Quote of the Day

I've spent a lot of time studying bad men. I've examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty. Yet there's something different about Donald Trump.

When I look at him, I don't see a bad man. Truly.

I see an evil one.

Over the years, I've met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can't quite pull it off. There's such a thing as 'honor among thieves.'

Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong. Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story—but—they have a moral code, however warped.

Donald Trump does not. He's a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethicc. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself—not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his 'friends.'

He has contempt for all of them.

WE New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego. We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.

We tried to warn the world in 2016.

The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination. Remember how we were jolted by the crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world? We lived with Donald Trump's bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags.

The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior. That was the consequence of New York's warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse.

Make no mistake: the twice-=impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can't let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously. 

So day we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke—right here in the beating hear of New York±to the rest of America:

This is our last chance.

Democracy won't survive the return of a wannabe dictator.

And it won't overcome evil if we are divided.

So what do we do about it? I know I'm preaching to the choir here. What we're doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow—take it outside these walls.

We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the harzards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into theWhite House. They're not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice. Our future doesn't just depend on us; it depends on them.

Let's reach out to Trump's followers with respect.

Let's not talk about 'democracy.' 'Democracy' may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they've already turned their backs on it.

Let's talk about right and wrong. Let's talk about humanity.

Let's talk about kindness. Security for our world. Safety for our families. Decency.

Let's welcome them back.

We won't get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump and fulfill the mission of this 'Stop Trump Summit.'" — Robert De Niro

For The MAGAIDIOTS In The Back

For the MAGAIDIOTS in the back: Apparently the last remaining firing synapse in your collective possession has shit the bed once & for all and this info just ain't getting through your thick skulls and into your cavernous craniums of cultish cluelessness, so here we go again- It is NOT "election interference" to schedule ANY of your rotting gourd God's MANY trials before the 2024 election.

The law doesn't give a fuck if he's running for President of the Raccoon Scat Association in The Greater Booger Hole area or President of the United States.

It cares as much about Super Tuesday as it does Superfly Snuka. He is a defendant just like any other Joe Shmoe charged with crimes and he has to appear in court whenever the fuck the Judge says he has to appear in court.
For all your endless whining about a "two-tiered justice system" when it comes to Hunter Biden's dick pics you'd think you'd understand that granting special treatment to a private citizen who decided to campaign in the middle of his indictments ain't how this shit works.

But you don't understand that, because you've opted for your usual willful ignorance instead.

And for the record, he announced his candidacy AFTER most of these investigations were already well underway.

So if this shit is anything, it's "Indictment interference".
But here's the thing about all of this- no one cares how this makes you
"feel". No one cares if you're mad or sad or threatening "civil war."

No one is above the law in this country. No one.

And either we are a nation of laws or we are not.

If you love America as much as your "Star Spangled & Hammered" beer koozie says you do, you'd actually understand how crucially important it is to hold Donald Trump to the same legal standards as anyone else.

And yet…

[I didn't write this, but it resonated and I felt like it needed to be passed on to my fellow Progressives.]