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Doug Schwamb aka Swami's avatar

Thank you for laying out the danger that Project 2025 represents to our nation, its citizens and our Constitutional Republic, our democracy. I call the Heritage Foundation the Sith Lords hellbent on tearing down our government by substituting power of the people for power for a few obscenely rich, mobligarchs is what I call them, disciples of depravity a byproduct of Citizens United. This has been their fever dream ever since that disastrous decision. Now they are brazen enough to show all of their cards shamelessly, after all they are the self-anointed entitled ones and the rest of us are expendable, unworthy and invisible. The antidote for all of this is spelled out in the above post by George Polisner.

AMERICA 2025 is the solution, never underestimate the power of your vote and what can be done to overthrow this corruption riddle criminal enterprise that is morally, intellectually and ethically bankrupt. Vote with a big stick like you're hunting rats, Heed bucko!

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you Swami!

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Sharon L Fullen's avatar

Great post. Thanks for sharing resources. I’d suggest that each of us select one or two topics of concern and go all out on working to educate and support. Project 2025 will probably be rolled out in stages and/or in predisposed states. If you have an interest in the less “exciting” issues, select them. Everything is on the table for transformation to God’s will.

Get to know your Senators. Call their local office and their D.C. office frequently. Project 2025 is such a broad manifesto that our representatives need to know what you want them to start blocking ASAP.

WHATEVER YOUR DO TO EDUCATE OTHERS WILL HELP US AMPLIFY OUR CONCERNS. Unlike Germans in WWII, we will gain control by shouting our views everywhere.

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Dr J's Sanity Space's avatar

Great article, George! Any possibility you can shorten it? I am afraid that the average voter goes for a concise version if they are going to absorb the information.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Yes, and good point Janan. I suspect focusing on the intro, what to do before election day, and the conclusion will help. Also, I do want to look into partnering with a creative who can help generate 90 second explainers of key pieces of content.

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Dr J's Sanity Space's avatar

Great idea!

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Laura Reich's avatar

I have been talking and explaining all about Project 2025 for months yet the vast majority of Americans are totally uninformed!

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Keep it up Laura. Some are willfully ignorant, yet many are purposefully overwhelmed. 🤓

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Malcolm J McKinney's avatar

Shared to my phone notes for thorough reading.

Thanks

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Richard's avatar

Good article. Until education becomes more widely distributed, and we reconfigure our press into a true 4th estate once again, people that wish to communicate their ideas to the masses must condense messaging to what will fit on a bumper sticker, or at most a post card. Most of your message is very good, the problem is the people we need to reach are not like me, who was on your side already. The problem is, in part also, that the fire hose of data consumers have to choose from in media. In fact, I believe a major factor in Biden's poor debate performance was that Trump turned his amoral, lie filled fire hose on Biden with such a blast of outrageous lies and projections that it knocked him off balance, who came unprepared. Trump uses his shocking criminal behavior, lies and outrageous performances to focus attention toward himself. The trouble with that is the use of his criminal behavior and use of cult worship, as attractants, doesn't select for good citizens, in fact it selects heavily for the dregs and delusional zeal. Everyone in the democratic community needs to exploit that by making sure that no American voter is unaware of Trump's corruption.

Whenever possible show receipts or provenance. Christofascists are the toughest nuts to crack because they've deluded themselves and been indoctrinated into believing that they are on a mission from God.

The framers were, in reality, quite unambiguous about there wish for a barrier separating the affairs of religion from the affairs of the state; because they had witnessed the results of hundreds of years of church and state intermixing and the brutality that reined superior. When I hear a speech from someone like Kevin Roberts it renders me incredulous, that such a snot-nosed punk can rise to such a powerful position heading up the bribery inc arm of the GOP's Heritage Foundation, he must be a kick down kiss up kind a guy (the only PhD he holds that I recognize is the one he holds in fascism.) But then I have the same view of Leonard Leo and Speaker Mike Johnson. My view of Alito, Thomas and Roberts isn't any more favorable they are out of the same Christofascist delusional mold, they just got to put their big boy pants on, in order to spread their delusional malarkey all over the land, and shred nearly 250 years of Constitutional Law.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you Richard!

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Richard's avatar

George,

Here is a PBS Frontline video about Mike Flynn that gives us a good idea of the fanaticism that is rampant in the GOP, especially since Trump and Putin got there mitts on it. I believe it is something every reasonable think voter should see.

https://youtu.be/lhRNDsLbOvQ?si=iWEI0bImXLtuiEqM

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celeste k.'s avatar

Excellent. Excellent.

I have been and will continue to spread this message. Thanks for putting it into clear words that I will use in explaining to those who haven't been paying attention, or just don't see it.

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Bill Alstrom (MA/Maine/MA)'s avatar

Outstanding post George. I don't think you missed anything. You have laid out what I consider to be reasonable and sensible policies and plans. I will share.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you Bill! Very grateful for additional visibility until I can afford a leveraged buy out of the NY Times and/or WAPO. 🤓

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Angela Vitale, PhD's avatar

What are these two in the first photo pledging allegiance to exactly? Certainly not the constitution or the U.S. Flag right side up.

Is it a Trump flag, a confederate flag, a Q flag, a swastika?

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Robert  Taylor's avatar

Love the “Confederalist” Court! Now I know where Mark Lemley gets his term “Imperial” Court in his 2022 paper at Stanford Law! Never made the KLK connection. Alito, presumably is the Grand Wizard

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Fay Reid's avatar

Great post George and one I can support.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you Fay!

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RV maxima's avatar

Thank you for this writing. Just like your book in the sense of big print and simplied explanations.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you -I try (and don't always succeed) in making important content readily accessible and occasionally entertaining.

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RV maxima's avatar

It works for me and as I digest and understand it, intend to spread this understanding among my cicle. Thanks!

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Especially grateful for sharing!

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RV maxima's avatar

My civic duty. I fear the general ignorance and deviants.

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Phil Balla's avatar

Thank you, George.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

I'm grateful to all who take the time to read and share. Thanks Phil.

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Phil Balla's avatar

You've got such good detail everywhere else here, George.

So why just settle for boilerplate on ed?

You know, the language you have here could describe quality as equally that being the numbered, linear-unit-driven, quantified-categorical-driven, depersonalized suiting the values of standardized testers -- or it could be humane, befitting the nuances, complex-layered, complications, and personal issues fit to humanities.

Given how the billionaire commodifiers of all life have reduced schools to what standardized testers can put in machines, do you really want to equivocate as if the vulgar strangling our schools were equal to quite others nurturing humanity?

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thanks Phil -and I do agree -I view education as one of three vital pillars of any meaningful democracy. Just as the other two (informed and engaged society) deserve their own article -so does education. And I often defer to Noam Chomsky (Chomsky on Miseducation) which I view as a very important book on the subject (as well as Howard Zinn's introduction into "The People's History..."

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Kay-El's avatar

Great article. Will share as widely as possible considering I’m only on a few sites.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you Kay-El -gratefully appreciated!

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Bob Lewis's avatar

Great article George. I don't know how I missed it in June.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thanks Bob -it's like a fine wine. Opened in June, (perhaps) better now. :)

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Bill Anderson's avatar

Treason

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