Thursday, October 10, 2024. Oh look, MOTHER JONES has found a new pet
rock or mood ring, COMMON DREAMS might need to read the comments on
their articles, and much more.
It's
amazing to watch this election cycle. Robert Kennedy Jr. thinking he can
deny attempted rape accusations -- as though William Kennedy Smith
never happened? Thinking he can be accused of assaulting the baby
sitter and still go around to the press and get away with insisting he
never said he was a choirboy? Maybe even more amazing would be that
media outlets would speak to him after that or his denial of the known
affair with the reporter -- the one that got her fired but he can go on
TV and just insists he never speaks about his personal life.
It's really something to see.
There's
freak show Jill Stein. Let's zoom in on the Green Party v.p. slot.
No, not Butch Ware, but the v.p. she wanted to start with: Abdullah
Hammoud. She had to move back from that choice and she finally selected
Butch Ware.
But for awhile she wanted Abdullah
Hammoud. And he was a rising star for some unknown reason. The
right-wing doesn't really like him. Some elements of the left have
promoted him. And, golly gosh, MOTHER JONES is now.
And the real reason is why?
He's anti-genocide?
So
am I. So are most people. There's not really a big pro genocide group
in the US. That's why so many refuse to apply the term genocide to
what's taking place in Gaza. But that is genocide. And the genocide
has flared and increased as it does every now and then -- but even in
what passes for 'peace' has been a genocide against the Palestinian
people.
The problem with Abdullah for Jill was
first off that he was too young to be her running mate -- had she won (I
know, I know, stop laughing, we're just making a point) and been sworn
in January 20th then died in her sleep the night of, Abdullah would have
been too young to be president. He's the Mayor of Dearborn but he's
too young to be the president of the United States.
So
that was the main problem but what finally had Jill relinquish her
fantasy were two Green Party big wigs who pointed out to her that
Abdullah was the Mayor of Dearborn.
And if you've read the fawning coverage over him, you might just be nodding blankly like Jill did.
But
what Green Party thinkers understood -- and finally got through Jill's
thick head -- was that the Green Party could not build a future with
Abdullah because he is Mayor of Dearborn.
Dearborn
is where many Muslims joined the hate brigade with the fright wing. It
is very anti-LGBTQ+ at this time. That coincides with Abdullah's term
as Mayor. Like all Democrats representing that area in any form, he was
called out by a number of Muslims who felt he was pro-gay because he
was a Democrat.
Is he?
As Mayor he hasn't helped the LGBTQ+ population.
Common sense would dictate that when you do a lengthy interview with him, you get him on the record.
But no one does and MOTHER JONES didn't.
I'm not promoting homophobes. I'm not promoting politicians who betray Americans.
MOTHER JONES seems to be okay with it.
They and others create this myth of Abdullah. And I'm not a myth maker.
Tim Walz did awful in the debate and I said so.
The open prejudice and hatred that LGBTQ+ people face now since Abdullah became mayor is not something that you overlook.
And
it's amazing how much attention he's gotten from left media for his
attacks on Joe Biden and now on Kamala Harris with no one wanting to put
him on the record about the hate in Dearborn that has only increased in
the last two years, at the efforts to ban books, to strip away rights.
Shame on MOTHER JONES.
Abdullah's
the new Rocky Anderson and if you're asking "Who?" -- exactly. THE
NATION and others spent forever trying to make Rocky happen. He never
did. He became famous for being a mayor in leftist circles and then he
never delivered on anything.
Kamala
Harris has done an amazing job. Unlike others in the 2024 election
cycle, she hasn't had a year or more to build a campaign. She had to
hit the ground running She'd done and is doing an incredible job.
And that bears stating since this is a left site and I am a leftist.
I
thought THE NATION was left and THE PROGRESSIVE and MOTHER JONES and go
down the list. But I see all these attacks on her. And we're 25 days
away from the end of the election -- voting's already taking place,
November 5th will be the final day of voting -- and they're running
garbage articles? They're attacking her.
She's not doing this and she's not doing that!
I've never in my life seen the left media pile on a Democratic Party presidential candidate like this. It's appalling.
But fortunately, she doesn't have to depend upon them.
Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont—a longtime universal healthcare advocate—on Wednesday hailed aw
proposal by Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris to expand Medicare to cover in-home care for seniors as well as dental and vision for the first time ever.
As
Common Dreamsreported Tuesday, labor unions and consumer advocates applauded Harris' plan—unveiled on the ABC
talk show "The View"—to expand Medicare coverage in order to better
serve what the Democratic nominee called the "sandwich generation" of
middle-aged Americans who are simultaneously providing for their
children and aging parents.
Responding to the proposal, Sanders said, "Congratulations to Vice
President Harris for announcing a bold vision to expand Medicare to
cover not only home healthcare, but also vision and hearing."
The senator continued:
It is no secret that we have a major crisis in home healthcare.
Millions of seniors would prefer, when possible, to receive care in
their homes rather than be forced into nursing homes. Kamala's plan is a
major step forward not only in improving the quality of life for
seniors and their families, but also in saving the healthcare system
large sums of money.
Further, her plan to expand Medicare to cover the cost of vision and
hearing is enormously important. In the wealthiest country on Earth,
millions of lower-income seniors today are unable to afford the hearing
aids and eyeglasses they desperately need. That is not acceptable. Every
senior in America should be able to access these basic healthcare
needs.
"Thank you, Kamala," added Sanders, who has been campaigning for Harris
across the country and plans to visit the Midwest this week.
Sanders' remarks echoed those of progressive healthcare advocates, with Social Security Works executive director Alex Lawson on Tuesday
calling Harris' plan "life-changing for seniors, people with disabilities, and those who love them."
"Currently, seniors and people with disabilities who need care that
family can't provide are too often warehoused in dehumanizing nursing
homes," Lawson continued. "Often, these nursing homes are owned by
private equity corporations who are exploiting patients for profit.
Under the Harris plan, seniors and disabled people would have the
freedom to stay in their own homes."
"This is a universal benefit," Lawson added. "Everyone on Medicare
would qualify. This is a win for everyone in America—except the
billionaires."
Harris' campaign and supporters contrasted the Democratic nominee's
plan with the White House record of the Republican presidential
candidate, former President Donald Trump, and sounded the alarm on the dangers he poses to Medicare and Social Security.
"Trump tried to cut Medicare and will cut the program as president," the Harris campaign said Tuesday.
Some critics also warned how Project 2025—the far-right initiative to
expand U.S. presidential power and purge the federal civil service—poses
a dire threat to seniors' public health by making private, for-profit
Medicare Advantage plans the default option for all Medicare enrollees.
Harris' campaign added: "Trump spent a long career exploiting seniors,
mocking disabled Americans, trying to take away seniors' hard-earned
benefits, and supporting others who harm them. As president, Trump tried
to destroy the Affordable Care Act and to cut Medicare and plans to do
it again."
Julia Conley reported on it for COMMON DREAMS as well -- see yesterday's snapshot where we noted that.
Donald Trump is not an unknown.
We
know he's a threat. This isn't, "I suspect" or "I predict" or "I feel"
-- no. We saw what he did in the White House and we saw what he did
when it was time to leave the White House. We know exactly what he is.
We hear his racists statements day after day. We hear his threats
against the press, his threats against immigrants, his threats against
political rivals. It never ends -- just like the drama in the four
years he was in the White House.
We know he's harmful. We know we can't afford him appointing another corrupt Supreme Court justice.
This election is the moment of truth. In The Atlantic’s
final cover story ahead of the election, staff writer Tom Nichols lays
out why “the votes cast in November will be more consequential than
those in any other American election in more than a century”—because
every essential norm and duty that George Washington established for the
U.S. presidency could come to an end if Donald Trump is reelected.
Trump is “Washington’s Nightmare”—the
tyrant the first president feared, and one more capable now of
finishing the authoritarian project he began in his first term.
Among
Washington’s countless accomplishments and heroic actions, Nichols also
focuses on what Washington would not do: “As a military officer,
Washington refused to take part in a plot to overthrow Congress. As a
victorious general, he refused to remain in command after the war had
ended. As president, he refused to hold on to an office that he did not
believe belonged to him. His insistence on the rule of law and his
willingness to return power to its rightful owners—the people of the
United States—are among his most enduring gifts to the nation and to
democratic civilization.” The 44 men who succeeded him in office adhered
to Washington’s example and those norms—all except Trump.
Nichols
writes that America stands at such a moment with this election: “Trump
has left no doubt about his intentions; he practically shouts them every
chance he gets.” He continues, “As we judge the candidates, we should
give thought to Washington’s example, and to three of Washington’s most
important qualities and the traditions they represent: his refusal to
use great power for his own ends, his extraordinary self-command, and,
most of all, his understanding that national leaders in a democracy are
only temporary stewards of a cause far greater than themselves.”
I
don't understand how these periodicals -- which please remember, depend
on your money to survive -- can't get on board the Kamala train.
That's the only means of transportation to a proud future for this
country.
There's no one else.
And
at this late date, with voting already going on, the so-called left
press is publishing one article after another attacking her.
Are
they even reading comments their readers leave? The think that saddens
me the most about COMMON DREAMS' articles? The number of people
commenting who say that they will not be voting.
Your
vote is your vote, vote or don't. I've always said that. But I really
don't think COMMON DREAMS started online with the notion that when
democracy was at stake, they would be producing content that discouraged
their readers from voting.
That's what they've
done and they're not the only ones. Again, last few days, they've done
some coverage and hopefully they'll pick that up. But we're voting
over the next few days and so many periodicals and online sites are
actually suppressing the vote, not encouraging it.
Okay, James Carville.
James Carville is a bean counter and that's all he's ever been and ever will be.
He's not a fighter. He wants the easiest path and that's why he's not a player when it comes to campaigns anymore.
He's insisting, if you missed it, that Kamala needs to not talk about January 6th.
He
gave a lot of that bad advice to Bill Clinton as well. Betsy Wright
was the unsung hero of that campaign and Bill trusted her more than
Carville and rejected some of Carville's nonsense when Betsy would nix
it.
January 6th is not the distant past.
There's
Jack Straw's filing last week, for example, more importantly though,
the person who created that insurrection is on the ticket and America
can't afford not addressing this right now.
James is an idiot who becomes ever more stupid with each passing year.
And he's amplified by the corporate press.
And
they are not perfect -- that's an answer to an outlet on the left who
e-mailed to say I'm not slamming them. They make huge mistakes.
The liars are all around us. Politicians who regularly
lie and deceive because that's what they do. And it's not just the MAGA
clowns, It's also the nonsense Greens. The Green Party wrote out
their political suicide note this summer when they made Jill Stein their
presidential nominee for the third term despite the fact that no one
likes her and that she left the party in debt and that White Karen that
she is, she lied to Cornel West and when he realized what she truly was
and called her out, she started lying about him. That's all Jill has to
offer, endless losing campaigns and racist trashing of Cornel West. In
the latest round of How Stupid Does That Hag Think We ARE?,
NEWSWEEK reports,
"Jill Stein, the Green Party's presidential candidate, said that her
party 'would be very interested in allowing majority rule to take
place.' Stein said that we need a change in the Filibuster rules." And,
Jill FrankenStein, how does that happen?
When your party --
per its own website -- is only running four people for Congress, how does that happen?
There
are one hundred members of the US Senate and 435 of the House Of
Representatives. If the Green Party saw all four nominees elected to
office, that still wouldn't been enough to take on this issue. She's a
liar and a loon who deliberately misleads people. The next time she
makes a claim about what she's doing as president, it's imperative that
the press note the Green Party is only running four candidates for the
US Congress per their own website. It should also probably be noted
that based on the polling, not one of the four stands a chance in hell
of winning office.
She's a liar who has made clear she's only running to elect Donald Trump.
Hagatha needs to go away now.
And the media needs to find a way to report accurately if they're going to report on her.
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