It is my view that we are on a track to become another Hungary and I think when historian look back and write about what has happened they will blame Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell, the Supreme Court, and Biden. Recognizing his growing mental failure Biden should have announced a year ago that he would not run again so that roper primaries were conducted to allow a new Democratic leader to emerge and a proper conference to be held. Instead, he unilaterally put forward his decent and honorable but virtually unknown Vice President — how many ranchers in Idaho, or farmers in Mississippi do you think could have even named her? She in turn did not pick a well-known VP like Gavin Newsom, but another virtually unknown politician Tim Walz — did you know his name before it was announced for VP? But before that, Mitch McConnell blocked Trump’s impeachment, and for the past three years Merrick Garland, whom Biden should have been replaced, has let all the legal actions against Trump to just wind their sleepy way through various courts and leaving Jack Smith un-supported.
Merrick Garland’s legacy will be the he was the worst Attorney General in U.S. history. Credit: Mark Schiefelbein / AP
We have just witnessed the greatest failure of federal law enforcement in American history.
The reasons for Donald Trump’s reelection are numerous and will be hotly debated in the weeks ahead. But the story of his comeback cannot be told without seriously grappling with how he managed to outrun four criminal cases, including — most notably — the Justice Department’s prosecution over Trump’s alleged effort to overturn the 2020 election.
At the root of it all are the considerable and truly historic legal missteps by the Biden administration and Attorney General Merrick Garland, as well as a series of decisions by Republicans throughout the political and legal systems in recent years that effectively bailed Trump out when the risks for him were greatest.
The two federal criminal cases against him are now dead as a practical matter. Already there is reporting suggesting that special counsel Jack Smith will leave his post and dismiss the pending cases, which is […]
Stephan, I have many thoughts on all of this and am happy I am able to communicate at all at this point, after this devastation.
Firstly, I do not believe he won for the following reasons:
1. The day after the election over 20 MILLION ballots were unaccounted for. Since the election over 222 lawsuits have been initiated regarding these unaccounted for votes. That is not 1,000, 100,000 or even 1 million. That is 20 million.
2. Many people have reported the software was not recognizing or counting the mail-in ballots.
3. A polling person from TX said every third vote for Kamala went to Trump. Many people were complaining about this and they would tell them to go back to the machine and vote again, but it kept going to Trump when they pressed Kamala. They also claim every OTHER vote they pressed for Colin Allred went to Ted Cruz. These are voting machines where you press a button for your candidate. Ted Cruz is very unpopular and was on track to lose by a huge margin. And the opposite for Allred.
4. Many accurate grassroots pollers (not the polls you see on NBC etc. People that go door to door) that have accurately predicted every election for the past several decades, either in their state or nationwide, within 2 points at the most, we’re wrong by over 5 or more points?? Does not make any sense.
4. Going into the election in PA, so many democrats had voted in early voting it was almost statistically impossible for the Republicans to win. There were at least 4 fake bomb threats in PA preventing people from voting.
5. A Republican has not won the popular vote since George Bush Sr. Is it possible that this sick man could win the popular vote with thousands and probably millions of Republicans voting for Kamala and people who voted for him 2 times were not voting for him again. I know some of these people and saw all these people on videos online before the election. I do not think that is possible that he won the popular vote. The democrats went into election day with slightly more early votes then they had in the 2020 election and they’re going to tell us that tens of millions fewer people voted for Kamala than Biden? Especially because the new voter demographic favored young women. Millions of new registrants were young women, many more than men.
6. In Tennessee there was unbelievable record turnout for women and new voters in Early Voting. Completely unprecedented. Women there were claiming when they hit the Gloria Johnson button it would go to Blackburn (and no matter what they did it wouldn’t register Gloria Johnson) and when they hit Kamala it would go to Trump. You had to hit it many times before it switched. Many new voters may not know what is going on and move on.
7. How did the vote counting resolve so quickly? The last election they were counting for days and they were barely done counting in some states and the TV called it for the state and it was all done by 4:00a.m. Wednesday?
8. It was difficult to get into Kamala’s rallies and Musk was paying people $45 each to attend the other guy’s rallies. And many people were walking out of Trump’s.
9. Trump kept saying he didn’t need anyone’s vote and don’t worry after this election you would never have to worry about voting again.
10. The day before the election orale was so bad in Trump’s campaign one of his top men was interviewed on CNN and MSNBC and reported morale was so bad in the Trump campaign nobody cared of he won or lost and the resentment and hate they had toward the candidate could not be overestimated. Does that sound like a winning campaign?
I look forward to more coming out about all of this.
With Elon Musk and Putin helping him as well as the Billionaires that have been propping him up. This is pure and simple interference and corruption.
I do not believe this is conspiracy. There are many facts supporting this. I believe Kamala won.
What you describe is a conspiracy to steal the election. Interesting that himself proclaimed at every opportunity that the 2020 election was stolen and if he did not win this one then it would not have been free and fair, trouble would follow. Himself “wins” and it must have been legit because himself won and the only trouble to follow will be for those on his extensive enemies list of individuals and agencies.
Now that things have flipped it is us non magats who are complaining of election interference. I have heard it from many more as time has passed. Will there be an investigation, court challenges, recounts demanded…the magats had all plans laid, staff engaged to kick off their challenges if himself lost but not at all on the now Democratic side because in our own eyes we would be just like them, or am I reading too much into this???
I can send you information regarding facts. What Trump did was not based in fact and Biden and Harria are not saying these things. These are election officials, computer scientists and voting advocacy groups. This is driven by people finding atual real analogies, not by a sore losing candidate. 222 lawsuits are being filed and a letter from over 2 dozen computer scientists, election secueity experts, etc has been written claiming there is evidence of hacking in 2 of the companies that provode 79 % of fhe votes nationwide. They are askimg for a federal investigation. There is No way this man won the popular vote. That hasn’thappened simce George Bush sr..and many
Any republicans were voting for Kamala, an estimated 9 %. Whoever did this went too far. We all have to pray a thorough investigation happens and justice prevails.
That is the 2 companies that provide machines for 70% of the votes nationwide, we’re hacked. Please tell me Elon musk is not capable of this or his counterpart Putin, who has the best hackers in the world.
You and I seem to have a misunderstanding regarding the word “conspiracy”. My use follows the definition as a noun:
“a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.”
I’m not disagreeing with you but what you are describing is a conspiracy to steal the election for himself which until proven is theoretical. I think we are stuck with him and his Heritage Foundation agenda which because he will not need to deal with the details of implementation and follow through has a good chance of succeeding considering their total lock on the government.
Also, another thought I have on this is, this may be the beginning of the Central Government having much less power and the power going back to the states and regions. Like the 2050 report discusses. I live in MA and many people are already discussing the possibility of seceding. We would have to work things out but I believe we would be fine without the federal government in our state. Or maybe our region would form a political entity. The poor people in the Midwest who voted for him, or their systems are so fraudulent that they said they voted for him, are in for a tough road ahead on every level.
One more comment regarding your thoughts on the devolution of federal power is some predictions of a future disunited states talks of states forming regional governments that have power to ignore federal mandates or laws while still maintaining the facade of a central government. This might also become possible if the conservative dream of a constitutional convention came into being. They have been working this one for some years and are lacking six states to be able to call a convention into session. Ah, but then I have lived in woo-woo land for some long time now, so I don’t hold too tightly to much I hear.
Sheila Linn
on Friday, November 8, 2024 at 8:35 am
Stephan, please stop blaming the Democrats. In our opinion, Joe Biden handled the situation very well, and Kamala & Tim ran an excellent campaign.
Cari’s comments above are consistent with what we are hearing. There is reason to believe the election was not legitimate, and there is reason to expect a federal investigation.
Albus Eddie
on Friday, November 8, 2024 at 1:40 pm
There certainly will be enough blame to go around. I wouldn’t characterize Biden putting forward Harris unilaterally. The donor class put her forward to quell the brush fire that ended Biden’s campaign. The Biden folks didn’t want to give up power but were forced to do so to the Harris team, and the donor class with Obama working overtime behind the scenes to stab Biden in the back. Nobody wanted to use the 25th amendment to the constitution, but that was the appropriate route. When you stab people in the back there should be no surprise when they want revenge, and that’s Trump’s specialty. Sander’s critique is correct despite the fact that the DNC chair doesn’t want to hear it. No need for change per the powers of the Democratic party, just need to whip the followers into shape. You can see how well that worked for Obama during the current cycle. There is one set of images which define this election for me – Biden may have slowed, but he was not totally incapacitated. He was giving a message and he had his revenge:
Your explanation leaves me asking how is it women voted against personal autonomy or Hispanic people voted for the most massive deportation in human history, or average wage earners voted for big tax cuts for the wealthy? Blaming this and more on intra-party power dynamics seems inadequate.
Last I checked surveys of voters for himself did so because of inflation-food and gas prices, immigrant invasions and the hardest for me to understand is; “he cares about me, tells the truth and is a business man who can be trusted”.
I had imagined that most Americans were maturing in their belief that we are better together and can creatively make this world better for all of us. Apparently the oligarchs of the world are very powerful and can seduce the average person to support their agenda.
Just watch a Jon Stewart podcast interview with a wonderful professor, Heather Cox Richardson who put this current moment into the context of the flow of American history. I highly recommend tuning into to this long form podcast that gives space for long answers. She explains the box we Americans find ourselves inside.
KENT CAMPAZZIE
on Friday, November 8, 2024 at 10:33 pm
IT’S quite simple good versus evil. RFK Juniors father and uncle were assassinated trying to expose the evil. RFK junior really loves his country and was brave enough to walk away from the evil.IT will all come out in the wash*
Stephan, I have many thoughts on all of this and am happy I am able to communicate at all at this point, after this devastation.
Firstly, I do not believe he won for the following reasons:
1. The day after the election over 20 MILLION ballots were unaccounted for. Since the election over 222 lawsuits have been initiated regarding these unaccounted for votes. That is not 1,000, 100,000 or even 1 million. That is 20 million.
2. Many people have reported the software was not recognizing or counting the mail-in ballots.
3. A polling person from TX said every third vote for Kamala went to Trump. Many people were complaining about this and they would tell them to go back to the machine and vote again, but it kept going to Trump when they pressed Kamala. They also claim every OTHER vote they pressed for Colin Allred went to Ted Cruz. These are voting machines where you press a button for your candidate. Ted Cruz is very unpopular and was on track to lose by a huge margin. And the opposite for Allred.
4. Many accurate grassroots pollers (not the polls you see on NBC etc. People that go door to door) that have accurately predicted every election for the past several decades, either in their state or nationwide, within 2 points at the most, we’re wrong by over 5 or more points?? Does not make any sense.
4. Going into the election in PA, so many democrats had voted in early voting it was almost statistically impossible for the Republicans to win. There were at least 4 fake bomb threats in PA preventing people from voting.
5. A Republican has not won the popular vote since George Bush Sr. Is it possible that this sick man could win the popular vote with thousands and probably millions of Republicans voting for Kamala and people who voted for him 2 times were not voting for him again. I know some of these people and saw all these people on videos online before the election. I do not think that is possible that he won the popular vote. The democrats went into election day with slightly more early votes then they had in the 2020 election and they’re going to tell us that tens of millions fewer people voted for Kamala than Biden? Especially because the new voter demographic favored young women. Millions of new registrants were young women, many more than men.
6. In Tennessee there was unbelievable record turnout for women and new voters in Early Voting. Completely unprecedented. Women there were claiming when they hit the Gloria Johnson button it would go to Blackburn (and no matter what they did it wouldn’t register Gloria Johnson) and when they hit Kamala it would go to Trump. You had to hit it many times before it switched. Many new voters may not know what is going on and move on.
7. How did the vote counting resolve so quickly? The last election they were counting for days and they were barely done counting in some states and the TV called it for the state and it was all done by 4:00a.m. Wednesday?
8. It was difficult to get into Kamala’s rallies and Musk was paying people $45 each to attend the other guy’s rallies. And many people were walking out of Trump’s.
9. Trump kept saying he didn’t need anyone’s vote and don’t worry after this election you would never have to worry about voting again.
10. The day before the election orale was so bad in Trump’s campaign one of his top men was interviewed on CNN and MSNBC and reported morale was so bad in the Trump campaign nobody cared of he won or lost and the resentment and hate they had toward the candidate could not be overestimated. Does that sound like a winning campaign?
I look forward to more coming out about all of this.
With Elon Musk and Putin helping him as well as the Billionaires that have been propping him up. This is pure and simple interference and corruption.
I do not believe this is conspiracy. There are many facts supporting this. I believe Kamala won.
What you describe is a conspiracy to steal the election. Interesting that himself proclaimed at every opportunity that the 2020 election was stolen and if he did not win this one then it would not have been free and fair, trouble would follow. Himself “wins” and it must have been legit because himself won and the only trouble to follow will be for those on his extensive enemies list of individuals and agencies.
Now that things have flipped it is us non magats who are complaining of election interference. I have heard it from many more as time has passed. Will there be an investigation, court challenges, recounts demanded…the magats had all plans laid, staff engaged to kick off their challenges if himself lost but not at all on the now Democratic side because in our own eyes we would be just like them, or am I reading too much into this???
I can send you information regarding facts. What Trump did was not based in fact and Biden and Harria are not saying these things. These are election officials, computer scientists and voting advocacy groups. This is driven by people finding atual real analogies, not by a sore losing candidate. 222 lawsuits are being filed and a letter from over 2 dozen computer scientists, election secueity experts, etc has been written claiming there is evidence of hacking in 2 of the companies that provode 79 % of fhe votes nationwide. They are askimg for a federal investigation. There is No way this man won the popular vote. That hasn’thappened simce George Bush sr..and many
Any republicans were voting for Kamala, an estimated 9 %. Whoever did this went too far. We all have to pray a thorough investigation happens and justice prevails.
That is the 2 companies that provide machines for 70% of the votes nationwide, we’re hacked. Please tell me Elon musk is not capable of this or his counterpart Putin, who has the best hackers in the world.
You and I seem to have a misunderstanding regarding the word “conspiracy”. My use follows the definition as a noun:
“a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.”
I’m not disagreeing with you but what you are describing is a conspiracy to steal the election for himself which until proven is theoretical. I think we are stuck with him and his Heritage Foundation agenda which because he will not need to deal with the details of implementation and follow through has a good chance of succeeding considering their total lock on the government.
Also, another thought I have on this is, this may be the beginning of the Central Government having much less power and the power going back to the states and regions. Like the 2050 report discusses. I live in MA and many people are already discussing the possibility of seceding. We would have to work things out but I believe we would be fine without the federal government in our state. Or maybe our region would form a political entity. The poor people in the Midwest who voted for him, or their systems are so fraudulent that they said they voted for him, are in for a tough road ahead on every level.
One more comment regarding your thoughts on the devolution of federal power is some predictions of a future disunited states talks of states forming regional governments that have power to ignore federal mandates or laws while still maintaining the facade of a central government. This might also become possible if the conservative dream of a constitutional convention came into being. They have been working this one for some years and are lacking six states to be able to call a convention into session. Ah, but then I have lived in woo-woo land for some long time now, so I don’t hold too tightly to much I hear.
Stephan, please stop blaming the Democrats. In our opinion, Joe Biden handled the situation very well, and Kamala & Tim ran an excellent campaign.
Cari’s comments above are consistent with what we are hearing. There is reason to believe the election was not legitimate, and there is reason to expect a federal investigation.
There certainly will be enough blame to go around. I wouldn’t characterize Biden putting forward Harris unilaterally. The donor class put her forward to quell the brush fire that ended Biden’s campaign. The Biden folks didn’t want to give up power but were forced to do so to the Harris team, and the donor class with Obama working overtime behind the scenes to stab Biden in the back. Nobody wanted to use the 25th amendment to the constitution, but that was the appropriate route. When you stab people in the back there should be no surprise when they want revenge, and that’s Trump’s specialty. Sander’s critique is correct despite the fact that the DNC chair doesn’t want to hear it. No need for change per the powers of the Democratic party, just need to whip the followers into shape. You can see how well that worked for Obama during the current cycle. There is one set of images which define this election for me – Biden may have slowed, but he was not totally incapacitated. He was giving a message and he had his revenge:
Your explanation leaves me asking how is it women voted against personal autonomy or Hispanic people voted for the most massive deportation in human history, or average wage earners voted for big tax cuts for the wealthy? Blaming this and more on intra-party power dynamics seems inadequate.
Last I checked surveys of voters for himself did so because of inflation-food and gas prices, immigrant invasions and the hardest for me to understand is; “he cares about me, tells the truth and is a business man who can be trusted”.
I had imagined that most Americans were maturing in their belief that we are better together and can creatively make this world better for all of us. Apparently the oligarchs of the world are very powerful and can seduce the average person to support their agenda.
Just watch a Jon Stewart podcast interview with a wonderful professor, Heather Cox Richardson who put this current moment into the context of the flow of American history. I highly recommend tuning into to this long form podcast that gives space for long answers. She explains the box we Americans find ourselves inside.
IT’S quite simple good versus evil. RFK Juniors father and uncle were assassinated trying to expose the evil. RFK junior really loves his country and was brave enough to walk away from the evil.IT will all come out in the wash*