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The second resistance movement: Why the campaign against Trump this time is different

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Below is my column in The Hill on the growing calls for an organized resistance to the Trump Administration by Democratic governors and prosecutors. They may find, however, that the resistance movement this time around will be facing significant legal and political headwinds.

Here is the column:

The single most common principle of recovery programs is that the first step is to admit that you have a problem.

That first step continues to elude the politicians and pundits who unsuccessfully pushed lawfare and panic politics for years. That includes prosecutors like New York Attorney General Letitia James and politicians like Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who affirmed this week that they will be redoubling, not reconsidering, their past positions.

For its part, The Washington Post quickly posted an editorial titled "The second resistance to Trump must start now." They may, however, find the resistance more challenging both politically and legally this time around.

TV

The View advises Americans not to engage with relatives who voted Trump

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Whoopi Goldberg, one of the lying hosts of The View has advised the viewers that the show still has left to shun their own relatives if they voted for President Trump.

The remarks came during a discussion about Yale University chief psychiatry resident Dr. Amanda Calhoun saying on Joy Reid's show that leftists who are reeling from Trump's landslide victory should ignore family members who voted for him.

Co-host Sunny Hostin commented, "I completely understand her point because I really do feel that this candidate — you know, President-elect Trump — is just a different type of candidate, from the things he said, and the things he's done, and the things he will do."

"It's more of a moral issue for me, and I think it's more of a moral issue for other people," Hostin continued, adding "I would say it was different when, let's say George Bush got elected. You may not have agreed with his policies, but you didn't feel like he was a deeply flawed person — deeply flawed by character, deeply flawed in morality."


Comment: This statement (among several others) shows how much - or how little - she actually knows about anything.


Red Flag

Early warning signs of a total economic and social collapse

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A total economic and social collapse is a catastrophic event characterized by the widespread dysfunction of critical systems, including government, economy, infrastructure, and basic services. While such a scenario is extreme, recognizing early warning signs can be crucial.

I have been monitoring the Cuba scenario. To me, that is the definition of a failed State holding to the remains of a collapsed country ruled by thugs terrified of a popular armed uprising. As our economy was destroyed by design, to control the population and crush the opposition among other goals, I believe I can describe the indications better than someone who never watched this happening.


Comment: The author is leaving out the incredible lengths the US has gone to to sabotage the political and economic welfare of Venezuela. Be that as it is, what he states below is probably correct to varying degrees...


In my research, a few events arose, as expected. Nevertheless, there were a couple of not-so-evident things that I'm going to point out.

By now, most of you reading this are very much aware of the loom and doom that destroyed the Venezuelan economy, and even these days, we feel panic every time the exchange rate with the USD changes.

Footprints

Buh-bye: CNN to lay off hundreds of staff, on-air personalities

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CNN begins mass layoffs after dismal ratings during the November 2024 elections
"Redundant assignments will be nixed, and various divisions will be reduced or even eliminated."

CNN is set to kick off a round of post-election layoffs that will affect hundreds of employees in the company, including on-air personalities.

Sources told Puck News that the layoffs will take place in the "next few months," and will include "those whose TV production talents won't necessarily be needed in the new digital-first landscape," wrote Puck founding partner Dylan Byers.

Comment: Will be interesting to see if CNN can pull its buns out of the fire. It would require a complete overhaul of whatever they think their "mission" is if they want to survive.


Bulb

Australia: Local government calls for immediate suspension of vaccines

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In a surprise move, the local government of West Australian mining town Port Hedland is calling for immediate suspension of the Moderna and Pfizer Covid vaccines pending an investigation into evidence of excessive levels of synthetic DNA in the shots.

At a special meeting on 11 October, Port Hedland councillors voted five to two in favour of notifying all of Australia's 537 local councils of the evidence of the DNA contamination in the vaccines, and associated risks.

"We are gravely concerned about the potential health risks posed by synthetic DNA contamination, including the dangers of genomic integration, cancer, hereditary defects and immune system disruption," said the letter, a copy of which was sent to councillors around the country following the vote.

Letters were also sent to every health practitioner within the Port Hedland area strongly urging them to share this information with patients contemplating receiving any Pfizer or Moderna Covid modified-RNA (mod-RNA) vaccines.

Comment: Just wait until local governments (and the greater public) start looking at the nano-particles some of the covid vaccinations contain.


Red Flag

Nanny state insanity: Mom arrested and jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town

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It was dinnertime on October 30, 2024, when police handcuffed Brittany Patterson in front of three of her four children and drove her to the station in Fannin County, Georgia. She was then fingerprinted, photographed, and dressed in an orange jumpsuit.

Hours earlier, around noon, Patterson had driven her eldest son to a medical appointment. Her youngest son, 11-year-old Soren, intended to come along but wasn't around when it was time to leave.

"I figured he was in the woods, or at grandma's house," says Patterson, who lives on 16 acres with her kids and her father. (Her husband works out of state). There is no shortage of family in the vicinity. Patterson's mother and sisters live just two minutes away.

Soren, however, was not playing in the woods. He had decided to walk to downtown Mineral Bluff, a town of just 370 people. It's not quite a mile from his house. A woman who saw him walking alongside the road — speed limit: 25 in some places, 35 in others — asked him if he was OK. He said yes.

Nevertheless, she called the police.

Heart - Black

Witnesses describe alleged Ukrainian war crimes in Donbass city

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Ukrainian troops were given carte blanche to harass and commit crimes against the Russian-speaking population in the southern Donbass city of Ugledar, a Moscow-backed investigative mission has alleged.

Human rights defender Maksim Grigoriev, who chairs an international body investigating suspected crimes of the Ukrainian government, previewed on Monday a new report which focuses on the events in Ugledar. Russian troops liberated the town in early October, allowing civilian access to its remaining residents.

Witnesses said they had faced mistreatment since the armed coup in Kiev in 2014. One woman explained how she could not receive justice for her son, who was killed in a fight with a Ukrainian volunteer battalion member in 2016.

The woman said her son had been a large, strong man who had been stabbed to death after trying to defend local girls from a group of drunken troops from the Aidar unit. The criminal case was clear-cut and resulted in a conviction, but the sentence allowed the killer to be released on parole, Grigoriev said. The perpetrator reportedly did not see the inside of a prison cell.

NPC

Scientific American editor blasts 'f---ing fascists' who elected Donald Trump

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Scientific American editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth blasted Trump voters as the "meanest, dumbest, most bigoted" group and "f---ing fascists."

On her Bluesky social media account, Helmuth documented her reaction to the presidential election over the course of Tuesday night. She began optimistically, celebrating campaign efforts.

"Thank you to everyone who knocked on doors, sent post cards, organized, participated in get out the vote events, donated, registered voters, and just plain voted. I'm so glad we're all in this together," Helmuth wrote.

She also added, "Welp. Gonna be a long night. Cheers, everybody."

Comment: Everyone should cancel their subscriptions to Scientific American.


Attention

Green blues: Persistent fog in Germany causes 'green energy' output to fall to near zero

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The enemy of green energy: the high pressure system

At 5 p.m. last Wednesday, Germany's 1602 offshore wind turbines in the North and Baltic Seas stood still...solar output was also near zero. Germany had to scramble to keep supply going.


In the words of Professor Claudia Kemfert: It is a myth to believe that solar and wind do not provide enough electricity. The myth that there will be enough wind and sunshine somewhere in Europe was shattered at the beginning of November 2024. Daniel Wetzel describes the situation in the online Die Welt (pay article)

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Light Saber

Michigan jury awards $12M to woman fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine

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A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination.

Much of the award — $10 million — is for punitive damages against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, according to the verdict form.

Lisa Domski, who worked at Blue Cross for more than 30 years, said she was a victim of religious discrimination. The company in 2021 did not grant an exemption from its vaccine policy, despite her insistence that it clashed with her Catholic beliefs.