Attack Attack, Deny Deny, Lie Lie with Rep. Ritchie Torres
Episode 302
James and Al lay waste to Trump’s inept national security team in the wake of their accidental leak of war plans for Yemen and call out the billionaires undermining the 4th Estate before welcoming Congressman Ritchie Torres. They discuss putting pragmatism back into politics, avoiding the trap of emphasizing the policies of the far left, and crafting a winning message that speaks to working people. Ultimately, did focusing on faculty lounge priorities distract from addressing immigration and inflation and cost Kamala the 2024 election?
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HOW WE GOT TRUMP 2.0
CORPORATE COMMUNIST BUSINESS PLAN (It’s not a conspiracy, it is a business plan.)
“Corporate Communism”: when brain dead corporations own the means of communication and the production of false information via the privatization of Big Brother.
A Note on Conspiracy Theory: A popular belief among life’s victims (conservavictims and libtards) is that they are not to blame for their lack of success because “those forces” such as space aliens, frequently with lasers, immigrants and beings with mystic power, e.g. The Illuminati are aligned against them, and “those people” (usually ethnic and or religious groups) all sticking together to subvert their pure patriotic programs.
A note on Free Speech Absolutism: Free speech is absolutely protected from the government. That’s it, full stop. It definitely does not mean everybody has the right to have their words and speech published, streamed, broadcast, sculpted, painted or sent via smoke signals.
The Corporate Communist Business Plan Privatizing Big Brother:
Neuter The Free Press Aka the Fourth Estate and free speech while maintaining the fantasy of freedom (Free Speech Absolutist) through bogus litigation, denial of access, and ownership of the means of communication. “Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one". A. J. Liebling
Neuter Citizen Voting (Citizens United: corporations are people) an armed guard at poling places to demand “your papers please” to prevent non-proven voter fraud.
Ongoing degradation and subjugation of women via BFFI (BruteForceFuckingIgnorance) and tax-free religion. G$D created man and woman in their own image but no one has ever seen him/her yet almost always has a beard. Hell, even Satan has a beard.
Cutting Education Funding (eliminate critical thinking and awareness of facts about tiny hands).
Elimination of Classic Capitalism Free Market Competition via Anti-Customer Service (“Your call is very important to us and the robot will be right with you”), tax funded bailouts. Consolidation of industries to eliminate effective competition. (The anti-capitalist mentality).
Denying that personal information: medical, financial e.g. credit scores, accident, dating, social, religious is actually individual private property like homes, stamp collections, cars, shoes, underwear. The theft of private property is frequently self-inflicted but with free shipping and rewards by uploading your life to Big Brother social media. Let’s not forget DOGE: since there is no controls or oversight, possibly much Musk stolen data will wind up as an Xfile without rewards or free shipping.
Indentured Servitude (Employee responsible for their pension and medical insurance).
Neuter Government Oversight of the economy (Chevron Doctrine), DOGE. and e.g. elimination of the CFPB Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Permanent Financial Crisis and business bailouts.
Tax Free Theocracy.
Full Unemployment via “The Singularity aka Homo AI”
Joewightman.substack.com
Dems lack only 2 things: 1. A position. 2. A BULLY PULPIT.
1. Come together on issues all Dems can support: Economy - (NOT GDP or Dow Jones but down to Earth, articulable pocket book stuff.) 2. Defense - Hegseth and Trump cronies incompetent. 3. Farming - who's gonna pick crops in the hot sun all day - you like lettuce? 4. Trade - shut down imports of cars through tariffs? There go the billions of components made in USA and shipped to Mexico and Canada. Trump doesn't know the first thing about business, trade, economy. HAMMER THAT! 5. Foreign policy We still want to be the good guys. Threatening war with Canada and Greenland IS NOT USA. We DON'T love Putin. He does.
(Lose the transgenders athletes - they are to us what abortion is to MAGA. Sorry, but you want to win?)
Bully pulpit - DNC needs daily scheduled press conferences just like WH. Appoint a DCA press secretary. a WHITE MALE GUY WITH MOVIE STAR LOOKS and a blond side-kick for eye candy. (Sorry, but you want to win? Too many people under he umbrella? Somebody gets wet.) Well funded writing staff, LOTS OF SIMPLE CHARTS - easy to understand. "Lie of the Day" - daily segment on Trump or Karoline PROVING the lie. High production values. Get ADVICE FROM KIMMEL, COLBERT, STEWART.
BONUS CHALLENGE: Invite a different MAGA each day - tell them in public, in advance, what the questions will be. Warn them - evasions and non-answers will NOT be tolerated. We'll keep asking - the question will be on a big board - until you answer.
No more mister "please walk all over me."
James B. Putney, BA, MS, JD
Zikhron Yaakov, Israel
yerachm@gmail.com