Chump
is now sending US troops into Israel. Why? He can't answer that other
than it's part of his 'peace' plan. It won't be to protect the
Palestinians. So why?
There
is no clearly defined mission for US troops which is always a no-no.
But an idiot like Chump was never in the peace movement and a coward
like Chump was never in the military. So he has no working knowledge
one way or the other. But this is how quagmire's start. I could pull
in Iraq but that would make this post longer and involve many more
politicians. So we will leave it at that.
Why
did I write about it? It just hit me when I though about Chump's
announcement to send US troops in. It hit me and I wondered why the
press wasn't talking about. It is a big deal. We are supposed to learn
from our mistakes. But the press indulges Idiot Chump all the time.
They spent all last week pretending Chump had a peace plan. He didn't.
He doesn't.
Monday, October 13, 2025. We do
not have time for the craven or the cowardly. If you're an elected
Democrat and you think this is the time to flatter and praise Donald
Chump, get your ass of TV, you're not helping anyone (not even,
surprise,yourself).
THE NEW REPUBLIC's latest RIGHT NOW WITH PERRY BACON podcast is up:
In the latest episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon, Democratic strategist Arkadi Gerney argues that the United States is in the midst of a “cold civil war.”
For liberals to win it, they must use “hardball” tactics, including
borrowing from the Republicans’ playbook. Gerney says that Republican
governors and attorneys general smartly coordinated during Joe Biden’s
presidency to thwart him. He praised Democratic attorneys general for
taking a similar tack, constantly filing and at times winning lawsuits against the Trump administration. He also lauded California Governor Gavin Newsom for immediately responding to Texas’s redistricting scheme with a proposal for California to redraw its district lines in ways favorable to Democrats. Newsom and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s threat to
leave the bipartisan National Governors Association unless it condemns
Trump’s National Guard deployments was also a savvy move, he says. A big
and unresolved challenge for Democrats, according to Gerney, is dealing
with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and the guard deployments from Trump that target Democratic-leaning cities in blue states. You can read the transcript here.
From the podcast:
Bacon:
You used the words hardball and deterrence a few minutes ago. So I
think part of this is—and even when we’ve talked a few times—every time
you talk, I’m sort of like, “Do I really want California to be using
their pension to, like, force…” But the answer to these questions has
got to be yes—part of what you’re saying is, things that make me queasy
in sort of a liberal way, are gonna [happen]. We’re in a fight over
power, and that requires hardball. Is that the subtext here, or the
actual text?
Gerney:
I think that’s right. For example, in the last 24 hours, Governor
Pritzker and Governor Newsom sent letters to the National Governors
Association, which is the bipartisan coalition of all 50 governors—and
they said, “Hey, if you’re not going to say something about National
Guard troops coming into our states without our request, we’re going to
drop out of this organization.” And I think that’s a healthy response to
something that’s not working anymore.
I
think we have to be able to look squarely at what we have. At the end
of the day, yes, we want to have a national bipartisan governors
association where they talk about ideas across party lines. But if the
red-state governors are not going to say something about something that
is an across-the-board violation of the Constitution and of the role of
states, what’s the point of being in something like this?
And
look, I’ve talked about some of the challenges that blue states have
around affordability and this sort of net migration toward red states.
But blue states have a lot to be proud of too. If you look at
educational outcomes, if you look at life expectancy—there’s a big
difference. If you look at crime in cities—Republicans talk a lot about
crime in Chicago and cities like that, but if you look at crime across
states and control for urbanization, there’s more crime in red states.
There are a lot of reasons for that, but I think there’s a lot that’s
going reasonably well in blue states, and part of what you want to do is
tell that story.
We
are helped by strength and when we don't show it we embarrass
ourselves. Senator Mark Kelly was a damn fool yesterday on CNN's STATE
OF THE UNION -- see Ava and my "Media: Can Dems stop caving, can the media stop whoring?"
Was his goal to have Republicans think, "Oh, he's the reasonable one."
There are people you can pull off from Chump. Mark Kelly's bowing and
scaping -- the same thing that Senator John Fetterman does -- is not
going to help us or our country.
CNN reports this morning
that the last Israeli hostages from the October 7th assault have been
released this morning. That's good. That doesn't mean peace. It was
20 people. About what Joe Biden got out of each negotiated pause. It
doesn't mean peace. You're an idiot if you can't grasp that. It didn't
mean peace in the past as Ava and I noted:
This could very well be yet another pause masked as a cease-fire.
A
true peace plan probably wouldn't result in what took place September
29th -- that's when Chump announced it . . . with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu at his side -- with only Netanyahu at his side.
The
willful stupidity on the part of the press and the part of elected
officials when it comes to this fact speaks to a very anti-Muslim point
of view. We get that, right? When Chump pretends to have talks of
peace re: Ukraine, the press and politicians notice if a Ukrainian
representative is not present.
But leave, for example, Izz al-Din al-Haddad out of the announcement and it doesn't matter?
It matters and it's very significant.
There is no peace plan -- certainly not one that's going to benefit the Palestinian people.
How
do you miss that? If it's not assuming that Palestinians are less
human -- the anti-Muslim point of view we noted above -- then it's just
exhaustion over this conflict that didn't begin in October 2003. But
even that exhaustion goes to anti-Muslim bias. Because you're ready to
embrace anything just to see it 'ended' -- you're willing to ignore the
Palestinian needs.
In terms of the US, in terms of Mark Kelly, the bigger problem is he shot off his stupid and uninformed mouth.
Chump
is putting US boots on the ground. Are we going to discuss that? They
have no clear goals. This is, as Elaine notes in "Stupid Donald Chump works to create a quagmire,"
how you get a quagmire. And Idiot Mark Kelly, if that happens, you
damn well better believe that your remarks will be remembered to insist
the quagmire was built with bipartisan support. Why do you have to be
so damn stupid?
At THE NEW REPUBLIC, Michael Tomasky puts it very concisely:
David
Axelrod is far better known these days for occasionally wagging his
finger at his fellow Democrats than for breathing partisan fire, so it
caught my eye when he posted this on
X Wednesday: “So far, the ICE gang has shot & killed an unarmed man
& lied about the circumstances; shot a woman 5 times for
obstructing their vehicle; roughed up elderly women and zip-tied small
children; shot a clergyman in the face with a pepper ball; marched
through downtown Chicago, masked and armed. And they’re not going after
the ‘worst of the worse,’ [sic]
as promised. Most of the people they’re snagging have clean records.
Some are citizens. To be clear: This is NOT making Chicago safer. It’s
state-sponsored mayhem; dangerous political theater calculated to
provoke.”
Historians
sometimes say that when societies are descending into fascism, it can
be hard for the people to notice it in real time. Well, historians of
the future, I’m here to tell you: We are noticing. Millions of us are
noticing. And we are horrified and enraged. We are well aware: We once
lived in a country that, for all its frequent imperfections, was a place
where the rule of law was a broadly shared value and where leaders
acted with democratic restraint. We now live in a country where there is
no rule of law; where leaders, especially the president but also others
who support him, spit on the idea not only of democratic restraint but
of democracy itself; and where the timorous first reflex of nearly every
member of one of our two political parties is, at virtually all times,
to do precisely what the leader wants.
That’s
fascism. It may be—for now—a comparatively mild form of fascism.
Political opponents aren’t being jailed or shot, opposition media
outlets aren’t being shuttered, and books aren’t being burned. But a lot
of things are happening
that are terrifying. And last year, we lived in a country where the
three scenarios I just listed were barely conceivable. Today, we live in
a country where they are more likely only a matter of time.
Let’s
go back to Axelrod, and specifically, his use of the phrase
“state-sponsored mayhem.” That is exactly what President Trump is
imposing upon Chicago. To take just one of the incidents Axelrod cites:
Pastor David Black of the First Presbyterian Church was with a small
gaggle of protesters outside a Chicago ICE facility. Three agents stood
on the roof of the two-story building as Black and the others stood on
the sidewalk maybe 15 feet away from the building. Black raised his arms
to the sky, as if in prayer. Someone who appears to be a fellow
protester approached Black to confer with him. Next thing you see in this video is
a considerable puff of smoke explode from Black’s forehead as he falls
to the ground. That’s a clergyman. Exercising his First Amendment right
(he’s fine, and he’s suing). Black later told CNN: “We could hear them
laughing.”
He's
right. David Axelrod is right. But there's Democratic Senator Mark
Kelly on CNN praising and normalizing Convicted Felon Donald Chump.
Some one needs to whip these lazy and self-serving Democratic
politicians into shape because we don't have time right now for their
efforts to get praised as 'reasonable' by FOX "NEWS."
Dems
in Congress need to be demanding answers not offering cover for the
administration. Fortunately, some are demanding answers.
Fortunately, former President Barack Obama is showing leadership.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is speaking out.
The American people are speaking out -- which scares the hell out of Chump.
US
House Rep Jim Jordan insists ICE is doing God's work. Was Jim doing
God's work when he watched the college boys locker room? Was he doing
God's business when he looked the other way as the team doctor was in
the showers and walking around the locker room with an erection? Was
Jim doing God's work when he mocked young men who complained about how
the team doctor was always touching their cocks and balls? In what
world are we supposed to believe that Jim can do anything but bear false
witness?
In the same world where an increasingly diminishing number of Americans will insist that ICE is not harming anyone. The
Chump administration thinks they can get away with this. But they also
think they can pose -- with crosses around their necks -- as good
Christians and that's not working either. Good Christians don't cover
up for Jeffrey Epstein Good Christians don't let a man work directly under Kristi Noem when the media has reported for years on
the two's alleged affair -- both are married. Good Christians don't
take $50,000 bribes and other good Christians don't cover up for them.
Good Christians don't try to bully US senators in a committee hearing.
We can down the list all day but no one serving in Chump's corrupt and
illegal administration qualifies as a good Christian.
Pope
Leo XIV encouraged leaders and volunteers of the Catholic Charities USA
network to persevere in their work pointing out that they follow the
Gospel mandate to recognise Christ in the poor, the hungry, the
homeless, and all those in need.
His words of gratitude came in a message to the network is gathered in San Juan, Puerto Rico or its 115th Annual Meeting.
Agents of Hope
Quoting
Pope Francis’ definition of hope as “the desire and expectation of good
things to come, despite our not knowing what the future may bring,”
Pope Leo underlined the importance of Catholic Charities’ work across
its 168 diocesan agencies.
He
described them as “agents of hope” for millions of people in the United
States, especially the most vulnerable, the migrants, refugees, and
those unable to rely on their own resources.
“Through
providing food, shelter, medical care, legal assistance, and many other
gestures of kindness,” he wrote, “Catholic Charities affiliates across
the United States show what Pope Francis often referred to as God’s
‘style’ of closeness, compassion, and tenderness.”
Witnesses of Hope
The
Pope said that while poverty and forced migration bring immense
challenges, migrants and refugees also serve as “witnesses to hope,”
both by their resilience and through the faith they bring to the
communities that welcome them, to find their new homes in your country.
He described them as “missionaries of hope,” strengthening parishes and building bridges across nations and cultures.
Chump
never had a chance at heaven. He's going to hell and he'll spend
eternity there. And if that is anyway different from what you think,
you need to stop and reflect because one of three things has happened:
You're deeply stupid, you're incredibly caring and overly optimistic or
you are you confused and probably headed to hell yourself.
Wesley
United Methodist Church will offer an “Immigration 101: Welcoming the
Stranger” workshop for community members to learn about current
immigration issues.
The free workshop will be held from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Oct. 12 at the church, 14 N. May St., Aurora.
“Wesley
UMC and our UMC Northern Illinois Conference advocacy partner present a
workshop to help us understand the current issues facing our immigrant
neighbors – and give us some ideas of how we can support and help
provide for neighbors in need!” Wesley United Methodist Church’s lead
pastor, the Rev. Tammy Scott, said in a news release.
Some
50 peacemakers, including members of the Pax Christi USA National
Council held a prayer service and vigil in support of immigrants outside
of the headquarters of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
agency in Washington, DC on Friday, 3 October. The service was sponsored
by Pax Christi USA, Pax Christi Metro DC - Baltimore, the Dorothy Day
Catholic Worker, Franciscan Action Network, Congregation Action Network,
Sisters of Mercy, the Quixote Center and other groups.
The
service began with a welcome from Pax Christi USA Executive Director
Charlene Howard. Sherry Simon, outgoing chair of the National Council,
then read this message from Pax Christi USA Bishop President John Stowe,
OFM Conv:
"I
wish I could be there in person with Pax Christi USA and others for this
witness on this eve of the Feast of Saint Francis. I hope that the
words of Cardinal McElroy from the march on the World Day of Migrants
and Refugees are still resounding in DC and beyond. He called out the
assault on the most vulnerable that is taking place in DC and many
places throughout the country.
"It
is so vital that we who call ourselves Christians remind ourselves of
the most fundamental Christian values, love of God and love of
neighbour. As you bear witness in the nation's capital you are affirming
the importance of human dignity, which is God-given and is more basic
than our nationality or citizenship. You are also striving to uphold the
common good, recognizing that we are one community in the US, brought
together from all over the world and our immigrants have made us
stronger and better and will continue to do so. Let us remember the
biblical imperative that we welcome the stranger, and recognize that it
is Christ himself whom we welcome. Let us insist on the respect for
human dignity and the rights of all, for law-enforcement personnel to
clearly identify themselves and their authority, and continue to work
for the comprehensive immigration reform that can allow millions of our
immigrant sisters and brothers to leave among us without fear."
The
participants then sang Sweet Honey in the Rock's song, 'We who believe
in freedom shall not rest,' which was followed by this reflection from
Pax Christi USA 2016 Teacher of Peace Art Laffin:
Rabbi
Michael Ben Yosef, a frequent attendee at protests, was among those
detained. Video shows a few state troopers pinning him to the ground and
detaining him about 7:30 p.m. near Lexington and 25th. He was charged
with misdemeanor resisting arrest.
Yosef
said he was holding a microphone and leading chants on a sidewalk when
an ISP trooper started pushing protesters out of the way and approached
Yosef.
“It was
like I had no time to react, and next thing I know I was grabbed, they
locked my arms and the other [troopers] came with him and threw me to
the ground, pinned me down,” Yosef said about two hours later after he
was released.
“All
I saw was just the ground, and I saw sideways. I couldn’t see nothing.
It was like I was literally trapped,” he said, adding that he was on his
stomach as three troopers knelt on his back.
“I couldn’t resist. I was like crushed,” he said.
And MSNBC did the following video report Saturday.
We're
all under attack. No one is safe. That's the reality of Chump's war
on immigrants and it is why ICE needs to be out of US cities that don't
want them in it, why the kidnapping needs to stop, why the attacks on
citizens needs to stop, why ICE needs real oversight and why the masks
need to come off.
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