Lots of gossip this week about this new CBS anchor person. Makes me wonder: Why do the Big Three networks from our childhood stick with this half hour news thing every night at 630 pm? The whole format seems outdated at this point. Do you think there’s some kind of detente/arms race thing with the networks meaning no network will cancel their show first?
What happened to Mark Kelly's assertion that one doesn't have to follow illegal orders? How many of Trump and his DOJ's actions have been illegal? Shouldn't have some of them not been followed?
David, can you be very specific as to what the Dems could actually do to stand up to this Orange Douche Bully? They may not have majority votes, but surely they can speak FORCEFULLY and call him
Out on every lie? Can they gather enforce on the Capitol steps and ask all their constituents to join them in a massive protest led by them? From where I stand, they seem so passive and still so cautious how they word this regimes power takeover. Mark Kelly, Gavin Newsom and a few others are are verbally pushing back, but what about the other 200?
One area of success so far. In just under a year, the Trump administration has been hit with roughly 575 court challenges to executive actions and has won only about 36 percent of decided cases. Most administrations face far fewer cases and win 60 to 70 percent. Both the scale and the losses are historically bad.
There is a lot of speculation about Trump cancelling the mid term elections. Either by declaring martial law or a national emergency for no reason. Each state controls their own elections. Would they all just not carry them out? Soldiers on the ground in all 50 states (or just the blue ones?) to enforce martial law? All the candidates would have wasted time and money all year running for office… would they just accept it and say nothing? Would mail-in ballots be stopped also?
Hi David, this is something I’ve wondered for a long time, but why does nobody bring up the Eighth Amendment in relation to the Trump administration’s sending of Venezuelan immigrants to CECOT last year? Our constitution bans “cruel and unusual punishment”, so sending people to a prison *in another country* known for human rights abuses, and where prisoners are stuck in giant holding pens with bright lights on all the time, where the most basic prisoner rights aren’t observed, people die in these pens and their bodies aren’t removed for hours or even days - this certainly seems to qualify for cruel and unusual punishment. Just wondering your thoughts.
Does the state serve capital and fight the poor instead of fighting poverty? Did the state make itself poor by giving trillions to the Wall Street banks? Will the US not fade into irrelevance if the super-rich refuse paying any justified taxes and BRICS countries are increasingly enticed to partnership with China?
Would you agree that some mechanism of keeping the DOJ separate from the control of the Executive branch is desperately needed? Like perhaps 2/3 of Congress confirming the AG? So in future it can’t be used as a private law enforcement arm of the President?
I read somewhere that Ross, who killed Renee Good, had been dragged by a car and seriously hurt a year ago so he was triggered by Renee. If so this smacks of his employer not seeing he had the right rehab and retraining. Was he police or ICE? I don’t know. I do not think he was fit for service or properly trained- a black mark for his
I’m trying to imagine what a military takeover attempt of Greenland would look like. Would our NATO allies pitch in to defend it?? Would Congress awake from their slumber and actually pull the trigger on impeachment ?
You spend every day reporting on democratic norms collapsing, bad-faith actors winning, and consequences failing to land. How do you stay mentally intact doing this without either burning out or just going numb?
Do you think that Democrats and Republicans in congress have a secret handshake? For example, do they agree that they will talk smack about those across the aisle in public, but accept the fact that reelection is a priority they all share, and act cordially with each other in private? Or, as I hope is true, politicians on the left work diligently to change the minds of those on the right?
Authoritarian politics often fail when governing becomes more painful than symbolic. Do you see this administration approaching the point where its own base begins to disengage because the chaos costs them more than it empowers them?
What future economic, health, or security crisis is the country now less prepared for because of how governance is being conducted today?
A personal question: I recently self-published "The Great Divide: Poems and Politics" that includes a section on how Trump's assault on faith and values has created a societal great divide. If you'd like a copy, email me with your postal address - Joe@JoeTye.com.
Lots of gossip this week about this new CBS anchor person. Makes me wonder: Why do the Big Three networks from our childhood stick with this half hour news thing every night at 630 pm? The whole format seems outdated at this point. Do you think there’s some kind of detente/arms race thing with the networks meaning no network will cancel their show first?
What happened to Mark Kelly's assertion that one doesn't have to follow illegal orders? How many of Trump and his DOJ's actions have been illegal? Shouldn't have some of them not been followed?
David, can you be very specific as to what the Dems could actually do to stand up to this Orange Douche Bully? They may not have majority votes, but surely they can speak FORCEFULLY and call him
Out on every lie? Can they gather enforce on the Capitol steps and ask all their constituents to join them in a massive protest led by them? From where I stand, they seem so passive and still so cautious how they word this regimes power takeover. Mark Kelly, Gavin Newsom and a few others are are verbally pushing back, but what about the other 200?
One area of success so far. In just under a year, the Trump administration has been hit with roughly 575 court challenges to executive actions and has won only about 36 percent of decided cases. Most administrations face far fewer cases and win 60 to 70 percent. Both the scale and the losses are historically bad.
There is a lot of speculation about Trump cancelling the mid term elections. Either by declaring martial law or a national emergency for no reason. Each state controls their own elections. Would they all just not carry them out? Soldiers on the ground in all 50 states (or just the blue ones?) to enforce martial law? All the candidates would have wasted time and money all year running for office… would they just accept it and say nothing? Would mail-in ballots be stopped also?
Hi David, this is something I’ve wondered for a long time, but why does nobody bring up the Eighth Amendment in relation to the Trump administration’s sending of Venezuelan immigrants to CECOT last year? Our constitution bans “cruel and unusual punishment”, so sending people to a prison *in another country* known for human rights abuses, and where prisoners are stuck in giant holding pens with bright lights on all the time, where the most basic prisoner rights aren’t observed, people die in these pens and their bodies aren’t removed for hours or even days - this certainly seems to qualify for cruel and unusual punishment. Just wondering your thoughts.
Does the state serve capital and fight the poor instead of fighting poverty? Did the state make itself poor by giving trillions to the Wall Street banks? Will the US not fade into irrelevance if the super-rich refuse paying any justified taxes and BRICS countries are increasingly enticed to partnership with China?
Would you agree that some mechanism of keeping the DOJ separate from the control of the Executive branch is desperately needed? Like perhaps 2/3 of Congress confirming the AG? So in future it can’t be used as a private law enforcement arm of the President?
I read somewhere that Ross, who killed Renee Good, had been dragged by a car and seriously hurt a year ago so he was triggered by Renee. If so this smacks of his employer not seeing he had the right rehab and retraining. Was he police or ICE? I don’t know. I do not think he was fit for service or properly trained- a black mark for his
employer.
I’m trying to imagine what a military takeover attempt of Greenland would look like. Would our NATO allies pitch in to defend it?? Would Congress awake from their slumber and actually pull the trigger on impeachment ?
Just curious if you went to college and, if so, where? Also, how did you get into doing what you do? Thanks!
David,
You spend every day reporting on democratic norms collapsing, bad-faith actors winning, and consequences failing to land. How do you stay mentally intact doing this without either burning out or just going numb?
Do you think that Democrats and Republicans in congress have a secret handshake? For example, do they agree that they will talk smack about those across the aisle in public, but accept the fact that reelection is a priority they all share, and act cordially with each other in private? Or, as I hope is true, politicians on the left work diligently to change the minds of those on the right?
Authoritarian politics often fail when governing becomes more painful than symbolic. Do you see this administration approaching the point where its own base begins to disengage because the chaos costs them more than it empowers them?
What future economic, health, or security crisis is the country now less prepared for because of how governance is being conducted today?
A personal question: I recently self-published "The Great Divide: Poems and Politics" that includes a section on how Trump's assault on faith and values has created a societal great divide. If you'd like a copy, email me with your postal address - Joe@JoeTye.com.
I've just started reading The Echo Machine.