Well, a former Christian Evangelist said Republicanism goes hand in hand with the religion. She said it didn't matter what amount of facts people said or showed, they believed their beliefs as the real truth, and Democrats, and Liberals were brainwashed. So they have to see things unfold for themselves to truely understand that they are living a lie. If Dems tried to block them, MAGA would continue toexist without seeing what they caused
This exemplifying that great American value of: "Pennywise and pound foolish". We're so focused on the pennies that we don't get what the real cost is in the long run.
@@johnsmith1953x "Something Dr Seuss would say!" nah. Seuss would say something like this: let trump be the trumpiest trump, let him live in the dump, and operate the pump. let him cover his bump, and dance the crump, because the trumpiest trump will cause a thump.
I just heard this phrase today: "Don’t get between an alcoholic and their bottom." Sometimes it's better to step back as opposed to stepping in. Not every lesson is ours to learn.
It is really is hard sometimes watching the slow motion train wreck waiting for "the bottom". Sometimes the your phrase the "bottom" is "6 feet down" (meaning the person dies first). I hope we can all be ready when the time comes. "I hate to see a friend Go down in flames without a song" Janis Ian - From Me to You.
The other issue that I'm seeing is that every time I think Republicans define a new "bottom", nope, they find a way to be even less than they've shown us they can be. So we will be waiting a STUPID long time before we see the Republicans get to THEIR bottoms (not that they could find their bottoms with their hands tied together behind their backs).
@@tomatojuice984i think the republican party sticking so close to him is a mistake, because he'll probably do something stupid before his term ends that causes them to want to distance themselves from him. they should realistically be worried about what happens when they're in too deep to do that. that's speculation about the next four years though. maybe it's not so bad for them. maybe no one remembers they were ever in bed with trump. maybe americans really don't think he's a fool after whatever he does. maybe, by some miracle, he doesn't do anything to embarrass himself.
This is the _actual_ battle to be fought. To fight the deflection of responsibility for the trainwreck, not the trainwreck itself. Make it very clear that they asked for this, never let them forget.
@@arturobianco848 You'd think so, but in 2020 they were still blaming Obama, despite the problem often being that trump had thrown out or ignored the relevant Obama policies. His cult are so ignorant they kept lapping it up.
Biden is still the President and Harris is still the VP. And they are for another month, but they've dropped out of sight. The Democrats have pretty much dropped from sight except for fighting over who lost the last election for them. The Democrats used to be fairly well organized, but those days are over until they get it back together.
@Duncaniowa17 We're still doing pretty good! I'm not wanting to live elsewhere, YET. We'll wait & see what President Musk does coming up in the very near future!
Rick Wilson made a great analogy. He used to sit on a FL dock and feed chicken to an alligator. No matter how much he fed the alligator it wouldn’t stop it from eating him. Let the Republicans keep feeding the alligator.
Bold of you to assume they'd want anything to do with being awake considering how they cry about the idea of "woke". Anyone that still supports Trump in 2024 and beyond don't give a flying FUCK about any facts that go against him. The folks that wore rose tinted glasses over Trump's handling of Obama's economy are gonna be in for a rude awakening and wishing for Biden back (assuming Trump makes good on his promises) but Trump cultists are a lost cause.
You’re right, Ever since the Clinton’s took over the Democratic Party, it’s been a steady and consistent descent into oblivion. It didn’t happen slowly, you are correct.
Its not just 45. Its time maga sees what he really thinks of them. We spent months during the campagn telling everyone how bad his policies were and how his reelection would harm the country. They chose him. So its fafo time.
Maybe they'll learn if another Great Depression happens. The 1920's era of excess was bound to end, but the public didn't see it that way and Hoover was the next chapter. We all know how great his economic policies were that arguably made the Depression worse.
@@alisonbaldwin9976 most people realized her policies were worse, I’m very hopeful he gets the country back on the right track,Biden /harris put us in a bad spot hopefully it will get better
One thing I've frequently noticed about conservative policies is that they sound good...for about three seconds. The moment you look deeper into them, check them against facts, try to implement something, they go up in a massive dumpster fire. They are policies for sound-bites, not for reality.
I hate to break it to you, but that ship has already sailed. When Musk can buy Donald Trump the presidency and literally force Congress to do his bidding by threatening to use his billions, and ownership of Twitter, to ruin their political careers, democracy is dead.
Mrs. Belle, as a fellow woman, I understand looks don't matter, and it's about how we feel. And you also deserve to be told when you are glowing. And today, ma'am, you look just radiant. Thank you so much for all you are doing ❤️
That's why I've been telling every Trump voter that comes to me gloating about the big win: "I hope that you get exactly the country and government that you voted for."
For a few weeks after election day, there were moments when my mind wandered into the phrase, "Maybe Trump really is the president that America deserves," and I mean it in the most ironic ways continuing, "especially his voters."
@@Quagma-b2i Absolutely. They made more of a hay in the past, and the republicans used it against them. It's part of why we got where we are at, now. Everybody have had to see it. When Democrats went freak out often, it worked against them, in the end. This time, Maga voters will have absolutely no excuse, and when blame is thrown; the democrats not involved in the mess, will bring the receipts, and give all the non-Maga voters the receipts.
Thank you!! It is not the Democratic Party letting us down, it's the US electorate. If so many voters didn't want this result it was well within their power to cast their ballot for Harris/Walz 2024, and anyone who didn't has no standing to whine about it now. A turnout of 75% or more of eligible voters could very well have made the difference last November.
@@Ann-snowshoeingonEnceladusAlthough I agree I would have liked to have seen a push for important recounts.To let the election go without so much as a whimper is so frustrating!
Like President Musk did when he ordered Congress and then ordered Trump to refuse to accept the Continuing Resolution that was bargained and accepted by both parties. Now it seems likely the Republicans will close the government down, or are expecting the Democrats to cave in to their demand to eliminate the debt ceiling. Those Republicans keep forgetting they're dealing with Dark Brandon, who remains President until January 20, 2025 at noon. So go ahead, MAGA, close down the government, shut down airports, stop pay to our military families. Oh they're all just gonna love you, especially millions of Americans who have travel plans over the holidays.
I really, really, needed to hear this. I did. I am growing frightened by the potential damage looming in our futures. Letter writing and protest marches only go so far. I need to hear that there are people in positions of power that can and WILL resist, push back, deny, and counter all they can with what they have. I love my country. I dont want to leave. I don't w a nt to remain frightened.
@Frostbite08, That’s why Real Christians don’t participate in the world’s conflicts. God expects obedience. That is how we know all the religious narratives in politics are based on lies and not the Bible.
@@Frostbite08problem with this statement is MLK Jr was a preacher, Malcom was a minister… all the strides black people made regarding equal rights the church was a cornerstone and without it those fights may have been lost
@mzhappyfree7688 MLK Jr never endorsed a candidate. Malcolm X did not "endorse" a candidate as a minister. And that is the heaviest set of quotation marks I have ever used, because calling his opinion that "Black people are better off if a KKK endorsed candidate wins because we can galvanize against him" an endorsement is stretching that word about as far as you can.
Simply Brilliant !! This commentary is voicing how many of us who clearly understands how his next term will be. Let his people cry out when/if he follows through with the promises (lies). Soon many will learn/experience the consequences of getting what they want, not what they need. I will continue to sit back, keep quiet and live my life as best as possible.
It's disheartening that many lifelong disengaged voters began their political activism following a "Real Estate" developer/con man... If I have sympathy towards a MAGA individual ... it's Because they were conned novices...
But YOU ‘The People are the ones who control Democracy? Isn’t that why you send your kids to die for “Freedom”? Don’t you send your youth to university and college to learn how to take over and serve the people and society? …Oh right, nothing in the educational or government is designed by intelligent minds or anyone wise. It’s all about falling in line with the hive mind that is incubated for ignorance. You “believe”that Satan cares what ‘The People’ think or want.
But you and them are the same. You are part of the world, because you all support and give your loyalty to the same world government system. So how do you judge each other for expressing your individuality for being independent thinkers like yourself? If you’re going to promote the morals and ethics represented in your media and churches then hate causing intolerance is unavoidable. There is no righteousness in the world that rejects The Creator’s sovereignty and his government’s laws an principles.
Tariffs during the first Trump administration caused major issues for steel purchases with my local family-owned hardware store (competitor to big names). The existing steel vendors had to move to US steel, which did not have the supply to meet demand. Many of the customers complained that they couldn't finish their projects when steel was unavailable, and that the prices had jumped way too much. Ironically, the major customers were people who wanted him to do this.
Did they learn? Like, we can laugh at people fucking around and finding out all we want, but they have to actually put cause and effect together for that to actually make things better in the future.
You’d think they’d learn, but apparently not. Maybe they’ll get their long term memory back when they finally figure out who screws them over when Republicans deregulate and give the billionaires more opportunities to gamble with their money.
The lights and sirens analogy is brilliant. Let the MAGA/ GOP/ Republican Party fight amongst each other, and save the energy and political capital for the things most with fighting for. Thank you, Belle and crew 🙏🏻🤍
@@lawsonj39 Assuming they are still in place, then what? Trump is still President and the Senate/House MAY shift 50/50 the other way. How is that going to REALLY change anything?
I’m weirdly reassured by this development. I feel about the next four years the same kind of “wait and see” attitude I feel when the local news reminds us that Mount Rainier could blow Any Day Now: yep, it could. And there’s only so much I can do about it in advance. If it goes one way, I’m screwed anyway. If it goes the other, I’m ready to act and help and survive. But until then… fretting is only going to burn me out.
Howdy, neighbor! Yes, The Mountain is as dangerous as she is beautiful, but at least we don't have to rebuild and repair our homes every year like they do in hurricane country. We had notice before St. Helens blew. No doubt those of us who prepare and pay attention will have sufficient warning before Rainier blows too.
While I don't live out that way, I've been in eyeshot of (and actually on) Rainier before - it's gorgeous out there, and Rainier was so friggen humongous even from SeaTac that it almost felt unreal. Again, I've never spent more than maybe a month in its sightline, maybe that feeling changes with more time. Unfortunately, I don't have anywhere near the same 'unreal' feeling re next few years, and that's the part that causes me genuine fear.
How do you talk to the mentally unhinged? Sometimes you just have to let people see how unhinged they are. It’s painful but sometimes no other option exists.
We can make it less than 2 yrs if we get out and vote dems up/down the ballot in the special elections coming to a handful of states w/in the next 6 months and then make the dems even stronger at the midterm election! We don’t have to live under billionaire and republican rule. Take your power as a citizen back!
@@kenspear4297Ken, Ken, Ken! At this point what Trump wants or doesn’t want, says or doesn’t say makes no difference. President Musk wants to gut SS & he WILL if the gutless Repugs let him! Oh & BTW - Trump lies!
This may be one of the best, most illuminating videos you have done. I wish i could pipe this into the ears of my non political friends and family. MAGAts aren't ready to hear it. Self inflicted financial pain might act as a crowbar on a closed mind.
@@WTF-204 Record low unemployment. Record high stock market Lowest post pandemic inflation of any industrialized country on the planet. Been pretty busy the past 4 years putting out dishonest Don's dumpster fires from his 1st go around.
America has committed a grave sin. The sin of ignorance and now must suffer the consequences of that sin. Hopefully enough will learn this lesson and together we can weather the coming storm.
Despite the decades of Republicans pulling off their bullshit, that ignorance has only increased. I don't see that lesson being learned any generation soon.
It's more than ignorance, many MAGA knew the consequences of this but they wanted to "own the libs" and to segregate trans people at all costs. Now we will all pay for that hatred of theirs.
@@EdrickBluebeard Imagine not having the votes to save your friends. That’s where the dems are now. They can not affect the outcome of the Trolly Problem because they don’t control the switch.
The Democrats are pretty shell-shocked at this point. I'm really hoping things get shaken up during the leadership struggle next year and some much needed change happens.
Nah, not sure this was as surprising as you'd think. But their choice to pass over AOC in oversight committee for a 74 year old man recovering from cancer tells me that they aren't ready to admit that the same old policies aren't working.
I get all the "FAFO" BUT I'm not sure there will be much of America left when trump, musk and MAGA get done. I'm afraid that there will be a giant "Luigi" response where people start going after republicans when the public finds out that NONE OF THEM had a F'ING CLUE how to do anything or how anything works. Never burn the house you're IN.
As long as you do manage your own money, learn to avoid doing anything rash, you can stand on solid ground. People who jump into quicksand attempting to save someone aren't helping but adding to the crisis, and that person WON'T thank you for making things worse.
People on the left keep thinking population act rationally. They don’t. The right has flooded and taken control of the media both traditional and new. That’s how trump got elected. When you repeat a lie again and again people believe it. Ffs Trump got more votes in 2020 than in 2016 after he botched covid, caused the death of a million Americans and melted the economy. The propaganda machine will keep denying that the actual problems exist, deny that trump is responsible, blame everyone else but trump, make up fake problems to distract the public, suppress objective news reporting in favor of gaslighting and propaganda. The Luigi episode only favors trump. He can use CEOs to divert the anger of his supporters to some expendable scapegoat while preserving his hero image. That’s what Stalin did. Blamed his failures on some of his minion’s and got them executed as traitors.
You've seen the stupidity off the American electorate in full force. There won't be a Luigi response. Like the frog, they'll sit there and slowly get boiled. Get annoyed by whatever minor thing they've been distracted by that week. As someone from the UK they deserve everything they get and more. 'those who can't hear, must feel'
I've been telling all my Trumper coworkers that I voted for trump. It started as an easy way to avoid worksite conflicts, but now it serves a greater purpose. I sound like Adam Jones and Nick Fuentes had an illegitimate test tube baby, just to show them what THEY sound like. I make jokes about all the farmers not having to worry about crops when they done lost the farm. I laugh about crusty old seniors in floriduh sitting in empty nursing homes because all the nurses got deported. I lay it on REAL thick. I don't know why they think I'm a monster, all Im doing is embracing THEIR ideology😁
What nursing homes? If they do away with Social Security and Medicare, they will all have to go out of business. Grandma and Grandpa will be moving back in. Get ready to change the Depends! (Those things get heavy, fast!)
I've been doing that for years, even in this very channel's comment section. For the most part people are too stupid to realize you're mocking them so then it becomes something you feel bad about doing after awhile because it starts feeling like you have showed up at a Kindergarten class as a 40 year old man to bully people three times less your size
Democrats should stand up for trans rights, climate change, etc when it comes up. But if they have the opportunity to protect MAGA folks from their own stupidity... hell no.
They should. However, I do believe the GOP will keep throwing around a Sophie's Choice dilemma at the other party, this time around. With so many powers under their control, they'll do some pretty mean stuff when a budget is on the line. They'll likely take it to the line where the decision is to save one of those, but at the cost of the entire shutdown to happen, the economy to fall, and everybody suffers quite quickly. It would be pretty bad. Now maybe, the clear thing is in order to protect that, to allow the GOP to do the awful thing, have a bunch of us out of work (I'll likely be part of the people not receiving a paycheck, just that quickly) And note that they'd have to do an immense amount of work and cheating to not get completely decimated in the Midterms. The voters would just have to survive the nation-wide poverty time. In the meantime, I do want them to stand up for all of those things and call the GOP's potential bluff.
Biden and the Dems should cut the useless demonstrative crap that goes away on Jan. 20 and DO THEIR JOB!!!! We must demand that the DEMS, Biden and Harris FINALLY MAN UP and ENFORCE the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment barring insurrectionist Trump from office! Biden can use his expanded powers given to him by SCOTUS who intended them for Trump, to DETAIN, HOLD ACCOUNTABLE AND REPLACE the rogue justices who are insurrectionists, receipients of bribery, sex offenders and perjurers!!!! Then there is the matter of the MINIMUM DUE DILLIGENCE of the DEMS to do a recount and start an investigation into the stolen election, or goes anyone here ACTUALLY believe that the MAGA wet dream of Trump winning ALL swing atates, the popular vote and the trifecta is legit???? What happened to „When we fight - we win?????“
But what do they stand up with - They currently have no power on a Federal level. At a State level yes they can fight the good fight, but not nationally.
@@glenchapman3899 There's still the filibuster in the Senate. The biggest challenge is getting the media to tell the truth about what's going on. The Democrats have to keep making their talking points loud.
Here is the thing though, they have shown that they won't. Trans people in bathrooms at the capital "Oh that really sucks... Anyways!" Making sure service member's don't have the added stress of worrying about their trans child at home "This is really sad but the defense of our country!" Yes I know they don't have the votes, but as a trans woman, I genuinely believe that if the Dems felt like they could dump trans people off the party platform they would already be throwing us in the river before the ink was dry.
min 2:35 " The Dem party oversaw the grestest recovery... •• Yes, FDR saved America from the Republican Great Depression, Obama saved America from the Republican Recession, and Biden's laws saved America from the Trump/pandemic recession •• Since 1912, what laws which benefit the middle class and working class, have conservatives ever done ?
That's all well and good, but the anti-trans amendment to the NDAA hits too close to home for me. No, I'm not a trans youth of a service member, but it is the wedge in the door that will let the next congress say "Even the Dems voted for blocking it for youth. We need to block trans healthcare for everyone."
At this point I've lost all faith in the Dems and their support of trans people. They have left us out to dry to many times and I fully believe if they felt they could dump trans people from the national platform, Dems would have already thrown us in the river before the ink was dry.
The Democratic Party legitimized Republican bigotry and propaganda with this choice. The decision not only to vote in favor of a transphobic bill, but to actively prevent any attempts to demand the transphobic verbiage be removed from the bill, sent a clear message to both Republican fascists and Democratic voters: “we’re willing to be collaborators.”
I understand this, but at the same time the folks in Washington won't be the ones suffering under these disastrous policies. As a disabled person dependent on Social Security who also lives in a red state, I'm genuinely terrified of the economic uncertainty going forward. I hate that some many ignorant people decided they were informed enough to vote and decided to vote for a candidate solele because he was screaming the loudest and validated their hateful beliefs. I hate this entire situation, I just hope the Democrats take the right lesson from this and build the party back stronger and quit pushing further to the right, it won't help them any to do so. The old guard needs to retire and leave the younger people to take up the mantle and fix their mistakes.
I'm sorry that you didn't vote for this and you will suffer more than those in Congress. Let's be honest though, the Dems are just the other side of the same coin, the majority are bought and sold too. We need REAL Progressive politicians and policies. People who don't take money from corporations is the only way out of this - money out of politics is the only way.
Not quite equally screwed fellow disabled person here: Yeah, I just wish we were acknowledged more in these hopeful speeches. We're likely the first to be ended from these policies so the whole "we'll be fine and get through like we always have" just feels tone deaf. SO many people will not make it through, just as SO many people did not make it through all those other times.
Im on SSI, Food Stamps, Medicaid, HEAP, STAR, I had a fairly nice old age ahead with Harris, I'll be one of the pieces they pick up after trump is done with me. "They've made worm's meat of me!" (Mercutio). Drafting a letter to my reps, big whoop. I'm in a blue state, but they cant support me without federal money, too.
Nice to know that even though I voted for Harris I am just a necessary casualty, must be nice to have a few million dollars to give you the luxury of waiting out an catastrophe.....eat the rich....on both sides.
I hear ya...I think we can stand up to those MAGA's in our municipalities that try to bully/oppress/spew hatred and watch the dumpster fire at the same time. We can't just turn away and let bad shit happen!
I know what you mean but, as Belle said, more Dems push back, the more Trump will cast them as "the problem" and make everything that goes wrong their fault. He'll do that anyway, but it will be a little harder to sell if they can say "What? What did we do?"
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When your opponent is fighting amongst themselves you don't stop them
@@willcrute7477 stop them, hell no - encourage them, hell yes!
Popcorn time!
“Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake.” -Napoleon Bonaparte
Well, a former Christian Evangelist said Republicanism goes hand in hand with the religion. She said it didn't matter what amount of facts people said or showed, they believed their beliefs as the real truth, and Democrats, and Liberals were brainwashed. So they have to see things unfold for themselves to truely understand that they are living a lie. If Dems tried to block them, MAGA would continue toexist without seeing what they caused
@@samfaulhaber5249 "“Never interrupt your enemy when"
ikr?
People whining about the cost of eggs are gonna have a hard time learning to keep their heads above water.
This exemplifying that great American value of: "Pennywise and pound foolish". We're so focused on the pennies that we don't get what the real cost is in the long run.
The people whining about the price of eggs are the same people buying cheap Chinese made maga hats. No sympathy whatsoever.
They've been drowning for the past 4 years under Biden and the Democratic Party. Where have you been? Are you one of the Democratic Party elites?
Union workers, those on social security, those who use ACA, etc., etc., etc...have voted for their own enemy. smh Let them have it.
Dems aren't much better, look at California
"Let Trump be the Trumpiest Trump a Trumper could Trump"... love that Belle!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Well said!
Something Dr Seuss would say!!
That was brilliant.
Oh the thinks they could think! If they'd think, that is...
@@johnsmith1953x "Something Dr Seuss would say!"
nah. Seuss would say something like this:
let trump be the trumpiest trump, let him live in the dump, and operate the pump.
let him cover his bump, and dance the crump, because the trumpiest trump will cause a thump.
I just heard this phrase today: "Don’t get between an alcoholic and their bottom." Sometimes it's better to step back as opposed to stepping in. Not every lesson is ours to learn.
Yeah, but maybe someone should talk to that bottom because that sounds like a VERY abusive relationship.
It is really is hard sometimes watching the slow motion train wreck waiting for "the bottom". Sometimes the your phrase the "bottom" is "6 feet down" (meaning the person dies first). I hope we can all be ready when the time comes.
"I hate to see a friend
Go down in flames without a song" Janis Ian - From Me to You.
The other issue that I'm seeing is that every time I think Republicans define a new "bottom", nope, they find a way to be even less than they've shown us they can be. So we will be waiting a STUPID long time before we see the Republicans get to THEIR bottoms (not that they could find their bottoms with their hands tied together behind their backs).
Unless the alcoholic is driving and you are a passenger.
Yeah easy to say when you aren't the one being attacked by the alcoholic on a weekly basis while they are on their way to the bottom.
"When your enemy is making a mistake don't stop them" -Napoleon Bonaparte
Exceptional advice.
The question is, are they actually making a mistake?
@@tomatojuice984i think the republican party sticking so close to him is a mistake, because he'll probably do something stupid before his term ends that causes them to want to distance themselves from him. they should realistically be worried about what happens when they're in too deep to do that.
that's speculation about the next four years though. maybe it's not so bad for them. maybe no one remembers they were ever in bed with trump. maybe americans really don't think he's a fool after whatever he does. maybe, by some miracle, he doesn't do anything to embarrass himself.
That's from Sun-Tzu's "Art of War"
the problems is this concerns you, too. your "enemies" are your compatriots
And they will blame every last thing they complain about on Biden...
This is the _actual_ battle to be fought. To fight the deflection of responsibility for the trainwreck, not the trainwreck itself. Make it very clear that they asked for this, never let them forget.
Exactly trump will tell them to blame Biden, Hilary, Obama, gay people, women , immigrants, minorities,
And his stupid supporters will believe him!!!!
One of the reasons that the Dems shouldn't push back. You can blame things on biden only for so long before it starts to sound silly.
@@arturobianco848 You'd think so, but in 2020 they were still blaming Obama, despite the problem often being that trump had thrown out or ignored the relevant Obama policies. His cult are so ignorant they kept lapping it up.
Biden is still the President and Harris is still the VP. And they are for another month, but they've dropped out of sight.
The Democrats have pretty much dropped from sight except for fighting over who lost the last election for them. The Democrats used to be fairly well organized, but those days are over until they get it back together.
I'm figuring that "Is America Great yet?" stickers & posters will become big sellers in the very near future!!😂😂
I'll buy one. Great business idea.
How about “America was great once. But is it now?”
I’d buy a couple. Maybe a yard sign and a few bumper stickers. Oh yeah and a few t-shirts. One in every color. 😂
@Duncaniowa17 We're still doing pretty good! I'm not wanting to live elsewhere, YET. We'll wait & see what President Musk does coming up in the very near future!
Grimmer, but how about, "LIBERTY (from the Oligarchs) OR DEATH"?
Rick Wilson made a great analogy. He used to sit on a FL dock and feed chicken to an alligator. No matter how much he fed the alligator it wouldn’t stop it from eating him. Let the Republicans keep feeding the alligator.
Except it actually would stop the alligator from eating him..
Who wasted more money on the election - lincoln project or Kamala😅
@@jimrogers2390the rot.....Republicans of trump who voted for his ,mendacious ignorant self. Putin is happy.....
@@tomatojuice984no.... eventually... the gator will eat him when the opportunity arose.....😙🤔😏💙👍👍👍
@@jimrogers2390trump with more than musk’s$100,000,000
The number of people who felt free to vote for Trump again since “the institutions restrained him the first time” are in for a rude awakening.
Indeed!
Bold of you to assume they'd want anything to do with being awake considering how they cry about the idea of "woke". Anyone that still supports Trump in 2024 and beyond don't give a flying FUCK about any facts that go against him. The folks that wore rose tinted glasses over Trump's handling of Obama's economy are gonna be in for a rude awakening and wishing for Biden back (assuming Trump makes good on his promises) but Trump cultists are a lost cause.
How so?
@@annathemaanderson4448 The Republicans have a majority in most institutions now. There's basically no restraint left.
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When your enemy is making a mistake, don't interrupt.
You made a great analogy.
Here's another one: this is a marathon, not a sprint. No point exhausting ourselves every moment over every little thing.
You are exactly right. We need to pick our battles.
We have passed several climate change tipping points that we will never be able to fix, and there will be more now that fascism is rising worldwide.
@@blackomega34 what does that have to do with my comment? Serious question.
You’re right, Ever since the Clinton’s took over the Democratic Party, it’s been a steady and consistent descent into oblivion. It didn’t happen slowly, you are correct.
@@thefisherking78 It means 'marathon not a sprint' is becoming increasingly wrong.
"I never thought, the leopards would eat my face... oh oh.. I never thought the leopards would eat my face..."🐆🐆🐆
Its not just 45. Its time maga sees what he really thinks of them. We spent months during the campagn telling everyone how bad his policies were and how his reelection would harm the country. They chose him. So its fafo time.
Maybe they'll learn if another Great Depression happens. The 1920's era of excess was bound to end, but the public didn't see it that way and Hoover was the next chapter. We all know how great his economic policies were that arguably made the Depression worse.
Unfortunately, we are all F**KED‼️😢
@@alisonbaldwin9976 let’s all just hope trump gets the country back on the right track
If this is sarcasm, bhahahahaha!!! If not, I wouldn't bet on it.
@@alisonbaldwin9976 most people realized her policies were worse, I’m very hopeful he gets the country back on the right track,Biden /harris put us in a bad spot hopefully it will get better
One thing I've frequently noticed about conservative policies is that they sound good...for about three seconds. The moment you look deeper into them, check them against facts, try to implement something, they go up in a massive dumpster fire.
They are policies for sound-bites, not for reality.
too bad the public is too stupid to realize that
I have a concept
@@angie-gz4yg Which is why America wasn't 'great' in the first place.
@@chesterwheeler9781 Huh! He doesn't even have THAT much of a clue.
@@angie-gz4yg I say that about the democrats policies
People don't understand just how precarious a position our democracy is in.
I hate to break it to you, but that ship has already sailed. When Musk can buy Donald Trump the presidency and literally force Congress to do his bidding by threatening to use his billions, and ownership of Twitter, to ruin their political careers, democracy is dead.
Mrs. Belle, as a fellow woman, I understand looks don't matter, and it's about how we feel. And you also deserve to be told when you are glowing. And today, ma'am, you look just radiant. Thank you so much for all you are doing ❤️
I believe the Democrats are treating Trump like a marathon rather than wasting power coupons.
Great analogy Belle , that eases my anxiety. Withholding our labour is our power
Sometimes you have to prove your point by not acting
You have to learn when to lead and when to follow and when to step aside and watch.
This☝🏻👏👏👏
I think Kenny Rogers said that.
@@ARichardP Paraphrased I think.
@ARichardP lmao
That's why I've been telling every Trump voter that comes to me gloating about the big win: "I hope that you get exactly the country and government that you voted for."
But we didn't. The election was stolen. It was rigged. Trump stole the election. I didn't vote for this.
For a few weeks after election day, there were moments when my mind wandered into the phrase, "Maybe Trump really is the president that America deserves," and I mean it in the most ironic ways continuing, "especially his voters."
Me too. I also refuse to hear any of their whining.
@@baratono or maybe we should all hope trump gets the country back on the right track
@@kenspear4297 pipe dreams.
Thank you, Belle. I appreciate you. The team as well. ❤
The dog caught the car. Let the consequences happen. 🍿
Let the voters see what they voted for. Belle is right about this.
No that's idiotic. If you're a good politician you're going to always look out for your voters even when they make mistakes.
They won't. They'll blame Democrats.
They ALWAYS blame Democrats, even when it's 100% clear the fault is due to Republicans.
@kant12 I am sure my representatives are doing that. But freaking out all the time won't work.
@@Quagma-b2i Absolutely. They made more of a hay in the past, and the republicans used it against them. It's part of why we got where we are at, now. Everybody have had to see it. When Democrats went freak out often, it worked against them, in the end. This time, Maga voters will have absolutely no excuse, and when blame is thrown; the democrats not involved in the mess, will bring the receipts, and give all the non-Maga voters the receipts.
The voters didn't vote for this. The election was stolen. Trump stole the election.
If people want dems to do something about trump, then maybe they should have voted for a few more of them.
Most people are clueless, trying to survive when billionaires and their insane puppet idiot Trump steal their future. Sad.
We did, our votes were silenced by Musk and Putin.
Thank you!! It is not the Democratic Party letting us down, it's the US electorate.
If so many voters didn't want this result it was well within their power to cast their ballot for Harris/Walz 2024, and anyone who didn't has no standing to whine about it now.
A turnout of 75% or more of eligible voters could very well have made the difference last November.
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@@Ann-snowshoeingonEnceladusAlthough I agree I would have liked to have seen a push for important recounts.To let the election go without so much as a whimper is so frustrating!
You are killing it, lady belle! ❤ ur stuff!
Tell sir Beau hi!
I understand the reasoning of waiting it out, although it still scares me how bad it will get.
Also, don't interfere with your adversary when they're destroying themselves from within.
That is Napoleon talking I believe
"don't interfere with your adversary when they're destroying themselves from within"???
Wasn't that the Dems election strategy?
How did that work out?
@@vattenpoel1328 yup “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
Like President Musk did when he ordered Congress and then ordered Trump to refuse to accept the Continuing Resolution that was bargained and accepted by both parties. Now it seems likely the Republicans will close the government down, or are expecting the Democrats to cave in to their demand to eliminate the debt ceiling. Those Republicans keep forgetting they're dealing with Dark Brandon, who remains President until January 20, 2025 at noon. So go ahead, MAGA, close down the government, shut down airports, stop pay to our military families. Oh they're all just gonna love you, especially millions of Americans who have travel plans over the holidays.
Yeah. We keep saying that. Too bad it will destroy millions of lives first.
Narrow or not in the house and senate I'm not sure what Dems can do to mitigate what's coming. Going to be a long few years.
Unfortunately, you misspelled _decades_ (this won't stop when trump does)
On certain things, they can target more moderate GOP members to side with them, and block or pass legislation. DJT can't primary everyone.
@@WBS001 You are correct. When we win next time it needs to be huge and have a plan
@@lego4virgo I have some hope in the Senate but the House not so much.
@@jediofossus882 I disagree. We have a good chance to retake both houses of Congress in 2026.
I really, really, needed to hear this. I did. I am growing frightened by the potential damage looming in our futures. Letter writing and protest marches only go so far. I need to hear that there are people in positions of power that can and WILL resist, push back, deny, and counter all they can with what they have. I love my country. I dont want to leave. I don't w a nt to remain frightened.
Trying to fight back full force on every single front is a great way to lose on every single front.
@Frostbite08, That’s why Real Christians don’t participate in the world’s conflicts. God expects obedience. That is how we know all the religious narratives in politics are based on lies and not the Bible.
Pick your battles. Let the rest go.
@@cugrngneer Never trust a politician who tells you how to pray or a preacher who tells you how to vote.
@@Frostbite08problem with this statement is MLK Jr was a preacher, Malcom was a minister… all the strides black people made regarding equal rights the church was a cornerstone and without it those fights may have been lost
@mzhappyfree7688 MLK Jr never endorsed a candidate. Malcolm X did not "endorse" a candidate as a minister. And that is the heaviest set of quotation marks I have ever used, because calling his opinion that "Black people are better off if a KKK endorsed candidate wins because we can galvanize against him" an endorsement is stretching that word about as far as you can.
FAFO. If they don’t feel any pain in the “find out” part, they will never understand the “FA” part.
Thank you for the commentary, Belle.
Be safe, be kind and help others.
Food banks are going to need help.
Good afternoon Shawn! It's going to be a bumpy ride for awhile.
Simply Brilliant !! This commentary is voicing how many of us who clearly understands how his next term will be. Let his people cry out when/if he follows through with the promises (lies). Soon many will learn/experience the consequences of getting what they want, not what they need. I will continue to sit back, keep quiet and live my life as best as possible.
The sound of your voice, coupled with your wisdom and knowledge, curbs my anxiety exponentially. Thank you!
It's just sad we the people are going to suffer needlessly!
It's disheartening that many lifelong disengaged voters began their political activism following a "Real Estate" developer/con man...
If I have sympathy towards a MAGA individual ... it's Because they were conned novices...
But some of those people are the cause for all of this madness. People get the government they deserve.
@@nilo70 That is the saddest part, that those responsible are around us - coworkers, neighbors, relatives
But YOU ‘The People are the ones who control Democracy? Isn’t that why you send your kids to die for “Freedom”? Don’t you send your youth to university and college to learn how to take over and serve the people and society? …Oh right, nothing in the educational or government is designed by intelligent minds or anyone wise. It’s all about falling in line with the hive mind that is incubated for ignorance. You “believe”that Satan cares what ‘The People’ think or want.
But you and them are the same. You are part of the world, because you all support and give your loyalty to the same world government system. So how do you judge each other for expressing your individuality for being independent thinkers like yourself? If you’re going to promote the morals and ethics represented in your media and churches then hate causing intolerance is unavoidable. There is no righteousness in the world that rejects The Creator’s sovereignty and his government’s laws an principles.
I appreciate this kind of well reasoned analysis
Tariffs during the first Trump administration caused major issues for steel purchases with my local family-owned hardware store (competitor to big names). The existing steel vendors had to move to US steel, which did not have the supply to meet demand.
Many of the customers complained that they couldn't finish their projects when steel was unavailable, and that the prices had jumped way too much.
Ironically, the major customers were people who wanted him to do this.
Did they learn? Like, we can laugh at people fucking around and finding out all we want, but they have to actually put cause and effect together for that to actually make things better in the future.
You’d think they’d learn, but apparently not. Maybe they’ll get their long term memory back when they finally figure out who screws them over when Republicans deregulate and give the billionaires more opportunities to gamble with their money.
The lights and sirens analogy is brilliant.
Let the MAGA/ GOP/ Republican Party fight amongst each other, and save the energy and political capital for the things most with fighting for.
Thank you, Belle and crew 🙏🏻🤍
It's time to just let it happen. They won't last 4 years. They'll be lucky to last 2....
What happens at two years?
@@gobblinal Midterms.
@@lawsonj39 Assuming they are still in place, then what? Trump is still President and the Senate/House MAY shift 50/50 the other way. How is that going to REALLY change anything?
@gobblinal You're going to find out. Period.
@@joestratton3981 In other words, nothing more than has already happened and nothing been done about it.
I’m weirdly reassured by this development. I feel about the next four years the same kind of “wait and see” attitude I feel when the local news reminds us that Mount Rainier could blow Any Day Now: yep, it could. And there’s only so much I can do about it in advance. If it goes one way, I’m screwed anyway. If it goes the other, I’m ready to act and help and survive. But until then… fretting is only going to burn me out.
That's a very healthy attitude +1
Howdy, neighbor! Yes, The Mountain is as dangerous as she is beautiful, but at least we don't have to rebuild and repair our homes every year like they do in hurricane country. We had notice before St. Helens blew. No doubt those of us who prepare and pay attention will have sufficient warning before Rainier blows too.
While I don't live out that way, I've been in eyeshot of (and actually on) Rainier before - it's gorgeous out there, and Rainier was so friggen humongous even from SeaTac that it almost felt unreal. Again, I've never spent more than maybe a month in its sightline, maybe that feeling changes with more time.
Unfortunately, I don't have anywhere near the same 'unreal' feeling re next few years, and that's the part that causes me genuine fear.
To paraphrase Nick Fury in "Avengers Assemble"....until the world actually ends, I shall behave as if it's going to remain.
Thank you Belle for your calming wise analysis ❤
How do you talk to the mentally unhinged? Sometimes you just have to let people see how unhinged they are. It’s painful but sometimes no other option exists.
Pain is a teacher.
I had given up since the election, I’m just laughing.
That's how you teach children...
@brianmccollaum5489 sometimes you have to let people fail and hope they learn from it.
We did try... and they still voted for those unhinged idiots 😂
This is going to be a long four years. I am already exhausted.
I know, and he's not even in office yet.
I'm not sure I'll survive.
We can't assume this will be over in 4 years. 😢
We can make it less than 2 yrs if we get out and vote dems up/down the ballot in the special elections coming to a handful of states w/in the next 6 months and then make the dems even stronger at the midterm election! We don’t have to live under billionaire and republican rule. Take your power as a citizen back!
The last two years, after the mid-terms, will be interesting to watch as Trump totally loses his shit.
@@saywhat6062 Or if Darwin takes his toll...the guy looks very unhealthy and is already too old.
Belle, I could not have said it better. Well done.
I just want SOMEONE TO SAVE OUR SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE!...Ir there will be MILLIONS of us homeless SENIORS!
Susie Trump has no plans to cut SS or Medicare
@@kenspear4297Ken, Ken, Ken! At this point what Trump wants or doesn’t want, says or doesn’t say makes no difference. President Musk wants to gut SS & he WILL if the gutless Repugs let him! Oh & BTW - Trump lies!
@@kenspear4297Yeah but president Musk does.
@@kenspear4297 KEN - deleting my reply to you? How very Trumpian!
@@daylehere Ken has no control over your comment being deleted. Likely got caught by the algorithm.
How it plays out??? When do we veterans protect our constitution from this fascist? Ive been waiting 4 yrs.
Exactly. For some of us, waiting to see how it plays out may have a tragic and deadly impact.
@elissapotvin3144 If I have to watch it happen, I'm going to be irate. I served my country and constitution and I doubt the latter will ever stop...
sounds like you need to get out the youtube comments & off the couch and do something lol
@@davidd4696 Read the room.
Some (or many) veterans are MAGAS. They voted him in, too. Trump won. Now it will play out, whether we like it or not.
Thank you, Belle ... For inserting the truth.❤
Hello again, Belle. It's lovely to see you again. Tell Beau hello for us.
We have to be in this for the long haul, although many of us of advanced age will never see a plausible democracy in America again.
I'm planning to see one in some other country.
This may be one of the best, most illuminating videos you have done. I wish i could pipe this into the ears of my non political friends and family. MAGAts aren't ready to hear it. Self inflicted financial pain might act as a crowbar on a closed mind.
Never stop your enemy when they are making a dumpster fire.
Wasn't that the Dems election strategy?
How did that work out?
@@WTF-204
FAFO
I'm using the term 'trumpster fire' from now on
@@WTF-204
Record low unemployment.
Record high stock market
Lowest post pandemic inflation of any industrialized country on the planet.
Been pretty busy the past 4 years putting out dishonest Don's dumpster fires from his 1st go around.
They're setting the house we all live in on fire
I'm so glad I found this channel. It answers many good questions with great, easy to understand answers. Thank you!
Welcome!
@@BeauoftheFifthColumn would you rather see trump do well, or you prefer him to fail so you can say I told you so?
Thanks for the info Belle, you and Beau have a great Christmas
The US is F’d.
If that is true, then so is much of the Western world.
They actually effed themselves, and it's anything BUT satisfying to see the fallout.
@ probably true.
Could be worse, you could be living in Ukraine.
America has committed a grave sin. The sin of ignorance and now must suffer the consequences of that sin. Hopefully enough will learn this lesson and together we can weather the coming storm.
I agree, however the media normalizes trump's rhetoric like it's truths.
That's what millions of us are hoping and praying for. 🙏🙏🙏
Despite the decades of Republicans pulling off their bullshit, that ignorance has only increased. I don't see that lesson being learned any generation soon.
But he'll just blame Biden, Hillary, Obama, or the tooth fairy and most of them will believe him.
It's more than ignorance, many MAGA knew the consequences of this but they wanted to "own the libs" and to segregate trans people at all costs. Now we will all pay for that hatred of theirs.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidaze to both Beau and Belle, your family and friends. Thanks for being you. 🖖
Look at Britain to see how well that all played out...
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake"
Wasn't that the Dems election strategy?
How did that work out?
What mistake? Trump will destroy America, and blame the Dems. And Americans will believe him.
If that mistake gets your friends killed?
@@WTF-204 Don’t worry, President Elect Musk will make sure it all works out.
@@EdrickBluebeard Imagine not having the votes to save your friends. That’s where the dems are now. They can not affect the outcome of the Trolly Problem because they don’t control the switch.
Oh well. Thoughts and prayers and all that good shit.
What was it Napoleon said? Never interrupt your opponent when they are making a mistake?
For those who had cash, the 1930’s were a very affordable time. I suspect that Donnie and his pal “Leon” want to return to those times.
They might up in 1780s France instead of
@@ilfaitfroid9739 From your lips to God's ears...
We're in the "hurry up and wait" stage...
A little problem, I did not endorse this madness and I do not deserve to suffer from it!
Nor did I. There were Germans and Japanese that didn't support their regimes either. They still had it coming, and we will too.
The Democrats are pretty shell-shocked at this point. I'm really hoping things get shaken up during the leadership struggle next year and some much needed change happens.
Nah, not sure this was as surprising as you'd think. But their choice to pass over AOC in oversight committee for a 74 year old man recovering from cancer tells me that they aren't ready to admit that the same old policies aren't working.
Thank you Belle again from Sterling Heights Michigan
Well howdy there Belle, it's the Internet people again! 🥰🥰
Howdy.
Thank you so much for the video, Belle!
I get all the "FAFO" BUT I'm not sure there will be much of America left when trump, musk and MAGA get done. I'm afraid that there will be a giant "Luigi" response where people start going after republicans when the public finds out that NONE OF THEM had a F'ING CLUE how to do anything or how anything works. Never burn the house you're IN.
As long as you do manage your own money, learn to avoid doing anything rash, you can stand on solid ground.
People who jump into quicksand attempting to save someone aren't helping but adding to the crisis, and that person WON'T thank you for making things worse.
A Luigi response? Oh well FAFO I don't feel a damn bit sorry for the Republicans if that happens to them hopefully it doesn't come to that
You say that like it’s a bad thing 😉
People on the left keep thinking population act rationally. They don’t. The right has flooded and taken control of the media both traditional and new. That’s how trump got elected. When you repeat a lie again and again people believe it. Ffs Trump got more votes in 2020 than in 2016 after he botched covid, caused the death of a million Americans and melted the economy.
The propaganda machine will keep denying that the actual problems exist, deny that trump is responsible, blame everyone else but trump, make up fake problems to distract the public, suppress objective news reporting in favor of gaslighting and propaganda. The Luigi episode only favors trump. He can use CEOs to divert the anger of his supporters to some expendable scapegoat while preserving his hero image. That’s what Stalin did. Blamed his failures on some of his minion’s and got them executed as traitors.
You've seen the stupidity off the American electorate in full force.
There won't be a Luigi response.
Like the frog, they'll sit there and slowly get boiled.
Get annoyed by whatever minor thing they've been distracted by that week.
As someone from the UK they deserve everything they get and more.
'those who can't hear, must feel'
Id sure like to think someone was standing up for us, though...
I've been telling all my Trumper coworkers that I voted for trump. It started as an easy way to avoid worksite conflicts, but now it serves a greater purpose. I sound like Adam Jones and Nick Fuentes had an illegitimate test tube baby, just to show them what THEY sound like. I make jokes about all the farmers not having to worry about crops when they done lost the farm. I laugh about crusty old seniors in floriduh sitting in empty nursing homes because all the nurses got deported. I lay it on REAL thick. I don't know why they think I'm a monster, all Im doing is embracing THEIR ideology😁
What nursing homes? If they do away with Social Security and Medicare, they will all have to go out of business. Grandma and Grandpa will be moving back in. Get ready to change the Depends! (Those things get heavy, fast!)
Dark, but funny...😂
Well that's dark... but it might just work with some!
I've been doing that for years, even in this very channel's comment section. For the most part people are too stupid to realize you're mocking them so then it becomes something you feel bad about doing after awhile because it starts feeling like you have showed up at a Kindergarten class as a 40 year old man to bully people three times less your size
You win the sarcasm award
We're just gonna mind our own god damn business, and maybe some people will realise why he should not be anywhere near the Whitehouse💙
@@Mark5mith or maybe ull relize why he should
@@kenspear4297 sure ken, sure.
Some of us are waiting… and eating popcorn too.
Cheers From California 😎
It's just so sad knowing what will likely happen and the folks that need help the most are going to be hurt the worst.
While wonderful for the moral high ground, there are a lot of us that are going to die if they chop SS and Medicare, not to mention the ACA. Lovely.
they cant do anything about it tho because they have no control of any of the government branch.
"This is what they voted for, let them have it"
I really wish we didn't have to learn the hard way every fucking time
very correct we cant do anything. It like burning trash and you watch until it goes out itself.
That's MERICA!
It's time to make the popcorn and watch the show.
"It's just a thought," clearly expressed and backed up by facts, like all your thoughts. Keep your thoughts coming, please.
I enjoy watching your videos. Thanks.
Thank you for breaking it down 🇺🇸💙🇺🇸
Art of War, and all that sort of thing.
Powerful. Thank you!
Democrats should stand up for trans rights, climate change, etc when it comes up.
But if they have the opportunity to protect MAGA folks from their own stupidity... hell no.
They should. However, I do believe the GOP will keep throwing around a Sophie's Choice dilemma at the other party, this time around. With so many powers under their control, they'll do some pretty mean stuff when a budget is on the line. They'll likely take it to the line where the decision is to save one of those, but at the cost of the entire shutdown to happen, the economy to fall, and everybody suffers quite quickly. It would be pretty bad.
Now maybe, the clear thing is in order to protect that, to allow the GOP to do the awful thing, have a bunch of us out of work (I'll likely be part of the people not receiving a paycheck, just that quickly) And note that they'd have to do an immense amount of work and cheating to not get completely decimated in the Midterms. The voters would just have to survive the nation-wide poverty time. In the meantime, I do want them to stand up for all of those things and call the GOP's potential bluff.
Biden and the Dems should cut the useless demonstrative crap that goes away on Jan. 20 and DO THEIR JOB!!!! We must demand that the DEMS, Biden and Harris FINALLY MAN UP and ENFORCE the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment barring insurrectionist Trump from office! Biden can use his expanded powers given to him by SCOTUS who intended them for Trump, to DETAIN, HOLD ACCOUNTABLE AND REPLACE the rogue justices who are insurrectionists, receipients of bribery, sex offenders and perjurers!!!! Then there is the matter of the MINIMUM DUE DILLIGENCE of the DEMS to do a recount and start an investigation into the stolen election, or goes anyone here ACTUALLY believe that the MAGA wet dream of Trump winning ALL swing atates, the popular vote and the trifecta is legit???? What happened to „When we fight - we win?????“
But what do they stand up with - They currently have no power on a Federal level. At a State level yes they can fight the good fight, but not nationally.
@@glenchapman3899 There's still the filibuster in the Senate. The biggest challenge is getting the media to tell the truth about what's going on. The Democrats have to keep making their talking points loud.
Here is the thing though, they have shown that they won't.
Trans people in bathrooms at the capital "Oh that really sucks... Anyways!"
Making sure service member's don't have the added stress of worrying about their trans child at home "This is really sad but the defense of our country!"
Yes I know they don't have the votes, but as a trans woman, I genuinely believe that if the Dems felt like they could dump trans people off the party platform they would already be throwing us in the river before the ink was dry.
Hey Ms. Belle and internet folks.
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Good afternoon Mark! I hope you're having a wonderful day!
Hi Mark
Belle is very smart! I learn a lot from you!
min 2:35 " The Dem party oversaw the grestest recovery...
•• Yes, FDR saved America from the Republican Great Depression, Obama saved America from the Republican Recession, and Biden's laws saved America from the Trump/pandemic recession
•• Since 1912, what laws which benefit the middle class and working class, have conservatives ever done ?
Benefiting people isn't conservative.
Nixon started the EPA, just don't think about all the bad things he did.
@@randalfpeterson5317-- Nixon also supported UBI.
What's sad is that his behavior seems almost angelic compared py today's standards.
@@randalfpeterson5317 Only because he had a fully Democratic Congress, which created the laws, and overrode his veto of the Clean Water Act.
Tu nous explique ça bien avec ta voix douce, merci beaucoup.
make sure the GOP has nobody else to blame, but other parts of the GOP.
They will never run out of scapegoats
True
Their voter base will always believe it is the Dems fault. Even their own infighting.
That's exactly why the Democrats are sitting, waiting, letting the Republican Party implode. If it does, very little will actually be done.
I truly hope the dems choose their battles very wisely! 🩵💙
That's all well and good, but the anti-trans amendment to the NDAA hits too close to home for me. No, I'm not a trans youth of a service member, but it is the wedge in the door that will let the next congress say "Even the Dems voted for blocking it for youth. We need to block trans healthcare for everyone."
My parents are servicemembers. I'm trans. My representative voted for this. This isn't strategy, it's betrayal.
@@NCapo20I'm sorry. I wish you the best for the coming years.
At this point I've lost all faith in the Dems and their support of trans people. They have left us out to dry to many times and I fully believe if they felt they could dump trans people from the national platform, Dems would have already thrown us in the river before the ink was dry.
The Democratic Party legitimized Republican bigotry and propaganda with this choice. The decision not only to vote in favor of a transphobic bill, but to actively prevent any attempts to demand the transphobic verbiage be removed from the bill, sent a clear message to both Republican fascists and Democratic voters: “we’re willing to be collaborators.”
Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake. - Napoleon
I understand this, but at the same time the folks in Washington won't be the ones suffering under these disastrous policies. As a disabled person dependent on Social Security who also lives in a red state, I'm genuinely terrified of the economic uncertainty going forward. I hate that some many ignorant people decided they were informed enough to vote and decided to vote for a candidate solele because he was screaming the loudest and validated their hateful beliefs. I hate this entire situation, I just hope the Democrats take the right lesson from this and build the party back stronger and quit pushing further to the right, it won't help them any to do so. The old guard needs to retire and leave the younger people to take up the mantle and fix their mistakes.
I'm sorry that you didn't vote for this and you will suffer more than those in Congress. Let's be honest though, the Dems are just the other side of the same coin, the majority are bought and sold too. We need REAL Progressive politicians and policies. People who don't take money from corporations is the only way out of this - money out of politics is the only way.
Not quite equally screwed fellow disabled person here:
Yeah, I just wish we were acknowledged more in these hopeful speeches. We're likely the first to be ended from these policies so the whole "we'll be fine and get through like we always have" just feels tone deaf. SO many people will not make it through, just as SO many people did not make it through all those other times.
Its far better then cheering and being a doomer.
Im on SSI, Food Stamps, Medicaid, HEAP, STAR, I had a fairly nice old age ahead with Harris, I'll be one of the pieces they pick up after trump is done with me. "They've made worm's meat of me!" (Mercutio). Drafting a letter to my reps, big whoop. I'm in a blue state, but they cant support me without federal money, too.
Nothing the Dems can build that could stop 77 million people from being dedicated to being stupid.
A rising tide lifts all ships, so the best of luck. PT has been mandated for success. Lets see what "great" looks like.
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all.
Belle & Co 👍
Nice to know that even though I voted for Harris I am just a necessary casualty, must be nice to have a few million dollars to give you the luxury of waiting out an catastrophe.....eat the rich....on both sides.
IFE! I love that analogy. I also love the fact that the Democrats are actually being smart about it.
I'm torn between pushing back and just letting Trump and his buddies cause the dumpster fire you know he's gonna cause.
I hear ya...I think we can stand up to those MAGA's in our municipalities that try to bully/oppress/spew hatred and watch the dumpster fire at the same time. We can't just turn away and let bad shit happen!
The fire is already burning.
I know what you mean but, as Belle said, more Dems push back, the more Trump will cast them as "the problem" and make everything that goes wrong their fault. He'll do that anyway, but it will be a little harder to sell if they can say "What? What did we do?"
I'm getting my popcorn ready.
@@jfree2737 As part of preparing for it as best we can, that's not a bad plan.
Spot. On. Thank you.
very well said Belle. Let them show the world what they can do...we are waiting. Thank you!!