I have lived my full life for 85 years 9 months in a naturally majestic country where most of its citizens adhere to democratic principles and have created all sorts of innovations for progress. In my own life I have been able to create art and bring it to a high level. Among its citizens there has always been the kindness and resolve to right wrongs. Now as I live toward my natural passing not too far off I think of the U.S.A. and its future with stomach-churning dread. Not what I envisioned.
The trouble with ideas like 'Biden should make DC and Porto Rico states' or 'he should combine low-population states into one' is that these are not crimes, they are actions the constitution does not allow him to do. Not the same thing.
The Court said that the President (thinking of Trump, of course - no way they would allow Biden to get away with crimes that Trump will commit with impunity) could commit crimes within the scope of his official powers. It did not say he could do things that the constitution requires different powers to do.
So that's not going to work, however desirable these things would be - like expanding the Court to have a better balance of reasonable and competent judges against the Christian nationalists and the sleazy that are now the majority. Likewise not a crime, so not supported by the recent decision.
Hmmmm. We have two or more sides arguing for the constitution but interpreting it differently. So as this battle continues I cannot escape the irony that the constitution was written to protect the power of rich, slave owning white men.
Hmm, here lies the conundrum, the Pandora's box the Supreme Court unleashed--Biden is immune now if he sends a S.E.A.L. team after that knuckle-dragging moron tRUMP! Great!
I am always heartened by your letters,Nina, but this one troubles me. Yes, the threat is real beyond belief...which means we need to fight like hell. We need to stop with the polls and the pundits and unite behind the president who has performed terrifically except for one debate with the king of Gish Gallopers. I say let's show the world we can unite to defend democracy. And btw, The Staus Kuo cites some good reasons why all is not lost in the cases against T, and in fact some loopholes may have been opened. We simply cannot give up. Everyone should be studying Project 2025 and making it clear why it needs to be quashed.
Brava, Nina! Calling out the destroyers. I’m not going to die in tyranny… my parents and I immigrated to this country to escape tyranny, now what are the chances? Not on my watch‼️
Home run. Out of the park and across the street and into the trees. A tour de force. Congratulations. I know I don't need to tell you to keep it up, but just for sure, keep it up.
Enter AI now to erase all doubt about what is "real" and "true". We will get the government we deserve. And it will all just be so normal for the young. You can add the warehousing of the elderly and disabled to this scenario, for whom dignity will be just too expensive.
While spending time in the US with an 87-year-old friend, last October, she decided she needed a small bore rifle to deal with a squirrel destroying the wooden fence surrounding the cabin. She found a shop in the rural area in the mountains that looked like Walmart for hunters, sportsmen, and women. She spoke for a few minutes with the staff and I felt that when they saw her driver's license that would be the end of it. No one questioned her age or her experience with weapons, a few minutes later we returned to the hilltop with the rifle. I thought beforehand there would be questions regarding any criminal past, nothing, just an out-of-state driver's license and a credit card.
I have read somewhere that the Senate and the president can pack the Supremes with democratic appointees, that we don’t have a limit on how many Judges there are . Can that be possible? These are desperate times! Great article but Nina I don’t drink beer and how will Tarrifs effect my French wine…oh and I’m too old to live under a dictatorship !
Don't forget the burning rivers. It won't take long before the poisons are flowing and the rivers are on fire again. Can't wait for the population control through contaminated food. Nothing says fun like food poisoning. But, Steve Bannon and the oligarchs demand deregulation and the destruction of the administrative state! And, those MAGAs want to own the libs. Of course they will all be living safe and sound with the oligarch overlords, right?!? Oh, should somebody tell them?
Just a thought. The power behind Trump, pulling his strings, gets Trump to do their biding. The moment he doesn’t—not a likely event as long as he is getting richer—they have him killed then blame it on the evil libs.
I have lived my full life for 85 years 9 months in a naturally majestic country where most of its citizens adhere to democratic principles and have created all sorts of innovations for progress. In my own life I have been able to create art and bring it to a high level. Among its citizens there has always been the kindness and resolve to right wrongs. Now as I live toward my natural passing not too far off I think of the U.S.A. and its future with stomach-churning dread. Not what I envisioned.
The trouble with ideas like 'Biden should make DC and Porto Rico states' or 'he should combine low-population states into one' is that these are not crimes, they are actions the constitution does not allow him to do. Not the same thing.
The Court said that the President (thinking of Trump, of course - no way they would allow Biden to get away with crimes that Trump will commit with impunity) could commit crimes within the scope of his official powers. It did not say he could do things that the constitution requires different powers to do.
So that's not going to work, however desirable these things would be - like expanding the Court to have a better balance of reasonable and competent judges against the Christian nationalists and the sleazy that are now the majority. Likewise not a crime, so not supported by the recent decision.
Alas.
Hmmmm. We have two or more sides arguing for the constitution but interpreting it differently. So as this battle continues I cannot escape the irony that the constitution was written to protect the power of rich, slave owning white men.
Hmm, here lies the conundrum, the Pandora's box the Supreme Court unleashed--Biden is immune now if he sends a S.E.A.L. team after that knuckle-dragging moron tRUMP! Great!
Also, Biden should put them all in prison.
Full stop. End it.
I am always heartened by your letters,Nina, but this one troubles me. Yes, the threat is real beyond belief...which means we need to fight like hell. We need to stop with the polls and the pundits and unite behind the president who has performed terrifically except for one debate with the king of Gish Gallopers. I say let's show the world we can unite to defend democracy. And btw, The Staus Kuo cites some good reasons why all is not lost in the cases against T, and in fact some loopholes may have been opened. We simply cannot give up. Everyone should be studying Project 2025 and making it clear why it needs to be quashed.
Brava, Nina! Calling out the destroyers. I’m not going to die in tyranny… my parents and I immigrated to this country to escape tyranny, now what are the chances? Not on my watch‼️
Thank you for your words.
Home run. Out of the park and across the street and into the trees. A tour de force. Congratulations. I know I don't need to tell you to keep it up, but just for sure, keep it up.
Chilling Nina...so well done. Everyone everywhere in the country should read this.
Thank you Nina!
Weimar America!
Enter AI now to erase all doubt about what is "real" and "true". We will get the government we deserve. And it will all just be so normal for the young. You can add the warehousing of the elderly and disabled to this scenario, for whom dignity will be just too expensive.
Good! Maybe someone will drop it on him from a great height (Oops… did I say that out loud??!) 😳
While spending time in the US with an 87-year-old friend, last October, she decided she needed a small bore rifle to deal with a squirrel destroying the wooden fence surrounding the cabin. She found a shop in the rural area in the mountains that looked like Walmart for hunters, sportsmen, and women. She spoke for a few minutes with the staff and I felt that when they saw her driver's license that would be the end of it. No one questioned her age or her experience with weapons, a few minutes later we returned to the hilltop with the rifle. I thought beforehand there would be questions regarding any criminal past, nothing, just an out-of-state driver's license and a credit card.
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I have read somewhere that the Senate and the president can pack the Supremes with democratic appointees, that we don’t have a limit on how many Judges there are . Can that be possible? These are desperate times! Great article but Nina I don’t drink beer and how will Tarrifs effect my French wine…oh and I’m too old to live under a dictatorship !
Don't forget the burning rivers. It won't take long before the poisons are flowing and the rivers are on fire again. Can't wait for the population control through contaminated food. Nothing says fun like food poisoning. But, Steve Bannon and the oligarchs demand deregulation and the destruction of the administrative state! And, those MAGAs want to own the libs. Of course they will all be living safe and sound with the oligarch overlords, right?!? Oh, should somebody tell them?
Just a thought. The power behind Trump, pulling his strings, gets Trump to do their biding. The moment he doesn’t—not a likely event as long as he is getting richer—they have him killed then blame it on the evil libs.