I remember when the lying hypocritical Republicans were whining about states rights. They were never serious. Today the corporate criminal Republicans want a corporate dictator controlled central government and that’s what we have.
The Elections are supposed to be run by the States. The States may USE the U.S. Postal Service, as anyone can. But, the U.S. Postal Service is Federal, so it cannot be used by The Federal Gov’t to oversee or “manage” the ballots in any way, (other than delivering them as addressed, which is their job), because The Conduct of Elections is under States’ Authority, per the Constitution.
Trump and his corporate masters of vandalized the constitution because they are all above the law. That needs to change and the only way that will happen is if they are vanquished. Unfortunately, they hold all the power and they are the government. They are the dystopia that we were warned about 30 years ago. Corporatism is a pretty word for fascism.
Stealing Mail that is in-transit, is already a Crime. That’s what needs to be very clearly communicated, in all postal sorting locations, to rein-in any rogue MAGA postal-employees who might do anything to the mail-ballots!
Kavanaugh is totally wrong about the USPS having statuary authority to implement those changes to mail in voting. The 10th Amendment says anything not specifically listed in the Constitution as federal authority belongs to the states and that includes how elections are run including mail in voting!
Agree. Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented." Trump's lieutenants are all over the place. Have either of these slugs done anything to tamp down on Trump?
You are right, the fight is not over. Trump will still use the underlying argument that elections are rigged. This despite he and his servants got elected using it.
What I do not understand is why Dominion and Smartmatic did not sue Trump directly for disparaging their voting machines even if it was done thru others like FOX.
I disagree. There are people in the shadows much more intelligent and much more dangerous than Trump. Trump is a puppet and they’re using him like a rodeo clown to distract so that they can steal.
Distract and steal his the Republican two step. They have been doing it for decades and now they have the perfect figurehead. The other danger is MAGA. I’m not talking about the movement I’m talking about the individual MAGATS. They are the enemy of humanity. They were born to be what they are and they’re beyond redemption.
The real power comes from the lawless corporate master class. They controlled just about everything and when they are gone the dystopia will be gone.
That’s what happens when the highest court in the nation gives a madman complete authority without any guardrails…he continues to think he can use them like he uses everyone else. What could go wrong? 🤷♀️
Hey David, so I see that Clarence Thomas was one of the justices that wanted to allow the exec. order to go through on the mail-in limitations. I just wanted to know just what it takes to “get that pubic hair off of my Coke” (I know I'm dating myself on his nomination hearings) or I mean get him impeached or get congressional plan fior legitimate ethical oversight over the supreme court.
No one understands what makes Thomas' brain click. I think he likes being the contrarian. The odd man out who thinks he is the smartest one in the room. You say black, he will say white, just to one up you. I think he never got over his brutal confirmation hearing and this is his way of payback.
Not sure about Alito either, but he will support Trump every time he gets a chance. So much for separation of powers.
He will pursue other devious approaches. Sending "monitors" to election polls. It's never over till it's over with him. Even he admitted he voted by mail. Suggestion: don't mail ballots. Take them to local drop off boxes. Much safer.
And remember the rally cry of the South? States Rights. 10th amendment. Only when it suited them. We are still fighting the new Jim Crow.
When we win in November, we better get him out. If not, he will have the rest of his term to rig the 2028 voting, like he did with Kamala, so one of his crooks win.
Even the republicans are fed up with his nonsense only the hard core MAGA faction on the court went along with his desperate attempts to sow fear, doubt and confusion 😎
I am always thinking about ways to preserve my way of life in America. I believe that even with the Democrats taking back control of both houses in the November election, we are still in the weeds. The best scenario I can envision is extensive and convoluted. Imagine that most Democrats are social democrats and take control of Congress; they would still not be able to pass any meaningful laws because of the Senate. Even if they could change the House to be more responsive to state populations, they still couldn’t bypass the Senate.
The problem is how to remove the Senate’s authority. The Senate is a ridiculous and irrational structure intended to co-opt the slave owners in the Southern states into signing the Constitution. The idea that small states with small populations can control larger states is unbelievable. I would disband the Senate, but that may never happen; maybe we could make it an advisory adjunct group with no voting power.
Next, abolish the Electoral College; the president will be elected by popular vote.
We must pass a law to eliminate dark money from our political system.
Most importantly, change from first-past-the-post to PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION. We have a winner-take-all mentality, which means that in any election, half of the voters go unrepresented. Most European countries use proportional representation to elect representatives, allowing many candidates to gain representation. At the time of an election, if a new party gains voters’ support, it appears on the ballot. This means many parties can appear on the ballot, and a voter will select their first, second, and third choices; the results will select many parties, and these parties will be allocated seats in Congress; therefore, there will not be a party that is the dominant party and able to control Congress. As in many European countries, these parties must form alliances with other minor parties to establish a parliamentary leader.
Also, state representatives can be re-evaluated and recalled by the state if citizens decide they are dissatisfied with their performance.
We must reconfigure the Supreme Court. It should have an age limit of 70 and be selected through a process, perhaps by a special counsel, rather than by the Federalist Society. The court’s responsibility would be to review only a lower court’s decision to determine whether it violated legal precedent, not to review the case decision. The state’s supreme court will be the final word on cases tried in state court, not the federal Supreme Court.
We must constantly safeguard states’ rights and citizens’ power and make them the determining factor in government decisions. We must ensure unions have a place in the president’s decisions. Now, there have been calls for a soft secession, and that may be an emergency measure, but it would only regulate Trump’s craziness and would not provide a way to implement the needed changes to our government. Even with a Democrat-controlled Congress, it would be impossible to make the changes needed to create a safe environment. Remember also that the money-hungry billionaires will wage an unrelenting war to stop these changes.
I have stated, and will state again, that the only way to bring about these changes is for the democratic states to secede from the Union. I know and have read many researchers who have written about secession, and they have also stated that nothing else will change any of the ideas I have expressed above.
One of the best comments ever made and I agree. Senate is an ancient relic left over from slavery to protect the masters. The smallest state gets equal voice to the biggest. Right now the senate is hopeless. Term and age limits should be mandatory along with some mandatory prior public service.
The party system may well be our downfall. Both are so far apart on most everything little permanent progress occurs. If I could change anything I would look at the House. The pipsqueak speaker, Johnson, is a purely party hack. I would eliminate that position and have a no elected professional non-partisan parliamentarian appointed. Both parties can then have equal opportunity to submit legislation and it not be sabotaged by one person like Johnson.
One way to curb abuse is to require spending can no longer exceed spending and mandatory reduction of national debt.
Fantastic news. My state is heavily reliant on mail-in voting, and it works.
I was surprised the next No Kings is focused on voting as early as possible, but it makes sense we would not just keep building attendance at a rally. It is time for action.
It is incredibly irresponsible of Congress to leave Trump in office as we head into the midterms, but so be it. Time to get there and see this disaster end, and I think very few of us think Trump will ride silently into the night. But I also think their illusion of support is evaporating fast, and that is all thanks to Trump himself! He is more about filling diapers than rallies these days. Oh how the lame have fallen!
There is some minor consolation with Trump, he hurts the ones closest to him more. Farmers and ranchers and the entire corporate lobby are getting screwed over. High prices mean less sales, less income and less loyalty. We used to be the home of the brave and land of free, where did all that go?
Kavanaugh keeps offering Trump ideas on future ways to get around what the Supreme Court issues. But, here's one of the issues for me. What good is a post office that decides which of your mail to pass onward? When I (or anyone else) pay postage, I have to believe that postal workers are sworn to do their best to deliver what I mailed -- not that they're going to pore over my missives and decide whether or not to deliver them. Why would I patronize them otherwise? There are other options besides the USPS. (Is this another institution Trump is doing his best to destroy?)
The Constitution is clear, States run their elections.
I remember when the lying hypocritical Republicans were whining about states rights. They were never serious. Today the corporate criminal Republicans want a corporate dictator controlled central government and that’s what we have.
The Elections are supposed to be run by the States. The States may USE the U.S. Postal Service, as anyone can. But, the U.S. Postal Service is Federal, so it cannot be used by The Federal Gov’t to oversee or “manage” the ballots in any way, (other than delivering them as addressed, which is their job), because The Conduct of Elections is under States’ Authority, per the Constitution.
Trump and his corporate masters of vandalized the constitution because they are all above the law. That needs to change and the only way that will happen is if they are vanquished. Unfortunately, they hold all the power and they are the government. They are the dystopia that we were warned about 30 years ago. Corporatism is a pretty word for fascism.
Stealing Mail that is in-transit, is already a Crime. That’s what needs to be very clearly communicated, in all postal sorting locations, to rein-in any rogue MAGA postal-employees who might do anything to the mail-ballots!
If people are screwing with the US mail they go to prison and hopefully they will die in that prison because somebody will beat the crap out of them
Kavanaugh is totally wrong about the USPS having statuary authority to implement those changes to mail in voting. The 10th Amendment says anything not specifically listed in the Constitution as federal authority belongs to the states and that includes how elections are run including mail in voting!
The biggest fraudster,crooked and incompetent dangerous man is Donald J Trump himself! Look no further!
Agree. Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented." Trump's lieutenants are all over the place. Have either of these slugs done anything to tamp down on Trump?
You are right, the fight is not over. Trump will still use the underlying argument that elections are rigged. This despite he and his servants got elected using it.
What I do not understand is why Dominion and Smartmatic did not sue Trump directly for disparaging their voting machines even if it was done thru others like FOX.
I disagree. There are people in the shadows much more intelligent and much more dangerous than Trump. Trump is a puppet and they’re using him like a rodeo clown to distract so that they can steal.
Distract and steal his the Republican two step. They have been doing it for decades and now they have the perfect figurehead. The other danger is MAGA. I’m not talking about the movement I’m talking about the individual MAGATS. They are the enemy of humanity. They were born to be what they are and they’re beyond redemption.
The real power comes from the lawless corporate master class. They controlled just about everything and when they are gone the dystopia will be gone.
I do know where you are coming from. I do know how dangerous and corrupt the people behind Trump are!
When Trump is gone this so-called deep state or shadow government will still be here
That’s what happens when the highest court in the nation gives a madman complete authority without any guardrails…he continues to think he can use them like he uses everyone else. What could go wrong? 🤷♀️
Hey David, so I see that Clarence Thomas was one of the justices that wanted to allow the exec. order to go through on the mail-in limitations. I just wanted to know just what it takes to “get that pubic hair off of my Coke” (I know I'm dating myself on his nomination hearings) or I mean get him impeached or get congressional plan fior legitimate ethical oversight over the supreme court.
No one understands what makes Thomas' brain click. I think he likes being the contrarian. The odd man out who thinks he is the smartest one in the room. You say black, he will say white, just to one up you. I think he never got over his brutal confirmation hearing and this is his way of payback.
Not sure about Alito either, but he will support Trump every time he gets a chance. So much for separation of powers.
He will pursue other devious approaches. Sending "monitors" to election polls. It's never over till it's over with him. Even he admitted he voted by mail. Suggestion: don't mail ballots. Take them to local drop off boxes. Much safer.
And remember the rally cry of the South? States Rights. 10th amendment. Only when it suited them. We are still fighting the new Jim Crow.
When we win in November, we better get him out. If not, he will have the rest of his term to rig the 2028 voting, like he did with Kamala, so one of his crooks win.
I’m so glad they stood up to him. Trump needs to be stopped.
Thanks David, that was great news from the Supreme Court but the vote should have been 9-0
Well it's abt freaking time but then again it's the Supreme Court rt🤷🏻♀️🇺🇲
Even the republicans are fed up with his nonsense only the hard core MAGA faction on the court went along with his desperate attempts to sow fear, doubt and confusion 😎
I am always thinking about ways to preserve my way of life in America. I believe that even with the Democrats taking back control of both houses in the November election, we are still in the weeds. The best scenario I can envision is extensive and convoluted. Imagine that most Democrats are social democrats and take control of Congress; they would still not be able to pass any meaningful laws because of the Senate. Even if they could change the House to be more responsive to state populations, they still couldn’t bypass the Senate.
The problem is how to remove the Senate’s authority. The Senate is a ridiculous and irrational structure intended to co-opt the slave owners in the Southern states into signing the Constitution. The idea that small states with small populations can control larger states is unbelievable. I would disband the Senate, but that may never happen; maybe we could make it an advisory adjunct group with no voting power.
Next, abolish the Electoral College; the president will be elected by popular vote.
We must pass a law to eliminate dark money from our political system.
Most importantly, change from first-past-the-post to PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION. We have a winner-take-all mentality, which means that in any election, half of the voters go unrepresented. Most European countries use proportional representation to elect representatives, allowing many candidates to gain representation. At the time of an election, if a new party gains voters’ support, it appears on the ballot. This means many parties can appear on the ballot, and a voter will select their first, second, and third choices; the results will select many parties, and these parties will be allocated seats in Congress; therefore, there will not be a party that is the dominant party and able to control Congress. As in many European countries, these parties must form alliances with other minor parties to establish a parliamentary leader.
Also, state representatives can be re-evaluated and recalled by the state if citizens decide they are dissatisfied with their performance.
We must reconfigure the Supreme Court. It should have an age limit of 70 and be selected through a process, perhaps by a special counsel, rather than by the Federalist Society. The court’s responsibility would be to review only a lower court’s decision to determine whether it violated legal precedent, not to review the case decision. The state’s supreme court will be the final word on cases tried in state court, not the federal Supreme Court.
We must constantly safeguard states’ rights and citizens’ power and make them the determining factor in government decisions. We must ensure unions have a place in the president’s decisions. Now, there have been calls for a soft secession, and that may be an emergency measure, but it would only regulate Trump’s craziness and would not provide a way to implement the needed changes to our government. Even with a Democrat-controlled Congress, it would be impossible to make the changes needed to create a safe environment. Remember also that the money-hungry billionaires will wage an unrelenting war to stop these changes.
I have stated, and will state again, that the only way to bring about these changes is for the democratic states to secede from the Union. I know and have read many researchers who have written about secession, and they have also stated that nothing else will change any of the ideas I have expressed above.
One of the best comments ever made and I agree. Senate is an ancient relic left over from slavery to protect the masters. The smallest state gets equal voice to the biggest. Right now the senate is hopeless. Term and age limits should be mandatory along with some mandatory prior public service.
The party system may well be our downfall. Both are so far apart on most everything little permanent progress occurs. If I could change anything I would look at the House. The pipsqueak speaker, Johnson, is a purely party hack. I would eliminate that position and have a no elected professional non-partisan parliamentarian appointed. Both parties can then have equal opportunity to submit legislation and it not be sabotaged by one person like Johnson.
One way to curb abuse is to require spending can no longer exceed spending and mandatory reduction of national debt.
💙💙💙💯💯
Fantastic news. My state is heavily reliant on mail-in voting, and it works.
I was surprised the next No Kings is focused on voting as early as possible, but it makes sense we would not just keep building attendance at a rally. It is time for action.
It is incredibly irresponsible of Congress to leave Trump in office as we head into the midterms, but so be it. Time to get there and see this disaster end, and I think very few of us think Trump will ride silently into the night. But I also think their illusion of support is evaporating fast, and that is all thanks to Trump himself! He is more about filling diapers than rallies these days. Oh how the lame have fallen!
There is some minor consolation with Trump, he hurts the ones closest to him more. Farmers and ranchers and the entire corporate lobby are getting screwed over. High prices mean less sales, less income and less loyalty. We used to be the home of the brave and land of free, where did all that go?
Kavanaugh keeps offering Trump ideas on future ways to get around what the Supreme Court issues. But, here's one of the issues for me. What good is a post office that decides which of your mail to pass onward? When I (or anyone else) pay postage, I have to believe that postal workers are sworn to do their best to deliver what I mailed -- not that they're going to pore over my missives and decide whether or not to deliver them. Why would I patronize them otherwise? There are other options besides the USPS. (Is this another institution Trump is doing his best to destroy?)