he has a really big problem relating to considering how much and often he continues to lie to us all.
Not to mention that he cheated the American people out of tax money, he used his position to make money both for himself and his family, he stole classified documents and wouldn’t return them (some are still missing; maybe he sold them to Putin), he raped women (from Stormy Daniel’s account she wanted to leave, he blocked her from leaving & she was shaking afterwards at only 27 -,sounds like rape to me.), he’s a racist, he calls the men who fought for our country (HE didn’t) & were captured or killed “LOSERS”. The list is even longer. I have to stop because it’s making me sick and angry.
- 2 $trillion for the already super rich, that is being a traitor against we-the-people. - that was enough money to reduce poverty overall by approx 30%!
He and Bannon stole the monies for the border wall and nobody is talking about it. Stuffed away in a Caymans account I’m betting!!!
Giving Bannon 4 months in jail, when Oklahoma gives out 20 yrs. 2 life sentences for having 1 personal Joint..... Seems quite vomitous.
I know this is NOT VERY GOOD But we NEED DONALD TRUMP TO LEAVE THIS COUNTRY OR DIE SOONER THAN LATER DUE HIS MIND SET. I AM SO SURE he will EXCUTE PEOPLE, jail ALL PEOPLE HE DOEST LIKE. With HIS LOVE FOR PUTIN. PUTIN MIGHT TRY AND RIG THE ELECTION AS WELL AS ALL RED STATES THAT HAVE CONTROL OF THEIR SENATE THAT SCARES ME. I HOPE ALL THESE TECH CO ARE WATCHING FOR HACKERS. I KNOW TRUMP KNOW TO PRESSURE THEM HARD. MOST ALL THE HONEST PEOPLE IN ELECTION OFFICE. GOD BLESS AMERICA WE MUST STAND WITH BIDEN AND HOPE TO GOD RFK jr STOP RUNNING HOWEVER HE HAS TRUMP DONORS BACKING. I AM NOT SURE WHAT IS GAME IS HE WONT WIN BUT HES WILL TO TAKE OUR ELECTION AND SCREW AMERICAN OVER FOR SELFISH REASONS. HES AS SICK AS TRUMP. LETS HOPE DJT WILL BE IN JAIL
SORRY SO LONG. IVE BEEN UNABLE TO SLEEP THE PAST 2 WEEKS DUE TO DJT SICK STATEMENTS
I know it has affected my health. I had to step away for a while. But then felt I had to get back in spreading the information.
I have been sending newsletters to the media. They seem to be turning.
Perfect, Perfect words. Thank you for your incredible courage and for being a forever guide during this dark frightening time.
Yes, yes, yes! Know the Truth and the Truth Shall Set you Free. Painful though it May be. Denial only Postpones the Inevitable. Mary has got it, Exactly. As anyone who lives with Complex PTSD knows. This is Exactly what it is to live with That Form (CPTSD) and of it how it manifests. Applicable to help us comprehend as Mary, a Qualified Psychologist is providing to help guide our nation to make knowledgeable, wise choices.
For Clarity, not everyone experiences the same form of PTSD. This is an important Fact to understand and respect. This doesn’t diminish or invalidate any other manifestations. All are challenges to live with worthy of Empathy and Healing.
Ms. Fair, I could not disagree with you more. The danger and pain from PTSD is not that we "suppress", ignore and forget past trauma as the classically trained clinical Psychologists claim. The problem with PTSD is that we CANNOT forget what happed to us in the past. We cannot get it out of our thoughts and memories.
I love to read Ms. Mary Trump's words, as a rule. But this time she has missed the mark by far. In fact, I am surprised that she has it so backward this time. She usually hits the nail right on the head. Here she has made the same mistake most psychological reductionists make. It is easy to make. She slides into the morass of mistaking her metaphors for reality.
Metaphors are great for introducing neophytes to radically new ideas. But arguing by analogy is not a permissible syllogism in any system of logic. It is an informal error in logic.
Actually one is a symptom (can’t let go) and the other a coping strategy (suppression). Both are involved in PTSD (and more). Mary Trump is calling out the coping strategy that is often the first “go to” - denial - in dealing with what feels overwhelming.
Marijo, thank you so much for your clarification. It is something I should have seen as I earned my BS in Psychology. But that was well over half a century ago, and I have since turned my attention in other academic directions. As I said, I was surprised that Dr. Trump apparently missed the mark. It seems she did not. I simply was not aware of the other half of the paradigm. My apologies to her.
Gerald, we are all in this together and learning from each other. :-)
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It is a joy to see your mind at full stride. Perhaps one of the great treatises of our present moment!
Totally agree!
I imagine most of your readers are in the not-forgetting camp, right? We haven’t put it behind us at all. I was thinking the other day that it must be easier, on a superficial level, to be those people who are ready to vote for Trump, who don’t spend time thinking about the recent past, who don’t feel pain when they see the suffering of others. So here we are, remembering, feeling, fearing what could very well be in our near future.
And we are not giving up or giving in. We’re not. We cannot! Taking breaks is essential, enjoying life is imperative, and we can still do that without looking away. We can still do our part to get ourselves out of this morass.
Thank you for your insight.
We cannot give up or give in. Ever.
Proverbs 6:16–19
There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
I feel better knowing my darkest fears are the same as millions of my fellow Americans. We are not alone yet don’t know what to do when our Supreme Court is corrupt, the rule of law isn’t the same for everyone and the people with the power are just as corrupt. I speak it everyday while watching everything happen before my eyes. Social media isn’t very social anymore. I didn’t leave my country my country left me. And I am traumatized. 😔😢
I sympathize with you. Many of us do suffer from watching the country go down the drain when the Republican Criminal Organization treats the majority of the American people with contempt when it behaves as an authoritarian dictatorship passing laws that affect the least of us who are unable to resist or fight back, but we're going to fight when the election in November rolls around and the young men and especially the women who have been disinfranchized with the abortion ban as a part of their healthcare will hopefully vote for the Democratic party and Biden and it's going to take a bit of time and soon enough matters will change for the better. Of this I must believe because I love my country and it needs our help to restore civility to the government after Donald Trump is not a threat any longer and hopefully behind bars for a long enough term that he will be forgotten along with his MAGA GOP.
Thank you. We have to get people to vote without intimidation. I also believe we must lift those up who are traumatized. Your reply helped me.
Well said!
I'm with you, Traumatized. The sadness, depression and anxiety still remains with me.😔😒
I hope it helps knowing there are many like us. We need to lift each other up. My friend.
. Romans 1:18
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness…
God knows about the trauma experienced by every single person. He knows the details of how the trauma came about, and He hates the wickedness that caused such pain.
Take heart in knowing that God comforts us. He is close to the brokenhearted and comforts us when we suffer, holding us in His arms.
Nicely said.
That could be why all those tornados are ravishing red states.
Oh, you’re too funny that is exactly what most of us are saying quietly behind closed doors🤣🤣🤣
You are on the right track in noticing these things. We can only hold on ever tighter to the truth.
I'm with you, Deea. I'm still suffering from "Long Covid", and thanks to Mary Trump I now understand we ALL have an Emotional Long Covid, exacerbated by Divisive Denial perpetuated by MAGA fascists.
I’m so sorry for your “Long Covid” and hope that you will eventually be helped. I wish the best for you as it is a suffering no one should have. It is well said that we all have Emotional Long Covid from years of ongoing inhumane behavior from Republican turned wanna be dictator scum doing djt’s bidding.
Hugs
Thank you. We need more of that. Me knowing I’m not alone helps me my friend.
This has been such a good read! Thank you so much!😊
yep, but every time I go out into the town, the off handed comments send me into a black hole..guy in hardware isle helping me happen to mention that people got chips implanted with the covid vaccine..sigh...my mom was 11 during 1918 pandemic. home quarantined and doc came to house. mom says one night doc whispered outside her room, it was time to make arrangements for a funeral as mom wouldn't make it through the night. She lived well until 94 yo and seems she was determined to live. I try to duplicate her grit, but harder and harder..
There's a lot of conspiracy groups spreading misinformation that is dangerous if anyone believes it. This is another reason why we need a new 21st Century Fairness Doctrine in order to counter the right wing lies that abound and need to be given equal treatment when it is reported on any news reports.
How does Congress stop this 'conspiracy' crap, when the crappers control Congress?
Vote blue!!!!!
Exactly.
Enemies of our country within congress, the Supreme Court & the courts, as well as an inept, unfit & evil ex president who seems to be permitted to run a shadow government, affecting what the House speaker, who blatantly worships him, even brings to the floor for votes. The most do nothing congress in our country's history.
When I visit family in Cincinnati, I tend to chat more with Black folks than the whites because I’m so tired of hearing, “Oh, you live in California!” followed by an anti-Pelosi, anti-Biden, anti-Obama screed. Yes, there are Black MAGA folks (which is their right), but thankfully few.
The Orange Trump is a chaos agent - however, his chaotic behavior of late is demented, in the medical sense. Fred. Sr. had dementia; Donald eats a dementia-inducing ultra processed food diet exclusively. Thus genes and foul diet can explain his evident mental decline. The hope is that in the 1st debate, he will wig out as Biden retains his cool. If so, America will witness a diminished Trump who will claim victory anyway and refuse a second debate. Game point to Joe
Peter H. Dohan, MD
Portland Maine
The orange emperor will not be able to respond to Biden at the debate and his anger will boil over. He'll probably storm out after a temper tantrum. He's not going to have any audience to cheer him on also and that's a good thing.
Trump’s supporters are impervious to any information that contradicts their worship of him. Either they won’t even watch the debates or they’ll deny that Trump is showing signs of dementia (they already deny what so many of the rest of us perceive, even if most of us aren’t physicians or psychologists).
I live in a NYC liberal bubble, but a few friends are Trump supporters. They are long-time friends or I or my partner would drop them. They are highly-intelligent people, otherwise. Unlike most of my friends, they are quite well-to-do. Maybe their economic security helps them keep their blinders on about Trump, even though he and Republicans are very bad for our economy (inasmuch as any president and political party can affect our economy). Nothing any one can say to counter their beliefs does anything, so we’ve given up arguing.
I just hope that everyone who sees how terrifying our future will be under Trump or his thugs will vote for Biden and blue down the ballot — no matter what Biden has done in the Middle East or that he’s not on the Left. Just in case, however, be sure to update your passports (IF we’re allowed to flee the country, and if we are able to).
And do not forget djt's flunkies and red tie oath breakers, whom also need prosecuted and jailed for sticking their political red noses into jury proceedings, where they violate the law themselves. Remove these wanna-bes from office. And do not forget lil' jimmy j. from the buckeye state,- he's a real nut whom needs cracked and jailed for violating his oath of office.
Yes! Got to vote blue everywhere possible.
Your comment regarding why you decided to end arguing with the well-off Trump supporters caught my attention! They fear losing their perceived freedom, social status and money! In fact we all know when your fellow Americans do well, rich, poor, middle class. we all do better. The well-off may call that socialism! A curse word to them! I call it common sense and very hard to achieve in a manner that pleases everyone. So I remind them of the things our taxes pay for…. mail delivery, trash removal, public education, and so much more to make life better for the middle class and the working poor, etc., thereby making their own lives better. Less crime for one. I recall during COVID, the workers who not only took the virus as a fight for life itself, none-the-less, masked up and kept 6ft. distance, kept on keeping on and working for their salary causing little inconvenience to the well-off.
It may not change their mind about voting for an orange chaotic lying fascist over a blue progressive but I feel better knowing US blues’ favor-ability is rising as is our love for a free America!! NEVER TRUMPER!
They don't seem to be up on the treatment that Oligahs undergo in authorian countries.
Funds and properties confiscated, thrown out windows, poisoned, imprisoned, etc....
What I am afraid of is if he boils over that he will physically attack our President. Then what will we do?
I had written the DNC and said the microphone should be cut off, that they should be in separate rooms with a TV screen to hear responses. That would keep Biden safe.
There will be 2 sets of Secret Service agents on hand. And bully Trump is a coward, as are most bullies. Love, peter
He’s nuts but crazy like a demented fox and besides he’s a coward and a blowhard!! Hope Biden wipes Trump’s a$$ with the truth!
Secret Service would take Dump down before he could reach the President. In any public situation, even a closed debate, they’re on highest alert.
Or Biden could blow him away with his X-ray eyes.
He doesn’t have anything to offer but lies. He is now turning the tables and is saying everything HE is being accused of; dismantling the constitution, lying, taking money from Russia and China, etc.
Hopefully, the microphones will be shut off at the time limit for each question.
Oh how I hope you are right.
Fred, Sr. died from full-blown Alzheimer's Disease at 99, at home.
His dementia progressed into Alzheimer's. Hopefully, the orange puke's dementia will progress more rapidly into aggressive Alzheimer's Disease and he has decades of suffering. 😃
It already has, IMO. The changes in behavior, his verbal lapses and his increasingly inchaote behavior tell this happily retired physician that the dementia cow left Trump's brain barn long ago.
I don't see anything mentioned ever about the brain destroying diet coke he drinks a dozen of every day. If you don't know the history of it, search Donald Rumsfeld and aspartame. It destroys the brain, and even eyesight in some. It was never suppose to be marketed.
I will wear a mask until my own demise, despite the odd looks given to me in my community, where most people believe COVID is over. I will vaccinate this week, again, when I turn 65. The current variant will hurt many this summer and fall. I am grateful for Mary’s insights, and I hope that democracy will continue with Biden’s re-election. I wish our media would recognize that American democracy will end if Mary’s uncle returns to the White House.
It truly is strange when folks say “Covid is over”. You might as well say the common cold, or influenza are over.
My neighbor & his family didn’t take it seriously. His family members & friends died of it. He is currently in the hospital with liver failure from drinking. But he made sure he flew the flag. (he is against Biden).
So terrible. Why weren’t we together on this? Too many rebels I guess.
The populations worldwide have expanded and now many of us are vulnerable to contracting many diseases from the other side of the world. We must be vigilant and seek innoculations so we are protected.
Right-wingers are trying to ban masks in NC. 😩
The actual state legislature in NC is trying to pass a bill to ban wearing masks in NC, for any reason. Unbelievable. They’re trying to kill people. The so-called party of life.
That is unconstitutional. That can’t possibly pass.
Let’s hope
Well as they like to say, “come and take it.” 😂
That bill is the most prime example of absolute brain dead insane stupidity! My hope is that the bill won’t make it to the Governor’s desk and if by some chance it does, that he’ll veto it.
Absolutely terrible. How are they able to behave so irresponsibly?
I wish people would believe that Mary’s uncle is doing everything in his power to end democracy. People call bull on me when I point it out, especially in comments on Yahoo News.
At the GOP state convention in Washington State they were saying out loud that “the US is NOT a Democracy”. The ideology has shifted that far to the far right. It’s up to us to educate our communities, register them to vote, and get folks to the polls.
The U.S.A. is a 'Democratic Constitutional Republic" -
Tell them to Google “Project 2025”. That lays out Trump’s plan if he wins.
David, you are not alone. We still wear masks most places. We need to get our vaccine boosters, hopefully this week. We would like to be around long enough to achieve the same length of marriage my husband had for his first marriage - that would require living until 99 and 100, (20 more years to go) and I'm sure that masks will help us get there!
I believe that a 21st century Fairness Doctrine is essential to fix the problem of biased reporting that reports only one side of the story. Reagan eliminated it when he granted Rupert Murdoch his citizenship so he could begin buying news organizations and report the opinions like he did for Donald Trump although his versions were a bit twisted.
I, too, will wear a mask until I’m dead. And update COVID vaccines when they’re available.
Why are you folks with German surnames always at the ready to defend trump? (Asking for a friend…)
Sometimes a German name just had to be taken because you were Jewish and that's the way you had to survive. Okay?
Uh…watch it fella, 😂😂😂 I have two German surnames but am also a distant relatives of the Roosevelts. So maybe it’s in my genes to be progressive and pro-Labor.
I'm a squarehead whose lineage goes back to 1845 and most of us are bullshit proof and our heads are screwed on straiglht, but there's some who aren't on the same page.
Amen!
Great writing of our collective trauma and angst. These are perilous times emotionally and the constant drum of polls with Don the Con ahead in swing states sends me into a greater angst of how could this be? Nice to be part of this community here. Keep up the great work
The many who are silent are never polled, but they will be heard this November and we must have hope that the young and women voters who are denied abortion rights will show up and vote for the Democratic party of better governance than the Republican Criminal Organization has shown in a couple of generations.
The many who are silent are never polled, but they will be heard this November and we must have hope that the young and women voters who are denied abortion rights will show up and vote for the Democratic party of better governance than the Republican Criminal Organization has shown in a couple of generations.
I appreciate your posts, Mary. Thank you for your insight. Speaking only for myself, the last 8 years have indeed been traumatic, but, I do not feel traumatized. I feel pissed off. I am angry at your lying liar uncle for the damage he has done to this country. I am angry at the his cultists who refuse or are unable, to see the truth. And, I am angry at myself and my fellow progressives for being unable to change the minds of the MAGA morons. Can’t quit, though. We have to keep on fighting the madness. There is no other choice.
Thank you for this post. I was feeling discouraged until I read it. Don’t be angry about not being able to change the minds of MAGAts. Those people are in a cult; their minds cannot and will not be changed. Better to spend the time and energy getting out the blue vote in swing states.
Intellectually, I agree that the MAGA minds probably cannot be changed. Emotionally, though, I can’t not try to reach them. Just in case there is a way to break through, as unlikely as that is. I have to try.
Thank you so much Mary, your observations on what’s going on in our broken society are sensitive and insightful. I pray that DJT and all who sustain him will soon, one way or another, face the reckoning and justice that we badly need to change the minds of the small minded, low information followers of this bestial blight on humanity, and we can move on to our lives and a brighter future. Ever the optimist, I believe it will come to pass.
Yes Mary! Many of us never want to relive the trauma of Covid, and yet how can they forget the ineptitude of Trump’s handling of it either? Regardless, I wish MSM would emphasize that Biden has inherited so many of Trump’s errors. The pandemic aftermath of corporate price gauging has many believing that the economy is failing, which in fact, it is thriving. Can we do better, of course we can. But Trump has proven time and again that he is all about getting the rich richer.
I’m glad to see this post! I was beginning to think you’d been kidnapped but the Red Hat Cult. ❤️
Me too!
I'm sorry that not every one of them aren't wearing MAGA hats so they can be recognized and be selectively separated into the pay no attention category.
As a non-US citizen, the phrase that resonates with me the most, has always been Gore Vidal's "The United States of Amnesia". Says it all, really.
My comment regarding people: they’re just stupid and gullible. It’s the simplest explanation.
Occam’s Razor
Humans are also animals, just slightly less violent than chimpanzees.
I've gotten COVID twice- once in June 2022 and again in March 2023- and the second time has affected me in horrible ways. I've been vaccinated and boosted a total of 5 times (the max allowed for a 53 year old). I gained weight (I'm also going through perimenopause), have no energy and my concentration levels are lower than ever before. Also, I'm a lesbian who has felt unsafe in this country (even as a Chicago, IL resident) for almost seven years because of the hate and vitriol (and the rolling back of rights for trans people in half of this country) directed at my community. This is on top of half of the states rolling back repro rights. I've lost detailed memories of most of the past nine years because Donald has robbed this country of our natural political rhythms. I'm convinced that the reason voters can't differentiate between 2020 when Donald was still in the WH and there was no vaccine and Biden's almost four year term as President is because Donald won't fucking disappear from the political landscape and he and his MAGA traitor minions keep lying to everyone every single day. He's a vicious cancer (yes I went there) on the entire global population. I have no allegiance to the USA, only my city and state, right now because even many of the Congressional Dems are failing us. I'm so terrified about November and that's caused me to check out of most of the news coverage to protect my mental health. I've dropped my news consumption, which was a lot before, in half. I watch PBS Sunday night dramas and K-dramas (among other entertainment TV) to escape. This is how I'm coping. It's still not enough.
Carrie, I just want to send you hugs and good wishes. You are not alone. There are so many of us in similar situations. I have a young cousin who is trans and many gay friends. I am terrified for them and for myself. We need to be there for each other. I am here for you and for everyone who is having a hard time.
Thank you Paula. I wanted to put my comment in personal terms to show people on here how this has affected us in a direct way.
You did a wonderful job, Carrie. I really hope things improve for you. Enough already. (I have 600 postcards to voters to write. If I finish those early I will write more. Everything depends on this election.)
Thank you Mary for writing exactly how I feel but do not have the talent to put into words as you have done. THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
Trust me. I feel your pain. Six people close to me died of Covid. They believed Trump and did not get vaccinated in time. I was born in Chicago so I say that state should know better. I read my news as I can control who I listen to because I’m tired of being lied to. Hang tough and find your reason to fight. You will get better. I had the same issues with my attention and memory lapse. I also got Covid twice but I’m alive and I will vote blue!
At least you will be voting in November and that's going to make a difference. All of us need to hold out until November.
Yes, that's a given. I'm voting for Dems from Biden/Harris to the bottom of my ballot.
Sending hugs & love. Keep going & keep your sanity!
I’ve been saying something similar about my own allegiance to this country: NYC is my country, not the States (of course, all the people fighting Trump and Trumpism are my compatriots, no matter where they live). WE are still the majority, and we must prevail, come what may, with anticipation of the Trumpists erupting again if and when Biden wins.