Well written and thoughtful as always Jerry. If we can remake the House of Representatives as truly the People's House that it was meant to be, we'll have taken a huge step toward recovering and protecting our republic and our freedom. I'm with you.
Jerry, that was a brilliant call to arms at what seems to be the darkest hour, and from the Emily Dickinson quote, I (finally) see the significance of your site name.
And you're wise to keep a Focus for your efforts, in this case, stay with what you know, the House of Representatives. And I hope you're right about the deep and on-going divisions in the Republican Party; however, today I heard a Republican Rep say "If Trump asks us to jump 3 feet and scratch our heads, we'll jump 3 feet and scratch our heads." It seems more than ever that Trump has TOTAL and ABSOLUTE control over the House. And the Senate. And the Republican Party. America just gave Absolute Power to a malignant, vengeful, racist, misogynist psychopath (I may be understating the case) who is surrounding himself with sycophantic cowards.
The good news is: his Project 2025 and his Personnel to implement it all will eventually (hopefully sooner than later) implode. Mass deportations. Using DOJ and AG to "get" political opponents. Federal bans on abortion. Disengaging from climate change initiatives. Leaving NATO. TARIFFS and the resulting hyper-inflation and reciprocal trade wars. All of this spells disaster. And with complete power and control, he'll have no one to blame.
So a groundswell of resistance will arise in time ("what have we DONE???") and the only cure will be a "throw-these-bums-out" election.
But how long will this take. And another (haunting) line from Tim Snyder's "On Tyranny" is "any election can be the last."
So thank you Jerry for keeping the fire lit at the beginning of this dark era ahead of America (and the world - no country is an island). And your work with House will be Job One at that time - it's the People's House and in time The People will rise up and "take our country back" from Trump's neo-fascist regime. And you'll be laying the groundwork for that.
But for some of us, it is indeed time to disengage. At least from the "political" fight.
For me, my efforts will go back to my personal writings. Before starting my newsletter I had several books on the go, books about Courage and standing up to Tyrants. So it's time to go back to those efforts, and since a book can take a couple years to reach the shelves, maybe I'll have the right book for the moment to help oust this malignant regime that has taken over the nation.
We can only use our own uniques tools and talents, and for me, my political activities are over. But my anti-fascist efforts will go on. In 1935 Nobel winner Sinclair Lewis wrote "It Can't Happen Here" as a warning about fascism coming to America. I tried to raise the same alarm in my newsletter, but that didn't seem to help at all.
So now I'll try another tack. I've shut down my newsletter (although it's still up as an anti-Trump resource) but I'm already at work on a novel that hopefully will be the right message at the right moment.
Anyway, thank you for your efforts here, and for your "radical hopefulness." It's much needed in these insane times (Matt Gaetz as AG!!!!) and you've earned a place of honor in this battle. I've pretty well unsubscribed to everything, but I'll keep following you and your "radical hopefulness".
Stay well, and here's to healing a very sick nation.
Hi Abraham. Are you still serious about putting down your Substack for a while? I sure understand the need for a break and rejuvenation.Reflection even.Take good care of YOU.
the newsletter didn't seem to help raise the alarm about neo-fascism: I saw Nazi marchers with Swastikas recently, and we ended up Trump; and even though Kamala I thought was an excellent candidate, Americans decided to give Trump Absolute Power. So I don't see the point of writing the newsletter. I'll leave it up as an anti-Trump resource.
I'm gonna put my energies into another field now. Have something powerful ready when the time is right.
The Eagles famously went on several "final" tours, each better attended than the last. At this point Abraham, all activity that relates to getting out of this morass is political and, when the book(s) are released, come back and let us know.
Well written and thoughtful as always Jerry. If we can remake the House of Representatives as truly the People's House that it was meant to be, we'll have taken a huge step toward recovering and protecting our republic and our freedom. I'm with you.
Well Dave, good to see a clear thinker on a new to me stack.
Good to see you here Ransom. Jerry doesn't post often, but his work is really good.
Jerry, that was a brilliant call to arms at what seems to be the darkest hour, and from the Emily Dickinson quote, I (finally) see the significance of your site name.
And you're wise to keep a Focus for your efforts, in this case, stay with what you know, the House of Representatives. And I hope you're right about the deep and on-going divisions in the Republican Party; however, today I heard a Republican Rep say "If Trump asks us to jump 3 feet and scratch our heads, we'll jump 3 feet and scratch our heads." It seems more than ever that Trump has TOTAL and ABSOLUTE control over the House. And the Senate. And the Republican Party. America just gave Absolute Power to a malignant, vengeful, racist, misogynist psychopath (I may be understating the case) who is surrounding himself with sycophantic cowards.
The good news is: his Project 2025 and his Personnel to implement it all will eventually (hopefully sooner than later) implode. Mass deportations. Using DOJ and AG to "get" political opponents. Federal bans on abortion. Disengaging from climate change initiatives. Leaving NATO. TARIFFS and the resulting hyper-inflation and reciprocal trade wars. All of this spells disaster. And with complete power and control, he'll have no one to blame.
So a groundswell of resistance will arise in time ("what have we DONE???") and the only cure will be a "throw-these-bums-out" election.
But how long will this take. And another (haunting) line from Tim Snyder's "On Tyranny" is "any election can be the last."
So thank you Jerry for keeping the fire lit at the beginning of this dark era ahead of America (and the world - no country is an island). And your work with House will be Job One at that time - it's the People's House and in time The People will rise up and "take our country back" from Trump's neo-fascist regime. And you'll be laying the groundwork for that.
But for some of us, it is indeed time to disengage. At least from the "political" fight.
For me, my efforts will go back to my personal writings. Before starting my newsletter I had several books on the go, books about Courage and standing up to Tyrants. So it's time to go back to those efforts, and since a book can take a couple years to reach the shelves, maybe I'll have the right book for the moment to help oust this malignant regime that has taken over the nation.
We can only use our own uniques tools and talents, and for me, my political activities are over. But my anti-fascist efforts will go on. In 1935 Nobel winner Sinclair Lewis wrote "It Can't Happen Here" as a warning about fascism coming to America. I tried to raise the same alarm in my newsletter, but that didn't seem to help at all.
So now I'll try another tack. I've shut down my newsletter (although it's still up as an anti-Trump resource) but I'm already at work on a novel that hopefully will be the right message at the right moment.
Anyway, thank you for your efforts here, and for your "radical hopefulness." It's much needed in these insane times (Matt Gaetz as AG!!!!) and you've earned a place of honor in this battle. I've pretty well unsubscribed to everything, but I'll keep following you and your "radical hopefulness".
Stay well, and here's to healing a very sick nation.
Hi Abraham. Are you still serious about putting down your Substack for a while? I sure understand the need for a break and rejuvenation.Reflection even.Take good care of YOU.
the newsletter didn't seem to help raise the alarm about neo-fascism: I saw Nazi marchers with Swastikas recently, and we ended up Trump; and even though Kamala I thought was an excellent candidate, Americans decided to give Trump Absolute Power. So I don't see the point of writing the newsletter. I'll leave it up as an anti-Trump resource.
I'm gonna put my energies into another field now. Have something powerful ready when the time is right.
And take some self time too
thanks for asking
The Eagles famously went on several "final" tours, each better attended than the last. At this point Abraham, all activity that relates to getting out of this morass is political and, when the book(s) are released, come back and let us know.
will do, Dave
•• An Open Letter to Trump Voters ••
The True Cost of Your Ignorance and Idolatry
https://open.substack.com/pub/patricemersault/p/an-open-letter-to-trump-voters?r=4d7sow&utm_medium=ios