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As Kendrick Lamar once told me...
Nov. 8th, 2024 07:10 pm"We gon' be alright." ✊🏾
Liz Cheney's appearance at Wisconsin today, along with Kamala Harris, was purposed for making it clear where she stood on Republican values and leadership, why her party was founded and the role of ending slavery -- why wouldn't she have invoked Abraham Lincoln? But she knows the truth about the times, and she knows why she -- along with her dad Dick -- also invoked the Harris-Walz campaign mantra of "We're Not Going Back." She invoked her conservativism as part and parcel of her endorsement of our ticket, and again made the truthful statement of how The Former Guy refused the will of the People. She also emphasized Reagan's view on the peaceful transfer of presidential power -- how he believed that it was a miracle that our country maintained that sacred peaceful transfer of power, and how every single President -- EVERY SINGLE ONE -- honored that sacrament except for one insignificant bastard. She also went into great detail -- AGAIN -- about how EVERY AMERICAN, EVERY ONE OF US remembers what we saw on January 6th, 2021, that these facts are not coming from Trump's political enemies, how Trump didn't care about Pence's safety, not even Ashli Babbitt getting shot until it was convenient for him... Cheney couldn't be any clearer about the petty, vindictive, and cruel Trump, and that HE IS NOT FIT TO LEAD THIS GREAT NATION. Scott Walker's quip about "people are over January 6th" was great ammo for Cheney's stance that our institutions survived because of the people who protected them: Capitol police, real politicians, Mike Pence, etc. Nobody can lie about that. She also credited who TRULY honored the Constitution that day, but sharply sacked JD Vance, rightfully calling him an advocate for tyranny for saying he would say, "Screw the will of American people!"
It is tyranny. And both Vance and Trump are tyrants (it takes a tyrant to know a tyrant -- that's just how it works). And as Harris has said over and over again, there is so much more that unites us than divides us. So, we gotta stand against the depraved cruelty of Trump and meet this moment. And do that we will. Harris will unite this country once again, and be a true model for all Americans. Anybody who is willing to risk another Trump regime on the grounds of "policies" is an idiot; just wanna make that clear. Someone who lacks morals and decency can't bring and enact moral and decent policies, and ain't nobody gonna lie to us and say stuff like "Just remember what it was like when Trump WAS President!" No. That's HORSESHIT; as IF Trump ever did anything for Blacks, Latinos, Asians, ANYBODY during his little stint as America's Hitler. He wasn't a "law and order" anything; he thought he WAS the fucking Constitution. And now he wants to terminate the document he claims to honor WHY...? Whatevs.
He's all alone. Nobody really loves him. He's the most hated person in America by a WIDE margin. And he's not even "campaigning" anymore. From this point on, he's just going all "January 6th 2.0" -- everyone can see that. Harris' campaign line shows the clear distinction from the madman that is Trump; emphasizing how Trump sees America as just another piece of major wealth he wants to slap his ugly name brand on, while Harris will never ask you if you're a Republican or Democrat -- she'll ask you, "Are you okay?"
Thank you, Liz. Yes, We're Not Going Back. Harris-Walz for 2024.
It is tyranny. And both Vance and Trump are tyrants (it takes a tyrant to know a tyrant -- that's just how it works). And as Harris has said over and over again, there is so much more that unites us than divides us. So, we gotta stand against the depraved cruelty of Trump and meet this moment. And do that we will. Harris will unite this country once again, and be a true model for all Americans. Anybody who is willing to risk another Trump regime on the grounds of "policies" is an idiot; just wanna make that clear. Someone who lacks morals and decency can't bring and enact moral and decent policies, and ain't nobody gonna lie to us and say stuff like "Just remember what it was like when Trump WAS President!" No. That's HORSESHIT; as IF Trump ever did anything for Blacks, Latinos, Asians, ANYBODY during his little stint as America's Hitler. He wasn't a "law and order" anything; he thought he WAS the fucking Constitution. And now he wants to terminate the document he claims to honor WHY...? Whatevs.
He's all alone. Nobody really loves him. He's the most hated person in America by a WIDE margin. And he's not even "campaigning" anymore. From this point on, he's just going all "January 6th 2.0" -- everyone can see that. Harris' campaign line shows the clear distinction from the madman that is Trump; emphasizing how Trump sees America as just another piece of major wealth he wants to slap his ugly name brand on, while Harris will never ask you if you're a Republican or Democrat -- she'll ask you, "Are you okay?"
Thank you, Liz. Yes, We're Not Going Back. Harris-Walz for 2024.
Kamala Harris just keeps rackin' em UP! Apparently another ally has joined the surrogates, and it's a real SHOCKER -- Caroline Rose Giuliani, daughter of disgraced former "America's Mayor" Rudy Giuliani, has joined the coalition. But it's Caroline's reasoning behind her decision to endorse that hits so hard.
I've read a lot of stories about families -- closely bonded families AND friendships -- that all went to Hell after Donald Trump happened. And these stories were terrifying; I can't fathom how someone as insignificant and worthless as Trump could wreak such damage across the most sacred of interpersonal relationships. So a recent article on Vanity Fair, written by Caroline herself, spoke to me quite viscerally.
Here are some of the most striking quotes I found in Caroline's Vanity Fair article:
"If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass. A 34-time convicted felon who’s been found liable for sexual abuse, tries to steal elections, and demeans people based on their race, sexuality, disability status, and gender falls remarkably short of the bar we must set for ourselves as a country.
"A democracy by definition cannot be fixed or calcified. It must have the flexibility to change according to the wishes of its people, not the despotic dreams of one.
"I am also voting for Harris because she is the only candidate who cares about my rights as a woman. The reversal of Roe v Wade was a shocking and horrifying “accomplishment” of Trump’s that has already resulted in the unforgivable and unnecessary deaths of innocent women like Amber Nicole Thurman. Seeing Republican state officials enact draconian abortion bans and threaten fertility care is incredibly personal for me.
"We live at a crossroads in history, where the future of not only our democracy but our planet is at stake. Trump’s first-term position on the Climate Crisis was to call it a hoax while stripping away climate regulations and giving the fossil fuel industry everything they wanted and more.
"Take it from me, Trump destroys everything he touches. I saw it happen to my family. Don’t let it happen to yours, or to our country."
Caroline also goes into painful, heartbreaking detail about her relationship to her dad, Rudy -- though the rest of us know all about his fall from grace, Caroline obviously felt the pain on a much deeper level. At one point in the article, Caroline describes her final, most heartbreaking plea to her dad to reject the opportunity to be Trump's attorney... only for Rudy to take up the job anyway the following day. As the quote above implies, Caroline, in a way, has directly and contemptuously charged Trump with the "death" of Rudy Giuliani; she loves her dad dearly... but her dad isn't her dad anymore.
This is frightening, the account of the daughter of the most disgraced mayor in American history -- which is compounded by the recently unsealed report from Judge Chutkan detailing in STARK DETAIL damning evidence of Trump's actions to deny the results of the 2020 election, leading to the assault on democracy on January 6th, 2021 which led to nine people dying and more than a thousand Capital police officers being brutalized and forever changed.
Yup, and the Harris-Walz campaign also launched a new ad, taking full advantage of yesterday's vice presidential debate where JD Vance went and full up pretended that Jan. 6 didn't even happen and chose to attack Harris on the grounds of some kind of "censorship"...
We're Not Going Back. Harris-Walz for 2024.
Caroline Giuliani's call to preserve America's democracy on Vanity Fair.
I've read a lot of stories about families -- closely bonded families AND friendships -- that all went to Hell after Donald Trump happened. And these stories were terrifying; I can't fathom how someone as insignificant and worthless as Trump could wreak such damage across the most sacred of interpersonal relationships. So a recent article on Vanity Fair, written by Caroline herself, spoke to me quite viscerally.
Here are some of the most striking quotes I found in Caroline's Vanity Fair article:
"If the president isn’t going to be subject to the law like every other citizen, which remains incomprehensible to me, then our president had better have a moral compass. A 34-time convicted felon who’s been found liable for sexual abuse, tries to steal elections, and demeans people based on their race, sexuality, disability status, and gender falls remarkably short of the bar we must set for ourselves as a country.
"A democracy by definition cannot be fixed or calcified. It must have the flexibility to change according to the wishes of its people, not the despotic dreams of one.
"I am also voting for Harris because she is the only candidate who cares about my rights as a woman. The reversal of Roe v Wade was a shocking and horrifying “accomplishment” of Trump’s that has already resulted in the unforgivable and unnecessary deaths of innocent women like Amber Nicole Thurman. Seeing Republican state officials enact draconian abortion bans and threaten fertility care is incredibly personal for me.
"We live at a crossroads in history, where the future of not only our democracy but our planet is at stake. Trump’s first-term position on the Climate Crisis was to call it a hoax while stripping away climate regulations and giving the fossil fuel industry everything they wanted and more.
"Take it from me, Trump destroys everything he touches. I saw it happen to my family. Don’t let it happen to yours, or to our country."
Caroline also goes into painful, heartbreaking detail about her relationship to her dad, Rudy -- though the rest of us know all about his fall from grace, Caroline obviously felt the pain on a much deeper level. At one point in the article, Caroline describes her final, most heartbreaking plea to her dad to reject the opportunity to be Trump's attorney... only for Rudy to take up the job anyway the following day. As the quote above implies, Caroline, in a way, has directly and contemptuously charged Trump with the "death" of Rudy Giuliani; she loves her dad dearly... but her dad isn't her dad anymore.
This is frightening, the account of the daughter of the most disgraced mayor in American history -- which is compounded by the recently unsealed report from Judge Chutkan detailing in STARK DETAIL damning evidence of Trump's actions to deny the results of the 2020 election, leading to the assault on democracy on January 6th, 2021 which led to nine people dying and more than a thousand Capital police officers being brutalized and forever changed.
Yup, and the Harris-Walz campaign also launched a new ad, taking full advantage of yesterday's vice presidential debate where JD Vance went and full up pretended that Jan. 6 didn't even happen and chose to attack Harris on the grounds of some kind of "censorship"...
We're Not Going Back. Harris-Walz for 2024.
Caroline Giuliani's call to preserve America's democracy on Vanity Fair.
