Republicans Agree: This Is an Emergency

Tim Miller, strategist for the organization Republican Voters Against Trump, warned today of a crisis in democracy in the U.S. due to the influence of Our Military Leader (OML).  He, along with Olivia Troye, spoke out forcefully on cable news about the lying and corruption at the root of this administration in Washington.  

According to reports, numerous Republicans in the nation's Capitol -- even in the White House -- are secretly planning to vote Democratic this year.  Olivia Troye, former assistant to Vice-President Pence has already done so.

Mr. Miller today excoriated Republicans in the White House who have looked the other way and enabled OML time and time again in his efforts to weaken the agencies of the government, including at the Centers for Disease Control.  It is known other actions have been taken to corrupt agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department among many others.  

Now Republicans at Republican Voters Against Trump are trying to right the ship of state which is listing so dramatically.  Those who have already joined this organization are true patriots of our time and should be heralded and supported. 

 

 Republican Voters Against Trump 

Second and Third Thoughts About the American Way of Business

 The Towers of Zenith aspired above the morning mist;  austere towers of steel and cement and limestone, sturdy as cliffs and delicate as silver rods.  They were neither citadels nor churches, but frankly and beautifully office-buildings.

 

So opens  Sinclair Lewis' landmark novel Babbit.  Published nearly 100 years ago, Babbit stunned and thrilled the reading public with its starkly beautiful depiction of life in small-town America circa 1920.  As George F. Babbit navigates the vagaries of life and aspires to greatness at the expense of the truth, we see Everyman become revealed to the American and world public in a way gratifying to the public, if not to the American way of business itself. 

Perhaps you would like to read it along with me, as that same way of American business once again is being questioned more and more. 

The Three Federalist Societies Revealed

A highly revealing look at the dark money version of the Federalist Society by a United States Senator.  Gripping, breath-taking.

 https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/speeches/the-third-federalist-society

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Polls Right; Reporters Wrong

The title above, though terse, is true.  My research based on several years of analysis indicates the national polls have the election right, as of now.  And according to Princeton Election Consortium, the Biden lead is not likely to change.

Where the press comes in is their irresponsible neglect of voter suppression tactics.  Thankfully, this is beginning to change, but barely.  The problem of Republican voter suppression efforts has become too big to ignore.  

Still, the press is not putting this issue front and center.  In the cable news programs we find the Barret hearings more important than the on-going story of a Pandor's box of vote suppressing and stealing tacts by the G.O.P.  

You, dear reader, can help by spreading the news about the work of Greg Palast already referenced here.  Stacey Abrams' work is informed by Palast's investigations.  Others are now picking up the trail of this story of often-criminal tampering with the voting process.  America can do better.   She must do better.  

 

Not Proud of the Proud Boys

At the link below, internationally known journalist Greg Palast reveals what the various pretend-military groups are up to in the U.S. and it's a scary picture.  While not all self-described militia groups are of the same variety, many are engaging in police actions and militaristic activities.  

An article in today's New York Times shows how these militia groups are actually illegal in states all across the U.S.  This aspect will be the focus of another post here soon.

 

What the "Militias" are Really Up to 

Speed Kills

 The speed of recent news developments has created a log-jam in the in-box of your musical blogger.  For in order to be a responsible blogger one must first filter the news and set priorities before writing.  With a president who has been diagnosed with Covid-19 and wants to be his own (spin-) doctor at the same time, a writer's job is complicated.  

Much of what remains clear has already been stated here, to wit:  the craven dishonesty of this presider is deep and pervasive.  There is no need to give further examples.  The dishonesty has long since become a campaign of deceitful propaganda. 

Yet, rays of hope are beginning to appear.  Kamala Harris -- unlike Mr. Biden -- was at least given a sliver of space to deliver an enlightened message of hope in the debate earlier this week.  And polling numbers continue to go up for the Biden-Harris ticket.

Even so, the threat of voter suppression continues, in Georgia, in Florida, and other places, even as court victories have popped up in other states such as Ohio.  

In summary, it continues to be a time of swirling, muddy waters.  But to reference a famous musician, perhaps the music of Muddy Mississippi Waters (the performer), and his name-sake River can poetically float a life-raft of optimism to the surface of this much-troubled current of events.