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Ma's avatar

Imprick the peach. My next protest sign. Totally stolen from contrarians. VOTE.

Barbara Upshaw's avatar

Great podcast today. I always learn so much from you both. Thanks Frank and Barb!

Barbara Craig's avatar

Protests make those who do it stronger and a bit more hopeful.

These protesters are also telling the world that we do not want to go back to great if it means liss of civility rights.

Barbara Craig's avatar

So fun to find the root of slush fund. I am learning so much through Substack podcasts. I remember the Cleveland case and how much support Demorra got from the good old boys. Corruption is not new, but the national scale is so much bigger.

A humble thought: political corruption is proportionate to the time ONE party is in power and the solidarity of its members. Trump is proving the point

Claire F Herczeg's avatar

Thank you SO much for this program! It is very encouraging to hear her reinforce how I have felt about our country and its government. I am going to purchase her book -- she is inspiring!!!!

Protect the Vote's avatar

Cheeto: Narcissistic Ego And Contrarianism

Cheeto carries the unofficial personality disorder diagnosis of malignant narcissism(MNPD) which is made worse by frontotemporal dementia of which he has shown signs with growing concerns

The personality traits of MNPD are sadism where there is blatant disregard for humanity such as when the USAID agency was totally dismantled affecting the lives of millions of people and children(done by DOGE led by Musk another MNPD) Loyalty particularly of the media is necessary due to the paranoia exhibited by the impaired And aggression as seen in his fatal decision to attack Iran

But one of the more pernicious characteristics of MNPD particularly for a leader of a country is antisocial behavior demonstrated by Cheeto’s blatant disregard for rules, the rights of others, and societal norms which leads to irrational contrarian decision making(https://bit.ly/4dG68bq) Blowing up the JCPOA(Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) which had taken 18mo of diplomatic work by the Obama administration, Cheeto showed everyone his contrarian pathology and now is trying to resurrect the agreement on his own which is now costing the American taxpayers billions of dollars a day The exhibited corruption on full display is characteristic of antisocial behavior

The risks of such contrarian attitudes with aggressive tendencies in a man with the nuclear codes should be concerning for all of Americans and the world The unpredictable nature of his actions make him a dangerous threat to not only the country’s national security but country’s of the world

Unfortunately the country is under the control of a psychopath which affects us and as WE have seen the entire geopolitical order WE the People are living in perilous times and neither WE nor the Nazi Republicans should normalize this pathological behavior and insist that the media including substack channels start calling this crazy loon who is atop our government for what he is….a crazed demented man with MNPD

A. Hofferkamp's avatar

Support public radio/public tv.

NanceeM's avatar

Veto-proof is never going to happen in this environment. 2/3 majority.

Shy Patriot's avatar

But there are too many people immune to the suffering - they just don’t care. Don’t think ‘more exposure’ will do much. Sociopaths/narcissists have ZERO empathy.

Olivia Ward's avatar

McQuaid's book should be standard issue for schools and universities! We can't start early enough.

Ma's avatar

Got mine on order.

NANCY Jambor's avatar

Barb Macquarie is a treasure

Suzanne Dallimore's avatar

Where in Hell do these DOJ lawyers, the Tidd Blanched, Ed Martins, Lindsey Halligans and this new bunch, go to law school?

Ma's avatar

Ed martians, Lindsey hooligans, toad blanched…well we know toad went to night law school - never a good sign but obviously the ivy leagues aren’t standing up too well to scrutiny. Couch fucker Vance, leave the country Cruze, FL Gov moron, et. al. Ivy leaguers. Disgusting failures and brain dead. Hahvahd is pass/fail so I am sure you can buy that grade and some of the weirdest people I know went to Yale. Mercy!

Angie's avatar

End Citizens United.

George Goodwin's avatar

Trump uses Wall Street quotes to strategize battlefield manuevers.