Our Representative System of Government Is Broken

The majority of Americans want common sense gun reforms. The majority favors taking military style assault weapons out of the hands of the public. Americans also want a woman’s right to choose to be a decision made between her, her family and doctor. Very few Americans think it’s okay to have the state literally monitoring private bedroom and family decisions.

But nothing gets done and it seems like since forever. Why is that? It’s easy to blame mental health for gun violence and not the guns. Honestly I get that, though I don’t interpret the constitution as saying Americans inherit a right to own assault weapons due to the 2nd amendment. The 2nd specifically mentions a need a need for guns related to war with other countries, because we had no army back then, so we conscripted citizens with theor own guns to fight wars.

What is supposed to happen in representative government is: people tell their reps what they want to do about an issue, and the representatives re-present the ideas of the majority of their constituents during Congressional voting sessions. That is why they are called re-presentatives. We the people present, they represent. And these days, with social media and polling, it’s very easy to find out what people want. “The majority of Americans want common sense gun reforms” is a fact.

However,what happens in reality is that too many representatives ( aka lawmakers, because they make the laws we have to live by ) don’t vote for the things their constituents want; they vote for the laws that favor people who pay them to vote the way the bribers want. Lobbying is just a euphimism for bribing in a world where our supreme court had ruled ( because they had to ) that corporations are people and money can legally remain “dark”. With respect to gun laws, the NRA has a stake in arming the USA to the nines, so they lobby ( bribe ) mostly GOP congresspeople to vote for thier business to stay alive, as they see in many countries the guns per capita rate is much lower than in the USA. The whole thing adds up to America becoming a place where innocent people, are mowed down at one of the highest rates on the planet. And that is sad, scary and fixable, – but only one way on the fixing. ( More on that later . )

The same can be said about a woman’s right to choose. Almost no young woman wants to be forced to carry a child that she does not want to love and raise. But “lawmakers” in many states and in Congress are being paid to vote against the wishes of the majority of American citizens.

When questioned about this, Lauren Bobert, representative from Colorado, said the quiet part out loud: Boebert: “We’re not a democracy. So quit with that. Maybe that’s where you’re getting it wrong is saying we’re a democracy. We’re a constitutional republic.”

She is right about that. But what is a constitutional republic? It implies adherence to a constitution, regardless to what the majority of people want. There is nothing in the constituon about abortion.

In reality, the key difference between a democracy and a republic lies in the limits placed on government by the law. Both forms of government use the representational system. Citizens vote to elect politicians to represent their interests and pass laws that reflect their wishes. In a “pure democracy,” the majority imposes its will on the minority. In a republic, a constitution protects certain inalienable rights that cannot be taken away by the government, even if it is wanted by a majority of voters.

Right now, women have a right to have an abortion in the USA as per Roe v Wade. But many Republicans in Congress want to take that away.

So that line about the USA not being a “pure” democracy is correct. But Bobert and many lawmakers use that line to defend their right to vote against the collective will of their constituency and vote for what is good for their own pocketbooks. Selling your vote to the highest bidder is not any part of a constitutional republic. It’s congressional corruption. That’s why I often refer to Congress as Coingress. We end up with the best government money can buy.

This will not change until we change the qualitfications for holding office in the USA change. And no one is talking about that on either side of the divide. To be president you just have to be thirty-five and a citizen born here. Donald Trump can run from jail if he so chooses. We vet our babysitters better than our presidents and representatives. Prior public service is not required. It should be. As a result of this low bar for qualification, many in Congress are there for self service, not public service.

It takes millions to win office these days. As long as the uber rich are paying for political campaigns, the uber rich will choose representatives that promise to vote their way when the chips are down.

And then there is the 14th Amendment which clearly says no person who have taken part in an insurrection, aided an insurrection, or even “comforted” those who have taken part in an insurrection can be in office, state or federal. The entire GOP has at least comforted insurrectionists. One judge on the Supreme Court is married to an insurrectionist caught in the act. But we do nothing about this as well. Democrats know all this and do nothing. It must be because they have some dark sold out secrets in their closets and are afraid to shun 50% of the Congress.

People are the same over time. Their toys and environments change, but being a human is pretty much the same as it was since forever. We are born. We rely of help from adults to become an adult. We procreate ( or not ) and then, we move out of the way as all living things do. That’s what one has to navigate as a living human. We all prey on each other in one way or another during our journey through life. Some fare better than others. Some are larger predators than others. Some find ways to help others as they serve them. Live and let live seems to be the best philosophy.

It seems to me humans are not the right beings to be trusted to care for the masses when their instinct will almost always be to put themselves first.

I wondered if AI would do a better job of government, so I asked it “what are the best ways to curb gun violence in the USA?”. This is what I got in a few seconds.

Here are some of the best ways to reduce gun violence:

Universal background checks: Implementing universal background checks can help ensure that firearms are not sold to individuals who are prohibited from owning them, such as those with criminal records or mental health issues.
Red flag laws: Red flag laws allow law enforcement to temporarily confiscate firearms from individuals who are deemed to be a threat to themselves or others.
Stricter gun control laws: Implementing stricter gun control laws, such as bans on assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and bump stocks, can help reduce the number of mass shootings and gun-related deaths.
Education and awareness: Educating the public about responsible gun ownership and safe storage practices can help prevent accidental shootings and reduce the number of firearms stolen and used in crimes.
Mental health support: Providing accessible and affordable mental health services can help individuals with mental health issues get the help they need and reduce the risk of gun violence.
Community-based violence prevention: Investing in community-based violence prevention programs can help address the root causes of gun violence and provide support to those who are at risk of being involved in gun violence.

It’s important to note that there is no single solution that can completely eliminate gun violence in the USA, and addressing this issue will require a multifaceted approach that takes into account the complex social, cultural, and political factors that contribute to gun violence. End AI report.

It all makes perfect sense to me but almost none of this will get done because unvetted humans, many of whom can be tossed out tomorrow by the DOJ via the 14th, still have their seats and their secret bank accounts.

It seems to me that the two warring party system will eventually, and perhaps soon, bring the USA to its knees or into a state of live civil war. ( We are already in a cool cyber civil war – a war of words. )

All I can fathom as a solution, one party needs to get complete control of the government and clean house. If it happens at the ballot box in 2024 that would be great. But I don’t think the uber rich are going to let that happen. They killed two Kennedy’s to stop the people from having a real champion for justice in office. And now, another Kennedy, RFK Jr., is getting ready to run.

Dems have shown they are willing to eat their own. I did not agree with ousting Al Franken but at least dems have shown they have standards. This GOP has shown they are okay with criminals, rapists and traitors to the constitution in high office. They seem to prefer it. Romney is shunned. And that’s because a good boy scout will rat on the sold out in Congress so it’s better if they are all sold out. Thick as thieves is the GOP’s secret mantra. And I am sure there is a percentage of Democracts that are okay with protectting lawmakers right to stuff their pockets and work against the people they are supposed to represent.

The USA’s greatest threat to survival come from the sold out in Congress and two men named Vladimir and Rupert. The majority of Americans know which of our warring two parties is the lesser of two evils. It is the party that gave tax breaks to bilionaires, is okay with 18-year olds owning assault weapons and wants to end Social Security, Medicare and a woman’s right to choose.

The only solution left is for one party needs to get complete control of all three chambers of government and clean house. 2024 is closer than we think. The vast majority of Americans will fare better if the crazy party that is aligned with billionaires, Qanon and the NRA is put out to pasture. A split Congress will not police itself nor advance any meaningful reforms to better life for working Americans and thier children.

Speaking of children, the active shooter drill generation is being groomed right now. When they come to power in 20 years, well – you tell me what you think they will do. I think they will reject both parties – if these parties still exist. The will reject the GOP for letting so many kids die, and the Dems for being too scared to take the steps to even try to end the madness. And I will be with them, if I am still around.

Photo from the NRA Convention 2023. Grooming much?

Standing Up to Trumpism Cannot Wait for the 2022 Midterms

With readily available weapons that can wipe out all human life the planet – and a very real climate change problem which will need global cooperation to survive – the interspecies predator or prey meme has become a real threat to all humans.

Now look at the big picture. We have a planet divided into countries with two basic organizing methods. One way is autocracy. It’s been around for 8000 years, going back to city-states and Babylon. And then in 1776, a new way to govern evolved because a colony was sick and tired of autocracy and was willing to fight and stand up to it. It’s called democracy. It means the people rule. The people vote for representatives and the elected* take an oath to do their bidding. A lot of Americans died to protect the institution of free and fair elections. It’s both sacrilegious and treasonous for politicians to advocate that our elections are not fair without proforma indisputable evidence.

I fully realize that citizens have a right to voice their opinions. But politicians are not ordinary citizens. Politicians, for example, cannot sue people for voicing opinions against them owing to the “burning in effigy” laws. But the right to cast aspersions vs our government’s institutions, should not extend to public figures and media because the size of their audiences creates a theater in which shouting fire is downright dangerous. Jan 6 was such a theater. The 14th Amendment protects us from such politicians.

We all saw Donald Trump invite and incite a crowd to violence. I don’t understand why the people who rushed the Capitol and in jail, but their ringleader is free. Evidence hides the word video. We have seen. To me, the plausible deniability that Jan 6 was perhaps not an insurrection attempt, is like a bank having the video of a robbery that was not successful and saying, “let’s have a trial to see of what we see on tape actually happened”. The Jan 6 Committee should only be looking for who else ( besides the obvious instigators) was involved in planning this insurrection attempt.

It is also clear the autocrats of the world allied with the GOP in 2016. They had common ground. They both had motives to want to destroy democracy. The GOP knows changing demographics means they cannot win many fair elections any more. Candidate Donald Trump once said aloud, “what does it matter if I don’t win?” The GOP has adapted that stance.

So we have to do something about this now, as Americans – not partisans. Waiting for midterms is like saying “it was okay”. Admit it. Correct course.

It’s not as if we don’t have laws on the books to put the GOP who stand with insurrectionists out of Congress. Read the 14th Amendment, Section 3:

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

Radio host, Dean Obidallah told me the 14th is a paper tiger because the offending Congressmen must be removed by a 2/3 vote of Congress, and, of course, that will never happen. Agreed. But out of office, like Trump is now, can anyone explain why a person who comforted insurrectionists can still run for POTUS? It is clearly unconstitutional. If Americans could hear their DOJ say “Trump cannot run as per the 14th” that may be enough to start the Trumpism wrecking ball in motion.

I am suggesting that Joe Biden’s DOJ make a statement: Donald Trump cannot run for any political office again in accordance with the 14th Amendment. That also means he cannot raise money to run, or campaign for office. If he creates a rally, we will assume it is to campaign, and he will be arrested. Trump will sue. Big deal.

Donald Trump, having arranged a violent insurrection and certainly comforted those there calling them “wonderful people” can never run for any office again.

This announcement alone will cause the other POTUS hopefuls in the GOP to take a stance, and cause division in the GOP. I’m sure some of them will be relieved that the DOJ says Trump cannot run. I’m sure some will stand with him. That’s what the GOP needs. A shake up. They need to choose sides. Democracy or autocracy.

I get that we may be waiting for the full truth on Jan6 to come out. Maybe Trump will not be found to have caused the insurrection. But Donald Trump certainly comforted those who rushed the Capitol calling them “wonderful people”. That’s on tape. He cannot deny it. So we have enough to state he can never run for any office again. So we must say it or be complicit. The ripples of such an announcement alone has the power to end Trumpism.

First. Trump could not raise money to campaign and run again if he cannot be president. He could and should be arrested if he campaigns after the announcement. His rallies are in essence a way to recruit people to do violence.

Second. It will force the GOP to find another candidate and that will create a divide in the GOP. Maybe a few other GOP presidential hopefuls will agree that Trump cannot run. Maybe we can break up the “thick as thieves” alliance in the current GOP. That unholy alliance has been the real Trumpism from before Trump was a politician.

Third. Maybe some in the middle of the right wing will respect us for having a spine at last. They seem to have a penchant for strongmen. The last thing a Republican respects is a wuss. Let’s stop being wusses and see where it gets us. We could not possibly be doing worse that holding all three chambers and still being scared we are going to lose democracy.

Fourth. Re: all those Secretaries of States that want to run to upend future elections – if they have comforted insurrectionists or advocated for the Big Lie – they are also disqualified to serve via the 14th. It needs to be said – now.

I sure hope the Jan6 Commission gets down to business soon. But we cannot even wait for that to unfold. Trump has already crossed a red line stamped into our Constitution when he called a mob to the Capitol steps and incited many a domestic terrorist to act out. If there ever was a public enemy number one, it is Donald J Trump.

Finally, as you see the GOP following Trump in the Big Lie everywhere, we should be reminded that this is exactly what autocrats want. They want the institution of democracy itself to fail.

Saying that an election was rigged is an attack on our sacred institution of democracy. No one serving in Congress should be allowed to publicly voice that our American elections are rigged without hard evidence. And we have words in our constitution that echo that sentiment. So let’s not wait for 2022 to start protecting our democracy.

It’s not important who I am, but I am citizen Joseph Aronesty, an e-commerce pioneer, published linguist and songwriter. I sat in a class with Donny Trump in 1968 at Wharton. He cheated then too. I also worked in his orbit from 1986 to 2001 in New Jersey.

*Elected. My brand of etymology involves cutting words down to their basic parts and summing the meanings of the parts. E is “out of”. LEC is “word” , as in LECTURE or LEXICON. Election – from (written) words.

I HATE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO – BUT :

The Firing of Esper is Trump’s New Attempt to Subvert Our Democracy

What If Trump and Key GOP Operatives Have Been Suborned?

Election Meddling is an Attack on Our Commonwealth

“Cyber” is the New Way to War and Putin is Cyber Warfare’s First Master

Police Violence and Mass Shootings Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

America has devolved into an armed war camp, a state we used regard with pity when observed in other countries. It is time to take steps the first steps to end America’s armed standoff. Please note that neither mass shootings nor police violence happen as frequently in any other first world country. We have seen forty-five mass shootings and several unnecessary police killings in the last 30 days. It begs the question: is the United States a first-world country anymore?

The way I see it, police violence and citizen’s gun violence are two sides of same coin. That coin is lethal weapons in the hands of scared and/or unhinged humans.

The cycle of violence starts with citizen vs. citizen crimes. Those crimes instruct a nation to create a force to protect its citizens. That force needed must exceed the force in the hands of the criminals.

In the United States, there are now more guns than citizens and that includes children and infants. The US is the only country on earth with that sad statistic and no large country stats are even close. And most Americans realize this is not a good problem to have. In Japan, a densely populated modern country, there is only one gun per three hundred citizens.

rank		GUNS per 100 citizens	rank		GUNS per 100 citizens
1	United States	120.5	51	Russia	12.3
2	Falkland Islands	62.1	68	Colombia	10.1
3	Yemen	52.8	81	Brazil	8.3
4	New Caledonia	42.5	97	Spain	7.5
5	Montenegro	39.1	103	Iran	7.3
6	Serbia	39.1	106	Ireland	7.2
7	Canada	34.7	107	Israel	6.7
8	Uruguay	34.7	108	England	4.6
9	Cyprus	34	127	China	3.6
10	Finland	32.4	139	Netherlands	2.6
12	Iceland	31.7	162	Bolivia	2
24	Pakistan	22.3	174	Vietnam	1.6
26	France	19.6	180	Uganda	0.8
28	Germany	19.6	200	American Samoa	0.7
42	Saudi Arabia	16.7	202	Ethiopia	0.4
45	Turkey	16.5	214	Japan	0.3
51	Australia	14.5	219	South Korea	0.2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country

In the USA, police are rightly afraid of its citizens. So for those who say we have a police violence versus people of color problem, while I won’t disagree, the problem begins and is compounded because police don’t know what Americans have unlicensed guns any more. Yes, police are often a bit trigger happy, but it’s largely because they are rightfully afraid for their own lives. That fear is higher where police patrol people they don’t know and live among. It certainly makes the case for police looking more like the people they patrol. It is worth noting that in England, where there is one gun per 22 citizens, regular officers only carry Tasers and batons.

Police will always use the “I was scared for my life” excuse, when they cross the line that separates policing and murder, even if they were not. This is never going to change. It’s natural to fear lethal force. Reducing arms in the hands of citizens, and the mortal fear on the policing side will follow. That is natural too.

Since police are only needed because citizens pose dangers to other citizens, we must start with lowering the number of guns in the hands the free radicals in our citizenry. The chart above seems to indicate a reduction of arms by 70% would put the United States in line with countries like Germany.

We know the GOP congressmen always side with the NRA. If Sandy Hook couldn’t bend their cold souls, nothing will. But they are ignoring the will of their constituents now and their constituents know it. There are voting cycles every two years. The constituency of GOP congressmen is one target to educate.

I do not buy the “work with the other side” meme. The other side is now a criminal organization selling Americans out for profit. They don’t work for the American people. They work for themselves the way their leader, Donald Trump, did. The trick for the Biden Administration will be to not come off like they’re coming for our guns. That is just too easy a meme for the GOP to exploit

Licensing All Guns and Gun Holders

Aside from automatic weapons, which should all be bought back immediately, every other gun or rifle should only be in the hands of licensed gun holders. Every car is assigned to a licensed driver. We can certainly do the same for machines designed to kill people. We should know where very gun is. A national gun registry is a necessity now for the public’s welfare. We cannot let interpretations of the Constitution’s Second Amendment stand in the way of the public good, or we will descend further into darkness. After all, the Constitution was written to make life better for Americans.

Most of all Americans support bans on high-capacity magazines, assault-style weapon buybacks and bans, background checks, removal of loopholes and common-sense gun solutions. The resistance to common sense gun violence solutions comes primarily from gun makers, their paid lobbyists, GOP congressmen, and the few citizens who like things the way they are for their own selfish reasons. Their profits, amusements and nefarious plans are not worth more than our lives.

We license cars and drivers. Passing one’s driver’s test has become a rite of passage into adulthood these days. I suggest we follow that model for gun owners, focusing on training, mental health, and the social media posts of applicants. The idea of owning a gun as a right must be replaced with the idea that gun ownership is a privilege to be earned. Being a licensed gun owner should be something one can be proud of again. Licensing gun holders will create the method to review the stability, maturity, and the motives of gun holders. In for no other reason, focus on the innocent children that would be alive today had we taken these steps long ago.

We can and will continue the push to have them voted out in 2022. But I think we have a path to act faster than that. Brian Kemp, Governor of Georgia, arrested the black Congresswoman, Park Cannon, for knocking on his door while he was signing a voter suppression bill. Why are we not arresting GOP congressmen? We have more cause than knocking on a door. Those that support the Big Lie are in direct violation to the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. And that discussion follows here:

The 14th Amendment Protects Us from Renegade Statesmen

Trump’s Final Push to Take Over the United States Is On

Warnings Over the Last Four Years Have Been Ignored. We Have One Last Chance to Get It Right.

This post contains links to tells, warnings and strategies going back to “Russia, if you’re listening”. I am Joseph Aronesty, a person who knew Donald Trump from Wharton and Atlantic City, where I was also steeped in the “greed is good” mantra. I got away. Knowing him as I do, I’m certain he and his cronies will play this traitorous game out to the bitter end.

We are engaged in a cyber war with Russia. It doesn’t feel like “war” because we don’t see the bombs, but we can lose as much. The United States, long admired as the paragon of democracy, is the target in the world’s first major cyber war. The focus of our enemies is to induce Americans to engage in civil war with their fellow citizens, so the USA self-destructs. Divide and defeat.

Putin masterminded this new cyber way to war. It is brilliant because the US is way too powerful to defeat militarily. The enemies of democracy know how to play the cyber war game. Do we?

The Aviator - YouTube — Howard Hughes was sued for putting profits ahead of country. This was deemed unpatriotic to the WW2 generation.

I have begun to think we don’t. I’m going to get allegorical here for a reason. Most people saw Aviator, about Howard Hughes, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. There is a scene where Howard Hughes is being tried for treason for building the Spruce Goose. The suit was fallacious. But the patriotism of those on both sides of this issue could not be denied.

Where is our patriotism today? Certainly not in the Senate. How about in industry? We’ve got people like Zuckerberg thinking of their bottom line before the country. Without patriotism we would have lost ww2. If we don’t recognize we are at war, our enemies can take us without a fight. “That’s the plan”, according to Kushner. Listen between the lines. Barr said they will “rewrite history”.

The dodo bird went extinct because it could not recognize its enemies. This cyber war does not present like a war with bombs.. So pay attention to their signals and act on them as if we are at war. We are. This craziness could not happen unless we are at war. It’s all roads lead to Putin with Donny. Sold out long ago. Russian mob fringe player since 1987.

These posts outline the motives and plans of those who want to benefit from democracy’s demise and suggests things we can do to make sure our enemies don’t succeed.

Dictators United – There is a global struggle going on now: autocracy vs democracy. Autocracy is 8000 years old – and democracy has been around about 250 years. More land is controlled by dictators than democracies. I show a map in this post. Basically, Citizens United ( which is really corporations vs people ) joined with Dictators United ( a meme I coined for the underground union dictators ) and the GOP at the 2016 GOP Convention. Their realzied their interests were aligned. The both will do anything to stay in power. There is money in power for them. That’s all they care about. Legal grifting. But Trump made a huge error when he took advice from Putin and refused to accept the results of our national election. We have laws about that. All we have to do is use the 14th sec 3. It’s doable. Call it a national emergency. Yet no one speaks loudly on the 14th , and it is the greatest mistake the left is making. It would be popular with the people -and that’s all we need. The Trumpists know the importance of being popular. The left has repeated shown they have no clue how to do excite their own base. This post shows the left how to create a meme based on the constitution that both sides of the America will respect.

How FDR Handled His Supreme Court Issue With the passing of RGB, the makeup of the Supreme Court will be just as important as the virus, and the fight vs. authoritarianism in this election. Read up! There is a way out.

Putin Used a Trojan Horse to Gain Access to Our Government: Donald Trump If you want to know what is happening here in the USA in the run-up to the soon-to-be historical 2020 election, look to history – ancient history. Nothing is new under the sun.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin: Partners in the Biggest Crime in World History If you don’t understand why a man with money and a cushy life would opt to risk it all for more wealth and power, this post describes the slippery slope of the greed trap that Trump fell into in the 1980’s with his casino profits. That’s where he met the Russian mob, who were busy bilking their own people. Money laundering is the oasis where dictators meet and drink.

Election Meddling by Foreigners Is an Attack on Our Commonwealth In 2018, I begged my rep, Ted Lieu to make sure that election meddling was treated just as if there was an attack on the lands, people and properties of our country. Until election meddling is considered an act of (cyber) war vs. the United States, its as if that wall Trump wants to build – is wide open on another flank.

Why Did Putin Say “Trump is Acting in Accordance with His Own Laws? -June 2017 – updated February 2019 – A CBS reporter catches Putin in his hockey game and Vlad reveals he is schooling Donald Trump in how to take over a democracy legally. But Vlad speaks in the gangster code Michael Cohen referred to and no one gets it except people who have been around that code. It goes undetected. THIS IS A SUPER IMPORTANT POST. People are just catching on now to what has been going on since 2016.

What If Trump and Key GOP Operatives Have Been Suborned? January 2018 – There is no way for Trump to have taken over the US reigns of power without corrupting and suborning others along the way. He’s always advertising for his “Roy Cohns”. If you pass his corruption test, you can stay in his administration and do all the looting you can hide, in your lane. McConnell, Barr, Pompeo, Kushner and Pence. That’s all he needs to break the USA and he has them. I advocate the House go after those five if they can’t nail Trump. Keep heat on.

Trump Trying to Destroy America Before the Election By May 2019, I had figured out that Trump knew he could not win a fair election and he was not even trying to be a good president. It meant he planned on either cheating to win again, or breaking this place so bad that there would be no definite election results. Looks like he is doing both.

“Cyber” is the New Way to War and Putin is Cyber Warfare’s First Master One of the main themes in my writing is recognizing one’s enemies. Putin, knowing he could never defeat the US with might, formed a plan to do it with a useful idiot. Trump is the malware in Vladimir Putin’s cyber war machine. This is a new form of warfare. We were not only not prepared, we let Vlad install a Trojan Horse.

A Compelling Strategy: Play Hardball with Bill Barr Now July 2020 – I go over why we should impeach Barr or at least make him be concerned about his fate should Trump lose.

Trump’s Main Problem: Cheating To Win August 2017 – I knew Trump cheated in our Penn class and that he did not pay NJ contractors who built his casinos. I was there. But cheating to win was exposed as his credo years ago. Ignored. They say, “Better late than never”, but it may actually be too late now. Hope not.

Why the GOP majority must end in 2018, or American democracy is dead. June 2017 – The first post that spoke to impeachment was about the timing of impeachment. I became an advocate to not turn impeachment over to a crooked Senate. This strategy was a huge Pelosi failing. I love Nancy still. But we need to be smarter during the run-up. Their team has teamwork, a quarterback and a coach. We need a war room too.

The Dark Hearts of Trump Republicans Will Not Deliver Light When Trump was making believe he was losing money in his casinos, I got close to Trump’s circle and worked around a lot of wannabe Trumps – as a jeweler in Atlantic City. One thing I learned in that environment is nothing good comes from a dark heart on purpose. If you don’t believe me, ask Michael Cohen.

What Can We Learn From the Pittsburgh Murders? Sad event. Trump projected the memes that drove a Pittsburgh man to attack and kill people worshiping their faith. Trump knows he is shouting fire in a crowded theater.

Indicting Trump Under the Espionage Act of 1918 – January 2017 – Explains why election meddling is an act of treason. Shared with Ted Lieu and a fundraiser. Ignored – and now we have to deal with it, don’t we?

Why We Should Not Work with Trump on Anything Until He Shows His Taxes – March 2017 – A reminder was sent that when you allow a criminal to operate as president nothing good can come of it. The fix is for the next Congress to set in motion. No public servants should be allowed to serve one day without revealing a number of years of taxes.

Preaching Jesus and Supporting Trump Will Not Square Any Longer – April 2018 – Roy Moore, a known child sex predator, runs for Senate in Alabama. It becomes clear that some Christians don’t live their lives following the teachings of Jesus. Trump throws his lot in with the rapist, who loses.

Four More Years of Trumpism Would End the USA

As of August 5th 2020, Trump’s virus response has cost the USA 160,000 Covid deaths. The USA has about 4.5% of the world’s population and 22.5% of the world’s Covid deaths. That means the USA has five times the deaths from Covid than the average country on Earth. Put another way, you are five times more likely to die from Covid if you live in the USA than in the average country. Trump and the GOP can’t unspin that. And it’s even worse because the US has the best scientists, doctors and hospitals on average. Trump’s inept lack of care and science denial is to blame here.

But the pandemic was just one of many potential disasters that scientists have been warning us about. Trump-ism’s uncaring attitude towards climate science, which was thought to be the most pressing issue that mankind had to wrestle with before the pandemic hit, is unique among the modern countries on the planet. if trump were to get another term, my best guess is that when things start unraveling here on climate issues, Trump would say “it is what it is” and continue on his merry self-dealing ways as the USA and the planet succumbs to mother nature.

The planet needs to USA to wake up. The extinction of the entire species may not happen, but the extinction of the United States as we know it, seems very likely if we continue to ignore the threats to our democratic institutions and people. Which begs this question:

Are Americans Like Dodo Birds?

The last sighting of the now extinct dodo bird was in 1662.The dodo bird lived in isolation on an island in the East Indian Ocean near Madagascar. They had no predators and did not recognize humans as predators when sailors began to visit that island in the 1600’s. That inability to recognize enemies, coupled with its inability to fly, made the dodo and their eggs easy prey for sailors and the animals they brought with them.

What we don’t want US history to record is this: The last widely accepted sighting of an American democracy was in 2020. Like many civilizations that kept stubbornly ignorant of history and science, Americans collectively were unable to recognize and deal swiftly with their many threats both from nature and human predators.

So wake up Americans – on both sides! ( Whatever “both sides” means. I don’t see two sides in our hospitals or on the unemployment lines. Do you?)

This is the last chance we are going to get save what began here in 1776.

Doable Strategies To Defeat Trumpism

We all know what to do. Vote out the inept, uncaring and clearly corrupt administration that has failed us so miserably. Put our ship’s steerage into the hands of people who at least have a track record of caring for people, whether they are Democrats, Republicans, white, brown, gay, straight, deists or humanists. Americans are Americans. We need a government that has a heart and cares for us all – especially now.

We’ve given Trumpism four years. COnsidering we will see 250,000 dead on Trump’s watch four years is more than a fair chance for Trump to prove his governance is good for all Americans. Four more – and we are dodo birds.

About the author: Joseph Aronesty is an e-commerce pioneer, songwriter, and published author “Deciphering the English Code”. Husband to Diane, father to five sons and living in Los Angeles. He shared a class with Donny Trump (Penn ’67) and worked close to him in AC 86-99. He’s been writing here since Trump became a candidate and has the uncanny ability to anticipate Trump’s next moves.

Relevant prior posts:

Trump’s Mission to Destroy Democracy Before the Election

Play Harball with Bill Barr Now – Impeach Him if Need Be – Barr’s prosecution would not subject to 90 day rule, as he is not President’s attorney. Barr and Trump won’t obey anyway. Start it now. So we don’t get an October surprise. Plan ahead. This is a (cyber) war. We need to act that way.

What Makes Donny Tick with Dictators

Ask Bezos, Bloomberg and Gates to support the Post Office. They can out of pocket change to them. Remind them that dictators always take the media companies once they cement power. They have to – to survive. Remind them that Trump actually hates real democracy.

Finally I still think Joe’s best best is Elizabeth Warren with Harris announced as AG and Rice at Sec of State.

A Compelling Strategy: Play Hardball with Bill Barr Now

Now, in the days approaching the most important election in American history, no Trump hire is more dangerous to our democracy than his Attorney General Bill Barr. Let me go over why we should impeach Barr or at least make him be concerned about his fate should Trump lose.

I am not going to cite the grounds for impeachment of Bill Barr in this post. Many legal scholars have laid out valid impeachment counts against Barr already. What I want to impress upon us all is the importance of neutering Bill Barr as a Trump asset during the last 30 days before the election – and the 30 days following the election as well. Remember, we all expect Donald Trump to cheat as best he can in this election. And if it’s vaguely close, we expect him to challenge the results. That challenge will come from Barr if he feels secure enough to be lawless for his benefactor.

HISTORY IS WRITTEN BY THE WINNERS

Bill Barr recently said something that got airplay but not enough scrutiny. He said, “… history is written by the winners.” True. But that sort of thinking is usually reserved for major government upheavals like the fall of the Roman Empire or the defeat of the Sioux Nation. So why did Barr say that? That statement clearly means Trumpsters are intent on re-writing history by redefining American democracy and justice. If successful, America would still exist, but as if we had lost a major war to a foreign power – more the way Hong Kong exists as a Chinese satellite. I want to ask Barr what he was thinking when he said that.

 Read: Trump Trying to Destroy America Before the Election In 2019, there was evidence Trump intended to cause strife in the the USA as a method the keep his base hating their neighbors. Now he's using the virus to gin up hate as well. Now he says he won't get out if he loses. Why is he doing all this? He's certainly risking a lot. There must a huge payoff, at least in his mind.  There is.

Is Election Meddling an Act of (Cyber) War?

The map below encapsulates the real struggle on planet Earth. The three super powers are China, USA and Russia ( for its sheer size and militia, if nothing else ). We are in effect deciding as a species whether we want to be a planet ruled autocratically or democratically. On November 3rd, we will know the choice we have made. And you had better believe the dictators are weighing in and trying to affect that decision.

This November’s election is not just for the USA this cycle. When you see the map, you realize this is democracies vs. autocracies. And they do not co-exist better than cats and dogs because the citizens in oppressed countries can learn how citizens in democracies are faring via the internet. Despotic rulers want all the democracies gone. For that reason we want them gone. Tinderbox.

This is why I have been advocating that tampering with our vote be considered an act of (cyber) war with financial and personal penalties that are so high no one would consider even trying. If election meddling were considered an act of war or cyber war, then it would be treason – as it should be.

            We should guard our institutions just as fervently as we guard our lands and bases.

So if the Trump Train is going to start going full dictator’s handbook here in these last 100 days, it will be Bill Barr that starts those motions, investigations, arrests – etc. We already see what he is doing to the prosecutors who don’t sell out to Trump-ism. What makes us think Joe and Hinter Biden, Obama and Comey are not on some Barr list to be prosecuted in the days before the election? That would be re-writing history.

Why would Barr say this if he had not pondered it? Barr’s leak of re-writing history informs us that a nefarious plot is afoot and Bill Barr will be the instrument of that plot. Donald will be calling the shots, but from afar.

At a Rose Garden event, Feb. 15th 2019, right after Trump hired Bill Barr, he said “God speed and have a great life” . We all heard that. That’s a major tell. That’s the code Michael Cohen spoke of. Trump only says that if he had a private discussion with Barr, in which he makes it clear his only goal in life has been to have a great life for himself. If Bill is on board with that goal for himself and agrees to stay loyal, Trump can make that great life happen for Barr with much more money than the paltry $145,000 that the AG position is paid. That also means if we look for foreign bank accounts opened between Feb 1 and 14 in 2019, and find something that ends with Barr – we have him. Barr is hiding something. At least, make him afraid with an inquiry. Put Barr on defense.

Barr’s loyalty had to be bought with money placed in a foreign bank account. These days, bitcoin would also suffice. No one sells out for free. That’s why they call it “selling out”. So I am advising people, if we can’t get Trump’s taxes now, let’s get Barr’s taxes. There may be a link. And just by requesting them, it could spook Barr enough to get him to walk back his pledged loyalty in the days before the election. It might even spook any other GOP sycophants on the take. Mission accomplished then.

Then there is the election itself and what happens after the results are in. Bill Barr will be there to state the election is too close to call regardless of the outcome, or cite coronavirus affected Trump voters inordinately or some other made up reason to hold the results in abeyance until they can sort it out. Or Trump can say “his people” are getting different numbers. He may even start a war thinking that will force us to keep him in office.

The potential for mayhem here is huge as long as Bill Barr is AG. And conversely, mayhem potential is greatly reduced if Bill Barr is tied up in impeachment hearings. Plus, the GOP can’t say we’re messing with the election by violating some unwritten 90 days out rule. That rule is reserved for releasing dirt or initiating an action on the actual candidates. Bill Barr is not a candidate for POTUS and he works for us – not the president. It’s not a foul play to impeach him. It’s a very smart play. And maybe it will undo the harm done when we turned the impeachment of Donald J Trump over to a crooked GOP Senate before seeing the whites of their eyes. They were not afraid in February. But things are changing. Let’s give the GOP a chance to abandon Trump before their convention and make life easy on everyone.

This post, written May of 2019, predicted that Trump would attempt to destroy the American experiment and bring it to its knees before the election. Pandemonium over the pandemic is a good thing for Trump now. He’s living up to his oath – to Vladimir Putin. That’s all he can afford to think about now.

PS. We should have our convention after theirs. Strategize. The date is sort of pliable due to the pandemic. Take advantage of every little thing. That’s how Trump won.

Read and prepare:

https://englishcode.wordpress.com/2020/07/05/contested-election/

TIME TO PREPARE FOR A CONTESTED ELECTION

We Need That WW2 Teamwork Spirit Again Right Now

America Only Won WW2 Because We Worked Together as a Team.

In WW2 we let FDR have a 3^rd term because we knew we were at war and could not afford to be divided. We can’t afford this inner division today either – but we don’t seem to know that. Dems must show the American people they can unite their party if they expect the country to believe they can unite the country. Both sides will respect that. After all, if they can’t unite the “left” how can they unite the country?

We are at war in the USA. We are at war with foreign enemies that want to exploit our riches. We are at war with Trump’s GOP party selling our rights and assets to the highest bidders. We are at war with Mother Nature, who seems to want to get rid of us for our polluting ways. And at the same time, we are at war with each other, which makes it difficult for Americans to prevail at any effort.

I am old enough to remember first-hand the spirit of the WW2 generation. They were not the greed is good generation nor the it’s all about me generation. The greatest generation citizens resigned to do their parts to defeat German Nationalism with a spirit of teamwork and without ego. Now we have a combination of corporatism and American Nationalism to defeat. And they are about to shut the door on democracy. The moment the Senate acquits – it’s really over. Praying for votes in this rigged environment is not a plan. Hoping there will be a fair election is not a plan. It is a hope or a prayer.

Trump knows exactly how long he has to completely take this government over – from the justice department installations to the election fixing with our enemies. Trump is working every day to have our democracy be gone before the 2020 election. Why? Trump knows the term that follows his presidential term may be a prison term.

TEAMWORK

The two remaining viable candidates can meet in a room after the next debate and let’s settle on who will be the Democratic candidates for president, vice president, chief of staff and district attorney. There is a place for all the candidates in a new administration if they want it. If Biden prevails, Warren and Bernie’s message must not be ignored. They must set aside their egos. There is no place for someone who just “wants” to be president. We have that guy now. Mike Bloomberg has already signed on to being a team player to defeat Trump-ism. Thank you Mike!

MAGA people know they are being lied to. They still don’t know who will be there for them on our side because right now – we don’t even know. I used to think that was a bad thing. With Mike’s money, maybe it’s not so bad. Trump can’t attack both candidates at the same time quite so easily. But expect this to get real ugly in the last two weeks. That’s when he beat Hillary – and mainly in the last three days – just the way Biden surged. People have short memories for politics. Trump knows this. So expect shenanigans galore in October.

Each Team America player has a special purpose within this total teamwork concept. Biden – for his compassionate, people-person unifying style, but also for his experience in “being there”. Warren – for her progressive ideas on healthcare etc., and to keep Bernie’s grassroots energy in the game. Pete – for his brilliant, eloquent speaking, youth and appeal to servicemen. Kamala – to go after the crooks when this is all over – which will be crucial to making sure this does not happen again in our lifetimes.

Love like a Democrat. Fight like a Republican.

The following posts explain how we got here and show the way out:
Trump and Putin: Partners in the Biggest Crime in World History

What Does 2020 Look Like After the Senate Acquits?

Financial Criminals: the Masterminds Behind Most of the World’s Problems

Election Meddling by Foreigners is an Attack on Our Commonwealth

“Cyber” is the New “War” and Putin is Cyber Warfare’s First Master

Trump’s Main Problem – Cheating To Win

We Are Now at War with the Entire GOP

The GOP is clearly allied with Vladimir Putin
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If we think back to the 2016 campaign, there were strange sightings of Russians at the GOP Convention and trails of Russian money mixed with the NRC treasury. Now, in the rear view mirror, it all begins to make sense.

Putin realized that the GOP controlled the gateway to promote a 2016 presidential candidate. So first he had to form an alliance with the GOP and sell them on the idea of running Donald Trump. Reince Prebus didn’t go along with the Russian scheme, so he was the first to go.

McConnell, the most transactional US Senator in history, proved he would do anything to further his party’s interests when he held up Obama’s SCOTUS choice for one year. Mitch knows how essential he is for the GOP’s survival, so he leveraged a lucrative post for his wife Elaine Chao, who has many business ties to China, – Secretary of Transportation. So the McConnells are all in with the sellout.

The metastasis of the GOP sellout has spread to other positions of power within the US government. They are actively ousting anyone not 100% board and replacing them with lockstep loyalists. Comey, Tillerson and Mattis did not pass the loyalty test and were ousted for no good cause other than a president deserves to surround himself with whomever he wants. And yes, that is how the law reads.

Listen to what Putin said at a hockey game he plays in to a CBS reporter. “Trump is acting in accordance with ( the laws of ) his own government”.

Autocrats and criminals often leak out what’s on their minds when they think people are not paying attention. In Putin’s case, his power is so secure he could shoot someone in Red Square and not lose any power. He prefers poison these days. But view this interview, which you can listen to by clicking here, as a leaked statement of Putin’s state of information with respect to Trump’s actions to oust Comey. Putin was either in the loop, or more likely – calling the shots. Putin is a democracy takeover expert. Trump is taking orders, spreading lies – and golfing.

The GOP is and clearly has been aligned with Putin, and together they are trying to take over the United States by using the existing laws on the books. In a country of laws, there is really no other way to do it. That’s why they start with court appointees. That is Putin’s genius. Over time, they hope there will be less laws to fight.

The GOP is operating like a mob crime family, ignoring the will and interests of the American people they swear to serve. They focus on the steps needed to retain power for their uppermost members. They all have foreign entanglements and bank accounts where they can enrich themselves on the quiet.

The GOP is the process of forming a ruling oligarchy here in the USA, that will compare with what Putin has in Russia. That has become their primary goal now because once a faction has committed crimes, they must create and sustain an environment that keeps the crimes hidden forever. Hence the trial with no witnesses was necessary for the GOP. They are complicit with all or trump’s crimes, past and future now.

The vindication of Donald Trump in a Soviet-styled sham trial was an essential step in keeping the GOP’s crimes secret. Donald Trump knows that McConnell and the top GOP members are complicit in the crimes they have jointly committed. Trump has that dirt on the key members, so it was really impossible for the GOP senators to vote for witnesses and documents.

Really, they all need to be impeached. But Barr, Pompeo and McConnell for sure.

As for Trump, I say, IMPEACH HIM AGAIN in the People’s House. Get witnesses, documents and let the 75% of Americans see the truth during the election year. And I don’t care if there is an election coming – because they don’t care. The will call anyone who opposes this tyrant a criminal right up to the election day. And since people – here there and everywhere – are mostly meek and decent – enough of them will buy his lies to make it close and the cheating may get him over the line. But only if Russia is on the front page in October.

Let me end this short warning with math that should be very telling. Trump and his GOP party have just totally ignored the will of 75% of the American people who wanted to at least see the witness and documents in his impeachment trial. They are 75% along the way to a complete totalitarian rule here in the USA. After all, if 100% of Americans wanted to see a real trial and could not make it happen – that would mark the total surrender of democracy, which by definition means the people’s majority should prevail.

There two steps that remain for complete takeover of the US democracy: shutting down information media and rigging the election. PS. This is why Trump fears Bloomberg most. Mike owns a huge media outlet. This is why I am beginning to think Mike Bloomberg is our front man – but he should select and delegate positions to candidates like Bernie, Pete, Klobuchar and even Booker and Harris. If Bloomberg runs an inclusive campaign, that’s all we will really need. We can’t unit the country if we can’t unite our party. Whoever figures this out first, should be our man.

If I were in Schiff’s shoes, I would make a public plea for open-source encrypted voting software with paper trails for this year’s elections. Absent of that – which will never happen – the Dems must keep the investigation ongoing in the House, write new articles of impeachment for Trump and impeach McConnell, Barr and Pompeo – this time with a trial done in the House with witnesses and documents.

The primary meme that drives Putin and Trump is still “greed is good”. Don’t view these “statesmen” as politicians. View them and treat them for what they are – criminals with the titles of statesmen. They will view truth tellers in media and government as rats and leakers. That is the struggle we find ourselves in now –statesmen vs. criminals.

Will we allow criminals to keep the controls of our once democratic government and use our own laws to maintain their power and negate majority rule for all of us? What kind of world will we be living in when majority rule no longer applies in the USA at all? Ask the citizens of Russia and Venezuela how their authoritarian government is working for them.

These are links to my most relevant posts on Trump-ism. I sat in a class with Donald trump in ’67 at Penn and worked close enough to him in AC to see he was buying into a crooked lifestyle. I made a choice to get away from that meme. It just did not sit well with me. It still does not.

Trump and Putin: Partners in the Biggest Crime in World History

We Need That WW2 Teamwork Spirit Again Right Now

What Does 2020 Look Like After the Senate Acquits? We are here now.

Financial Criminals: the Masterminds Behind Most of the World’s Problems

Election Meddling by Foreigners is an Attack on Our Commonwealth

“Cyber” is the New “War” and Putin is Cyber Warfare’s First Master

Trump’s Main Problem – Cheating To Win

What Does 2020 Look Like After the Senate Acquits?

Imagine America’s future was riding on a football game. The election of 2020 is that game in this analogy. One team has a captain and coach and the other team has 20 could-be quarterbacks and coaches, all sparring with each other. I think the favorite would the team with the strategic advantages. There is only one way to take away those strategic advantages. – We need a quarterback and head coach and now – while the game is on. When the Senate votes to end nullify the impeachment that will put us on defense for the rest of the game. Not smart.

I have explained that there is no rush to vote on impeachment. The big vote is 300 days away and most Americans don’t focus on elections until the last few weeks. That’s when Trump won 2016. And that’s when Trump will be trying to cheat to win again in 2020. A vote in Spring is a wiser strategy. It provides a time for public to digest what they are witnessing. The Spring ushers in renewed spirits and the weather is better for protesting too. We keep pushing for testimony from Bolton etc – and for Trump’s taxes. It also gives Trump time to self-destruct – which is a real possibility.

A few days ago, I figured Trump would wait for the Senate acquittal before coming after the FBI, the Free Press and his enemies in general. But just like his call to Zelensky followed the Mueller Report, Trump’s criminal mind tells him not to wait even one day.

And so now Trump and Barr are coming after the FBI. Why not? Imagine if Al Capone had been able to fire Elliot Ness. Getting rid of the cops that come after criminals is ideal … for the criminals. Donald Trump has created a portal to the world we saw in Back to the Future II when Biff takes over the world by … cheating to win. Life is imitating art.

So this is what we expect if the House lets the Senate acquit. Trump and Barr are partners in crime now. They have access to all the best criminal minds on the planet. But 52% of Americans are dug in against this Dystopian version of the United States. They won’t back down. But neither will Trump. He knows there is a good chance the term that follows his presidential term is a jail term. How does this not end like a Tarantino movie?

So 2020 will soon resemble a Civil War – a Cyber Civil War at first. Trump will continue to paint his opponents as “human scum”. They will bring out a phrase they have used very lightly so far: presidential harassment. They will state that coming after the president after he has been acquitted in the Senate is presidential harassment and is hurting the nation. Barr will arrest or indict some of his opponents and some reporters.

The fever pitch will rise as we approach the summer and the Democratic Convention. Security at the convention should be overly prepared because Trump and the Russians will have all their adversaries in one place for a week. This would be an ideal place for “an incident”. Those who cannot stomach Trump’s vile language and culture of hate will be in the streets protesting.

An incident at a Democratic street protest would also be ideal to break up the resistance. This is what Trump and Barr will be focused on during the run-up to the election. They will be focused on making decent citizens who want a better place for their children look like the bad guys. They will also focus on making Democrats look like the criminals. Lock them up may be their battle cry. We know it’s been Trump Barr and the GOP that are the bad guys. They have joined the criminals on the planet – like Putin – in an effort to subjugate the lives of everyday American and global citizens.

So yes. It was necessary to write and release Articles of Impeachment. Dems have done a great job. But they should not vote on them right away. Let it all sink in a few months. Set a date in late February or the early Spring, when the weather breaks. You never know when given time how Trump will shoot himself in the foot so bad that even his own base won’t like what they see. That is what we really need to happen, and it can – given time. Keep asking for his taxes and for the testimony he has obstructed. And then walk and chew gum for a few months.

In the gap between impeachment and voting for it, we totally change our strategy for the election of 2020!

America Won WW2 Because We Worked Together as a Team

WE NEED WW2 TEAMWORK AGAIN NOW

We are at war in the USA. We are at war with foreign enemies that want to exploit our riches. We are at war with Trump’s GOP party that sells our rights and assets to the highest bidders. And at the same time, we are at war with each other – which will make it very difficult to prevail in any effort.

TEAMWORK

The viable candidates and those who really want to work to save this country should meet in a room and settle on who will be the Democratic candidates for president, vice president, chief of staff and district attorney. No one has to storm a beach. Then that team pools resources and gets to work – not only to beat Trump – but to show the American people on both sides what they can do for the citizens of the USA.

The above is where Amy can seal this all up with one or two calls. First Biden – who may say no. Then Bloomberg who should see its brilliance.

The optics are spectacular. Instead of 20 candidates telling undecided American voters why they are best for the top job – we present one well-prepared team, ready on day one to get the actual jobs done for all Americans. Even MAGA people will go for that. They know they are being lied to. They just don’t know who will be there for them on our side because we don’t know. Maybe they won’t like who we choose, so they stay with what they know – Trump. They will remain tuned out to our overtures until we decide. Till next July? Really?

We need the MAGA people to put pressure on their reps to break from Trump and Trumpism. The GOP reps are spineless. They will fold to pressure. The GOP will get smart and remove Trump from consideration. Romney will run. We’ll clean up the elections. The Russians won’t have a dog in the fight and won’t bother meddling. And democracy is saved!

Think ahead. This plan can’t lose. An election that includes Donald Trump is way too risky. And no plan can’t win.

About the author: Joseph Aronesty was a classmate to Donald Trump in 1967 at Penn and worked close to his casinos in Atlantic City from 86 to 99. He created one of the world’s first e-commerce web sites in 1996, which he still operates. Joseph is a dedicated father of five and plays at songwriting and tournament poker. His book “Deciphering the English Code” describes how spoken language evolved from body-sign language in Stone Age Africa and how all the world’s languages are related in very tangible accessible ways. He hopes to do a book tour after Trump is no longer POTUS and wonders if that will be 2021 or 2025.

About the author:

Joseph Aronesty was a classmate to Donald Trump in 1967 at Penn and worked close to his casinos in Atlantic City from 86 to 99. He created one of the world’s first e-commerce web sites in 1996, which he still operates. Joseph is a dedicated father of five and plays at songwriting and tournament poker. His book “Deciphering the English Code” describes how spoken language evolved from body-sign language in Stone Age Africa and how all the world’s languages are related in very tangible accessible ways.

Trump Knew He Was Caught. Fired Dan Coates Three Days After the Call

The timing of three events this summer makes it clear Donald Trump knew he had been caught doing something very wrong.

Mueller testified July 24. It went over largely like a lead balloon. Feeling emboldened, Trump called the Ukrainian President on July 25th – they very next day – to ask him to collect dirt on the Bidens. He’s not wasting any time. He essentially reenacted the same crime he committed in 2016, enrolling foreign help to fix a national election, but this time he got caught red-handed. This was like OJ going back to reclaim his memorabilia after he got away with murder.

Three days later on July 28th, Dan Coates was fired. That is not a coincidence. Coates was the head of US Intelligence and not a Trump stooge. He should have known about the call made the the Ukraine. If he brought this to Trump and Trump asked him to keep it quiet – that would have resulted in his firing. And Trump likely was informed that the head of DNI needed to be someone he could get an allegiance pledge from. Joe McGuire may be a Trump stooge who has been bribed with funds placed in a foreign bank account – and he will not willingly let this dirt get out. He looks clean, but his actions are suspect.

Listen to what Putin said to a CBS reporter at a hockey game he plays in. Putin said with an undeniable smirk “Trump is acting in accordance with ( the laws of ) his own government”. And by acting, he meant taking action. “Trump is taking action in accordance with the laws of his own government”.

That is the only way to take over a country that is ruled by laws. You can use the loopholes and oversights in the current laws along with the many powers of the presidency to take over a country. Putin is Trump’s mentor, benefactor and his boss in international matters. This is also why we did not get the Helsinki meeting notes. Putin back-channels his autocrat lessons.

We have ourselves to blame for all this. When Trump fires a patriot to hire stooges – all I hear is the malarkey that “Trump deserves the cabinet he can work with”. Maybe an honest president does. But at some point we have to realize – like Putin says – we are letting a crook use our laws to drown this great country. Trumpism is like an auto-immune disease. We don’t recognize the threats because they masquerade as legal.

We gave him Barr without reserve. We’ve let Trump put whomever he wants into key positions. And of course that is all working to Trump’s benefit. Where is Trump getting this strategy? It all points to Vladimir Putin, the man who successfully turned a free Russia into his own privately owned kingdom in a very short time. Trump can’t plan ahead. He is too busy watching TV and golfing to be brilliant at anything – except crime. Enough!

Why The Time To Impeach is Now

Impeachment is a strange fruit. The process was made intentionally long and difficult. Both houses must be on board but more importantly both sides of the America electorate must be on board.

We’ve all seen the pressure come and go with Donald Trump with all his many scandals. From “Russia, if you’re listening” to Access Hollywood to Helsinki, from Charlottesville to sh*thole countries and much more.

But the scandals that stick on both sides are the ones the seem to put our country in jeopardy. Both sides did not like Helsinki because we all sensed Trump could be compromised to Russia when he said “Putin was very powerful”. Both sides know that Russia does not have American interests at heart. This gaff still sticks in our throats because it affects our sense of national security.

And now it appears that one day after Mueller* did his feeble national appearance, Trump took a victory lap and felt secure enough to start enrolling foreign powers to affect our national elections again. He felt he had totally gotten away with whatever he did in 2016 and he was on to doing the same thing 2020.

I put the asterisk next to Mueller’s name because he testifies Monday and maybe he knows that the reason Trump tried to bribe Ukraine was because he failed to reach the American public with his performance. He’s got another chance now – and Mueller now sees how his lukewarm performance emboldened Trump to do more of the same exact crimes he was investigating. I’m not holding my breath for Mueller, but he was once a warrior – and maybe that instinct will resurface.

#WhistleBlowerGate is a clear abuse of power by Donald Trump. But it’s also an abuse that compromises our national security by bugging our free election process. Both sides see that clearly now. And that is super important because public support on both sides is needed to ride the impeachment wave to the safety of the shore.

The time to impeach is now while both sides are united and feeling betrayed. And I mean this week. Timing is everything. Stalling will be Trump’s plan with this Ukraine thing. If we also stall it will just fizzle the necessary public support to conduct impeachment. This window will not stay open long. We should have learned that by now.

There is also this. MAGA folk do not respect sissies. And maybe that’s a good thing. Maybe it’s good that a portion of our electorate respects the traditional icon of a warrior leader. Maybe it’s built in to them for a reason. Maybe to protect us. So it has occurred to me that at least some MAGA folk are looking for a reason to dump Trump and just has not seen it yet from the left side. Show them strength and this movement can gather steam. Show them weakness and deliberation – and it will fizzle out. Biden seemed to know that today. Good work Joe.

I think we all are longing for that great American feeling of national unity and pride again. If we impeach now it might be closer than we think.