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TIDBITS – DEC.26 – READER COMMENTS: TRUMP’S PICK FOR ATTORNEY
GENERAL: RAPIST GAETZ; DEMOCRATS’ PATH BACK TO POWER; ECONOMIC
POPULISM DID NOT LOSE THIS ELECTION; SECOND KU KLUX KLAN; STOP BLAMING
PEOPLE FOR WANTING TO AFFORD THE BASICS OF LIVING;  
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_ Reader Comments: Trump's Pick for Attorney General: Rapist Gaetz;
Democrats’ Path Back To Power; Economic Populism Did Not Lose This
Election; Second Ku Klux Klan; Stop Blaming People for Wanting to
Afford the Basics of Living; Cartoons, and more... _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, AND cartoons - Dec.26, 2024,
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* THE GAETZ REPORT  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON
* RE: PELOSI WON. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LOST.  (JOSE LUIS MEDINA)
* RE: THE DEMOCRATS’ PATH BACK TO POWER  (ALYSSA BONILLA)
* RE: NO, ECONOMIC POPULISM DID NOT LOSE THIS ELECTION  (MICHAEL A.
DOVER)
* RE: SHERROD BROWN SHOULD ABSOLUTELY RUN AGAIN TO REPRESENT THE
WORKING CLASS IN THE SENATE  (PAUL F. MCCARTHY)
* RE: ONCE UPON A TIME, A NATION OF LAWS – FROM THE GLOBAL WAR ON
TERROR TO DONALD TRUMP’S SECOND TERM  (MICHAEL HENRY STARKS)
* THE DRIVER  --  CARTOON AND COMMENTARY BY ROB ROGERS
* RE: DONALD TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES DON’T REALLY CARE WHAT KIND OF
LEFTIST YOU ARE  (BRUCE POWERS)
* GETTING AWAY WITH IT  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH
* RE: KNOWING FASCISM REQUIRES UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC FORCES
 (SOCIALIST PLANNING BEYOND CAPITALISM)
* RE: TRUMP WANTS TO BRING BACK THE AMERICAN IMPERIUM  (GEORGE
LESSARD; WILLIAM HANSEN)
* THE CRIME MAGAZINE COVER BOY IS FELON OF THE YEAR DONALD TRUMP
 --  CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ
* RE: MAKING SENSE OF THE SECOND KU KLUX KLAN  (DAVE LOTT; YESHUA
AARON HOLIDAY; JEAN CALERY)
* RE: ONE OF THE SUPREME COURT’S MOST INFAMOUS CASES IS AS
RELEVANT AS EVER  (LYNN HAMILTON)
* RE: FIFTY YEARS OF SILENCE: MEXICO FACES THE LEGACY OF ITS DIRTY
WAR  (TOM EDMINSTER; SILVIA BRANDON)
* PERSON OF THE YEAR - GISÈLE PELICOT  --  MEME BY DR. JAMES
MACLEOD
* RE: PETE HEGSETH IS A TERRIBLE CHOICE TO HEAD THE PENTAGON 
(William Cutlip)
* RE: FRANCES PERKINS MEMORIAL  (CAROLYN BIRDEN; MODERATOR'S NOTE)
* RE: CREATING TRADITIONS OF CARE FOR THE HOLIDAYS  (KENTUCKY
ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST AND POLITICAL REPRESSION)
* RE: CAPITALISM IS DRAINING THE LIFE FROM OUR CULTURE INDUSTRIES
 (ELEANOR ROOSEVELT)

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* STOP BLAMING PEOPLE FOR WANTING TO AFFORD THE BASICS OF LIVING
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THE GAETZ REPORT  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON

Nick Anderson
December 23, 2024
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RE: PELOSI WON. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LOST.
 

In sabotaging Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s bid for leadership of the
Oversight Committee, party elders have doubled down on a failed
strategy. The elderly are not too old to govern. But they may, in this
case, be too attached to a failed way of doing things.

If the Democrats have a future, its inspiration will come from outside
the bounds of its own fiefdoms and sclerotic internal processes. It
will come, for example, from unions that cultivate leaders who can
genuinely speak to working-class voters. It will come from social
movements that build momentum for populist ideas that haven’t been
poll tested into bland, business-friendly mush. At the very least,
those things can outlive Pelosi and the old guard. Ideally, it can
build an electoral force that aspires to more than meaningless
loyalties and bigger checks from donors.

Jose Luis Medina
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RE: THE DEMOCRATS’ PATH BACK TO POWER
 

Democrats do have a clear path forward: to be united and passionate
about fighting for bold, direct economic policies that unrig the
system and deliver change so families across America can stop just
trying to survive and start to thrive.

Alyssa Bonilla
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RE: NO, ECONOMIC POPULISM DID NOT LOSE THIS ELECTION
 

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in my free substack's election analysis bibliography and commentary
found here:
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period of intense initial analysis will soon come to and end, as four
years of determined opposition must begin.

Michael A. Dover, Cleveland

 

RE: SHERROD BROWN SHOULD ABSOLUTELY RUN AGAIN TO REPRESENT THE WORKING
CLASS IN THE SENATE
 

A good man, whose insights must be heeded by the DNC if the party is
to survive.

Paul F. McCarthy

 

RE: ONCE UPON A TIME, A NATION OF LAWS – FROM THE GLOBAL WAR ON
TERROR TO DONALD TRUMP’S SECOND TERM
 

In fact, much (though admittedly, not all) of what we’re witnessing
today might simply be considered an escalation of the dire turn that
this country took after the attacks of September 11, 2001, nearly a
quarter of a century ago.

Those involved in the fear and blame game might do well to take a step
back and reflect for a moment on how we got here. Today’s crisis has
been evolving for so many years now.

If only, as a nation, we could look beyond the tumultuous context of
the current moment and imagine how to make our way to a safer, more
sustainable future. Sadly, despite the dangers that may lie ahead,
it’s not just partisan politics, or economic disarray, or the
fragile state of the world that has brought us to this point. It’s
our own negligence in accepting the dismantling of the laws and norms
that had guided us prior to 9/11 and refusing ever since to restore
our once-upon-a-time respect for the rule of law and for one another.

Michael Henry Starks
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THE DRIVER  --  CARTOON AND COMMENTARY BY ROB ROGERS

 

It's clear that billionaire Elon Musk is driving the new MAGA
stroller. Some on Capitol Hill have even started calling him
"President" Musk. How long before Trump's ego kicks in and he decides
to unfriend his new BFF?

Rob Rogers
December 21, 2024
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RE: DONALD TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES DON’T REALLY CARE WHAT KIND OF
LEFTIST YOU ARE
 

Two psychopaths..... what good could come from those two

Bruce Powers
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GETTING AWAY WITH IT  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH

 

Mike Luckovich
December 22, 2024
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RE: KNOWING FASCISM REQUIRES UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC FORCES
 

It is important to remember that fascism is inseparable from
capitalism under crisis. There was no fascism before the 20th century.

Socialist Planning Beyond Capitalism
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RE: TRUMP WANTS TO BRING BACK THE AMERICAN IMPERIUM
 

Don’t worry, the president-elect's plans to seize Greenland and the
Panama Canal aren't serious. But they sure are weird.

George Lessard
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I was unaware that the American imperium had ever ended.

William Hansen

 

THE CRIME MAGAZINE COVER BOY IS FELON OF THE YEAR DONALD TRUMP  --
 CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ

 

Lalo Alcaraz
December 20, 2024
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RE: MAKING SENSE OF THE SECOND KU KLUX KLAN
 

Understanding the reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan in the early
twentieth century gives insight into the roots of today’s
reactionary activists and policymakers.

Dave Lott
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In writing and/or reading this book one must assume they never went
away, which they did not. The KKK was and is made up of rich people,
politicians, poor and hard working middle class individuals.
Throughout the centuries they have to dawn their uniform of choice
publicly, but the majority of times they work through our local, state
and federal government, businesses and other venues. Just because you
don’t SEE them doesn’t mean they haven’t been and continue to be
there.

Yeshua Aaron Holiday
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Yeshua Aaron Holiday AND NO PEOPLE OF COLOR!

Jean Calery
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RE: ONE OF THE SUPREME COURT’S MOST INFAMOUS CASES IS AS RELEVANT AS
EVER
 

Eighty years ago, Korematsu v. United States upheld the incarceration
of Japanese Americans. The racism and hysteria that fueled that
decision are still with us today.

Lynn Hamilton
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RE: FIFTY YEARS OF SILENCE: MEXICO FACES THE LEGACY OF ITS DIRTY WAR
 

Mexico's first National Truth Commission has released monumental
reports on state violence during the 'dirty wars' 50 years ago.
Declassified documents reveal that the U.S. prioritized the stability
of the Mexican regime over human rights concerns.

Tom Edminster
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This is an amazing effort for which Mexico and López Obrador should
be commended.  Interesting though suspected by many of us how Israel
had a hand in many of these abuses… Ultimately the “threat of
Communism” informs many of these events.  I remember Ayostinapa…

Silvia Brandon
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PERSON OF THE YEAR - GISÈLE PELICOT  --  MEME BY DR. JAMES MACLEOD

 

Dr. James MacLeod
December 22, 2024
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RE: PETE HEGSETH IS A TERRIBLE CHOICE TO HEAD THE PENTAGON
 

White supremacist tatoos in full view

William Cutlip
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RE: FRANCES PERKINS MEMORIAL
 

Love the article and the message, but the title/header uses the male
form of the name: as you have correctly spelled in the text, her name
is FRANCES Perkins. FRANCES is the female version.

Thank you for a great article, look forward to seeing the header
corrected and made prominent.

Carolyn Birden

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MODERATOR'S NOTE:

We immediately corrected the title spelling.

 

RE: CREATING TRADITIONS OF CARE FOR THE HOLIDAYS
 

Kelly Hayes: This is obviously a tough time of year for families who
have been separated by the prison system. Can you tell us how MUAVI
supports parents and children affected by incarceration during the
holiday season?

Holly Krig: Thankfully, Moms United is part of a Chicago-based
community that supports families suffering forcible separation by
carceral systems, including Love & Protect, Liberation Library, and
MAMAS-Mamas Activating for Movements and Solidarity. There are a
number of groups like us who use mutual support drives to meet needs
and also to invite important conversations, engaging a diversity of
voices, including those who may not yet realize how we are all harmed
by carceral systems. As we move toward our goals we also move more
pointedly toward the question of how we, as Mariame Kaba put it, make
prisons, and prosecution and policing obsolete. We talk about what the
world might be like if we met needs within our communities, without
systems adjudicating worthiness, predetermining who has the right to
survive and thrive.

Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
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RE: CAPITALISM IS DRAINING THE LIFE FROM OUR CULTURE INDUSTRIES

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Culture industries are dominated by a few big corporations that prefer
to keep flogging old stories instead of taking a risk on something
new. Creative workers can still produce fresh ideas, but they’re
snuffed out before they get a chance to breathe

Eleanor Roosevelt
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STOP BLAMING PEOPLE FOR WANTING TO AFFORD THE BASICS OF LIVING  --
 MEME BY WORKING FAMILIES PARTY (WFP)

 

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